--------- meetings act adequate notice of this meeting was properly provided by transmitting the notice of the meeting for publication in the Asbury Park Press and the ocean star on January 3rd 2025 notice of this meeting of the governing body also has been posted in the corridor of the municipal building and
the office of the municipal clerk roll call council member Emma he will not be here due to extensive oral surgery and the line thank you council member condos here Council Connor here council member
craft here council member runda here council president wil here mayor peeterson here thank you the first work session item discussion of an ordinance changing the fees of Summer seasonal rental permits
it's listed for consideration first reading introduction 20254 at the regular meeting on this uh ongoing research that's been looked at for some period of time compared ing uh RP structure and related cost to those
uh of neighboring municipalities as well as the Labor uh intensive efforts uh of actually performing those inspections but may you said it well um there has been a price increase for for a number of years we just like to bring it up um
a little bit to cover our expenses for or expensive for running that to public and miss one been discussed on several past occasions as well yes yes and the schema thing is not even that much so it's probably not even
covering all cost un like it's $25 increase for people who are getting rental income so it's not absolutely all anything else on that one the the next one came about the league of municipalities had sent around this
notice some background information and its position with a prototype or sample resolution to support the publishing of legal notices on official Governor official government
websites uh and this is representative on fortunately of some of the delays the loss of printed newspapers some of the delays which all the towns including us have experienced in trying to get notices published and uh also it's a
cost saving measure for the towns that would be a considerable significant I yeah yeah so all those factors together uh the league is supporting this uh with the Senate and assembly and asking for
uh that sample resolution I think it modernizes you know I mean like people are going on websites every burrow county has a website so it's like you're interested in what's happening there that's probably where you're going to go first you're not going to go look for I don't know where did we say last time
our stuff is going in which Paper Store you know very high I don't even know where to go yeah I think it's great I hope that'll be good it should you would think Common Sense anything else on that
one the next item is a proposal from REM bernick Engineers dated February 13 2025 for the Reconstruction of parking lots 1 2 and 3 and related there to a submission of an application for funding through the New Jersey infrastructure
Bank uh the I bank which we've had a successful relationship with them prior grants um that's on as resolution 2025 103 at the regular meeting this evening any in input or back ground if
necessary on that to that one you see the the uh MH cover letter it's something that yeah certainly needs to be done and Lang number of years talk about forever right
yeah the next item we have a a submission from Remington Vernick Engineers dat of February 13th for an application for the New Jersey infrastructure Bank funding as well and that's for the uh K Street
roadway improvements and that's on as resolution 2025 104 at the regular meeting this evening any uh any backup or any comments on that from Council I know that that to's had a lot of work through the committee and the administration
yeah because of this um ation would be not to exceed $155,000 from RD and I would just add that the the ibank has a lot of money to give away right now and uh we don't know how much longer that'll happen may not happen
after July 1 so we want to get our applications in now and uh hopefully take advantage of principal a lot of principal forgiveness up to $2 million um to get a lot of these different water projects done [Music]
and we thank all the committee and uh Karen everybody that's put in a lot of Eric and Josh everybody on those two manners the the next is a proposal from Remington Vernick Engineers it's dat of February 13th and that's for the 14th
Avenue storm waterer uh Pump Station project that two's on for resolution 2025 105 at the regular meeting and I know we've had a number of uh meetings
ongoing and at least one meeting to come with County officials related to this as well and I know if any uh comments from Marty or anyone it say I was just
going to comment that this is the uh Pump Station that would tie in to the pipe work that has just been done uh between 14th avue going north and it's to address that
particular area between us mostly between 14th and 12th to uh to do the uh emptying of the roadway I guess following a flood event and it says it would take six to
nine months to complete so obviously it have to be scheduled that's right down where the ramp is and of boat have to be scheduled in the fall and stuff like that yeah just if this one works we plan to have Avenue to you Sim results yeah yes
this is um we expect this to work and it will be a proof of Concepts you know that this will address the entire Bay View out that's a pretty good test down there too because that gets it's very low down
there on 14th so that's a good test for 12 well once the pump station's in then the Alo pipes will be eliminated so you need this to pump the rain water yes ties into changes from outs to P station for any other comments on that
particular mon anything else from Council for work session discussions at this time I don't know if this appropriate time bring up I just wanted to follow up on previous meetings I know Karen and I were talking that we're trying to set up the a working session with the Board of
Ed so that's in progress um and then also another thing that we're actively working on the personnel's interviews for CFO replacement so those interviews are ongoing if anybody knows of any other qualified candidates in your network of
people certified certified Financial right Municipal Financial Officer qualification is required and our goal would be to get somebody in you know with enough overlap so that Joyce could work with them and
we'd have a smooth transition absolutely there's a real and Gina is absolutely right car there's there's a very big there's a scarcity of of of people out there to try to fill these positions like this so um I mean what do we we've gotten seven resumés now and
only three had the certifications right only two have experience and only two have yes right yeah so when you yeah when you trickle down to it so we have another person that um has submitted a resume we're going to be interviewing March 7th I think like that so um but we
really have to try to get this going so that you can get them with Joyce and before her departure yeah correct very good thank you anything else from Council on work session may we have our meeting coming up with the
county on March 4th Karen and Eric and Josh will meet with them to our knees along the county county roads through that that's coming up that's where we're meeting in Tomas River Tom River yep I've got it in my book
my phone I'll be there and the county officials have been very helpful in the last few days as well so I'm surprised that the meeting is only scheduled for half an hour the meetings are ongoing which is I
know this is what's on the books yeah I just funny way to schedule nothing gets done today I could say so much but train myself and we have a meeting planned the day before a lengthy meeting as well on the
uh with the planner that's correct anything else from Council if not we'll go into the audience if there are any public comments on any work session items if anyone has any if you could give your name and address in the record Thomas Tom Joseph 704 South BW Avenue
on the three reming and reming and Vernick RVE projects that you discussed am I correct and assuming what it what it's really saying is you're going to hire them to develop some engineering and and set it up to go out and bid the project so a bidder can actually come in
and do the work is that is that what we're talking about here yeah okay that's what I thought I I just wanted to check that yeah and then and then I had a couple of questions about that pump station one of them is just the
application I'm sorry one of the RVE uh um resolutions are is just for middle of the appli oh yeah yeah yeah okay that's all but but if it it's if they do the application you send it off you get funded then they put together a bid package and somebody some company comes
in and actually does then we did it got it okay uh on the on the pump station project you You' talked about start it being at 14th what what are you guys envisioning as to where this thing would be I mean I got a pretty good image in my head of what that area looks like and I've
envisioned a parking lot and a little bit of lawn on the south edge of it where where are you thinking this Pump Station would sit I'm just curious where the storm drain is in that location in that corner it's on the ground it's not above ground it's and
the settling tanks and everything else would be there too there's going to be one chamber as far as I understand right now there's one chamber two pumps build uh two or three pumps two or three pumps in there and the only thing about ground would be the electrical right we're
looking out possibly um Two Poles yeah yeah has to be above level into our system that controls the um the antenna that's on the water tower SK skater system so it can be
automatically put on put off you know exactly what's going on with the equipment remote yourone okay then my next question that that's all good this is clearly part and parcel of an attempt to control rainwater accumulation and whatnot which is part
of the flooding issues on Bay View when when are we going to get the next public meeting to discuss what the plan is because this is clearly some steps forward Beyond where we were at the last one the last one a couple of different views of what the plan could be were
presented but no actual decisions or an actual plan was ever presented so here we are talking about at the very beginning of a long process that could lead to spending money on this pump house and I agree that's a ways off wouldn't it be nice to get the public
involved and let them hear how this fact fits into a real plan for what we're doing cuz doing these little pieces here and there it just it just doesn't strike me as the right for and and a public meeting to
let the public know that we're going to spend a huge pile of money long term on fixing that problem would go a long ways to making feel like people feel like something is happening CU at the moment I sure don't you want to ask youring no
you can start all just last week I believe it was we had a meeting with the engineering firm to come up with the final concept from one end to the other and that's being worked on as we speak good any other public comments on work
session items yes Ed Ed claim 48 11th Avenue I just have a question because I know last meeting there was talk about going to the um infrastructure bank for the trucks the sweeper and the the vacuum truck and
there was you said there's up to a $2 million hopefully um not renewal forg forgiv forgiv forgiv principle for um are these two applications going in
with that are they separate how much money Al together can we ask them for are we going to ask them for more than two million what yes what there's different categories that you can borrow from there's different projects there's there's Wastewater projects there's clean water
clean water projects green infrastructure projects so we are going to ask for as much money as possible in the different projects so to answer one part of question yes it'll be more than $2 million can you get can towns get forgiv
for up to 2 million in each different categor yes yes oh yes thank you yes and that's why we're doing it in a hurry because it might change soon and recently cesi Park was put on the I forget the exact
disant disadvantage so before we had a million of principal forgiveness now it's up to two million so we wanted get these applications in and it gets reevaluated July 1st you we could actually end up being in a worse position to get money so we have to act
on it quickly thank you any other public comments on work session items yes Mike hi CH Mike spino 59th Avenue uh just segueing off of uh what Tom was asking about when we do get the
presentation uh for the remedying of our flooding situation along bayew uh we already paid somebody for bulkhead wall concept are we throwing that out or we still maybe incorporating that as part
of our larger picture which will be part of the presentation say we're building upon it that's kind of and it was what has been already presented was kind of like the two two different options concept Concepts this is kind of like uh
building upon that for the final concept okay and we do have it's not thr moneyway but then we do have uh then approval now to be able to uh do the 14th to 11 11th using the
pumps concept is like I thought we still had to get approval from the county to do that or are we good to go I I think we have to get some permits for the pump station specifically for the pump station but not for the no for the d
That's was in the last meeting I think was for the de for the pump station we still do not have for that okay but that's that will be like the final piece of the puzzle to be able to let the 11th to 14th project with the pipes underg
ground the pipes are under the ground go that we cannot reopen that road yeah plus the county is sharing part of that cost M right okay all good we got a letter this week that they're kicking in about I think 78,000
yes yes any other public comments on work session items hearing none I'd entertain a motion to close the work session take a brief recess and then begin our regular meeting motion by council member Connor second by council member rotunda roll call council member
Connor yes council member runda yes council member Condes yes counc member craft yes council president W yes motion approved take a brief Part: 2
this is a regular meeting of the mayor and B Council of B Seaside Park County of ocean Stadium New Jersey held on Thursday February 20th 20125 pursuant to the provisions of New Jersey open public meetings act adequate notice of this meeting was properly
provided by transmitting the notice of the meeting for publication to the Asbury Park Press and the ocean star on January 3rd 2025 notice of the meeting in the governing body also has been posted in the corridor of the municipal building and in the office of the municipal clerk roll call
counc he has had extensive oral surgery will not be here this evening thank you we wish him well council member condos here council member Connor yeah here council member craft here council member attenda here council president Willl
here mayor Pearson here thank you let us all rise together for a moment of silence to be followed by our Pledge of Allegiance i al to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible
with liy and justice for all first item on the agenda seeks approval of the minutes for February 6 2025 a work session February 6 2025 a regular meeting any comments from Council if not on motion I make motion motion by
council member craft second second by council member condos roll call council member craft yes council member condos yes council member Connor yes council member attenda yes council president wil yes motion
approved and next seeks approval for special meeting minutes the special meeting occurring in an executive session February 6 2025 we have a motion I make the motion mayor motion by council member craft I I'll second
second by council member con roll call council member CRA yes council member Connor yes council member condos yes council member attenda yes council president will yes next are ordinances the first is
final reading and adoption its ordinance 20251 an ordinance of the B Seaside Park County Motion state of New Jersey amending chapter 200 of the code of the bough Seaside Park entitled development regulations to regulate the placement of backup electric generators within a side
yard setback and this came about as per discussion that P meetings including but not limited to the meeting at which time a first reading occurred and also input having uh come to us with a recommendation from the planning
board any uh anything else and anything from Council on the ordinance if not we'll go into the audience this is final reading and adoption ordinance 20251 any comments on the ordinance
hearing thenone I would close the public portion i' entertain a motion from Council for final reading mayor I'll make that motion motion by council president wil second second by council member condos roll call council president wil yes council member condos
yes council member Connor yes council member CRA yes council member yes Mo approve next final reading and adoption ordinance 20253 an ordinance of the B Seaside Park County V state of New Jersey amending chapter
1357 of the code of B Seaside Park entitled permits required for use of beach rates and this is uh adopting and and memorializing what was in effect previously uh and those rates which were
in effect the last summer season any other questions comments from Council no no hearing not we'll go into the audience any comments ments on Final reading adoption of ordinance 20253 any and hearing none I would close
the public portion I'd entertain a motion from councel I'll make a motion motion by council member Conor second second by council member condos roll call council member Connor yes council member condos yes council member craft
yes counc member Renda yes counc president will yes next is first reading and introduction ordinance 20254 an ordinance of the bar Seaside Park County vertion state of New Jersey amending chapter 364 of the code of the
BR Seaside Park entitled rental permits and as per discussion at several past meetings and the ongoing research review of the estimated cost time labor involved uh for those permits uh this uh
slightly elevates or slightly raises rather the Fe as for the discussion at the work session as well any comments from Council on this is a first reading hearing none I would entertain a
motion I'll make that motion mayor motion council president wil second by council member rotunda roll call council president wil yes council member rotunda yes council member condos yes council member Connor yes council member craft
yes yes Mo and next is first reading and introduction it's ordinance 20255 and ordinance to exceed the municipal budget appropriation limits to establish a cap Bank pursued to njsa 48
4- 4514 and this is consistent with that which has occurred in most uh every municipality over past years including but not limited to this one uh to make sure that there sufficient leverage and
a cap if need be any uh other comments from Council if not a motion I'll make the motion there motion by council member craft second second by council member Connor roll call council member craft yes council member Connor
yes council member condos yes council member Enda yes council president wil yes motion approved the next is a public hearing it's public hearing on this year's cbbg application project which is to uh
Implement Ada access improvements on Ocean Avenue at the boardwalk and this uh I will turn the floor over to our administrator Karen who's worked hard on this as has the entire uh Council and the Committee
involved so the the Community Development block grant is typically it's it's offered every other year uh and typically to help um serve uh either underprivileged or handicapped uh uh Community or not communities individuals and so we are
applying this year um to help offset some of the the expense with uh when we do the boardwalk project a number of the current ramps have to be redesigned in order to be handicap accessible um because some of them like if you look at the Island Avenue it go
straight up like this so we need to make the ones that aren't currently handicap accessible hand C accessible so we're applying for this grant just to help offset some of those costs we do a public hearing today and at the next meeting on March the 6th we'll have to have a second public hearing after which we can submit our
application on March the [Applause] 11th anything else from Council on that if not we'll go into the audience for any comments on the public hearing as per the cdbg application
project here none I would close the oh there is one I apologize you're Hing and late on the do I have it now or do I save it for later Avenue um how many ramps do we
need to fix uh top my head I don't know the exact number but what we are asking for is $60,000 in grant money which would probably cover three of the ramps um and typically the the grants that are between like 30 and 50,000 they actually award for example two years ago we got
the award I think it was $35,000 to do the handicap gramp at the community center M same Grant okay now are these handicap um excess uh accesses so are
going to be spaced out um along the boardwalk I mean I know there's one at seven and this is going to be at island is there going to be one I don't know further down further up or same they're all going to be any accessible so so that's why we have to configure where
the curve cuts are uh because there'll be more switchbacks in order to make the the incline the right I guess degree to make them handicap accessible so ultimately all ramp all ramps will be we
can't take funding what if it's not8 compliant ramp any ramp that's going to be replaced using roughly 16 16 ramps there need to be 88 compant well yeah CU I'm thinking of 11th Avenue and I'm thinking that's a little bit of a
hill too there's there's there going to be cross backs going in so this is just an our Boardwalk project which addresses Fifth Avenue to K Street yes okay between Fifth Avenue and K Street whatever ramps are currently not handicap accessible will have to become
handicap accessible as as a requirement of the grant that we're looking for well it's I think just a state requirement too that we need to start to that these ramps need to be handicapped accessible it's part of it's part of our and also we
borrowing from the infrastructure bank for that so it's one of the requirements I mean clear the r is just to get to the boardwalk yes not oh not to the be we're not talking to the beach we're talking no from the road
upad yes not the do crossover that's a good point Council CRA okay thank you thank you any other uh public comments for the hearing hearing yes CH 151000 I that's just about the we
have certain ramps going to the beach that are handicapped that the core of engineers put into the yeah program they didn't do all of that so in future years are we looking at if we want money to fix those we would be having to make
each one of those handicap is that the logic behind it usually a store or something you have you know one access point to the building it has handicap I'm assuming there's a there's no code requirement
it's just that to get funding to pay for the ramps so we don't have to pay for them we go and have them handicap accessible is that what I heard it's not that it's required but in order to get get us the funding uh to build the 100% of the ramp
then if it's handicapped we get 100% of the funding that or is it a code requirement to have them all handicapped and if that's true why wouldn't the ones onto the beach all have to be that in the future or do they in this particular
case the the funding is just for the the concrete ramps that get you to the board W uh they go from the boardwalk to the beach I that's entirely something different I mean we would have to do that on our own
time I think can I just paraphrase I think you're asking similar what Ed I was trying to interrupt before but I didn't but I think the question is is are we required by some law lack of a better word to have all of them be
handicap accessible and then a subset of them we're applying for the grant where are we not required but we're taking advantage of the grant is that what you're asking right and then it's like the UN carrying that over when we do replace the ones to the ocean sound like
we have to do handicap for all of those which we didn't have to do I thought we'd only have handicap for the ones that go to the ocean on the road side that would be handicapped and that would be the logic the plans for the boardwalk replacement project from fifth to K
ramps that were not handicap accessible plans call them to be handicap accessible that money we want to borrow from the ibank this the U CBD Jeep money is so so when we reconfigure some of those ramps where there's a curb cut
today there it will end in a different spot so this grant the C CBG Grant is to pay for the new curb cut the handicap accessible simply the curb cut to get to the ramp the majority of the cost is not the
curb cut the majority of the cost is the actual uh the rise and run of this huge uh rant for handicap based on the elevation you have to do and then we're going to be not only do we have to we pay for that but my thing is always
sustainability so over the years we're going to have to maintain all that and it's just such a big cost logic to me would be that we would just do the handicap ramps where they have cap ramps going to the beach you know that one
would be designated not every one of the streets we're going to be paying a lot of money over the years I think maintain these are massive structures sometimes depending on the height you have to go up especially over by m you know it's going to be really big there'll be
skateboarding down on but it it's going to be uh I just like to know if it's required by a law and we're doing it or whether it isn't required by a law it's something that we're just doing so handicapped people can get to the bo bar and then go up and down at every street
so I think it's more grant grant driven it's yeah and then that's creating a bigger cost to us to again it might be other grants or something but that's a lot of decking to go in the Heights has it in some areas all right thanks any other
comments on the cdbg matter uh as such I would close the public hearing and we would not need a motion at this juncture because that will be subject to a second uh hearing as
well next on the agenda therefore are authorizations I'll summarize same uh a is pure Toms River yoga Saturdays May 24th 2025 to August 30th 7:45 a.m. to
8:45 a.m. J Street beach Second National MS Society walk 5K April 26 2025 5:00 a.m. to 2: p.m. parking lot 2 Boardwalk to catar Avenue to 12 and if
acted upon favorably any approval would be specifically conditioned upon receipt of a certificate of insurance as well as Ocean County approval the next is Seaside Park yard Club family fund walk
5K date June 22nd 2025 8 a.m. to 10: a.m. location 13th Avenue Boardwalk to bayew 5th Avenue Boardwalk to bayew Boardwalk 13th to J Street that too if acted upon favorably would include a
condition that Ocean County approval is necessary the next Ocean County Christian Academy school wathon date May 5th 2025 8:00 a.m. to 12: noon boardwalk and Street the
14th the next ocean Harbor House Charity Walk April 27th 2025 9 to1 Boardwalk stock Stockton Avenue to Porter Avenue next Seaside Park South ball league various dates June to August 6:00 p.m.
to 10: p.m 13th Avenue Ballfield that too if conditioned if it's acted upon favorably would be specifically conditioned upon receipt of an updated Certificate of Insurance the next Seaside Park basketball league various States May to October 5:00 p.m.
to 10 p.m. 13th Avenue basketball court again if acted upon favorably that would be conditioned upon receipt of an adequate Certificate of Insurance the final Ocean County St Patrick Day Parade March 8th
2025 10: a.m. to 2 Loc location J Street K street L Street M Street N Street Lafayette deer Stockton and faragate avenues and that approval if acted upon favorably would be specifically conditioned upon receipt of an updated
Certificate of Insurance the receipt of specific Ocean County approval and also a corrected uh form indicating the accurate date for the use of the facility's application any questions comments from
Council on any of the use of facilities hearing none if do we have a motion with the various if acted upon favorably the act the various conditions just right into the record I'll make motion motion by council member craft
second second by council member condos Ral council member CRA yes council member condos yes council member H yes council member Enda yes council president will yes motion
approve the next item on the agenda is payment of claims 22594 approving payment of the itemized claims are set forth on the check register Bill list for the period of time February 7th to February 20th
2025 any comments from Council or if not a motion make a motion to approve motion by council member condos second second by council member runda roll call council member condos yes council member
attenda yes council member Conor yes council member C yes council president yes the next item on the agenda are the resolutions and I'll read them in summary fashion 22595 memorializing payments through the
loac program 96 authorizing the designated adjustment and a refund on certain tax accounts number 97 appointing James Ranken as lifeguard Captain 98 Appo appointing Jake steinet
as Beach control manager 99 resolution of B Council authorizing the execution of change order number one to the Professional Services contract the municipal prosecutor number 100 rejecting responses for B affordable housing col
counsil for the bar seide park 101 resolution to support publishing legal notices on official government websites as per recommendation of the New Jersey League of municipalities 102 appointing a special law enforcement officer
sleo for the B Seaside Park 103 authorizing Remington veric Engineers to provide professional Engineering Services for the Reconstruction of parking lots one two and three and submission of an application for funding through the New Jersey infrastructure
Bank 104 authorizing lington Vernick Engineers to provide professional Engineering Services for application to New Jersey infrastructure Bank funding for K Street roadway improvements 105 authorizing Remington Vernick Engineers to provide professional Engineering
Services for 14th Avenue storm water pump station project 106 authorizing T&M associ to provide professional Engineering Services for 2025 Ocean County Community Development Rock Grant application 107 authorizing
advertisement and receipted bids for the Reconstruction of a portion of the boardwalk from Fifth Avenue to K Street within the BB Seaside Park 108 authorizing the transfer of the Year 2024 Municipal budget Appropriations as
per the statute njsa 40 capitala 4-50 a and 109 authorizing a proposal from Kyle and mcmanis Associates for the provision of affordable housing planning
Services any questions comments from Council on any of the specific resolutions hearing none it's all practice to allow any public comments if need be on resolutions that not required by law if anyone has any comment on a
resolution if they could give their name and address into the record yes Ed are questions allowed or just comments under the New Jersey open public me act comments only but we actually do extend courtesy and allow
questions often in our discussion as time permits if we have some answers okay Ed CL 4 11th Avenue um couple of things one U 2025 100 um we're rejecting
responses for Council about the affordable housing in 2025 109 we're authorizing a proposal for a provision of affordable housing planning Services can you explain how that fits
into what was done by the person that was hired I think in December who then um they um I'm trying to think who who who explained it at a recent meeting that instead of 18 we're only zero to
one how does this all go together we're rejecting somebody but hiring somebody else uh there are two different Professional Services one's an attorney one's a professional planner and I think the meeting you're referring to we had
our special Council here in attendance explaining some of the uh it's a very recently enacted program in New Jersey concerning affordable housing and that was Jean chani that's right and she was here and explained the obligation which
we complied with the with the applicable filed order to show cause in the resolution so we're in compliance with the recommendation and this the resolution that you're referring to as the professional planner who been
employed in Seaside Park for many years um and that firm uh assists with the next step in the process required by the state wasn't a planner hired I think in December was that a different same same
planner so what are they looking into now that all mandated and required by the state of New Jersey without any funding or any men the local property taxpayers have to pay for that obligation that's the state and comply
with the statute which we have done and are continuing to do and that planner provided Services related to compliance with the first round and this these are steps necessary for the next rounds have
we heard back from this date is that why we're going to the next round I could only play for you that tape I would get too far into the weeds of the statute trying to explain it that's why we had jeene chiani here but you can she explained the process pretty well that
evening so we could all including me try to grasp it and understand it that was under the um and it's probably my fault I was under the impression that we now had to wait till we heard back from the state before we went further in into
this we have to see what they're going to say to our response which was you know what Miss saani um I just reped to that tape I would not say we hear back from the state necessarily I wouldn't describe it in
that way but you're correct General generally speaking we've complied and immediately filed what's called an order to show cause so we we comp agree with what they said no I no I for okay um my
other comment is when you um 2025 103 and it talks about um RVE um services for the Reconstruction of the parking Lots I know that the county is going to redo Ocean Avenue and they're going to do the strike the central lines and the
lanes and whatever but we got to do the parking spaces along Central Avenue are we going to be able to have our parking lots redone so that we can have the firm that's straping the parking spaces along Central do that at the same
time no no be Reit this project will be done parking lots aren't going to be done this is entirely separate oh next okay yeah okay one last thing I understand um 2025 108 I
understand that when you don't spend money in certain areas of the budget you can move them to another area I just have of two questions one um one of the transfers is coming out of administration OE what does oe stand
operating expenses operating expenses okay and then um the some of all those that's coming out of certain accounts is going to Police Department snw salaries and wages correct yes $120,000 did we hire new people what's
that money for well I guess it's to make up a shortfall for what was appropriated in the 2024 budget do we have any particulars as to why there was a short call
I believe it was um more overtime than expected extra vacation time extra vacation time okay all right thank you any other comments on any resolutions hearing not I would close the public comment on resolutions I'd
entertain a motion from Council as a consent agenda so Move Motion by council member runda second second by council member Conor loc call member attendo yes council member Connor yes council member
condos yes council member CRA yes counc president will yes motion approved and that concludes the written agenda does anyone else on Council have anything else at this time mayor I do yes mayor and um I have
the construction permit activity report for 2024 for the entire year there were 19 RS the abolished in 2024 they were um a total of revenue for the building permit specifically
building permits 233,000 um new construction building permits were 21 uh building permits [Music] line I just want to go back to 2023 just
to compare 2024 and 233,000 and in 2023 there was $ 24,7 so there was an increase in Billing
permits last year over 2023 there were um 339 permits in 23 and 374 in 2024 so there definitely more building going around in 24 and
23 and just in a little trivia there was 727 rental inspections done in a year if anyone found that interesting but that's what it is that's all thank thank you Mar anything else from Council yeah mayor I
want to um just bring up uh um try Bor is having a spaghetti dinner on March uh 29th Saturday March 29th from 5: to 7: uh gett a meatball salad bread soda water dessert it's a
fundraiser um for that so um i' I have Flyers only have two so I have Flyers here I could leave them down here if somebody wants to come up and take a picture of or see the information be happy to share it with you and everything as a fundraiser for trio actually it's tribo the Seaside Heights
fire department and also seesight par fire department I'm sorry it's a fundraiser for all three organizations very good okay thank you Joe yep anything else from Council hearing nothing at this time I'll go into the audience if there are
any public uh comments if anyone has them if they could give their name and address into the record yes Eve I need my microphone 48 11th Avenue um I just want to give kudo goes to um the town for
hosting the senior lunchin uh I was at the luncheon yesterday um and it was a fascinating um gentleman who spoke about the um efforts that he has created to help
people out who have been who have suffered from natural disasters it's started very very small and has mushroomed into this great big thing and when he hears of a disaster he's been everywhere from Vermont to Florida to Georgia to Virginia to Kentucky he he
drops everything and goes so he's there right at the beginning when people have left their houses with nothing and are walking around kind of in shock before the Red Cross comes before FEMA comes before anybody he is
there um he's got trailers of supplies he plugs in his coffee to his generators and he gets his hot dog thing going so they have something to drink something to eat um he was he served as a
ranger is that army army army okay and he kind of figured that he had you know kind of done his duty for everybody but then he got to thinking he lost his house in Ocean Gate um to the Sandy so he knows what this is like and he was
sitting around during Co and he thought you know I really I really need to do something for somebody else so between 2021 I'll say and he figures he
has serviced 7500 people um I would encourage any of you that are able to come to these senior luns the programs are very interesting um last month it was the Ocean County Department of Health and they came to talk about um
basically of help things for seniors but the highlight of that program was she brought um giveaways and you would have thought she was giving away $200 bill um I mean it was flashlight it was keychains with flashlights and was little pill boxes and everybody's like oh I want one of those but um the lunch
is fabulous um it's also great socialization and I think it's I think it's a wonderful thing and the piggyback on that I saw on the Facebook page where the concept of Cl is being bantered around and I think
that's also a great idea um and I would offer one suggestion uh and that would be Elementary Spanish because I would sign up to take that so thank you for having these things for the residents I think it's it's really important thank
you Ed thank you certainly an added note on that I I want to uh thank uh Joe to our Recreation uh director and also Gina and Joe their committee put a lot of work they get these speakers and Joe
obviously as we know is uh employed by Central Regional School District that individual is extremely well thought of not just countywide Statewide and Beyond as you correctly know he's a central regional teacher and when disaster
strikes he drops everything and goes right to the sites he has established this nonprofit and a terrific guy done a lot for so you're absolutely right so thank uh all those that put that together that program I know there's
working on some others too but you're correct and I just also mayor if I could I want to thank councilman craft and his wife Pat because they're the on pick up the food they order the food they bring the food councilman Connor is there at every senior lunch so yeah it was a te a
lot of people put a lot of work into that one behind the scenes so a lot of thanks all around any other public comments yes [Music] Mike Mike's SPO 59th Avenue uh actually
I just want to uh thank um councilman WL and Council M conter for giving us some information how of a droll how drum it might be and I I would like to encourage any of the council that are on any
committee that if there's any information to report that you do like councilman W and councilman Conor did because we take our time to come here because we really care and we're interested in what's going on in town and if you have any information to
impart it goes a lot a long way for us having more respect for you in the work that you're doing that's all thank you m thanks thank you any other public comments I know along the same line a lot of thanks go out to another team
effort this week and that includes uh council president will Joe Conor the whole Council was involved and our administrator uh Karen cron uh did a lot of work those of you and and Alex and the a residents
pointing out immediately uh we know we had a very very unique tide situation and Chuck uh it was a team effort of the community everybody uh pointing out uh a opportunity for all of us to take
advantage and we did just that everyone put together a uh we've got Drone footage now we've got photographs we have onsite photographs and all of that has been now submitted to several
federal agencies including uh in particular the Army Corps of Engineers uh it's going to our uh sa consultant who's immediately complimented the town he emailed back just this afternoon and
said what a fine job uh the point is this tide situation gave us an opportunity to look at the actual Sandy Bottom Of The Bay such as it never has occurred in recent years years that was
done as per our residents as per the council everyone said it demonstrated the fact that there was uh not just a little uh Sav underwater known as Eel Grass and the like there was none in the
area and it's quite obviously it's dormant in the winter we know that the remnants are there should be there if in fact there were any there was none and that had been demonstrated by Dr farell convincingly through a walking meeting
that occurred back two summers ago uh unfortunately the federal agencies change personnel and they change directives sometimes they change their mission sometimes it's unfortunate that that meeting wasn't videotaped and
recorded in its entirety but that being said we've now got that footage everything to the agencies and asking them to reconsider the stance that they taken that we were required for this
very very extensive and very costly Sav mitigation plan so that is in the works thanks to a total team effort and last but not least but I give him keep going our Sheriff Mike Master nardy uh
immediately brought to us uh his their drones and they assisted and they too were well aware that uh FEMA is interested Ed in this and it's a protection standpoint for our health and safety to protect the New Jersey natural
gas line to protect properties to protect ocean County's own ocean uh Bay View Avenue they own it and so the county and particularly the sheriff helped uh a great deal with Drone footage R the Drone right over our
entire Bayfront so thanks to everybody following up on the theme moments ago I I think that's correctly noted so mayor I forgot one yes I forgot to thank the police you mentioned drones and I forgot to mention the police department and the
neighborhood watch meetings because the LA the most recent one who was a member of the uh Sheriff's drone that was the Mike B's team that was their drone it was so interesting we even had a demonstration outside so the neighborhood watch is another thing that
is great for the the residents that's there it is anything else anything from Council if not I would entertain a motion for adjournment make motion by council member craft second by council member
Conor roll call council member craft uh yes thank you council member Connor yes council member condos yes council member Renda yes council president will yes motion approved and thank everyone for coming out