I haven't had yet. Good evening everybody. We'll be started in one second. Sorry we ran a little late. We had a couple items that we had to add quick discussion for. That doesn't mean everybody had to go silent. >> Everybody stare at Wendy.
Good evening everyone. I hereby announce that pursuant to section five of the open public meetings act that adequate notice of this meeting has been provided in the notice which was sent to the Asbury Park Press, the Two River Times and posted on the Bolton board in township hall and filed in the township
clerk's office on January 3rd, 2025. Mayor Foster >> here, >> Miss La Mountain >> here. >> Mr. Prevadudo >> here. >> Mr. Lucarelli is not here for this portion of the meeting. Mr. Romano >> here. >> Mayor, you have a quorum. >> Excellent. Can we all please stand for the pledge of allegiance?
>> I pledge allegiance to the flag of America and to the republic for it stands one nation indivisible. And if we could all please just remain standing for a moment of silence for our troops who serve us tirelessly at home
and abroad. Thank you. >> All right, girls. Well, I understand congratulations are in order. Thank you so much for joining us this evening. I know the program's had quite a an awesome run. So, without any further ado, we will get right into it. So, this
is a proclamation of the Homedale Township Committee. Whereas this year, the 2025 Homedale High School varsity girls tennis team finished their regular season with an impressive 15-2 record. And whereas the team went on to win the Central Division Championship over Colts
Neck and Rumson Fair Haven and the Central Jersey Championship, beating Manisquan in a very competitive match. And whereas to close out a great season, the team took the group two state championship title for the fourth consecutive year in a row, beating Hadenfield in the semi-finals and mendum
in the finals. And whereas the players were led, supported, and encouraged in their endeavors and successes by varsity coach Don Russell and assistant coach Kevin Chang. Now therefore, be it resolved by the mayor and township committee of the township of Homedale on
this 28th day of October 2025 that congratulations be extended to the following. Gabriella Dectarv, Ishana Sha, Misha Khan, Alexandra Lapis, Tanvi Pentella, Paige Piscatelli, Ryan Sev,
Jordan Sev, um Ana Sha, Shiovali, Sethi, Kate Shakov, an Audrey Wang, and BB Zang both personally and officially on behalf of the residents of the community for their outstanding achievements. Be it further resolved that a suitably
engrossed copy of this resolution be presented to the team as a small token of the ine which they are held and be it further resolved that all the best wishes be extended to all for continu continued success in all of their future
endeavors. Congratulations girls. Coach, how about a picture with everybody? Please >> come on up front. So are we. >> Congratulations. >> Congratulations. by the way,
huh? That's pretty awesome. enough girls. [Applause] Is everybody here >> want to do
Thank you guys. Have a great night everybody. Thank you. [Applause] And just like that, we're down to five people. Uh I'd like to see if we can get a motion to uh table a couple of the items. >> Motion. Second.
>> Just to clarify, this is based uh on tableabling the rear loader items which are resolutions 2025 272 and 2025 273. Are you good, Wendy? For a roll call? >> Yes, sir. >> No, not yet. Not yet.
>> Mr. Imprevadoodle? >> Yes. >> Miss Lam Mountain? >> Yes. >> Mr. Romano? >> Yes. >> Mayor Foster? >> Yes. >> Okay. Resolutions 2025 272 and 2025273 have been pulled from the agenda. >> Okay. Thank you, Wendy. Okay. Uh, now is
a chance for public comment on agenda items only. Come on up, Pat. >> Patrick Dusquita, 56 Line Road. This is concerning resolution uh 2025276
uh that extends property tax grace periods due to uh due to furloughed federal government employees during the shutdown and contractors during the shutdown. I fully support that. I think it's a good gesture for this ludicrous
shutdown that we're in. But I think it should be expanded to those residents who have family members that get SNAP benefits. They will lose their SNAP benefits on Friday night. Uh so if we're going to extend a grace period for
federal employees, which I think is a great idea, it should be to extend it as well to our most vulnerable children, seniors, and disabled. And so I would ask that uh 276 be expanded to include
those class of people. >> Thank you. >> Okay, we will definitely look into that, Pat. But thank you for the the comments on it. Obviously, we we certainly agree with that. Michael, you have a comment? >> Yeah, sentiments certainly understood. Uh this resolution actually completely follows a statute the legislature passed
in 2019 that specifically allows the municipality to extend this um grace period or extension uh for the individuals that are mentioned in the resolution. So that's employees and contractors. So we really don't have the discretion to go beyond that because
bear in mind property taxes we have to act uniformly unless state law provides an exception. So um if Trenton wants to extend that, uh they certainly can and we would have the opportunity. >> They couldn't make a a resolution just to add SNAP. >> No, I mean the uniformity clause is very
clear that everyone needs to be taxed equally unless uh state law says otherwise. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Pat. Any other come on up Jay Jay you know 18 live drive I'm just curious this payment to cornerstone solar the solar farm or something like
that what is this n there's some 96,000 something payment >> there's a big payment to the solar company I just don't know what you want >> is that a refund or something >> uh We we looked at it before. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. >> Okay. I just >> I'm not trying to be cute either. Why are Why are we paying Maybe the credit back. >> Yeah. >> I think it's a refund of their some of their >> that much later. Yeah.
>> Yes, it is. >> Really? >> Yeah. If you look on the bills payable, it's at the end. >> Okay. >> So, you think it's escrow related? >> Okay. I I get it. Wow, that's many years later. But okay, >> any other comments?
Seeing none, Wendy. Okay. So, the next would be for the consent agenda, which would be resolutions 2025 264 through 2025 271 and resolutions 2025
274 through 2025 281. >> Can we get a motion? >> Motion. >> Second. >> Mr. Empreadudo? >> Yes. >> Miss Lamount? >> Yes. >> Mr. Romano? >> Yes. >> Mayor Foster? >> Yes. >> Okay. The consent agenda with the two items pulled has been uh successfully
passed. Thank you. Next is introduction of bond ordinance 202527 which is an bond ordinance providing for improvements to homeell township school district facilities by and in the township of Homedale in the county of Mammoth state of New Jersey
appropriating $600,000 thereof and authorizing the issuance of $571,428 bonds or notes of the township to finance part of the cost thereof. This motion is to adopt on first reading, published in the Asbury Park Press, and set the public hearing for November
25th, 2025. >> Can we get a motion? >> Motion. >> Second. >> Mr. Prevadudo? >> Yes. >> Miss Lam Mountain? >> Yes. >> M Mr. Romano? >> Yes. >> Mayor Foster? >> Yes. >> Okay. Ordinance 202527
will be set for public hearing. Next is for ordinance 202528, which is an ordinance approving short-term lease agreement relative to portion of block 10.01 lot 7 and 11, which is 108 Middletown Road. This motion is to adopt on first reading
published in the Asbury Park Press and set the public hearing for November 25th, 2025. >> Can we get a motion? >> Motion. Second. >> Mr. Prevaduda. >> Yes. >> Miss Lamount. >> Yes. >> Mr. Romano. >> Yes. >> Mayor Foster. >> Yes. >> Okay. Ordinance 202528 will be set for
public hearing. Thank you. >> Okay, Wendy, thank you very much. Uh Christopher, would you like to kick us off, please? >> Thank you, mayor. Um there's I don't have a lot for tonight, but I do want to thank uh the committee for uh some of the stuff that was on the consent agenda
is in reference to state health benefits and the uh extraordinary rise of them in the uh in the last uh year. Um, we had a 36% increase across the board. Um, we were able to come up with a plan that's
going to save our our employees money. It's going to save the town uh a lot of money. Um, actually brings us lower than we are this year. What we're spending on health benefits. Unfortunately, it's something that's a one-year fix as year to year. We're going to have to fight this every year. Um, we're going to have
to come up with a plan every year. But um we we educated our employees the other day on this program. U most of them I would say 99% of them are very comfortable with it. Um tomorrow we're going to start shifting people over to a a new plan that's going to save them money. Um as I said it's one year. So
I'll be signing um me memorandums of understanding with the unions um filling that one year. Um but I thank you guys and I think the employees really do appreciate it um that you guys are helping and supporting them as well. Um, so thank you. And then the other thing
is just to answer that question, I got a text message in the middle of the, uh, thing. It is escrow. My assistant township administrator is listening and she's here to help me. So, um, and she did say yes, that was an escrow and, uh, Wendy was on that as well. So, thank you. >> Very cool. That a political appointment
I made worked out extremely well. Um, but, uh, Chris, thank you for digging in on that sincerely. Um, you went out of your way. You got the team engaged. I did speak to a few of the employees after the meetings you had last week and everybody was quite satisfied with nobody's happy about the raise, right? But at the end of the day, it's it's
another one of those things being forced upon us. So, thank you for digging in and uh working through that. Michael, >> hey, good evening everyone. Thank you, mayor. I don't have a report, but happy to answer any questions. >> Awesome. Thank you. How about it, Joseph? >> Thank you, mayor. Starting from Homedale Library. Nothing to report. I think
Trish is on leave, so wishing her well. Uh from the Homedale Board of Ed, uh we have district staff development day October 20th. It's a district-wide day focused on professional learning and enhancing skills. The workshops included creating a safe and respectful school, comprehensive training on promoting
promoting a positive inclusive environment, supporting English language learners across the curriculum, strategies to help all students succeed in a diverse setting, teaching with AI, practical strategies, ethics and guardrails, preparing staff for responsible integration of AI in
learning, executive functioning, quick wins for classrooms and homes, tools to support student organization, time management, self-regulation, aquaponics, and literally literacy. See rich social studies tasks, hands-on approaches to engage students. Parent Square at
Homeell, unified inclusive communication, enhancing communication between staff and families. I use >> new village school playground. >> Uh the new playground to village school is officially complete and is ADA compliant for accessibility. Special
thanks to the village school PSA and all the generous donors as well as the buildings and grounds department. A ribbon cutting ceteroning will be held next week. We have some athletic achievements. The Homedale girls varsity tennis state champions. The team completed the four pete by winning their fourth consecutive NJSIAA group 2 state
championship. Won the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group 2 sectional championship. The Homeell Football Association competition cheer teams. The D10 fifth grade team took fifth place in their first competition at the Jersey Shore competition. The D12 team earned second
place in their division. Both teams advanced to the Big East regional competition on November 8th for a chance to qualify for the nationals. We have some homecoming victory caps. The annual home the annual homecoming football game was held on Friday,
October 24th. The Hornet football team delivered a thrilling victory, ending the regular season with a strong 6-2 record. The team secured second place in the top tier of the short conference and will host the first round of the NJSIA state playoffs this week. from the Veterans Committee. All veterans and Gold Star family members are invited to
join us for a special edition of Veterans Coffee and Conversations November Monday, November 17th at the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Museum at PNC Arts Center. Final details, including the start time, are still being finalized. Stay tuned to the Homedale website and the recreation Facebook page for more details. You will
have to RSVP. That's all I've got. Thank you, Mayor. >> Thank you very much, Joe Roco. >> Thank you, Mayor. After 39 years of distinguished service, Chief Frank Elaco is retiring from the Homeell Police Department. A walkout ceremony will be
held Monday, November 3rd at 3 PM in front of Town Hall. Please join us as we honor Chief Alaco for his years of dedicated service. The Goal Zero high visibility enforcement will take place Thursday, October 30th from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. focusing on Route 520. The goal
zero campaign started by patrolmanoski is intended to lower the number of deaths, injuries, and crashes caused by distracted or impaired driving. Join joint goal zero enforcements are scheduled to take place every month, collaborating with the with Mammoth County Police Departments. The goal of
the enforcement is to keep drivers alert and to eliminate any distractions while driving. The Homedale police would like to remind residents that per township resolution, there is a temporary curfew for unaccompanied minors in Homeell this Thursday and Friday nights. The
resolution states the township committee of the township of Homeell hereby hereby authorizes the establishment of a temporary emergency curfew on October 30th, 2025 and October 31st, 2025, beginning at dusk each night and ending
at 6:00 a.m. the following morning. from the Department of Public Works. The 2025 townwide fall leaf collection begins in section A on November 3rd. Sections schedules are available on the township website. The 2025 season of
brush collection has concluded. Brush collection will resume in April 2026. Please do not leave piles of brush or branches on the street in front of your home as that will impede the DPW's ability to pick up leaves. All of 2025's large item dropoff events have
concluded. Large item will resume April 2026. The fall paper shredding event will take place on Saturday, November 1st at the public works facility from 9:00 a.m. through 1:00 p.m. Residents can dispose of up to 100 pounds of paper. That's all I have. Mayor, thank you.
>> Thank you very much, Roco. Deputy Mayor. >> Yes. Thank you, Mayor. Uh nothing new to report this meeting from our community development department. Um for our Homeell America 250 committee, there
will be a dead history lecture. It's a presentation that will take place on Sunday, November 16th at the Senior Community Center. We will be spending the afternoon with TJ Fallon as he takes us through a detailed
account of his travels and journeys visiting the grave sites of every signer of the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution. There's no charge for this. Um so please put it on your calendar. I think it's going to
be quite quite an interesting uh event. the Homeell Green team. They uh were on hand at the Homeell Heritage Festival this past weekend to distribute packets of native perennial flower seeds to our
residents. These plants, in addition to beautifying people's gardens, play a vital role in our flood management. perennial flowers of the type that we distributed developed deep root systems which helped to absorb water from the soil and helped to significantly reduce
flooding. So, thank you to all of our volunteers who represented the team at Heritage Day. And from our Homeell Heritage Committee, uh just a little bit of a recap from our celebration this past weekend, it was an absolute
incredible success. Uh, I don't know quite how many people attended, but we had close to a thousand reservations and I know plenty of people attended that didn't have a reservation. It was great to see people of all different ages
coming together as a community and just really enjoying each other and and celebrating the uh different backgrounds that we come from. Mayor Foster, committeeman impreud, and I were honored uh to be a part of that. We celebrated
the diverse cultural backgrounds that make up our township with representatives from 14 different countries and over 20 local restaurants provided delicious food samples. I was amazed that no one complained there wasn't
enough because there were so many people there. Um, so thank you to all those restaurants, the facilities that donated as well as the people that helped uh distribute and work the tables. There were incredible performances by several local cultural groups and a special
thank you to the hardworking Homeell Heritage Committee members who planned and executed the event. Chairwoman Chong Yin Changlu, Terry Duchi, Shaya Galperin, Ina Kovaleeric, and Antoanetta Picashia.
Thank you as well to the Homeell High School for allowing us to utilize their beautiful building for this. And I think we walked away having learned an awful lot. And I know we're looking forward to next year. We have a busy year coming up
with all the events from the 250 committee, but uh I think the consensus was to continue with the um heritage day next year as well, even though we have a lot going on. I also wanted to mention that I had the privilege of
participating and attending the Halloween event at Bayonet Farm. Uh this was a couple of weeks ago that the there were two different Halloween events. One was at the uh dog park, the Alex Chang dog park. I have to tell you, each year they've it's become a tradition that
they have a Halloween contest. There had we got well over a hundred contestants. They had prizes contestants being the dogs, but they were group there. You could have a group entry or an individual entry. And I got to tell you
again, it was just a great opportunity to see all these folks come out, not only celebrating Alex and uh having this in in his memory, but also just people having a good time. And we were blessed with a with a beautiful day. Um, also on
hand with that was a teacher from uh SAT school, Chelsea Crowley, who helps run the animal w or is in charge of the animal welfare club over at the high school. And she had a phenomenal group
of volunteers. They made all sorts of goodie bags. There were vendors on hand. It was just an awesome, awesome afternoon over at Bayonet Farms. And then again, we got to celebrate last weekend the event uh for the kids with the trick-or-treating and all of our
volunteer groups were there, emergency services, and it's just been a great run over there at Bayonet Farm. So, I'm excited to see the community engaged as uh as much as they are. It makes this a great place to be. um coming up from our
recreation department. Believe it or not, we are talking about our Christmas tree and manora lighting for this year. Uh it is on the calendar for Sunday, December 7th. It will be here at town
hall from 4 to 6:00 p.m. Um it's always a festive event. Again, folks of all ages uh come out for it and it's just a lot of fun. It's a great way to kick off the holiday season. There'll be uh Christmas songs or carols I should say,
the lighting of the township tree in Manora, and maybe a special guest from the North Pole. I know he usually finds his way. Um and no, um no information from our technology department for this meeting. Thank you, mayor.
>> Thank you very much, Kim. I actually had to provide Rocco with something that I totally forgot to give him as far as an EMS update. if you would please. >> Thank you, mayor. Uh, the Homedale first aid squad has had a busy few weeks providing standby coverage at Homedale High School and St. John Vienn home
football games and attending many other events in in town, including cross-country championships held at Homeell Park and the Howween event at the Alexander Ching Memorial Dog Park. This past Friday, they simultaneously covered two home football games and had an ambulance at Bayonet Farm for the
Township trick-or-treating event and still had crews responding to calls for service around town. The last two Friday evenings, they've had all four uh ambulances out on the road at the same time, covering both emergency calls and community events, which is a very significant testament to the volunteer
presence and commitment. They hosted a local Girl Scout troop at the building for their first aid patch this week and are hosting Boy Scout troops in two weeks. The cadet program for 2526 has kicked off uh for this year and is off to a great start with 18 cadetses in the
program. And finally, they are always looking for new members. If you or a friend or neighbor are interested in joining HFAS, visit the website and submit an application. And I just want to thank personally our EMS volunteers for their tireless dedication to our town. And I also, mayor, want to thank
you for the implementation of MedStar, supplementing all these really incredible volunteers that we have and allowing them to do the great work they do. I think if I'm not mistaken, since the implementation of MedStar, we've missed zero calls together between our our volunteer and and the MedStar
supplement. So, that part was not in the script that you gave me, but uh I I think uh you deserve credit for that as well. >> Thank you very much, Roco. I appreciate that. It's a dynamite group who are also on pace to take another record number of calls and that's even with the assistance you mentioned. Couple updates
uh from myself. I had the opportunity to attend the annual bayonet farm trick-or- treat that was a great success. Kicked off the Halloween week for the community. We had I think somewhere in the neighborhood of 500 kids and their families attended the events with many different costumes. The event was a community effort made possible by the
volunteers from the first aid squad, fire department, police department, Kuanas, Alex's Paw Park, DPW, and the recreation department. Thank you to all who worked and volunteered the event. Kim and I were there. Much nicer weather than last year when it was very windy and very cold. Um, so it was it was a
great evening. Earlier today, I actually had the privilege of spending the afternoon with our seniors, uh, you know, some of our most valued residents at the annual senior Halloween lunchon right next door at the senior center. Wonderful showcase of community spirit filled with great food, festive decorations, and some excellent
costumes. I got to um, be a judge for the costume contest as well. And it's pretty cool to see. I think we had about a dozen that were decked out and had some really um, excellent costumes. The the hippie was my favorite. She was just per perfect outfit, demeanor, everything
about her just really screamed hippie and she was one of the winners in in the group. So, another excellent event run by our rec recreation department. So, happy to see those things continue. A reminder to please join me and the township committee on Tuesday, November 11th at 10:30 a.m. for our Veterans Day
commemoration. We will gather to honor the brave men and women who have served our country in the armed services. The event will feature local civic groups, each placing a wreath at the Veterans Memorial in Phillips Park. It is a powerful display of community respect and gratitude. The important ceremony
will also include a special moment to officially recognize and celebrate our distinguished veteran of the year recipient. The Veterans Day ceremony will be held at Veterans Park, which is located within Phillips Park. So, not here out front, but up at Phillips Park.
Uh, you mentioned large item drop off earlier. I actually had the opportunity to go out and spend some time there this past Saturday. I did attempt to go I did go the first uh week of the year as well, but it was extremely cold and rainy. I'm not quite as tough as I used to be, so I didn't get to hang around much this week. It was a beautiful day.
Ron, I saw you out there getting rid of some trash. Beautiful day. Got to spend a bunch of time up front with Willie and the guys in the back. Uh very good camaraderie, great group. Uh awesome service that we provide our residents. Happy to spend some time there. Uh Heritage Day, Kim, you really said it all. I mean, you guys did a phenomenal
event as the liaison. You keep that group going. Miss Lou had had tons and tons of people. I mean, you couldn't even walk through the place. You literally walked in and it was packed wall to wall. Food was dynamite. All everybody was excited about giving their presentations, their dances. You know,
they could have did without us on the stage, but they they they got us up there for some reason. Um, and that was all good. So, I'm also going to read out something uh that's going to be on the election ballot this year. So this year's general general election ballot would include a public question on the
Mammoth County Open Space Trust Fund. County residents are being asked to consider an increase to the tax that would raise the current collected amount of $2.75, excuse me, 2.75 to 3.75 per $100 of assessed property valuation. Parks,
farms, and worldclass recreational facilities are what make Mammoth County a very special place to live, work, and raise a family. The open space trust fund contributes to our quality of life and helps foster balanced development throughout the county. The ballot question asks residents to consider an
increase in the open space trust fund so that Mammoth County can continue to achieve the goals of the Mammoth County open space plan. The open space trust fund has supported the purchase of over 571 properties. I want to add Horn Antenna is one of those properties they
gave us huge, huge support on, adding 9,967 preserved acres of county-owned open space. In addition, through the municipal open space grant program established by the county commissioners in 2002, 51 of Mammoth County's 53
municipalities have participated in the program with 291 grants awarded for land acquisition and park development totaling 61 million. Mammoth County is actively working to acquire properties within the project areas identified in the Mammoth County Open Space Plan.
Negotiations or appraisals are currently underway with a number of property owners. There are many more land preservation projects on the horizon as long as funds are available. Residents are urged to learn more about the Mammoth County Open Space Plan and the
mission of the Open Space Trust Fund in considering how they will vote on the open space question on November 4th. I just want to add to that obviously this group and I I I know I'm beating the drum here and I don't have to tell you guys how committed we are to preserving
open space as a committee here. Um obviously we've already secured several spaces. We have another one that's going to close this year and another one in the works. Uh I'm I'm obviously for this vote. Once the property's gone, it's gone. You you can't make new property. So I'm I'm hoping it gets the support of
Homedale. I'm hoping our residents recognize that the county really supported us, came out to bat for us, and we'll be going back to them again, I'm sure, for other properties that we're working on. So, that's my two service public service announcement. Would anybody like to add any additional comments because I believe that's pretty something important to our town?
>> Mayor, I already voted for it. I voted early on Saturday and and I hit the button. So, I think it's the right thing to do. I think it benefits Homeell greatly as we continue to try to procure property and maintain the rural charm of uh of our place. >> Thank you. Thank you, Roco. All right,
that's all I have. We're going to open it up for public comments. Come on up, Jenny. I appreciate you waiting for me to call you. >> Jenny Blumenthal, 41 Stony Brook Road. I had two things that occurred to me. Um,
when you were talking about recycling stuff and the uh the paper recycling, is there any plan for recycling styrofoam this season? >> Not to my knowledge, but we can ask Brian and and see if he has any thoughts on that. Chris,
>> we don't get much of it these days, but um I still have a plastic bag with some bits. Wilson used to be the >> I believe that. >> I go to the Middletown train station to get rid of it. So, so Middletown
themselves has a a actual machine that takes care of it and they'll take it from anybody. So, the machine actually actually compacts it. Secondly, I know there's not a single solitary thing that anyone in this room can do about it, but
the population of four-legged critters around here, otherwise known as deer, I think, is this is the most time I have seen deer. I mean, I I've seen three as I came over here tonight. The other
night, I was driving up and down some local streets. 15. And yesterday we went to Red Bank and there were three corpses. Now it was Middle Time's problem to clean them up. But I mean, you know, I I drive down the
street with my head to the right and the left so that I don't run into them. You tried doing something about it a couple of years ago and there was one lady who lived here in town and was so fussed up about whatever you were doing that she'd set her dogs loose and ban that farm to
you make the deer run away when anybody was out there. So it didn't amount to anything. But you know there should be something maybe on the township website. Keep your eyes open folks and and there's so many fawns with them too.
and then guys with the headl. So, it's I think it's kind of hopeless, but we should all make sure that anybody who's recently moved into town and is not used to all this wildlife um might be made that they're not seeing things
when they do. >> We'll definitely get an announcement out there. Go ahead, Kim. Yeah, Jenny, in regard to the styrofoam, you might want to take a peek on the green team's web page and if there isn't anything about it on there, maybe reach out
>> call Rose. >> Yeah, I was going to say reach out to Mary Rose because I know it's something she has spoken to me about and I know she's worked on it and investigated um what we might be able to do. There's nothing in place here at Homeell at this
juncture, but she'll she has answers, I'm sure, for you about where it is. >> Okay. Well, maybe they could put an announcement on their website, but I'll >> It may already be there. I don't remember. >> I don't remember either. >> Thank you, Jenny. Come on up, Jay.
Jay, you know, 18 lightwood drive. So, I stopped complaining about the deer a few years ago because I was getting bullied by many of our friends, but my friends, but that's true. But it is really bad. Um, on
what's today? On Sunday, two jumped out two separate times of me on 520. Then on the way back coming from Redbank there was some sort of accident and I literally heard gunshots and police were shooting another one that I mean obviously it's like mating season now.
It's it's nuts and as I've said many time before many of you have strong friendships, relationships, business associations with the county. Enough of the push back. Well, it's politically oh the environmentalists. No, it's really, really getting
seriously out of control now. And I say this with other things. I'm going to say it again. There's going to be unfortunate losses of life from this now because it's getting that bad that then someone's going to wake up. So, I really encourage you guys when you're talking with the county to really we really need
to do something about this because in another year or so, it's just going to be 17 on people's front lawns. Chris, you grabbed the mic. You gonna say something? So the county does have a deer hunt program in all their parks. So it is listed deer hunters can go and hunt in
Mammoth County parks with a permit. >> Are they just not hunting as much as >> they just have they just have to get people interested in doing it. But Mammoth County all their parks have deer huntings that are that are posted for bow and bow and arrow. Um and I just they're out there. It just depends on if they're getting them or not. You know, >> they're not. I mean I guess there's less
>> there's so much involved in it though. I believe >> there there is actually a rule against an automatic feeder, which I actually brought up to him at our meeting last month to say, "Hey, how about we allow the automatic feeder? That's just something that can stay out overnight to get them a little bit more concentrated instead of the hunter putting out the
feeder when they get there and then go up in the blind." >> Yeah. >> So, I'm hoping that might be something they change and allow that. But, we we actually have discussed, you know, Kim and I actually discussed I I believe Marorrow has a a anti- deer feeding ordinance. So, we have been discussing it. We haven't rolled anything out. We
just started talking about it, but appreciate you bringing it up because we're concerned about it as well. >> Yeah, it's just getting really ridiculous. I want to thank Chris and the committee for cleaning Middletown Road, the above hazards. Um, it it took a while, but they seem to do a really good job. So, thank you. And, um,
the other thing is, many of you probably heard, we had a really unfortunate situation Saturday on Candle Lake Drive. And I don't want to be up here being presumptuous. Um, I don't know the people involved. I did very stupid things as a kid driving on the Garden
State Parkway and Barnaget Bay. I did a lot of stupid things in my life. I I So, I'm not passing judgment at all, but I really hope when our new police commissioner comes in, we can maybe have another opportunity to sit down with the
high school kids a and try to get to more of them. Um, obviously the technology in some of these new cars, EV cars. I mean, you punch an EV EV car, it's like King of Cup, you know that. Yeah. So, um, I
really think we have to have a like a what what was that movie? Straight Talk or whatever, you know, we have to really shake kids up a little more. A and again, not passing judgment on this situation, but maybe if there's a a reckless driving charge on a kid or something like that, maybe there should
be community service for the kid and the and the parents, too. Again, not not passing judgment, but the kids should know that not only could you maybe take a life or cause tons of damage, but you're actually parents are going to be pissed, too, beyond having to pay much
more for car insurance. I mean, it goes without saying there's always kids on that block. There's always kids on my block. There's people walking their dog. Never mind the kids in the car. This could have been a tremendous loss of life that could have been like theoretically national news. Um, and it
just we need to really reinforce to kids that there's serious ramifications for something like this. >> My oldest just got his license, Jay. So, I hear exactly what you're saying and I appreciate your comment. >> And I just want to reiterate for the fourth time. I'm not passing judgment. I did stupid things, but when it it just
has to be further reinforced. Thanks, >> Ron. Dimmitri. All right, we're g Oh, Pat, you're coming back. He didn't want us to go so soon. >> Patrick, just 56 Line Road. Uh, following up on the first aid, uh, I
something that I just want to ask about. Um, a few years ago, we increased the LOAP payments to all our volunteers, both fire and first aid. Um, could you please ask the uh the CFO if the LOAP
payments for this year are going out and are going to be at the maximum allowed by law? >> Absolutely. We did receive it the other day. I believe Barbara's looking into why it didn't go through yet. But, uh, it will be whatever the ordinance says, we will meet that that and if there's um
something that has to change, I'll bring it to the committees to talk about it. So, thank you. >> Okay. How about a motion? Um, >> oh, sorry. I I apologize, but the attorney >> apologize to the committee members. Uh, there was one topic that I didn't get to in executive session regarding open
space. If we could just have two minutes to go into executive session and uh, no further formal action, we could just do that down here. So, a motion. >> So, a motion to uh, uh, close um, >> public session. >> Move. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I.
>> Motion to move into executive session. >> Move. Second.