for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all okay roll call please mayor Mcichek here council President Conan here councilman Korn councilman
Desensza present councilman Dino here councilman Dodie here councilman Griggs here administrator Lplay here and attorney Corsini here okay before we get things rolling along right here I think what we're going to do is that we're going to change things
up just a little bit we're going to have a presentation uh because um Councilman KS is not here tonight because of a death in his family uh he would normally address this during his report and one of the parts of his report was going to
be regarding a film commission and a strategy uh we have Mr rosinski here tonight who was actually I believe you were with Jeremiah you were prepped to to make some type of presentation or talk about it that's fine so are you good for right now um well I mean I
would probably just touch base on the same time as we did last time this gets a little more detailed on some of it i tell you why don't you give us a little rundown and uh go to the mic so it gets recorded for all posterity senator 441 Middle Sex um
I had emailed everybody kind of a well a strategy regarding how to proceed with a full-blown film commission uh there were a couple pages in there that that weren't printed which I understand there's just information sheets and fact sheets on the studio building it's already taking place um again 1888 is a
European studio that's building on the banks that they own they're spending upwards of two billion dollars um Lionsgate is already built and we all know about Netflix that's going to be going on down in Fort M um it's here it's going to be happening here all of this was taking place thanks to uh the
tax incentives that were in place and it was even before the wildfires in LA so last year New Jersey was number fourth state in the country when it came to filming and they are on track to be number three uh this year so there's
going to be a large amount of filming taking place in the area and as I always say there's a reason that films cost a lot of money and it's because they spend a lot of money uh I have since last time I spoke on this been in touch with a councilman in Franklin who as a side
hustle does uh background work and he also took a brief driving course and is considered a precision driver so let's say you have a scene where a lead is pulling up to a red light and other cars pull around it they don't necessarily need a full-blown stunt man but they need somebody who has this professional precision driving certification so
that's kind of his little niche and I went over some of the things with him that I talked about uh here and some of the things that he's trying to get going over there interestingly enough he had worked uh doing location work on productions and one of the things I mentioned to him I wanted to do which
actually I did not get a chance to put in here is the idea of an overview of the entire town laying out where we have large plots and parcels that can be utilized as a home base or parking area uh such as mountain side over the school
where they could come in park all the trailers what have you and then from there they would go off to where the location is and he said from his working location if you have two towns and one of them it's going to be a five minute drive to set and the other one it's going to be 10 because it's going to be a five minute town every time um one
element I did put in here uh which is a bit of a new wrinkle is the idea of 24-hour access now this I derived from myself looking back into getting involved and looking at the casting uh agencies that were working with there's
presently Spielberg production I believe may be coming to Bound Brook eventually there's a new Dairo project uh that's going to be taking place in New Jersey and both I saw in articles in NJ.com and they mentioned grandly casting so when I looked that up online I was familiar
with them from ages ago when I used to do a lot of this and uh their hours of operation are 8 a.m to midnight and then they have phone access 24 hours um the idea of a 24-hour access just posting it on a website even though no one ever used it just the concept that in
perusing they see that there's that kind of accessibility which is simply a phone line it's a cell phone um is going to set us apart and the first time that someone does feel the call at 1:00 a.m and you're able to meet a demand for the next or the following day it puts you on
the map overnight a big probably the biggest piece of this is going to be and it's the the most sort of the hardest to reign in is going to be the residents because people will on occasion experience inconvenience um if everybody is versed in it if everybody's educated
on what all this what it means and what it would mean for taxes and what it would mean for you know raising the prestige of the area which then could then drive entertainment tourism i I think it'd be pretty easy to get people on board but I do think people need to
be educated as to exactly what it looks like you know it's fun to think about oh is there going to film a movie in my town and then you know it's another thing when you get up at 6:00 in the morning and there's literally trailers all down your street you have to park on the other side and you have to for the
reward that would come from it it it it's not a lot to have to put out but people need to know it you know and it is any movie set is a very vulnerable situation and really all it takes is one
km with an air horn and they lose it filming which is a few hundred,000 you're not going to hear from them yet um so having everybody on board which is mentioned in here the idea of community based like some community events that are specifically driven toward educating
everybody letting them know how it is they can take part how they may have assets that can already be used um classic cars uh people with a well-trained dog i mean these are things that they're going to be looking for do they need to put people in a park yes they do and they
need to put If a guy can come with a dog too it's a plus if they could have somebody fill a parking lot with a couple of classic cars it it's a plus and having that all down on our own sort of inventory or roster of what it is we have within the community have access to that we could present before they even
ask would be big probably the one thing that I would say is the biggest takeaway from all of this is you really and this could be any town and whether it be in California or here wherever you're going to get one first shot and then that's it
if they come in and it's misery and there are problems and somebody's arguing with somebody because usually they walk their dog here every day i've been living here for 30 years i always walk my dog here i always like it gets annoyed there's a lot it's problematic as we I said you know they spend a lot
of money but they're also very budget conscious in the sense that time is money so they don't need to be spending time you know trying to wrangle in errant dog walkers and neighbors who don't really want you there and all this kind of thing so they wouldn't really come back and go you know this was great
but if you can do this and change that and change this it'll be great next time no they're just going to leave and they're not going to come back because there are a lot of places i don't think there's anywhere that's looking to attack it the way I've laid out here which is to go out and advocably pursue
film from what I've seen online most towns have set something up they put their ordinances in place they put their permits in place and whatever comes comes i'm of the mindset to go out and get it um I know the industry i've worked in it i know the lingo i know who
it is you need to talk to i have no problem picking up the phone and reaching out to people the idea of a community event even geared toward industry people coming to take a look having a few shuttles driving them around showing them what's here so that people know before they even pick up the
phone and start looking or looking um it's going to be happening in New Jersey i mean there's just no doubt about it it's not turned any other way it's not going to turn there's so much money being invested that it is just inevitable it's here and I keep saying you know I see in the next three to five
years you're going to need two kind of towns those that have regular filing and those are trying to figure out how to have regular filming and it seems like a great revenue source you know unfortunately as I've spoken with many people you know brick and mortar is dying like the idea of a trackman guy
was going to come in and start a little sports shop that's going to turn into the next effingers i am afraid those days are over you know so it's very limited in regards to what you're going to be able to do to bring in and generate revenue that could be sizable enough to possibly at least stabilize
taxes if not reduced because there is a lot of there's a lot of money in this stuff and if you have the right scene from the right movie shot in your town you become a destination i mean I know I mentioned the last time um but I know there were some folks that weren't here today you know the town that Andy
Griffith grew up in has fashioned itself to look like Mayberry and they never shot a single frame there and people come and they pay money and they drive them around the police car and they pick them to the cell and they lock them up like Otis and they take a picture and
everybody's happy and the restaurants are full and and they've created a whole cottage industry for themselves not a single frame of the show was even shot there andy Griffin grew up there so entertainment tourism is real um we do
have some film history in town which unfortunately I don't know if we'd be able to unearth any more of it but you know the films that used to run the news reels before the movies which used to be how people got their news were edited and cut right up here on Lincoln Boulevard and that's a significant piece
of film history and also American history so you know I don't know what's left of it i don't know what kind of landmark there could even be there for that but um building off of that would be the idea of a contemporary new film that takes place in Middle Sex which is
completely possible so I can get into more I guess once uh Jeremiah is Well do do you have a follow-up didn't mean to cut you off Kevin do you have a do you have a follow-up meeting with uh Jeremiah is your next step going to be to to get a hold of him and you two guys kind of hash it out a little bit more i
I just speak with them and hash out a little bit more and then present it in full-blown like this is next step to get things rolling perfect you guys got any questions for Kevin yeah kevin how about the um ordinance now our ordinance now which is a couple years old i'm assuming it has to be tweaked updated changed
added to um I don't even think we have permit fees in there right yeah that's what Jeremiah actually was touching on with me because he said whatever change needed to happen so you guys will go over that when you have it and what do you what do you think would be a good starting point for I think you mentioned
it last time was it 500 to a,000 a day is like the average the average usage fee is 500 to a,000 a day you know one thing I found interesting I think it was Matuchin that it was either Matuchen or Morristown is and I don't know why they were done this but they put their daily
usage fee at 500 unless you were one of the following and they mentioned bigname studios which is illegal and I'm like is it cuz I go why would you if anything you're going to turn them off yeah specialist yeah and to say that oh it's
going to be this much unless your big shot is this much i thought was crazy you could you can't name studios you could say "Well there are ways I could have done that right?" Like how many employees they had or something like that but you can't name studios in your ordinance it's illegal and in my opinion I'd rather land right in the middle of
the road that's right yeah for everybody yeah 750 and then pick a number and go the new revenue source for us which we're we're we're dra I mean we're anxiously looking for every day all right so if I may President we did the ordinance in 2022 at the time i believe
Jeremiah confirmed this got the ordinance from Clinton Town which has had quite a bit of I think quite a bit of success um they were one of the first I think if I'm remembering this right it's been you know two and a half years one of the first to really do the ordinance but it's been a rapidly changing uh environment we should update
it i represent Readington Township where they did Catty Shack too catty shack too about six months ago so um we need to make updates mayor council president we can certainly do that um obviously it's an evolving thing because next step is get with uh Jeremiah and
then come on back and off we go see what And then just of note when we mention that usage fee that is that does not include any property rentals that's simply in town yeah so when it comes to a home rental someone wants to rent a home business that's something the
production company cuts that deal with the individual so that,500 today is just is above and beyond any of that um and then there's also and I mentioned in here to put into the permits uh the cost should they go over the time that they're permitted for which you can get
pretty crazy with because they know you know going in they have a certain amount of time they got to do what they got to do but you know stuff happens now all of a sudden they're getting down to the wire rather than pack up and come back the next day how much it's going to be much cheaper to peel off 10 20 you know
whatever it is you set because in their in it's going to be in their best interest to save money rather than to set up break down come back the next day pay a hefty fee stay hour that night I mean I see what happened and you're saying Kevin Bound Brook's doing it or or they're entertaining something I
think Denellan too you said last time Denellan actually had some filming or was it Dave Picy project and this was probably two years ago and I kind of clue me as to just how crazy it was starting to get then basic went on Facebook and said anybody who's around that could walk down the street you
could pick up 50 bucks to show up that bypasses like a lot of union rule and stuff but you know they were there it's on the fly they find themselves in the situation they kind of just reached out they didn't do what they want to do and you know hopefully nobody looks but and I've seen tons of that but to see that
that early on where I'm just sitting at home and all of a sudden it pops up they're looking for somebody for David to come to me to now and I mean if you would have told me that 15 years ago I would have thought you're crazy I told Kevin today I saw I was in Mendum this morning i saw three cinema trailers
big trailers campers they're all on the procession and they were went up by Barton High School that's where they pull in it's like the circus comes down i mean you're talking about anywhere from you know 30 to 100 people and and if they bring in their own cake
truck you know that's a full-blown thing and then they set up an area for eating you know so the setup at Mount Mountain Mount View would be perfect actually with all the paved areas and shaded areas um and then they just shuttle to wherever the set turns out to be but it's certainly a possibility i'd love to
take advantage of it that's why we're looking at it Kevin great appreciate it anybody else no keep us posted you're going to work with Yeah just keep us updated thanks Kevin thank you all right um let's uh move on let's go to appointments okay we have accepting the
resignation of Jane Connors from the culture and arts committee and also appointing Lauren Presaldi as a regular member of the culture and arts committee motion second okay uh is this roll call all in favor i all right okay no
proclamations we have an ordinance for introduction we have ordinance number 2147-25 an ordinance amending chapter 195 fees of the municipal code of the bure of middle sex to include a new article 4 entitled waiverss of fees to include fee waivers for certain
volunteer fire responder organizations motion second second okay roll call council President Conan yes councilman Denza yes council Dino yes councilman Dodie yes and Councilman Griggs yes okay when's the public hearing april 8th will
be the public hearing on this one all right and we have two ordinances for adoption we have for public hearing sorry and private final adoption okay we have ordinance number 214225 in the ordinance vacating a portion of Grove Avenue in the burrow of Middle Sex okay
uh I need a motion to open the public portion second all in favor i all right anyone wishing to speak on this uh come up to the mic give your name and address seeing nobody jumping up I'd like to
make a motion to uh motion second all right to close the public portion all in favor i All right motion to approve motion second all right any discussion nope all right call roll call please
council President Cunningham yes councilman Desens yes councilman Dino yes councilman Dodie yes councilman Briggs yes all right very good okay let's move on to the next ordinance
ordinance number 2146-25 an ordinance to exceed the municipal budget appropriation limits and establish the cap bank NJSA484-45-14 okay motion to open the public session second all in favor i all right anyone wishing to come up and and ask any
questions speak about this okay motion to close the public abortion second all in favor i all right let's have a motion to approve motion second all right any discussion questions roll call please council
President Conan yes councilman Desa yes council Dina yes councilman Dodie yes council Griggs yes okay very good adoption of minutes please we have adoption of the March 11 2025 regular and executive meeting minutes motion motion second second any comment all in
favor i all right very good all right moving on to the mayor's report my report is going to be uh pretty concise tonight uh one of the things I just wanted to make mention is over the last couple of weeks we've been working we've been working hard on the budget we're
getting close uh one of the main pieces of that was uh a health coverage piece uh which we'll be discussing in executive session tonight uh personally I think it's a win i think it's something that we probably should have done a couple of years ago
but I think it's personally I think it's a win for the town i think it's a win for our employees and I'm happy that we're after two years we're at that point um that's that's basically all I have at this point uh don't forget little league opening day is April 5th
and there's going to be a grand opening at the at the Limelight Pharmacy which is in uh Super Fresh on April 5th in the afternoon at 2:30 and that's all I have at this point so Council President Conahan uh thanks Mayor i want to uh I
want to thank uh Adam Wick for his years of service to the DPW um thanks Adam i don't think he's here uh the parks committee will host the uh first Victor Crowd Park public input meeting on Tuesday April 1st this Tuesday uh that's the library community room from 6:30 to
8:30 uh the next Friends of the Library program will be next Wednesday April 2nd at 2 p.m in the library community room the program is titled Reclaiming Our Voice About Women Securing the Right to Vote please attend our upcoming volunteer fair it's on Saturday May the
3 in the library community room from 10 a.m to 3 pm this is for burrow organizations uh only that will complement our burrow services and efforts to assist Middle Sex Burrow um I want to thank Kevin for your
presentation tonight uh and I have an update on the Greenbrook uh flood control commission uh project so I got a email here from uh I know we have one of our flood commissioners here the other one our our senior commissioner I guess
Paul Wasa got a email from the uh flood control chair good news recently released last week on the Greenbrook project besides the $496 um million billion dollars I'm sorry
million million million um that was previously secured an additional 220 almost 24 million was allocated in fiscal year 25 uh this brings the total for Greenbrook flood to
$720 million which essentially fully funds at mostly 100% federal expense the construction remaining for the entire lower basin and Stony Brook which is us this allocation allows us to further accelerate construction on this highly
important infrastructure project for reducing flood risk and we will share info with the NGA D as well so wanted to let everybody know that um it looks like that's the final funding we we always kind of wondered about that so looks
like that was finally was finally here so that's it Mayor okay very good all right councilman Cor is not here kevin thanks for taking a a part all right councilman Desenza yes uh we have a little damage at the pool of the roof on
over the snack bar was blown away with all that wind we had uh last week um DPW is uh taking some temporary cover on it putting a a tarp over it just to cover it till we get our insurance uh people
out there and have that all checked out and uh that's about it for for what I have all right very good councilman Dino yes for environmental um remember we had a proclamation for dark sky week April 21st
28th we are also moving forward with the RI BRI mapping through Nerian for 3,400 hours and there was some concerns i mean we've had these talks here about the railroad crossing but there was some concerns about the environmental impact at Cedar Av explaining that we've had
numerous talks about this um we are working on it i mean I don't know how far we can go more than what we've already talked about the discussions that we've had out there i mean basically at this point as far as the the railroad crossing is that
uh it's it's funded they owe us the ballards in between that's the next step uh after that you know we just keep hounding them to see what they're going to do about the $180 million that they propose to raise the tracks which you
know you have to keep asking i mean I'll be amazed if they do that because it just seems to me that the the the first best thing is to just move all the tracks closer together so you don't have a gap and that seems like that would be a hell of a lot less expensive than than
trying to build an overpass and the concerns were do we know what comes through town i know when we had that meeting there was an email or a site that we can go on and you can see what comes through here by the placard numbers but I know Craig Kaminsky had that we have to look into that and I'll
get it to the environmental commission okay yeah and maybe there's a way to get it public out there not that we could do anything about it but at least people would know what's there also uh March 29th at the tree nursery we'll be starting to fill containers waiting for our next batch of trees to come in we can start planting so that's where we
are with that so that's all I ask all right very good councilman Dodie yeah you have two quick things we'll do the police report i managed to get it um calls for service in February 1848 nine adult arrests three DWIs
340 349 motor vehicle summones 43 were radar and 21 crashes uh their national uh incidentbased reporting system they had
seven crimes for um February they have cleared four of them and that's a 57% clearance rate for February which is really good for them i have one more thing and that is from the fire department regarding the annual carnival
that the chief would like me to read sure it's a statement on the cancellation of the annual carnival it is deep with deep emotion that we announce the cancellation of our beloved Middle Sex Fire Department annual carnival which has been a cherish
cherished tradition in our town for the past 50 years this decision was not made lightly and we understand the disappointment it may bring to our community visitors and supporters who have made this event a success for decades unfortunately several challenges
have made it increasingly difficult to continue hosting the carnival among the key factors influencing this decision are issues stemming from last year's early closure from unprecedented attend attendance which led to unexpected
disruptions for residents local businesses and concerns over property impact public security concerns rising from attendance that exceeds our infrastructure as ensuring a safe environment for attendees has become
increasingly complex rising costs associated with heightened security requirements which have significantly impacted the financial feasibility of hosting the event parking limitations and increased traffic congestion on Bound Brook Road which
have presented logistical difficulties for local residents and attendees given these challenges we can no longer sustain the carnival in a way that ensures a safe enjoyable and wellmanaged experience for all we want to take this
moment to express our deepest gratitude to everyone who has contributed to this event over the years our dedicated volunteers sponsors local businesses blue star amusements governing governing body and most importantly the residents
who have made this festival a cornerstone of our town's culture and community spirit while this marks the end of a storyried chapter for our volunteer organization we remain committed to exploring new opportunities to bring our community together through
alternative events and fundraising initiatives middle Sex Fire Chief Ken Barto stated "We welcome ideas and discussions on how we can continue fostering the sense of togetherness that the carnival has represented for half a
century we appreciate your understanding and welcome your continued and needed support for our mission sincerely Kenneth Barttok fire chief and Ryan Ziddle Carnival Chair unfortunately it's they just security is
one of the biggest and the infrastructure i know last year and the mayor can attest to this getting through the town he was there physically also i was in the wrong place at the right time and they're worried about safety for people's is a big concern so all this
contributes to it all I can say to you as a resident is please donate i got my envelope in the mail and I immediately mailed it in to them mail please mail it into your district firehouse they need your contribution this was a huge
fundraiser for them that will no longer exist because of the atmosphere that is created and these mobs that show up and it just makes it impossible to hold these types of events we're not the only town this is happening to cuz they talked to Blueest Star Amusements who
they go to and this is they had a couple of these canled because of the same reasons concerns that's all I have mayor all right thank you Councilman Griggs good evening uh the Shade Tree Commission uh has started to take you
know full swing uh recently with the last meeting and uh they've had a number of trees that they have to investigate find out if they're dead need pruning or or trimming or to be left alone and there's been you know they've had some discussions on possible changes to you
know recommend like ordinances and stuff for sidewalks and different things so that we'll need to discuss in the future um their next meeting is on the 2nd uh Thursday at 7:00 in this room uh next month and uh the board of health um not
much not much change in in this month's meeting uh they meet the third Thursday of the month in the community room um that's all I have all right thank you administrator report thank you mayor good evening everyone uh as the mayor mentioned earlier work is continuing on
the development of the 2025 budget and the proposed budget will be introduced on April 8th um as mentioned earlier by the council president the first event in the upcoming public participation phase of the Victor Crow Park master planning process is scheduled for Tuesday April
1st at the community room of the public library that'll be starting at 6 pm um all are welcome to get involved in that and I just wanted to note a second work session has already been scheduled for Tuesday May 6th and we're going to hold try to hold that ad to Crow Park in the
annex building what I really wanted to make clear to everyone too is that there is now a special information page on the municipal um website if you want to go and this is just for the project so you can keep up to date on all the information and the upcoming events uh
Middle Sex County is working closely with the bureau to coordinate our participation in the upcoming state plan on new state planning updated state plan for New Jersey i attended a meeting last night in New Brunswick as a process of county coordinated planning begins for
all the towns um cross exceptions is what the process is called and it requires the participation of municipalities counties and regional and agencies um to coordinate all their planning so um we'll be reporting as we
move forward into that process i'll be making updates reports on that um as mentioned uh the public works department has been busy with lots of projects including stabilizing the roof at the pool putting parks up there while we're making uh planning for uh long-term
repairs to the roof um they've also been doing a lot of cleanup work in the parks you know there are seasonal work uh the police department Middle Sex Police is investigating the damage to the longtime illuminated police at Burrow Hall colem Mountain sign which is at uh Mountain
Avenue and Route 28 it appears to have been damaged by a truck or by construction equipment so we're going to see if there's any cameras in the area that saw who hit the sign and try to get the sign um Middle Sex Bunny Hop is this
Saturday March 29th from 10:00 a.m to 12:00 noon at the rec center in Legion Place the store of the event will be the Easter Bunny and there will be games crafts and a petting zoo parking will be available um here at Burough Hall and a reminder the deadline to sign up kids
for the summer playground program is May 31st um a timely service underway for seniors is the free income tax preparation program which is sponsored by AARP the service is offered at the senior rec center every Tuesday and Thursday and this is through April 15th
the program is by appointment only so please call the center to schedule an appointment and the number is 356414 it's also on the municipal website uh resolutions this evening include approval of a developers agreement for a
sanitary sewer service at 700 South Avenue authorization for the mayor to execute a memorandum of understanding between the New Jersey office of emergency management and the Bureau of Middle Sex for a hazard management grant and the acceptance of resignation of
Andrew Wick from the Department of Public Works which will be effective March 28th um 2025 but tonight's agenda workshop we'll have a discussion of the code committee i guess I don't know are we gonna That's what No I'd use that as
a presentation so we got that done and uh there will be a discussion of curbside recycling program um executive session topics this evening will include the zoning and code enforcement officer position and uh contract negotiations
for employee health benefits and um also uh negotiations for the property at 1190 Mount Avenue um finally this is a personal note i wanted to to note that my second year anniversary with the burough was last Thursday and I'd like to thank the mayor and the council and
the community for the opportunity to work in such a wonderful municipality thank you okay thank you all right uh next we're going to move to the privilege of the floor if there's something you want to speak your piece about step up to the mic gave your name and
address good evening everybody my name is Mark Cron 7 Park Place um my uh as I said my name is Mark Cron i'm the chairman Real Sex uh Community Pool Commission um I'm here to clear up a bunch of fiction that's being posted
on Facebook concerning the dissolution of the Synchro team at the pool um first I would be remiss if I didn't acknowledge the six most amazing Middle Sex resident volunteers that have given their time and efforts over the years to make sure the pool runs efficiently and
cost-effectively i'm privileged to work with them on the commission all six have an unbelievably strong fiduciary responsibility in doing what's right and are 100% vested to that purpose um Middle Sex Community Pool has been said
by many to be the gem of Middle Sex and one of the bestrun organizations in town this is evidenced by the pool commission never receiving one tax dollar since its creation in the 1960s in those 60 plus years the pool has been 100% self-sufficient
um which many town members don't know and has completed five capital improvement expansion projects totally funded and paid for by the commission um now getting to a few of the issues uh posted on Facebook
um first the commission has been accused of not being diverse um which is a very politically uh uh active uh thing today um and I strongly resent the accusations that the commission does not support
diversity as posted by Michelle Lynch and others on on Facebook these accusations are untrue baseless and slanders um another thing is coaches um we were promised by Michelle Lynch they would have coach and assistant coach we
were told on April 7th at our meeting on April 17 2024 that they had two girls to coach grade 16 and Dan 17 contrary to what's been posted on Facebook the pool budgeted money for both a coach and an assistant coach on Facebook they're
saying we didn't budget any money for an assistant coach which is just untrue um uh we were told on August 21st 2024 that the coach was now Eileen um and pool management was never informed apparently that the coach and the assistant coach
that I mentioned earlier had quit um and they replaced her um membership um this is a big one um according to pool uh on Facebook they're talking about how they have 20 members on the team 17 i've seen a lot of different numbers um according
to pool records pool financial records 15 girls paid the team membership fee not 20 of those 15 three paid a partial team membership fee never completed paying the whole fee um three families which is five team members did not have
pool memberships which is required of all team members for the swim team and the synchro teams um and the worst the most egregious is one 10year-old team member her mother used her birth date of
1977 to register her membership on our membership website because you need to be 14 to have an individual membership which is the cheapest membership so she used her birth date for the 10year-old member registration and purchased an
individual membership um that misuse of membership opens the pool and the town to enormous liability that she lied about her age on the uh thing because 14 year olds are allowed to come to the pool on their own 10 year olds are not
um so if we subtract the five team members that didn't have pool memberships the three that didn't pay their uh their full fees and the one that lied on their membership if you take that from the 15 that paid that
leaves eight or nine actual legit legitimate team members so I don't care what they say they're the numbers and they're the financial numbers on the polling um there was at least one team member that used a kickboard in the pool um all
swim team and sink row members are required to be able to swim can't use a kickboard um in the pool um so again that's a huge liability for the pool and the town that a team member
can't swim um and they don't have to swim well they just need to be able to swim um secret meetings we were accused of having a secret meeting to vote to to dissolve the uh the uh uh the uh synchro
team um in 25 years of being on the pool commission we have never had a secret meeting we follow the state sunshine laws meeting all the meeting dates times and locations are submitted to the Barrow and are posted on the Barrow website and in Barrow Hall um several of
the synchro parents attended our August meeting in 2024 and were leveling accusations at the pool manager who wasn't able to attend the August and September meetings all parties agreed to put off discussions until the manager could attend the meeting in October
unfortunately in October no synchro parent showed up to the meeting um uh finally several complaints by the pool management staff concerning eating on the lawn which is not allowed all food has to be consumed in the snack bar
and the team members were eating on the lawn and didn't clean up their garbage after they completed and left um they uh team members during practice were joining the aqua zumba class in the pool which members paid to be in they should
have been practicing not sliding over into the Aqua Zumba class um um the night of the in the beginning of August when they did their show they prepped in the snack bar they left the snack bar a mess um didn't clean up any
of their garbage nothing um and they should have um again we some of the they're not reporting any donations they receive um especially any cash from area businesses to pool
management and they're they're extremely confrontational with staff and management um in light of the blatant disreard disregard for pool rules and regulations violations of membership requirements below legitimate membership
numbers and constant disagreements with pool staff and management the commission voted unanimously to stand the synchro team um Michelle Lynch was reminded numerous times of the membership requirements and other issues and seemingly chose to ignore all these requirements to run the team as she saw
fit thank you all right thank you hello how are you guys tonight michelle Lynch 259 Market Street Little Sick New Jersey i'm the woman that he stood here and talked about i do not work for the pool i do not make any money from the pool at no time did I become a manager
of the synchronized swimming team or anything i was a parent leaison the membership issues that he mentioned were his pool manager's duty i have no access to membership i have no way to verify the girls join the pool or not they turn in paperwork to me as a parent leaison i
turn it in to the pool manager if people were violating rules or not paid I don't know that i have no way of knowing whether they paid for the pool or not at the nine or 10 weeks that they are a member of the team at no time did anyone ever come to a practice or address me
and tell me that a parent either did something wrong or hadn't paid for the membership so much so that all of the 19 girls we had last year I have the roster and I'd be willing to provide it to anybody here i also have the pamphlet from the show with all of the girls
names listed i can share that with anybody here at no time were any issues brought up so these girls were allowed to be in the entire season and perform in the show so if there was a problem with their membership fee or their membership status nobody at the pool
brought it up to us at all now I think it's funny that when they want to disband the team and to be very clear about the meeting that I mentioned we did go to the August meeting we did bring up multiple concerns they told us we could not address him at the meeting until the pool manager was there and
they would contact us contact us in October then he sends me an email and he says the vote was in September you don't think that's a little weird he tells us we can't come back to address them until October when Jim is there which is what you just said in your statement and then they have a
vote in September they weren't willing to listen to us at all we went to the August meeting we brought concerns we were shut down and told we can no longer talk at the meeting and to come back in October we were never given a chance to voice our concerns or bring those things
to the table the differences about a parent liaison and what I offer to the team is support i've been a parent leazison for four years four years I've been in it i am not privy to pool records he nobody took donations from the town i don't know what he's talking about when he talks
about that i think the problem that we have is the pool committee the pool commission overall is not a diverse committee there are not many of them who even go to school or have children or family members that attend the pool and then they're making these decisions half-hazardly and have no idea how it
really affects the community you're talking about synchronized swimming we are the only recreational synchronized swimming team in the state of New Jersey we've been at the community pool for 54 years to shut down a program because you're mentioning problems with
membership is that the girls problem should I tell my 12-year-old "I'm sorry they canceled your team because someone lied on their application to the pool." How would I know that how would the kids know that i think what we have here is a committee that makes decisions without ever
factoring in what the community does and I will say again I am a volunteer i have volunteered at the pool for 4 years i feel like at the end of the day I'm asking this council to advocate for the community's behalf because what we
have is a committee that is not willing to listen to parents they're not willing to listen to anybody and it's not fair to the group of girls yes it is a diverse group of girls it happens to be one of the most diverse group of girls that this school has to offer to be
honest and it's sad to see it go so again my ask this council is that you will advocate on a path even just maybe helping us start a conversation about it because we have been given no opportunity to do that thank you all right thanks
uh Mr gr when's the next pool commission meeting april 17th I believe april 17th that's a public meeting right correct yeah public meeting okay i would say the the best place to
start the conversation is have a you know have your people represented at the April 17th meeting because we try not to go you know the commission has to have their chance but we also want to follow the chain of command go there have the meeting and then we'll see guarantee that when we attend again we won't be
sent away we were sent away at the August meeting all of these all right ho ho ho ho guys raise your hand if you were sent away from the meeting listen I'm I'm not going to sit here and debate what happened in the past what I'm going to tell you is that let's go to the April 17th meeting it's April 17th right
yeah april 17th and then let's get a report back just that'll be that'll come from the meeting minutes and we'll see where we go from there sorry april 16th 16th okay what is that a Tuesday wednesday okay that's that's the first best next
step perfect thank you you're welcome thank you okay anyone else all right now here you go where's your walking frank Bryan 303 Maple Street i'm glad I came in after
this because whatever I blasted out would seem soft it's going to take you It's going to take you three minutes just to get through your intro right let's go i um saw on here you have personnel zoning
officer i'm here tonight to say whatever the decision is made i know there were talks i got to know Tyler over the last couple of years he's come a long long long way from day one
um planning board we got planning board members or land use board members up here and I'm hoping they see it my way tyler has when he comes to meetings he's well prepared if he doesn't have an answer
he'll get back to you i've had dealings with him in Bound Brook always got back to me with an answer i might not like the answer a lot of times but it's an answer that's legit and I have to follow
whether the rules regulations it's hard sometimes for me to do that but um so whatever happens in the back room tonight I know if you bring in other people you don't know what their baggage is you don't know what they know they come they all look good and then all of
a sudden then you start picking up stuff that you didn't see when they first interviewed so I'm here to advocate for Tyler you're going to talk about it tonight thanks Frank all right anybody else 116 Chestnut Street um regarding
the city tree that we so famously had trouble with and the tree commission refuses to do anything about it um I reported that there's whispering in street around the root the drip line of the tree it's uh
making humps in the street that anybody could trip over especially our DPW when they're collecting trash you know it's a tripping and now it's to the point where it's not letting water the rain water drains down the street so every time it
rains I've got a giant puddle the whole length of my property so if it if they're not going to do the tree I emailed everybody and Mr ryan advised me before the meeting that the tree is going to
stay so if the tree is going to stay what are you going to do about my street because this is just normal reading what happens when you have a noraster or a tropical storm when it's raining the water comes halfway up my
driveway and it takes a day or so to drink so what are you going to do about my street i'll go out there with Chris this week we'll take a look at it it's on the I know for the Shade Tree Commission to take another look at it to see what can be done i mean well apparently should
look at it well they're both going to go apparently Mr ryan said everybody was out there today and looked at it and said it was fine but it's not fine so I want to know what are you going to do about my street miss Clber I
I remember that the clerk who was copied on the email that you sent today responded to you and said that she was going to bring him back to the attention of the Shry Commission so that will happen i will also have to Department of Public Works monitor the situation um
that's that's what we can do for you it's been determined in the past that it's a viable public shade tree so we will monitor the situation and we will take into account your concerns about flooding and the condition of the curbs and the road and my sidewalks and your
sidewalks we'll take a look at that the tree the tree is out growing in spots but I'm just asking you to please work with us because the professionals have been out the professionals have been out there and they've determined that it's a viable shade tree but we'll monitor the situation as it changes professional
what arborist professional arborist engineers public works director well I want something done because there's something going on well we've responded to every one of your requests we'll continue to do stuff yeah the response was no to everything well no that's not exactly
accurate the determination was that the tree is a viable tree that's owned by the burrow by the citizens of Middle Tennessee it is not a private tree so we have to make the decision based on what's best for the entire community but we will monitor the situation as it
affects your property come out the next time please and we'll see i will and you'll see i will i promise you I will thank you all righty anybody else tony Mo for Lor Lane sorry I'm
backtracking a little bit i'm not so cool um I was not born and raised in this town i moved here cuz I liked the small field community that I wanted to raise my children in my daughter is extremely shy she came into her own
joining the team she made wonderful friends um it was a little disheartening to see how the team was treated um as you can see by the presentation from Mr cran and his body
language going to the April meeting is not going to make a difference it's going to fall on deaf ears uh we definitely need somebody else there a third party to hear both sides because we are not going to be heard just like we were not heard in August we were shut
down i was there we were not able to speak um with him saying that there were girls in the pool with um the the pads that were part of their routine they used that they were not using it because they
couldn't swim they were using it because it was a prop he would know that they would know that if they showed any interest in the team um we most certainly did clean up after ourselves i have spent the past 2 years staying after making sure that everything was
clean our girls are respectful and they do take care of the pool like I agree with Michelle like she said we have no bearing on what happens with the pool membership that is him and his team and
that is their problem not ours but I will say that there are just so many things that have happened that nobody knows about because nobody cares but that's true okay but let me just tell
you a couple of things from from a parents point of view okay our girls are there every day from for practice in the morning and the last week they practice at night the lights have been shut off on us they weren't allowed to use their
music the swim team has had the pool shut down for them midday it's announced that the pool is shut down so that the swim team can have their party and their awards ceremony do you know when the synchronized swim team gets to do
it one morning for one hour before the pool opens that's it that's it and we can't even use the deep end because there's no lifeguards there they won't open the slide for us and they will not do anything that they
do for the swim team that they do for the synchronous swim team like I said I'm not the arena grades here when I post photos of my daughter in the in the in the show everybody I have people from all over New York California Florida all
families they are in awe of how we I live in this small town and have a synchronizing game they can't believe it they're like "How lucky are you?" I said "I know I am lucky." And then I had to tell my 12-year-old daughter that it was cancelled because of inconsistencies in
their records to keep the proper documentation for pool memberships most of our team isn't even comprised of people who live in Minnesota they come from other counties they're even paying more money for their membership to come he's losing out on I
only joined the pool so that my daughter can join the synchronized swimming team so most people are not going to come back to the pool and I just think it's extremely unfair and if he's making these accusations of how we eat on the grass and the girls are using the the
the pads and all this other nonsense then where is the documentation where's the pictures cuz I will stand here and assess that those kids do not leave that pool mess those parents are there at the end of the show cleaning up we're not
getting paid for that no one's getting paid for that there are parents at every nighttime practice and that pool is immaculate but I will tell you those lights have been shut off on us and the girls know it many times they had to go swim in the lap pool we weren't even
allowed to practice where we were supposed to practice there's a lot of inconsistencies when we talk about diversity it's we're not even talking about Michelle never even said anything about diversity she posted a photo of
the team and the town itself said that this town is not diverse those words were never spoken by Michelle never the town itself is seeing the disparity and it's not just about skin color it's
about swim team versus synchro those girls felt that they felt it they knew that the swim team meant more to that pool than the synchronized swim team and they should be supporting us because we are the only synchronized swim team in the area the only one and the pool
should be supporting us instead of getting rid of us all right thank you hey Joe you going to be at that meeting we're going to have a councilman there thank you bruce Sanders 10 minutes Avenue just a few questions first Mr applause did we
get any update on Somerset County you know taking our land for a historical city update there um I have spoken just this week with Middle Sex County you know because it's a partnership and uh they've promised us although strangely they haven't told me yet who's in charge
of the project which seems kind of odd pressing on that but they said they promised that we will be part of the next meeting in terms of planning for the park and we're also um they've been very receptive to the idea of us aggressively going after some additional open space trust fund monies for Middle
Sex County just to help our parks maybe to bring some more money into the town to more or less compensate for some of that revenue that we're losing in the property park okay if you'll keep us up to date I will okay good um in terms of
the budget have we checked in with PSEG um I didn't okay because lighting there's they are giving out pretty good financial kickbacks for putting in uh uh LED lighting that may be worth looking
into um because they will fund a good majority of doing replacing like LED lights and things like that so I've seen it on their website you mean like like street lights or internal no municipal municipal saving on you know uh programs
for solar programs for uh efficiencies in buildings it's I think it might be and they'll come out i don't know if it would cost anything for them to do an assessment i don't think it does for municipal but it's a good avenue we'll check it into it for sure no cost okay i
know we did it at the Elks and they actually they paid for it was like 1,700 bucks or something but new light they took all new light fixtures new bulbs everything it was done at the public works building several years ago too
when I was they came and changed all the fixtures this I mean we could have all the fixtures in the building changed to LED if they were they come in they they'll come in and do an assessment yeah they do an assessment because usually what they're doing is that they're asking it's it's like a lease payback type thing you're sort of buying
everything and then they're they're figure it depends they go they go both ways but they've had those kinds of programs i just thought it might be an efficiency listen can't hurt can't hurt to check into for sure for next year um the last meeting no video i
don't know hopefully I'm not going to be It's not up there everyone meeting up on YouTube so it I understand it exists we'll get it up relatively soon we're actually we we actually were having a meeting today
about you know utilizing the system that we have what it's going to take to get it connected which I was really surprised that it's not already i I I can't imagine that it's a big deal to have these meetings live streamed just as we're doing them on an ongoing basis
okay so and then finally um I've been going to the school school board meetings i asked a lot of different questions on budgeting we have at least two representatives here tonight um not I was not answered the last meeting
things were a little better what I did at that meeting was brought I think seven or eight questions that the burough council had from our meeting back in November that that group meeting about all the uh heads of different departments regarding the budget so I
brought those questions to the school board and pretty much defined what they are and I'm hoping that you guys will answer those questions because essentially it's our community tax dollars that go for I think like at
least 59% when you say you guys us guys those guys i took your questions that we had in the meeting right and I presented them to the board of ed oh okay in regard because nothing's been answered i asked
them at the meeting before that I had said to Sharon did you inform the superintendent of schools she said she did so I expected to get answers to those questions so to make sure that they knew what the questions were the chart that we had for the superintendent
schools I read out and explained what those questions to the board of ed are about right you're talking from the town hall from the town hall gotcha correct so I'm hoping that we get some kind of response to those questions they're in
the middle of budget talking and part of that is one of the questions you know are we too topheavy or $4 million for administrative staff that don't touch kids so I mean there were other questions there i outlined what they were and I'm hoping to get a response or
you know the burrow should get a response from those questions so okay thank you anything else anybody else nope 441 Fairview Avenue Middle now that it's come up regarding the schools I just want to make a point education folks and
put it out there in record that there needs to be a re-registration of students before this budget is submitted the last time there was a re-registration of students they discovered 70 students that did not belong in the district that are present
per student price 70 equates to almost a million dollars if not a little over a million dollars it's been at least seven years since the last time it was done to me it seems completely absurd to factor in students that don't belong in the
district in the existing budget the la the last full registration Kevin was done was done when I did it with Jim Baker that's that's how long that's true that's how long did that take
once did you got it in motion 3 months it didn't take that long it was over the summer it was done it was It was done over the summer I believe and uh you know you sort of registered the kids as they came in and people had to come to the school during this I believe it was
August they had to come i don't remember exactly so don't hold my feet to the fire but I know it didn't take long for us to get to get to that number and I it was it was just about if I remember the number right cuz I it was 69 it was like 69 kids that don't belong in the
district that that were found yes right and one of the factors that goes into play when it comes to the state level is they have something they call a weighted student population weighted population are students taking ESL students that are on subsidy programs meal programs
that kind of thing um how many weighted population you have affects your budget i would have to think that some of the students that are coming here that don't belong would be weighted population so it impacts the weighted population which may explain why there's a reluctance or why it doesn't get done until every
seven years but it certainly needs to be done another piece was interesting to me is that I continuously hear from people associated with the board about the problems with Facebook and all the
chatter on Facebook yet if you go to the district website and you hit the contact button it takes you to an information field and when you hit that it asks you to then log in through one of several platforms and one of those platforms is Facebook
the school had a legendary scandal that was nationwide news and it centered on Facebook how it is we've arrived at a place where we've drawn a shorter line
between Facebook and the email system is absolutely beyond me i brought that up at this Tuesday meeting last Tuesday it's been a week it's still there they have in-house IT this is a matter of
minutes to pull that down that's rather than mentioning the fact that they only list four platforms that personally myself I don't have access to or I wouldn't use because if you should hit the Facebook button it then asks you for your password and username but
interestingly enough the window at the top does not reflect Facebook address it's a Google address can you can you get through by not using those or you have to use it it has to be what they consider a secured email
so I don't know what communication is like with them i haven't had but it seems odd that we would be directing parents through Facebook when we seem to have so many complaints about parents using phase one thank you thank you anybody
else hello Claire hi Claire 9 view um hey Claire could you turn the mic down a little bit i've also been trying to reach out to the board of ed through that portal and I'm using the Google link and it still doesn't work so but anyway I'm just here to address the
um energy audit so the burrow and the environmental commission did apply for sustainable Jersey PSNG partnership energy audit planning grant which we received so we provided them with our rural
um utility building and we narrow it down they're going to be auditing handful of buildings including this one the library rec center police department and I believe one of the fires so that is in the works to do the energy audit find out what we can do to improve
energy in these buildings so you're ahead of us thank you clyber Chesn um just a few comments on the pool situation um when my son was on the swim team few short years ago there was over a 100
kids on the team now I hear that it's like a quarter of that i just wonder why you know such a drop in the number of kids um and the synchro team can hand uh these are great summer activities for
the kids to stay active while learning important teamwork and life skills as well as making new friends so I'm wondering where did the 120 or where did the 100 kids go from the swim team and now we're going to lose sim team so
that's like 120 memberships gone not good management um and as my time on the uh commission as publicity um we found out that you know that
they're the only synchro team in New Jersey so these guys just can't go to another team um and in my time I would go to the to the Aqualite show that show would be
packed you know the the deck was full of families cousins relatives friends um and then you know in my promotional minds those were potential memberships you know they get to see the
grounds they get to see you know what goes on at the pool you know all these great activities for the kids so now that's all gone if they keep if they keep the signal team off so you know this was a great way a great
way to promote the pool you know with this unique sport uh the pool should be very proud that they're home to such a unique sport but disappointingly they choose to take this great opportunity away from the team members yet again thank you thank you
all right anybody else good evening william Gary 518 Grand Street it's been four weeks now since I brought to your attention the loss of life of a woman suffering from a mental health crisis and concerns around how it was handled rather than just complaining
I also brought up to you three items which could be action one being a fully implemented ordinance already established in multiple communities which ironically Mr lace seems like it could help you based on your comments about the street sign damage so you I
did send you that or Yes thank you um so we attended uh the parks committee meeting the following week and raised the camera suggestion in parks as suggested at that meeting we also recommended a fourth suggestion which is
the addition of or the exploration of adding valley trash cans funny name but they're actually helpful because they've proven in numerous communities and cities to help reduce costs keep areas cleaner and unfortunately in this very particular instance could have deterred
the loss of life it was at that point after an inappropriate and self-focused comment from Mr dunzo we learned a few items this council is appears to be more focused on combating geese this town wasted approximately $35,000
on cosmetic trash cans which do nothing nothing but simply cover up existing trash cans there is little to no appetite to introduce known solutions because of added ongoing ongoing costs and in Mr just's your own words it
doesn't make sense to implement smart trash cans because it only takes our DPW workers about an hour a day to drive around the town to empty the garbage cans that we have an excellent DBW manager who allocates resources correctly i'm going to only address the
last two items with regards to additional costs related to cameras smart trash can anything related to an internet connection i'll refer you to my thesis submitted as a master's degree project and published at Las University regarding implementing a municipalwide
network which would significantly reduce costs for this town and allow you to implement these features it evaluated a town 11 times the size of Middle Sex Burrow was defended against the board member of the Philadelphia Wi-Fi project approved by two IT directors and
confirmed by three telecommunication installers to be accurate the estimated savings were well above the relatively low implementation and if you're interested in it you can go to Las University Library to read it or reach out to Mr form locker because we were about to
implement it or begin it until co hit unfortunately and we had to reallocate funds now returning to the time it takes DPW to complete a circuit around the town there's a reason I highlight this if it only takes our DPW to about an
hour to go around town why was a family forced to wait hours for resources to be mobilized why when the woman's husband said she most likely went to one of the town parks couldn't someone do this circuit that apparently only takes an hour to
do yes it is correct resources were brought in they were sent to the wrong area i challenged you to step up and be leaders 4 weeks ago in that time you have been leaders you've spent 22 minutes discussing the plant species
within town which I support but it's difficult to prevent because spores and seeds can easily be spread by wind you've continued to joke about geese in the parks you've discussed and now presented an ordinance on providing relief to first responders to attract
more attention excellent that's important because we need our first responders and they should be rewarded in some way and it but what this shows is that when something's important to you you will act quickly and yet not one word has related to the death within
this park not one acknowledgement of the potential actions to re to try to prevent this and no expression of sympathy or concern during the February 25th meeting a statement was made that you are all just volunteers just because the ordinance doesn't compensate you
financially this is a job and when I did my with I did my three years I treated as a full-time job on top of having a full-time job serving as a commission or the chairman of an authority and going to school the employers in this case are the residents of Middle Sex Burrow and
they deserve your attention people keep bringing issues up to you so there's not a there's not like there's no issues in town decisions you make on the day on the days affect the lives and businesses to imply anything else means maybe you
aren't fit for the position or out of touch with the community raising big concerns and should resign let those who do want to serve their community have the privilege i'll leave you with a friendly piece of advice if people are showing up to raise awareness of serious topics and
showing them suddenly that you've never seen them before and providing detailed solutions with steps to get there it's best not to joke around make inappropriate inappropriate comments and maybe start listening thank you
okay i just just me first first of all regarding the situation with the young lady it's an open and active investigation we're not going to talk about it we're not going to comment about it in any way shape or form until
we get a formal report back that was as soon as that information was given to us it went to the county and it was mobilized and that and it's under their jurisdiction as to how to handle it the second thing I'm going to leave you with
is don't you ever tell me how I grieve or don't grieve because we take it very serious what's happened just cuz I'm not sitting here waving a flag and coming out here doesn't mean that I didn't feel their pain and it doesn't mean that I don't feel bad for what happened so
thank you very much for your comment we take everything under consideration thank you all right anybody else okay let's uh motion to close the public section oh one more
good evening Jack my name is Rich 109 Green Avenue um regarding the comments made last November I have a list here anyone wants to see those right um uh Jack we continue to go to board of
education meetings and our concerns fall on debuters um I've been in education 43 years i've never seen such irresponsible spending on behalf of the board of education i can uh put my finger on
$300,000 that shouldn't have been spent right um this year this school year we had an additional almost $2,500,000 of state aid given to the board of education which is difference
of almost 17% more uh they're taking money right out of this town and throwing it away and it's affecting the entire town it's affecting your job here at this part of the town
um something has to be done uh we'll continue to go to the board of education uh but it's uh they don't talk and you can't communicate with them and I hope that your communication with them is better than
ours thank you thank you anybody else okay seeing nobody else coming up uh motion to close the public portion second all in favor i Okay time for the resolutions okay we
have resolution 942025 acceptance of standing reports resolution 952025 authorizing the execution of of a developers agreement buying among AHA holding group LLC to Burrow of Middle Sex in the township of Gadway block 264
lot 45 and six on the Burrow of Middle Sex tax map resolution 96205 acknowledging the change in status for certain properties under the senior citizens disabled person tax deductions for block 2011 lot one resolution 972025 authorizing the mayor to execute the
memorandum of understanding between the New Jersey office of emergency management and the burrow of Middle Sex for the hazard mitigation grant resolution 98205 reimbursement of dog license fee in the amount of $10 to Emily Claus due to in insufficient rabies vaccination
resolution 99205 pursuant to NJSA4A 4-20 approval of an emergency temporary appropriation for the purpose of covering certain com commitments not provided in the temporary budget resolution 100 2025 accepting resignation of Adam Wick from the
Department of Public Works effective March 28th 2025 okay anyone need to pull any of these no okay can I have a motion to approve motion second all right any discussion no all right call the role
please council President Conan yes councilman Denza yes councilman Dino yes councilman Dodie yes councilman Griggs yes okay non-consent agenda please we have resolution 101-2025 pay all claims can I have a
motion second second all right any discussion on these i think so call the role please council President Conan yes councilman Denza yes councilman Dino yes councilman Dodie yes councilman Griggs yes okay we're going to move on to the
agenda workshop item here curbside recycling um I was going to have uh Lenny talk about this but one of the things that's coming up with the curbside recycling is that there's they're pushing forward a
change and the change that's going to come is that the recycling is going to go section by section in town i'm not sure which ones they haven't provided that that information but they're looking to use one armed bandits and 92
I think they're 92 gallon cans and if there are people that are not old enough uh that are too old that can't handle the larger cans they will have the ability to use smaller cans uh in areas where the one-armed bandits can't fit in they're going to have a uh a modified
truck that can actually pick them up off the back i forget what they call it there's there's some sort of uh of name for for how they got the the trash going in um this is being this is being I went I was going to say proposed
because it's not really proposed and they're telling us that this is what they're going to do and um they the county the county the county is uh bringing that one forward um they're saying it's in
response to the fact that we've had recycling all over the place blowing all over the streets they're figuring out the larger cans with the lids are going to be a better way to keep it under control um they're going to they're going to try and start rolling it out once we have more information which I
don't have we'll we'll put it out there and I just wanted to make sure i just found out about it last week so here we are i figured I'd just throw it out there for everyone to know the the public will at least have have a little bit of of forewarning and where it goes
after that i mean at the end of the day it could be a good thing and let's see how it how it all works out um that's it that's all I have on it jack there's no mayor there's no cost to the cans obviously no they're going to provide they're going to provide the first one
that's what I heard i I'd like to sit there and say you know listen I got garbage cans at my house they go about two three years they dry rot and then you you look at them sideways and they crack i mean are they going to look to to do something like that every couple of years or is after that does it does
it become a cost that I haven't heard and that's all that's all I have on that one um at this point we have a privilege of the floor on the agenda workshop items i need a motion motion second all in favor
all right anyone wishing to come and talk about the U or have any questions on the curbside recycling we could certainly notate them if you want to know them they didn't really explain the timeline i think they're looking to try and get this going somewhere
around middle of middle of April of the contract right well the contract's over i mean they're they're trying to to that's right they're trying to roll it into the new one okay workshop item hello there Mr ryan 303 maple i think
it's a good idea on a windstorm all the bottles cans are all over the place especially in Boundbook i'm in Bound Brook and I think Tyler we brought this up somebody will have three cans but
they've got six cans worth of garbage going in those things one car drives by and have the stuff that's going down the street so I think it's a good idea to get rid of keep the town clean so I think we should give it a shot right and
as soon as we have information we're going to put it out there that people know what's going on i wish I knew but I haven't been made privy of what their roll out plan is the mayor if you got any quote I think Rich Thomas he should have a smaller you know
[Laughter] right under the bus Rich jess he just threw you right on okay um anyone else all right so I need a a motion to
uh close no no no no yes i need a motion to to close the uh privilege of the floor on the agenda workshop item motion second all in favor i Okay uh now we're going to have an executive session um uh read the motion i will tell you that
action may be taken maybe all right we have resolution 102-2025 executive session okay motion second all right any discussion call the role council President Fahan yes councilman Denza Councilman Dino yes
councilman Dodie yes and Councilman Briggs yes okay uh we are like I said action may be taken our next regular