my porch warm. >> No, but I got yelled at for you. So, I went out my shoes on right outside took some snow because I have some of that. >> I took some snow over there and you know have to scrub it. I don't think it's
going to stain but Kitty's never heard >> curses I'll be right church. There's very little on resolution. >> Yeah. It's been a long day. Yeah, that's fine.
>> I figured he didn't hear >> Well, you came to the right place. >> This is not starting off. You push soda, it's not >> you can complain to the PBA. >> Yeah. Yeah. That's >> that's how we get your money,
>> right? Mosco would be like stacking at like three in the morning when he's working. >> I can't look at That was worse than >> Yeah, it's a good idea though. >> It was a great idea. We'll make it the cheapest town.
>> I will turn the triple. Adequate notice the time and place of this meeting was given under the provisions of the open meetings act was sent to the officially designated newspapers in compiance with the law >> here. >> I'm here. Can I get a motion to go into close
session? Please >> make a motion. >> Second section of the public meetings act the exclusion of the public from meeting certain circumstances and whereas the governing body is of the opinion that such circumstances presently exist now therefore be resolved by the mayor council of the bur county state New
Jersey as follows. Public shall be excluded from discussions concerning the hear and after specified subject matter. The general nature of the subject matter discussed is as follows. Real property 113 to 115 channel drive legal issues affordable housing 637 Arnold Channel drive improvements license ordinance
land use ordinances purchase ordinance engineering procurement issue. It is anticipated that the subject matter discussed may be made public upon it conclusion or final disposition. All in favor? I'll give you I'll get
Stop drink. Where am I? shut off. I was just excuse me. I don't have any problem. There's something Yes or no? As soon as Kief transcriptions.
All right. Adequate notice of the time and place of this meeting was given under the provisions of the open public meetings act and was posted and sent to the officially designated newspapers in compliance with the law. Vitali >> here Burns Ramos >> here
>> here. Please rise for the flag salute. Remain standing for the >> invitation to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisibley and justice for all.
>> It is most appropriate that in this country which is founded on the bedrock of religious freedom for all people that we take this opportunity to ask for guidance. First we give thanks for the freedoms that we share. In particular, we appreciate our freedom speech. Secondly, ask for guidance in the decisions that we deliberate on this evening. We all share the same opinion
on each topic to be considered but we must evaluate the views of others. Therefore, we ask for guidance that the people of Pleasant Beach from our decisions. Third, we ask blessings from those assembled here this evening as well as all the residents of Point Pleasant Beach. >> Good evening everybody. Uh can I get an
approval of minutes for the January 20th executive session, please? I'm sorry. Council Dixon. >> Yes. >> Councilman Ramos. >> Yes. >> Yes. Council. >> Yes. Council. >> Yes.
>> Thank you. And can I get a motion to approve January 20th regular council minutes? >> Yes. Council Ramos. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Council, yes. >> Yes. >> Okay. Thank you. We're going to open up
tonight with a discussion uh on downtown restrooms. So, to give a little background, uh I've been meeting with the downtown business owners for about a year now. Uh and one of the biggest issues coming up is the lack of bathrooms downtown. Now, uh some stores
allow resident uh visitors to come into their restrooms. Uh, but it's not fair. And one store I talked to, one store owner, I think it was on Mother's Day or a holiday, had a line out the door not to purchase anything from her store, but to use the restroom. Uh, there's I know
there's bars and restaurants down town where people could go in uh and use the restroom. But it's not fair for the proprietors of those business businesses to have to clean up, you know, from other people, non-paying customers. So, this has been brought up over and over
again. Last year, um, I worked with then B administrator Christine Real. I got three quotes for, uh, restroom trailers. Um, and so I found one that was suitable for us, a 20 foot, uh, restroom trailer. Um, the other issue is where do we put
it? Uh, we don't have a lot of, uh, mun municipally owned land that we could just plop this on. So, the one location that we thought was the best one is uh in the Bordon's lot right next to the bus stop across from Frankies. Um, now
obviously with this we could we could have whatever color we want. We could wrap it in artistic uh mural or something like that. So, it wouldn't really stand out as it's a restaurant. Uh, prior council had issues with, I guess, that location being so close to
the bus stop and what if they're vagrants that are in there. Uh, there's ways that we could we could lock that. We could secure it uh during certain hours. Um, we would have, I guess, our our bathroom attendants that work the inlet to come in and clean that
bathroom. So, um, and and and just so talking quotes, this quote was for $41,89255, uh, sets. And again, that's a 20 foot um, uh, bathroom trailer. Um, and that includes delivery, um, includes exterior
paint, uh, uh, base pallet. Uh, I asked the B of engineer today approximately how much it would cost to tie into water sewer. That's another consideration for where we're going. He said about 50 grand uh to tie into water sewer. So um you're looking at, you know, $90,000,
but we could look for funding opportunities through grants for this. Um but I just wanted to bring it up to the council just to kind of get some of uh you know, get direction, get some of their concerns and ideas. Um again, I think it's needed. Uh you know, the
argument I heard last year is well, no other towns have this. Yeah, but we want to make Point Pleasant Beach a great downtown. We want to set apart our downtown so we have visitors come in all year long, not just the summer. I think having a restroom would add to that, would add to the experience of uh of
shop shoppers coming downtown. So again, I just wanted to open it up to the council. I know we have a couple new council members. Um I just want to hear thoughts and ideas and I know some members of the business community are here. So um after you guys uh opine, I would I would open that up and let them
talk as well. My first thought is like, yeah, we need a bathroom, but if it's going to be all the way, I'm just thinking as a bathroom, you're going to want to get right in your car and get home. I would
raers who are already there. And one person said to The trailer could be tested in different river supply. Another thought was I remember seeing like an idea where there was the
church on >> there's that community building and I read the newspaper that >> so that was that was misqued. was I mean we've talked to them but there's no direction at all that we're going to get
that. >> Um but let me just bring up your your first point. >> Sure. >> So we have to have adequate access to the water sewer line. Right. So I looked at personally every single lot in town trying to figure out if there's any ample space that we could drop this and there really isn't except for that
location. Believe me, I would want it somewhere centralized as well. >> Um it's just not going to work that way. Somebody brought up the train station lot but again you're If you're shopping all the way downtown by the poach pair, you're not going to walk all the way down to the train station lot, >> do what you got to do, and then come all
the way back. >> Uh so to me, this was just the where we need to put it is the most central location >> mayor that $90,000 that that would be for renting the trailer. >> No, it would be ours.
>> It would be ours. So the $9,000 include the purchase of the trailer and then the hookups. How about it? >> So again, that would be our borrow. So there would be some cost from our borrow employee to go do that. >> Okay. >> Um and it's funny you say that purchase
versus rental. We looked at renting. It's even more expensive to rent. So that's why we went to the purchase option. >> Would it be like a handicap? >> Yep. Two stall. Yep. Two stalls. very interested to hear from the business community about this.
>> Before we do that, I just want to open it up to any other council members. >> My my only concern is kind of what's just been discussed. It's not centrally located. It doesn't make any sense to do this with personnel at the end.
>> No, it would be a roving clean up certain time. What about does the bid go to get involved with that? Pay for a bid or anything like that? >> That's something that I could bring to the bid board. >> Okay. >> And just >> And uh how about is there any of those
like mini stores down there that aren't rented already has a uh >> bathroom situation? >> So I mean that was brought up as well. I mean >> some of the rents on the on the stores that aren't rented down there are pretty high. So this to me is a cheaper option
than paying a monthly, you know, exorbitant fee just for a >> restaurant. Kicking around. I mean, you can find a small store down there that's kind of unable. >> You can get it for reasonable price. It's already established. You don't have to do all that extra work.
>> That be located, >> right? >> That's the main that's my main thing. If it's not centrally located, >> doesn't make any sense. >> What is the average? Does anybody know what the average rent for a small store downtown is? >> I don't know.
>> Yeah, it depends on location. >> Well, I'm trying to think. There's quite a few empty stores. Bay Avenue >> I don't know off the top of my head, but I I know. >> I mean, I don't I mean that would be >> rent the store and modify that central
that would be centrally located. Um, you know, 90 grand. I don't you know I don't again I don't know uh what what the rents are. So um that was just >> Yeah. One other thing too >> what are the times that they're really
needed? Is it like Thursday, Friday, Saturday or is it >> I mean off the top of my head >> Monday that they don't need it. >> Yeah. Hold on. We we'll bring the we'll bring the public up. Off the top of my head, I would think, you know, business hours when the stores are open. >> Um, you know, maybe an hour after that
or whatever for people at the, you know, if they're going to restaurants, they have the restrooms there. So, I would say business hours >> during the week and and then weekends as well. And then, you know, I would say we we secure it after that >> after business hours. >> After business weekend. >> What's that?
>> Like on a Friday or Saturday night? Yeah. >> Just to avoid, you know, any graffiti or or damage to the building. feels like something we should be like communicating with the I really want to get it from the stakeholders like what do they do is it
is it customers you know I want to know a little >> okay >> I don't think well probably most of them do but you don't want I just think it's unfair for if someone's using the if someone needs to use the bathroom and they're not, you
know, they're just going into the store just for the bathroom. Then it's on the business owner then that has to clean up after all that stuff and they're not make they're not making money. Right. >> No, I I get that. >> I I Mike
biggest challenge for me is location My head is just discuss have facing. So maybe we have the ability to make
some kind of deal and tie into something >> right location. Can't get that location. potentially could be waste of money because it's not >> I get and and look, I mean, I could work
with Joe and and we could work with uh Jack from DPW and and look again, but I know last year when I did the research, I just didn't see a suitable spot uh that was that was municipally owned. So, and the parking authority has been great and they, you know, they said as long as it's a parking authority lot, they have
no problem putting it in there. But, um All right. So, I'll I'll we'll do another round of once the snow clears. um of checks and just see if there's another suitable location. I guess while we have the business owners here, Mike, I could open it up to to to if you guys have any comments,
anything you want to say? >> Yep. And just state your name and address for the record. >> Could you spell your last name, please? >> Thank you. issue. This time
everyone. understanders. In terms of location, Thank you. Anybody else want to comment on the bathroom? >> My name is Lauren. If there's no place to go to the
bathroom, they have your point about business. Okay. And so it would be nice to be able to accomodate our shoppers in the downtown area. We don't have it's not
fair. the new coffee shop who great business only. It's very difficult to accomodate especially the summer listen you go with 35,000 people how do you expect us to have a proper business model if we can't
especially ladies night we have 2000 ladies out it's very difficult and I don't think any of that business want >> anybody else.
Please spell your name. Stacey with daily floor building. A lot of our staff is going upstairs. We have instances where
building the way bathroom. You know, yesterday customers working is so sick of us buying
money toilet paper. town. Our business district is growing. It's getting nicer. And I think the highway just need to be able to say to our customers. Yes, absolutely.
And you know business and you know need to to accomate folks especially summer people. >> Thank you. >> Thank you.
>> Yeah. Thank you. I would say that very unique shopping district, >> right? And that's what we're trying to do, right? We're trying to enhance our downtown. So regardless of what other towns I think providing that would be a
benefit to the shoppers >> and not not that people make a decision on I get what you're saying customers. I understand. >> I mean, I mean, tell me about the downtown.
They said we have a bathroom, >> right? The inlet bathroom to my knowledge. >> Yeah. But >> these are people coming to spend money in our rather than just the people who go fishing on they don't spend a lot of
money. That's not the people who come to our pretty much for one reason. They have money and they want to shop. Yeah. central location. I I'd rather have a building that's empty. I mean, it's gonna look nice.
>> We're gonna make it look really nice. >> Um, to bring people into this town at great expense and tremendous oppos I just think we need to find
location. >> I think that might be costly. There's a solution in here. I don't know the trailer like what you're saying about this. >> Okay. Any other comments from the audience?
>> Yeah, you got to come up with >> Yeah, this is all about suggestions, you know. We're just trying to we're trying to pull it together. whatever location by Frank over there's lots of places at least start
out from zero to 100 scale body in one place, one small upscale body. >> Having it own water supply, having it own tank or sewer maintain probably
self-contained. They have a water potable water tank on them and then you don't need the water and sewer. >> Is that correct? >> More expensive probably. Yeah. I'll take a look at those. It's a good suggestion. No. Yeah, that's a Yeah,
>> right. But I mean, >> ugly. We don't want those. But but I see your point. The higher end >> and I know the ones you've been you talking about. >> Okay. >> Yeah, that's a good point. >> Right. Okay. Thanks, Sean. Anybody else?
All right. So, I have homework to do. Um, I'll look at rentals for the stores downstairs, what their leases are, talk to the bid, look at the possibility of Rudy's, uh, and then I'll look at, to John's suggestion, uh, some of the
smaller self-contained units, and then Yeah. >> Right. Right. Right. >> Yeah. I agree. Okay. All right. Thank you, council, for the uh discussion. Hey, mayor. >> Yes. >> Since we're on discussion, can I uh bring up something to discuss too? Can I
bring that up? >> Uh it's not on the agenda. >> I know. >> Can you bring that up? >> So, you know, as the presiding officer, the mayor, you know, sets the agenda, controls the agenda. If the governing
body wants to deviate from the agenda, um you could either ask for the floor, which would be based upon, I would say, unanimous consent or otherwise a motion would be in order. >> What What are you looking to bring up? >> Um actually the agenda meeting protocol.
Actually, I want to bring up uh Burough Point Pleasant Beach governing body meeting protocol policy. >> Talk about in your council. >> Sure, I can wait. Okay. All right. So, with that, we'll uh move
on to committee reports. Councilman Dixon. >> Okay. Have a short one tonight because it's only been two weeks since the last meeting. U the builder department, you see on the agenda, they're talking about a taco new replacement. Most people probably don't even know what that is.
That's a uh technical assistance to the code official. The uh the lady who does that now is going on maternity leave. She's going to be out for a while. We were able to get a guy to come in. Brian Martin was able to find a guy to do it, which you have to have all kinds of
certificates and all kinds of stuff like that, but he could only do Thursday nights or something. So, he was able to find another person to cover Monday, Tuesday, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Now, there was a amount allotted for that. I
believe it was $20,000. Is that what it was? 20 20,000 for >> I believe so. Yeah. >> And even having the extra person uh we're still going to stay within that uh range limit. I mean that that limit of how much it's going to cost. So we're going to be able to cover all five days
with that. So that's something that's needed. We were lucky that he was able to find somebody so quick and it's not going to open any more delays with the building department. Uh parking authority um I guess the main thing is the storm that just happened. They did an excellent job of course along with
our DPW but parking authority did excellent job separate from us. uh business parking lots and did a great job trying to clear them out immediately afterwards because this was a freaky storm and went from snow to solid ice in a matter of 24 hours. So they worked
hard. I I think did a nice job and as far as the u historic society, we haven't met yet. So I think that's up this week and I don't have any report on that. That's it. Thank you council council. >> Thank you mayor.
January 21st 26 official training officer program very soon 112 officers graduate police academy
officer program as Reminder to all that plan on taking vacations for an extended period of time will conduct daily form and final thing with a cop is going to be
this Friday So police department is going to be having their first meeting tomorrow. >> Chief, what time is the coffee with the cop on Friday? >> 10 a.m.
No, that's all right. That's all right. >> Thank you, Council President. >> Good evening, everybody. 25 as far as finance and finance start. Good news.
A lot of things are happening. As far as I think the county and state corner intergend. Friday nice weather So next agenda, gazebo discussion. >> Thank you. >> Thanks everybody for coming out in this
cold weather. We really appreciate that. Um so first public property building grounds. Thank you to Joe Michigan. Excellent job. Department of Public Works, um the police, the fire volunteers, the first responder volunteers, the handle of the snow night
I thought was pretty excellent. Um and thank you to resour Mayor Vitali started a volunteer chain to reach out to neighbors who needed help with snow shoing. build upon that initiative. Um, I saw complaints about people where their snow
got pushed back into their driveway. I was also a victim of that. My car got stuck in my driveway and they had to tow it and my whole fender got ripped off. So any whatever it's crazy situation um in the businesses I I won't mention the
business but their parking lot was really negligent like just a sheet of ice and I saw an older gentleman you know probably in the 70s take a nasty spill and I was trying to help them up and a pickup truck of teenage boys stopped and they got out and they
offered to help him and they were so nice they continue to help him welcome them right into the business. I told those young men they were my nights and shining armor. It was really nice to see that. Um so anyway, uh street lighting I
met with fire department. I'm the woman for the fire and so I'm trying to learn as much as I can about it. So I met with fire company number two amazing volunteers. We are super lucky to have them.
on street lighting. Um, I contacted JCPNL requesting a conference. So, I'm still working on that. What the situation is street lights to get those fixed. Um, let's see. Then
I have a phone call with Okay. So, at the last council meeting, we as a council approved $36,000 to go towards necessary repairs for the little league field. Um, but we
had identified grant and we're going to be applying for it and we're going to be applying for like $75,000 for some other things that the field can use. I'm pretty confident we're going to get that grant. So hopefully that'll take that burden off the taxpayers.
Um, I just put a reminder out. Small businesses are hurting. So please shop locally. board of ed. I had a nice conversation, introductory conversation with Dr. Smith, although he and I know each other different as my role as a council woman and um first thing was uh
half their meetings conflict with our council meetings. So, it's impossible for me to attend all their council meetings. Um it's also very difficult as he explained to me for them to change their meetings because of logistics whatever. But I did invite him and the
board of education holding some of their meetings here in Brow Hall since we're paying for a state-ofthe-art new system where they can live stream and record their meetings. And actually, I'm very surprised that they're not doing that already. So, hopefully
they're going to take us up in that work towards that. Um, let's see. Some good news there. The wrestling the wrestling programs made history. We had Cecilia. She became the first female wrestler in
Pleasant Beach to win a short conference title. And then the middle school wrestling program won the Central Jersey Intermediate School Blue Division for the first time in its history. Pretty nice. Yeah. Um he Dr. Smith wanted us to know that the team performance center
project remains on schedule and on budget. Bids are scheduled to out in May. So my best and um also the high school received the college school honor gold honoral gold award the
second time in three years and they have a program if you're not aware called the gold flight school dual enrollment program where high school students can take college classes my daughter olive right there in the front and she's been taking college classes right here in high school
then I have shade tree they want me to let everybody Many people think the shade tree commission is only responsible for planting new trees. Um, but they provide benefits that are less widely known. Let's see. I'm just going to kind of talk freely
about this rather than reading the whole formality. So, part of having a shade tree commission is that they identify hazard trees in our town and then they take corrective action with the hazard trees properties and rightways and they will
will them or take the trees down depending on what's needed. But for example, in a storm like this, we don't have trees that are falling on our wires and that keeps like everybody in those rooms electricity on. So that's something that they do also as they're a
commission, not a committee. Be a commission, they have to keep up certain things every year, but that gives us as a municipality more um protection from liabilities. So those are just a few things. They planted hundreds of trees
over the years, but they still have 600 vacant spots that could accommodate new trees. They have a wonderful program called the big beautiful tree program. It's a tax deductible um project which
goes through the end. If anybody wants to donate to that, it would be a wonderful gift and it's a tax deduction. I think that's it for right now. I did want to talk about the endowment fund. I was shut down and I was told that no, it's something to do with the with the
town, which I disagree with. So, I'd actually like to respectfully disagree with our council's opinion on that and seek outside because I do feel like this part of town and just the way it's been running lately.
I can elaborate on it. I might hold off to the next meeting though. >> I'm happy to. Councilwoman, uh my understanding is that there's been discussion among the council members about the um establishment of tonight's agenda and the potential discussion on
the endowment fund. I am aware that the endowment fund was established um with cooperation from an intent by a past governing body, but once the endowment fund was established, it is in fact an independent nonprofit
corporation. Um it's registered as such. It has its own governing documents. So you guys as a council decide whether something is officially something you want to talk about here. But from a legal standpoint, this governing body
doesn't have legal jurisdiction over a separate corporation. So that's why I've indicated my belief that it's really not the burrow's business to act upon the endowment fund. That said, I don't control the meeting. So if you guys
choose to talk about that or any other topic for that matter, that's not my call. So, I don't want anyone to be under the impression that I I decide what you what you can or can't talk about. >> I appreciate that. That's kind of what I was thinking more along the lines rather than we cannot talk about it, which is what I was told.
>> Well, I I I didn't I never spoke. >> I just said we can't make any governing body actions because there's it doesn't have to do with the governing body. >> Well, see, the problem is though, you the mayor are a trustee and you're a member of the governing body. You can
appoint according to the bylaws of the of the fund up to two other council members. We have a burough employee down in our finance department that handles the money. So if it's two if it's separate from the burrow, explain that
to me when three members up to three members of the governing body can be trustees on it and the burrow employee handles the money of it. So it kind of does tie in with the burrow. So, if you want it to be completely separate,
>> you shouldn't be on it. No council member should. It should be have at least five or seven according to the bylaws of residents at large and they run it. That's it. They run it and our burough administrator according to the bylaws, which I have right here, would
be a non- voting member for checks and balances of it. If that, you know, when you're on it, you're tied to it, you know. So, Just like Councilwoman Stilliffson said, I explain that to me. You know, if it's separate, why are you
on it? >> The bylaws also say the mayor is on it, right? The mayor has a position on it, >> right? So, I'm just going by what the bylaws said. So we could we could look as as we rehabilitate this and get this get this going, you know, to to what the
bylaws say, >> the trustees then can make a decision on whether they want to remove all facets of the governing body involvement in that and and the and the goal with bringing on more trustees is to remove
the finance person from doing the the the the work of the treasurer. So, I we could definitely move to that, but we need the board of trustees and I think we need there's some work to be done to get to that point first. I think Michael
hasn't council set members Right. >> Well, there is there's myself and there's Bill Sh. >> But again, you can't you can't cherry Sure. Yes.
>> Yeah. Council President, I I think you're raising two distinct issues. One of them being the membership of the endowment fund, which ultimately is something that the endowment funds a separate body. They need to have their own council provide formal advice on the
legal means of um complying with the bylaws and the nonprofit corporations act. and that will govern the appointment of members including any vacancies that that are apparently there on the corporation.
I don't see the governing body having a prescribed role in that process under the bylaws or the um nonprofit corporations act because it's a separate corporation. The second issue you raise
is the burrow's role um in you know collaboration or coordination with the endowment fund. I do believe that is something that is within the purview of the governing body because to the extent the governing body wants to evaluate its
relationship with an independent nonprofit entity I think that's very much within the purview of the council and that's something that you know you could certainly discuss you could certainly provide me and the administrator direction if that's something that you want evaluated and I think that I I certainly can understand
why you're bringing that issue up. Honestly, the whole thing's kind of falling apart. You know, we had so much like momentum, but then it was like, you know, >> I have a whole presentation I would love
to show everybody, but just >> So again, so we could add this an a presentation on the endowment fund. >> Even though again it doesn't necessarily >> Oh, that's not true. That's not true. >> There's one member.
>> That's not true. I >> There is. >> Hold on. I I appointed myself and Bill Shaw appointed >> Yes, you can. I think attorney just said that >> that's separate, right? >> Well, I'm not look I'm not going to formally advise on the appointments done
by an independent court. All I'm saying here is that I have not seen anything that involves the governing body in that process which some people have inquired about. So, you know, it's it's really not my purview. You know, it's a separate body. They should have their
own council review things. If there were a, it sounds like some of you were suggesting a bylaw amendment to take governing body members off the endowment fund altogether. That could be a, you know, that's certainly a policy consideration that some of you were sharing. It would be up to the endowment
fund to have an attorney draft a bylaw amendment that the endowment funds board prepares. I, you know, this was brought to my attention and I, once I had a chance to review everything, I immediately reached the conclusion that it's a separate body. I will not be formally advising on it because it's not my role. >> Okay.
We can get special counsel >> to the board. >> I can say generally speak I can say generally speaking under the nonprofit corporations act there can be a corporate board with as few as one member and that one member then has the
ability to appoint members. So I I'm not saying that that's specifically what governs in this instance because I'm not formally advising. But I will say that it's it's it it's not an impossible position that that may be the case. And it's similar to a vacancy on a governing
body where the remaining members select a member. But there's again the only thing I'm saying definitively is I haven't seen any provision for you know the council to have rule. >> What I'll just say it what I don't like is in the bylaws if the mayor you're pick and choose what bylaws you follow,
but no less than five members of trustees, no more than seven. And you said you you and I believe Councilman Ramos are on it. You know, you can put a council on and you have three others, correct? There's five people.
>> Five. Okay. Hypothetically, if you, the mayor, you put all, you know, five people on there that share your same vision, your same wisdom, you can vote because the trustees vote
according to the bylaws on where the money goes. It's almost like another your person like a personal slush fund or checkbook, you know, to do whatever you want to do. And I'm just going to call it that way. >> But that's not true, right? Because when
we do say 5050 for the Wreck concert series, that money that's collected goes to Wreck. When there's a donation, right, whether it's uh benches or plaques or the military banners, it goes into the that fund, right? That's
>> you're right. And they need to be used for that. But you also have the authority to vote because you're the trustees to move money to somewhere as you know if there are no more banners if we don't do rocking chairs on the boardwalk. I know the I have the line
items. Okay. >> We haven't done rocking chairs because they they were getting broken and destroyed. So we don't do that anymore. There still might be money in that. So you get to use that >> at your discretion and but then you say it's separate from the governing body.
But then if you have you and and you know two council members let's say that share your vision and it's total of five there's a 3 to2 vote on do doing whatever you want and it just to me it re it reeks of
possible you know issues. That's all. >> Yeah. And here's my problem with it. Like we're looking for volunteers in town. We have a perfectly awesome candidate who wants to be part of it and I have no problem with the other people being selected. It's a wonderful team,
but we have an excellent candidate like and she's been asked to be on two different groups and she's been rejected. Like what do you have to do to be a volunteer? >> Put your personal opinions aside is what you're >> guessing
for free and no sorry we don't want you to work for free here. We don't want your help. It's like discouraging to volunteers and I don't like that at all. I respect That's disrespectful. Well, we were just told that we can't
>> and that's what I'm working on. I have a board now >> by yourself. >> That's the problem. Well, I mean, look, I I mean, I'm taking this personally that I mean, there was fraud, the word fraud thrown out last night at a meeting. There's Andy saying
that I'm using it as a slush fund. So, >> the senior committee was not acting. There was no senior committee last year. Oh, I'm sorry. It was in in name in name. There was a senior committee, but there's nobody running it. Nobody assigned to it.
>> Right. That's how it looks. I'm not But I use that money for all the senior events. So I have room for I think one more person. So >> send me a list of people and I will evaluate that list.
>> I'm on the board. Best practices is a fund that has money needs best. >> My point is I will bring it to the board to evaluate the list. There's a board now, >> right? >> That's right.
>> But I don't understand what you the council can't touch this. I mean, we could talk about this to her blue in the face. So, I think we should move on. If you want to do a presentation, I mean, I don't Mike, I know you you don't want to get involved, but can there be a presentation by the endowment fund on our council agenda?
>> You guys could talk about whatever you deem appropriate. I'm not going to make that call. I think I provided ample advice on the issue. You guys want to something on the agenda, you can make a motion and it'll be on the next agenda, >> right? So, you can put on the agenda, but there can't be any council votes for
that based on the bylaws and based on what we heard from. >> Well, now you're cherrypicking the bylaws because fund hasn't met for years. I mean, there's so many bylaws that have gone to the side. So, >> so why don't we find why don't we find another attorney
and I guess that would have to come from the endowment fund to pay for to evaluate the bylaws and valuate your concerns and figure out a way forward so that we could remove the governing body al together but we need to
>> discuss >> that's fine we'll look over the list of our attorneys that we have and reord on that folks I I I like I said earlier after I had a chance to review the bylaws I realized that we're talking
about an independent nonprofit corporation and I said that it wouldn't be proper for the borrow attorney >> to be rendering anything any formal legal advice for an independent nonprofit corporation. Uh similarly, it would be no different for a special
counsel. So I think it would be up to the endowment fund to hire its own attorney. >> But that but Andy, that's that board that >> I mean you guys could hire you guys will go to the council. You guys could hire
>> if you guys want a special counsel to provide an analysis on behalf of the burrow analyzing a third party's bylaws. I guess you could do it. But it's just it wouldn't be first party. Like it wouldn't be >> if that's what you guys think is appropriate. You know, you have a copy of the bylaws. You know, it would be no
different than having a legal opinion written about, you know, Jersey Mike's corporate documents. It's a third part. I understand. I'm not trying to be I'm not trying to be trit about it because I realize that the governing body was involved in this getting set up in the first place and that there is that interplay that you know I think is
worthy of your attention but at the same time I don't think it's appropriate for you know the governing body to be involved in that analysis. >> Okay, moving on to Councilman Cortez. >> Oh
my goodness. Thank you. Welcome everyone. Uh first the uh February anniversaries for the employees off four of them all from the police department. Edward Rillo two
years, Joseph Japeti 12, our chief uh Bob Colesi 23. And uh Peter Andrea 32 years. Congratulations to them. Um I know C public property buildings
and grounds council woman still started on that but the water main projects moving along. If you drive through town they're down to Walgreens already. You know little slow progress I guess with the weather but they're they're moving along. Uh hopefully they'll hit the turn
and start heading north. Uh look on the agenda 1D. Um that was for repairs to the groundwater tank. Um water was transferred from the tank they're working on now to the other
ground tank that they had already painted and when they started a sand blast the interior of the tank uh they found some holes in the floor. I guess all the paint was holding it together and some of the uh structure up
top that holds the roof. So, it has to be repaired. It is a tank that is used. Uh, water was in it. Water will be in it. Uh, so that's I wanted to point that out. That's why that's on the agenda. Um,
if everybody noticed, TD Bank is formally and finally gone. I saw the signs being taken down up there by uh going towards Dunkin Donuts last Friday. The sign company down. So that another bank bites the dust in town which I
believe leaves Providence over there. There you go. >> You probably have some bathrooms. Um >> big bathroom. Uh uh uh I thought that
Councilman Gant might touch on this, but one one W on here uh the parking study, you know, was talked about. That was um a study initiated under Mayor Kenitra and scope of work changed and changed and changed. Never, you know, back and
forth. And uh they never got paid. So, they were asking for some money and they're going to finish the parking study and the balance will be due when we get a report. Our burough administrator might elaborate on that. Um
the uh one T uh the ad hoc committees, I agree with both of them. They're fabulous. Absolutely 100%. I just want to make mayor, we have to
approve it like we are now before you go and put it on social media. Just don't put the the horse before the >> I used the word committee. I could have used something else. >> Um >> in terms of >> doesn't matter. We got to approve it. Uh thank you. And I know in our packet last
week, it wasn't on, you know, out in the public agenda packet, you know, an email. It said the flood plane management committee is going to be inactive this year. And I want to know why when FEMA is coming out with some new regulations, you know, for freeboard
and the flood zone might be adjusted and twothirds of our town are in a flood zone. I I think it should be an active committee and I am listed as the liaison to that. So, um, I'd like to see that
active and carry on because it it affects a lot of the properties in town. I don't know why uh the email said it would be inactive. Uh, as far as the senior committee, Councilman Gant, we made a motion, it
was approved to bring that back and he made the next uh motion to make me the liaison probably because I'm the oldest one up here and I am a senior and that's fine. Um, uh, we're looking to have, you know,
like four events a year, one every quarter, not much. Um, I touch base with fire companies. Um, That's fine. I'd like to uh see the the balance that was in there 8522
uh put back into the senior account in the endowment fund. Maybe your your trustees can vote on that. Um we'll focus on vents. Uh to date uh in vents uh conflicts or other groups will avoid
those. Um, you know, our first event is tenatively planned for the end of March where we host a Prices Right game lunchon. Um, second event tenatively scheduled for the week of May 11th, a mother's week brunch. Uh, details will
follow once we iron everything out. Um and I'd like to >> uh council before you do that do you have volunteers for the committee because right now there's nobody >> uh you know since you made it inactive last year you know you can't ask you
know from one meeting in two weeks time there are some volunteers get the names to me for next >> we'll get them in okay so that you can bring and since we want to I'd like to add something to the agenda next uh next
meeting for discussion and it's called the burrow of Point Pleasant Beach Governing Body Meeting Protocol established in 2014 and it was used up until 2025. Um, one section in particular is titled
agenda, you know, um, short little paragraph here. The agenda for each regular business and executive workshop agenda meeting of the governing body shall be prepared by the clerk and made available to the governing body members at least 72 hours prior to the opening
of the meeting. Written notice of changes in the agenda shall be made available to each governing body member prior to or at the time of convening a meeting. The agenda may include only such matters of council business as have been
presented or delivered to the clerk by a member of the governing body, the clerk or administrator not later than 5 days prior to the day of the meeting or have been added thereafter with the approval
of the mayor or council president. Nothing herein shall prevent a majority of the full membership of the governing body from considering a matter not on the agenda at any meeting of the governing body. And the reason I want to do that is right now you may
administrator are the only ones that can add items to the agenda. >> And the council president >> uh no as far as I know. I want >> this this worked for 10 or 11 years
and was fine and I don't know why it was rescended to eliminate members of the governing body. We all chair committees. We all go to committee meetings that are departments of the town. You know, I handle more DPW, fire, you know, water
building department. The committees might come up with something that needs to be discussed. We we should be able to add something to the agenda within the appropriate time frame. And that's why I want to bring this up for discussion at the next meeting to reintroduce this meeting protocol that seemed to be
working well for since 2014 for 10 or 11 years and up until last year. That's all I got. Okay. Thank you. Uh all right. So, everyone kind of talked about the snow storm and
snow removal. Um, obviously it was a very different storm with the uh snow, significant snow and sleet and then the freezing temperatures and ice. Uh, I do want to thank TPW and all of our emergency services. Um, I had an opportunity to ride with uh Jack on
Sunday. Uh, spent some time in the plows. I will say I did get some complaints from uh homeowners. My driveway was packed after I uh shoveled as well. It's it's really impossible for them to do anything with that snow when they're coming down those streets. So,
um you know, I don't know what else we could do. There was some videos circulating online about something in Canada that lifts up when you do the mouth of the driveway. I'm sure that's very expensive. And for the snowstorms we get here, which is once every four years, I don't know if that's something we want to do. But, um again, kudos to
DPW. I do agree with Councilman Gent. uh the county uh we had to call them out to to uh do some work on uh Arnold Avenue uh on Monday morning. I got some complaints from business owners and and shoppers on uh on over the weekend. So,
um again, very very tough uh and unprecedented storm. Um I appreciate everyone's uh patience going through it. I did set up a volunteer list. I I probably had two or three individuals. I do want to recognize them at a future meeting. Uh, and I had like 15 um 15
properties. So, I found some people who are paid to go out and do stuff. I asked the property owners if they wouldn't mind paying. Uh, and some of them were so desperate that they did. So, we're still working on getting a few people out. Um, so again, just kudos to everybody for uh for being patient,
hanging in there. Uh, Channel Drive uh 11315 purchase. Uh, the county met last week, last Wednesday. Um they had a close session item to talk about uh channel drive. Um they were going to vote uh but there were some additional questions um and some due diligence that
they have to do. Uh so uh B administrator reached out to them. Um we're going to set us a meeting with them in the next week or two uh to answer any questions they may have, talk about any concerns. They're still interested in the property, so that's not gone away. Uh they do have their
next meeting at the end of February where they're going to formally vote on that. So more information to come. Um I was interviewed uh by Jerseys Best magazine last week. Um they're doing an issue on the 2026 destinations of the year and Point Pleasant Beach was one of
them. So had a very nice interview with uh with the journalist. Uh gave her some uh pictures that we we took here in Borrow Hall. Uh so that's going to be released in print and online uh in March. um our email address list. We have over
300 emails now from residents. Uh and I urge anyone who hasn't submitted their emails to the website to do that. We're building a database uh of emails. Um our public information officer, Nicole, did a great job before, during, and after the storm, putting out uh messaging
aligning with the police department's message, aligning with our reverse 911 um to just help out help spread the word. So, if you haven't already, uh, submit your email there. We're not going to spam you, spam you. Um, we're actually moving. We're going to beef up our website so that we have more
accessibility. There's going to be an option to get agendas once they're posted that will be pushed out. There's going to be an opportunity to get any community events, uh, any emergency, uh, notifications and stuff like that. So, we're really, we have a great website. We we're not using it to its full
capacity. So, we're working with the public information officer to do that. Uh the other thing with our website and our domain is uh in the near future and this has been two and a half years in the making we're moving from.org to.gov. For those who don't know.gov is a more
secure platform um will further protect the municipality uh our systems and your data that's in there for you know paying taxes, water bills, all that stuff. So that should happen in the next week or two. Uh again uh Councilman Gant mentioned the two committees. Uh there
are names uh uh in the packet tonight for appointment to the committees, but we're still looking for more volunteers for the 250 uh 50th year 4th of July and the 25th anniversary of 911. Uh we're going to start meeting next week uh to start planning that mayor's wellness. Uh
March 10th is our first mayor's wellness event of the year. We'll be hosting a St. Patrick's Day lunch. More details to follow on that. Um, I will be holding a cyber security presentation on April 13th at 6:30 p.m. at the Little Red Library. Um, I'll talk about the latest
IT scams and ways to protect yourself online. Uh, we are booking a tips event in May with the high school. Uh, tips is where we bring our residents out to the high school and the high school students will help them with their electronics. So, if there's a question about how do I
use Excel, how do I get on Tik Tok? I bought a new phone, I can't set it up, um our our local school uh children will help them out. We did that last year. It was an awesome success. Both sides loved it. The the residents loved learning new things and the kids loved interacting
and helping out and using their knowledge. Uh the bid uh the bid board met yesterday at 6 PM uh here in Burough Hall to discuss ongoing plans for 2026. Uh we are procuring a web designer uh and we'll be creating a new website uh
in the next few weeks and that's going to offer photos, a store directory, a calendar of events and resources for our business and property owners. Uh we we are made progress on planning our first downtown event this spring. Final details to be determined, but the
tenative date is Saturday, April 25th. Um, and then we're exploring additional funding uh per the objectives laid out in the budget document, specifically focusing on downtown improvements and beautifification. Uh, we're looking at other items such as a district-wide
survey to see what the business owners and property owners want to see from the bid. Uh, and we're also looking for additional uh, assistance with marketing, a three-year plan, and additional grant uh, monies. Uh, our next meeting will be Monday, March 2nd
at 6 PM in B Hall. And then finally, the Chamber of Commerce. Um, I will be swearing in new me members of the Chamber board uh tomorrow morning at the White Sands. And that's all I have. I'll turn it over to you, Joe. And please start with the uh $3.4 million.
>> Oh, okay. Uh, thank you. So I was asked to clarify uh to uh mayor and council and for the public uh 1B um the authorization for the bureau administrative execute
uh agreement with DP Greenacres project uh for open space for 3,489,318.99. So, uh, received a number of questions regarding, uh, why the Greenacres funding amount listed on the resolution is that $3.4 million number. I've also
heard rumors, uh, and inaccurate explanation circulating. So, I want to clarify the number and how it was determined. One in one inaccurate inaccurate account suggests that this figure represents the purchase price of 113 115 channel drive property and
associated improvements such as bulkhead repairs, construction of a park, uh kayak ramp. Uh none of this is accurate. None of it's correct. Uh this is how the $3.4 million number figure was calculated for the 113115 channel drive
project. The bureau was awarded a $1 million Greenacres grant funding. As part of the application process, Greenacres requires applicants uh to list the grand total of grant funding awarded to date. So this terminology
refers to the total amount of green acres funding pre previously awarded to the bureau, not funding associated with this specific property. Um so in the past we have uh used green acre funding
for the purchase of the res bath house um one uh ocean avenue where the bathrooms are right now in the inlet area. Um those are examples of funding that we've received from Green Acres. That amount of money that we received is factored into this this number. Um so
the bar poini beach has previously received from all the projects preceived with green acres funding 2.4 4 million89 $318.99 in green acres funding for the past acquisitions including properties such
as like I said the Risen's Bath House and One Ocean Avenue. Uh when the previously awarded total of the $2,489,318.99 is combined with the newly awarded $1 million. That's how you get your $3.4 million number uh which is the figure
reflected in this resolution. Uh, finally, it's important to note that tonight's vote does not mandate the use of the $1 million grant funding. The vote simply makes the funding available should the Barrett choose to proceed with the purchase of 113 115 Channel
Drive. And again, uh, this number is not a total number uh, associated with the purchase. It's solely for the Greenacre funding. Um, I hope that clears up. I'll answer any questions anybody has. Um, but
You're welcome. >> Just to clarify, this does not bind us in any way to channel or purchase. This is just to say that we got former funds from the Greenion. >> Yeah. So, prior tonight, uh, we received
22 $2,489,318.99 in Green Acre funding. We're we're adding another million dollar to account for the grant that we want to get through Green Acres. That puts that number to three point, you know, it's a million dollars more than that number.
If we don't never use the grant, if we we don't do the purchase, we don't follow through with it, we are not bound by it, we we're there's no penalty, we're not forced to enter a contract and buy the property, uh we can walk away. This is just securing the funding. It's
a resolution to vote to have the money in the event we do proceed forward and buy the property. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. I I heard a reference uh in past discussion to somehow the properties um being committed to you know the green
acres um requirements recreation open space um that's done through your ROSI which is your recreation open space um inventory that's a recorded document that D requires and you have to list every project that um is on municipally
owned property that has received um Greenacres funding. That's obviously not the case unless and until you own the property and it's been funded by Green Acres. So, we don't have to worry about that just with the grant application. >> Anything else? Okay.
Um All right. Uh today, uh Councilman uh Cortez um mentioned the um the Route 35 water main project. We actually had a meeting today with uh the contractor uh and a progress report and they like you reported they're moving along. Their
only really hiccup has been the storm. It's kind of shut down everybody. Um but they are moving right along and uh progressing with uh very few issues. So um progress um let's see
we have a meeting scheduled uh with BI digital um hopefully this Thursday um February 5th to discuss the steps for the um you know instituting the new audiovisisual system that we uh that we uh voted to approve at the last council
meeting. Um it's quite a project we have to it's going to take a little bit but uh we're having our first meeting to kind of kick it off and uh see what exactly we need to get it done and that's it. Everything else is pretty much mentioned.
>> Okay. Thank you. >> Revised agenda that came out today included just a revision to the wording of item T. And then there was the addition of item 1 W, item 2 C, and ordinance 202605. >> That's all.
>> Okay. >> All right. >> We'll open it up to first public participation. Anything on the agenda and ordinances on first reading? Five minute time frame. Please state your name and address. Mike, do you want to handle that?
>> As I've said at past meetings, if the governing body wants to obtain legal advice on the ordinances. It would be appropriate in executive session. Um they were listed in the administrator and I recommended they be listed because we wanted to obtain advice from the
governing body on whether they concurred with the legal concerns that were raised by different personnel. >> Yeah. Um if I'm giving attorney client privilege to legal advice, it would be done in close session, not here in public. We have some aspects, right? The
bulkhead repair, stuff like that, but not the construction of the park. I don't think >> they're just rough estimates, but you haven't really come down with an exact plan of what you want to put there. So there's no designs. >> So the the rendition that you saw there
was there were several different ones. Um the one roughly about $2 million, but that's additional with bulkhead repairs. If you're talking about the kayak ramp that so that's that was bulkhead everything
souped the nuts was $2 million of roughly 1.9 something >> correct Right. >> I mean, yes and no. I mean, some of our staff So, didn't we do it? We did it in a
resolution at the end of last year and we needed to >> Right. and we needed to put into an ordinance, >> right? >> So, that's why Yeah. >> So, this was voted on at the end of last year. It was discussed. Um, it was put on a resolution. It needed to be gone on
ordinance. So, that's why it's on for tonight for the first reading. >> I know. And I understand what you're asking. >> I know some some some of the officers in the police department, they didn't announce their retirement. They, you know, they they surprised and said, "Hey, I'm going to retire now. I'm
buying back my time." That was officer Finn. Um, I'm not sure when Christine Real announced her retirement or when John Trout I'm they may have announced it after, you know, they did the budget and factored in all the money. So, I
don't have the answer for you on that, >> but I know that we don't have we don't anticipate any major retirements this coming year that's going to hit us. We lost a superintendent of DPW, a bar administrator,
um, two season >> senior police officers. >> Oh, CFO was preparing last week, >> right? Yeah. >> Our our chief financial officer handled all this. It's not an excuse, but he was
out of country for a while. >> Look forward to it. >> Who's next? that was based on I mean we'd have to find out from the tax office but that was based on appeals and stuff like that >> I don't think it was the rebal
>> the rebal would be >> the collector >> yeah I mean it was it was a judgement and they were were ordered the payback. >> I just found out >> you know the last years
a lot And that program00 Uh, how many meetings did you guys have last year? >> You're the but you're the chairperson, right? >> Okay. >> It was told to me that there was one or
two meetings last year. So, um, I didn't think it was prudent to bring the committee back and we have other resources that are still looking at this and involved in it. So, it's not like we're we're doing away with the program. It's just there was no committee involvement. So, if you're I mean, if you're willing to,
you know, run monthly meetings and especially with the new regulations coming in, then, you know, well, I'll appoint you, we'll appoint volunteers. >> They never even called me as we had a meeting.
I think it was last. >> So, are you willing to be the chairperson? But I need to come in with a regular basis to maintain our CRS. >> So if you're willing to commit to run, then I would want you to run the meetings then instead of having Brian
Martin do that if that's okay. So, if you're willing to commit to monthly meetings to get this, >> and again, it's not like we did away with the program. We just had other resources involved. But we could turn this back over >> if you're willing to to meet monthly >> with
all that. The other thing I'm going to do at my own >> I don't know if we have to meet monthly you know could be by month you know every other month something but we have to have >> just a regular cadence right a regular cadence or whatever it is >> you got to make sure the paper
is up to speedending you Jersey. >> All right. If there's a commitment from you, then we'll do that. >> Thank you. >> Excellent. Thank you. >> And Andy, you're the you're the you'll be the chair of that, right? >> I'm the leazison. >> Leaison. >> Yes.
>> Yep. >> Okay. >> Ray Savocle is our uh CRS coordinator now >> right now. So, >> so we'll get >> get everybody together, >> right? >> Okay. >> All right. >> Apologize.
>> That's all right. >> I'm gonna call you out for the second public. >> Stand by a couple minutes. >> No, no, you're good. >> All right. Can I get a motion to close first public? Councilman Dixon. >> Yes. >> Ramos.
>> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> And then can I get a motion to adopt consent resolution one and two? >> Second. >> Council Dixon. >> Yes.
>> Council Ramos. Yes, >> council woman. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> There are four ordinances. First one is on for second reading ordinance 20262
and that is an ordinance amending the salary range for mechanical and maintenance repair person. And I'll open that up to public hearing. None. Can I get a motion to >> Yes.
Okay. So, that ordinance has been adopted. And then there is ordinance 20253.6. >> Oh, I'm sorry. >> 20263 ordinance amending section 2-5.2 of the bur code.
>> I'll make a motion to introduce >> Dixon. >> Yes. Council Ramos. >> Yes. >> So the public hearing will be on February 17th. Then there's ordinance 20264.
First reading ordinance authorizing the installation of handicap parking spaces at 501 New Jersey and 315. Okay. Motion is Council Dixon. >> Yes. >> Council,
>> yes. >> Yes. >> And that public hearing will also be on February 17th. And then finally, there's ordinance605 or authorizing a special emergency appropriation to NJSA
4-53. Can I get a motion to introduce >> Dixon? >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Public hearing will be February 17th. >> All right. We'll open it up to second
public time frame is three minutes. State your name and address. You're up. >> No, that's all right. You'll do fine. >> We don't bite >> you. >> There you go. Just state your name and address, please.
>> Thank you. >> I'll start by saying this is exactly Sure. >> And what 5K is this? >> Uh so this will be a 5K under the organization for HIV brain damage by lack of oxygen.
And real quick, have you gotten uh did you fill out an event permit and all that stuff? >> I have the paperwork filled out. I was told to request. >> Okay. >> Can you do me a favor? Can you give the chief one? I apologize.
>> No, that's fine. That's fine. >> If I may just go a little bit background, like I said, my name is John. Uh we're planning to host a walk for you. A little bit of background. Uh
I am a student in Redbank. Le was diagnosed with severe HIV due to a birth complication back. uh those who given an extremely limited life expectancy and require extensive
intensive medical care issuers here at Red Hospital Philadelphia team. We found great outside without families. So obviously HIV is disability
disability. that provided access to require very little ask if it's okay with the borrowing. for this event. Traffic roughly people Okay. Well, f first of all, sorry for
Louis's passing. >> Uh, and thank you for your service and and for your wife for helping the community. Um, I guess, you know, chief, we'll we'll maybe schedule a meeting, uh, and just talk this through a little bit more. I I know, you know, can't chief can't make decisions on the fly
right now. Um, and once you get your permit in, uh, that will allow us to open up the communication and stuff like that. >> When is the walk? >> Oh, sorry. Uh, originally we were planning for Uh 25 April just heard there's an event already planned. So our secondary goal was 11 April.
>> Okay. 11 April. Okay. All right. So I would recommend if you submit your special event permit ASAP. >> Yeah. Okay. So yeah. So tomorrow or whatever we could drop it off at the clerk's office. Uh and then that will get the balls rolling and then you know we could uh between the bar
administrator, the chief, myself, we could kind of talk it over and figure that out. >> All right. >> Thank you. question is like a fundraiser. >> It is. So the proceeds do go to hope for
my wife and I are also hoping to be able to jump our charity Sorry for the registration. What time are you? >> It's start roughly 10 a.m. I think what that does. >> Right.
>> Okay. We'll definitely be back in touch. >> Thank you so much. >> And if you guys are staying, I'd like to talk to you. Hopefully we'll be done in the next few minutes. Dave No, >> right.
You're up. Probably not. >> I don't think so. >> This is why I want to raise I want to hear from them. This is multiple
dedicated problems. So that's We had a good run though for a while. Right. >> Thank you, David. Everybody, first and foremost, I just want to thank
the council and everybody else in this room. Let you know how much appreciate your help. wrestling program going on right now. Basketball right now. All that being said, we need to raise
money to put on these events of the raise money. We don't charge people. That's why it's critical to try to gets squared away so we can
have a member of the endowment fund at our events. I'm asking somebody being there at each and every one of our events and at the same time I invite all of you come out come to our meetings
come to our events I think you'd be pleasantly surprised how great of people on >> Thank Thank you. Thank you. >> And Joe, that's why I appointed you to the endowment fund so that you could help out.
>> Yeah. Okay. Who's next? >> Joe. >> Soy. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> The private roads >> they were made. in 1930 when there were
no people. >> Gee, I wouldn't know. I was I'm not that old. >> We are really desperate. There are a lot of people that live on those roads. >> It's not like it used to be. And after
a lot of people discovered the winter rentals and there's people, >> right? How's the snow now? Are you still >> I have just gotten able to park at my house. >> Okay. >> I've been walking up
>> the road which was $1800 >> for them to just >> take a back home about an hour. >> They made piles of snow. And I get it. It was ice.
It was really difficult. But there's a lot of seniors that are struggling. They can't really get out. >> How many >> how do we fix this? >> How many year round residents are up in
quote the bungalow's section now? >> There are there are winter rentals that come in after Labor Day, >> right? Okay. >> And they're there. Okay. So, some of them I have you know, the the owners and I reached
out to them and said, "You got tenants in there and they can't get out. So, you're going to have to chip in. But I didn't. I had to stop my mail because there was no way the mail person. >> Okay.
Harry and I had couldn't bring our garbage out. >> I drove by. Yeah. >> And there are people I mean of that are up by more towards JS maybe they don't have people in them but I would tell you
that stony road that's why I was surprised that I was surprised how could this be a private road it's a big road if you look at the property lines going down I own the end of my drive I do not own
any of that and neither do How is that a private room? >> I don't know. I I will I will get a hold I'll get a hold of our engineer and I want to find >> you know my husband is after shoveling
an I was a for >> good point. >> So >> I mean's I don't want to be the first one. You could come down and I'd be happy. >> Um, but
>> I'll do my homework. I want I'm going to do my homework on >> all the private roads that are in town because I know not just the bungalow. We pro we probably have a couple. What's the street at the end of Curtis?
>> Um, you know, then you got Long Point Lane. You got, you know, I want to find out and then I'll find out if we do plow any of them. How is how is Danny not a private road? I mean, it's smaller than narrow
>> it. You're right. It's off a water street and I'm not >> Let me do my homework. >> Yeah. The only barrel of streets are uh water, dami, matrini lane up there and then everything else is private, >> right? Because and Water Street, Dami goes then all the way up to Broadway
Avenue. >> Yeah. Do my homework. Okay. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. is next. >> Before we Yeah, I have something that can you check, Joe, when the Comcast
franchise agreement is up. I remember being on council, my first stint, so I'm not sure and how many years it runs. Um, just thinking about what uh, Councilwoman Stillson said about the
board of ed, you know, I used to sit in on those negotiations when I worked for Comcast, I used to sit in on them with Comcast and listen to what municipalities wanted. Rob Clifton, I would sit in with him and
the first time we had a renegotiate, I laughed. Hey, Rob, I'm on this side of the table. I know what we asked for. We need fiber down, you know, down to our police department on the boardwalk. Okay. You know, so we might be able to finagle for them to have a franchise
agreement in town. Um, get fiber run over to the school so that they can stream their meetings from there. >> All right. Can I get a motion to close? Second public. All favor. >> A motion to adjurnn.
>> Motion second. >> Second. >> Thank you for coming. All right. So, 9:00 tomorrow.