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All right. Let's go. Fire away. I call to order the May 28th Township Committee meeting. We rise for the pledge of allegiance. 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. Madam clerk, compliance with the open public meetings act of New Jersey. Adequate notice of this meeting, specifically the time, date, and public calling information were were included in the meeting that was electronically
sent to the echo sentinel Morris daily record and posted on the township website. The agenda and public handouts for this meeting can be viewed online at www.longhillnj.gov. A public comment period will be held in the order it is listed on the meeting agenda. Committeeman Lavender present. Committee
woman Riker Elaine will might be joining us on Zoom. I will let you know if she hops on. Committeeman Verlesa present. Deputy Mayor Purch present. Mayor Dorsy here. All right. So, the first thing we have is the uh a presentation from the
Long Hill School Board. So, I invite up uh Superintendent George Alexis and the business administrator Robin Bmer. And just so everybody knows, there's not going to be they're not going to answer questions from the public. If you want to ask them questions, you can go to board of ed meeting.
Thank you, Mayor Dorsy. Uh good evening, everyone. Thank you for having us. It's great to be back. Uh it was great seeing a number of you at the uh the Memorial Day parade and ceremony and uh that's really a privilege for us to assist in that and and host that every year at
Central Middle School. Uh I I also want to just talk briefly about um the process and recognize a few groups and people uh because we really appreciate your interest in and support of our schools. Um, but this budget process is is sort
of a schoolwide uh process that we go through every year. And Robin will talk more uh specifically about some of the details, but we involve our teachers and staff in the process which begins back in the fall. Uh our administrative leadership team, our um business office
of course working closely with Robin who coordinates all this. Uh but also our finance committee on the board and our board as a whole. um they're all very involved and provide good input um in the process. We have a number of our board members here this evening to um
support us here at the presentation. So, I thank them for that. Uh what we're really pleased with about this year's budget is that it's well aligned with our strategic plan, which we've been working on uh this year. We're rolling out a new five-year
strategic plan next year. Uh and what I mean by that is that it's student focused. Uh we're investing in student learning. We're investing in professional development for our staff. We're investing in our school facilities. Of course, um a couple of things I just want to highlight before I
turn it over to Robin. One is that uh last year in last year's budget, we invested a lot in our steam program, particularly at the middle school, and we're investing further into that steam program because it's really making a difference for our kids. We have a new math program that we're implementing
next school year and we've been preparing for that throughout this year and we'll be rolling that out in um in September. That's all part of our budget. And we have something called multi-tered systems of support. It's a targeted support model which supports
individualized learning for our kids. Um it's kind of a uh a long implementation. So, we're going to be doing this over the next several years, but that's also an important part of our budget, and we're hopeful it will complement our I Ready learning platform, which is designed to personalize instruction for
kids and target their individual needs. Uh, we have a third preschool inclusion class that we're adding based on enrollment needs for next year. Uh we also have additional basic skills support staff to help with the implementation of the multi-tered
systems of support model and uh we're we're able to continue our summer institute again which invites um students in fact we open it up to all students to come uh and we typically get around a 100 students or so that come uh for four weeks in the summer and have additional
academic and social support uh in our schools. We have plenty of facilities um upgrades taking place this summer and built into our budget. Robin will talk about the details there, but one thing I do want to point out is we're the central library is getting a muchneeded overhaul
and we're turning that into a 21st century learning commons which we are designing to become the the hub of the school. something that's going to be attractive to kids, where they can collaborate, where they solve problems creatively, uh, and just be a place where they they want to be because it's
it's going to be designed that way. Uh, last, I'll mention that we have um our budget is supporting an administrative restructuring. We in the past we had a part-time curriculum director, but because of our investment in student learning and supporting our
teachers and our students, we are making the curriculum director position full-time. Dr. Jones is going to move into that role and Miss Backer, who is our district assistant principal, is going to become the new full-time Gillette principal. So we look forward to that change and again all aligned
with our strategic plan which again student centered strategically aligned and fiscally responsible and I'll turn it over to Robin at this point. Thank you very much. Thank you sir. Hi. Thank you so much for having us. I'm
glad that we were able to present the budget for you. Megan if you pull up the presentation. Tonight I'm going to be presenting a shortened version of the full budget presentation that was recorded as a movie and is available on the website uh for the Long Hill
Township School District. The live presentation, I'm sorry, this presentation will highlight the key points and I encourage anyone looking for more information to view the movie that is available. You go to the next screen. I want to thank our board that
many of whom have shown up tonight. They are always supportive and I truly enjoy their company. Our budget is more than just numbers on a page. It's dynamic plan designed to meet our students needs while maintaining financial sta sustainability. The goal is to create a
budget that supports both current priorities and long-term stability. Developing our district's budget is a collaborative multi-month process. It begins in November with data collection and trend analysis. Throughout the winter, we work closely with the
administrators, the finance committee, and others to priorit prioritize needs and estimate costs. By March, we finalize a tenative budget for board review and adoption. And the process concludes in May with the final budget hearing and vote. This
in approach ensures we are thoughtful and strategic in our financial planning. This slide outlines our proposed operate expenses for the 2526 school year. Our largest expense is our regular programs for instruction at
5,679,000 reflecting our focus on core academics. We also allocate significant resources to special education and basic skills to support diverse learning needs. Outof district tuition is offset by idea funds helping to manage its
impact on our local budget. Maintenance, security, and transportation ensure safe, well-maintained facilities and reliable student transportation. Thank you. Employee benefits at 4,19,000 remain an a substantial portion
of the budget. You'll notice on the very bottom line, the total operating budget amounts to amounts to 22,41 I'm sorry, 22,41,000 with the overall budget including grants and debt service. This
totals 23,153525. Next slide. This pie chart provides a cleaner look at how our budget is allocated. Salaries make up 49.8% emphasizing our investment in our staff. Employee benefits account for 17%
ensuring we offer competitive and comprehensive benefits. Maintenance and operations, transportation, and special education, tuition are also key expenses. Most importantly, 94% of our
budget is fixed with just 6% remaining for discretionary spending in areas like instructional materials and technology. We carefully allocate these discretionary funds to maximize their impact on student learning. Now, let's take a look at how
we're going to fund the budget. The largest portion, 86.8%, 8% comes from the local tax levy, demonstrating strong community support for the school system. State aid contributes to 6.2% an essential but limited funding source. We
also use capital maintenance and emergency reserve withdrawals for specific needs. Our general fund revenue matches the 22 million operating expenses with the total revenue reaching the 23,153525 when factoring in the grants
and debt service. This chart visually represents our funding sources. Again, local taxes provide the majority of our revenue. State aid is a smaller but an important contribution. Strategic use of reserve funds helps uh
projects while reducing the burden on taxpayers. This highlights our district's reliance on local funding and the importance of careful financial planning. For 2526, we anticipate a 3% decrease in state aid driven by reductions in transportation and special
education aid even as security aid has increased. This decrease emphasizes the need for careful budgeting to managing manage these funding shifts. Federal grants support key programs including IDA which is uh special
education and ESA which is title one, title two, title three, title four of 44,000 and this year um new is the national school lunch program at 100,000. Since federal funding is subject to policy changes, we remain
vigilant in monitor monitoring potential shifts. Our budget prioritized initiatives that directly impact student success. We have a new K to8 math program to enhance learning, an additional preschool inclusion class to expand early
education, and increased basic skill staffing for targeted student support. These investments reflect our continued focus on student achievement. Our capital reserve will fund 239,215 in dollars in projects to
maintain and upgrade our facilities. We're going key investments include replacing rooftop units at Millington School through a direct install program for improved efficiency, repaying of other capital improvement projects, including the Gillette RTUs, which is rooftop units,
and district-wide lighting that in prior years. By using our capital reserve, we address infrastructure needs without increasing the tax burden. Our maintenance reserve expenditures will fund $332,680 for important facility updates,
including upgrading the Central Middle School media center into a modern learning commons, and updating classrooms at all three schools with new painting, new screens, and window shades. Like capital expenditures, these projects are fully funded from reserves,
keeping tax impact at a minimum. Our emergency reserve will fund additional security improvements for 2526, ensuring a safe and secure learning environment without increasing local
taxes. After the planned expenditures, our reserve balances are going to remain strong. Our capital reserve will be over 800,000. maintenance reserve will be at 500 approximately 530,000 and the emergency reserve will remain at
226,000. Maintaining healthy reserves allows us to plan for future needs responsibly. The maximum allowable tax levy increase this year is 2% which equates to $369,752. We're using $162,326 in healthcare adjustments to
offset expenses. And we utilized $114,987 in bank cap before it expires, leaving a balance of 347,300 for future needs. The general fund tax levy will increase to $19,134. I'm sorry,
$19,134,640, which is a $647,64 increase. The debt service tax levy will increase $16,42 and the total school tax levy will increase $663,467. But due to rising property
values, tax rates have actually decreased. The annual increase for the average home owner is $19861 or $16.52 a month. And this is based on the average assessed home value of $622,466 which Mr. Bar was so kind to
give me. Oops. Should have been on that one. Okay. Next, this is showing our historical tax levy that you'll see that it's been 2% for quite a while. This year it's 3.5, which is lower than many of our
neighboring districts. Um, I do expect that it's going to have to be above 2% for several years, hopefully at about 3.5. That is unsustainable at 2% at this point. That as you see our our uh cost
per student that is lower than average. Um, these are the neighboring districts. The ones in pink are the ones that go to Wunk Hills um regional high school that Long Hill is in green.
Next, that's it. Thank you for your time. Do you have any questions? Anybody on the DES have any questions for Miss Bulmer? Yeah, I I'll I'll do one. Uh you mentioned 3.5 over the next foreseeable future. What What's driving that from
what you're seeing? Um, our health care costs went up 9.5%. The CPI for transportation was 3.67%. Insurance was about 12%. Um, contracts this year were 3.1% for the staff and for administrators 3.2 I
believe 2 3.25. It's just we've cut everything out already. Um, that we can't keep it at 2% with all these fixed costs staying the same. Electricity is supposed to go up an awful lot this year, too. Right. Okay. Thank you. I want to wait. Thank
you, May. No, I I mean, this sounds like a couple of random questions, but a couple of things stuck out at me. Thanks for having a line that specifies special educ education. Does that include uh mainstream here, out of district, and
transportation out of district? Is that an all-inone number? Um on certain of the lines, it is. when it talks about special education when on this the screen that showed um the pie chart it broke out just out of district because the number I Okay, I'll make it
easier. Yeah. The number that I I saw was $1,675,000. Is that all included? That did not include the out of district placements. It did not. It did not. How many out of district do we have? Uh six. For next year, we'll have six.
Six. Six. Thank you. And then another kind of random question. What was the other the it's nominal, but it said charter school tuition 18,500. Does that mean one student is coming or two students? I don't know what uh that is one student, right? We're down to one student for next year. We had two
students this year. That decreased. Originally, I think maybe a year or two ago, we had six. And that's uh revenue, so to speak. Uh that's revenue for them. That's an expenditure for us, right? We have to send the child to charter school. all of a sudden going out. Yeah.
We have one child that's going to go to Unity Charter in Morristown. We have to pay Unity a tuition. Is that that's part of special ed or what's No, that's not part of special ed. That's just a regular public school. So, yeah. They have access to these school Township
schools which are very good. Why would Long Hill Township be responsible to send a student to charter school? They have the ability to go to a charter school. That's they being anyone. Mhm. in real we could send 40 50 kids out to it. Yes. And a lot of schools that
you'll you'll hear in some districts that they have a lot of children in charter schools. It pulls money out of the regular school district. It's a real problem that I can see the point though. It is 18,000 like if you do the math whatever comes out per student. So it is a lower cost per student. But you lose
students, right? We're paying it. And that child sitting in the class, even though it's saying 18,000, that child really doesn't cost us 18,000 to have one extra child in a class because we're sharing the heat. We're sharing and that's for, like you said, any student any special needs. It could be the most intelligent student in the entire
district. Doesn't matter. Yes. Unity Charter is uh based on sustainability. A parent could feel that sustainability is the most important thing. They want their child to go to a sustainable school and that's what that's what they preach over there. That's their uh that's the charter in in Morris County.
There's also um Rigiden Valley um out in Sussex, right? And then Jersey City's got a bunch, right? You've heard about No, what I what I mean is where can a student in Longtail Township, if their parents decide to send them to a charter school, can they go to any any charter
school? I don't know the answer to that. I do know that they can go to Unity. That fair. And what about the transport? Who's responsible with transportation for that? Like do we have to pay extra for transportation? That's sick. So if I wanted my kid to go there, I'm I'm responsible for getting he or she there
to and from or the school. Are you guys paying for the transportation? I don't believe we pay transportation for that that I Sorry. You know, I always go down these funny rabbit holes. So yeah, that was a good question. Do you have any more questions? No, that's
it. Mr. Mayor, you got anything? Nope. My question is, it looked like to me there's about 234,000 coming in from the feds plus another 100k for the lunch program. You already have that money because I'm not confident it's going to be there. Uh yeah. Well, let's you know,
no, we do not have it yet. That is what they're giving us. We have we have this year's money. They make the um June payment. They'll make that in July. That's always how it works. And then we'll anticipate we're going to hope the lunch program is there because we are you know anticipating in the budget
previously we we were not part of the program and we got our meal meals from watching hills high school and there was always a line in the not always but there was a line in the budget for $50,000 to pay for our free and reduced lunch but they also increased the number of our free and reduced lunch by saying
that now Medicaid children are included and our free and reduced lunch went from 60 children to 102 I I think now because they now include Medicaid. Yeah. My concern it's a great program all these are but my concern is the money could be gone tomorrow or never even Well, you
know what on the free and reduced we get it um we file for it. We get it the next month. So we are Yes. We are all caught up on that. We're all caught up on our state aid now you know for next year. Yeah. Okay. If it go you know if it goes we're going to have to have a different talk right. We don't know how do we feed hungry children. Right. All right. Thank
you. Yeah. Anything else? Any other questions? Vic was okay. No, Vic was good. Thank you very much. Appreciate you guys coming in. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. All right, let's see who we got next. Ordinances. What are we up to? Ordinance
570-24, first reading. 25. Sorry. Uh, an ordinance to exceed the municipal budget appropriation limit, establish a cap bank. Is this your department, Randy? Yep. All right. Go ahead. So, this is an M. in mind from uh 2.5% of appropriation cap is is the
limit this year. This can take us to 3.5 uh we're the excess would be banked as you will. It just uh means that in a future year if we need to increase whether uh you know pensions increase dramatically,
health benefits increase dramatically and so forth where we don't get cap uh exceptions, we could increase our cap. Uh we have not uh typically needed this cap. Uh but you know it's it's good fiscal policy to do the ordinance to
have it as a safeguard. All right. That's what this is. Any questions for Randy? No, I just I'll add one comment to to to Ry's point. It's not that we haven't needed it. We've never used it in the 17 years it's been available. We have not used use the cap bank. All right. So we can have a motion to
introduce and pass ordinance 570-25 on first reading. So moved. Second. Committeeman Lavender. Yes. Committeeman Verza. Yes. Deputy Mayor Peria.
Yes. Mayor Dorsy. Yes. All right. Next is the ordinance 561-2. It's a second reading for adoption, but we're not adopting anything tonight. It's my understanding that we're going to make some amendments tonight and then have what the carry the public hearing to June 11th. Okay. Okay.
So, Jack is going to talk to us about the amendments we're making to this ordinance and the public can comment on it obviously next meeting. Yes, Mayor. Thank you. I'll go through them quickly. In section 21, 1413.1, promotional procedures for chief
in paragraph 8, we're taking out the reference to a written examination. So that will say that the candidate will submit to a oral examination and oral examination administered by the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of
Police. The same change will be made for captain in paragraph eight of that section and the same change will be made to uh lieutenant. Actually we've already taken that out of lieutenant. Lieutenants and above will only have an
oral examination administered by the chief's association whereas sergeants will have a written and an oral examination administered by the chief's association. Uh some of the other changes are we're going to add a section uh saying that the list as you know
there's a rule of three. Uh so the top three candidates will be on a list and the county committee can choose from among those three candidates and we're adding a section saying that list will remain alive for two years so that during that period uh candidates will
not have to retake the exam go through the process again. they they can be taken from the list which is similar to the uh civil service process. Then in section 21-14.17 process for
appeals about twothirds of the way down we're taking out the phrase or any other internal document. So that se that sentence will read as part of any appeal any candidate may review his or her evaluation that was utilized in the
promotional process. And I believe those are all the changes. So if we could have a motion to make those amendments and then carry the ordinance as amended until the June 11th uh county committee meeting. So move with the amendments
outlined by Mr. Pigeon. Second. Committeeman Lavender. Yes. Committee Verza. Yes. Deputy Mayor Burch. Yes. Mayor Dorsy. Yes. And and those amendments will be noticed by publication before the June 11th meeting. All right. Next, we have a second
reading, an adoption amending chapter 17, fire prevention. Um, at this point, I'd like to open the uh meeting of the public. Anybody have any questions, comments regarding the fire prevention ordinance? Maybe Jackie give an overview very
briefly. I believe these are all just technical changes made by the fire official. Changing language and some of the terms u changed. It's really just a housekeeping ordinance that he prepared. Anybody online? If anybody on Zoom would
like to make a public comment, please raise your hand now. I don't see anyone, mayor. All right, I'll close the public public uh hearing portion and a motion to adopt the ordinance. So moved. Second.
Committeeman Lavender. Yes. Committeeman VZA. Yes. Deputy Mayor Bertia. Yes. Mayor Dorsy. Yes. Um the next one is 569-25 an ordinance repealing section 2-14.13 um with a code entitled process
promotion of police chief. Jack, you explain why we're doing this? Yeah, this is the ordinance that was adopted last year and since then the trans committee has decided to change the process. So the new process is included in the ordinance we just discussed. So under the circumstances we're repealing last year's ordinance. Thank you. Anybody in
the public have any questions, comments regarding the repealing of that? None. Thank you. Online, anybody on Zoom would like to make a public comment, please raise your hand now. I don't see anyone, mayor. All right. Can
I have a motion to adopt ordinance uh 569-25? So moved. Second. Thank you. Committeeman Lavender. Yes. Committeeman Verza. Yes. Deputy Mayor Perucha. Mayor Dorsy. Yes.
All right. Next, we have a resolution for self-exam budget, which is 25-146. That should be, I guess, together with 25-147. So, if Randy, you could just explain what this is and then we can discuss it. So, the 146 is basically a
resolution uh acknowledging that we're under a self-exam. That means that the finance officer will be signing off along with the uh RNA registered municipal accountant and the clerk saying that uh we meet all the uh requirements of the
state budget um in the budget document for the year 2025. Um you also have to meet certain criteria to be eligible for self-exam and we do meet all those qualifications. Um and 25147 would be
the introduction of the 2025 municipal budget. Um which um we have made some changes from what was published uh to the public on Tuesday. Well, Monday. Yeah. Well, it was Tuesday. So, um the
the changes results in a in a less tax increase than what was published. So, we're going to have a uh 2% tax increase u which does result in in similar to the school which results in a negative tax
rate. Uh so that would be a decrease in the tax rate but it is a 2% tax increase and we'll have the public hearing on June 25th. 28th
25th 25th 25th you just throwing out numbers there I was gonna say I knew you did that's all right Scott you have I know you're on the finance committee you have anything you want to add no just u we'll present it on the 25th okay yeah there'll be a presentation similar to
the one that the board of edges did y doing that the last few years too all right so at this point I have a motion to approve resolution 25146 and 147 so Second. Committeeman Lavender. Yes. Committeeman
Verza. Yes. Deputy Mayor Peria. Yes. Mayor Dorsy. Yes. All right. The next are consent agenda which is 148 to 156. Does anybody need to abstain from any of this? There was one small change to
resolution 251 154. It was adding um an individual uh to Sterling Lake personnel and there was also I guess there was a scheduling conflict with somebody that we had given a an offer to. So we're going to um take that offer back for the
lake. Correct. Okay. So anything we need to pull out and discuss outside of anything normal? All right. I have a motion to approve resolution 25148 to 156. And are we are we are we keeping 154 or are we omitting
it? No, we're keeping it. It's just the two changes adding. Okay. Sorry. So moved. Second. Committeeman Lavender. Yes. Committeeman Burlesa. Yes. Deputy Mayor Peria. Yes. Mayor Dorsy. Yes. All right. Now we have
committee reports. Which one do you have queued up first? Well, I can start with that with Scott then and then we'll go down while you're getting your slides ready. Yeah. I'll just real briefly I'll talk about the planning board. Thanks Tom for the update. Um so as you remember we sent
the uh commercial parking ordinance to the planning board for review. Um I'll just read you the note. Says dear township committee the planning board has reviewed LU124.4 garages and parking of commercial vehicles and single family residential zones. They compared that
against the 2023 longill master plan. Following our review, it's our position, it's our opinion that the ordinance is not compliant with the 2023 longill master plan. It is the recommendation of the planning board that the Bridgewater
ordinance that addresses commercial vehicles, parking, and residential areas be used by the township attorney as the framework for updating LU124.4, etc. So, we had them look at the Bridgewater ordinance. talked a little bit about that the last time which is a
little bit more specific with regard to the vehicles and the sizes etc in a way that could be checked for compliance. They like that better than what we have on the book right now which we know I think we all agree with that. So anyway, thanks to the planning board for spending the time going through that.
This is all part of um all of the ordinances something like how many Tom like 80 of them that you you're going to be going through. Right. Right. Right. 300 recommendations in the master, right? 300 recommendations in the master plan through about 80 different ordinances that we'll be updating over
time. This one just happened to bubble to the top. So that's it from the planning board. We'll have that for introduction June 11. All right. Um that's it. God, you have anything? Sure. Just quick, I want to publicly thank uh Lisa and Bill from the
recreation department. uh the Memorial Day re remembrance uh which was of course on Monday uh was a wonderful day. I'm glad to whomever uh uh was able to get the great weather we had and I had read something and and Matt the mayor
gave some great words. Uh I don't know Jim the Vietnam veteran who gave uh a moving narrative of what it was like to be uh in Vietnam as opposed to maybe what you might see in the movie. So, uh, and I I had read something that said the
American soldier, I don't know, but it said it's the only, uh, soldier in world history that never asked for land or treasure. Uh, the only thing they asked for was a place to be buried. And, uh, so that was Thank you to everybody who a
lot of folks who were in this room right now were there. Uh, thank you to the residents of Long Hill. They came out. I think it was maybe the largest crowd I have seen. So yeah, on the parade route, I think there was a more than usual. All right. So anyway, Mr. Mayor, back to you. Oh, that's all you got to say?
Yeah. Oh, okay. Wait, what do we have queued up first? Because you have Vicks. Oh, Library. I'm giving the library update today. Yeah. Hi. All right. Libraries open seven days a week through the end of June and then in July and August, they're closing on Sunday. Next
slide, please. Thanks to all for participating the 20th anniversary last month. Um the selfie station is still up and getting people excited um for summer reading which starts the kickoff party on June 21st. So kickoff party for summer reading and it looks like something great for social media up
there. Slide three. The annual tiny art event is going on. It's for all ages. Anybody wants to participate. Um the art wall, the returned art will be displayed next week in front of the library. The bike parade is back. I
believe they do this in conjunction with the police department. Is that accurate, Lieutenant? Yes. Thank you. Um, they will meet behind the library and ride through Caner Park. It's a It's a fun way to learn about bike safety and show off your riding skills. Music, hydration,
and bubbles are included. Join us on Sunday, June 1st, for a photo and music show. It's hard to explain, but if you went to David's first show, you'll be back for the second one. So with David Cirs, we have free movies every Wednesday and Thursday for adults. I
don't know what's on the list, but I'm sure you can look at Oh, Secretariat on. How appropriate. Okay. Um, slide seven. Coffee and cake and conversation is a German afternoon tradition. The twist of the library is a talk about books. Join us and get suggestions for your summer
reading. It's low-key, informal, and fun. Everybody is welcome. And finally, they are hosting a Mom's Club screening of the movie Chasing Childhood, which explores parenting in the digital age. Uh, building on many of the themes explored in the bestseller
book, The Anxious Generation. That is on June 30th. Thank you, Madame Clerk. Vic, ready to go. Thanks. All right. Thank you to everyone who
participated in this year's Memorial Day parade. We had an absolutely beautiful day and so many people who participated throughout the program. Special thank yous go to LMB audio services for providing the sound at the event. the
Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts of Troop 56 and in particular Charlie Devonshshire who did a great job as our bugler, the Longill Girl Scouts and particularly Aubrey and Paige Freedelland for saying the n the pledge of allegiance and
Daniel Rogers for his knockout rendition of the national anthem. Reverend Victoria McGrath, the Watch Hills Regional High School marching band. the Long Hill Board of Education, Superintendent George Alexis, and the
custodial crew for dressing up the site for the ceremony and helping us with the electricity at the event. Our special cars were driven by Lloyd, uh, I'm sorry, our special cars were driven by John Lloyd, Committeeman Verlesa, and Deputy Mayor Peria. The
dancing aerobic ladies led by Susan Jeans, the Knights of Columbus, our emergency service groups, SFD, MFD, LHFAS and CERT, Longill Police Department, and in
particular uh Lieutenant Marches for organizing the groups at the start of the parade, the Caner family, and all of our local veterans this day and every day. and in particular Jim Corkerin of Gillette and Vietnam veteran, our
keynote speaker at the ceremony and uh also to Sterling again to Sterling Fire for hosting an excellent party uh free to all residents after the event. Everybody had a great time. Slide number two. We continue to paint the town green
to bring awareness to mental health resources available to reduce the stigma around issues with our well-being. For opening weekend at the Sterling Lake, we stencled green hope ribbons on the walkways at the lake. May 31st is the deadline. Get your
Sterling Lake membership in before May 31st to take advantage of early bird pricing. Registration deadlines for summer wreck camp and Little Explorers prek camp for Long Hill residents is May 31st. Don't
delay. The parent meeting for camps will be held on Wednesday, June 4th. Come meet our staff and get all the information about camp activities planned for this summer. New this year, we are working with the young Reb Rants to bring an elementary
drawing class to Long Hill for this summer. This program is meant for children ages 6 to 12 years old. This will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays, July 8th to July 31st at the Old Millington Schoolhouse.
This program costs $170 per student and registration is open on community pass. Class size is limited, so please register early. Moving on to slide number seven. Sterling Lake dance for Longill
residents in grade 5 through 7 will be held on Friday, June 6th at 7:30 p.m. till 9:30 p.m. We still need chaperones. If you can help out, please contact Parks and Recreation Department ASAP. Don't forget to enter our
photography contest by June 1st. Show us what spring looks like in Longill. Winners will be announced in June. More information is on our website and it is free to enter. All right, don't forget to pencil in all of our dog days of summer concerts on
Thursday nights this summer. Let's dance our way through the summer and have some ice cream, too. The screen truck will be attending all of our concert. Live music and ice cream. What could be better? All right, do not forget to keep our
parks clean. We are still picking up a lot of water bottles on our fields. Looking to get more involved in the community? Join the Long Hill Recreation Advisory Committee. Call us for more information and check us out on the
website. And that concludes my recreation update. Vic, that was your best update ever. Well, thank you. All right. Administrator's report. Mr. Bar, I have a public works uh monthly report for May 2025. Uh they've used eight tons of asphalt to
use fix uh to fix potholes and black top curving. They did three days of styrofoam processing. Flags and banners were hung on Main Street and Town Hall. They uh helped with recreation and opening the lake and also assembling a
kayak rack uh for the uh kayaks, repaired gutters at town hall, planted 28 trees for the shade tree challenge grant. To date, they uh cleaned out 363 basins. 61 tons of street sweepings
were transported to the Hatteris Waste site in uh I believe it's in Sussex County. Um lawn maintenance on all township properties and they did participate in the Memorial Day preparation uh for Main Street and uh
were there on on site for any any needs. We have a police report for April 2025. They during the month of April, they responded to 2,361 calls for service, bringing a
year-to- date total of 9,708. They responded to nine motor vehicle accidents. Uh no injuries, thank God. Uh during the month of April, they had 170 motor vehicle stops. They issued
181 motor vehicle warnings and 62 summones and those stops resulted in five arrests. Some of the um other functions that they did during the uh month,
they added some pedestrian signs and streets where there's high pedestrian areas on Main Avenue and Central Avenue to draw attention to motorists. They assisted in the uh egg hunt on April
19th. The PBA had their uh annual fishing derby uh on April 19th. Uh was it was attend well attended. Um and last and but not least, they uh were in attendance at the annual street fair on
Main Avenue. And uh I guess the it was a very very windy day. If people were there, it was a great turnout for the for the weather conditions. Um and as a bonus at the end, uh if people looked up in the sky, they saw Marine One going by
uh to Trump um Golf Course. Uh couple um last things. Northfield Road, as I mentioned last time, has been paved. It was strike and lined this week. So, uh that is that's uh finished uh with with
the street. So, we will be um for for those concerned, we've talked in the traffic advisory committee of doing a survey. Um you know, we're we're running towards the end of the school year. So, we may end up doing that survey uh when
school's back in session in September to get some accurate numbers of that intersection of Valley and uh Northfield. Uh PSEG has finished their uh gas work. They still have minor work to do. Um restoration of those roads
will take place in a month or two uh after the settlement of the work area. New Jersey American Water continues to work on uh with their water upgrade connections and also uh sewer linings. As I mentioned, uh they had submitted um
applications to DP for uh for phase one and two of their sore expansion. So they um depending on how quick D gets back to them, uh hopefully that'll be starting shortly also. So a lot of work being
done in in town. Thank you, sir. Just Mr. Mayor, one question. Not to be that guy, but uh on Northfield where the railroad tracks are, that part was not done. Is I I unless I unless I didn't follow up.
Can't touch it. Yeah. It's a buffer from the railroad. You can't And they they had worked on that previously. Yeah. Okay. So, it's because they had to go underneath it and blah blah blah. Yeah. We can't do we can't go within 50 ft. Fair enough. of each side, but it but it's okay in in the sense that structurally or whatever it is that has
to be done. Okay, fair enough. All right, next for discussion item, we have a GIF stormwater program. I think Randy, you going to who's on that? You um Yeah, I guess why not? Go ahead. So,
um the has Thank you. entered into agreements with uh some engineers and attorneys to help its members with um with legal and engineering aspects for
uh specializing in water conditions. So floodings uh storm water management those type of things. Um yeah, there there was a recent lawsuit down in um Burlington.
Hadenfield. Is it and and it was it was actually uh I find it a a ridiculous lawsuit that was awarded, but several three I believe it was three homeowners had gotten flood damage to their home. Uh where there was
damage done to the first floor amounting to about $400,000. They have sued the township despite the township showing that they have uh contributed a million dollars to flood control the year before. The court awarded the three uh
defendants or the three people that sued $22 million uh from the township. So, um you know, I'm I'm sure it's going to be appealed because I I think um I I I don't know uh the rationale
behind everything. I don't I didn't get a copy of the the um decision, but um this is to help towns in the in our GIF to uh combat storm water issues and flooding issues and so forth. They'll
assist in certain ordinances um you know and and so forth and and other flood control um systems that we may want them to uh help us explore and so forth. And this would be no cost. No, that was my It would be part of the
check. Okay, sounds good. How is there anything to discuss or something we could Sounds like a no-brainer? Sounds like a no-brainer to me. We get what? Three free hours of legal service if needed. And then it's What's the engineering services?
Oh, I don't Yeah. And one of the the engineering firm is Boswell who uh is Paul Ferrer. um who has done a lot of work for us in the past. So he might have a lot of uh work
he's done for us already. So he has a storm water company. Yeah. And he has a storm and motor company. So do we have to firmly do anything because I don't see what do we There's a resolution. I see. Oh yeah. All right.
So we could have this resolution. um on the 11th drafted for the 11. That's sounds good to me. I don't no downside to this. Filling in the blanks basically. Yeah. I don't think I don't think there's any downside to this at all. No. All right. Sounds good. Um
moving along. Any old or new business? We messed up announcements. All right. Announcements. Sorry. Totally. Uh any announcements? We have I have a few. We have this Saturday. They're christening or baptizing and welcoming to the community the new three
fire trucks that we uh ordered. They're officially welcoming in on f Saturday Saturday at 3 p.m. at the Sterling Firehouse, a wet down. It's free to all residents. There will be a DJ. There's going to be bands. There's food. Uh I think there's going to be a beer beer
tent area too that you have to pay for, but I mean the food, entertainment, everything else is free. So come on down. Last time they had a party was the 100th anniversary. That was a pretty good party. It was packed. So they always throw a good party down there. Um so come on down. We also have the uh PBA
has a five, what's it? There's a 10 mileer and a five mileer. Yes, a 5K and a 10K. That's June 10th. Um you can go on I know they have it on social media and contact the PBA if you want to sign up. It starts over in Millington in downtown Millington. It's the It's a
hilly course and it's challenging, but hopefully they get good weather. And the thing is this, I will have to thank Mr. Oranowitz for bringing this to my attention. Last week was public works week. And thank you. I didn't even know it existed. So the theme of this year's public works week was people, purpose,
and presence. It highlights three cornerstone ideals that motivate public works professionals to serve their communities every day. Meeting the needs of people is what gives public works a sense of purpose. Many times the public works professionals will never meet those whose lives have been impacted
because when things are going right, no one complains to public works. Yet without fanfare, public works is always present working in the background to advance the quality of life. So I always refer to the public works crew as the offensive line. They do all the grunt work, the dirty work. They move the ball
forward and they just don't get the credit everybody else does. So all the gentlemen down there, thank you for everything you do. And anytime you ever run into any of them, they're very friendly, love to talk. So if you stop down there, say hi. They're more than happy. As Mr. Ren would tell, if you want to drop off food, they'll be more
than happy to eat it. So if you want to thank them, go down there. As I said, they're super friendly and always like engaging with the public. So Al, you and your guys, great job. And April down there, too. Any other announcements? Seeing none, uh, meeting
open to the public. Three minutes. Here he comes. And by the way, did you take the pictures that were up there from the parade? Uh, just a couple. Oh, well, thank you for doing that. I took more of the fire department and the first responders one. Charles Renitz
Millington. Uh, one topic tonight. My favorite topic, affordable housing, June 30th, 2025. deadline to adopt a housing element and fair share
plan. We have two meetings between now and then. My question for you, when are we going to be able to see that element and comment on it given the fact today is May 28th and this is due to be
submitted on June the 30th. That's your only question? Only one. All right, Jack. out of Jack's Butts Union Department. The plan at this point is to adopt it June 28th, but it will be released to the public well in advance of that once it's more finalized. Well,
in advance, today's the 28th of May. Well, in our defense, Mr. Oeno, it's we had a very short uh timeline to accomplish this. Not us, but across the state. U so we're working on it diligently. We will share it soon. and
uh you'll have the opportunity to come in. Can I just say one thing to to your question to put that in context, Jack? How many towns out of the 564 in in in the state do you think will meet that deadline? How many will meet
it? 400, I think, are working toward it, whether they all meet. So, that leaves 164 that won't even meet that deadline, which is the urban areas and, you know, towns that don't have affordable housing obligations basically. Okay. It it's it it seems to be more this time than there
were in round three. I think it was 320 round three. I think I think a lot of towns realized that you know fighting a losing battle isn't good. I think Warren found that out. But anyway, they did. Warren found it out. That's right. I
think there 159 towns appealed that allocation of units. So my question is what's the medium? How are we going to how are we going to get it? And and I looked on the internet if you want certain towns have submitted theirs already.
Nor Township I read last night 198 pages. Um which town? Nor cross or Norwood? I forget which what it is. Yeah. Uhund I think it was 198 pages. Uh how are we going to get it and when we going to you going to put it on the website? What what are the plans? Yeah,
I would certainly recommend we put it on the website. I mean that's the logical place and then make it available. uh you know, but Jessica Cobell, our planner, is working on it. Uh there's a affordable housing subcommittee and uh I think we're close to having a final plan
for your consideration. All right. So for us to comment on it, can that be do we have to come to the meeting? So if you're going to adopt it on the on the 28th of of June, so do we comment on that the day
it gets submitted? Hopefully, we'll have it available before the meeting on the 11th. I can't guarantee that because I'm not the one preparing it, but that would be the hope. Okay. And if it doesn't come out by
then, what do we do? It'll be adopted after June 30th. And what risk is that, Mr. Pigeon? I I quite honestly I don't think No, Mr. pigeon can respond to that. I can give you some of that, but you're better at We'll adopt it by June 30th. I promise
that. But I guess the question is if you don't adopt it by June 30th, what's the risk? The risk is then you open yourselves up to risk remedy lawsuits. Big risk. Big risk. Huge risk. So it will be I promise fans of this. I promise I'll
comment, too. And thank you. And we welcome your comments. And thank you for bringing it up. So what is not a mystery is our number. Our number is 102. That is what That's correct. Right. So that and I congratulate you. I don't want to end the black Warren. That was very
good. Compliment. Was it sincere though, Chuck? Is that Is that on the record? Yes. Let the record show Mr. Ren was complimented the township committee. Anybody else? I see Mr. Goskoff coming
up. You mean Mr. Goff? I thought my father was here. Good evening and pleasure to see you all again. A few items if you don't mind and even if you do fire away. One, electric bikes. Electric bikes, they're motorized
vehicles, but they're not motorcycles. When I was a kid, you couldn't have a miniike, but now these people say you can have a miniike. But I also noticed that they're riding on sidewalks like you would as a kid on a bicycle, but they're also in the middle of the road.
Is there anything that we can do um as a town? I'm not going to ask you directly because that would be that would be inappropriate. I don't know uh where the marching orders come from or if they do. It comes from the state, but we can preempted. I know I know I read
something on Chattam Township's website or the police, they put out something with rules, electric bikes, because I know I I don't know what the rules are right now, but I know there's got to be some legislation for it. But I don't think we can say we can't outlaw stuff to say you can't ride. I mean the bicyclists have to obey the
traffic rules regardless if it's pedaling or if it's electric. Right. And and I see them on sidewalks and it's up Tom where I I've never seen one on a sidewalk. I've never I've seen it at Valley Mall. I've I've seen it on Main A. Really? They're going so quickly you
don't know. They're on the sidewalk then they're back on the street and they're Oh, that's right. I did see a bunch of them in front of uh Dunkin Donuts. They were all I said, "Oh, we require like coverage on those." Uh, mayor, they we can't require There's nothing that we
could do as a township if you want to ride one in Long Hill because as of right now, there's no insurance required on them. So, if they hit somebody, hurt themselves or someone else, it's not covered. Correct. Yeah. Here's the question I have. I know I know the legislators this bill. Here's the
question I have on these. I don't I don't know what an ebike is, but I suspect it's not a motorcycle. No. And it's controlled differently. And acceleration and braking is controlled differently. I think it would before we
kind of assume things, we probably should have someone explain to us how these things actually work. Like some of them don't start going unless you pedal and then maybe you step. Right. Right. It's almost some of them maybe it's like it's assisting the coasting that you would do on a bike. No, no. These these
can go 20 to 30 m an hour. I'd like to hear an explanation of what these things do before we talk about how long or licensing them or whatever. Well, whatever. We We may not have any authority. Exactly. Matt has a very good point. It
you know, bikes, regular pedal bikes must obey the law. But if they're jump if they're jumping from street to sidewalk and back and forth, that's got to be a traffic ordinance that they're breaking somehow. Anyone that's been in Manhattan anytime Oh, we're not in Manhattan. Is just Yeah, it's horrible. But I think if we
stop the first 10 kids, the rest of the kids will kind of figure you stay on the road or whatever you do. We need adults. That was number one, right? Two. Yeah, adults, too. Um I I understand paving was done recently. eight tons of gravel and
asphalt and all that good stuff. Longill Road, Long Hill Road, the eastern end of Long Hill Road has been promised to be redone. I don't know. I'm living here 22 years every year or thereabouts. It It
gets scraped up some. Mostly it's potholes filled. When are we going to get it ripped down, scraped, and then have it recoded? Do we have It was done about eight years ago. All right. local road east was done. It's just unfortunately that road because of the way it works breaks down.
Yeah, that's being designed currently. Okay. Can we get that maybe on next year's budget? I know I know you have to deal with budgets and you can't just say, "Oh, Tom would like in the budget. It's already it's been approved for uh unfortunately it won't cover the entire
length of it. So, we may have to break the project into two. The benefit of doing that is we're going to apply for a second state grant for, if you will, phase two. Okay? So, we'll get two state grants for the the uh for the our section of Longtail Road from
Mountain to the border. So, um you know, half of it will more than likely be done by the end of this year, probably in the in the fall, September time. Um, and then the other half probably in the springtime. They're designing the whole
thing currently. Okay. So, it's it since they're designing it, it's not going to be a scrape and and fill. It's you you're going to be taking you're going to take the whole thing down and real real the real deal. Nice. Thank you. Be a DOT project. So, we have to meet the
DOT specs. Love it. Thank you very much. Um, there is flashing lights that I noticed put up about a month or so ago. They're speed limit lights. And I often find that they're not the correct speed limit.
Like it'll be it'll it'll be a 35 mph zone and underneath it it's flashing if you're doing 28. Where's that? uh that I saw on Mountain also in the uh as you pass by the Gillette school. It'll flash
even in the middle of the night. If you drive past there tonight, you'll see that it'll be flashing that it's a school zone and and the speed limit, but the speed limit when it's not in school is, I believe, the same as any other. So, it I I think you could be causing
um a motorist to like hit their brakes for no reason and then what happens is somebody's behind it. Why did your brakes for it? Lights are flashing. Why? You can have Sergeant Sutton look into that, right? We could certainly have that, but I I would think that going
slower is not a problem. I think the person hitting you behind is not paying attention. Probably. I would argue that, but um we'll take a look at that. So, Mountain and the one on Mountain and the one on Valley by Gillette. Those are the two that I can recall. And I know I saw a third one, but it doesn't really
matter. All right, Lieutenant Already on it. Don't worry about it. I don't She's good. She's good this one here. Um and here's here's a a thought that I was hoping that you could consider and maybe put into place. I I think that our
rules are um the only rules having to do with the parking uh spots for uh Millington and Gillette and well it doesn't matter um train station the train station with all of the people that are moving in within the next
couple of months from Berkeley Heights uh Hillrest and Warren uh or is that Wong? I always cure that the people who live in this town should have a shot at our parking spaces before anybody else. We already we had somebody else asked us
that a few minutes ago. Transit owns the the lots and they do not but did they not leave it to us to do we're not allowed to give residents preference. All right. Maybe we can't do residents uh can't give them any preference. Can we give current and I'm not one. Can we
give current tag holders preference? So those who are currently use it are not going to lose next year's because they couldn't make it that day. I think we could do that. Yes. It's an online process too. So it opens up at 8:30 in the morning and anyone it's first come first serve. Is is there any way that we
can move it a day or two earlier for those who have currently have and so that you know like if I had one I want to know next year that I can get to work in the city as opposed to you get dropped out. Berkeley Heights they allow people to continue. I think we should.
Well, let's let's slowly Heights currently Berkeley Heights currently does that. These parking lots filled. No, I know that. So, um even with apartments filling up around us, we still don't have these parking lots
filled. So, I passed by Gillette yesterday and it was relative. Not yesterday. Uh it it can be it can be close. Gillette is probably our our fullest one. Okay. Uh but you also have options of two other stations, correct? So um you know, let let's let's not jump
the gun yet, but we'll we'll monitor it and and see how it works out. If there's something that we need to implement, uh we can certainly it may be too late when you discuss it. We we discuss it um in October and at the October meeting when
we discuss it, we can bring to the table different options to say the people that have current parking passes, we can open it up maybe the Friday before and if they want to renew that then that's fine. I can bring you know how many long
hill people are current tag holders, how many Berkeley Heights, how many Warren and everything like that because I think that was your concern. Yeah. And the other thing, at the end of the day, 90% of those tag holders can be out of town. So your plan might backfire on you, too. It may be, but they're now they're there now as opposed to the influx because
they're they're saying that these build these communities that they're building are are travel communities. Well, they're going to have to get somewhere somehow. And whether it's going to be an individual bus line like Lakeland has or if you're going to have people coming
looking for train line, they're they're not going to go to Berkeley Heights. I want to add something to what Tom was saying. Chad C Chadam, for example, Cadam has very specific spots that you can uh pay to park in and they have spots that are uh for residents only. They must own part of the lot. What's
that? They must own part of the lot. Okay. That like in Burnersville, it's half owned by the burrow and Jersey Trans. So there there are examples. So I was confused as well when when the answers that you just received. But I know when I commuted out of Princeton Junction, I was on a waiting list for
seven years, but then once I got my spot, it was mine as long as I paid quarterly. Much like what you're recommending. Okay. As are mine. Yes. All right. So I just want to make sure the still are using our services get to continue to use them and not get boxed out by people. Fair enough. It's good
recommend. Taxes. Yeah. Okay. Um, I have one other issue, but I'll save that for another time because I I know I' I've worn you out. Thank you. Thank you very much. Appreciate your time. Thank you, Tom. Anybody else in the public in the Really quick, you're entitled. I
promise. No, no, you're entitled to come. Got three minutes. And I'm wearing uh I'm wearing mom of two boys that go to Millington, mom of boy scout that has meetings at Millington School and also I'm the president of Longhill Ed
Foundation which runs the um force afterchool program at Millington School. So my first question is the next time there's any paving to be done in front of Millington school, can it not be done during the school year? I think every single parent in Long Hill Township that has kids that go to Millington, it it it
it seems to be every year around September or May or June, there's paving in Mill in front of the school. It's also happened in front of Central School, which I know because I live on uh Chestnut Street, and it's also happened in front of Gillette. It's bad timing. It's bad luck. But just for
future for future instances, if that could be somehow noted because it really it it I'm sure the the police are would could concur with me. I'm sure the principles could tell you. I I hear you loud and clear and the paving company
and everybody every town wants exactly what you just said. Yeah. So I'm not saying you're wrong. We know uh but we we we do try and I I know that I just needed to say that um problem with with
our our one of the roads that were most horrible Northfield. Oh yeah. Is public service put us way behind. American water put us way behind. Our plans were to have that done during the summer. Oh I 100%. It just didn't work that way. And you know, there's only so much you
can so long you can carry a a contractor along before they start charging you electric work. They'll or they'll they'll raise your rate. So, I I totally understand that. But but we Yeah, we do we're trying to shoot for our road
repaving program in August. So, we're we're trying. So, hopefully we hopefully the contractor will be on board. They won't get delayed from weather in other areas. and we'll have it done during August. So, that's great. Um, and then
one last thing. Um, I live on Chestnut on the block between Central A and, uh, North Street. And so, that is technically, I would imagine, to be a school zone, but we don't have that school zone designation like on the on any of the signs or anything. And people
speed down that road, something terrible. And um it's something I call and I I I end up I'm like totally a Karen that calls and asks the uh the police to come and they they come and patrol all the time. They're lovely, but unfortunately it's not even a through street. That's the scary part is that
it's people that live up on Winding Way and and I know some people that live up there, but and they're all lovely, but they don't realize what they're doing. Um but the thing that scares me is that you've got school students walking around there. You've got athletes because sometimes in the spring and in the fall, you've got kids going around
there. Um because we have um uh the uncommon thread is on Elm Street. They walk those kids around every single day, sometimes twice a day to get them fresh air and everything. And these are like two and three year olds. And people just go and especially this time of year, you
got kids getting their driver's license and things like that. And it's terrifying. You can ask anyone that lives in my neighborhood, dog walkers, things like that. it because of the way that street comes in. People come in and they just hit the acceleration and they come up and people don't realize how fast they're going. It's made me a
better driver because now I'm so paranoid when I'm in residential areas. I think there's some way that there can be a designation for it to be a school zone because it is that one block before um I don't know the law. So I was just wondering if that could be looked into um because there's so many kids in that
area. Vu traffic advisor. Well, yeah, but VU is part of that. But the school zone is 25 miles an hour anyway, isn't it? But even if you just But don't you get if you're in a school zone and you get a speeding ticket or anything like that, isn't it worse? Isn't it a higher I
don't know. Isn't it a higher fine? I don't think so. In some kind of construction zones, they can do that double in certain construction areas I've seen. I don't I just Well, the good news is But they also noted in your thing where they said that how many people were pulled over and it was they said they had like 200. I'm I'm making
up the number, but they said 200 people were pulled over and 180 of them were given warnings. And so it concerns me because Okay, I know where you're going with that. There's nothing that's a better deterrent than an actual ticket. So I just wanted to mention it. I The
police have been wonderful to us. I just wanted to mention it, you know. Well, the good news is we have an officer now that's dedicated just to do traffic. So I'm sure Lieutenant Tano can detail Mr. Ray out It's just hoping that maybe making people aware of it and just mentioning it to you guys could help because it scares me. Some kid,
especially those little ones, really scares me. Thank you. So there there is special consideration to speeding in school zones. Oh, there is. Okay. Is there? Yeah. And and Jack, this is a legal question then. Who gets to determine whether some street is a
school zone? I think it's by state law. Oh, so it can't be the township committee. Yeah. I don't think we Is it proximity to a school? It's proximity to the school. You know what? Thank you for bringing it to our attention. Maybe Jack research it and if it meets the it meets the state statute, let's do it. And then
maybe what we can do is put one of those blinking signs that only goes up to 28. Lower it down to 22. Yes, sir. Come on up. Times. It's fine. Are you going to tow it over there, Tom? Uh yes. I just want to comment speak to
uh the overnight parking. Uh, George Deer, thank you. Uh, I want to speak to the overnight parking commercial vehicle. Uh, we've had a commercial vehicle for 10 years and parked in the driveway. It's always clean. It's always back.
It's never sitting in front of the house. It's behind the leading edge and it's always clean and wellmaintained. And it's just a vehicle to go back and forth to work in. What is it actually you have? Uh, well, it's my son's service van. Uh, that's not going to be a problem. Rex got No. you we we spoke
at the planning department. Yes. I just wanted to voice my concern that you know I know they're working to resolve it in a fair and amicable way and I appreciate that. I just wanted to speak if I don't say my piece nobody's going to say no thank you but that's we're trying actually that you're you're going to be
protected because it's banned and let Oh, I was very happy with how uh the gentleman talked about working it all out. Yes, that's our goal. I appreciate that. No, thank you for coming. You know, I just wanted to continue to hope that it goes in that
way. Thank you for Thank you for your Thank you for your patience for staying all night. Anybody else in the public? No. Anybody online? Anybody on Zoom would like to make a public comment, please raise your hand now. I don't see anyone. Thank you. Motion to adjourn. No further action. We
have Oh, no. Yeah, we have to go back to executive session with no Scott's doing his best. Peter Faulk tonight. Just one more, right? Potential further action. Columbo, I should say. Potential further action, but most likely not, but we'll keep the lines open. So moved. Thank you. I think in
favor second. Second. Oh. All in favor? I. Great. Thank you everyone. Thank you everybody. Special thanks to the school Lord. It is 9:31. Executive session has adjourned with no further action. Thank you.