all right Good evening Welcome to April 7 2025 This is the sixth meeting of the year Alissa can do the uh publication In compliance with chapter 231 public law
1975 notice of this meeting to be held at the criminal justice building 61 Main Street South River has been published in the Home News Tribune on January 5th 2025 posted on the municipal building bulletin board the burough website in the front door of the criminal justice building at 61 Main Street South River
Roll call Mayor Gindy here Council Bales here Councilman Santis here Councilman Demian here Councilman Janopoulos here Councilman Gensky here Council President Sa and to the republic for it stands One nation under God indivisible with
liberty and justice for all Please stay standing for a moment of silence You may be seated Today we have one proclamation and one presentation I'm going to do the proclamation first and then we're going to have the lead gate inspection
presented by commission national public safety communicators week April 13th to 19th 2025 Whereas emergencies can can occur at any time that require police fire or emergency medical services And whereas
when an emergency occurs the prompt response of police officers firefighters and emergency medical technicians are critical to the protection of life preservation of property And whereas the safety of our police officers firefighters emergency medical
technicians are dependent upon the quality and accuracy of information obtained from citizens who who telephone the South Police Department's emergency communication center And whereas public safety communicators are the first and most
critical contact our citizens have with emergency services And whereas public safety telecommunicators are the single vital link to our police officers and firefighters by monitoring their activities by radio providing them information and ensuring their safety
And whereas public safety telecommunicators of the South Police Department have contributed substantially in the apprehension of criminals suppression of fires and treatment of patients And whereas each dispatcher has exhibited compassion
understanding professionalism during the per performance of their job in the la past year Now therefore I Peter Giny the mayor along with the members of the council of the Coral South River do hereby proclaim April 13th through April
19th 2025 to be National Public Safety Telecom Communicators Week in South River in the honor of men and women who diligently and proclass keep our community and citizens safe given under the hand and the seal of the borrow of South River New Jersey
on the seventh day of April 2025 I congratulate each and every one of those dispatchers that do what they do every single day Ken would you like to come up sure Thank you How you doing my name is Ken Aman I'm with Lou Environmental Company and I'm
here to present uh regarding the New Jersey lead certification law Uh this law was put in place in July 22nd of 2020 2022 Um at that time the law stated that all municipalities had two years to
have a program established and start doing inspections Uh it it was targeting the one and two unit uh rentals in throughout the state Um recently about 6 months ago they extended the law so now everybody has till July 22nd of
2025 my company L environmental company Lou environmental created a program and we are now working with over 100 municipalities throughout the state Uh we are the only recognized company out there that is now uh our program is
coordinated and is uh in conjunction with DCA So everything uh can be uploaded right to the DCA program Um and we charge nothing to the municipality whatsoever We're just working We're looking to uh be a strategic partner with you guys And basically we would do
all the billing education inspections and it's all done directly to the owners of the rental units Um we will collect the state fee on the municipality's behalf and submit that to the state as well help you guys decide you want to
add a a municipality fee We will collect that and remit that to you guys at the end of the month every on a monthly basis Um again like I said we are working with over 100 municipalities through the state We basically handle everything for you soup to nuts at no
charge to municipality The only fee that you might incur is if um you do if you're a rental registration program if you have one I'm not sure if you do but you don't have one in place right now What we typically do is what we'll take the tax records and siphon those against
like water bills things like that to find out to try and get some information that way Um we also have other databases were able to scrape some information to get these records Um but if we have no like emails or phone numbers or anything
like that we uh charge a $110 for letters that will get mailed out to the uh owners That's the only fee that you would uh incur if that's needed So but again like I said over 100 municipalities we're working with DCA
We're the only recognized company that's you know and it's a whole online portal that you guys will have 247 access to and you're able to see everybody who's uh currently uh signed up to have the inspections done who's completed them
who's failed who's passed All the search will upload on this site that again you have all access to and you're able to download all information so you guys have it at at any time that you may wish So any questions or anything arty could you give information and see how we can
move on this we have all the information Um the only question you may want to bring is what is it charge to the property owner okay Yeah So for you guys are considered a visual stone a visual zone There's two areas in the state Some
depending on where you are you'd have to do a visual inspection or a dust wipe inspection You guys are visual The cost that we do across the state is $250 that we'll be charging to the owners for the visual inspection If they were to fail the inspection they have to do some
remediation and then they have to do that clearance inspection which is the 295 which includes visual and the dust wipes It's all one price 295 for that as well So it's 250 for the visual inspection that we'll be charging to the owners plus a $20 state fee that gets
sent to the state And then if you guys decide you want to add any municipality fee we'll collect that as well And I'm assuming this is directly to the not to the insurance but to the homeowner themselves So if home homeowners insurance wanted to get
involved let's say something trans with lead removals any nature Yeah I mean I don't Yeah In terms of that I mean that's all Yeah That's their deal Again there's there be no money transactions between the homeowners and you guys in
terms of this program We will do all direct billing to the homeowners ourselves Okay The only thing that we again if you guys decide to add a municipal fee municipal fee we'll collect that on your behalf and remitt it to you monthly Okay All right I
appreciate it All right Great Thank you We're going to go into a s agenda session Um we have one for second read and we have three for first reading Andrew could you try on the 2025-9 sure Mr Mayor Uh
2025-09 That is an amendment to your zoning ordinance It removes a section concerning pre-existing uses that has been preempted by the municipal land use law I think you should pick up on the handicap which is self-explanatory 202510
I'm sorry Mr Mayor Was that for me uh 202510 It's just a handicap parking ordinance for Catherine Street Joe can you uh chime in on 2025 uh parks fees parks and recreational fees every year the recreation board and the
recreation department review their fees So this was their recommendation There is a change from what was presented on Q 5 It referenced J1 It should have referenced Q1 So that's in your package right now for a change And then under our athletic field use uh section 4 that
you have now It wasn't there but it should be there Uh waving the fees for for recreation leagues and so forth So that was there in the prior but this is recommended by the recreation board through the recreation department for you guys to ratify All right Thank you R can you chime on 2025 you know we're h
we're having a slight problem with people parking in the office on aging parking lot um not being burough business And even though it's posted there was never an ordinance in place like we did with 48 Washington to make
it business only and give the authorities what it would have to do for someone parking there legally So that's what this is All right Thank you I'm going to go I'm going to start off with the introduction of the 2025 municipal budget which is
2025123 resolution accepting the burough south river municipal budget for fiscal year of 2025 Alyssa resolution 2025123 municipal budget notice municipal budget of the burough of South River County and Middle Sex for the fiscal year 2025 be a result of the
following statements of revenues and appropriations shall constitute the municipal budget for the year 2025 be further resolved that said budget be published in the whole news tribune in the issue of April 24th 2025 The governing body of the bureau of South River does hereby approve the following
as the budget for the year 2025 Notice is hereby given that the budget and tax resolution was approved by the council members of the Burough of South County of Middle Sex on April 7th 2025 A hearing on the budget and tax resolution will be held at the public safety
building on May 5th 2025 at 7 o'clock p.m at which time employs objections to said budget and tax resolution of the year 2025 may be presented by taxpayers or other interested persons Do I have a motion motion second
Motion by counciloman seconded by council president Council yes Councilman Santis yes Councilman Zamian yes Yes Councilman Janas Yes Council member Chensky Yes Council President Sula Yes All right Thank you Alyssa Second
reading for 2025-9 Ordinance 2025-9 An ordinance with the burrow of South River County Middle Sex State of New Jersey amending chapter 350 of the burough code of the burrow of South River entitled zoning Make a motion with the full reading Second
motion by council president Second by council palace All in favor hi Like to open this to the public Five minutes State your name and your address First call This is for the minutes
I'll let you know when you come back Uh second call Make a motion to close public Motion by council president Second by council All in favor council discussion Do I have a motion motion Motion by
council member Kashinski Second Second by council Counciloman Ballas Yes Councilman Santis Yes Councilman Demian Yes Councilman Janis Yes Council member Kensky Yes Council president Yes We're going to go to first reading
2025-10 Ordinance 2025-10 An ordinance to amend the code of the burough south river chapter 193 entitled vehicles and traffic by amending section 193-31.1 schedule 2a handicap parking thereof
I move that the council pass ordinance 2025-10 on its first reading by title only The clerk be authorized to publish the same as required by law with a second reading and public hearing to be held at 7:00 p.m on May the 5th 2025 by video conference via Zoom or in the
council chambers to the criminal justice building 61 Main Street South River New Jersey Second motion by Council President second by Councilwoman Palace Council Mal Councilman Santis yes Councilman Demian yes Councilman Janopus yes Councilman Gensky yes Council
President Sila yes What's the 2025-11 ordinance 202511 an ordinance of the burrow of South River county of Middle Sex state of New Jersey amending the burough code the burrow of South River so as to amend chapter 155 and title fees
Move that the council pass ordinance 2025-11 on its first reading by title only and the clerk be authorized to publish the same as required by law with the second reading and public hearing to be held at 7 p.m on May the 5th 2025 by video conference via Zoom or in the uh
council chambers of the criminal justice building 61 Main Street South New Jersey Second motion by council president second by councilman Council Malice yes Councilman Santis yes Councilman Demian yes Councilman Janopus yes Councilman
Gensky yes Council President Sula yes 2025-12 Ordinance 2025-12 an ordinance of the burrow of South River County Middle Sex state of New Jersey amending the burough code of the burrow of South River so as to amend chapter 193 entitled vehicles
and traffic Move that the council pass ordinance 2025-12 on its first reading by title only The clerk be authorized to publish the same as required by law with the second reading and public hearing to be held at 7 p.m on May the 5th 2025 by
video conference via Zoom or in the council chambers of the criminal justice building 61 Main Street Southwork New Jersey Second motion by council president second by council Counciloman Ballas Yes Councilman De Santis Yes Councilman Demian Yes Councilman Jenna
Council member Chensky Yes Council President Sula Yes Thank you We're going to go into reports Uh Bruce thank you Good evening everyone The 2023 2024 road program is moving along and as soon as we get a
date from the contractor for the milling and overlay will hand out new notices The 2023 local transportation projects grant we're submitting that when it's all done We're mailing that out to the DOT tomorrow morning and then once they
give us approval we'll be able to put that out to bid the uh the 2025 local a program Uh we gave you a proposal for that and when you're ready you can authorize us to move with that substation Everything is done there The
report is done except for the one fellow who does the final proof He hasn't done that yet I called him again today Once he does we can close that out And I've been talking to Mr Handenski and Mr Zena about redoing that that contract putting
it back out to bid with whatever is needed And the storm water grants uh we've given you a proposal for that I don't think you're going to be able to authorize it in time but I'm going to move on that show no matter what Just get done Yeah we just have to move it
along so you're not behind the the date that you have to get it in So I'll take care of that And that's it Any questions joe thank you Three resolutions on the agenda The first one is a resolution approving the temporary budget This is required until we actually adopt the
budget on May 5th And you have a resolution for the shared service agreement with the court administrator with Miltown That's from 41 to 25 to 331 26 And then last one you have a resolution for spring recreation employees That's it
for Yes Uh the spring uh hydrant flushing starts April 21st and it runs to May 8th The information is in the burrow calendar We'll be sending out on Nixel prior to every week It's on the burrow
website Facebook page So there was enough information out there for everybody uh Friday the 18th uh April will be closed There'll be no bulk pickup and finally after 5 years we have
gotten our rolloff truck So council anything for age I do have one thing age I know that you guys put a post out about the new county recycling contract and basically the instruction to the residents was to keep doing what
you're doing same cans you use currently same nights and all that and that we would expect to get an answer late March or early April Has have we gotten anything back from the county yet regarding that change no we have heard nothing yet So I guess they're just
waiting from either the company or the towns are holding it up one or two But we have not heard a word And once we do we'll put the message out there for everybody when they're going to start you know dropping off the cans picking
up the the schedule The schedule's going to stay the same Okay So status quo still Yep Everybody still use your same cans you're using now We put the message out last week Everything was So just keep doing what you're doing And if they miss you you could go bring it down on
Saturdays from 8 to 12 at the W Thank you A fire chief Thank you everyone Currently all units are in service You will see tonight resolution 142 and that's going to be asking for approval for submission of a grant application for firehouse sub which is a public
safety foundation grant program We are going for a grant for possibly uh getting new fire here for our members We're looking at these six plus sets So that's already been submitted It's something to do every quarter We need to move forward Thank
you Anything for Sorry Andrew Nothing's tonight Alissa Nope Nothing All right I may just have a couple of things Um the water man replacement project We're in the environmental study part of it Um the
company has their engineers out uh looking at the test kits that exist in town and doing some surveying work Um we also were notified today that we received a $75,000 grant from the DCA
towards the pickle ball that we want to court that we want to install the park That's it And the other thing would be um 129 in the resolutions That's a uh inter municipality agreement a shared
service east runs after um we've done all our work with the well the treatment plant east runs we have come to an agreement to reduce the amount of water that they guarantee us every day from 850 to 650 which will be a substantial
savings over a 12-month period to borrow anything for me to the council Thank you mayor First on the office on aging if you have not updated your membership uh for their database and
everything do you have to apply again uh just as you did in initially um let's see That was at the close of last month March 31st From this point on you really have to fill out a full
application Again um this month is April 16th is National Healthcare Uh you can set up an appointment with uh the office on aging to explain uh the power of attorney and healthcare proxy and everything to for a living will and what
have you uh please call and uh set up an appointment if you're interested in that The office will be closed on April 18th which is Good Friday And uh also they also want appointments to for the
New Jersey property tax credit program presentation This is an RSVP is required It's going to be Thursday May 8th at 11 p.m and that's on the office on aging but you do have to call to make an appointment to be at the incident Also
the residential paper spread is scheduled for at 91 way for Saturday June 28th And also the DMV is also going to offer um your real IDs again at the office on
aging uh you have to call to schedule an appointment and it's going to be limited availability and it's going to be on uh uh it's in June June 25th Okay that's all I have Mayor thank you All right Thank you
Councilwoman please I just have a couple of things from cultural arts Um they're going to be hosting a walking tour called the Cordova Elopotment Scandal Wait to hear this Um Brian Armstrong is going to be
running it As you know he's done all the cemetery walking tours It's free Everybody enjoys it It will be starting at the old library or the war memorial building on Saturday April 26 at 1:00 He will have the book available that he
also wrote Um during the tour he will show you the shocking details of the scandal you don't want to miss Um and the background of this scandal is I didn't know we this town was so
interesting back in the day Um back in 1904 a Methodist Episcopal Reverend J a Frank Cordova and a 25-year-old quiet
girl Julia Brown a popular at that time she was the bell of South Korea eloped in 1904 Now the reverend was married Uh the tour will include the Conquest Church where he he served uh the former home of the Brown family
and the South River Museum and Cemetery He will also have the book available to buy and to sign So again that's Saturday April 26th at 1:00 It'll be interesting Uh we're also getting underway We're preparing for the
Memorial Day parade Monday March 26th If any group would like to march you must contact the Cultural Arts Commission at cultural arts south river neww jersey.org And last I'd like to thank
the South River Historical Preservation Society They sponsored a South River Elementary School Women's History event at the end of March They which they included me They had five women that
made history in South River We all got a little bookmark They handed it out to the elementary school kids and uh I was honored to be included So thank them all Um being on the public safety committee I'd like to thank our first responders EMS and police and especially fire
department Um I happened to be close uh the other day Saturday when a fire uh call went out on Whitehead and got to be there and witness all of them showing up
promptly and doing a very professional job Um there was a fire that was way back um off Whitehead Avenue and they had to lay down 800 feet of the big um fire hose from the nearest fire hydrant
to block the street to get the the public that's stopping to watch to take pictures to get them to continue on while the the uh fire hose is currently being put down of the fire departments are showing up Sarah Volts East Brunswick and for them to get there and
to be putting that fire out very quickly is pretty impressive and it's a volunteer um fire department and they got the fire out quickly before it spread and became a danger very dangerous situation So thank you to them and that's all I
have to send Yes from the board of education Um our South High School students attended the FBLA competition Atlantic City That's the future business leaders of America 11th graders Andrew Yao Carter McDonald
and Margarita Econamova took fourth place as a team So that's kudos to them for their um accomplishments And the next board of education meeting is Monday April 28th at 7 p.m in the high school auditorium from the recreation advisory
board update Uh registration for T-ball is still open There's a fundamental instructional program mixed for boys and girls ages four through six and they're going to start soon here in midappril Uh the egg hunt is this Saturday April 12th at St Mark's Coptic School in the back
field between Morningside and Cam Avenue It'll be starting at 11:00 a.m for grades 1 through 5 and then at 11:30 a.m for kindergarten and younger It is free admission and it is BYOB bring your own basket So just keep that in mind Uh
registration is open for summer wreck and this is for residents currently in first through 7th grade entering second through 8th grade This runs July 7th through August 7th And you can visit the Burough website for more details and to register at
www.surenji.org Click departments then parks and recreation and you will see a link to enroll And if any issues you can call the office at 732254-4412 The next recreation meeting is actually tomorrow night April 8th at 7 p.m and we meet at 55 Reed Street and
residents are welcome and encouraged to attend Council J Y um I attended a environmental shaker committee meeting uh this past Thursday and I just wanted everyone to know that they are planning
an event at Dy's Pond It's April 26 which is a Saturday It's an Arbor Day event They want to invite everyone to it Uh there's a flyer on the website posted about it Um kids you know families bring your kids out there They'll teach you
about you know trees and how to you know what kind of trees belong in our area and you know environmental I guess information And that's all I have Mayor Thank you Council President Thank you Um
real quick the EDC is going to have their spring gathering for our businesses in town Um they had one back in December and we had people there from the state who offered them different
grants and small business loans So they're going to have that again coming up in May So invitations went out to all the small businesses in town to uh participate That's all I have What's the date on that
um May 1st of I will be holding off my comments later I will be opening it up to the public You get five minutes to speak Uh please state your name and your address Uh back in
September N Council approved an agreement with Val Inc for uh internet advertising for businesses in town At the time it seemed like it was going to be for the burrow It turns out the bureau is paying for free internet
advertising for businesses Um thing I was curious about is that the money came from three separate accounts and there are numbered accounts So you can't really tell what they are So I was here to ask where this
money come from So the first account we transferred $3,468.75 from account4-1-20-110-211 and then 1,387.50-02-55-502-202 50 from 4-02-55-502-202 and $281.25 from four account
4-03-55-502-202 So I'm just curious what those three accounts were They are first one is general administration So the contract was the 50% current fund 30% electric fund 20% water fund So 401 is the general admin portion 402 is water
operating portion and 403 is the electric operating portion So in the total of that contract should have been 50% to general admin 30% to the 403 20% I think to 402 which is what I don't have in front of me but I think that's what we did back then All right So I was
just you know I guess my concern is that almost $7,000 pay this company to let businesses have free internet advertising I guess I would assume that it's going to help the downtown $7,000 can go a long way in
helping the downtown look better Like I don't know if anybody noticed there are no holiday decorations on on Washington Street or the municipal park We have banners downtown but there's no banners in the municipal
park No holiday decorations either come over the bridge There's no welcome in the South Riverside So maybe the $7,000 could have been used better to make the downtown look better to everybody when they come downtown would
have a better experience and then just giving it to this company to offer free internet advertising for businesses So I would kind of hope that maybe in the future uh you might address the economic development commission maybe the members
there could vote on whether this was a good idea or not And then maybe your consensus on whether to spend $7,000 on free internet advertising for businesses is better spent on
some beautifification of the burrow's properties downtown which might inspire other businesses to beautify their businesses So that's what I was concerned about Thank you for the answer Thank
you Anybody else from the public sorry I can't write That's all right Um um reference to what's your name oh I'm sorry Uh my name is Chris Bgo I live at 115 115 excuse me 107 Main Street 107
Main Street Um been there for 15 years Um we do we are tenant not we are tenant there Um this is regarding uh some real parking issues that we were trying to address um a number of years back
Um we've got issues with there's obviously the church across the street which rents to several other churches Um and probably four nights a week um when we get home from work there is nowhere to park We I mean literally if we want
to park we are parked in here in the municipal lock or all the way up the street There's no nothing to park at And there's been I've spoken to people at the church uh once before and uh you've got this other church that's right next door that's got a large parking lot and it's never occupied except for Sundays
you know So I don't understand why they can't speak to them and see about maybe whether or not they could use that lot uh or at least direct the uh people that are coming there to maybe go to the minister lot Um this is um I got a ticket that I got in front of
my in front of my own place uh because of the fact that the only parking was in front of my driveway in the back of my car over overlapped um behind me So I came out in the morning to find a ticket Um it is um there's a house I don't know if you all remember the house fire that
was right there a number of years ago It was a multif family house that burned down and they rebuilt it and everybody that's there one of them is a construction company and he's got four vehicles and um so they're taking good portion of the parking also Is there any way that there could be some sort of
permanent parking uh for some of this in section here because when you guys bring a recycling situation in where they're going to be coming by and picking up these cans it's like a wild wild west there as far as parking And I don't know how these guys are going to pick up these cans because there's no there's no
lines cuz it's obviously not you know um parking down in front of the businesses and so forth So everybody kind of parks where they are And a lot of these people that are there don't care Um they just park wherever they want And um you know the one company that does construction
you know there's a lot of parking a little further up but they choose to park their vehicles right there in front of the houses And that's that's been a problem Um as I said we've been here 15 years I know Matt My son was in little you know and you know age and we we've
been there a while and we just would like to see just something to be done about this because of the fact that it's really rotten to come home and you can't park your own house I will look into it I know it's a county road It's not as easy as having inner streets to be
permitted parking So uh let me let me work on this Uh if you could you get me your information later Hi I'm Kim Katita 45 David Street Um I'm here to I apologize to my neighbors I was under the impression that today
there would be discussion about school area traffic So I'm happy to start the conversation Um I grew up in town and I moved back I left after high school to go to school and work um around and I came back about 16 and a half years ago
And ever since then we've had problems with school traffic in our neighborhood After 15 we stopped counting Excuse me My husband and I Mike are both here speaking I'm just uh our cars were hit on the street and even I'm sorry After 15 we stopped
counting how many times our cars were hit on the street and in our own driveway and were forced to stop contacting police and insurance companies due to rising premiums During this time officers have stopped by the house proposing traffic adjustments to address the problem but nothing has ever
changed About two years ago I contacted one of the officers uh downtown identified as a community policing officer and requested incre increased patrols during drop off and dismissal
times I was told to expect traffic and craziness Unfortunately the supervisor is never available to speak when call when I call Several years ago we welcomed a new school into South Ed and posing similar problems The new Coptic
Christian School has done little to similarly refusing to utilize the attached parking lot on property or hiring crossing guards Staff and students drive into town and disregard our neighborhood completely Finally I'm at my most recent
issue Several weeks ago I was driving home from visiting a family excuse me and was forced to stop on David Street because there was a woman standing in the middle of the road with her phone She yelled that I didn't yield to a crosswalk and stop
visible Afterwards or exchange excuse me I drove home and quickly returned with my husband to address dress matters with school officials Since this is part for the course of living in a school area we forgot about it and decided to avoid that area when driving A couple weeks
later excuse me I'm having a My blood pressure is dropping Excuse me Couple weeks later I receive 45 David Street Okay A couple weeks later I received uh advertising letters from attorneys regarding tickets I contacted
the court house to discover two tickets were issued to me as a result of the abovementioned incident I never received notification from the bur from the burrow While the tickets are pending a court date I find this experience insulting I quietly suffered the
consequences of living amidst a problem no one cares to address The new school has has a new four-way stop sign while residents who tolerate daily inconvenience at least are disregarded by officials designated to police the
community Adding insult to injury the police who refuse to patrol appropriately issue potentially damaging infractions to residents while the complaintant who created the situation likely drives out of town to arrive home I'm truly at a loss This problem has
cost us thousands of dollars and threatens to cost thousands more I decided reaching out would be a good idea because even if you're unable to assist in your role as mayor your knowledge of municipal proceedings far exceeds my own Would it be appropriate
to share involved information at the council meeting at least for documentation and notification to the council if so okay Needless to say I apologize Excuse me No it's okay All right So I know I spoke continued
previously Tomorrow I have to have a private meeting with superintendent This is one of our biggest issues Believe me when I tell you I know how much it's bothering you because it bothers my parents and we still live or my parents still live at the end of Johnson Place Right And I've had so many times where I'm father which my dad's 92 years old
call me and say I can't get out And believe me it angers me just as much as it angers me Yeah Right So I am going to follow up on this My pleasure Thank you Excuse me That's right Are you okay yeah I am Okay Anyone
else from public good evening I'm Jasmine Green from 109 Main Street So similar to my neighbor uh Mr Drego we're having a crazy issue with parking I received a ticket as well last month but I was parked by the meters
Unfortunately I've had two back surgeries which resulted in me using ambulatory devices for a while Now I don't walk with them but I do struggle to carry things long distances And with the churches having long services one
night I was up until 11:00 in the rain trying to wait for parking spots to open Ended up leaving my car at the meter on at 80 you know 80 Main Street I live at 109 I would love to park in front of my house Instead I got a $50 ticket for parking from a meter I understand that
it's a county um street I actually I'm very familiar with the county so I plan on reaching out to them as well But the ordinance that I found relating to the the alternate side or not alternate the alternate hour or certain hour provisions it's from 1994 Seems to be
outdated things from Water Street to Jackson Street You shouldn't be able to park on either side of the street from 2:00 a.m to 6:00 a.m Um I can give you the ordinance number if you want It's uh 1924
1994-24 and it says last amended at 8 uh 817 1994 So my thing is I got the ticket because I was parked at the meter overnight not because I didn't pay during the meter hours I realize that you guys have limitations on the streets
but again as a resident I don't want to have to park a meter I even paid the meter time to park there I would be willing to pay per permit to park in front of my house even on the same block you know instead of having to park further up down the street It just it's
very inconvenient Um also as far as the um the actual parking I like I've just been looking up a lot of different ordinances and I was able to find the uh this ordinance uh part two chapter
193 part one article two uh regarding parking And it says that uh if there's an excess of 20% of occupants on the street that aren't residents that we could get parking you know um restricted parking for our street So I wanted to
try to like push for that Like said I will reach out to the county directly to see if that's an option but at least allowing people to park at those meters Like said we're not trying to abuse anything We literally just want to be able to get to and from our house without being trapped Like yesterday I
couldn't even leave my house So if my wife and I one year anniversary we couldn't leave the house this weekend because we leave the house we come back we can't buy parking and if we do it's we stand a chance of getting a ticket And I've lived there for 14 years Chris and his wife lived there for 15 years
It's just getting a little out of hand I understand that people have to park and it's not something you guys can control but people are literally parking in front of my house and walking down to get their dry cleaning done people walking down to the stores in downtown areas avoiding meters and leaving me
like I said a prisoner of my home So I definitely appreciate your time I appreciate it Andrew if you look into those two minutes please Anyone else yeah I just kind of want to speak to what Canon was talking about as well
because uh my husband and I live across from the um primary school right across the street from Donna Um I can't tell you how many times I can't leave my house like you said because someone is parked behind my driveway Um my parking
lot my driveway is right next to our neighbor's driveway so it's a big spot So people think they can just pull in there sometimes even like wrong you know they're supposed to be going this way the wrong way They come at 7:30 in the morning and I think those kids go in at like 8:45
and they just sit there and no one no one says anything No one like I they must think I'm crazy because I'm out there you know like screaming My husband's coming out from the gym He's I can't believe I'm the calm
one Um it's really bad These people just had no consideration at all And I know uh you had spoken to my husband before and suggested that we um like that we petition for permit parking I don't think that's going to help because it is
illegal to park behind my do it anyway So why if it says there's a permit why are they going to be like "Oh I don't have that permit I'm not going to park here." Like there has to be some kind of repercussion Like I took a picture and I
sent it to my husband the other day There was someone parked literally at the bottom of the p the primary stairs for three hours It's not just not parking day It is a complete yellow curb It is in the smack dab at the end of the
intersection So you can't turn either way They were there for three hours They were not ticketed No one came No one stopped No one said anything like around that school there are no rules It like it is dangerous like and there are kids that do walk I see parents that live
down the street that are walking with their and people just they do whatever they want to do It's like they don't drive right They don't park right It's it is really empowerable And I know that you said you know that you were going to speak to someone but I think it really
like if we just have to come here all the time and complain and complain and complain until something is done then not to cut you off We hold no jurisdiction when it comes out to the board of education itself No we hold we hold jurisdiction over our own roads
right it's it's an ongoing issue with this system And believe me when I tell you it's an ongoing issue The biggest problem is that at any given one time when the schools are in session meaning everybody's coming into school you have three squad cars driving around dealing with four actual buildings in the whole
entire town whether it's southwest school if it's the Coptic school if it's down you know the Arkham school The problem is that for us to call the police and have them come to deal with the parking is not as easy We have to find a way to resolve this with the
board of education This is one of the biggest reasons I'm having this meeting tomorrow I I just I personally had enough Like I'm not going to lie to you I hate when I have to get a call from my dad saying there's somebody in my drive like physically driven to us And we we haven't there have been one or two times I have called
the police because I literally had an emergency and I had to get out now But otherwise like we don't do it because it's it's not you know it's not an emergency It's not you know my advice to you is you call the cops At least it's being noted every single time It's it's a hassle but at least it's a pattern So
now what happens is you got a police officer always driving down there time just looking for it Well thank you And you know what i took pictures So I just for the record Board of Education meeting next one's April 28th So feel
free to go there too But you're more than welcome to come to me anytime Anyone else from the buffer first call Second call Motion to close public Second Motion by council president seconded by council woman All
in favor all right Uh we are going to go into consent resolutions There are two consent resolutions There were added to this between 148 and 149 Alyssa Whereas resolution 2025 authorizes the bure of council to utilize consent
agenda to adopt various resolutions of your routine and non-controversial nature at one time Therefore be it is hereby resolved that below listed resolutions are hereby adopted by the burough council in whole as if the same were individually acted upon Consent resolutions
2025 124 to 125 149 124 resolution authorizing an emergency temporary municipal budget 125 authorizing construction department permit refund 126 authorizing a requisition of funds for payment to the
custom monies 127 awarding contract to CME Associates for professional services related to Bowski Park 128 authorizing the execution of a shared service agreement with the burrow of Miltown 129 authorizing the execution of a shared service agreement with the
township of East Brunswick 130 Appointment of a part-time dispatcher 131 Appointment of a Special Law Enforcement Officer Class 3 132 Support for Suitability of Cannabis Business Nurturing Leads LLC 133 Support for Suitability of
Cannabis Business High-end Cannabis Corporation 134 awarding a contract for the purchase of a lawn mower to John McGuire Supply LLC 135 Appointment of the Crossing Guard 136 authorizing the appointment of Jason Fina as firefighter for the suburb
fire department 137 2025 spring recreation employees 138 appointment of a laborer A for the sanitation department 139 resolution appointing council on aging member 140 Appointment of meter readers
141 authoriz utility refunds 142 approving submission of a grant application to Firehouse Subs public safety foundation grant 143 accept March 10th 2025 regular session minutes 144 authorize the bills and claims list 145 resolution amending
appointment of OEM members 146 Appointment of Eric Labella as summer help to the Department of Public Works 148 resolution authorizing the Burough of South River to enter into municipal shared services legal defense agreement 149 resolution authorizing
South River Parks and Recreation Facilities use permit to South River Primary School PTA Motion to approve consent resolutions Second Motion by Council President Siola Second by Councilwoman Council Val Yes Councilman De Santis Yes Councilman
Deanian Yes Councilman Gianopalis Yes Council Gensky Yes President Yes with the abstension from 136 142 and on 144 24-02886
25-00819 00588 00595 and 00715 We're going to go into governing body comments Uh Councilman Jas I have nothing to planned All right Councilman Des Yes I just have two quick things Um our
flag football season started yesterday Proud to announce that the burrow has 155 children in the program which is 18 teams across five divisions Uh the concession stand is open every Sunday They play from 11:00 a.m until 4:30 p.m roughly Uh and the concession supports
the booster club Kind of it wasn't nice this Sunday with the weather but it's a nice day to get out You see people put your chair down and watch uh watch the kids play I also wanted to give a shout out to our cheer uh competition teams The 18U team took second place this
weekend and the 14U and both AU teams took first place at their competitions this past weekend So great job to the girls That's all I have Thank you Council Member Dingo This Saturday April 12th from 10:00 a.m to 2:00 p.m in the
Parish Hall of Jeffrey Avenue St Peter and Paul Church we'll be selling potato pancakes along with a a lot of other um food items that uh and I don't know exactly which ones but they're good ethic food So go out there They do it each year It's kind of the same setup
Um and the next free concert at the Imperial Music Center will be on Sunday May 4th at 2 o'clock They just had one yesterday Our meetings are seem to be the day after hosting those concerts So I'm announcing now for the next one But they're a lot of fun They're at the
Imperial Music Center It's free concert and um it's a nice uh nice afternoon And that's all I have here Thank you Councilwoman Balis Okay Yeah First I'd like to thank the first responders police and fire department But you know what shout out to those crossing
guards They're out there every day and all kinds of other trying to keep your kids safe and secure and get them across the street I watch them down from my my house every morning So I I thank them I have crossing guard family members that
are no longer there but I appreciate them all And for those who uh celebrate happy Passover and happy Easter We don't have another meeting till May Thank you Councilman Kashinsky Thank you Mayor First off I'd like to thank all of our
public service workers uh our police fire especially our fire our DPW guys for all their work that they do to protect us and save us Um I'd like to thank all of the people that have cameras and everything too
and reporting in and being vigilant as far as neighborhood watch and everything goes because they had uh a few people eyeing up uh some of the high-end cars and everything to them breaking into homes uh and a few other things So our police are out there and they're trying to protect us as best as we can But uh
the thing is too they also need our cooperation too So if you see something unusual someone hanging around that doesn't belong here please uh you know notify them take note of it uh get a description or whatever mark it down If it's repetitive make sure you call the
police and let them know Also the fact too that uh the South River Lions Club is having an Italian dinner on Wednesday April 30th from 5:30 to 7:30 It's $15 per p per person and it's at South River
BFW That's all I have for you here Thank you Thank you Council President Thank you Mayor Um couple things Well actually one thing um the weather again everybody it is getting a lot nicer hopefully without this rain but the kids are out
They're riding bicycles They're on scooters They're on the motorized scooters and they do not stop at intersections They just fly right through them So please stay alert Um watch out for the kids They have no idea
on what traffic laws are Uh and again just a happy Easter to everybody and a happy Passover and see you next month Thank you All right so social media social media is the biggest corruption you could ever
hear And the reason I say this is because everything you see or you hear is not exactly accurate For example we had rumors that go around that there was houses being broken into and people actually in the houses South River hasn't had yet an actual house
breaking They've had several cars trying to be broken into You've had several houses trying to get into the houses but they never succeeded to actually physically get inside the house The reason I'm telling you that if they got into your house or not that's something new to me that that happened about six
months ago That's new to me I hope you reported this I did But the reason I'm bringing this to your attention is this The best deterrent when I tell you the best deterrent is to light up your house later on Do whatever it takes to light up your house The reason I'm saying this
is because the one house that there was the guy was trying to break into didn't realize the guy had three big German shepherd dogs never succeeded The problem with that was when they ran away now the whole entire neighborhood was sitting there figuring out where
these kids went And the reason I'm making a big deal about because it was my neighbor's house So what I'm saying is this When it comes down to house breakins car breakins whatever may be light up the house You are the best deterrent before that person even gets to your house
Remember you have three link you have three squad cars at any given time driving around 2.7 mile radius of the house of a town So it's not easy to call like expect a cop to be there regardless And believe me when I tell you I have some interesting things in my driveway
and I think about it every single day So please put out cameras light up the house put up do everything possible to prevent from coming to your house It's not easy No it's not I'm telling you I
feel for you because I didn't know you had breaking your eyes School parking I know this was a topic that came up Uh I am going to be speaking to the superintendent tomorrow Hopefully we could find some type of resolution and I thought of something just now so hopefully it could run with it I want to
thank the DCA for the $75,000 uh grant that we just received Pickle ball is coming to South River It's going to be at Morgan Park As you heard the kids are out The weather is getting great Please be viligent when you're driving down these roads Try to
do the speed limit If not go slower You never know when something's going to pop up And happy Easter and enjoy the holiday We are going to be going into executive session We are not going to be taking any action afterwards So you're more
than welcome to sit here and welcome Melissa Resolution 2025147 Whereas section 8 of chapter 231 public law 1975 permits the exclusion of the general public from a meeting of the governing body under certain
circumstances And whereas the mayor and council of the burough of South River are of the opinion such circumstances presently exist that therefore be it is hereby resolved by the mayor and council of the burrow of South River in the county of Middle Sex state of New Jersey that the public be excluded upon the here and after specific subject matter
and that subject matter to be discussed is as follows Litigation and property acquisition be further resolved that such record of the above discussion be made public when confidentiality is no longer required The burial council of the burough may or may not take formal action at the completion of the executive session Motion to go into
closed Second Motion by councilman Kosinsky Second by councilwoman Council Ballas Yes Councilman Asantis Yes Councilman Yes Councilman Jas Council president Sula Yes