America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. We call this meeting to order. Good evening and welcome to the
June 24th, 2025 regular meeting of Jackson Township Council. Pursuant to the provisions of New Jersey Open Public Meeting Act, the adequate notice of this meeting was properly provided by transmitting the notice of the meeting on January 28th, 2025 for publication. Notice of this meeting of the township
council has been posted in the corridor of the municipal building and in the office of the municipal clerk. We'll begin with roll call. Councilman Blli here. Councilman Breie here. Councilman Paul Mary present. Council Vice President Bernstein here. Council President Cune here. We have a quorum.
Also present this evening is business administrator Mr. Phillips, township attorney Mr. McGucken, and myself, Deputy Clerk Jen Carelli. We'll now hear opening comments from council. Yes, ma'am. Council, go ahead. Yeah. I'd like to take a few moments to
highlight some of the positive initiatives your council is doing, working on ordinances that are designated to directly improve the quality of life for our residents and ensure greater accountability within our township. First, I'm proud to share that we will be introducing an updated
landlord registration ordinance at our June um 8th, oh no, July 8th, I apologize, council meeting. This is something that has been proposed to both code enforcement administration as a way to begin addressing the growing issues of illegal rentals in our community.
Under the proposed landlord registration, the fee will be increased from $125 to $225 effective January 2026. Additionally, we've already amended the ordinance to require all landlords to register, renew their registration annually between January
1st and January 31st. These changes are projected to bring in an additional $300,000 in revenue, which I believe should be placed in the designated subline under a task force in its own department. With these funds, my recommendation would be to assign two officers with code enforcement
credentials, one secretary secretary to handle annual inspections on rental properties full-time. These officers are already licensed to issue um certificates of occupancy, which includes verifications of smoke detectors, fire extinguishers, and overall safety compliance. We would
divide rental inspections across a 12-month cycle and maintain accurate contact emails for landlords, property managers, and or tenants. This will legally support access for inspections to allow officers to ensure summones for any violations they observe. There will
also be a provision for hefty fines suggested at $250 per day for non-compliance or refusal to allow access for inspections. It's time we all put a clear and enforceable system in place to address residents concerns and protect the quality of life in Jackson.
In addition, I am pleased to share with the support of administration, we successfully added the fire district 2 to our already existing monthly grant strategy calls. This provides our grant writing team with the direct communication to department heads so that we can explore funding
opportunities that save our tax dollars, our taxpayers dollars. Since February, we've already been holding monthly grant calls with our township engineer and DPW to pursue infrastructure and parks and recreation grants, and the progress has been promising. Speaking of parks, this
year's budget includes an addition of parks manager position under the Department of Public Works. This is an absolutely necessary role. With the recent issues involving quads and motorcycles damaging our newly renovated park, we must do what we need to protect
our public property. To that end, we are also installing security cameras at our township parks and the justice complex to monitor activity and hold those responsible for damaging township property. It's unfortunate we had to take these steps, but we continue to invest taxpayers money in these
improvements only to see them destroyed. Thank you all. Thank you for the residents for continuing to support and engaging in your local government. Together, we will build a stronger Jackson. Thank you, Council Member Ellie. Uh, yes. Thank you. Um this evening I know we are going
to be uh honoring Oh no it's on. Yeah. Just want to congratulate the girls uh on your success and your coaches and your uh parents as well. Um as well as uh the dance school that's here as well. And um we got some as uh
council president Ke was mentioning there's a lot going on in our parks um in our recreational areas in our town which is a strong reflection of uh who we are here in Jackson and um creates a sense of pride among our residents and visitors alike as well. Um we have a lot
of events uh coming up including um some uh information I want to share with you. Last Thursday the weather was not cooperating and hopefully this Thursday it will be. It doesn't look like it will be, but you never know. Uh hopefully the evening will be clear. And um Jake's
rock and country band um was supposed to be here um in Johnson Memorial Park last Thursday. They're going to be here this Thursday hopefully, weather permitting. Hopefully the weather is fine, between 6:30 and 8:00 p.m. And um in Johnson Memorial Park and uh there will be bands
like every other Thursday um performing as well as food trucks um in Johnson Park. Also, the farmers market is going to be uh is continuing to be held on Thursdays from 2:00 to 7:00 in the justice uh complex. So, lots to do. Um
including our Jackson um in the Justice Complex, the spray park is uh open daily in on the weekend as well. So, lots to do. Uh take advantage of um the many amenities that are offered and keep continue to be growing um in our parks
and recreational areas in our town. Thank you and have a good evening. Council Vice President Burstein. Thank you, Clerk. Um, a couple of quick things. First of all, um, I had an opportunity in joining with council president and Mr. Pomeary by the board of ed um, by
the graduation by memorial. Congratulations to all of our graduates, wishing them a lot of continued success in all their future endeavors. I also wanted to read a letter that council received um, from our the county engineers. Dear Mr. Bernstein. This letter is in response to your recent email to this office regarding a traffic
signal request in the vicinity of Robo Farms in Jackson Township. Please be advised that a member of our traffic division will be evaluating situation. Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. Should you have any further concerns, please do not hesitate to contact um Jim and mentioned above tracking number with your inquiry. So um long
overdue. Um, again, I want to thank um, council president and really my colleagues in council for continuing to move the Rova Farms uh, park forward and we're hope hopefully this year we'll actually see some something different over there than it's been there until in the past. Um, I also just wanted to
mention I'm excited to see um, resolution um, sorry just pulling up for a second. Um the resolution for um apologize um um Py Lane here. I received
the communication from residents um in March of this year. They forwarded me emails from 2023. Um just to summarize quickly um in 2020 um3 the email was that the traffic had increased sixfold from 2018. Um it's a tremendous danger
what's going on in the neighborhood over there and unfortunately many parts of our town. We appreciate when residents reach out and um to stay on top of their government and to try to pressure us to keep the ball rolling. A special thank you to our engineer Charles Kliff who's here in the crowd tonight. I'm sure we'll have some time to ask him some
questions later. Um Charles has been a great boots on the ground last week. Charles I think about 7:30 in the morning was out there on a different roadway um checking it out. I know he's been on top of Bethl Church Road, Bartley Road, and some of the other roadways. I had the opportunity this afternoon speaking to Commissioner Sedi
and they are eagerly awaiting some of the reports from our TNM associates so they can continue their their uh progress in some of our county roadways. So, thank you and have a wonderful night. Can I just want to piggyback on that you I did um as well we work on these things together. We did email the
uh county engineer regarding the new Wawa. Um I've seen a lot of the complaints. I understand that that is a little bit of a problem problematic area as well as they were going to close off uh Leville Road. They have changed that. They are no longer going to be doing that. Um they are looking to reroute for
the construction on Cedar Swamp, but they will be re-evaluating um the new Waw Wa. So, just to update you on that, Councilman Paul Mary. Thank you. I will keep my announcements short this evening because in a few moments I'm excited that we will be recognizing Central
Jersey uh New Jersey girls softball team for their divisional championship as well as recognizing Diamond Dance Academy as our small business highlight. So congratulations to you both. And I would also like to just congratulate all of our high school graduates. Good luck
as you enter a new chapter of your lives. So thank you Councilman Breie. Thank you. Thank you for coming out this evening. I'd like to congratulate the girls softball team with their division championship and uh the dance studio
being honored tonight. Um been familiar with a lot of dance studios in town. So that's an honor and uh appreciate you coming out tonight. We'll move forward with the meeting. Thank you. Great. Anybody else? Next item on tonight. Next item for tonight is an update from Department of
Public Works, Mr. Shawn Bolinsky. Council President. Thank you, Deputy Clerk. So zone 1 bulk collection is set to begin on 6 uh30. We have just finalized zone 2 and would like to remind all the residents to please follow the guidelines listed on the
website in regards to acceptable items. We had over 50 piles of unacceptable items in zone 2. That means they do not pick them up. They tag them and code enforcement comes and you do get a violation for it. Um construction on Johnson Park. I don't know if anybody's seen it. I've been there a couple times.
It is absolutely awesome. Uh there's some pictures up here for you to see if you haven't been there. There's a zipline. Um I didn't want somebody taking a picture of me, but I I'm It's the the weight limit is 250. It's a 100 foot zip line that goes from one side of the park to the other one. Um the ground
is actually like very bouncy and messy. There's all ages of activities. There's plenty of parks ADA compliant. I mean, the pictures don't even do it justice. So, please get out there and uh it should be done mid July, but there's something to do for everyone and there's
more than enough um activities over there and you also still have the pickle ball and all the other activities. We are working with a few local boy scouts and girl scout troops in the town. Uh one troop is down on egg um eagle scout project uh repainting the artwork at the
Jackson Jungle playground. Our Girl Scout troop will be planting um a butterfly garden in Jackson Drive near the playground. All spots are filled uh for the summer clean community cleanup. We are looking forward to the event Sunday, June 29th. Um if you're aware of
any other concerns in regards to uh litter, please contact EBW and they'll send somebody out there and add it the road to the to the list. Uh we would like to remind everyone to come to the farmers market which was already mentioned at the justice complex and the concert series which councilman nerdy uh
had said. So you guys are updated on that. Thank you so much. That was from DPW. Wonderful. Next item tonight is proclamation for the Central New Jersey girls softball spring 2025 division champions. See it wasn't that long. It was it was 12 minutes. All right. So
tonight is a great honor to recognize and congratulate the incredible 12U Lady Jag softball team. On behalf of the entire council in the township, we are proud of each and every one of you. Your hard work and dedication and teamwork this season has not let only led you to
success in the field, but also inspired all of us here in the community. You've shown what it means to deserve support one another and represent Jackson with pride. To the players, coaches, and family, thank you for your commitment and for showing us the power of youth sports in building character and
community. You've earned this recognition and we are thrilled to celebrate your accomplishments tonight. Keep reaching for greatness. We'll be cheering you every step of the way. Congratul Congratulations. If the coach wonder somebody wants to come out and help me give out their certificates,
we'll call them by name. Can you have a hearts? [Applause] Get a line up. Angelina erie Brooklyn Marillo
Ella Eldridge Jaylen Knight [Applause] Juliet Hendris, Juliet Wagner, Callie Danbury, Borgaro,
Leah Madison, Cheram, Laya Keegan, Mariano Delgado, [Applause] Tegan Murray, and Leila Ricks. So, myself, Brian Keegan.
Congratulations. Great job. Michelle Bordau. [Applause] And last but not least, Patrick Ricks. [Music] Parents, do you want to take any pictures? Oh, thank you so much.
Of course, ma'am. Thank you. Sorry. Yes. [Applause] Hey guys, you are more than welcome to leave, but I just wanted to let you know
um we we created a recreation committee and we have one of your uh representatives going to be actually appointed to that committee tonight and that recreation came from not being able to find you guys a field in the town. So, we really want to let you know that we did hear you. We are looking at that
and we created a whole to make sure that all of the kids of Jackson have soccer, softball, baseball, h um what is it? Field hockey, pickle ball, everything that we're doing um that that's they're going to get appointed tonight. But it did inspire from you guys. So, thank you so much.
Madame Deputy Clerk, next item is our small business recommendation, Diamond Dance Academy. Council President Thank you so much, Diamond Dance Academy. Congratulations being named the small business of the month for May
2025. Your dedication to excellence and commitment to the community exemplifies the spirit of entrepreneurship in Jackson Township. We appreciate your continued your contributions and wish you nothing but continued success. Councilman Paul Mary, do you have anything to add? Thank you, Madam
President. Yes, it's my pleasure to recognize Diamond Dance Academy as Jackson Township Council small business highlight for the month of May. Under the leadership of Iris, owner Iris, this studio has inspired countless young dancers and enriched our community through the power of the arts. Her
dedication, passion, and commitment to excellence shine through in everything Diamond Dance Academy does. Congratulations to Iris and the entire team on this welldeserved recognition. [Applause]
Sorry, for compliance reason we can't have the door closed. Um, Diamond Dance Command, would you like to come up? [Applause] [Applause]
Are you guys serious? work here. All right. Okay. So, it's done. Nobody. Anything else, Madam Deputy Cler? Wonderful. Next item of business is second reading and public hearing ordinance 2025-22
introduced on June 12th, 2025. Second reading and public hearing ordinance 2025-22 is calendar year 2025 ordinance to exceed the municipal budget appropriations limit and to establish a cap bank under NJSA4A
4-4514. At this time, if any member of the public has any comment to make, please address the council at the microphone. State your name and address clearly for the record. You will have five minutes and may only speak once. May I have a motion to open public comment? So moved. Second.
All in favor? I. Any opposed? Seeing no one come forward and make a motion to close public comment. Motion. Motion. Okay. Thank you. All in favor? I. Any opposed? May I have a motion to adopt ordinance
2025-22? Motion. Councilman Belli. Yes. Councilman Breie. Yes. Councilman Paul Mary. Yes. Council Vice President Bernstein. Yes. Council President Cune. Yes. Great. Motion approved. Next item of business is
second reading of public hearing ordinance 2025-23 introduced on June 12th, 2025. Second reading and public hearing of ordinance 2025-23 is amending and supplementing chapter 380 of the township code of the township of Jackson entitled taxi cabs,
limousines and jitneys as to amend 380-33 entitled licenses. May I have a motion to open public comment? Motion. Second. All in favor? I. Wonderful. Seeing no one come forward and make a
motion to close public comment. Second. All in favor? I. Any opposed? Wonderful. Motion approved. May I have a motion to adopt ordinance 2025-23? Motion. Second. Councilman Barelli? Yes. Councilman Breassie? Yes. Councilman Paul Mary?
Yes. Council Vice President Bernstein? Yes. Council President Cunan? Yes. Great. Motion adopted. Next item of business is the payment and authorization of bills and claims. I'd like to note the following abstensions. Abstensions include Councilman Blli AE
T01, EY01, NJ D04, and NJS04. Council President Cune RC S02. Are there any questions or comments from council? No, ma'am. No. May have a motion to
approve the bills and claims with the abstensions noted. Motion. Second. Second. Council member Belli. um abstain on those vendor numbers you had just mentioned and yes to the rest on there for bills and claims. Wonderful. Thanks. Councilman Breie, yes. Councilman Paul
Mary, yes. Council Vice President Bernstein, yes. Council President Cune, yes. Okay. Council President, any comments for the consent agenda? Uh yes, madame uh deputy clerk, please remove resolution numbers
218, 220, 221, 228, 232-2025 from the consent agenda for discussion by council from the from the consent agenda. At this time, I would like to ask our township engineer, Mr. Charles Kunloff, to come up and council will be
asking him uh a couple questions. This is just council to the engineer regarding some of the resolutions that are on the agenda. As we have so many for the engineer, we thought we'd bring them in. So, we appreciate your time. Not a problem. I'm here at your pleasure. So, any questions that you
have, I can give a So, the first question is going to be the big big one is Pit Lane. Yep. So, I understand um we have two resolutions on here, one for striping and one for calming and um correct. Yeah. So there's two uh
resolutions on here. One is for actual to approve capital improvements for Penny Lane. The other one is to approve um professional services. So uh just to give the governing body a backdrop, uh this Penny Lane is something that's been on uh police traffic safety units and engineers radar since about 2018. Um
with a lot of the traffic and congestion issues going on around South Coast Bridge, North Oak Chapel, East and West Veterans, um a lot of residents or pass through traffic are using that as a cut through. Um, you know, going back to 2018, I think the average daily jet
traffic volume uh for Pney Lane was on the order of 300 315. Uh, as of 2022, that skyrocketed skyrocketed almost sixfold to 1,800 trips a day. Um, PD did some supplemental counts in 2024, February 2024, so over a year ago, they
only did in one direction of traffic, but it was 1,400 trips a day. Things aren't always a perfect split, but that's around 2,800 trips a day. Um with that they also do a speed study to see how fast vehicles are traveling through there. Um consistently the 85th
percentile speed has been increasing through the corridor. The last measurements in 2024 uh the 85th percentile speed was 39 miles per hour. So roughly 15% of that 1,800 or 2800 trips a day is traveling at 39 miles per
hour or higher. And just to clarify the post regulatory speed limit for that road is 25 miles an hour. So there's volumes and there's also the the speeding issue. So um the capital this this did come from I just want to make sure that it didn't just we didn't just go and and and come out of the out of
the day and and this came from our traffic safety and our police department for certain certainly not this is like I said this has been tracked for for quite a while now so almost seven years at this point. Uh just to give some further backdrop so obviously things have been um changing over the last couple years
and into the future. Um the school board I think is consolidating the high school over to Jackson Liberty there. So these numbers could conceivably increase considerably. There's also some development in that area that has been approved recently too that could also increase those trips. So what we're seeing is already a year old with the
traffic volume and potentially into the future could be significantly higher. So um just real quick I just want to make sure we get is it going to stop because what I see is I see up to the stop sign. Is there going to be a no parking? Is that in the future? Is that we not there yet? because I know it's going to come ultimately with the council, but is that
in the engineer? Does the engineer look like that's going to be you a recommendation in the future? I believe I heard from Danielle Court to South uh Cooks Bridge. Yes. So, in the in the project that was bid, uh we took bids about two weeks ago. Uh it was structured with a base bid and then two alternate bids. The base bid um had
restricting parking to one side of the roadway uh from I want to say 300 feet west of Daniel Court up to South Cook Bridge. Uh Daniel Court's a loop, so it's the north part of uh Daniel Court. Um and then the balance thereafter is
striping improvements. Um installing 25 mph pavement striping, uh 25 mph regulatory signage throughout the corridor, radar enforce signage underneath that just to hopefully let the public know that there is an enforcement presence there. Um and then
you know striping and um uh the curve and such to in accordance with title 39 to restrict parking at the intersections. Um there was two alternate bids uh alternate bid a included for speed radar uh signs. So those are the actual ones that display the speed as a vehicle is traveling to
let you know if you're uh traveling at a high rate of speed. Um those can be effective in the short term, but they still do rely on an enforcement presence. you know, once they're put out there, uh, if PD are not out there, they can't be everywhere at once. Um, but if there isn't a continual enforcement
presence, people can tend to ignore those. There was an alternate bid B, which also included speed tables. Speed tables are the common term for speed humps nowadays. Uh um our recommendation based on the pricing that came back in was to award the base bid which was the
baseline striping and signage improvements and then uh ultimate bid B which was uh the speed tables. Okay. Yes, please. Um two questions. Um first of all the time frame um it just because there's so many kids out there. Um I
actually realized I I go out to probably drive down Pine cut through three times a day whenever time I come to town hall. That's why I leave my office in Lakewood. Um, what would you recom what would you say is the if this passes tonight, what's the time frame? Uh, so public contract law, if the governing
body were toward the contract, the we would send out a notice of award tomorrow. Uh, contractors typically have 10 to 15 days to respond to submit all their bonds and things like that. We'd look to have a pre-construction meeting and I think the contract time specified for this is 45 days. Realistically, the
actual work is going to take on the order of three to four days between the striping and the signage and the speed tables, but there's weather traffic. You try to coordinate around the holidays and things like that. So, the work will happen relatively quickly. There might be some minor disruption for the speed tables where they'll have to reroute
traffic through Daniel Court just for the day or two that they're doing those installations, but uh it's a temporary inconvenience for hopefully a permanent improvement. Will this be done before school reopens in September? uh if so we're now at June
20th. We're 60 days till Labor Day. So I would say certainly that's uh more than achievable especially with the contract time that's specified. I mean we would need with this we need to be they're well aware of the time it's it's there's a lot of changes in that area and as Mr. McGuffin will tell you any local public
contracts law you typically stipulate liquidated damages if a contractor doesn't perform within an allotted uh time frame. So, okay. We would make sure we do our part to get things out the door so that way the contract time starts and they'd have to be done before the end of the summer. Yeah, I think that's why we kind of put this as quick
as possible because we knew the importance with the safety concerns. I think you would agree, Councilman. 100%. Um, if I could just I know it's not this particular, but I I'm a big believer once we're looking at a road, let's look at the the entirety of the road. I received two communications which I didn't get a chance to forward it to you
yet about light light outings in that area. There's there's definitely a lot of pedestrian traffic in the area, a lot of motor vehicles. I guess if something I know it's your office, we we'll be in touch after the council meeting, but yes, I think it's important to put out. So, yeah, if there's any resident um inquiries or or complaints about out lights, ultimately that falls under
JCPNL, but we try to help facilitate those requests with JCPNL. Once we get the ticket out there, unfortunately, it's under it's under their hands. So, okay, the next one. I Yeah, I want to kind of go into one. I want to say thank you for working with our clerk's office
um and ourselves. It was amazing. I have to read into the record of resolution 229-2025. No, wait, not that one. Sorry. The um I'm sorry, 233-2025, which is the change order um for the
senior center. Um I I did I know I was on the email that was with the administrator. You know, our seniors are they're they get Nancy over there and we have a project that's going on. I just wanted to thank you that you you did educate us and this is the best things that it makes it easier to get these change orders on that the funding was
coming from CD uh PG money that we have and we have to spend. Um I don't know if you just want to give a brief of excuse me an additional work but also a kudos to yourself for getting that done so quickly and seeing that and making us spend our money so that we can keep getting the grant money. This is grant
money. This is not taxpayers money. This is grant money from the calls that we sit on together uh every month. So please, so yeah, just to add to that, so uh the contractor for the project is Magic Tuck Construction. I think the reward was around 204,000. Um that included a work allowance for
miscellaneous items. Uh there's two change orders that are not change orders are being handled under miscellaneous work allowance. U additional epoxy coating on some of the closets in the lobby. Um there were some of the structurals with the doorway that were not anticipated to be loadbearing that need to be replaced. Once you start
doing demolition, you find things, especially in public buildings that you necessarily would expect. Um, and then as far as um in the kitchen area, the things that are on the change order uh was replacement of the um drop ceiling panels and structure and then uh
upgrading the lighting. And there was one more that I'm missing and it's slipping my mind. But what I can tell you is um the project with all these additions are fully funded by CBG. It's not coming out of the general fund. It's all money that's been appropriated already to Jackson Township and at the
pre-construction meeting a lot of this was discussed with the representative from the county and they were on board with it and they were encouraging us to spend that spend that money. Thank you sir. I appreciate that. The next one is and thank you our seniors deserve it. So they deserve an amazing they have an amazing center but a better it a little
bit is always great. So again kudos to grant money. Um we have resolution 228 which is another grant that was awarded for Manhattan Street Improvement Project. Um I understand if you want to just give us a little bit of a background about that. Yeah. So so
that's uh it's not a grant award yet. Knock on wood. So it's a it's a grant application to uh DOT uh local aid. Every year every municipality has the ability to submit up to two applications to seek funding for roadway preservation, sidewalk improvements, the like. Uh that one is actually being
prepared by the town's grant consultant, CERS. Yes. Um, we will also be preparing a supplemental an additional grant uh application. If you ask for more, you ask for more grants. You have a potential to get more money. So, um, ours will be roadway preservation
potentially, uh, Brewers Bridge, Lake Hurst Road, or um, Did you add Anderson? Did I see that? There was Bethl Church and I know we switched to just because I'm getting a lot of questions on on that the area over there. I didn't know if that was going to be Anderson Road is actually was just paved within the last
45 days. Yes. Um that one we should be closing out that grant with the contractor Earl Asphalt within the next 30 days or or less I would say. Okay. So the last one which we have I think some members of the Muse here or from Westlake um and
the Muse and the sidewalk and the extensions into Roberts Estates and Mir Mirford. I always say that road wrong and Tilford. Can I'm going to put these two resolutions there. Thank you together. But can you just let us know what you're going on there and what the ultimately um again more sidewalks and
more safety if you could just explain that. Correct. So there's there's I think there's two resolutions on there. One has to do with the actual capital bid and the other one has to do with professional services. Um I think we did a proposal last July which only included the connect road portion. So converting the existing fire access from the muse
to Robinson estates to an actual fully improved cartway with uh for vehicular traffic. Um I think the township then uh expressed a desire to install sidewalks uh from the muse uh along Triple Road to the northern ter sorry I think that's
the northern terminus golder avenue um that one adds additional service to our affordable uh residents in the town but it also connect uh provides connectivity there is sidewalk that runs north south I believe on Laurelton all the way up to
um Holman Elementary so we're now just adding more connectivity in that development um serving that uh you know our affordable residents and providing additional pedestrian safety to kids to to the school. So it's it's it's all linkages. So and our effort is just associated with uh design to put the
sidewalks out to bid but then also construction inspection because someone needs to be out there making sure that they're pouring the sidewalk using the right materials and the township's getting what it's paid for essentially. Thank you sir. Does any council members have any questions? Absolutely. If I can
um go back to resolution uh 2025-219 uh regarding the pent lane traffic caling improvements. Can you just for the uh the public I don't know if council mention is it the entirety of Pney? No, it's not. So, so um from so
Daniel Court is a loop, right? So the northern end of Daniel Court approximately 300 feet to the south of there up to Cooksbridgeidge Road, South Cooksbridgeidge Road. um that will be stripped to have parking only on one side of the road and there will be a double yellow center line. Uh so there still be two-way traffic. It's just
going to choke down the travel lane. Um that has a traffic caling effect. Anytime you strike a yellow center line and you make things a little bit tighter, people tend to drive a little bit slower. It also pushed the the I don't want to get too much into the weeds on it, but the the standards for roadways, especially for for residential
roadways, um probably have changed since this development was first built. If it were built under today's standards, the carway width would be wider to facilitate parking on both sides of the road. It's a little bit substandard, especially as the volume is increasing. So, this serves to try to um you know,
mitigate that. Uh could it be extended all the way to the southern end to west to East Veterans Highway? Yes. But anytime you're taking away on street parking, um you know, we try to be as least impactful to residents as we can. Um that northern end there's a little bit more density with the residential
housing. you do have the pro proximity to um North Ho Chapel, Brewers Bridge. There's just a lot of coming and going there. So, um I think uh you know it's it's it's concentrated there because that's where it's going to be most impactful. Thank council president. If I
could just thank Mr. Conliff, I know you had another commitment tonight. You managed to rearrange and thank you Mr. Phillips for approving it so fast so we can have you here. Thank you. Not a problem. I'm always here to to serve. Thank you, sir. I think that's it. Yeah. I I appreciate you coming. We really do.
Thank you. Madam Madame Clerk, I would like to I have to put them back on the consent agenda now. Yeah. No. Yes. Yeah. I have to put them back on the um I would like to add resolutions 218
220 221 228 232-2025 back to the consent agenda. With that being said, I would like for council's discussion. I would like to remove resolution 234-2025 from the consent agenda and I'd like to have an open conversation with the
council. And I'm also going to make a motion at this time. So, this is in regards to authorizing the tax collector to prepare and mail estimated tax bills in accordance with PI194 C72. I do have an email from the CFO. There
was a little bit of confusion. Uh the reason why estimated tax bills were not going out is because we were um they were being told by the state that you would get the same rate as last year and with all of our assessed values with them being double and quadruple. So the average uh person that got a quarterly
tax bill of 2400 was going to be looking at 8,700. So after some due diligence by our interimm uh CFO and our CFO, it would have turned out that they were getting false information from the state. So therefore, at this time, and also if you notice, the budget was
removed from the council meeting. So at this time, I'd like a motion um to request for review and recommendation of the township of Jackson for the proposed 2025 uh municipal budget to be sent to the state of New Jersey and have the state come in. On behalf of the township council of the Jackson of Township of
Jackson, we respectfully request the division of local government services conduct a review of the township proposed municipal budget for the year of 2025 and provide any recommendations or guidance deemed appropriate. I would like a motion. Motion second.
Council member, I'm going to vote no on that. Um I don't see why we're not voting on the budget tonight. I think it's been um long overdue that we do and get operations moving and going for the next fiscal year for this township. Okay. Councilman Breie, yes. Councilman
Paul Mary, yes. Council Vice President Bernstein, yes. And Council President Cune, I would like to just add a little bit as to why the budget. There's certain things that we need to look through. We need to do our job as council. We've been having multiple meetings and we can't come to a meeting of the mind. So therefore, I do believe
that the state could come in. I am going to vote yes. And at this time, I'm going to sign the letter that I'm going to give to our uh madame deput deputy clerk or if it should go to the township attorney, and I'd like it sent to the state to have the state come in and and look at our budget. You go to the clerk's office. I'd be glad to look at
it. I'll sign it on the record. Sure. Motion approved. Thank you. Go ahead. We're going to add um I guess this was this would be considered vote on, right? resolution because we all voted because there was a motion to sign it. So, this would stay
off the consent agenda and um I'm not going to put it back on and now if we could vote on the consent agenda. May I have a motion? You may want to open up to see if anyone wants something. Is there anything any if I would like to open it up to the public? Is there any resolutions that you would
want to be heard by us separately that is on the agenda that we have not removed yet? Seeing no one come forward. Thank you. Wonderful. May I have a motion to authorize the consent agenda resolutions 215 through 233 2025? Motion. Second.
Council member, I'm going to vote no on resolution 2025-29. Yes to the rest on there. 219. Okay. Councilman Bresie. Yes. Councilman Paul Mary? Yes. Council Vice President Bernstein? Yes. And Council President Cune? Yes. I have um one more
resolution 229-2025 which is the appointment members to recreation advisory board um pursuit to our ordinance that we did in recreation where we took recreation and put into DPW. I would like to congratulate the following uh Sean Bolinsky chairperson
of DPW he would be the department head and township employee. Jeffrey Hemba he will be co-chairperson uh William Materia he would be a member. Carrie Ricks, a member, Edward Rogers, a member, Hope Drew, a member, Courtney Trager, a member, and council president
Jennifer Cune as recreation liaison. These members of the community, what they would do is they are different in speaking with them in their applications. They will be covering different things such as softball, um, fields, pickle ball. we all we get together and look at we've identified about seven fields that we're looking to
use uh open space money and clean them up and get our kids able to have more fields that they can use. So that's what the committee is about and I'm looking forward to working with each and every one of you. Our township engineer will also probably be in a couple of those meetings. But thank you so much. Council President, if I could just add one
thing, I just want to take a moment and thank Mr. our new BA. I know how many hours we've engaged in conversations, myself, council president, and some of my colleagues with you with regard to the budget. And I'm pretty confident with the state's help, we will come to a a resolution in the very immediate
future. So, thank you for for cons continuously on during hours after hours making the phone calls and trying your best to uh figure things out. So, we appreciate it. Thank you, sir. Wonderful. At this time, if any members of the public have any comments to make, please address the council at the
microphone. State your name, address clearly for the record. You will have five minutes and may only speak once. May I have a motion to open public comment? Motion. Second. Second. All in favor? I I. Any opposed? All righty.
Evening everyone. Donnie Adelman, Will Point Drive Jackson. Uh, a couple of things. Let's get out of the way. Mr. Phillips, I did receive your email. Unfortunately, being traveling and being in the hospital, I haven't had a chance uh to reach back out. But thank you for
responding to me as quickly as you did. That That's impressive. Um I guess I had a few things to say, but I was kind of blown away because last time I was here, I asked a few questions. You told me you get back to me. Here it is two weeks later. I haven't heard one answer. And
one of the big concerns I had was about our community block development grant money. And it seems like the community development money rather than going to something that's truly useful for all residents of Jackson which is fixing the dog park is going yet again to the
senior center if unless I am wrong. I mean if I that's been in the works for a very long time. This was just a change order. So when they opened so this is this for 2025 CB whatever. Okay. No 2024. Then that then that makes a huge difference. Okay. Thank you. any update
on what's going on with the 2025 C you know that the grant money it's I believe it's going to be on the next agenda July 8th okay so I don't think we actually got the Okay. Gotta love the way the government processes works. Um, couple other
things. Um, I did send you uh, President a email a couple weeks ago in regards to the new play center or the new playground over at the place. I I walked DPW with it and they did confirm it. You know, I just don't know if anything's being done with that. All
right. because I, you know, I heard the comment in the car on the way over here about, you know, the zip line, everything like that, but it's a little concerning that the whole point of this park was to be all inclusive. Now, not only did I see that one, you know, particular danger zone. Um, it's a
little disconcerting that you have a material on the ground that is not really wheelchair friendly. number one. And somebody spent all this money, whether the county, the federal government, whoever it is that gave us that grant money, and no one thought to put in a swing uh swing that's
compatible with a wheelchair. All right. They have disa they do have disabled friendly swings, but they do make special swings specifically that you basically load your wheel in your wheelchair or even you wheelchair onto and somehow it swings. I'll make a note
of that and um speak with recreation about that. Now that we have this new committee, that is something that will go in front of the recreation committee. We just appointed them tonight. So, as of um the next time when we do have a meeting, I will definitely bring that up. Okay. Now, I have another question and hopefully this is maybe some of you
just point me in the right direction. Okay. I'm trying to uh get some fundraising and some work dumps. I'd like to add a monument to at the park over on Commodore and Jackson Mills where you know where the Veterans Day
stuff is done for uh military uh dogs were you know police or police kines and really military dogs and all the other critters that they've used as mascots throughout the years. I've called the recreation department and the poor girl there, she's trying to get answers, but
I don't think anybody's giving her the answers that she needs. She's okay. So that that department was moved to DPW. So that would be Mr. Bolinsky, you would call now. You would not call Kate. I know you're talking about Miss Wolf. If you want to email me and CC Mr. Bolinsky or just email me and I'll forward it to
him. I think that's an amazing idea. I think that's great and I would be more than happy to, you know, promote it and and do it. I think it's amazing. Something that's close to my heart and, you know, I look, I try and do a small awareness campaign against homeless vets. I wasn't trying to take any money, but people are literally throwing cash
at me on Saturday. So if I could do that without any effort, I'm sure raising whatever it would be to absolutely a monu I mean look I'm not having talking about you know putting we have veterans we have veterans on the day so we we definitely support I understand unfortunately the numbers you you know
uh at the park there's that bulletin board there's information sheet that's in there for your it needs to be updated as far as the emails and the phone numbers because there's no way to reach out. Um we'll get that done and then I guess it's really just the answers. I mean, look, Mr. Phillips, he he I had
some questions. He says he's going to meet with me and we're going to get this stuff taken care of. So, that's good. The grant money, it's not for this year. I guess the only other question I have since we do have our engineer here. Um, what if any is your responsibility or
the town's responsibility to liaz with the county on county road projects in our town? because I found a project that's I'm going to have that you email me and I'll CC you and we'll get it in we let's get it in writing that way there's no miscommunication all right and you're Thank you sir I
appreciate you coming 29 Pney Lane hi sir first want to start off thanking everybody here for their dedication to the town uh as an avid runner I love running through town it's absolutely beautiful the project in uh John's Memorial Park that new playground is phenomen combo. Love seeing the progress. Love seeing everything that's
going on at town. Um I'm here thanking you for the council's hard work on getting Pittney Lane some improvements Pney Lane. As a EMD first responder, I've seen firsthand the dangers of the speeding that happens on Pittney. Approximately a year ago, we've had a
pedestrian shock on Pney Lane some fencing. I think it was one or two kids were hit. Um and it's important that these traffic calming implementations are being done. I know council Bernstein and council president you've been working hard on this and my assumption is the rest of the council has been
involved as well. So, whatever we can do to continue improving the safety of the community of Pitney Lane, Danielle and the surrounding neighborhoods will definitely be much appreciated. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Seeing no one, I'm for Oh, Carlos.
Oh. Janice Solero, Deer Creek Court. Um, in reference to Pittney, um, I don't live over there, but there's a lot of noise in the township of Jackson, which many people have pointed out due to one
particular home, 45 Pittany. Um I don't know if they run a business out of there or is it um a religious thing going on there. I'm wondering you know that is a lot of the traffic
um you know with the addition that was added on to the house what have you etc etc. Um we've all there's been many residents I myself I have done things to my home. I have gone through the township everything's legit. I got
letters. I'm closed out. Um, you know, why aren't these laws applying to every resident in Jackson? Like, I don't Most people put an addition on their house because their families extended, not to
have 50 people at your house consistently. We all have parties. Everybody has them. I have them. And this, you know, I'm not anti-Semitic. I have Jews in my family. My grandparents are survivors of
Hitler, so I don't want to hear that crap anymore either. Um, but there seems to be certain leniencies that go on in this town for certain people. Um, that's my first question. And as far as the
grant money, isn't grant money, correct me if I'm wrong, state money um, from the state or the feds? It's all different applications that we put in that comes from all different resources um pertaining to property because if it's from the state or feds,
it's t or tax dollars. Correct me if I'm wrong, but a lawyer would be able to define that better. Sure. It's federal or state tax money as opposed to local instead of local taxpayer money, it's state or federal, which Jackson Township
receives back substantially less than other municipalities receive from state and federal funding. So when we get a grant that's we were cut our school funding. Now we're still in the hole but we're getting closer which is a benefit to the township. And I forgot to bring up at the last meeting. I really wanted to know what is
going on with all these warehouses. Most of them are empty. What are they going to be used for? That wouldn't be this board. It wouldn't be this board. It would not be this board. Who would have the answers to that? Zoning. Zoning officer. Jeff Papora, the zoning officer. If you email him, I'm he'll be
able to answer you that. Okay, so getting back to Pittney, I mean, thank the Lord I don't live over that way and have to deal with it, but I really feel I have friends that do. And it's absolutely insane. And from what I
hear from residents that live over there, a lot of it is due to one particular huge home. So I guess that's the elephant in the room nobody wants to tackle. So, if I were to if I were to open my
detached garage and um have that would be building that's under administration. That's I would have to apply for some type of Yes. Correct. Yes. We don't we're council. We're legislation. We don't So,
that would be zoning and building again. Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. And there's also a website SDL that you can go on and you can put in any address in the town. You can see if they have permits. You can see if they're land registered as landlords. You can see all of that. It's it's it's accessible to anybody. We're actually going to do a whole little
thing on it at the next council meeting or the council meeting after to let residents know that they can check anything they want pertaining to it's all public knowledge. So, you don't have to send an Oprah. You can just go on this app. It's on your phone. I have it on mine. Okay. Um and you can put in any address and you can look and you can say I know there's residents that call me
and they're in an uproar. There was one in uh Oakley Oakley Hill when two two houses got put together. Our township approved it. The person calls me. She's screaming and yelling and I'm like, "Whoa, whoa, whoa." So, I go on SDL. I go, "It's all permitted." That has nothing to do with council. That has to
do with your saw. I actually have a picture. 100% permitted. They took the house from their neighbor and they brought it down. I actually spoke with the BA about this. I showed him a picture of it. I think the first or second day he was in town. I said, "They literally took two houses and put them together and it's approved by That's insane. I went through like 12 closings on a deck. Like, I almost threw the guy
off my my husband had to come out and retreat. There's a lot of things. It has nothing to We get We get a lot of the heat, but it has nothing to do with us. We're ordinances and resolutions. All right. So, I guess we should all have a meeting with zoning then. I think so.
I'm I'm I'll be there. It's insane. If administration will allow I mean, things need to be fair for everybody. You know, we're all and a lot of us They're great questions. We see the same faces over and over again that speak for several residents because they're afraid. Thank you, ma'am. you know. Thank you. Thank
you. And email me. I'll get you thatcl information. Hello, Chris Pollock, Jackson, New Jersey. Uh, this is a statement. If you want to respond, I kindly ask that you wait till I'm finished. Uh, I'm a father, a business owner, and a resident who is deeply invested in this town. And
like so many other residents, I'm frustrated. I'm frustrated by the direction we're heading in. By politicians who serve special interest instead of the people, by a declining quality of life. We watched our schools get shut down. I had to look my son in the eyes and tell him his school was
closed and he's not going back. I had to console him as he broke down in tears. We're watching our town change and it's not for the better. This is not the future that any of our families want. And this council sits up here pretending like your hands are tied, like you're
helpless. You ignore the problems until residents make enough noise to embarrass you into action. Like with the LLC's and illegal rentals, LLC's and corporate investors are buying up single family homes and turning many of them into illegal rentals, packing unrelated
families under one roof. And that takes away from our resources and that hurts our infrastructure. And what do you guys do? You enable it. You cut the fines. You defunded code enforcement. And you attacked the very department meant to protect us. And when
you're finally forced to address it, you said, "There's nothing we can do. There's a law about it. You guys are liars. You could have acted. You should have acted. You didn't have the spine. Or worse yet, you didn't want to upset the special interest who put you here. We have a council
president who runs a real estate business and openly works for institutional investors and hedge funds. She profits off the same system that's buying up homes in bulk and turning our neighborhoods into rental zones. We have a council vice president whose wife runs a political action committee with the
wife of a major developer, a pack that's raised over a quarter million dollars from developers, real estate investors, contractors, and people seeking township approvals and favors. This council isn't just ignoring the problems. They're financially entangled in them. You
pretend there's nothing you can do, but there's plenty things you can do. Owner occupancy requirements. You can do annual inspections, not every three years. You can raise the fees so people profiting off this town can pay back into it. All right? You can also cap the number of homes corporations can own,
but you're not doing any of these things. They're all legal. They're all enforceable and they're all in other towns. You could have passed them, but you didn't. Not because you couldn't, because you will not. The people of Jackson are paying attention. They will remember exactly who fought for them and
who didn't. Do your job or step aside. Thank you, sir. I'd like to respond. Um, I wish you would have came earlier because you would have heard that we are working on that. I've been working on landlord registration for over a year and a half. It's documented. Uh, we've all been working. It's not that easy. Uh, you have code enforcement. I'm
sorry, sir. If you could just wait till I'm done. Thank you. Thank you, sir. If you could I understand. So, also in regards to your accusations about LLC's, we are trying. So, we sent to code enforcement. I sent as well as
Councilman um Paul Mary 41 properties, right? That's over a week that they had. I pulled their tracking. They have they they have they have not one property. Not one property. Sir, I'm not here for
a show and pony. I'm here to answer you. The time is you left the day. I'm just trying to say that your information is not accurate. If you want to have a conversation and know what you're talking about, I'm more than I'm more than happy to have a conversation. But you just come up and you talk about accusations. You're not giving facts.
This is legislation. We did this in our interview when you put in your application for to to be on the council seat. I I respect it, but you're just not accurate. And I'd be more than happy to answer you and have a conversation, but you just it doesn't make sense. You talk about hedge funds and this and that. I have a real estate license. Do
you know any pre previous mayors had real estate license, council members, zoning board members? your zoning department, your building department, all your department heads all have broker's license. The fact that I'm educated in real estate does not make me make me wrong. It makes me more educated that we can go and we can see when a
code enforcement officers are re receive 41 properties and they go in a week and there's not one property they went to. But why are we the problem? Why are we the problem? We're not. We're looking into it. You want to talk about all the other information? It's inaccurate. So, I thank you respectfully. Sarah, if you
want to come up. David Visonei, Whitesville Road, Jackson, New Jersey. Lived there for 42 years. Speaking as a private resident and not as an employee of code enforcement.
Miss Cune, just about every council meeting you go on, you're tirade about the deficiencies of code enforcement. that list that you're waving in the air has been it's it's being looked into for two
weeks now. You're you're either misinformed or lying that nothing is being done about it. The other thing about that list is that most of that list, now I'm not intimately familiar with it because I'm
not handling it, was on Spanish Tik Tok, which code enforcement does not have access to. We don't have access to Tik Tok or any of the other Facebook, any other
social media as to use as a form of monitoring. It's not there. So, you're waving this list that is now being looked into, but we did not
have access to the information prior to two weeks ago. Now, what I want to ask about is the second changing of the landlord registration and rental CCOs that you're implementing. Sir, it hasn't
been introduced yet. So, I would wait. I understand that your proposed change, the second one in two years. Okay. Now, if my math is correct, did you say, maybe you want to answer it after, I believe you said that two
officers were going to be assigned full-time to do these yearly rental inspections. Now, here's the math, okay? Um, as of April, we had nine officers
assigned to the office, not including the supervisor of the two clerks. In May, one of the officers quit. He didn't want to deal with it anymore. That leaves eight. Currently, we have seven working because
one is out on a medical issue. That leaves seven. Your your Christmas wish a few weeks ago, you indicated you wanted to decimate the ranks of code enforcement by four officers.
Okay. We currently have eight. That would leave. Excuse me one second. That would leave seven officers. You You We lost the one officer, so you want three more gone.
Your plan is to have two officers assigned to these rental inspections. That would leave two officers to do everything else that the code enfor your your the information is the the how
inaccurate you are is is mindboggling. So one aren't you aren't you are you're you're part-time. Correct. Correct. Okay. So the emails that you're referring to are not between me and you. You're not a department head. Correct. Are you a department head? No. Okay. So it's between me and the department head.
The department had gave me two code officers that were looking into it. Okay. As you had said, they're looking into it, right? We supplied them, residents, residents supplied them with the information pertaining to the quality of life in their neighborhoods and asked to look into it. And you're
telling me for a 40-hour work week or an 80h hour work week, there's not one property that's logged into our system that they looked into and that's not a problem for you. I'm sorry. Yes, we do disagree. In regards to landlord registration, it hasn't been introduced. The council just got it as a draft. And
you know what, sir? They absolutely would not be part of your department because you don't work. So I would not take people from your department and put them into a task team for people that need to go and check on a list of 41 properties that can't check on them in
almost two weeks. So your problem with code enforcement is personal. Who? Okay. Your problem with code enforcement is a personal animosity. Thank you, sir. Is there anything else? because of all the the enforcement issues that have been
taking place regarding you. Sir, you sent me to court and you lost. You stood there and sent me to court and they threw us out because they said, "I apologize that you're here. It's an inconvenient." Okay. So, I would like you to not bring up legal matters that you're because I would expose that you
brought me to court for no reason. It got thrown out of court. Did it or did it not? Because you were found that you were just antagonizing and literally intimidating me. because the fix was in. Oh god. Thank you, sir. Have a great night. President, can I absolutely Can I respond? So, I'm sorry. Okay. Council
President Council President. Yes. Yes, sir. Can I respond? Absolutely. Great. Um, so I guess um Sorry, was he talking to me? No, he said code enforcement was Sorry. Um, just I guess touch on a few things that
Mr. Pone said. I know he said he's speaking on behalf of himself as a personal resident even though he did allude to some intimate knowledge of code enforcement which is kind of a gray area. Um I guess we're all looking for some updates. I know code enforcement is researching these 41 addresses. Updates
from code would be nice to council since we brought this to code's attention. It would be courteous if we could receive updates that it is being worked on. And then one thing I just want to put out there is and maybe you were I don't believe you were on this email but I believe your supervisor was uh our
assistant business administrator Miss Novak did email uh because one of the things that was brought up was code can't go on to these websites because we do not have access. Well Miss Novak said that if you request access to specific websites for investigations it would be
granted to you through it. So what you said was that you don't have access. It's it's it's the truth, but you request it, you will have access. So that is incorrect. If you request access to do your investigation, Miss Novak in an email that we have said you will be approved. So you can research it through
a website if you request it. So some of that information you provided is incorrect. Thank you, Councilman. turn this. Carlos Martins, Jackson, New Jersey. Um, I thought appropriate to come up now because maybe lower the temperature a
little bit. It's hot enough outside. We don't need it in here. So, number one, um, in some of the last um meetings. Some people residents came up here and spoke badly about animal
control. So, I'm here to actually say something nice about them. Um one of my dogs gets out all the time. He's he's um that's his nature. He feels he's got to patrol in the morning, patrol the neighborhood, make sure everybody's
okay, then he comes back in. So, obviously not all neighbors know my dog, although they're getting to know him by now, but animal control is being called all the time, and I know it's annoying to them. Um, but they've been wonderful. Um, I understand that there's one person
maybe a little rough around the edges, but the bottom line is he's doing his job, right? If he gets called and there's a dog loose, he has to come and take care of it, right? Um, and that's and that's what he does. And then there's Robin. I'll point out Rob and Al
who are great. They'll call me. They'll, you know, and u we'll take care of it. And unfortunately, it's been happening a lot lately. So, it's happening all the time. It's very frustrating for them. I get it. Bottom line is if animal control is at your door, they got better things to do than to be annoying you. If
they're at your door, it's because you're doing something wrong. Um, so anyway, leave animal control alone. They're trying to do their job. Um, okay. So, that's number one. Number two. Number two, I have a riddle for Mr.
Bernstein. Oh, no. Uh, oh. So, the riddle is, how many Ocean County workers does it take to put up a traffic light between West Commodore and Diamond? And the answer is zero because it looks like it's not going to happen until my kids
put me in a nursing home. What? What's going on? Why does it take so long? It's one traffic light. My answers to your riddle, Carlos, is at first it looks like Mr. Breast might have some information. Um, Mr. Martin has a point. I mean, that was approved
around 2006 or seven at one point. Angelo Stallone was on the day at that time. We've asked the county several times when it was going to be put in and we've gotten no place and I've talked to the county engineer and all I get is we'll look into it. So, no. So, it was
approved for the next stage last year. Um, if you don't mind to call me tomorrow and remind me, I will call the engineer again, the new engineer who's three engineers after Mr. Breie first spoke to the first. I know because I've been, you know, it's been come up and I've been hearing it's on it's happening. It's happening. Call me
tomorrow, Carlos, if you don't mind. No. No. So, obviously, I just wanted to bring that out. Um, oh, one one thing just that was mentioned um about the new position for uh recreation, parks and recreation. I think it's a proposed idea
in the proposed budget that we're middle of negotiating over. Right. Right. So, I I would just ask when that comes up for vote and stuff to give us a lot of information around that. So, my first instinct is I don't want to, you know, we don't want more bureaucracing money on that. So, you know, I'm open
obviously for suggest I think the township is, but you know, explain to us why you really the right answer to fix the problem is a new position. That's all I would ask when time comes, right? Um I mean, similar to what we did with the safety director, right? If I
remember back, one of the issues that came up was, well, we've had this position before. What's different now? Right? We don't want the, you know, Einstein's definition of insanity, right? Um, well, I I think I know the answer to that now, and that is the
person occupying the position is different. And so, um, I think everything they're doing is great. So, anyway, I I guess sidetracked. Sorry. Um, all right. So, that's number three. And then I'll just leave it at that. Number four, I'll just leave it this
way. Yeah. 40 seconds. You got to use I know. So, I'm going to use that 40 seconds. Open space trust fund. It's called the Open Space Trust Fund. It's not called the open space and other municipal uses trust fund. Please look
into that. I know. I know. We're trying. We're I want to get that updated code. Anyway, that's all I got to say. We We actually brought it for you. 23 seconds. I I didn't change. Oh, he's the public question that was voted on by the voters is
should the Jackson Township open space tax be reestablished the rate of 3 cents per 100 and such open space funds be utilized for the acquisition, development and maintenance of lands for recreation and conservation purposes acquisition for farmland, farmland preservation purposes, historic preservation, historic property,
structures, facilities. That vote passed 57% to 43%. Okay. In 2020, I actually went back and got the record. So, that is the law of the land in Jackson. That's what the voters of Jackson Township decided. Um, and the township has spent a good bit of money
on maintenance. I don't know how much it comes from the open space fund. Yes. Um, but if you want those facilities to be updated, you would have to pay from your tax pay tax funds anyway. So, it's the same taxpayer. It's the same wallet. Yes. But some of the open space funds are used for open space purposes,
including maintenance and preservation. Thank you, sir. Okay. Totally fair. My point now is that very last sentence, other municipal uses. It's not what I said. No, I know you didn't say it, but it's on there. That wasn't amended. It's still there. Thank you, sir. Okay, I'm
gonna email it to you so you have it. I will. [Music] Hi. Uh, Lisa Zak Jackson, New Jersey. I just have a question regarding Pittney. Um, I remember when that was built. I
have friends that lived behind it on Stacy Court. I had friends that lived on Pittney. I just want to make the point that number one, that area was never a traffic issue. Never. I mean, once in a while you had a problem pulling out, but
for the most part, it was quiet, residential. It was a great place. No more. And I would like to know if that house on the corner, did they get a variance? And I know that's not you guys. Can you tell me how I would find out if they got a Contact Jeff Papora,
our zoning officer? What is what officer? Jeff Papora, our zoning officer. Okay. Because So, and so you would have no information on No, ma'am. Not. My other issue is grant money for road improvements and all that over there is how would we find out exactly
where that grant money is coming from? Because we just said state and federal grants, right? Which is still my tax dollars. And why are my tax dollars going towards improvements for a religious organization? Why? No, no, these are public roads. The money goes
to public roads only. I'm sorry. I I understand, but I don't agree. Um, you don't think they're public roads? Um, they are, but they wouldn't need these improvements if it weren't for the other. So, no, they wouldn't. So, if Ma'am, I I don't I don't appreciate that
kind of talk. Yeah. No, I'm just saying it's an issue. It's like every time we turn around, it's money being spent that maybe shouldn't be. It's being spent on roads because you know what? The children are going to be going to the schools over there. We have our little kids that are going from 9 and 12 uh
grade are going to be going through that hightraic area. So, yes, it is important for all the residents of Jackson. So, I hope we can keep it to all the residents of Jackson because it we all matter. Okay. But then there are so many other areas of the town that need improvements as well. And we have our engineer. We look at it all the time. We have
meetings every month. We have some of them 60 acres. Speaking of which, because I live on Diamond, I agree. They need a light there at the end of Diamond and West Commodore. And we just had that conversation. We're waiting on the county. That's a county road. This is a municipal road. This is our road. Do you know that we have 42 All of our main
roads are county roads. So, we have to wait on the county. I know. I do. Okay. So, when we have township roads, we look into them. We just look we just went over Manhattan. We went over Tilford. We went over Robins. We talked about London Drive last week. London Drive. I mean, we we just we went into we're doing all areas of town. I've just I've been here
40 years. You just said we just finished in the last 45 days. I've I've been here 40 years. I've never How did our town How did we allow this crap to happen in our town? I'm sorry. The over building, the congestion, the warehouses, all because we're 10 years behind. We We
should have had water and sewer coming so that all everything isn't on water and sewer. So why? So we could have high density building then? No. So that we don't have septics and wells all over but bring water and it creates you have you have look at county road you've been you've been here you have a minute
you've been here I've been here just as long okay so I drive down county county line road since I've been a kid there's no raables there there's nothing to do if I want to go and I want to watch a a football game and I want to go and with my friends I have to leave our town have to leave the town there's but you're agreeing with me I do so but if we had
things that we could build and we can get ratables it stays to our taxes but you know that's not what's going to be built. So much I know I just got an email that Alta and I shop there. I love it. I have to go to Howell to go to Alta. Do you know what? In September they're opening up one in Jackson. That's amazing. Okay.
Yeah, it's a great news. Well, okay. Okay. So, that is okay. Wonderful. But I'm just my point is is my point. I just want to know the grant money for road improvements. I I don't want it going I want it going for legit road improvements and not nec we just said
Rova Farms. We're doing that. No, the township would not receive the money if we do not establish they were public roads. So going by the township. So is there going to be something published at the end where we can see exactly where the money came from? We vote on it. It's on every agenda. We just went over eight
of them. They're all on the agenda. If you grab in the back, ma'am, there's a packet back and it'll say for say Pittney where exactly the money. Yes. It'll say Tilford. It'll say Robins Estates. It'll be very clear. We're very transparent. Okay. Okay. That's fine. I just thank you. You know, just questions
that I have. Okay, I'm done. Thank you. Thank you, ma'am. I'll just make a quick comment. So, uh just for the public's clarity and for the council's clarity. So, every year, uh the township does put out a capital road program that's on the order of $1.5
million. Um last year's appropriation is that project is currently out to bid the 2024 capital program. We will be taking bids next Wednesday. um you know if the price is coming good there's some alternate bids that potentially could be awarded. So um you know the premise that the township is not spending money
throughout the township is not accurate. There is money being spent throughout the township and it's not dedicated to one neighborhood. It's spread out throughout uh you know there's a system and you know we work with money is being allocated. We we just we just did Anderson Road
right what part of town? It's not near Pittney, right? No, it's not. It's not near the Brookwoods, right? It's actually by it. It goes to um what is it? Crossing who just repaid. It's not near the Bookwoods and Pittney Lane. Okay. Correct. Thank you. And I actually believe um Mr. Wall, our previous BA, as
his claim to fame in his list of in the last five years, he's done the most road improvement of any other BA until, you know, tough shoes to fill. Sir, please. Joe Rashudi Jackson, I still have my
list from two weeks ago. Catsville Deli electric bill. Did you find out what that was? Yes, we did. And I don't have it on me, but we did find out it was something with a light or something like that that the township pays. I did find out. I did get it. Um because we got bills to get on the next list of bills
for another $59. It's township. It's something that I I h Can you email me and I'll just copy that email and forward it to you? Okay. Thank you. Because I did find out the camera on County Line Road that was installed by somebody and it's not Jackson. It's not
Ocean County Sheriff. It's not the state police. I don't know who who put it up. Well, what if when I take it down, they can come see me and claim it and then we'll know. That's about the only way we're going to know who put it up. You know, because the picture that shows the
individual on the ladder, you can't get a closeup and find out. If it's against an ordinance, I can send it to code enforcement and have them look into it. Well, it's on a public utility poll. Okay. So, I don't think JCPL allows that either, unless it's a
government camera. I'll send an email to code enforcement tomorrow. Okay. Um, now that the good weather is here on Bennett Mills, you got Bennett Mills Pond up there and you got a Purple Heart Trail over here. Kids are fishing. That's great. I love to see kids out
there fishing. Can we get recreation or somebody to pay the fishing game fishery stock these ponds and put a little bit bigger fish so they're not catching just little perch or sunfish? Put some bigger fish out there. I'll bring it to the
recreation committee when we have our first meeting. We just got appointed tonight. So, I'll I'll ask them. And you you're just asking to stock the lake, right? Catch and release. Yeah. Catch and release. Yeah. I think that's a great catch and keep. Make it more interesting for them to catch a bigger fish. Okay. Or even tag one and make it
a prize. $100. You'll see more kids out there. It's nice to see kids fishing instead of I know. I used to go with my dad in Lakewood. Where is it? Over by Ocean County Park. We used to go every year. I forget what it is, but Okay. Next. And uh a couple of months back,
one of the residents asked about the A- Roos, if they were insured or not, and you said you would check into that. This was like two and a half months ago, 3 months. I don't think they're insured. I did meet in regards to that. If it falls
down across the sidewalk and the kids on a bicycle, they do need permits to install them, but are they insured? Because if a kid gets decapitated by that wire riding a bicycle and it falls down or got damaged, who's going to be responsible? Jackson, whoever put it up,
whoever took the permit. Well, if they don't have insurance, what are they going to do? If they're not insured, we need to make sure they are insured. So, if something happens, the township gets sued all the time. Um, anything the township issues a permit for, if something happens, we're
going to get sued. But liability rests with the person who takes the permit. Okay. And then the that second hostel or ambulance that's on each veterans highway that's parked right next to the road. Yeah. Like I said the last time it
comes back hot. It's not Hatutala. It's not Hatutala. It says Hatalos or something. I don't know. I think at Nefascus. It's a different organization. All right. But still when it comes back from a call cuz it I've seen it gone out before. But he's only parked a foot from the
edge of the roadway. But coming back he's parked it on on weeds. That engine is out. He's going to start a a forest fire there. You know, it's dangerous. The other one by the old schoolhouse is parked on asphalt. There's no safety issue. But this is on
the in the woods and the fire starts up. Yeah, it's on there. I'll also forward that to code enforcement and ask them to look into it. Okay. Yeah. And one other thing with code enforcement, there is a very big problem. I was at the zoning board meeting last week. There was an
application for a temporary tent for a shoe, asking to get permission to have it. To my surprise, it's been there for two years already. Air conditioning, electric.
They went and got permits outside of Jackson because their attorney, Miss I'll sue you Jennings, if she don't get her way. Oh, no. I opened up her notebook. They got permits. This has been going on for two years and
now they're coming before the zoning board. Oh, forgive me, but we've been operating, but we now want to get it approved. Well, we always want people to be compliant, but code enforcement. Yeah. should have picked that up in the last two years.
I'm sure they did something or they're turning the blind eye, but who is allowing this? And then the one I told you before on North County Line Road, it's still operating. Board it up and tell them it's illegal. I'll send it to code enforcement. Thank you, sir. I'll
be here next year. I'll have the same excuse. Two weeks. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Yeah. Can you hear me now? No. Yeah. Gentlemen, I just want to make sure that
when you see something, say something. Report that camera to us to um code enforcement. Let us handle it. Do not take that camera down. He He was kidding. Okay. He helps a lot. We hope. We hope. He was kidding.
Thank you, sir. Hi, Dress 25 Pney Lane. I'm just here to say thank you very much for as a father of six children for caring about the safety of our children and 25 Pney Lane is basically smack in the middle of the road of Pittney. So our police officers generally hang out in front of my house and my kids have
gotten to know them. So I would like to thank the police officers as well for trying to keep us safe. So thank you very much. We appreciate that. Jim Sloakia Jackson. I'm going to change it to a whole new topic that's not been talked about by anybody yet, and that is
our budget. Here we are, the end of June. You've now pushed the budget off again. In on August 1st, you're going to be asking the taxpayers to make their third quarterly payment for 2025 without
having a budget in place. That is absolutely unacceptable. You're going to finish this budget and guess what you're going to have to start the very next day is the budget for next year. We had to have done better. You can't now come and say we need to go to
this state. This is June. you you you should have seen all these problems occurring in in with a lot sooner than you did now. And if that was the problem, we should have been to the state a long time ago. This is absolutely unfair to
the residents of Jackson. You put through an ordinance today raising the cap to three and a half%. Okay, for next year for the for the 2025 budget. Now, I granted you may not use it and you'll put it into next year's budget, but you still are asking the
residents to pay an additional 1% over the cap, but you're not showing us why we need it. You said last meeting we will have the budget pres introduced at the next meeting. We still don't have it. How can we look and determine
whether we're actually getting our true money's worth? It's absolutely insur absurd that we're not there and it's the end of June because you're not going to approve the budget at a minimum until the first meeting in August now. And
that first meeting in August is after August 1, which is when our next tax payments are due. So you have to stop asking your your residents to pay for taxes for a budget that you're not even willing to show them. You talk about transparency. This is the most
non-transparent piece that you guys are doing right now and it's actually the most important piece to the residents of Jackson. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Is Shanik 1550 lane from Jackson. Uh my family's been here for 50 years in Ocean County and I think our primary goal is
that all our children should be safe. Our family should be safe. My family is military law enforcement for many years and um I just want to thank you for allowing us to have safety in our block. We've been trying to get to put these um
safety things for Pney Lane and I just want to thank you from all our block. Thank you, sir. Seeing no one else come forward, make a motion to close public comment. Motion discussion. Oh. Oh, close public comment
first. You want to close public comment? Yeah, we need a second. Yeah, let's close. We need a second. Second. All in favor? I I No. Council, I do need a motion to authorize uh the tip to settle a matter in accordance with our discussions in
executive session uh in the Burke versus Jackson tangent matter. I need a motion. Motion. I'll second it. Yes. Yes. Yes. Um,
yes. Yes. Motion to close. Motion to close. Motion. Second. Meeting adjourned. All in favor? I. Have a good night.