good evening the March 12 2025 council meeting of the Long Branch city council will now come to order rad call Mr dangler here Mr rasses here Mrs whts here Dr V is absent M Mr Vieira I'm here
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 ascends one nation under God indivisible and liberty and justice for all I will now read the mission
statement of the city council The Long Branch mayor the 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 our quality of life
for all who live here by Mak a Long Branch of Desire place in which to live and prosper we will treat all members of the public with respect and expect the same in return I hereby certifi that this meeting has been published in the
newspaper in accordance with the open public meeting act and posted as required by law uh tonight's presentation uh we have the American pres American presentation by The Long Branch Irish americ presentation presented by Long Branch public schools
excuse me Mario um I just got to text the student is in route they're on their way here so if we could maybe um just move it around a little okay so we'll do that is we'll skip that we'll go through the reading of the reading the approv of previous
minutes I need a I need a motion to approve the minutes of the February 26 2025 so move second roll call Mr dangler yes Mr asses yes Mrs
whtas abstain Dr vote is absent Mr Vieira yes motion pass now we'll go back to the presentation I guess we have the schools here um Irish and American presented by The Long Branch public schools perfect
good evening my name is Marissa alexopulos I'm one of the English teachers at the high school um I'm here with my 12th grade student eduarda who will be reading a poem for Irish heritage month and thank you again for having us back okay no problem this is a PO this is a poem uh
called an Soul by aan Boland my mother died One Summer the wetest in the records of the state crops rotted in the west checked tablecloths dissolved in back Gardens empty deck chairs collected rains as I took my way
to her through traffic through lilacs dripping blackly behind houses and on carbides to pay her the last tribute of a daughter I thought of something I remembered I heard once that the body is or is said to be almost all water and as I turn Southward the ours is the city of
it one in which every single day the elements begin a journey towards each other that will never given our weather fail the ocean visible in the edges cut by it Cloud color reaching into the the air the Lifey staring one and summoning
the other salt greeting the the lack of it at the north wall and as if that wasn't enough of it all of it ending up almost every evening inside our speech Coast Canal ocean River stream
and now mother and I drove on and although the mind is unreliably in G in grief at the next Cloud burst it almost seemed they could be shades of each other the way the body is of every one of them and now they were on the move
again fog into mist Mist into sea spray and both into the oily glaze that lay on the railings of the house she was dying in as I went inside thank you can you tell us a little bit about yourself oh I'm edwarda Silva I'm in
doth grade and I love poetry and reading and writing and drawing um I partake in a lot of hobbies that include my hands because I just love creating well thank you thank you yeah thank you thank you you well
done all right consideration of ordinance public car and final consideration ordinance 0325 an amendment to the city ordinance designating Park and prohibit at all times west side of Third Avenue this
ordinance was introduced on February 26 2025 and prohibits parking at all times on the west side of Third Avenue I need a motion to open the public hearing on this ordinance only so moved second all in favor I if
any member of the public has any comments to make on this ordinance only please come to the podium stay your name and address clearly for the record you'll have five minutes and may only speak once on ordinance 3-25 CN there's none I need a motion to
close so move second all in favor I I this is the second reading of ordinance 3-25 I need a motion to adopt on second and final reading and advertise according to law so moved second roll
call Mr dangler yes Mr rasses yes Mrs whtas yes Dr vote is absent Mr via yes motion passed ordinance 04- 25 an ordinance amending chapter 6 116 beaches amending subss of 116
16-8 storage lockers bath houses and Cabanas on the code of the city of Long Branch this ordinance was introduced on February 26 2025 and amended chapter 116 B beaches subsections 116 d8 regarding
storage lockers bath houses and Cabanas by requiring seasonal Renters of storage lockers bath houses or Cabanas to adify and hold the city homeless from any and against
any claims in connection with P personal injury loss of life or damage of property arising from their use and occupancy of storage locker bath house or Cabana this war is further amended to
prohibit the suing of any Cabanas I need a motion to open the public hearing on this ordinance so move second all in favor 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'll have five minutes and may only speak once on ordinance 4-25 see and there's none I need a motion to close so moved second all in favor I
this is the second reading of ordinance 4-25 I need a motion to adopt on the second and the final reading and advertise according to law so moov second rad call Mr dangler yes Mr rassis
yes Mrs whtas yes Dr vote is absent Mr Vieira yes motion passed thank you ordinance for introduction there's not public participation resolutions and general comments I need a motion public to open the public portion on the
meeting for all comments Some Mo second all in favor I oppos if there's anyone in the ordinance that has a comment to make please step to the podium and state your name and address clearly for the record you'll
have five minutes and may only speak once the question one minute notification Vincent leaport 33 ocean turs Long Branch council president Vieira originally listed on this agenda this evening was the introduction of ordinance 5 amending chapter
78 doesn't appear this evening instead there's resolution 45 pretty much concerning the same man why was the introduction of ordinance five removed council president via because we determined that we did legally that we didn't need an ordinance
it could be done by resolution and that's what the state required us to do so we did it by resolution why in the resolution does it State it's was required of an ordinance to do this well once again we talked to the State Civil Service and they told us that we only needed to do a resolution so we did a
resolution the resolution's been written incorrectly because it states upon adoption of an ordinance so the resolution is to be removed this evening okay well so the council president Vieira is resolution 45 as in properly written this
evening to accommodate hiring Dei I'll turn that to our the attorney no you're going to answer the question via you're the council president you're voting on it tonight you and Council you're answering it so the answer is no does this address Dei council president Vieira the answer is no council
president Vieira doesn't have an answer to the question no you don't want an answer council president Vieira and Council would the United States president's executive order have an equal effect as a court decision no in invalidating this
resolution no council president Vieira yes or no no council president Vieira has no answer council president Vieira will this set a precedent for waiver of exams for any other
departments in this city yes or no no councilman Vieira has no answer council president Vieira yeah you could okay R 45 mentions that upon adoption there will be quote adoption of a conflict in interest and nepotism
policy end quote council president Vieira and Council can you categorically and unconditionally state that this resolution is designed so as not to satisfy any politically favored motivated appointments of the palone
government yes or no it's nothing to do with politics this is a civil service reg president via has no answer to the question I'm going to ask each council person why they're going to vote on this resolution this evening councilman rassis why are you voting for this
resolution chair the chair the questions coming to the chair please defer my the chair doesn't answer the question councilman R say are you going to answer the question yes or no please defer your your question councilman RIS you're not going to answer the question councilman dangler why are you voting for this resolution this evening Council you
don't have to answer counc councilman dangler you don't have to answer is councilman viea States s you follow the lead of somebody who doesn't know councilwoman wit councilwoman wit why are you voting for this resolution this evening I refer all comments to our
council president it's a sad day miss whts when you joined the palone team and now you taking orders from Mario Vieira down the gutter of the palom pay toplay gravy train you went it's sad very
sad I object to this resolution Mr Ron you're incorrect Mr Vier you haven't got a clue what you're doing which is part for the course Civil Service list has the potential for
abuse with this resolution r45 and allowing both political hires and Dei hires to bypass the test and waiting list thereby circumventing those qualified
applicants who took the test and qualified for the list one minute notification since the resolution is improperly written it states clearly in the resolution 45 upon adoption of an ordinance I request this resolution be
tabled if you want to proceed with it illegally I'm requesting a no vote Mr Martin in the bill payout this evening who's getting a $400 office chair and $10,000 worth of office equipment I don't know specifically and
I think the $10,000 is multiple pieces multiple pieces so we don't know who's getting a $400 chair in City Hall I do not know I put down my head now you do not know right junk government
continues this is a disgusting government no on r45 anyone else see there's no one else I need a motion to close the public participation portion of the meeting so move second all in favor I
oppose I'll now ask Madame Clark if there is any changes through the resolutions list of resolutions the following resolutions have been added to the consent agenda resolution 46-2 a resolution appointing members to the law Branch zoning Board of
adjustment resolution 47-25 a resolution appointing darl spites as an alternate number one member of the law Branch Zoning Board of adjustment resolution 48-25 a resolution appointing lilan grman as an alternate member two of the
law Branch's Zoning Board of adjustment resolution 49-25 a resolution appointing Safi valdi Vio as an alternate member three of the law Branch Zoning Board of adjustment and resolution 50-25 a resolution appointing Francisco
Bronco as an alternate Member One of the law Branch Zoning Board of adjustment thank you we could take a list of resolutions as the cons agenda sov second roll call Mr dangler yes Mr
rasses yes Mrs whtas yes Dr vot is absent Mr Vieira yes motion passed I need a motion to adopt the resolutions 44-25 so moved second roll call Mr
dangler no Mr rasses yes Mrs whts yes Dr vote is absent Mr Vera abstain motion passed um applications is none misscellaneous business for the good of the order councilman
dangler just like to thank everyone for coming out and U please get home safe thank you councilman dangan councilman rles thank you council president Vie I'd like also to thank everyone for coming out this evening stay safe and looking forward to seeing
everyone in two weeks thank you Council morasses councilwoman with us I too would like to thank everyone for coming out this evening and our student from Branch high school did an amazing job and uh we thank the school district for
always participating in our um harage months each month um we truly appreciate their support and their hard work thank you have a good night thank you councilman Wht us Maya palom thank you council president just a few upcoming events uh the fire and history museum
will have Open House hours on March 16th and 23rd from 1: to 400 p.m. uh we have some new additions and displays in the museum uh recent ones please check it out our hometown Banner uh Heroes Banner program is up and running banners onor US
military veterans who either presently reside in law Branch or formerly lived here uh displaying their picture name military branch and dates of service this is the banners along the ocean front that begins um around Memorial Day through Veterans Day please contact the
mayor's office for more information uh or visit our website at long branch. Org the annual East e egg hunt is Saturday April 13th at 10:00 at Westend Park we've been having that for the last 20 or 30 years it's event is free uh for
Long Branch residents ages 2 to 10 and finally the third annual Long Branch disability fair is May 3rd from 12:00 to 2 at the Long Branch Senior Center please join us for games resources arts and crafts music uh food and more and
again thank you all for being here this evening have a great week thank you mayor also want to say good good evening to everyone and um I want to thank eduarda Silva for coming out reading a beautiful poem for us and the Long Branch schools for being there for us as
we need them and with that I want to say good night I need a motion to close don't move second all in favor I oppose thank you