Pledge of Allegiance 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. >> Roll call. Mr. Schiff,
>> here. >> Mr. Franco, >> I'm here. Mr. Cabrera, >> I am here. In compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act, chapter 231, public law 1975, the notice requirements have been satisfied as to the time, place,
and date of holding said uh meeting. Uh this is a change of notice meeting by posting it here in the bulletin board here in Burough Hall and by emailing the same to the Herald of Cape May County and the Press of Atlantic City on September 16th, 2025.
In the event of an emergency, your emergency exit is the door you came in, our front left, your back right, or the door just by the American flag. Um, we're going to do a quick sound check here. Brian, we have you sound. We're streaming live here on the burrow's Facebook and YouTube channel. Uh those
who are watching uh remotely, if you'd like to make a public comment, um you can dial in on the access line, which that number is 888 363 4734. And when prompted, you're going to enter
the access code 96920 followed by the pound or the hashtag. If you watch the recorded version of this meeting and you have uh comments or questions, you're more than welcome to email our clerk at clerk wildcrest.org or you may phone her at 609 7298040.
Later on in the agenda, we have uh a space for public comments. I'll read a public uh uh how public comments are going to go uh from this point going forward uh from excerpts from the open public meetings act. Um, Madame Clerk, may we have the ordinances, please?
>> Yes, sir. The first is ordinance number 1470, and it reads as follows. An ordinance amending and supplementing chapter 35, fire prevention. Article 2, smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms. Section 35-10,
Certificate of Smoke Detector and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Compliance. Article 3, Administration. Section 35-18, additional required inspections and fees, and section 35-19, permits.
>> Motion that ordinance number 1470 be passed on first reading, advertised according to law, be brought up for second and final reading, and public hearing on December 3rd, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. >> Second. It has been moved and seconded that ordinance number 1470 be passed on
first reading advertised according to law, be brought up for second and final reading and public hearing on December 3rd, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. >> Roll call. Mr. Schiff, >> yes. >> Mr. Franco, >> yes. >> Mr. Cabera, >> yes. >> Next, we have ordinance 1471, and it
reads as follows. and ordinance amending and supplementing chapter 32A entitled fees section 32A-1 fees general of the code of the burrow of Wildwood Crest to provide for beach box rental fees.
>> Motion that ordinance number 1471 be passed on first reading advertised according to law be brought up for second and final reading public hearing on December 3rd, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. >> Seconded. has been moved and seconded that ordinance number 1471 be passed on first
reading advertised according to law be brought up for second and final reading and public hearing on December 3rd, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. >> Roll call. Mr. Schiff, >> yes. >> Mr. Franco, >> yes. >> Mr. Cabera, >> yes. >> Next is ordinance 1472 and it reads as
follows. An ordinance amending and supplementing chapter 56 of the code of the Burrow of Wildwood Crest entitled Recreation Commission section 56-3 approving and confirming rates and fees for the rental of facilities
participation in certain events and activities. >> Motion ordinance number 1472 be passed on first reading advertised according to law to be brought up for second bond reading public hearing of December 3rd, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. >> I'll second it. It has been moved and
second that ordinance number 1472 be passed on first reading advertised according to law be brought it for second and final reading and public hearing on December 3rd 2025 at 9:30 a.m. >> Roll call. Mr. Schiff. >> Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cabrera. >> Yes.
>> Next we have the resolutions. The first is authorizing release of escrow funds for permit number SO25-0604 in the amount of $530. >> I'll motion it. Second. >> It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. >> Yes.
>> Mr. Franco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cabrera. >> Yes. >> Next is authorizing expenditure for the purchase of one VMS single turner valve maintenance skid and one VMT single turner valve maintenance trailer for park for public works under by board
cooperative purchasing. >> Motion. >> Second. >> It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. >> Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes. Mr. Cabrera. >> Yes. >> Next is authorizing expenditure to purchase a 2026 Ford F450 cab and
chassis extended cab 4x4 pickup truck for the public works department under state contract in the amount of 18,883. >> I'll motion it. >> I will second. >> It's been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff, I >> have a question real quick.
>> Of course. Um, so leasing, I guess we can't get that one truck under a lease. >> Francine, >> so we looking at >> that was put in the 2025 budget. It was pulled out of the 2025 budget. Um, and then what we did is uh we did a bond
ordinance for that in in uh April. Um, and yes, it's a dump truck. It's more like a it's not a it's not a um a regular um >> a regular. It's got the dump truck back. >> This is for the valves, correct? Yeah.
>> No, no, that was at this um >> this is an additional one. >> So I >> It's more It's not like a It's not an F-150 250. It's a It has a dump truck um back, right? You know. >> Very good. Thanks for the explanation on Yes, >> Mr. Franco.
>> Uh yes, >> Mr. Cabra. >> Yes. Next is authorizing release of performance bond funds for permit number SO25-0903 in the amount of 6,275. >> I'll motion it second. It >> has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll
call. Mr. Schiff. >> Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Carrera. >> Yes. >> Next is cancelling bond ordinance improvement authorization balances. >> Motion. Second. >> It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Mr. Sheff. >> Yes. >> Mr. Franco.
>> Yes. >> Mr. Cabrera. >> Yes. >> Next is amending established salaries for the 2025 stipened agreements. >> I'll motion it. I will second. >> It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. >> Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes.
>> Mr. Cabera. >> Yes. >> Next is authorizing the cancellation of trust account balances. >> Motion it. Second. >> It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. >> Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cabrera. >> Yes. >> Next is authorizing expenditure for the
purchase of liftmaster gate controller for public works under New Jersey state contract purchasing program contract number 42274. >> I'll motion it. I will second. >> Has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. >> Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes.
>> Mr. Cabera. >> Yes. >> Next is authorizing the appointment of one class 2 police officer. >> I'll motion it. I'll second. It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Sheff. Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cabera.
>> Yes. >> Lastly is establishing a new bank account with Crest Savings Bank for dispersement account and authorizing signitories for the account. >> A motion. Second. >> It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. >> Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes.
>> Mr. Cabrera. >> Yes. >> Motion that all bills properly authorized as submitted be paid. >> I'll second it. It has been moved and seconded that all bills properly authorized as submitted be paid. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. >> Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cabera. >> Yes.
>> Thank you, Trish. >> All right. Uh, brings us to the public safety report. >> Go with uh Chief Voy. >> Of course. >> Good morning. >> Morning. I'm going to uh touch on a few highlights from my October report to the
Commissioner of Public Safety. Uh in the month of October, we had 1,259 calls for service. 361 of those uh required more than one officer. Uh we conducted 40 investigations,
uh 202 service calls, 125 motor vehicle stops with 26 summones issued, uh five motor vehicle accidents, 166 administrative
calls, uh 318 property checks, uh 775 hours of training, and we had two adult arrests. J, >> nice work. Bye. Thanks. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Bill Crips will not be here to uh get
his report. Unfortunately, uh his stepfather passed away today. >> So, I just let you know that. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Reports. Motion that all reports received from the court administrator, chief financial officer, tax collector, chief of police, supervisor for the
recreation department, construction official, fire prevention, emergency services coordinator for the EMS and wildcraft volunteer fire company chief for the month ending October 31st, 2025 be accepted as presented. >> I'll second it. It has been moved and seconded that all reports received from
the court administrator, chief financial officer, tax collector, chief of police, supervisor for the recreation department, construction official, fire prevention, emergency services coordinator for the EMS, and the Wildwood Crest volunteer fire company chief for the month ending October 31st,
2025 be accepted as presented. Roll call. Mr. Schiff, >> yes. >> Mr. Franco, >> yes. >> Mr. Cabera, >> yes. The motion that all minutes from the commission's meeting dated October 22nd and November 6th, 2025 be approved as presented. I'll second it. >> It has been moved and seconded that all
minutes from the commission meetings dated October 22nd and November 6th, 2025 be approved as presented. Roll call. Mr. Schiff, >> yes. >> Mr. Franco, >> yes. >> Mr. Cabrera, >> yes. >> Okay, brings us to our engineers report. >> Thank you, mayor. Uh a couple of uh
quick updates here for mayor commissioners. Under the Bayside bulkhead replacement project, the contractor has installed approximately 50% of the storm outfl valves and the two remaining bulkhead replacements or nearing completion. So we're uh finding
good progress on that project at this point. the New Jersey Ibank Sanitary Sewer and Roadway improvement project. The contractor is currently working uh between Stockton Road and Bay View Drive. Uh we finally have their attention and they are working more
diligently. Um looking forward to them uh given a good effort between now and the end of uh the spring. And uh lastly, just want to end on a good note here. The burrow was notified yesterday that a grant in the amount of
$1116,187 for the reconstruction of Denver Avenue between Bayiew and New Jersey was allocated by the NJ DOT and those funds are available for you uh from the state. That's my report. >> Okay. Uh going any questions for Mark?
>> Great job, Mark. Thank you. Mark, what was that exact amount? >> 116,000 comma 187 decimal 00. >> Thank you. >> Right. And Mark touched on the uh the uh the current Ibank project on on uh on
May which is expect them to be over there soon. I think they're currently on Stockton at the moment. Um there has been conversation here at the governing body level for the next phase of the New Jersey I Bank. Can you just bring us up to date on that on the New Jersey I Bank Park Boulevard?
>> So that would be the bureau's application which is known as the fiscal year 26 New Jersey I bank. We are through step three which um means that your project's been accepted and ranked. You are eligible for $2 million in
principal forgiveness. Three I'm being corrected by the CFO. Um $3 million for principal forgiveness. I think last year was two. Um, so that would put you in position um, should you choose to move forward with that, we would have to get into design very
quickly, get that out to bid and make a contractual award by June 30th of 2026. If you follow that timeline, you will get $3 million for that project. Right now, that project's defined as Park Boulevard from Ramler to Cresie. It has
a price tag of about 6 million. So, what we're doing right now is we're getting the entire limits approved for the burrow and putting you in the position that you either go for the full project or if your financial appetite uh isn't to do the whole project, we
could do that in phases. So, we could probably back you into a $3 million project, which would be zero expense to the taxpayer or by grant, and you would be set up to do the next phased uh should you choose to do that. >> Great. Thank you. All right. Uh any
other questions for our engineer? >> No sir. Hearing >> none. We'll go to correspondence. Uh on behalf of the Burough Wildwood grass, um we'd like to congratulate Matt Tommen on being selected for uh his induction into the Alcarino Basketball Club of South Jersey Hall of
Fame and that's from his days of uh him being the basketball coach at at Wawa Catholic. Congratulations, Mr. Tomlin. Hope you're watching remotely. All right. Under discussion items, uh nothing under new business. Um, box truck ordinance. Uh, now Mr. Galazunis
is back from basking in the sun. We need a we'll be down that up uh hopefully for uh January 2026 uh introduction. Uh 250th birthday committee. It's not too late to to uh throw your name in the hat to serve on
this committee for next year. I know we have uh lots of folks that have volunteered their time to serve on that committee. um uh recreation uh and tourism will be coordinating a meeting uh within the very near future with those individuals
that have already signed up. Uh Crest Municipal app is on hold. Budgetary item for 2026. Historical museum, we're going to uh also dial that up for a 2026 follow-up. Uh traffic calming, no word yet from uh cyers on the on the grant.
uh backbeats excavation. Uh public works has received uh the plans from uh Mr. Lomax, our environmental consultant. So they will start the installation uh of that uh snow fence and posting to to raise the lowlying areas uh on the back
beaches. Um and there is potentially some consideration to add some additional areas as well. Um dredging, >> we should have some feedback uh December. >> Okay. uh New Jersey Avenue infrastructure pre-count that that work should be starting any day now,
>> right? >> I believe it's next week. >> Next week. >> Washington C viewfalls in capacity. Still waiting to hear back from our two grant writers on that. Again, I believe that was a $27 million potential grant that could be coming our way. uh the
Army Corps and the NJ DP. If you if you've uh uh been following the news, the Army Corps advised the DP that they are going to redirect the funding. So, the project uh as as we've been discussing it over the last couple years uh has been suspended. It does not
appear as though um there's going to be any movement on that uh other than some potential litigation uh between North Wildwood and and the state. Uh we're not sure where the litigation yet is headed between North Wildwood and and Wildwood
Crest. So we'll um we'll we'll know more about that in in the near future. Um Burough Hall renovations that we have draft uh draft plans for everyone's review and consideration. Take your time on that. Uh and and uh and so we can get
everything back to the architect. And again, I would you probably have until I would say into the new year for that. >> Yeah. Where are they? Are they with Trisha? They're on on the conference room laying out. >> Thank you. >> Sure. >> Okay. Uh on the fishing pier, uh we're
still value engineering that project. Uh we're still waiting to hear whether or not the uh the county is going to uh uh honor our request for a $2.5 million grant for that. And uh we will in the
near future, according to Mark Blau, also be applying for a $400,000 grant for some ADA improvements to the to the pier as well. So assuming that all comes together the way we envision it, that would be roughly $4 million uh in grant
money to renovate the pier and possibly extend it. All right, trees on Atlantic Avenue still sitting at the planning board level and also the green team. Uh nothing new to report on that. governing body, anything under old business you'd like to comment or add? >> All good. >> No, I'm fine there for now.
>> All right. Um, that brings us to our first round of public comments. Uh, just I want to read this excerpt real quick. Just uh stay consistent. Uh, the open public meetings act requires that a portion of every meeting of a municipal governing body be set aside for public comment on any issue that a member of
the public feels may be of concern to the residents of the municipality. To ensure an orderly and efficient meeting and to provide everyone an opportunity to be heard, here are the guidelines. Addressing the governing body. When recognized, please come to the microphone. Lect turn and clearly state
your name for the record. We do not need your address. All comments and questions should be addressed to the governing body as a whole and not to individual members of staff. Each speaker will be limited to five minutes. Speakers may only speak once during this portion. Time cannot be yielded to another
speaker. decorum. Speakers and members of the public expected to maintain proper decorum and shall civily make their comments. Personal attacks, obscenity, derogatory or slandest remarks and disruptive behavior will not be tolerated. Please do not mention employees by name. The governing body is
not required to respond to questions during the public comment period, but may choose to do so at the end of the session or refer inquiries to appropriate staff for a follow-up at a later date. Comment should be related to any governmental issue affecting the municipality. For those participating
remotely, you'll be acknowledged by me and must state your name before making comments. The burough reserves the right to interrupt or terminate a speaker's privilege if the rules of decorum are violated or if comments become disruptive or exceed the time limit. Thank you in advance for your
cooperation, ensuring respectful and productive dialogue. I will now open the floor for public comment and we'll start with anybody here in the audience. Uh Dave McWills, can I get a handle on the scope of the back bays? What what streets are we thinking about
>> putting sand down in? I'm assuming we're going to have to do that since they're wet back there. Is it from from where to where? >> On the back beach project where we're going to plant the where we're going to put the snow fencing and the and raise the elevation. >> Yes. >> Uh let's see. It's south of what we did
in the spring. Uh, and I think it goes down to Topeka Avenue. >> Okay. >> So, off the off the top of my head, >> that's fine. Okay. So, it's probably from I'm I got a good idea where you're talking and that would have addressed most of the areas that I'm familiar with that are wet all year.
>> Um, one of the resolutions we raised some fees. When was the last time we raised those fees? >> Uh, the I can tell you the beach box fees was about three years ago. Uh, so it went from 480 to 520. That's what the new ordinance is calling for. And recreation fees gets done.
>> 505, I'm sorry. 505. >> If you add the credit card fees 520. >> Um, and the recreation fees, they get reviewed every year and annually. >> Okay. I just I was more curious about that than anything else. Um, >> of course, the one resolution begs my
annual question. Do we have a handle on what the maximum number of boxes we're going to permit on the beach? So there as of at the moment there's no plans for purchasing new boxes for 2026. So I would say what you see there now is probably what's going to be there in 2026.
>> Okay. Um now that the beach project looks like it's going by the buy. We have outfall pipes that are no longer visible. I expect that that's a problem for us. Are we thinking about extending the outfall pipes to eliminate the fact that they get sanded over every time the
tide moves? So the so the uh the alpha lines so the recent northeastern storm actually exposed the alpha pipes u in a lot of care but it'll it'll quickly cover them back up. Public works will do what they need to do to maintain them. The grant that I referenced under old business speaks to capacity and and
working on that pro project. So engineering has advised and correct me if I'm wrong there Mr. Delasio adding adding uh length to that will not solve say flooding issues um because there's a there's a pitch that obviously comes it comes from the basically the bulkhead
level street level all the way down. >> So uh we actually need more capacity. So that's the project that's under the grant that will actually correct the problem. If we get the grant then then potentially there could be a merging of all the outfall lines into one and have one pump station which will take care of all the
>> that's the 28 million dollar potential grant 27 in train >> part of it. Yes. >> Okay. Um just a comment talked with Mr. Delasio on the way in. If things go as planned we could be looking at Park Boulevard work and Jersey Avenue work in
2027. Way out. Just throwing that out there. that could be a absolute nightmare. And lastly, um the burrow, I think, is is is very wellrun. Um not, you know, many ways due to the efforts of the
three of you standing up there and the staff that works with you, and I wanted to thank you for that. Uh Commissioner Schiff, don't always agree with your positions, but I do applaud your passion and your commitment to the bureau. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Anybody else here in the audience?
Public comment. All right, we're going to go right to the conference line. Anyone on the conference line have any public comment hearing? None. We'll go right to commissioner comments. >> I'll want to extend my thanks to everyone and also the fact that
Thanksgiving is coming. Enjoy with your family. Piggy back on what Joe said. Happy Thanksgiving. Hope everyone has a safe and happy Thanksgiving. Also, uh Thanksgiving morning is the TJ Hunt Memorial Turkey Trot. Um registration
starts at 8:00 and the race starts at 900 a.m. at the Crest Pier. So, uh hopefully everyone can just come come by and uh support a great great cause. And happy Thanksgiving. Like I said, thank you. >> Great. And on the Thanksgiving note,
Black Friday is on the day after Thanksgiving, so make sure you support local as much you can. And I want to wish everybody uh um a happy Thanksgiving and and also just remember what Thanksgiving is all about to be appreciative of the things that we
should be thankful for. That said, I entertain a motion to adjurnn. Motion second.