1 Public Law 1975. Council persons Bala here. Police here. Novak here. Roberts here. Sarski here. Zabowski here. Can I get a motion to approve prior minutes?
So moved. Second. Second. Roll call. Council persons Novak. Yes. Ala. Abstain. Khesi. Yes. Roberts. Yes. Sarski. Yes. Nebraska.
Okay. Today we have an presentation from the Rotary Club for their um raising money for the car show. We have Eloy Fernandez. Did I say your last name right? Okay.
Eli, do you bought my first Eli? You want to tell us a little bit about your presentation and um who you have here today? Thank Thank you, Madam President. Good evening, Madam President, members of the council, business administrator Scarzinski, and our community leaders here tonight. On
behalf of the Sable South Ambro Rotary Club, it is truly my honor to present this to Stars and Stripes of the American Legion of South Amboy, Post 62. These funds were raised during our recent first annual Rotary Car Show. A day
filled with incredible cars, live music, great food, and most importantly, a united community coming together to support those who have given so much to us, our veterans. This event was held to support a very special project right next door in South Amboy.
This project is thanks to the incredible leadership of Joe Shar. I know I said that wrong. I'm not going to make it out of here today. his wife Bob Molia, Bill Mcuade, and his entire team, who's too many names to to mention here today.
This initiative will provide not just housing, but critical on-site services for our most at risk veterans, men and women who sacrificed their bodies, their youth, their careers, their families, and even their mental health so that the rest of us could live free and safe. Let
us always remember those who never made it home. But let us also never forget those who did, who now carry both visible and invisible wounds. They embody the true definition of a hero. Someone who sacrifices for the people they may never meet. This project
ensures our heroes receive the dignity, respect, and support they deserve. And as much as I I'd like to tell you about this project, I'm so passionate about it. There's clearly someone here who couldn't speak much better about it. I'd like to ask Joe to come up and tell us a little bit about this project.
Thank you. Good evening everyone. How are you doing? Um our project we're going to be build we will be building five units for at risk veterans in South Amway along with our post uh rebuilding our post after supertorm Sandy destroyed it. Um we have South Amway planning board
approval. Um we have been sign we signed a contract with a builder so we're in the process of that but we are slowly moving forward with this. The number one thing we need is funds and support from people and organizations and the South Amboy Seville Rotary Club is one of those organizations that has been
financially supporting us. Um other organizations have been the AO the Elks um other private organizations. Um but the main thing that the US veterans need are funds. um with great organizations like this, we will achieve our goal and we are going to do this. Um not only is
our building going to be for at risk veterans, but it will also be open to uh be used for the community. Um underneath it, it'll be elevated. So we if other organizations because we support the Boy Scouts and the Eagle Scouts, they'll be able to hold their meetings there. Um we
support a baseball team. Um we'll be able to host them there for hot dogs and soda. So, it's just not a one-way uh street with this building. Um we're also going to be giving it back to the community once we get it built. Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you, Joe. And more importantly, thank you and all your members here for your service. I'd like to thank a number of people who helped make this possible. This event would not have been possible without Mayor O'Brien. Thank you for your tireless dedication to our veterans and for your constant support to our Rotary
Club. and your leadership was been invaluable. I know he couldn't be here today, but please give him my my thanks. Councilman Bala and Councilman Zrowski, thank thank you for being consistent supporters of our veterans and our community. And Councilman Zowski, I know
your son serves. Ple please thank him for his incredible sacrifice and to your family. Councilman Sash Sarnes, Sarnitzki, apologize. Uh, and Councilwoman Novak,
your passion for supporting our service members goes beyond duty. It's a calling for you. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you both. Every time you've always stepped up. Uh, you got you you both entire council been incredible, but both of you have been particularly passionate
about our veterans, and I want wanted to thank you for that. Council President Donna Roberts and Councilman Galesi, you worked countless hours preparing for this event. You spent 12 hours in the burning hot sun on that day and your dedication was unmatched
to our to the best business administrator in the state of New Jersey, Glenn Scarzinski, and a proud Rotarian. [Laughter] Your guidance, your support, and help made made this event a true success. To our community partners, Rich Papowski,
Eddie Gorilla from the parks department for their incredible work. Fire marshal Kevin Ginski, our EMS, our police, our fire department for helping keeping everyone safe. A big thank you to the cereable VFW Commander Stanley
Malowski, Commander Danny Vardellis, Joanne, and Debbie. They graciously donated their facilities and their time to help us like true veterans. Even though they were a different organization, they they stood together without hesitation. As soon as we mentioned this to them, they were happy
to join and help and and donate in in every way they could. They couldn't be here today, but um I want want everybody to know the the great support they give to the American Legion Post 211 2 and 262 to Commander Bloom and to Commander Bishop and to all the members who stood
shoulder-to-shoulder with us in this event and gave great support. Thank you to our youth volunteers, our scouts, Kira, Abigail, Ben, Gabby, Rachel, and Sophia. You work tirelessly all day. and to thank and thank you to our troop
leaders CA Kathrey Fderero, Gina Malero and her husband for showing the next generation true meaning of service. Thank you to Chad Simon from Ice Cream Monster and Wild Bill for joining forces with us in this event. Scott Mox for donating the
trophies to Lisa Grover who stepped up without hesitation not only in this event but in in in everything we do in our flags for heroes in in all our events. She's always there to support us. She's been amazing. Does all the hard work and has been a great mentor to me. So, thank you
to all the local bands who donated their time and music and sound to to making this a memorable event, including Cully Bryce, Ron Null, Springwood, Electric Luau, Sheena and the Wolfpack, and my good friend John Walsh, Joe Sher and his wife for some
great food that day. To my fellow Rotarians, a deep gratitude for all their work there did. Mary Seinsky from Heavenly House Cleaning. I wouldn't have anyone else clean my house. Thank you, Mary. Councilman Mike Khesi, John John Desfano
from Remax Realy, Roco Kuka from Kjaba Funeral Home, South Amboy Councilman Anthony Conrad, Head Over Heels and Amanda Dano have always been there to support us and and been great Rotarians and did a great job in this event. Chris Coonio, my my good friend and fellow
Rotarian for all your hard work, vision, and shaping this into a unique horror themed car show. Paulie Sodto, I got to give you a big thank you. You joined our club and you you had a trial by fire. You hit the ground running on your first day and and haven't stopped
since. Thank you to my other Rotarians, Mike Pole, Greg Wazowski, Marabel Aino, Alan Katz, and all my other members. Thank you for your hard work. And a very special thank you to our adopted Rotarian and a true friend of mine and founder of the Patriotic Flags of
Sarable, Fred Block. he couldn't be here today. But Fred, your immeasurable hard work and dedication, not only on the day of the event, but leading up to the event. You planned every detail and made sure everything went off without a hitch. This event couldn't have been possible without you. Now, I'd like to
ask our Girl Scouts to come up and present the check to to to our Legion. I ask that Councilwoman uh Council President Roberts and Councilman Khesi, since you were part of the event, I ask that you come down and join us along with everyone else who was part of the event.
Are you doing right up front here? Yeah, I guess I'll be rearranging. A little bit closer everybody. Little bit closer. Thank you. Eyes open everybody. Thank you so much. Everybody good?
Absolutely. [Music] Thank you. Also want to thank Albert Rios who gave us tremendous help that day. Should have been up in the picture here with us, Albert. Um, in closing, I'm just going to say the these last words. As a child of as a child of
immigrants who fled oppression, these words stood out to me even even as a little kid from our former President Reagan. Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. Tonight, with
this donation, we honor that fight and recommmit ourselves to protecting those who once protected us. Thank you. Thank all of you for your service that God bless our veterans and and our diverse community. God bless the United States of America. Thank you.
Hey, I do want to thank the Rotary and all the good work you're doing and how you've really brought the community together. It's it's a wonderful thing. And to the Girl Scouts, once again, thank you for helping with the tickets. They did a great job helping um with the 5050 tickets. We had people sign their
name on the first ticket and they repeated it on all the tickets so people can go and enjoy the rest of the uh the event. So thank you so much. Okay. So at this time um we have a need for exec.
Whereas section 8 of the open public meetings act chap law 1975 permits exclusion of the public from a meeting in certain circumstances. And whereas this public body is of the opinion that such circumstances presently exist. Now therefore it be resolved by the mayor and burough council of the burough of
several county and middle sex state of New Jersey as follows. The public portion of this meeting is hereby adjourned in order that the governing body may meet meet and close private session for approximately 5 to 10 minutes to discuss the following matters. Attorney client privilege litigation bus depot. Following the conclusion of said closed session, the
governing body shall reconvene the open portion of this public meeting to consider any other matters which may be properly brought before it at this time. The nature and content of the discussion which occurs in close session shall be made public at such time as the need for non-disclosure no longer exists. This resolution shall take effect
immediately. Move resolution be approved and roll call vote. Second. Council persons Novak. Yes. Bala. Yes. Roberts. Yes. Sinarski. Yes. Zabowski. Yes. I just want to remind at this time uh
being that the board of ed is my employer, I'm going to have to recuse myself from this uh meeting. Thank you. Need a motion to reconvene. Second. Council persons Novak. Yes.
Bala. Yes. Kissesi. Yes. Roberts. Yes. Sinarski. Yes. Zarowski. Yes. All right. public hearing on the following. Before just before we go to um public hearings, I do want to upfront take a
couple of get a couple of updates on things. I know we have the firehouse later on the agenda, but Jay, would you mind giving us an update on that? Receiving bids tomorrow for the uh environmental remediation portion of the project, so recommending you award a contract at your next meeting. Okay. I'll probably ask you to do it
again at the proper time. So, what exactly are they going to remediate? this all the environmental contamination in the building, asbestous tiles, caulking, ceiling tiles, anything that is a potential problem. They're basically going to take the building down to the studs and then it'll be up to the
architect to develop plans for future. Is the roof still leaking? I'm not aware of the roof. We're not roof leaking is not part of the environmental remediation. That would be as part of the next phase. Just the roof's leaking. couldn't. We
had mold. I mean, if it was my house, I fixed the leaky roof before I just gonna get more mold. Sorry. No, I was just questioning if the roof is leaking at all, we could just be causing if we don't fix that before we
fix everything inside, we could be damaging the work inside. So Jay, I would assume part just the environmental would be to look at things like that and give us a recommendation. Not necessarily the roof. Your next phase is going to be what you're physically going to do with the building after the contamination's been resolved.
The architect will be looking at the roof and make recommendations for upgrading that if necessary and whatever other improvements he's going to recommend for the interior of the building. Okay. Thank you. Any other comments before I move on? Okay. The next um update I'd like to get
is on our elevator. Uh the contractor has acquired the necessary permits from the state and we're waiting for a start date for the work to begin. Have the parts Glenn finally it's a complete rebuildness. The whole thing is going to be gutted out and redone. That building that elevator was
installed in 1984. So everything in there is out of date. So maybe minus the rails that it travels on, everything in there will get replaced. and they any problems you know with cleaning up uh you know the high No that's all part they have to clean all of that as well. Thank you. And the um final update I'd like up
front is I know that we went to Yulner Avenue to take care of some things. Can you go over that? Yeah. The day after the last meeting I went out in the morning and I walked Yolner Street saw a lot of the residents that were here. Uh a few of the things that they pointed out that are uh contributing to the issues there were
addressed this week by DPW, the hump at the end of the road. Uh we examined uh uh the existing storm water system that was found to be clear. Uh we'll be meeting either late this week or early next week with South Amboy uh in order to walk that swale and see if there's
any improvements that could be done to give them some relief. And uh I hope in the next couple of meetings to be in a position to uh perhaps authorize the engineer to start developing plans and specs for that project. On that same same path for those people
who are experiencing all the floods, um Blueacres only addresses the um flood plane. Is there any way we can petition the legislature to accept those types of situations to be part of the Blueacres
program should any homeowner wish to take advantage of that? I don't think so because it's not because of a storm or a natural body of water or title lands, but we can certainly look into it. But I would think not this.
I I don't think so. I'm going to ask our attorney if you could look into um those properties to be included in Blue Acres so that for those who do want to take advantage of something a program like that it would be available to them.
Do I need a a motion for that or a So, I just just I want to make sure I'm clear on on what the question is is whether or not we can designate those properties or that area in Elmer Street as uh Blue Acres so they could take advantage of um any
for the flooding granting and and flooding for the flooding situation they are experiencing. Can Blue Acres be an option for them? And I I yeah, I agree. I I don't think so, but I I mean, it's something I can
look into. I I don't know off the top of my head, but I I it doesn't seem Okay. likely. Um but I I I can't say with absolute definite the answer is no. I just don't think it will. Okay. Well, if you would please um pursue that avenue and u we'll have an
answer one way or another. Okay. Yes. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Yes. Thank you, Jessica. Public hearing on the following ordinance. Ordinance number 23-25 and ordinance supplementing and amending ordinance number 2-24 fixing the salaries of certain burrow officials,
officers, and employees for the years 2023 to 2027. Councilman Bela, we have to open it to the public. Oh, I'm sorry. Please open that to the public. We get a motion. No, we don't need any. We don't need that. Okay. Nope.
Is there anyone from the public who would like to comment? Seeing no one, I move the public hearing be closed. The ordinance is adopted on the second final reading and advertised according to law. Second. Council persons Bala. Yes. Yes. Novak. Yes. Roberts, yes.
Sarski, yes. Zowski, yes. Appointments for tonight. Okay. just make an uh statement that I received a resolution from the several planning board following a meeting on August 20th recommending block 446 lots
2.01 and 2.02 block 445 lots 1.01 1.02 1.03 2.03 2.04 3.01 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 5.03 and 5.04 block 449.07
lots 1.01 01 2.01 and 3.01 be designated as an area need of redevelopment. Is there any action we need to take on that is No, there we have a resolution. Yep. Um before we go to um opening the public resolutions, what I would like to do is
introduce a resolution from We got to do the ordinance first. Should we have to do the ordinance first? Okay. Not on resolution. All right. Sorry. Introduction of the following ordinance. Ordinance 24-25. An ordinance supplementing and amending section 13-4.3 of the revised general ordinances
of the bureau of sevil receptacle for municipal solid waste. I move the ordinance be approved and first reading advertised according to law for a public hearing to be held on September 23rd prevailing time. 22nd. Okay. 23rd. It is the 20. Okay. Sorry.
Forgot about that. The holiday. You second. Sorry. I'm second. Okay. Sorry. Novak, yes. Fala, yes. Kissi, yes. Roberts, yes. Sinarski, yes. Zabrouski, yes. All right. Um, before we go to the
resolutions, I do want to introduce everyone did get the environmental commission meetings for September 2nd. And what I had done is I had provided them with an ERRI sample, which is an environmental resource inventory. And they have a resolution that they would
like to move forward with that. I'd like to read that here. An environmental resource inventory ERRI from another community was shared with commission members for review. The purpose is to evaluate the feasibility of creating a similar document for several. Such an
ERRI could serve as a valuable asset for community planning, future development projects, and anformational resource for our municipality. A motion was made that the committee formally request the council to authorize the development of an environmental resource inventory, ERRI, for our municipality. This
inventory will provide a comprehensive science-based reference of all our natural resources such as wetlands, forests, waterways, wildlife habitats, and environmentally sensitive areas to guide informed decision-making for
planning, zoning, conservation, and sustainability initiatives. The motion was made by Shirley and seconded by Christina. All in favor? I would like to make a motion that we authorize our existing professionals um to complete an ERI for Sarville for an amount no
greater than $15,500. Do I get a second? And this Jessica just so we what we'll do is this will be this is not one that was written. So, this will be an oral vote, but we'll put the written resolution on for the agenda for the following meeting.
Yes. Council persons Roberts, yes. Bala, yes. Yes. Novak, yes. Sarski, yes. Zabrowski, yes.
All right. Now, you can open it. All right. Now, I'd like to open the public portion. Um, do I need a motion? Nope. I open the public portion for our resolutions only. Is there anyone in the public that would like to speak about
any of the resolutions? Seeing none, we can close the public. Second. Motion to close. Second and adopt. Zerowski. Yes,
Bala. Yeah, go ahead. Just comment on 2025 211. Um, you'll notice if you if you read this resolution, there's a synopsis that comes al goes along with this resolution. Um, and there's a reason for that and actually we probably should do that more often with some of our
ordinance as well. Uh, as Mr. Sordillo, you did a terrific job doing it, but the actual language of the resolution is as convoluted and complicated as what affordable housing really is. Uh so Joe uh did a great job of putting together a
brief synopsis which I think in regular language which we all understand to know what the battle is and why we're moving this battle forward. And secondary part of that briefing and that or resolution is a call to action. Not a call to
action just simply of our burrow but a call to action to all our neighboring burrows, towns, cities, villages, etc. to join on understanding that this is a huge issue uh that needs to be addressed on a bipartisan way uh to get this
moving forward. So, uh, yes to all and thank you for allowing me to make a comment. Falcon. Okay. I'm stayaining on 25 2025 210 the adel bill. It's PO 20504827. And then a question on 2025 217. Is that
related to the affordable housing round 4 or is it something on its own? It's actually it's correlated to it's twofold. It's uh the actual um
presentation was for um the actual uh area for redevelopment. It happens that that area is also within our housing uh element, but the hearing in front of the uh planning board was for actually for
uh area redevelopment. Okay. Same area, but not necessarily. You don't need this for the housing plan per housing plan is standalone. This yes and no. And I'm sorry to say that but it's true. Um this is a
mechanism where we could implement the housing plan if the burough so chooses to. The area the area of redevelopment is a mechanism that's allowed for municipalities for any type of development. If the area meets the criteria set forth in the redevelopment
law, then it could be declared an area neither of redevelopment and/or rehabilitation, the two different ways of of handling it. And at that point, you can adopt a redevelopment plan which then sets forth new basically an overlay zoning that allows you to develop the various properties that are included in
there. So that portion from what I understand has not been prepared yet. That's what part of this resolution does is author. It declares the area in need of redevelopment, sending it to the DCA to get their approval because it needs DCA to approval to make sure that it actually does meet the criteria and then
go sending it to Sarah to actually look to see what they would suggest a redevelopment plan to be. So it could when it comes back to us from Sarah could have some portions of that being for affordable housing. Or maybe it doesn't. Maybe after they look at that it turns out that they say this is what
we suggest. But ultimately any final decision is left with this governing body. This governing body is the one that actually adopts the redevelopment plan for what that would actually end up being. And you could after this doesn't even mean you have to. There could be no decision where you just realize we don't
agree with Sarah or we have different ideas and it goes back and forth some time where you don't actually have a redevelopment plan ever adopted or at least anytime soon. But this is just the first step in that process to allow you to do so. And that gives you that power to overlay zone. uh gives you power to do. Are there other authorities that you can do
in under redevelopment that you can't do under regular zoning? Um and so that's what uh you know that's the the the process that's before you this this evening. So that's why I said yes or no. This your vote today doesn't say yes that's going to be at a vulnerable housing site, but it is allowed to go
that section and it could be. Okay. So yes on everything but the one exception the one. Yeah. Okay. And uh madam chair if I may also just to point out this is also uh specifically for a non- condemnation
there it's when you go under redevelopment uh for designations under the and I say recently but it was probably almost 15 years now um they amended the redevelopment law where you have to a municipality has to identify whether or not they intend to utilize
condemnation as part of the redevelopment process. That's one of the powers you can utilize under redevelopment. uh but you have to identify that right from the start. So the fact that it this is specifically for non-condemnation means you cannot utilize condemnation even if you change
your mind down the road. You'd have to start the whole process over again meaning going back to the very beginning and having a whole another planning board hearing. So just want to clarify this resolution right here and this whole process has been for non-condemnation. Thank you.
Yes. Novak. Uh, I'll one question. Have we deducted anything for the JCPNL bill for the lights that are still out? No. Okay. So, I'm going to uh be uh abstaining on that part of the bill
list. Uh, and I'll be writing no on 217 and yes on everything else. Roberts for JCPNL. Can you give a little update on what has been accomplished? We've got uh Andy from the mayor staff
goes out two to three nights a week. He's got a relationship with the new area representative. We've been knocking out about two dozen lights a week. Those that can are overground are getting done much more rapidly. Uh those that are underground wiring require Jersey Central to go out to bid to get a
contractor to do that. In particular, Sheffield Muse. Uh we expect in the next couple of weeks that to be done, but we've made pretty good progress with the lights. Yes. Sarski. Yes. Motion to accept the correspondence.
So moved. Second. Council persons Novak. Yes. Bala. Yes. Helissi. Yes. Roberts. Sarski? Yes. Zowski? Yes. And now on to our mayor and council reports. Councilman Bela. Thank you, Council President. Uh, just
progress. Thank you. And now, planning and zoning. Councilman Zowski. Thank you, Council President. Just a couple of things. Uh, just to follow up on JCPNL, Glenn, I also believe I don't see that temporary or portable substation there anymore. I don't see
it. I don't hear it. So, I'm assuming that repairs have been completed and the temporary machine has been removed. Good. I appreciate that. Um, I still would like them to provide me with the response to the 10 questions that I submitted back in January to Tina who's no longer with us and now Jose who is
with us but we haven't seen yet. If that's okay. Get cracking on that tomorrow. I'd appreciate that. Um many thanks also to all our staff to um members of our committees as well as of volunteers and and I'm not going to speak to it because
I done I think you will but the fall calendar is filled with activities for our community and very diverse things. It is uh I'm going to tell you just about every day every weekend there's something available and I'm quite excited about the Halloween scare trail
that's coming up. So if you're a volunteer please get involved in that. Uh also uh just do me a favor as well. As you know uh school is now open. So if you are traveling during those time periods, do me a favor. Uh use a little patience and and go a little early. Uh
we want to make sure our all our students and children make their way back from home, make their way to home to school and back again. So I'd appreciate it. And finally, normally in September, I always do the PSA for our volunteers for the emergency services.
Do me a favor. If you really want to do something that's lifechanging for yourself as a volunteer, get involved with our police auxiliary, our fire departments, emergency services, and our search teams. Uh you really will find that very gratifying. Um and you will be
helping out your burrow a great deal. Um Council President, that's my report. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman. Now, Councilman Kaci, I'm sorry. I think we stepped on your toes on a couple of these questions. Good evening everyone. My first report
this evening is from police chief plumacher. As similar to uh our ex- chief Zrowski has said uh he mentioned as summer winds down and a new school year begins. The Saraveville Police
Department is reminding us all to stay alert, drive carefully, and help keep our children safe. With students once again at the bus stops early in the morning, school buses and back on the roads and young drivers heading to
class, traffic patterns are changing. That back to school rush takes some adjusting and it calls for extra patience and awareness behind the wheel. So here are a few key reminders he gave
which is uh watch for the kids at the bus stops especially during early morning hours when visibility is low. Obey all school bus laws. When a bus has its red lights on uh flashing and the uh
stop arm is out. The traffic in both directions must come to a full stop. Slow down in school zones and keep an eye out for crossing guards, students, and parents on foot. Be patient with new
drivers. Many high schoolers are just starting out behind the wheel. And more importantly, avoid distractions. Put that phone down and keep your focus on the road. A few extra seconds of
caution can make all the difference. Let's work together to help ensure this school year starts safely for all our students. The second report comes from uh Director Chris Bardley of the Saraveville Office
of Emergency Management. So, I'd like to begin by congratulating uh Director Barsley and Deputy Director Vincent Buffalolino on their recent reappoints to their positions within the Saraveville Office of Emergency Management.
I want to personally thank both of them for their continued service and dedication to the safety and preparedness of our community. Director Broadsley has uh provided the following. The Office of Emergency Management is currently working on
hazard mitigation plan. Uh the update is required by the state of New Jersey. This plan is essential to identifying and reducing risks from natural and man-made hazards across the community.
In addition, OEM is preparing to launch a digital mapping project uh for the burrow. This initiative will give our first responsor responders more accurate and detailed information about locations throughout Saraveville, which will
significant significantly enhance response times and situational awareness during emergencies. And lastly, our department is also uh OEM is also getting ready to participate in
several upcoming community events such as John brought about uh throughout the month of September and October. So, um continuing OEM's commitment to public engagement and preparedness education.
So to conclude my public safety updates this evening, I'd like to note that uh fire chief George Gavvern had reported progress and that's a standard indication that while the department has been actively engaged, there's no formal
written update at this time due to operational demands. So this Thursday through Sunday is the fireman's convention down in Wildwood. many of our firefighters will be there, but he assured everyone that our the staff
that's here for this weekend is more than capable and ready to work. So, in reviewing all depart all reports from our public safety departments, including Chief Gavvern, Police Chief uh Dan Plumacher, and OEM Director Chris
Barsley, each one concluded with gratitude for the burrow's continued support. So, I'd like to take this opportunity to echo that appreciation and sincerely thank each of these leaders along with their teams for the
vital work they do every day. Thanks, Kyle. Much of their service happens behind the scenes, but it plays critical role in keeping Sarville safe, prepared, and strong. So, thank you to all our public safety
personnel for your continued uh dedication to this community. And that's all I have for this evening. Thank you, Councilman. Councilwoman Novak Public Works. Okay. First, I'll start with a report from uh
Alise. Um the new recycling carts have been successfully distributed to the majority of eligible househo households. Recycling is now more convenient for our residents thanks to the cart's larger capacity and easy to roll on wheels. Resident feedback. Many residents have
shared how much they appreciate these carts over the old uh open carts. Excuse me, I lost my place here. Uh the new carts keep recyclables contained, protect them from the wind, which has always been one of the big issues in Seville. the weather
protecting it from the and looking much neater along the street on collection day. Uh there is already a noticeable difference with less litter on the streets from spills and several people have commented on how uniform and tidy the streets appear compared to before. Education and outreach. We hope to see
an increase in recycling participation as many more residents begin using the carts. We are still actively working on educating the community about recycling, right? including which items can and cannot go into the cart and the importance of following the guidelines to keep recycling loads clean and
efficient. The key takeaway and looking ahead, this rollout seems to be meeting operational goals, improving service efficiency and some of our early indicators suggest an increase in recycling participation. I for one have known and noticed that myself. It's
amazing how people would just have a small container out and now they have the big container and it's full. So that means they're finding it easier. You know, before when the little can was full, they just started to throw out the recyclables. So more people are recycling more. There have been some
people um that are uncomfortable with cutting their cardboard very small to put in there. They're used to being able to pile it next to the cart. Please, it is possible to do it. And if all else fails, if you really can't get it into the we that you can bring that to the
recycling center every Monday through Friday. So there's no reason, you know, to have a real problem with this. Um, let's see. And I also would like to thank uh the Bombas Beyond Cafe and Roy for helping keeping the public informed
on just how much the can holds and how easy it is to manipulate. Um, I just want to remind everybody Seville Day is on the 21st of September and it's it's really one of the nicest days of the year. Hopefully God will be good with
the weather, but even if the weather is a little overcast, it's always a great day. Um at the last meeting I spoke about uh auxiliary and uh was it possible to like with the first aid and fire where we have uh breaks on permits
and licenses and perhaps even LOAP if we could offer this to the auxiliary. Did we find out anything about that? Simply have to amend the ordinance to include them with because LOAP is kind of like under state thing. We could still do that though.
That's I don't I'm asking you. I don't know. It's length of service award, right? No, no, I know I know LOAP. I'm not sure off the top of my head whether they whether the auxiliary would qualify for that. With regard to the permits and in getting that that's as as administrator stated, that's just
amending our ordinances to include them as those that would be exempt. They are, you know, a service to the community second to none. And if we could at least give them the same, you know, benny's that we give to the other volunteers, that would be great. So maybe the desire of the council.
Mary, are you making a motion? Oh, yes. If I as long as it's legal. Yes. If we if the LOAP can too, because the LOAP's a big thing. I could recommend when you make your motion for the fees and permit fees and the LOAP, we could look into it and see
if that's legal and that could be handled separately. So moved. Novak. Yes. Ala, yes. Helissi, yes. Roberts, yes. Sarski, yes. Browski,
yes. Um, while I was sitting here, I got a um a text from a resident of the town who had previously reported to me about uh Cheesequake Road, the Bendon Cheesequake Road, and he was just almost hit tonight. So
he wanted me to bring this up. Is there anything and that we can do with that curve? You know, whether it's put a stop sign in there because people they're going 45 on Cheesequake and they're supposed to be going 25 on North Min and
they they take that turn on two wheels. What can we do to help? Last meeting uh I was asked to make sure that we had uh hash marks installed on the curve. uh road departments on it. I believe they had to order the signs, but that was ordered two weeks ago to get
done. So, if they're not in yet, they will be in shortly. Signs uh indicating the curve and the road. There seems to be people are used to stopping coming from Cheesequink. Uh and we've ordered the signage and it's just not been put in yet.
If that doesn't work, can we consider just a plain old stop sign at the end of, you know, South Miniync just so that people aren't going around that curve? I would defer to Jay, but I think based on the construction of the road, it's no longer that type of an intersection. That's correct. That's not a typical stop intersection. I you may want to
also coming from uh Ortontown Avenue toward Messync have some signs telling people to start to slow down because it's not 45 through the curb. You're supposed to be slowing down to 25 as you do that. Well, the main problem there is the people crossing over into the other lane. Yes. Well, that's exactly. He said he
was almost hit by a car crossing over because they're going too fast. will I think even at a slow speed they still go over the line. Lay something say something like you know 15 mph curve ahead. I know technically that's not I'll get the recommended speed from Jay
and we'll add that sign as well. I appreciate it. Thank you. Um now I have a couple of my oldies but a goodies. Um I would like to make a motion to uh designate our firehouse an official historic site.
Second. Second. Roll call. Novak. Yes. Dala. Yes. His no. Not yet. Roberts. No.
Zarski. No. Zowski. No. Can Can I just ask one question? If if not now, when you know what's the the it's been said before, not yet. Is there a specific date and time? Is there
something that will trigger it? I'm not saying specifically a date, but some something that's happening. We get to a certain point and it will trigger it or just not yet. Okay. Another oldie but a goodie. Uh we
I know we voted down having the referendum. I I'd like to make the motion that we just go out of our way to directly buy that property in Kennedy Park. No second.
Second. back. Yes. Yes. Uh, no. Roberts, no. And um before we move forward, one of the things that we had put forth
today was the ERRI, environmental um resource inventory. Because one of the things I find frustrating sitting here is we talk about a single piece of property each time when we have an inventory of other properties that may or may not be weighed better or worse
against that. And before we go to talk about a specific property, I'd like to have a full picture of what our opportunities are, what our challenges are, and what we can do. So, that is going to be one of the considerations when the inventory is done, I'm sure,
and if it is available for sale, we can look into it at that point. Um, but I'd like to have a full inventory so we can prioritize what we are going to look at. And we haven't had this in Saraveville. I don't understand why we hadn't before, but we're going to have it shortly. And
I think that's going to be a very valuable tool to make better informed decisions. So, at this point, my vote is no. Ars, at this point, my votes no also, but I just don't have a good solid estimate on what this property value is. I'm hearing
all kind of estimates on it. We need a professional appraisal for me to vote on this. So, my vote now, no. Zowski. No, I I I agree with the Senator Mistach and Donna. I I at this stage uh I don't know who we' be negotiating with. We
have a we don't have an identifiable seller. From my understanding, the property owner has said no when we've initiated that. So, I don't necessarily believe that that's a good starting point for the burrow. U uh if in fact we don't have a seller that's willing.
I just like I know it didn't pass. I'd just like to say the reason why I'm so intent on this. First of all, I've been voting to try to buy this since 2023, I think, when it first came up. Um, but it's the one that is in most in danger
of being developed and that's why it's, you know, a top priority for me. Thank you. Is that all? Uh, yes. Okay. Thank you, Councilwoman. Councilman Sinarski, Waters, Sewer, and Environmental. Thank you, Council President Roberts. Uh
the first thing I want to thank everybody for the 9/11 service yesterday. Uh thank everybody that attended, everybody that makes it happen. Uh it was a very emotional, sensitive day for me. Uh I read a nice letter about it and uh like I said, I
was seeing in my mind from where I worked, the second tower falling, and I could just keep repeating that constantly. So, it was very touching. We go all every year, but this year was worse than, you know, it's more touching for me. Uh, go back to water and sewer.
We have Melrose section, Oak Street, new water lines going in. So, there's going to be low water pressure in that whole area. There's going to be some discoloration in that area. There's going to be some residents at numbers 197, 208, 220, 236,
242, and 252 that are going to be experiencing zero water for the hours uh 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on September 9th. So, it's going to influence them a little bit. So, I just want to make sure everybody in that area knows that there is going to be construction of the new
water line going through there. Uh other than that, we are still in a drought situation. Uh we had 15 days of no rain and the rain we got over the weekend came by through so fast that the water's just going away. It's not sinking having soaking
effect going into the ground. So that's another issue that we have. Uh as far as the community garden goes, that is really really going good. And believe it or not, they gave over a 100 pounds to several senior citizens to the adaptive adult center. 100 pounds of fresh
produce that they gave. There's a lot of things going on there. They got all the plots full. There's a lot of people there daily. And I keep repeating, stop in there, go see, go talk to the people. They're really enjoying it. And uh it's it's really fl, you know, flourishing pretty good. Uh they also had one squash
that came in in the high rankings as far as the fair that we have on Cranberry Road, the Middle Sex County Fair. Yeah, one of their squash came up first, second, I don't remember the number, but they did very good. So, I want to thank everybody that puts their time in there
to make that fly, too. All right, that's the end of my report. Thank you. Donna, can I say something real quick? You mentioned the community garden. Those people that are in there doing this community garden, they are the nicest people. I I was bringing a full tank of propane to uh to the uh hot dog
cart and the the people that were in there was a a young well young compared to me woman that was in there and she helped me carry this propane tank from all the way over there. So I I didn't never got her name, but if you're listening to this, I want to say thank you very much. At first they said, "No,
I don't need your help." And then I realized I'm 72. I could use the help. I got to stop saying no. I'm not getting any younger. But I just wanted to say that thank you. I I have one more comment for Mary. When you were mentioning the recycling earlier, you talked about the cardboard being put into the can and you know that
people could take it to the recycling center. Yes. I think it's only open on Mondays and Fridays and Saturdays. I don't think it's open every day during the week. No. Okay. I'm sorry. Thank you. I just wanted to correct that. It's open, I believe, from 8 to 1. Okay. Monday and Friday and Saturday. Thank you.
Okay. No problem. Okay. Thank you for that. Um I just have a couple of things. Uh the first thing is we had a second meeting with go net speed. Eloy, you were on that call representing the um board of ed. I think that was very productive and I'm looking
forward to them coming into our town and being productive and offering an alternative. So um things are going well with that. The garden, the Eagle Scouts also had a project at the garden where they have composting and the sign. Um,
so they have a a nice sign for the community sign outside of the garden, which is lovely. In the on the back table, I did make a um a few copies of a variety of events that are coming up. This is a very, very busy time of year.
So, you'll see at the back table, you'll see a flyer like this. The other side has one left. So, some of the things that are going on have already been mentioned, but I'm going to talk about them again. We have fall events. September 20th, blast from the past car
show. September 21st, several day. Um September 26th, the new day for grill and game day pregame barbecue at Burks Park. October 4th, Hit the Bricks Trail Run 5K. October 9th, the Bomber Bonfire.
That's going to be here 700 p.m. October 9th, War Memorial Park. We have a new event, the Festival of Lights on October 12th. and Halloween trunk or treat October 24th. But wait, there's more. We
have the Hawaiian luau, which is now rescheduled for September 12th at Kennedy Park. The one I'm looking forward to, Latin Salsa Night, September 18th at Kennedy Park. And what was uh mentioned by Councilman Zabrowski? Halloween Scare Trail, Beetlejuice
Night, October 18th at Bergs Park. Um, all the rest I think I've talked about already. So, grab some grab a sheet from the back. I will see you at some of those events. We've got a lot of wonderful things going on. That is the
end of my report. So, now on to general discussion items, admin and finance. Yep. public safety coin costs uh for the corner of Washington and Ernston Road received from the several blue
river dogs on September 28th, 2025. Request to travel received from the following engine company to take utility 7 to Glen Bernie, Maryland to take equipment for repairs. Authorization for the burough clerk to advertise for the receipt of sealed bids
for abandoned and unclaimed motor vehicles. Uh request received to hold a block party on Fabeski way culde-sac on September 14th from 1 pm to 6 pm and authorization for St. Stan's school to use the portable stage for their annual
co car show on October 26. Thank you business administrator progress council president. Thank you CFO. Uh thank you progress as well. Okay burough engineer. Thank you. Three items this evening. The first is the Arsenal Trade Center. The
public improvements have been completed. We're recommending that the bonds be released for that project subject to a posting of a two-year maintenance bonds. You need a resolution to do that. The next two items are bids that are scheduled to be received tomorrow. One is for the improvements to Oak Street. The second is the Burough Hall annex, the old firehouse environmental
remediation. If everything's in order, looking for resolutions awarding those contracts at your next meeting. That's all I have. Thank you. Thank you. Yes, I have a question. Oh, I'm sorry. Go ahead. Excuse me. I got one question on public safety. The coin toss on the corner of Washington Ernston Road for the SBC
River Dogs. What? Excuse me. What is that? That's a travel traveling baseball team. Several blue bombers. Okay. All right. I just I know never heard of it. River Dogs. Yeah, that's their traveling baseball team. Okay. All right. Thank you.
Attorney, please. Thank you. I have nothing to report this evening. Okay. I will take a motion to open. No, just open. All right. I will open to the public. Is anyone in the public wish to make comments. You'll come over.
Please state your name and address for the record. Hi, good evening. Uh my name is Alberto Rios, 196 Washington Road. Uh good evening, council members and fellow residents. Um, I'm here tonight because I love this town and because I believe
we are on the verge of making a serious mistake that could permanently damage both our environment and our community. I'm talking about the proposed development of over 250 apartments on the 40 acres behind Kennedy Park.
This land is one of the last large open spaces left in our burrow. used and loved by walkers, fishermen, families, wildlife watchers, and countless residents who enjoy the peace and nature it provides. And once it's gone, it's
gone forever. But beyond the emotional environmental loss, let's talk facts. This property was appraised at $590,000 just a few years ago.
Yet when the topic of acquisition comes up, suddenly that appraisal is forgotten. Instead, we hear the mayor and even council members compare it to buildable residential land,
artificially inflating the price in residents minds. Why? To make it seem like saving this land is financially impossible. that's misleading and manipulative.
When elected officials start talking like real estate agents for private developers rather than advocate for the public interest, we have to stop and ask who are you really working for?
Let's also not forget this development includes the bare minimum of affordable affordable housing. Over 250 units and barely any meaningful effort to address our town's real housing needs. That's
not smart growth. That's just growth for the sake of profit. We the residents are not blind. We see the traffic. We feel the overcrowded schools.
We hear the chainsaws. And we are tired of our open spaces being sold off piece by piece while being told it's inevitable. It's not inevitable. You have the power to stop it. You have the power to
preserve this land. And you have a responsibility to listen to the residents, not just developers. So tonight, I urge you, let's find a way to protect and acquire those 40 acres
behind Kennedy Park before it's too late. Let's respect the appraisal, respect the community, and respect the future of Sarville. I also wanted to address the uh I know
we talked about the elevator issue. Um but uh it's been broken for months uh making it difficult if not impossible for residents with mobility issues to attend this meetings. Now I know things happens. We're working on it. Um but in
the past people had to be physically helped up and down the stairs just to have their voices heard. In 2025 that's unacceptable. Meetings should be available and meeting participation should be available via Zoom. We have the technology
both for residents and council members in case you know somebody can't make it. We can you know last meeting two council members were absent during a critical executive session. They could have joined remotely
but the option wasn't provided. That's just not inconvenience. That's failure of transparency and inclusion. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Rios. Anyone else from the public wish to speak? Mr. Robinson,
please come up. State your name and address for the record. Thank you. Thank you, your honor. My name is Jim Robinson. I live in Parl. Politics aside, I'm glad to see you sitting in that seat. You know how I feel that we need more women in important positions
in government. Although I will say this, I did raise my hand to speak during the other public portion. Maybe you didn't see me. I hope that wasn't intentional. I did want to speak on uh 211, the affordable housing resolution. I agree
there are issues with that affordable housing um law that needs improvement. That law, I think, was sponsored and advocated by two, well, two good friends of the mayor. The mayor said they are
friends of Seville. He supports them. They're doing great things for Saraveville. I agree. They are great legislators. I and who deserve our support and I I assume you would agree that as well. Um, but that law can be improved.
Um, but I just want to put a couple things in perspective. That new affordable housing law requires us to provide about roughly about John can correct me on the number about 300 affordable units over the next 10 years.
300 units over 10 years. In 2018, the mayor agreed to settle a suit he caused because he told the planning board not to provide any affordable housing for the 20 years prior. and he agreed to build 785
affordable units, not over 10 years, but now we're building them now. Main Street, Main Street, Costaver, and well, we'll see when the others are built. So, frankly, the units we have to
provide under the new law is better than what the mayor agreed to in 2018. He voluntarily agreed to that 785 as opposed to the 300 that we now have to build over 10 years. And ironically,
if MCO's 40 acres had been preserved, if that 40 acres had been taken out of the formula, it had been preserved as open space. It wouldn't be able to be counted in the inventory. that 300
number would be less or lower than it is. So, let's put things in perspective. While I agree that law has to be improved, as all laws do, um just we just ought to know what the facts are
and what Mayor O'Brien got us into. More than twice as many units he agreed to. I will say this and I don't know Joe if you did that but it's a it's an excellent resolution very well written and I and I agree with everything there and let me just as long as I brought up the Macco
um 40 acres that I agree with Mrs. Novak, Mr. Bala and Mr. Rios who said we ought to buy that property. Let me just say that and you talk Donna I asked for $15,000 for a list of properties.
We have an open space inventory, a priority list that the open space committee has put together. I think it was well, it's got to be updated because I'll tell you what items number one, items number two, and items number three
are. Item number one is the Macco property on Main Street where we're building 1.7, this is the one that the Burough Attorney's Law Firm represented, Mr. Macco on 1.7 million square ft of warehousing. That's number one on the
open space priority list. Number two on the open space priority list is what they call the NL site behind Costaver where we're building a few hundred three-bedroom condominiums. Number three on the open space inventory that the
open space committee worked on was headed by the tax assessor Joe Cups is MCO's 40 acres behind Kennedy Park. So I wish you well with your with your $15,000 study. But we already have that and we're ignoring it and you shouldn't
be ignoring it. Um, I'm not going to go on to talk about Crab Island because thanks to the efforts of some of the people here that that that has been pulled. Um, I was glad to hear Councilman Bala bring up
that situation about is it going to be redeveloped or is it going to be affordable housing over there by the mini mall. It can't be both. And you're trying to pull a fast one here. And the people the people realize what's going on. the people realize what's going on.
I've asked a couple times if we could be updated on the NL suit, uh, the PFA PFAS chemicals. You know, there was a settlement. We had our own attorney. We haven't heard anything from the town, and we deserve to know
if where if and where or where those PFAS chemicals are. Thank you, Mr. Are they at the first aid squad? Are they at the property on Cheesequake Road where the bus depot is going to be built? Is there anyone else in the public? Where are they? Thank you.
Is there anyone else in the public who would like to speak? Mr. Oeski, please step up. State your name and address for the record. Thank you. My name is Ken Alresi. I'm from Sirville. I want to talk about the
appraisal on this 40 acre piece of property and I want to thank Councilwoman Novak and uh Councilman um Bala for their attempt to uh get a purchase on this. Uh I want to talk about the appraisal of this property. Uh
we went out for an appraisal and we secured an appraisal and all I've heard over the last months is bad mouthing this appraisal. I'm sorry the mayor is not here tonight because he was the champion of badm bathing it and I I'm not sure what kind
of experience the mayor has in real estate or real estate appraisals. I know he's very experienced in being a beach bum in California for years and I know he was a butcher. Um but I don't know of any experience he has and I want to ask him directly. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe he
does. Um Councilman Sarski I think tonight said we need another appraisal. He's been a guy that's been quite forward on bid mething this appraisal also. And what is the issue here? Uh have we have we paid for an appraisal
here? Yes. Have we paid for this appraisal? Have the taxpayers paid for the appraisal we have? The answer is yes. Business administrator. Yes. Okay. Uh next question. Have we contacted the company and said we don't
like the appraisal and questioned the appraisal? My knowledge, no. Okay. So, we have not we we paid for the appraisal. We haven't contacted the company. Have we withheld any payment or asked for a refund on the appraisal?
No. No. Haven't heard from any. So, I would assume the answer to that is no. So therefore, I would have to assume that this deal on the appraisal is just political rhetoric. It's not sincere.
Who in the world goes out and buys something and and and badmouths that what the purchase or what happened or the service and has done nothing about it but badmouth it. That's just political rhetoric. You're trying to fool the taxpayers of this town number
one who paid for that appraisal and you're trying to muffle thing. I think the council in here said we need another appraisal. How how many appraisals do we want on this? Let me ask you, do we continue get appraisals until we like something that totally puts this out of
the picture for us to buy it? Is that what we're looking for? Talk about phony. I haven't seen anything in a long time as phony as this rhetoric on the appraisal. It means we're looking for an excuse.
We're probably looking for an excuse naturally. Somebody said, "Well, they they don't they don't want to sell it." Naturally, when you go and tell them you're going to be able to put 250 housing units or whatever it is there. No, they don't want to sell it. It's not
zoned for that. It It isn't zoned for that. This sounds like another another sweetheart deal for a developer and we've had a lot of them as Mr. Robinson just talked about the uh the affordable housing. Yeah. The mayor for 20 years he
sat here with his planning board and did no affordable housing. And he said at a meeting a couple meetings ago, he said, "Oh, because the public didn't want it." Excuse me, the public didn't want it. I think he meant his friends, the developers didn't want it because I
think I think for Kennedy O'Brien and some of the people sitting here, the best friends of the developers sit right up here and the people who are left behind are the residents of this town. Yes. And what happened? Those same
developers who didn't build the affordable housing, guess what? They joined the lawsuit against the burrow saying we don't have enough affordable housing. You want to talk about rubbing it in the nose of the taxpayers of this
town. And as you ride through town, I think Mr. Robinson mentioned them. Whether it's the Melrose mesh that's going on, whether it's the the other sites, everybody can see them. I'm not going to name them going up. If the if affordable housing law was upheld and
the mayor did the right thing, we wouldn't have all this nonsense or we wouldn't have it in the degree that we have it right now. So, it's scam upon scam on the taxpayers of the town. And if people sit there and nobody wants to answer anything, you know why? Because
we run a secret government. For the first time in the history of the burrow since 1920, this governing body doesn't answer questions. You know why they don't answer them? Because it's secret and they're ashamed to give the answers
because it's a scam on the taxpayers of Circleville. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Osheski. Is there anyone else in the public who would like to speak? Seeing none, I move the public portion be closed.
Is there a second? All in favor? I. Okay. And if I may, just before we close the meeting, um there were a couple of questions Mr. Dresky had about the appraisal. Um we have an appraisal three. Yes, we do.
Um we paid for the appraisal. We did. Uh that appraisal is a few years old now. It is. Yeah. Uh, I think we got it under uh Mayor Kilpatrick. We did. Okay. Um, there's been an offer to purchase that
property. We have contacted the property owner. And the result of that contact, the property owner has no interest in selling it to the burrow. Thank you. I'll take a motion to close the meeting. Move to adjurnn.
Second. All in favor? I