Chief, how you doing? >> Good. Everybody okay? >> Yes, ma'am. Everybody up here ready. So I'll ask you guys, are you all ready? >> Seconds. 15 seconds left. >> We're waiting for doors.
>> Bad weather. That's right. >> Good evening everyone. Welcome to the regular meeting March 16th, 2026 of the Tucker Burough Council. Please stand for a flag
to the flag of United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Act provisions of the open public meeting
actively notice was published in the beacon and the park trust stating the time place of this meeting. >> Thank you very much. Welcome Morers. >> Good evening. You need a chair. >> Wow, we're doing well. >> I know. She was going to push it. I went
away. Um, I'm gonna do roll call. Okay. >> Mr. Veland >> present. >> Mr. Martin >> here. >> Mr. Kangelo >> here. >> Mr. Dmore >> here. >> Mr. D >> here. >> Mr. Peterson >> here. >> Mayor Marshall >> here. Thank you. All right. Yeah. Skip right over that too. Well, we do not
have a presentation tonight. So, uh, we will move on to legislation. Councilman Breland, >> I have nothing this evening, your honor. >> Okay, that takes care of that and we'll go on to financing. Councilman Martin, I know you have a few things.
>> Yes, thank you, Mayor. Three resolutions this evening and I wanted to make um one announcement. On the bureau's website under the tab of community, there is a link to legal publications. Now, um,
anytime the burrow is going to have a publication or a notice, it can be found right there. So, it's easy. It finds and it'll comply with, uh, the state standards of the electronic filing of notices. So, we don't have to do the
paper, the hard press, and all that will be able to do it. So, again, that's under community on the website, and you go down to legal publications, you'll be able to find everything right there. And Savannah set that all up. So if it's wrong, I'll blame her.
>> U for my first resolution this evening. I have the payment of claims for this month. Um we had two big checks that are going to go out. One is the Ocean County Utilities, our first quarter bill. That's 152,000 and change. Uh and then
also Tucker and Elementary School going out for 326,000 and change. Uh we have a total of 651,823.37 going out. We also had um two for services. Our tipping services are
always 20,000. There's two of them that we're putting out this month from last month and this month. Um, so that's another 40,000 that normally we do at 20,000 each time we're doing 40. So I have a resolution of the bureau of Tuckering County motion state of New Jersey authorizing the payment of claims
in the amount of 651,823.37 and I move this resolution second. >> All right, I have a motion and a second on this resolution as roll call vote, please. >> Mr. Breand, >> yes. >> Mr. Martin, >> yes. >> Mr. Kangelo, >> yes. >> Mr. Dmore, >> yes. >> Mr. Dupree,
>> yes. to the exception of squad 85 and the uh station 70 fire agreement. I have to abstain from those two. >> Mr. Peterson. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Uh thank you. My next resolution is appointing a new treasurer for the
burrow. I have a resolution of the burrow of Tuckeran County. A motion state of New Jersey appointing Jennifer McCory as treasurer for the burrow of Tuckeran. And I move this resolution. Second. >> Right. I have a motion and a second on this resolution. >> Roll call vote, please.
>> Mr. Freeland? >> Yes. >> Mr. Martin? >> Yes. >> Mr. Kangelo? >> Yes. >> Mr. Dmore? >> Yes. >> Mr. Dra? >> Yes. >> Mr. Peterson? >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> And then my final resolution, mayor, this evening is to uh cancel certain tax
debt and credit balances. Um these are all under $10. So for resolution of the bureau of Tucker County, a motion state of New Jersey cancelling certain tax debt and credit balances that are under $10. And I move this resolution.
>> Second. >> All right. Motion and a second on this resolution. Are there any questions from council? I see none. Roll call vote, please. >> Mr. Breand, >> yes. >> Mr. Martin, >> yes. >> Yes. >> Mr. Demore? >> Yes. >> Mr. Dree? Yes. >> Mr. Peterson?
>> Yes. And that's all I have. >> Okay. Fine. Thank you very much. Next is Councilman. >> Okay. Thank you, Mayor. I have just one resolutionary this evening. Be
authorizing a road opening on Lake Street. That is to reconnect the gas service. Just a couple announcements. The public works yard will be closed on Friday, April the 3. and the public works yard will reopen on Sundays or
four Sundays starting uh April the 5th. Um the Ocean County solid waste management special program for household hazard is trash and uh document shredding all that
information is on our website. Have a resolution of Burough Tucker County of Ocean State, New Jersey, authorizing approval of a road opening permit on Lake Street for block five, lot 14 and granting relief under section 229-15 of the burough code. I move this
resolution second. >> All right, we have a motion and a second on this resolution as read and explained. >> Roll call vote, please. >> Mr. Breland, >> yes. >> Mr. Martin, yes. >> Mr. Kangelo, yes. >> Mr. Gilmore, yes. >> Mr. Craig, yes. >> Mr. Peterson, >> yes. >> That's all I have. All right. Thank you
very much. Next is uh public buildings and grounds. Councilman Dmore. >> Thank you, Mayor. I have nothing to administration and regulation. Councilman. >> Thanks, your honor. I have three items
this evening. First is the minutes from the previous meeting. And uh any council member have any additions or corrections they'd like to make at this time? >> I did have one comment. First line it says uh Mayor Marshall called the annual
reorganization meeting to order. Just change that to council meeting. Gotcha. >> So noted. Okay. With that uh exception made, I so move that we accept the minutes as written without correction.
>> All right. So I have a motion and a second to accept the minutes. Roll call vote, please. >> Mr. Freeland? >> Yes. >> Mr. Martin? Yes. >> Mr. Kangelo? Yes. >> Mr. Mr. Dammore. >> Yes. >> Mr. Yes. >> Mr. Peterson. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> And then the second item, your honor, I have the construction office and code
enforcement report on site inspections were 34, violation notices sent were three. Notices sent for snow removal were a budging 28 warning set out. And bulkhead inspections were three violations that
were open. three violations cleared were two uh summones pending one and calls from homeowners were 12 uh inspections performed were 24 bulkhead nine plumbing
14 electric two were complaints and four were zoning and that concludes the uh zoning and code enforcement and then moving on for fire and EMS MS. There were a total of 14 fire calls and 29 EMS
calls. And the chief wanted me to pass on that the uh members of uh station 70 Park Town Fire Company uh assisted Tucker and Burrow in clearing driveways uh to assist Squad 85 in removing
patients uh safely from their homes. And uh the plow truck was also going around. People may have seen the Parkin Town Fire Company plow vehicle going to certain residents that was elderly people that were that
didn't have time or it just it was more ne uh necessary to clear roads and didn't have the time. Uh so Parker Town took care of that. But in that being said, uh the chief would like to thank the public works department and the uh chief for the police
department. Uh they did an outstanding job during the storm. Uh it was overwhelming uh for many communities and if you read any of the social posts Tucker went above and beyond and for exceeded
everybody's expectations. So hats off to both the public works and of course the fire police department and of course I like to thank the fire department and EMS for doing such a great job. So pretty but that's all I had on. Well,
thank you very much. And we are all working together to to get whatever jobs need to be done. >> Absolutely. >> And at the uh just want to mention at the Hypertown um installation of officers, they they recognized you for all of your work and the things that you
did very very nicely. Congratulations. >> Thank you. >> Let everybody know that you recognized that. >> That's good. And um I had the plaque that they gave us and uh my my my office got moved. I'm
now down there and I forgot the plaque. So I will have to present it next next meeting. >> Yeah. Hopefully the chief will be able to make that one. He's tied up with another meeting. >> Oh, okay. >> The commissioners. >> So that was very nice. Very very nice
demo. All right. Uh we're moving on to Law and public safety. Councilman Peterson. >> I have a monthly activity report for the police department for February 2026. Call for service were 271.
Arrest were 11. Motor vehicle stopped were 121. Motor vehicle summons were 61. Motor vehicle accidents were six. Medical was 50. And suspicious person and vehicle check. That's all I have.
>> All right. Thank you very much. Busy busy month. >> You're doing a great job. You and your also chief. I can recognize you as well. All right. So, that takes care of that. And now looks like I'm on
and I have an appointment to the land use board. And this is Ryan Hennessy is his name. And he is a young man who lives on Kelly Avenue. And I would like to read his letter because um
this is a very well put together letter for uh the person that I looked at who was still on the older side. Uh as discussed I am I told him he had to write a letter to get on land use. He was interested in doing that. I am
writing to formally express my interest in joining the Tucker Land Use Committee. I have a strong appreciation for Tucker's character, growth, and long-term planning efforts, and I would welcome the opportunity to contribute my
time and perspective in service of the community. I am particularly interested in thoughtful use, land use, responsible development, and ensuring that future planning decisions balance progress with the preservation of what makes Tupperton
unique. I believe that collaborative, well-informed planning is essential to maintaining the burrow's quality of life and I'm going to be honored to assist the committee in that work. I thought that that was a very well put
together letter explaining uh why he is interested in this position. So I am asking for his approval. >> I'll make a motion that we accept Brian. >> I'll second it. >> All right. So now we have a motion and a second to accept Brian Hennessy as a
member of the Temperton Land Use Committee. >> Okay. So he's going to be an alternate number one for an unexpired term to expire on 1231 2027. >> Okay. >> So um technically it's the mayor's appointment. You don't need to have a a
vote on it or anything. So but if you want to do all in favor that too. >> All right. So all in favor. >> Any oppose? Thank you. >> I had the pleasure of meeting him the other day. Very conscientious young man.
>> He seemed very someone his age. I was surprised that with the letter that came. So >> very impressive. >> Yes. And that's why I thought it was important to share it with everyone. Okay. Next we go to Mr. Cons.
>> I have nothing there. Um, clerk. Um, I just I have nothing officially. I just want to give a shout out to our all of our employees are great, but our public works uh and water
and sewer guys on um the plowing of this last snow. Um they worked a lot of hours and went above and beyond and helped fellow towns and fellow people out. And I I really do want to recognize them. Um
they gave it their all and um they were, you know, basically on their own and they did a phenomenal job on that. Uh even though the se the T beach area didn't see a plow right away, but we can't send our vehicles down from the salt water and when we can we got down
there. So I just want to shout out to to the to the workers, boots on the ground guys. Um, and that's all I have this evening. >> All right. Thank you very much. And it was it was such a a strange storm and we haven't had that much snow in a long
time and then it closed and it wasn't melting once it started to warm up. It was just there and finally it's all gone. So, we're we're done with that. Uh hopefully we don't have any more like that this year. All right. Um, next
committee reports. Do we need an executive committee? >> No. Okay. Any committee or commission reports? Um, I'd like to thank anyone here who went to the uh Fourth of July fireworks fundraiser uh spaghetti dinner
that they had March 2nd at the Redmond. It was it was a lot of fun and the spaghetti was very good as as usual and um >> it's very well attended too. Yes. I think that was the most people have seen that one of our spaghetti dinners.
>> Yes. And we need we need we can use the money because we want to have a real job. >> Okay. Anything any other committee reports. >> We are moving on to public forum. >> Motion to open the public forum. Second.
>> All right. There's a motion and a second to open public forum. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? All right. So, we're ready to hear what you have to say, M. Should I put the microphone on? >> Microphone like
>> you going to sing for us? >> Hell no. >> I needed it for the wedding that we had. >> Um I guess about a week and a half ago, we had a water leaf in the street and I called Charlie Kramer. He came right away. He actually stuck his arm into the
street up to his elbow. I'm like, "Wow, where'd your arm go?" Anyway, it was on a weekend. He came Monday morning with the crew, fixed the league. Beautiful job. I can't compliment him enough on a job that he did him and his men. Um, I also want to thank Brian for coming to
our meeting and explaining to our neighbors about shoreline restoration and how all that works because I'm no expert. That's the damn sure. But anyway, that's all I have to say. I just want to thank >> All right. Well, thank you and thank you for bringing that to everyone's
attention here, too. >> We don't get to hear all that good stuff, right? >> They did a good job. And the snow plow was excellent, too. I've snowed for 20 years, and they did a really good job. >> You're right. Thank you very much. Is there anyone else who has anything to
say tonight? >> Good evening. How are you? >> Good evening. How are How's everybody? >> Eric Hansen, 389 South Street, Tucker. I hastily put uh a little statement together this afternoon and it's
concerning Brian, you'd be uh familiar with it, which is the New Jersey STR 106 current resolution opposing the real >> uh DDP uh rule. open and and what I'd
like to do is inquire the town and the council as if who whether we support the resolution introduced on February 24th or if the council opposes you know the
resolution and to find out whether this the town and the council and mayor has joined in with the coalition to oppose those New Jersey real rules. So that was my first question.
>> I can give you a quick answer. So I I have not read through the actual resolution. I know it's opposing the New Jersey Real Act, which I am 100% on board. I haven't had a chance to read it and then I was going to discuss it with everybody. But um I would like to have
the council support after I do of opposing the real. I think the real act makes no sense. I think it's devastating to the coastal communities. Um I've attended a couple other uh seminars recently about it. Um
was uh from a real estate standpoint. Uh we talked about it and went through it and what it's going to do to values of homes uh along the coast >> with the new uh height, you know, going up four feet. And I love that, you know, that was the solution from five feet.
We're going to lower it to four feet to you know that way it's not as old. >> Real quick, this governing body already adopted a resolution opposing they are part of the coalition started with um the mayor with the mayor uh I forget the
gentleman's name but he is he is an assistant to mayor man from over on LBI. So they forwarded us a resolution to oppose the real um act and we adopted that right from the getgo. Um now there's a different newer one than uh
let me know but um I'm in touch with that that gentleman and the coalition that you speak of and they haven't sent us anything new opposing it. So >> yeah, I think I have to go and you know more >> you'd know more about the process of the
the current resolution. They have to go to uh the one committee and then >> yeah referred to a Senate committee and then if released from the Senate committee it will be put up for a vote in the Senate. I don't know whether there's a concurrent resolution in the
assembly. Sometimes they can move simultaneously. more than likely. Uh the one thing about the Senate concurrent resolution doesn't require a signature of the governor like other bills do require >> right >> so but it's just getting the majority in
the legislature. >> I thought the real act was signed off by the governor and put into play because >> it was it is it is >> 24th hour. >> Well there's a this is attempt to reverse what is it 120day uh freeze from
Cheryl Carol uh she was appointed because he appointed he actually adopted it on his last day in office >> you know which you know I I'll continue reading you know
>> and and you know I I had mentioned before or and you know you guys had acknowledged the fact that uh I think it was May of 2025 where Takamine got $4.5 million for climate resilience and I Just wanted to point that out. But to
understand everything, you know, through my research, New Jersey since 2016 has spent $1 billion on fighting climate change. $1 billion, which is a huge amount of money.
And my point is is over the past years the state of New Jersey has issued grants to numerous coastal communities, grants specific to climate change and prior to the notice of the New Jersey
real change being published here. Again, this is my opinion. This action by the New Jersey DUP and the state amounts to nothing more than a bribe in my eyes. This is my eyes. If
you go ahead and if it was a business or it was anybody else and you had three years to give out millions of dollars to all municipalities down along the coast prior to going ahead and putting out and publishing to satisfy the rule, the
administrative rules that it it can be in my eyes seen as nothing more than communities. So the communities don't fight back once they really realize what these rules mean. Over the past three years, I've spent
countless hours opposing the D rules. I feel it's important that the residents of Tucker, New Jersey fully understand exactly what our town's position is, whether we oppose it or we would approve
of the adoption. But in my eyes, the fact that Governor Murphy signed that into law on his last day of office is absurd. And furthermore, our new governor has
not even taken a position on what these rules are, whether she for them against them. She just it's wide open. Nobody knows. So, I wanted to ask people in the audience and you know,
constant stuff. How many people in the audience knows what real stands for? >> I can't remember. It's really the Community Killer Act in my opinion. >> All right. Well, anybody know? >> No. >> Okay. Well, that was a point there. It
It stands for Resilient Environment and Landscaping. R E A L. >> All right. Now I wanted for everybody by saying what it was. >> Now I wanted to ask how many people in the audience have read the 1,44 pages of
revised amended proposal rules pursuant to REI? Anybody? Nobody. >> Well, I put it in chat GP. >> I was just going to say I will tell you that I put the whole thousand pages into
chat GTP. Well, there's a reason why I'm the fact of the matter is in my opinion again that these rules are not only wrong but will completely destroy the coastal communities. Fore these rules are not designed to combat climate
change. Rather, in my opinion again, there are rules implemented to limit insurance companies liability and to cause overcharge insurance overcharge to New Jersey
residents of the state of New Jersey. Now, I have a because I own a marina, I have a soft spot for this with the timelines act. All right? But I've written specific questions over the past three years. I've gone to public
meetings when they were doing them up in Ocean County. I've gone to various things. I've written Oprah requests and I've written specific questions to both the state of New Jersey and in New Jersey D with absolutely zero and I mean
zero response. In my opinion, lack of response speaks louder than words simply because neither the state nor the D wants anyone to know certain aspects of the long range effects of these rules. Again, my time is limited, but however,
I'm going to try and point out a few issues which should be of concern to our coastal communities. And again, in my opinion, the notice, the required notice by the administrative laws that the DP was
required to file, which was 104 pages. In my opinion, there is no way cuz I have read and I do have some legal background. No way any resident or of New Jersey
without legal experience or anything the average New Jersey residents would or can completely understand the complex legal wordage used within the notice to the public. Nor would the average New Jersey
resident be able to understand or find the numerous administrative law references throughout the proposed rule changes. In short, in my opinion, that you would need a team of Supreme Court justices armed with a team of
parallegals to even begin to understand the meaning within the legal system of these proposed rules. What is the point of requiring a legal notice a proposed rule changes if the
rules themselves cannot be understood by the average person? I mean, why do we put it out there? If nobody could go through the administrative law, go to the law book and try and figure that that out. It it just makes no sense. So
one of my arguments with to oppose those rules would be they never make this the standard of notice. Secondly, my second question to the DP is how exactly will
changes interact with the New Jersey Tidelines Act? Are you familiar with the tide lands act? >> In the tide lands act, the state claims that they own all land.
Take that into consideration. And with the DP proposing that in 75 years we're going to have four to 5 ft of climate change sea rice re who's going to own that land when high tide comes
over that land this is a question I've asked them numerous times very important who's going to own the land no answer and in public I asked them they said well we really haven't g that
much law. So I have a problem with that and there's no reason that rest within the tidelands act I cannot fully explain that the tidelands act within the limitation of malic I hereby today but what I can tell you is that under the
tide lands act the state of New Jersey will own that land my land anybody's land that even if they encroach a half inch at high tide consistently. The state can come in and deem they own
that land and then motivated. No clarification. How how do we even consider rules like this when they don't explain the full strength of what they're trying to do?
So the end result is is the land and the property we currently own and live upon in and around our coast communities. If it does go up for 5 ft, what's going to happen to Tucker Beach? Who's gonna
who's who's gonna pay for that? >> I said I'd ask this how this would be handles. Neither DP the state will answer the question residents to understand the full
implications of these rules. >> Okay. Are you just about done? >> I'm not done. I know my five minutes. >> I know you're over, but what you're saying, I think we all need to hear. Okay. And just want one thing in
accordance with the timeline that I just want to leave where you get a little blur. In 1967, the Supreme Court in New Jersey informmed the case O'Neal versus State Highway Department that the state
owns all land that are flowed by tithe up to the high water line or mark. Now, this is already written stuff. Well, there are several reasons why I oppose these rules. Before I run out of time, I just
strong want to say that this is absurd that we even gotten this far to spend a billion dollars on trying to fight climate change with no direction and to have an agency like the NJP
present these to us which nobody understands obviously and I'm not criticizing anybody for that but I've spent a lot of time reading these things because it's important to me. I worked for 25 years. What are they going to do to come and
take my land? So, from my day, they are. That's all I got to say. >> Thank you. >> Thank you very much for bringing this to our attention. >> Madam Mayor, I'd like to follow up with just a couple points to that. Um, one
thing you mentioned was about the insurance companies. I will tell you the D and this is not me. This is the D stance is that the real act will not affect your insurance rates one bit because insurance companies go off of
the FEMA maps, not off of the state maps. And this would be a state map. Now, I'm just saying that is what the D says. It's been my personal experience that any chance you give an insurance company an avenue to make more money, they're going to take that avenue. But
the D has said numerous times this will not affect your insurance, your flood insurance, any of that because all that is based off of FEMA maps. So >> can I ask a question? >> You get that?
>> I have it on tape on video >> in numerous. I've sat in on a lot of the on a lot of >> I disagree with that but >> but I said I disagree. I've never heard of an insurance company that's not going to try to make >> legislation back once it's intact. >> As far as they will not answer what is
going to happen if the sea level rise of 4 ft. I have full belief and this is my personal full belief that the tidelands claims will come in and they will say the state now owns your property. So I don't know why they wouldn't answer that or they say that they haven't thought
about it. That's the whole point of the tidelands authority is so that at high tide when you're underwater the state can now say we own that land. So I will say the the good news in all this is that the study that was done by um well
not in all this but in that aspect of the tide lands claims. the study that was used to write the real act um was done and it showed you a percentage of what the sea level will rise over the next you know 75 years when they were originally proposing the 5 foot thing
that was and I could get it wrong but it was something like a 12% chance of happening that it would be up 5T the 4T was still a >> 30% >> yeah is that what it was 30 I thought it was even lower than that
>> the was last >> the the 6 in to 18 in was like an 80%. So why the D took that lowest statistical probability to use it for what they're enacting as the rules is beyond me. Um
>> I give you a little insight on that. That's great. >> But they but that's but that's what they went with. And um like I said, had you know numerous meetings, numerous meetings with mayors of all the towns around here opposing it. Um and it I do
think it's a it's a devastating rule for coastal communities and I don't see what the what the real benefit is. They're saying, you know, we're gonna we're helping you guys ensure that your house will still be standing 75 years in the future. When
>> when in the coastal communities, you look at how long the real lifespan of a house is. And anymore, the real lifespan of a house is under 30 years, especially on places like Long Beach Island. They I know the house is meant to last that
long, but they don't. That's not the reality of what happens. people tear them down and build new faster and faster in the coastal communities. So, I just wanted to follow up with a couple of those, but it is a uh in my opinion, it is a disaster of a um a new law for
for us along the coast. >> And not just the coast, it actually goes up rivers and stuff all throughout the state. It's really it's not even just a coastal, you know, >> thank you for for bringing that. We're going to go on with the rest of our
meeting, but we, you know, we've heard a lot of information tonight and I appreciate you bringing that to us. >> Does anyone else have any comments? >> Okay. So, that was good discussion.
>> Doris. >> All right. I have a motion and a second to close public forum. All in favor? >> I. >> All right. >> Motion to >> second. >> All right. I have a motion and a second to adjourn. All in favor? >> I. >> Right. Have a nice evening. Stay safe
and read up on this. >> Thank you for coming. Also, >> if you got you've got nothing to do for the next couple days, you can read through the whole thing. He put