You stand as a flag. >> I aliance 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.
The city clerk will start the meeting off. >> In compliance with the open meetings act of the state of New Jersey, adequate notice of this meeting of the Egg Harbor City common council was provided in the following manner. Advanced written notice of this meeting was posted on the Egg Harbor City Hall bulletin board.
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97, and the Egg Harbor City Facebook page. Now, we'll go to the oath of office of the new council members sworn in by state assembly woman Andrea Katz. >> Are we going to do one at a time? >> Yes.
Nette Galloway versus You should go in front in front there. >> See where the >> Yeah, in front of the podium, please. >> Yeah, go in front of the podium. Yeah, >> it won't be on the >> I
do solemnly swearly of the United States of New Jersey state, New Jersey. I will be there also under the authority of the people and that I will faithfully and faithfully and justly part and justly
perform all the duties of the office of the duties of the office of city council. Harbor City. Next, we'll be swearing in Tanner Ortiz. Does anyone >> hold the Bible? >> Yes.
>> His kids can hold it. >> I'll let your father though. Wait, are we in front of >> Yeah, go a little bit. There you go. >> All right,
repeat after me. I, Tender Ortiz, >> I tender Ortiz, >> do solemnly swear or affirm >> do solemnly swear or affirm >> that I will support the Constitution >> that I will support the Constitution >> of the United States >> of the United States >> and the Constitution >> of the Constitution of >> State of New Jersey >> state of New Jersey
>> that I will bear true faith >> that I will bear true faith >> allegiance to the same >> that allegiance to the same >> to the governments established >> to the governments established >> in the United States >> in the United States >> and in this state >> and in this state >> county and city >> county and city the party of the people,
>> under the authority of the people, >> that and that I will faithfully and partially >> and that I will faithfully and partially >> and justly perform >> and justly perform >> all the duties of the office of >> all the duties of the office of >> a Harvard city common council >> a harbor city common council >> according to the best of my authority
>> according to the best of my abilities. >> So now The next will be Scott Sent. I don't know where he is. You guys got to slide on over. Keep going. >> Keep going. Keep going. >> Keep going. Keep going. Keep going.
>> There you go. >> There you go. >> That I will support the Constitution. support the Constitution >> of the United States >> of the United States >> and the Constitution of >> the Constitution >> the State of New Jersey >> the state of New Jersey >> and that I will bear true faith
>> true faith >> and allegiance to the state >> allegiance to the city >> and to the govern >> and this city >> under the authority of the people >> under the authority of people >> that I HC
>> impartially injustly >> impartially and >> perform all the duties >> all the duties >> the >> of the office of >> city council of the city. >> Everyone has their seat. We'll start the
meeting with a roll call. Thank you. >> Did you want to say >> of course >> congratulations my favorite holiday is election day and people come out and you get to say what
you want in your community. you decide the direction of your community and clearly did. So, congratulations to all of you. This is what happens. Have the best holiday. Thank you for having me. Congratulations.
>> Roll call. >> Mayor Jetty >> here. >> Doy >> here. >> Galloway here. >> Heist here. >> Pessie >> here. Kenir >> here. >> Ortiz >> here. >> Sen >> here. >> Timbers >> here. >> Right.
Does not appear to be here. >> And we're going to um the election of council president and promp. Do we have um council president? >> I make a motion.
>> Motion Joe Kener. >> I'll second. >> Are there any other motions? and proty. >> Yes. >> Galloway. >> Yes. >> Heis, >> yes. >> Pessie, >> yes. >> Kenir,
>> yes. >> Ortiz, >> yes. >> Sen, >> yes. >> Timbers, >> yes. >> Motion for promp. I'll make a motion. Carl Timbers >> second. >> Any other
motions? >> Closed nominations. >> Closed nominations. >> We'll do a roll call. Toby, >> yes. >> Galloway, >> yes. >> Heist, >> yes. >> Pessie, >> yes. >> Kenir, >> yes. >> Ortiz, >> yes. >> Sen, >> yes. >> Timbers,
>> yes. >> I'll turn it over to the council president. >> Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you all uh for supporting me in this role. It's been a I think a exciting year this past year. A lot of things that we've done
that we uh we are just starting. There's a lot of things that we have in the works that we'd like to continue with and it's going to be a lot of work for all of us. So I'm looking forward to working with each and every one of you to get there.
So, uh, on our agenda, uh, number seventh is to appoint our city attorney. There a motion. >> I'll make the motion. >> Second. I'll second. >> Okay. We got a motion for Parker McKay.
Any other motions? >> I make a motion. Go ahead. Castigan and Castigan. Okay. >> Any other motions? Is there a second to cost? Seeing none, at that point there's no
nomination, right? If there's not a second, >> so it's Parker McKay. Um, roll call, please. >> Doby, >> yes. >> Galloway, yes. Heist, >> yes. Cassie, >> yes. >> Kenir, >> yes. >> Ortiz, yes. >> Sen, >> yes.
>> Timbers, >> yes. Welcome back. >> Number eight on our agenda is resolution to adopt the rules and regulations. >> I'll make the motion. >> Second. >> Motion has been made and seconded. I just have a comment. We did add
something this year that wasn't in last year's. So when there's uh comments and we've seen it for a year that um there are times when some comments can keep going longer and take time. So, we're going to set a
three minute time for comments for the when public comes up. Uh, it would be up to the chair, the president of council to, um, extend that if if it's deemed necessary. So, uh, just
so you know that that's in these rules when you vote on this. So, roll call, please. >> I I know it could be just filled by >> Joe, >> yes. >> Galloway, yes. >> Heist, >> yes. Pessie, >> yes. >> Kenir, >> yes. >> Ortiz, send,
>> yes. >> Timbers, >> yes. >> Okay, that resolution passes. Number nine, designating local location for public notices. >> Motion. >> Motion made second. All in favor? >> I
>> opposed. Resolution passes. Number 10, uh, dates for the 2026 council meetings. >> Motion. >> Second. Motion made, seconded. Uh, all in favor? >> Opposed?
Motion passes. >> Resolution for 2026 cash management plan. Is there a motion? >> Make a motion. Second. >> Motion made. Second. All in favor? >> I opposed. >> Resolution passes. Number 12. Resolution
for the interest rate tax. >> Second. >> Motion made second. All in favor? >> I opposed. >> 13. Resolution internet interest rate utility. >> Make a motion. >> Second. >> All in favor?
>> Opposed? Is that necessary? >> Still necessary. >> We still have receipts. >> Okay. Number 14, resolution authorizing accelerated tax sale 2022. Motion made and seconded. All in favor? I
>> opposed. I second. Number 15, resolution authorizing tax assessor to make corrections. >> Make a motion. >> Second. >> Motion made second. All in favor? >> Opposed
by second. Number 16. Resolution cancellation of property tax overpayment or delinquent less than $10. Motion. >> Second. >> All in favor? I post. I said number 17,
resolution to carry over municipal all fees from 2025 unless changed by council. >> Submit. >> Second. >> Motion made second. All in favor? >> I opposed. Number 18, resolution public agenda
compliance officer Steve. >> Motion made second. All in favor? I >> opposed. That's a resolution number 19, fair share housing officer make Steve.
>> Motion made second. All in favor? >> Opposed? I have number 20 resolution special events Atlantic County roadway Atlantic County to be named additional and short. >> Motion second.
>> Motion made and seconded. All in favor? I opposed have number 21 resolution to authorize the city clerk to approve bingo and raffle applications submitted by a cover city by qualified nonprofit
organizations licensed by the New Jersey legalized games of chance control commission. >> So moved. >> Motion made second. All in favor? >> Opposed? Resolution passes. Number 22, resolution
granting tax assessor the right to approve pilot abatement applications. >> Motion second. >> Motion made in second. All in favor? >> Opposed. Resolution passes. Number 23
by resolution for our temporary budget. >> Motion. >> Second. >> Motion made and seconded. Roll call, please. >> Doby, >> yes. >> Galloway. Yes. Heist. >> Yes. >> Pass. >> Yes. >> Teres. Yes. >> Timbers.
>> Yes. >> Deferred budget passed. >> Number 24. Resolution for the 2026 salary resolution for non-bargaining personnel. >> I make the motion. >> Second. >> Motion has been made and seconded. All in favor?
>> Do. >> Yes. >> Galloway. >> Yes. >> Heis. >> Yes. >> Pessie. >> Yes. >> Kenir. >> Yes. >> Ortiz. >> Yes. Sen. >> Yes. >> Timbers. >> Yes. >> Professional appointments. Is that >> Is that
>> Yeah, but there's professional appointments. >> Yeah. >> All right. Number 25 resolution uh to appoint our auditor. Um we had Go ahead. Make a motion. >> Yeah. >> Booming company. >> Actually, that's what I was going to
say. It's They've changed their name. They merged with another company. It's PKF Okconor Davies, but it's the Bowman. >> That was enterprise. Right.
which is still going at right. >> Motion made and seconded. All in favor? >> Okay. >> Doby, >> yes. >> Galloway, >> yes. >> Heis, >> yes. >> Hessie, >> yes. >> Yes. >> Ortiz, yes. >> Sen, >> yes. >> Timber,
>> yes. >> Okay. Honor Davies PKF is approved. Number 26, resolution appointing our labor attorney. >> I make a motion. Laney Donahghue. >> Yes. Is there a second?
>> I'll second that. >> Motion made in second. Roll call, please. >> Toby, yes. >> Galloway, yes. >> Heist, yes. >> Pessie, yes. >> Kenir, yes. >> Ortiz, yes. Sen, >> yes. >> Timbers, >> yes.
Laney Donahghue and Weinberg >> just changing their names. >> They changed their >> They did too. >> Everybody's changing except for me. Uh >> number 27, resolution to re or appoint
our development attorney, Parker McKay. >> Motion. >> Second. >> Parker McAff, please. >> Doby, >> yes. >> Call Galloway. >> Yes. Heist. >> Yes. >> Pass. >> Yes. Kenir, >> yes. >> Or yes. >> Sen, >> yes. >> Timbers,
>> yes. >> May approve for development attorney number 28. Resolution to appoint bond council marker McKay. >> Yeah. Don't you have to take a motion for who they are? >> Uh, you can make a motion for that if you want to make a mo anybody want to
make a motion. >> I'm just asking isn't that like the way it's supposed to be done that >> Mr. attorney. >> Is a motion supposed to be made by a council and then seconded and then they're voted on or is it decided prior to this meeting who these people are? >> The president can make them could make
the motion. >> Uh you could you could put up a different motion, >> right? But is he making a motion and then somebody seconding it? Because I'm not hearing a second on these. He's just saying we're seconding. >> Okay. I'm not hearing it down here. That's why I'm asking. >> Yeah.
>> Maybe because you're chairman. >> Soon you're probably going to have me out in the hall. Yes. >> So, um, council president made a motion for Parker McKay. Is there >> Dovy? >> Yes. >> Galloway? >> Yes. >> Heist? >> Yes. >> Hassie? >> Yes. >> Kener?
>> Yes. >> Ortiz? >> Yes. >> Sen, >> yes. >> Timbers, >> yes. >> I'm going to say it on all these. Uh, number 29, resolution to appoint our foreclosure attorney attorney Aman Ter. >> Second
call. Is there any other >> Dovy? >> Yes. >> Galloway? >> Yes. >> Heist? >> Yes. >> Hessie? >> Yes. >> Heer? >> Yes. >> Ortiz? >> Yes. >> Sten? >> Yes. >> Timbers? >> Yes. >> Damon Tiner, our foreclosure attorney
number 30. Resolution to appoint our city planner Remington and Bernie. >> Make a motion. Second. >> Is there any other motions? Roll call, please. Doby, >> yes. >> Galloway, >> yes. Heist, >> yes. >> Essie, >> yes.
>> Heer, >> yes. >> Ortiz, >> yes. S, >> yes. >> Embers, >> yes. >> Remington or Vernick, approved. Number 31, winning or risk management consultant, the Augustino agency. >> Like the motion. >> Second.
>> Any other motions? Roll call, please. >> Toby, >> yes. >> Galloway, >> yes. >> Heist, >> yes. >> Pessie, yes. >> Kenir, >> yes. Ortiz, >> yes. >> Sen, >> yes. >> Timber, >> yes. >> The Augustino agency approved. Number
32, resolution to appoint our fund commissioner for 2026 fund year, Meg, Steve, and Jody Khan. >> Make the motion. >> Second, >> please. >> Dovy. >> Yes. >> Galloway. >> Yes. Heist. >> Yes. Cassie,
>> yes. Heir, >> yes. >> Ortiz, Sen. Yes. >> Timber. >> Yes. You are approved. >> Number 33, resolution appointing the health management consultant Brown and Brandon. Motion.
>> Motion made and seconded. Is there a second? >> Uh, roll call, please. >> Joy, >> yes. >> Galloway, >> yes. >> He >> Kener, >> yes. >> Ortiz, Sen, >> yes. >> Yes.
>> Brown. Brown approved. 34. Resolution appointing our grant consultant Triad Associates. >> Second commercial. >> Okay. >> I got a second. >> Motion made second. >> Roll call. >> Doy. >> Yes. >> Goway. >> Yes.
>> Heist. >> Yes. >> Pass. >> Yes. >> Kenir. >> Yes. >> Ortiz. Yes. Sen. >> Yes. >> Chamber. >> Yes. >> Try approved. Number 35. Motion to advertise resolutions. all these
resolutions upon January 14th, 2026. >> I'll make the motion. >> All in favor? >> Okay. Council appointments. Um, you please pass the committee sheets out.
Okay. Uh for finance and redevelopment, uh we got Kener, Galloway, Dovy. Safety is Galloway, Hessie, and ICE. Public works highway is Dovy, Kener,
Wright. Code enforcement is Hessie, Dovy, Galloway. Property is Sen Heist and Kener. Parks. Parks. We split up parks into it was parks and playgrounds. We split it up to
parks and recreation separately. So parks would be Ortiz, Timbers, and Wright. Recreation would be Wright, Sen, and Ortiz. and license would be heist, Ortiz, and Timbers. Ordinance, Timbers,
Hessie, Sen. Uh, utilities mayor appointment. We'll get to that in a minute. Uh, lake. Um, there's people that work here in city hall that work on the lake. It's really not a committee, but it's work that they do, and we have it on the sheet. Uh,
Luca, Karen, Luca, Jody Khan, Laura Shaw, Jeff Meg, Steve. I don't say Jeff. and uh sorry and Jackie Hill. Okay. Land use board, our representative
will be uh Timbers. School board will be Ortiz. Erin Hoffen, we have a representative that attends their meetings. That's uh Sen Rotary is Hessie. Sustainable Acrover City is Galloway and Dovy. And
then we have a personal ethics personnel ethics committee which is Kenir, Dovy and Gallup. And then um also we have um our GIF representative
is Me and Jody Khan. Our a corporate city fire chief is Walter Butch Kinsley third. Acor city fires Wayne Mangle Keith Molino Rivera and John Guarth senior and our
fire official is Steve Buckoff. >> We need a motion and mayor. >> Okay. Um, NCIS Tax Sergeant Matt Landiscini, one-year appointment. Utility Committee, right? And Dobby,
EHC, Municipal Land Use Board, alternate 2, Ed Dennis, two-year term. Mayor's representative, Stefania Aener, one-year term. Class two member, Municipal Officer, John Gar from the fire department. Then the industrial commission, representative of finance,
Edward Dennis. Representative labor, Frank Alen. Representative E economic development John Rup industry commerce Colette Jones Property Maintenance Board of Appeals
is Butch Kinsley III and that's all I have. >> Okay, that's it for our meeting. Is there a motion to adjourn the motion? Okay. I don't think we ever did.
>> Is there anybody in the audience? Before we ch >> Say your name, please parks and playgrounds have been split. What's the difference between parks and >> park? Recreation. Parks would be parks,
you know, um like Lincoln Park, any park in the town, the first responder park. Recreation would be anything that has to do with recreation. So, Crusaders, um I guess uh >> plays, which one is >> playgrounds?
>> Playgrounds is w or parks. Well, I think I think we talked about what goes on like events like we used to have the event committee that would do they would do some of that too. >> So w any of that stuff would >> that would go to wreck >> any programs recreational programs. So
playgrounds are under >> parks. It would be parks, but like Nette just said, any type of programming would be Yeah. >> Yes. Facilities. >> Good point. >> We just did it to confuse everybody.
>> Actually, there was another reason. Everyone here has a chairmanship. So, um that was one of the reasons. Yes. >> Anybody else wish to be heard? >> Are you clear? >> No.
>> We'll discuss it later. >> Anybody else? >> Seeing none motion to motion. >> Second acceptance. to