--------- This is a work session of the mayor and burough council of Boris High Park County votion state of New Jersey held on Thursday October 2nd 2025 advertised for 7 p.m. 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 and the Ocean Star on January 3rd 20125. Notice of the meeting of the governing body also has been posted in the corridor of the municipal building and in the office of the municipal clerk. Roll call. >> Council member Amabil
>> here. >> Council member Condos >> here. >> Council member Connor >> here. >> Council member Craft >> here. >> Council member Rotunda >> here. >> Council President Wil >> here. >> Mayor Peterson >> here. >> Thank you. >> The first item and I I know we had a
late call just within the hour. We do not have uh who we expected was Sloan Boyce the librarian uh for the upper shores in the lavallet. Do we have at this moment anyone yet in attendance uh as a friends of the
library? We probably have I know almost all of us probably are regular users of the library. Uh but we would advise that someone from the friends of library would be coming and uh what we have is
uh our town joining in because this is national friends of libraries week and we're one of the towns participating. It also coincides with the 100th anniversary of the Ocean County Library and the 30th anniversary of the Upper
Shores Library, both being celebrated this year. So, that being said, in terms of presenting our proclamation, uh I don't see anyone, no one's taking the funds yet. So maybe we'll have this
uh held in obeyance and we can read it into the record at the regular meeting uh if someone appears and then we'll do so anyway just to make sure everyone in the town recognizes the uh history involved and that we are indeed the
participating town. Um that the second item we have is forformational purposes and uh our town uh had a very nice celebration that uh
just took place in fact yesterday for a retirement and that was the retirement of a longtime uh hardworking loyal police officer who was a grew up in Seaside Park and That's Lieutenant Michael Confederac. Uh 29
years plus of employment with the police department and he uh retired effective October 1. And uh we thank the entire police department for putting together a very nice uh ceremonial uh thanks and appreciation recognition
of his retirement. And this is just for our records, the proclamation that the uh whole governing body uh presented to Michael on behalf of the citizens and his fellow officers. So we thank everyone on the council and
the police department who put that event together was very nice. >> Thank you. >> It was very nice. Yes. >> Well attended. >> Very well attended. I think he was actually overwhelmed by >> I I absolutely >> very nice.
>> Yeah. >> And moving >> the uh next item we have is forformational purposes. It's a letter of recommendation from our planning board attorney Gregory Hawk. And this issue has come up on several past
occasions with applications. And it's a recommendation that the governing body uh and through the committee uh first and studying what other towns have done in this area uh issues had arisen and it's like many
many uh issues in the town. I know years ago uh for example uh dogs were allowed. You could have a a leashed in the off season on the beach whether it would started November 1, October 15th and as is often the case
just a few people spoil it for everybody and they don't follow the rules and they let their dog do what they do and don't pick it up. Uh obviously the vast majority of the homeowners who may have rooftop decks uh
don't abuse their privileges of being the quiet use and enjoyment of their property for their neighbors apparently. And it's come up several times before the planning board and I know in uh several adjoining towns whether they're being rented for Airbnb strictly
business or whatever, but sometimes uh rooftop decks have caused problems looking down right on the neighboring property and it came before the planning board and our town uh doesn't have any kind of real parameters or guidelines
that kind of things to look into it. some towns did. So I know they've got some research on it whether it's a good direction positive or not. Uh so that's kind of where it is. It's really and it just brought to the attention of the
governing body that the planning board uh thought something should be researched on it as well. Um I don't know. >> You said it well. >> Yeah, it's need to do some research on it. Yeah, it's a issue that may need some further work,
but it's really not ripe for doing anything at this very moment, I guess. >> No, we're not doing anything at this point. >> Still doing research on it. >> Yeah, the uh those were the items on the work
session. I don't do we have anyone from Friends of the Library yet? Not. We're all We're all friends of the library. I hold Mary Ellen. I'm not sure she can be. >> Okay. So, >> we'll hold that for temporarily. Anyone
else on council have any work session? >> I have nothing. >> What I have is one item and it it entails contract negotiations ongoing. It was already uh discussed on various occasions in the past. So, it's it's an
update uh really on one issue. So, it's a resolution authorizing the burough council to meet uh hopefully briefly in the executive session and it's whereas the open public meetings act public law 1975 chapter 231 permits the exclusion
of the public from a meeting in certain circumstances and whereas the public bodies of the opinion that such circumstances presently exist whereas the governing body wishes to discuss uh those are contract negotiations and whereas minutes will be kept and once
the matter involving the confidentiality of the above no longer requires that confidentiality then the minutes can be made public and now therefore be it resolved the public would be excluded from this meeting and it has a certification of our clerk and uh
obviously in the past uh except during the height of co as a courtesy of the public I think we've gone into the meeting room or the judges chamber so do we uh have a motion >> motion Council
President Wil. Second by Council Member Craft. Roll call. >> Council President Wil. >> Yes. >> Council member Craft. >> Yes. >> Council member Annabiel. >> Yes. >> Council member Condos. >> Yes. >> Council member Connor. >> Yes. >> Council member Rotunda. >> Yes.
>> Uh I would entertain a motion from council to uh recess the executive session and go back into the uh work session. Motion by council president Wil. Second by council member Ammobile. Vocal.
>> Council president Wil. >> Yes. >> Council member Amabil. >> Yes. >> Council member Condos. >> Yes. >> Council member Connor. >> Yes. >> Council member C. >> Yes. >> Council member Rotunda. >> Yes. >> Puth. >> And we are back in session for the work
session. And no luck yet. we so I I'll put up uh I'll I'll read into the record when we do the regular meeting our proclamation so that uh we're joining all the other communities out there that are participating in national friends of
the library week. hold that off to the regular meeting. And uh there being no nothing further from council for the work session, I would entertain any public comments on the work session items uh referenced
previously. Mitch >> Mitch 204 10th Avenue. Just just two quick comments. one on the uh request from the planning board for reconsideration of rooftop decks. Uh I certainly understand the concerns. Uh but being a homeowner who has a legal
pass all the codes rooftop decks, I would encourage the planning board and the council to encourage the planning board to focus on the issue which is the behavior of people using it, not on the families that build and want to use it for their own pleasure. I know it's not
easy, but if they can focus more on the behavioral issues of the people abusing it, it would make a lot more sense than banning it for everybody. >> Yep. >> And the second thing is this a comment on on when the mayor announced the formation of going into executive
session, he made the comment that when uh the issues that are dealt with in executive session uh have been resolved, then the minutes should become public. Do we actually make the minutes public? Thank you.
>> Can I ask Jenna? But no, minutes are definitely public as per the resolution and the statute. Any other public comments on work session items? Hearing none, I would entertain a motion
to briefly adjourn the work session and then begin our regular meeting. >> I'll make the motion. Motion by council member Connor, second by council member Condos. Roll call. >> Council member Connor, >> yes. >> Council member Condos, >> yes. >> Council member Ammobile, >> yes.
>> Council member Craft, >> yes. Council member Rotunda, >> yes. Council President Wil, >> yes. Motion approved. And >> we'll begin our regular meeting momentarily. Part: 2
Let's call our meeting to order. This is a regular meeting of the Mar Council of the Bow Seaside Park County Board of the State of New Jersey held on Thursday, October 2nd, 2025, advertised to begin at the conclusion of the work session
meeting, which has ended moments ago. Pursuant to the provisions of New Jersey's Open Public Meetings Act, adequate notice of this meeting was properly provided by transmitting the notice of the meeting for publication in the iceberg park 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 in the office of the municipal clerk. Roll call. Council member Enfield here. Council member Condos here. Council member Connor here. Council member Crack here.
Council member Rotunda here. Council President here. Mayor Peterson here. Thank you. We will begin our meeting with our traditional moment of silence to be followed by the pledge of allegiance. And if we could also uh in that moment
of silence remember our former lifeguard, captain, current lifeguard uh who passed away this week after a courageous nyear battle and that is Mike Vasiera.
Verietta I pledge algiance 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.
[Music] First item on the agenda is request for approval of the minutes September 18th, 2025, a work session. September 18th, 2025, a regular meeting. Make that motion. Motion by Council Member Condos.
Second. Second by Council Member Craft. Roll call. Council member Condos. Yes. Council member Craft. Yes. Council member Anfield. Yes. Council member Connor. Yes. Council member Rotunda. Yes. Council President Wil. Yes.
Next are authorizations. There is one and that is a if I can pronunciation goal group 5K for pizza Saturday,
October 25th, 2025. Time 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Location boardwalk Stockton Avenue to Sea Street. And any uh issues, questions, comments from council or if not a motion. I'll make the motion.
Motion by council member Ammobile. I'll second it, ma'am. Second by council member Connor. Roll call. Council member Amil. Yes. Council member Connor. Yes. Council member Condos. Yes. Council member Craft.
Yes. Council member. Yes. Council President Wil. Yes. Next are payment of claims 225 through24 approving payments of the itemized claims as set forth on the check registry bill list for the period
September 19th 2025 to October 2nd 2025. Any questions, comments from council or if not a motion I'll make that motion. Motion by council president Ro. I'll second there. And second by council member Connor Ro.
Council president Wolf. Yes. Council member Connor. Yes. Council member Amibil. Yes. Council member Condos. Yes. Council member Craft. Yes. Council member Ratenda. Yes. Motion approved. Next are the resolutions.
225 325 is authorizing a 225 rifle license application. 326 appointing special law enforcement officers for the Burough Seaside Park. 327 authorizing the sale of surplus property no longer needed for public use on the online
auction website. Ununice bid 328 authorizing an extension to the maintenance contract with integrated technical systems inc. 329 authorizing the adjustment of designated water sewer utility accounts lot 45 lot 18. 330
authorizing the adjustment of designated water sewer utility accounts plot 36 lot 24. Next 331 the governing body certification of the annual audit. 332 approving and accepting the corrective action plan of the chief financial
officer for the 2024 annual report of it. 333 authorizing application to New Jersey Clean Vessel Act grant program. 324 accepting the resignation James Clayton from the code department. 335
authorizing change order number one for the contract with R. Kramer and Sons Marine Contractors LLC for marina breakwater improvement project. Any questions or comments from any governing members or anything further as
to any of the resolutions? I have a comment on the last resolution 335. Uh during the repair of the uh break order at the marina, additional repairs were found to be needed. So, that
required a uh change order. Uh there was a built-in $15,000 uh overage, but there was an additional $4,800 uh 5 cents, sorry, 4,800 $59
required in order to uh uh in order to do the repairs. Thank you, Bill. The only other comment I was make one on that authorization of the 5K was actually for the John Bonjovi Soul Kitchen is actually the beneficiary. I know they wrote it up as
5K for pizza, but just they were not ra they weren't raising money for pizza. And then the raffle one is um I believe for the thanks for giving event that Triber is having on November 1st. So just as a note that that we have a good event local.
Absolutely. Thank you, Gina. No further comment from council. It is our practice to allow any public comments on resolutions if there are any votes not required by law. If anyone has a comment on any resolution, if they could give their name and address into
the record hearing none, I would close the public comment portion on resolutions. I would entertain a motion as a consent agenda from council. I'll make that motion, mayor. Motion by council president Walke. Second. Second by council member Rotunda. Roll
call. Council President B. Yes. Council member Rotunda. Yes. Council member Amir. Yes. Council member Condos. Yes. Council member Connor. Yes. Council member Craft. Yes. Motion approve. And that concludes the written agenda
for this evening's meeting. The two items that I had uh were as announcements and the like. Uh one in following up on our uh remembrance moments ago.
Uh it's obviously a sad note and we all knew very well our former lifeguard captain. uh and that is he's affectionately known and still is and always will be as Captain Mike. Uh and
he'd been a lifeguard for the Burough Seaside Park since he was 18 years old. Uh he was promoted to sergeant and lifeguard captain itself. 2013, he served uh in that capacity uh for eight
summer seasons and uh during his 9-year uh battle with uh the insidious disease of cancer uh the bur of Seaside Park uh kept Mike as a loyal employee and he
again served us uh as a uh lifeguard on the beach including this summer uh and we uh had conversations with him at the end of the summer and uh was a a wonderful well-loved employee, well respected by the public and all the
members of the uh lifeguard team, the men and women who are our lifeguards. He was always a very important member of the beach patrol for all those years. He was a physical education teacher at How Middle School South. He also coached
wrestling, track and field. and he at one point early on I know he coached freshman boys soccer JV girls soccer Toms River High School North and uh on behalf of the burrow we certainly express our sincere condolences to his
wife of 18 years Christine and their two daughters Madison and Gabriella. uh he will be very very missed and we thank him uh for everything that he meant to Seaside Park for all those years.
The other uh item we have on the agenda and we don't have uh this evening uh she had a scheduling conflict. We were going to welcome uh Sloan Boyce, the librarian of the upper shore branch uh here in
person. uh but uh she had uh circulated this and it's a proclamation that we will uh make sure we present to the upper shores branch and uh Seaside Park every year participates in national
friends of the libraries week and that's October 19th to the 25th and this recognizes that fact and I'll read it into the records. It's whereas the friends of the upper shore branch raise money that enable enables our library to
move from good to great providing resources for additional programming muchneeded equipment support for children's summer reading and special events throughout the year. And whereas the work of the friends of the library highlights on an ongoing basis the fact
that our library is the cornerstone of the community providing opportunities for all to engage in the joy of lifelong reading and connect with the thoughts and ideas of others from ages past to present. And whereas the friends understand the critical importance of
well-funded libraries and advocate to ensure that our library gets the resources it needs to provide a wide variety of services to all ages including access to print and electronic materials along with expert assistance
and research readers advisory children's services. And whereas the friend's gift of their time and commitment to the library sends an example for all in how volunteerism leads to positive civic engagement and the betterment of our
community. Now therefore, be it resolved by the mayor and burough council, the burough of Seaside Park County. We hereby proclaim October 19th to 25th, 2025 as friends of the library week here in Seaside Park, Ocean County, New
Jersey. We urge everyone and other communities to join Friends of the Library and to thank them for all they do to make our library and community much better. And we will make sure we present this to the friends of the library for the upper shores as well.
And as we mentioned briefly at the work session, this is a special uh year because this is the 100th anniversary year for the Ocean County Library and uh they've had a number of uh very well attended se celebrations of that already
and it's also the 30th year of the Upper Shores Library and I know they're having a special uh celebration for that uh in early December second December 2nd. So, uh, it's a very special year and we thank the friends,
we thank the library system as well. Anyone else on council have any, uh, announcements? Anything else to report? I have one item. Yes. Um, our temporary website, um, as such is going to be shut
down tomorrow morning and we'll be off for a few hours or so. And I mean, 10 15 minutes. 10 15 minutes. Well, even better. And and our new website will then be
activated, the final version. All of you have worked hard on it. I know Bill worked very hard on it. And Jenna and Owen and Karen and Owen did the lion share of work. Owen did the lion share. Okay. Owen did the lion share. Kudos to
Owen. A deputy clerk. And it took a big big big improvement. Yeah. The company that was doing the work kind of fell down and Owen filled right in and took on a lot for for him. So
and general. Anything else from council? No. Hearing none, we'll go into the audience. If there are any public comments, if anyone has them, if they could give their name and address into the record. Shirley
Shirley Press 700 North Bay View. Any update on the Bayront? What type of update would you like? I'd like to know where we stand. Has something been sent and now we're just waiting for them to review? As the last meeting, it was addressed that we're
still waiting for an answer from the yach club on what their plan is on that piece of property. And that's the missing link with the drawings. That's where we're at. So, the cages and everything is being held up now because of the dump.
That's two different projects. I'm talking about you as about I my end of town where we stand with that now that we know that there's no field grass growing and you were following up on that are we just waiting to hear well well now that you clarify which
project you were talking about yes we were waiting for finalization reports from rhetorical society on their findings okay that that portion and that project two different projects yeah I know I'm like sort Not that I don't care about
that end, but No, I understand. I Well, the the sheathing ultimately will go through that new end of town as well. Yes. That two different projects. I know. Absolutely. The sheathing the sheathing will go completely right up, you know, from the
14th. Mhm. Okay. Uh the other thing and I missed the last meeting when you talked about um the mailboxes being put in by the driveways. I I am completely opposed to it and I know
some other people are first off for 14 to 16 homes which was stated in the law shorby that's being 1% of our town. Why would you update an ordinance instead of just having the code office send them a
letter with a copy of the ordinance and ask them, you know, sorry you were not aware of this, but your mailbox needs to be removed. You're talking about a very small number. If it snows, the mailman's not going to be able to pull up to it.
In the summer, the mailman can't pull up to it. And then you have all the Bayfront people that don't have driveways on Bay Avenue, but that's where our mail comes. So what if we want to put a mailbox out by the street, which I absolutely would not want to do,
then are you going to revise the thing again? I You're doing away with what's been said for 14 people. I think you should send them a letter and just say, "We're sorry, but that is not allowed between the sidewalk and the street, and please move it."
I don't get why you're paying to have an ordinance revised for 14 people. And I think you really should consider that. I mean, I don't know the purpose of why you can't tell someone No, you do it on other things, but I really don't
think I don't think it's right. Thank you. Thank you. Any other public comments? Hearing none, I would close the public portion and I entertain a motion from council for adjournment unless there's anything further.
I'll make that motion, Mr. May. Motion by council member Almobile. Second. Second by council member Condos. Roll call. Council member Ammobile. Yes. Council member Condos. Yes. Council member Connor. Yes. Council member Crash. Yes. Council member Okanda.
Yes. Council president. Yes. Motion approved. Thank everyone for coming out this evening.