Happy birthday. I think I was >> Yeah. try to >> it's the biggest question >> that was a priority >> but now I think it's a good idea that they should be
Mr. >> 20 seconds. push closer. >> Oh, really? >> Good evening everyone. Welcome to the regular meeting of the Tucker Federal Council on May 18th, 2026.
Mad Mark, would you read the open public meetings act statement, please? >> Yes. Provisions of the Open Public Meeting Act have been complied with this notice was published in the Beacon and the Park Press this meeting. >> Thank you. Roll call, please. Mr. Brilland >> here. >> Mr. Martin, >> here.
>> Mr. Kanga here. Mr. >> Here, Mr. >> Here. Mr. Peterson here. >> Mayor Marshall here. Please stand for the flag of Igiance 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. >> This is going to be a very busy meeting. We have lots of different things going on. The first thing that I would like to do
is a real pleasure and this is I forget your last name. >> Luke Torsch and he just became an evil staff yesterday. He did a lot of talking. So I told him he didn't have to talk tonight. And I understand that he uh kind of maybe
played hookie from his job that he has just to come here so that I could introduce you to him. Sam's gonna take our temperature. >> I did. >> Oh, you did? Attend. All right. Thank you very much. I know he has to get out of here, so uh promised he didn't have
to stay, but we are so proud of you. All right. Next is the budget. >> You want to do that now? >> You can. Okay. >> Whatever you want to do. >> All right. We'll take the proclamation. >> Get it all done at once. >> That's okay.
>> They changed the order on me. Okay. Sharon, would you please stand up? Okay. This is my friend Sharon Hwitt from the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary and
we have a proclamation designating May 17 to 23 as safe boating week. We get to do this every year. My husband spent 30 years in the Coast Guard. So I've seen a lot of different things in that time. So whereas recreational voting continues to
increase in popularity and residents and visitors of Tucker Burrow derived benefits from the activity and its related commerce. And whereas the increased participation in this pastime emphasizes the need for greater
attention to voting responsibility, courtesy and attentiveness to decrease recreational boating accidents and fatalities. And whereas the majority of boating accidents are caused by human error or
insufficient education. And whereas over 90% of voters who lost their lives by drowning were not wearing a life jacket. And whereas the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary support provide recreational boating safety
programs and services for the general public which result in safer boating environment. Now therefore, be it proclaimed that I, Susan Marshall, mayor of Tucker Burrow, along with the Tucker Burrow Council, in
recognition thereof, do hereby support and proclaim National Voting Safe Week, May 17th to 23rd, 2026. I encourage a yearround effort to promote safe voting and urge all those
who vote to wear it and practice safe voting habits. And I understand, Mr. Cons, that you have a new vote now. Are you talking about a boat or your vote? >> It's in the water. >> All right. Thank you. How long have you
been voting, sir? >> Actually, all my life. on a water. >> All right. Cuz he grew up on the island like I did. All right. This is your proclamation and I I thank you so much for coming and I'll see you again next year. >> Yes.
>> Okay. >> Right. Thank you very much. >> All right. Now the budget. >> I'm ready for it. >> Okay. >> It's your your vote. Okay. Uh, last month at our council meeting, I introduced the 2026
uh, municipal budget. We would have an increase this year to our budget of $111,475. Um, what that means to the average resident is an increase of $6941 for 1.3 cents on the tax rate. We'll be
raising for municipal purposes this year. um collecting a tax of a total of $4,468,79121. And at this time, I make a motion that we would open it up to the public for the budget here. Second. >> All right. I have a motion and a second.
Are any questions from the public on you have any questions at this time? Mr. 121 terrace. I had a few questions I wanted to ask. Uh number one, we're doing the um group health insurance. It looks like you're
shifting a lot from the uh burrow over to sewer and water. Why you doing that? >> We're talking a couple hundred,000. Okay. >> Okay. >> You want to go one by one down thrown? >> Well, that that's my first question. Yeah. Why why is such a big shift to the
>> All right. Insurance budget over the water and sewer. >> We have our CF. >> You're the chairman of finance. You're the That's our paid professional >> putting the budget together. So, if you would like the answer, I would be more than happy to direct it to our CFO. I'll
be pleased to answer. Um actually at the end of last year we did an appropriation transfer from water sewer into help. It's all paid through current because the expenses of moving some of the employees around. We added more
employees in there and their change in uh coverage uh amount of those things. It really has to do with who plugged into where and then the coverage. >> Okay. So like in other words you have way higher percentage of the money to
shift over to water s rather than burrow and the burough would cover the police all the municipal employees and everything and then you have the water and sewer side in other words I don't know what the law is but let let's suppose the people that live in uh little egg and get served by Tucker
sewer find out that it looks to me like you're shaving money over to the water and sewer side to help fund the burrow and I don't really think I would agree with doing that you Well, actually, if you look at the whole budget, the current side didn't need the help. Both sides were very good this year.
>> I'm I'm just looking. So, you went from on employee group health for the burough side went from 609,000 and changed to 439 and on the sewer and water raised it from 280,000 to 758,000. Right.
>> Well, you're looking at one small portion of the budget. You actually look >> I'm looking at health insurance. When you look at the appropriation transfers that were done last December, you'll see that there was a chunk of water sewer money that had to go back into the current
>> to help cover the total expense. In other words, water sewers went up the end of last year. >> It's not that was the budget number at the beginning of last year. The the end total was much higher. >> Well, okay. But is this the end total? In other words, is that is that going to
be what you're actually paying two 2026? You're paying 439,000 for employee group health for the bar side and 748,000 for the water and sewer. >> That's my estimates as of right now. Yes. >> Okay. Which sounds to me like that's disproportionately high. >> So you're saying it's all it's all fair
to everybody. In other words, you're not sh >> utilize the employees themselves and the coverages they get. Yes. >> Right. And you have a lot of tur turnover down there and everything. Right. So those guys are low paid now. I mean you got new guys coming in to turn over the police. Well, the low pay the pay is not a factor in that.
>> Well, I know the pay is up here, but >> it has to do with their coverage. They went from single to family or single to married with children, things of that sort of change. >> Well, how do you square the group health for the sewer and water being over >> as I explained I utilize the personnel and I do
>> can you send me some paperwork tomorrow to show it? >> Yeah, I'll be more than happy. You come in, I'll show it to you. >> I'm not coming in. I wonder if you can send it to me an email. I got work. >> But they're only worksheets. Let me tell you if I can do worksheets. >> So, first off, every employee in this
municipality is not just water and sewer or just current. Every person that works in this town can do exactly another parts department except for the police department because they are obviously handled under a title um differently
than everybody else. But every employee down in my public works and water and sewer department can interchangeably do whatever job they want. If I need him to go run a rolloff truck, my water and sewer guy can go run the rolloff truck. If I need my rolloff truck driver to go help assist fix a water and sewer mate,
they can go and assist work uh water and sewer mate. So, it's interchangeable no matter what we do. Everybody can do I work on water and sewer. I've gone out and plowed. I've done numerous amount of things. I handle grants for water and sewer. I go in and I submit uh
applications to the um New Jersey Infrastructure Bank to get money back to help for our grants in the system. He works on their payroll. They meet with our water and sewer department almost on a weekly basis. I know Frank, Ron, and
Sam meet with water and sewer at least a weekly basis. So, everybody's interchangeable. Does he have a actual physical paper document that shows other than I don't know where your line is charged who gets charged there? Probably not. It's not an official government
record. >> Well, that's the next. Okay. Now, that's the next thing on the budget question I had to ask is salaries of the bro council and the administrative side. It shows in the budget what the municipal side is paying like for his administrative salaries, banner council
salaries, but the water and sewer side doesn't say what percentage is going to them. How do we find out that exact number? >> There might not be a percentage. I it depends on each individual person. >> Well, if the salaries
if the salaries for administration are extremely low on Burough's side of the budget, you're obviously making way more than that yourself and you have the other girl in there, whatever. So a certain amount of money. How come we can't see what percentage of the burough salaries
okay were coming out of water and sewer side? >> There's no way to tell that looking at the budget. >> There's a salary and >> oh what >> there's a salary O and E for water and sewer >> right >> and then you you usually every year open request our salary resolution >> right >> and you can look at that salary
resolution for every employee and it's pretty black and white as to >> like okay so that's what I'm saying. If you're making, let's say, 150,000 with your three jobs, just rough number, and the other bro in the office making 150, that's 200,000.
>> But if the bro if the burough uh the burrow um let's see now if the burough budget shows substantially less than that. Let's see. >> Yeah. So my my salary for administration for being an administrator is 30 some
thousand, right? 30 some thousand and change. I'm sure I can get you. So for 2026, the line item for administrative and exe executive salary wages is 36,000. That's about how much I make a year. >> Municipal clerk. What is that about? >> The one that says municipal clerk right
underneath salary and wages 98,000. >> And then there's a board of health secretary that my secret my portion of my money comes out registars. >> So if you add all that up then you can see what the difference is. >> And I have to do that. Why can't it be in the budget?
>> I don't have an actual physical document on that >> because we follow state statute. >> Okay, next question. Um, you have the court the court the last couple years showing income in the 30ome thousand range and it's cost us over 100 well
over $100,000 to run it. Why are we running it if we're losing money? And then when you hear the police reports here like they've gone down from a few years ago 180 some tickets a month downtown runs around 60 thou 60 40 you know the numbers are way down and why
why have a quarter well there's so much money out and if the police aren't writing tickets anymore maybe we'd have to look at do we need them in other words has anything been done about the guy that turned off his audio on his body cam and runs a tribute their last
name. You know, why have the police if they're if they're not going by the law going to our firehouse and burglary? Why hasn't >> I don't I don't think that's a budget question. >> We'll spend it back. We'll spin it back to the budget question, which was why do
we have a court system, right? >> We're spending a way million dollars million12 on police salaries. Then you have the other thing with the health which is hundreds of thousand dollars >> and whatever other cost the operation you know OE whatever that is. So you're
getting all this money from the police department of court but we were losing so much money. I never used to be that way while I was working here. The police department would also have some of the burough ordinances. So we have code enforcement here. The police could do that. You know I just don't get why
we're spending so much money and not taking in any money. To me, it doesn't make sense. Any answers? Just going to keep going >> as to why it doesn't make sense to you. >> Well, I want to know why you're spending so much money not getting the return on. >> Yeah, because
>> it it's there is no time limit here. Um, so how about I would disagree that it's a waste of money. I understand I understand what you're saying. The courts have lost. I've looked into it.
I can't tell the police by law, I can't say, "Get out there and write more tickets and and make more money in the court system." >> What I can say is that as somebody who drives back and forth through the town multiple times a day, picking the kids up from school, going to tennis matches,
doing all that, I see our police out and about all the time. Our police are there. I know when any kind of a call comes in, our police department is the first one there. Now, the tickets that they're writing might not be covering
what we're spending on the court, but I think the tradeoff of having police I'm going to why you said why don't we get rid of them. >> I guess you're I assume you're talking about like a shared service with a little egg by getting rid of them. I assume you >> have state police right here across the street, >> but I assume you don't want to get rid
of police at all. So, I'm saying you want to you're suggesting getting rid of Tucker Police Department and then doing a shared service with someone else. I think you should look at as an optional think much of a beaten and uh as far as what you said driving back and forth from town. I do that as much as you do probably every day. >> Yeah.
>> And you go to traffic late people always cut in front of you when you have a green people pass on red Dunkin Donuts. They don't even slow down. So >> I talked to a couple of you people and I sat I sat at the cross. I sat at the crosswalk in front of Dunkin Donuts
while I watched about 16 cars coming the other way that didn't stop for the pedestrian that I was stopped for. Would it have been awesome if one of the cops was there at that time? Yes. But they can't be everywhere always at every single time. >> I was I know how it works. >> I know. But that's so it's a ridiculous
thing to say like I see it. I see it all the time. I also saw them today with somebody pulled over in the parking lot next to the fire department. Um, >> I did too. >> It's I mean they're they're out doing it. >> Can I also interject? The first thing is
is court's not here to make money. We were told by the administrative office of the courts of New Jersey while a bunch of us up here have had meetings with the judge, the court administrator and the AOC as to how we can make it better for our town. And we are not here to make money was the name was the
response we got from the AOC, the administrative office of the courts. They the people that have the and get the tickets and get uh you know DUI, all that. They have rights to and we're not to make money off of them. That's not what the court system is here for.
That's the first one. The second thing is me myself, I watch things where we get rid of something or other towns get rid of something and go to shared service. It's great for the first couple of years, but then after five years, you get inflated, jacked up, and you have no
control over that. You're paying double what you're paying by keeping it in >> house. Go to a fire department. Same thing. >> So, and that's that's what I was going to get at with the shared service for a police department. I I would never be in favor of getting rid of our own police department going with shared service. I
sat in I sat in on Ship Bottoms council meeting where one of the residents up there was complaining about the the trash bills being so high and their explanation was, "We got one bid for our trash collection. That's it. So you're at the mercy of whoever it is
that's putting it out there for paying. If we were getting rid of our target police, we'd be at the mercy of whatever the state police feel that they want to charge whatever. >> And the other thing is if you think that you just said that the Tupper Fire Company is going to do that and you
don't like it or you that we're now going to be paying more money than we should be paying, what what makes it so different in the police department and the court in your eyes? Well, the police department I was always a favor of and I was one here and that's good. But as far
as I'm concerned, there doesn't seem to be any interest. At least when I see traffic go out there and then when I saw the the cop and Frank runs wanted me arrested fire, the cop turned off his body cam and then he did it again a couple times later in the open videos.
To me, that's we don't need fleets like that. We don't need crooked cops. We need cops out of law and we need cops. In other words, if you're controled, what's that? >> It's dy noted that that's your opinion. But let's get back to
>> and I'm not anti police by any means. But anybody amount of money they're spending and I don't see enough happening to make justified. You know what I mean? It's all about money. It's not about service or anything like that. Well, it is with the stocks. But you you
look at your numbers from a couple years ago, right? You're reading summons up here 180 a month now I down one month couple months got 40 >> I see enough to write a bunch of them every day myself I used to write here things were slower but it's dangerous
because people are at a crosswalk you have somebody slow down and make a left hand turn and then you have somebody going down the right they don't slow down even half the time they shoot down a bunch of feet so I'd like to see a little bit more enforcement as well >> it's a budget hearing dude
>> that's a budget hearing That's right. Jesus Christ. Okay. Uh, thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> Does anyone else have any questions this evening? >> I don't really have any questions and I
won't spend any as much time as the gentleman before me spent. But I appreciate what you're all doing. You're trying to do the best for our burrow and uh it's not fun when our taxes go up. It's not fun of anything, but you know,
comments about moving money from the utility to the the township, the general fund, that's legal. It's 100% what you're allowed to do. And sometimes you need to do that to balance the budget. In this town, it really makes sense because everyone is on water and
everyone is on it. In the town that I live full-time in, there's some people like myself that only have water. There's some people that only have sewer. There's some people that have don't have both. But we bal we try to balance that out. So, I appreciate what you're all doing. I think half of what
the gentleman before me said was a bunch of crap. And I appreciate you putting up with it. >> Any other comments? All right. See, >> I'll make a motion that we close the budget hearing. >> Second. >> I have a motion and a second to close
the budget hearing. All in favor? >> I oppose. >> Okay. Before we move on to the adoption of the budget, I'm going to have the second reading of ordinance number two,
2026. Ordinance number two of 2026, calendar year 2026 20226, ordinance to exceed the municipal budget appropriation limits and to establish a cap bank pursuant to NJSA4A
4-45.14 and this is the second reading. So I would like to make a motion that we open this ordinance up to a public hearing at this time. >> Second that motion. A motion and a second to open to questions from the public on this ordinance as presented.
Roll call vote, please. >> All in favor? >> All in favor? >> Any opposed? Okay, >> you're ready. >> Any questions on the cap bank? >> Mr. W,
>> I'm sorry. I don't have a question. I just have a comment. I think it's the responsibility to pass this ordinance to have that as a backup. I'm hoping you don't use the cat bank, but I uh give you guys props for passing this
ordinance if you do because I think it's important to have that as an emergency fund. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Any other comments? Not >> make a motion to close the public. I have a motion and a second to close on
this ordinance. >> All in. >> And now I make a motion to adopt ordinance number 20206 as second. >> All right. I have a motion and a second that we adopt ordinance number two of
2026 as read. Now roll call. Mr. Bland. Yes. Mr. Martin. Yes. >> Mr. Mr. Yes. Mr. Mr. attention. >> Yes. >> Next, I have a resolution of the burough of Tucker County of Ocean, State of New
Jersey, authorizing uh the reading of the 2026 municipal budget by title only. And I move this resolution second. >> All right. I have a motion and a second on this resolution. And roll call vote, please. >> Mr. Reand,
>> yes. >> Mr. Martin, >> yes. >> Mr. Yes. >> Mr. Dmore. >> Yes. >> Mr. Dup. Yes. >> Mr. Peterson. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> And now Jenny, now I do my I read the line the budget regularly.
Um, so the budget of the Bureau of Tucker County of Ocean for the fiscal year 2026. Be it resolved that the following statements of revenues and appropriations that constitute the municipal budget for the year 2026. Be it further resolved that said budget be
published on the official website tuckerbar.com uh and if applicable also in other publications. Do we still have to do other publications or are we good now with just online? We've um just doing you're supposed to just do online um and
at the state website there's a place on there as well but sometimes >> sorry I didn't mean to go off track it just popped in my head >> sometimes I just feel that it is better for people to publish in the paper so I still have been doing some I I think I did this in the paper but I'm not sure
>> okay um do I need to read off the numbers still or >> No make a motion Yep. So now I make a motion to adopt the 2026 municipal budget.
>> Right. I have a motion and a second to adopt the 2026 municipal budget. >> Are there any other comments from the council? >> Roll call, please. Mr. >> Yes. >> Mr. Martin. >> Yes. >> Mr. Mr. Mr.
>> Yes. Mr. Peterson. >> Yes. And then that's all I have at this time until we get back to >> All right. We're going on to legislation. Councilman.
>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Tonight, I have the second reading of ordinance number one and the first reading of ordinance number three. U the ordinance number one will be open for public comment. Also, this is an update to our certificates of
inspections section entitled fees, updating the fees to uh state update to their fees. So, at this time, I'd like to open ordinance number one to public comment. >> Are there any questions on
the motion, please? >> I made second. here. I'm sorry. All right. All in favor? >> I >> Any opposed? All right. We're open for questions
on this ordinance number one. >> Any questions? >> Seeing no comment, I make a motion to close the public. >> Second. >> All right. Motion and a second to close the public portion. All in favor?
>> Okay. >> At this time, I have the second reading ordinance of the Burton County, state of New Jersey amending and supplementing chapter 122 of the burough code of the bureau of cover entitled certificates of inspection so as to amend section 122-9
title fees. And I move this on second reading. >> Second. >> All right. I have a motion and a second on this board. It says presented. >> Roll call vote, please. Mr. Bland, >> yes. >> Mr. Martin, yes. >> Mr. Kangelo, yes. Mr. Demore, >> yes. >> Mr. Dra, yes. Mr. Peterson, >> yes.
>> Thank you. >> All right. >> And then I have ordinance number three. And what this is, it's an update to the compensation ranges for the different positions within the burrow. Um, second reading will be on June 15th.
At this time, I make uh read ordinance of the Burough of Tucker County motion state of New Jersey establishing the salaries, wages, benefits, and rates of the compensation for non-UN officers and employees of the Burough of Tucker. And I move this on first reading. >> Second.
>> All right. We have a motion and a second on ordinance three as read on first reading. >> Roll call, please. >> Mr. Bray, >> yes. >> Mr. Martin, >> yes. >> Mr. Yes, >> Mr. Dear. Yes, >> Mr. D. Sister Peterson. >> Yes. >> Thank you.
>> And that's all I have this evening on. >> Okay. Thank you very Martin. >> Thank you. Uh I have four resolutions this evening. The first one being the payment of claims for this month. Um
this month we have 1,644,417.78 going out. And as I always like to point out, a couple of the big ones that are going outside of the burrow. Uh first being our JIF insurance of 140 thou 140 plus,000. Uh Highlands Regional School
District of 731,000 and change. Tucker Elementary School of 652,000 and change. And I also wanted to point out that in the bills list we have just over 26,000s going out for our dispatch
to little egg our shared service on that. So between those that makes up the vast bulk of the bills that are going out I have a resolution of the burough of Tucker County of Ocean State of New Jersey authorizing payment of claims in the amount of $1,644,417.78
and I move this resolution. Second. >> All right. I have a motion and a second on this resolution is read. Any questions from or comments from council? All right. Seeing none, roll, please. >> Yes. >> Mr. Martin,
>> yes. >> Mr. Dangelo, >> yes. >> Mr. Deore, >> yes. >> Mr. Dupra, >> yes. >> Mr. Peterson, >> yes. >> Everything everywhere is going up. >> Yes. Uh my next resolution is for the salary
of certain officers and burough employees. I have a resolution of the Burough of Tucker, County of Ocean, State of New Jersey, designating salaries for certain officers and employees of the Burrow of Tucker. And
where are we going to post this for people to see? Can we >> I don't normally I've never posted this online. I didn't I really don't feel like reading through every single person one by one. That's why I was >> You don't ever have to. >> I know, but I was just gonna
>> um it's available for public inspection in my office. >> And I I move this resolution. >> Excuse me. All right. I have a motion and a second on this resolution as read. Are there any questions or comments from council?
>> See none. Roll call, please. Mr. Reing, >> yes. >> Mr. Martin, >> yes. >> Mr. Yes, >> Mr. Dmore. >> Yes, >> Mr. Dra. >> Yes, >> Mr. Peterson. >> Yes, >> thank you. My next resolution has to do with the release of um escro money to
the from the land use board. Um we have a total uh refund of $72,940 going back to um 1000 Green Street LLC. I have a resolution of the burrow of Tuckeran County. A motion state of New
Jersey authorizing the release of a land use board escro fund regarding block 43, lot five. And I move this resolution. Second. >> All right. I have a motion and a second on this resolution as presented. Roll call vote, please.
>> Mr. Yes. >> Mr. Martin. Yes. >> Mr. Mr. >> Thank you. And then my final resolution uh this evening does not have to do with finance. It actually has to do with the New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection and the Real Act that was passed by Governor Murphy on its last day in office. Um I won't read through the entire thing, but there are a couple things that I want to point out. If anybody has come here to council meetings and listened and listened to us
talk and oppose what is the real act which essentially could be a uh killer for short towns and short communities as as it sits in its current form um if you live in a flood zone you would
now have to build at 4t higher than what the actual FEMA regulations are on it. So, a new construction down at the beach, you're going to be going 4 ft higher than you had to. Um, it affects everyone up and down the coast, not just
not just us here. Um, I think it's a very I'll go on a personal note, it's a very ill-advised policy. They're using Rucker's data for what basically could be a 16% chance of happening 100 years from now and then implementing those
rules today on all of us in the state of New Jersey. Um, the amount of money that the DP is going to get through permits seems like a money grab to me over a safety issue for our residents. Um, they'll say that, you know, we're trying
to 100 years from now. If you look at the average life expectancy of a home in the short community, it's actually dropped down to 28 years. Most homes don't last more than 28 years before they're bought, knocked down, and built to the new owners speculation. So why
we're looking out 100red years and enforcing that on this I don't really see. But um the Burrow of Tucker hereby formally opposes the NJP real regulations in their current form. The Bureau of Tucker
Tucker respectfully urges the governor of the state of New Jersey and the New Jersey legislature and the New Jersey DP to withdraw the real rules and suspend their implementation pending further legislative review and revision. The Tucker Burough calls upon the state
to encourage a collaborative stakeholderdriven process with that meaningfully includes coastal municipalities in the development of a climate resilient policy. The Tucker and Burough requests that any revisions, any
revised regulations utilize shorter phrased planning horizons, incorporate uh prohibitively base risk assessment, rely on finalized and transparent mapping, and provide clear standards to ensure predictability for
property owners and local governments. The Tucker and Burough further urges the completion of independent costbenefit economic and fiscal impact and analysis prior to the adoption of any new or revised regulations of similar scope.
And a certified copy of this resolution shall be transmitted to all Ocean County elected officials, commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and the Governor of the State of New Jersey. And with that, I have a resolution of the Burough of Tucker County of Ocean, State of New
Jersey, opposing the NJ real rules in their current form. And I gladly make this motion. >> I have a motion in a couple of seconds on your reading and your your motion. You all, please,
>> Mr. Mr. Martin? Yes. >> Mr. Pangelo? Yes. Mr. Demore? Yes. >> Mr. Dra? Yes. >> Mr. Peterson? >> Yes. Madam Mayor, that is all I have until committee reports. >> Uh before we uh conclude your portion uh
mad clerk, I have a correction I have to make uh on the payment of claims on page number eight and it's the third stack down. Uh I have to abstain from Great Bay Regional Volunteer PMS. >> Okay. >> I see that the uh donation was in that
line and I have to off that. I will make that. >> All right, we're ready to move on. Let's go to the public works water and sewer council president. >> Thank you, your honor. Just one resolution this evening has to do with
uh awarding a contract for repairs to a pump station. Just a few public works will be closed on Monday, May 25th. And a reminder about the lids on the trash cans having to be closed completely and to secure your uh recycling containers.
Uh just a reminder, cardboard boxes are to be broken down in order to have curbside pickup. And please don't tie uh the boxes together. I have a resolution to burl Tuckeran County of Ocean State of New Jersey awarding an Ocean County co-op contract
for the Tucker Beach pump station rail system and basket to KR KRS services incount $10,319.36. I move this resolution. >> Second. >> All right. I have a motion and a second on this resolution as presented. Roll
call, please. >> Mr. Bland. >> Yes. Mr. Martin. >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Mr. Neilmore. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Mr. Peterson. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> That's all I have. >> All right. Thank you very much. Moving on. Public buildings and grounds community affairs. Council me.
>> Thank you, Mayor Mayor. I have one resolution this evening. This resolution is for repairs at the um Scout Landing and Willow Landing uh dock spaces that we have there. Uh the formal threshold
is uh 17,500 which we were below. Aiming construction came in at uh 7,400 and we didn't receive any other bids. So I have a resolution of the burrow of Tucker County a motion state of New
Jersey awarding a contract for the replacement and maintenance of the pilings at the burrow's docks. I make this motion. >> Second. >> All right. I have a motion and a second on this resolution as presented. Roll call vote, please. >> Mr. Bringley,
>> yes. >> Mr. Martin, yes. >> Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. >> Yes. >> Yes, that's all I have. >> Okay. Anything else? >> I told you. I'm sorry. I should
>> All right. Next is Council Member Three. >> Thank you, your honor. I have uh three items to handle this evening and first being the minutes from the previous meeting. Does council any additions corrections to the minutes from last month's meeting? There being none.
>> I so move that we accept the minutes as written second. >> All right. We have a motion and a second to accept the minutes as presented. Roll call, please. Mr. Rand, >> yes. >> Mr. Martin, yes. Mr. Mr. Demore, yes. Mr. Dree, yes. Mr. Peterson,
>> yes. And the second item that we have this evening, your honor, is a resolution the Burough of Tuckering County of Ocean, State of New Jersey, assessing leans upon dwellings or lands for property maintenance pursuant to burrow ordinance 103-2 and permitted by New Jersey SA
40-48 1.14. I so move second. All right. I have a motion and a second on this resolution as presented. Roll call on the police. Mr. Brilland. >> Yes. On Angler Road and Bass Road and I
abstain from Kelly Avenue. >> Mr. Martin. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kangelo. >> Yes. >> Mr. Gore. >> Yes. >> Mr. Dry. >> Yes. >> Mr. Peterson. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> And the third item, your honor, I have the Tucker Burrow construction and
zoning code enforcement monthly report. The permits issued were 75 construction, six rental, resale, 13, zoning were 20. Inspections performed were 29, bulkheads were two, 17 plumbing,
uh 22 electric, three complaints, and then three zoning. And uh code enforcement onsite inspections were 19, violation notices sent were seven. Working violations are seven, violations cleared were two, phone complaints were
12. We have a housing inspection of one bulkhead inspections of two. And just a FYI to uh everyone in the burrow, we have received several complaints about the leaking bulkheads, whereas the the township the burrow is uh responsible
for inspections on the bulkheads. As you know, unfortunately, anything on the tie border falls under D. So any complaints that you may have, you would have to call the 1 800 call the D number. Uh
that's beyond our jurisdiction. We only handle the uh the bulkhead. And uh as soon as I received several phone calls about the leaking bulkheads, uh of course I went right into the office and uh spoke with the gentleman there and uh
I I got a pretty good uh take on things and uh everything has been handled uh in a timely basis even though it seems like it took forever. Uh unfortunately trying to find a bulkheader, it usually takes six to nine months to get a bulkhead to
come out and uh have a contract drawn out. But with that being said, I had the uh fire and EMS report. We had 16 EMS calls, 10 fire calls, and uh I
have to uh commend the uh Tuckerman Police Department. Every single EMS call that we are on, the policemen are usually the first responders. They have defibrillators. They also have oxygen and uh they're they're there on every
call and they handle the situation very professionally. And uh it being National EMS week, I would like to commend all the the hard work that all the volunteers have put into our communities to make it a more safer place. And uh
with that being said, uh congratulations to all the fire and EMS and the first responders. It is EMS week and most fire companies also do EMS. But it is National EMS week and I'd like to thank all of our first responders and
of course our first aid squad, Squad 85, doing such a great job. That's all I have, your honor. >> Okay. Thank you very much. >> Water public safety council Peterson. >> Thank you, your honor. I have the monthly activity report for
April 2026. Calls for service were 333, arrests were 11, motor vehicle stops were 195, motor vehicle summons were 109, motor vehicle accidents were nine,
medical were 22, suspicious person and vehicle chips were 15. And that's all I had. >> All right. Thank you very much. Now it's my turn. Okay. First of all, uh
where do I start? Uh I wanted to bring to uh council's attention. I got a phone call from John Miller uh today and he is planning a a big um
thing this summer. It's either the end of July, beginning of August, the ice cream It's August 15th. >> August 15th. Okay. Thanks. Um, he is thinking we have a meeting on Wednesday
with someone from the county because uh they're not happy with with some of the things that were being presented. And John asked for some support from council. we could go to this meeting and
um and and talk to the lady who is in charge. He feels very discouraged because he's trying to get something done in the town and use our park and he's getting a big push back about
what we can do because the lead was basically nothing that he had planned on doing. So if anyone is free at that time, I will remind you again before Wednesday. I appreciate it if you meet us over at
I He reached that to me as well and I told him that I would be there. >> Excellent. Thank you. I appreciate that. Uh second of all, the Rotary group for uh this area is going to be putting up their field of flags tomorrow. So we we
put up a 100 flags and this year. So, it's going to take us a little bit of extra time to hook them all onto the poles and put them in place. Uh the the field has been mowed so that we'll be able to feel our way
through. We've got to find where the holes are to put the flags in. Uh but that will be done. Now, here's my uh request. I have scheduled a Friday kickoff at 5:00 and we're supposed to meet over there
and uh you know have a little ceremony and um it seems like it might be raining and I was wondering if I could get permission to bring uh the group into this building uh for that meeting on five at 5:00 on Friday only if it rains.
>> I'll make that motion. >> I'll second. >> Okay. Thank you so much. I have a mot a second that the mayor is allowed to use this building for a rotary uh kickoff for their flag, the yearly flags.
Roll call, please. >> Mr. Bland, >> yes. >> Mr. Martin, yes. >> Mr. Mr. Dmore, >> yes. >> Mr. Yes. >> Mr. Peterson. >> Yes. >> And we thank you all very much for that. >> Next, Mr.
>> All right. Um, I have one thing this evening for a vote and then I have two that um uh one that I'm going to just do a motion on. The first thing I have is a raffle license from the surveet craftsman club
for a raffle for December 6, 2026. Um and they're requesting waiver. >> I make a motion and a second that we >> the grass club that we give them their Tucker
>> the waiver of their arm. >> The waiver. Thank you. Roll, please. >> Mr. Brilland. Yes. >> Mr. Martin. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kangelo. Yes. Mr. >> Dar. Yes. Mr. >> Mr. Peterson. >> Yes. >> Okay. The other thing is um it's just kind of a voice vote. I know I talked to
uh some of you about it as well. The um Tucker Little Lake Harbor PDA pal has clothing bins that they use throughout the town. They were asked to move it out of Little Egg and they requested that we
put the POW bins at the Copper Food Pantry. And I just want to get a um a motion to allow for that to happen. >> I make that motion. >> We have a motion. All >> in.
>> Is that all in favor? >> All in favor? >> All right, you got it. And that is all I have this evening. >> Is that it? >> And we do not have an executive session tonight.
>> Nope. >> No. All right. So, committee reports. I heard Mr. Martin has a committee report. >> I do. I have a couple. >> Okay. Um, I wanted to first reiterate that the townwide yard sale will be Saturday,
June 6th, uh, this year. So far, we have 13, I don't want to say residences cuz one is a church and another is a business and one historical society. So, we have 13 entities signed up to be participating so far. Um, so anybody
that you might know that doesn't know about it, please spread the word that June 6, all they have to do is shoot me an email at uh, bartenderdenber.com with their address and I will get them on the map and on the list to be
participating in that. Um, in addition to or not in addition to that, sorry, separate from that is the Finland's Fourth of July celebration committee. Tomorrow night is having a beef and beer and wine. Um, cuz the wine
was donated at uh Doyle's Pore House. It's a fundraiser for the fireworks on the 4th of July. If you buy your tickets in advance, they're $35. If you buy them at the door, it's $40. Um Johnny Hart
cooks up a lot of brisket and it is always always very very good. Um there'll be beer. There's also live music from KC Entertainment. Uh if you can't make it but you can swing by. We do takeout as well. So you can just get
a takeout container to take home. But it's a really nice event that we do for fundraising. It's usually a well um turned out event. And if you can, please stop by Doyle's tomorrow. Um, >> it's good food, too. >> Yep. And then
Oh, I'm sorry. Thank you, Keith. It's between 5 and 7:30 tomorrow. Um, and then I also wanted to point out that I think we won't have Yeah, we definitely won't have another meeting on Memorial Day
Harbor Memorial Day parade, which starts at um St. Church and goes down to their Veterans Park. Uh, it's another nice one. There's plenty of spots along that route to stop. I know the weather right now is looking iffy, but it's far enough away
that I'm hoping that they're wrong. But um yeah, we have the Memorial Day parade on Monday, Memorial Day at 10:00 a.m. And then sometime in about 3 weeks or four weeks, we will be
putting up our American flags all along throughout Main Street. Uh all the telephone poles from starting at Tip Seaman Drive down to Great Bay Boulevard will have really nice 3 foot by 5 foot American flags flying from them. Uh so
if you know any of the business owners or residents that live along Main Street in town, uh please help me in encouraging them to decorate and celebrate the 250th anniversary of this great country.
And I think that's all I have. Mayor. >> All right. Thank you. Is anyone of us going to volunteer to drive for the funeral? >> I am driving for the fireworks committee. Okay. And Memorial Day. >> So, I don't think we have anybody in
driving for council. If you'd like me to volunteer, we're all looking at you. >> Thank you. Thank you very much. Okay. Are there any other remitting commission
board reports? Seeing none for public open the public forum. Second. >> All right. I have a motion, a second to open the public forum. All in favor? >> All right. Um, we'll take questions. And now we will have a five minute limit.
>> Mr. 121 landing terrace. I guess they stand corrected on my numbers. They were up this month. I hope it wasn't just a new officers, but that's good. What's going on? Thank you. Um, I just want to read some you people some excerpts excerpts of some emails. Um, because this rather
pertains to my business. I've heard bits and pieces about this stuff, seen some things on social media. I wonder where they came from. I got um copies of this stuff two months ago from 2022 2023. Okay. Back in 2022 after we were taken
out of service and my son's shirts were taken. My wife and I went to a fire safety commission meeting in Wildwood on Thursday before the convention. We both criticized the state for what happened. People didn't know all the details. We did. Next day I stoke at the fireman's convention. Okay. On the following
Monday, which was uh September 19th, Bruce Tin for the fire safety commission. So, happy Monday. Um the director wanted to set up a meeting with borrowed people about Dale's parents road show. We'd like to schedule me with Tucker
Business Administrator attorney to discuss a plan moving forward. And then that same day, there was a letter from Don Nelson to Jenny, division fire safety director. McCusky like scheduled meeting with Sar regarding ongoing issues. Not sure if
you're aware, but we spoke at the convention and so forth. Neither was wellreceived, but nonetheless, the director has concerns. is at the state level. Um on October 7th, 22, Bruce Tyman sends an
email to one of his friends on the north. I guess we're direct meeting with Senator O Conor current Tucker mayor, fire commissioner, and business administrator to discuss the Tucker Fire Department. I was just advised yesterday that Tucker is filing a lawsuit against the defunct fire company and the
ex-chief for damage to the apparatus and fraud. This is an email going out to somebody from the state. Um, so the meeting happened I guess on the 12th because on the on the 13th October 22, Don Nelson
sent a letter to the state police and uh my business was mentioned in here. This talks about numerous false public comments and claims. You may know what's going on. Um they met with the burrow administrator Tyen
McCusky Nelson met with Klehorn Themore Kangelo and Chris Connors at director McCusk's request several several issues brought to our attention was CNA warrant criminal investigation
um I'm going to go further Mrs. Clay Horn as Tain Lewis Edgard Senior had appointed himself chief. Not true. It was done in meeting minutes and uh none of the active members have been notified. Nobody like appointed they nobody voted or authorizing any expenditures and removing any monies or
couch for anything which is a lie or leave by fire company. We have minutes if you guys want to see. Um Mrs. CL court advises us the fire apparat suburban claim upon suspension of fire coming from operations had not been pump or ladder tested over two years thus the
warranties were voided. Well that's not true because the year before in other words this we were taken out of service in June the prior September we had all that stuff done. So that was the day that you tried taking the fire company out and McCory
put his chief the next day was all that testing. Um it says here are no longer as fun to cover these costs and uh le emergency vehicle service repairs yet they have been told they perform routine
maintenance as well repairs and charge and TVFC services and parts labor and the like you the trucks are up there a lot we did all that for free but we put we didn't charge them for tools part in recent history the last few years before I went out everything was absolutely free we
bought stuff for the fire trucks we bought stuff from the new ladder truck, all the stuff about equipment. We made the shelves and brackets out of my own pocket and some of the guys that weren't working, came in my shop, worked on it there. Some guys did the firehouse. It was all basically a lie. Uh video
evidence that Lee Senior hadn't been in the branch without found his wife. That's not the bank. So anyway, and if you want, we were accused of costing $1,000 in truck repairs. We got the bill here from the burough fixing all that. It was $8.95 and 1250 and we had the
money to do all that stuff. We were take out of service grand some houses back. We had the services scheduled with Barry. He was going to come down take our trucks and everything. So that was all going to be in play. Our rescue tools were all going to be checked and everything else. We were saving money towards new air bottles. So there's a
lot of lies here going up on December 1st of 22. >> You have about 10 seconds before you're >> on December 1st of 22. Just please let me finish. On December 1st of 22, >> 987, >> Nelson asked if Lee Senior had been
indicted by the great grand jury. >> Okay. Thank you. Now look, I got this fiveminute thing. One minute you sat here and said my five minutes. >> Yeah. Well, how about the other people that stay up here six, seven, eight minutes? Look at the tapes. You take your thing and shut it. Now what the
people that were involved in this what's the difference between you and bunch of brown trout soon? >> Thank you. >> Does anyone else have any comments or questions? 20 order, 64.
Um, Paradise Co now has a website called Paradise Go Tucker.com. >> Um, we're trying to do what Tucker and Beach Association did by starting up a discount card. So, you can go on to that
website um and see what businesses have signed up. We're just starting it up right now, so there's not really anybody signed up to it. There's going to be cards issues with a QR code and a chip in them. Um, it's all evolving rather quick. Also, on the 30th, we have our neighborhood party
with a live band, 4 to 8, right across the street from Sam's house. You're all welcome. What I'm here for, entertain my help. All right, that was quick.
>> I'll try Caroline Keane and for Carlo the new rule, law whatever that 30 seconds. >> Um, when we built in 2018 and at that
time FEMA base was 9 ft. Tucker was so does that mean so FEMA so what the state saying now based on FEMA the 9 I don't know if it's changed since 2018 so I won't confess that I do but does that mean it's 13 ft now and does that and
then my followup question that is if it's going to 13 from 9 to 13 based on the from FEMA what does that do to Tucker does Tucker then have to go three feet over that you're keeping it in at
12, you move in to 13. >> Our our ordinance says BFE plus three. So whatever the BF is is holy crap 14. So yes, it would push it up 4T. >> So it would go up to 16 ft. >> However,
>> but there there is there is a >> and we're grandfathered in, right? >> Yes. and and right now um at at state level they are opposing this. There are several senators and everything um pushing back against the
>> people pushing back. >> Yes, it it is in in with the works to be able to so because it's been it's been excessive. >> So that was a good question. >> Our our BF ours is based off BF. BFE
changes. Ours just says BFE plus three. >> I have to agree. I want to agree with you and the rest of the council. This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. >> And it and it pushes it pushes that flood level in farther. My backyard is at 9 ft. So now my entire yard would be
in in the flood >> and I I would now be in the flood zone as well. And the DP insists that your insurance companies, your flood insurance, oh, they won't do anything. >> My flood has not gone up at all. >> They won't they won't they won't change
your flood insurance at all because they base it off of FEMA. I've never known an insurance company to have an avenue to charge people more money and not take it. And this is an avenue for an insurance company to come in and go, "Oh, well, >> more insurance companies in the state." >> Yeah. Right. Exactly.
>> Yeah. Even less choices. Yeah. Okay. So, thank you. So, this is just an analogy. It's just so stupid. My little boy, we got maybe and we're the first lagoon,
right? So, we got maybe four to six in actually. So, can you And that's four and a half feet. So, if I was standing in my backyard, right, the water probably up
over my head. But I'm 5'7. Can you imagine what it's going to be at even like even at 12 right now? I think you know if we hit 12 ft of water in my yard becomes a kite. like you're that was Barnagate Light's biggest thing is that
now in Barnagate Light basically the only thing that you can build is a raised ranch that is up 14 ft in the air because their height limits are lower than everywhere else on the island for up high. And the DB's response was, "Well, you can change your ordinance to build higher."
>> And the mayor at the time had said, >> "What?" Like, >> so is there anything We as constituents, I realize the letters coming from propert. Is there anything that we can do as home, residents, whatever to make sure that
our voices are heard that we agree with exactly what you guys are doing? >> I I will look to see if there's any petitions that are going around against it. I don't know of any. Maybe Paul could start one of those ones like he did for tragic Thompson Creek.
>> Whatever works. But yeah, I don't I don't know of any like petitions that are going around for just residents to sign. Um, but reach out to everybody you can even higher up than us like >> and just tell them you know any elected
official. >> But thank you. Thank you for sending off that letter. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. >> Anyone else have any questions or comments this evening? Three things. Number one, I apologize. I came up twice already and didn't say my
name or my address. I'm Chuck Watson from N Caru. So, I I apologize for not putting that on the record before. Um, and I also want to put on the record if I ever call you council members and mayor, you people, you have the right to
throw me out of this building. That is the most disrespectful thing for our elected officials to call you you people. So hold me to that. You can he can escort me out if I ever call you you people. I can promise you that. Um I
just wanted to follow up on the mayor's comments that you had a conversation with John Miller today. You know the the um chamber of commerce that I'm a trustee of is working really hard to put on. It's it was an ice cream festival. It's now the Tuckerton Summer Festival
and the county has given us a real hard time and um I plan to be on the at the meeting on on Wednesday and uh thank you for coming. Um yeah, no tents, no cars on like we can't walk on the grass almost. >> We'll get that we'll get it all
resolved. >> Yeah. I've already we'll potentially move it to someplace else because we have like really good plans in place for the first time ever like We're we're not even a year old chamber of commerce and we're trying to
put this event on. So we appreciate your support and we really want to do this and hopefully it can happen at Tips and Park which is one of the best venues we have in our town. >> But you know again the countyy's given us a real hard time and hopefully like you said we can work that out.
>> Well thank you. I appreciate you uh you explaining a little bit about that too. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Anyone else? >> See, I have to say a motion to close public forum. >> Second. >> All right. I have a motion and a second
to close public forum. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? >> Motion to adjurnn. >> Second. >> I have a motion to adjurnn and a second. All in favor? It's going to be over.