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. If you guys don't mind, just keep standing just for a second.
It's the second month in a row. Uh just a moment of silence for Pope Francis. Uh it's going to be a big change. Thank you. Okay, Linda, roll call. Mayor Mclack here. Council President
Conan here. Councilman Kors here. Councilman Denza, Councilman Dino here, Councilman Dodie here, Councilman Griggs here. Administrator Ll and Attorney Corsini here. Okay, we don't have uh presentation night appointments. We have appointing
Monica Townson as alternate one to the cultural and arts committee. Do we need a motion? Yes. Motion. Motion. Second. All in favor? I. All right. There we go. Okay. Guess what? We got a proclamation tonight. We got a couple of them actually. First one I just just a little
background here is uh when I first got involved with the council, one of the first committees I was put on was the shade tree committee. And um I gotta tell you out of all the ones, the best group. You guys are the most
one. You guys know how to do your job. You you you're a combination of knowledge and enthusiasm and getting it done, you know. Um you you interface with the public quite a bit, you know, so you know the
fun that goes along with that. And you know, we all know you just can't keep everybody happy sometimes. And you guys just do such a bangup job keeping these things going. You know, I know you have like some outside influences that come in like Frank that starts a lot of
trouble. That's okay. Excuse me. All right. But anyway, if you got a if you got a second, come on up here. You're It's long overdue. You're We're glad you're up here. be a a filler likely a problem. He does a good job. He
gets three. Okay. Whereas the governing body of the burl sex recognizes that in order for a community to thrive and succeed, they must rely on the service, commitment, and passion of others. And whereas this is in the spirit of Mayor Mcichic would like to honor and recognize individuals throughout the
community whom have made exceptional contributions to Burough Middle Sex as pillars of our community. And whereas throughout the years, Jason Bond has consistently demonstrated praiseworthy service and unprecedented commitment to the burrow and its residents by being an
irreplaceable asset to the Shade Tree Commission. And whereas under the leadership of Jason Bond, Sha Tree Commission has benefited since his appointment as a member in 2004. And whereas Jason has proven himself a valuable asset to the commission by utilizing his numerous
certificates and licenses in the industry which include the International Society of Arbor Culture, New Jersey licensed licensed tree expert, New Jersey pesticide licensed and certified tree care safety professional. And whereas Jay Smith devoted his life to
ensuring the preservation and health of burough shade trees and the environment through his volunteer service with the shade tree commission with which he served as chairman for 10 years. And whereas for numerous years, Jay Smith promoted the burough's participation in
Tree City USA, championed the efforts for a tree inventory and the creation of the Sha Tree memorabilia display, the public library for the month of June, and also helped plant a historic Salem Oak Seedling distributed by the NJDP big and heritage tree conservation
program to each New Jersey municipality that is now prominently growing in front of the library. And whereas Jason's dedication and accomplishments have been recognized through various projects including the establishment of the Middle Sex Burough Tree Management Plant. And whereas Jason Bond has
displayed exemplary service and dedication to the municipality and has become an integral part of the community. And now therefore, Jack Malichek, mayor of the Burough Middle Sex State of New Jersey, along with the Middle Sex Burough Council, and on behalf of the residents of Middle Sex,
we wish to thank Jason Bond for all his dedication, sacrifice, and labor to our community. I hereby set my hand in the seal for Middle Sex to be a fixed this 22nd day of April, 2021. all the good stuff that goes along with it.
You going to say a couple of words? I'll say I don't mind saying a couple of words. One tree at a time. That's what we got to focus on. One tree at a time. Take down a tree. We got to plant five more. You know, whatever it is, we just got to get the the public to be aware of
the importance of it. Can't have the public playing doctor with our trees. Would you want a doctor playing? Would you want somebody from the streets playing with drones? No. You need specialist to work on the
streets, not just some Joe or James. So, I am completely honored and honored to be receiving this thing. I just This is an incredible thing. I had no idea this was even coming.
Well, aside from he told me a couple weeks ago, but before that, like I just, you know, incredible. You know, I a lot of support with the the state tree commission. Frank, you've been a great asset
there. Glad you're there. All the other guys that are there, Linda, you're just you're incredible. You know, there's a couple things that I did learn about being on the on the sher commission. people hate trees. Number one, I learned quite a bit
about politics and all the different things. So, it it it's all really good and I guess this is going to allow me to be a pillar of sex. Thank you and uh I look forward to more
service. All right. Okay. Everyone's smiling and say we need more trees. We need more trees. All right. One without me in And actually, if you wouldn't mind, come on, let it go. Come on, get over there.
Jason, all in favor? Smile. Great. Thank you everyone. Okay. Um, right right there. Put my thing up here. Jason, we're going to we got one other little task for you because it never
seems to go away that that easy. You would be so kind to come up here and read the proclamation for Arbor Day. I think it's only fitting that you do that for us. Good timing. Good timing. Timing is everything. It's amazing the way that works out.
Proclamation Arbor Day 2025. Whereas in 1941, the legislature set aside in the last Friday of April at Arbor Day to promote the planting of trees and to encourage the protection of our forest requires and best that
destroy the beauty and usefulness of our woodlands. And whereas half of New Jersey's sole land area is forested or tree color. And whereas trees play an important role in the ecosystem in which we live. And trees reduce the erosion of
our precious top soil caused by wind and water. Clean the air we breathe and the water we drink. produce oxygen, provide habitat for birds and wildlife and reduce heating and cooling costs by moderate moderating temperature. And
whereas trees are renew are resource giving us paper for fine literature, wood for homes, fuel for fires and countless other wood products. Whereas trees provide increased property value, enhance economic viability,
improve aesthetic qualities along streets and properties in municipalities. And whereas trees planted in yards and farms and schoolyards and parks and along the street and highways creates an enduring heritage for generations that follow
him. Now, therefore, I Jack, mayor of the burrow of Middle Sex, do hereby proclaim April 25th, 2025 as Arbor Day. In the community of Middle Sex, and in the community of Middle Sex,
I urge all citizens to support efforts to protect our trees, woodlands, and support our urban forestry programs. And first I urge all citizens to plant trees hearts and promote the wellbeing of
present and future gener. Thank you. Okay. Councilman Dodern's getting used. Lectturn is getting a lot of use. to do this. Okay, we have proclamation denim day,
April 30th, 2025. Whereas sexual assault awareness month and the observance of Denim Day are intended to draw attention to the fact that sexual violence is widespread and has public health imp implications for every community member
of Middle Sex County, including lifelong mental health impact. hand. Whereas sexual assault, sexual abuse, and sexual harassment impact our community as statistics indicate that every 98 seconds someone in the USA is sexually
assaulted and every 11 minutes the victim is a child. And whereas prevention is possible, so we must work together to educate our community about what can be done to stop sexual violence, such as asking, accepting, and
respecting boundaries while supporting survivors. And whereas staff and volunteers of antiviolence and prevention programs in Middle Sex County, including Middle Sex County Center for Empowerment and Sexual Violence Prevention Coalition, encourage
every person to speak out when witnessing acts of violence, however small, and to challenge the social norms that continue to perpetuate the culture of violence. And whereas the New Jersey Sex Crimes Officers Association and
Middle Sex County Sex Crimes liaison officers in connection with the Middle Sex County Prosecutor's Office are dedicated to ensuring the effective investigation and prosecution of sex crimes in our community through inter
agency collaboration and training. And whereas with leadership, dedication, and encouragement, there is compelling evidence that we can be successful in reducing sexual violence in Middle Sex County through increased awareness,
prevention, education, focus on increasing general gender equity, healthy relationships, and bystander intervention, and holding perpetrators who commit acts of violence responsible for their actions. And whereas
throughout the month of April, Middle Sex County strongly supports the efforts of national, state, and local partners and of every citizen to actively engage in public and private efforts, including conversations about what sexual violence
is, how to prevent it, how to help survivors, connect with services, and how every segment of our society can work together to better address sexual violence. Now therefore, I, John Jackalich, mayor of Burough of Middle
Sex, along with members of the governing body, do hereby proclaim April 25th as sexual assault awareness month and that we join antisexual violence ad advocates and support service programs in the belief that all community members must
be part of the solution to end sexual violence and encourage the observation of Denim Day on Wednesday, April 30th, 2020. Thank you. All right, rounding it out. Councilman Dino for international dark sky in 2025.
Public awareness is a detrimental public awareness of the detrimental effects caught by Valley inclusion is an impact on our wilderness and human health as well as an economic impact. International Dark Sky Week is held during the week of the new moon in April
when people worldwide tear them off their lights to observe the beauty of the light sky without light pollution. This year's International Dark Sky Week is April 21st to April 28th. Whereas light pollution has significantly established economic environmental
consequences which resulted in delicious impacts on ecology and human health of all communities. And whereas light pollution caused by excessive and irresponsible outdoor lighting represents a waste of natural resources amounting to roughly 3 billion per year
wasted energy in the United States and contributes to diminished energy security. And whereas 80% of the world's population, including the people in New Jersey, live under a throne of light pollution, excessive artificial light at night and disrupts natural darkness, and
may never experience the visual wonder or ecological and health benefits of living under a dark sky. And whereas the experience of standing beneath a sparkle sky inspires feelings of wonder and warmth and may encourage interest in
science and nature, especially among young people. And whereas Dark Sky International, formerly known as International Dark Sky Association, headquartered in Arizona, advocates in New Jersey, is a globally recognized authority on light pollution
and has created International Park Sky to raise awareness of light pollution, providing free education, resources, and solutions to the public to encourage the protection of and enjoyment of dark sky in responsible outdoor light. And whereas Dark Sky International has
determined designated April 21st and April 28th as international dark sky week in recognation of the effects of light pollution on our planet. And whereas lake sky, light forest, wildfire, soil and water's
natural resources should be protected generations to experience. Now at point I may carry my property for April 21st and 28 as the international historic site. All right. So move. Thank you.
Okay. Uh we're going to have some ordinances. Jason, if you want to stay and hang out for the meeting, that's great. But if not and you're looking to slip out, this would be the exact right time. All right. Thank you guys. Thanks for coming. Okay, we have ordinances for
introduction. Okay, we have ordinance number 2149-25 and the ordinance amending chapter 332-41 and 332-52 of the municipal code regarding sewers. All right. Motion to introduce. Second. Second.
Okay. Roll call, please. Council President Conan. Councilman Denza, yes. Councilman Dino, yes. Councilman Dodie, yes. And Councilman Greg, yes. May 15th. Okay. The public hearing on this will be May 13th.
Okay. Okay. Next one. We have ordinance number 2150-25, an ordinance amending chapter 80, police department, section 80-9, qualifications of the municipal code of the bureau of Middle Sex to amend the age of eligibility to 18 years old. Motion. Okay. Motion second.
Second. Okay. Okay. Roll call, please. Council President Conahan. Yes. Councilman Denza. Yes. Councilman Dino. Yes. Councilman Dodie. Yes. And Councilman Griggs. Yes. May 13th. Yes. All right. The public hearing will be May 13th. And
last one, we have ordinance number 2151-25, an ordinance amending chapter 375, taxation of the municipal code of the bureau of Middle Sex to create a new article six entitled exemption policy for disabled veterans and surviving spouses. Okay. Motion, please. Second.
Second. Okay. Roll call. Council President Conahan. Yes. Councilman Denza. Councilman Dino. Yes. Councilman Dodie. Yes. Council Griggs. Yes. All right. Very good. The public hearing for that one will be on May 13th. Okay. Ordinance for public hearing and
final adoption. I have 21 ordinance number 2148-25. have an ordinance amending chapter 420 zoning so as to update the municipal and municipal zone based on current demands for municipal property. Okay. Uh motion to open the public portion. Second. All right. All
in favor? I Okay. The public portion is now open. Anyone wishing to come up? Good afternoon. My name is Paul Max over on Decator Avenue. Um I think it's only on this ordinance. It's only on this ordinance. It's coming up. Yeah. Soon.
My jump the gun, Paul. All right. All right. Seeing no anyone else? No. Anyone? All right. At this point, I'd like a motion to close the public portion. Second. Second. All in favor?
I. Okay. Very good. Now, let's have a motion to approve. Motion second. All right. Any discussion on this, guys? We pretty much uh beat this one to death. All right. Roll call, please. Council President Cunningham. Yes. Councilman
Denza. Yes. Councilman Dino. Yes. Councilman Dodie. Yes. Councilman Griggs. Yes. Okay. Very good. That passed. All right. Adoption of minutes. We have approval of the April 8, 2025 regular and executive meeting minutes. Need a motion. Second. Any changes?
Nope. We're good. No, we're good. All in favor? I I All right. Very good. All right, let's move over to the uh mayor's report right here. Um it's quick one for me today. So, it's it's actually pretty good. Um I
mentioned about the pope that is going to give some uh a lot of changes. That's for sure. I'd like to uh you know recognize Robert Gman. He actually gave us a um a model. It's a pretty pretty
decent size of um the USS Constitution. Um it was one of those things where it popped up out of the blue. We were able to to check it out. We got it back here. It's right now it's sitting in my office. It's probably going to go to the library or some other
public building for public display. It's It's pretty nice. I just would like to mention his name and thank him because he didn't have to do that. It's it's a piece that's pretty much museum quality. All right. The other thing I have is uh I like to thank Claire and
the gang. They were out there cleaning up Victor Kra Park. Uh how many people did you have, Claire, at the end of the day? 20. About 20. Yeah. And they were they were out there for for quite a while. I just want to make sure. The only thing I had to ask is did did Greg get a ticket or he was good? I hear
about one. Well, then I'm sure he didn't get one. So, he was he was a little worried about that. But, uh I appreciate everything that you guys do. Um I think you know Bobby's going to talk about some of the other things that you're working on, but just so you know, it was it was a great turnout despite the fact
that it got pushed back because of a rain out. And uh if you do happen to see Missy Hoser, tell her I was looking for her. All right? because I grew up with her. And um and the last thing I have is that I did have a meeting with uh with
Councilman KS and Mr. Rosinski over there on the start of the the ground laying the groundwork for the uh for the film commi commission. It was a it was actually a it was a decent meeting. We got a lot covered. Um, we have things
already in the works and they're looking forward to having people show up and see them at at uh volunteer day. And that's all I have for my report. Mike. Okay. Um, I know we left, but I wanted to extend my deepest thanks for uh to to
Jason Bond. I'm obviously 20 years on the commission, tennis chair. Uh, like like many of our volunteers, I know Jason pretty well. He's dedicated um hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of hours over 20 years going from house to house looking at trees, inspecting
trees. Um sometimes the same trees every year and um really to ensure the preservation and and and you know the health of all of our burough shade trees. So I wish he was still here, but I wanted to congratulate them. Friends of the library, their final program for
the spring uh will be this Saturday at 3 p.m. in the community room. They usually don't do programs on Saturdays. It's Vic Leonard and he's from England. He's giving a free guitar concert. Uh we will be dedicating the Victor Cra Park Annex building on
Tuesday, May 6th. Uh two weeks from tonight, it's at 6:00 p.m. on site at the building. Immediately following the dedication, the ceremony between 6:20 and 6:30 p.m. uh the parks committee will host their second public input
meeting. Uh that's for the master plan creation for Victor Crow Park. It's going to be the meeting is going to be actually on site at the annex building. We're going to have chairs and tables. Uh our second annual volunteer fair is almost here. It's actually Saturday, May 3rd from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. It's
also at the library community room. It's going to be in front of the library outside. It's going to be bigger and better than last year. Uh refreshments will be served uh from 10:00 a.m. to 3. Two more things or three more things. The bathrooms at Mountain View Park are slated to be demolished roughly the
first week of May and the new bathrooms will be constructed after the demolition. We're hoping that the new bathrooms will be open to the public by the end of May. Uh Councilman K is not here. He asked me that I let everyone know that the uh now complete film commission that the mayor mentioned will
have a table at the volunteer fair. Um he also wanted me to give his senior report. He sent it to me and it's uh senior and disabled department senior. This is from Melissa D Marino. Senior Medicare Patrol will be giving a fraud presentation in Spanish this Thursday at
1:30 p.m. at the rec Senior Center. The mobile uh the Motor Vehicle Commission uh appointments were filled in less than 10 meetings, 10 minutes. Uh Melissa scheduled them to come back in August and she'll she'll announce a date for
that. Uh, and hopefully that Real ID push will be over with by then. Lastly, Middle Sex County is hosting their annual 90 plus birthday celebration and lunchon on May the 15th. It's at 11:00 a.m. at the
Piscataway Senior Center. And uh, you have to register by May 8th. And there's a flyer on the Burough website. It's 11:00 a.m. to 1 p.m. Looks like this. Uh, mayor, that's it. Okay. Very good. All
right, Councilman Denza. Yes, we have a report from recreation committee. Um, line dancing is moving along. We have 14 participants. Yoga session is
13. Uh, summer playground is uh 30 are registered. Uh, happy campers are sold out. Four weeks July 7th to the 31st sold out. uh Memorial Day parade coming up on the
uh May 25th and looking for uh cars that want to be in the parade, convertibles or specialty cars. Frank, your truck maybe they may qualify.
Um hometown banners. Uh we have 21 sold out right now. uh meeting with the uh pool committee commission. Um we had a very interesting long meeting over two
hours, but I think we're on the road to uh resolving what problems we have there. They're actually meeting tonight in the library. Hopefully everything will be in writing. We're going to have clear path to having everybody involved.
Well, I see they sent in their request and they're going to go start going down through the, you know, so they're following what we asked them to do where it goes, we can only do our best. It's up to them.
That's it. Okay. Councilman Dino. Yes. Um, as much as for DBW, they had the boat back out today. They started to use some of the suction thing to see how it would work. Um, it churns up a lot of the leaves and it shoots it onto the bank, but it can't
get too far in because it the hose it it won't shoot it out 100 ft, but it's more water that way. So, we're trying to look at ways the first time in, but they're you're playing with it. Yeah, they're playing with to see how it they gained like two feet of depth in wherever they
were working today. Oh, wow. Okay, that's a good What is the depth in the center? He was at seven feet. He was at 7 ft at the center but not and it's just leaves. It's leaves. It's churn and it's got a grinder in it. So it grinds up whatever it sucks up. So
hopefully as far as uh environmental, there's a couple things we talked about invasive species. We like to get that ordinance passed because you know we need these to get sustainable jersey points which in turn will get the certification that helps us down the
road. There's other that one we talked about here. I think that one we could move on. I know we had some push back on the light pollution. The storm water management one also is another one to meet D standard but we have to talk about that again I think in the executive or in the workshop.
Um, railroad crossing environmental. Uh, we're concerned about some of that. Mike worked that up. Um, so we are looking at grants for that. Alex is looking into some grants and even Kevin told me about the grants for the railroad. So, he is looking into that now. Um, like I said,
clean up was this past Saturday. Uh, this Saturday, uh, tree nursery is plantings from 9 to 2 on Rock. So, if anyone wants to come out and plant some trees, we'll be there. How many? 300. 400. 400 this year. 95.
Oh, okay. Also, uh Lenny tomorrow is going to dig the trench for the water. So, we'll be ready. Okay. Where are we up to? Councilman Dodie. Yep. Two reports this week. uh
police report for March 199 calls for service, but it was a busy month for uh adult arrest. There was 24. Wow. In uh March, um 305 summones, 43 radar,
29 MV crashes. The It's weird. They had a lot of adult arrests, but the detectives weren't super busy. They had sexual assault that they're investigating, open prostitution, a weapons possession,
theft, and shoplifting are some of the highlights for our detective bureau. Um, I also have the court report. Forgot I sent it to Linda. Good thing I was flipping through, reading the whole thing the other day. Um, new business March 2025 tickets and complaints. Total
tickets, there was 306 tickets. Uh 19 parking violations, 287 moving, 11 DWIS. Total complaint activity, there was 13 criminal complaints, warrant or summones, 11 local ordinance violations,
three zoning issued, four zoning deposed. New business for February 2025 court. They had court court sessions, two in person, three virtual. There was total of 370
defendants, 154 cases deposed, 10 DWIS deposed. It was a pretty hefty month, too. $43,32616 total findings and assessments. And our portion is 2285399. and I am meeting with them on
the 28th, the judge and the prosecutor to try to get another night of court so they can get caught back up. So, I'm going to meet with them on the 28th, 4:00 before court. So, okay. Just to keep everybody updated on that. That's all I have, man. All right. Very good.
Thanks. Uh, Councilman Griggs. Yes, sir commissioner. Again, wanted to, you know, thank JSON for his years of service. He's done a great job. It makes a big impact with the meetings. Um those those meetings are in this room
on the second Tuesday of the month. Uh oh, sorry, second Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m. Um where to help? Um not not a lot of new stuff, but there have been they have gotten some noise complaints. So we'll need to discuss how we handle that a little bit because it
seems to be not really fully in their domain. So we're trying to work that out. But um uh they they meet uh you know also once a month they meet on the third Thursday of the month in the community room at 6:30. And uh the last reports I have are from the zoning and
construction. Uh so far this year construction department has received $75,422 in payments from 184 permits. In the month of April, we received 20 zoning applications, 23 rerent resale
certificates, and 39 construction applications. That's all I have. Thank you. All right. Good. Thanks. You know, it's good that they're getting the report back together, too, so they, you know, you see that you can start tracking and see what how the things are coming through because
that's, you know, we're especially with the landlord registrations. We like to see him getting hit, getting to the court and getting to getting deposed. For sure. Thank you. All right. Administrator's report. Thank you, Mayor. Good evening, everyone. Um the hearing for the proposed 2025 budget
which was introduced on April 8th is scheduled for the May 13th council meeting and that'll be held here in Burough Hall beginning at 7 p.m. Uh we've received very good news that Middle Sex Bureau has maintained its current standards enforce global rating
of doublea for general bonds that's long-term and a rating of SP1 plus for bond notes which are short-term funding. This shows that Middle Sex is stable and is consistent with the rating received by the bureau in 2022. I'd like to thank
the mayor and members of the council for their wise leadership and commitment to sensible spending as well as thank our chief financial officer Carolyn Benson for her hard work, financial planning and guidance. Uh as mentioned by the council president earlier, the uh public participation
phase of the Victor Cra Park master planning process is well underway and the second public work session is scheduled for Tuesday, May 6 at the park. We'll be using the annex building at 302 Union Avenue. Um there's information about the process and the
next meeting on our municipal website. there's a special page devoted to this project and we've also received a lot of um we doing a survey uh to just ask people what they're interested in and concerns and issues recommendations suggestions and we received a lot of
those surveys back from the community. So there seems to be a lot of enthusiasm for the project. Public works has been cutting grass mulching and doing all kinds of maintenance and beautifification efforts in our parks and around the bureau. Uh, Superintendent Vidal has been in close
communication with the Army Corps representatives here in town and we understand that South Lincoln Avenue should be open to traffic um in miday. This is following the successful testing of the floodgates at South Lincoln which is taking some time and also hopefully
the coordination and relocation of utilities. uh public service electric and gas informed SFFL will be installing new utility poles along South Avenue and that traffic control will be coordinated with the Middle Sex Police Department. I also wanted to add I just found out this
afternoon uh the police department has let us know that South Avenue is going to be closed at Mountain Avenue uh tomorrow. Looks like most railroad South Avenue the railroad crossing. Oh, at the rail Okay, I'm sorry. That's right. the
port rating one further up close to you know and that'll be 6:30 to 10 p.m. So probably want to avoid forgot that. Yeah, avoid South Avenue that night of South Avenue tomorrow. Um let's see what else
resolutions this evening include the authorization for reimbursement for board of health license late fees that were issued in error. Um approval of the correction action plan for the 2024 municipal audit. approval of the 2024 recycling tonnage application and the
promotion of Tyler Grenal to full-time zoning and code enforcement officer which will be effective September 2 of 2025. The agenda workshop this evening will involve a discussion of the vacation of paper streets that were never built and they're actually on the
site of the former Middle Sex Presbyterian Church. Uh this is at 1190 Mountain Avenue, which is a lot more one than block 219. And in executive session this evening, there will be discussion of the PBA contract negotiations that are underway as well as pending
litigation with New Jersey American Water. That's my All right. Very good. All right. Shuffling down the list. We're at privilege of the floor. This is your chance. All right. Um step up to the mic. Name and address.
Jinski 441. I I mean, I can't even address the promotion of Tyler. I mean, it just defies logic. I don't think there's a person up there who has a feel for complaint about this kid not doing his job from someone other than me. I I
don't know how rewarding his performance so far is going to result in better performance going forward. There's obviously something else at play when it comes to Tyler. I have no interest in what it is, but it absolutely defies logic. The hiring process was weak at
best and here we are and Councilman Conan, I messaged you in October and I said, "This is exactly where we'd be and it's exactly what's happening." So, my first instance in dealing with Tyler was regarding the noise that is coming from the other side of the tracks at that
tech company. uh he didn't do whatever it was he was supposed to be doing. But beyond that, I brought it here to a meeting because that's what you're told is a process. Brought it to the meeting. I was told that there was going to be an ordinance drafted and put in place. I wanted to
check on the progress of that ordinance. Well, funny you should mention that there's actually a lot of wheels that are spinning with exactly this this same uh process because I know that's why Paul is here also for the same thing
right now. This is this is actually coming from the board of health and this is also going to be part of the Jub that where they have a model ordinance. This is going to be working from Middle Sex Burrow, not uh the county of Middle Sex.
It's gonna It It's Jack. I got it here. You got it? Yeah. Oh, even better yet. I was trying to read it. Perfect. Thank you. Okay. That's the ordinance and then the email, right? They have an ordinance here that that talks about the
guidelines for investigation of noise complaints pursuant to the state of New Jersey noise control regulation and the model noise control ordinance. So, this is what we're working off of to try and get there. There's a lot of stuff that's actually involved with it cuz when I That's the county's ordinance. Governor
Tom, actually, I believe this one comes from the state. Okay. Where's our ordinance? That's what I'm sure. We don't have one. Okay. But we have to use this as as a model for one. We we we're going to get one. That's what we're going to work on. That's what I keep hearing. So, I was
here months ago and was told I understand that. But you know what? We we tried doing a couple of different things to try and get a a a reasonable solution. Some of it is subjective. Part of it is though is that you have to
remember is that the we're trying to work within the confines of and it's not safe or what's the it's a police ordinance. Uh nuisance. It's not a nuisance claim. There's another word for it. It's disturb it's disturbing the
piece at night that it's kind of wide open. If you're disturbing a piece, you get a ticket and then off you go and then and it pushes along. This is more of a you're there with a meter, it reads a number and if it's over a number, it's a
problem. If it's under a number, it's not a problem. So I was told again at the same meeting where we talk about starting the ordinance in the process in the meantime call the police department and that's what's been happening and when I call the police department first of course I don't reach our police
department I reach a dispatch they have no idea what I'm talking about they then send an officer out he calls me he's not familiar with the situation he doesn't know where the noise is coming from and he's not no one has written any tickets anybody written any tickets from the
noise is the noise is ongoing. And at this point, I know that's when the ceiling is hurting. It's insane. This isn't like there's a nuisance sort of noise. This at its worst sounds like metal is raining down from the second
story. They have other things going on there as well. There's smelting that's going on. There's a lot of illegal activity over there. There is. And somebody needs to call the APA, call the state, and do the kind of things that a code
enforcer would do if they went over and saw what was going on. I called Tyler when he when this first started. I said, "Let me give this kid a shot. I haven't worked with him before." I called him up. I told him about it. He said he'd get back to me. He did not. I called him
two weeks later. His answer was, "I've turned it over to the state. We abide by their ordinance." I said, "No, what is that ordinance?" And he was silent. And I told him, and I use far more cultural language, "Don't let me get off the phone and go to the state website and
find the ordinance that you're not aware of easily because it won't be good." I get off the phone with him. I look the ordinance up. He didn't even know the ordinance. Now, I'm under the impression he's been over there at least once. And and the police have been over there
several times at this point. What's a fight? And you know, some of the policemen even said to me, it's a code enforcement issue. If you don't have a code enforcer that's willing to enforce your code, you can have all the ordinances you want.
That's that's incorrect. Okay. I'll tell you cuz it's gone p it's gone past that. All right. It has because it it's not just you. I know Paul in the back has done several times and we've gone out there and actually had one time as a matter of fact I believe it was either
the last time or the time before he made a statement in the in the email that or phone message that he sent to me that said the the police said that this was unacceptable also or something to that effect and I and the very next day I contacted the chief of police to go back
and say that's all fine well and good that people may be saying this but what I want to understand is if this is what they said and this is in violation of our our uh keeping the peace ordinance, why wasn't a ticking given? Why? And
then they came back to me and said after he checked it out and said because they didn't think it was excessive at that point. Well, now we're sitting there because I know Bobby's involved, Mike's involved, Kevin to a certain extent, Michael's involved, and I'm involved.
We're going around. This is and pardon my my phrasing here. This is a circle jerk. So now we're going a step further. So now we've actually reached out and now we've gone to the county cuz we have to take this the subjectivity out of it
and put objectivity into it. Either it's noisy or it's not. And we have to go through what the state is requiring us to do. We have a model ordinance here that was was sent to us by Bob Sher. We got a couple of other things that they do. He has a couple other rep uh
recommendations on here. That's what we're going to do. My The only thing I'm going to say at this point, Kevin, your point is well taken. I'm not disagreeing. Do me a favor. Give me two months and let's No. No. No. Two months
is going right in the summer. This is the warm I understand that. But you have to do Let me add this piece. All right. My wife works as a special needs prek teacher. She comes home from work after being bitten, pooped on, peed on, spit at, cursed at. A week ago, I had to take
the med merge because a student with a behavior helpers cracked her jaw. She comes home from work, goes to sit out on the deck, and it sounds like the end of the world on the other side of the tracks. This is I've done all the steps you're always told to do. I brought I
called the code enforcer. I've called the police. The noise is still happening. So, I'll take additional matters. If you know the amount of people who reach out to me about this, and I'm telling them, I brought it to council. They're doing the ordinance, they're doing this, and they're all telling me the same thing. Nothing's
happening. So, I guess bringing 30 or 40 of them in here with the same complaint may get us somewhere. We'll find out. You don't even have to get that far. Wait another 10 months. It's not gonna happen. I I understand that, but you got to understand it's a way further now
than it was before. And it's nowhere near where we need to be. Well, not yet, but it will be. And and I got to say part of it is because we don't have a code for it to actually enforce code. They took it by the horns when it started and I first brought the complaint a year ago. A year ago. Kevin,
I'm not going to dispute with you. I think it's way too long. But we're not we're not going to play anymore cuz we tried to do the right thing. We tried. I've done it. I played by the rules. So now we just need to activate the community and all these people who keep telling me about it and all these people
have their problems, we'll bring them on in and tell you, well the only reason I'm going to say is you know the way this works. We got to go at least two two rounds with an ordinance and then we get to go time to do that. Huh? There's been time to do that. I'm not saying there hasn't been Kevin. Why hasn't there? Because we tried other routes to
get this resolved. Obviously it's not working. I'm not dealing with I don't I don't want you to deal with We shouldn't have to. Just like with the Ambrose, with the Cedar Crossing, with Heather Lane, I'll just jump in and do whatever it is I got to do. Make sure stuff out. Thank you.
All right. But things are I can that I can assure you. Sorry. Dave 24 similar to Kevin. Not exactly what his on his take of it, but you're
promoting the zoning officer full-time. Um, I was here a month ago or two weeks ago and I heard that couples give a very, you know, upsetting description of what they have to put up with. Um, what
you know, someone who looks at this and I I have not had these quality of life issues that Kevin and some of the others have had, but people who have or you know, maybe see this and say that you're promoting someone who for the last couple of years in their perception has
not done the job. What are you going to say to those people? What are we going to say? Yeah. What we're saying, Kev, uh, it's Kevin. Sorry, I'm still on the Kevin mode. But Dave, what we're saying is that we recognize there is an issue. That's why we're moving this from
part-time to full-time. I wish it was occurring a little bit faster. We did have a process. I wish it could have been done a little bit better, but that's okay. We're we're at where we're at. And to be quite honest, at this point in time with the the candidates that have presented themselves, and
there's been a quite a few, this is a route that we feel is is the most appropriate for Middle Sex. The don't think that it's just going to be what we had before, cuz it's not. Cuz when we went through the interview process, we were very specific of what we're looking for and what we're expecting to have
happen. And we're not going to just be like, "Oh, it's okay. Things are as they were." No, we're expecting a lot out of this. And to be quite honest, he knows, and I'll say this for the public record, if we're in the same spot in six months, we're going to be looking for another
code enforcer because we made that very, very clear. Okay. Well, you know, Kevin talked about his situation going on for a year that he's been pushing this noise issue. The couple that was here last week or two weeks ago, I believe that the gentleman said he's been calling
about this for three years. Why is it taken three years to get his issue in his neighborhood addressed? And I don't even know it's still been addressed, but I'm presuming it has been. Why has it taken three years? Honestly, Dave, I can't answer that one. All I know is that they it was brought to my attention and we're doing something about it.
And mayor, I I'll add to that because the last meeting I did speak with our code enforcement officer. The issues that are at that property that the couple were discussing, the neighborhood issues, they've been addressed on a regular basis. They've been out there. police have been out there. Other agency representatives have been out there.
It's an ongoing problem because for instance with rats, that's an issue that you have to manage. You don't solve it. Rats are not, you know, you can't, it's like the geese. They're not going to lose effect completely. So, you have to manage the problem. So, different efforts have been made. We're going to
continue to do that. And as the mayor said, now hopefully um putting in full-time resources, we'll get a better response. But I spoke to uh Tyler right after that meeting and let him know that we really need a special focus on that on that problem area that the that the
residents brought to our attention. Well, you know, I think there's there's two parts of the zoning process when there's a summon as it is can be timeconuming. I'm sure Mr. Corsini can speak to that. He gets someone to tie up in court, they follow motion, you follow
motion, whatever. But I think what's getting people ticked off, and I have a neighbor who's been involved in this, you guys, I know you guys have spoken to them, is when you initially report something, there doesn't seem to be any urgency to go out and assess it and see,
okay, do I need to bring in the attorney? Do I need to bring in the police? Do I need to bring in somebody else? And there doesn't seem to be urgency. And how is that going to change? Dave, you just have to be more aggressive and put more you put more
feet on on the fire and get more people out there. That's what it is. I mean, that's we recognize that two years ago or when you sat there and said, "How come things aren't getting done?" You can't do some of these jobs part-time. There's that's only the tip of the iceberg. There's stuff all over town I
see that we want to have addressed, you know, and and part of it is is is working not only with the code enforcer is working with and and just, you know, you hear only one side of it, but the other side of it is, you know, how does it tie into the courts? Well, now you're
tying into the courts. Well, guess what? We got a three-month backlog. How do you give a guy a second ticket when you couldn't even get him in there for to go through the first thing? You know, that's a problem. That's why we're trying to we're trying to pick these things off because you know what? Maybe in the past there was a reputation. You
got a ticket. Ah, don't worry about it. They're not going to do anything about it. Maybe that's the way it was. I don't know. But right now, that's that's stuff that we can't have happen anymore. You get a ticket, you should be you should be and you're guilty. You should be fined and you should be paying that fine. And if you don't want to pay that
fine or you want to ignore a ticket, there's going to be consequences. And I don't know whether that was happening in the past. Okay. Well, you know, you know, you so you seem to be buying into there needs to be more urgency to this. Well, of course. Why then why is the
full-time status not happening until September? You got a whole summer when you could have some violations going on and we're not moving in until September. Well, I I can address that. First of all, he's already here. He's working in a part-time basis, but he's already on the
job. He's already beginning additional responsibilities to gear up to when he's going to be a full-time person after the summer. He had some um vacation and other plans that we wanted to honor, you know, before he comes back full summer. And also um we're restructuring
different practices within the department. We're going to even be making some physical changes. So I think by time September 2nd kicks in, the first day of this full-time assignment here in Middle Sex, we'll have a lot of changes in place that are really more effective. So, we needed some lead time
as well for the transition. Okay. Well, one one last question along those lines. And I didn't notice this till tonight. I was sitting out there reading the agenda in the hallway and I look up and there I guess there's a window across the hallway there. It says zoning office open 2:30 to 4:00. I think it says, "Are those the only hours that the zoning
offices open 2:30 to 4:00?" Well, that's when he's here because he's part-time. That's when he's physically in the office. She also has to go out and in do um inspect different sites and you know follow up on calls and I think the first 45 minutes he usually spends checking
messages and getting back to people that sort of thing. So that's available to the public for walk. Thank you very much Paulie 521 to Gator sex. Um, I've come here tonight to ask for your consideration in imposing an
ordinance that restricts the hours of operation for the entire industrial zone located on Baker Avenue. And I have reasons for it. Um, first and foremost, quality of life. I have multiple phone recordings, audio recordings, unedited recordings, videos, you name it.
Pictures of multiple businesses over there 24 hours a day between backup beepers of heavy equipment, track equipment, skid loaders, skid steers, backups, bobcats, you name it. trucks unloading and moving dumpsters, trucks backing in trailers, planting into loading docks every hour of the night.
You name it, I can show you a video and play it. Secondly, I think there's a serious health risk here. I really do because I just about an hour before coming here got the over request that I put in from the EPA from the state for Hakai, excuse me, Hakai Infoch LLC.
That's 172 Baseline Avenue, unit 3. I don't know if you guys are fully aware of the gravity of the situation. So just last year they were issued hazmat. Has that went through there 15 gallons of diesel fuel and motor oil. 15 gallons of diesel fuel, 15 gallons of motor oil.
The place has no gutters, no drainage systems, no catch basins. They observed it. The area is open to rain. They observed engine blocks stacked on a concrete pad. Motor oil. Diesel fuel was running into a drainage basin adjacent to the property which led directly into
the Ambrose River. They saw rainbow oily sheet slates in the Ambrose River and in Lincoln. That's all reported. I have it all on my phone. I actually didn't really have time to go through all of them. I went through a couple of the reports, but I will read you this. Give
me one second. This comes from Philip Mccrell, registered environmental health specialist REH and acting air program supervisor, Middle Sex County Environmental Health Division. He has his ID number if you want to hear that as well. They are conducting open burnings without a scrubbing system
releasing harmful compounds into the air. Hazmat states hydrocarbons, cyanide, and other chemicals are likely being released into the air during the process. Like I said, I have photos, videos. I have about a 72page report of the cleanup efforts that they had to pay for for the safety company to clean it
up. This place is running a lot and nothing's being done about it. Nothing. You said about the noise. That was my original complaint. So, you said you have to be more aggressive. which is meant to that filling. Get be more aggressive. I went over there. I photographed it. I saw things from my own industrial background that are
violations. I know that for a fact. Confirmed when I called 24-hour hotline and an agent went out there from the county. Did an inspection. And her words exactly to me were this is beyond what I'm capable of dealing with at a county level. I'm calling it to the state. State came in. We're seeing where we're at right now. Last I heard I spoke to
her earlier is they have seven days to submit all of the billing information from their transport of all this but word of mouth from all the handwritten reports are the owner says that all the hazardous waste is being and I quote shipped to India. That's what his answer to it is at this time. They have their
solutions to it are that they have um plastic tarping down around the property. I have reports that say it's only in one 10t section of it and this is cascading. This is 2019. No violations of solid waste removal 2021. Violations of solid waste removal 23 24
and here we are 25. If you'd like I could read you the report that was just taken Tuesday of last week. It's about a page long from Amber can't remember Fiser I believe her last name is. She went over there and she brought she from the state D. She's from the county. So I called the county. I called the state.
The state kicks it to the county in which the the town resides county. She went out there on Tuesday, did her report, and like I said, she said it's beyond what she's capable of handling at this time. Went to the state. She is so invested in this. Doesn't mean anything. I I don't mean anything to her. I told
her 10 times, I'm a nobody. I went over there. Here's my photos. Here's my videos. Here's my call. She is so invested in this. She went out there Thursday with the state and met them there just to go, "Hey, look at this. Hey, look at that. Don't miss that." It's a disaster. It is a disaster. It really is. Absolute disaster. Go over
there. Please go over there. And also I invite all of you look up the hazards of a secondary aluminum smelting business. Look it up. That's going on right there. 400 ft from a house. 400 ft. They're operating all this equipment 24 hours a day. Great
deal, too. Nice. I have an 8 month. And I'd like I'd like to add this too. If we sleep with a white noise machine on full blast having our windows open and nice weather, absolute joke. Haven't done that in years. Haven't done that in years. I sleep with literal earplugs and I almost brought a picture of them on my
nightstand earplugs in now when I have a newborn in my house that goes out the window. Can't do that. You can't have white noise machine got to be attended right here. What's going on, right? What do you say to that? And also your thing about the county, your thing about the county, right? That ordinance that you're trying to, you know, push and
sell on everybody, right? That's already in place. It's already in place. If I call the county, they will they will set a lady. Her name's Brienne Peters. She works under Filcraft. She'll come out to your property and take a noise read. 65 decimals during the day, 50 at night.
Problem is, you have to reserve them ahead of time. You have to schedule ahead of time. I've been trying for 2 years to nail down in a notebook the schedule of this business. When are they dumping? When are they burning? What are they melting? What are they doing? All their processes so I have the best shot ever coming out there and going, "Yep, got it. We can move forward. Can't do
it. Can't do it. There's nothing. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Dealer's choice." It's impossible. It's impossible. So that's that that's going to do nothing. It's going to do nothing. So that's why I'm asking you to impose this ordinance. And if a if a business wants to operate outside these hours, apply for a variance. What that does for you guys,
hey, this business wants to do blank at 10:00 at night. They want to extend their hours three extra hours, two extra hours, whatever. Go to the police. Go to the police. Hey, have you had any noise complaints from this property that you've investigated? No. Approved. No problem. But, you know, I'm I'm so happy
I came down here for all this environmental health and the Victor Crow Park conservation efforts. All this stuff about environmentally conservation and this is going on right there. Right there. Right there. I think you hear it too, right? You heard it right. Every day. Every day. Heard it. Heard it.
After I talked to you one, I went there one day. Yeah. And I know this comes down to Well, we could we could knock this out right now. Heard it. Heard it. Heard it. There you go. I spoke to Neas the guy that's the manager there. He told He's telling me that the He doesn't do the aluminum rims. He hasn't done the
aluminum rims before. You want to see pictures of them? No, I I'm not I know they're there. I'm telling you right now. I I will make a I'm not saying I'm just telling you. Give me Give me a violation. Fire, OSHA, health safety, air, water, hazmat. I have freaking proof in my pocket right now. You name
it, I can produce it. Give me two minutes. Who we sending? Anyone? Who we send? OSHA. OSHA violation failure to in to implement a respiratory. This is carcinogenic dust. One of the most flammable dust is aluminum dust from the production secondary production of an
aluminum cell. It'll blow up. Wasn't it on fire? Just Tuesday. Wasn't our fire marshal over there? I mean, what are we doing? What are we doing? Call what are we doing? All I had to do all I had to do and I don't want to call any name that I don't care Tyler who
couldn't care less. I me he said he will divorce me. placed the call over there. Tyler, I went over there to issue him something. At no point, Tyler decided to look at his feet and go, "What am I standing in?" I went over, I'm a nobody. I went over there in my van, my work truck, pull in the parking lot. I saw two things. One single item that I
believe I explained to one of you that stood out to me that told me exactly the type of work you're doing there. Within hours, the EPA was there. You know what she said? Too much of a problem for me. Too much of a disaster site for me. Basically, I need to go bigger and call everybody in. But yet, here we are. Oh,
yeah. I know. the noise thing, right? That's what's going to solve our problem. There is a much bigger problem. I you know, man, it's been noise for two years. It is so much bigger. So, all right. We've we beat this around to death. What I would like you to do, if you
could is please provide me with the last emails or reports that you got from OSHA. Read it right now. No need to report last week. Tuesday of last week. Listen, I we're not going to sit here and you're not gonna do that. I'm just telling you, okay? If
you want to get get help, I'm trying to help you. All right? I like to report with the person's name, the last one you talked from OSHA, D, and the EPA. I'm sure there's some specifics on there. Public information. You could have Googled that when I first brought this
up. So, basically, you did it, but you want me to go fish it around for you. Tell me you have it all, but you don't want to give it to me. Nobody. Huh? Nobody. What's your first line of defense? I call the cops. Second line defense to call the zoning when the police tell me the zoning issue. I go to Tyler. Tyler tells
me Listen, Paul, are you looking to get help out of us? Yes or no? Are you looking to give me help? I'm trying. But the first thing I ask you for, you tell me go look online. You tell me you have everything, but then you won't tell me to look online. Public information. You could have looked it up exactly what I
said. Do you have it? Yes, 100%. Fine. Are you going to send it to me? More than what I've just described. Are you going to send it to me the last OSHA DP and the EPF last? Do you want just the last one for right now? If I need more, I I'll ask for it, but this is just the last
one. Do you want the videos of Fei Garden and the Just the last the last communication. No, the original thing that I was asking is the entire zone. The entire zone. Don't just fixate on the number one offender cuz I was asked personally a one, two, three breakdown
by Mike himself. Who is the biggest offenders? All right there. Front center seats. So you're But wait a minute. You're telling me that you started off with noise. Now you came in here and you said there's a bigger problem than that. But yet you don't want to talk about the
bigger problem. I just talk about the bigger problem. But I know that. But that's the big I want to go after the bigger problem. I want to go after the whole problem. The whole problem is that entire zone that keeps all of us in that area up every single night of the week. Every day. You're going to boost these
down every single day. You want to fixate. Listen, you're I'm not fixating on one thing. I'm telling you it's a two-part. There's a there's an environmental issue for one and the second one is a noise one. And we told you we had something going on with the noise one and we'll follow it through.
Starting place doesn't work. Pardon me. I'll tell you right now. Smarty place doesn't work. I called the county myself. Your ordinance that you want to impose? I called them. This place is so sporadic. All this noise is so sporadic and they don't have a 24-hour hotline. You cannot call them after 4:30 in the afternoon. When I'm woken up at night,
let me finish. When I'm woken up that night because of the problem and I got to put the white noise on, earplugs, and I call the cops. You want to see the phone calls? 12 calls to the cops the last 4 months. All of them after 11:00 p.m. Who do I call for that? Who do I call for that? You want me to call your county noise ordinance people? They don't come out. You know what I get? A
phone call at 9:00 a.m. the next morning. Hey, is she still on? They're like, I don't know. I'm at work. Can you call Hazard? Never tried. Never tried. They want to try. I will say this to you, but I just tried on the
holiday weekend for the first time. I actually smelled during rubber snow in my yard. I called them about 2:00 in the afternoon. She said, "Our field guys are out of the office for the holiday on the weekend. They'll see it Monday." So, yes, I assume I don't want to assume that's probably the answer that I would
get. All right. At this point, Paul, we're done. just send me the the OSHA D the EPA and as far as the noise thing, we'll get we'll get working on it and if we need more help, we'll let you know and we'll go from there. And I know you're talking about the noise ordinance. We'll
take it under uh to shut everyone down. We'll take it under consideration. Just one more question about the ordinance that you're saying is on its way. Is that 24 hours? Is there a 24-hour contact for that? I haven't seen the whole thing. I haven't read the through the whole thing. I couldn't answer that. I would imagine it in front of you. You
look at it. No. Because if there if there is not a contact if there's not a contact it's a model it's a model based on the state model there's probably something within we're going to try and do the right thing but if you're going to sit here and badger me till it gets done I can
tell you it's going to take longer sorry well listen your 3 minutes are up go sit down your points It's been made and we're going to do what we have to do. Well, if you're going to address me, you want to come back up there? No. You're going to continue talking to go sit down. You want to come back up there?
No, thank you. We're done. We're done. Okay. Anyone else? All right. Good. Let's close the privilege of the floor. Motion to close. Motion second. All in favor? All right. All right. Consent agenda. We have resolution 117 2025 acceptance of
standing report. Resolution 118 2025 authorizing the 2025 municipal budget to be read by title only. Resolution 119 2025 approving reimbursement of late fees that were incorrectly apply to board of health license renewals.
Resolution 120 2025 approving the reimbursement of $150 to Family Dollar stores of New Jersey LLC for a board of health license fee paid near. Resolution 1212025 acknowledging the change of status for certain properties under the senior citizens disabled person tax
deductions. Resolution 122 2025 approval of the correction action plan on the 2024 audit. Resolution 123 2022 approval of the 2024 recycling tonnage grant application. Resolution 124,2025 promoting Tyler Grenau as a full-time
director of zoning and code enforcement at an annual salary of $75,000 effective September 2nd, 2025. Okay. Does anyone want to pull any of these? 124 2024 124. Yeah. All
right. And uh No, that's fine. All right. So I have a motion to approve all of the rest of them. Motion second. All right. Uh is there any discussion? The only thing I just want to mention about here is that um you
know we we kind of glossed over it last week and a lot of people weren't around but the the audit the the corrective action on the audit was that was like a non-starter. Failure to get checks in that come from outside sources within 24 hours. It's very difficult to to to be
accurate with that. I think was a minor complaint with all the things going on here. That's nothing. That's a clean audit. Clean a clean audit. Did a good job. Okay. Roll call, please. Council President Conahan. Yes. Councilman Desenza. Yes. Councilman Dino. Yes.
Councilman Dodie. Yes. Councilman Greg. Yes. All right. Let's go with the last one here. Resolution 124. Again. Uh yeah, sure. Resolution 124,2025 promoting Tyler Grenau as a full-time director of zoning and code enforcement at the annual
salary $75,000 effect of September 2, 2025. Motion motion. Second. Second. All right, Bobby. I'm just not I'm just ready to vote. Okay. All right. Okay. Council President
Cahan, yes. Councilman Denza, yes. Councilman Dino, no? No. Councilman Dodie? Yes. Councilman Griggs. Yes. Okay. Very good. All right. Non-consent agenda. I have resolution 125 2025. Pay all
claims. Motion. Motion. Second. Second. Okay. Any discussion? Call the role. Council President Conam. Yes. Council Denza. Yes. Council Dino. Yes. Councilman Dodie. Yes. Councilman Griggs. Yes. All right. Very good. Okay. Let's move
on to the agenda workshop item. vacating of Aubry Place and Hail Place. I'll take this. It's all right. I'll take this. Um so, um as I've uh had to chat with the mayor and the administrator, there is a contract uh to for a churchtourch
transfer. Um next door at 1190, um a Presbyterian church is the seller, a Presbyterian church is the buyer. In order um for the um sale to go through, a title policy must be issued. uh as is true for all your homes and and any any
sale of property. Uh it turns out there are uh two paper streets that run off of Monroe, which is the street you guys everyone drives to come in here. It's a one-way street, which is also a paper street that was built. The two paper streets, ABY Place and Hail Place, were never built. Uh they are behind the
church. Uh there is a third paper street all the way back called Genese and a cross street further to the south. uh called Westminster Church Wellington. Um Wellington is also built further up. So the church is the buying the church that
is buying the property has asked so that their title report report can go through and the title insurance can be issued that Aubry Place and Hail Place these paper streets that were never built that are on their property wholly on their property um be vacated. Uh this was done in the 70s. uh the clerk uh was not as
diligent as our current clerk and the proper documentation in 1973 uh whatever it was was not filed. So technically these streets were already vacated in the 70s. Proper documentation wasn't filed wasn't filed with the county clerk. So uh at the next meeting so
certainly we can discuss this um in this workshop but it's rel relatively straightforward. We're just looking to vacate those streets. The church has requested it. There's no reason not to. a prior council in fact vacated those streets in the 70s. We're looking to do that again now um formalized it and this
time our excellent clerk will uh go through all the steps that are needed to uh effectuate that vacation. Um Monroe Street here which is still a paper street that was actually built but never I guess dedicated um is entirely on our property entirely unaffected. Um and
there is also uh a a reverter clause in the um deed uh that if the church had been transferred to another entity besides the church in a time period that also expired in the 70s um the property would have reverted to the municipality but that clause has expired years and
years ago but remains in the property record. Um they have asked to vacate that. As I said this is a clause expired 50 years ago. um was also attempted to vacated in this attempted to be vacated in the 70s. Um we would also put a instrument forward to vacate that. So
it's more housekeeping. Um whether the sale goes forward, it's a private sale, private entity, private entity. So I can't tell you when it's going to close. I can't answer all the questions. I'm sure Dave Pavage is turning over in his head right now. Uh but that being said, it is a you know something we'd be
looking to do. Um and uh I see no reason not to do it. How long would it take to turn that around? Oh well, it's done already. We only put it on the workshop for public transparency for any questions that you gents and members of the public might have but it's ministerial in nature and we would put it it's already been submitted to the
clerk from my office. So the the next meeting Michael Yeah. I just wanted to add to to that um explanation that if you go to our maps and you don't see these two streets even as paper streets the reason is I guess the one thing that was done in the 70s or whatever this was
originally done they did take it off the map so it doesn't show in our tax. Yeah. Effectuating the point that it was intended to be. If you look at a tax map, you will still see Jennese. Um, right. And the unbuilt part of Wellington, it's on the tax map because
they are not vacated. They're still there. You know, and Monroe Monroe, not only was Monroe not vacated, it's a street. Apparently, they didn't take it off the map. These two that we're addressing now. There's a map that was circulated in the packets and any member of the public's welcome to it. It's just
two two streets that cut one of them cuts right through the church. So, um, you know, the the back end of the church is is bisected by hail. So, interesting piece of metal sex history through streets that we're still going to take off the book. So, all right. Does anyone
have any issues with this vacating the streets? Nope. Nope. Nope. Nope. Kevin. All right. All right. Any other discussion on this or we're done? No, mayor. All right. So we have privilege of the floor on the agenda workshop
items only.