--------- like to call the meeting to order. Johanna, will you read the statement of compliance? The notice requirements of the open public meeting act for this meeting have been satisfied. A copy of the annual meeting notice was sent to the Atlantic City Press star ledger posted on the Bolton board in the
municipal building, the municipal website, and filed in the office of the municipal clerk. Please turn off all electronic devices. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the stands.
Johanna, please take the role. Mayor Collins, yes, here. Commissioner Blumbberg, I am here. Commissioner Horn here. Is there a motion for the approval of the May 1st, 2025 regular and workshop meeting minutes? Motion.
Second. Mayor Collins. Yes. Commissioner Blumbberg. Yes. Commissioner Horn. Yes. All right. We will now open up public comments for resolutions on today's agenda. My name is Michelle Schaefer. I own Aladdin's Beach Brew and Ice Cream. And
we were initially when you guys had put out the first ice cream bid the higher bidder for the ice cream. We did not receive any type of notice from anyone that you were rebidding it out that you weren't accepting either bid and you
were rebidding it out for a one-year bid. I actually had to call to find that out. The second bid came someone bid more than us. You are taking their bid and then you guys are the ice cold brew on the beach. And the same company bid
on the ice cold brew, but they bid $6,000 less than another company that has experience doing that. And they have no experience. And despite the fact that they signed a notorized document in the bid packet stating that they had all the
equipment, they don't have the equipment. Have you guys inspected their equipment and made test by the board of health. Roger, you want to comment on that, please? The second bidder was a
defective bid, so that's why we did not accept. Um, we presume that they responded appropriately and we'll have all the equipment necessary to provide the services. Well, at the meeting last week for the ice cream, you and Lisa
were there when I asked them if they had all their equipment and how they were going to put that together in 10 days, and they said they did not know. I guess we'll find out, right? But you don't carry any weight to someone signing a notorized statement saying that they do have everything. Was it the
fact? Excuse me. Because I'm getting confused. You guys are jumping back and forth. Are we talking about ice cream or ice coffee? I have a problem with the I have a problem with the ice coffee bid in
that um the the bid the higher bid which apparently the higher bid which I would have liked to have seen only bid for one year. I think this is the bid that you're saying was defective.
Correct. Um I obviously that person didn't understand the the require I think didn't understand the requirements of you know or why would they not have filled in lines for years two and three.
And so in that regard I understand that we're recommending the lower bid. Instead of taking what I thought was on the sheet of $25,000 for one year, we're taking $20,000 for that first year with Are
they options for years two and three to make the bid. I think the tabulation showed $70,000. So for me, we and and I'm sorry, I'm just talking about coffee. For me, and then I'll let you go. For for me, the idea is that In that
regard, we really only got one bid. I would think we would either take the one bid for one year only and throw them out and then rebid. That wasn't the only defective part of that bid. Oh, and and so again, I um
incomplete for for me, not not knowing the details and not having had time to discuss the details with you and or Scott, I would think that Since this iced coffee is new for us and yes, we we really only got one bit at at a minimum
I would think if we're within our legal right for that just to take one, you know, take them for one year so that we could give that the second bidder and or other biders a fair shot at this work
moving forward if in fact it is even going to be successful. We don't even know. So I would All that aside, I would discourage us and ask the solicitor, are we allowed to accept that bid, Roger's recommendation for one year? And now,
I'm sorry, I I'm done speaking. You're actually fine because I can explain and speak to that as well. We received a bid packet for ice cream and for ice coffee, which we were going to bid on both. Each packet was very confusing, not like any
other city does, and had multiple errors in it. The dates were different of the bid. The times were different of the bid depending upon the pages that you were on. So to speak in their defense, we were also very confused and Roger
himself can tell you that I called multiple times asking because things were checked off saying that they had to be done, but then I called Roger and they didn't have to be done like for a contractor. We're not a construction contractor, but that was all checked off
that we had to provide that for the bid. So we have bid the same bid four years ago and there was no issues. Same bid. Say that one more time. You bid the same bid four years ago and there was no issues. Now that you didn't win, there
was issues. Well, we didn't call you before because all those things weren't checked off that didn't weren't required with bids. So So you have the same bid packet from four years ago and didn't correct anything in it even though it was incorrect. I mean, we should have the coffee, the
ice cream bid. But like I said, no one even bothered to call us and tell us we're not taking your bid or their bid for three years. We're rebidding it out for one. I called Roger six times and did not get one response. So in lie of
that and the way we were treated, we did not come and bid on coffee. We are the only company at the Jersey Shore from Kate May up to Atlantic City that does both and equipped for both. And had the first bid gone differently, had someone
just even reached out to us and said, "You know what? We decided to not take either bid for three years, we're going to bid it out for one year." We would have come back and we would have bid the coffee and bid the ice cream. But because of the way we were treated and
all the discrepancies in the bid packet, which I have in my email and would happily email to all of you, it's very confusing when you're This has to be in there. This has to be in there. But it actually didn't need to be in there. So that would probably explain
why the other person was confused because I've been doing these bid packets for 10 years and it was very confusing. The other person submitted their bid that day. Okay. I'm just saying picked it up. I stand by my recommendations. Okay. Thank you.
So Scott and Pat, I don't know based on Mari's recommendation if you have any feedback to add. It's $20,000. So for the ice for the ice, there's only
valid bid. So there were options there was one year with options for 26 and 27. Yes. So in the other bidder had no issues. No issues.
But these are options for 26 and 27 that you're saying approve it now and they have it or at the end of this season we then make a determination whether we want to accept their offer for next year. Next year, next January or February, we have the right to extend that offer for another
year. Okay. So, Commissioner, I think that answers your question. So, I'm sorry. So the the bid that Roger's recommending will be for a three-year term if we choose to exercise that next January. We can choose not to extend that and put it out the bid again next
spring or next summer and you know change the the bid documents for that for cost. Yeah. So we can award for one year and then if that is not working out the way we would like to see it work
out, we can then rebid that package. And is that the same with ice with the ice cream bid? Ice cream is for one year. The ice cream is for one year. And and excuse me, this this lady um in the back, your your issue was with both bids
or with the ice you did not bid the ice cream bid the second time around. Is that is that correct? We the ice cream both times. Okay. Initially we were the higher bid and then for some reason unknown to us we we rejected those bids
right without any notification. Can you can you refresh me as to why we rejected the ice cream bids the the first bit around? We wanted to change the scope because it looked like it was unbalanced. Tell me what that means. It was back loed instead of frontload. Oh
yes, I can speak to that. On their bid there, it was a very clever bid. Low amount first year, low amount second year, almost double the third, which would have given them the opportunity to bail out. We've provided you service before and have never bailed out. We
have excellent references on every other beach. I don't recall the exact but I think you went from a second year and then double the amount. We didn't double it but their bid was very similar to ours as well. And you took and I believe you've had this experience in other
towns too. You haven't completed never did we ever not complete a bid. We have references from every single town that we've worked in. Well, it didn't seem It seemed very unbalanced. Fact is, it made no sense. But to me, well, they did
quite similarly. No, it did not. I don't know. I do. I remember Roger explaining this. Now that pulls their bid up to make it high. So he wanted to change the scope to one
year. So the idea is again I'm sorry because I don't have the numbers in front. The idea is that round figures the this young lady's bid for the three years was
$100,000. The other person's bid, this is the first time around for the three years was $70,000. But her third year skewed her bid so that she got to the 100 grand. And for some reason, we took it upon
ourselves to say, "We don't trust that you're going to be here for the third year." So, we could in fact lose money in year one and two, but we have provided service. No, I'm just trying to But where would you come to that
logic from? Because we make any sense. You doubled it from 20 years to But we're still paying the same thing and providing you with the same service. And not only that, So you walk away, you don't do it. We've never done that. We've been in business 10 years. Find me one beach that we've done that to. And
not only that, we make a commitment to every town we come in to be part of your town. We sponsor national night outs. We give ice cream to every child event for free. We pour ice cream and cold brew to any event for free that you asked us to.
We strive to become part of a community and we have never walked away from any bid ever. Roger as far as the go. Well, I think I think it was bid with one with options. I think Commissioner Blumper said he's
comfortable with awarding the one and then I think we reevaluate so that in January we don't so we can put it out there again for where I said, I wish we weren't at I wish we weren't at this point. If if it were me, um if it were
me, I would reject both of these, put together different packages, a third time and did it a third time. Yeah, I would. That's just me. That That's what I think would be fair. This way, we could not only know that we have company that
there are companies out there that do ice cream and coffee. the only one we could we then could, you know, maybe realize more money for the for the town and the taxpayers because or hey, this
is a this is a a shot that you have. It's true. But um you know, by rebidding the ice cream, we actually got more money, right? But your initial bid didn't say anything about how the bid years had to be or that they had to be equal bid
years. If you look at any other town like North Wildwood, Wwood, they all say equal bid years and that's what the way we bid them. Equal bid years. Your bid packet again did not say that. Yeah, Michelle. Thank you. I mean, we'll we'll take into consideration to review
our bid specs, you know, so that we make sure this doesn't happen in the future. Thank you. Thank you. Do we have any other public comment on resolutions on tonight's agenda? Is there a motion to close public
comment on resolutions? Motion. Second. Mayor Collins. Yes. Commissioner Blumbberg. Yes. Commissioner Horn. Yes. Johanna, will you proceed please? May have them. So again, the the resolution as it
stands is a is a one-year deal with options basically. So that's I think that's I believe that's the right thing to do. And then in January based on based on how this summer goes, we can
assess what we want to do going forward. May I have a motion for resolution number 134, 2025 authorizing bill payment and claims? Motion second. Mayor Collins, yes. Commissioner Blumbberg, yes.
Commissioner Horn, yes. May I have a motion for resolution number 135, 2025, authorizing payment to Kmar Home Center? Motion. Second. Mayor Collins, I abstein. Commissioner Blumbberg. Yes.
Commissioner Horn. Yes. May I have a motion for resolution number 136 2025 authorizing establishing depository and signitories? Motion. Second. Mayor Collins. Yes. Commissioner Blumbberg.
Yes. Commissioner Horn. Yes. May I have a motion for resolution number 137205 authorizing the addition of signitories to municipal bank account? Motion. Second.
Mayor Collins. Yes. Commissioner Blumbberg. Yes. Commissioner Horn. Yes. May I have a motion for resolution number 138 2025? Resolution requesting approval for items of revenue and appropriations
NJS4A colon 4-87. Motion second. Mayor Collins. Yes. Commissioner Blumbberg. Yes. Commissioner Horn. Yes. May I have a motion for the consent agenda which consists of reg resolution
number 139 2025 through resolution number 150 2025. Motion second. Mayor Collins. Yes. Commissioner Blumbberg. Yes. with again concerns related to
resolutions uh on the ice cream and coffee. Do you want to separate? Okay, Commissioner Horn. Yes. All right. We will now open up to public comment. If anyone has any comment,
please step forward. Sam I think Avenue years ago. I was here when Commissioner Rim was here uh on the ice cream franchise. What What happened to the veterans? It used to be
veterans, but no longer. So, the veterans have um have privilege uh I believe they still have to show documentation uh to the clerk and then they can come to the street ends at the bulkhead. I don't know when, you know, it changed
from them on the beach to now, but that was a number of years ago. Thank you, John. 413 North Huntington. I'd like to acknowledge the sign as you bridge on Avenue which says drive like you're on island time. Whoever came up
with that idea, it's brilliant. Nancy and I laugh at it every time. Thank you very much. Thanks, John. And thanks, Chief. Actually, Chief, I have gotten numerous calls and everyone loves that. I just received an
email state. Oh, I'm sorry. Uh, I just received an email from Tai Chi teacher about the library and I'm really surprised and wondered what happened because the library will now be closed until July 6.
weekend badges and so on. And I wonder if there was some way that they could adjust that schedule a little bit or do something. I can comment on this not to the best of my ability, but I will tell you what I know and that is they are
I believe the goal is to try to open it up. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Is there a motion to close public comment? Motion. Second. Mayor Collins? Yes. Commissioner Blumbberg? Yes. Commissioner Horn? Yes.
We are pulling resolution 151-2025. May I have a motion to pull resolution 1512025? Motion. Second. Mayor Collins. Yes. Commissioner Blumbberg. Yes. Commissioner Horn, yes. Is there a
motion to adjurnn? Motion. Second. Mayor Collins. Yes. Commissioner Blumbberg, yes. Commissioner Horn, yes. Thank you everybody. Have a good night. Part: 2
like to call the meeting to order, please. Johanna, will you read the statement of compliance? The notice requirements of the open public meeting act for this meeting have been satisfied. A copy of the annual meeting notice was sent to the press of Atlantic City Star Ledger posted on the Bolton
board in the municipal building, the municipal website, and filed in the office of the municipal clerk. Please turn off all cell phones. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. United States under God, indivisible, liberty
and justice for all. Johanna, please take the role. Mayor Collins, here. Commissioner Blumbberg, I am here. Commissioner Horn, here. All right, we will begin. I'll hand it over to Commissioner Horn and Chief Henkinson
for an officer swearing in. ret. I support the United States and I states under the people. I furtherly
swear that I will faithfully perform all the duties of police Department of Jersey. [Applause]
Congratulations and good luck to Christa. We will now uh move forward with our engineering report. Ed. Okay. Thank you, mayor. Good. Good evening, everyone. I'll start off with our dredging update. So, items A and B, dredging, citywide dredging permit and our shelter island project, which we talked about in
parallel paths. The update here, we've uh spoken about it the past couple meetings um regarding dredge hole 86 and the unexpected um information from the DOT that that dredge hole no longer had capacity for our citywide dredging project. Uh the immediate plan coming off of that, there was obviously some
back and forth with the DOT was to see where we stood with our shelter island project. That would be our preferred site. We do control that site. Um it would be certainly more cost effective to utilize that site for our dredging project if possible. Um, we did receive an updated an updated um, report or memo
from the D today regarding Shelter Island and it looks like at least for the time being they're going to ask for some additional study, some additional information um, which we are certainly going to um, push back on and we disagree with. There's been lot a lot of study and a lot of information provided. There's been several rounds of comments
going back and forth that we believe we've addressed. So, that is hot off the press and again we're going to uh respond to their comments and um you know take the position that we've addressed it addressed everything they've asked us to address. However, uh
this could be an indication that we need to pivot on our citywide dredging permit at least temporarily to an alternate disposal site which is very common. Um there are already permitted disposal sites available. Um and we would need to um identify one that would be the most
preferred for the city. Uh get a letter of acceptance from that site. And that should be the last piece of the puzzle to get our citywide dredging permit approved. Again, just to remind everyone, um we were at the finish line and the last piece was to get an acceptance letter from the DOT for dual 86 and we were unable to get that
letter. Um, so, uh, we could pursue an alternate site to get our citywide dredging permit approved, which would then enable, um, the dredging of not just, um, you know, areas under city control, but privately owned areas that are included in our permit. So, that is where we are with that overall project.
Again, the information on Shelter Island just came in this morning, so we haven't reviewed it great detail. We'll be working with Stockton on our response. Stockton kind of took the lead on the studies that were done for Shelter Island. the studies that were done were essentially the same studies that were done for dreadful 86. Um so you know
again that's kind of our basis is if it was good enough for dreadful 86 why is it not good enough for for our dredge hole. So um that's where we are with the dredging program. Ed real quick on that. So I I did talk to our state representatives this week about all this
issue trying to uh expedite any communications we have at DOT and D if we choose one of these alternate sites. So, can we if Shelter Island becomes available in a year, will we have to reapply with our permit or just do an
addendum? Just do an addendum. We just need to modify our permit. Okay, that's all we need to do. And I should have mentioned Senator Paulina's office has been very helpful. We've been going back and forth to them on both fronts, information on both fronts where we are um and they've been trying to help, you know, facilitate our um coordination
with the D and we have seen movement. I mean, that's the good news is that they are getting back to us. We've lost giant chunks of time. I mean, six months at a time waiting just for the D to tell us what they want. And so, the good news is is that we did get some activity and we
can now take the next steps. Yep. Thank you. Okay. Item number C is our Washington Avenue streetscape project which we had a public presentation a couple meetings ago. Um the update there is um that I think the the public pres presentation did generate um a lot of
interest and we are receiving some feedback from public business owners stakeholders which we are taking into account and I think that that um shows the value of doing these types of public presentations. Um related to that, we are still in the process of um going
through the review comments from DOT and in order to give us time not just to go through those comments, but to potentially incorporate some of the public feedback into our project before it goes to construction, we have requested extensions from the DOT uh when we need to go out to bid. We've been in contact with the DOT and they've
indicated that that those extensions would be granted. Uh so we're making sure that we have enough time to go through everything, make any adjustments that need to be made um based on, you know, some of the the feedback and information um that we received through this process. So that's where we are on the on the
streetscape. Item D is the Amherst Avenue uh resiliency project, which is our pump station project. We did receive comments from the D Green Acres um which we are now going through and just to remind everyone that the proposed alternate site for the pump station is
at the waterfront park on Amherst Avenue which is a Greenacres site and there's a process we have to go through with Greenacres to be able to utilize that site. All of the pump station equipment will be underground. So just for those that are curious what it might look like, it's going to be underneath the existing parking spaces at the park. So
it wouldn't be a major alteration of what you see out there. there is a process we need to go through with green acres. So we the good news is we we got their comments back. We're going through it. A couple projects on the list are out to bid. So there's quite a bit updates on the report today. Um the
Winchester Avenue project uh is out to bid. We'll be receiving bids on June 5th for that project. Um likewise the 2024 road program is out to bid. Also receiving bids on June 5th. And we are out to bid on the first phase of our lead service line project. uh which is
great news. It was a heavy lift um pretty extensive process through the I bank and just in the form of an update on the I bank funding. We do have the potential and this wasn't something that we thought we had due to the various rules through IBN but there is
potentially an opportunity for us to receive some principal forgiveness which is essentially grant money for our lead service line project which we were not anticipating. So that' be great news if that does happen and I'll certainly keep everyone updated if uh you know as we find out what program we do in fact
qualify for. Item H is the public works building. Uh the design on that project is substantially complete and we will be holding a meeting in the next couple weeks hopefully to go through some value engineering options which are being identified by the design team. Um and
then we'll obviously those with the city that and um take a look at how we might be able to um modify the design to make it a bit more cost effective. Turning the page to the Vendor Avenue parking lot project. The plans for that parking lot have been sent over to Atlantic
County and we are working with the Atlantic County Engineers Office just to confirm what approval process they would want us to go through um for that project. Uh obviously we'll try to push for the most expeditious process possible and we'll be working with the
county engineers office on uh on their review. Item J is the next phase of our bike lane painting on Atlantic Avenue, which is also out to bid. Also receiving bids on June 5th. No update on the Atlantic Avenue roadway design that is in progress. The pickle ball courts over
at the municipal building. We did solicit and receive quotes and we recommended award to Nicholas Construction who has done work a lot of work for the city in the past to get those uh porch resurfaced before the summer seasons on schedule there. The 2025 road program, which will be our
next round of road work, is um in the queue for survey. So, we'll get that going. No update really on the stormwater ordinance and mapping. We continue to um go through that and what the D is looking for us to do there to satisfy their MS4 requirements. The building demolition at the gas station
site, we did solicit quotes for demolition at that site. We received three quotes. um received our last quote this morning and the intention is to proceed with that demolition in short order. So that will be happening um soon. Um no update on our pending grant
applications. We do have uh the 2026 DOT state aid application submission open. Those are due on July 11th. Um and we'll be working with the city team to put those applications together as well as Jimella who typically helps um assemble
the grant uh application materials. Jumping down to construction. No updates on maintenance bonds or closeouts. Our 2023 road program is on the same schedule it's been on, which is to complete a number of the roads by mid
June and then to pick up where we leave off um with the rest of the roads in the fall. So that schedule um is still there. The basketball court reconstruction project, we did resurface um the courts and now we just have a
waiting to let the asphalt cure, so to speak, before we could do the coding. Um, but we are on schedule there with that project, have everything ready for the summer recreation season. Therough avenue project is substantially complete and paved. Uh, so we hit our target of a
midmay completion. There's obviously some punch list work, but that project is substantially complete. Likewise, 2024 curb gutter is complete and under punch list. Our municipal building project, our renovation project is um almost done. So, that's great news. Um,
so we'll have that moved into punch list phase soon. The walkway project over at Sig Rim is also in good shape. Um, we do have the stone base down for the pvious pavement path and it looks like, you know, they'll maybe a couple weeks they'll be back to pavement. So, we're
in good shape there to have that ready to go. And we're just getting rolling on our restroom project. The first big step there is to demo the existing building and we're just working on some utility disconnects um to get that demo permit and get that project moving. Um that's where we're at. So a lot of updates, a
lot of progress. Great. Thank you, Ed. Mike, I have a couple of questions for Ed. Uh Ed, um most all of the people that I that I've talked to are are not aware of the fact
that the plan for Washington Avenue is to make it way from Atlantic all the way down to Amherst. Uh so they have safety concerns um and traffic concerns and they asked me if we've done a traffic
study yet. Has there been a traffic study yet for where the where the cars are going to go and how they're going to be redirected? Has has that been done as part of your original concept? Yes. So there was there were traffic counts done
last summer, right? There was a traffic analysis done um as part of the design process for the exact types of things that you're referring to. Um and we can put some of that information together and you know for public consumption. It wasn't done in a in the form of a report
because it was just done for part of the design, but that's not to say it's withholding any information. We would just need to put it together maybe with a summary of what our findings were that we help and and so yeah, it would be the thing that I uh think I would like to see is uh that I I think what we ought
to do because of the fact that again most of the people that I've talked to are not aware of and I know we've been talking about this project for a long time uh but after your presentation they they are all concerned
about again this one way you know this this is a major thing for our city and there's concern there not only from the businesses but from the homeowners and other people in town that um you know they they would like to hear and have
input. So what I would what I would like to suggest is that we set up uh one or two more meeting more public meetings where we really advertise we put the plans up on our website. We advertise on
our website, you know, some of the key points of the project. Uh, and we get it we get it out to the public. We invite them here to listen to their concerns. Um, and and give them a a real
opportunity. But again, for now, it's kind of traveling around via word of map. Um, so I I think uh again when we if we can pick dates for these public meetings, we then I I would suggest that
we send out a phone. We I know we don't like to do it, but we send out a phone blast to everybody and let them know we're having a meeting to discuss this. You know, specifically that we're we're thinking about making Washington Avenue
one way um so that everybody can, you know, voice any concerns andor um come forth with any suggestions i.e. the big trucks that go to CVS where where are they going to go how are they going to get around town if we don't let them
come in and out on Ventner Avenue they're going to be driving down to Winchester andor Mammoth andor uh Amherst and and so it's things like that that you know again I'm sure that we've thought about but we need to think more about
So, so that's what that's what I have there. Um, then my my second question is and this one might, you know, this one's probably covered. Um, on the on the basketball resurfacing, um, do how do they do they I'm sure they
get out transits and plumb bobs and strike lines to make sure that, you know, we're level before we recode. The the question is, are problems do our our problems crop up with ponding and
puddling um as a result of that base not not being right to begin with andor settling. And so if the answer to that is yes, then there's nothing we can do about it. If the answer to that is no, do we send the fire department over there, you know, after this cures and
shoot the thing with, you know, buckets of water and make sure that, you know, we don't have any issues. Is that what they do? Right. Okay. So, and then we'll come in and they'll shoot, you know, a ton of water. So, I was going to say the plumb there's
nothing like a good rain, you know, forget about the plumb bobs, you know, go there after it rains and see where the water's laying. Um, and then what they'll do is they'll come in and they have filler material that they'll use to kind of level it out before they All right. I just know from history that we've had, you know, we've done this before and it seems like, you know,
sooner than later we have problems. Just trying to All right. Good. Thank. That's all I have. All right. Thanks, Commissioner. Chief Adams, would you like to begin with our department head reports? Sure, Mayor. Um, fire department, upcoming this week, we will
be doing our annual live burns. Uh we'll have two shifts out at the fire academy on Monday and two shifts on Wednesday. Um just annual retraining that we do um to acclimate our personnel uh with a
live fire condition. Um we're preparing as we met, Mayor, you and I met with uh a member of the Margate mothers. We're preparing for the Mother's Day or excuse me, the Memorial Day parade. Um and that's pretty much it. the fire department. Uh we're just preparing for
the summer. The beach patrol is getting the equipment ready. Um we ran into a couple glitches with some minor things, but we're working through that now. But everything's good. We'll be ready for Memorial Day weekend with the beaches opening and the beach is protected.
That's it. Thank you. Thanks, Chief Andrew. Uh thank you, Mayor and Commissioners. Um this is I guess my final reminder here about beach tags. U beach tags remain on sale at the preseason cost uh up until May 31st. So
that's uh that's three more weekends, right? So please um get down there and get your beach tags before the end of May. Uh before the prices go up. Um next weekend, Memorial Day weekend, our tennis courts and pickleball courts will
open on Friday. Uh we open Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday of Memorial Day weekend. uh up until June 20th and then we'll open full-time for the season. So, we will have them staffed. Um and for uh tennis court and pickle
ball court reservation information, I just suggest everybody goes to our website uh so they can find out the information. Um Jesse's posted all of that there so they can we have some new new ways to register for tennis that'll be upcoming this summer and we have just some different rules for pickle ball. Um
so, we want to make sure everybody's aware of it. We've been sending out u messages um via our court reserve app and posting it on our pages so that people are aware um and handling some phone calls and emails, but we just want to make sure everybody's ready for next
weekend. That's all I have. Thank you, Lisa. Good afternoon. Uh nothing really to report um other than the usual routine finance. We're just cleaning up a lot of things, making sure that all the seasonal hires are being on boarded properly with correct rates and
information. Um, so I really don't have anything to report. The only other thing I'd like to mention is happy birthday to Roger. And although he's not here, I also want to acknowledge uh Jim
Gallentino, who is officially retired effective June 1st. So, he's not here, but I do want to recognize him and thank him if he's listening for his 34 years of service. That's all I have. Thank you. Thank you, Chief Henson. Thank you, Mayor Commissioners. I have a few items
tonight. First, just a a yearly reminder that we are having a bike rodeo at the RAW school on Monday, June 9th. It's always a great event. We always try to go there, check out the kids bikes, uh teach them some safety about riding their bikes, especially with the summer
season coming. We do our best to let all the kids know the safe ways to ride their bikes, but sometimes when they go home, they get a different story. So we we teach them the right way and after that I hope it I hope it goes a long way. Second, it's probably not the most popular item, but it's a reminder that
working with public works, I was speaking with Pat, there are numerous items that become locked to the bulkheads on the beach. Beach chairs, kayaks, coolers. Uh they turn into debris. They're not supposed to be attached to the bulkheads. We have an
ordinance with debris on the beach with stuff attached to the bulkheads. So just a reminder that we will be next week starting to remove those items before it hit summertime. So if you have any items locked to the beach, I would say get them now. I was just down there over the
course of this week. Most of the items that are there are probably trash from last year that people just left. So those items will be removed and we will continue to stay on top of it during the season. If you do have a kayak under our ordinance, fall under the same thing as
Hobieats. So they need to be registered and they can be placed at the Hobieat beaches which are far to Clarendon to Plymouth and Penrook to Summer. I spoke with Johanna earlier today. She's aware that if you have a kayak and you want to keep it at one of those beaches where the kayaks are, where the hobats are,
make sure you register. Just to let everybody know, our records department will be opening late on Fridays to assist any residents who qualify for the parking permits who live in some of the commercial districts. Sometimes we get complaints that the hours aren't good enough. So, we extended the hours a little bit on
Fridays. We can extend them a little bit more. If anybody has any questions for records, they can always call the police department. They'll be transferred to records, give you all the information you need. With Memorial Day weekend next weekend, is there another reminder that dumpsters must be removed from the street by Friday at 5:00 pm? If they're
not removed by Friday at 5:00 pm, we will remove them. It's very costly for the contractors if we have that bar contractor move them, but over the last couple years, it's gotten better and I think we only had to move one on our own last year. The police department will be participating click or ticket. It's
another campaign with another grant we we are receiving from May 19th through June 1st, especially with the Memorial Day weekend coming up. It's very important that you buckle up and stay safe. On th last Thursday, May 8, I met with the citizens advisory board. They
gave me some they address I addressed some of their concerns and some of the suggestions they had. It was a very good meeting. Um I actually was able to tell them about some of the police department operations. It was a really good meeting. Steve was there. It was it was a good meeting. We spent about an hour
there. So again, it was it was good to speak with them. Lastly, I will always say this. The police department Facebook page is a great source of information. Everything we put out, we put on the Facebook page. Hopefully, it gets reshared all the time. Been very good about resharing, but we have a lot of
information we put out on it. And if anybody has any questions, it's usually addressed through the Facebook page and some of the social media, but again, if you can, it's a great source of information. That's all I have. Thank you, Chief. Happy birthday, Roger. And you may begin.
Uh thank you. Thank you for the well wishes. If the last year I'll happily take another year. Um real briefly after dining permits being processed now based on the legislative action permitting to take them permanent. So we are construction
office and the fire department working through everything on that. That's pretty much all I have to report. Next meeting is May 29th. That's it. Thank you. Good evening, Mayor Commissioners. Uh, just to add to what Lisa said, I worked
with Jim Gallentino for since I started here and it was a pleasure and he really feels like Margate was a family to him and always will be. So, I'll be sad to see him officially retire, but I think
that he will certainly enjoy it. Um, also, uh, as expected, contractors are trying to wrap up their projects ahead of summer season. permit volume is up and inspections have been steady. Um we're also welcoming a new part-time
code enforcement officer starting next week. So he'll be helping us uh with the construction related violations and the uh afterwork hours and microlastics things like that.
Lastly, I'm pleased to share that our office staff, Gina and Aaron, just completed their technical assistant course. So, they are already helping us stay current with all of the construction code requirements. And that's all that I have. Thank you, Pat.
Good evening, Mayor Commissioners. Um, we had our annual D inspection uh collection system inspection Monday. Everything went well. We're in compliance. Other than that, we're busy getting ready for Memorial weekend. Um, I'm getting a lot of calls if public works about asking about the relief
cabanas on the beach and yes, they will be there for Memorial weekend and I believe they're going to be on the bay also, right? And that's all I got. I roger. Thank you, Pat. Scott, we have a number of resolutions on the agenda. Uh, I think they speak for
themselves. We extending the little league lease with Green Acres approval. Uh, we finalized a contract for replacement street end bulkhead and Baral Avenue where the homeowner is going to pay for that. We have a uh satisfactory solution for Ray Scott
Marina with their license agreement and I think as far I'm here for any questions on they all look pretty good. Thank you Scott. Good evening. Um just want to give an update on uh the Zoom. Uh we have the
equipment and stuff uh that's due to be installed here between September 10th and 17th. Tried to get everything in here a little bit quicker. That was the earliest we are to get here. So um 17th is probably going to be a day that we
actually do training. So that whole week is going to be set everything up so that we would have just fall. Um talked about uh transportation with a little shuttle
service. Um I'm meeting with the owner next week. He's got a couple of guess shuttles he wants to go over see what kind of plan he can come up with maybe helping out
town. We've also had some interest from some other folks doing maintaining location here so that they can be of assistance to people actually here in so we're going to
continue to talk about that stuff. Um relief stations we talked about that throughout the city. Um I didn't know if um we want to go into we haven't really researched as much opening up. I don't know if that's something
that you wanted to discuss here at the workshop or you want to do a little bit more research as far as I mean I I'm in favor of doing it. I think we just have to figure out the logistics of manning it and hours and things like that.
I don't know. I think it is a biguss that and so Um the other question I have is kind of something for guidance for uh with regard to Junth. Junth is on a
Thursday and most of the state offices are celebrating it on Friday. As far as our staff here, if our folks can't really do too much with our state partners and stuff on Friday to see if we could celebrate that
on Friday as well. Uh just coincide with the state or if you guys want us to do it on a Thursday and be looking for guidance here from you guys I'll just support your
recommendation whatever you think is more functional for our operations I'm thinking if there's nothing we can do with the state I think would be best our best interest at this point have all And that would be it. All right. Thank
you, Pat. I add one thing for Pat. Yes, Pat. Um, I know we were looking at upgrades to the city website. Where can you let us know where we are on that? And maybe people are asking about some of the specifics like i.e. do we have a
committee that um is going to look trying to improve the information andor um you know delete information that's outdated and not um not current not
germanine. Uh where where do we stand on that? So Jesse and I had a discussion with another vendor possibly looking at an option of going to a different vendor. The problem that we have is that the information to be transferred over
takes several months and the current vendor that we have supposedly will not give us an award or award us a contract for a couple of months. It's a full year. So, we may have to renew it for the full year and six months into it
look at changing things up, trying to improve those. So, that's going to that's our major obstacle at this point, right, Jess? Okay, good. Uh, so it sounds like we're stuck in the mud right now. Yeah,
unfortunately. Um, you know, we were looking to try to change over. Um, the end of the contract was this month. So, we're going to have to renew um for the full year and uh deal with what we
have, try to make some improvements with this company and then we've been looking at this other company. I think it seems to have pretty good options better options for the website. So, we're looking Thank you, Joanna.
I want to remind everyone the primary is June 10th. Um District three and four will be back at city hall as the municipal building as they were originally. There is a change in commission meetings that I'd like people
to be aware of. The June meetings are June 5th and June 26. There is no meeting on June 19th due to it being Junth and there will not be a meeting on July 3rd with Fourth of July the
following day. So to make for that. We are having a meeting June 26. That's all I have. Thank you. We will now open up to public comment. If anyone has any comment on anything discussed in this meeting, please step forward.
I just wanted to say could I have your names? Yep. My name is Ray Scott Bonner. I'm the owner of Scottstock in Margate and uh just wanted to come and say thank you and let you know how much I appreciate the cooperation that the city's given me and that I'm sure my grandparents and mother are smiling down
on all of us over all this now. So, thank you again. We wish you luck on another successful season. Any other public comment for items discussed in workshop? We can't record what you're saying. That
would be at the next meeting. All right. Is there a motion to close public comment? Motion. Second. Mayor Collins? Yes. Commissioner Blumbberg? Yes. Commissioner Horn? Yes. Is there a motion to adjurnn? Motion. Second. Mayor
Collins. Yes. Commissioner Blumbberg. Yes. Commissioner Horn. Yes. Right. Thank you. We will roll right into the next meeting.