This is a regular meeting of the mayor burough council of the board of seaside park and the county voting state of New Jersey held on Thursday February 5th 2026 advertised to begin at the conclusion of the work session uh
earlier which has now concluded pursuant to the provisions of New Jerseys open public meetings act adequate notice of this meeting was properly provided by transmitting the notice of the meeting for publication in the Asbury Park Press on the Ocean Star on January 2nd. 2026
notice of the meeting of the governing body. It also has been posted in the corridor of the municipal building and in the office of the municipal clerk. Roll call. >> Council member Condos >> here. >> Council member Connor >> here. >> Council member Craft. >> He will not be here this evening. Is excused.
>> Thank you. Council member Rotunda >> here. >> Council member to >> Yes. Oh, here. Sorry. >> Council President Wil >> here. >> Mayor Peterson >> here. >> Thank you. Let us all rise together for a moment of silence to be followed by the pledge of allegiance.
I don't know. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> The first item on the agenda is a
request for approval of the minutes. That's the January 22nd, 2026 work session, the January 22nd, 2026 regular meeting. >> I'll make that motion. >> Motion by Council President Wil. >> Second, Mr. 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 T. >> Yes. >> Motion [clears throat] approved. >> Next is a request for approval of the
special meeting minutes of January 22nd, 2026. I close executive session. Is there a motion? >> Make that motion. >> Motion by council member Condos. >> I'll second it. Second by council member Connor. Roll call. >> Council member Condos. >> Yes.
>> Council member Connor. >> Yes. >> Council member Rotunda. >> Yes. >> Council member Toe. >> Yes. >> Council President Wil. >> Yes. >> Motion approved. >> Next is ordinances. The first is final reading and adoption. Ordinance 22602
amending and supplementing ordinance of the bureau of Seaside Park fixing and determining salaries and wages of certain officials and employees. uh specifically I believe it's one that one title that had uh inadvertently not uh
been looked at or raised and it was still commensurate with what had been the minimum wage and that was uh for special officers for the police department. I believe that's the case in uh this way would make
>> that position at least competitive with some >> uh officers out there who may be inclined to apply. >> That was the one that was corrected between the first and the second reading, but others had been changed prior to that.
>> Yes, there was a couple. >> I wasn't. >> I didn't make [laughter] other words. >> Anything else from council? No, I'll move. >> If not, we'll go into the audience if there's any public comments at final reading hearing adoption ordinance
22602. Yes. Uh Tom, >> Tom Joseph, 704 South Bay View. I think I heard in a private conversation the shading highlighting in the table is things that have changed.
Is that changed from the prior ordinance or just changed from the prior reading? >> Go ahead. >> The highlighting uh the highlighting that was in the ordinance was just to indicate what had changed from the last salary ordinance that had been adopted
in 25. >> Now my next question is why are there two copies of exhibit A? >> Two copies. There are two copies on the version on the website and there are two copies on the hard copy in my hand of exhibit A. H
>> I only have one. >> Uh what's the legal text of the ordinance? Is it what's posted on the website from the first and second reading? What's printed and presented to the audience in the meeting
or the copy you have in your hand? have two copies of exhibit A and I can't find any reason for there to be two copies. >> Are they different copies? you have >> the same >> appear to be identical but the ordinance is there
>> and it's got the table and the table ends and then exhibit A appears again and it goes on and it ends again and as far as I can tell they're identical >> you're saying exhibit you're saying where it says schedule A schedule B is that what you're referring >> it says schedule A they both say schedule >> that's what I mean is that what you're
referring to when you say >> two copies of schedule A appended to the text of the ordinance I have schedule A stipens schedule B, C, and D is all I got. >> Is one of them highlighted, one unhighlighted? >> Oh, I'm sorry. Schedule A, schedule B,
schedule C, schedule D, schedule E, and F all have two copies appended to the ordinance. There is just extra pages at the end of the ordinance with a second copy of all the schedules. >> Okay. >> Now, my question is, is there a reason
for it? And if there's no reason for it, then presenting your audience and the internet with this version of it, shouldn't you do something about that before you pass this ordinance? And I don't know what the legality is. That's
up to our esteemed attorney here. But right now, as a member of the public, I'm seeing an ordinance with two copies of all the schedules. And I >> But they're not different than the obvious ordinance in place that has two
copies of all the schedules in it. >> It doesn't though. Has one >> has one. Ours has that might have been you >> with that copy, but the copy that's posted in the on the bulletin board and the copy that's on file that you can
review if you like has one. >> There's the answer. >> That's the answer >> as opposed to the one I was handed here in the meeting and the one that's posted on the website. >> Yeah. I apologize. I I must have when I put it together uh not Yeah.
Any other uh public comments on the second reading of ordinance 22602 >> hearing? None. I'll close the public hearing and I'd entertain a motion for adoption of second reading 22602. >> I'll make that motion.
>> Motion by council member Condos. >> I'll second. Second by council member to roll call. >> Council member Condos, >> yes. >> Council member Toe, >> yes. >> Council member Connor, >> yes. >> Council member Okanda, >> yes. >> Council President Wil, >> yes. >> Motion approved. >> Next is final reading and adoption
capital ordinance 22603 capital ordinance of the Burough Seaside Park County Board of State of New Jersey appropriating $250,000 for various water capital improvements and acquisitions. Any
comment summary from council this from the first reading on Karen? Uh [clears throat] for the water improvements there's 125,000 the earmark for a whole lawn for public works which will be shared with public works in the
next ordinance and then an additional 125,000 for rehabilitation of our wells. >> Mhm. >> Very good. Anything else from council? If not, we'll go into the audience for any public comments on final reading
adoption capital ordinance 22603. >> Yes, Tom. >> Okay, maybe I'm just confused, but I'm just going to ask the obvious question. How many pole barns are we buying and erecting? >> Well, actually at the last meeting, it's one, >> and it's being shared between public
works and the water. >> Okay, that's fine. And I'm sure you're doing what we need to do, but you sure don't get that from reading the ordinance that you're about to vote on. All you get is you're buying two pole barns. >> We know we're buying one.
>> Well, shouldn't there be some words in the ordinance to indicate that this is some kind of shared appropriation or something? I mean, I'm I'm just asking, do you guys want to do this right or do you don't
mind being sloppy? because I read what it says here and it says you're buying two pole barns and I don't know what else to say. >> Good. >> Any other public comments or second? >> I have to comment on it.
>> I'm sorry. Mayor says installation of a pole bar. A is one. If you want, I'll stand up again after the second ordinance, which also says installation of a pole barn. Two
ordinances, two a pole barns. Sounds to me like two pole barns. >> And it was already explained in the beginning. And the next ordinance will clarify the one for the water. >> I I think you're not getting my point. The point is the order should reflect
reality. What you say in this meeting has no statutory value. what you write in your ordinance and vote on and pass does. And it would have been very simple to change the wording slightly to make it clear. There's one
pole barn being shared between two allocations. That's all. That's my comment. >> Any other public comments? Of course, that issue was addressed at the last regular meeting when this came
up as well. But is there a anything further from council or a motion? >> I'll make the motion. >> Motion by council member Tote. >> Second. >> Second by council member Rotunda. Roll call. >> Council member Tote. >> Yes. >> Council member Rotunda. >> Yes. >> Council member Condos.
>> Yes. >> Council member Connor. >> Yes. >> Council President Wil. >> Yes. [clears throat] >> Motion approved. >> Next is final reading and adoption. Capital ordinance 22604. Capital ordinance of the bur seaside park county motion state of New Jersey. appropriating $150,000
for various general capital improvements and acquisitions. Any questions, comments or summary? >> Uh so this represents [clears throat] u 125,000 from the um general capital which would be the public birth contribution to a poleborn and the
additional 25,000 is for um increased demolition costs for desert palm. >> Very good. That consistent with when this came up for first reading. Any other questions, comments from councel? If not, we'll go
into the audience if there are any public comments or questions. Second reading adoption capital ordinance 22604. Hearing none, I would close the public portion and entertain a motion from council. >> Make the motion. >> Motion by council member Condos.
[clears throat] >> Second. >> Second by council member Connor. Roll call. Council member Condos, >> yes. >> Council member Connor, >> yes. >> Council member, >> yes. >> Council member Toe, >> yes. >> Council President Wilk, >> yes. >> Motion approved. >> Next is first reading introduction
22605. That's amending chapter 1852 of the code of both seaside park entitled fees. Any questions, comments from council or if not is there a motion for first reading? >> I'll make that motion.
>> Motion by council president Wol. >> Second. >> Second by who? Second council member. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Council president. >> Yes. Council member Rotunda, >> yes. >> Council member Condis, >> yes. >> Council member Connor,
>> yes. >> Council member Till, >> yes. Motion approved. >> Next is first reading and introduction ordinance 22606 amending chapter 350 of the code of B seaside park entitled property maintenance.
Any comments from council or if not >> that was the one we just talked about in the work. >> Yes, that exactly. Do do we have a motion for first reading? >> I'll make that motion. Mayor >> motion by council president Wil. >> I'll second. >> Second by council member to roll call.
>> Council president Wil. >> Yes. >> Council member to >> yes. >> Council member Condos. >> Yes. >> Council member Connor. >> Yes. >> Council member Rotunda. >> Yes. >> Motion approved. >> Next is first reading and introduction bond ordinance 22607
amending ordinance number 22520 of the bra. finally adopted September 4th, 2025, providing for the replacement of the storm water system or portion of K Street and appropriating $1,300,000 therefore and authorizing the issuance
of $1,300,000 in bonds or notes of the bureau of Seesat Park to finance the cost thereof. Any comments from council or if not a motion? >> I'll make that motion. Motion by council
president Wilk. Second. >> Second by council member Connor. Roll call. >> Council president Wil. >> Yes. >> Council member Connor. >> Yes. >> Council member Condos. >> Yes. >> Council member Rotunda. >> Yes. >> Council member T. >> Yes. M.
>> Next are authorizations. I'll read in summary fashion. A is the event New Life Church Easter Sunrise Service. Date Septe Sunday, April 5th, 2026, 6:30 a.m. Brighton Avenue Beach. The second event
is Oceans Hopper House Walks in Their Shoes fundraiser. Sunday, April 12th, 2025, 8 [clears throat] or 9:00 a.m. rather to 11:00 a.m. Location Boardwalk Stockton Avenue to Porter Avenue. C is the event
West Orange Firefighters Foundation 5K Walk Run, Saturday, May 16th, 2026. Time is 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Location boardwalk Stockton Avenue the 14th. And the final one event is National MS
Society 5K fundraising walk date of Saturday May 2nd 2026 500 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. locationw walk end street to 12th Avenue parking lot 3 and if this is approved by the council it would be
conditioned upon receipt of the additional fees. Any other questions, comments from council as to any of the authorizations? >> Nope. I mean, spring is coming. They're all late in May.
>> Everybody's on the ball here getting ready. >> Uh, hearing none. Do we have a motion as a consent agenda of all of them? >> I'll make the motion there. >> Motion by council member Connor. >> Second. >> Second by council member Ratunda. Roll call.
>> Council member Connor. >> Yes. Council member Ratunda, >> yes. >> Council member Condos, >> yes. >> Council member Tob, >> yes. >> Council President Wil, >> yes. >> Motion approved. >> Next is a resolution to authorize lean redemption 22681.
It's authorizing the refund of lean redemption and premium paid at tax sale. And have a motion. Motion by council member to second. Second by council president roll. >> Council member Toe. >> Yes.
>> Council President Wil. >> Yes. >> Council member Condos. >> Yes. >> Council member Connor. >> Yes. >> Council member Rotunda. >> Yes. >> Motion approved. >> Next are payment of claims 22682. Approving payments itemized claims as set forth on the check registered bill
list for the time period January 23rd, 2026 to February 5th, 2026. Any comments from council? If not a motion, >> I'll make a motion. >> Motion by council member Connor. I'll second.
>> Second by council member to roll call. >> Council member Connor. >> Yes. >> Council member to >> Yes. >> Council member [clears throat] Condos. >> Yes. >> Council member Rotunda. >> Yes. >> Council President Wil. >> Yes. Motion. >> Next. Resolutions are read in summary
fashion. One is authorizing an education reimbursement for an employee having taken the appropriate course as per contract and second 84 appointing a class one special
enforcement officers for the calendar year 2026. 85 appointing class 2 special law enforcement officers for the brows park. 86 authorizing the temporary appointment of a code enforcement
officer. 87 authorizing out of rank pay as per the discussion at the work session in accordance with the contract. 88 authorizing change order number one to amend the professional services contract between the B of Seaside Park
Remington Bernick Engineers. 89 authorizing Remington Bernick engineers to provide professional engineering services for 2026 flood pain management services review and CRS reertification services and 90 is a motion from the
council appointing Bonnie Peterson Esquire as municipal prosecutor of Seaside Park. 91 authorizing change order number one to amend the professional service contract for municipal prosecutor. 92 appointing Steven Zarski Esquire Barry Styber
Esquire Matthew Gross Esquire alternate prosecutors and Burough Cesar Park 2. A motion from the council 93 appointing alternate prosecutors again. Motion from the council attorney Gregory McGuckan
Esquire Martin Buckley Esquar Kelsey McGuckan Anthony Escar Patrick Vaga Esqua as alternate prosecutors Burough Seaside Park 94 authorizing the execution of change order number two to the contract between the Burough Seaside
Park and Vulcan Construction Inc. for boardwalk reconstruction phase one as per the discussion at the work session. 95 authorizing adjustment of designated tax and water accounts block 14, lot 11.
96 authorizing the submission of a local recreational improvement 2026 grant application to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. 97 authorizing a shared service agreement with the county motion for fire inspection services.
98 authorizing the provisional appointment of an Andrew Troterella to senior public works repair. 99 authorizing the appointment of Charles Malloy to maintenance repair. 100. suspending paid parking for Clean Ocean
Actions 41st annual spring beach sweeps to be held Saturday, April 11th, 2026 and the fall beach sweep scheduled for Saturday, October 24th, 2026. 101 authorizing electronic payment uh
for certain bills. I believe it's for one >> it's for the uh vision insurance >> vision insurance and that had resulted because the billing statement was coming literally the same day as the council meeting [laughter]
103 authorizing the designated calendar year 2026 amusement games license applications. 104 authorizing the transfer of the year 2026 municipal budget appropriations as per NGSA4A
4-58 105 authorizing a memorandum of agreement with NJPBA local 182 106 authorizing an employment agreement with the municipal clerk
any questions comments from and I also have a Apologize 107 is as per the discussion at the work session and resolution of the bureau of seaside park county state of New Jersey rejecting all bids received for NJIB
that's the I bank clean water application stormwater maintenance equipment and that as per the discussion at the work session I >> think I skipped 102 I think we started talking on 101 and then 102 to verbalize it
>> oh the governor's council Yes, I did. The governor's council on substance use disorder is 102. >> Any questions, comments from any council members on any resolution?
>> No. Hearing none, will we allow public comment on resolutions that are not required by law? If anyone has any, if they could give their name and address into the record hearing none, I close the public portion on resolutions and entertain a motion as
a consent agenda. >> I'll make a motion. >> Motion by council member to >> I'll second it. >> Second by council president. Roll call. >> Council member to >> Yes. >> Council President Wil. >> Yes. >> Council member Condos. >> Yes. >> Council member Connor. >> Yes. >> Council member Rotunda.
>> Yes. And that concludes the resolution portion of the agenda. And anything else further from council at this juncture? Any uh reports or any uh announcements and the like? >> My vote.
>> Yes. >> Have a small [clears throat] report. M. >> Yeah. >> Um public works committee status report. The boardwalk update as of February 2nd. The boardwalk construction between Island Avenue and Fifth Avenue is 88% complete. Remaining items to be complete
are the timber sheathing at the three ramps railing installation, concrete landings and curbing and dune restoration. The overall project remains on schedule with completion anticipated in the next two weeks weather permitting.
Internal projects is the construction office issued 47 total permits in January totaling 16,649. 92 billing and sub code inspections were performed 66 passed and 26 required
reinspection. >> That's all I have. >> Thank you. Mayor Peterson, I just update the recreation committee and our administrator completed our interviews for the recreation leader uh position and we uh we're going to the recommendation. We're going to discuss
it next week at our executive session. So we had 20 over 20 applicants and we narrowed it down to about seven we interviewed and uh we we had a top three that we really liked and then you know the top two of those top three were really stellar and then uh one actually
did withdraw the application. So we going to recommend one person. So >> very good and thank everyone a lot of hard work I know has been going on in the interview process not just for that position but for others and a lot of work. Anything else from council?
>> Yeah, Mr. Mayor, I have the monthly statistic from the police department for January. U summary of traffic summones. We had 22 motor vehicle stops, seven motor vehicle summons, six parking summons. We had two traffic accidents, one motor vehicle accident with
injuries. Uh we had one reported domestic violence incident. We had 21 first aid calls, one arrest, six agency assists. We had four firearms investigation completed. We had
11 background investigations completed. I believe that's for two guys for the summer. Um training month of January quarterly rifle training was Detective Mance, Patrolman Delcante, patrolman slippers. The admin system for purchasing was
Chief McKay, patrolman stack, patrolman delcante. We had no internal affairs investigation, no detective bureau investigations. >> Thank you, George. Yes, >> only because when you mentioned first aid, I thought of it too. Our fire
department also conducted their ice rescue training this past week. So I know that they put out some social media on that, but um I believe they did it with Lavallet and one other department. I don't remember now. >> Lavallet, Seaside Heights, and Ocean Beach. >> Was it Seaside Heights? I know the
height was there. Yeah. So they did that and hopefully we don't have to use that skill, but they had quite a few people out there. kind of impressive to see. >> Good. >> It's nice that they continue to do that. >> Yeah. >> Absolutely. >> Anything else from council?
>> If not, we'll go into the audience if there are any public comments. If anyone has them, if they could give their name and adjustment to the record. Tom >> Tom Joseph, 704 South Bay View Avenue. You guys may have noticed that oh I don't know a week or two ago we had a
bit of a snowstorm >> and it was followed up with a whole bunch of rain which made quite a mess and the county I live on Bay View which is a county road. So the county plowed the center two lanes but they didn't plow the parking lanes. They left a
substantial burm on each side which from our perspective meant that we couldn't get our cars out. So my wife and I went out about two days after the storm and started shoveling our way from the front door out to the burm thinking,
"Well, we'll just get started and over the course of the next couple of days, maybe we'll get gradually chip our way through the BM." However, after we'd been out there for a few minutes and we'd made a little bit of progress, um, Officer Seller stopped by and a
little while later, Officer Hawk stopped by. They both grabbed shovels and they came over and they started chipping away at the burm and I'm happy to say weather faster because they did it in minutes whereas my wife and I would have taken days. They got us a path through the
burm and we were able to get one of our cars out. And I can't tell you it's a tremendous relief to know that we can actually get a car out onto the street. The streets were nicely cleared, but it didn't do any good with this thing. So, I wanted to let the council know how
appreciative we are of their efforts and and we wanted to let them know that we're extremely grateful. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, De. No, I I think we all greatly appreciate the work of the police department, the public works
department, and indeed the whole burough family through that storm. I mean, you hear of horror stories in other towns, other cities, other areas, and it wasn't here. And the state plow did some damage, too. I can assure you, trying to
get through their mound doesn't matter. But, uh, we're still out chipping today. But, I it was great. uh various members of the police department came to the aid of citizens all over the town and just helped out and so did the public works
when they were going down uh central they were helping people all over as well and it was always just as described when the driveways got snow piled in and then the furrow was on those mounds you couldn't move and bust through them but
it was much much appreciated why we're all lucky to live here. And uh thank you to the police department. Pass it on. And the public works department as well. They all they were great. So
any other public comments? Yes, Mike. Mike Spentino, 59th Avenue. Uh [clears throat] I'd be remiss if I if I didn't step up for uh Edy couldn't be here tonight. And so, uh, I have to ask the question that's asked at every meeting. Uh, is
there any indicator of when we might get a report on, uh, on the Seaside Park, South Seaside Park, uh, uh, evaluation and, uh, and determination that we can [cough] set up for [clears throat] our
town meeting? She asked me to ask. We'll report back that you did well. >> Have an answer. >> I mean, I I think it suffices to say we would expect the
report sooner rather than later, a final version of the report. Uh I think uh it's imminent in terms of a related report on the uh the zoning aspects of the uh southeast side parks. That's a
report coming from our planner which is very near the finalization stage. So that's a second part of that. And we also have the issue that Steve is more versed than I, but there's a uh issue
with all the towns in the state concerning the affordable housing and the planner is is coming to address that as well. And I know the courthouse, I guess rumor mill or whatever were in
the towns, they call them the good towns, those that are uh really in compliance. There was one nonprofit group that brought a suit against every town in the state uh every city, every town and they now kind of informally are
separating them out. So we're not and that planner is coming to explain all that along with the attorney as well. So that that we would expect to happen probably very soon with the next planning board uh meeting targeted,
but Joanne. >> Good evening. Joanne Penn, 208 Kate Court. Um as a representative uh from Seaside Park to Central Regional School District um it it has been made public
that the feasibility study commissioned by Central Regional for the K through 12 um consolidation of the school system. The feasibility study is available online and there will be a public
hearing on Monday evening at 6 pm at the uh Central Regional High School open to the public. >> Thank you, Joan. And that's available on the on the centrals website or >> Yes, on the central
>> central regional. Very good. Thanks. Anything else? Any further public comments? Hearing none, I will close the public portion. And unless there's anything further from council, entertain
a motion for adjournment. >> I'll make that motion, mayor. >> Motion by council president Will. >> 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 Till. >> Yes.