and to the Old Bridge Township April 2022nd 2025 council meeting Please rise for a pledge of allegiance Please remain standing for a moment of silence and for our prayer 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 As customary we stand for a moment to remember those who are protecting our freedoms both
here and abroad for our first responders for those who have made the ultimate sacrifice Tonight we remember Pope Francis and also we pray for all the families that were affected by the fire here locally on you know down in Madison
on Okay so a moment of silence please Okay and our prayer Mr Aciduli Oh Lord bless thy servants in the ministry of public affairs who serve thee in the chamber Give us quiet minds and hearts that we may hear thy voice
Help us to know when to speak when to be silent Give us strength to oppose the wrong and uphold the right And grant that we have a good conscience and soul at peace with thee and with one another
Amen Amen And please be seated Good evening everyone Welcome to the meeting Roll call Councilman Asatuli present Councilwoman Daro here Councilman De Palama here Councilman Desai present
Councilman Garcia present Let the record reflect that Councilman Murphy is absent Councilman Pasci is absent Council Vice President Dr Mr Greenberg Bell present Council President Sohar here This meeting is being held in conformance with the open public meetings act Notice
has been given to the official newspapers of the township on December 16 2024 Has been posted in public places Next open public meeting of the township council be held on Tuesday May 13 2025 at 7:30 p.m Okay Thank you Good evening everyone Welcome Uh we will start out
tonight with proclamations and presentations The Special Olympics Winter Game recognition Mayor Walker good evening Good evening uh council Once again our Camp Robin speed skating team has made us proud and they're we're here
to be honored tonight The Oldbridge Robin speed skating team has been competing in New Jersey Special Olympics Winter Games for well over 36 years During that time we have had many athletes from our township that have competed in the various speed skating events This year we had an additional
three athletes that joined the team bringing the total number to of athletes to 17 that represented the Oldbridge Township and competed in the Special Olympic Winter Games There are quite a few sports that participate in the Special Olympic Winter Games but the
speed skating competition continues to be one of the most exciting and challenging Each of the athletes practiced very hard for five months in preparation for the winter games competition and their extra efforts have paid off once again All athletes competed in two speed skating
events and each of them did extremely well in their individual events We're here to recognize not only the athletes for the outstanding accomplishments but also the coaches and chaperons for all their hard work and dedication that they continue to give each and every year and
for the entire team for doing a great job of representing Oldbridge [Applause] Township I'd like to call up now Coach Rich Antonazi who makes this all possible
Thank you so much Coach is going to give out the remainder of the certificates and we'll recognize all the athletes Okay this is for you Thank you I just would like to take the opportunity to thank the council Uh
thank the mayor and thank everyone for uh recognizing the athletes Again uh we do this every year It seems to be a a habit with us So we really appreciate all the efforts that uh and recognition that you do This year we had uh we have one special
thing that happened uh with our in with our 17 athletes We had one additional one athlete that went to uh a different uh Special Olympic sport He went to Turin Italy and represented us in the speed skating for the World Winter Games
Chris McMullen [Applause] So he won he won uh three medals there
gold bronze and a fourth place finish So it was nice to go to a tour in Italy I wouldn't know I wasn't there but it was nice Uh I want to also recognize uh the coaches and the chaperones who I couldn't do this without their help and support Uh Carol Lewiki is big help to
us as well Allison Boss and Special Projects for Special Children they're always there for us Anytime we need funding or anything else they're always there to support us So it's a it's a total team effort and it speaks well for Obridge uh
township First recognition Dan [Applause] Antoni Some of a bunch of our athletes are not here because there's something else going on at Camp Robin Uh so they're over at that event This other one is for coach Jen Antonazi I'll take
her certificate Another coach Mike Senateo I'll take his And another coach Matt [Applause]
Rosalie Chafferon Annette [Applause] Antonazi Uh Laura Chaffy she's not here with us Claudia Puchio and Michelle Zelof Speed skaters These are the speed
skaters I'll hand you one at a time so it's easy for you Sounds good I like it easy Y two gold medals Wow Congratulations [Applause] Tommy Antonazi gold medal in the 25 meters
[Applause] If he could skate he could walk [Applause] Thank you Uh Shri Chala he won a gold medal and a silver medal He's not here
Gina Chaffy she won a gold medal in the three uh 3,300 and the 100 meter for here Thomas he won uh in gold medal in the first I'm sorry in the 700 and
500 Robbie Lou gold medal in the 30,000 and the 500 [Applause] You can take a picture Salapino gold medal in the three and the 500
[Applause] Wonderful Dylan Madrid first place and third place [Applause] Thank you Today's Dylan's birthday too
Happy birthday Chris McMullen First place in the 500 first place in the 700 [Applause] Pantano silver medal in the three silver medal in the five Joey Pilchuk he won the silver and the
gold He's not [Applause] here Christina she won the gold in the 500 and a gold in the seven She's not here Stephanie was in fifth place in the
three and first place in the 500 She's not here Avery Richardson one of our new guys Uh silver in the five silver in the seven [Applause]
Want to give your speech Avery or no Uh Jimmy Smith fourth place and second place [Applause] Thank you Thank you Jimmy Great job Thank you
[Applause] Isabella She won gold in the three or gold in the 500 She's not here Bobby V first place in the 25 and in the 100 Wow Congratulations
And the last one is Mark He's not here First place in the 300 and first place in the 500 Mark Zello That's it [Applause] Thank you so much Really appreciate it I just want to thank all the coaches and
the parents for all you do We really appreciate it And we're really so proud Every year they come and they win medal after medal It's amazing They make Obridge Yes they do They definitely do Let's go Well done [Applause]
One two three [Applause] Well done Okay thank you guys Great seeing all of you again Have a great spring and summer Darren's on my help He's helping me He's
a perfectionist You should see his house What he makes his wife do is unbelievable M Okay Okay Approval of minutes Resolution approving executive session council meeting minutes of January 28th
February 11th February 25th and March 11th Do I have a motion Move it Second Okay Moved by Dr Greenberg Belli Second by Mr Asetuli Roll call Councilman Asetuli Yes Councilwoman Daro yes Councilman De Palama yes Councilman
Desai yes Councilman Garcia yes Council Vice President Dr Greenberg Bell yes Council President Sohar yes Bill list Mr Garcia Yes Thank you Uh bill list as of April 22nd 2025 Accounts
payable April 22nd 2025 12,985,45.98 payroll April 11 20251,266,134.58 payroll overtime April 11 202549,2256 That completes my report Thank you Thank you Mr Garcia And may we have a breakdown of the overtime please
Yes We did not have any major upticks in the 411 payroll The swarm police overtime for this time was $36,521.95 Deduct grants $11,828.91 Deduct ETO $2330.93 for a total of
$22,362.11 which was $415 men and women hours We have two officers on light duty one injured on duty And we also welcomed a new officer Eric Mansa on April 16th who you will get to meet at a future council meeting Thank you Thank you very
much Glad to hear another new officer for Oldbridge Do I have a motion Move it Second Moved by Dr Greenberg Belli Second by Mr Deal Roll call Councilman Asatuli Yes Councilwoman Daro Yes
Councilman Deal Yes Councilman Desai yes Councilman Garcia yes Council Vice President Dr Greenberg Bell yes Council President Sohar yes Seven yeses Next will be um ordinances for second reading H1 ordinance amending chapter 250 of the
code of the township of Oldbridge entitled Bridge Township Land Development Ordinance by amending 250-12 entitled pre-application Do I have a motion and a
second Move it Second Okay I'd like to now have a motion to open it to the public Moved by by Mr Asatuli second by excuse me Councilman De Palama Do I have anyone in the public who wishes to be heard on
H1 Seeing no hands I'll ask for a motion to close the public portion Move it Second Moved by Dr Greenberg Belli Second by Mr Acetulli Roll call Councilman Asatuli Yes
Councilwoman Daro Yes Councilman Deama Yes Councilman Desai Yes Councilman Garcia Yes Council Vice President Dr Greenberg Fellow Yes Council President Sohar Yes Is there anyone Is there anyone on council who wishes to be heard about
H1 Anyone on my left No Anyone on my right Okay Seeing no hands I'll ask for a motion to approve H1 Move it Moved by Dr Greenberg Belli second by Mr Acetuli
Roll call Councilman Acatuli Yes Councilwoman Daro Yes Councilman Dama Yes Councilman Desai Yes Councilman Garcia Yes Council Vice President Dr Greenberg Belli Yes Council President Sohar Yes Seven yeses H2 Ordinance
amending chapter 250 of the code of the township of Oldbridge entitled bridge township land development ordinance by amending 250-104 entitled fees and
250-105 entitled professional review fees and escrow Do I have a motion Motion Second Okay Moved by Mr Rasatuli second by Mr De Palama and now I need a motion to open to the public
second moved by Dr Greenberg Belli second by Mr Dealama is there anyone in the audience who wishes to be heard on H2 seeing no hands I'll ask for a motion to close public move it second moved by
Dr Greenberg Belli second by Mr Acetuli Roll call Councilman Acatuli Yes Councilwoman Daro Yes Councilman De Palama Yes Councilman Desai Yes Councilman Garcia Yes Council vice president Dr Greenberg Belli Yes
Council President Sohar Yes Is there any questions from council No On left On the right No Okay Roll call please Councilman Acatuli Yes Councilwoman Daro Yes Councilman Dealama Yes Councilman
Desai Yes Councilman Garcia Yes Council Vice President Dr Greenberg Belly Yes Council President Silhur Yes Seven yeses Motion carries Okay H3 Ordinance amending chapter 10 of the code of the township of Oldbridge entitled vehicles
and traffic section 10-15 of the township code regarding multi-way stop intersections Do I have a motion Move it I'll move it Okay Second Second
[Laughter] I guess All right Okay Moved by moved by um Councilman Desai Okay All right Second by Councilman Okay I need a motion to open it to the public please I'll move it Second Okay
So moved by Garcia Councilman Garcia Second by Mr Asetuli I have a roll call please Councilman Asatuli Yes Councilwoman Daro Yes Councilman Deal Yes Councilman Desai Yes Councilman Garcia
Yes Council Vice President Dr Greenberg Bell Yes Council President Sohar Yes Anyone in the public wish to come up and be heard on H3 Come forward please Good evening Press the microphone just so we can hear you please Thank you Stu Okay Wait wait
wait Got to turn it on It's got to go green There you go You're good Thank you I'm here concerning Spring Hill Road and Old Mill Road Traffic is getting unbearable there But not only that the speed limits 40 Nobody goes 40 They're
going 60 And also you have dead spots off of Old Mill Road both ways So when you come out Old Mill Road you have to look to your left By then it could be too late to get out So I suggest we lower the speed limit at least 20 25
They're still going to go 40 miles an hour It doesn't matter And a four-way stop would be a lot better Okay Okay Yep No I appreciate your input You've been there a long time so obviously you know you've seen the changes and and I'm glad
that you came forward You know it's good to have the residents come and give their input on things like this Thank you very much Is there anyone else in the public who wishes to be heard on this Seeing no hands I'll ask for a motion to
close public Move it Second Okay Moved by Dr Greenberg Belli Second by Mr Asetuli Roll call Councilman Acatuli Yes Councilwoman Daro I'm sorry Yes Councilman De Palama Yes
Councilman Desai Yes Council concur with Burman for the speed limit on Spring Hill Road Yeah We're just going to close the public for portion first and then you can speak Okay Councilman Garcia Yes Councilman Council Vice President Dr
Greenberg Bell Yes Council President Sohar Yes Okay Now Mr Desai would you like to speak I live in this neighborhood right around the corner and in March there were almost 10 accident
Nine was minor one was very major And I think I talk to business administrator in detail on this thing The reason because I travel Spring Hill Road all the time So reason increasing
traffic going to the new Glenwood and Shopright People come from 516 make a left spring springill and then make a left on old mill and Sumay Now if you see the topography of the
road spring hill at quart and then it goes up So by the time you approach the old mill intersection you don't see much unless you reach to the point So my suggestion beside the four-way stop
which Anna told me that county already have approved Mhm So it will take time I understand but the same time I request council to consider lowering speed limit from 40 to 25 and I have a neighbor who
lives right at that intersection her name is uh yes Joan Murphy B and she has mentioned also the same thing the reason we have to reduce the speed limit and I
live there So I know this situation So I request all my fellow council people just to reduce I know it is a procedure It will take time but reduce the spill limit from 40 to 25 so we
don't lose any life or property Thank you Thank you for your comment Anyone else on my left Mr Dupalama We can we just say something about that That's a county road and the county has to agree with that We're we will go to them We went to them with about the
four-way We actually wanted a light there but they're going to go with the four-way stop for now and we'll see if that works out We agree with the speed too but the county has to okay that it's going to have to go through the county And I we agree that traffic has been horrific They've had some bad accidents
there and we've been working with the county and this is pretty quick for them to agree to put a stop sign for stop sign there Yeah And I appreciate business administrator effort When I call her by that time she said it's county they talk to county and county
has approved four-way stop So I would request one more time let's go back to county and request the speed limit and I'm sure they will understand the situation Absolutely We uh our engineering team Nicole Shapiro Fred
Kish we met with the county several times regarding Old Mill and Spring Hill as well as Marboro Road and Southward that we that we voted on a few months ago Um we will certainly bring back the speed I know that that was a concern based on the traffic study also that we
that they did and based on the police reports that we got regarding the accident Speed was definitely a factor in a few of those accidents So our engineering team will go back to the county say "Okay great We got the four-way stop sign Can we do anything with the speed And we'll see you know what we're able to do So we'll keep you
all posted Also one more thing which I it comes my mind right now It's very dark neighborhood because there is no street light there So if you can request JCPL to put a couple of street light at
the intersection so people know what's going on That's a request Okay Thank you Thank you Anyone else Mr De Palama I just wanted to thank Anner and the engineering on getting on top of it I know this has
been a complaint that a number of us probably have gotten phone calls and emails on I know social media people have um voiced their displeasure there I just wanted to thank you guys for the speed of getting this done as well as the the Marbor Road one as well Thank you Yeah for working with the county
This went very quickly Okay Anyone else Is there a time frame for the the four-way stop sign Is there a time frame that must be in place before they would consider putting a light I mean I mean lowering the speed Uh no there isn't We
We'll talk to them and see The speed could be probably done faster Um but we'll see if that's something I'm just thinking maybe the fourways stops may work and they may say "Well we have something in place There's no accents Let's leave that in place." We'll we'll we'll have to see They probably want to do a little bit of a traffic study once the four-way stop sign is in Um you know
and just like Malboro Road and uh Southward Drive once they're ready and Fred please correct me if I'm wrong Um once they're ready to implement those stop signs there there'll be at least a two week twoe notice to the area We'll
put you know um uh warning the signal uh the message boards Sorry I can't think of words today uh the message boards will be put out at least two weeks in advance to alert uh you know people in the area that a new traffic sign um uh pattern will be coming and and we'll do the same thing on Southwood and I mean
on Old Mill and Spring Hill Road So I know that's going to be difficult especially when you come off of 34 You kind of kind of right Fred can you come up and just speak about that area please Thank you This is Fred Kes our assistant township engineer Nicole I had to He's here I'm not going to
waste his time Okay There you go Okay So um the stop signs will probably be installed in probably like maybe two more weeks Two or three more weeks Um let's see what happens If there's still a lot of
accidents um they're going to have to do a study and the study is going to have to be basically to see what is the speed everybody's traveling and then they could probably try to reduce the speed limit but um it's not really going to
happen I don't think it's going to happen is to reduce reduction of the speed limit I think the stop sign will work though you know Um so let's go one step at a time and we'll get there If we have to go to the next step we'll go to
the next step Yep Noticed Have you noticed that Not the stop sign There's those signs that when you go close they say the speed limit and it goes 47 37 25 I don't know I I Does that work better Because they test that cuz I when I see it when people see
it they you see the brakes go on right You see that there's someone in the audience going "Yep." when they see you go 47 wait a second and then they drop down to 25 and they stop There's also an opposite to that right Um so the it will shut off at 15 miles an hour over the speed limit So if you go over you're
going to shut it off So it's a game You could I know some people would just like to step on the gas and see if they can shut it off I didn't know people I used to do it But this is your last meeting Fred
Thanks for coming down But that's that's not going to People are going to drive what the road gives them Correct Right So if you're on a on the let's say the turnpike you're going to drive what the road allows you If there's a lot of bends in the road you're going to slow down This road it
has a little bit of a bend It has a blind spot And that's the cause of all this rock And that blind spot is really set for 40 miles an hour Got it It's right there If somebody goes 50 miles an hour that's an accident Mhm And that's
the problem So if we put the stop sign there it should stop that Right Yeah And when the stop signs are um installed there as well as Malboro and and Southward Drive we'll make sure to have police presence in those areas for the first few weeks to to enforce that Um
you know we got to get people in the habit to know that they're there So and they're going to put up BMS signs so people know that there's a traffic pattern because if you live in a neighborhood you're not going to know You're going to say "Okay I drive this
road every day." And you're going to go through the stop sign You are So hopefully you'll after a couple of times of going to that intersection you know you'll say "Oh there's a sign I'm going to stop." And it will work Maybe we could get the
flashing ones on Spring Hill Yes Because that's where the speeding comes from right I mean I've been traveling that road for almost 40 years and me too It's always been dangerous So I'm very careful when I go there because I know but I think a lot of the new people moving here don't realize how dangerous the intersection is Right I'm a little
leerary of putting the flash and stop because it's new It's a new system And in the MUTCD they don't really define when you should put that flashing stop And um I feel that it's in one of those areas
where there's a lot of pedestrian traffic and that type but I don't really have that much knowledge on when you put that in and MUTCD doesn't either So it's it's difficult to say okay I'll put that because once we do it once in that area
we're going to be doing it again and we're going to be doing it again We have them on a few dangerous intersection We have them in several We picked the most dangerous intersections and we put Yeah We just to get people like successful Yeah That could be the next step Yes The
next step Yes Well that's why he was saying it's dark So if you have the because it's very dark there solar you know cuz it warns you in advance There's a stop ahead It's flashing and you can see it and be out more That would probably be the next step to the four-way stop Um we have to do this in
steps Mhm And so we're going to do the four-way stop and if it doesn't work then maybe we do the flashing Maybe we do flashing on both sides of the road You know it's want to get people's attention That's the Yeah that's the key
you know that they're going to notice it and say "Oh it's a stop sign." Yeah And you know the the whole thing is they don't want to do a traffic signal The traffic signal will solve it but you have to go through all these steps before you could do a traffic stud You
have to justify it as you go There's not enough cars traveling on the roadway They did a traffic study and there wasn't enough cars right So we have to go through the steps Yeah I just thought if some of that you know the the illumination since it is a little dark maybe would you know get people to see
it and and realize that there's a stop coming you know the same thing like with street lights cuz in the dark like if it's it's it's kind of dark over there you know it's going to come upon them so suddenly Stop You know that was my only
thought What we first tried to what we first did was we realigned um Old Mill Road right So when people look at that it's it's not like the one road is it's going off this way We realigned it We sort of made it narrower Sort of like a
road diet Sort of will force a person to stop Try to force a person Well yeah It's a deterrent Sure Um but I can't I can't make the person stop if somebody goes through it and causes an accident We I did look at all the accident
reports and it looked like everybody stopped That's what they they said to the police officer Of course they did No one lies There was one um um accident report that really stuck out and that was um one of our consultants who's um
in town every day um and he's a retired police officer He was one of those people in the axing part So I called him and I said "What happened?" And he told me he looked left looked right and he went and the person coming down flying
was flying He said in hindsight he should have looked left again Yeah But he didn't Right Well that's Yeah That's why we're saying with the with the lights if they see those lights maybe that would be you know as you're flying down all of a sudden you see this Yeah
you see the you know the blinking lights it would make you kind of slow up a little bit You know the the problem is is they they're not going to see the blinking light until they're in it too late Um so what I did is I did a an analysis I did it What's the stop and
what's the sight distance um from that intersection So you basically go back like 14 ft from the traveled way and you look out around 450 ft And I did that 450 foot line And it was right
in line with the fence A 21 old mill They have like a solid fence It was right in line like not even an inch It was right there So if the person's going faster than 40 miles an hour
it doesn't make it It doesn't change it so it doesn't black out If somebody's going quick so it doesn't black out if someone's going quick As Nita was just saying if they see the light you're going to slow down before that stop sign right If you see it going 50 then 40 then 30 then Yeah
Okay That makes sense I agree with that I um So right now with the that's on the county road Yeah Um so the county is have to consider that the stop ahead sign Yeah So they're going to be putting in the stop sign and a stop ahead Um if
that um becomes an issue maybe we replace that stop ahead with the speed limit sign Mhm That could it's we have it's going to be a process We have to test everything Yeah I see so many people when they go when they see that friend they slow down immediately It's like that thing or we do cuz it goes 50
and all of a sudden you see the brakes hit as soon as that thing drops I see it all the time especially on Logan Okay You see it I'm like pretty cool And I go behind him and I see them completely stop and I look outside All right That could be the next step All right Well thank you Fred for all the
information and all the definitely all the investigation that you did It's very appreciated It really is Thank you Thanks Go ahead Can we just I happen to be there that day Um I arrived an hour
after the I went to Shallisters Farm and um luckily they have that guard rail If not the car would have been in the house that's right on the corner there And um you did have a very quick response explaining things and and what the plan
was going forward and I know that she was very satisfied with that They did move quick to paint stop ahead on the intersections on Omill Road It is unfortunate that people speed and coming off of 34 going west you know to get to
the shopping center that's you know really a problem Um there's always is a complication when there's a county road involved with it but working together and saving lives is what it's all about So I know that we're heading in that direction to improve the intersection
and hopefully people just slow down and be aware I can tell you there are certain intersections when this town I mean you don't change where the roads are I mean the roads are where they are but I know when my daughter was getting her license I drove around town And I
said "You never go on these roads You I don't care if it's longer you go other ways." And and that's how it like you know I had to explain to her like no matter how careful you think you are the other person may not be So just everyone slow down be safe and that we are
working to make that better But I know by the the way that car went if there was not that guard rail rail they would have been in the house And if you look at the guardrail it's been damaged so many times So thank you for your attention giving this Thanks for Okay we're very good And again we reiterate
thank you to administration Anna the mayor everyone for working Fred the police to try to make this a safer intersection So it is definitely being addressed So everyone out there be aware you're going to have some changes in the road pattern over there So I'd like to
ask for a roll call please For the I mean I'm sorry Motion move it Second Motion to adopt Okay Dr Greenberg Mr Second by Mr De Palama Roll call Councilman Asatulli Yes Councilwoman Daro Yes Councilman Dealama Yes
Councilman Desai Yes Councilman Garcia Yes Council Vice President Dr Greenberg Bell Yes Council President Sohar Yes Seven Yes And motion carries Okay Ordinance first reading FR1 Ordinance adopting the amended redevelopment plan
for the area at the intersection of Jake Brown Road and US Highway 9 and White Oak Lane and Jake Brown Road Do I have a motion Move it Second Okay Moved by Dr Greenberg Belly Second by Mr Asetuli Roll call Councilman Asatuli Yes
Councilwoman Daro No Councilman De Palama Yes Councilman Desai No Councilman Garcia Yes Council Vice President Dr Greenberg Belli Yes Council President Sohar Yes FR2 Ordinance Public
hearing set for May 16 2025 That was five yeses Yeah And what was the date for the 13th Okay All right Next is FR2 ordinance amending chapter 250 of the code of the township
of Oldbridge entitled Oldbridge Township Land Ordinance land development ordinance by amending 250-50 entitled accessory buildings and structures Move it Second Moved by Dr Greenberg Belly second by Mr Acatuli
Roll call Councilman Asetuli Yes Councilwoman Daro Yes Councilman De Palama Yes Councilman Desai Yes Councilman Garcia Yes Council Vice President Dr Greenberg Belli Yes Council President Sohart Yes Seven yeses Public
hearing set for May 13 2025 Okay Next will be our consent agenda I'd like a motion and a second and then I'll bring it back for separation Move it Second Moved by Dr Greenberg Belli Second by Mr Depal Councilman Estatuli Any items for
separation No Thank you Councilwoman Daro C6 please C6 Councilman De Palama no thank you Councilman Desai no thanks Councilman Garcia no thank you Council Vice President Dr Greenberg Bell no
thank you And Council President Sohar no thank you Okay next So we'll vote on the balance without the C6 Roll call Councilman Asatuli yes Councilwoman Daro yes Councilman De Palama yes Councilman Desai yes Councilman Garcia Yes Council
Vice President Dr Greenberg Belli Yes And Council President Sohar Yes Seven yeses Okay C6 Mrs Daro Yes Thank you Um I just wanted to highlight this um this resolution regarding the shared service between the township and the board of
education And um you know just make note that there are some times where shared services are um on the behalf of the the board of education like in this case it's with the township using um the the buildings and then other times it's the
board of ed using township services and um I think it's a wonderful thing and those are the reasons those are the things that when I when I bring up um getting the board of education and the township uh council or administration together to uh work
together regarding um just general uh services um needs um because we're all doing this for the taxpayers The taxpayers are the ultimate people that um you know that's where the buck stops with them and um that's why I always
urge for you know collaboration between the board of education and the township So I just wanted to highlight this as one of the the shared services that um are between the township and the board of education That's all Thank you Do I have a motion
By Dr Barella second by Mr Roll call Councilman Asetuli Yes Councilwoman Daro Yes Councilman Deal Yes Councilman Desai Yes Councilman Garcia Yes Council Vice President Dr Greenberg Bell Yes And
Council President Sohar Yes Seven Yeses Next will be our report of the township clerk So um moving forward early voting will be held at the Richard Cooper Civic Center located in the township complex In person early voting will be held from
Tuesday June 3rd to Sunday June 8th The hours of operation are Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m to 8:00 p.m and Sunday from 10:00 a.m to 6:00 p.m Vote by mail ballots will be mailed out by the county clerk's office starting Thursday April 24th to all residents
have that have requested a mail-in ballot Also moving forward W 2 District 3 and W 2 District 5 whose polling location was at the Oldbridge High School will now move to the McDivet School along with Ward 4 District 8
McDivet School is located at 1 Manny Martin Way um in Old Bridge Okay Thank you And anyone have any comment for the clerk Okay I'll take a motion to accept her report Move it
Second Okay Moved by Dr Greenberg Bell Second by Mr Dama Roll call Councilman Asatuli Yes Councilman Councilwoman Daro Yes Councilman Dealama Yes Councilman Desai Yes Councilman Garcia Yes Council Vice President Dr Greenberg Bell Yes And
Council President Sohar Yes Seven yeses Next will be township attorney report Nothing to report Madam President Thank you Okay Next will be our administrative report Hannah Thank you I have a few items so bear with me Number one National Public Safety Telecom
Communicators Week celebrating the n the nation's 911 heroes From April 13 to April 19th we proudly celebrated National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week to honor the 911 professionals who serve as frontline responders during crisis In 2024 our Oldbridge dispatchers
fielded approximately 62 62,000 calls On behalf of Chief Montctaga the Obridge Police Department and the Obridge administration we extend our deepest gratitude to our dispatchers for their unwavering dedication sacrifices and tireless commitment to ensuring public
safety for the residents of Old Bridge 2024 annual drainage contract On February 27 2025 at 1 p.m bids were received open and read in public for the 2024 annual drainage improvement program contract number 2025
2025-37 Bids from 14 contractors were received and open with Fernandez Constructions Inc as the lowest bidder The engineer's estimate was $422,817 for drainage improvements on the following roads 10in Court Woodsend
Drive Woodshore East Christristen Court Winding Brookke Drive Cheesequake Road Margaret Street Ponder Rosa Lane Willow Drive and Texas Road The project is anticipated to start in late spring 2025 and is estimated to take 90 calendar
days Draft 2025 2029 five-year consil consolidated plan and 2025 annual action plan Oberish Township is preparing a draft 2025 through 2029 5-year plan in 2025 annual action plan for the fiscal
year 2025 CDBG program These plans address and contain Obridge's housing and non-housing needs objectives proposed projects and other required statements which will be available during the period of May 15 through June 15 2025 for review and comments
Residents may submit their comments by mail email telephone or in person Monday through Friday 8:30 from 8:30 a.m to 4:30 p.m Comments will be accepted until April 30th 2025 The plan will be available for public inspection during
regular township hours at the office of the business administrator and online at the bridge.com/ atbridge.com/projects On April 30th 2025 a public hearing will be held on the 2025 2029 5-year consolidated plan and
the 2025 annual action plan at 1 p.m in the Obridge Township Administration building located at 10 Obridge Plaza Obridge New Jersey 08857 on the second floor in conference room 217 Interested parties may attend the hearing and present their comments
on the draft plan If you live in Obridgeidge own your home and your total gross annual household income falls below the HUD income limit for your household size you may qualify to participate in the Obridgeidge home improvement program Applying is completely free The funds are provided
as an interestfree deferred loan with no monthly payments required Your project will be monitored by professional inspectors and the loan is only payable upon the sale or transfer of the property title For more information please visit
obridgeidge.com/homeimprovement program Medicine Takeback Event Turn in your unused or expired medicine medication for safe disposal at the medicine takeback event on Saturday April 26th at the municipal complex from 10:00 a.m to 2:00 p.m It will be a drive drop and
drop off event EpiPens inhalers injectables syringes and intravenous solutions will not be accepted Obridge Day Earth Day celebration The Obridge Cultural Arts Committee will host a free Earth Day celebration on Saturday April 26th from 2 PM to 5:00 PM
at the Township Civ Civic Center There will be nature workshops crafts vendors food trucks and entertainment For more information please visit obridgeidge.com/cultural arts Spring curbside television pickup There will be a townshipwide TV pickup
on May 6th and May 8th This service is available by appointment only and applies exclusively to T televisions of any kind and size Full details can be found at obridgeidge.com/recycling Parks and recreation summer 2025 brochure and registration The summer 2025 brochure is
now available online Registration for summer classes half-day summer camp and Camp Robin summer camp will start on May 6th at 6 PM Please have your recck desk account set up prior to registering For more information ple please visit
obridgeidge.com/recreation or call the parks and recck department at 732-721-560 extension4999 Second quarter tax payments The township division of tax collection will be open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m during the second quarter tax collection period
The tax office will also be open on Saturday May 3rd 2025th from 9:00 a.m to 1:00 p.m and on May on Monday May 12th from 8:00 a.m to 7:00 p.m Payments can be made in person at the tax office at the dropbox located near the front doors
of the Thomas J English Administration building by mail online through our website and by signing up for automatic withdrawal For homeowners who are enrolled in our automatic withdrawal program your taxes will be withdrawn or or about May 5th 2025 For additional
information residents should contact the Obridge Division of Tax Collection at 732-721-560 extension 299 Number 10 the Memorial Day parade The Old Boy Township Memorial Day parade will take place on Monday May 26th at 9:00 a.m It will start at the Lawrence
Parkway It will start at Lawrence Parkway and Eli Avenue For more information please visit our website at orbridgeidge.com/recreation or call call the parks and recck department at 73256 721-560
extension4999 And I do have one additional item for tonight I'll ask Casey to please come up So as you can see on your right here you might have to lean in a little bit Um our veterans banner program
officially is going to be kicking off So I'm going to have Casey give you a little bit more information on that really quickly and uh answer any questions you may have Hello everybody Um thank you for having me Uh this is a really proud moment uh for myself and the township you know
that we're going to be kicking off the Hometown Heroes banner program It's going to go live um April 28th So uh at obridgeidge.com/hometown heroes all the information about the qualifications to apply for it and the uh the payment information uh will be there for
everybody In addition to that we're going to have staff at the um excuse me the pollen's starting to kick in We're going to have staff at the 5K um with some literature for everybody So a lot of people are going to be out at that event So you know you could uh go up and talk to Barbara and Donna there and they'll be glad to explain the uh
program further Um I was uh able to buy the first banner and uh it's our demo It's my grandfather He was a proud World War II veteran And um we're going to display that uh in the lobby until we get our first batch of uh banners to install and then we're going to have
another banner in the lobby so uh the residents can get more information on it Thank you so much I I want to thank Casey for all his hard work I came to him with this idea about a year ago and he he took it on and he made it happen and I'm so happy I think this is going to look wonderful throughout our whole
town Hopefully eventually all our areas out here down Lawrence Harbor Parkway in the town We're going to try to put them where the people lived It's going to be great I love it Yeah Yeah Thank you Thank you Casey This concludes my report Thank you Okay Thank you Anna Does
anyone have a question or a comment on Anna's administrative report Okay Dr Greenberg Um so I just I just have one question So I saw the 2024 annual drain news contract included
Texas road Texas roads a county road Is that correct There's still exactly some areas of it are county and some are not correct Yeah Yeah So my question is um does the whole
road need a change project Is the county working with you and you Okay I just didn't know how extensive the project was or basically when you enter Yeah Yeah
Fred why don't you at home [Music] Oh Fred you're getting your workout tonight You got backup this time buddy Um so basically in the Oldbridge section of Texas Road when you enter into Old Bridge from Monroe there's always been a
rough patch uh of roadway We've repaired it multiple times and um working with engineering we found that there's a water issue that keeps uh causing issues with the roadway So engineering was able to come up with a plan and then we're going to pave that section So the residents driving down Texas will have a nice smooth road Thanks for that
explanation Thank you Casey You're my You're the wingman Okay You're the wingman All right Does anybody else have a question on Anna's report Um I
just one last thing So are we gonna are you did you want to mention about the mayor's run this this uh uh yes I didn't have it in my report because we've had it and it is coming up this week I believe registration is full but um please it's going to rain most likely and last year rain then we ran in the
rain Uh but yes if you are able to come support the runners the walkers uh please come out this week Uh we looks like our registration was just as good as it was last year So um we'll keep uh going Thank you Thank you Good Anyone
else have a question No Okay Seeing no hands I'll ask for a motion Move it Second Moved by Dr Greenberg Belli Second by Mr Asetuli Roll call Councilman Asatulli Yes Councilwoman Daro Yes Councilman De Palama Yes
Councilman Desai Yes Councilman Garcia Yes Council Vice President Dr Greenberg Bell Yes Council President Sohar Yes Seven yeses And next will be public comment on any subject matter for a maximum period of 3 minutes The public
comment of portion of our meeting is to allow the public to bring to the council's attention their comments or concerns The se this section is open for any topic or items in the consent agenda In accordance with NJSA104-12A and the old bridge rules of council the council asked the public to
limit their comments to three minutes or less Only one member of the public shall approach to speak to council at a time The council will respect the public's time by refraining from any comment until the speaker is finished with their allotted time Should be further noted that the public comment portion of our meeting is not structured as a question
and answer session If a member of the public has questions they seek answers to an appointment can be made with the corresponding department's office during regular business hours Township clerk will regulate the time during the comment portion of your meeting She approached the mic Please see state whether you are a resident of old bridge
and your name No addresses Thank you Is there anyone here in the public this evening Okay Good evening Hi council members town My name is Michael I'm a res resident here in bridge I'd like to speak to you about
what I've been speaking to you for the last year Just provide more information Um looking to put a dispensary in town I know there have been challenges and I want to talk to the perception of what's going on Um one thing I failed to do and that's probably a fail on my behalf is not speak to what the New Jersey
Cannabis Regulatory Commission is Um and I took a right off their website so please forgive me as I read It's the governing body responsible for regulating the medicinal and recreational cannabis industries in New Jersey So responsibilities writing and enforcing regulations for cannabis businesses
reviewing and improving license applications ensuring compliance with social equity initiatives in the cannabis industry protecting consumer safety and ensuring patient access to medicinal marijuana and working with municipalities and other stakeholders to
implement regulations So this is the group that bodies from New Jersey um has directors and everything in between that overlooks not just dispensaries but growing facilities as well as working with the towns Um providing more context and information
Sorry The marijuana legalization amendment was voted on in November of 2020 by voters um in New Jersey It went into effect January 1st of 2021 The points that I really do want to take away is 60% of every county in New
Jersey voted yes to legalizing marijuana in a reg excuse me in recreational manner Middle Sex County 60% with 221,484 votes for yes 131,000 plus for
no Um the assembly vote 4924 Senate was 2416 It's a lot of numbers Um one last number I'll throw out New Jersey last year in cannabis sales did $1.1 billion dollars in New
Jersey alone Um that is extra tax money to the state There's extra extra tax money to this community Um and that is truly where it falls It's business that we're looking to grow which I've heard this council say we need to grow We need to insinuate that we're trying to
embrace what's growing uh what's continuing Um this is a regul regulated area of sales Um highly regulated and I would be inclined to answer any questions that anybody on this board or anybody in the community
may have as I've done my homework through and through and I like to consider myself somewhat of a sub matter expert somewhere in life Thank you for your time Thank you very much Is there anyone else in the public who wishes to be heard
Good evening Good evening Hi my name is Paul Moraveak and I am a resident of Oldbridge I was here a couple weeks ago Uh first I wanted to thank Miss Pheltz She promptly followed up the very next day and we started working on some of the issues
surrounding the tree ordinance So I know it's going to take some time to resolve these issues but I I'm happy and I feel like we're moving in the right direction So thank you for that Uh tonight I just wanted to finish up my notes since I was a little bit wordy last time and I got
cut off Um and some of my thoughts surrounding the ordinance uh because of what's happened and transpired on my neighboring property I do have some thoughts about some potential amendments and changes and I know the town's looking at some of these things So here were three things that I thought about
and I reviewed these with Gary Lavalo and he thought maybe these might give him a little more teeth when he's trying to enforce the ordinance Uh number one is appropriate update the language to make it clear that an owner has to have a comprehensive plan that's required for
the property before permits issued for tree removal or they'll be in violation and subject to a fine two prohibit the ability to use the exemption section for those that do not abide by the ordinance In the case on the property near me they
only ended up having to pay an additional fee of $9,000 versus if they would have had to pay for everything they cut down it would have been over $40,000 I think that may have been maybe enough for him to think twice about doing something like that And then three
put something in there to require a restoration of a property within a certain time frame and define what restoration means Uh so that uh if they don't do that perhaps put even a daily
fine so that the properties get brought back to a good condition within a reasonable time Um and that's it Finally although it's not expected uh I'd be happy to be a resident participant on any of these committees where you're discussing this I'm a local realtor and
so I understand properties Uh back in the 90s I worked on a township finan financial advisory committee along with Mayor Major Mayor Barbara Cannon Hamanchu Sha Uh we worked on a actually went through your budget just like you
were doing last week We spent months and then we put together a report uh talking about potential efficiencies that the town could have So you know I'm not just a resident I really do care for this town I wanted you to know that Thank you
so much Thank you very much Thank you Yeah Is there anyone else in the public who wishes to be heard this evening Seeing no hands then I will close public portion Madam President just if if I could
comment on the last speaker just I had an opportunity to speak uh to him after when he was at your last meeting and review the uh um code relevant code section I think and also speak to Mr Lvalo I think the some of the issues
that were pointed out actually they're there in the ordinance I think it's a matter of how it's enforced and and the provision So I had discussions with with with Mr Valo uh explaining uh you know it's very specific what needs to be filed what and what doesn't need to be
filed Why I don't want to get into the particulars of the particular this gentleman's case because it's active um and things are going to happen but um the actually the the uh last point that he brought up may be something that be
included the daily fines that pro that provision exists as well u but depending on um the um type of work that's being done there is some restoration typically required but we can look at that one but the first two points are there It's a matter of being enforced in the
appropriate way and I've had a discussion with Mr Lavalo about that Okay All right And we have put a game plan together He knows what we have to do So we'll be executing the game plan All right Very good So it is a work in progress Thank you Okay And thank you for all your comments They're very well
taken We appreciate residents that you know want to help and be part of the process here Thank you very much to council member comments Councilman Asatuli Yes Um good evening Old Bridge
family Last night's fire at Madison Arms Apartments um broke our hearts Was homes lost and families were displaced I know it hurts deep and we all can feel it and my prayers go out to everyone involved and their families
It's um it's a very sad event You know we're everyday folks coaching at Manino Park grabbing coffee at Waw Wa but our firefighters police neighbors Red Cross showed up saving lives and sharing love I'm truly
thankful for them all of you As a dad I want my girls in a strong old bridge Let's honor those hit and keep lifting each other up We are grit and we are heart I thank you for all that you guys have done I appreciate it Thanks
Councilwoman Daro Thank you Kate Um so I'd like to just address some of the council um some of the uh resident comments first Um first of all um Paul Morvc Yeah Um I'm glad you came again I
appreciate it And again you know I'm I'm always you know uh Anna um Miss Felt is always very good at reaching out So you know I knew that that would happen Um would you be able to send those notes that you have because uh to Mr Relli's
point I wanted to kind of compare the ordinance that we have now to your suggestions you know like to his point some of it is already on there So I was just curious you know I just wanted to kind of compare So would you be able to send council your notes of what you have Would that be okay If you email them to
me I will sh I'll share them I was in I was actually going to email you tomorrow morning to have them send them Oh perfect There you go Okay Thank you On the same wavelength Yep Okay Thank you so much Um Mike uh thanks again for coming out I know we spoke um I believe you did speak to other council members
Um for the record I you know I know it's a booming business Um and I I think it's a I I think it's a good business I know that we do have it We there are businesses around surrounding businesses here Um and I know we spoke and I told you I would have questions again
afterwards So the one thing that I was um thinking about is really uh the location you know um and we could talk offline about this and I know that you can't really come up with a location until you get the go ahead Yes
No you can't No interact So you do have a location You can speak to her after the meeting or Yes has a two-way street town Yeah Okay Okay Because that was the one thing Um you know if if it
were to happen it would have to be you know in my opinion it would have to be somewhere where children couldn't walk to you know like on Route Nine And I believe you might have mentioned that that's where you wanted it to be because really children can't walk there It's
not something that's like right in their face Um so you know I'm willing to work with you um on that you know So I just wanted to give you that give you that um comment Um and all right and that's
that's really it on the on the council uh on the resident uh hearing of the residents Um also want to say you know hope everyone had a wonderful Easter wonderful Passover Congratulations to the Special Olympic award recipients
always wonderful when they come in and receive their awards Um so such a wonderful uh time for them and so welld deserved Um and as was mentioned in the beginning of the meeting condolences to um on the death of Pope Francis Um you
know he will definitely be missed in the in the Catholic community He was a wonderful pope and um you know may he rest in peace uh for the residents affected by last night's fire Uh it just what a devastating thing to have to go through
I went through that uh myself in um when I was living at home with my parents We had a fire in our home So I understand what it means We we talked about this right Mike Um uh I I understand what it means to to lose everything that you
have and uh my heart goes out to the residents I thank God that no one was seriously hurt and um I think there might have been a some pets which that also breaks my heart but um it could
have been so much worse So and for that I thank our first responders and our firefighters who came and and acted swiftly I believe it was a four alarm uh Anna four alarm and they all were there and uh you know they just really took
care of it and did everything that they could to contain it So um my heart goes out to to those people that were affected and again thank you to the first responders and the firefighters and um that that's all I have for tonight Thank you very much Councilman
De Palama Thank you Kate Um just uh congratulations to our uh Special Olympic winners Um every year it's a great thing to have them up here They get bigger every year They're getting more medals every year going to Turan which is which is fabulous So
congratulations on that Obviously prayers to all the families that are affected It's not just the four folks that lost homes There was also folks that are going to be displaced Um so um thankfully there were no major injuries you know Thank you to
not only the old bridge volunteers but the four or five other towns that also um that came in response as well um to help put out that fire Without them God knows what the the damages could have been or the the potential loss of life could have been as well Um also I hope
everyone had a wonderful Easter and Passover with your loved ones And most importantly um happy birthday to my daughter Briana I'm turning nine Um so this is keeping me from going to have cake Just everyone keep that in mind
Okay Thank you Councilman Desai Congratulations to Special Olympic participant for winning so many medals We all should be proud for their achievement
I just want to share with my esteemed colleague on a council my observation Last year I don't recall exactly which month but last year fire commissioner came to us and told that
all speed bumps in neighborhood should be removed and they pushed it and it was removed by many small development But now they are looking other way If you go
in a Glenwood shopping center you will see the speed bump there So why they are doing this To people they are penalizing and to business they are supporting So I request to
administration to look into it I will find out exactly when they came or when it will show because I was involved in my development We had a speed bump and I spoke at that
time also while it was small children but they didn't listen They just order to remove it and my development removed and put lots of money to remove those speed bumps and
now Glenwood the big shot can violate that rule They said it's a rule for the safety of the fire truck and I agree on that time Thank you
Councilman Garcia Yes Thank you I want to congratulate the mayor and Anna and Casey Casey uh that's your grandfather up there That's a That's a great way acknowledging him That's perfect So congratulations for you and your family and and all the all the local town
heroes They should be acknowledged So I I think it's a great thing So thank you mayor for bringing this up and having Casey follow through with you know follow up with it It's a great thing Congratulations Casey That's all I have Thank you Council Vice President Dr Greenberg ballet
Okay Um I do have to say last night it was very horrific that fire at Madison Arms but to see how the f the firemen OEM police and first responders worked
together is incredible the what they did in the amount of time dealing with the tragedy It's just incredible how the how there's really the professionalism and their expertise really shined in spite of it
being very sad to know that four people that four apartments were destroyed Everything that someone owned in that is gone As um Jill Daro Councilwoman Daro said we all feel that the fact that no life um human life was lost is
incredible but it's just horrific how quick a fire can devastate an area Um losing pets and animals it's it's very hard you know So you know we hope with time with support from the community um
Red Cross everything will um come together and they'll be whole again Um it's always a bright light always to see special ed um student uh individuals come here with the achievements that they do is totally incredible But really
the dedication of the coaches the volunteers makes it all happen And you know that is so heartwarming to see that Um at this time of year I you know with all the things going on I hope people when we talk about trees I just enjoy
the spring so much when you see everything coming to life again riding around seeing the colors the blossoms uh whether it's uh ornamental trees or flowers the grass getting green again So go outside I think it will help you spiritually mentally and and uh
physically to take a walk and just go around and just look what's going on But I do have to talk about something that's very serious that's been going on Never is there a time that it benefits spewing false information And knowledge correct
knowledge is so important for everyone So when I read these things and people present them to me whether they're on Facebook or whether even people are sitting on a board it's a it's incredible to me that someone can sit on a board and say something that's not
true So the fact is when when you go ahead and say that the re-evaluation caused the financial distress at the board of ed by us not doing a re-evaluation is totally absurd
It means that you know nothing about a reevaluation You don't even know how they're done and why they're done That we're getting blamed as a township that we didn't do a re-evaluation So you could go around to every town in the county in the state
Are you blaming that they have a problem at their school financially because they didn't do a revaluation or they there don't have a problem because they did do a val evaluation It's not true And and so it serves no one good No one It
serves no one to f to dis d dispate false information the mi we do not determine as a township when a reevaluation is done It is the middle sex county tax board This is very lengthy pro process and we're in the
process of doing it now and there stages that have done but there's no way by a reevaluation you're going to raise this taxes of $30 million It's crazy It also means that you don't understand how much is raised already in the municipality by
taxation Okay So for me to expand on it I you know you'll say "Oh you're being political You're just saying it." I would rather have our business administration administrator and our mayor speak to this to correct it And you have to learn about this instead of
saying false information It serves no one any good by doing this So if you could just give us a little bit just like to say a little I think uh there's a lot of misinformation going out there about re-evaluations I don't think people really understand about it So I'd
like to read a little about this and then explain about it recent suggestions from some board of education members that should perform a re-evaluation to somehow raise tax money to cover the board of education or any government
agency's budgetary issues are both incorrect and moot Incorrect because re-evaluations do not raise any tax money at all for any government agencies nor do they cause any agencies to lose tax dollars They are completely revenue
neutral When taxes are defined as the total amount of tax dollars paid by the township residents as a whole a re-evaluation will have no effect on the budgets of the board of education township or Middle Sex County If
government agencies increase their annual budgets they will raise and collect more tax dollars by having their individual tax rates increase and the property taxes of individual property owners will increase accordingly The suggestions are also moot as been under
order from the Middle Sex County Taxation Board to conduct a re-evaluation and we have already been working on this step of the process for two years So just to make it clear whatever we raise by taxation currently the re-evaluation cannot change that
amount So say my neighbors taxes go up mine might go down or stay neutral As a whole we're still going to collect the same amount We are not this re-evaluation cannot make the only way the taxes are going to go up if we change our tax levy That's when we do
our budgets But if we re-evaluate it's not going to increase the amount we raise by taxation So um whoever's saying this doesn't know about reevaluations or budgets And I just want to set the record straight and we're going to do a presentation soon so people understand
what's going to happen It's revenue neutral which means same amount's going to be raised by taxation no matter what happens Thank you for the explanation And and we'll hopefully have maybe on a Zoom we could have our tax assessor and we could ask questions and you could explain
because he was here a few years ago and he explained it to us about the re-evaluation because some people's houses maybe have they moved in maybe 40 50 years ago and they have a low evaluation and then some people that moved in recently have a high So it's just kind of trying to balance it But
somebody might end up paying more somebody's going to pay less and somebody will pay the same But at the end of the day we still raise the same amount by taxation It's not going to give the board of education us or the county any more money or the fire districts Thank you so much for that explanation
And as you said directing it you know to our Well it's upsetting to me that misinformation is getting out there to the public and we've had to call some people you know and explain it to them And um you know I hope they have stopped spelling some falsehoods about this I wish they would focus on why this money
was taken from the board of ed but the sole person that is responsible for taking money is Governor Murphy Democrat Governor Murphy took money from our state school from our school districts nonstop It is nonsustainable when you
keep on taking this money and then you you give money to other districts How is that fair to keep on taking it I can look at every district that he took money from How how why don't they go and complain to him They went to complain It's good to complain But why didn't that why did they keep on supporting him
then after the first time that he started taking Why did everyone rally against him He's done it for eight years When you talk about the money that you want to have through taxation through cannabis another million dollars like I should applaud that What did billion What did he do with that money He went
from $ 36 billion budget to over uh 58 close to 60 billion And how's any of our lives here better What did he do with that money We have no idea That's why you should have an an audit We had a budget presentation We had an audit I am
telling you this is not right There is something wrong when you raise more than $2 billion a year for every year that you're in office and it doesn't improve anyone's life and only hurts us Look how it's hurt Board of Edis taxes nearly 9.9
Let's just say 10% How much more can we take a family here And they're they made up the false thing Oh because we didn't re reevalue your house So they re-evaluate your house is more Are you going to that So when you sell your house it's more Is anyone selling their
house to put their kid through public schools This is just lunacy So that's the other thing spreading false information I thank you again for making that um that explanation to everyone I hope everyone understands it If they don't understand it I'm sure you'll be
going over it again and again The other thing that's going around that we are for that we've destroyed the town by building Let me tell you something The building that was going on as I said before was the development was approved
more than 25 years ago 30 years ago in the 1990s In fact the state I had asked I had brought this up multiple times If you have a general development plan and you don't build in a certain amount of time they should have to come back in front of the
boards and redo it Everything around it has changed roadways developments and everything else You have to take that into account We are dealing right now with a state a state mandate a state mandate of um of this fair share housing
where they don't come to the towns any of the towns they put this on Look at the town Look at the roadways Look at the structure They just say by looking on a map the green spaces oh you have to build that many Do you realize that if the state comes in and they tell us we
have to build 672 fair share housing That means we have to build more and the regular a builder is not just coming in and building these fair share housings and they use these misnomers Look at the rents Go do an analysis yourself of all
the rents in town That means you'll have built 2,688 units more So 2,688 is six and plus 672 is 3,6 units It's
nonsustainable This is going to be no longer the garden state It's going to be the concrete state This is this is unacceptable You have people on this board that are builders also So why is a builder on a board The state has a
farmland preservation board This is crazy Think of this They want you to preserve farmland They don't give incentives They don't help you to do that But they demand you take your green space and you build houses I think before coming to the town the state
should form a board with the farmland people and with the and also with the builders and see what comes out of that meeting first and then come to us and tell you what we're supposed to do But how do you dictate how do you dictate
what a community is supposed to do It is it's to me it's mindboggling So please before you say things that are not true everyone research them ask questions go to the source get the information It It's like to me so so upsetting that you
have to spend time and go backwards to explain all these things that they're not true when everyone buys into everything that they read on Facebook or people just say when they don't have no idea what they're talking about If I don't know the answer I always ask the professionals the people who know it and
then I feel knowledge is power and we have a responsibility up here as council to explain it and to understand it And that's where we are today So please pause on this before you say things that aren't true And I thank you
for your time and get out and enjoy the spring Thank you Council President Sohar Yes Thank you for your comments Um I do want to mention one thing as far as last night is concerned and the tragedy we all feel for those for the people that
that this happened to But Dr Greenberg is very humble She was there No you you were it's okay No it's all right You you also it was and you did you did something very special and not every one of us can do that So I just wanted to
say thank you to you as well because you're not boastful and you're very humble Thank you And I think the residents know how good you are with the animals But that being said um I hope that we can you know these the people can rebuild their lives It's a it is a
very very big tragedy and um we are we are very very sad about this this episode Special Olympics fantastic They always are The Aenazi family you can't even describe how they've been volunteers in this community their whole
lives I mean I I've been with them how many years we've Yeah And they are just fantastic Given all the challenges that they have they still find the time to reach out and share and help help other children face some of these hurdles And
what a great job that they all do The whole family it's like one big family affair I was really so happy to see them and and mayor thank you Anna for straightening out a lot of things this week It was a busy week for you guys I mean so many things going on and you
really do research You go out and you find the facts and that's what's important because the residents need that They need to know that you're here and you're providing good solid information despite the media It'll come
and go The Facebook pages the the comments the the rumors I mean it it's to a point where it's just it's insanity So hopefully that's also going to you know calm down a little bit Ha I'm trying to think positive But anyway
thank you all for all that you do Everyone for OEM last night the police the fire the volunteers One wonderful Oldbridge We always are and we always will be despite anything that you know comes our way I think it's it's a a town
that really does pull together Since this is our last meeting April into May we will be here after Mother's Day So I want to also wish everybody a happy Mother's Day and thank you all for being here for really all of you It's just an
amazing job that everyone does Thank you We're going to go into close session Yep Okay Okay we have a uh resolution to enter executive session for matters of collective bargaining agreements for the Old Bridge Captains Association PBA Local 127A and a litigation matter for
affordable housing We will be returning into open session to take a vote on a resolution when we're finished Okay Need a motion Yes I need a motion Move it Second Okay
Roll call Councilman Asatuli yes Councilwoman Daro yes Councilman Dealama yes Councilman Desai Councilman Garcia yes Council Vice President Dr Greenberg Bell yes Council President Sohar yes
Enter executive session at 8:59 p.m So we need a a motion and a second to re-enter open Move it Reconvene To reconvene Move it Okay Moved by Dr Greenberg Ble Second by Mr Dama Roll call Councilman Esatuli Yes Councilwoman
Daro Yes Councilman Deama Yes Councilman Desai Yes Councilman Garcia Yes Council Vice President Dr Greenberg Bell Council President Sohar Yes 9:26 p.m Okay We have a resolution uh ratifying
and approving memorandum of agreement between the township of Old Bridge and Old Bridge Captains Association PBA Local 127A 2025 through 2028 And I believe um Mark says there yeah we're going to amend the last uh be it fur for
the resolve paragraph and end and add at the end after 127A the following and are further authorized execute the successor collective negotiated agreement uh upon receipt of an executed successor collective negotiated agreement from the
bridge captain's association PBA local 127A move it second moved by Dr Greenberg Bellai Second by Councilman Asetuli Roll call Councilman Acatuli Yes Councilwoman Daro Yes Councilman De Palama Yes Councilman Desai Yes
Councilman Garcia Yes Council Vice President Dr Greenberg Bell Yes Council President Sohar Yes Seven yeses Now we just need a motion to adjourn Move it Second Moved by Council Vice President Dr Greenberg Bell Second by Councilman De Palma Roll call Councilman Acatulli
Yes Councilwoman Daro Yes Councilman De Palama Yes Councilman Desai Councilman Garcia Yes Council Vice President Dr Greenberg Bell Yes Council President Sohar Meeting adjourned at 9:27 p.m Good night everybody