I'd like to call this meeting to order. This is the Bunav Vista Township Regular meeting, May 27th, 2025. We'll start with a roll call. >> Mr. Krenzer absent. Mr. Renard >> here. >> Mrs. Ta absent. Mr. Williams
>> here. >> Mayor Rajiri >> here. On January 7th, 2025, notice of this meeting was mailed to the Daily Journal, the press, and duly posted in the main lobby of the municipal complex. All requirements of the Open Public Meetings Act have been met in compliance with the
Sunshine Law. I'd >> like to ask everyone to stand to salute the flag. >> John, will you lead us? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Number four, approval of minutes. We have the workshop meeting May 12th, 2025. >> Need a motion and a second to approve. Motion to approve the minutes of May 12th. >> Second.
>> Roll call. >> Renard. >> Yes. >> Williams. >> Yes. >> Rajiri. >> Yes. >> Announcements, presentations, and discussions. There are none. Mayor's report. >> Good evening, everyone. Uh, a few quick updates.
Uh, I want to start off by thanking everybody that attended our community yard sale. Uh, participants, volunteers, uh, phenomenal event, very well attended. um looking forward to continuing this momentum into next year. Uh I think far and away this was probably equal to or
better than any we have had to date. So, thank you again to everybody that made our yard sale a huge success for yet another year. Uh I want to quickly touch on our Memorial Day ceremony which was held yesterday in the front of town hall. Uh small few for uh format tweaks.
Uh we kind of made this a a picnic style lunch. Um you know interwoven with our traditional Memorial Day ceremony. Uh very well attended over 50 people out front. Uh I I know that brings a a big smile to Kurt's face. I know this is a
hot button issue for him every year. Our participation at this event. So uh again, thank you to everybody that attended or or helped with the volunteer efforts yesterday. um building looked phenomenal and can't thank everybody enough. I think this is far and away the
most important event we do every year. So, thank you to everybody that was part of yesterday. Quick reminder, summer concerts June 18th will begin at the MLK Center featuring the legendary Yanni Lonnie Young Bloodood. Uh and then from that point on, the following Wednesday will
be uh every Wednesday at Michael Debbie Park starting at 7:00 to 9 until when is the final concert? Do you know that off the top of your head? >> Right at the end of July. >> Okay. >> At the end of July, right before National Night Out.
>> So June 18th, circle that date on your calendar. And that's when concert season begins in Buunav Vista Township. >> And lastly, just another quick reminder, National Night Out will be August 5th again at Michael Debbie Park from 5:00 to 9:00. Township uh still actively
accepting donations for our annual fireworks display. I think far and away one of the best around. So looking forward to seeing everybody at National Night Out August 5th from 5 to 9ine. And that is all I have for you guys tonight. Thank you. >> Thank you, mayor. Ordinances for
introduction. First reading. We have ordinance 158-2025 which is authorizing the sale of township owned land. >> A motion and a second to introduce. >> Motion to introduce. >> Do we know papa?
Uh, this is the introduce, correct? >> Yes. Introduce. Introduce only. >> Okay. Second, John. >> Okay. Second. >> Roll call. >> Renard? >> Yes. >> Williams? >> Yes. >> Raji? >> Yes. >> The public hearing for this ordinance
will be June 23rd, 2025 at 7 p.m. Ordinance one or ordinances for public hearing, second reading. Ordinances 157-2025 is authorizing the sale of township own land. >> We need a motion and a second to open to
the public. >> Motion to open to the public. >> Second. >> Motion to close. >> Motion to close. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> And a motion and a second to adopt 1572025.
>> Motion to adopt 157205. >> Second. >> Roll call. Renard? >> Yes. >> Williams? >> Yes. >> Reeri? >> Yes. >> Public comment on current agenda items only. In order for the committee to conduct the business of the township in the most productive manner possible,
meeting attendees will be given two minutes, all inclusive, to comment on any agenda items without comment or question from the committee, but only on items specified on the agenda listed for the current meeting. Please step up to the microphone at the appropriate time and state your name and address for the
record. We have resolution 89-25 which is authorizing the payment of bills in the amount of 2,976,989. Of that the schoolboard tax is $973,587. The Atlantic County quarterly tax is $868,35867 and the fire district quarterly tax is
$331,438.50. 50 cents. Consent agenda includes item of business which are not controversial and do not require individual discussion. A motion approving the consent agenda is moved, seconded, and voted upon as one item by the township committee. If any discussion is requested on a consent agenda item, it
is removed from the consent agenda to the regular agenda. Resolution 90-25 is granting the renewal of plenary retail consumption and distribution licenses for licensing term of 2025 to 2026. 91-25 is approving budget amendment
chapter 159 for our clean communities grant. 92-25 is authorizing the mayor to execute an agreement with BBT fire district number one. 93-25 is awarding the reconstruction of Country Club Lane, an alternate to Arrowac Paving Company
Incorporated. 94-25 is authorizing an interlocal agreement with the ACIA for housing rehabilitation program. 95-25 is authorizing intermittent leave absence for Jir Richardson for public works labor. 96-25 is authorizing a leave of
absence to Carlo Morgi, public works labor. 97-25 is authorizing the purchase of electricity supply services at online auction and 98-25 is appointing David Shidig as our zoning officer and approving contract for one year.
>> We need a motion and a second to open to the public for agenda items only. >> Motion to open to the public. >> Roll call. >> I'm sorry. All in favor? >> I. Motion to close for agenda items only. >> Motion to close for agenda items only.
>> Second. >> All in favor? I >> I >> I need a motion and a second to adopt uh 8925 to pay the bills. >> Motion to pay the bills. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Renard. >> Yes. >> Williams. >> Yes.
>> Reier. >> Yes. >> And lastly, we need a motion and a second to adopt consent agenda resolutions 90 through 98. Motion to adopt 90 to 9825. >> Second. >> Roll call.
>> Renard? >> Yes. >> Williams? >> Yes. >> Reeri? >> Yes. >> Do you have anything for us tonight, Lisa? >> I have a couple things. >> I I left them off your report so I could share them. >> Perfect.
>> Um, so just wanted to remind everybody this year for early voting, it is delayed by one week. Um that change was moved because of holidays. It will start um for early voting Tuesday, June 3rd until Sunday, June 8th. You can early
vote at our Dr. Martin Luther King Community Center, which is at 661 Jackson Road. The location hours are Tuesday through Saturday. They o they open at 10:00 a.m. and you can vote until 8:00 p.m. And then the Sunday um the last day which is June 8th on that
Sunday it's 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. And then um election day is 8 9 10th on June 10th and that is 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at all voting districts here within Buunav Vista Township. Um for early voting um because I know that this uh
message is throughout Atlantic County on our channel 9. Uh you do not need to be a Buunavista Township resident to vote at our early voting location. You just need to be an Atlantic County resident um to be able to vote. So even if you are not from Bunavista Township and you're seeing this or online seeing this
um you will you are able to vote at any early voting location in Atlanta County during the time period of early voting. Uh mail-in dropout box is open right here at the municipal complex. It is right here on the east side. It has a flag that um is right by it that says
vote here and it has a big flag on the whole box on the outside. So, if you've chosen to do a mail and ballot and you wish not to mail it, you can drop it securely in the mailin box. Um and the Atlantic County um election office comes and picks that up um daily um from
Atlantic County and it's secured in a in a locked box. Um any questions, please give our clerk's office a call 856-697-2100. Um and we are at extension one. That is number one. And just wanted to remind everybody as well different things that
you can drop off here at the Bunavista Township Municipal Complex. Uh we also take uh American flags for disposal. If you have any tethered um or torn um or American flags or any other um agency flags that you would like to drop off,
we have a box here across from our clerk's office. you can safely dispose of them and then they are actually um disposed of in a very uh I would say a very nice ceremony by our veterans um and disposed of properly. We also have
our prescription drop off box here as well across again from the clerk's office. Um all of these are open um available to the public 8:30 to 4:30 Monday through Friday. So, if you have any unused prescriptions, just no liquids or anything of needles, you can
drop them off here um and safely dispose of them. And in the back, we have a used clothing drop off box in the back. Um that is done through our clean community program. Um so you can also safely or dispose of any type of clothing, shoes,
belts, purses, curtains, drapes, blankets, sheets, pillowcases, um and any plush use toys or anything of that nature. You can also dispose of them in the back. Just please don't provide any used rags or fabric scraps or nonplush
toys or any other household items in that disposal box. And that is located here. And we also have one at our MLK center. That's located at 661 Jackson Road. Um so you could dispose here or at our community center as well.
>> That's all I have. >> Thank you, Lisa. We will jump over to committee reports. We'll start with Mr. Williams, what do you have for us tonight? >> Um, I attended the uh mayor's breakfast at uh ACIT
and at this uh meeting the uh uh county executive Dennis Leven said the uh pilot program returned uh 59 million to Atlantic County and and I asked him if this was would uh help
lower the taxes from the Atlantic County. He said this should lower the Atlantic County taxes with this money. Um, also I attended the Memorial Day service as as you had mentioned, mayor, and you gave an outstanding speech on
freedoms of all Americans. And I also wanted to uh thank uh Lisa, Quentyn, and Gia for the food that they were served to veterans and and different uh fire departments present. And also uh thanks to uh public works and Anthony. The
grounds around the around the hall looked excellent and the grass is particularly looking great. And also uh the public works uh Aaron usually uh takes care of this, but I thought I'd mention the uh public's works report. Uh all parks and township properties are
being maintained, empty the trash, pick up litter, repair damage, and cut the grass. The baseball fields are being dragged and all bus shelters are being cleaned, checked and pamphlets filled. The potholes are being filled and the flowers have been planted at uh township
properties. Dirt roads have been graded and several fleet vehicles have been repaired and continuous maintenance and servicing of all other equipment has been maintained. All yards and brush has been collected. Roadside flags were put up for uh Memorial Day which are out in
front of the uh township hall and the septic and basins have been inspected. Uh numerous building repairs are being completed. Storm drain tops are being cleaned. Township properties have been mulched. The cutting and road grass started has has started in BBT and the
storm cleanup operation from 516 uh 25 is still ongoing from the storm tornado and That's all I have. Thank you. >> How do things look around Colony's Lakes now as far as the the stuff that was put
curbside? Are are we chipping away at any of that with the help of possibly ACA? >> Better. Um it it definitely looks better. They were out there for about a week straight. Um we had a couple trees that were actually in the rightway that we needed to remove that were toppled
over that were dangerous to falling into people's properties. Um, so that to us cost a little bit of money that we had to hire a tree service to come out because they were by by wires and lines. Um, so some of that was done as well, but most of the brush and everything that we were able to pick up, we were
able to pick up and utilize elsewhere um throughout the township for trails and things of that nature. Um, but for the most part, if the ACA is doing it on the regular day they're picking up, but we're still going out there every day just with a dump truck to make sure that if there's anything else around that
we're picking it up. If there's stuff in bags and things of that nature, we're leaving that for the ACOA to pick up um during their normal yard waste. But anything of bigger nature that we know the ACOA can't pick up, we're picking up. >> Okay. >> Until we kind of get through this, but much better.
>> Perfect. Have you noticed any hot spots, John, in your travels around town? >> No, but it's just um a friend of mine, Brian Wilox, he had trees go down in his yard. >> Okay. >> That were covered an old car. And I I
said I'd probably come to try to come help him uh get that out of there. >> Got you. Okay. >> Yeah. And then my uh next door neighbor's uh tree fell down, too. It's a It's an old tree, but it just it just fell down during the storm. >> Got it. >> Yeah.
All righty. Mr. Bernard, what do you have for us tonight? >> Yes. I uh I would like to comment on Memorial Day. Uh, I attended the one here at the township at 11 o'clock, but before that in Cranberry Run, the residents had a ceremony of their own at
9:00, which was uh well attended. It was well attended. We had coffee and and donuts afterwards and everything like that. And I had mentioned to him uh that the township was having one at 11:00 and anybody who could wanted to make it could make it. And we were having a
light lunch. Well, I was very surprised that a few people from Cranberry Run actually did both ceremonies and that that made me feel good that they would go to one and then turn right turn around and come to another one and uh it it built up the audience which is
getting back to >> what it should be used what it should be. It actually it should be that lawn should be covered >> for every flag there should be a person standing out there. >> Agreed. But it was it's it's coming back up and and uh it was good to see.
>> Perfect. >> Thank you, Kurt. >> Public comment. >> The committee welcomes participation of interested organizations and individuals during regular caucus workshop and special meetings. However, in order to conduct the business of the township in the most productive manner possible,
meeting attendees will be given four minutes, all-inclusive, including all dialogue and questions and responses from both the speaker and the committee for the designated public portion of the meeting. There may be no transference of a speaker's time to other attendees. So, please step up to the microphone at the appropriate time and state your name and
address for the record. >> We need a motion and a second to open to the public. >> Motion to open to the public. Second. >> All in favor? Hi. >> Hi. >> How you doing? Charles Allen Guilts, 737 Main. >> How are you? >> Thank you. You guys are very impressive.
Uh your workforce, the whole bit, everything you did. Uh the outcome that I was hoping for, but I thought it was kind of far-fetched, but you know, the type what we were dealing with made it easier. you know, the the type of person that he is as far as, you
know, when he's in court and know um but um I thank each and every one of you and and and and people too are missing and your workforce. Uh they're special to go out there and clean up what they cleaned up. I know when they signed up for this job that's not on their list, >> you know what I mean? That's and for
them to go out there. I never seen one nobody with their head down, nobody complaining like, you know what I mean? They all had good spirits working. Uh, and I can't say anything wrong about any if I had one complaint. Why couldn't I drive that machine for the first 5 or 10 minutes?
>> Well, other than that, I'm I'm good. >> We knew we were going to get there. Again, the the timeline was still kind of a complete unknown. Uh, even, you know, like that the week of, we thought we were ready to go in on Tuesday, you know, and then that got pushed back to Thursday. that there was >> once we had the uh the you know the all
clear and we were able to start dropping artillery, you know, we were all all all hands on deck. >> No, but I was impressed that I watched, you know, I watched the whole thing. >> No. And I apologize again that your family had to endure, you know, what they did for as long as they did, but you know, we we wanted to kind of negate, you know, every,
>> you know, every every memory of it as quickly as we could. >> Right. I know it's just hard some to believe some of the things that really were happen. >> Well, yeah. until you start getting in there and actually peeling back the layers of the onion. You know, it was actually that much worse, you know, in person than it was from the road.
>> But no, I thank I thank everyone. >> Thank you for your patience. >> All right. Take care. Walking around till I'm practicing. Anyone else? Motion to close the public. >> Motion to close. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Executive session. Uh we have no
executive session this evening. >> We need a motion and a second to adjurnn. >> Motion to adjurnn. >> Second. >> All in favor. Thank you everyone.