Call the regular meeting of the Lake Mayor and Council to order. Please rise for a salute to the flag and a moment of silent reflection. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America to the republic for it stands
under. Please remain standing for a moment of silent reflection. Thank you. Sunshine wall, please. by the adoption of a resolution by the mayor council on the 17th of January 2025 in which resolution agenda and
regular meetings commencing with January 7th. Notice of scene was delivered to the ice park the cosign tap into and a copy of the notice was posted on the borrow website and on the bulletin board all meetings open to the public. Thank you. Roll call please. Council member Witty
here is not here tonight. Council member here. here. Here thank you. Can I have a motion to approve the minutes from the July 1st meeting? So moved. Second. All in favor? I opposed.
Abstensions. We will start with reports of committee starting with Councilwoman Alvado Doyle. Thank you, Mayor. Um uh for the recreation department um for the tourism commission. Um we are talking a lot about Lake Kodeay. We have a lot of
things planned and going on. Um we've had some productive meetings yesterday and last week as well. Um so we're really looking forward to our lake day which will be on September Amy 21st 20th. 20th September 20th. Um more information
about that to follow. But know that we're really excited about that. Also wanted to remind everybody about Wednesdays on the water. Tomorrow is our second installment of Wednesdays on the Water, which will be Tommy B and the Deep Blue Sea. Um, so if you've been around town and you've been to any of
the local areas and venues for music, you've seen him. Um, it's going to be a great time. We have our face painter again and we will have our hot dog cart again. Um, in addition to that, we are also starting a farmers market. So, every Wednesday we will be holding a
farmers market at the lakefront uh at North Boulevard and Main Street in that intersection. And we're hoping to have this be an installment every week and looking to get people to come and participate and support the vendors that will be there with their farmers market
goods. So, you can go to the farmers market and then head right down and you can listen to some wonderful music. Other than that, all matters are in order. Thank you very much. Oh, wait. One more thing. Yeah, I wanted to say that the mayor's bash was amazing. Um, and that we had a fantastic time.
Um, the weather held out for us, which was pretty amazing. Um, but I just wanted to say great job and it was a great time as always. Other than that, all matters to order. Thank you, Councilman Ventrice. Thank you, Mayor. All matters are in order. Thank you, Councilman Dear. Uh, Chief, anything going on with the
PD? Nothing going on with the PD, but I just wanted to piggy back on Lake Como day that the police department will be hosting the second annual fishing for the kids that morning. Fantastic. Also, my uh appreciation to
Doug being honored mayor's pass. Sorry I missed it. Thank you. Hot Dallas. Thank you. All matters are in order. Mayor, thank you. Uh who's next? Councilman Danuana. Uh, thank you, Mayor. All matters in order.
Okay. Council President Witty, citizen of the year, 2025. Thank you. Uh, all matters in order. Thank you. Uh, I just want to thank everyone who came out to the Lake Como Mayor's Bash last Thursday. It was successful. We
have not paid all our bills yet, so I'm not 100% sure how much money we raised, but we usually raise about $20,000. Um, and I expect to to see that much come back. this year as well. As usual, all of those uh funds go directly back to
Lake Ko Recreation, uh the children of Lake Ko, uh specifically Baron Park, and the renovations that we're making up there. I want to congratulate Council President Witty on his uh being the recipient of the citizen of the year
2025. Welld deserved. I want to thank all of those who helped plan and operate and set up and take down and store everything for the the Lake Ko mayor's bash uh including council woman up Ala
Doyle who um spent a year picking out the new centerpieces for the uh the tables. They were a big hit and now we just have the same centerpieces every year instead of going out and buying flowers. And thank you to Drew and Amy and and everybody at U Lake Como who
helped set up and and our friends at Bar. They did a wonderful job. Um, coffee with the mayor is being postponed a week. It was scheduled for this Saturday. I have a wedding that I cannot attend the coffee with the mayor, so we're going to postpone it till next
Saturday. Um, Amy, if you could update the website. Um, and Drew, if you can update the board. Um, so we're going to postpone it till next Saturday. Uh, I was contacted today by the owner of the Rowdy Mermaid. The Rowdy Mermaid is a,
uh, health and fitness, um, business that is on Main Street. They will be teaming up with Blue Dot Community. Blue Dot Community is an organization that supports individuals with and without neuro and developmental disabilities. On
Thursday, July 17th from 2 to 4, they will be having a free fundraiser for Blue Dot Communities, uh, in which they will be spending time moving and exercising and having vendors and raffles and, uh, just a good old time
for about two hours on, uh, Thursday afternoon from 2 to 4. Um, so that's the Rowdy Mermaid on Main Street in Lake Como. Um, other than that, all matters are in order. I forgot
this time. I will take a motion open for public comments. So move. Second. All in favor? I opposed. Anyone wishing to speak to anything listed under new business. Um, anybody from the public can come to the mic and do so now. Um, we just need your
name and address. will be approved. Yes. Seeing none, I'll take a motion to close. So, second. All in favor? I. Okay. Under new business, we have a special events application for Greenwood Terrace Block Party. I believe we have a
representative here. Can you just come to the mic? Give us your name and address, please. Hi, Amanda Hernick, 1820 Greenwood. Hi, Amanda. Thank you for coming. Hey, good. Um, so we just, you know, we we asked the petitioner to come to the meeting just in case we have any
questions. Yeah, of course. Um, this is the third annual. Yep. I thought it was I'm impressed that it's been that long. Time. Um, have I I don't remember if there's there been issues in the past. I don't think so. Never. No.
Block off Greenwood never had an issue. The neighbors are good with it. So, I know it's one way now. They changed the traffic. So, so I mean that's a that's a point to be made. This will be after the traffic patterns change back. Yeah, it's the 13th. So, it's the 13th. Um I've asked um
instead of doing it on Monday the 15th, we're going to change them back for that weekend. So, you can have the Perfect. That sounds great. Thank you. Um we I know the ordinance and what we say is around the 15th. So, we can we can make that switch. I think that helps your neighbors more than it helps you.
Um, and uh they'll be able to get in and out of town. When is the 19th one? That's the same date. This is the 13th. What's the 19th? No, the 19th Avenue for one party. Is that the same? No, they've happened already, right? Yeah, there's been two block parties
already on the street. Yeah. Um, Chief, any concerns, questions? Drew? So, it's going to be 2 to 10. Yeah, something like that. Around about what we started last last few times.
It's worked out. We're never out that late. So, and um as far as blocking off the street, Drew, what do we uh we usually do for that with the two-way traffic? It should not be an issue.
We'll provide the barricades as well as the cones to Sounds good. Any questions from the council? It's pot. That's That's his only question.
That's all I care about. It's poted. Everyone's invited always. Um, for the record, uh, Council Peg Schaefer is on the phone. She's not. Sorry. Um, okay. I'll make a motion you approve the
application. Second. Thank you. All right. Roll call, please. Council member Wendy, yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Okay. The application is approved. Thank you very much. Good luck. Appreciate it. Have fun. I will do.
Um, we have a special events application for the Challe 5K. This is something that happens every year. Do we have anybody in the audience that's representing the Chali 5K? I don't think so. Um, but that's okay. Um, this is the same 5K that we have every year. Uh, I
don't think anything has changed. Amy, are you aware? Okay. It's the same. It's the date. It's the route. Um, insurance is taken care of. Correct. It is coming out of bar A as it always
does. And it looks like it is doing the traditional 5K route down 16th Avenue to B to Schneider and then around the lake and back finishing up on Green Street. Um Chief, all good?
Yeah, I did speak with uh Bill Ryan uh last week and um just advised them that they have to stay on the path around the lake and not the street. Okay. And they do um they have massive amount of volunteers, right?
Drew, any questions? Any questions from council? Motion. Make a motion we approve. We have a motion. Second. Roll call, please. Member. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Yes. Yes. Okay. Okay. Ordinance 2025-13. Um, this is actually going to be pulled from our agenda. Um, we have to bring this back to our planning board before we move forward on a second reading and
public hearing. So, that's going to be pulled at this time. Um, and we will move on to resolution 2025-104 offered by Councilman Dan. Thank you, Mayor. I still offered resolution 2025-104. This is a resolution seeking approval to
submit a grant application and execute a grant contract with New Jersey Department of Transportation for the improvements to Avenue and Burton. So, this is just um the ongoing DOT grants that we're moving throughout the town. Um and this is we're looking
spring of preferably spring of 26. Um, questions from council. I have a motion. I have a second. Second. Roll call, please. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Yes. Yes. Thank you. Resolution 2025-105 offered by Councilman Ventrice. Thank you, mayor. So for resolution 2025-105, a resolution of the Burough Lake Como memorializing adoption of an amendment to the Burough
master plan municipal storm water management plan element. Whereas the mayor and council buro has been advised as necessary to adopt an amendment to the burough master plan municipal storm water management plan element pursuing to applicable law and
the burrow authorized uh leavian to prepare the amendment and the amendment was formally presented to the governing body in a public session uh on June 17, 2025.
Um, and with this resolution, the mayor and council of Bur Lake Ko adopts the amended municipal storm water management plan master plan element and amend and adopt any appropriate ordinances and regulations in order to implement the
various programs and policies identified within the documents law. Quick question, Peg, do we have to send this to the planning board for review after it's adopted? No. since it's uh if I may it's not it's not land use necessarily
it's the storm water management plan that's required by the okay um uh we have someone here from I guess engineering just come up and and um you can give your name uh and your affiliation
hi I'm Steven Meyer I'm with Leonaki and I am the environmental scientist um if the storm water management plan is adopted tonight I will promptly send a letter out with the plan to the M County Planning Board and they get a chance to
review it. Um, I don't expect anything to come up, but if they do, we would revise it and then bring it back here. Um, and if anyone has any questions about the plan, I can also address that. Okay. Um, we did we did go over it last meeting.
Um, did you hear that, Peg? Um, that they're going to send out a notification to the county. Yes. They're going to send the notification to the county planning board, right? Right. That's required. I think state D too as well. Right. Uh, yes. Okay. Excellent.
I think we're good. Any questions for that? Anything? All right. Awesome. Thank you. Thank you. Um, I have a motion. Do I have a second? Second. Roll call, please. Council member Witty. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Yes. Yes. Thank you. We have resolution 2025-106 offered by Councilman Danto. I'm sorry, Demora. Thank you, mayor. Be resolved by mayor and council of Bur Lake Ko at the proper
be directed and authorized to make payment for the following accounts. The current account 15,2319. The water sewer account $1,936.17. The trust account $180.98 the tourism account $1,12.50
and a wire payments per attached bill for 79,165.89 for $97,526.73. Thank you. I have a motion second. Second roll call, please. Yes. Yes.
Yes. Yes. Yes. Thank you. Resolution 2025-107 offered by Councilwoman Al Balado. Thank you, mayor. So, offering resolution 2025-107. This is a resolution authorizing the award of a contract for public defender.
Um, Lake Ko needs to retain Raymond Rya, Esquire to serve as public defender for the bureau of Lake Homer, Lake Como. Um he is hereby appointed as the public defender effective July 15, 2025 through
December 31st, 2025. He's completed and submitted a business entity disclosure certification which certifies that he has not made any reportable contributions to political or candidate committee on the bureau's list in the
previous one year and that the contract will prohibit him from making any reportable contributions throughout the term of his contract. Um and therefore be it resolved that the mayor and council of the burough of Lake Como hereby authorizes the burough clerk to
enter into a contract with Raymond Rya Espire at the rates established in his contract for professional services. Have a second. Second. Um questions. How much does he get paid? He gets paid by the by the court and it's about I think it's
$330 per courtance. Yeah. And last year we used the public defender once. Um I have a second. Did I do a second? Yes. Roll call, please. Witty. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Yes. Yes. Thank you. Resolution 2025-108 offered by Councilman Dan Swano. Thank you, Mayor Soler. Resolution 2025-108 is a resolution for unpaid municipal charges for grass cutting enforcement
through tax sale between buro has incurred has incurred an expense in the year 2025 against Gregory's own property located at 423 known as on the tax map as block one block 22 failure of the property owners
to comply with Ordinance 10-2 concerning the condition of their property. He resolved the tax collector be directly to place a lean on the property 65347. Thank you. Have a second. Second question.
Yeah, this is a problem. I live a block away from the sky and it's really nice. So, is there anything else we can do? No, we um this is a ongoing thing. I think last year was over $1,000 I think that we put a lean on the property which
he eventually paid. Um do we have a schedule of when we we are forced to cut down his grass? Is it when it gets to a certain height? Typically it's to a certain height but
there is no schedule because depending on how much rain you get starts getting. So that's that's the ordinance right? That's that's the the length we charge him every time we do because sometimes it gets ridiculous. Sometimes it's we're supposed to give him notice,
right? And tell him that he needs to cut the lawn and if he doesn't, then we get to go out and do it, right? Yep. Yeah. Um well, I think we we are I think we're bound by what the what the the law says, right? Um
does Mr. reside at the residence or is it empty? There's nothing there. There's nothing there. Uh, do I have a second? Oh, we have a second. Roll call, please. Yes. Yes. Absolutely.
Yes. Yes. Thank you. Uh, at this time, I'll take a motion to open for public comments. Second. All in favor? I. Thank you. Anyone wishing to come to the mic? Um, this is the public comment se section. Just name and address. You can
address council. Seeing none, I'll take a motion to close. So move. Second. All in favor? All right. At this time, the council will meet as the alcohol beverage control board. We have one item, a
social affairs permit application for the second best day of Lake Ko, Lake Como day. We know the mayor's bash is the first. No, I'm just kidding. Um, so this is an application every year for a social affairs permit for Lake Ko
tourism. Um, that is for the Lake Ko uh Lake Ko day. Um, Drew, we made some changes to this application last year. Is there any additional changes this year? There is not. Um, we're still doing the same area
um coverage for the license. Yes, we are. I see the rain dates the next day. It usually is. Yes. And then I think one year we actually had a rain day for the rain, right? Isn't that the year it rained for 4
days? Um but we had it. Any questions from the council? Have a motion. Make a motion we approve the application. Second. Roll call, please.
Yes. Antono, yes. Yes. Ventrice, yes. Alado, yes. Can't wait. Thank you. Um, all right. Next meeting. The next regular meeting of the council held on Tuesday, August 5th at 7:30 p.m.
All meetings are Thank you. Have a motion to adjourn. So move. Second. Second. All in favor? Opposed? Thank you. We are injured. Thank you, Peg.
Everyone still on speaker. Have a good night everyone. our nice.