Allegian 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. Roll call of
attendance. Here, here. Here. Here. Oh, I didn't hear you. Yeah, I'm here. Okay. This meeting is being held on May 12th, 2025 in compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act. And notices of this
meeting have been provided via the email to the press of Atlantic City, the daily journal on November 9th, 2024, as well as been posted on the municipal bulletin board and website at the buun burough.org. Okay. Uh, I'd like to lead
off by saying that, um, we are now into, I believe, our fourth month of the year that we have Quinn Broadcasting doing, uh, one meeting a month. Uh, and this is due in part to sponsors who contribute
to that cause and businesses. uh Allen Associates, we were fortunate enough that they took the lead and they have been providing dollars to televise this meeting and I have gone out and gotten other sponsors to uh support this. I
talked to council President Adams and he said for I should call Mr. Quinn and really recognize the other sponsors that are letting this uh take place. So this month's meeting is being sponsored by
Newfield Bank, Newfield National Bank. Um Pety Capazola, a lifelong resident, lives in Bland now, um actually came to me and said he would be willing to support this endeavor and uh it's very
much appreciated uh that New Phil Bank along with the other ones are sponsoring these live telecasts. And then as you know they're run time and time again uh for the rest of the month. So this month we had to do the first meeting because
the second meeting involves a conflict with the Kland County Board of Commissioners. So that's why Quinn Broadcasting is with us tonight and we welcome them. Um, speaking of uh Pety Capazola, in my conversations with him,
I learned uh that his father made history a number of years ago, 1949, serving as the first police chief. I didn't know that. We had a part-time police department. He was the first police. He was the first police chief. So, uh, in saying that, he showed me a
picture of his father's, uh, force at that time. And then I went in there to visit him on some financial matters and I saw a portrait um that his sister-in-law had had of his father. And uh I asked him after learning this that
I really like to see that portrait hung up with a lot of the people behind me tonight that made their mark and also the mayor's u corner over there. And he was really humbled and thankful. So, I got in touch with each council member on my own and they all endorsed that idea
of having Mr. Angelo Capazola placed up on the uh wall behind us. So, that will take place at the next council meeting which will be on a Tuesday, May 27th. That will take place. Uh Py along with a couple of his brothers will be
here and it should be a real nice night. And speaking with that, I talked to all council and uh Councilman Javanni the other day and Councilwoman Andelure and uh we thought it would be apppropo too and I talked to uh Council President Adams this morning that what we we would
do uh to make some room is take the two mayors that were behind me, Mr. Denini and Mr. Mccio, and put them where it belongs with the mayors that are sitting over there and a timeline and a timeline. So, uh, we would, um, talk to Bill and his department if we can get
Bill Denini of course would be first. The next two are right in line and then Muccio would be where, uh, Mayor Pella was and then we would just move down the line because the progression that's the way it was. So, that's something we're going to um, initiate for the next
council meeting. Again, Mr. Capzole will be up here. It'd be nice to have all the police department on one side and uh we will give it some direction that way of how that'll line up. So that's forthcoming at the next council and I thank council for taking that in
consideration. Again, the Capus family is rich in history of our burrow. Um and deservingly we'll have Angelo up there. I knew him very well up school of PD and a good man. Next we have resolution 94-25. This
a resolution appointing Ken Barbagley to the position of Burbuna Municipal Authorities member to fill the unexpired term of Jeffrey Johnson. Motion motion Adams second. Alvarez. Roll call vote. Yes.
Yes. Okay. We have Ken here tonight. I'd like to have him come up to uh get sworn into this uh regular position. Now, uh, just for everyone's knowledge out there, Ken not only serves on this board, he serves
as our unibrow fire chief since an the inception last year. And uh, I have to tell you and the director of public safety and council president will tell you that he does an excellent job in that capacity. Uh we for the first time
uh are really moving forward uh with our department uh since last year. Uh we're getting new equipment, new members. Uh and that's all due to Ken's hard work. So, kind of like to publicly thank you behalf of not only Doug and I, but the
entire council for all your efforts and taking this position on with your busy schedule uh to give some of your expertise to the BBMUA board. So, I'd like to have you come up. George will be my
talk about me because it would probably burn in your hand. Put your left hand on there and your right hand up and repeat after me please. I Kenneth Barbagley I Kenneth Barbagley do solemnly swearly swear that
I will support the Constitution of the United States support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey the constitution of the state of New Jersey and that I will bear I will bear true faith true faith
and allegiance and allegiance to the same to the same and to the governments and their governments established in the United States. established in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority under the authority of the people of the people. So help me God.
Help me God. I do further solemnly swear I do further solemnly swear that I will impartially I will partially and justly and justly perform perform all the duties all the duties of the office of the office of municipal utilities
authority member municipal utility authorities according to the best of my ability according to my best my ability so help me God so help me God congratulations Kenny [Applause]
sign here in front of you guys got to go be the fire chief. He has they have meetings on Monday night and that's another thing they do. It's open for applications. So, anybody in Buuna Burough that would like to pursue uh firefighting uh they have
their meeting nights on Monday and they are open house for applications. From there it's screened by Ken and the committee of his fire commissioners through the public safety director and we encourage anybody that would like to come out and volunteer for that uh purpose.
Okay, my report. It's going to be a little bit lengthy tonight. I was absent last meeting. Uh, so I I I have a month's worth of work here, so please just bear with me. I'll try to be as brief as possible. I condense my notes and pages, but again,
this is stuff that the council has to be aware of. A lot of them are already aware of a lot of things, but so does the public have to know where their tax dollars are going. and uh this is what we're here to do. So, here I go. The uh
first item, it's going to relate to a resolution, believe it or not, that's on the agenda regarding the I Bank of New Jersey. I just want to give council and the public a little briefing on this. Um we received a letter on Friday from Mr.
Delasio and Joe that the NJP with um Carrick Cole, chief of the burrow bureau of environmental uh permitting authorized the burrow to go
out to bid for this $3 million joint venture with the BBMUA and Buuna Burough for sanitary line improvements and reconstruction of roads. With this, this will
bring nearly $3 million to this burrow. We made history with this with this joint effort with the BBMUA. And I'm just proud that I could say this tonight because it's it's a major achievement for any town. So again, I want to thank the BBMUA authority personally. Uh we
have the chairman here tonight and member uh Dave Romeo and Jerry Marinace for for their cooperation and for their leadership on the board to be doing these joint projects on for the benefit of the entire burrow. Just for the
public's uh knowledge, the roads that will be um improved and sewer uh line extensions will be to Summer Road or Summer Avenue on Route 40 to going down to Plymouth
Road and West Avenue in Minnola from Wheat Road all the way to Summer Avenue. So again, uh, with that being said, I'll go to the agenda and pick it up where it should be on resolution
102-25. This is a resolution authorizing the burough engineer to advertise for bids to be received for the FY2025 NJ bank number S340519-01 sanitary sewer improvements.
Motion. Motion Alvarez. Second, Baroya. Any questions? Hearing none. Roll call vote. Yes. Yes. Yes. Okay. Now we go to page two in the
agenda. Again, I have a briefing for the council and for the public on what's transpiring these next two resolutions. I wanted to update the council on a meeting that took place on May 8th at the city of Violin in the mayor's office
regarding gathering information on closing our landfill. Mayor Fenucci along with council president Paul Spanelli and some consultants were there regarding solar energy. Myself, Councilwoman Andelura,
streets and roads supervisor Bill Nema were in attendance from the burrow. The violent mayor outlined a host of positive points regard regarding solar energy and what New Jersey has to offer. They just finished themselves a
closure not long ago and are very happy with the solar power and financial benefits that will bring that it brings to them right now. After hearing and reviewing this information, I asked if the Mazone
property on the boulevard, which is approximately 1 acre, and the Commerce Center property on this side of the boulevard would qualify for this type of Brownsfield improvement. They said being Brownsfield
sites, they would qualify. However, they would need a um a resolution to deem that area redevelopment. The good news is the commerce center already is in need of
redevelopment and solar is included. Last year we were looking at possibly uh I had some a group of people come to me about putting a sports complex and that really never came to fruition due to
whatever uh it it's very would have been I guess pretty costly because it's a Brownsfield site and it has a lot of hot spots on it and they would have to really be careful with a lot of things. So moving forward and to try to generate some extra revenue for this burrow, I
think it would behoove us to move and act on that property, the Mazone property, and definitely the landfill. Uh, Bill worked up an estimate of about 19 to 20 acres in total that we
could get for solar energy on these properties. So, with that being said, um when I talked to Councilwoman Andelure, she we thought we'd bring this up to Burough Council and I put it on the agenda because the first step is to deem
the landfill in need of redevelopment and the Mazone property. We don't have to worry about the commerce center because it's already there. I'm letting council know that's only step one. After we do that, we pass the resolutions, this will go to the land use board in
June for their review. They would have to hold, I believe, a public hearing. It's a process for this redevelopment. And Joe, you're probably very familiar with that. So, we have to go through that exercise in order to get to the point we want to even entertain solar.
So once they're done that in June, that would be turned back to council in July because the final ball and the final decisions are made here as you know. And then you guys would endorse that concept to go for redevelopment. And that will
enable me and anybody I put my committee to negotiate with the solar um companies, specifically the ones that deal with government. That's the one we're going for because there's monies, there's dollars. They're going to make
money and we're going to make money. We're going to take a land that is really of no use and putting some value in it as far as getting a return to our taxpayers. And isn't that what it's all about? Uh secondly, it will save us and
I asked this question to the mayor. Uh they help with your landfill closure costs. So any money that we banked, I told you we had money banked for this or I my administration didn't but previous ones did because eventually this
landfill has to close. If we get them to initiate the dollars through the D and all that and and get it closed, then we have money that we can take for other use of this burrow and we could prioritize that, George, in future
budgets. So I thought that was a very attractive offer. So again, I want to thank Pat and Bill for for being in attendance. Uh they came with a lot of information that um we we were, you know, sharing with them and asking a lot
of questions. We had a great dialogue and now here we are to tonight presented to the full council and asking you to pass these resolutions. So let me go back to the agenda on page two. The next
resolution is number 95-25. This is a resolution of the Burough Buuna, County of Atlantic, authorizing the preliminary investigation to be made by the land use board to determine whether the area consisting of block 120 lot 5300 Sar
Road is in need of redevelopment in accordance with NJSA4A12A-1ESQ. I make the motion. Motion and Delore second. Baroya, also known as the landfill property. Correct. Correct. Also, that's very good point, council president. Also known as the landfill property.
Any other questions or comments? Hearing none. Roll call vote. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Okay. Next would be resolution 96-25. This is a resolution of the Burough Buuna County of Atlantic
authorizing a preliminary investigation to be made by the land use board to determine whether the area consisting of block 133 lot 52 Northwest Boulevard is in need of the redevelopment in accordance with
NJSA4A 12A-1 ETSQ also known as a Mazoni also known as the Mazoni property. We made the motion. Yeah. Motion bar motion Barceloya second second and Delore any comments roll call vote
yes yes yes yes yes yes okay like to thank the council for that endorsement of moving forward with this project okay number four I have some con
uh some correspondence I want to read to the council. I had uh Nicole give you some copies today and I want to make a public for the public uh knowledge. I had a uh email sent from the county uh to
me and it was regarding uh Summer Avenue. And if you recall, myself again, Bill, we met last year with the county administrator, the head county engineer
regarding the poor drainage problem on Summer Avenue that borders Brewster Road and the couple homes when it rains heavily gets flooded out each and every
time. So the county administrator gave me an update. He said there are two proposals for designing this drainage. They are being reviewed at this time and an award will be made and the design will move forward. We will get back with perimeters when the design team is on
board. So that was an update to something that we initiated last spring about this time. So it's about a year uh but it's something. Secondly, he gave an update on Brewster Road. Our staff did
the design. The cost was projected to be twice the estimated cost. The design is being reviewed to determine what caused the higher cost and to see if adjustments could be made to the design. However, this is moving along and the
final design should occur shortly. If you have any questions, let me know. And again, this was from our county administrator. Um, so I put that on file and notice a week after uh, no, about 3
weeks after I received that, I felt compelled uh, because there was another section that I made the county aware of along with the streets and road supervisor who actually mapped out a design on the area of Wheat Road and Lincoln Avenue.
And it's not just one pothole. It's several potholes and it's getting bigger and bigger as we speak. So I'm a patient person, okay, by by the most part. But, you know, I I also have a a pushing I
could get pushed so far when I'm not heard from and we are in the western end of the county and sometimes, you know, it gets frustrating because this is an intersection and I'm going to read you what I wrote the county administrator and it was respectful but was very direct and I
think the public and the council should know. I said, "Good morning. and requesting a current status report regarding the poor condition of roadway at the intersection of Wheat Road and Lincoln Avenue. I have reported this site along with the snapshot of the area
affected by my streets and road supervisor William Neahhee over 6 months ago. Currently, a new Buuna connection brewery has opened and also an auto store zone store has opened, increasing
the traffic flow even more in that area and the decay of the area getting worse by day. It's my hope that the county prioritizes this section of roadway before anything else happens public safety wise.
So, I was pretty strong with the letter, but I think duly uh noted. Also, I did receive your correspondence in April regarding the Brewster Row project that was approved by the county executive over a year ago, and I must request that
you keep up on that pothole situation as that continues to decline rapidly. Thank you for your time and attention to these concerns, Mayor Barupi. Again, you know, the county has done a lot of good work here, and this is not a bashing of
Atlantic County. Trust me, I've had a great relationship with them. They've done many great things here in Buun Barrow. But when you're in this seat, and again, I have much more time now because I'm retired, and I travel this burrow quite a bit every day, and I see
the same things occurring, and I see the potholes and the public safety getting even worse. I feel compelled to put them on guard and they're going to get further noticed if we don't receive some answers in in the next month. So, I
wanted to just let the public know and you know that we're on it. So, that takes care of that. Uh, next on the agenda and council was and I want to thank Nicole today and Maryanne today. I was really a pain. I
got a lot of last minute information in and I had them running copies for council and giving all kind of data and all but we need to know what's happening here. Um and the next item I have to report on is the Minnesota Estates project which by the way started
in the mid 2005 2006. Council has received in their packets correspondence that was sent today to Einhorn Construction LL LLC putting them on notice that the burrow's demand that the burough's demand of the
remaining work to be completed be so done in the next 30 days. The work that's not completed to date is as follows. Final paving of the street. Installation of street signs. Installation of street
lights. Planting of street trees. Planting of pine trees. Installation of split rail fence and the striping of the road. This has been going on way too
long. and sub resolution were done in 2006 and 2008. Therefore, after the 30 days, the burough will pursue first indemnity of the American Insurance Company for the completion of the
remaining of this work. Okay. So, they've been put on notice. They have 30 days. This was spent sent sent out today special mail by special counsel Mike Malinsky
that the burrow retained with a follow-up email by me as mayor to officially put them on notice. Y enough's enough. The people who live on the street and development deserve much better than what they've been
getting. So for everyone's knowledge, it's locked in. It's it's on the move and I think we should be seeing some action in a very short time. Um 19 years. Yeah, I think that's time. So I
just want to update council. Council does have documentation of a lot of particulars with exhibits. So if anyone questions you, you are very well aware of how to respond to what we just pursued.
Number six, fire department update. In council president's absent, he was absent for uh his vacation that he took. I was working with the fire chief and the fire consultant on some items. I briefed him. We met this morning on some
of the updates and I want to brief council and the public to them. Um a used command vehicle uh has been purchased. The check has been written out and we'll be getting it in tomorrow. Uh the chief had a leave, but he's had
one of the older vehicles that was left by Manito. There was one older one by Landisville. They're really um not in real good shape. Again, this man goes, he leaves his business. When that fire whistle blows, he's the first one on the scene. So the director and I felt
compelled that and the finance chairman, he was consulted that we get this vehicle for him. So it should be in tomorrow. And what we're going to do with the older the vehicle he now uses is we're going to keep it for inspections during the day. Uh if our
inspections department need to use it, they can use that vehicle. And at night, we're keeping it for some of his firefighters that have to go to classes outside the barrel. So, we're going to be sharing that. I talked to Ken. I talked to the director. We're on board
with that. And uh we're looking to um probably the white uh older vehicle. Um the director's been in touch with the rescue squad and we're looking maybe to send that off to them because the new
EMS uh chief is looking to try to get to the scenes prior to the vehicle also and he'd like to have that as a backup. And really that's sitting in the fire department's lot really not making any use. It's older. It has problems but it's something that you know the
director and I feel that we could we could give the MS for a little extra support. So, we're we're moving in that vein. Um, also the new brush truck will be arriving soon. Uh, with the consent of this body and council, they felt, you
know, that we went out and used some startup money on the our fire end part and we did go out and bond and that bond, I think I just read, George, is going to be coming through on May 15th. So, hopefully the next council meeting, we'll have the check to buy that new
truck. Kenny said it's already ready. It's already outfitted for the burrow. And uh that really isn't just a brush truck. You know, again, I'm trying to get educated with this fire department. This is going to be a smaller version of a of a big fire truck that has all the
bells and whistles and can go there and and get a fire, you know, really contain a fire before the the bigger trucks get there. So they have some real good plans to utilize this vehicle and we look forward to to having that come to Buuna
Burough. Uh the last thing with public safety or next to last thing we are going to have a public safety committee meeting with the fire chief and the consultant TJ next week to be discussing upgrades uh within that department too
and we'll report back to council. Uh hopefully uh the director will have a report at the end of the month at that meeting. Lastly, regarding the fire department, I attended a training this past Saturday regarding fighting fires with phone. Chief Barbagley invited
uh a company that specializes in a special type of um preventative measure to dive fires out. It's called encaps encapsulator
T500 was the presenter. This guy presented his product. The foam seems to be an outdated way of fighting fires. They've read where it causes certain types of cancer could. Um, so this is a
new method about one of the guys were from Galloway Township, one of the chiefs. They use it along with like four other fire companies in Atlantic County. He showed us a video and then he actually went outside and they demonstrated how this particular
chemical I mean it it's clean, it's fast, and it's safe. So, I told Ken to work out work up an estimate from these people. They're going to give us some quotes. It'll go to the director of public safety and he'll be probably
presenting something to council at at the next meeting regarding purchasing some of that uh fire uh preventative fire. You know, it's amazing. Plus, there's a longer shelf life. Much longer shelf life. Good point. Uh the foam
after a year, you have to change it. This shelf life goes up to 15 years. So, it's really an updated version of of how we can upgrade our uh firefighters uh potential to fight fires in a fast, quick, and expedite things really
quickly. That concludes that. Um the next thing I had almost done getting there is a is an update uh regarding Route 40 Central Avenue and Kimberly Lane drainage update. And this came out fresh today
from Assemblyman uh Hutchinson and office in our legislative fourth district and John Cban, the chief staff person who really keeps me a breast of what's going on with our infrastructure
project that they committed to the state of New Jersey and Atlantic County. But this is from the state of New Jersey. He said, "Mayor, thanks for taking my call. I have an update on Route 40 drainage project and it's below. The project is
currently in the CD phase. WSP has successfully completed the drainage survey, subsurface utility engineering, and the existing drainage model. They will utilize this information to design a new drainage system at the
intersection of Route 40 and Central Avenue as requested by the local officials. WSP plans to return to the field to conduct test pits where the new pipes will intersect with the existing subservice
utilities. Additionally, the pipe video company requires footage of the current system that runs from Central Avenue to Kimberly Lane. Since these pipes are owned by the burrow, they will need to be secured
with written permission to film them. We are currently waiting to hear back from the WSP so that we OCR can coordinate with them and the burrow to move forward with this. With respect to the larger Route 40 drainage project, the project
is in final design as we speak. If everything goes well, the department hopes to advise the project to advertise, excuse me, advertise like we did the Emmy way thing with us in the fall, which is great news. And this was
from John Sabbran, chief staff of legislative for district. I can't tell you council what what this means to this area. I I know they gave us all the bill. We had that zoom meeting last year. They just didn't talk the talk.
They're walking the walk. And I gota tell you, I've been government 30 years. I never thought that we could get to this day where we're going to see this major drainage improvement. Thank God for those people who live in that area all the way down to Kimberly Lane and
you know to Brewster Road. This is huge people. So they've been doing that. Yeah. For years, right, Pat? Getting flooded out. That's been problematic for for many, many years. So, my last note is a positive one. It's a
reminder that Memorial Day services will be held at the American Legion Hall in Manitoba on May 26th at 9:00 a.m. Council along with the public are invited to attend the service. The Buuna Regional High School band will be on
hand to play a few patriotic songs and I will deliver the keynote speech regarding the significance of Memorial Day. A brief ceremony will then take place at the Route 40 monument in Landisville to honor those. Taps will be
played at both places and then everyone is invited back to the 270 American Legion post for hot dogs, beverages, and desserts. This has been an ongoing tradition in the burrow ever since I was a little kid. Uh the historical society, I also
believe Doug will be displaying the pictures of the veterans within the American Legion Hall for those to view who served our country. Please try to attend not only council but the public that who's out there and those in TV
land. Again, you don't have to be from Buuna Burough. And if you're from Buuna Vista, Violin, Franklin Township, if you like to come and see an old traditional service to honor those that served our country, it it's really it's short and sweet and it's nice, but it it's it's really nice. So, I think
I'm all talked out. Um, sorry, Doug. Uh, I I know he likes to condense things a little bit more, and I tend to go on and on, but this this had to be done.
Okay. So, we're at the uh public portion of the meeting. Okay. Anyone wishing to address the mayor and council, please come up and uh well, let me open the public portion of the meeting. Motion. Motion. Adams. Second. Second.
Barceloya. Roll call vote. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. All right. Now, I'll go to anyone wishing to address the mayor and council. Please step forward and give your name for the record. Okay, seeing none, I need a motion to
close the public hearing. Motion Adams, second Alvarez. Roll call vote. Alvarez, yes. Yes. Yes. Okay. Next, I need uh to a motion to open the public hearing on ordinance number 769. This is an ordinance
amending article one general provisions chapter 150 of land use article one application fees and required escro deposits of the code of the burough bun. Motion. Motion. Boroya. Second. And Delore. Roll call vote. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Yes. Yes. Okay. Uh just for public's knowledge, we they introduced this ordinance last month. We have to wait 30 days to advertise and now we're in a discussion period for council. Anyone have any comment on this?
been needed. Anyone from the public wish to comment on ordinance number 769? Seeing none, I need a motion to close the public hearing. Motion Barceloya. Second, Andelure. Roll call vote, please. Yes. Alvarez. Yes. Adams. Yes.
Yes. Yes. Now I need a motion to adopt ordinance number 769. Motion. Motion. Adams. Second. Second. Alvarez. Roll call vote. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Yes. Yes. Okay. Next, we'll go to resolution 100-25. This is a resolution of the Burough Buuna County of Atlantic amending resolution
38-25 to correct an error so as to provide for the extension of time to Tia plant LLC, New Jersey to for the conditional municipal class one cultivation license for 120 days
commencing February 12th, 2025 in addition to the extension for the class 2 manufacturer license provided there within motion. Motion Adams second second Baroya. Any discussion?
Uh yes. Yeah. Let's here's how about we on that defer to Here's what they did. We we council approved their uh licensing and their their time was
expiring. So they put in for a extension uh for their cultivation and their manufacturing. We approved the cultivation and manufacturing that night, but we only gave them in writing
their cultivation extension. So that was pointed out from their attorney to our solicitor and we had already approved it. So, this is just um reapproving it and giving them what they wanted, but we're not extending it any
longer. The extension that we gave them was a four-month extension. When they requested both extensions, we approved that. Now that we're approving this one, we're not giving them another four months. We're giving till the end of that four-month extension, which is
in June. So neither one of their licenses will be extended past the June deadline, which we did back in January. Confusing as mud? So at first we only we approved we thought we approved two, but
in writing it was one. Yes. But now they asked for both. We did one. So now we're doing the other, but we're giving this one the same deadline as that first one. We're not going to give them different deadlines. Okay. Did they have problems over there with this property? Yes. Now, is that there the reason that we granted
that extension, if you recall, was the attorney had had came to us. Uh there's negotiations with the landlord, the owner of the property, and there's issues with uh soil testing, and they're in Pineland. So, so
that's what they're right now. They prove why they needed the extension. You need to prove why you why you request an extension. You can't just get one just because you've been lazy. Good. Yeah. Thank you. So, yeah, uh Doug
was in touch with Solicitor Tanetta uh multiple times uh this weekend today. I was in touch with him also. And um this is the recommendation at this point from the solicitor. So, we have a motion on the
floor, a second. Roll call vote. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Okay. Next, uh we have a resolution uh regarding a contract award to a roof
replacement. I would like to defer to the chairperson of public buildings and grounds. Since she and Bill Neah, our streets and roads supervisor, did a lot of work to get to this point tonight. So Pat, I want to defer to you just to give council uh you did a good job with this. bill. Let's open it first. So, make a
motion. All right. Pat, you want to make a motion to motion uh and Dolores second Adams on resolution 101-25. We're in discussion and I'm asking the council a woman to just give a little briefing. Okay. Mayor, uh we
put out for quotes. Actually, it was only for half the roof this time uh because we were um Larry that we wouldn't have enough money because of the plywood. We don't know how much the roof the whole roof would need for plywood, right? So that's why we um
we're doing the um affected area affected area which is on route 40 side um and that's where the offices are and uh kitchen and so forth. Okay. And we got three um quotes
back and um Wade Alpha roofing it came in at 29,700 and he um he also he won the quote. Very good. U we went to the other uh local one Ashman Contractors right here in Landisville. Theirs was
$31,31.75. Okay. And uh we we got uh nothing from the third one. They never got back to us. Um and I believe they're not in service anymore. Out of business. Okay. Pat. All right. Very good. Yeah. And this has been an ongoing process. Bill,
you want to add something because you were involved with this heavily. I believe right should be 29,700. 279. I think the numbers numbers are 297
instead of 279. Pat, this is for the for the uh I believe that's what it is. It's 29,700 on this resolution. All right, Nicole reversed. It should be 29700.
Nicole, we need to just make the correction on on the resolution 297. 297. So this way when council votes that'll be official in the record that that's the correct amount and you know that that's that's a good price. Um it
is it's a good price. We have a local contractor in Manito getting the contract who does very very good work with roofing. So, I think it's it's a win-win all around. And uh again, next year comes uh Pat will be evaluating uh
the rest of that and probably hopefully we can do the remainder next year. And the money is in place. And the money uh she got the certificate of availability. She was given that. So, council's our next step is to Where did you find that money at?
Easy. Very good. Where'd you find that money? Yeah, she found it. It's been found. It's been there. I hit it. We didn't We didn't feel it. So, it doesn't hurt. You can't touch it, George. All right. Roll call vote on resolution 10125.
Yes. Yes. Yes. And again, I want to thank you again, Pat. Mayor, I'd like to ask that we go out of Yes. Thank you, Patty. We go out of order. Can we address resolution 9925? Sure. It's on the uh second to last page.
Yeah, we had a resolution put on tonight and Doug and I agreed with this too about going to close session um to discuss a matter, but I'm not I'm not ready to vote on this yet. I think I need to do a little bit more
investigating. Um so, if we could hold it off maybe till next meeting, I would appreciate that. So you want to make a motion to table resolution 99-25. Council President second. Okay. We have a motion by Adams, second by Andelure to table resolution
99-25. Roll call vote. Nicole Adams. Yes. Yes. Yes. Thank you, council. Okay. Very good. All right. Next, we'll go to the consent agenda. The consent agenda includes items of
business which are not controversial and do not require individual discussions. A motion approving the consent agenda is moved, seconded, and voted upon one item at a time by the burough council. If any discussion is requested on the consent agenda item, it is removed from the
consent agenda to the regular agenda. So, we only have a couple tonight. Resolution 97-25. This is a resolution accepting the change order to amend a contract with Capri Construction Company Incorporated for Atlantic County
Improvement Authority development block grant CDBG for the ADA accessibility improvements to various municipal buildings. The next is resolution 98-25. This is a resolution authorizing
the CFO to refund a construction permit overpayment in amount of $40 to Royal Royal Property Holdings LLC. The next on the cenate center, it would be the bills paid as listed. And lastly, we have the
clerk's report, minutes of the special meeting, April 14, 2025, and minutes of the April meeting 28, 2025. Motion. Motion Adams. Motion. Second Barcelia. Roll call vote.
Yes. Alvarez, yes. Adams, yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Okay. Next, we have solicit report. Mr. Tanet is absent tonight. Uh, you have anything? Okay, Alan. Thank you. Hello, Alan. Next, we'll go to engineers
report. Uh, Mr. Monac. Thank you, Mayor. Mhm. Uh, regarding grant applications, we have two grant applications due July 1st. So, we will be applying for both of those. That's the 2025 uh local transportation projects fund and the
2026 municipal aid program. Regarding capital projects, the tennis pickle ball courts will begin construction this month. Nice. um that was awarded to Lambert Construction. Plymouth Street and
Friendship Road project is being closed out. The restroom building at Bruno Molini Park will be readvertised for bid this month. And as stated earlier, the New Jersey I
Bank sanitary sewer improvements to East Summer Road and West Avenue. Um, we received authorization to bid, which is great cuz our design documents passed the test, the uh D's test, and uh we'll
be out to bid on Thursday. Out to advertise out to advertise Thursday. And you know, again, Joe, I want to commend you and Mark Delasio, who you work for, but you you're our guy here. And $3 million. Let me tell you
what, that's a hell of a home run. $3 million for a little town of Buuna Burrow to this get this kind of money to do this type of project. Uh I I want to thank you for all your efforts and Mark Delasio publicly on the sentiments of
council and um you know it it's really something that we're going to be improving on. Mark's firm came in um a couple years ago and I came on last year and at one time when I was here before we had one engineering forum uh firm
doing company doing the municipality, the land use board and the MUA. We finally gotten back to that piece where we had that continuity within that company to be able to work these types of things out. Uh, but I
have to say, you know, when I was here before for for a long time, I've never seen the aggressiveness to go after this type of money and what's out there like I have with this with this group of Delasian Associates. So, again, kudos to
you guys uh for really making this a reality. I know it's a lot of hard work. I know Mark didn't sleep a lot of nights, but we're there. And uh yeah, on behalf of mayor and council, thank you again. And again, awaits a lot of good things to come. Yeah, this is all
because all because of your firm. If you guys didn't find this, we wouldn't even know about it. So, yeah, we would have been spinning our wheels. So, I mean, being honest, when you first heard $3 million grant, we're like, "Oh, cool." And we're going, "Oh, you know, I mean,
we have to pay. We never heard that kind of money." Holy moly. That's why we let you do the roof. Yeah, I need more for the other half. We're going to get you the other half. We'll get you that, Pat. But thank you. In all seriousness, thank you very much. Yeah. So, I just have a question. Any
question, your report? Yes. Um, is there any update on the um punch list for the doors? Uh, I think we're still working through it. Are you? Um, I think they came back and adjusted. I know there was daylight that you could see between the
door and the and the threshold. No payment yet, George. He just found you $3 million. Yeah, this firm that for the money though. Yeah. This says nothing to it outside. Yeah. Yeah. We won't release payment until the punch list is
complete. Okay. and and and just for everybody that out there again who's watching, um again, we had grant money that was dedicated to the new doors that are here, Burough Hall and the Louisiana
Compian and and Pat has really been trying to facilitate, you know, a closing to all this because close the doors, right, and close the the whole again. But through her perseverance and working with Joe and and Bill that we're
coming to a closure and until it's done right, that's when final payment of this council will will give it paid until such time they're going to wait. So good job with that, Pat. Okay. Unfinished business before mayor and council. Any
any new business to come before? Can I um council comment? Um it has to do with something personal. Um, I'm a chief is here. Uh, so he's been keeping a memory alive for my
brother-in-law. He's a Franklin Township fallen officer. He's been doing so much work for so many years. And his team, these professional um, officers that allows us to sleep at
night. They've cleaned our town up when we were starting to lose things here. Um, but we attended a dedication this weekend. Uh, we also had a candle light visual and this man just lives this and
has taken this loss personally. Um, just like mention the just like Yeah. And it was um, Lee Gonzalez. Um he was our resident was a police officer. He was a police officer here. Um he actually
lived right down the street. Yeah. Okay. Um so this man has kept an incredible My wife went home and it's her brother. She's the baby of the house. And you know she really taken it to heart 30 years
after. And it's been 30 years this year anniversary. this past week, right? And he this man has the family just u we adore this man the work that he's done with his officers and hand up
and I mean he has chief of police chief I just want Thank you. Does he have anything to say? You want to say that we put together And then on Friday, we had a very moving ceremony where we renamed uh Malaga Park,
Sergeant Gonzalez Park. Nice. And we also worked with the county to be able to name Malaga Park Drive Sergeant Gonzalez Park Drive. And the street signs will go up this week. So his name will never be forgotten. Very cool. Thank you, Chief. Thank you. Very good. I have to say, I went to the police
academy with Lee. So we attended Camden County Police Academy back in the 80s. He was with Franklin then and I was with Buuna then and I was in the office and he was on and you were a clerk. Yeah. Wow. Great guy. Very good story. Very
very moving. Thank you for sharing and thank you chief for that. Any other new business? Okay. Then the next meeting of mayor and council will be on May 27th, 2025 at 6:30. Tuesday motion. It's a
Tuesday. Motion Adams. Second Baroya. All those in favor say I. I. Meeting's done. Thank you everyone for coming out. I forgot to mention this has been a QVC television production in association with our
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