[Music] To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Roll calls, please. Juveni here. Alvarez
here. Adams here. Garcia here. Andor here. Stephano here. The sunshine law. This meeting of April 28, 2025 is being held in compliance with the open public meetings to act and the notices of this meeting have been provided via email to the press of Atlantic City, the
Daily Journal on November 9th, 2024, as well as having been posted on the municipal bulen board and website at munboro.org. The mayor's absent tonight and uh we'll move right on to public
comment. opportunity for anyone to comment with a limit of five minutes per speaker. Please refer to the following statement. I will need a motion to open the public portion of the meeting. Second. Motion Alvarez. Second.
Barcelia. All in favor? I. Any opposed? Okay. Anyone wishing to address mayor and counsel, please step forward and state your name for the record. Hello everybody. Okay, seeing none, I need a motion to
close the public portion. Second motion in the lure. Second orya. All in favor? Any opposed? Motion carries. Okay. On to page two. Resolution number
8525. A resolution authorizing the budget to be read by title only. All vote. Jivanazi. Yes. Do we have a motion? Motion Borilia. I didn't say that.
Motion Borilia second and now roll. Jonazi. Yes. Alvarez. Yes. Adams. Yes. And Stephano. Yes. Okay. Now a public hearing on the 2025
municipal budget. I need a motion to open the public hearing. motion back motion and second uh George. All in favor? Any opposed? Okay, the public hearing is open. Is there any discussion from
council or the public? the um so the budget was accepted and we're going to amend um a couple lines tonight and obviously adopt it tonight. So we're well on your
way. Very good. A lot of uh a lot of time was put into the budget with the CFO, the finance office, and the uh Julie chairing the budget committee. So thank you and kept our taxes as low as possible. Any other
discussion? Okay, I'll need a motion to close the public hearing. Motion Frank, second Marina. And all in favor? Any opposed? Motion carries. Public hearing is
closed. So now resolution 8625 to amend the 2025 budget. We need a motion to pass this resolution to make the amendment. And we have Marina as No, that was Pat. Pat as a motion. A second
and a second by Marina and roll call vote. Janazi, yes. Alro, Adams, Barcelia, yes. And yes, Stephano, yes. Okay. Resolution number 8725, a
resolution to adopt the 2025 municipal budget. A motion. Motion. Motion. Marina. Second. Second, George. and roll call vote on 8725. Jimnazi, yes. Alvarez, yes. Adams, yes. Or yes. And
yes, yes. Need a motion to open a public hearing on ordinance number 767-2025, which is a bond ordinance approaching $100,000 and authorizing the issuance of
up to $95,000 in bonds and notes of the buroughed unit for the reconstruction of the tennis courts and bathrooms by the buroughed unit in the county of Atlantic. A all in favor? You have to do a motion. It's an
ordinance. We do a motion and a second. Second, Patty and George. And this is we need a motion to open public hearing. We can do an all in favor. You should have You should have a roll call on Okay. Jonazi Alvarez.
Yes. Barcelia. Yes. And yes. Stephano. Yes. Okay. Any discussion? Anybody from the public? Anybody from the public? Anybody from the council? Seeing none, I need a motion to close the public hearing.
And uh Barcelia and Alvarez and roll call vote. Jivvenzi, yes. Alvarez, yes. Adams, yes. Barcelia, yes. And yes. Stephano, yes. Now we need a motion to adopt ordinance number 7672025.
Motion second. And roll call vote. So we have Marina and George. Yes. Okay. Jimnazi, yes. Alvarez, Adams, Barcelia, and yes, yes.
On to page six. The motion to open a public hearing on ordinance number 768, an ordinance amending chapter 115, fees, article two, fees for the emergency services. Motion. Motion. Marina second. Second
Pat and roll call vote. Jivonazi. Yes. Alvarez. Yes. Adams. Yes. Bara and Stephano. Yes. And just to remind everybody, this is to increase the fees for the services of our EMS department.
Any discussion from the public council? All right. Seeing none, need a motion to close the public hearing. Motion. Motion. Marinas. Second. Pat and all vote. Janosi, yes. Alvarez, yes. Adams, yes. Or yes. And yes, Stephan, yes. Now
we need a motion to adopt that ordinance number 768. Motion motion. George second. Marina roll vote. Jimnazi. Yes. Alvarez. Yes. Adams. Yes. Kendall. Yes. Yes.
Okay. on to page eight which is the consent agenda. Consent agenda includes items 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 burough council. If any discussion is requested on a consent agenda item, it is removed from the consent agenda agenda to the regular agenda. Resolution number 88.25, 25 a resolution of the burough of buna county of Atlantic state of New Jersey also
authorizing the filing of an application for a short-term construction loan from the New Jersey I bank under the construction financing program and authorizing the issuance of a construction loan note in connection therewith to fund improvements to the
burough's sanitary sewer system and roadway restoration projects. Resolution 8925, resolution of the Burough Bun and the County of Atlantic determining the form and other details of its note
relating to the water bank construction financing program of the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank to be issued in the principal amount of 3.5 million and providing for the issuance and sale of such note to the New Jersey
Infrastructure Bank and authorizing the execution and delivery of such note by the burough unit in favor of the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank. All pursuant to the water bank construction financing program of the New Jersey Infrastructure
Bank. You all got that right. Okay, that's through the MUA resolution. We're working with the MUA. Yes, that's that's where we're in right in partnership with the MUA. Resolution
number 9025 to amend adopted budget chapter 159 special items of revenue and appropriations under NJSA4A 4-87 resolution 9125 a resolution of the Burough unit authorizing the engineer to
advertise for formal bids to be received for the fiscal year 2025 New Jersey Water Bank number S340519-01 Sanitary sewer improvements resolution 9225 a resolution referral authorizing
the engineer to apply for the 2025 New Jersey DOT municipal aid program and the road is to be determined resolution 9325 a resolution authorizing a one-mon extension to award a contract to Lamberg
Construction LLC for the NJCAA fiscal year 2024 local recreation improvement grant for the resurfacing of the tennis courts at Bruno Molini Park. Uh bills paid, excuse me, as listed and approval
for the clerk's reports, minutes of the special meeting of April 14th and minutes of the regular meeting of April 14th. I'll need a motion. Motion Marina and second Patty roll call. Janazi, yes. Alvarez, yes. Adams first I'll say yes
but I'm going to abstain to bill number 25-00134 25-00134 upstating that billing oh Marcel yes and Delora yes Stephano yes okay committee reports planning
zoning inspections. Councilman just um couple things uh going on right now. Um the code enforcement ongoing matter of 104 South Franklin Street, 106 South
Franklin Street and 114 North Iron Highway, all owned by the same person. He did all this work, didn't have it inspected. He came finally got permits to do this. He's got to open everything up so they
can inspect everything that has to be done. And the the permits have been approved waiting on the inspection to be scheduled uh sometime in May. So this is an ongoing thing with this gentleman that owns this. Should I take
another six months to get that all cleared? Right. So evidently had people living in there after he put the construction in. They had to move them all out and and this is a timely matter that we're finally
getting all correct. Have you he gotten any violations before this? What's this? Violations. Has he gotten any before this? Before? Oh, yeah. He's got violations for it already. He's been sent out and and he hasn't have to pay for anything if he conforms to what he's
supposed to do. So, in the meantime, the whole neighborhood has to be upside down looking at all this mess. You're telling me, right? Um, the next thing the zoning officer is
at the Marlin Avenue 103 and 105, the failure to comply with the notice to remove chickens from the residential order is scheduled for May 1st. So, we'll see what happens in May 1st cuz they're appealing it. They want your
grandfather. They're dead. Chicken. They have a Everybody wants grandpa. Um I guess this is But Drive. Finally, lot 120 and 121 have
receive received certificate of occupancy. Hopefully, now that that's already done with the two properties being sold and occupancies being on, they should be able to start with that road because
he's been holding up because of the road until the properties were all sold that were all on the prop that were that he developed out there. There's two properties that uh Patel owns one and the another Patel owns and they're empty lots that they bought next to the house
that they live in. That should have nothing nothing to do with the complaints about being everything being sold about land. Right. Right. Everything being sold. We should be able to proceed and try to get this road fixed for the people that live on on
Drive. Uh over the weekend I saw the big asphalt trucks um the flatbed with the machines on it. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. So I know they're doing the gas across the street. Did that has anything to do with it? They were like asphalt trucks. They were asphalt trucks because I know
they're fixing major gas lines. I didn't read the name on it. I was going fast. I think right on Louis Drive. Rick, do you have an update on that? I know we have I was in touch with special counsel Mike Molinsky
um and we needed an update from the engineer to give us an engineer's estimate as to the cost of the balance of the work after he completed the storm water system. Um we immediately got it from Delasio sent it out and a letter went to um the developer as well as the
bond company. So that may have triggered everything. Um because there's no excuse as you said now um and even the sale of the lots really should not have held anything up. The only thing that's holding anything up was the weather which broke a month ago. So there's no excuse at this point. Uh we're moving
forward and we've already passed a resolution authorizing the litigation. Uh I'll check to see if he's if the developer is in fact doing the road. It wasn't just the road that had to be completed. There were lights, landscaping and fencing uh that also had
to be completed. So we needed the amount of money, the value, the work to be done in order to go after the bond. We got it and uh so the marching orders are not to stop uh going after them. So hopefully maybe that is what triggered them to do what needs to be done. I'll check with
Molinsky tomorrow and report to everybody. I was under the impression they kept trying to hold us up, saying that we were going to do the job completely when all the lots were sold. They did say that, but that's not an excuse for the completion of the road. Okay, we don't care about that. Um, they
were alleging that there was some agreement um 10 years ago that said that they didn't have to do the road until then. That's not a fact. I couldn't find no document that said that. Um and so that's when we sent the letter to the bonding company, authorized the
litigation. He did he did complete the u the storm water system the way it was supposed to be done. That was signed off and then winter came. You couldn't do the road during winter, but now there's no excuse. See, that's what I remember is the last uh last contact of them was
saying soon as the weather breaks will start. Okay. And uh the other thing was um evidently on Heatherwood Drive they got three permits for three new houses on that on
that road which will be pretty nice. That's it for me. Okay. Thank you. So before I start on finance just want to thank um Cindu Hall and Nancy Bro. So, our committee did a lot of work. Uh,
it was all led by these two ladies that did a great job. So, thank you. Um, so today was the first day starting with our full budget and um, blessed to say
that we finished up 17 weeks into the year. It's about 32% of this year's budget and at this time uh we're at 34%. So it's only 2% difference. Usually I'm saying at this time of year it's
five or 6%. So we're doing good. But then on top of that um there's certain um payments that are done for the whole year like um our computers they were all paid. There's insurance that gets paid.
There's several other items that they get used up early in the year, so we're actually ahead of the ball game, but thank you. Um, as far as, uh, and that is a good start. Um, as far as tax
collecting, um, we had 200 in March, there were 219 collections for $168,770. the third with 86 cents and then in April we had 228
um collections for a total of 306,57649. So next month we'll have the um the mag later on in the year but looking good. Everything is going pretty good. Very good. Thank everyone. Thank you.
Oh, by the way, our website I was using our our new website. It's fabulous. Even I could follow that one. Great. I love it. Okay. Under public safety street lights, that would be uh
my committee. I have a report from our EMS chief. For the month of March, we had 79 dispatches, 52 in the burrow, 20 in the township, and 70 in the city of Island, which included 11 cardiacs,
seven psychiatrics, six respiratory, one motor vehicle accident, three medical alarms, three unconscious people, two assaults, two lift assists, one overdose Narcan, and 21 medical emergencies.
Um, so if you do the math real quick, let's say 80 calls in 31 days. They're hustling our our squad. Uh, from the police department for the month of March, Chief
Diri is the CZ is present. We had a total of,041 calls. So do the math on that one with 31 days and 381 motor vehicle stops. 235 motor vehicle tickets issued, 13
arrests, three DWIS, four disputes, 48 motor vehicle crashes, six well-being checks, 234 business checks, 16 animal complaints, 79 medical assist, domestic
calls, five missing person investigations, two, two burglaries. That's very good. two Berkeleys and 49 patrols in the park. Um council um received an email from me through uh
the clerk administrator's office um about the fair weather and all the activity in the park and it's starting up with um damage and bike riding and a lot of stuff that
they're not supposed to do. So, the chief has actually uh assigned people out there uh officers out there on foot patrol and he keeps a log of it. And um we urge anybody, parents, coaches,
council people, whoever is out there, you see something wrong, dial the number 8566941414. Um that's the best thing to do. You'll get dispatch. dispatch will send an officer here as long as an officer is available to send an officer and that's the quickest way to catch the
knucklehead that's doing something wrong. Um, you know, calling me or calling the chief directly just buys them time to get away because then we have to call people. We have to call dispatch. We have to do everything that the person witnessing should be doing.
Correct, Chief? Yes, sir. Anything to add to that? Thank you guys so much. Just for note, the other day kids are on the dugouts standing on top. The police come, I guess, walking around. As soon as they start walking around, the kids
jump off and start running. And it's, you know, I mean, I don't know what can be done to stop them from doing it, but Sounds like a parenting issue to me. Huh? Sounds like a parenting issue. Parenting issue, he says. Yeah, it is. But you know, they're not around.
They're not here. They're not around. The kids are on there. As soon as they see the police, they jump and start running off. And you know, that's what happens. The motorized bike. There's motorized bikes. Motorized bikes aren't allowed in the park. Yeah. Just
one when I got out of my car, one back. Well, they're allowed on the bike trail, but not in the park. And that goes for anybody. Yeah. They're allowed. No, no bicycles are allowed in the park. They're allowed on the bike trail, but not in the park. Okay. And the last thing with the police
department is officer of the month for March is Officer Thet. Is that correct? The Officer Thet is one of our most consistent and productive officers. In March, he conducted 88 motor vehicle stops, issued 96 motor vehicle tickets,
made four criminal arrests, two drunk driving arrests, and completed 11 motor vehicle crash investigation reports. He is a two-time recipient of the officer of the month award and is currently assigned to the patrol division on the B squad. Thank you, chief, and thank you
department. Good job. Okay, next is recreation. Nothing to report. Let's move on to um before I start on recreation, uh I want to start on the historical society is having their spring festival this
coming weekend on Saturday. So try and get out there. Debbie and her crew has worked very hard. Uh they are going to have a car show. There is going to be How many vendors are you up to now?
120. 120 vendors, food trucks. It is going to be all carriage rides, so please try and get out there. It is from 10:00 a.m. until 5 on Saturday. Now, for recreation,
um I reported last month, but they had a great breakfast. It was a huge success, and they wanted to thank everyone that supported them and who volunteered. Also, recreation had their Easter egg hunt uh where recreation and volunteers
collected over 2,000 eggs this year. So, that was a huge increase from years past. Uh they are hosting a community art sale June 7th. Um signs are currently being made and they will be up
if anybody wants to be outed. They have like a treasure hunt, like a list of where uh everything. It's a map that they've put out. Uh they can get in touch withgmail.com if they would like to be added to that list. Uh their next
meeting is May 8th at 6. Uh and they are currently working on new events for this year. Uh Blackwater Pond work continues. Uh we're widening all the trails. Uh we're doing uh weekly cutting back
there. Our next step is going to be working on the entrance and for the picnic area. Picnic area is where we've had the most damage. We've lost picnic tables and everything due to trees coming down. So, we're going to be
looking into doing something for back there. Uh it's probably going to wait till next year, though. And we are totally blocking off the blue trail due to repairs that are needed back there. there's just there's no funding for it. So, that's going to have to wait until
next year. Signs up. We're putting signs up. We're working on that now. Uh the waterway is also it's going to take at least another year to get that done. It's so wet back there right now. You can't get any of that heavy equipment back there. Um in the future, we're going to be asking for volunteers back
there to help clean up to We did cut back a lot of brush and everything, so it's clearing it out. I spoke with Mr. Monday night this week. Um the they're going to cut the field within the next 3 to 4 weeks. They have to wait for it to be a little higher and they were waiting
for um their insurance policy to kick in so they can work back there. So um special events, it's ongoing planning for day. We sent out all of our sponsorship letters. All the food trucks are confirmed. All our vendors are
confirmed. Um we're working on entertainment right now for that. The Christmas in July is filling. Um we have uh close to 20 vendors right now and that's all going to be in the movies center. So we're almost at that much indoors. So we're
almost that max for that. And last but not least, uh the community garden uh got some great news this week. We received uh 5 yards free of their composting soil for free. they delivered it. Uh we received two new signs and we
also are picked up by Ruckers. So what that means is their expansion is going to come out and they're going to send volunteers from other gardeners gardens in our area that have community gardens and they're going to give us um some
professionals that are going to be giving some garden talks at the community garden and she's going to be giving us plants and they're looking into additional funding for us. since we are on the budget. And that concludes my report. All right.
Um, anybody interested here or at home that's tuning in, all of these dates should be on our website and they would there's two calendars on our website. One is our burough municipal calendar and one is the recreation calendar. So,
please check both calendars uh to look up these uh dates, all the dates that Marina mentioned for all these different activities. Oh, and I forgot to mention uh we had a little snag in our concerts. They have to wait and get their insurance cuz we're you have to have
your insurance in order to pay to play back there. We're not carrying the policies this year. So, we're having six concerts, but they can't get their policies yet. So, we're gonna we're kind of moving a little bit. So, your concert will be delayed. Yeah, it's just gonna
be a little delayed. Question on the community yard sale. We do have an warning that says you're supposed to register your yard sale and pay the fee that day. The fee will be waiting. Wait. All right. Thank you, Marina. Moving on to buildings, grounds, and improvements.
Chairwoman and Okay. Um, first of all, um, we got the money back. Let me see. The CBBG grant money for demo, uh, Central Avenue, the old Morelli building. It'll be sent to us in two weeks. A letter was um, brought up here
um, from Bob Mcwigan for $43,500. So, we're looking forward to putting that back in our funding for other things, right? Yes, ma'am. Good job. Also,
um generator test and burough properties are scheduled coming up. You'll go to each building and test the generators. Um we also received um quotes, three quotes for the U roof for the EMS
building. Um we're actually the lowest one. It's only for half the roof. It'll be on the Route 40 side. and Wade Alpha um has the lowest bid and it's 29,700 and that's where we've had the
leaks the worst. So like over the office and that so we're going to do that first. Okay. Uh what else? Uh the road department replaced they pulled out the old shrubs in front of Barl Hall and uh yeah new ones were donated and they were
put back. The new ones were put back. Uh the next project we'll be working on hopefully is a walking path from Burrow Hall to Brewster Road. Um and we have also have a couple benches, trash and recycling combos um
to be placed. One will be placed back at Blackwater Pond. Uh we have to actually have the cement truck um for the foundation for it, but um those guys will all be involved. Uh what else?
uh community groups have been holding meetings in the Louise Brazil Center. We are having a few problems with the conditions that are being when they're leaving. So hopefully uh we'll work on my committee will work on with also with
the mayor on the rules and guidelines and what's expected when they use the building that it has to be properly replaced. The tables, chairs, and everything else because um the director
and the assistant come in at 7:30 in the morning to be ready for the nutrition site. the people that go there actually get off the bus around 8:30. So, they would like everything put back in place. They don't have time to do all this. So,
we're going to um come up with some guidelines. Okay. Um what else? I also worked with um I took a walk in the park. Marina couldn't make it and couldn't make it. U
Bill came Harley and Christina um they're working on the brick project I understand and we're moving forward on that. Um we have a bill said we have about 130 bricks from Benine um school and we're going to be move weaving them
in the the um new bricks but we took a walk to try to find out where the best location would be. And um so far they believe and I I put my words suggesting to the front part of the park like right
in the beginning of the walkway somewhere right there. Um because there's still a lot of damage being done in the park. So why put the bricks back there, you know, put it right in the view where everybody can see them. Put flowers in a bench. Okay. And we'll
pretty it up. Okay. So we're moving forward on that. And uh we not got notified June 13th, Clearary School will hold annual day in Mel Park for all that children. And that's it. Very good. You brought something up that just reminded
me of something. Wow. Personally, I have about a dozen bricks from the original Midway in. Uh the new part was the old part remained when the new part had burned and then they rebuilt the the front
part. But when they were demolitioning, I was in the back grabbing some original brakes. I mean car said I could have them. Um you make me
wear a hat. Heart solic and so is the chief. I saw the solicitor. I like those. So, if if you're interested in them, um they're in a wheelbarrow in my at my
house. I didn't know what I was ever going to do with them, but that's a good idea. Maybe between the midway um instead of just sitting in a wheelbarrow at my house. I worked in there as a young teenager. Got my ears pulled a lot.
Okay. But you learn on to road and recycling. Chairman Dphano. Yes. Thanks Doug. Under road items branches are being collected. These will be collected when branch collection is complete. Recycling grant paper is
completed with the ACUA and will be sent to the state of New Jersey by our county recycling coordinator from the ACUA. Grants from 2024 will be received. The amount is
5,54047. Flower Street, Plymouth Road, and Friendship Roads are complete. Uh potholes are being filled. They're going to need a little bit more material to finish that. And the first round of grass cutting of burrow properties are
completed. And that's it. Very good. Thank you. And thank you all council. Moving on to any unfinished business. Okay. Any new business for council? I think a lot of thanks to a lot of our
community that are involved more than I remember. We have a great great uh team uh on council and for the public to this this round. community connection.
We we new businesses. Go ahead. So, uh, Saturday Saturday was the grand opening of the Buuna Connection Brewery, which is the old Nautilus on Wheat Road. And, uh, Patty, myself, and the mayor
attended, the mayor and the owner, uh, did the ribbon cutting, and it was very, very nice. I encourage everybody to stop there to check it out. Uh you don't have to have you don't have to drink or have an appetite for beer. They also sell
soda and some snacks and goodies, but they made the place look absolutely fabulous. But we happened to taste a couple of their specialty beers and they were very good and clearly went to Clearary this morning. So this is state testing week
in the elementary schools of VA regional school district. So we were invited and um Marina and I showed up the police chief and four or five of his officers showed up and uh all the kids from all the different entrances that they came
into the school were met by us cheering people uh encouraging to do well on their state testing. Um I hope it work. Rick. Yes, Council President. Um I'm not
sure if everybody is aware, but we had received a letter from Mazone Law Firm regarding uh the Manitola the Methodist Church. U adjacent to that property is an old easement alleyway. Um, and they had in the past requested
that we vacate the alleyway which ultimately would transfer the property to the two adjacent property owners to that alleyway. Um, the the issue died down and it just brought it back again and I think it's something that we need
to talk about in close session as a contract matter. So, I'd ask council to consider a resolution authorizing the exclusion of the public from a meeting between the mayor, burough council, burrow acting clerk, burrow administrator, burough solicitor and
staff, burrow engineer and staff uh concerning contract negotiations and authorizing disclosure of minutes uh of the meeting as provided therein. I need a motion. Question on that first. Let's make a motion to have discussion.
So motion second George. All in favor? I. Okay. Discussion. Um there are more than just the two people that live alongside of it. They use that alleyway. Now these are the alleyway up. That
alleyway's been there. And again, these are the things that we need to talk about in close session. Okay. And so that will be an issue that we will discuss and that's why we we wanted to make it in a close session so we can talk about it uh um and determine the best direction that we're going to go.
Uh but you're 100% right. There are other issues that go beyond that. So we will talk. Will that be at the next meeting or uh and the the u the close session will be at the next council meeting? Yes. Okay. So we need a roll
call. Jimnazi. Yes. Alvarez. Yes. Adams. Yes. Bar. Yes. [Music] Andor approving the 47. Okay. Any other new business?
Next meeting will be regular council meeting May 12th at 6:30 p.m. And I need a motion to adjurnn. Motion to second. Second. All in favor? Okay. Thank you everybody for showing up. This has been a QVC television
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