Why is it doing that? Please rise for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge 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. And 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 meeting by posting notice on the bulletin board here in Burough Hall and by emailing the same to the Herald of Kate May County and the Press of Atlantic City on October 15th, 2024. In the event of an emergency, your
emergency exit is the door that you came in, which is our front left, your back right, or the door just by the American flag. Uh we're going to uh couple quick announcements here. First, we're going to do a sound check on the Burough's Facebook and the YouTube channel audio.
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wildwoodrest.org oorgg or phone her at 6097298040. Madame clerk, we have two ordinances, one two for adoption and two to intro. That's correct. The first is ordinance 1460 regarding insurance requirements. Motion that ordinance number 1460 be
placed on second reading and final passage by title only. Seconded. It has been moved and seconded that ordinance number 1460 be placed on second and final reading by title only. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabrera? Yes. Ordinance 1460 reads as
follows. An ordinance of the Burrow of Wildwood Crest amending and supplementing chapter 85 of the Burrow of Wildwood Crest land use ordinance to regulate insurance requirements for wireless communication facilities in the public rights of way. Motion that a
public hearing now be held on ordinance number 1460. Second. It has been moved and seconded that a public hearing on ordinance number 1460 now be held. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabera. Yes. Door is open for public
comment on ordinance number 1460 and 1460 only. Start with anybody here in the audience. I don't believe we have anybody on the congress line. Still hearing the music. Okay. Uh, anybody else in the audience? Last call. Ordinance number 1460.
Hearing no public comment. Motion at a public hearing. Ordinance number 1460 now be closed. Second. It has been moved and seconded that the public hearing on ordinance number 1460 now be closed. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr.
Cabrera. Yes. Motion that ordinance number 1460 be passed on second and final reading and advertised according to law. Can I get a second? I'm sorry. You got it. Second. Second. It's been moved and seconded that orders number 1460 be passed on second and final reading and
advertised according to law. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabrera. Yes. Next we have ordinance 1461 regarding traffic signals. Motion that ordinance number 1461 be placed on second reading and final passage by
title only. Second. It has been moved and seconded that orders number 1461 be placed on second and final reading by title only. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabera. Yes. Ordinance 1461 reads as follows. An ordinance of the Burrow of Wildwood
Crest amending and supplementing article 13 of chapter 79 vehicles and traffic of the code of the burrow of Wildwood Crest to regulate traffic signals within the burrow. Motion that a public hearing now be held on ordinance number 1461. I'll second.
It's been moved and second that a public hearing on ordinance number 1461 now be held. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabera. Yes. Open for public comment. Ordinance number 1461. Start with anybody here in
the audience. Nobody on the conference line. Last call. Comments. Ordinance number 1461. Hearing none. Motion that a public hearing on ordinance number 1461 now be closed. Second. It has been moved and seconded that the public hearing on
ordinance number 1461 now be closed. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabar. Yes. Motion that ordinance number 1461 be passed on second and final reading and advertised according to law. Second. It has been moved and second that ordinance number
1461 be passed on second and final reading and advertised according to law. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabar. Yes. Next we have ordinance 1462. And it reads as follows. An ordinance of the Burrow of Wildwood Crest repealing article 1 public conduct
section 48-12 through section 48-12.4 of chapter 48 peace and good order. Motion that ordinance number 1462 be passed on first reading advertised according to law be brought up for second and final reading and public
hearing on July 9th, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. Second. It has been moved and seconded that ordinance number 1462 be passed on first reading advertised according to law be brought up for second and final reading and public hearing on July the 9th, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. Roll call. Mr.
Sheff, yes. Mr. Franco, yes. Mr. Cabrera, yes. Next we have ordinance 1463 and it re it reads as follows. A bond ordinance providing for the acquisition of lands 2011 West Pittsburgh Avenue in and by the burrow
of Wildwood Crest in the county of Kate May, New Jersey appropriating 775,000 therefore and authorizing the issuance of 738,000 bonds or notes of the burrow for financing such appropriation. Motion
that ordinance number 1463 be passed on first reading advertised according to law be brought up for second final reading of public hearing on July 9th 2025 at 9:30 a.m. Second that. It has been moved and seconded that ordinance number 1463 be passed on first reading
advertised according to law be brought up for second and final reading and public hearing on July 9th, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. Roll call. Mr. Sheff. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabera. Yes. Next we have the resolutions. The first is approving
contract for Francine B. Springer as interim burrow administrator for 2025. Motion second. It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabrera.
I was going to do the same thing. Yes. Congratulations. Thank you. Next is approving contract for Patricia A. Fetics as deputy burrow administrator for 2025. Motion second. It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr.
Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabrera. Bob. Again. Yes. Congratulations. Thank you. Congratulations, ladies. Thank you. Next is authorizing the reappoint of Peter Satler to the Greater Wildwood
Tourism Improvement and Development Authority for a term expiring on June 30th, 2029. I'll motion it. I will second. It's 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 a John Deere Gator XUV590M4 under Sourcewell Cooperative Purchasing Program. I'll motion it. Second. It's been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes.
Mr. Cabera. Yes. Next is authorizing expenditure for the purchase of a 52in Kawi 26 horsepower STC1 III SCAg under Sourcewell Cooperative Purchasing Program. Motion second. It's been moved and
seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabera. Yes. Next is authorizing expenditure for the purchase of a 2026 Ford F-250 pickup truck for the public works department under Sourcewell Cooperative Purchasing
Program. Motion. Second. It's been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabera. Yes. Next is authorizing sale of real property owned by the Burrow of Wildswood Crest, known as 5900 New
Jersey Avenue and designated as lots 49 and 50 in block 28 on the municipal tax map pursuant to NJSA4A 12-13A of the local lands and buildings law and authorizing advertisement of a notice to
biders. I'll motion it. I will second. It's been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabrera. Yes. Next is authorizing award of contract for fiscal year 2025
NJ bank number S340719-05 various sanitary sewer improvements. Motion second. It's 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 chief financial
officer to pay the prescribed flat rate per hour to law enforcement pursuant to the 2025 Summerrshore pedestrian awareness campaign. Motion 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 amendment to the 2025 municipal budget to account for additional funding from the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety for the 2025 Summerrshore Pedestrian Awareness Campaign Grant. I motion it. Second. It has been moved and
seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Sheff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabrera. Yes. Next is authorizing a contract award for an amateur amateur sand sculpting contest. 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 the appointment of Patrick Moran to the position of confidential assistant. Motion it. I'll 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 the expenditure for the purchase of a gas diesel fueling station islanders for the public works department under state contract in the amount of $37,600. Motion second. It's been moved and
seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabrera. Yes. Next is amending the 2025 capital budget. Motion. Second. It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Mr. Schiff.
Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabrera. Yes. Next is authorizing advertisement for notice to biders for New Jersey Avenue sanitary sewer and water main improvements. Motion second. It's been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr.
Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabrera. Yes. Lastly is authorizing negative change order two final and accepting work performed and authorizing release of performance bond and accepting maintenance bond for the C view avenue intersection improvements
contract. Motion second. It's 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. Second.
Got it. Motion second. It has been moved and seconded that all bills properly authorized as submitted be paid. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabrera. Yes. You're welcome. Stepping on his toes there. Okay. Uh, next on the agenda is
our public safety report. Uh, we'll start with Captain Demo. So nice. Okay. Mhm. Good evening, commissioners, member of the public. Um, going to start just by touching on uh some information from the report to the director of public safety from May
2025. Uh, the police department responded to 2,159 calls for service uh during that month, 1279 requiring multiple officers. We conducted 116 criminal investigations. We responded to
320 service calls, 782 traffic related calls for service, including 557 motor vehicle stops with 115 traffic summones issued. Uh we also conducted 490 training hours and processed 23 arrests during that time period.
Also want to take a moment just to remind everybody we do have obviously with Fourth of July coming up. Um wanted to be safe during that holiday weekend. want to reiterate the fact that there are no fireworks on our beaches or in our parks. Um so we certainly appreciate everyone's cooperation with that so that
we can keep everyone safe and avoid any any issues with that. Um we just authorized uh the summershore pedestrian campaign that's going to run from July 1st through July 30th. Um and again that is targeted at uh creating uh a safe pedestrian environment um especially in
our shore communities. That's a two-way um it's a two-way street. there's there's obligations for the pedestrians as well as the vehicles. Um so we ask that number one, vehicles do yield to pedestrians that are in crosswalks um drive safely and and abide by the speed limit. And then also our pedestrians
have an obligation um to wait at the intersections until the roadway is cleared uh and allow cars enough time to be able to come to a safe stop. Um so we'll be out there, we'll have officers out there enforcing some of the the traffic laws around uh that safety
initiative. Um, our big thing tonight that we'd really like to uh take a minute to is we'd like to introduce the new uh Wildcrest website uh for the police department. Um, this has been a little bit in the making, but um, we're certainly very proud of the product that that uh, we were able to put together with um, OPS, which is the company that
we've contracted with. Um, it's a lot more user friendly for our residents and our visitors. Um, it is chalk full of of helpful information, very easy to navigate. Um, it's also equipped with ADA uh, compliance and features in there um, that we think is is uh is very
beneficial. Um, and if I can, I'll just like to go over just a few quick features of it if if that's okay with the the governing body. Um, right from the homepage, you're able to uh, navigate to some of the more um,
helpful and userfriendly uh, features. Um, one that I really really like, submit your cameras. Um, so anybody that's either a business owner or a resident that might have a Ring camera or their own surveillance system, you can certainly submit that to the police department through the website. Now, um,
it then overlays that on a map for the officers. So, if we're conducting an investigation and we're trying to find some video footage, we're able to pull up your address, select the radius, and then pull all that camera information. Um, when you submit that, there's uh different parameters in terms of how you want the officers to contact you,
whether it be through email, phone call, um, it's okay if somebody stops at your house. So, um it's a nice feature and and certainly nice tool for us. Um as we're conducting our investigations, you're able to uh submit tips through the portal as well. Um you can ask the
officers questions. Um so that maybe you just have something that you were wondering about. Um you didn't want to call county dispatch for, you don't want an officer to come out. Um this is certainly one way that you can post your question to the police department and we'll be able to engage with you that way as well. Um,
we be able to push out alerts through the new website as well. So, you can be able to sign up for that. Um, if you'd like something that one of the officers did, um, which we do get a lot of of handwritten notes and correspondence and that way, this is another way that the community can connect with the police department. Let us know that our guys
are out there and doing a great job. Um there's highlighted on the on the homepage as well if we have any uh any one of persons missing persons or any relevant news that would be out there as well as well as some of our community pages. Um the first one being you know if you have a community event that you'd
like us to to participate in or host. Um you can certainly partner with the police department and and reach out uh through the web page now to uh to connect with us that way and we'll keep that updated for you. Um the community interface function again it's it's kind of like a a landing page for a lot of
the information a one-stop shop. So um any links alerts that ask an officer feature um all that stuff is kind of in that community interface and then you can go about navigating the rest of the site um for any more particulars.
But again that's it's a lot more user friendly. I encourage everybody to to please visit it. Um, you know, see what's what information is on there, what resources and and links and documents and things of that nature that um the new website does provide. That's all that I have for tonight. If
anybody has any questions, public any questions for captain? C I have a qu is there can you order uh under docs? Can you order uh police reports under that? Uh no, that's not on there. Um, for if
you're looking for a police report, you're still going to contact the the records department. Um, they'll be able to get in touch with you that way. I can check with the website though or the web provider and see if there's a way that they can put something like that on there. Does the web provider have access to all this information or is it just in-house? No, sir. This is governed in
house. It's it's a private secure network. This is part of um a a broader function within the department. So, it everything in here is secure. Good stuff, man. It's nice. We're pretty proud of it. Happy. I can't wait to see what the
public thinks of it. Thank you. Thanks, G. All right, next up, Mr. Crips. Good evening, everybody. I don't have a presentation. Sorry.
What about you? It's right here. I I do I do I get that. Um handout. So what I do is the right report. Thank you for uh for uh month of May we did 94 calls for service handled. Uh we did uh give me
mutual uh 12 uh to Wildwood, five to North Wildwood, and four to lower township which was two were Diamond Beach and two were actually north Cape May. Um so that's that's something that we're keeping an eye on uh out that far. uh and we unfortunately had two uh
medevac flyyous. One was for a traumatic injury and one was actually for a cardiac related injury. So those uh do get flown to uh definitive care. So within that window uh our crews were able to get there, render aid, meet up with the ALS and make our way to the
landing zone which is either Maxwell Field or the Armory. Uh they skip and go out that way. So that's all I have for EMS OEM. Uh I did I see some other public uh fortunately thanks to the governing body and our municipal budget we were able to provide uh purchase uh
preparedness guides emergency preparedness guides there is no test so the mayor go with that um again it's a little snippet we not we know not everybody is on social media or maybe has limited social media that what it is um so it's in there it's
it's basically handheld uh for myself I need my cheaters But, you know, it gives information for stuff like today like heat, uh, related injuries and stuff like that, things that, you know, the public is out there as much as we are. They might see something. Uh, and again, it's for their home. Uh, we'll have them
here. I'm awaiting the uh holder for them so we can put them up uh with Trish. We'll put them up here at Burl Hall so anybody can grab them. And we do have them for uh our Spanish speaking folk as well. So, and that's all I got. Just uh be hydrated. you know, summer's
coming. Be careful with yourselves, uh, as well as your pets. Dogs walking streets and sidewalks, man. It's It's hot for them as well. So, yeah, I'll take any questions. Anybody questions? Mr. Crips. All right. Thank you. Thank
you. Thank you. Uh, Chief Johnson has no report uh for the beach patrol this evening. However, just while we're talking about the beach real quick, I do want to say I did have an opportunity to spend some time on the beach this weekend. Public Works has the beach looking in tip-top shape. Congratulations. Porter Pots look good.
The beach boxes look good. It's well rated the back beaches. So, kudos to everybody. I received a lot of positive uh comments from the public uh over the weekend. I don't get a chance to enjoy the beach much, but when I do, I spend more time talking to the residents than I do actually trying to get my handle, but they get a little bit. Did you Thank
you. Did you have a new rake on that beach? Yes. Yeah, it's doing a nice job. I do notice that. All right. reports. Uh two. Yes. 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 the Wilder Crest volunteer fire company chief for the month ending May 31st, 2025 be accepted as presented. Second.
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 Wrestler Fire Company chief for the
month ending May 31st, 2025 be accepted as presented. Roll call. Mr. Schiff, yes. Mr. Franco, yes. Mr. Cabera, yes. Motion that all minutes from the commission meeting dated March uh excuse me, May 27th and June 11th, 2025 be
approved as presented. Second. It has been moved and seconded that all minutes from the commission meetings dated May 27th and June 11th, 2025 be approved as presented. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabera. Yes.
Okay. That brings us to the engineers report. Thank you, mayor. update on capital projects. We have several projects that are uh going through project closeout or in a hiatus. First one is the Bayside bulkhead replacement project. That's definitely
in a hiatus. Contractors left for the summer. We'll come back in the fall to complete that project. At that point, they will have the tide uh the storm sewer tide valves and they will be installed and we're looking forward to completing that project. Couple projects
that are in uh closeout mode. the DCA uh municipal building bathroom improvement project, reconstruction of Toledo Avenue, the 2025 resurfacing program are obviously all complete at this point and we're doing project closeout with the approval of the resolution
today. The New Jersey Ibank Sanitary Sewer and Roadway improvement project uh has been awarded and we're going to move that into uh contracts and pre-construction meeting. That project's scheduled to start construction in September of this year. and with all uh things going well would be done uh June
of next year. That low bidder was Charles Marendino in the amount of uh almost 2.6 million and so that was about about $600,000 under budget. So we're happy with that bid. You also adopted a resolution tonight to go out to bid for the New Jersey Avenue sanitary sewer
water main improvement project. That's the precursor to the county coming in and doing their project similar to what we did on Pacific Avenue. Uh that project will start work in the fall as well and go into June uh June of next year.
And just last item under grants um both the fiscal year 2026 NJ do DOT MIP aid and the fiscal year 2025 NJ do DOT LTPF for two segments of the reconstruction of Denver Avenue have been successfully
completed and uploaded to the state. That's our report. Got a question for you, Mark. On the uh valves themselves, the unit that we're going to need to tighten those down. Do should we look into ordering that now so we have it in place or is how long will that take to
get and are we training anybody? Well, I I don't know the status of that, but yeah, you should order that. Okay. You're talking about the valve the valve back. Yep. Uh yes, I know we had discussed that. Um, we just need to get the get the there's different versions
of it that have to be ordered. Um, so we you might want to make decisions based on pricing. Do you want to get two? So that when the operation does have to commence, it'll take half the time to close them. So those are like policy financial decisions that you want to put
specs on the back of the truck. Sorry. I got you. How does that like how does that mount to the back? Do we do we have to buy a truck also? So, I don't I don't want to profess to be the the valve turning sales rep, but I think if that could be man mounted on a typical truck, they they make both. They make full
trucks and ones that mount on there. When we when we discussed it, we we actually said we're going to wait um the the manufacturer who the valves, he said that the short time the lead time for that wasn't as long as the valves themselves. So, we said we're going to get try to flatten that down the summer to your point. Okay, good. I just want
to not have them and not be able to use them. Yeah. Yeah. Well, that's going to be um they won't be ready till spring of next year anyway. All right. Thank you. Thanks, Mark. All right. Uh anything else for engineer public?
Nobody on the line. All we're going to go right to the administrator's report. Francine, what do you got? But you're hysterical. Okay. All right. We'll go to correspondence. Uh dogs on the beach. Uh this was one that keeps coming up um by members of the public
and also via email. So I uh Trish added it to the agenda for discussion. Just want to make sure that we all understand where we are. And I believe Captain correct me if I'm wrong. I believe that there is no dogs permitted on the beach at all um year round during the summer.
Right. I think I don't and if they are I know they're supposed to be at the very least on a leash. Um I guess I guess there's there seems to be some confusion out there as to what what it is. So can you just elaborate May through September um there are no dogs permitted on the beach whether you're on the roof or not.
Um so there shouldn't be any I know there was there was some confusion where you're allowed to have dogs down there at least among the public some of the feedback that we get when we go down and speak with people under the assumption that they're allowed to have dogs either before or after the lifeguards are on
duty. But that's not the case. There's no dogs on the beach during the summer months. Okay. And in the offseason, some flexibility in terms of allowing dogs are allowed to go down there. Correct. They they're supposed to be leashed on leash. Not never should they be running around without a leash. Got it. Okay.
All right. Thank you. So, uh the I think the request was to for us we've had folks say they like it the way that it is and we've had folks say, "Hey, can you loosen it up a little bit?" So right now, just for for purposes of where we are right now today, there's been no
movement on that ordinance change at all. So as the captain explained, no dogs on the beach period during the summer months in the offse. Yes, but must be on a leash. Correct. Okay. All right. Uh, next one was golf cart
meter parking. Uh I know that we've had uh some previous requests on that particularly um having some um low-speed vehicle parking areas uh up closer to the uh the beachfront. Um a lot of folks they cite what happens in North
Wildwood. North Wildwood's oceanfront street ends are different than Wildwood crash. So um it's we'd actually have to remove some parking or fine spots to to do that to to put in some EV. That's not a 2025 discussion
because we're wouldn't be wanting to change anything now, but I guess at some point we just need to kind of keep it on the radar to see if there is anything or any areas that we might be able to add. Um, so some something to move it. If if you don't mind, Trish, we could put that under old business. One of the tough
parts though is because most of the end streets are hotels and they're not going to be there's no capacity for parking there anyway. Yeah, there might it might be some areas. It may not be every street. It might be a couple, but someone goes out and surveys each one and just kind of see. I know that we we've did ask a few on some some areas
that are smaller spaces are generally for the EV parking. May not they may not be necessarily on the on the ocean front, but there are there are some in town. We'll take a look. Thank you. Yeah. Ordinance 1347 lists all the the locations for golf carts and for motorcycles. Okay. There's one in front
of your hands. I'm sorry. Nothing in front of your hats. Motorcycles. All right. Uh so that's that was it under on the correspondence. Any other comments on that governing body members? None. No, sir. All right. Uh under discussion there uh no new business. Um old
business. The box truck ordinance. I know that that's being reviewed by uh the by the police department. Any any movement on that? Not on our end. Nothing yet. Okay. uh 250th birthday committee, reminding everyone especially uh we're next year
is our the country's 250th birthday. If you have an interest in serving on a committee and maybe come up with some ideas for events and programs, working with the recreation and the tourism department, um send an email to uh to our clerk so we can get you uh on that
list. Uh municipal app is on hold. Historical museum is on hold. Uh traffic calming, I think there was a a grant previous to today. And then I believe um all the all the work that we had hired a contractor to do was uh finished as
well. Um back beach excavation uh emergency the emergency uh uh the emergency filling that we did in early May is holding up pretty well. Uh Mark's office is has diary up uh a review uh
for 2026 and to see if there's any other areas that may need to be addressed prior to summer 2026. However, we did have a meeting with our environmental consultant. Uh some of the low-lying areas uh we believe can be uh get higher sand levels by placing
some snow fence out there. So that is something that uh public works and and uh Mr. Lommax and engineering are going to work together on uh after the summer. Um dredging, Mr. Franco, anything on that? Patiently waiting from DOT. Have
not received any correspondence from them after I sent them phone call emails and um it's becoming ridiculous that they won't respond to us. So, um I don't know what the next step is, but um it's long overdue. And I see other
municipalities that have had their their their projects dredged and ours has been since 2012. I think we've uh we we've been trying to get this uh over the finish line. It's not getting any cooperation from the DOT. I'm not too
happy about it. and I think our dredge committee which I think is the only dredge committee in the county uh for a m municipality and we have not gotten any feedback from them um completely ignored and it's um ridiculous in my opinion. It's unprofessional. So I'm not
happy about that say the least. So yeah. Okay. Nothing's happened. All right. New Jersey Infrastructure Precounty. We just authorized notice to biders here this evening. So Madam Clerk, I believe we can strike that now from under all business. We'll do Washington C view beachfall outfalls in capacity. Mr.
Delasio, any followup on from FEMA, from any of our grant writers? Are you aware of anything where this where these uh potential awards stand? No. Okay. Not under this climate. All right. Um why don't we uh So, we have Triad and
Jim Roa working on that. Could you newly appointed uh administrators uh send a follow-up email to uh to them and maybe even get an update on that? Uh okay. You Army Corps of Engineers and the Dunes. Um there is a meeting
scheduled uh with all the municipalities uh and the state and the army corps for July the 31st uh in an attempt to talk through the issues that the that this bureau has as well as uh hearing the concerns and the issues from the other
municipalities. So um they originally said no go to a meeting and and now it looks like we're making some headway to at least get to the table to continue to discuss. Where are we supposed to meet on that one? Is there any It's uh going to be It's going to be on the virtual. Okay. Yep. I asked that too, Ch. Yeah.
Okay. Uh lastly, burrow hall renovations. I is that there's a a meeting tomorrow uh with the architect to to talk through and walk through the building and some of the issues with with respect to uh the police department, the exterior of
the building and some relocation of offices and so forth. So, do we want the uh department heads in that one or is this the first one? This is the first one. They're going to be here for the majority of the day kind of looking over the property itself and um we have a
meeting scheduled at 11 a.m. with the department heads. I'll send out an email just as a reminder in the morning. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, that covers all business. Governing body, anything to add? Good. Thank you. No, good. Thanks, Tom. All right. Public comments. Anyone here in the public uh has any public
comments? We just need your name. Come on up to the podium. Uh we do not need your address. Come on up to the podium at the there's a microphone right there. So all the meetings are all the the audio gets recorded. Okay. Uh thank you for uh giving me the opportunity to to
be here today. Uh my name is Mike Baker. I live at 105 East Rambler. I've owned uh homes here in the Crest for 40 years. I've been a full-time resident for the last 10 years. Uh before I start, I'd like to commend
you folks and all the other burough officials for making this a really nice place to live. Thank you. Um, a couple weeks ago I was taking a walk through uh through the neighborhood and there was a house on the corner of Pacific and and
Rambler that's uh vacant and and the grass was real high and I saw where code enforcement had a sticker on the window uh about notifying them they needed to cut the grass and within a day or so it was done. So code enforcement is is out
there doing their job. My question is about the property on the corner of Rambler and New Jersey, the the Popper property. I'm sure you're all familiar with it. Is anything being
done about the place? I mean, it's an eyesore. Uh, so funny you should mention that because I I had had a spoke to one of the code officials. That matter has been in and out of court. There's been delays and requests made of the judge to
grant extensions on getting that done. They had to supply because painting is the big one of the big things. It just it looks I I see what you're talking about in terms of the outside of it. So, um all I can tell I know it's in court. I know that when they have the hearing it get it gets postponed to another
hearing date. So, um, and I know there was a request to make sure that there was a contractor that had, um, they had an estimate by a contractor to to get some work done. My understanding is it's a it's somewhat of a of a financial burden. That's what we understand it. So, it's in the hands of
the of the judge right now. So, but I I mean, is there a burrow code that says you have to keep your property up? Yeah, that's Well, that's the reason what because it's not. That's why they're in court. Well, I mean, how long does a process like this take? Good question. I
I know I'll let our solicitors chime in, but I know that there's they have the opportunity to delay and and be heard. And I mean, as long as I've lived there, nothing's happened. I don't disagree with it. Yep. Ron, what do you think? No, it it it's a lengthy process. He's been in court
years ago. He made some repairs, painted some things, fixed some things. I know he's paid binds. I know the construction office has imposed imposed significant fines as well. So, it's just an ongoing process.
So, we we don't have so we can certainly follow up and find out where the exact status is right now, but I know that that's part of of the delay because I I have my eye on the exact exact same thing. I'm not saying that, but I just you just it's, you know, you come down, you hit the stop light, and you're
looking around at Sunset Lake, and then you look over here, you say, "Oo, I I mean, it's it's certainly an eyesore for the community." Not not a doubt. And uh I I I I guess I just would feel comfortable knowing something's positive is happening. Well, there is something
that we're in court with them. So, summones were sent. They're asked to appear and just like in any other case, they have an opportunity to banter with authorities. So, we're we're there. I mean, there's only so much we're allowed
to do. I And I understand your point quite well, but there's only so much by law that we can do. I I don't know. You got that guy to cut the grass up the street. That's a little bit easier.
Yeah. So, I think that u let let us do this if we if you don't mind. Let let us check with uh check with the uh the lower township courts uh and we'll also double check with our with our uh code officials as well just to get a better status. If you don't mind leaving your name and number after the meeting or
stopping in to see the clerk, we'll have somebody follow up with you to let you know where the exact status is. But I don't disagree with you at all. It's been an ongoing headache for the burrow. Um, I wish it would be I wish it would be as simple as if in a case of a high grass if they don't comply. Our ordinance allows us public works to cut
the grass and then put that charge against the property. This is a different story. We can't go in there and just start painting the house, unfortunately. And and there it goes. So, there's a there's a process that we have to allow the judge and the judicial system to work through. But, um, but in the meantime, is there any punitive
actions that go against the owners or the who's ever responsible? Well, there there's a a property maintenance code which provides for fines. Maximum fine a municipality can impose
by state statute is $2,000. So, you take them to court. You impose the fine that you can that the judge will impose. It's not up to us. It's not up to these commissioners. It's controlled by the court. That judge is
Thomas Keywood. um he'll impose a fine, they pay the fine, they don't fix the property, then you issue another summon, and you go through the whole process again. Okay? So, that's when I say it's a lengthy process, that's why the courts no longer
permit you to impose a per damn fine where you can find them $200 or $1,000 a day and let it rack up. You have to charge them. You go through the process, you impose a fine, and then you do it over again. And it's difficult to cut
someone's grass is reasonable. To force somebody to spend $80,000 to reside their house and paint it is a different story. They're going to contest that. They're going to fight it. They're going to push back the best they can, especially if they don't have the money
or any other recourse. So, you're in a battle. It's going to be protracted. We've been at it for a few years. Um, and and you know, these folks up here don't like it any more than you do. Uh, but as the mayor indicated, the burrow
is doing all that it can. We're not happy that it takes so long to do simple things either. One would think that you'd have the authority to cause somebody to repair their house immediately, but you don't. Certain circumstances you do. that's an imminent danger of collapse. You can have a
condemnation proceeding and tear down the house, but you can't do that for these types of things. Okay. So, at this point, there is no I want to say end in sight for No, it's it's it's ongoing. It's ongoing. It's perpetual.
It it'll it'll it'll be something else after that. After it gets painted, I'm sure something else will fall into disrepair and they'll be back in court again. Okay. I just don't look at it when I go by. So, but I know some people don't have street from it. You're across the
street. So, I I we we understand. Okay. All right. Well, listen, thank you very much for Leave your uh if you don't mind, leave your name and number after the meeting with the clerk and then we'll we'll check and then we'll at least give you a call to let you know. Go ahead.
Okay. Word. And thank you for supporting the uh the Crest Merchandise Center of the Arts Pavilion. Saw that. Put all your banking account information on there too if you don't mind. All right. Thank you, Mr. Baker. Mike.
Hi, I'm Jennifer Ladish. We're at 104 East Monterey. Um, thank you all for dealing with the craziness of this burrow. Uh, I have a question though about our favorite lady,
Wanda. This is our view in our backyard. I was wondering what the progress is on her property. It's growing over our neighbors shed and roof and over the other
neighbors fence or her fence into the neighbor's yard and then growing through the fence into our yard. And now the property next to hers has been sold.
And this is our view of that property. So I was wondering if there's any requirement for them to clean up the open garbage bag that's been torn open by animals to clean up the tarp which is going to be breeding mosquitoes. And we all know her yard's breeding
mosquitoes and been reported to the Department of Health. But what's going on because this is our sixth year of mosquito heaven and I was wondering if there's any progress being made. Uh I I'm not I'm not sure there there's any
open violations on I don't I don't remember seeing I had a conversation with our code officer Brian Bentina. Okay. I advised him what to do. You recall we had to actually issue a search warrant to allow Kate County Mosquito Control Commission on the property to
clean it up. Hopefully we won't have to do that again, but we can do that. Well, they came in I called in it was either April or May because we've been being chased by mosquitoes early this year and he came and went on the property, dumped
some containers and said he was going to call the board of health. I've heard she's got both Zika, malaria, and some other lovely mosquito-born disease in her mosquitoes. And I would think that the burrow would really have a big interest in making sure those are
eradicated because can you imagine a pregnant tourist getting bit by a Zika mosquito in the burrow? Are you saying Kim County Mosquito Control Commission was out there already this year? Yes. This a month or two ago? They're the ones that will eradicate the mosquitoes.
Would you alert them to this information that you have that there's Yes. He left a hang tag on our door that he'd been there and that he'd done what he could and was going to report to the board of health, but that was a couple months ago and as far as I can tell, there's no change
in the status of mosquitoes. We're still getting chased into the house by mosquitoes. I had to swat one off my husband's ankle today while he was shaving at the sink. Did Did you call them again after they I did not because I figured he'd been
out and done what he could do. So, do I have to call them weekly? Is that I I would I mean, it's a it's a maintenance issue if she's not if she's she's not allowing them onto the property. Well, I think he got into the backyard, but I mean, are the mosquito control and the
board of health supposed to go in and cut down this jungle that she's growing these mosquitoes in, or is that her obligation to maintain her property? And same now with this whoever owns Jack's
house next door, I'm assuming it's a builder who didn't get it in time to tear it down yet. So, they're waiting till the end of the season, but this is what we're looking at out our backyard. And I can only see it getting worse and
worse. Here's this is the This was Jack's. And now there's a big open bag of trash been ripped up by who knows what. Raccoons, I would assume, or possibly. Did you alert the Burrow code enforcement office? Not on this yet because we only we only found this this
week when we came down. All right. Well, you don't want to take those. come in tomorrow. You want to take them over to code enforcement and ask them. Half the time when I go to them, they're like, "Okay." Okay. I'll go to them tomorrow. Mayor, I have to go. Go ahead, Kev. We
did have a conversation with the I was there with the code enforcement officials. They are aware of this issue and they are working to to come up with a plan to remediate that for this one or this one for the uh the mosquito property. They're next tour to each other. I I'll tell you what, I'll catch
up with you right after the meeting and I can communicate with you. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. You're welcome. Okay. Any other public comments? Anything else? Any check the line here?
Nothing but music. All right, that brings us to commissioner comments. I just congratulations to Francine and Trish for their new uh new positions within the brow. I know they're going to do a fantastic job for us like they
always have. So, congratulations. Um thank you. The crest is uh very lucky to have both of you. So, congrats. That's my uh that's my comment. Happy 4th of July, everyone, too. Yep. So, uh I know it's really hot out there and and we have all our departments
working. Uh we have the public safety out there. I wanted to thank Ralph uh especially in this heat uh for painting and freshening up the uh piano keys going across the street so they're a little bit brighter for our tourists so they can see any he's out
there working hard. I know public works is out there. I can smell the trash trucks and there's a lot of heat. I mean you guys do a heck of a job. So it's uh it's good and I want to thank everybody for that. Okay, that's all I have. Uh, wishing
everybody a a happy July 4th, Independence Day. Be safe. No fireworks. Hopefully, uh, hopefully the weather cools down just a little bit, but we don't want any rain, but I'd like to keep it dialed down the heat just a little bit, but it's all good. All right, I think that's it. Motion to
adjurnn. Motion. out second.