One, two, one, two. >> Okay, good. >> Good evening everyone. Um, welcome to the agenda. Municipal council work session for March 23rd, 2026. Uh, please all stand for the pledge of allegiance.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Roll call. >> Council member Brasher. Council member
Coyle >> here. >> Council member Dimma >> here. >> Council member Kentos >> here. >> Council member Patel >> here. Council member Patiel >> here. >> Council member Shmuel. >> Madam clerk, adequate notice. >> Adequate notice of this meeting as required by the open public meeting act has been provided by annual notice sent
to the home news trabri ledger desi talk and news Indian times on November 17th 2025 and posted in municipal complex on that same date. >> Thank you. I'm just going to skip forward to uh council president remarks.
Um for those who are their first time here, you have four minutes to speak uh in the in the in the session that follows the work session in the public meeting and then you also have four minutes you can speak at at the open public comment. Okay. And for those who
are watching uh for the first time, just want to remind you can go to edisonenj.gov to watch this meeting. From edisonenj.gov, You can go to departments, then click on council, and then click on the agenda. You know exactly where we are in follow through of this meeting. If you have any further questions or comments, you may email me
at jcoy@edisonj.gov. Thank you. Moving forward to number four for the council work session review of the minutes A and B from March 9th and March 11, 2026. Any comments from council
members? Hearing none. Moving forward. Unfinished business. Ordinance for further consideration. Public hearing and final adoption. Any questions or comments on the ordinance below. Ordinance of the Township of Edison authorizing the
vacation of a certain portion of Thomas Place pursuant to NJA 40-67-1. >> Hearing none. Oh, you don't then till the end. >> We're going to go through this just a work session, the work session, but we're going to go
do the entire meeting over again. >> So, you'll get a repeat twice. >> It's perfectly fine. Thank you for coming. Okay. Um, from each department, any questions for the following? We're moving to six for the business
administration A. Any questions on A? answer question. >> Yes. >> Just one question. Uh do we know the the duration is going to be 6 months, a year, two year? >> 60 months. >> Five years. >> Yes. Five years as opposed to previously
30 years. >> Okay. Thank you. >> This is a renewal of one that they already have in place and it's got a much shorter shelf life. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Any other questions or comments from council members? That was from the business administrator letter A from the
department of finance A B C D E and F. Any questions? And I'm sorry G H I N J. Any questions or comments? >> J. >> We did agree to move J.
>> I apologize for that. J. That's resolution rejecting all bids received and banking services. Any questions or comments on Jay? >> Moving forward to Department of Public Works A, B, C, and D. Any questions or
comments? I just had a question on B. this uh loader for uh what is the loader the purpose of the back hole loader? I'm I'm quite certain I have the answer. Is it for snow plowing? Okay. Uh DPW director answered yes it's for
snow plowing this resolution um C. Any questions C or D? >> Council President. >> Yes. >> Uh on D, where where are these playgrounds? Uh what locations are these playgrounds going in? They're various locations or
>> uh I can it it's the uh skate park right here behind the uh municipal building. >> Oh, it's it's one location. >> What? >> It's it's >> it's one location. >> Thank you. The question from the council members resolution authorizing the contract purchase order supply and
installation of an American 250 playground $470,000 0805. Any other questions or comments? Okay, moving forward from the Department of Recreation. A questions number 10 from the Chief of
Police. Any questions or comments? Letter A. Number 11, Township Clerk, A and B. Any questions or comments? We're going to open this up to the oral petition remarks. Open to the public.
you would like to come up and comment on the work session. >> I'm sorry. >> This is comment on anything you want. >> This particular part of the session, you can comment on anything you'd like. >> Um, I'd like to talk about uh Thomas
Place. >> I'm sorry. If you don't mind, would you tell us your first and last name, please? >> Um, I'm Janice Casmar. The microphone. >> The microphone. I can't hear. >> What do I do? >> Excuse me. >> I have no idea what I'm doing.
>> Would Excuse me. Mr. Mr. Bang Vang, would you >> Would you go over there and correct that for her, please? >> It's It's I think he did it. >> Okay. >> Place your name and your I'm sorry to repeat. >> Okay. Can you hear me now? >> Your name and address again, please. >> Okay. Um, my name is Janice Casmar. I
live at 33 Albert Avenue, Edison, New Jersey. >> Welcome. >> Welcome. >> Oh, thank you. >> Um I'm want to talk about uh the apartment buildings uh that you want to put on uh Thomas Place.
I I think it's a bad idea. Um it's it's too big for that small area. um like where you going to put the cars and and I mean it it's just not feasible. I I live on Elbert Avenue and
it it's we have all the cars from Redfield Village parking along Elmwood Avenue and and and and all along John Street and I can't see how you're gonna do this. I mean
>> Yeah. Can I just stop you for a minute? One moment. Our videographer, would you walk over to the mic for me, please, and grab it and twist it towards her and adjust it if you could, please? >> Is that better? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> I It's It's not only his change. Sometimes the microphone's not properly
working. That's why I asked him. Thank you for doing that. It worked out. >> Okay. Can Can you hear me better? >> Yes. Perfect. >> Okay. And And I I just don't see how this this is going to work. I mean, all all all the cars. I mean, it it's and
and that little area is a one family house. What's there now? I mean, I just don't see it happening. I mean, it it's it's just not feasible. And that's really all I have to say.
>> Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you for hearing me. >> Thank you from the administration. Did we want to just open a short description of what's going on there? Does any member of the council right now? It's in We're just vacating the street today for that road.
Correct. >> No. Doesn't that doesn't that property already have a a building approval? >> But for this meeting, we're just doing the vacation. This is not an approval. >> Yeah, we're No, we're we're doing the we're vacating the street. Okay. >> But I believe the property already has
building plans for it that have been approved. Am I mistaken? The redevelopment plan, >> yeah, >> is in place, right? But no permits have been taken out or anything like that submitted to the planning board. It would still need to go to the planning board. This is just simply vacating a
portion of the street with the two lots. >> Okay. Just so I'm clear, there also is going to be a planning board meeting for this event, this property. Yes. >> And they'll have a chance to make public comment. >> Yes, sir. >> Okay. And Rich, did you want to make comment?
>> Well, I I was going to say where you were headed, I think, was the right direction, was that it's it's not just Thomas Place. It has to do with that um you know, that old hotel there. Um it's that whole area that's being redeveloped. So, it's just not that one
home that that let's say that you're talking about. And yes, when when they go to the board, the board's going to take a look at the building they're going to build to make sure that they have enough parking. Um or or that's at least what their job is. And at that
point, that's when the public should go there and should be, you know, saying, "Listen, if you're going to build whatever it could be, 40 units, right? 40 units should have 40 cars. You have 40 parking spots." Well, that's that's where that development change. >> I'm sorry. I can't have Excuse me,
Council President. I can't have a back and forth. >> That's true. >> Um, >> he's right. >> For your first time being here, you do have four minutes to speak. Um, there's going to be other time to speak in this agenda again. in
>> council council president. Can we can can we get her information on how to um find out when this is on the planning board and things like that? Somebody give her that information because that's where she would that that that's really where she wants to make her case at. Not not technically before us,
>> right? >> Um but so if somebody could get her this information, she took the time to come here. So if we could at least point her in the right direction there there's another board that you could go to and argue those points and they'll listen to you. And Wednesday, there's another council meeting here on Wednesday. You can also
speak at the open public comment there as well. I just want to make sure we're not dismissing what you have to say. Thank you for coming. Anybody else for the open uh public portion would like to speak? Please raise your hand. This is the time you want to speak. Uh anything
for the work session. Okay. Seeing none, can I have a motion to close the public portion? >> Motion to close. >> Have a second. >> Second. >> All in favor say I. >> I. Okay. Uh, report of all council committees. Uh, starting from my right, council member Brer.
>> I have none at this time. >> Council member Dimma. >> So, I have a report from the animal shelter from February. Um, as of February 2026, adoptions for cats 33, dogs 10. There was one reclaimed cat,
three reclaimed dogs. And currently in the shelter, we have um 18 dogs, including one on a 7-day hold, and 50 cats, including four moms and nursing kitten kittens. Um holding six dogs,
four cats, and one cockatu where the resident has passed away. >> That's it. >> Thank you. Um um council member, any reports on committees? >> Not at this time. Council member Patiel,
>> none at this time. >> Council member Patel, >> none at the same time. >> Council Vice President Kentos. >> Yes. Um, just want to remind everybody you could always go to robertkentos.com/committees and you'll see all my committee reports and all of the, um, comments that I make
at those committees and what they're asking for. Um, so just briefly, um, the open space committee met, um, in March. It was a great meeting. We talked about some of the open space trails, some funding, and um I want to thank the administration for um all the issues
that were raised, especially for people squatting on our open space that they swiftly took care of. Um along with the um I also um I missed the meeting for the housing authority because um I got late notice on it, but they worked that out and um got them all
on my calendar now appropriately. the Historic Preservation Commission and the Veterans Committee. Um I'm hoping to have a uh slate of um applicants appointed at the next council meeting for them. The Historic Preservation Committee is appointed by the mayor, so I'm hoping to get my recommendations to
them as well. Um I also received the call from somebody on the environmental commission that they need to be members need to be reappointed for there as well. I think that's you, Councilman Patil. I can give you that information or do it for you, whatever you want to do. Um,
and uh that that's all I have. Council President. >> Thank you, Council. Thank you, Council Member. >> All right. To the BIS to the BA uh for the DPW committee. We'll be reaching out to the directors to have a just a phone
call conversation on some short stuff. Uh, one thing I'm proud of with our DPW and different departments is that the council reaches out to have their calendar of maintenance and when it starts and through the parks and different parts of roads, including street cleaning and repairs to parks.
So, I'm proud to reach out to our director and go over that. Um, and we'll set that meeting sometime uh, next month. Moving on. Uh, did I miss anybody? Okay, points of light. Does anybody have any points of light they'd like to discuss?
Council President. >> Yes. >> Yeah. I just want to mention that um I was invited to speak at TEDex at JP Stevens. I was actually honored to um one of the um robotics students, Mir Patel, reached out to me and asked me well tasked me with doing a speech on
how my passion in life affects my vision on council here or my or how it shapes edi how it how it shows how I shape Edison. So I want to thank them for that. It was a great event. Um, they gave me a little microphone trophy and um, I really appreciate it. So, I wanted
to point that out. I also wanted to say after TEDex, I hopped on my horse and I rode right over to um, the Edison Wreck uh, volleyball championship where um, the Spike 6 played the uh, Falcon Avengers and um, it was good to see my council league uh, council president Joe
Coyle and Councilwoman Demon there as well. It was a great night. It was a lot of fun. So, just wanted to point those two things out. Thank you, council president. >> Thank you. Any other points of light from council members? Okay. Uh before I mention uh what's on
our calendar, I just want to do a shout out to our Edison High School wrestling team. For some who know or don't know, Edison High School had close to uh half a dozen wrestlers go to the States. Uh this is serious. I had been a wrestler. to get to the states, you are
athletically one of the best to get there. Um, we're hoping to do a resolution for them. We'll talk about that more and not at this meeting, but I'm proud of most people who've been mom wrestlers or dad coaches and wrestlers. It's uh something to be proud of in Edison was there in Atlantic City. So,
uh, moving forward, we points of light, we have the Saturday, March 28th Easter Extravaganza at the sports building. Is that what we call now? sports building. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Uh from 10 to 12. Just getting familiar
with the new titles. I thought it would be the Joseph Anthony Coil Rec Center. I don't know what >> I don't know. Or maybe uh you know, just I'm just kidding. Total joke. I didn't win any prize for that. That's for sure. Um Sunday, April
5th, Easter Sunday. And then, uh moving on. That's all I have. Anything else from council members? No. Okay. Moving on. Any um reports? This is going into our work session to I'm sorry for discussion of
work session here. Uh Council Member Kento, starting with you. Any things you'd like to discuss? >> Yeah, ju just a quick one for the um Department of Finance over there. I thought we were going to put the 2025 sports funding on here. We are going to
put up a reszo to um pedo's folks for 2025. No. Negative. >> Good question. >> Not 2026. No. We had spoke about it. The mayor seemed to be in agreement. Let's just get them
paid for 2025 and work on 2026. So, we did it later in the week last week and we already had this agenda set. >> Okay. Fair enough. >> That that was it was just a timing issue. So, we'll have it on the next agenda and you're correct in that we discussed the 25
>> formula being you know. >> Yeah. No, no, I would never put you on the spot, but it I just it just occurred to me looking at this cuz Pressure has uh youth sports funding on here and I was looking at his discussion item and I was like, "Wait a minute, I didn't see them getting paid." So, >> you're you're correct and good question
and that's okay putting me on the spot. >> All right. Thank you. >> Okay. Council member uh Patel. >> Not at this time. >> Council member Patio on the discussion items.
>> Yeah. Discussion items. Sorry. >> I think the funding formula you know they already discussed uh on the newly surface road. The question is especially vent no drive. You know, I did bring this up. There are three or four patches. They tried redoing that recently. I
don't know why. They again dug up the brand new road during the winter time. They patched it, but it's not good. So, that's again falling apart. But in general in terms of the potholes and I saw the uh somebody forwarded me the uh
scan the pothole and uh inform I think you know just for the recent I believe we have the 18800 potholes that number still active perfect so that's one mechanism service request is the second one and the convenient one is this scan the QR code right uh however the
question is as we have I think we are using AI our vehicles are all along the roads. Is there a way that ra Yes, you know, residents can always reach out to the uh township to report the pothole, but is there a way that proactively we go
around and as the weather becomes better, we start filling those? >> We we do we don't rely solely on the AI uh software that we have on the trucks. We're actively going out there um every day to assess the roads. Um we also you
know with the residents notifying us we >> take immediate action >> when we are notified >> right it again my request is dry down there are still a lot many I I can really you know give the example but I don't want to because we have various
mechanisms to find out the next one is Kilmore code this was Sonia something I brought up 3 four months ago this is Kilmer road and Kilmore code that intersection was redone from signaling standpoint of view but the road going towards the Kilmer court is
in terrible situation and the reason I'm asking I don't know is it township road or it is a private property or who is going to pave that road no one has an answer can can someone good evening councilman uh Kilmer court
is a township right ofway. Um it is one of the roads that is being proposed to be considered for this upcoming paving project. Uh we held off until we had a better idea of timing of the signal completion.
>> I think that work is completed now. >> It is not completed. It should be completed this spring, early summer. >> Okay. >> All right. >> Perfect. Thank you. Appreciate for that uh feedback. And the last one, Stelton Community Updates. Uh do we have any study or any further updates?
>> We've been pro we've been actively meeting weekly meeting with um our engineers to look at design work. Uh we're not there yet to submit a final um recommendation to the mayor and of course to the council to proceed. But we are actively looking uh hopefully in the
next couple weeks we'll have something finalized. >> Okay. And that time probably you can give some updates to the council as well. >> Yes. >> You can provide some updates to the council. >> Yeah. Yes sir. We're we're just really limited on funding of course in the design and want to preserve as much as we can but of course that is the
challenge we're we're >> understood. Thank you council. That's it. >> Thank you councilman. >> What did I miss on here? Council did I get you ready? You're done. Uh, no, but
I'm sorry. Um, >> with regards to some of the, uh, repair work that Comcast uh, did on the roads when they were doing their um, their infrastructure, um, I got some calls from residents that noticed that the patch uh, the patchwork on the road has
been coming undone. Do we have recourse with Comcast about going back and fixing that or how what's what's what's next? with uh the winter we had, I'm having my inspector go back and revisit the patches that were done at the end of
last year and if they are not in good condition, we're going to send Comcast back out to go address them and then ultimately in the end they do post a bond. >> Okay. Thank you.
One more thing. Do you do you want specifics or is that some of the >> I can talk to you offline to get the areas. >> Thank you. >> Did I miss any council members for discussion items? >> Rich, I'm sorry. Did I Rich?
>> No. >> Are you page or >> I'm going to go off topic a little bit. >> Sorry about that. No problem. >> Are they >> right? um sewer pipes and the pump stations. Um Sonia, you got me that information, so I'm going to go through that. Um what you sent me looks a lot
better than the way my math, so I don't know what happened with that math, but that math that I did was looking really bad. So I'll take a look at those. Um Stelton, yeah, where are we moving along with
Stelton at this point? I want to say about a month ago we um submitted one Mr. Benjango, would you just want to be fair, would you mind carrying your conversation outside or just just let Mr. Brusher finish? We're almost done. Thank you.
>> I'm sorry. >> Okay. Right. >> I want to say about a month or so that before the council we came with a uh proposal to um get the engineers to do the work to do all of the design work. We're in the middle of doing that and hopefully we'll have a concept for
everyone uh in the coming weeks. Um just go ahead. >> Could we get a um like a timeline, a schedule? Um I mean that be Brian that would put that together. Um just so that we could follow that um you know to make
sure that it's moving in in some kind of direction. >> Sure. It's all grant I mean we have a lot of grant monies tied to it. So, we do have to um part of part part of delivering of one of the one pieces of the grant is that we have to come up
with programming for the building that we're going to end up starting in other buildings before the building is actually erected. So, we the grant is holding us um accountable for what's to come to the building. So I can provide
you what some of that grant uh timeline look like that and when we have to spend the monies >> that that's right where I'm going with it is if if originally you have to come up with programming if you could tell me that you know listen by July we plan on
having our programming up um at that point they're going to go through and they're going to do a survey of the building just so there's a timeline and and call it a schedule you know what I mean so that when we see that we're falling behind or or something have happened and at least the council's aware of it. Um if if the council can
just get and not just myself. I mean if we could just if the whole body can get a a copy of that. >> Sure. >> Um are we getting anywhere with like a construction manager maybe like an in-house person even if it was on a PDM
or something like that? Um somebody to help guide the township on a lot of these things. Uh as far as well as we don't have any u current projects other than toth and we've wrapped up uh the sports building
um we don't have any major construction going on at the moment. I think when we are ready to go and break ground on Stelton I think then that's what to your point discussing a construction manager. I think it's going to have to be more of a PDM um situation because we don't have
the volume I would say to especially with erecting new buildings, >> right? I mean, I I guess what I'm going is is it's just not to watch over the project. It's to help guide the administration um and and help you guys make um qualified decisions. Um you
know, as everybody's aware, I wasn't really a big fan of spending all that money on the Stelton Center. um when we might take it and tear it down, but by having that kind of construction manager that was on board, they would have laid out a plan for you that would say, "Listen, you're going to be into this
for X or, you know, make a decision and and let's change course type of thing." Um they're really like an advisory thing. The ultimate decision is up to the administration at the end of the day. They just make those, you know, they just help guide you along so we're
not being pushed by engineers or or vendors. So, all we do is spend money on vendors. So, I'd like to see if we can do something with that. And if you guys can talk about that, maybe come to some conclusion on it. Um, the funding
formula, I guess we went through that and the you and the funding of when we're going to get that funding. So, so that was a good thing. Um the paving for the North Edison uh baseball. Uh we were going to pave that last year and I don't
think they got to it last year. Do we have anywhere with that parking lot? >> Let me just check with Brian to see where that is in terms of the 2020. It would be 2025 list, not 2026. >> We're completing the 2025 list now.
We're a little bit behind with field work due to snow. Um, that was also one of the sites that if we had money left over from the current job with PM, we were looking at using the money for. So, when we finalize the list with administration, we'll let you
know where we stand. >> All right. >> Saving it. and and just as long as I have you here because I I was going to bring up actually something that my colleagues brought up and that was about the um the horrendous so so I'm going to
say uh two years ago a a vast majority of our roads were really in great shape right and then last year I brought to uh your attention and and I I left Bob deal a message actually telling him I wasn't going to bring it up at this meeting but since it was brought up prior that's why
I'm bringing it Um, and I say Mount Pleasant, but my colleagues have have brought up that it's elsewhere and and it is it's it is throughout the entire town. The roads were patched, right? And I'll tell you where my concern was was, you know, you
were saying you'll make them redo it, but but here's the problem that I have. We talked about redoing all of them last year because they were not patched as per our specifications. So, we have our specifications where
they're supposed to put like a hot tape around it. So, there's a way that we know that it was actually patched correctly because when they do that whole thermal thing, you can't tell. You just assume it was done. >> But I've heard from police officers that they haven't patched it with that
thermal unit in the past. That's why we pass that new thing with the patching. >> Yeah. Can I just get some clarification? Are we talking about the baseball field or we talking about utility repair work? >> Okay. So, baseball field, I'm good. I got it. >> Gotcha. >> But then I jumped into this utility
repair, which >> you know, I'll be honest with you, I have a pickup truck and Mount Pleasant. I could probably lose a ball joint. Um, and and that's with the pickup. They're actually that bad. But it's because they never patched them originally as per our
specification, which we passed as a council body when Bob Deal sat up here. And um we did it just so that we knew the patches were done correctly, but not one patch was done correctly. So the entire town like needs to be done
correctly or it'll pop up next year. You know what I mean? And now let me tell you where my real concern is. >> Council brush, can I interrupt for a moment? Would let him answer that question because I feel like he's waiting with bait. >> Yeah. No, I just want to explain that. Say something. >> So but here here's where I looked at it. So on Mount Pleasant where those patches
were that popped out because of the bad winter, right now there's other cracks that are forming on Mount Pleasant. Now Mount Pleasant was only paved like two years ago, right? And it almost looks like the whole street needs to be
repaved. Like I'm getting to that point. So yeah, that was kind of it. >> Okay. Um, so my recollection is Comcast concentrated on the areas that were
fresher patches last year. So, uh, Mount Pleasant, I don't believe they got back up to the original areas when we were making them redo the patching. >> So, in theory, I'm having a meeting with them. I don't think it's next week, but
maybe the following to go over their plan for patching now that we're at out of winter shutdown. So, I will try and get you a schedule on when they think they'll be spreading up throughout the rest of town. >> Right. But my Okay. My my point, right, is I mean, I'm
sure you're going to make them patch it correctly, but because now there is more damage to those roads and other cracking, they should be held responsible for that. You know what I mean? Like if if you put windows in my house and I tell you that
they're leaking and then you don't fix them in time because whatever your reason is, right? But you didn't get enough crews or whatever it is and now the hole inside of my drywall is falling in because it's getting wet, right? And there's all this extensive damage caused. >> I see where you're going.
>> Because of your neglect. >> Um I want to see them held accountable for that. That's that's where where I'm kind of going with it. I'm sure they'll fix those little patches, but then we're left with roads that are still deteriorating because of what they did. >> So, could you bring that up to them? Um, >> I will. Yes.
>> And then have that taken care of. >> I I will. Yes. >> All right. Thank you. >> You will. >> Um, and that would be it, Council President. >> Thank you. >> I'm gonna let Brian sit down for a second because he's going to get back in five minutes.
>> But, um, C, >> Council President, >> good. Um um M Councilman Brasher made me think think of something that when we were talking about Stelton just now I I just have a quick question. We can't take Stelton down completely, right? We have to leave part of it up or leave the
four walls of it up. We can't take the Stelton building down because if we take it down, it's my understanding if it's on Rossi, it never comes back up. Am I wrong about that? I mean, I've done a lot of research on Rossi DP properties, the whole bit.
There's a portion of it. My understanding is if there the perimeter of it like the four walls, >> right, >> would need to be maintained. >> So the discussion is around the shell of the building. >> Okay, understood. All right, then. Yeah. No, I just want because everybody's
saying, well, if if we tear it down, I just want the public to know we can't tear it down because then it will never go back up. >> The facade of it. >> Correct. >> Yes. >> Yeah. In other words, if it's if you drive by one day and it's a pile of rubble, it's staying that way forever. Just wanted to make that clear.
>> I don't know that that's true. >> Oh, yes it is. If it's on the Rossi and that building comes down, it's not going back up. >> Take the walls down, you can put the walls back up in any historic thing in Manhattan. Unless you're telling me
Jersey is backward compared to Manhattan as far as >> if if I'm if I'm wrong, I stand corrected, but I I'll I'll stand correct if I'm wrong. But it's my understanding that if the property is on the Rozi and you and you demolish it, you cannot put
it back up. You you're you're it the purpose is to take away buildable property and have complete open space. So if you knock down the building, it's a big hurrah. It's now open space. Oh, see I just >> it's in complete support of outdoor recreation because there's nothing there.
>> Council members, if you don't mind, I wouldn't mind moving this to a discussion after me. My apologies. I think it's very important. My apologies. >> Definitely important conversation. I I like it, but I perhaps Sonia, we can have a conference call between >> No, no. It's fine if somebody can find if somebody can find out. But if we have
no intention of taking down the building, then I'm good with that. I just keep hearing the words knock down. I just want to make clear. >> I don't want to spend $10 million preserving the entrance. No. >> Uh when it's not possibly to save
>> the the outside structure is okay. The inside not so much. So that's where the conversation is about preserving the Yeah. We're talking about preserving the facade. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. It's it I'll get you the right
language about the four corners or whatnot that you have to preserve being that it's on the Rossi. >> I I definitely want to be a part of that call when if we have that discussion. >> Okay. Um Okay. I want to move forward.
Um just to the to the business administrator, I just want to discuss the economic development and hope that we can put that in the budget. An economic development person. I know we discussed it for last year. we didn't push forward to get it. I would believe there's a lot of support on this council for that. Uh and and I just want to make
sure when we do the budget, I'm not voting for the budget unless this is in there. At least it's been two it's I'm waiting two years for it. It's a great cause. I think it's much I know you agree. I think we had a problem finding somebody and I'm sure it'll be there as a placeholder which it was last year but
it'd be great to find someone who can fit a part of the capacity or a split capacity or consulting capacity. Edison's way too big. Um we're thankful that we we grow enormously because of the location we're in. But it'd be nice to see if we can also recruit
opportunities as well. >> That's all. Um, I'm leaving it there. And I just wanted to speak to Brian for a minute. I don't I'm not going to take a deep dive on sewer and maintenance with you, but I was just going to take a small dive to at least
prepare the next meeting that we're properly prepared to go over timeline of schedule maintenance and what you're requesting from the budget. I'm sure this is probably a multiple point conversation with Sonia the budget can and what will be done as far as our
sewer sewer infrastructure water and our critical maintenance and what's also courtmandated that needs to be fixed and kind of where we are from the beginning of when AJ Patiel and Richard Brusher myself um is anybody left from there it
was Jo and Joyce right when we first started this public utility we had Um, and we've been very supportive. Well, Rich has been supportive most days. Um, but I know he deserves to to have a schedule, a timeline of maintenance. That's something he's asked me for. As
council president, I definitely think it would be nice to see where we're going. And also the CTV U that we discussed, what when that's completely done and what we've learned from it. So, I'm just trying to prepare and I can wait, but I
would believe at the work session of the April 6th meeting or something. If it's if not, we'll move you to the next meeting. It's a long long ask. If you're ready now to discuss something, you're more than welcome. I just didn't want to throw you on the spot.
>> I also didn't want to make it a 15minute discussion. >> I didn't want to get into the discussion. Now, I'm just going to say uh I need both James and Roger for the water and sewer department. >> Yep. >> Because they have a tighter grasp on what needs to be done with the acco with
respect to their areas. >> Yeah, that's fine. And I would we would prefer to have them well prepared and have some type of schedule timeline of when we'll start and if it'll be in the budget. And I'm sure there'd be a
conversation with Ken and Sonia. Okay. Looking excited. Looking forward to it. All right. >> Thank you. >> That's all I have. I'm sorry, Miss Dee. I skipped over you. Did Did you have any discussion items? I just jumped over you and I apologize. >> None at this time. >> Okay. Well, does any other council
members want to say anything? I I think we did finish discussion items and I'm thankful that you're here today. Hearing none. Can I have a motion to adjourn the meeting? >> Motion. >> All in favor say I. I. I. >> This meeting is adjourned. Second, you forgot.
>> Okay. Um, >> pressure. >> Yeah, there we go. Hey, >> pressure. I heard pressure. I heard pressure. He >> and I the one that's over by the book. Are you familiar with the complain about him?
>> We got maybe um I guess you weren