the open public meeting law. I wish to state that on April 10th, 2026, notice of this meeting of the upper township committee was posted on the official township bulletin board and the upper township website, emailed to the Atlantic 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 this meeting will be available to the upper township website. I hereby direct this announcement be made part of the minutes of this meeting.
Would everyone uh please call the role? >> Mr. Cassaceio >> here. >> Mr. Nappen >> here. >> Mr. San Palumbo >> here. >> Mr. Zack Palumbo >> here. >> Mayor Corson >> present. Please stand for >> pledgece to the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisibley andice for all. >> Please remain standing for a moment of silence and reflection. Amen.
Thank you. >> Has everyone had an opportunity to review the minutes from our previous meeting? >> Yes. Motion to approve. >> Second call. >> Mr. Cassaceio? Yes. >> Mr. Nappen? >> Yes. >> Mr. San Palumbo? >> Yes. >> Mr. Zack Palumbo? >> Yes. >> Mayor Corson?
>> Yes. Motion carried. >> Okay. Governing body reports. We're going to start >> Sam down there. >> Wonderful. Thank you, Mayor. >> Uh this the past couple weeks have been busy. Obviously, Larry Cole is here and
I just want to recognize his great work he did with the Easter egg hunt. Um unfortunately, I was unable to attend due to my daughter deciding to come into the world. She was two hours late, but uh she did her best to attend and I did my best as well. So uh thank you Larry
for all the work you did for that event. Um all the feedback I heard was fantastic and everyone had a great time and thank you to my fellow committee members um for attending and supporting the event. Um and thank you to the members of the public who attended as
well. Um in terms of sports uh and other programs, um we've continued to have meetings with other organizations. uh myself, um Zach, and our business administrator in terms of figuring out how we're going to move some of the
programs forward, uh how we are planning on shaping the facilities and how those organizations can help contribute to make the facilities themselves better for the betterment of the community, but also for their organizations. So, I look forward to continuing those discussions
with all those programs. Um, and that's all I have for you, mayor. Thank you. >> Thank you, >> Tyler. Do you have anything else to mention? >> I do, mayor. Uh, last month I attended the, uh, Small Business Association mixer at Love Island Brewery. It's nice to get out to, uh, talk to fellow
business members in the community, hear their complaints and concerns about going on in the town. I'll be attending their next one, April 20th at Seville Tavern. Um, also March 28th, uh, Zach and I went to the Eagle Scout ceremony
for Scott Holidayiday Jr. and, uh, what an awesome presentation for him and an accomplishment for him. And, uh, you don't see many people make it all the way to Eagle Scout these days. So, it was nice to honor the young man's commitment and, uh, perseverance and,
uh, just a nice ceremonial overall. And lastly, I just want to highlight uh, number 26 tonight on the agenda, the Colts of Power uh, the landfill. They're going to be doing the solar uh they're going to be leasing the land from from us to uh have solar power on the old
landfill to be a nice revenue uh creator for the township and uh just moving along in its next process and next step getting closer and closer to getting that on the on the road there. That's all I have. >> Thanks. >> Zach, do you have anything for us tonight? >> I actually have a few things. Uh so just
my short report on public works. Uh as of right now from the winter storm that we've had uh almost a month and a half, maybe two months ago, we've had over 500 tons of debris picked up. Uh right now public works is working on focusing on
Hope Corson and and Church in between that area. Uh Route 9 should be completed by tomorrow. Uh Petersburg is almost done and should be done by Saturday. We also have leaf pickup outside of the uh the winter storm
debris that will start on April 20th. And then I also want to turn everyone's attention on the consent agenda to number 14 and number 15. Uh and I just want to talk about these two items. Uh recognizing April as the month of the military child and also April as autism
awares month. To speak of this month of the military child, I have the privilege of serving as the superintendent of Kay Elementary where the majority of my students are coming from the Coast Guard base housing. We often talk about the sacrifice that our service members give up for our freedom, but we should also
recognize the sacrifices that their children must also make so that we can have those same freedoms. The military child is constantly wondering whether they will be relocated or if their parent will be deployed at a moment's notice. Just today, I had a spouse who
has employed my district received notice that her husband has received transfer orders and their sons who are my students will be abruptly transferred. Similarly, we have upper residents who are currently serving in the armed uh various uh branches of the mil armed
forces who may be called to serve at a moment's notice and need to answer the call leaving uh his or her ch children behind. So for the month of April, I would ask that we recognize our younger residents for their potential potential sacrifice that they may have to make to
keep us all safe and protected. The second recognition is for April to be the month of autism awareness. For those of you who may or may not know, prior to being a superintendent, I was a special education teacher and had students of varying abilities in my classroom. Sam
and I also have a non-verbal autistic cousin who ha is now a grown grown adult and still needs uh to receive various services. We are fortunate that as a community we already have a grasp on others ability and have a compassion to help them. I would like to thank the
committee on recognizing these two initiatives during uh the month of April, especially since it's for our youngest sales citiz. Thank you so much everybody first and foremost for coming out tonight on the EMS front. Multiple community events over the past few weeks um including the Easter egg hunt that Committeeman
Palumbo mentioned. Uh they were out there for that and they've done a lot of work with the local food bank. Uh we're readily preparing for the summer season, hiring seasonal staff, conducting our annual trainings. Multiple staff members have attended specialty trainings over the past month, including tactical
emergency casualty care. Uh we had 88 calls for service in the month of March. Uh 31 days, 88 calls. They're they're working very hard. So, thank you to them for that. And our applications are currently open for the annual youth summer camp, which is sponsored by the Upper Rescue Squad. If you haven't seen
that, it's incredible. the kids go uh they they get to go on boats and and go to the water park and do all these unbelievable events. Uh so if you have a kid that's uh middle school age, I believe they're able to do that. Get them to apply. It's it's a wonderful
event. I want to double down on sports. Uh these guys have been doing a wonderful job on the recck front and on the fields front. The two fields that have opened up, uh baseball fields that are going to be opening up for C league is going to be super helpful. And also, um, baseball has an opening day this weekend that hopefully everybody could
come out to attend. And if you're hungry afterwards, the Seville Tavern is graciously donating 10% of any bill that entire uh, day on Saturday uh, to uh, the U10 hurricanes. So, stop on over there. Uh, I want to double down. I'm
taking notes as you guys are speaking. You're getting me to think of things. The autism month, I'd be happy to help you guys in in any regard with that. It's been a cause that's been near and dear to me over the past few years. Uh so that's really great. Um Melanie Colette was at our last meeting or so
and the Ark is doing a SIP into spring event. We're going to be sharing that on our social media. I just wanted to speak to this uh packed room tonight about that. They're going to be raising $75,000 to help build their new building and uh we'll there'll be a plethora of
sponsorship opportunities available to that. And besides my congratulations to Committeeman Sam on his uh new baby, that's all I have tonight. Thank you. >> Yeah. First of all, thank thanks and congratulations. >> Thank you.
>> Very happy you got a expanded family and sound good and sleeping four hours straight. That's like unheard of. >> It's different. It's definitely different than the first time. But luckily, you know, my wife's a rockstar and I'm a passenger and she she knows what she's doing and I,
>> you know, it's nice to be the water boy. It's it's a pro at work, you know, and I just get to witness greatness. So, I'm very lucky. >> Congratulations. >> Well, as a batter, congratulations to her. >> Um, obviously, it's been a busy month.
Um, three weeks since our last meeting. We've uh as most of you have known and read in the paper, we've gotten rid of our lifeguard shaft that was inate danger of falling down and would probably be going by now. Um item number 23, I don't know if you saw that on the
agenda, is uh we've worked out an agreement. There's a donation coming our way of a a house for the summer on Woodier and the beach. our lifeguards will be there instead of a trailer, instead of
shipping containers and portaotties. They'll actually have a uh property they'll be able to utilize. So, that's a good thing. Um there's a couple little safety protocol things we have to do there, but it's going to be a good thing and it's going to be very
lowkey and low impact to the neighborhood. We assure you of that. Obviously, uh, you've all read in the newspaper, speech funding is here. Federal government has stepped up. I'm let Jim elaborate on a little bit when he goes, but we are committed to doing the right
thing. We have a body. We're going to have a conversation in close session with the local portion. We have to figure out where exactly our money's coming from, but we have the commitment to do the right thing here. So, that's all I have at this time, and I'll turn it over to Jim.
And thank you, Mr. Mayor. >> Um, first thing I got is IT infrastructure upgrades are currently underway. So, the room you see here, the courtroom, the meeting room is going to get a um, I don't want to say significant, maybe moderate um, you know, update, modernization of the IT
equipment here. If you log into the meetings, the video hasn't been working. The audio is not that good. Um, so in the future, you'll see some sound editing panels so that my voice doesn't echo so much. Um uh the recording equipment will be a little bit more responsive. The video will be clearer
and it'll be more uh you know in line with uh the rest of society today. Um streaming uh digital culture upgrades. Second thing um so yeah, the the mayor kind of covered it. The feds came out said $28 million dedicated to the
Strathmir Beach project. What does that mean? That means the feds on the hook for $28 million. The state is on the hook for the remaining $28 million. It's a 56 million beach replenishment project. Um it's going to move extremely
fast. Uh I think the the our request for proposals is already published online. I believe the core of engineers is anticipating a notice to proceed on 3M. Um, if all the ducks are in a row and things are lined up as anticipated,
we can expect, granted this is preddecisional, this is extremely early in the process. Um, but right now we can anticipate pumping to start sometime in the middle of June and finish sometime in the middle of July. Uh, granted that
is very tentative. Um, however, that is what is is out there on the the RFP. That's public knowledge. Um, the thing we have to identify is the funding match. So, uh the way it works out to is the local municipality has to eat 25% of
that $28 million is split over the multiple municipalities which have a um a a a need for sand. Um and it's not split equitably, you know, 25 and 25. It's it's split based on who received the most sand. And we are in line to
receive about 74% of the sand. Right. So um given that a funding match is required, we are exploring um ways to fully fund this beach replenishment options and alternate funding strategies through the state, federal, and potentially county um to see what we can
do here to get this funded. Um no decisions are made right now. Extremely early in the information process. We are in reaction mode trying to get our ducks in order so that we can uh be a good partner in this project to make sure uh we have a suitable beach come summertime. So, that's the beach side of
the house. Um, I got a note from the county and the county is changing their ordinance. They're going to adopt a resolution tonight. Make riding bikes across the Roosevelt Boulevard beach illegal. Cyclists will need to cross that bridge walking their bikes on the
shoulder. There's already a sign there that says like walk your bike across this beach or bridge, I'm sorry. Um, they will just start enforcing that through tickets, right? So, um, I just want to get that out there that if you anticipate crossing that bridge on a bicycle, please walk your bike across
that bridge. And the last thing I'll have is, uh, I I heard it from somebody far wiser than me, um, who said, "The most patriotic thing you can do in this country is make more Americans." And so, from a veteran, I'd say to Sam Palumbo, "Thank you for serving your country,
making more Americans for for us." >> I'll make sure to tell my wife that. Thank you. That's all I got. Mr. Mayor >> John, do you have anything tonight? >> Uh, only thing, Mr. Mayor, we're adding one more item to the close session tonight. It's for a pending litigation matter. It's block 599, lot 51. We'll
discuss that closed. >> Okay. Thanks. >> Joanne, you have any questions? >> I have nothing. Thank you. >> Barbara, do you have any questions? >> I have nothing right now. >> All right. >> Very good. At this time, we'll move on.
We have a presentation. We have in recognition and appreciation of John Adams on the occasion of his retirement from the township of upper >> and John's been a public works employee as long as I can remember. John, it's been a pleasure working. We're going to have Zach read this into the record and
we're going to bring you up and take pictures with you. >> Okay. in recognition and appreciation of John Adams on the occasion of his retirement from the township of upper. Whereas John Adams has retired after 34 years of dedicated public service to the township of upper within the department
of public works. And whereas throughout his distinguished career, John has served in numerous roles including laborer, recreation ma maintenance worker, senior recreation maintenance worker, maintenance worker two, grounds, maintenance worker three, grounds, and
maintenance supervisor grounds. And whereas John began his employment with the township in 1992 and has played an integral role in the development, upkeep, and enhancement of the township's beautiful recre recreation facilities. And whereas John Adams is
also known and respected for his kindness and for the positive impact he has had on his fellow employees and the community. And whereas it is both fitting and proper that the township publicly recognize John Adams for his many years of devoted service, his count
countless contributions and his lasting impact on the community. And now therefore therefore it be resolved by the township committee and the of the township of upper in the county of Kate May and the state of New Jersey that we hereby extend our deepest thanks to John
Adams for his many years of the dedicated public service to our community and be it further resolved that this committee extends to our colleague and friend John our very best wishes on his retirement and for continued happiness, good health and success in all his future endeavors
given under our hands and this seal of township of upper on the 13th day of April 2026. Never get up here. Come on. Back. All right. We'll
get a picture and I do want to say something. John worked here my whole name come you've done a great Congratulations. All right. >> To settle down, >> right?
>> Yep. for the 2026 budget is next. First, we have the public hearing and final adoption of ordinance number 7, 2026, calendar year 2026 ordinance to exceed the municipal budget appropriation limits and to establish a cap bank. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Just real quick, this is an
ordinance that has been in effect now probably for 25 years that the state makes every town do this. And is all it's saying is that if you have any we're not exceeding cap. If you have any money left over, you can bank it. The I'll talk a little bit more about this
when we talk about the budget, but the three and a half percent is not going to last much longer. I mean, this has got to change um to some other number because town after town to town is not being able to fit within the three and a half percent. Not because they're doing anything wrong, just because what costs are going up by. But this ordinance that
you do is merely a formality. It allows us to bank $24,280 we have left over. >> Yes. It doesn't spend any more money. And >> that's a result of the state aid and the governor's budget. Correct. >> Pardon me. >> That's a result of the state aid for
from the governor finalizing your budget. Correct. >> No, that's the amendment is that one. >> So, at this time, we'll have a public hearing on ordinance number seven of 2026. Is there anybody that would like to comment
on ordinance number seven of 2026? >> Hearing no public comment on ordinance number seven of 2026, we'll close the public portion and entertain a motion to adopt. >> Motion to adopt number seven, 2026. Second, >> please call the RO.
>> Mr. Cassaceio, >> yes. >> Mr. Nappen, >> yes. >> Mr. San Palumbo, yes. >> Mr. Zack Palumbo, >> yes. Mayor Corson. >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Uh, next we have the authorizing the reading of the 2026 annual mis municipal budget by title only.
>> I'll make the motion. >> Second. >> Mr. Cassaceio. >> Yes. >> Mr. Nappen. Yes. >> Mr. San Palumbo. >> Yes. >> Mr. Zack Palumbo. >> Yes. >> May Coren. >> Yes. Motion. >> So now you should have the public hearing, not the amendment next. The
public hearing first. Okay, at this time we'll have the public hearing on our budget. Is there anybody that would like to comment on our budget? Please approach the mic if you would like to comment on our budget. >> Hearing no public comment, we'll close the public portion
>> and move for uh to adopt >> the amendment. Oh, with the amendment, we'll go on to the amendment. Yes. >> Go ahead, Joy. >> The resolution to amend the 2026 budget. >> And this amendment is remember at the time of the introduction, the state had
not yet put out the revenue figures. It's a slight change. Nothing significant. We're not raising the taxes anymore. It's just to clean up what the revenues are from the state aid is all we're doing with this amendment. >> Motion to approve. >> Second.
>> Please call the RO. Mr. Cassaceio, >> yes. >> Mr. Nappen, >> yes. >> Mr. Sam Palumbo, >> yes. >> Mr. Zach Palumbo, >> yes. >> Mayor Corson, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> Resolution. >> Okay. Just read this thing and then have a vote on it. Be it resolved by the township committee of the township of
Upper County of Kate May that the budget here and before set forth is hereby adopted and shall constitute an appropriation for the purposes stated of the sums therein set forth as appropriations and authorization of the amount of 6,826,419.92 for municipal purposes.
>> Motion to approve. >> Second. >> Please call the RO. >> Mr. Cassaceio. >> Yes. >> Mr. Nappen. >> Yes. >> Mr. San Palumbo. Yes. >> Mr. Zack Palumbo. >> Yes. >> Mayor Corson. Yes. >> Motion carried. >> And you'll see if you're following newspaper articles, this is one of the lower increases that you're going to
see. There's many that are over five, six, seven cents. >> Yes. >> And the state of where expenditures are, you know, we do our best job to keep this as low as possible. >> Yes, we do. Thank you, Leon, for everything you do to help us and guide
us through this process. >> So, you're all done. >> Thanks. Yeah, if anyone uh is curious because this is like uh kind of moves like uh kind of fast. Uh we prepared some slides, two slides. Um I'll I'll hit
wave talks on the budget just to kind of talk about where we're how we got to where we're going and hand it off to Barb who's obviously a subject matter expert. Um but so we started the year faced with a uh increase of 40% costs and rising healthcare costs because we're on the state health benefit
program. Um that that increase alone accounted for $700,000. Right? So we had to aggressively mitigate that that cost of our budget. In doing so, we moved to a HIF, which is like a conglomerate. It's a grouping of like units who share
and pool health insurance, right? And so we did that. It's called the solution. >> New Jersey solutions. >> Yep. New Jersey solutions. Yeah. >> Um which increased our healthcare cost by 5%. Right. And so that's a little over $100,000. Um so we had to cover the
remaining um deltas in our budget. And so, uh, when you think about it, we had to raise cost about 2.97 cents of, uh, valuation on properties to, uh, to capture about $690,000 to cover inflationary costs. That's salaries. Um,
that's increased, um, costs due to tariffs, that's gas prices. That's just us doing business um, that we do. And so, uh, what what Martin Barb will go over, um, we'll get into a little bit more granular of the detail, but one thing I just want to point out, which
she will point out, is, um, the municipal budget accounts for about 13.75% of your total tax bill. 13.75% of your total tax bill, which is where you get a 100% of your services from, right? So, if there's a
plow plowing during the weekends after hours, um that's likely our public works. If it's brush collection, that's our public works. If it's patches to the municipal roads, that's our public works. If it's lifeguards on your beach,
that's our beach patrol. If it's ambulances going to your house, that's our EMS. That's what the 13.75% pays for from your tax bills. Everyone has extremely high tax bills. I am no different. Um, nor is anyone here. Um,
so we, you know, we we do a prudent, disciplined job at making sure we are very, uh, cognizant and cautious about tax raises and this is essential to just maintain the same level of services um, everyone in this community is used to. Right. So, with that, I'll hand the bar.
Leon, I might ask you to go to the next slide on that computer. Just >> what are we hitting Jenny? >> Yeah, just whenever you're ready. Right. So, there's two slides. You can tackle it however you want.
>> Right arrow. >> Okay. So, as Jimmy explained very eloquently, um the township portion of the taxes is 13.75%. Um, we have the school that uh, let me
go back. We have a $ 48 million uh, tax bill. Of that, 6.8 million is the township's portion. Um, so the school collects about 67.5 of that percent of that 48 million. The county collects
about 14% of the 48 million. As we said, the township is 13 and 3/4% and fire districts are about four and 3/4% of that 48 million tax bill. Um, Jimmy
explained um examples of services and um that's really um again we are we try to be very um prudent with the taxpayers money and um that's what we have. If anybody would
like to come up and take a picture of this, feel free to come up right now and we'll make it available to us. >> Good opportunity time. But if you want or we'll be >> or Yeah, we can make the slide presentation available to anyone that would like it. >> Is there any other questions?
Okay, at this time I it's already adopted. So we'll move on to our consent agenda. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Oh, actually we got to open to the public. Yes, >> Leon. Thanks very much for your time. Appreciate it. you you're free to go.
>> Okay. At this time, we're going to open it up to the public. And for anybody that would like to comment on >> any of our agenda items, please step forward. Agenda items one or I guess it would be six through uh
>> 44. We got quite a few on the agenda. All right. Hearing no public comments on our agenda items, we'll move forward to consent agenda. >> 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. And if you could include um John Adams resolution in this as well. >> Have a motion to approve including John Adams. >> Second. >> Mr. Cassaceio. >> Yes. >> Mr. Nappen.
>> Yes. >> Mr. San Palumbo. >> Yes. >> Mr. Zach Palumbo. >> Yes. >> Coren. >> Yes. >> Motion carried. Under new business. We have the Cape Regional Auxiliary Request use of the community center on April 19th, 2026 for
a fundraiser event. Motion to approve. >> Second. Please call the RO. >> Mr. Cassaceio. >> Yes. >> Mr. Nappen. Yes. >> Mr. Sam Palumbo. >> Yes. >> Mr. Zack Palumbo? >> Yes. >> Mayor Corson? >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> What's your pleasure on the bill? J.
>> 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. >> Second. >> Please call the RO. >> Mr. Cassaceio. >> Yes. Except one obstain tonight. That be item number 26-0000175. A yes on all the rest.
>> Mr. Nappen, >> yes. >> Mr. Sam Palumbo, >> yes. >> Mr. Zack Palumbo, >> yes. >> Mayor Corson, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> At this time, we'll open up to the public again for any subjects you wish to talk to us about. >> This is open to the public. Anything?
Yes, sir. >> Could you please go to the microphone for us? My name is Jean Shinaki, major general, retired. I used to work with Jeff Pearson for a couple years. Uh I live on Calonia and I'm here for two minor items
if uh I know Mr. Palumbo goes down Calonia and gets that way, but uh respectfully request a stop sign be put on uh the where uh Corson Tavern and uh New Bridge meet
on New Bridge. rationale is when everybody comes off route nine, two two cars fill that little intersection up waiting to turn left on the course and tavern to go south. And it's it's quite a people who come off of new bridge have
it right away and they just zoom right in there. You got an accident looking for a place to happen. There's several things you could do, but that would be the easiest way to fix it. Can't can't tear the uh the uh gift shop down.
That's Corson and Tavern. So, um, so if you I don't know if you're familiar with it, but if you look at it, it's it really makes sense. >> I'm actually well familiar with it because I actually run >> I know >> in that area and have had a few close calls. >> Yeah, I go I go through that
intersection at least almost once a day. Um, myself that is a county road. Both roads are county roads. We could forward that request down to the county. We can't put a stop sign on the county road so we can forward that request down to
them and we can ask them to take a look out. >> No, I understand that. It's better coming from you than me. But >> Oh, yeah. Thank you. >> And that's phase two of course in Tavern. That was a priority last year. Should be pretty soon. I figured when they do that be a good time to >> Well, actually once they do it, it's
going to speed up traffic and hence it'll compound the problem. >> Yeah, exactly. >> So, yes, that's a very good observation. Thank you, sir. Uh my other issue is um the uh your ordinance was backed 017223
and it has to do with storage of motor vehicles uh storage of trailers, campers, you name it. My only comment is it's good ordinance. Too bad nobody enforces it. I don't I can't remember when somebody
was asked to take a trailer or a boat and uh that's been there for a month or two and and put it to the side of their house or go store it somewhere. I just, you know, it's it's bad to have an ordinance on there that's not recorded. It makes you guys look bad.
>> It makes the town look look Hicksville, you know. >> It's one of our ordinances. We have a little bit of a conflict in the ordinances, a couple of them, and we're trying to get it straightened out and we will be uh our business administrators taking notes and we will get we have to straighten the ordinances out. I agree
with you. It is a they're supposed to be in the side or rear yard. >> Yep. Okay, that's it. Thank you. >> Yes. >> Thanks, sir. Hi, Blanch Adams. Um, speaking tonight as a resident of, um, 330 Woodbine Road
in Steelmantown. Um, this will probably be another request to forward to the county, but it's about speed limits that I'm going to talk to you about. I've been a resident there for almost 50 years. Um it's an older neighborhood so a lot of
our neighbors there 20ome houses in about a mile or so stretch of Steelman Town um heading into Woodbine um have been there for a while. Uh we have children on bikes. We have um
kids walking. We have myself walking as we visit neighbors and things like that. And the speed limit is 50 miles an hour on that road. Um, in the past since I've lived there, I've had two cars in my yard. One totaled my vehicle that was in
my driveway because I'm on a bend, so they come right around. Anyway, um, that happened. Um, so I see that we've been making some changes to speed limits on state roads and county roads. And I know that the road I live on, Woodbine Road,
is a county road. Um, I'm just thinking, um, the the transition from 50 miles an hour, so you're coming off 49, you've got like five miles, and then you hit Woodbine, another still the continuation of the county road, and that goes right
down to 35. So Woodbine has this stretch with not nearly as many houses at 35. So, I would respectfully ask that you consider a 40 mph speed limit zone. Maybe north or south of Leming's Field,
maybe a little bit, you know, past that. As you start to get to the group of houses, I think it would be safer. I think it would be um a great transition um to the lower speed limit. Um in the summertime, you know, it's Friday night.
It is bumperto-bumper traffic coming to Sea Aisle Sunday. It's just the reverse. Um they advertise the state advertises that road as a shortcut to the shore. So we get a lot of traffic. We get a lot of cars out there and it is really a residential neighborhood. Um our
neighbors have been in touch with Bob Church at the county and it seems like the best way to get something happening is if the township requests it. So just asking you to consider that. Um, it would just make our lives a lot safer
out there in Steelmantown. >> I think we'll we'll pass that request on and if we have to, we'll do a resolution supporting both requests if we need to, but let's try to get it done without doing that. But if we have to, we'll do a resolution supporting both requests tonight. >> Perfect. Thank you.
Hello, my name is Ed Dixon. I live at 3507 Asbury Avenue in Ocean City. I'm a lifelong member of the VFW of Washington Township, a lifelong member of the Knights of Columbus of Washington Township, and
also a member of the American Legion in Ocean City. I'd like to thank you for all you do to honor our military veterans. The Memorial Day tribute, the anniversary of Normandy, June 6th.
Think of that day. Over two million military personnel, over 4,000 ships and over 7,000 planes of all types, the greatest armada the world has ever seen.
As you know, after a long battle, they defeated the enemy. This year, we will celebrate the 250th anniversary of our great country and independence. Our military has allowed our country to
live in freedom. Many good men and women have fought and some never returned but are still in our hearts. Today they are still fighting in foreign countries to keep us safe and preserve
our freedom. In November we celebrate Veterans Day, a great remembrance and tribute to them. There is something that I would like all of you to consider. I am here to ask
that this mayor and council consider dedicating the month of August to our military veterans, men and women. They have made many sacrifices for us and their families.
It is the veteran, not the preacher, who has given us freedom of religion. It is the veteran, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the veteran, not the poet, who has
given us freedom of speech. It is the veteran, not the campus organizer, who has given us freedom to assemble. It is the veteran, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the veteran, not the politician, who has given us the right to vote. It is my quest to have the month of August dedicated to our military veterans on every calendar across our
great country. They surely deserve this dedication. If all the visitors of your city could see your dedication and bring that thought home to where they live, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Delaware.
So on the 250th anniversary, I would like to ask again that this dedication be made for all those who made it possible.
>> Thank you for your attention. >> Well, I God bless you all. >> Thank you, sir, for your service. And I I can't agree more with you. Uh I would like to see us do that. Do we do that? Can we do that by resolution or proclamation which Uh either way, >> either way,
>> um there is a national movement about June too right now, which I mean I'm willing to do August, but if the national movement turns into June, are you willing to be happy with June? >> I did talk uh to Congressman Jeff Vandrew.
>> Yes. and he had a month in mind and he and I got together and because of some of the towns and cities that I have visited that were for August because there's a number of other items during that month of August that need to be exposed also but you never hear about
it. So he thought about it and he he went with me on the month of August. So he has as he said presented uh that idea to the House of Representatives. He did say it would take a while. We don't know how long that's going to take, but he
would let me know when that's happened. >> Well, we'd be honored to do a resolution and we will forward it to all neighboring communities, legislators, congressmen, freeholders or county commissioners, I'm sorry. And hopefully we'll I'd be more than happy to get
behind you, sir. >> I thank you very kindly. >> Thank you. >> Any questions? Everybody on board? Thank you, sir. Thank you. >> Is there anyone else in the public like to address town committee?
>> Natalie, Petersburg. I just um have a question about um the speed limit on Highway 50. Um I thought that the state
moved it down from 45 to 40. Um I know it's the state. Um there is when you're coming north through the traffic light at 610 150, there's a really bad blind
turn in the road and there's a sign there for school bus stop and there's a 45 mile hour speed limit still standing there um just above the Empress Court. >> Yeah, the state just uh reduced all the
speed limits on 50 recently. So they've just done because we asked them to study it and do it and they uh I think that was about process started about eight months ago and that's what they came up with reduction and they posted them.
>> So they're not going to change that one then because that one still says 45. >> That's because they did an engineer study and that's what they determined it to be. >> Was that one that was supposed to be reduced and they didn't get reduced? Is that what you're saying?
I just find it strange that if they change >> I'll validate I'll validate that that speed limit sign and make sure that >> Yeah, it's a blind curve. There's a bus stop. >> I understand. >> Thank you. >> Maybe they missed the sign. >> Yeah, they may have I'll
>> remember to they sent diagram down probably got all that. >> All right. Is there anyone else who would like to address that? >> All right. 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 the minutes authorizing a township committee to enter into executive session for the following matters pursuant to open public meetings act. Matters. One, contract negotiation information technology services. Two, contract
negotiation tax map maintenance services. Three, contract negotiation block 382, lots 1.01 and 11.02. Four, contract negotiation short protection. Five, pending litigation
block 599, lot 51. I also included in my motion that the estimated time and circumstances under which the discussion conducted in close session can be disclosed to the public as follows. A it is anticipated that the matters discussed in the closed session may be disclosed to the public upon
determination of the township committee and that the public interest will no longer be served by such confidentiality. B with respect to contract negotiations such matters will be made public when negotiations have ceased and there is no longer a reason for confidentiality. And C with respect
to litigation matters such discussions will be made public when litigation is complete and the applicable appeal period has expired. Second, >> please call the RO. >> Mr. Cassaceio, yes. >> Mr. Nappen, yes. >> Mr. San Palumbo, yes. >> Mr. Zack Plumbo, >> yes. >> Mayor Corson, >> yes.
>> Motion carried. >> We're going to take a short intermission here. Thank everyone for coming out tonight. Thank you to