Please rise for the flag salute. 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.
Okay. Roll call of attendance. Here Okay. This meeting is being held August 11th, 2025 and is being held 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 at the burough website to prior to getting started tonight. I would like to once again thank Quinn
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anyone that you know who missed the meeting, they like to catch it. It also goes on YouTube. You could go to Quinn broadcasting, type in buun.org, and that will show up. So it gives the people some live uh notice of what's
going on in the meeting. Okay. At this time we have the first order of business tonight and it's a happy uh time. It's one of the pleasures of holding this office. We get you know bogged down with everything else. But
tonight we're we're making history and um we're making it over a very very lovely person who has dedicated uh many many years to this community to the burough council to the burough
government and um we felt it was apppropo myself along with this body of council not Pat that we honor her tonight. She's a very humble, very uh gracious person who doesn't like a lot of accolades. And I told her, "That's
too bad. You could get mad at me, but I'm doing it anyway." So, tonight um we do have a proclamation in her honor for all her efforts and time she still gives to this very day. So, we're going to name it the Patty Andelure Day today. It
will go down in history. And what I'd like to do is present her with a proclamation. I like Pat to come up. Can I read this or you gonna read it? I'm read this one. He was too. Yeah. Okay. This is it. Oh, it's on the miracle. Yeah. Yeah.
You're not reading it. You're not reading it. No, I don't want you reading it. Nothing like trust. Nobody. Nobody eats us. Can I sit back there? No, you're going to come right here and
all my friend. Okay. Before I read this, I remember her back in the mid70s when uh the portrait in the metal damio was her neighbor. He was the mayor here for 16 years. and Pat and Richie hosted a
party that night for Dan and uh I was elected to be I just turned I don't know 18 19 18 I was I was legal to serve beer and drinks so I got elected to be a bartender with Danny's grandson Mike and I that's where I first met her
right party type of thing baby then yeah you were a baby then but her girls were babies then right uh but that was my first encounter with Pat back in 1970 5. So we go back a long way and uh tonight just gives me a lot of joy to be here with her tonight and
acknowledge this day. So whereas Councilwoman Patricia Andelure has been a cornerstone of public service in the Burough Buna having dedicated countless hours across the decades roles including burough clerk, treasurer, and a trusted
member of the burough council. And whereas Patricia Andel's return to elected office in 2021 marked not only a continuation of her dedicated leadership, but a meaningful chapter in local government as she
joined her daughter Gina as councilwoman and a rare inspiring motheraughter partnership in the service of their community. And whereas chair of buildings and grounds, councilwoman Andalora has brought energy, precision, stewardship
to the management of burough properties, spearheading efforts to secure key municipal buildings and ensure the smooth operation of burough affairs. And whereas Patricia and Dolores spirit of service extends far beyond the council
chambers voluntarily uh selfishly with the Spanish community center salvation armoring nutrition site unit outreach always lifting up local families individuals in times of their need and I probably missed some in there. Whereas
Patricia Andelure is equally dedicated to her faith, quietly serving her church through the hands on care, devotion, and embodiment of servant leadership that enriches both her spiritual and civic life. And whereas the beauty and upkeep
of Buuna's public spaces often bear her invisible touch. And as she continues to contribute behind the scenes with no exception of credit, guided purely by her pride in her hometown and heart for service. And
that's that paragraph says a lot. And whereas Councilwoman Andelor is known for answering every call, whether to solve a problem, lend a hand, offer support with grace, humility, and unwavering resolve, earning the
admiration of her peers up here, and the deep gratitude of her fellow residents. And whereas her legacy of integrity, compassion, tireless dedication will serve as an enduring example of generations to come. Now therefore be it
proclaimed that this mayor and council of the burough of Buuna on behalf of a grateful community do hereby declare August 11th 2025 Patricia Andelur day and the burough of Buuna in honor of her extraordinary contributions steadfast
leadership unshakable commitment to the people of the future of this town of Yuna. Let this day stand as a heartful tribute to a true public servant whose life work continues to shape and lift
our burrow to this day. Joseph, that's a lot. [Applause] And [Applause] it's also hung up on the funeral wall of fame.
Uh went in before broadcasting took a picture of that beforehand, but it's here forever. Okay. And new words. Thank you. Beautiful words, but it's a little too much, I think. But thank you everybody. Thank you family for coming here and supporting me
all these years. I appreciate it two of you and and all the people residents of Buun Barrow. Thank you. [Applause] You want to say a few words?
Well, I've been working with Pat for many years. She is an excellent person. All I want you residents to know this. She's an excellent person to work with and uh she does answer all phone calls.
I know that. And I know she makes them all times of the night. Yes. Yes, I have to sometimes. But uh when the breakdowns, I think that she's been a very good asset to the burrow and uh I appreciate
working with her very very much and hoping the next few years will even be right. Thank you. Thank you, darling. I know you went shopping. Very good. girl.
Just stand for one second. We have uh Assemblyman Dan Hutchinson and Cody Miller who would like to make a presentation from the state assembly. So, this is extremely important because in
hearing your resume and everything that you've accomplished, you gave me a job. Listen, as someone who Dan and I both served on council, we know how important a municipal clerk is and the struggles that you have to deal with with some of
us that aren't always as easy to deal with. But based on what I've seen so far, you handle it with grace and dignity. You've been a pillar of your community. You've dedicated your time and you're giving back now. And in the way that things are right now, we need
people in government like you that care about people and the work that you do. So Dan and I on behalf of the fourth legislative district are happy to present this to you for your work and we honor Thank you. And no, you can't have
we're hiring. Anybody want to die? Nobody credentials. We don't have anybody. [Music] You better be on my
That's the fun part of Yeah. Okay. Next, we have on the agenda special special presentation to mayor and counsel. It's going to be given by Assemblyman Dan Hutchinson and Cody
Miller from the fourth legislative district. I'd like to call them up front. So, here we are again. I think cats were more important. Let's see. So, you can keep this and you can't cash it in just yet.
Yeah. Wow. Legislative district. Thanks to the advocacy of your mayor, who I know is in constant communication with Assemblyman Hutcherson. Uh we represent all the towns in the district and for your town we were so happy to
secure this funding because we know how important it is for your residents in the community and we will continue to advocate for you in a state budget year after you [Applause] describe one And again, I'd like to
thank Dan for his hard work and Cody in securing these funds out of this past year's budget in the state. Uh through the Department of Community Affairs, this will allow us to do recreational improvements to our ball fields, in
particular, lights, which are safety factors. And uh we have the Jeff here tonight. We know we have to improve. This is a nice start through the efforts of these gentlemen. So, I want to thank you publicly tonight for this and enjoy working and continue to
work with you. Thank you. Good work. [Applause] We got a plan in a home. We got to work on that bill. Room on the wall for that.
We got to start another wall, I guess. Yeah. Thank you very much. You're welcome. Oh, you know what? We use these for other just for you. If you want it, we will get you one.
We're going to get We're getting All right. Thank you. Thank you guys. You're welcome. Right. [Music] Okay. [Applause] Okay. Next we have
Thank you. Next we have resolution 153-25. This resolution resending the redevelopment study resolution numbers 95-25 9625 and 10 14325
motion motion and second second bara roll call vote yes yes yes yes okay
next we have a motion to refer to The Buuna Burough Land Use Board, a proposed resolution determining the Burough of Buuna is an area in need of rehabilitation in coordinates with NJSA4A12A14 and request findings of fact
recommendations thereto. Motion motion second Alvarez. Roll call vote. Yes. Yes. Next we have resolution 154-25. This is a resolution designating the
entire burough of as an area in need of rehabilitation. Mayor this resolution that is that so that's both that is going to be submitted to the land use board for their consideration when they re if they recommend that will be the resolution we're going to adopt.
Okay. So this will be held until next week. We get something from the laning board. Okay. I apologize. So we're going to hold on the next one. Okay. Resolution 155-25. This is a resolution rescending resolution number 152-25
and authorizing a professional service agreement with Tiffany A. Cabllio PP LLC for municipalwide rehabilitation designation and redevelopment plan services. Motion and second Barceloya. Roll call vote. Yes. Yes.
Yes. Okay. Next on the agenda, we have the GIF presentation tonight. As you know, we've had the GIF services here for nearly 40 years. They've serve served us well. We have Paul Moliola
and Michael Dano, our local representative through the GIF to give council a presentation tonight. Paul, Mike, thank you. Uh, may I have permission to uh hand out some? Sure. Absolutely.
Thank you. Thank you. I didn't even recognize you. Been a while. Yes, it is. What did that change? No, you look younger. Oh. Good, Paul. I just thought that my old was
dislocated from the GIF. So, I'm all wrong. Like a champagne that keeps showing up. Is that right? I did retire two years ago and uh they asked me if I would come back and uh do some consulting for them and and coming out and talking with some of the members about the joint insurance
fund meeting with members that are up for renewal. And I love coming back to Manitoba and I don't say you say Manito because I used to spend my summers here as a youth. Uh my grandparents lived here. Um they my grandpa had a barber shop on Central Avenue. Eddie the barber. Eddie Matalina and he'd be old
enough to remember remember Jerry Eddie the Barber that was my grandfather and so come back down here and you know Mike Donado's been a a real supporter of the joint insurance fund and and I want to give him a lot of credit for helping you folks with uh with a lot of work that
has to be done to be a member of the joint insurance fund and certainly Bill Muay who is your fund commissioner who also really does a lot of work on behalf of so u I have a short presentation for you here and uh if you'll allow me to go
through if we just flip over to page one um you know right now especially some of you who own your own business understand and Mike and I were talking about this earlier there is a worldwide insurance crisis um this is affecting both personal insurance your homeowners your auto and commercial insurance you know
for businesses whether it's workers compensation property liability and so on and uh it's a worldwide issue so it's affecting the reinsurance insurance that we buy to protect the GIF from catastrophic claims. So, you buy reinsurance if if it's a very large
claim or number of claims. That's about a third of our budget now. Uh and it's come up quite a bit and I'll talk about what we're doing about that, but it does affect all lines of coverage that we provide. If you turn to the next page of property coverage, that's a really big
factor in driving up our costs. Uh we know that there have been an increase in natural disasters, hurricanes, floods, fires. Um you know, you read the uh the news or you you watch the news, you'll see, as a matter of fact, there was an article in one of our trade magazines
that came out two weeks ago that talked about the fact that the first half of this year, insured losses were the second highest in the first half of any year since uh records began in 1980. And the only year that was higher was 2011
and that was uh really pushed by the severe earthquake and tsunami in Japan. So uh we're on track again to see some of these costs increase. Uh as a matter of fact, last year there were 27 separate $1 billion property loss events
in the United States. We've seen the increasing cost of uh materials and labor and auto repair costs. Obviously, they've also gone through the roof. Uh we're doing a lot about that. If you look flip over to the next page, um we are the largest, you know, we network
with other joint insurance funds around the state of New Jersey representing over 500 municipalities, uh fire districts, uh water districts, uh sewer authorities, and so we have mass buying power and that really does help us to control the cost. Um and and
it's really it's all for one and one for all. I'll tell you, you know, when we were starting the program back in 1987, I was a senior in high school at the time, if you believe that, you know, that um we we had a meeting up in Mars County and uh we were talking
about the reinsurance for the property program and um what at at that point the insurance company said, "Well, you know, we don't want those South Jersey towns along the coast there, you know, because they're a risk for hurricanes." and uh Joe Giorgio, he was the chairman at the
time. He said, "You take all of us or you take none of us." And that's how the program's really been from the very beginning. It's really been we're all in this together and we're doing it to control costs for everyone regardless. So, there's never been a North Jersey, South Jersey sort of a thing with the
joint insurance fund. There's also been some regulatory changes, some statutory changes that really had an impact on on municipalities. Um, in workers compensation, the pension offset has added about $15 million to the budget over the past several years. Not ours, but the statewide budget. Uh, workers
compensation reopeners, you know, an employee has two years from their last date of treatment to reopen a workers's comp claim. Well, what we have found now is that a lot of the petitioners attorneys, those who represent injured employees, are sending a diary and having them go back for treatment so
that they can reopen the claim. So, that's adding a real burden to workers compensation cost. We do have lobbyists. We do try to get ahead of of these uh legislative acts, you know, before they hit. But, uh, sometimes, you know, we
can't do that. Medical cost inflation. I mean, you know, what's happened to your health insurance here? I'm sure you've seen the increase. I think somebody over here said that the state health benefits program for school districts increased over 30% this year. So, that's been a major draw. We've really done a lot to
control workers compensation cost. And then the storm water and the cyber threats. Uh Hadenfield Township had a judgment against $21 million last year. We're appealing that because of storm water runoff. I'm going to talk to you folks about what we've done to um help
uh prevent those types of claims from occurring. And it's cyber something we didn't even talk about six or seven years ago. So uh next page I talk about the fact that we're a resource. You know, when you join the joint insurance fund, you're a member of an organization. you're not buying an insurance policy and putting in the
drawer and saying, "Well, you know, we'll see you next year." Uh, we're very involved. We have training programs that are designed to help you reduce your costs and also to help you fulfill any of the federal, state potions, and directives. Our loss control people come down. They meet the bill on a regular
basis to talk about, you know, what can we do to make sure we're in compliance with these programs. And, uh, you know, the training also helps to facilitate these regulatory uh, requirements. Uh we're here to assist with managing municipal risk and that's what it's all
about. You know, running a municipality. It is not simple. You know, you have a police department, you have a fire company, you have EMS, you know, public work, the type of work that private sector would never think to undertake. And um again, we implement programs to
help deal with claims trends and these exposures. The next page, page six, I talk about the different types of training. We have risk management training. Every two years we meet with your manager and supervisors. We talk about hostile work environment, sexual harassment, um things that they need to
recognize as supervisors and managers in the workplace to make sure they curtail it and that they have a responsibility uh for that. Uh we do separate training for the police command staff on those same issues. And then we have online training for all your other employees on these very issues so that they recognize
that you know it's not 1946 you know it's 2025 and you know um boys will be boys doesn't carry it anymore and lawsuits do occur. We also hold special training for elected officials once a year. We do that uh virtually now and uh
we also have specialized training for your land use board members as far as their responsibilities are concerned. On the safety side of the house uh we conduct onsite loss control visits. Our loss control people come down. They meet with Bill. They go over loss control
recommendations. They talk about making sure that your records are in order in case you're accused of something and not, you know, taking a particular training that's required. We hold regional safety training here in South Jersey. We issue safety bulletins and messages for example during the summer.
We'll talk about you know the possibility of heat stroke and you know how the employees should be dealing with that. Um and uh we also have the mel safety and safety institute. We we implemented this about 20 years ago when we learned that you know the Camden County JP was doing a certain training
and the Bouster County JP was doing a certain training. We said, you know, why don't we pull our resources together and, you know, conduct the training so that anybody from Camdi County can come down here for the training or we can go over to Gloucester County for the training and that has really saved a lot
of money and it also made the training available on a wider basis for your employees. So, uh we think the training is working. We know that this past year the training uh episodes increased by 10%. And all this is designed to create a culture of safety so that people are
able to go home at the end of the day the way they came in that morning. Next page I think is really interesting. Our safety director prepared this started keeping track of this about 5 years ago. What he noticed is that as the number of training events increased, the accident
frequency decreased. So there is a direct correlation you know your employees learning about ladder safety, eye protection, hearing protection, wearing their helmet and what have you. uh really does pay off. So we are your number one resource for
risk management solutions. This is all provided to Uni Burough uh at no additional cost. Your employment practices liability, public officials liability risk management program. Uh we take a look at your personnel manual every two years. We recommend updates
based on recent court cases or legislation. Uh if you readt that program every two years, you'll get a lower deductible co-pay on that particular line of coverage. You also have available the employment practices liability health line where you can pick
up the phone. Let's say somebody walks into Maryanne's office and says, "Gee, I need an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act." Maryann's not quite sure, she can pick up the phone on our nickel. Talk to an attorney who will say, "Well, you know, did you talk to them? You know, what exactly did they want? You need to have
an interactive dialogue with them. Maybe it's something very simple, you know, maybe they just wanted to school under their desk or something because they're getting back aches. So, u we think that's been a big service and that's really helped to uh prevent some some issues from occurring. Uh you're a member of the environmental joint
insurance fund so you get environmental guidance and services. Uh new storm water guidelines, I'm going to talk about that in a minute in a little more detail. the cyber risk support that we provide. Uh about five years ago, we started to provide cyber liability
through an insurance company. They kept on raising the rates and they kept on making it very difficult to obtain the coverage for all of our members. And looked and he said, you know, we're doing a lot to help our members prevent themselves from being attacked. We're doing a lot of training for the employees. We decide, you know what?
We're going to create our own joint insurance fund. And we have saved and literally we have saved millions of dollars. We've got the premiums very low by doing this and it's really um just requires that you adopt some very simple preventive measures. I'll talk about
that a little bit in a minute. And you also have a technology risk management director. he will come out personally uh meet with you meet with your um IT people if there's a contractor and outside consultant meet with them to talk about some of the things that they need to implement to make you know
burough safe and make sure that your information is not stolen online. All these programs are member- driven. You know, it's come from people like Bill saying, you know, why aren't we doing this? Why don't we try? You know, how come we're spending all the money over here? Can we do it better over there? And we listen to our members.
Um, as far as the environmental GIF and the stormwater guidance program, becoming a member of the environmental GIF gives you third party liability coverage. On-site cleanup cost, there's an 800 number. If um if you do have a spill out here, you get that number a
call. They will come out so that when the D comes out, you have a representative to meet with them and also to recommend a contractor that's going to do the job, that's qualified to do the job, who's not going to overcharge you to get the job done. Um the storm water guidance, I think this
is really, really important. uh because of what happened over in Hadenfield, we recognized that uh municipalities really need to review their storm water management programs. So, uh we sent out a memo back in uh I believe it was in May and there's a copy of that in the
back of your packets and basically uh the storm water management program says that you can u nickel consult with an attorney that's met Vessel in Berber about your program. They'll review it. Um they will also provide specialized
engineering consultation and assistance at no cost to unur. So uh there's a copy of that memo in your in the back of your packet. You may want to take a look at that because again um that's an area that I think it's because has more litigation as time goes on. Uh
on the next page, cyber risk. Again, that's an area that uh you know, we didn't talk about 10 years ago, but you know, who wants to come in on a Monday morning and find a blank screen and say, you know, you owe us this amount of money if you want your taxpayer data back, if you want your employee social
security information back, all the things that you store on your network. So, um our newest program is penetration testing. There's a memo in the back of your uh program about that as well occurring called Bulletproof Cyber Security will come out. They will
consult with you. They will actually try and penetrate your network and see if there's any openings there that they can get in and then they will advise you on what you can do to make sure that you keep the burrow safe and keep all your data safe as well. So you may want to take a look at that as well. So um you
know and again Jerry Caruso is available you know he's u he'll come down he'll meet with you he'll meet with your uh technology people and make sure that you're on the right track as well. claims management. You know, we know we can't prevent every claim from occurring. The unit barrel has done a
very good safety job here. I believe you only had one small workers compensation claim this year. I think it may not be. I'm ask um what we're doing there to try and control cost is implementing transitional duty. What does that mean? Employee gets injured on the job, doctor
visits, doctor says, you know, you can come back to work. You know, you come back to work on light duty. I want to see you again in two weeks and then I'll release you full duty. That gets the employee kind of eased back into the workplace. Uh last year we saved $984,000
by accommodating transitional duty. How is that accomplished? Well, number one, they're they're off of workers compensation. Number two, when they heal more quickly like that and get them back into the workplace, when they come before a judge for that final uh uh
award that they receive in a workers's compensation, it demonstrates that, you know, they're healing quicker. They're getting back into the workplace and kind of lowers the amount of that award. So that that's where those savings are coming. It's almost a million dollars. Um, so you know that really works and
our managed care program I think does a great job at the bottom of page 11. Um, I attended a seminar again this is probably almost 10 years ago and um, it was a the joint insurance up in Vermont and they had a wellness program and I
said well you know what's that all about? And I started to dig into it and I saw some studies that had been conducted that employees with co-orbidities like you know like obesity, diabetes, smoking um things of that nature uh were more likely to be
injured on the job and recover more slowly. So I said why don't we start to track our own results. So we told the claims people you know when we have a workers's compensation injury let's see where the coorbidities are and let's start to track the progress. And basically we found that workers comp
cost for those with coorbidities was 27% higher overall. The indemnity and medical claim costs were 54% higher and time lost from the job was 78% higher. So that's why we have our wellness program in place. We think it makes a
lot of sense for workers compensation and obviously also does for your health benefits. So that program has been very effective. On the liability side of the house, uh, we use a defense panel that's located here in South Jersey. They know the local bar, they know the court
venue, they specialize in the defense of public entities, so they understand the use of title 59 offenses. Um, as a matter of fact, when Buo joined the joint insurance fund, one of the first things we ask you to do is to adopt the tor claim notice questionnaire so that when somebody wants to file suit against
the burough of Buuna, they have to follow the procedures that are outlined in the statute. And uh, so we think that that has gone a long way. We've actually been able to u get out of a lot of liability cases because it turns out that they really had anything on when
they filled out the form. uh our tulip coverage. You know, you're holding an event, you're having outsiders come in to, you know, to sell their wares. Maybe somebody wants to use a facility for an engagement party or something like that. Why should the burrow residents be on the hook if something goes wrong? If
somebody gets hurt, somebody gets injured. That's why we have the tool program. You can direct them to go online. They can get a million-doll liability policy for the event. Cost them between $70 and $100. It automatically names the burrow as an additional insured. and uh you know we
know that that's not a long way to prevent bank claims against our our members. We also updated our certificate of insurance guidelines. So somebody comes into town uh they want to do work for you. Let's say it's an outside contractor that's going to be putting in the roof on you want to make sure number
one that the contract identifies you and not the other way around. And you want to make sure they have the proper limits of insurance. I know right now Mike Donado is working with you because you're having some fireworks in September. We want to make sure the fireworks contractor has the proper
insurance that the contract runs in the favor of the burrow. There was a case over in Washington Township many years ago before I even started the shift where they uh a youngster was out near where the fireworks were the following day and found an unexloded shell and
blew his thumb off. They sued Washington Township and they won. You know why? contract said that Washington Township was responsible for unexloded ordinance. Why? Why is that? So that's why we asked, you know, let's look at the contract that you get from the fireworks
person. Let's make sure they have the proper insurance instead of main you as an additional insured. And uh that's those model identification agreements again that we put out to make sure that you know it's not being turned around on our members. We also know that we have a
very strong chip financially and we ask that you know if you're looking at other joint insurance funds around the state that are not affiliated with us. Um their balance sheet sometimes include some pretty um tricky items in there. You know for example they claim that they're going to get seven or eight%
investment income on their um on their balances which nobody's getting nowadays. Um they discount their reserves. Um they say that uh they have recoverables from reinsurers in the tune of $8 million one of these joint insurance funds. Some of these go back 10 and 12 years. They're never going to
get that money back. Yet they're still stating it as a the benefit on their financial statement. And the administrative costs are more than double what they are in joint insurance on the GIF on about 10 cents on the dollar. These other GIFs run on anywhere from 20 to 22 cents on the dollar.
Insurance companies run anywhere from 30 to 35 cents on the dollar. So, we know that we're very very uh competitive as that goes. Page 14, I talked about our strong bottom line. We've been around for 37 years. I can't believe that. Um,
we have a very healthy surplus, $13 million, over $48 million of cash on hand. Since we formed the GIF, we returned over $55 million to our members. What is that money? That's money that would have been insurance company profits. And you know
when I started the JIP it was a basic premise you know how many claims have you had over the past 10 years and how much premium have you paid over the past 10 years and who do you think's ahead of the game? Well here they were ahead of the game. They would have been
ahead of the game to the tune of $55 million. That's money that comes back to the members as dividends. We released $2 million this year which totally offset uh the premium increase because of the reinsurance increases. uh your total dividends over that period
of time has been almost a half a million dollars including about 6.5% of your premium this year about $13,000 in dividends within the burrow. And then subregation, somebody injures one of your employees, let's say there's an auto accident, they damage your vehicle,
they hurt your employee, we go after them. We collect that money and it reimburses legit. We've recovered almost $7 million uh in subregation coverage as well. So your council, you know, you're the decision makers, you're the policy
makers in this county. What can you do? Continue to support the gym. You folks have been a great member. Continue to encourage your employees to participate in our programs because we think that these programs reduce risk and they do save taxpayer dollars. We think it's great value to be a member of the GIF.
And just remember, you know, cheap insurance isn't always cheap. And uh we think that we are extremely competitive. Uh Michael was talking to me about the fact that just you're you're covering all your vehicles here in Vina Burough uh through a private insurance carrier would probably be as much as your entire
premium is with the joint insurance fund. So um think about that as well. U next page 16. This year we started putting out a newsletter. It comes out quarterly. I put copies of that at the back of your program. You may want to take a look at
that. It's just letting you know what's going on. we send that to Bill and then, you know, Bill can obviously distribute it to each of you. I think it's a great update on what's happening uh with the joint insurance fund. So, that's all I have. Uh I'd be happy to answer any
questions at this time. Any questions from council? It's clear several years now. Yeah. And I have to say, Paul, that you know, again, I was on that council 37
years ago that Michael uh was here, Mike Donado. I don't know if you remember, Mike. Yeah. The makeup here was totally different back then, but I was so happy that we went with you guys way back when. And you know, tonight, you know, the proof
was in the pudding and here it is. I mean, we're half a million dollars within, you know, 37year time frame. So, I I'm very very satisfied with you guys. Um, in particular, Michael and Bill, our risk management consultant, our fund
commissioner and safety coordinator. Again, they're a big part of why this is happening, too. So, you know, it's just a win-win situation for Buer Barrow and we're, you know, thrilled to be with you guys and look forward to the uh continue manage our marriage. Thank you. Great
job. I'd like to say thank you to Paul for and Jeff for asking you to come back because you are a familiar wellrusted face. Um,
while police chief, Paul and I had many, many, many, many interactions about insurance and he's a man of his word and he tells the truth and you could depend on him. That's great. So, I'm glad to see you back. Thank you. Appreciate that. You can't retire.
All right. Stay a little while. All right. I just want to thank everybody. Uh, Maryanne, Bill, and mayor. Cindy's involved, too. And Cindy. Yeah. Cindy handles the cyber and boy, she's good. So, um I also want
to say that the control that all municipalities have over the insurance, they make the decisions. They we meet monthly. Um sometimes it's virtual, sometimes it's in person. Um they have Dave Ruiz as the solicitor,
one solicitor, and he's a great he's been such an asset because he really fights, you know, the claims watches out for the the members. Um and I just think he does a great job. So I'm on the
claims committee, so I hear the claims every month. Um and of all those municipalities, but how many are in the chip? 37 now. So, it's a monthly thing and we go through it um every Thursday, second Thursday morning and uh it's
interesting to say the least to hear all the claims, but I learn a lot and I know how to bo and weave through this stuff. I have to say that you guys have been great implementing what needs to be implemented and looking out for all this stuff. Bill, he's on the phone with me almost every day.
Um talking about what do we do and all that. Um and it's good that you live in town. Well, not not really, but um I'm from here and it's just he he does do a great job at it and so so you guys. So, just keep it
up. Keep it, you know, the litigation at a minimum. Sounds. All right. Thank you guys. Appreciate it. Let's go Phillies. Phillies. Thanks again. Okay. Okay, next we have resolution 15
shift6-25. This is a resolution authorizing of contract renewing membership in Atlantic County Municipal Joint Insurance Fund. Motion get it all out. All right, Adams motion
second. Roll call vote. Yes. Okay. Resolution number 157-25. This a resolution of the burough unit appointing Dave Yoki as streets and roads labor one motion. Motion Stephano
second call vote. Yes. Alvarez. Yes. Adams. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Okay. I have a few items under um mayor's report. I'll try to keep it as brief as possible, but a lot has gone on
the last uh several weeks prior to the other meeting. Uh first, I'd like to report that in July the tax bills were printed and received July 28th and we actually got
them out July 29th, all in one day. And that's thank you to a lot of dedicated people that I like to recognize tonight. Uh Joyce from the tax office, Jerry Marinaci who serves multiple positions here in the burrow. Council persons
Adams, Baroya, and Andalora. Our um administrator Marian Caruzo, the clerk's office, Nicole and Pam. Our CFO's office, Cindy and Diane, and Valerie from the planning and
inspections office. Through their efforts, we put out a lot of tax bills that day along with the newsletter. Hopefully some of them may be missed, but I think for majority of the residents, they received a newsletter from my office and all the departments
that sit up here tonight on council to inform the residents as to the happenings since January. So again, I want to, you know, pay uh homage to those people. Secondly, um a meeting was held pre-construction
regarding the I bank uh with South State who is the awarded um firm that we have was attended by Joe Monac, our engineer, Bill Neah, streets and roads supervisor, myself um and it actually outlined the scope of
work that's going to be done in the burrow which is going to take about almost a year to do. it's going to start and that was the 3 million unforgivable loan that we got through the IBank and they're they decided to start the work on West Avenue from Wheat Road and
proceed all the way down to Atlantic Avenue in Manitoba. So that's going to be phase one. Uh again, this is a joint effort with our MUA. So the sewer lines, that's the first thing that's going to be done along with the other utilities.
Um, we're going to be on it as far as giving people notifications for uh directing traffic or redirecting traffic. Uh, we're working on that now, but uh, the bulk of the work will take about 4 months from what we were told at
that precon preconstruction meeting. So hopefully by Christmas that will work will be done on this side of Manitoba and then they will move over hopefully in January to Summer Road or Summer Avenue from Route 40 to Plymouth Road
and go by the cemetery. You know that's been a problematic area for a long time but that will get done hopefully by a projected April. So, it it's it's an eight-month endeavor here. And then once that happens, we do
have two grants secured by the state to repay both of those roads at no cost to the taxpayers also. So, we will go out to bid for those two roads to get reconstructed. Hopefully, once we go out to bid, we'll award sometime in May. Again, these are
projected timelines. And then hopefully by next summer, I think I'm safe to say, Joe, we could see some reconstruction and maybe by this time of the year be finished uh with this project, which is again that check was huge. I used that
descriptive. This project's huge. And again, I have to thank our engineers uh Monac and Delasio for being aggressive with the ibank and for securing these funds or we we could have never done this project.
So, I'm really excited. Uh, we're going to probably, like I said, get some complaints, some concerns from people that we're going to move their cheese a little bit when we have to do the uh the work, but let's just all be on the same page. You can give them my number if they start really harassing you, and
I'll just tell them how it is, you know? I mean, we got all this money. We want to make improvements and, uh, we're doing it. Number three, uh, council, um, as you can see, I in the packet I sent you last week, there's a timeline and a
letter that I sent to the, uh, executive Dennis Levenson, Atlantic County regarding current status of projects that began in this administration last year. Uh, I'm waiting to hear a response from him. Once I receive that response,
I will get back to council to see where we're at and those projects that were committed to this council and in this town. Number four, I proceeded um to give an update to council. I I gave you a handout. I'm not going to go through the
whole thing regarding the Minnesota states. uh special uh attorney solicitor Mike Molinsky contacted me today with the most recent news on where we're at finishing the Minnesota states. It's
like six pages long. So, please go through that. Uh if you have any questions, let me know. But basically, Mike has been on the bond company. Uh he's insisting on a timeline. He's being very aggressive and uh we're ready to
see some action. in that Manitoba states area. So, um hopefully when we meet next month, we'll have uh better news. finally like to report on the landfill closure which we put in. When I say we,
myself, Councilwoman Andelure has served with me on this committee and so has Bill Neman regarding uh looking into close our landfill and to get solar energy and power that will uh cover not
only the closing of the landfill but will also enhance us in getting revenue within our budgets, our future budget budgets plus give a term a return to the users of energy. hopefully between 25 30%. So there's
some of the things that we talked about with various people that could be achieved. Uh right now we're still working on a plan uh that that whole rehabilitation you heard us you know pass earlier and that was sent that will
be sent to the um land use board. It's all directly involved with us achieving the uh status of the landfill and be able to get a return, not only a closure, but return. So, we want to do it right. Uh we're going to visit some
avenues of how we could proceed. Uh and then once we hold firm on those avenues, it will be brought before this governing body how we will proceed on that. Right now, we're at a little standstill. Uh Pat and I and um Bill have a little bit
more work to do investigating. Uh again, Mr. Minsky was brought in on this project. He has done closures. He has dealt with solar companies. Um he talked to me extensively on Friday and he feels
that Buun Burough can achieve some great things and doing our homework and trying to get the best possible deal for Buunboroough. So that's that's where we're at. I guess that's my summary to that whole thing. But I got to tell you, it's it's there's a lot involved. I've
never done anything like this. I'm learning as I go. And uh it's it is a process. I I never knew there were so many moving parts to filling a landfill and getting a solar company in and all the the grid and the kilowatts and you
know, all these things. They're just like, wow. But we're doing it, right, Pat? I mean, little by little, we're getting there. And hopefully we'll have better news uh next time. Finally, the last thing I have uh and they both left, but uh I asked for a current status from
um Assemblyman Hutchinson regarding the major project off of Route 40 Central Avenue, Kimberly Lane to Brewster Road. And uh they sent me an update through his office today through the Department of Transportation. They provided the
following. They said this project is currently in con uh concept development phase. We have collected the data and are now analyzing all the alternatives to resolve flooding issues at the following locations. Okay. And that is Route 40 and Central
Avenue going through Kimly Lane MP338. They gave me the code. uh Route 40 and Delaware Avenue MP34.38 and Route 40 and Catherine Avenue MP38.82.
Anticipated project scheduled to date, concept development phase completion, it will be complete this fall within the next several months. The final design completion will be the summer of 2027 and final substantial completion of all
construction summer of 2028. The whole project to be it's a long project and it's a process and then uh I've just given and again council got the notation on this tonight. There is a number down there so
if you wish to call or whatever uh this Anna Dorell has been dealing with myself and the administrator. We were on the phone with her this morning and now in fact she provided this report for council tonight and uh she is the director of policy and communications
through the assembly men's office. So as I said before I've got nothing but cooperation uh with this endeavor. this that that's going to be again huge for Buuner Burough. So that is the summary of my reports
tonight. One last thing, we did deal with a water issue on Wheat Road in which I got Bill involved uh with with a resident who was really complaining around the curb. wheat row going towards um Route 40 around the curb and the guy
was getting all kind of water in his uh basement and his house. Uh part of it due to the agriculture and the farming and then part of it through wheat road and the issues that are along that portion of wheat road. Uh I I got to
happy to say in fact I was getting my coffee at Dunkin Donuts this morning. I called Bill right away. I saw three county guys and they had their machines out and they were cutting. So, they did do that work this morning, Doug. And you were involved with that, too. So, they completed uh that portion, but there's
more to be done. The private owner of the property is actually going to do some work in realigning how the water moves off their fields, and this should help that homeowner on Wheat Road also. So that's one of them that you know we
we we got some response from the county from today and uh it helped. Okay, that's it for me. So at this time we'll go to the public portion of the meeting. Anyone wishing to comment with a limit of 5 minutes per speaker, please refer to the following statement. Public
portion of the meeting. I need a motion to open a public portion. Motion Barcy. Second. Second. Adams. Roll call vote. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Okay. Anyone wishing to address the
mayor and council, please step forward and state your name for the record. John, summer road. I I guess I have to wonder about the ordinance 772 that you're going to talk about in a
few minutes. Yes. Uh yes. Uh last meeting you had you talked about 5 days per week and Monday through Friday and all that. So I'm just wondering what you mean by the schedule. I don't know what schedule
you're talking about. So Monday to Friday. Oh, you have to you have I It wasn't clear on the first one that we adopted. Right. From what I understood, it wasn't clear and defined. This will now define it as Monday to Friday during those hours. No
weekends and you know that's just a first when we use the word week instead of saying five days Monday to Friday. So we were not clear John. So this one now correct I'm the one that brought it up. Uh it was it's clear now but I thought
it was clear and it was that was clear but this is going to clarify clear. So Pat if you think they said nice things about you tonight halfway through your tender wait until the end you know another 40
years or 50 years I'll hang around. All right. Okay. Thank you for clarifying that. Okay Jack. Thank you. Anyone else? Okay, seeing none, I need a motion. A motion motion. Second
roll call vote. Albert, yes. Alex, yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Okay. Next, I need a motion to open from the public hearing on ordinance number 772. This is an ordinance amending ordinance number 770 creating a
volunteer firefighter incentive program for the Burough Pa Fire Department to limit the number of days standby on call duty crew coverage that may be scheduled. Motion unanimous second Alvarez discussion just like we said to John is
the first one there was some misinterpretation that a week was 7 days which we meant it to be 5 days so we're just amending that first ordinance to say Monday through Friday which doesn't include weekends
for the uh duty crew just Monday through Friday okay council Yes. Any other questions? Okay. Roll call vote. Yes. Also, yes. Evans. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Yes. Need a motion to close the public hearing. Second. And vote. Yes. Albert. Yes. Yes. Yes. Next. I need a motion to adopt ordinance
number 77. Motion. Motion second call vote yes yes yes yes yes yes okay the next ordinances will be on first reading need a motion to introduce and pass on first reading ordinance
number 773 this an ordinance amending ordinance number 761 souring wages of municipal officials and employees of the burough unit for the calendar year 2025 motion Alvarez second orya
Roll call vote. Yes. Albert, yes. Adams, yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Next, I need a motion to introduce and pass on first reading ordinance number 774. This an ordinance of the Burbuna amending chapter 163 of the Burough Buna
entitled noise to add article 3A fireworks as a nuisance regulating the use of fireworks on private property. Motion second. Alvarez. Roll call vote. Yes. Alvarez. No. Adams.
Yes. Yes. Yes. Next. I need a motion to introduce and pass on first reading ordinance number 775. This an ordinance of amending ordinance number 492 as amended chapter 181 of the code of the burough
unit titled property maintenance. Motion bar. Second. Second. Roll call vote. Mhm. Yes. Yes. Evans. Yes. Yes. And yes, yes. And the next uh will be resolutions
we'll be voting upon. First, we have resolution 158-25. This a resolution amending the resolution 123-25 to correct a clerical error in the memorandum of agreement with Alex Kixo Gomez as supervising EMT. I'll move
Adam. Second. Alvarez. Roll call vote. Yes. Alvarez, yes. Adams, yes. Yes. And yes. Yes. Next, we have resolution60-25. This is a resolution authorizing sale tax certificate number 160046
at a private sale pursuant to NJSA 54 5114.1. Motion second. Second. Barcelo. Roll call vote. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Yes. Next we have resolution number 161-25. This resolution the barb adopt a grants policy and procedures. Second and roll call vote. Yes. Yes. Adams. Yes.
Yes. And yes. Yes. Next we have resolution 162-25. This a resolution to consider and grant issuance of a New Jersey liquor license upon failure to timely request renewal to Dphano Smith LLC TA Frankie D's
village in for the 2022 2023 license term second motion Baroy second Adams roll call vote yes Alvarez yes Adams yes
yes Yes. December. Next we have resolution 163-25. This resolution to consider and grant the issuance of a New Jersey liquor license upon failure to Tommy requesting renewal Steph Smith LLC TA Frankie Dean
village in for the year 2023 24 license term. Motion Barcelia second. Second. Alvarez. Procall vote. Yes. Alves. Yes. Adams. Yes. Orcselia. Yes. And yes, abstain.
Next we have resolution 164-25. This a resolution approving personto person liquor license transfer application for license number 0104-33-13-9. Motion motion. Barceloya. Second. Second. Adams. Roll call vote.
Jimnazi. Yes. Alvarez. Yes. Adams. Yes. Barcelo. Yes. Mr. Obstain. Okay. Next, we have the consent agenda. Consent agenda items of business which are non-controversial, do not require individual discussion. 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 consent agenda agenda item, it is removed from the consent agenda to the regular agenda. So, I have the following resolutions to be approved. Resolution
165-25. It's a resolution the burough unit authorizing the banner to sign a contract with the reauction reauction company LLC for the purpose of conducting municipal tax lean
sales for 2024 delinquent taxes pursuant to NJSA 54 5-9.1. Next we have resolution 166-25. This is a resolution authorizing a 2025 electronic tax sale. Next, we have
resolution 167-25. This is a resolution authorizing the assessment of a $25 per fade tax sale notice for the creation and printing and mailing of said notice. Next, we have resolution 168-25.
This is a resolution authorizing the temporary closure of a portion of Central Avenue to through traffic on September 6, 2025 or in the event of inclement weather September 13th, 2025 from 12 noon to
1:00 p.m. and directing the Burbuna special events committee to submit an application the Atlantic County Engineer for permit approving said temporary closure. Next we have resolution 169-125. This a resolution reappointing Pamela
Johnston as register of vital statistics for the burough unit. Next we have resolution 170-25. This a resolution releasing the three performance and maintenance bonds for various street opening per projects.
Next we have resolution 171-25. This a resolution granting permission to the special events committee operating fireworks on September 6th, 2025. Rain date September 13, 2025 between 8
and 10 p.m. at the Bruno Molini Park on Central Avenue, Manitoba. And lastly, resolution 172-25, a resolution of the Burough Buuna awarding contract to the Permitech Fireworks Company Incorporated for the fireworks
display in the amount of not to exceed $8,927. Next, I have bills paid as listed, clerk's report, minutes of the meeting of July 14, 2025, and minutes of the special meeting of July 28, 2025. Motion
Second, hand and order. Mayor, before we have roll call vote, can I ask council to add an item to the bill list? Sure. I received uh last minute from the recreation commission. They didn't realize we had
one meeting this month for a t-shirt order uh payable to Custom Graphics for over a 100 t-shirts for an estimated $800. they have um they have enough funds to cover that
uh requisition, but it was submitted late. So, I asked I told them I would ask council if I could add it to the bill list. Sure. This is Mayor. Is this or this for special events or recreation? This is for recreation for their
for their um production. Legally blonde. Oh, okay. They're going to sell t-shirts. Oh, to sell them. Yeah. Yeah. They're going to sell t-shirts and they're also going to give some I'm taking some of Marina's Report away, but they're also going to give t-shirts away to uh
to sponsors. They're going to sell an ad book. So, if you're a silver or gold sponsor, they're going to give give you a free t-shirt or something. So, it's part of that. Okay. That's our report. Well, she'll she'll say more about it.
We saved everybody time. Okay. So, I got a motion that a second. Yeah, that'll be added to call. We'll add that to the record. Okay, so we have a motion and a second and then we need a roll call vote. Yes. Also,
yes. Yes. Yes. Okay. Next, we'll go to solic report. Uh, Mr. Jad, anything? Mayor, I have nothing further to report. Very good. Engineers report. Mr. Monette. Thank you, Mayor. Um, regarding grant
applications, the two DOT grants submitted in June still remain pending. Um, our office scheduled a pre-application meeting for the next round of I bank funding is scheduled for
August 18th. Uh regarding capital projects, uh we had luck with consolidating grants that we had already received in order to complete the tennis court project and that's slated to begin
in September. Regarding the ibank job, that's uh slated to begin in September. Um, just to jump on what you had said earlier, Delasio is required to have a
on-site inspector um whom residents are encouraged to ask questions and uh can be a good spokesperson for um whatever concerns residents may have. Great. Um his name is Kevin Jones, so if any residents um have questions, he will be
there um at all times during construction. Great. I'm going to need his number. They started calling America. That that means August 18th, you said with the I bank for the next round. Yeah. What time is that again? Uh
I think he set up for 3:00. Okay. Is that He just sent that this afternoon. Okay. I thought I saw something today, but I I wasn't sure that's going to be here. Yes. Bur Hall. Yes. Correct.
Okay, I'll be here. And finally, uh, for being a drive, yeah, you you're correct in saying that, um, Mike Molinsky, who is our special counsel for this, has gained some traction on getting a construction
schedule. Um, it looks like he he got a hold of someone at the bond company that is is starting to to take care of us. So beautiful. I think we'll have a a good update come September. Great. So council gets again you get
approached by anyone, you have the documentation I gave you tonight plus you have the engineers report that Mr. Pinsky is on this and that we should see some results soon. So thank you Joe report. Okay. Now we'll go to committee reports
planning zoning inspections. Councilman Javanni quite a bit here. I got code enforcement on 115 East Artic Avenue. Unsafe structure notice mailed to owner. Burrow has
cleaned the property and boarded up the building. Uh 110 South Harding Highway property is being cleaned up. Dumpster dropped off. Property owner requested extension to time to complete job.
Uh 108 Buuna Vista Avenue. Cleanup is being done. Property owner was given an additional 30 days to complete. 106 South Central Avenue. Notice was mailed for peeling and chipping paint
and remove debris in the yard. You know who's properly at it, right? Zoning officer chickens on residential lot 103 Marlin Avenue homeowner attorney filed
use variance for the land use board attorney has requested on a September agenda agenda conflict for August meeting court was scheduled August 7th so I guess they're working on
trying to get it where they can have chickens there But they're going to land use board about getting it reszoneed. So she's filing for a variance to the land use board. Yes. Evidently that's what it says here. So I'm guessing that's what she wants to
call me before land use board. How does that work? I got a question. How does that work? The other ones got rid of their chickens. That's not fair. Really? So that doesn't mean we're going to grant anything. the zoning and code
enforcement have gone out there um after they received the complaints, they gave warnings and then they issued summones for violating the ordinance about having chickens in an R4 zone. One party um
abided by the uh the ordinance and the other party wants to contest it. So initially they had gone to court and initially they asked the judge for an extension so they
could file for a variance with the land use board. That time had gone and went. So we asked for our inspectors to go out again and send them back to court to the same judge to say that they ignored that
judge's um order. Now it sounds like the judge gave them the opportunity and the extension to file for the second time now to file for a variance to the land use board to allow chickens in an R4 zone.
Right. Correct. Correct. Exactly. So they're set for the land use board. So they haven't done anything and they keep appealing and want to go before land use court. It'll come to an end. They get they have that right, right? It's a
process, right? So you got to allow it to happen and then the board will do what Springfield has to do. Correct. Franklin. Correct. Okay. Um construction uh 104 South Franklin, 106 South Franklin, and 114
North Army Highway still pending in court. Property owner was scheduled for inspections. Some of the results were passed, some of them failed. So, they were supposed to try to get it redone, re um have the
inspectors come reinspected. They were supposed to do more work and try to get it passed. It's not passed right now and it's been going on for a long time. Um 1305 South Central Avenue.
That's the one next to the the school over there. School. Jim Hoffman spoke with the owner. The following up notice mails the construction must start within 2 weeks or the owner must board up or demo.
Failure to do so will resort in fines and court parents. Evidently, we tired of just giving him that and he thinks he could come in and get an application and not do anything. It's going on two years now that we've been following up on this deal.
So, evidently something's going to have to give on that one way or another. All right. And the last but not least, uh 111 Molini Avenue. noticed the building without per I mean
doing work in the building without permits. The property owner came to apply for a shed and garage permits. Zoning officer called and explained to the owner he cannot approve would need Pineland's approval as well as land use
board approval due to the size of the structure and Pineland zone. So that's pending and this is something that's brand new. So, I guess we're working on and he's got a lot of things to do. He's already started the construction and
we got to take care of he's got to take care of all the permits and everything else to finish the job. That's got to be it. Okay. Very good. Good report, Councilman. And that office has been very busy uh the last five weeks and
doing you could hear it live from Councilman Jivonazi plus some other areas that they've been digging into that you know we could be here all night but they're doing a good job and uh you know good report. Thank you. Next we'll go to finance and tax collector assessor
chairman Alvarez. Thank you mayor. Uh, as of the end of July, we've used about 60% of our 2025 budget. Uh, right now, currently, we're at the 58.3% uh budget um or the year budget line.
So, we're close um under just under 2%. Um last time we were we were over 2% so it's getting a little tighter but I am asking that all department heads
are careful with their expenditures especially we want to finish up late um in a really good pattern. We don't want to have to go out and have to look for more money right at the end of the year. We just want to try to keep everything
close. There's several departments that are doing really good. So, you're doing a good job. Yes. Good. Wait till you hear my I have to say though again and Councilman
over and he's on this right now and again with expenditures coming up as you see we're we're doing a lot even in the legal uh end right now. We're not only keeping our solicitors busy, but we have two other special attorneys and Mr.
Molinsky fighting some cases plus uh with the foreclosures. Allen has been involved. So, what I'm saying, Councilman, is that we really need to be very careful. Uh again, I agree with you 100% with our spending. I think all departments
really have to, you know, tighten up from this point on because uh again, we don't want to get left with uh coming to December and trying to see where we're going to go to try to finish the year out. So, I I agree 100% what you're
saying and let's all, you know, adhere to the councilman's u request that you be prudent and be very conservative at from this point on with any approval requests. And obviously, our finance committee, we've been
Yeah, we've been meeting and keeping an eye on everything. So, you're right. So, let's let's just try to continue to keep track on that. Yep. um in July um for the tax office and we had 200 tax payments for a total
of $178,14. There are 19 accounts with a balance of $63,000 from 2024. Um the office is working um starting the
procedure to go after the money and we feel that it's going to we'll have our money. Um and as far as um our office was told by the MUA
um that they went down on delinquent accounts. Uh we're now we're down to 60. So it just they keep doing a good job bringing everything down and you know those are are small numbers but they add up but they're doing a good
job. Okay. Very good George. Anything else? That's it. All right. Thank you Jeff. Next we'll go to public safety and street lights. Council President Adams. Uh thank you mayor. First we'll go to the police department. Thank you to
Chief Desarie. uh for the month of July 1,04 calls for service uh to the police department in Buunamo, 396 motor vehicle stops, 243 tickets issued, 24 arrests,
uh one DWI arrest, uh six disputes, eight motor vehicle crashes, five well-being checks, 245 business checks, 11 animal complaints, 82 medical assist, 13 domestic calls, two missing persons
investigations, and uh 32 burglar fire alarms. And um they ran a uh successful um stay sober block uh the first week of
August. I guess that's where that one DWI arrest came from. Um, and so thank you to the police department. Their numbers are always there and increasing. And uh, officer of the month is officer
Mason Tessier, badge 1115. Tessier is a two-time recipient recipient of the officer of the month award. Also receiving the award in August of 24. For the month of July, he conducted 121 motor vehicle stops,
issued 73 motor vehicle tickets, and made 12 criminal warrant arrests, and completed nine investigation reports all by himself. Officer Tessier signed a patrol division on squad C, and I'm sure he had help from his fellow officers.
They're always there to help you. Thank you, Chief. Um, EMS, we had 97 calls for service, 76 in Buuna, 13 in BBT, seven in Violin, and
one in Gloucester County, uh, providing our assistance to our neighbors. 14 motor vehicle crashes, 19 medical, three bleeding, two cardiac arrests, 10 cardiacs, and 13 fall victims, three medical
alarms, 16 psychological calls, two overdoses, five unconscious persons, two assaults, three respiratory, one seizure, one stroke, and one airplane crash. That was a small plane
that crossed that cross keys. Everybody, I guess, saw that on the news. It was a mass mass casualty call incident that required assistance from multiple outside EMS agencies and fire departments from surrounding areas. Beauty EMS provided one ambulance to
assist with transporting patients to local area hospitals while ensuring our town remained fully covered. So, thank you to our EMS for helping us and our neighbors. Animal control for the month of July had 15
calls for service including dogs, cats, and wildlife. And our secretary is back for the fire department. She is back from medical leave. Mom and baby are doing fine.
Yeah. And her office hours will be Did I send this to you, Nicole? If not, I'll put it in here. Her office hours will be Mondays 3 to 8:00 p.m. and Fridays 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. So, she'll be there.
She'll be uh helping me get a fire report. So, um I'm glad she's back and I'm glad everybody's doing fine. Also, remember if you have any street lights that are out, let me know. Send me a text or go
right on to atlanticc citylectric.com. Click on outages and you'll see where you can report it yourself. Uh it says street report a street light out. We pay for all the street lights whether they're working or not. And it's about a $6,000 a month bill.
So that's a lot of money for street lights. So let's make sure they're all working for our money's worth and for safety. Okay. I have a question. Yes. Uh we called and they fixed the one that's behind my house, not the one at the corner. They said that the numbers
were switched. So, we called. They were supposed to come back the next day. They didn't call. Yeah. It's best to violate online. We did. So, they haven't come back. They will. They're They're running. I'm not making excuses, but I know in I
I probably report two or three a month. Just when I'm scooting around town, I see the light out and uh I report it. But they're about eight weeks behind. Thank you. Wow. So, some some uh residents have said to
me, you know, I'm tired of waiting and and I said, the only thing we can do is wait. There's Right. Right. Maddie, we think we had waited about 10 weeks to get her street light fixed.
Okay. Thank you. Next, we've got a recreation Councilwoman Baroy. Uh recreation's been really busy. Um they are in their third week of a production of their uh Pina Broadway
theater camp. Uh this production is Legally Blonde Junior. Um they asked for everyone to come out and support all the local children and staff. Uh all performers, all performances are free
and will be held on, are you guys ready? Friday, August 29th at 6. Saturday, August 30th at 2 and 6. And these performances will be held at the Jodale Pavilion in the park. Uh they
also ask for if you haven't already to follow them um on Facebook, which is Bina Parks and Recreation. uh on this website uh on this web page I should say they post all the add additional details for all their events.
Uh they have an upcoming community yard sale uh to be held here in the park in September. Uh, as for special events, our last concert will be held Thursday, August 21st
from 7 to 9:00 p.m. Uh, the performance uh will be Ride the Goat and Buuna Day will is scheduled for September 6th with live music, DJ, food trucks, and multiple vendors. Um, we do
have a rain date for that. Um, September 13th, and that's all. All right. Thank you, Mark. Next, we go to buildings, grants, and improvements. Councilwoman Andelor. All right. I have a few things. Um, the EMS building. The roof was replaced
and and then now we're going to be working on the flower beds around the building. We left them building because of all the commotion over there. Um, we had a AC unit repaired here at Barrow Hall by contractor George.
We got three quotes and plaster was the lowest one. So, we had to get it because it controlled this room and it was warm in here. Okay. I have money though, I say. Okay. We're getting ready naturally for
the park for Bua Day, but also the production and it's going to be held at the pavilion, Joe Pavilion. So, we want it looking nice. Hopefully we can put flowers back there before all this. And uh after Buuna Day uh we hope we'll be
working with recreation for the placement of the engraved brick project. Have you heard anything? They're ordered. Bricks are ordered. Yeah. But how long will it take? I don't know. Christina would know better than Yeah. Okay. But few weeks. That'll be after day.
Mhm. Because we have to use red department. Right. Okay. Right. Right. Okay. And uh the mayor and I met with the violent housing authority. Mayor Yeah, that's right. Go ahead. Go ahead. You're good. Yeah, we No, we uh Yeah, we met there
were some concerns regarding some residents from the housing authority. What prompted was I received a letter and again some people had some concerns about the aesthetics and the upkeep there. And um again, that's not really
our jurisdiction. We appoint the members. they have a housing authority, but it cleared a lot of issues up uh that morning when I returned from office from the 8 years. Things have changed. Uh Carla Jabanazi serves as the
chairperson from the burrow, but she even told me she had gotten some things that cleared up that she really she'd been on there for a while uh didn't know about or was not clear on. So it was a very productive good meeting in that uh
Vinand actually manages basically that authority now from uh supervising the employees to hiring. It's changed from years ago. uh years ago that basically they they held their own but violent
actually the vi violent housing authority was brought on a number of years back and even the last employee Augusta that was hired for the maintenance and grounds they did not replace him and they utilized their employees from Blind to do the grounds
and all and I got to tell you it's it's just not the same I mean Austo looked impeccable how he kept it there but he just was assigned a puna in all fairness Violent Housing Authority. We met with Mr. Miller. I guess he's the assistant director and he was very good. He
explained everything to us, but Violin actually manages not only Buunas, Ocean City and Kate May. They have four. So, they have a crew on the grounds, they have two crews to do all these sites. Okay.
Plus, they have, it was interesting, they do have a community relations person who they have on hand that they told me they were going to send out notices to let the residents know they have a person to talk to them if there's any complaints, concerns. They can handle that internally. They have a
nurse on staff, correct, Pat? Fulltime. And they also have a full-time social worker who will go in if the residents request and give them social services. I never knew any of that stuff. I'll be truthful with you. But in all fairness, when it was just the beauty housing
authority, the advantage of having violin coming in, they have more to offer because they have a bigger budget, bigger staff, they can pro provide the nurse, they can provide the social worker, the community outreach person. So, you know, there's pros and cons to
everything that we all know. But it was we spent about over an hour with them. uh and it was a very productive meeting and moving ahead the communication factor even uh Atlantic County outreach where we're trying to encourage a lot of
their residents you know for a dollar lunch they run bingo there they run crafts so um they were mentioning a lot of their people get lonely they don't have a lot of social life so we do have stuff right here across the street from them I mean they're in walking distance
so Pat and I both said that Maybe they could put flyers out to their residents to tell them that look we have the services here where you can go. They're open from what Pat 9 to 2 every day the outreach. No, they're usually out of there by 12:30. Oh, there 12:30 now.
But they do offer a variety of things. So on that it it was a very productive meeting and uh they promised they were going to try to get the outside kept a little better and that they're working with the residents. So yeah, they are. And just one more thing,
we're getting prices on a new hot water heater for the um concession stand. The old one had a gas leak and we actually had to call the gas company and and the fire company came. It was all checked out, but it's been over 20 years, right?
So, we have Yeah, we're getting prices on it, man. That's very good. Thank you, Pat. Next, we'll go to roads and recycling Stephano. Thanks, Mayor. under road items. Um, potholes were filled, some leaves and grass removed from the bin and taken to
the local farmers. Branch collection have been completed. Landfill testing has been done for the quarter. Signs, information, and street name signs have been ordered. Um, working on they're working on a
storm drain man um storm water management. Uh the full crew will be at the park preparing for Buuna day and last the new trash dumpster will be priced out for convenience center. The old one is rusted and it will be paid for by clean
communities. Anything like that? Thank you Frank. Very good. Okay. Any unfinished business come before council. All right. New business. I have a couple items. I just want to remind council we'll be having a special meeting of the
lean use board at 6 pm this Thursday August 14th to hear uh Tiffany Cabello and her report on the rehabilitation plan that she's going to present to the board. Uh from there we will have a
special meeting of this council next Monday, August 18th at 6 p.m. to look over the plan and accept a plan for world you know townwide rehabilitation. So please mind I know it's an extra meeting but uh that one I think we have
to have because we are going to add a couple things. Uh Marian want to let council know we'll be also working on a couple items or Rick said it too. would be the double liquor license transfer, excuse me, for um L's uh JTR.
Okay. Back to L's and then to the frosted model. So, it's it's actually a double liquor license transfer. And Rick, you you're preparing all those documents? We'll be doing that. Yes, mayor.
Okay. So, the solicitor is working on that. hoping preparing everything for us for Monday night's special council meeting and then council will act right upon your recommendations that night right because you did some I know you spoke with me and you spoke to the director
about how we want to proceed with this correct with the chief of police the chief of police yeah he left but yeah he was consulted to let council know you know Rick has been doing his homework with this along with the director and the chief so we'll be prepared for next Monday evening Yes,
sir. It'll be a special meeting of council uh mayor at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, August 18th, right? 18th 18. What's the Did you mention the 14th is language court, but that's justformational purposes because what
happens, Pat, is that'll be the rehabilitation that we vote on tonight for them to to go to them. From there, we'll decide on land use board after hearing Tiffany's testimony. And then once you got a lang use board adopts
that on Thursday hopefully that will kick back to the burough council to do a resolution and you know uh look at the findings and vote on that on the 18th. Okay, everybody clear from council? I don't think there's anything else.
I have I have one question. the do we have a date or as a result of Councilman Gibbonazi's report do we still need a hearing for two properties? Yes, but what we're doing is we're amending the board and it's on this
agenda to include the mayor as the public hearing officer, one of the public hearing officers. So, there'll be three people from council. Two, right? Two from council, two from council and mayor. and a and then once that's amended then we'll
schedule the actual date. So even though um there was a report on some of those properties tonight we're still going forward as planned with that hearing. Well yes yes but first we have
so that'll be final reading at the next u and then we'll set a date confirmation date. It was uh Councilman Jim Nazi myself and the mayor. Yes. All right, that's that's for two problem properties that he reported on
tonight that are we were being ignored. Now it looks like we might somebody might be listening, but if they're not, then we're going to have a hearing to uh tell them what they have to do. Correct. and I'll be on it. Of course, council
Jonas who run the council president. Any other new business? Okay. Next meeting, Mayor Council will be next Monday, uh, August 18th, special meeting. And then after that, it'll be a workshop at 6:00 and regular meeting on September 8th,
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