There we are. In compliance with the open public meeting law, I wish to state that on July 25th, 2025, the notice of the meeting of the upper township committee was posted on the official township bulletin board, the
Upper Township website, emailed to the Ela City Press, the Ocean City Sentinel Ledger, the Herald Times, and filed with the township clerk. Tonight's meeting is being video recorded up until the close session portion of the meeting and will
be available on the upper township website. I hereby direct the announcement be made part of the minutes of this meeting. Everyone please call for flaggates of America and to the republic for which
it stands. One nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> Please call the role. >> Mr. Casachio here. >> Mr. Napp here. >> Mr. Sam Palumbo >> here. >> Mr. Zack Palumbo >> here. Mayor Porson >> present.
>> All members are present. >> Okay, moving on to reports here. Sam, do you have anything for us tonight? >> I do. I have two things. Um, I was not at our last meeting, so I obviously wanted to uh acknowledge our summer celebration. Luckily, Larry is here and I just wanted to thank Larry obviously
for all his hard work on that project and thank EMS as well for being there. Um, obviously it's a it's a full-on event for everyone involved with the township and we appreciate everyone's help with it. Uh, and thank you to all of our vendors that participated as well
as members of the community that came out to support the event. Um, I also just wanted to say we had a meeting with our football organization uh to discuss field maintenance and I appreciate all the open communication that we've had with all of our organizations and how
we're going to plan not only in the short term but long term how to best maintain these organizations. So that's all I got. >> Thanks Tom or do you have any tonight? >> Uh Mr. Mayor, nothing I can report at the time. No, nothing this week. That was some big stuff next week. Jack,
leave me. >> Just keep it short and sweet. I just want to echo what Sam said about meeting with the football program and also coming to an agreement that we can would be beneficial for our community and also, you know, also not going back to the taxpayers. So,
>> Victor, do you have anything for us tonight? >> I do a few things. Good evening, everybody. Thank you so much for coming out as always. Uh, door-todoor solicitation. It was a big topic this week, something we dealt with. I want to thank and wish a happy birthday to our business administrator Jimmy who's here on his birthday tonight. Um we're we've
looked into this. You need to be licensed in order to go doortodoor in our township. If you're being pestered by people and you don't want them to be there, we recommend that you put a no solicitation sign up and contact local authorities. Uh there are some free speech things that apparently they are
able to do this. Um, but we are aware and tried to make sure that uh everybody in the township is is safe and not being interrupted. They actually came to my door right during the ESBs while I was watching uh the Eagles get best team of
the year. So, I was very upset about that myself. Uh, in the EMS front, there was an extremely bad accident over the weekend. I don't have details on everything, but there was just about
every single one of our people were out there. Tuho, Seville, Mora Fire, our EMS, I saw Ocean City EMS was out there. Atlanticare EMS. Thank you so much to our unbelievable first responders. Somebody was helicoptered out. I know
that for sure. And they were swift and acted accordingly. And I appreciated their hard work. And I just wanted to make sure I said that. And that's all I have. All right. Thank you, Becky. You got it. >> Oh. Uh, well, we've had a very busy couple weeks. I
think recreation one thing or another. Attended meetings in the field. We attended meetings on the beach with New Jersey D. And uh that was a good meeting. A lot of good things to report. We have a meeting scheduled in the near future with myself
Jimmy Vance like Zach's going to go um represent upper township at our congressman's office. There's 12 municipalities that receive federal funding with ongoing beach reourishment projects and there's going to be from Ocean
County to Kate May there going to be 12 different municipalities there to discuss the funing and continued beach replenishment. So that is a positive thing and that's headed in the right direction on that note. So I will be reporting back on that or Jim's going
to report on it sometime after we meet. Lifeguard front, the beaches have been very good, busy, crowded, good weekends. Lifeguards did have a couple competitions they have been in. They had a real good showing. We did it around
the island row for the MS and lifeguards raised a little over $11,000 and there was somebody stra who wants to remain anonymous that matched it. So $22,000 plus was donated
through the lifeguards to the MS foundation. So that was a very nice event. Well attended I think there was 48 boats that rode approximately 7.2 two miles I think it is and they all paid to play. So it was
very good event. So that's all I have for right now. Jim, do you have any questions? >> You good? >> Yeah. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Thank you committee. Yeah, I have three things, right? I have DP beach replenishment. I
think uh Mr. Mayor hit that. I got uh working with Upper Township Football Association to take care of the field. Yeah, I think we got that as well. And uh I have attempting to educate the public regard to door vending process and finding and holding violations responsible. I think Vic hit that. So
yeah, >> um you know, I think that's pretty indicative that I'm I'm you know, at the point of friction in this township and and kind of, you know, involved with conversation. So um nothing further to add that can enrich this conversation. Uh, real quick on the door too, if you're in the audience, we have a
Facebook post on our upper township page that has all the details about all that and what we're trying to do. If you do not have access to Facebook and you would like it, please reach out to one of us and we'll get that to you. >> Just for the record that we had from a
good source that the gentleman that was going door to door in our township is now taking his show to Galloway Township. >> That's right. I can confirm >> and affirm fine that I heard what he got. >> So Joanne, you have any words? >> I have nothing but can I get a motion
for the minutes? >> Oh yes. I'd like to make a motion we approve the minutes. Yes. >> Second. >> Mr. Cassaceio. Yes. >> Mr. Nappen. Yes. >> Mr. San Palumbo. >> Abstain. >> Mr. Zach Palumbo. >> Yes. >> Mayor Corson. >> Yes. >> Motion. That's all. >> Okay. John, do you have any reports?
>> Uh yes, Mr. Mayor. Just quickly, you'll see um we need to make a a amendment to the consent agenda tonight. We do have to add one resolution which I believe is in the packet. Um it's an amendment to the salary ordinance resolution related to Rosemary Trout uh who's been appointed or will be as the ADA
coordinator. There's no salary associated with position, but it is another title for which she has. So, we do need to amend that ordinance. Um seek to add it to the consent agenda. >> All right. Thanks, Barb. >> Do you have any questions that >> Yes, I do. I have one item this evening.
Um we have a uh EMS hardship committee that uh deals with any um hardship requests that we get for our EMS uh billing patients. So typically it's myself, the administrator, and the
committeeman in charge of EMS. In the past, we've always um just name these individuals. Um, but this time I'd like to recommend that we uh just appoint the committee in title and then as we have
changes in staff, it can just um it it can just go to that um individual. So if you're in agreement, if we if I could have a motion um for to to name the hardship committee as the committee minota, the administrator and myself.
>> Yes. So I would like like to put that in the form of a motion that we create that committee. >> I'll second that. >> Can I take administrator or is executive a if there's if we do create a position someday for assistant maybe so that so
we don't have to read again. >> That's that sounds good to me. >> Makes good sense >> here. Mr. Cassaceio. Yes. >> Mr. Nappen. Yes. Mr. San Palumbo. Yes. >> Mr. Zack Palumbo. Yes. Corson. >> Yes. >> Motion car. >> Okay.
>> Thank you. That's all. >> All right. At this time, we're going to open it up >> to the public if anyone in the public would like to make any comments on any items on our agenda. Hearing no public comment on any items on our agenda, we will close the public
portion for now and reopen it later. Okay, we have a presentation. >> We have the Cape Regional Auxiliary donation to the Sports and Recreation Trust Fund. >> Yes. Come on up. Come on. Thank you.
>> Thanks. >> Thank you. Thank you. Yeah, we held a um a fundraiser at the community center. Larry and his team got everything ready for us and it was was wonderful. Great setting. The clerk's office here, Joanne, was very helpful. It was my
first time doing a designer bag video. my first time ever attending a bingo and she was really wonderful with me. So just wanted to give you a donation and thank you for the >> Thank you very much. >> We need one of the big happy Gilmore checks.
>> That was a topical reference. That was not a 30-year-old reference. All right. Thank you, Joan. Thank you very much. Would you like to consider? >> Okay. All consent agenda items listed below are routine in nature and will be enacted by one motion. If the mayor or any committee member wishes a particular
agenda item to be considered separately, it will be removed from the consent agenda and acted on separately. >> Make a motion we approve the consent agenda with the addition of the one Mr. Aanhouser. >> Second, >> please call the RO. >> Mr. Caceio, >> yes. Mr. Nappen, yes.
>> Mr. San Palumbo, yes. >> Mr. Zak Palumbo, >> yes. >> Mayor Corson, >> yes. >> Motion carried >> for resolutions to be acted on separately. We have 11 renewing mobile home park licenses. >> Some would like to >> Yeah. I make a motion we
renew mobile park home license. >> I'll second. >> Please call the role. >> Mr. Cassaceio, >> Mr. Nappen. Yes. >> Mr. Sam Palumbo. >> Yes. >> Jose Palumbo. >> Yes. >> Mayor Corson. Yes. >> Motion carried. 12 renewing campground licenses. >> Motion to approve.
>> Second. >> Please call the role. >> Mr. Kazachio. >> Mr. Nappen. >> Yes. >> Mr. San Palumbo. >> Yes. >> Mr. Zack Palumbo. >> Yes. >> M Forson. >> Yes. >> Motion carried. Under new business, we have the or order of Eastern Star Shikina, chapter number 82 of New
Jersey, request to hold raffles RA 602 and RA 603 at the Tahoe in One Harbor Road Memorial on October 15th, 2025. >> I'll make the motion. I'll second. >> Mr. Paceio, >> yes. >> Mr. Tappen, >> yes. >> Mr. San Palumbo,
>> yes. >> Mr. Zack Palumbo, >> yes. >> May Coren, >> yes. >> Motion carries. I hereby move that all claims submitted for payment at this meeting be approved and then incorporated in full in the minutes of this meeting. I need to abstain from two bills tonight. 25-00173
and 25-0022. >> Somebody like to second. >> Second. Please call the role. >> Mr. Cassaceio. >> Yes. For my two. >> Mr. Nappen. Yes. >> Mr. Sam Palumbo. Yes. Mr. >> Zach Palumbo. >> Yes. >> Mayor Corson. >> Yes. Motion carried. At this time, we're going to open it up
to the public. Is there anyone in the public that would like to address the township committee? >> I wasn't paying attention. Is this the end of the meeting? Public comments. >> Yes. >> Wow. Um um >> could you state your name for the
record, Natalie? >> Uh Natalie Nice. Um, I met with you, Jimmy, on Friday the 25th and we talked about the ADA officer and um,
how long has the township been without an ADA officer coordinator? >> Yeah, I started June 2nd, so prior to to me coming on board. It's been a short time.
We have one in place now. >> Um, was Gary Demarz out the ADA officer coordinator? >> Yes, he was. >> And um, Jimmy, you mentioned to me that
you had uh, PTSD from combat. >> Is that true? I I would even >> Here's the only thing I'll also say. It's a public comment period. Questions are going to be directed at you if you're not comfortable. Otherwise, don't want to answer them. Don't >> I'm not comfortable with him answering that. That's his That's his personal
life. >> That's not public information there. >> Uh what are the major components of a job description um for ADA officer coordinator?
I'm sure I do not know off the top of my head. I'm sure the civil service has that posted. You're more than welcome to take it and then research it all at your convenience. >> What civil service has it posted? >> We we I would just miss niece, we can you're
entitled to ask questions given the tone of this thus far unless you're completely comfortable with answering anything. >> I'm not comfortable. >> I would just because I don't know what the job description is. Well, I'm very >> You can ask the questions, but you don't have to answer them. >> I'm very uncomfortable myself. >> Okay.
>> Okay. So, for the record, I'd like to note that on January 27th, 2025 at the upper township committee meeting at 5:30, I made a request
for accommodation for more minutes to speak. And you, Mr. person laughed and denied me that. And as the meeting went on, I also was cut off by you, Mr.
Ammonhauser, mid-sentence with Gary Demarzo. He was cut off as well. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Is there anyone else in the public would like to comment? Hearing no more public comment, we'll close the
public portion and entertain a motion to go into close session. >> I hereby move that a resolution be incorporated into minutes authorizing the township committee to enter into executive session for the following matters pursuant to the open public meetings act. Matters one, personnel.
Two, litigation appeal of 2025 liquor license renewal. I also include in my motion the estimated time and circumstances under which the discussion conducted in closed session can be disclosed that the public is filed. A it is anticipated that the matters discussed in closed session may be
disclosed to the public upon determination of the cash committee and that the public interest will no longer be served by such confidentiality. be with respect to employment and personnel matters. Such discussions will be made public if and when formal action is taken or when the individuals involved
in consent that it can be made public. And C with respect to litigation matters, such discussion will be made public when litigation is complete and the applicable appeal period has expired. >> Second, >> Mr. Casaceio, yes.
>> Mr. Nappen, yes. Mr. San Palumbo, yes. >> Mr. Zach Palumbo, >> yes. Mayor, >> yes. Motion carries. >> Right. We're going to take cup mesh here.