Good afternoon everybody. Township of Lazy Township meeting December 23rd 2025. I'll read the statement. We'll salute the flag. Have a moment of silence. Adequate notice of this meeting has been given in accordance with the open public meetings act pursuant to the public laws in 1975. Said notice was advertised in
the Asbury Park Press and the Beacon and was posted on the bulletin board showing the time and place of the meeting. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all. Item number one, second reading of ordinance 2025-18 amending chapter 79 so that the so as excuse me so as to establish new article entitled to assist the business administrator.
An ordinance of the township of Lacy County of Ocean State of New Jersey amending and supplementing chapter 79 of the township code entitled officers and employees to as to create the position of assistant business administrator. Second reading open the floor to public comment. >> Seeing none make a motion. >> Uh second to close the floor.
>> All in favor. >> I motion on the ordinance. >> Second. >> Mrs. Juliano. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kenny. >> Yes. >> Mr. McDonald. >> Yes. >> Mr. Lay. >> Yes. >> Mayor K. >> Yes. Item number two, second reading ordinance 2025-019 amending the ordinance affixing and
determining salaries, wages, and compensation for the position of assistant business administrator. >> Ordinance of the township of Lacy County of Ocean State of New Jersey amending an ordinance entitled an ordinance of the township of Lacy County of Ocean State of New Jersey affixing and determining the salaries, wages, and compensation of
the officers, employees, and members of the governing body of the township. Second reading, open the floor to public comment. >> Seeing none, motion. No, no, no, no, no. >> I didn't even look. >> Of course, not. >> Oh god, this is a little high. Regina
Desenda, Sunset Drive, Sunrise Beach. I did speak about this at the last meeting. So, I just wanted to know if we could have a little more information about how you determine the salary and compensation for the position of assistant business administrator if we could.
>> It's a range there. It's not a salary. So at the time of appointment if we decided to fill it then between it's the range says 60 to 90,000 >> right you told me that last time but how did you arrive at it >> that's what um other towns have a range of going and based on who or if we
appoint somebody it will be based on the person's qualifications and you know >> so is that ocean county when you say surrounding area okay thank you >> yeah little egg has the same ad out >> okay >> if you looked at theirs their actual their salary is a little bit higher Okay.
>> Anything further? >> Seeing none, move. >> Motion to close it. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I motion on the ordinance. It >> second. >> Mrs. Juliano, >> yes. >> Mr. Kennes, >> yes. >> Mr. McDonald, >> yes. >> Mr. Lang, >> yes. >> Mayor Kerto, >> yes. Item number three, resolution
2025-336, authorizing the release of a performance guarantee for Seabbze at Lacy, section one. Resolution of the township of Lacy County of Ocean State of New Jersey authorizing the release of a performance guarantee for seabbze at Lacy section one conditioned upon the posting of a
maintenance guarantee. >> Move it. >> Second. >> Mrs. Juliano, >> yes. >> Mr. Kennes, >> yes. >> Mr. McDonald, >> yes. >> Mr. Lay, >> yes. >> Mayor Keruto, >> yes. Item number four, resolution 2025-337 authorizing the release of a performance guarantee for Seabbze at Lacy phase 2A.
Resolution of the township of Lacy County of Ocean State of New Jersey authorizing the release of a performance guarantee for Seabbze at Lacy phase 2A conditioned upon the posting of a maintenance guarantee. >> Second, >> Mr. McDonald. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kennes, >> yes. >> Mrs. Juliano, >> yes. >> Mr. Laay, >> yes.
>> Mayor Certo, >> yes. >> Item number five, resolution 2025-338 authorizing the release of performance guarantee for Seabbze at Lacy phase 2B. Resolution of the township of Lacy County of Ocean State of New Jersey authorizing the release of a performance
guarantee for seabbze at Lacy phase 2B condition conditioned upon the posting of a maintenance guarantee. >> Move it. >> Second. >> Mr. McDonald. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kennes. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Juliano. >> Yes. >> Mr. Lay. >> Yes. >> Mayor Keruto. >> Yes. >> Item number six, resolution 2025-339
authorizing the release of a performance guarantee for seabbze at Lacy phase 2C. Resolution of the township of Lacy County of Ocean State of New Jersey authorizing the release of a performance guarantee for seabbze at Lacy phase 2C conditioned upon the posting of a maintenance guarantee. >> Move it. >> Second. >> Mr. McDonald.
>> Yes. >> Mr. Kennes. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Juliano? >> Yes. >> Mr. Lay? >> Yes. >> Mayor Kerto? >> Yes. Item number seven, resolution 2025-340 authorizing the release of a performance guarantee for Seabbze at Lacy phase 2D. Resolution of the township of Lacy
County of Ocean State, New Jersey, authorizing the release of a performance guarantee for severies at Lacy phase 2D conditioned upon the posting of a maintenance guarantee. >> Second, >> Mr. McDonald. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kennis, >> yes. >> Mrs. Juliano, >> yes. >> Mr. Laray, >> yes. >> Mayor Kurt, >> yes. Item number eight, resolution
2025-341, authorizing the release of performance guarantee for Seabbze at Lacy phase 2e. Resolution of the township of Lacy County of Ocean State, New Jersey, authorizing the release of a performance guarantee for seabbze at Lacy phase 2e conditioned upon the posting of a maintenance guarantee.
>> Second, >> Mr. McDonald, >> yes. >> Mr. Kennes, >> yes. >> Mrs. Juliano, >> yes. >> Mr. Laay, >> yes. >> Mayor Cutoo, >> yes. Item number nine, resolution 2025-342, authorizing the execution of a grant application. Resolution of the township of Lacy County of Ocean State of New
Jersey authorizing the execution of a grant application for the local recreation improvement grant. This is for improvements to Cloon Park. >> Move it. Second, >> Mr. McDonald. >> Yes. >> Mr. Laray, >> yes. >> Mr. Kenn, >> yes. >> Mrs. Juliano, >> yes. >> Mayor Cutoto, >> yes.
>> Item number 10, resolution 2025-343, authorizing the employment of a snow season of snow season contractors. Resolution of the township of Lacy County of Ocean State, New Jersey, authorizing the employment of snow season contractors for the Department of Public Works. Move it. >> Second.
>> Mr. McDonald. >> Yes. >> Mr. Mr. Laay. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kennes. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Juliano. >> Yes. >> Mayor Kerata. >> Yes. >> Item number 11, resolution 2025-344 authorizing the employment of snow season laborers.
>> Resolution of the township of Lacy County of Ocean State, New Jersey, authorizing the employment of snow season laborers for the Department of Public Works. Move second. >> Mr. McDonald, >> yes. >> Mr. Laay, >> yes. >> Mr. Kennes, >> yes. >> Mrs. >> Yes. >> Mayor Certo, >> yes.
>> Item number 12, resolution 2025-345 authorizing a leave of absence, Department of Public Works. >> Resolution of the Township of Lacy, County of Ocean State, New Jersey, authorizing a leave of absence for John Kelly. >> Move. >> Second. >> Mr. McDonald, >> yes. >> Mr. Laray, >> yes. >> Mr. Kennes, >> yes.
>> Mrs. Juliano, >> yes. >> Mayor Ker, >> yes. Item number 13, resolution number 2025-346, authorizing the execution of an interlocal services agreement, Pine Beach CFO and qualified purchasing agent.
>> Resolution of the township of Lacy County of Ocean State, New Jersey, authorizing the execution of an interlocal services agreement with the burrow of Pine Beach for chief financial officer and qualified purchasing agent services. >> Move it. >> Second, >> Mr. McDonald. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kennes, >> yes. >> Mrs. Juliano, >> yes. >> Mr. Laray,
>> yes. Mayor Keruto. >> Yes. Item number 14, resolution uh 2025-347 requesting approval for a dedication by Ryder for lead paint hazard inspection proceeds. >> Resolution of the township of Lacy County of Ocean State, New Jersey,
requesting approval of the director of the division of local government services to establish a dedication by Ryder for lead paint hazard inspection proceeds. >> Move it. >> Second, >> Mrs. Juliano. >> Yes. >> Mr. Laay. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kenn. >> Yes. Mr. McDonald, >> yes.
>> Mayor Certo, >> yes. Item number 15, resolution 2025-348, cancelling the cancelling of balances in the grant fund. >> Resolution of the Township of Lacy County of Ocean State, New Jersey, authorizing the the cancelling of receivable and reserve balances in the
grant fund. >> Move it. >> Second. >> Mrs. Juliano, >> yes. >> Mr. Kennes, >> yes. >> Mr. McDonald, >> yes. >> Mr. Lay, >> yes. >> Mayor Kerato, >> yes. Item number 16, resolution 2025-349, authorizing the cancellation of taxes
due to a disabled veteran tax exemption. >> Resolution at the Township of Lacy County of Ocean State, New Jersey, authorizing the tax collector to cancel 2025 taxes due on a property granted the 100% disabled veteran exemption and refund the resulting credit balance. >> Move it. >> Second, >> Mr. Lay. >> Yes.
>> Mr. McDonald, >> yes. >> Mr. Kenn, >> yes. >> Mrs. Juliano, >> yes. >> Mayor Keruto, >> yes. Item number 17, resolution 2025-350, authorizing the refund of a tax overpayment. >> Resolution of the township of Lacy County of Ocean State, New Jersey, authorizing the tax collector to refund
a tax overpayment. >> Second, >> Mr. McDonald, >> yes. >> Mr. Kenn, >> yes. >> Mrs. Juliano, >> yes. >> Mr. Lay, >> yes. >> Mayor Ker, >> yes. >> Item number 18, resolution 2025-351, authorizing the refund of deposit monies. Resolution of the township of
Lacy County of Ocean State, New Jersey, authorizing the refund of deposits held for the use of municipal facilities. Movement. >> Second. >> Mr. Laay. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kennes. >> Yes. >> Mr. McDonald. >> Yes. >> Mr. Juliano. >> Yes. >> Mayor Keruto. >> Yes. Item number 19, resolution
2025-352, authorizing the payment of township bills. >> Resolution of the township of Lacy, County of Ocean, State of New Jersey, authorizing the payment of township bills. This is in the amount of $1,564,42846. >> Move it. >> Second. >> Mr. McDonald. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kenny?
>> Yes. >> Mrs. Juliano? >> Yes. >> Mr. Laray? >> Yes. >> Mayor Kerala? >> Yes. Extension on rump law. >> Oh, I will also abstain on P0035. >> Item number 20, motion to approve caucus meeting minutes from December 11th, 2025.
>> Move it. >> Second. All >> in favor? >> I. Item number 21, motion to approve township meeting minutes from December 11th, 2025. >> Move it. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Item number 22, motion to approve executive session meeting minutes from December 11th, 2025.
>> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Comments from the committee this evening. Deputy Mayor Kenneth. >> Thank you, Mayor. I just want to wish everybody a happy and healthy Christmas, uh, holidays, and New Year's. Those are my comments. >> Thank you, Committeeman McDonald. Thank
you, mayor. Uh, just want to point out one thing that with the recent snowstorm, we were down 10 men. Uh, so if you, we were a little bit late getting to you. That's the reason why. Everyone a merry Christmas, a happy new year, and uh, we'll see you in January.
>> Excellent. Committee woman Juliana. >> Thank you, Mayor. Um, like everybody else, I want to wish you a merry Christmas. Happy New Year out there. We'll see you on the New Year's Day as usual. I also want to send a thank you out to our DPW for taking care of our snow situation out there. Um we were
fortunate that they were able to take care of it in one day and be back to school and everything. So we only lost one day there. But um the other thing is just as always our volunteer firemen folks, you need to remember them out there because they're the ones doing all the calls that are out there and making
them and taking care of our houses, our homes, and our businesses. So, please make sure you uh greet them with a little check here and there. It wouldn't hurt. Thanks. >> Thank you so much, Committee Min. Loretta, >> echo everybody's comments. Uh wish everybody a merry Christmas and of
course a healthy happy new year again on the snow. Thank you for all the work you did because as uh Mr. McDonald said, we're down 101 guys in DPW, but we were also down a couple subcontractors too. So, they did a really good job for the
uh limited uh limitations they had with being short this time of year. Um, and to echo off of Peggy, the volunteers, the uh EMS, all the emergency volunteers, police department, and everybody
involved. Uh, I want to thank the Elks. They had an affair this this uh past week in which they uh showed their gratitude to all our emergency services and some of the uh civil uh civil groups for the contribution uh to towards our
township. I want to thank them again and that's it. Thank you so much. I want to echo those same sentiments for um merry Christmas, happy new year, happy all the days to anyone who celebrates things other than uh Christmas uh New Year's and things like that. Uh also want to
mention uh often times not mentioned, but tonight was mentioned by Committeeman Laorray. Uh I met uh at length last night with Chief Ray Benadeti from Lacy EMS. Um and remember them in your prayers as well with our other police and fire. Uh the EMS sees a
very uh ugly underbelly sometimes. They are dealing with mental illness calls. They're dealing with life and death calls and um people need to know that. Um he was telling me some of the particulars coming from public health. I knew of some of it. I never experienced
what he experiences and his people experience. But remember our EMS too because they do a lot of heavy lifting behind the scenes. And I was uh glad to hear that Sergeant Verway and Chief uh Benadetti from EMS are going to be um
building a sort of like a PSA video and um I certainly support that and let's be forward facing and support all of our our police, fire, and EMS. I want to thank publicly close my comments uh committeeman Laray. Uh he was a very important part of uh public health
practice standards. I had a meeting at the Clarion uh with great many county stakeholders the other day. Uh he was formerly on our board of health and uh a lot of the county brass was there, oversaw that meeting, but his input was
vital and uh we know he was used to be a board member and administrator Lorray is a current board member. So Bob, thank you for being there. Your input was welcomed and I appreciated it. With that, I'll open the floor to public comment. Yes, ma'am. Regina, descends, Sunset Drive, Sunrise
Beach. Um, we had a little conversation right before the meeting started. Did we remind people to take their vehicles off the street on snow emergencies? >> On heavy heavy, >> yeah, heavy on heavy heavy snow emergencies. I think one time in 2021
when I was mayor, I did utilize the reverse 911. I don't want to keep going back to that tree, but people do need to understand that because we have one of our long tenure DPW people here tonight and Mr. Flynn and he reminded us of it. I appreciate you doing the same >> because I had seen it happen right over.
>> It's not that. I had seen it happen on my street and when two plows have to come along in a narrow space and push slush, ice, and snow, it makes the situation in the street even worse because you can't walk around it. You can't get around it. And then even when
it rained, those piles from the double having to go around all these cars instead of being up against the sidewalk was still in the street. And this time it all turned to ice and we had gigantic ice hills. >> Right. So Facebook, Manchester board,
Manchester Avenue board, we'll be >> more above board in our efforts to do that next time because it is a safety issue. It doesn't put the notice out. >> Yeah. doesn't always, you know, stay as snow and when the temperature dropped, everything turns ice >> that particular night. So on January
5th, there will be a very historic occasion. Three brand new school board members will be sworn in at 5:30 p.m. now in the lecture hall at Lacy Township High School. Come and witness this momentous time and welcome Dr. Meg
Forny, Steve Goen, Esquire, and Brandon Hurley. It will be a very special evening. 5:30 p.m. Lecture Hall January 5th. I think it's a Monday night. >> That's correct. >> Yes, it is. >> Thank you. Any other comments this evening? >> Seeing none, make a motion to close the
floor. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Resolution 2025-353, resolution of the township of Lacy County of Ocean, state of New Jersey, authorizing the convening of an executive session in accordance with the open public meeting. >> Motion. Move it.
>> Second, >> Mr. Lay. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kennes, >> yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. Mayor Hel. >> Yes. >> Motion to adjurnn. >> Move it. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> No further business. >> We say that all the time. Thank you.