Please rise for the United States of America to the republic for God and justice for all. This meeting is called pursuant to the provision of the open public meetings law. This meeting of June 23, 2025 was
included in the list of meetings noticed sent to the career news from January 6, 2025 posted on the board of bro hall on a date and has remained continuously posted as required. In addition, a copy of this notice is and has been available to the public and is on file the clerk.
All copies are councilman here. Councilwoman Angelhart here. Council Councilwoman Fisor. Uh, Councilman Levit here. Council Vice President Long here. Council President
Parker here. And Mayor Carol here. Um, regarding my mayor's report. Um, first of all, I'd like a motion to amend the executive session agenda to add under litigation tax appeal. I have a motion, please. Move. Is there a second? Second.
Uh, all in favor? I. Thank you. Uh I was remiss at the last meeting from when I announcing that Pataldi, our zoning officer has um resigned to go full-time at another location. Uh he will be leaving us in July. Uh I did reach out
to um our construction official who does have a potential person who might be willing to take on that role. And I also reached out to Ritan Township. Raron is already in a shared service with Readington Township and their person I guess they worked for Readington three
days and Raron one and they are looking for that fifth day. So, um I'm waiting to hear back. I've emailed them twice and uh waiting to hear from their administrator regarding getting an interview with that person and uh John Tillison is reaching out to the other
person um for a second time as well for interest. uh this doesn't pan out, we'll get an ad into the link. Uh but I think if Readington, you represent, are they happy with the residing officer? Uh the
department overall is well run. I don't know who they're going to give you. Oh, okay. Well, whoever. So, okay. Um there was a rather we've been having these meetings now. Well, I've been having these meetings now for a year, but um rather large meeting uh with the IBANK
people uh regarding the DOT and the water infrastructure in the bureau continues. um you know I I reported back a few months ago that they had changed the rules regarding um regarding um
who gets the 100% forgiveness at which we've been qualifying for um since I took office. Uh actually we always qualify for it but we just never use them until I took office. Um so they changed those rules and we as of July
1st we will no longer be qualifying but um Remington Vernick uh who also has a contract with the DOT I bank uh and D I bank um has been assigned to us by the I
bank to work uh that save will be paying for it to write um the capital plan for us um regarding grant interaction work uh that Remington does. So, they're going to be doing a prioritization list
and that list has on it the design work um for the PAS system. we need for the two phases of the road work underground um sewer water lines and galvanized pipes on M Street as well as the next phase of Maine which is the traffic
light to Forester uh including the lead service replacement and the INI um for those who you don't know and flowing infiltration work um all of these will be are currently under our five-year plan um we will have on all of those
projects we will be eligible out of 100% for the design work um as long as we close the loans within three years. So there's a lot to do. Remember is really starting to work on the staff because the state is paying them to do it. It be
good news because otherwise we'd be eligible for either 75 or 50% most likely 75%. Um we're still going to be able to get forgiveness. at that rate either 75 or 50%. But it's not the 100 that we're getting
for the first phase of M of Main. I'm hoping we're going to be able to get into at least the second phase of M 100%. Um also that's just for the design work though. Right now design works guaranteed at 100%.
Great. But the um sewer water and galvanized pipe replacements are going to most likely be at 75%. Hopefully at least 75, right? Maybe. Hopefully it's not going to be less than that. Um Rebax is slated to start uh this next phase of
Main Street doing repairing all the curbs, tearing up the road, repaving the road, and doing the traffic light upgrade on or around July 10th. It'll take one to two months. Revax is saying in perfect conditions it's one month. Um
nothing is perfect anymore. Uh my champion is telling them that they must be finished by the time school starts. So that's that's two months. So um and Mike is on it. Um I have put in a request for the
bureau of $675,000 in the state budget. It is currently still in the state budget. Um, our senator uh Wicker has been advocating for this money. I had a conversation with the governor and a major conversation with one of his uh direct
aids regarding this money for the police facility to get the sally port designed and you know at least some of the construction money for it. So um Senator Zucker is a huge advocate for this project and uh hopefully we'll get all
of it or most of it I'm hoping. Um there is a new county grant application round that they have included for for police. They have included police buildings in that grant. I think it's up to $50,000. Uh right after I sent that grant to uh
police chief and to Campion to take a look at it. Uh it was discovered that the wiring in the current police building, the new police building, uh has all kinds of electrical violations from the previous owner
to a tune of $17,600. So that will be part of this grant application because that is not in our budget. So, um, rather than putting all of it or we can get towards the Sally port, uh, some of it will be requested
to unless somebody objects in the budget and we got to do it because we're in violation of our own code, state code. The grant n I was in the building a few days ago and
I saw I'm not Christian, but think it was a bad thing. So, um I I cannot, you know, I asked Mike here if there had been an inspector who actually looked at that building before purchase would have caught it and he said possibly. He said, "I I can't. It's it's you got to really
be looking for it." Okay. But, you know, I'm sure the doctor did whatever he did. Um I also attended a seminar um on liquor license, a new liquor license. Um and it was um the speakers included the
deputy director of the alcoholic beverage and control and their attorney their ag and I have a definitive answer definitive on the TGIF license that license will be permanently lost to
the Burrow of Flemington on August 1st 2028 if it is not put into that's what I've been saying for years I'm not getting all sell it before them. They can sell it. They have to sell before. But that's a long process that has to be done like they can't selling
it. The process has to be done before August 1st, right? What brand? The process has to be done by August 1st. Completely completely. We are losing this license forever because it takes more than months. Wow.
Yeah, it's ridiculous. So, um, how are we communicating that to them? Somebody should call them and tell them, right? So, I mean, we know, you know, but how do they know that? I just found it out. Let me just say, you actually wrote a paper. No, I would think any statement from my office would be definitive.
Mayor, exactly. too. But but the point of the point of it is that needs to be communicated so that they get the message and they it hopefully it lights a fire under them to make some kind of move whether to sell it, whatever they're going to do to it.
They need to do something they need to I think they want to sell it, but I think they're being stent. Well, you said you got a call from one one of the three owners who said, "Don't talk to the other owners. Talk to me." I just think they're being they want the highest price and they're not going to
get it. So when Okay. So my my point of it is is now that we have new information, we should document the new information, then send it to them, certify it for mail again uh to all three people and say this is what it is and this is the date you need to get
this done. That's what I would Carla. How long does it take to do a liquor license transfer owner to owner? Well, it depends on the place really because they got to do the financials and the background check. Turn around. He's over there for like
real as soon as we get it. So, I'm doing all the ABC stuff now. So, as soon as we get it, did you are you working on CU for the hotel? I'm waiting on the rest of the paperwork. Yep. Okay. So, that one's different. Like everything has to be done by June 30th, but that one's
different since it's brand new. I would say as long as we have anything within a couple uh weeks within that's not and then what what else is involved Carla? Well the application has to go to the state you know ABC and they have to look at it too. So between the state and me
get more from the police department that's when I do a resolution at least two I would say a month or two. So for everything for place to so this would be a place to place personto person transfer right so Chris will have to
give me a resolution on that. Yeah I have a resolution. All right. So so they would have like a couple months. So if it's August 1 they got to really know who they're selling it to by like they should really sell it this year. Well, I I I would actually say that they need to sell it by and I would even if it's
within a year. Exactly. Exactly. So, I would say by 2027, you you need to have 26, I'm sorry, 26, you need to have a definitive answer. We need to know who it is, etc., etc. So, I would put that all in the letter and I would send it
certified and make sure there's return receipts so that we we know that they signed. That's what I would do. That's my suggestion. Okay. Um All right. Uh Ken McCormack, our fire marshall, has been working on a certificate of tenency. Um we've had
apparently last month there were two more tenants that moved into the rental building without cos and did construction without permits. I think this is at least six this year I think he's hoping. So, he has put together a
major document outlining exactly what um people need to do uh which I forwarded to our attorney to start creating it into an ordinance so that um we have something to hang our hats off
with this because he said it's quote out of control in his email. Could I could I be copied on the emails since I've asked him before and sometimes I guess they just forget but I would like to be copied on that. Sure to send it to you. Um I have spoken to the chair of the
environmental commission regarding doing the surveying of the street the streetscape features for damage and replacement. Um did she send something out to all of you? Each street the features on each street the window wells
that are broken. Um the missing trees missing trees. Did she send something out? Uh no. Okay. All right. It might be an offer to uh work with the environmental commission uh for anything they need. Um uh just an FYI village looks like their
financing is in place finally. And um last but not least, I did speak with R Township about the taxi issue and all the licenses. And um they are supposed to have a conversation with the prosecutor to find out exactly what they
can and can't do um regarding say they have a licensing. Apparently they do. Oh, that's what he that's what the mayor told me. They apparently do have a licensing thing, but I don't know if it's being enforced or used or what. So, he said he needed to talk with the
prosecutor. So, um do you know you know uh as far as licensing for the burough for the transfer? Do you know if they're enforcing that? I I don't know that. Do you know if they do are you aware? I don't think they have any issues like as
far as what we have, but I I I'm not aware if they're enforcing it. Okay. Okay. All right. Um yeah. All right. Um President uh I don't really have that much um this time. I just want to give two things. Uh one I want to give the
council a heads up that I got a um email. I told you on the last meeting that I reached I met with the um uh person at county and he had given me three buildings that they were looking
at giving to Burough. Well, it turns out that it's down to one and it's a 1018 building which is not which apparently does not need as much work. But what I asked what they've offered 810 Court Street. what they've offered is that um
that we can come and take a look at it. So, what I'd like to do is schedule some time. We can do it in in groups of threes. Schedule some time for you guys to go and take a look at it. I also want SCP to look at it. But, um might be nice to have that as a burl building by the
way. Well, um I'd like to go and I also Well, no, I know that Marca will go, but I'm talking to the council right now. So, my point of it is is that what I'd like to do is get the group of people to go see the building and then we can talk about it. And I told him once we see the
building, we'll come back and talk to him about it. Um, the parking lot is off the table completely. They uh decided to hold on to the parking lot. I I think I know why they decided to hold on to the parking lot, but that's neither here nor
there. Um, so two good things. Um, and I do think the warming center is something that has to be addressed again and I'd like to get that address before September. Um, so that we don't go into
this and getting getting people and going through this whole thing all over again. So, I know that there's some things they've got to do. I know we're waiting for some data. Um, and then but we need to be strategic about it to put things in action to at least have a plan
on how we're going to deal with it and what we're going to do and what we want our responsibilities to be, what we want the county's responsibilities to be, whatever the case will be. And I I'm just thinking off the top of my head. So that said, um the other thing that I think we should just acknowledge is the
historical um um house tours was a great success. Um a lot of people in the town going to the tours. I actually was a dosen at um I think Susan you and I were the do at the same house, right? Yeah, you were in the morning. Um great great
success. What what I like about those having been through this twice, one my house and then this one is that people are so appreciative that you invite them into your house. They're just so appreciative that everyone said thank you for at least opening your house to
us. Um I I think that's a really good thing. I think that somehow we need to figure out how we can work with HPC and or some other organizations to do some other things to bring people back into
town and have something focused. I don't know what that is, but I think that that should be yeah, holiday, something, whatever. Um, and the last thing I have is that the Junth event did go go on. Um not sure how many people they had show
up but um it seemed like everybody I mean the discussions were actually good. Um the program was actually good. So they did have a lot of people from the outside coming in which I thought was really interesting. Um I would like to
see more people from the inside come in but they definitely had a good turnout. So that's what I I just want to make a comment about 810 Court Street. It's two different buildings. Eight is sits in the back. Can't see from the street. That building is in relatively good
shape. Uh it probably needs a new roof. 10 Court Street hasn't been occupied in somewhere between five and 10 years. Um it also probably needs a new roof. Neither building has any parking. And I really think that when these tours go
on, my champion and somebody from Cherryboat from Revenue Bernick need to go through as well because those that those buildings at least tank board may have asestous, it may have lead paint, it may have mold, um it hasn't been touched like I said
somewhere definitely more than five years. Well, that's fine. And I also think that there's a county engineer that we can get them to go in as well. I mean, I think there's it's it's more than just the burrow. I think it's more than whatever. But the point of it is is they're offering this to us. So,
whatever we do with it, the point of it is it's being offered. So, I wanted to put that on the table that it's being offered. I don't disagree, but we need to do detentions on it. Not a problem. It's being offered. I'm going to keep saying it. It's being offered. We're going to go in and we're going to look
at it and then we will have a discussion. That's I'll say it over again. And I'll say it three more times, but that's what we need to do. So the bottom line is that they've opened the door for us. It's up to us to walk through it, which is a good thing. Okay, I'm done. Uh, council vice president.
Sure. Thanks. Um, just a few things. OEM report. Uh, this past weekend, the C members and emergency management team were deployed to assist with the historic house tours. As uh we mentioned here, um search staff seven key intersections along the tour route to
provide safe pedestrian crossings and help manage trolley traffic at the designated pickup and drop off points. Um the presence helped maintain a smooth flow of both vehicle and foot traffic throughout the event. I also did see River Township 13 was there, so thanks
for the the assist there. So, um, news flash, uh, it's hot. So, we have this extreme heat warning, uh, with the most dangerous conditions expected today and tomorrow. Temperatures and heat index values are forecast to reach potentially
hazardous levels. The the library has been designated as our cooling center. In coordination with the library staff, hours have been extended for the week. So, the library will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 pm Monday through Thursday to help residents a safe air conditioned space. Jeremy, do you know if the county
has if the county announced what cooling buildings they have by each because I know some of the banks are up in some towns, some some other things. I'm just wondering. Okay, I I think yes, they there's a link to it on the bur website all the cooling centers in Hunter
County. They got a pump. But I just recommend going to the library because it's also open till 9 those libraries or 3. Um so OEM's coordinating with the police department fire department for the July 3rd fireworks. Uh this the annual
display. It's going to be held at uh Reading Fleming Intermediate School on the field. Road closures and traffic management plans are in place to ensure safety during the event. Um, the main parking lot off of Court Street at Riffus will be reserved exclusively for
handicapped parking. The field will be open at 6 p.m. and fireworks will launch around 9:15 or as we know at dusk. Additional parking uh and event information will be shared with residents advance through the burough alert system and social media. Uh, the only thing I have for the police
department uh I'll have some monthly numbers next week, next me uh meeting. Um, as I mentioned at a previous meeting, patrolman Don Allah is resigning uh from the police department to accept a position in Hillsboro. Uh, we have received his res I I got it his
resignation letter and that will that shows his last day of employment as July 7th. Uh, on the uh agenda are um and I was able to speak to most people about u the interviews. We're hiring two officers. We're going to put them
through the academy. uh they'll be newly minted, but I'll have more to say about that later. Fire uh nothingness this time. Um the only other thing is this Thursday night, the lysum continues. Uh the lecture series will take place here again at Burough Hall. Music by Matt Han
begins at 6:30. Uh lecture and discussion commences at 7. Alli Norton uh will be sharing a bit about how our small businesses are essential to the community. So please join us for an evening of learning, discussion, music, and snacks. If you have any questions or want to get involved or able to donate a
viddle, contact me uh at jaylong@mrington.com or give me a call or text 6096082763. Uh so when uh in a few days we'll have the Zoom link up so if people can't physically make it. You got it up. Oh,
thanks. Skyl for riddles. All right. I don't want to say the name, but you need to you need to hear from Okadobes. Um, again, so our clerk has uh um Thank you for posting that. We have the Zoom link. It's up there if you
can't uh attend in the physical form. And that's the report. Thank you. Thank you. Uh, first off, the newsletter is 95% completed, and I just need to take a look over at it and send it to the mayor to review one last time, and
then should be ready to be sent to the printer and hopefully return by, let's say, July 1st. Um, it'll be hitting uh, you know, all the shelves in the in the burrow and be posted to the website. Um, I do just want to quickly thank Kristen
Cook for doing all this incredible work. I know she doesn't do it for the praise, but I know um you know she does all the graphic design for the house tours and everything like that and uh the newsletter would be much worse off without her. Um speaking of which, I also had an incredible time volunteering
at the house tours. Uh came back from camping this weekend just to do that and uh it was it was really nice just seeing everybody walking down the street having the little tote bag on them and it was nice seeing everybody and bringing everybody to town. Um, straight tree commission is looking into pursuing a
grant for up to $5,000 for a kiosk uh potentially tuck uh tuck park and a free tree. This kiosk would hold brochures and other informationational informationational materials from place like the environmental commission or anything else that we deem appropriate
to put in there. Um, such as a map of trees in Titan Morgan Park that one member is working on. We also had one member take a municipal tree inventory training recently and we are hoping to use that to conduct an inventory next year provided we can secure funding for projects. Um
lastly, I just wanted to note um that I something I found with the emergency alert system uh I of course signed up for it like I'm sure we all did and I I realized I had not been receiving alerts. I don't know how this happened.
I don't know why it happened, but I went back to check from the registration. You can't sign up without an email address being put in as your primary contact email when you sign up, but mine was gone from my account uh on Everbridge. And I mean, if it happened to me, it is
possible to happen to other people. So, if people have not been receiving those emails, I suggest they try logging you in with the account that they created and double-checking what the primary contact phone number is because it may have So, you were receiving them? No, I was not. You were never receiving. I
have never received the same. So, did you have to make a new account? No, I used the same account. It's just it was gone. I I don't know how it happened or why, but I imagine. Was there a conversion of some sort? Brian's on. I mean, you know, I have this on my
agenda, too. He can answer the question. Brian, I'm gonna make you a panelist. Put me on a hot seat. Yep. Okay, there you go. Unmute yourself. Yeah, I had to rejoin. Um the only thing I can think is uh I haven't heard it
from the general public but um council was uh made or all council was added to a employee um section of Everbridge. So there may have been a issue with uh those two accounts being merged. So I
have a meeting Thursday with our rep. Um I will double check that. So, if it's if it's limited just to council members, that that could be the issue. Have you had complaints from any resident or business? I I have not heard that from any resident or business. No.
Can I can I chime in here because I I was the one who who kind of uh brought this up. I I I hoping that is the issue. Um, and I'm really I really am because I did receive start receiving notifications in for Memorial Day weekend, but the last two notifications,
the heat notification and the main street detour notification, I did not receive. And that's when my antennas went up. So I actually did a very unscientific study by, you know, calling and texting a couple of my friends who I knew had signed up for the service and
they all did confirm they did receive notifications the last two times the detour. So we got to check your just me and and Trent then it's could be a council thing if you Well, but yeah, but you're you're saying you did get the um the one alert,
Susan. So, we we we need to check your settings because there's three there's multiple lists that you can sign up for. So, sign up for everything. Okay. So, so um but like I said, yeah, maybe maybe it had to do with the council
thing. I'm hoping that is, like I said, I didn't hear any complaints from the public either, but it did go my radar did go up when Councilman uh Long said, "Hey, there was a detour, you know, announcement that went out." And then there was a a heat announcement that
went out and I went, I know I didn't get those. So, I want to make sure that everybody's getting this properly. I'm sure it's fine, Brian. If you could double check on it, that would be great. Yeah, no problem. I'll look into it and get back to you guys with an email. Any thanks, Brian. Anything else in the
chart? I thought I Yeah. Uh you know, last thing I just want to echo the fact that yeah, make sure you stay careful in the sun. As somebody who worked out in the sun all day, it is so hot. And uh drink your fluids and inform yourself of the signs
of uh heat exhaustion and heat stroke and check on your elderly neighbor. That too. And that's it. Thank you. Thank you. Uh, council woman. Um, thank you. Um, the main street project notifications was something that was on my list. So, thank you Trent for
bringing that up. Um, I want to call out something I saw this morning on Route 12. Our chief of police was literally pushing a car across the street to help a person that had broken down. And I
just want to call them out. Then and and I couldn't gra and I don't I don't I don't think it was you. No, because I I I there was a a second police officer as well and then they switched because one was holding traffic, the other was and I just want to say I mean it was a it was
a really kind gesture and I wanted to give the key, you know, so our chief of police is not just a boss man. He is doing the work literally pushing cars. Um just happened to see that this morning on my way out to work. Um, I want to do the animal control report.
So, um, let's see. The month of May, because we were kind of missed a little bit with the, uh, skipping of that one meeting. Um, we had eight total calls and I guess spring is in the air because there was lots of wildlife. There were
five bites, three bats, one dog versus groundhog, and one cat versus baby. Oh, dear. Yeah. So everybody's okay. I did check that. Uh five bats. Three bath bikes in three different locations, but one location was the same as previously.
Were they inside the house? Uh one was in a church, one was at um in a a apartment and the other I don't remember. Were the bats were the bats caught and tested? Yeah, they all they all they sometimes there's no specimen and the the note always says 45day
quarantine. Um the um sometimes there is a specimen. It just depends on the situation. People didn't go to the rabies. Yeah. No, everything's fine. There was one little stray dog and um terrier and he was okay.
Groundhog. Huh? Who won? The report doesn't say that. Last last month. It was May. And the baby's okay. Apparently. Apparently. Wait. But why why would that get reported as an injury to the dog or like I guess the I guess
the homeowner reported the wildlife being a a groundhog and it was their dog that got bit. So whether it's a a bite from a by to a dog or a bite to a human they equal it's all equal in animal
control eyes. Yes. the baby the amazing I'm sorry we're joking but yeah it's I'm sorry it wasn't clear there were also two wildlife um report was two racer snakes um and an orphaned fawn that was
was um reported what kind of snake racer snakes black racer snakes black snakes yeah but they're nasty they're very aggressive to bite right over on west street so you know we have the whole gang in town um in May because everybody's, you know, excited about
spring apparently. That being said, um, you know, please make sure you are you're, you know, you're being diligent and and careful for sure. I want to there and we're all, you know, we're joking and everything, but I do want to bring up something serious because there
has been um um some some aggressive and uh reports of some dogs lately. So, I want to remind everybody why it's important to license your pet to safeguard the public. Every pet needs to be vaccinated uh um against rabies. It
protects your kids, your pets, your neighbors. I think just the the the variety of the report that I just made kind of explains that it there's lots of different things that can happen with what there was seven different types of animals that we've discussed at the at
the uh report this month. um to help you get pet your pet home in case you you know he he or she gets lost. So that's an important reason to license your pet. Help us enforce laws on responsible pet ownership which as I said there is there
has been a problem lately um with a few reports of some aggressive animals um that were not licensed that were not um um under a a leash and and it's the law. Dogs and cats must be licensed and vaccinated against rabies. I'll read
this very quickly. Any person who owns, keeps, or harbors a dog or cat of lic licensing age over six months old shall annually apply and procure from the clerk a licensed and official um uh
metal registration tag for each dog or cat and shall place under each such dog or cat a collar or harness with the registration tag securely fastened. Your animal must have a valid rabies vaccination that is in that is good
through October 31st of the issuing year or we will not be able to issue or renew per state regulations. Please contact Ber Hall for more information. So, like I said, uh we're done with spring, but
apparently lots of activity about um I'm attending the parking committee meeting tomorrow along with uh Councilman Sorrow and Mayor. Um I do want to send out another shout out to the HPC. Um my son
and his friend also um volunteered at the Sam Fleming House. I want to say thank you to the county for having the Doric House open and thank you to the Sam Fleming House for having their buildings open because it really does round out the historic um uh uh
preservation commission tours. Um and afterwards the three of us went over to the Junth celebration and so we caught the tail end of all the presentations. What talent there was one woman who just had the most beautiful voice just was poetry rapping. It was really uh really
moving. Um so we all enjoyed that. Um and then fin last but not least um on June 4th I attended on behalf of another organization I volunteer with the 100 central annual scholarships um awards
banquet and um and I was honored to give out for awards. Um there was a lot of local burrow students that won scholarships and I was so proud to be there and just kind of cheering on our
burrow students. So I want to give a big congratulations and shout out to all of the Hunton Central and um and VOTE graduates um from the burrow. Um Hunton Central's graduation was just a couple
days ago. Um and just wanted to wish everybody parents congratulations you know students congratulations young adults now in our in our township and uh I mean I'm sorry huh and teachers who made it through the year teachers
thank you to the teachers who you made it but no it was it was an honor to to honor that. Yes. is one one correction. The door cast is not owned by Hun County. It is owned by the county source. You're
right. Thank you for the correction. It will be open every Saturday uh going forward. Um got a new exhibition now doing exhibitions. Um so it'll thrilled to see every Saturday afternoon there's a wedding exhibition
up here on Saturday. Um you're correct. Thank you. Thank you. No, that's okay. I mean I always consider talking about more things to do. Yeah. Yeah. No, it's a great will be open for people to see this exhibition every Saturday. I think it's going to be up
until before Labor Day and then they'll be I think they need volunteers too. I I I get their newsletter and I think they need volunteers to help out on Saturdays for that too. They were asking the last time I saw that was a month ago. Yeah, I think they're okay right now. Um I chair
their exhibition committee so I think we're okay keeping it open for the next at least two months. So but um it's a beautiful exhibit joining that organization. So but yes thanks for mentioning them. Yes. They haven't been open since before
COVID to the public with open hours and they have never put on display other than house museum which has been it's been was a house museum for 10 years and now it's going into this rotation to have new exhibits to get people to come into Floington and you know when when
they've got this rolling they're going to try to coordinate that same floating house about open hours to send send each other to each other good so no that's great and and prior to co they didn't have a lot of hours either and right
it's just once a month and and sampling is the same way it's really hard to get volunteers so for both organizations please you know if you're interested please go out and volunteer I did have one more thing I just wanted to mention for uh following up with Trent's comment Trent see me after the meeting because I
think there's an eagle scout that might be perfect for that uh that project that you mentioned in the uh park the shake tree for shake So, okay. What's up everybody? Um, basically my report it's I'm basically
just going to repeat the same thing uh everybody's been saying, you know, congratulations to the HPC Fleming Castle as well for great uh turnout. Uh, if I saw the pictures, unfortunately, I couldn't be there that day. I did have an event to go out to. Uh, but u, all in all, just thank you to all the
volunteers who came out and helped. It's definitely greatly appreciated for that as well. Um I really don't have too much to report. Again, just going to repeat some of the stuff that uh Jeremy um council vice president Long already said about the fireworks on July 3rd. Uh
we're going to have music and entertainment provided by Dr. D Entertainment. That's starting at 6:30 just to keep the kids entertained. And yeah, we'll have some readers out there too and just excited for that rain day uh July 5th. it, you know, rains
obviously, but yeah, other than that, I'm all good on my report. Great. Thank you. Did um I can't read that far away. Is did Council Member Misar call? No, she did not. Okay, we got everybody up here, right? Okay. Um
All right. Public comment session number one. Please limit your comments to this. We have any I'll do it in two. Okay. But I have stuff for you. All right.
Here's your Burl Hall printed walking tour and your our new and tourism brochure which has a has had a box for businesses
which prompted you to negotiate big time to get historic Fington a box. So uh we have this this map used to be called canal region. It's now called agri tourism. So the businesses have to
pass a pretty solid aguris agurism test that they really are farmtotable. Um we are the only bureau that has a dispensary on the map that is farm to table and that's an Aries. So, I hope that brings
them lots of um business because we're certainly not the only dispensary in central New Jersey. And we have our uh brewery, our farmers market, the historic courthouse, the railroad, the
Black River Western Railroad, um Matt's Red Rooster, Dererve, which will be farm to table when it opens and we'll add more and bread and culture. those are farm-to-table businesses. But um this is a great publication and it's available
in farms and farm-totable restaurants throughout central New Jersey. We did publish our July, August, September um flyers early and a poster and they were distributed widely. So I hope you'll see
those around town. This is all for you. No, I just need little ones. I can't do enough for them. Sounds good. Um, I just wanted to say that the uh, Main Street tent sale was enormously successful and
mostly it was because of the incredible qualified buyers that attended the historic house tours. And that is a winning combination because as we always hear the largest
complaint from people who come to RMS is where do I eat? Why are why is this all that's open? How far do I have to walk to get to another business? And we made we filled in the gaps. We had the largest group of people open. Um Market
Roost was phenomenally busy, but so was Mr. Pops, who's brand new. and I went over to see David's Flowers which is open on Mine Street in a very difficult spot because there's no parking so you
have to and it's very hard to see his business and I said uh uh I think his name is Alex David is the son his young child is the flower shop uh heir and I
said where is your sign he said oh it's in the window. I said, "Why is it in the window? I know it was approved." He said, "Well, I didn't realize how much it would cost to hang on the building." He got an estimate for $800 for somebody just to bring an architect and an
engineer to say how they would hang the sign. $800 to come over to assess the hanging of the sign. So, I just really want to make it clear that our small businesses may not be going into the
best buildings because we don't have great inventory. They may not be going into um sign buildings where there's just a sign and you paint over it or you know some some sign armature. There's so
much work that goes in and there's so much financial investment and his flowers are gorgeous. I I walked around outside with two bouquets and every single person I passed stopped me and said, "Those flowers are gorgeous. Where
did you get them?" I mean, they're drop deadad gorgeous. So, and they were so reasonable and I said, "Your prices are too low. You know, raise your prices. We have a grant for signage, but I just feel so uh achingly bad for somebody who
is trying to do something so beautiful in our town who's really going to struggle, you know, and we will do everything we can to I brought I brought somebody who was more fluent in Spanish than than I am to have this conversation
about how can I help you get your sign up on the building? And I'm gonna call the person who gave him that crazy estimate and say, "Uhuh." You know, like give him a free estimate and then tell him how much it's going to cost to hang the sign. This is ridiculous. So, you
know, but that location has to have a sign. So, let me just say this. I think the reason the tent cell was so successful, the what tent cell was so successful on Main Street is because it was in coordination with something else happened. That's exactly. And so you
need not one thing, you need several things to go on for something to be successful. So it goes back to what I said earlier and that is is that we need to look at and figure out who do we need to team with to do certain things. You
know, we know for instance that the courthouse square is coming on and we need to get prepared for that. I've been saying that for forever and ever. I' I've talked to Cus about it. I've talked to you guys about it. I talked to the business owners about it because we need to start planning that now and then
that's not just a one weekend thing. That needs to be for several weekends, right? So, because you can't you don't do something that big and just have one time. Um, every every city that I've been into and they roll out something big or town, it's over several. So, so
my point of it is is that this was great and in order to keep the momentum going, what we need to do is figure out what else do we do to team with that whether that's what they see, whether that's someone else or whatever.
Yes. And it's the quality of the attraction that brings customer different types of customers. And we should I mean I thought the the quality of the Junth event was spectacular. And I'm sorry I was there early, but I'm
sorry they didn't uh have more people come. But again, it's like this layering of attractions and different customers. That really is the right well I think with the Junth I mean let's be real here with the Junth people think the Junth is a black
holiday which is the furthest thing from the truth than you can even get to right it is an American holiday it is to be celebrated it's not about you or me it's about that and let's face it there are a lot of things I said this on Saturday
the point of it is is it's about rising above the nonsense and celebrating together and that's what Junth was and it always has been. So when you go to Texas for years and years and years, I mean it's just new to to this side of the world, but when you go to Texas
every single year, everybody is celebrating Junth, whether they're black, white, blue, green, or orange. It doesn't make any difference. They do it. I think it's a matter of educating. Now, I will say that and then if you go to Montgomery Township where they have the African-American museum,
you couldn't even they had to get buses to bring people over because it was so packed. So, but the but because they talk about it, they celebrated and everybody knows about and they raised a ton of money. I was there when you were there, Robin. I think the room was about 50/50
African-American half occasion. But that's not what my point is. That's not the point. The point of it is is that it should be packed like it was in in McGomery Township. And again, it is still the misnomer that it is a black holiday. It is definitely the misnomer. I thought they were hurt because of the
afterwards. People were tired. No. No. It it's I think it's I also think it's the layering of like if we had it on Main Street and it was a little more visible and we embraced it as a as a
Main Street event it would have been different you know so I think so next that that gives us that gives so this is what needs to happen it's a learning experience not taking that away right and and that's why I'm giving you the comparison of what happens in McGomery Township that that theirs was really and
they attracted people from Princeton and the whole nine yards. My point of it is is that it needs to be talked about and it needs to be coordinated and it needs whatever it doesn't matter what time it is. That does not stop people from coming out nor does that stop people
from spending money. It does not. It's just that's not what it is. It is something else there. So the more we talk about it, the more we talk about it as a unit as opposed to just this misnomer that it's just this, I think it works. And and what one of the great
things that's happening is the tent sale was not planned by me. So we got to like come with a tent um and participate and that was awesome. And right now there are just just like community day was a
fabulous a really fabulous new event albeit the weather that was also not planned by us but we gave a grant to the tent sale. We gave a grant to the historic tours. We gave a grant to um community day and there's talk about a
kidella festival in September which is a new kids event on Main Street. um and uh a few other new events that that people are starting to really percolate and work with their neighbors and make us a
better organization. Um I did want to say there are lots of questions about trees and tree wells on Main Street and I know that some of it's tied up with the Main Street improvement grant and uh but we would we would love an answer.
Um, I talked to Mike about it, but I think he needs to talk to all of the leazison to figure out who how we understand which trees are which whose responsibility and then how can we come up with a plan that'll be sustainable
and longlasting. You know, there are business owners that want to plant things in their tree wells, but it kind of has to have a a organizational uh foundation. So it's just not somebody plants and then nobody water. So
um and that's really it. Oh, the last thing from news from the Hunteran um cultural and heritage commission there we did win the dancing on the green one which we held on sangle road won a national
associ association of counties achievement award which is pretty cool for having a really awesome event. So that was great. And then the teen arts festival that we had in Hunter County had a number of kids that went to the
state and um Hunter County won three awards uh a bronze and two gold medals and the one of the gold medal winners is from u central and her name is Katherine
Conton and she won for poetry. So maybe we should invite her to come and read her poem. That's it. Sorry that was long. He was a draft. I did not. I did not. No, I didn't say you did.
Oh god. Um, okay. Anybody else from the public? I can take these. Anybody online has approval of regular meeting 202? Is there a second? Second.
You okay? No, I was gonna second but okay. Hi. Hi. We have nothing under consent. We have introduction of ordinances ordinance 202519 ordinance of the burmington comprising east block 39 lot
11.01 in the Flemington B tax map and block 20 29 lot 2001 on the Ron Township tax map known as the Flemington baseball complex. Flemington Mary Baseball Inc. for a period of 25 years with a 25-y
year option for nominal consideration. Going to have a motion to introduce Angelart will move. Is there a second? Second. Is there Oh, sorry. Roll call, please. Council, yes. Counciloman, yes. Councilman Levit, yes. Council Vice
President Long, yes. And Parker, yes. Public hearing scheduled for um July 21st. Thanks a few. Uh, we do have a public hearing tonight on ordinance 2025-18, an ordinance bending section 16, special events of chapter 3, police regulations
to clarify fee assessments for certain events. Can I have a motion, please, to open up public hearing? Move. Is there a second? Second. All in favor? I. Public hearing is now open. Anybody wishing to speak on this, uh, please come to the microphone, say your name and address of the record. Anybody online, please raise
your hand if you have comments. Oh, Brian. You could talk. Nobody's hand up. Yeah. Yeah. But or is it just ups? Probably an accident. I'm good. Okay. All right. Seeing that close
the public hearing. Move. Is there a second? All in favor? Can I have a motion to adopt ordinance 2025-18? Move. Is there a second? Hart will second. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Councilman Aries,
yes. Councilwoman Anklehart, yes. Council, Councilman Levit, yes. Council Vice President Long, yes. And Council President Parker, yes. Under regular agenda resolution 2025-96 resolution to renew the Bur Flemington liquor license for the 2025 2026 license deter. Can I
have a motion to approve? Move. There a second. Second. Any questions or discussion? Roll call, please. Council Aries. Yes. Councilman Langler. Yes. Councilman Le. Yes. Council Vice President Lu. Yes. And
Council President Parker. Yes. Resolution 2025-97. Resolution authorizing the police chief to apply for the county law enforcement direct grant program for an amount of $50,000. I have a motion, please. Move. Is there a second? Will second. Any discussion?
Roll call. Councilman. Yes. Council womanhart. Yes. Council Leven. Yes. Council vice president law. Yes. Council president. Yes. Resolution 2025-98 amending resolution 2025-94 approving the hiring of James Longest as
the elevator sub code for 2025. I have a motion please. Is there a second? Second. Any discussion? Can I just ask what is well silly uh John didn't give me all the detail. So it's supposed to be a four-year
contract or appointment. I did not. Thank you. So be told to amend it. Anybody else? Roll call, please. Councilman Ars. Yes. Councilwoman Englehart. Yes. Councilman Levit. Yes.
Council Vice President Long Wong. Yes. Council President Fox. Yes. Resolution 2025-9. Resolution authorizing the Fington Police Department to submit a grant application to the US Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Police Services Cops for the FY25 cops hiring program. Can I have a motion,
please? Is there a second? Second. Any discussion? Exactly. Chair, we tell you exactly so everybody knows. Yeah, I mean this is basically the this would be used um the intention is to use to hire two officers next year.
Next year. Yeah. 2026. Okay. But we are not under any obligation to do that. I'm applying for this now. That's not good. If we don't hire, then what happens to the grant? We just don't get it. That's all. There's no
obligation. Got it. Um and this is only like it's a one time. You hire and then they become yours and then you have to pay. So you know COP is at $100,000 with Lington. So um so this is giving them money for how long? One year. Yeah. So
for one year. So, so technically, so technically if the budget wasn't good this particular year, the next year it could be good and we could roll it over, so to speak, because the grant's done. I'm just trying to understand this. Right. So, is the first year it's it's
it's the first year of of hiring is on the grant. Yes. Right. He should probably Yes, please. The grant pays for three years. It does pay for three. Three years per officer. So, it's a threeyear grant. It's a it's a three-year grant and after the third
year I mean are you talking $600,000? We don't have uh whatever the the the stats were at the time Mary Ash submitted my understanding. Um that would be what it would be covered. It might have only cover salary. It doesn't cover training
or equipment or uniforms or the car just salary or healthare or healthare or pension. So there is a cost every year regardless of the grant. That's all I'm saying. It's like there is no such thing as a free lunch.
Um, okay. Can I have roll call, please? [Music] Yes. Yes. Councilman Le, yes. Council, Vice President Long, yes. President Clark, yes. Resolution 2025-100, resolution
approving Christian M's accumulated leaf pay. There a motion, please. Move. Is there a second? Second. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Councilman Maris, yes. Yes. Councilman Levit, yes. Council Vice
President Law, yes. And council president, yes. Resolution 2025-101, resolution authorizing the hiring of Adrian Reley as a fun police officer. Motion, please. Long move. Second. Second. Any discussion? And Jeremy, can
you just kind of talk because you're saying they're praises. So just so that everybody knows Yeah. that we're hiring for both. So these I I'll just speak generally about both of them. The the the deal is um we are going to be hiring
two officers to replace two residing officers. And as you know, we've made some efforts in this town regarding community policing hiring bilingual officers and these two uh met in my opinion and in the chief's opinion and
even uh some of the fellow officers opinions that they met this in uh in all regards. So what I do is I ask uh questions of them in the interview that I would that I feel are the government official kind of questions right we
don't get into like the nuts and bolts of policing and this that the other thing um and I ask them you know questions regarding you know what is respect uh look like you know they are people with authority uh what is community policing to them um you know
what do you what do you anticipate your your interactions with the town being like um you know this is an investment in our in our police. You put them through an academy. Uh how do they what are their long-term plans? Um what
do they anticipate as being you know the dayto-day or so maybe more the difficult things perhaps uh and really pinning down their values and uh I was very impressed. Uh they are both uh excited
um high energy, very community oriented uh good coming from a good place. Um the first officer uh Adrian Marcley is a 100 central graduate and there's something about the class of 2016. You know, we've got one of them is a current officer,
officer Aino. We've got two councilmen who are 2016 uh and and potentially another officer from that class. I don't know what was in those lunches that year, but it worked. So, some very impressive people
and and you know, Marcia was in the Explorers. He he spent some time in the Navy. Um he's uh he's very community family oriented and and I just got a good uh a good feel for him. Just a positive person. Um the other one, Megan
Reed, same kind of thing. She's a a Sussex County uh native. Uh graduated from Rowan University. Um she's got, you know, this small town kind of feel to her as well. You know, Newton is up there and uh in a big county like
Sussex. So, so it's a consistency there, I think, with Flemington and and where she's from and just very excited. Yeah. Yeah. I think one day she might be a good detective because she uh she knew I was into gardening and had done her research on me. That's right. That's
cool. So, no, I I can't speak more highly and and I wish them the best of luck. Jerry spoke but when I Jerry told the chief told me about it, he was he just raved about brave about and it was kind of like a hire that we did before.
It was like that hire. Tony is that these these are you know these are the case. Thank you. I just wanted you to explain to everybody before we Sure. All right. Uh roll call please. Councilman. Uh yep. Councilwoman
Angelar. Yes. Councilman. Yes. Council Vice President Long. Yes. And Council President Parker. Yes. Resolution 235102 resolution authorizing the hiring of Reed Peace Officer. Long move.
Second. Any discussion? Roll call. Councilman. Yes. Manglehart. Yes. Councilman Levit. Yes. Council vice president law. Yes. And council president Parker. Yes. Resolution 2025-103 resolution awarding a contract
with RNL data centers for the 2025 2026 payroll services with an NTE amount of $18,000. I have a motion. Please move. Is there a second? Angel will second. Any discussion? Who did we have before? We have the same the same company. Okay,
that's correct. Thank you. Roll call, please. Councilman Aries. Yes. Councilwoman Inglehart. Yes. Councilman Levit. Yes. Council President Long. Yes. And Council President Parker. Yes. Resolution 2025-104 resolution approving the purchase of a 2025 Ford interceptor
utility vehicle from Neilson Ford under the Cranford Police Cooperative Pricing System number 2324-11. the NT amount of $441. Can I have a motion, please? Is there a second? Second. Any discussion?
Is this a new This is replacing a vehicle. This is a This is the one we put in the budget this year. Yeah, I know that. Are we That's not what my question was. The question is because I know that they have to replace so many vehicles every year or something like is this like one of those replacements? I don't think I think we're still catching
up before anything have to be replaced. to see if it's still a catch up. Okay. Please council. Yes. Council member Angel. Yes. Council Le. Yes. Council vice president. Yes. Council president. Yes. Resolution 2025-105.
Resolution approving obtaining the Ford police intercept utility vehicle Britain auto body with an amount of $1,410.50. Motion. Please move. Second. Angle heart. I'll second. Any discussion? What color is it? Was
this white? It comes white and then the uh the hood and the trunk get painted black. Was that Do you know if that the one that caught on fire? So that that one hasn't been replaced yet either. That's still correct. That's replaced.
Got it. Roll call, please. Councilman Eric. Yes. Councilwoman Inglehart. Yes. Councilman Lever. Yes. Council Vice President Long. Yes. Council President Parker. Yes. Resolution 2025-106 resolution to purchase radio equipment from wireless communications and electronics for the Ford Police
Interceptor utility with an entity amount of $1,115. Can a motion please? Move. Is there a second? Inglehart will second. Any discussion? Roll call, please. Yes. Councilwoman Engelhart. Yes. Councilman Levit. Yes. Council vice
president law. Yes. And council president. Yes. Uh resolution 2025-107 resolution approving the purchase of equipment from Elite Vehicle Solutions under state contract number 17 fleet- 00749 the Ford police interceptor
utility with an entity amount of $29,83348 second angle will second discussion so is this the second vehicle they're purchasing no this is the uh equipment this is the equipment for just to make Sorry. Everything's separate. Okay.
Thank you. Councilman Aras, yes. Uh, Councilman Agelart, yes. Councilman Lev, yes. Council Vice President Long, yes. And Council President Parker, yes. We have no work session, public comment session number two. Anybody from the public
comment, please raise your hand up line. [Music] Being none, payment of bills authority payment of bills in the amount of $362,519.17. Can I have a motion, please? Is there a second?
Any discussion? What's this thing on here from Savo? It was a light month. Please. Uh, yes. Counciloman. Yes. Uh, Councilman Love. Yes. Council vice
president. Yes. And council. We now have an executive session. Um, uh, litigation, tax appeal, contract negotiations, redevelopment, urban renewal, Liberty Village. Now, a
motion to go for executive session. Second. All in favor? Looking up clock over there. So take the break until 6 minutes till 8:15. Okay, I have a motion to ensure move. Is
there a second? Second. All in favor? I thank you very much. Bye guys. Bye. I have