That's better. Wait a minute. She's got to support She's got to support my six-pack here. Good evening, everyone. The September 10th, 2025 council meeting of the Long Red City Council will now come to order. Roll call, please.
Mr. Rases here. Mr. Vieiraa here. Mrs. Whittis here. Mr. Dangler here. Dr. Vote here. Will everyone please stand for the pledge of allegiance? I pledge allegiance 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. And if I could ask you to remain standing. Um if we could have
a moment of silence for um Al Williams, a city employee who we recently lost. Um Al Williams was a firefighter and also the photographer for the department, a wonderful man who worked for us many years.
Thank you. I will now read the mission statement for the city council. The Long Branch mayor, city council, and administration are committed to cultivating an environment of mutual trust and respect that values the diversity of our
community. We will strive to enhance the quality of life for all who live here by making Long Branch a desirable place in which to live and prosper. We will treat all members of the public with respect and expect the same in return.
Certification, please. I hereby certify that this meeting has been published in the newspaper in accordance with the Open Public Meeting Act and posted as required by law. Thank you. Uh, reading and approval of previous minutes. I need a motion to approve the minutes of the August 27th,
2025 meeting. So moved. I need a second. I can abstain. I don't think I can do it. Okay. I there. I need a second. Glenn or
is Glenn there? Second. Okay. Uh uh roll call, please. Mr. Ras, yes. Mr. Vieira, abstain. Mrs. Whittis, yes. Mr. Dangler,
abstain. Dr. V. Yes. Motion pass. Thank you. Consideration of ordinances, public hearing, and final consideration. This is ordinance 0-10 uh-25. a bond or ordinance providing for
various 2025 capital acquisitions and improvements for the city of Long Branch in the county of Mammoth, state of New Jersey, appropriating 1,870,000 therefore including a state of the New
Jersey Department of Transportation grant in the amount of $750,000 and authorizing the issuance of $1,95 5,500 uh dollar bonds for notes of the city to
finance part of the costs thereof. A summary of this ordinance is this ordinance was introduced in a on August 27th, 2025 and provides for various capital acquisitions and improvements
consisting of one roadway reconstruction on various roads in the city, including but not limited to a portion or the entire length of as applicable Oakwood Avenue and Se View Avenue in the city.
two, purchase of IT server equipment, and three, replacement of three intersection traffic signals at various locations within the city. I need a motion to open the public hearing on this ordinance only.
So move second. All in favor? I I uh if any member of the public has any comment to make on this ordinance only, please come to the podium, state your name and address clearly for the record. You will have five minutes and may only
speak once on ordinance 0-10-25. Vincent Leapor 33 Ocean Tourist Long Branch requesting one minute notification. Since the rules of the council president are cross dialogue, I'll make my statement with questions and afterwards
expect responses from the council or the administration. Quote, in the ordinance, which sum includes a $750,000 grant expected to be received from the Department of Transportation
of the state of New Jersey, end quote. The question being, when is the grant expected to be received? And the ordinance section 3A description reads as follows. Quote, roadway reconstruction on various roads in the
city, including but not limited to a portion or the entire length of as applicable Oakwood Avenue and C view avenue in the city. Total approximation of 1,360,000.
The questions being is West Long Branch contributing to Oakwood Avenue in the repaving and at what amount? The additional question, are both Oakwood Avenue and C view avenue being entirely repaved
after the repaving of Oakwood Avenue? Will there be an enforced 5-year moratorum on development projects along Oakwood Avenue? What is the start and finish date for the repairing of Oakwood Avenue?
Section 3C, there's a quote, replacement of three intersection traffic signals at various locations within the city. End quote. Question being, what locations in the city will receive these three traffic signals?
And then I want clarification. Excuse me. Section seven, and this is clarification for the record. On section 7D, quote, "An aggregate amount not exceeding 205,000 for items of expense listed in and
permitted under section 20 of local bond law is included in the estimated cost indicated herein for improvements described." End quote. And then section three mentions quote
all engineering and design work quote preparation of plans and specifications end quote. Question being for clarification of the record. Do the statements in sections three stand separate and apart from the
205,000 professional fees in section 7D? Yes or no? That's conclusion. I respect the answers now. Thank you, Mr. Lapour. Would anyone care to respond?
Yeah, sure. Sure. Um the Oakwood Avenue is a 50/50 split with West Long Branch. We both want a $750,000 grant and we're splitting the cost for that. Um C View Avenue is not the entire section. It's actually where two projects came into each other and it
created a pooling issue between the two and we're we're repairing it for a few of the residents that are being affected by it. And what was the other one you asked? Lights. Oh, and the the traffic signals have not been selected yet. We have four left in the city that need to be replaced and the traffic department's working on
because they talk to each other what the best way to go is. But we've if you look over the last seven years, we've replaced two every year. This these are our last four that we need to do. When is the grant expected and what is the start and finish date for Oakwood Avenue? The grant we want already. We have that and the start and finish date has not
been uh determined yet because we're waiting on the engineering to be done. And the 5-year moratorum for development projects along Oakwood Avenue will be enforced. We haven't even discussed that. That's all. Thank you, Mr. Lor.
Anyone else? Okay. I need a motion to close. So move. Second. All in favor? I I This is the second reading of ordinance 10-25. I need a motion to adopt on second and final reading and advertise
according to law. So moved. Second. Second. Roll call, please. Mr. Rases, yes. Mr. Vieiraa, yes. Mrs. Whittis, yes. Mr. Dangler, yes. Dr. Vote, yes. Motion passed. Thank you.
onto ordinance 0-11-25, an ordinance authorizing sale of of city property not needed for public use located at 186 Jolene Avenue, Long Ranch, New Jersey, blocks block 398,
lot 25, Route 36, section uh section 5, parcel E87 by deed of e of easement and property located at 181 1 Jolene Avenue, Long Branch, New Jersey, lot 396,
block 396, lot 1, Route 36, section 5, parcel 90A, UE90B by bargain and sale deed for the NG NJ DOT project, Route 36 bridge over
Troutman Troutman's Creek. This ordinance was introduced on August 27th, 2025, and the New Jersey Department of Transportation is seeking to inquire a permanent deed easement
and a partial taking and permanent utility easement by bargain and sale deed of a portion of two parcels owned by the city of Long Branch, which are within the proposed site of planned construction for the New Jersey
Department of Transportation of Route 36 Troutman's Creek Bridge project. This ordinance authorizes the sale of these parcels by deed of easement and bargain of sale agreement to the to the state by
the city of Long Branch at a fair market value. I need a motion to open the public hearing of this ordinance only. So move. Second. All in favor? I I If any member of the public has any
comments to make on this ordinance only, please come to the podium, state your name and address clearly for the record. You will have five minutes and may only speak once on ordinance 0-1-25. Seeing none, I need a motion to close. Some move second.
All in favor? I I I This is the second reading of ordinance 11-25. I need a motion to adopt on second and final reading and advertise according to law. So move. Second. Roll call, please.
Mr. Rases, yes. Mr. Vieiraa, yes. Mrs. Whittis, yes. Mr. Dangler, yes. Dr. Vote, yes. Motion passed. Thank you. Ordinance for introduction. There are none. uh public participation for resolutions
and all general comments. I need a motion to open the public portion of the meeting for all comments. So move second. All in favor? I I opposed. None. The public uh portion of
the meeting is to allow you the public to state your comments directly to the administration and have a voice in the proceedings of your governing body. There will be no cross dialogue during the public portion of the meeting. After you have spoken, any member of the deis
authorized to speak on the administration's behalf may address your comments, answer questions, or correct any misleading or erroneous information. If there's anyone in the audience who has a comment to make, please step
forward to the podium. State your name and address clearly for the record. You will have five minutes and may only speak once. Benson Leapor, 33, Ocean Terrace, Long Branch, requesting one minute notification. The people of this city are currently
reeling from being clobbered by tax increases. Recently, the residents received a letter of illusion from the mayor and council in an attempt to spin the blame
on tax increases mostly on the board of ed and county. The board of ed with an increase of 11.83% the county with an increase of 14%. Mayor Palone and council further said in
the letter, quote, "While the city of Long Branch is responsible for collecting and distributing property taxes to the county and the school board, the city has no authority over the tax increase of the board of education or any other government agency." End quote.
What Palon and Council failed to state is that the policies of the municipal government have directly impacted increases in the board of education taxes and county taxes to the residents of this city. Due to this city's developers tax
abatements where Pill Village 3 and other developments currently pay no contributions to the board of ed. The failed contribution results in an increased tax burden on the residents of this city.
The board of ed having lost revenue all along since 2005 when this city started these developer tax abatements. Yeah. The board of ed currently losing 1,300,000
a year to these tax abatements is as equally at fault for never fighting tax abated development projects thereby grossly failing their fiduciary responsibility to the taxpayers of this
city resulting in increased board of education taxes. Likewise, the municipal government's decision on taxabed development properties puts the burden on city residents who are not abated of more of a proportion to the county contribution
of a 14% increase. So in essence, the policies of the municipal government have directly affected the board of Edin County, which has directly resulted in the tax increases of the residents. Mayor Palone and council may try to be
sly to wash their tax increases through a shell game with the board of ed and county, but he has failed. Knowledgeable taxpayers see right through this ploy. The $51426 decrease in municipal is a cruel joke.
Palon and Council further continue in the letter, quote, "Increases due to the tax assessment of your home mandated by the county demonstration program." End quote. And when Palon was on council, he and the rest of the council members
voted to put this city in the demonstration program, resulting in these phenomenal increases in assessments in the past few years. He's just as responsible for the demonstration program. Additionally, the Palone Municipal Government decision in
the current 2025 budget to retain $6,680,000 surplus with without applying it to the taxpayers for taxpayer relief is in and of itself a hidden municipal tax increase. Not withstanding the 2025
budget projected surplus of 8,898,869. To residents, the city is like the Titanic. Multi-millionaires party at Peer Village 3 on their tax abatements while the residents sink under the tax load. The
2025 municipal budget had a line item of 173,000 under administration for miscellaneous expenses, special events, also known as concerts and parties. The recreation department had a line item of miscellaneous other
expenses, also known as celebrations and parties for 154,500 one minute notification. And on tonight's bailout, these so-called free food events at the arts center and elsewhere, we have $44
for candy supplied by a specialty supplier at an arts center event. To the Palone team, the party goes on. To the people of this city, they suffer. Some of the people of this city are victims. No question about it. Other
people in this city, you went along with the ride. You didn't fight your contribution to this city's junk government as the current mayor and council are. Thank you, Mr. Leapour. Would anyone hear the response?
Sure. And I I'm sure Mr. Leapor will leave so that he doesn't hear what the answer to his questions really are. Though I don't think there were questions. I think they were just, you know, misstatements of fact. Couple of things. I It's not for me. I'm not the one to comment on the city spending whatever it spends on u celebrations and
events that are, you know, pretty popular in the city. That's that's not really the point. But I always think that it's important for us to talk when Mr. Leapor gets up and he talks about tax abatements and then somehow the board of education gets less money. It's just a fundamental misunderstanding of government. And while I know it's a
misunderstanding of government and I know Mr. Leapor is just saying it because he's trying to twist a narrative that doesn't really exist. So the way it works is this is the board of education strikes a budget. We don't control their budget. They strike a budget and they
tell the city how much money they need to raise. The city tells the county who strikes a tax rate and four times a year they get paid whatever the the four quarters of whatever the money it is that they they put in their budget.
any tax abatement doesn't red doesn't reduce by one nickel the amount of money that the board of education has for education. It's just not true. Um so fund fundamentally we we hear we hear that all the time. So when Mr. Leor says, "Well, you know, there's a million
dollars that the board of education is not getting." That's just not true because the board strikes a budget and they and and and uh and the county strikes a tax rate and they get paid every nickel that they that they need to fund their budget. It's just the way the
system works. That's as as simple as it it can be. With regards to the city budget, of course, the city budget was flat. And Mr. Leort Leaport talks about the assessment demonstration program. And understand the way that works. If the city raises $10 this year and $10
last year, it's the same amount of money. If your taxes go up or down based upon the assessment of your property, it's a it's a closed system. So if there are houses that go up, there are houses that go down because in the end the city still collects the same amount of money.
So the only thing that the city can control, it's the only thing that they are in control of is how much their budget actually is. And while the assessment demonstration program makes those changes every year, the fact of the matter is is that even under a
normal assessment uh structure, like in Middle Sex County, for instance, a county that doesn't have a demonstration program, assessments change in town and people's taxes could go up or down even though a municipal budget is flat. That's fundamentally part of it. This
happens to be a year by the way in which you saw extraordinary increases and they were they were as and and as laid out in the letter that Mr. Laapour referred to they they were as a result of increases
by the school board and and the county. They don't have anything to do with the assessment demonstration program and they don't certainly don't have anything to do with tax tax abatements. It's just fundamentally those two governments needed more money. they raise their budgets, the rate gets
struck, and unfortunately the bill gets mailed out from the city. That's the way it kind of works. You pay your taxes here at the city because you don't go to pay it at the county and you don't go to pay it at the school board. We're we're we're just the tax collector for those things. So, I I just wanted I I think most folks understand that. I think the
letter kind of hammered it home. Um I think it doesn't fit the narrative sometimes that Mr. Leapor has because of his feelings with regards to tax abatements. Um, and you could have feelings with regards to tax abatements one way or the other, but on this point it's just fundamentally incorrect.
Thank you, Mr. En. Uh, anyone else? Yeah, there there are many people that do some really good things for this town and I just like to make some acknowledgements. Could you just give us your name and
address? Uh, Gregory Uberto, 55 Chelsea Avenue, Long Branch. I I'm grateful to to Mayor P Mayor Palone, the town council, and others that h were instrumental in placing
these banners on the boardwalk, on the light posts of servicemen that served our in our country. Because without these men and women, we wouldn't have the freedoms that we have today. And the
other groups of people I like to acknowledge and I am very grateful that they're here in this city, not only in this city, but this entire country. First is the men and women of our police
force because when they go out in uniform, they risk their lives every day. And I appreciate that they are here to protect us. Not only the police officers
but the firemen, the men and women and also the first responders for stage squad that come out because all those those
groups risk themselves when they put on that uniform and I don't think the people of realize this and When I walk on that boardwalk, I look at those banners
and I'm proud of what they've done for this country because without them and also our armed forces, I shudder to think what this country would be without them.
That's a positive thing I wanted to let you know. But here's the other issue and I'm glad this in in one respect the summer's o over because maybe you can work this out. Get some kind of ordinance because you have kids riding
motorbikes. You have kids riding motor scooters on the street. Some follow the rules. Some do not. They fly past they fly.
They go past stop signs. Go they go past red lights. They're d they're riding their motorbikes. This is a motor vehicle. They they need something to be done. And uh al also you they were driving on
the opposite side of the road. I' I've seen this. I don't know if you if there is ordinances or rules against it, but there needs to be something to be done because they're putting the the drivers that drive the vehicles as well as themselves at risk. And I hope you this
government here, you know, looks into this and addresses this question. And if you do pass these ordinances, you have to let the people know. Uh, and that's all because I'll tell you
few months ago I was almost hit by a kid 12 years old riding a motorbike. You know, they sell motorbikes, they they sell scooters, but they don't tell them how to drive them on the street and they're putting themselves at risk
and and also all the people that are driving cars. So, let's hope I don't know if you have any audiences, but I hope you will. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Would anyone care to respond?
Um, well, I'd like to respond um in terms of your appreciation for the I can't hear you. I said I would like to respond in terms of your appreciation for the banners that are on the boardwalk. And for that
um primarily we thank um Councilwoman uh Whittis who was the one who brought that idea to the administration and worked through that whole project. I I agree with you. I walk down that boardwalk and I read them all the time also. So our
our thanks and appreciation council Councilwoman Whittith. Thank you. Thank you. Um is there anyone else? my timer on here. Uh Tim Kazakowski, um 121 Atlantic Avenue. Um Greg stole a
little bit of my thunder on my topic actually, but maybe this will echo a little more clearly or with him. Um my I'm basically talking tonight about bicycle safety and enforcement of laws for juvenile riders in the city. Um, I come here as a concerned citizen, but
also someone who has extensive EMS experience as a uh as a paramedic and as other people who've dealt with a lot of field trauma. Um, could you raise the microphone just a little bit? Sure. Sorry. Thank you. Is that better? Yes. Is that better? I won't yell like that guy earlier who sounds like a regular here. Um,
that was uh impassioned certainly. Uh, uh, so I said I've been I've been a paramedic and ALS provider for years. Uh this is a topic actually I raised with mayor at the bungalow at Mikey Shur's uh kickoff thing a couple months ago. Um Mr. Shirley and I had this conversation
at the senior center back in June. Um so this is not first time they've heard this from me before. Um but actually to Greg's point by the way Greg's a great guy. Greg I met at the senior center a couple months ago. He's a magician. Great magician. Uh did a program there. Taught me a few things. Very cool guy.
Um running him into here was kind of funny tonight. Um to your question though about laws, there are laws posted in New Jersey for I'm sure you all have seen this. LBPD posts this regularly. Um unfortunately I don't think any of this is ever enforced from I can tell. Um one of the things here talks about how um
children are 17 must be wearing a bicycle helmet. I lived here 5 years. I can probably count on two hands from other times I've seen a kid wearing a helmet. Um I did hear that there's some program at 7-Eleven to encourage kids to get wear helmets and stuff like that. Get a treat or something like that. If it happens, I don't think the message is
getting out. Um, the law does call for kids getting points in their licenses to not get a driver's license. I'm not sure if that's ever enforced, but frankly, as someone who's been in the field and dealt with these kind of situations on on a trauma basis, uh, I lived the corner of Atlantic in Long Branch. Um, I have seen in the last five years
probably a dozen times when kids have made a left-hand turn into the northbound lane or the westbound lane of of of Atlantic Avenue in oncoming traffic and basically yell at the driver for not being for being in the wrong place. Um, I am I don't want to be a first responder at a traumatic brain
injury. Um, I think it's irresponsible that the frankly that there's no enforcement that I can tell of these rules. I don't know if it's educational in the schools has to happen or where it is or go to the parents on this whole thing here, but until you start behaving a little differently, nothing's going to change. I mean, talk about insanity being doing the same thing over and over
again and not doing and expecting different things changing. Um, one of the things that Mr. Shirley said to me in June was that um, if they were to stop a juvenile who wasn't wearing a helmet or something, they're violating one of the laws, it takes two officers to go to the police station to deal with a child and has to take someone off the
street. Um, I know other departments do it. um Clark Township and I don't know where Clark Township is, somewhere nearby, um two weeks ago posted a press release of an enforcement action they did in Clark Commons where they basically went through and and had an enforcement action for bicyclists. Uh
during this enforcement action, they contacted 15 juveniles and pounded two ebikes, issued 19 summones. Um the police director says he wants the parents and runners who receive summones to know that the Clark Police Department proactive enforcement is about more than issuing summones, but they're protecting
lives. That's the message here, right? I don't want to have kids get arrested. I don't want parents get cited and give them ticketed. I want kids to live. And I don't know if it's going to take a um a uh traumatic brain injury or some kid in town to get injured really badly um to for somebody to take action. But having seen people who had TBI from
bicycle accidents and motor vehicle accidents, it's sad. And I look at this town, a lot of kids who are section 8 kids a lot of money. These kids are not going to get the kind of medical care they need. It's tragic. And the fact that the city does nothing to do deal with this. And I maybe maybe it's happening in the background. I don't see
it, but I can count literally a handful of kids I've seen wear bicycle helmets. It's ridiculous. Um, you know, it's really unfortunate there's no more care given to to this this activity here. Um, you know, where did I go here? Um, I don't know what you can do. I mean, during the summertime, there's dozens of
officers in Pier Village. I know you don't want to chase kids on the street and lights and sirens going on, but you've got enough class ones and class 2s in Pier Village to stop a kid and say, "You're not wearing a helmet and do something about it." I've asked officers on the boardwalk say that kid's not wearing a bicycle helmet, say shrug their shoulders. They shrug their
shoulders. That's not a response. You can't say it's not my job. That's what is law enforcement for if not enforcing the law. Um, I think it's just the end of the day, you know, if you're afraid of being I've heard one of the comments from, I think, Lieutenant, I think, correct? Lieutenant Sergeant, the the
business meeting a couple weeks ago that, you know, someone mentioned how, you know, no one wants to be caught on camera on social media and basically recorded. If you're enforcing the laws and doing things legally, you get recorded, someone post it somewhere, but just do the job. I mean, it's it's unfortunate that, you know, this is not
being dealt with in any way meaningful that I can tell. And it's sad. And I don't think that the city is giving any real care to the parents in this town and the kids in this town to deal with the fact that there's a major public safety issue. It's my five minutes. It's sad. And again, frankly, I don't want to be a I don't want to be a first
responder in an accident getting a kid being run by a car on my street. You know, Charlie, I don't know, maybe if you want to jump into it. It's interesting because I I read an article today. Oh, real quick. One more thing. Is it just one second for one second real
quick? I I'm sorry. Can I have one more second? I'm sorry. Okay, it's fine. Yeah. Uh, let me just say that, you know, we are we're hearing this every day and we are work diligently to try to put something
in in place. Um, but I read an article today which is very interesting because it is happening all over. I mean, in in every city. I guess Woodbridge is adopting something in in the fall and where and and there's another city that actually just adopted
something, but again, I'm sorry I don't have an answer for you here. It is clearly a problem with enforcement. I think it's a problem with legislation in terms of what, you know, what is a moped, what's a bicycle, and so forth. Um, we're
trying we're, you know, we're trying hard, I think, to work on it. Charlie, I don't know. Did you have anything to add just in terms of where we are? I have seen many times, not once, where the bike the the bikers just ride right by the
officers. But again, I don't know what an you know, an officer can't give a chase on foot. Can't give the chase really in a car. But but even but even there, I mean, I hear you and and we stop them. We Well, okay. Yeah. I don't know for all of you. like to
stop the plan. Yeah. Okay. I need to ask you to Yeah. Um, do we have Did you want to add? No, I did. I mean, we're obviously looking at multiple things, but the problem is that more and more ebikes are
actually being purchased by everyone and in probably five years, that's all anyone's going to have. So, a lot of the laws we're looking at are trying to make sure that the person doing it the right way isn't being punished either. That's that's what we're wrestling with, right? They're juveniles. Sure. Sir, um,
you know, you're you're actually bringing up um something that we talked about earlier in in our workshop and it is how we keep the public informed on the projects that we are working on. We we you know, we don't have the answer
right now, but that doesn't mean that we're not working on it. and maybe those periodic updates for us to inform people of these are the steps that we have taken so that you you know we are trying to deal to to deal with the issue. Um I
think everybody uh on the day is so we all we all know the importance of the thing. Do you really? Well um we're good. Okay. Sorry. Okay. Um anyone else?
Okay. Anyone from the public who wants to further discuss any other comments or concerns, please call the city clerk's office at 732571-5686 to schedule a time at the public council hours that are held the first Wednesday
of every month. And now I need a motion to close the public participation portion of the meeting. So move second. All in favor? I. I'll now ask the um uh county clerk, the city clerk if there are any changes to the list of resolutions.
No changes have been made. Okay. Thank you. We can take the listed resolutions as a consent agenda. I need a motion. So moved. Second. Roll call, please. Mr. Ras, Council President, I'm sorry. Sir, excuse me. If you if you'd like to say
yes, I'd like to talk to you after the meeting if you can stick around for a couple minutes. Oh, you got to go. Okay. All right. No, no, no. I'm I'm sorry, but after the meeting, please. Mr. Rases, yes. Mr. Vieiraa, yes. Mrs. Wittis,
yes. Mr. Dangler, yes. Dr. Vote, yes. Motion passed. Thank you. Uh, applications, there are none. Miscellaneous business for the good of the order. Councilman Rases. Thank you, uh, Council President B. I'd like to thank everyone for coming out
this evening. We always like to hear your concerns. Uh tomorrow marks 24 years since 9/11 uh attacks. Uh my heart goes out to everyone who has affected that that tragic day. Uh may we never forget. I'd like to thank Stan Zuva and
his staff for making the past beach season another success. Please stay safe and I look forward to seeing everyone in two weeks. Thank you, Councilman Ras. Councilman Vieira. Yes. Good evening. Thanks for coming out. Um Tim and Greg, I know your
concerns. Don't think that we sit back here and we've been we've been trying to address it. We've been talking to our public safety. I know you you see what I see pretty much. I'm on Pe Village all the time. I'm on Atlantic Avenue. They ride by me by Night of Pool. I'm there,
too. It's it's safety concerns that we want to keep up with. And sometimes it's not as easy just stopping and trying to chase a kid that's on an ebike because he doesn't have a helmet. You know, we as of the council, we leave that up to our public safety and discussion has
been going on. It's been going on since the beginning of the summer about that and we're going to try our best to see what rules we can put on. I know we put that flyer on and you say, "We're not obeying by it." I see it. I know what you're going to get. I know where you're getting. I know where you're getting. I know where you're getting. And uh
believe it. We got our officers out there. I know what you you said. There's a couple riding by. The officer not doing anything about it. You know, I mean, you know, it's easier said than done. The officers there, they're there. You know, sometimes you can't chase him on foot. I don't know. I can't tell him. I'm not I'm not an officer. You know
what I mean? But we are we are up here. We are addressing that. Give us a little time. We'll come up with something. And with that, I'd like to say good night and thank you for coming. Thank you, Councilman Vieira. Councilwoman Whittis. Oh, good evening and thank you for coming this evening. Um, Greg, I liked
your idea about honoring our police officers and fire firemen and first responders. And that's something we can look into. We have a big city. We can put a lot of flags out. Um, the first idea about the veterans came from a
friend of mine, Kathy Deonis. She brought it to me. I brought it to the council and I'd like to further bring your idea to the council as well. I think it's a great idea. And with that, um, like to thank everyone for coming again and, um, have a good two weeks. Thank you.
Thank you, Councilwoman. Councilman Dangler. Yes. Thank you. Uh, first I'd like to thank everyone for, uh, for coming out, uh, giving up your time uh, and I heard we heard all three people who
got up tonight uh, and with the passion that you all spoke. But um focusing on the the uh gentlemen that spoke about the the first responders, the the servicemen uh and so on and so forth.
There's nothing left to say because you did a you did an excellent job. Um just paying paying homage to uh all of the stuff that goes on and where would we be if they were not here willing to put their lives on the line for us. So I thank you and all and everyone get get
home safely. See you in two weeks. Thank you, Councilman Dangler. Mayor Plum. Thanks. I'd like to thank everybody for your comments today. And yes, al sir, thank you uh so much. Councilwoman Whittis actually made the suggestion. We
all jumped along with it, but uh as as council president said, thank you, Councilwoman uh Whittis, and thank you for your uh comments about our first responders and our police and fire as well. Um we have a couple of um events
coming up. Uh Councilman Rasus mentioned, but tomorrow morning we're having our 911 memorial service uh at 9:00 a.m. right here at uh city hall. Please join us in remembering and honoring those we lost on 911. Uh the Springsteen in Long Branch exhibit is up
until November 14th at the Arts and Cultural Center. It's open every day from 8:30 to 4:30. Admission is free and we're going to have a couple more special events uh connected to that exhibit. So check out our website at
long branch.org. And finally, um Long Branch Day is coming up on October 11th. That's from 1 to 4 located outside of city hall in the library. Join us for a Halloween Halloween themed day with costumes, games, food, and activities
for the whole family. And again, I'd like to thank everybody for your comments and for being here this evening. Thank you, Mayor Mayor Plone. And I would also um like to thank you for the for your comments and um join in the invitation to please um come tomorrow
for the ceremony to honor our the people that we lost um at 9 9 on 911. Um, and I would also um ask that we all in our own way um take a moment to just
reflect on some of the things going on in our country. Um, you probably heard about the events that happened today and certainly even this week. you look at the violence
that's happening in in our country and for us to think about what our own contributions can be to help turn this around. Um we have an opportunity as a city to set an example to think about to
look at how we talk about things. um our ideas may differ but how how do we discuss things and how do we come to some sort of uh an answer um again I see it as an opportunity for us to learn
from each other and model some information in model some behavior that hopefully can radiate out because we can't keep on going like this so with that I'm uh also going to thank you for coming out tonight. I'm going to thank
you for your thoughtful comments and hope that we're going to see you in two weeks. And with that, I need a motion to adjurnn. So move second. All in favor? I. Thank you. Good night, everyone.