I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Okay. Roll call, please. Mayor Mcichek,
here. Council President Kaher here. Councilman K. Councilman Denza present. Councilman Dino here. Councilman Dodie here. Councilman Griggs here. Minister of the Place here and attorney Corsini here. Okay. Starting off tonight, we
have a presentation. We have Claire here. We have a couple other uh members of the environmental commission or at least one. Um Claire's going to tell us about the environmental commission, what they've been up to. Y
um Michael, you want to give her that mic? Cuz this way if it's being recorded that then this way at least see better over here. We did that on purpose. Joe, I want you to get your steps in. Can you hear it like that? Yeah, that's
fine. It's just going to pick it up. But but do me a favor. Just speak loud so the the folks in the back can hear you. Well, thank you for having me. Uh this is about the Environmental Commission. Uh the environmental commission was reestablished in March of 2024 after 17
years and we aim to advise the bureau on conservation sustainability policies through education and outreach and encourage the community to embrace environmentally responsible practices to preserve and enhance the quality of Middle Sex's environment. Our members
include myself, Mike Schneider, Paulie Miller, Craig Constantino, Steve Embero, Dan Kron, Andre Murphy's here, and our council leazison, Robert Casino. Each member brings valuable knowledge in a wide range of environmental issues and
dedicates their time and efforts to collaborate with other organizations in our community. Our members regularly attend conferences, webinars, and stay informed about the changes that directly impact the people of Middle Sex. We are committed to preserving and protecting the environment while maintaining the
quality of life our community deserves. Our member expertise, while previous experience is not required to join us, our group consists of both longtime residents and newcomers from diverse backgrounds. We have enthusiastic members, some of whom have education experience in various fields including
conservation, public health and policy, financial systems, ecology, law enforcement, fish and wildlife management, project management, regulatory compliance, sustainability, site remediation, and hazardous waste management. Additionally, some of our volunteers
have received training through organizations like the Earth Club and Ruckers University as environmental stewards, coastal stewards, green infrastructure champions, and master gardeners. While these individuals possess skills in areas such as mapping,
storm water management, water sampling, urban forestry, and more. This diversity brings fresh insights and new perspective, energy and connections, and empower everyone at any level to take action and engage younger residents. We set our 2024 goals as the tree
planting initiative to start replacing trees lost by the flood wall project to update Middle Sex Burrow's open space plan which is going to be addressed when we work on the ERRI for environmental resource inventory. The MS4 storm water management
coordinated to be updated. We wanted to look into Victor Cra Parks water quality issues. We wanted to create the green team and have community education and outreach and then also look into solar energy options in the burrow and that's going to be addressed when our energy
audit takes place and the recommendations are provided. Our 2024 highlights included our first event which was the Earth Day meet and greet the environmental commission and tree giveaway. We also had a solar eclipse glass collection and our first
survey to query residents concerns in the environment in in the burough. In this event, we gave away 150 bare root trees. Then we had our tree nursery planting day and a big thanks to DPW for creating the tree nursery, ordering the planting
supplies and keeping the trees watered. We grew over 300 trees and 155 were given away to residents. The storm water management plan. Storm managing storm water is a major focus for New Jersey. As the state deals with climate change, severe storms are
happening more often and causing serious flooding from storm water runoff. The state municipal separate storm sewer system or the MS4 permit requires towns to state take action. A portion of the MS4 permit required the removal tree removal and replacement ordinance that
all New Jersey municipalities need to adopt to better manage our storm water. Our future requirements are going to include mapping all publicly and privately owned storm water systems and purious surfaces, identifying projects to improve water quality, and submit locations for these
quality improvement projects. The environmental commission can help by reviewing plans, making suggestions, and educating the public about storm water impacts and management. We held a community at community day we held our third survey when we ended up
reaching 100 residents with questions about what they thought was important in the environment. We held a second solar eclipse glass collection and we pulled 100 pairs to donate. Courtesy of Ruckers, we had um
um courtesy of Ruckers water resources, we installed a green infrastructure rain garden behind the library to reduce runoff and filter the water from the parking lot. Creating a green team has allowed us to participate in the sale of Jersey.
Getting certified would allow us more grant opportunities. We received five points for our composting workshop. The environmental resource inventory is a comprehensive collection of information about natural resources and significant environmental features in specific area includes text, tables,
maps and other visuals. The ERRI is an invaluable tool for local governments environmental commissions, open space committees, planning and zoning board. It assists with master plan updates, ordinances, legal matters, open space plans, and the protection of water resources and other municipal acts. We
recently moved forward with a proposal for our first phase of this valuable tool. It's going to include maps showing the female flood zone with a GIS for a geographic information system covering our climate adjusted flood areas, stream and water bodies, wetlands with buffers,
open spaces, and noncontaminated sites. We continue to research for grants to allow a more detailed ERRI. In 2024, with our ongoing speaker collection, we collected 75 fairs and we held three environmentally themed
children's movies at the library that had a craft. The library has been a huge advocate in helping us promote our program. The tree giveaway, the residents were able to pre-order their trees um that species were their properties and we
gave away 155 trees to the residents. We planted the remaining trees in the wooded area along the rock rock lane with our wershed ambassador. We also went to the winter festival and had a pine cone bird feeding craft.
Our 2024 highlight, we held or participated in 12 community outreach events. We were awarded a $10,000 grant for community energy planning grants. clear. Um, and right now I believe BPU
had requested additional information would be provided and they have not yet executed the grant agreement. We were awarded a $2,500 startup grant from the sustainable Jersey CSG energy partnership program. Sustainable Jersey
is still waiting to hear back on more information about direct installing for that will move forward. And we also applied for the climate change related hazard vulnerability assessment planning grant. Unfortunately, that was not awarded, but we plan to try that again because such a huge undertaking. We also
reviewed four Jay Love plans. For 2025, we started off with the subcalamy video series, which can be watched on demand on the website Homegrown National Park if you're interested. And we also celebrated our
first year with the support from DPW. We held our Earth Day uh cleanup at Victor Crop Park. DPW has also been very helpful with our sustainable action for recycling and road salt motoring.
Volunteers at our tree nurseries poting day and plant filling events. We planted up 600 trees and shrubs. Some are for the residents and summer for the Rington Avenue restoration project. We had lots of action this volunteer fair which also showcased the rain
garden. Check out the sign to the that BPW made for the rain garden for us. The grass cycling or cut it and leave program not only saves time and money for the residents but reduces waste and returns nutrients to your soil. We also created a composting guidelines flyer.
Both are part of our community outreach for sustainable charity action. We held a poster contest, the benefit of trees for school-aged children in town. Uh, each poster was reviewed and commented on by a local artist. Each participant received a certificate and
reward. Local experts speak share valuable information about how we can reduce light pollution and control invasive species. Light pollution is the simplest form of pollution to fix. We can all do something. What we plant on our property matters. Small changes can make a big
difference. Uh the the basis species program did need to be rescheduled. So check out our website for an updated program if you'd like to attend. The sneaker recycling program has on has been ongoing. Um, this was our since we
inception in November 2024, we've collected 13 bags of sneakers, which is 189 pairs that were displaced from landfill, which equals 5,650 pounds of CO2 displaced. We saved 4,
26 426,573 gallons of water was saved and we received $30. It's really not about the money, but the program is going to be used to purchase environmental books for the library.
Our 2025 highlights so far is we've held monthly meetings for environmental commission and the green team. DPW enhanced three nursery by installing additional fencing and irrigation systems, which is great. Thank you, Lynn. Uh the volunteers helped plant up to 600
trees at the nursery to be given away residents or planted in the fall. We held or participated in 11 community events. We were awarded $2,000 sustainable Jersey grant for green teams capacity building and we submitted for
sustainable Jersey certification. We hope to hear in the next week or two whether we're certified or whether we have one more um session to go. At this point, we have about 100 members on a green tea mailing list. What's next? We're going to have a rain
barrel workshop on Saturday, June 21st at 11:00. There's still five available. And with a donation from Home Depot, we were able to create one 4x two foot air pruning box. And the box, what was that?
It's called an air pruning box. And it's filled with leaf mold. So, it's old leaves. And you put the seeds on top and in that one box we can grow up to 200 saplings that are ready that box. Yeah. Because
the roots hit the hit the air and then they self prune and then they grow laterally and then those roots are wellformed and ready to plant in landscape. That's from a book called Wland to Wonder. um and he's got really good ideas about pocket forests and
converting lawn to meadow. Other items on the agenda is the fall tree giveaway, sustainable Jersey certification, a possible green fair or rain garden program, the energy audit and direct inspo program. Uh we're
researching the demand respensive and that depending on our usage, we could earn up to $10,000 annually. uh a firefly program with the lead at the leave lead the leaves campaign. Fireflies are in in danger uh at this
point or the last generation that might see them. Um we're going to do ringtone restoration. I'm calling it phase one. See how that goes. um of that and or owl house workshop where we could the girl scouts are
interested in an owl workshop where we can hang the product maybe overton avenue and we're hoping to create a jub review template uh during the summer month or the environmental commission the green team
meetings are going to be combined if you want to receive email reminders you can uh send send me an email we can send you an give a reminder for each meeting. Our next meeting is going to be on Monday the 23rd at 7 p.m. in the community room. And I would like to thank DVW for
all their support as well as Linda and Caroline for answering all my questions. And a big thanks to all the members and volunteers for making it. You are the embodiment of what a good committee does. I mean that, you know, I don't know what you do in your spare
time if you have any, but but I mean that's that's quite the list for for the short time that you guys have been active. And uh if if my calculations do me right, you got 200 saplings and 600 trees. So, you're going to be busy in the fall, aren't you?
Yeah. Yeah, I guess you are. And Lenny's going to be busy, too. I'm sure he's been a lifesaver. It's all good. Joe, where you mentioned energy audit? Is that the energy audit? So, we're waiting for sustainable Jersey. They're waiting
for some direct install. So, they're waiting for companies to sign up for direct install before they'll come into our energy audit. What is a direct install? That's where I guess the company I'm not exactly sure, but I think they come in and say all these lights are old and they give you an estimate how to do it and they'll actually Okay. So, but we're on the list
to uh we're on we're on the radar. Yes. Okay. Anything else? Yeah. demand response. I've been doing that at where I work for for a bunch of years and you know, you do good the first couple of years and it depends on how much you can lower and reduce. I mean, for me, it was
it was a really good windfall because what they do is that they give you a time when they when they test you and what they do is that if they're having a large demand, they'll say, "Hey, listen. We need you to to shut things down for a couple of hours." And what they'll do is
that you'll do it. You'll go over there and what you do is they put monitors on your your electrical devices. They monitor what your usage is and how much you're reducing and they'll pay you to reduce. Now, they make it sound environmentally friendly, but the reason
that they do that is because they don't have the capacity in the electric plants to to be able to supply everybody. So, you know, that's it's like a dual-edged sword, which has always been a bug up my because
they want all these electric cars. They don't have the infrastructure to plug them in or turn them on or even or even charge them. I mean, the wires with this town, it' probably burn up if everyone had had a an electric car. But the demand response is is a worthwhile endeavor. But they do an audit. They
come, you give them a bunch of uh of electric bills for all your your structures and buildings. They pick the top four. We just did actually Caroline just signed off. Okay. Yeah. And what they'll do is that they'll calculate what you can get. And then what they do is that they have a two seasons. One's
the winter season, one's the spring season. And and they'll give you a target if they if they tell you to reduce. And depending on your grid in Roselle, I'm on a really good grid. over here. I'm not too sure. They would call up and say, "We need you to reduce for
an hour. You reduce and then at the end of the season, they basically give you a check." And it's I mean sounds like it's something to look into. We've done we do electroplating, so we're using gazillions of amps. I mean, it's probably been worth about 150,000 to me,
but you know, as far as as far as the town, you know, it's not the lights and everything that get you. It's it's like the AC units, the refrigeration and stuff like that. But it's worthwhile to have the audit done. And it's also worthwhile because the the part that it
helps you is that you real you don't realize sometimes that you're burning power when nobody's here and no one needs it and you don't know it, you know, and that's why these audits really come in handy. But Claire, wonderful. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks, Claire.
Oh, yeah. And we'd like to get that on the website. Good, good thought, Michael. Okay. No appointments, no proclamations. Ordinance for introduction. We have ordinance number 215325 and ordinance amend chapter 80, article 2, rules and regulations section 75,
administrative fees for police officers and or vehicles on extra duty jobs. Okay, hang on. Do I have a motion? Yes. And a second. Second. You got ratted out, Bob. I'm just done. All right. Um,
any discussion? Call the role. Public hearing. Uh, oh, this is the public hearing. Sorry. This is for the public hearing. Anyone wishing to speak on this, please step up to the mic. Seeing no one stepping up. I'd like uh
Do I have a motion to close? Motion. Second. All right. Roll call. Council President Conan. Yes. Councilman K. Yes. Councilman Denza. Yes. Councilman Dino. Yes. Councilman Dodie? Yes. Councilman Graves? Yes. Okay. Do I have a motion to
approve? Motion. Second. Okay. Any discussion, comments? Just Just so everybody knows, this is just raising our road rate. Yeah, that's everybody out there knows we just raised our road rate to match everybody else in the area
basically. Yeah. For road jobs. Yep. This is just part for the course and just keeps us even with everybody else. All right. Um, call the roll, please. Council President Conahan. Yes. Councilman Korn. Yes. Councilman Denza.
Councilman Dino. Yes. Councilman Dodie. Yes. Councilman Greg. Yes. Okay. Motion passes. Approval of minutes. I have approval of the May 27th, 2025 regular meeting minutes and June 3rd, 2025 special meeting minutes. I have a motion. Motion. Second. All right. All
in favor? I I Okay. All right. Let's move on to the mayor's report. I got a couple of things that I want to touch on today. Uh, one of the things that I have is that I I do get the uh New Jersey Cops magazine. I just want to say you go flipping through there and you can see
that we are represented for the uh polar bear plunge that they had this year by some of our guys that are out there. It's nice to see that our guys do participate in things like that. Um, one of the other things that I did receive from Andrew Newcomer on Starllet Drive,
I received a very nice letter extolling the virtues of of Lenny who you went above and beyond to help these people. And this is exactly the kind of customer service that we want to see our residents have. So, thank you very much for that.
Okay, popup food vendors. We had a couple of guys show up in town this week. All right. Um, just so you know, we are researching into this. The the I've talked to the chief. I've talked to um
I've I've sent out a couple of notices. Basically, what it looks like is that they're not allowed to be there. They're not allowed to be doing it. The question that we're trying to do right now is finalize and it's going to be the the police who actually go up to these people because they will not have
permits. They especially in order to do it in the first place, which is why they're on, you know, uh abandoned properties. And the second thing is there's no health inspection. And so you really wouldn't want to want to do that there. And just as a third thing, and
I'm not really sure where they were by McDonald's. I weren't I wasn't sure if they were on the McDonald's property or on that paper street that was in between, but the paper street, if someone eats one of these pineapples and gets sick because it's on
our property, becomes our problem. We're not going to have it. So, so we're going to take care of that. All right. Um, I know people are have have heard about it and they heard all the racket the other day. We have state champs in baseball.
All right. Uh, part of the health coverage, the difference card is being introduced. Uh, it's like anytime there's a change, there's always a few hiccups, but we're working our way through it and we're doing okay. All right.
I do want to publicly thank Barbara Benson. She was a critical part of getting the pool back up and running. Uh, I know there was a lot of stuff that had to go on, Lenny. I know you got involved with that and there was a lot of back and forth, but you know, Barbara, she really grabbed the bull by
the horns by that one. And thanks to her, she was a big part of why why it's going. All right. Um, the library, if you guys noticed, there's a history room over there. Uh, Mr. Polvich actually published an
article on it. He was there again last night. I think they did a great job. One of the things that I was surprised about and I think they did I I it was awesome that they digitized everything and they've they haven't digitized everything yet. So you can look at it online, but by the time
they're done, they're going to have I think over 10,000 pieces at this point that's going to be digitized that we can look. So, it's it's pretty good about the history of everything that they that they've done over there. Um,
next week the graduations are happening. I'm just throwing that out there for you th those of you out there in TV land. Be careful. Please drive safe. There's going to be kids. You know, graduation times, they're prone to doing something stupid. Please be careful. We don't want to have
any any of our children get hurt. Um, lastly, there's been a couple of of comments passed back and forth uh regarding our willingness to meet with the school board. Um, I can tell you at this point that our last communication
with them, actually, it's not our last communication. And our last communication probably happened about an hour ago with with uh with Councilman KS, but the last written uh comment to them was was sent on June
7th. It it covered a a variety of topics that seem to be in that people are interested in and we're interested in getting resolved. As of now, I have not received a response. I'm sure Jeremiah, you'll you could uh expand on that when
you give your report. And that is all I have at this point. Uh, Council President, thanks, Mayor. Uh, thank you, Claire and Mike, for tonight's presentation. Great job. Really good. Um, congrats also to the environmental
commission. Uh, you got the $2,000 sustainable award from PSNG. Uh like many of our residents, I was very happy to hear that South Lincoln Avenue was finally reopened. Uh thanks uh goes goes to a lot of folks, but uh
specifically to Lenny and and Bobby Councilman Dino, our Greenbrook flood commissioners as well. They uh they applied a lot of uh maximum pressure this past spring over the last couple months to get that reopened. uh like South Avenue, uh South Lincoln Avenue,
many of our residents were thrilled to see our community pool open uh this past weekend. Thanks to the pool staff, uh Lenny and DPW helped out with a number of things last minute and as well as the pool commission. They were all worked feverishly to get it open.
Two pool commissioners in particular that worked really around the clock. They spent full days there over the last two weeks volunteering their time to ensure the pool opened successfully was Barbara Benson and Lee Bandal. Uh congratulations as the mayor mentioned to our library. They
officially opened up their uh community room, I'm sorry, local history collection room last night. The library director Chrissy George and the and the library board president Jim Benson, they did a really good job hosting the event. Uh the mayor also spoke as well. Uh the
room looks really really good. Absolutely fantastic. Uh thanks to uh Jake Wright on Lenny's team. Chrissy George and her team at the library which uh also includes a number of volunteers uh did a wonderful job not only creating the room scanning a lot of
documents like the mayor mentioned in into a website. I have the web address up here. It's on the it's on our uh library tab on the burough website. Uh some of the scanning included six decades of local newspapers, photos, letters, and more. Uh in addition to
online access, the library has a physical collection. The mayor mentioned this, of over 10,000 artifacts, physical artifacts, photos, news clippings, letters, licenses, contracts, flyers, posters, and more. I
encourage everyone to go check it out. Um, our next pillar award is at our July 15th meeting. It will be Jim Benson for his 40 plus years of service on the library board. Uh, the mayor mentioned this as well.
Congratulations to our high school boys varsity baseball team as they are New Jersey group one state champs. Uh, once again, they got rained out actually on Saturday. Uh, the bottom of the first inning, they got postponed to yesterday afternoon. They got location changed.
They went up to Bergen County uh to Woodidge. They beat Middleland Park 3 to2 and they earned the program's seventh state championship which actually puts Middle Sex little small group one Middle Sex tied for third most group one
championships in New Jersey history. Most of the players are returning next year. Uh we lost three seniors, two starters, uh including our top two pitchers are coming back next year. Uh it was really an excellent season. Uh congrats to head coach Bla1etti,
hometown kid and his first full year as head coach. Uh thanks also we had a lot of our volunteer firemen firefighters last uh last evening who escorted the team into Middle Sex and dedicated their time doing that. Uh lastly, I'd like to
get a consensus from the uh governing body to authorize attorney Corsini to create and propose an ordinance regulating the sale of fireworks, which we currently do not have. Uh do I have a consensus for Chris to
work on that? Two. Good. Good. Good. Yep. Got one. Okay, you're good. All right. Thank you, Chris. Uh that's all, mayor. That's it. Yep. All right. Moving down the list. Councilman KS. Thank you, Mayor. For the seniors, the senior messengers still said the senior center
will be closed on May 26th and June 19th. Obviously, as in 2 days, um the summer operating hours at the senior rec center is going to be uh Monday to Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Friday, 8:30 to 1:00 p.m. You still have
the ability to apply for the SD Tech workshop, which is June 26th, the smart driver tech. It's a 90minute workshop offering an interact interactive way to stay upto-date with the latest safety technology and your current and future car. Um, learn all about what
technologies are available, how they will work, and how they can increase your confidence behind the wheel. Register today and tell a friend. I told my wife, she's now going to know how to work her new car, which is beautiful. Pton Hill presents Swing August 7th of
at 10:00 a.m. Go dance around interactively. solve who killed Mr. Body and which room and what weapon. Sounds beautiful. It start showtimes at 11:00 a.m. $81 due by tomorrow. So, go give them your money. Go swing. Um, we did
have an interaction with the board of that. Um, at the end of it, I was told by the superintendent that we are going to set up a meeting to get everything in regard. So, I'm hoping that that actually happens and we get on point to creating a bridge because ultimately um
our residents are concerned about how our tax dollars are leaving our burrow. They're no longer in our middle sex burrow in ecosystem. You know, we all collect the taxes as we know. Um the money stays within there, but right now the money's kind of leaving our ecosystem and we're kind of like what's happening? And so, we're going to have
questions. We're going to have good conversation and hopefully we can build a bridge with the board of education with communication and hopefully it's beautiful. We shall see. Um let's always stay positive with that scenario because there's always ways to
build communication and it's all for you guys. So ultimately I hope that is what happens ultimately a lot but I think you know my intent with that. Um uh thank you so much the environmental commission. You guys are on fire. you're doing amazing things for our our burrow
and for our younger generations, stuff that I love and hold dear to my heart. So, it's good to see people and have a very trustworthy position of what you guys are doing. Appreciate it deeply. Um, my brain just went silent again. One second. Board of Education on film
committee. I talked to um the mayor and the uh council president. I'm got caught up in life, right? Race poor kids can be a lot of times going to school for stuff. So, I'm I'm picking at it. Um, I'm going to send it off to Mr. Forscini this later this week to see what happens. We're going to change about
three five three member person committee with like two alternatives. So, five people for our film committee to be film ready. Um, as long as you know this is the time like this is coming. So, if you know people who are interested in the film world, which we did receive did
receive a lot of residents at the volunteer day, I am slowly getting back to them. I have not been I have dropped the ball on this one mainly cuz life got busy. But I will be reaching out to the volunteers that are coming for our film committee to see if they are interested in filling these positions. We got about
10 applications um in that are interested and I will get a hold of you. I will reach out to you and the culture and arts and beautifification committee artic um picking up the rings and running. They are planning phases. I I missed
last meeting again, family stuff. I couldn't make it to the 7 p.m., but they are they're getting it done. They're starting to get uh couple events up and moving and I will get more information on the last meeting from that. Uh that is it. Thank you, Mayor.
Okay, Councilman Desenza. Yes. Recreation uh summer softball registration begins July 8th. Line dancing is progressing. There 14 active line dancers. Happy cancer camper
sessions are full. We have 14 act two sessions. And the Memorial Day parade was a huge success. Thank thanks to the weather and good planning. That was it was good day. Uh swim pool finally all
board of health issues have been approved. All we need now is for the weather to improve. Again, thanks to Barbara Benson and to Lee for going above and beyond to get that done, immense amount of time to get that done
in such a quick fashion. Um, the good news is, I guess, that the weather wasn't cooperative, so you really didn't miss much swimming. The two weekends that we missed were rain, so and cold. Uh parks parks are waiting for the
suburban uh consulting to finalize their proposal. Uh hopefully uh I think the target date was around September for them to do that. And the June SWAT meeting was cancelled. So getting one in
July. That's all. All right, that's it. Easy peasy. Easy peasy for you this time. All right, Councilman Dino. Yes. I want to thank Clar again. I mean, I'm involved in that commission and she blows me away. Actually, the whole group blow me away
every meeting. So, we have great um mass volunteers in that group. Um that is going to help us in the long run down the road. Um for DPW uh talked to lady today, the date for the recyclable bins to be delivered is going to be early
July. New service starts August 1st. Now, that may cause conflict because says August 1st. The second date of the bins would be the the first. So, there's going to be going to work it out. The the 31st would be the old bin. The first
would be the new bin. So, that's not going to work out, but we'll work it out, I'm sure. Um, paving update. Senica AB has been completed. Concrete work and done. Uh, first and second street will be done once school is out. So, in a week or so,
um Lenny's also coordinated with engineers for our next BT applications for roads to be paved. Speaking of paving list, uh I noticed that some residents um would like to see a paving list posted online. I don't talk to any about
that today. I don't think that's the greatest idea. Maybe internally we could have a list, but the money changes every year. So like even this year we had bid for roads and we got less money than we thought. So now he's trying to scramble on which roads to do. So that may not be
because people are going to hold you to it. If you say you're roads next year we don't get the funding we were at a bad spot. Yeah. And and things happen. So I don't think that's your greatest idea to put out a list to the public. Internally I think a list. Yeah. He has it. Yes.
Yeah, for uh 214 basins have been repair uh I'm sorry, cleaned and the ones that needed repair have been repaired. They're also uh making progress um working on due to damage signs. Mike, I know you're that's big on your list,
damage signs. So, they're on that. Um I also was in Lenny's office today when he called the contractor for Mountain View Park. They are coming this week to take down the old restaurant conference station. So, we're moving along.
Um, they finalized the insurance adjuster for the playground equipment for 488, 203. It's a little less than what we the damage was because the fitness equipment wasn't delivered yet. So, that didn't get damaged. So, so
are we whole? We're not whole yet. We will be. Yeah. This is the final report. So, um, I'll send everybody an email. Okay. As far as the the banners, hometown hero banners, we did the final review was done today. Anticipated
deliveries be late this month. I'd like to get a consensus from the council for early July when the banners come in. We like to hang them at Pearl Hall, let the families come, take pictures with them before we install them the week of July. So, great idea. We have a consent
decision. So, we're good with that. All right. Yep. What do I have? That's all for DW. As far as Jay Love, at the June 11th meeting, the board approved unanimously to recommendation of our planner for Ricky to reduce the square footage of apartment sizes in
Lincoln Boulevard redevelopment zone. The new um regulations would be one bedroom 700 ft², two bedrooms 850 ft and three bedrooms 1,000 scale. This will be approved by ordinance by the council. So that's going to be coming to us
next. So that's uh I mean we square footage was a thousand way over. Yeah. So well it was that way for a reason. Yeah. There was nobody coming here. which now will also Jayla we have a special meeting on June 18th for a public hearing on the
adoption of the housing element fourth round fair share plan. If approved the JLo will adopt resolution amending the master plan to include the fourth round housing element fair share plan. This will need to be filed within 48 hours of adoption and approved by the June 30th.
Paul and Michael have identified sites for possible development to meet our statemandated lawome housing requirements. This report was created by Paul Ricky. It's over 200 pages and we it will put us in compliance. Now, Michael, I don't know if you want to chime in on this because
I know you were involved a little bit of that. So, right, it's basically um focused on areas where we've already targeted redevelopment, the redevelopment zone along Lincoln Boulevard and some of the infill area opportunities on Route 28. There's a lot of logic to the plan. Um, it doesn't
really change in any way the character of the community. It's more like infill development and taking its cues from areas where the build what's already existing development trying to replicate that. And this will be talked about at our joy meeting. So, we'll be aware.
Yeah, we'll adopt it. This is a state requirement. We have no we have to have to do this. That's all I have, mayor. That's it. Okay. Thank you, Councilman Dodie. Yes, Mayor. I have all three of my reports tonight. Everybody got them to me? Uh, we'll do the police
first. Uh, from May, 1865 calls for service, 14 adult arrests, 282 MV summones, 31 radar, and 38 um MV crashes. Let's see what our detectives have been
up to. Where the hell? There we go. Okay. Last month they simple assault they're investigating. They had three harassments, one terroristic threat. This is unusual one that you don't see
here very often is child pornography. They're investigating. Um weapons possession. There was criminal mischief. one of those two arsons, one forgery fraud. Uh there's
two endangering the child of a welfare that I know they were working on diligently, those two. So, our detective bureau is pretty busy right now to say the least. All right. I also have court
for May 2025. uh 286 tickets, 16 parking violations, 270 moving violations, 11 DWIs, seven criminal complaints. So there was seven local ordinance violations, zero
zoning issues. Uh they had three court sessions, one in person and one virtual. It must have been two imper Well, I know they they did a special court session also the one evening because they had a long case. I do know that. That's why there was three. Uh total scheduled
defendants 182 91 cases deposed four DWI deposed which are usually take the longest. Uh total fines 32 to8551 and the burrow portion is $14,7586. That's the court. Okay. Is there is
there a way that they could tell us what their outstanding backlog is? Um I I asked that question and I think the judge was going to get with her and they were going to get another for me. I saw him the the one night. Yeah, cuz this way we could tell was the backlog going up or down based on because I know they
wanted to do an extra night and I've heard nothing about that and I asked that question also have gotten nothing on it. I haven't gotten anything yet. Okay. Fire department. Uh 42 calls in May, 13 alarm activation.
no fire unintentional. They had three natural gas uh five motor vehicle accidents with no injuries, two with injuries. They had two building fires and then fire other was one. So
they three fires for the month. Chief sent over a little synopsis of the month, the bullet points that he likes. Uh let's see.
He has uh on May 3rd um they went to the rear of the high school for a possible brush fire. When they got there um they called Somerset County dispatched and asked them to bring the fire service in as a precaution because of the woods back
there and they have the equipment to get in there and uh they had a column of smoke visible from 28 Harris Avenue and a large amount of brush behind the high school. Uh the chief arrived there, arrived there and all incoming fire units that there was a large pile of
boxed equipment on fire just starting to extend to the brush in the rear of the the uh school near the flying field. The equipment was locked behind a middle gate which Middle Sex Police Department open was able to open prior to any fire apparatus arriving. Uh, engine 821
arrived on location, establish a water supply, and they ran two 1 and 3/4 in hand lines to contain and extinguish the fire. The fire was brought under control in under 15 minutes. Um,
and then the arrival, the other apparatus came and they did an extensive overhaul was needed to completely extinguish the fire due to the large amount of plastic that was involved. The scene was turned over to the Middle Sex County Fire Marshall's Office for their investigation.
Uh, okay. I'll this one off here. Is that what he wanted me to read? An employee at the Violia Violia located on FAC 125 factory lane report an outdoor industrial shredder on fire. They arrived. They found it on
fire. They cooled the outside of it to let the material inside burn off. Once most of it burned off, they were able to open it and extinguish it fully. And this was at the um Violia, what they told them. Yeah. What they told them to do because they they have a huge fire
suppression. They know what to do in their thing. I've seen the the drills over there. They're incredible. Um May 16th, they were dispatched to Mutual aid in South Brunswick Township for a three alarm commercial building
fire. Engine 823 responded to the scene and operated for just under three hours before being released back to the burrow. I went to the uh fire officers meeting last night and South Brunswick sent something over thanking them for their fantastic work
and you know they said anytime we need help it's a big one like that they'll be available because they know we have factories and stuff here. Uh the the members did volunteer fair, Memorial Day parade, and they did their first live
burn of the year at the Middle Sex Fire Academy. They also wanted me to mention that they received a grant for $1,850 from New Jersey American Water for two emergency plugs to disable the drivetrain of any hybrid electric
vehicle with a charging port. This makes it safe so they can put the fire out and not have the battery go out. Now, I have one more thing for Mr. Rosinski that was asking me about it. He sent it to me.
Okay. Uh, Friday, May 2nd, at 2214 hours, the Middle Sex Fire Department was dispatched to an odor of burning at 172 Bakeland Avenue. Upon arrival, they found the workers sifting through their metal shed about 40 ft off the structure
on the alpha side of the building with no active fires. Our crews arrived on scene and were directed to walk the whole facility to ensure the odor was originating out of the metal shed and not other another area within the structure or its property. Upon a
walkthrough of the building, crews reported a large amount of engine blocks stacked higher than usual and spilling out of the Bravo side of the structure and within some of the walkways inside the building. They followed up by walking the Charlie side of the building
and found the containment area to the rear of the building with evidence of oil in the water due to a leaking homemade filtration system. Specifically, the pipe from the retaining block to the barrels from their back stop on the Bravo side of the building. Also, we noticed a large
amount of oil out on the ground with some speedy dry down on it. The scene was turned over to the Middle Sex County Fire Marshall's Office and the Middle Sex County hazmat team was also notified. So, they were released by these and I believe those
agencies showed up. I don't they didn't the chief didn't have what the disposition was after they were secured from the seat. But that's the report I got from him because I know Kevin, you were asking today. So, okay. Okay.
That's all I have, Mayor. That's all you have. Okay. Council Graves. Yes. Good evening. First, congratulations again to the high school baseball team. Uh it's a great accomplishment from our town. As far as uh some feedback that we're
getting from presidents, both in person and on Facebook, everybody's really glad that South Lincoln Avenue is back open. Uh, you know, that that side of town, it just it makes things much more convenient to get around. So, it also looks great. They did they did a nice
job there. Um, uh, also, uh, I did see a lot. So, I'm glad, mayor, that you're addressing the popup the popup vendors because people were definitely concerned about that. I I've heard people mention like how they know these places are safe and stuff. So, it's uh, it's good to see that being taken care of. Yeah. Well,
they're not safe. That's the the one thing. and and I thought it was an interesting site that they would actually put food at the burger building which environmental commission great great presentation tonight uh great work uh you've done a lot in a year it's it's
appreciated goes a long way u we also also been getting feedback from our new zoning officer and he seems to be heading on things well everything I've sent his way he seems to be addressing and following up and answer me. So, that's a good thing. Uh
uh the history room. Uh thank you to everybody that's involved in in bringing that to to life over there in the library. It's uh you know, it's a it's been a long time coming. It's good to see it's finally open. recently. I I actually my my wife and I
have been in the the uh around the lake and since we moved in in 2005 and we actually just walked around the lake together last week and she she was amazed how how much better it looks uh from from then. So great job Lenny and everybody involved in that and uh looking forward to the you know
evaluating the plans for what we're doing over the future and you know and make a change over there. All right, that's good. That's all I have. Thank you. Okay. Uh, couple of quick things that I had that I mentioned. Lenny, did they start with the rocknake?
Yeah. Yeah. Where is it? On the right where it was last year. Okay. One of the other things that I did neglect at the at the very beginning was to mention that tonight we are not going to have an executive session. And the
reason that we are not going to have one is that we just got information back today on the American Water thing that that our attorney has to review. And so there's nothing really to talk about there. And as far as the personnel with the zoning and code enforcement, the the
meetings were rescheduled. You guys are meeting next week. So there's not really a status update to give at that at that point. So there's no need for executive session. So we're not going to have one. Okay,
administrator's report. Thank you, Mayor. Good evening, everyone. Um, regarding the opening of South Lincoln Avenue, uh, I'd like to personally thank uh, public works superintendent Lenny Vidal for his coordination with the Army Corps and also with Middle Sex County on both the paving and then the restraining
of the project areas. Um, we've learned uh, last week in a meeting I I found out that further testing of the floodgate will occur over the summer. uh but only half-day road closures a few of them and definitely they know they they need to be done before the start of the school
year so interfere with school traffic as mentioned earlier uh we celebrated the opening of the new local history room last night at the library and again public works was very helpful because they help they painted the room they installed graphics for the room um they
assembled furniture and helped mount the display so it was a really great partnership with the library and the burrow. Um, also noted earlier, the burough's new zoning and code enforcement officer, our part-time um, person, Matthew Dillian,
is off to a very busy start. And I wanted everyone to know also that the recruitment process for a full-time zoning and code enforcement director is still in progress. We have some of the interviews scheduled for next week. uh the consultant for the Victor Crow Park master plan is working to incorporate
comments received in the two public sessions that we had and this will be going into the evolving concept plan for the park. Uh staff burough staff will be meeting with the consultant team over the summer to work on the plan and to prepare uh for public presentations and
discussions that will take place after the date. Um, as mentioned by Councilman Dino, work is moving ahead on improvements in Mountain View Park, including the new restroom facility and new updated playground equipment. Um, public works has also been very busy, as you've
probably noticed as you go around town with annual summer cleanup projects and maintenance throughout all the parks in the burrow. We'll talk more about that in the next council meeting. Uh resolutions this evening include authorization to approve the renewal of liquor licenses, the hiring of summer
playground staff, authorization of approved waiverss of 2024 sewer bills and 2025 sewer waste appeals wave appeal various hirings and promotions for police construction public works and clerk's office. their um permission to
for the consumption of alcoholic beverages um at the Little Dick Elks carve show in which will be in Mountain View Park on June 19th between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 400 p.m. and authorization from the mayor to execute a services contract between Middle Sex
Youth Baseball in the Burough. This will be effective June 1 of this year through May 31st of next year, 2026. Uh and there is no agenda workshop this evening as well as agenda session. All right. Very good. All right. Thank
you. Uh let's open it up to the privilege of the floor. Uh can I have a motion? Motion. Mayor and a second. All in favor? All right. Anyone wishing to speak, please uh step forward.
Just give your name and address, please. Monica 12, please. Um I have a question about uh Councilman Conahan's report on the fireworks if that's okay. Sure. Um you said that we would be selling
fireworks. Is there a location for that? Uh no, Monica. We don't uh So we don't have an ordinance right now regulating any firework sales. Okay. At all in the Yeah, we don't want people to We Yeah, no selling of fireworks. Yeah. So we want to propose an ordinance with
obviously the attorney's help. um to to detail that and prohibit those or at least in residential areas. Okay. So, that was my that was the point of me bringing that up. All right. Cuz that my followup was going to be about the ordinance for that and also enforcement
of fireworks. So, thank you. Yeah. So, right now we we the only we don't have anything on the books except for you can't use fireworks in Mountain View Park. That's it. There's nothing else. So I think it's time that we I agree. Yeah. Um and then
I have a question around um the housing development. I think this was council report. Uh is there a number of housing affordable housing that we have to make sure that we we have? Yes. Afterwards.
Yeah. I think it was 14. They were looking for 14 now and I think in the next 10 years or five years 81. And I know um on the administrative report this would be existing housing structures. So
existing and existing housing units. Is that how No, that includes new construction. Okay. So that's what I thank you. And then Councilman um K, do you have a timeline for getting back to
the volunteers the applications that were submitted? Hopefully this week. I have it like right in the backpack I have on the box, but hopefully this week, but I don't see what would stop me. Okay. So, for the month. Yes. Okay.
Thank you. And then um the code enforcement um the administrative report acknowledged that the um ongoing hiring is their timeline for hiring a full-time person for code
enforcement. Well, there are three interviews scheduled for next week and the council will then discuss it at their next meeting which is next month. So um that was one of the reasons to get a part-time person in now to to keep the work moving while the process will be
choosing fulltime director. So then by next um by July we would have a timeline of when the hiring should take place. We could have a decision. Oh yeah. Yeah. It would probably once you
have a decision then probably all that it it all gets worked out. I would say by the the August meeting, we should I'm hoping that we have here's the hire date, here's when they're coming, here's when they're starting, all of that. It can't happen soon enough for me,
believe me. Oh, I think that's Thank you. Anyone else? 44 for one turns. I just wanted to address a couple of things. False things that were presented
as fact um because you know I wasn't at the last two meetings but apparently people standing up here and talking about things they don't know about should be mentioned. So, I've spoken extensively with state, county, EPA, DP,
hazmat, air quality. Spoke to the LSRP. Heck, I even reached out to Tyler. So, um, you the LSRP works for the state. They did not. They work with the state. They work with the state, not for the state. What you said for Sorry. Okay. Or
was big difference. Uh you also had stated that there was a lot of complaints but there were only one charge at the time you said that there were three charges. Uh one of them might have filed. Oddly enough I followed it the warning after the meetings that you
had with them where you warned them about noise. So less than 24 hours from that meeting they had an offense that I reported that the court found justifiable at the court date. Um before I had a chance they were going to finalize that court date. and other
facts that are reported and brought in. So all people really need to do is create their own video because the concern was it'd be sort of siphoning off some of the police activity. So there's no need for police involvement at that point. Uh one of the other
violations was a police written but it was from a community member that generated that call. And then there's another one that I called the police. They collaborated corroborated with my plane. Um, it also stated that we had
people over there for the meeting. Um, one thing that was missing in the requirements report was that they found 29 violations that night. That was mentioned before. That was mentioned before. It wasn't in the report. I found the report missing last meeting to be hot to me coming to as many meetings as
I have. I've never seen this skipping or missing on the fire report. because things can happen ability to ask him about it and left four messages over the course of two weeks and didn't hear any back. So, not quite sure where the miscommunication
was there. I was calling a number had your voicemail and I left the messages. I didn't hear back until I actually asked you advice to put me in touch with Councilman Dodie where I could ask him that. So, at that site meeting, you know, it was
presented as though we had everybody there, and I'm under the impression we didn't have anybody there. That what we did was show up when where we were told. So, I don't see that there's been an issue. I I don't I don't understand your comment there because you said that this
person was there, that person was there. We had everybody and their mother there. We didn't have anybody there. I was there. You were there. There were other council people there. There's representatives from the police, the fire department. I mean, they count. Okay. They were there. All right. I was
there. Were you there? Did you Did you initiate the site meeting? Yeah, you did. Yes. All right. Well, it's contradictory to what I hear when I speak to the county. Yeah. So, I'll have to buy them again cuz you got to make sure you have the right meeting, Kevin, cuz there was they were there on a Monday and we were back again. Either it
was Tuesday or Thursday. All accelerated because of the call when I called in and for the smoke and then that triggered the whole Well, you you raised enough issues that we felt it needed a site visit. So, and we didn't want to hear we didn't want to leave it to anybody else. We wanted to
see it for ourselves. That's why we went. Well, it's been something that people have mentioned here for well over a year and you stated that was the first time you ever went there. Correct. First time, Kevin. Right. But when you when I found out about it, it was within a couple of weeks that I was there.
Okay. Well, here's what it boils down to. I went ahead and had a collect panel done looking for heavy metals. Has accelerated elevated levels of nickel and another metal. Anybody want to take a guess?
Aluminum. Correct. So, I'm working with my doctor bringing those down. And until I do, don't expect to burn off when it comes out. Okay. Anybody else? Good evening, Mayor. My name is Rich
Thomasy 109 Great Avenue. Um, I was just wondering if you have an approximate cost for the uh paving of the parking lot here. Zero. And for Senica Senica, I can't answer. I think it was
like 400,000. I know the total is three street, but I don't just percent. I can't break that down because it's a DOT application and we do based on three streets. So, I can give you the total cost of first and
second if you like. Um, I can't give you just percent. Okay. I could with time, but all hands know and here was nothing. The burl parking lot was good, right? Staff actually negotiated over a long period. That was five years of of
arguing and fighting with Army Corp of Engineer. The cost for us I've got to get paid was $240,000. They cost No, I'm not complaining. That's all right. We're just letting you know. I mean, they they look good and the road I walked the road and the road
is good. No, I'm not complaining. I just wanted to know the figures for comparison. Don't quote me on this number, but I want to say it was 1 something 1.1 million for first, second, and second all with DOT giving us roughly half a
million dollar income. And what and work too. Yeah. If you if you've been down uh the New South A, it's impressive to see exactly how far apart those two walls are.
That's got to be what 300 ft. Uh Councilman Des report mentioned that um it's possibly best not to put the schedule of the paving out publicly, but is there is a plan up so that people can
go to and kind of see where and when things will be assembled? Let me Yes, I submit it in my newsletter every year. So, every year of the upcoming streets that are going to be paid, it's in my newsletter. Okay. So, I know what application goes in for
whatever streets. Yeah. It's tough to be able to give you guys to give the resident streets when the numbers come back from the engineers and now I have to make a tough decision to those three streets. We used to be able to submit five years ago. Now, you can only submit
three. So, the funding has been cut. The price of everything is obviously through the roof. And now I have to make a tough decision out of three streets that are in very bad shape. I got to cut one. So, that's why we don't want that to the res. I don't want you holding me
accountable for oh, my street is going to get paid, not you. So, it will get it posted every year on. Yes. And also another fact is that from the time he decides that he wants to get a street and he starts sending in the paperwork till the shovel's put in the ground, it's probably about two years. I would
say it takes time. So that application, we almost like working backwards by time. So our application is in for this year that um Michael just signed today. I'll get that funding by the end of the year. We'll go out to bid in the spring.
So it's about a year and a half now. All right. Can we still get that process put on the web? I remember I remember we had this conversation over there and I know for years we've had that where you've had this issue with the balancing act. Can we get a list of the streets that our police going to get focused on? No
promises because I get it a lot. I get the question a lot and I'm like and I know the detailed response that has I can tell you no promises but I can't work on getting something on the website. I actually I'm going to defer to the
consensus of the council because I'm not a big believer in that either because I just think you're just asking for you have some up there where streets that you're looking at where you're when you do like the next like what are the next or do you just put your newsletter out? What are like the next five I have so
yeah before I put up once the doc application gets approved then I put it in. Okay. So these next three streets which I'm sure Mr. Mino is the only one that knows and Michael once that do application gets approved
then I'll put it in my newsletter. So right I don't want to put these three if I told you three streets and then why let you decide this one not that one. It's entirely your call. So if you guys want it up that's fine because I'm just going to read the record you guys they don't have to. It's a slippery slope. It
is very slippery. Well, let's we had a discussion this morning. I was in his office and we you I contradicted the rules that he was he was saying I said maybe a different road, but we worked it out and ultimately he was we worked it out. I mean he he was correct on what we
did because I'm looking at more where resident streets and the main roads are a problem too. So he's looking at res I'm looking at res Lenny. We're a democratic society. Let's just go uh let's go for consensus. Post
or no post? Uh I don't think we should internally. I think we should have post. I mean we could say future roads you know roads in the future but I don't think we should select date roads that are being future. Correct. No no Mike. No no
it's a slippery slope. Yes. All right. So sorry Jeremiah 51. That's okay to me. No, that's all right. Yeah, let them have it. And then if you if it's a one-on-one thing, then they can do it. That works. Okay, that's that
that's actually a good compromise. A better solution. That's a better solution. Good. Okay. Anybody else? Can I have a motion to close the public portion? All in favor? Oh, you got a long list, Linda. Ready to
go? Yep. Resolution 168205, acceptance of standing reports. Resolution 169 2025, hiring of Lauren Polei of Middle Sex, New Jersey as the administrative assistant for the clerk's office at an annual salary of $50,000 effective September 2nd, 2025 pending a
satisfactory fiscal and background check. Resolution 170 2025, renewal of liquor licenses for 2025 2026. Resolution 171,2025, approval of the reimbursement of $300 to 7-Eleven store for duplicate board of health license
payment. Resolution 172,2025, acknowledging the change of status for certain properties under the veteran tax deductions block 86.02, lot 9. Resolution 173, 2022, approving the hiring of summer playground staff for 2025. Resolution 174, 2025, authorizing
the tax collector to wave 2024 sewer bill for various properties. Resolution 175 2025 2025 sewer bill w appeals. Resolution 176 2025 salaries and compensation for certain officers and employees of the bureau of Middle Sex
for 2025. Resolution 177205 authorizing the reimbursement of Medicare premiums for certain eligible pensioners under chapter 3 public 1973 New Jersey health benefits plan resolution 178 2025 special items of revenue and appropriation clean communities grant
program resolution 179 2025 special items of revenue and appropriation sustainable New Jersey grant program resolution 180 2025 hiring of Shawn McGrath of Southfield New Jersey as a permanent part-time sanitation employee in Department of Public Works effective
June 18, 2025. Resolution 181, 2025. Approval to advance police officer April Mandido to police officer class G is an annual salary of $76,810 effective July 13, 2025. Resolution 182, 2025. Hiring of Carl W. Mccleier,
Belvadier, New Jersey, as a part-time fire sub code inspector for the Bureau of Middle Sex. Resolution 183 2025 approval to advance police officer Christian Doulan to police officer Kash G an annual salary of 76,810 effective July 13 2025 resolution 184
2025 authorizing the refund of escrow postage drawers Aenopoulos 212 Vesper Avenue for joint language board application 20241 resolution 185205 permitting the consumption of alcoholic beverages for the Middle Sex office car show event to
be held at Mountain View Park on Sunday, June 29th, 2025 between 9:00 a.m. and 4 p.m. Resolution 186, 2022, authorizing the burrow or the mayor to execute the service contracts between Middle Sex Youth Baseball and the Burough of Middle Sex effective June 1, 2025 through May
31, 2026. Resolution 187205 authorizing the reinstatement of J of Robert Vanderberg Stadway, New Jersey as the substitute electrical sub code inspector for the Bureau of Middle Sex and resolution 188 2025 hiring Jeffrey Burke of Bound Brook, New Jersey as a substitute plumbing inspector for the
Bureau of Middle Sex. Okay. Do we need to pull any of these? Oh yeah, I want to pull two, 15, 20, and 21. 2 15 20 and 21
20 and 21. Okay. All right. Do we have a Could I have a motion for the the remainder? Uh motion, mayor. Second. All right.
Any discussion? Roll call. Council President Conahan. Yes. Couns. Councilman Desenza. Yes. Council Dino. Yes. Council Dodie. Yes. And Councilman Griggs. Yes. Okay. So, that that covers. All right. So, now resolution
169 2025. Uh, can I have a motion? Motion. Second. Second. All right. Discussion. My discussion is probably with all of these is why I pulled them. I didn't know we were looking for sub
code officials. It's it's not the fact that we don't we don't hire them, but I didn't even know we were looking. And the same with the clerks. Was anybody here told that we were hiring two at once? I don't hear anybody saying yes. What do
you mean two? Well, because we replaced Carmen. Did you know we were looking immediately for somebody else? No. I assume I know the people. I I know that, but did you know we were looking for someone and we were going to hire
somebody? And same with the sub code officials. I I get we need the people, but it'd be nice. We're the council. We vote on this. It would have been nice to know. I have no problem with the people. It's the process.
Not even knowing until you walk in here. I got jumped when I came in here for God's sakes. That's my problem with it. Not the people and the jobs, the process. None
of us sitting here, six of us knew about it that are going to vote on this. So, you can almost tell what and stop. I'm talking to the mayor. You can almost tell what my vote's going to be on all of them. And it I know we need the people because I don't like the process
of not even being acknowledged that here's what we're doing. Okay. I mean I So if anybody else can do what they want. I'm saying my piece. That's why I asked to have them pulled. That's Yeah, that's all right. Like I
said, as far as the the the the clerk for your office, listen, I got two different stories on that. We're not going to go into that in public, okay? And that's all I'm going to say about that. and I can talk to you about it afterwards further. Okay. Okay. Anyone else? I mean I share I share I'm not
going to go into thing but I shared the same concerns that Councilman Dodie has the reason why I stepped down as chair position position and relinquish this to Councilman Dodie and I think he handled it very well right there. I think that's beautiful. You know everybody can vote how they want. I'm just saying how I
feel. I agree. You know, we we used to be told when we were looking for people at least, you know, even if it's a substitute. I understand we have people leave and we got to put people, but we were told we're not walking in cold.
I've never I you know, I never like got an agenda and that was on it and not knew it prior that we were looking. We at least had a discussion said, "Hey, Joe is leaving. He's our sub code, you know, for something and we're looking."
All right. I agree and I I especially too number two on the date. I don't know. I'm I'm not sure when there's going to be a vacancy. I don't know it. I know there's been discussion. I heard June. I heard July.
I heard September. Yeah. So, am I wrong? Yeah. But there's there's So, we've had we've had other people pull their retirements. All right. Okay. Now, I'm saying she's got it, but the other thing is it's the process for me. The process. Yes. Well, we're trying to work on the process.
That's why we went back for some of these other ones. So, we'll get there. I mean, I think actually what would probably be a way when we're looking for these things is just let us know. We don't do all the hiring. And I agree with you, Michael, on that. We don't hire, but it'd be nice to know. All
right. Yeah, unicorn. An easy way an easy way to do that is is to have the liaison be the ones to let us know that this is what's happening. Just saying. I mean, you just got to ask
the question. So, all right. Yeah. You and I talked about it and you know what my answer is going to be. That's that that's okay. That's all right. Let's go forward. Anyone else? It's not nothing to do with the person, the position, nothing. It was just how it came about for me. So, we can certainly update the
process going forward. I would just ask for your support this evening. The first two sub positions very hard to fill. They weren't in competition that these people are good and they're available. We'll lose them if we don't hire them. I know that the person from the clerk's office, as we had discussed earlier, you
know, was someone who was originally interviewed for the position. I'm I'm just saying it would have been nice to know. Kind of got smacked. No, that's okay. I understand. All right. Anyone else? Call the role. Council President Connham, yes.
Councilman Korns, no. Councilman Denza, no. Councilman Dina? Uh, no. I have to vote no cuz we have to be consistent. Councilman Dodie, no. Okay. And Councilman Griggs? No. Okay. Motion doesn't pass. All right. Resolution
uh 182. Uh could I have a motion? Motion and a second. All right. Any discussion? Is this the same thing? It's it's it's a we're hiring a subgroup. You know, like
I said, it's just for me it's different. I don't know. I It's been an issue and I agree with you. Okay. Call the RO. Council President Conne, yes. Councilman Korins, no. Councilman Dpenza, no.
Councilman Dino, no. I have to stay consistent, so I'm happy to say no. Councilman Dodie, no. And Councilman Griggs, no. Okay. Well, let's make it easy at this point. Why don't we just 18,
right? Let's do 187 and 188 at the same time. Motion. Motion. Second. Okay. Any discussion? We're not going to discuss. Call the role. Council President Conahan. Yes. Councilman Kins. No. Councilman Sansza? No. Councilman
Dino? No. Councilman Dodie? No. And Councilman Graves? No. All right, guys. We're going to get the information out. We may have a special meeting. We We just We're just, you know, information will be nice. That's all. Okay. That's what we're saying, Michael. I know. I get it. We're not meeting for another
month. There's a lot of learning. If we have to do a special, we have to That's what we're going to do. We'll get the get the information out. We'll arrange for a special meeting and we'll take care of these four. I I get it, Michael. Yeah. All right. Building, you know. All right. Non-consent agenda. Resolution
189 2025. Pay of claims. All right. I need a motion. Second. Second. All right. Uh, any discussion? Yeah. You got a question? Yeah, just that one foot. How much was it? The the 50 the new I think it was the for the door
access. Yeah, it's like 50,000. Yeah. Well, the whole system needed to be updated and replaced was worn out. I don't know when the last time it was done. I don't know. Do you know how long ago? A while ago. Yeah. So, seems like seems like it takes a lot of wear and
tear and you know it's been probably 20 years. This stuff's expensive. We sell electronics to people. It's expensive. It's expensive. That's the only I can tell you it's probably the only new and updated thing in this building. I think the building just want everybody that I look at the bill. Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. Did we really like what was failing with it? Like it's the same thing. It's the same thing. I wasn't working. I've never had an issue with it for this year. All right. Okay. So, any other discussion on it?
Call the RO. Council President Carmen, yes. Councilman Barnes, no. Councilman Dentra, yes. Councilman Pino, yes. Councilman D. Yes. Council bricks. Yes. Okay. No discussion. All right.
Uh there's no workshop, so no privilege on the floor, no executive session. I need a motion to adjurnn. Motion. Second. Second. All in favor? All right.