please rise for the flag salute 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 and I'll take the mayor's seat no I'm not acting okay roll call please here Alvarez here adams here stephan here okay this meeting of March
24th is being held in compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act the notices of this meeting have been provided via email to the Press of Atlantic City and the Daily Journal November 9th 2024 as well as having been posted on the Municipal Bowling board and website at unbur.org
or uh there is no mayor's report right now the mayor is absent and uh public comment opportunity for anyone to comment with a limit of 5 minutes per speaker please refer to the following statement i'll need a motion to open the
public portion of the meeting second motion Alvarez second pati yes alvarez yes for Silia yes yes yes i think I still vote don't I yeah it's a yes anyway
okay anyone wishing to address mayor and counsel please step forward and state your name for the record seeing none I'll accept a motion to close the public portion motion motion marina second Pat roll call
yes yes yes yes yes okay we need a motion to introduce and pass on first reading ordinance number 766 a calendar year 2025 ordinance to
exceed the municipal budget appropriation limits and to establish a cap bank under NJSA4A 4-45.4 14 i have a motion motion marina second alvarez and before we call uh for a vote
I'd like to defer to Nancy right now our auditor uh for a brief explanation hi everyone um this ordinance we do every year um we have an appropriation cap limit on the budget where we can only increase certain appropriations by three and a
half% 2 and a half% we go up to three and a half% this allows us to go to that 3 and a half% and if we don't use it we can bank it and use it over the next three years it's really just a formality we do it every year but it does it gives us that little bit of leeway to make sure that we have enough in the budget
to cover our current year expenditures with the actual increase okay any questions from council yeah any questions no okay please yes alvarez yes yes yes yes
yes okay now we'll go to resolution 63-25 a resolution introducing and approving the 2025 municipal budget i'll take a motion in a second and then we'll have an another uh brief discussion from
our auditor motion motion marina second second Patty i would defer to Nancy again for a brief discussion we went through the highlights of the budget last meeting um we had a couple minor small bills come through after
that that we had to make a couple of adjustments for so the budget that you have in front of you that you're voting on has a 1.5% tax increase for the year council worked very hard the finance committee the CFO the administrator to get the budget reasonable for the year i
think they did a wonderful job and as far as I'm concerned very fiscally responsible very good any questions from council no just thank you thank you yes thank you and on that I'd like to say that uh I was part I was part of the finance
committee this year along with uh George this is his department and the mayor and uh the CFO the administrator and it was uh my second time on the finance committee from a couple years ago
and it's a uh it's a big challenge trying to get everything that everybody wants trying to give everything that everybody wants and keep our tax rate low and um and they did it and we did it
so at at a a petty and a half I don't think that's too bad uh with all the services that our residents get and uh the monies that our employees make and always get these increases that you
know anymore everybody wants to give all these increases to us trash and recycling is a big header insuranceances so there's there's always somebody knocking on your door with a basket right a hand
out but we have a great team we got a great team we got great employees in the world so it always works out and thank you to the MUA uh for their help yep
okay we'll take a a roll call vote yes alvarez yes adam yes yes yes okay now we'll go to ordinance number 767
2025 uh need a motion to introduce and pass on first reading bond ordinance appropriating $100,000 and authorizing the issuance of up to $95,000 in bonds and notes of the burough for the reconstruction of the
tennis courts thank you for reconstruction of the tennis courts uh park bathrooms by the burrow unit in the county of Atlantic have a motion and a second motion second motion Marina second
George any questions comments okay roll call vote yes yes adams yes yes yes yes okay let's see
resolution number 7025 resolution of the burough of Buuna county of Atlantic authorizing the exclusion of the public from a meeting between the mayor Burough Council Burough Administrator and staff Burough Solicitor and staff concerning a personnel matter involving the conduct
of a member of the Burough Buena Municipal Utilities Authority and authorizing the disclosure of the minutes of said meeting as provided herein we're going to uh if this is approved we're going to have this at the end of the meeting we'll take a recess
and we will take action after the close session so we'll come back in we'll take action and then we'll adjourn all right any um any questions okay we'll do roll call there's a motion here's a motion a
motion i'm sorry motion motion marina and second Patty second okay alvarez yes adams yes yes yes yes so the resolution the next resolution 7125 is
what we will um uh react on when we come back from the close session okay now we'll go [Applause] to consent agenda the 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 the burough council if any discussion is requested on a consent agenda item it is removed from the
consent agenda to the regular agenda resolution 6425 a resolution by the Burough Buna authorizing an application to complete streets technical assistance program resolution 6525 a resolution authorizing the carry over of recruit
unused vacation and personal time for road department employees of the Burough of Buuna due to an unavoidable circumstance resolution 6625 a resolution authorizing the tax collector to cancel taxes for the first and second
quarter of 2025 for Sashoy Newell a totally disabled veteran resol Resolution 6725 a resolution fixing salaries for employees of the Burough of Buuna for the year 2025 resolution 6825 a resolution authorizing the
temporary closure of a portion of Central Avenue to through traffic on April 12th from 9:00 a.m to 10:00 a.m and directing Buuna Baseball Softball Association to submit an application to the Atlantic County Engineer for permit approving said temporary closure that's
for opening day resolution 6925 a resolution approving the 2025 emergency temporary budget uh we have correspondence from John Cassine of 609 West Summer Road Manitoba request for temporary storage unit beginning April
2025 for a period of 6 months bills paid as listed and approval of clerk's report minutes of the special budget workshop meeting on March 10th 2025 and minutes of the regular meeting of March 10 2025
motion motion marina second second pat roll call jimnazi yes alvarez yes adams yes yes yes yes okay now we'll move to committee reports planning zoning inspections chairman Jivonazi
um couple things I got um I got 104 South Franklin Street 106 South Franklin Street and 114 North Harden Highway pending in court for new date March 22nd march 27th owner has met with Jim for
inspections and obtained some permits that were needed um the zoning officer uh vehicles are removed by John Keenan notified to port property in compliance that's spot 21 North Harding
Highway and Marlin Avenue with the chickens um the residents of court is scheduled for in April don't have the date on it but that's all I got okay the one that the vehicles removed is that the uh used
car lot uh the Yes cuz I know we were having problems with that yes they complied to getting all the stuff that's wasn't supposed to be in there out of there which were used I mean junk vehicles and uh other stuff like that
and I guess evidently um they still have to go back and they have to go before cuz they had got fined for it right the judge found them guilty the each day they were in in violation there the the fine was building up right so they had worked since they got charged for you
know the $10,000 or whatever i think that's what the prop money was they finally decided they had to do something and clean it up and they complied very good okay thank you finance tax collector and assessor Chairman Alvarez
so we continue to collect our taxes um talking to the gentleman that had our office we're doing pretty good we um we have nothing else other than what we discussed tonight on the budget so we're
hoping to get everything secured pretty tight um don't know still waiting on on the numbers um from the other businesses due to cannabis to see we have a little
window that we have to wait before we can include those numbers i don't think that that's still the fourth quarter i mean yeah it's still it's fourth quarter the fourth month I think is when we'll hear something i didn't I didn't hear a question it was about the uh the
cannabis uh payments taxes where we can we can start pulling them in i think it our ordinance requires it to be paid same as taxes so whenever the taxes can do they come due okay and I think we're very close to getting enough information
where we can have a good idea on what the numbers are going to be and numbers are always going to go a little slower in the beginning cuz not everybody opened up at the same time so very good is that all that's it okay
thank you public safety and street lights for myself and for February EMS totals we had 79 total EMS calls 61 in the burrow 12 in Buuna Vista Township
five in Violin and one in Hamilton um all the others besides ours were uh mutual aid we had nine cardiacs two respiratories four psychiatrics three medical alarms two lift assists two strokes six fall victims four
unconscious 29 medical emergencies and the chief is here thank you it's getting busier and busier and our chief is here fire a police chief I almost said fire chief our police chief is here and he
submitted another dandy report and for the month of February 798 calls for service in Buuno motor vehicle stops 274 motor vehicle tickets 204
15 arrests one DWI four disputes four motor vehicle crashes six well-being checks 267 business checks 10 animal complaints 78 medical assist five domestic calls
one missing person investigation and 32 burglar alarms answered fire alarms fire alarms burglar fire alarms and do we have an officer of the month we do it is officer Matthew Flynn badge
number 1170 officer Flynn is one of the most productive officers in February he conducted 131 motor vehicle stops himself issued 145 motor vehicle tickets that he's not real common for that popular for that made 13 criminal
arrests and completed 13 motor vehicle crash investigations in February one of his motor vehicle stops led to a joint investigation with Franklin Township Police Department ATF and FBI where explosives were being manufactured in a residence in Salem County well we all
know how that ends up in Buuna don't we officer Flynn is a three-time recipient of Officer of the Month award and was the 2022 Franklin Township Police Department Officer of the Year so Officer Matthew Flynn congratulations officer of the
month okay and that'll do it for my reports and we will move on to Thank you Chief yes thank you both Chiefs yep uh recreation chairman chairwoman Barcya i just have a couple of things uh still
ongoing is for recreation they're having their breakfast at Martins uh tickets are still available uh I don't have a full report to give you on that um we are continuing to work at Blackwater Pond uh there was some damage
to one of the gates uh and Bill is going to uh Mr nay said that he's going to be working over there to give us more millings there because they're using it as a turnaround there so we have to correct that problem because it's wearing out our driveway
and that the read the the parking lot on Brewster Road the beginning of it and Bill you said it was in it was the Brewster roadside where the damage was the roadside and actually driving onto the grass and into the parking lot making
the figure turn it i think it would be appropriate to dress it up for the public that actually goes there and does the right thing and walks every every day where there's two big yellow blockades are no right at the entrance the buses the buses buses are
coming in as a U-turn flipping around and digging it all up oh okay stuff like that and right on the uh milled where the millings are okay um to continue with Blackwater Pond we are going to continue to move forward
with opening up the trails but the third trail is going to have to remain closed due to the condition to the third bridge until we can get funding in to correct that problem it's going to have to be retopped on all of it and the one riser
is broken so we're going to have to fix that um we did apply for a couple more grants just to let you everyone know for the tennis court situation that we have going on uh we did come up short with the original funding on that so we went
to the tennis association and the max on that is 25,000 so we're going to go for that so we have the Aubry group working up that grant right now so hopefully we can get that balance on what is needed to complete the
job and that is all I have okay thank you and buildings and grounds and improvements chairwoman Andurora okay uh first we're getting ready for spring hopefully no more bad weather uh we removed uh the road department removed
the old shrubs in the front of the building and we will be checking this week for new and new ones and a good deal of course um of course the park is really looking good for the opening day April 12th
working with the baseball replacing at least 14 field lights that are burnout and an aerial lift uh they both been donated by a local electrical contract contractor and they'll um do most of the service
freight um baseball will be placing a small fence area near the between the uh shed uh I guess two sheds uh to house their field equipment as a safety concern because they were leaving it out
in the open and it was uh dangerous you know and the insurance got after us so it's going to all be confined and they're paying for the fence okay front and back it's going to be with a a little gate I guess uh the front door
bar was replaced today with a panic bar um and it was missing from the previous um plans so they did come back but I understand we still have a little problem bill told me by the end of the
day we still have a problem stuff never ending uh maintenance barrel hall in and out will be cleaned between 7:15 a.m to 9:00 a.m then the workers move outside with the barrel hall and also go into
the parks to maintain the parks and that's it very good thank you and on to Chairman Dphano for roads and recycling thanks Doug um Friendship Road and Plymouth Street have been paved um
driveway aprons have to be completed road edges have to be restored striking and stop bars have to be painted branches and leaves have been removed from the bin and will um be
calculated for the tonnage grant the sweeper has been repaired and the Burrow Hall Police Department Louise Brazil and the Boulevard have been swept okay quotes for the new 30yard container for the convenience center will be
received by the next meeting and uh the road guys will be working in the park to prepare for opening day and that's all I have very good thank you okay any unfinished business back to the agenda
uh under new business I have uh good news that our new website as of not too long ago is up and running so if you have a chance check out www.buno.org it's the same website only
now it's going to our website instead of the website that was being hosted by the county this new website allows the clerk's office to fully control the website to put on it what we want and when we want um there's also some new
features where the public can go online and sign up for uh road alerts emergency alerts um to be notified by email and um eventually by cell phone
if we have enough uh people that want that service the um it it's going to allow two public calendars one calendar for the municipality for Buun Burough and one calendar for recreation which
will be uh totally maintained and edited and managed by recreation um so it really looks good and I did put an email out and I want to thank Maryanne and Nicole and Pam for all their work on it
not a really easy task we found out last year that the county was not going to host provide hosting services to anyone anymore but the um the service they were going to was way too expensive the company they were
going to was way too expensive for our budget so they set out to um to get quotes and get um ideas of what companies would charge for hosting and creating the website and they did and
they had to learn all that first before they could even ask for those kind of things you have to be knowledgeable on what you're asking for and they did they did really well um and the uh the product is now online as of today we went live so check
it out when you have a chance and um you could pay your you could uh pay your uh taxes on there there's there's a lot of different stuff on there so it's really nice that's good thank you that's a good move um did I miss any any any other uh new
exciting stuff on there i'm kind of a geek at heart but no marian anything there's some things that need to be worked out oh yeah there it's not we went live just because I was kind of pushing for it but there's still some edits that need to be made a couple text
errors here and there but it's all little stuff but in all it's it's uh done and up and running okay anything else for new business um I actually did um we got word um we've been working on the sustainable New Jersey to get us
certified we have gone a couple years where we haven't had it uh we've qualified we haven't gotten the initial the we're getting some kind of award for it we're going to be bronze status so we're going to be getting uh
accessibility for more grants nice uh which they'll just let us know what we qualify for and we can go for it uh we were also for the community garden uh we received 40 pallets from a local resident from Weaten's class so we got
40 pallets so we'll be able to build a shed at the garden to put all our tools in so Sustainable New Jersey we're we're now a sustainable New Jersey municipality yes certified certified which allows us to get it'll be allow us
to get a different grants and it's just showing that we're moving forward to being green very good going towards that environment okay anybody else new business yes yes thank you Chief um I just wanted to mention that um I I've received several complaints i spoke to
the mayor uh this past week um I know it's getting warm out and and juveniles are starting to congregate in the park back here um next week we're going to start instituting nightly foot patrols in the park um so uh expect to see that uh presence beefed up in the park uh you
know during the times that it's busy out here um but if we're not out there I do ask residents if they do see something if they see kids on dugouts on top of the roofs or vandalizing something uh or just acting unruly please call our non-emergency line and we will immediately come out um and address it
so um you know we will be instituting the foot patrols but if we're not out there at that time please just call and we'll come come great Chief thank you and that's a good point that you know there's so many parents that attend these games and watch their children um
and and you know playing their sports and I know they see this but they just don't call but we're telling them to please call yes and the number is 8566941414 856694144 so if you're in the park and you're watching your children's game and
you see these knuckleheads pulling shingles off of the off the dugouts and using them like frisbes call the police department it's fine we're asking you to do that you're you're our eyes and ears thank you Chief okay anything else for new
business all right let's go back to um resolution 7025 did we have a motion to second on that already we did okay so let's do a roll call on that that'll allow us to go
into close session and we will recess into We had We had roll call on resolution oh we did we passed it 71 resolution 71 we didn't all right very good so then we're going to recess at this time and um we'll go into the
clerk's office and then we'll come back out uh for possibly for uh um to take action and then we will adjourn at that point okay recess
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