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Part 1 (Video ID: wqkfdurf2uQ):
- 00:00:09: Coming out of executive session and agenda items
- 00:01:48: Mayor's report: Tristan's Way, Bell Ringing, Student Program
- 00:06:04: Mayor discusses Water Tower Design and Motion to Approve
- 00:09:06: Council Comments: Dog Licensing and Raffle Ordinance Updates
- 00:10:09: Water Tower Design Concerns and Vehicle Maintenance Contract
- 00:13:43: Vehicle Maintenance Contract Roll Call and Committee Reports
- 00:16:11: Finance, Police, City Clerk Reports: Tax Collection, Crime Stats
- 00:23:27: Engineer Report: Buffalo Avenue, Street Repairs, Capital Plan
- 00:30:57: Safe Streets to Transit and City Hall ADA Improvements
- 00:35:11: Rolled out type mats, ADA Compliant Bathroom Fixtures Upgrade
- 00:40:52: High Bank Project, Senior Center ADA, Master Plan Update
- 00:43:55: Resolution for Equal Opportunity and Budget Public Hearing
- 00:45:00: Budget Hearing and Presentation: Revenue, Expenditures, Impact
- 00:50:18: State Exam, Neighboring Community Taxes, Cannabis Revenue
- 00:55:06: Tax Revenue and Future Ratable Projects discussion
- 00:59:50: Public Comment on Budget and Closure of Public Hearing
- 01:00:40: Approval of Budget Amendment and Adoption of Budget
- 01:01:59: Fireman Health Insurance Agreement and Other Resolutions
- 01:04:05: Fire Official Salary Resolution and Smoke Certification Inspection
- 01:07:16: Note Issuance for Construction Financing and Resolutions Roll Calls
- 01:08:23: Tabled Cannabis Business Oversight and Fire Certificate Refunds
- 01:09:26: Approval to pay the bills
- 01:09:26: Public Comment: Introduction of New City Attorney
- 01:11:22: Council Comments: Mother's Day and Cleanup Appreciation


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Just like there motion to come out of executive session. Motion >> second. >> Motion made in second. All in favor? I >> Okay. Uh Mr. Solicer, attorney. Um, in

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executive session, we had kind of a consensus on one of the issues. Uh, is it proper now to make the motion to proceed with as >> to direct labor council to proceed as as directly serves? Yes. >> Motion. >> Make that motion.

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>> Second. >> Second. >> Motion made and seconded. All in favor? >> Opposed? Thank you. Okay. Um number six is public comment on any agenda items. Is there anyone wish

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to be heard on any agenda items? We are tableabling number 24. Seeing none, we'll move to >> You want to table it now or we >> could if you Yeah, just >> Okay, >> I make that motion.

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>> Motion made. >> Motion made and seconded. All in favor? >> I opposed. a motion table. Okay. Number seven is approved minutes of the April 23rd, 2026 council.

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>> I'll make a motion. >> Second. >> Motion made second. Is there questions on the minutes? All in favor? >> Opposed? Motion approved. Mayor's report.

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>> Okay. Um, so I got a letter back from the county on Tristan's way. If you recall, they wanted the family wanted to recognize the young man who died of um, uh, >> cickle cell anemia, right?

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>> And they wanted to recognize Claudius and Philadelphia Avenue. And I sent a letter to the county. The county denied that. So, um I did talk to a few people that on council that um about maybe they

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had an idea for another location and he and it was suggested that we could do Claudius in front of the prek. I'm not sure what block that is. What >> where the prek entrance is to spread >> is that >> see the buffalo

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from here to here. >> Yeah. Buffalo. Yeah. Yeah. >> So, so I I wanted to bring it to council to see how you feel about that. If you would vote in favor of that because it is a city street and the county has no

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purview over that or authority. >> Is there someone that wants to make a motion on that? >> I'll make a motion. >> I'll second that. >> Yeah. Okay. Motion has been made and seconded. All in favor? >> I opposed. Motion approved. >> Okay. Great. Um, also I had sent um I

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got a letter from um a parishioner at St. Nicks who's who's heading a effort to do a bell ringing with the churches and hopefully the fire department on the 4th of July at 2:50 in the afternoon. So far, uh, Manuel Church has responded yes

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and obviously Satanics had responded yes. I did send an email out to all the pastors, but they're the only ones that I heard back from. So, just to let you know, that might be happening. Uh, also, I had Meg send everybody a letter from a uh student at

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Oakrest High School who wants you you did I say yesterday? >> I thought it was today. I >> was I think it was today. So, he wants to uh do a program starting in the fall that would connect a council

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person to one of his civic um students and government students that would be they they would actually connect um with the student. The student will participate in events and come to

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meetings on occasion and also have an open communication with the official. So, would if you would like to do that, I need to get back to the uh uh I think his name's James Dunn. >> I did send an email to I don't know if

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would anyone Can I just ask right now? Because if Donna, would you like to be involved? >> I don't know if I'm going to be elected. So, I'm I'm on the fence. I'm gonna be fine. >> I'll put I'll put the Okay. Uh Scott, >> I'm up for election.

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>> I respectfully decline. I think I'm a little new at this right now. Okay. >> I think somebody a little bit more. >> Yes. Okay. >> Carl, >> wherever I'm needed. >> Yes. Desperate. >> Yeah. Kim,

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>> if I'm muted, >> no mace. >> No. >> Okay. All right. I mean, you don't have to do it. Just whatever. Okay. So, that's that. And then um the only other thing I have right now is uh we did uh

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have a wonderful clean up again this year. I had 265 volunteers and we collected 2.87 tons of trash. So that's about normal. Not a little short of three that we usually get. But it was still a great day. Everybody had fun. So

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and Frank, where's Frank at? Is he here today? Where'd he go? Frank's not here. probably still recovering. So, >> he is recovering. He did a lot. And Chief, thank you very much, Phil. >> I know. I know. It was bad. And um

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>> more cheese next time. >> Yeah, more cheese. >> I believe that's all I have. So, thank you. Oh, now I do have something important. I forgot. Okay. So, I I've asked Megan and Jackie to make a copy of this water tower. So, everybody get a chance to look at it.

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>> Yeah. >> Right. And that's the final the final. >> Or is it get no love? Crusaders never get no love. You get no love. It's all right. >> It's all right. We know who brings them to Cedar Creek. >> Well, they actually have like a

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precedent. It's usually the high school team. >> So, if we didn't have a high school, it would be the same. >> But you usually go with the high school team. So, >> well, you did a good job because we all had a different idea of what should be up there. You got it all up there.

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>> Yeah. >> So, I don't >> Yeah, it's a little busy, doesn't it? >> I think it's the emblem. >> Yeah, it's just >> I cannot believe that. >> I love the pirates. They're my >> No, I said the emblems. It's just going

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to look too busy. Too big. Too busy. >> I don't think you need that. >> Oh, yeah. That that's >> just a harbor city. >> I love the seal. I love the great seal of a harbor city. >> When do you have to know by? >> I told him I would bring it to him today. I mean, it's probably not a rush,

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but I I we talked about this the last time. >> I wasn't here. >> So, it's going to be a white white background. >> It's going to be white. >> Good. Well, it looks nice. >> Love it. >> At Cedar Creek up there. Just >> Can I just suggest something as far as

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it being a white background? Will it get >> dirty? >> Real dirty fast. >> The birds the birds. >> The birds. >> Yes. >> Yeah. That's the only That's my main concern. >> I think whatever color you make it, the birds are going to >> Oh, yeah. That's once they go there.

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>> All that's clear. The white might blend. It might >> It might blip it. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> You want to take the Cedar Creek pyro's name off of there. Leave the emblem. >> Yes. I just I just think it's going to look

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>> well that's what standard communities do. So if you don't want the Cedar Creek Pirates words, I still would recommend that we keep the Cedar Creek. >> Oh, 100%. No, leave this. I vote to keep Cedar Creek. This is >> Yeah. How many people are going to know

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what the CC mean? >> Who's going to know what the CC is without having the Cedar >> Creek there? Keep it as is. >> All right. Uh, someone may want to make a motion on whether we approve this or you want to make a motion for something different.

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>> I make a motion we approve it and keep it as is. >> Is there a second? >> I'll second it. >> A motion made in second. All in favor? >> I >> opposed. I have it. >> Okay, that's all I have. Thank you.

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>> Okay. Uh, start on >> the other end. Mrs. >> I just have two things. Um Jody, any more figures come in for dogs and sisters? I >> No, you know what? I forgot that one other person. She emailed me back a

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couple times, but she never provided provided anything. Okay. So, we got to figure out what we're going to do either that or send out postcard and go that that route because we're not getting any response for people to >> Okay. And then my other thing is Chris and Meg. anything on the ordinance for

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the um >> raffle >> raffles. >> Is it okay we do it next meeting? >> I won't be here next meeting but you can you can take care of it without me if you can. >> We would have to be first reading next meeting and then second Pete. Will you be at the next meeting after that final approval? >> I should. >> Okay. >> Yeah.

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>> So, we're going to talk next. >> Okay. >> And I'm sorry I was I was away for >> No, that's fine. I was just wondering where if it was in the works or what happened to >> All right. Thank you so much. That's all I have. >> Okay. Thank you, Mr. S.

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>> Nothing. >> Is Is the Is the water tower thing all done at this border? Can I make a >> Sure. >> I think it's a little busy, but if we're going to keep the Cedar Creek Pirates and the emblem in the city, I think that a Harour City should be up top and then

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the Cedar Creek Pirates should be on the bottom of a Harbor City. We're we're we're the city is the main thing here. And but this design makes the Cedar Creek Pirates the main focal point. >> The the pirates should be within the

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city and so therefore the A Harbor City should be on the top row and the Cedar Creek pirates should be under that emblem should the logo. >> Wouldn't it usually like what it usually say like >> Egg Harbor City home? >> Yeah. Right.

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>> That's that's like you go to Avalon or city to >> Yeah. home of and then underneath and then put the CC and the city logo on the sides just like it is now. >> I did ask that question but he said if you do that you would have to make it

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way too small the city wrap around. >> It doesn't wrap around see >> it would American water on the side. >> Can you arch it the harbor city? Can you >> you mean can they Well, >> oh because there's more space on the bottom for Egg Harbor City than there is

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when it's where you go around. >> Egg Harbor City smaller to accommodate this design because I thought I sent out the other design too. >> I just think the overall concept should be that Egg Harbor City takes precedent and then the Cedar Creek Pirates are

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underneath Egg Harbor City. >> But Scott, when you look at that, you only see >> Are we doing it in a maroon? Which egg harbor city to the tops and then >> that's what I'm saying. Yeah. >> I can ask. >> Yeah. Most places you'll see like the town say like Egg Harbor City home the

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American city. >> Yeah. But the only problem is it's going to like >> and I have no problem. think that the city should be the prominent >> really like not this >> name of the city should be the focal

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point and the high school should be underneath the name of the city >> lucky that they're putting a car city out too you know I mean >> because they they want American water to be the focal point but you know >> I think it's >> I can ask and I'll send everybody email

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is that fair enough >> I think it the tower should be maroon and then black and green writing And we have that white >> or second. >> Okay, Money, >> we'll get we'll get the legs.

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>> Uh we have one add-on for vehicle maintenance contract that dropped in. It's going to come up later on the agenda, >> right? >> Yes. >> What number is that? >> We can do it now if you want. >> Yeah, let's do it. >> I'll make a motion that

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you want. Yeah, I just I had the contract starting May the 8th and I we had the bid opening after the agenda was already done. So I just said that we would bring it up on yesterday. >> Yesterday the bid opening was yesterday. >> Um so rather than make them wait, we'd rather and the previous contract has

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expired as of the end of the bill if we could. We only had one bidder >> and we named the bidder. It's dropped in. >> Dropped with the ed, right? Dropped. >> Just dropped in >> as in like dropped. >> That's the old highway.

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>> This is for him to be ve vehicle maintenance. >> Okay. So, he's just taking over. >> And this is any new vehicles that we lease through Enterprise that are non police vehicles. The maintenance is included as part of the lease. So, that is separately paid for. This is safely

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new equipment and police vehicles. >> Okay. Okay. Is there a motion? >> I made a second. >> Motion has been made and a second roll call. >> Doby, >> yes. >> Galloway, >> yes. >> Heist, >> yes. >> Pessie, >> yes. >> Kenir,

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>> yes. >> Sten, >> yes. >> Timbers, >> yes. >> Wright, >> yes. >> Motion passes. >> Thank you, >> Mr. Timbers. >> Nothing reported. >> Mrs. Hessie, >> nothing to report.

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>> Mrs. Galloway. Yes, I have a couple of things here. Uh, just wanted to remind everybody that Saturday, May 9th at 10:00 a.m. is the tomato basics. I picked up some tomato plants and some basil today to distribute for the people

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who come. And then you come, we'll let you have one. >> Um, and then the following Saturday at 10:00 a.m. is the walk at the nature trail. And the following Saturday on May 23rd is the potting party which will be

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peaceful for park. Uh we'll provide the plants and soil and everybody brings their own pot. >> Everybody brings their own >> their own plan. Put it in. >> And then uh let me see. We I I talked

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about this the last meeting. We have the rest of the heat island mitigation plan that we're going to um discuss with the public and we'd like the business community, especially those on Philadelphia Avenue to come and um representatives from the school and

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that'll be held uh 6:00 p. p.m. Tuesday, April 28th here in uh council chambers. That's all. >> Good. Thank you. >> May 12. >> Yeah. Mr. What's our regular green team meeting?

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>> Um only thing I have is saying I mean Libert is in here but I'm assuming for probably next week we'll have a recreation meeting to go over um the pick wall and tennis courts. >> Okay. >> Um soon as Council Pessie gets a little bit more information, we can set up a date and then uh

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>> if you like me to set it up with the gentleman. >> Yeah. >> Okay, great. It's uh webcam. >> I just can't do Wednesday night football. Okay. How about the um Mr. S? >> What's that? >> Do you have a date next week that you

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cannot do? >> No. >> Figure like 6:30. >> Okay. >> If people plan to get >> 6:30. >> So, you know, good Wednesday. >> Uh, no. I have football. >> Is there a date you can't do?

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>> No. I can be here. Bring your pickle ball rack. >> Yeah. >> Let me just check with Mr. I think he's I don't know if he's home or standing on the table. >> He's home, but he couldn't make it tonight. >> Oh, okay. >> That's what I heard tonight. >> Did you reach out to him?

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>> Yeah, I'll send him a text. >> Thank you. >> Anything else? >> No. >> Okay. Uh for finance, I just have a report from our tax collector. So far this year in taxes, we have collected

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$3,231,71918. And total deposits, which includes everything we get through interest and uh small penalties and fees, comes out to 3,242,45

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for the first four months. Okay. Uh, number nine, there's 10 is the chief of police. >> Hi, folks. Um, give you some numbers. Since we last met, um, on April 23rd,

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we've had two fraud cases, three simple assaults, 11 theft falls. I'll talk more about the theft in a little bit. Seven motor vehicle accidents, four pedestrian stops, 37 traffic stops, 23 summones issued, eight arrests, uh, one business alarm, one residential alarm, 119 crime

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prevention activities, two criminal mischief calls, four domestics, 23 EMS calls, two firearms ID applications, 16 follow-ups, 505 property checks, eight public services. So, um, as some of you may have seen on

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Facebook, our local grocery store, um, had a skimming device put on one of their, um, >> point of sale, point of sale, um, >> terminals. Um, and unfortunately, quite a few folks had

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money taken from their EBT or SNAP accounts. Um, we have come up with a specific form that gets all of the information that we need. We are coordinating with the Secret Service because it looks like this is a bigger ring and not just something that has occurred here in Egg Harbor City. Um, so

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I would like to advise anybody who has had um, check your SNAP and your EBT accounts. Make sure that your funds are still there and available. If not, please do come to the police station, make reference to the SNAP and the EBT things. will have you fill out a specific form um and we will generate a

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report for you that can hopefully potentially help you um file a report with the appropriate agencies to try to recoup some of that. Um I know it's rough because it's the beginning of the month and um without those funds some

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people may not eat. So be kind to your neighbors. Um, anybody who does have any theft of those SNAP and those EBT funds, please do come to PD. Um, and we will help try to rectify that. Again, we are working with the Secret Service because

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this looks like it's bigger than just here in a harbor city. Fortunately, we were able to obtain and to um retrieve the skimming device. So, that should be helpful in helping to figure out who, where, what, um why. It's because you're jerks. Um, but we can uh try to disc

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determine when all this happened and uh take it from there. >> Is that the only funds that were affected? >> Believe so. Yes. >> What exactly is a skimming device? >> So, it looks like something that you place over the point of sale terminal. It looks just like any other ATM or it

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it pops over it. It snaps on there. It looks almost identical to the pin pad and the where you insert your card and whatnot. So that's what it looks like. It's often times very difficult to see it um and to recognize it if you're not looking good. >> Tell everybody to tap.

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>> Yeah. So that is something if you can tap tap. Um you know with EBT and Snap it's not I can't tell I can't tell anybody to you know uh um swipe or tap or use a credit card. you know, unfortunately. >> So, um,

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>> so the perpetrator went into the store, placed this on the POS, and then left >> and then could see the information that this thing was generating. Wow. >> Transfers to us. >> Wow.

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>> They said you had to watch gas pumps, too. They do that there, too. >> Yes. So, so you know, um, but like I said, we are working with Secret Service. Um, as soon as we started getting any of the reports, we did reach out and so they are being as helpful as

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they can be. Um, that's all I have. >> I didn't ask this before, but do you think we should put something out on social media? >> Personal not on our >> not channel.

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>> Yeah, I can do a little write up the official apart. >> It's not on the other one either. >> Oh, is it person? I know personal people, but >> people with their cameras, can they narrow down to when this thing was put on there and >> um who might have done it? >> A linkos has been very very helpful in

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trying to figure out exactly when, where, and who. So, we're trying to figure out it looks like the way that it has happened so far is that it was placed and the information was stored and not immediately >> t the information was not immediately

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used. Okay? So, you know, we don't have a time frame for when it was placed >> um because we don't know if it was two days, five days, two weeks after they placed the machine. >> Okay. >> So, >> so yes, social media, our social media

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and how about 9 to7 because I know a lot of people, believe it or not, they can watch that the elder. They really do. Um >> yeah, we we can um you know, I think that a lot of people are we have we've been inundated with um with people coming in to report and that's part of

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the reason why we created a specific form um so that everything could be under one case number in it and stuff like that, but absolutely we can >> you just raise something up quick. >> Absolutely. Put it on there. >> Sure. Thank you. >> Absolutely. >> Anyone else have a question that you

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>> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Appreciate it. Uh CFO um besides the budget stuff. >> Okay. I want to go quickly. Uh city clerk report. >> I have nothing.

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>> City attorney nothing. Uh administrator is absent. Uh engineer. >> Okay. Um Buffalo Avenue. Um all of the curb sidewalk work is done. They've done a lot of restoration already. Uh they did some street restoration on Burger

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where we placed the curb in that section. Um they're going to be pulverizing the road. I believe they're scheduled for tomorrow. Um so they blend the existing asphalt over the subrade and sort of take some material off to get it to the new pavement down. Um

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anytime you do that process, you got to sort of do it and then evaluate what the subra looks like. Sometimes you line some bad spots, clay, stuff like that. Um so we'll see how the polarization goes. Uh if everything looks good, they should be able to have it next week. Um if not, maybe another week in between to add some DGA and and remediate some

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areas. But uh that's that's good. >> How about Burger Street? When is that going to be done? >> So Burger is part of the next um state aid uh cycle. So you guys approved us to start the design for that. So ideally we'll be building that this fall. >> Yeah. Because it's get it got worse.

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>> It never gets better. Well, actually one area that one terrace uh yes a terrace >> set of terrace to >> well so there's a there's a bunch of terraces and section on Beethoven street that will be getting repaved um sometime

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before school starts uh everywhere New Jersey American put in the new main you see the trenches everywhere um so you want to let those trenches settle for 90 days to make sure all the settlement you know is is done want them to get the paid up. So when we talked to them and they were expecting to finish everything

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90 days, more than 90 days prior when school starts, we told them, look, if you know ends up dragging out a little bit longer and it's 75 days, like just get it done before school starts. So they should be doing that mid to late August. So >> as long as they're on the subject of uh

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street disrepair, if you will. Um, and I know that there's a lot that can be done in different places, but specifically the alley in between San Francisco and New Orleans. 300 block

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>> the 100 block coming off the Pike. >> Okay. >> Uh, the 100 block from Argo Street. Yeah. In between New Orleans and San Francisco is >> it's non-existent. Look at this. It's it. No, it's it's it's it looks like it's a minefield, literally. It's it's

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uh Yeah. >> So, um we can check on New Jersey American Water. They still haven't given us like a fully flushed out 5-year capital plan, which is kind of what we're expecting, >> but but in the meantime, I mean, these are like craters. Can we fill them in temporarily? >> Yeah. So, Pope Works can do some stuff

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to address it in the inter room. I think they did that on Camp Street. We're getting we're getting that. >> Yeah. >> In the fall as well. >> Um so, yeah. I mean, they could do similar work there. >> That's just an urgent specific location right now. Okay. Okay.

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>> Ryan, >> yes. Oh, excuse me. >> Uh, I just wanted to know on Burger and just before um Chicago, I believe they did a strip right on the side of the road. Yes. Is that was that um American Water

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>> there? Yeah, we replaced the curb. >> Oh, you did there? >> Yeah. And in order to get the forms in for the curb, you have to rip up some of the road. Okay. And >> it ends up just being two feet, which is about the width of the bucket. You have to something to dig there. >> There was two huge trees there that street. >> Okay. I was wondering what they what they

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>> Yes, we replaced the curb. So, you got that patch over there. >> Okay. So, they rolled it. Thanks, >> Ryan. Councilman S's point. A couple years ago, we entered into a shared services agreement with uh Atlantic City for a like a pothole truck. >> It's not It's never come to fruition.

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It's never Yeah, I just got that email. know anybody over there? >> I'm not in that office anymore. >> I hear you. Um, yeah. No, that's a fantastic question. Um, >> I reached out to them actually, the DC

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>> and he said that they hadn't gotten it yet, but it should start when they get it. Okay. >> The term. So, I was thinking about uh checking in with him again and I can get back to you. It's Yeah. No, it's a it's a great question.

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It would be helpful. There's isolated spots where, you know, 90% of the road is fine. There's just a spot that if you could do some work there, it would buy you some time. >> Yeah. >> Especially with New Jersey American Water coming and doing much infrastructure. You don't want to repave the whole terrace and spend $50,000 when they're going to redid the whole thing two years from now. >> Exactly.

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>> So, yeah. >> And Ryan, what other avenues did you say? I know you said um Burger Street. >> Um so, we're going to build I'm still waiting for Google. I have call and he hasn't got back to me yet. who's our way district 4 representative for this.

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>> Um we are trying to pave Dig Street from Braymond to Baltimore. >> Right. But the avenues I'm talking what are the avenues the I thought we had numerous ones. >> So yeah I mean we we kind of have a

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running list in the background but um coincidentally the municipal aid announcement letter just came out either the end of last week or the beginning of this. Um, so we could sort of go through that process and pick whatever we want to apply for the next year's missed weight. Um, and that way we'll be doing

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that road, you know, at some point next year, uh, or potentially 20 early 2018 instead of 90. >> I'd refer that to the highway committee with your assistance. >> Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. >> Did, um, I know you had a program and you drove around in the car.

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>> Yeah. >> Did you get a print out of the word streets because I know they were rated? Yeah, I actually just logged in earlier today. So, I will >> um work on sharing a form of that that you can see >> that would be great >> all the signs.

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>> That just came up. >> No, no. Um so, yeah, but I I can share that so you can sort of easily target, you know, here's the worst couple and then narrow it down from there. >> Does that do sidewalks too? >> It does not at the moment. Um so, they are expanding. They're adding all kinds

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of public infrastructure, benches, light poles, all kinds of other stuff. Um fire hydrants. Um I don't believe that it does. Sidewalk. I don't know that it has the right way of viewing it. So >> So would that automatically be updated? >> Um well, so this gets updated. There's a

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couple ways it gets updated. You can um you can put the equipment in your in one of the city vehicles and just drive around. Um, one of the ways that you can set it up is to just leave one in like a public works truck and as they drive around they'll just slowly rebuild the map. Um, because they they don't charge

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you to like continue to update it. So, uh, but it's it's not as far as I know it's not actively being updated to talk to um, administrator where he because I I know he was logged into it and using it for various things previously. >> And you put it on a police vehicle, >> they they probably drive around even

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more, wouldn't you think? >> Pretty cheap now. I would I mean I would think >> just like a cell phone that's mounted up on the dashboard >> uh ideally like 25ish but not not all

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occasionally. >> Yeah. >> Um but yeah I mean we we can talk about ways to be able to continue to update that. I think your subscription will be coming due probably in June of July as well as English subscription. >> Yeah code enforcement could. >> Yeah code enforcement absolutely could.

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Um, yeah, I think there's lots of ways to to be able to, you know, implement it and get more out of it. >> Yeah. >> Where do we stand on the safe streets to transit, >> right? >> We have a $500,000 grant, right? >> Yeah. So, um I one of the things I want

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to talk to VJ about is that um because our our application like we we applied for multiple spots and we got the funding. Um but the way that their language reads sometimes if you have more than three locations um you're ineligible. So we we we're just trying

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to clarify to say like look we applied for more than three and you guys approved it. So I just want to make sure we're on the same page with that. Um but >> I think the biggest question is the match too, right? >> Well yeah so we applied for 5 like 60,000 I think and we got like 530 or

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520. So, I mean, he got close to what he asked for, but um it wouldn't be enough to cover like engineering inspection and all that stuff unless we were to descope the project. And when you do that, they get kind of about paying for the inspection engineering. So, um so yeah,

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we I haven't I haven't sent the city a full design proposal um J prior last meeting. So, we'll need to move on that council. >> Okay. >> Um Okay. What else? uh city hall ADA

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improvements. Um all of the submitts were approved. Everything is uh in place. I think they are looking to do the work between uh May 22nd and June 10th, which would be in between council meetings. So, uh they'll come in and get

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all this knocked out in that span and then they'll progress uh through the rest of city hall. Uh we talked about their their order of operations. Normally, you kind of demo everything and come in and do it all at once. Uh but we had talked to them about just doing one doing one service counter and then moving the next one and moving the

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next one so we don't have multiple counters out service at the same time. U so uh you know be on the lookout for that'll be getting started short. >> No go ahead. >> Uh I just wanted to know as far as the

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height of the the counters I mean did you get anything worked out with Laura and the tax office? >> I was going to talk to that was what I was going to tell. >> Okay. So, did I tell you about that? I did. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, I was copying out some emails there. Um, >> yeah, we we should probably

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>> No, they're the nice emails, >> the follow-ups. Um, yeah, so they're they're all heights that and the counters need to be ADA compliant at a certain height, which is say 30 inches, which is like a counter height of the kitchen. Um, there's a certain width

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that you have to have that has to be that height. >> Um, most of your service windows are not very big. So if we were to do that like minimum width, it would almost be right down the middle or like slightly to one side. So you'd have like two barely usable spaces instead of one usable space.

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>> Um so I mean we we could talk about, you know, functionally how that's going to work for everybody else. Um I think all of them will have knee space underneath where you could like put a chair there so someone could sit down if they're filling out forms and things like that. Um but yeah, you sort of talk through logistics. I guess I didn't tell you

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this or you forgot. But I I talked to Laura about this. >> And if we just put like a shelf, >> let them build it the way they want to build it. >> Sure. >> But maybe incorporate a shelf that would bring it up higher so someone could sign

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a check on it. >> You know what I'm saying? If you can figure that out. >> All right. Yeah, we can we can talk. >> And then and then Laura could have a standup desk. >> Yeah. Those right the adjustable desk adjustable desktop >> you can buy that >> those those things you can supplement

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they're not built >> her concern was the customer not going to go like this and write a check so there's something >> just just like a little little shelf they could just do >> little platform >> a fix to it so it doesn't >> removable right or >> for is up and down but for the customer

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it would be fixed because that you don't want them to write on it and then they it flies off or >> sure that mind at the end. >> We can work to figure something out. I don't Everything you're describing it sounds like it' be a huge additional cost. So there is

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um okay uh the to update for the full council. Um we heard back from the pilance commission about the roll out type mats the loy mat material out of the lake. Um, and we got a soft no, I'll say. Um, which means

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>> better, isn't it? >> Kind of keep it. >> I'd rather just say no because then you throw it out forever. But essentially what they said was, you know, we could not approve it without extensive um like study and demonstration and all that. So, >> well, could we be the test for that?

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>> Potentially, but that would require an MOA and those typically take 12 to 18 months. Our funding source is already two years old and kind of upset that we haven't spent it yet. settle. Um our recommendation um based off of what we're using the rest of the funding for is to upgrade the bathrooms there was to

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circle back and uh upgrade the restroom shower buildings and then upgrade the concession stand because none of those have ADA compliant fixtures or heights or any of that. Um so we didn't be able to spend the vast majority of the grant funds upgrading those amenities. Um, and

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it would be something that was, you know, essentially tied to what we applied for originally when we got the grant fund in the first place. So, it's still ADA compliant upgrades. It's, you know, there sort of the same vein of something else that was already approved. So, that's >> Yeah, I think that's a great idea

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because there are several issues at the campground bathroom that we do have to address. >> We use ADA. >> The showers, >> right, the stalls are not compliant, entryways are not compliant. So that would be a really good alternative to

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do. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. And I think the DCA would would deem that to be eligible because it's incredibly similar to something that we had in the original language. >> Yes. >> So um you know if council wants to be >> agreeable to that my question. >> Yeah.

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>> If you I mean you you couldn't use the test from elsewhere that they use these mats. Just thought not to >> in the state. Yeah. >> But isn't it sand that we're working with regardless? >> It is. Well, I honestly we could put

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sidewalk or we could put concrete on the top. It's it's on top of a dam. Solid clay. There's no water going onto it. >> But um you know that's like a logical argument mineral. So >> um essentially the only thing that we could do is is go through the process to come up with an MOA and like pilot it

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out there. There I'm personally aware of others that exist in Pinelands areas but apparently they were never applied. And the only reason I'm I'm a little bit more for this because I know someone who has a child who has the disabilities and

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is just so happy in in Kate May having that to be able to push their child. He loves it down there and just to be able to be there. >> We do have a um handicap um >> wheelchair >> wheelchair and we could theoretically get another one or maybe Renaults can

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get another one. >> Okay. because they really don't work honestly because they at the beach but I never see anybody use them. >> Okay. >> Do they know? Do they know? >> However, that's not what the ADA act is about.

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>> It's giving handicapped people >> access on their own. >> Not that they have to come to you and ask, "Do you have a wheelchair? Get me speech." I mean that's >> that's not providing a pinland. That's what we arguing about with the finelance

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on that. >> Well, ultimately I think we would win with the argument but it's going to be a year and a half from our funding source is just going to >> we couldn't apply for another small cities grant because we haven't spent the three that we have now. >> We have to spend it. Yeah. So, I mean, I

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I do think that we should continue to pursue this with the commission and I think ultimately we'll prevail and then I think we should reapply for the same projects with the 2027. >> So, just when we went to meet at Fine Land, >> tell them what they've said why they don't want to approve it.

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>> Yeah. Well, that's I'll I'll provide all of the the >> we would be the first ones that they approve and they don't want to set a precedent. That's >> correct. >> Except they have them in Maze Landing at that lake. Yeah, but they probably >> they don't want to set a precedence that they're helping out handicapped people.

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>> Go and talk to them. >> No, I I don't mean that against you. I mean, if that's what they said, that's what I want. >> So, there is extensive interest in um trails in the Pineelands and they have limited

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um types that they'll prove. Now, if we wanted to put um engineered wood fiber, which is mulch, we could build it out of that. they would give us a perm that old can do that >> but they're just not practical options for this location right next to the water with all the wood chips they're

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going to be everywhere else a boardwalk we can't really do because they're on top of the dam can't go down into that >> um so we we have some complications not to mention that would be far more expensive >> um so we we thought we kind of threaded the needle with a good product and they just they don't want to see it they know if they approve it here it's going to

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proliferate and be everywhere and they you know kind of wanted to make sure like what what is this before they approve anyway. Um, so I'll be honest with you, the reviewer that I met with was not happy about the news that she had to give me. She kind of disagreed unofficially. Um, but

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>> invite her for lunch. I'll take her to Mar and see if she like >> I know the the person that we met with is is an avid trail user and thought it was a great solution and she is. So, >> well, we're not going to solve it here. >> Correct. Yes, we'll keep working up.

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>> Okay. >> Um what else? Uh our high bank project uh is finally advertised. Um so we'll be awarding that ideally at the first meeting in June, I believe, and that's the 2.3.4

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million um stormwater improvement project where once we do the storm management upgrades, we will repay the roads. Um so we need to get that locked in and awarded before June 30th. That's the the deadline for this fiscal year. Um and then as soon as we do that, we

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can start construction on that and roll into the 2027 budget. That's um you still have a ton of pipe is eligible for the same program and they'll replace it all in across the city. So that's the plan there. Um senior center ADA, I had to go back in there to get some

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electrical uh information for the improvements. Um that was a bit of a challenge, but finally got it sorted out. Uh so hopefully we'll be wrapping up that design and getting that out to DCA for approval in a month or so. Um Kreck waiting to get back from the

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finlands. Um that's really it camp from Raymond Antworp and Burger from Buffalo Cincinnati. That's the FY26. Um so we're doing the survey and design on that now.

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>> That's it for me. Somebody's got >> Now you know why I skip that sometimes. >> Yeah. start leading me off. >> All right. Uh, thank you. >> Y >> number 16. What's that? >> Excuse. I just want to ask about the master plan. >> Uh,

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yeah. So, we have a meeting for there's like seven letters in this acronym. Um, we have a meeting with people from sustainable Jersey coming up >> for what you >> whatever one of the plans was was outstanding that incorporated. Yeah.

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climate resilience plan something. So that that needs to get incorporated in the master plan. So once we have that we should be able to move towards the end later than >> when do you expect? >> So that meeting is later this month. I don't remember exactly when I just got

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the invitation like a couple days ago. >> I got the uh draft to report. >> Yeah, it was it was going through the draft so they can finalize it. They wanted us to have like an event feedback from public from the last time I talked to them and I was like we'll do

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it at a council meeting. >> Yeah. There or like if they want to show up at the food truck festival or something like that. >> Yeah. But there are no festivals until >> between >> Yeah. Body party >> and and you could do it like um they did it with a like stickers. You put it up

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and put your questions there and and >> the dots are do it. You're good at that. >> I'm not good at it, but I think it was sustainable was not doing that. >> Um, number

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16 is a resolution for equal opportunity as required for the budget. Can you explain that a little bit, J? Honestly, there's just a form that's required that says that we follow equal opportunity in doing why the state requires that

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>> an annual citation for the last four or five years though. >> Okay. >> Is there a motion? >> I'll make a motion. >> Second. >> Motion has been made. Seconded. Roll call, please. >> Yes. >> Galloway. >> Yes. >> Heist. Yes. >> Tessy. >> Yes. >> Kenir,

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>> yes. Sen, >> yes. >> Timbers, >> yes. Wright, >> yes. Resolution passes. Uh number 17 is a public hearing on the 2026 municipal budget. Is there a motion to hold a public hearing? >> Make a motion.

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>> Second. >> Motion has been made. Second. All in favor? >> Opposed? Okay. Public hearing for the budget is now open. Jody, you >> Yeah. So, um >> and introduce Michael. >> Michael is here from company. So, Oh,

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I'm sorry. Change name. >> Yes. you can now >> formally no >> um so he'll speak a little I'll just kind of give a quick overview if that's okay so we had intro the budget hearing is probably the only introduced budget we do have an amendment for afterwards

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so the current introduced budget had a 4 cent increase the amendment that we have for after the public hearing does bring it down to 2 cents um I did prepare a couple slides um just to kind of show some revenue

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breakdown and some expenditure breakdown. So um actually share this. So this is a breakdown of our revenues. The green is our local purpose tax. As you can see, that is the And this excludes grants because grants get

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included in the budget total and that really to me skews the numbers because like we have like $4 million of grants this year for a really large site. So that would make the you know the numbers really um reflect the truth. um surplus is 8% and

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our local revenues which are you know fines taken in or not fines I'm sorry fees taken in by the clerk's office the building department fire official construction pretty much anything that is not um I'm sorry the construction code is separate anything else that

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comes into the city that's not state state aid local purpose tax surplus that or taxes is pretty much all >> I can't see from here but are there percentages on there >> yes So the local revenues are 15.

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>> You set this up. >> This is not one of the ones. I actually did this after I can send this out. The local revenues are 15%. I just thought that was kind of interesting to see. I It is did this afterwards. >> Um so the local tax is about 69% this

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year. Um, and I'll also have I know This one just breaks down the total taxes just between county, school, and local. As you can see, the schools are the bulk of their tax bill, which I feel

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like people don't really realize. They think we're voting on the budget and because we collect for everybody, they really kind of blame the municipality for everything, but really 45% is a school, 13% is the county, and then 40% is is the city's benefit.

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>> So, you're saying schools, not, you know, >> and we don't have the final numbers for those, right? We actually just got the schools. The the local school I already had um the greater egg came in. It was

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like 20 like 5,000 um less than what my estimate was for our reserve. So pretty much pretty close to >> So what's that sense on the tax rate? We don't know that. >> Oh uh put it in. >> Let me finish first. All right. And then

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the breakdown of what our actual tax is like the our expenditure basically. So the largest is public safety which would be police, dispatch, fire, our contribution to the fire department, emergency management, um all those things. And then the next largest would

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be insurance. And then after that is admin, which is pretty much all the office, staff, engineering, legal, um banks, and then after that um pension and employer taxes. So those um and I can send these

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out if anybody put my medicine. So if anybody has any questions if not I'll turn it over to Michael to kind of talk a little bit about how kind of we're fairing compared to some of the other >> good evening Michael Cesro from EKF.

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Thank you for having me this evening. I just first would like to say uh working with Jody and the other uh folks here at city hall is an absolute pleasure because you have an outstanding team. So if somebody said to me, "What can we do to to make it better here?" I would say,

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"Let's yeah, duplicate them and share with with everyone because this client at 4 cents is probably the lowest tax increase of all of the clients that I work with. So, the fact that you're

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going down to 2 cents is even a better testament to to the work that you've been doing here. Having a 99.4% collection rate in the tax office is outstanding. So, it's a a fine example of what you have in the city. So, kudos

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to our taxpayers for paying their bills and making sure that the city can can operate efficiently. So in our case uh we were under state exam this year not because you did anything wrong simply because every 3 years they look at our

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budget you introduced all the way back on March 26 for some of you who may remember that and generally you know about two weeks before a public hearing we'll get a notification from the state saying look we we've assigned somebody to review the budget and they'll go

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through and take care of that. I think Jody had a call yesterday and expedited the fact that they may have missed us in the whole process. So, luckily they assigned somebody, they reviewed it, had some very minor cosmetic things that

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Jody has taken care of, and they approved the amendment that you're going to do this evening to actually lower the 4centent increase to 2 cents. In addition, in that amendment are three additional grants that just for processing purposes, we're putting in

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there. Ordinarily, another grant comes along later in the year. You do a chapter 159 resolution to add it on, but we're taking care of it this evening. So, some of your neighboring communities, I'm not naming any names. They're fortunate enough to have less

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than two cent increases, but okay, that's that's them. But there are other areas in the county that are facing 7 8 9 cent increases. I have two of my clients that haven't even had the opportunity to introduce yet because it's becoming very difficult. Obviously

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cost for gasoline is an item that everyone is concerned about. Certainly healthc care increases have been a concern and it's a struggle for these budgets. So putting together a balanced budget which you're required to do, you've done an excellent job with that going forward. I think one of the

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questions we had was what were some of the other local revenues? Your cannabis revenue is one of the local revenues on her pilots comes some of the other pilots that we have some inspection fees. So those are what build up that item there and as Jody pointed out grants they are buried and they'll come

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through and I think one of the I think the safe transit is one of the grants that we have on fair this evening and I think it's 511 $511,000. So from that standpoint, the the only thing that we want to emphasize, I think the question came up if Jod was on

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target with the estimate, and I think she said she was for the schools. I think there was a question when you combine the regional and the local school increase, they might be just over two cents together if our estimates pan out. So not that

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>> how much >> any increase is obviously difficult in this economic situation. How much of that is the regional school? Cuz last year >> the regional if if the target is right, it's about 1.7. >> So they're most of it. >> Yes. >> Because we got to hit pretty hard last

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year too. >> They are the higher. Yes. >> That's that's if we were on target with our estimates, but we can have updated numbers and and have that sent out to everyone as quickly as possible. >> Regional school will actually look like it it actually is less than last year. So there's

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>> Oh, okay. >> That's a big year. And I think >> they said it fluctuates from year to year >> with their formula. And he tried to explain it, but it sounded like it was complicated. >> It is >> the region of school. >> It is multiple factors are involved in

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determining how you are allocated your share. >> So it's not only student population. There's valuations of the community that are played out. And there have been other towns and maybe Mr. Orlando, maybe he's seen it in his career that they've tried to sue uh to get that changed. And I don't think they were very successful.

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idea what I actually had a client that's a regional school district and they were one of the ones that was being targeted because of they felt that there was a certain unfair in the three communities that made them up. So from that standpoint u going forward keep up the great work. If there are any specific questions that we can answer, we would

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be glad to. But >> I think it would be significant to mention that our penny every time we raise the taxes is $20,000. >> Yeah. So basically Go ahead. Yeah, I was going to say luckily the value of your town has crept up a little bit.

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>> So we're at 21,000 and that's why the the resolution to use a little bit more in surplus is 42,000. So when we look at that $42,000 worth of additional surplus, taking money from our savings account, >> that represents two cents. To the

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mayor's point, the valuation of our town is roughly $21,000. So if you want to raise taxes by a penny, you're raising a 21,000. You want to cut it by 21,000, that's the one penny. Or we could change spending, whatever the case may be.

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>> So you're saying that when we apply a penny tax increase, the overall tax revenue coming in increases by $21,000. >> Yes. >> On top. Okay. >> Yeah. So, so basically we're spending

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$50,000 more this year than we did last year. And it's significant. And why? Because if you did look at some of the numbers when we went to our budget workshops, there's a lot of contractual raises in

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there that you know and we did lose some revenue here and there. So it's really speaks you know >> volumes of >> so just remember when your neighbors are raising at 1.8

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or budget. the value of their penny is a little bit larger, >> right, >> than ours. >> I think it it's a good time to point out that the projects that we have on the >> on the docket right now that we're looking at the studio, the movie studio,

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it's talking about a hundred million project 125 to 150,000. >> Now, I don't know what the >> million >> million, I'm sorry. million and I don't know what the what the building itself if that is actually

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>> so if you take the value >> and Councilman Doy may remember this or my training sessions we we take our thumb and cover the last four digits. So our town value is 210,227,100.

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We would take our thumb and cover the last four digits and that gives me the 21,022. So if you had how much was the project? >> 125 >> 100 just say 125. >> 125 million. >> Yes.

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>> So we would cover our last four and that gives me 12,500 additional in essence. So >> you can help out. Now that's all to be determined by what the final assessments. >> Our assessments are at like 52 53%

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>> of value. So that would be half that almost right. So >> plus we collect taxes on too, >> right? So, not just the valuations >> and not just the studio, but the uh hopefully we get something going with the Acarbon North housing development

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and uh some other projects that we have that a little smaller, but we'll add to the the mix. So, when we say we never reduce taxes, we could get to a point with a project like that where the rate could go down. Maybe the dollars we spend won't but the rate for every

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taxpayer go down. >> Just just balancing that part of the equation anytime we add additional ratables depending on what type of ratable they happen to be our services may be impacted whether it's public >> or in case it's a development that's not

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aged or they have additional school children etc. So that's always the challenge. I mean I live in Gloucester County so I'm in the middle of all the warehouses. is I know somebody came to speak about the data center uh situation at your at your last meeting. So I'm at ground zero basically because in my town

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that's you know something that they're trying to improve. One of the clients that I also represents is going you know they passed a recent ordinance and all this. So nice to have some low impact ratables but you can't necessarily depend on right what that might be. Michael, what's going on with rebounds

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around the >> center? So, the the scenario that we've been seeing, they're they're going to start forcing the the situation. Um, we have in Wall Street County, for instance, they want to go through the program. They're all part of one process there. Um, it's now I think the the next

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warning shot has been reassessments, reassessments, reassessments. Once you're aligned to that, so you're up to to to value. If you're at 53%, you're going to be on the hook. I don't know if they told you when you're >> I don't reached out and they haven't. So >> the good list though. >> Yeah.

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>> But at 53, >> not for the percentage, but we were we were on the good list. >> That's pretty low. >> So if everyone else is 40, they might be for you, but from from this standpoint, you will definitely be looking at it. >> I saw the whole counties around that same pretty low. >> So there there's going to be a push to

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to get that to to closer to being to the fair amount the fair market value. So, >> but that'll be on the horizon. Now, >> certainly if you put your for sale sign up, >> you can get a premium. >> Um, so hopefully if they're going to do your

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>> devaluation, it'll be, you know, as the market starts to creep down. So, you get a little bit more of a benefit, but you're not being, oh my gosh, I'm being overcharged. But ultimately, it would be fair across the board for everyone and everyone would be impacted equally. So, >> okay.

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Is there anybody else that has a question for Michael? >> No, >> we appreciate you coming and >> so public hearing. If there's anyone from the public that would like to speak, >> yes to the next part, >> then you would consider the amendment

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>> vote on the amendment and then you would go to adopt amendment. >> Is there anyone from the public wish to be heard on the budget? Anyone seeing none, is there a motion to close a motion? >> Second.

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>> Motion has been made. Second. All in favor? >> Opposed? Public hearing closed. Now, we're not ready to adopt yet. >> Amen. >> I think >> Oh, we do the amendop amendment first.

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>> Do the amendment first. >> Okay. Okay. Number 18, budget amendment. And that's what Michael talked about. So, is there a motion? >> Second. >> Motion has been made and seconded. Uh, roll call, please. >> Doby, >> yes. >> Galloway, >> yes. Heist,

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>> yes. >> Pessie, >> yes. >> Yes. >> Sen, >> yes. >> Timbers, >> yes. >> Right. >> Yes. >> Motion passes. Resolution 19 is adopt the budget. Is there a motion? >> Motion. Second.

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>> Motion has been made. Seconded. Roll call, please. >> Doby, >> yes. Galloway. >> Yes. >> Heist. >> I just want to say thank you so much for working as hard as you did, Jody, to get it down to 2%. >> Thankful. I mean, they chose more, you know, surplus, >> you know, and everybody that worked it.

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I I I honestly appreciate it for our residents. And I'm a Yes. >> Essie, >> yes. >> Kenir, >> yes. >> Sen, >> yes. >> Timbers, >> yes. >> Right. >> Yes. >> Budget passed. Uh number 20, resolution

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to approve the fireman health insurance agreement. This uh was updated recently and uh presented to the fire department and it kind of makes it more >> you can explain it better than me as far as what you do. >> Yeah. I mean our original agreement was

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from 1995. So a lot of the things that were kind of the way it was worded was just so I don't want to say generic. it just didn't really have a lot of um yeah a guidelines. So I just wanted to tighten it up. So I felt like you know

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there was no way to enforce different it things were different for different people and I wanted to make something that would be more uniform um for everybody. So not really changing what it was just making it so there were guidelines so everyone would be the same that

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>> Okay. Is there a motion? I'll make the motion. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Motion made and seconded. Roll call, please. >> Doby, >> yes. >> Galloway, >> yes. >> Heist, >> yes. >> Hassie, >> yes. >> Kenir, >> good stand is on my third. >> Then >> yes.

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>> Timbers, >> yes. >> Right? >> Yes. >> Okay. Resolution passes. Number 21. Resolution to refund Comcast Technology Grant paid twice. >> Is there a motion?

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Second. >> Motion made second. >> Do we have to? Yeah, right. >> I mean, I spent hours on the phone with Comcast in the past year. It's worth at least that >> yes, >> yes. >> Heist. >> Yes. >> Yes.

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>> Yes. >> Sen, >> yes. >> Right. >> Yes. >> Resolution passes. Number 22. Amend the salary resolution for the fire official. >> I'll make that motion. >> Second.

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>> Motion made second. Is there questions? explain that. I did send out an email to the public. So, in February, the state passed basically a new rule that requires um certain certification to perform inspections of smoke and other fire related things that formally code

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enforcement was doing. So, now our fire official has about approximately 150 additional inspections they'll probably have to do this year. We did pass a new fee that covers this inspection at a previous council meeting. So this is just um increasing his salary for those additional inspections that are now

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required. >> Jody, I have a question. This is for all even the even the >> it's not regular like rental. It's like it's like if they have a change like in CO or whatever. >> So not when one person moves out of a

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rental and >> change. So would still >> So I know in um 25 resolution 25, how does that fit with it? Refund the fire certification fee, >> right? They shouldn't have been charged. It's it's not

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>> this is multif family, >> right? >> That's what I'm asking. Yeah. So they don't they don't have to pay this fee. >> No. I think we're trying to find out if they're in fire that they might be inspected by the state. I think there was some research

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DCA. >> Oh, they do. Okay. >> Fourstory building. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Depending on the amount of unit. >> So that's written we're talking about. So any of those. >> Okay. Even a a harbor any of the um

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complexes. I'm >> like there only three. >> Yeah. I mean DCA DCA >> regulates I think three units and above and then depending on the heights things like that and then local

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as like single families are or two two >> so it's three units and above >> DCA yeah DCA requires and I think it's a five I think it's every five years they have to do DCA inspection for three units above >> okay >> I can look at it I can look at it more

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specifically if any specific questions you know >> because I know our code looks and sees that they have their have their fire um their alarms >> right >> and their you know and the what's the other the extinguisher and all that sort

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of thing but they're not supposed to do a certification that's all this is for. I don't know the specifics as to 25 other than what it says on the resolution, but I mean I know that DC has certain jurisdictions and but the thing is that they inspect they charge

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fee for something that would otherwise be compus. I was I tried to call before um Steve Schoffer to find out about that and uh I didn't get anything back and I I didn't know from Jerry

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>> if there was anything for 25. I mean >> right >> there's nothing more to know basically. Is that what you're saying? >> Yeah. I mean that's that's all the information I have. So >> roll call please. >> Which one? Um >> the vending 22

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>> the salary right? Yes. Yes. >> Doby, >> yes. >> Galloway, >> yes. >> Ice, >> yes. >> Hessie, >> yes. >> Kener, >> yes. >> Sen, >> yes. >> Timbers, >> yes. >> Right. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> We're still partying. >> We're still partying. >> No, >> I was kidding.

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>> Number 23. resolution determining the form and other details of its note relating to the construction financing program of the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank be issued in the principal amount of up to

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3.4 4 million providing for the insurance and sale of such authorization authorizing the execution and delivery of such note >> by this >> gives you a break. That's a mouthful.

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>> I know. >> Well, I got to put it in the record. Delivery of such note by the city of Egg Barber in favor of the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank. All pursuant to New Jersey infrastructure bank construction finan. >> Second.

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>> Motion made. Seconded. Roll call, please. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Kener. >> Yes. >> Yes. Resolution passes number 24. Is there a motion to table that?

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>> I I have a just a question on that. >> So this designate an official responsible for cannabis business oversight and enforcement coordination. So that's going to be somebody specific. >> We don't need actually you're not actually allowed to talk about it now that it's the table.

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>> Okay. Okay. Sorry. Sorry. So that's interesting. >> All right. All right. >> I can explain it to you. >> Yeah. Okay. All right. Number 25, uh, refund of fire certificates fee or a fee that was charged on multif family fourstory building.

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>> Second. >> Motion made second. Roll call, please. >> Doby, >> yes. >> Galloway, yes. Heist, >> yes. >> Hessie, >> yes. >> Yes. >> Sen, >> yes. >> Timbers, >> yes. >> Yes. >> Resolution passes number 26 to pay the

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bills. Make a motion. >> Motion made and seconded. Roll call, please. >> Doby, >> yes. >> Galloway, >> yes. Ty, >> yes. >> Hessie, >> yes. >> Yes. >> S, yes. >> Timbers, >> yes. >> Right. >> Yes.

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>> Bills are paid. Uh, number 27 is public comment. >> Anyone wishing to be heard? >> Anybody? >> Oh, somebody. >> Can you hear me? >> Yes. >> Yeah. Go ahead. Hi, my name is Michelle. I live in E

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Harbor City. I had sent an email to Mayor Jampedy this afternoon. Not sure if she got it. Um, but I would I just have a couple of questions. My first question is, who is the gentleman in the blue suit with the red tie? I

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don't recognize you. I'm sorry. I would just like to know your name. >> City attorney. >> City attorney. >> I'm sorry. >> I'm the city attorney. City attorney. >> Yes. >> Okay. And what is your first and last name?

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>> It's Chris Orlando. >> Chris Orlando. >> Yes. >> Okay. Okay. Um, actually, I think that's all of my questions for right now. Thank you. >> Can I ask you a question? Can you say your name again, please? I couldn't

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quite hear you. It was a little blurry. >> Sure. Sorry, I have poor signal. Uh, my first name is Michelle and my last name is Madison. I live at 509 Fitz Terrace. >> Okay. I did not get your email. If I didn't answer you, I did not get your email because I'm looking

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>> Okay. I sent it I sent it at two I'm sorry to cut you off. I know I only have three minutes. Um, I sent it at 2:23 p.m. this afternoon and I copied Miss Steve on that as well. >> I did get I'll sh Yeah, I didn't I didn't >> Okay. Sorry, but

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>> that's okay. I totally understand. I realize it was on short notice. >> Well, thank you. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Anyone else wish to be heard? >> Seeing none. Uh, mayor.

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>> No, no, nothing. Thank you. >> Mason, >> no. >> Nothing. >> No. Jeff, >> I have nothing. I just wanted to say for Miss Madison's benefit that guy in the red tie is a very good attorney.

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Oh, >> actually Joe >> Joe, I do have something. >> Okay. >> I want to wish all the mothers a happy Mother's Day. Um, please enjoy your day. Um, you well deserved and take it and you and take it and enjoy it.

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>> Thank you. I appreciate that. Great. >> I don't know about that. I don't cook so great. I just want to thank everybody who participated in the citywide cleanup of the mayor and all the staff, chief

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police, and thou hundreds of volunteers. It was a great day. >> Thank you, >> Scott. >> I just want to commend Jody on >> the studio. you're the the the

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>> the way you do the finances and the budget and it I mean it's all >> basically Greek to me and I'm obviously it's what you do it's what your training is but still it amazes me though and yeah yeah so that's all I have to say

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thank you >> thank you >> and I just would echo what said happy Mother's Day it's a great time to celebrate the current and future and past mothers. Right. So, u thank you for

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that. Is there a motion to adjurnn? >> I'll make >> second. Third and fourth. >> All in favor? >> I opposed. without any folks.