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, >> I am here. >> Mr. Franco, >> I'm here.
>> Mr. Cabera, >> 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 Cape May County and the Press Atlantic City on October 15th, 2024. In the event of an emergency, your emergency exit is our front left, your back right, or the door just by the
American flag. Um, we'll do a quick sound check. Mr. Kniff, how we sound, we are streaming live here on the Burough's uh YouTube and Facebook channel. Um, anyone that's watching this meeting u from a remote location, you're more than welcome to make your public comments
when the time comes by dialing the number 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 still like to make a public comment or at the very least ask a question, you're more than welcome to email our clerk at clerk wildwoodrest.org or phone her at 6097298040. And when we do make public comments, all
we need is your name. We do not need your address. And when we get to the public comment section, I will read an excerpt from the Open Public Meetings Act. Uh, madame clerk, we have three ordinances on for today. >> Correct. The first is ordinance number
1470 regarding fire prevention. >> Motion that ordinance number 1470 be placed on second reading and final passage by title only. >> Second. >> It's been moved and seconded that ordinance number 1470 be placed on second and final reading by title only.
>> Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cabera. >> Yes. >> Ordinance 1470 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 35-9, permits. Motion that a public hearing now be held
on ordinance number 1470. >> Second. >> Has been moved and seconded that a public hearing on ordinance number 1470 now be held. >> Roll call. Mr. Schiff. >> Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cabrera. >> Yes. Floor is open for public comment on
ordinance number 1470. We'll start with anybody here in the audience. Just need to come up to the podium. Just need your name. Anybody here in the audience? All right. Anybody on the conference line? Public comment. Ordinance number 1470
hearing. None. >> Motion that public hearing on ordinance number 1470 now be closed. >> Second. It >> has been moved and seconded that the public hearing on ordinance number 1470 now be closed. >> Roll call. Mr. Schiff. >> Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cabaro. >> Yes.
>> Motion that ordinance number 1470 be passed on second and final reading and advertised according to law. >> Second. It has been moved and seconded that ordinance number 1470 be passed on second and final reading and advertised according to law. >> Roll call. Mr. Schiff. >> Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cabera.
>> Yes. >> Next we have ordinance 1471 regarding chapter 32A-1 fees. >> Motion that ordinance number 1471 be placed on second and second reading and final passage by title only. >> I'll second it. It has been moved and
seconded that ordinance number 1471 be placed on second and final reading by title only. >> Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cabar. >> Yes. >> Ordinance 1471 reads as follows. An 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 beachbox rental fees. >> Motion that a public hearing now be held on ordinance number 1471. I second that. >> It has been moved and second that a public hearing on ordinance number 1471 now be held.
>> Roll call. Mr. Schiff. >> Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cabera. >> Yes. >> Floor is open for public comment. Ordinance number 1471. Start with anybody here in the audience. All right. We'll move to the conference line. Public comment. Ordinance number
1471. Hearing none. Motion that a public hearing on ordinance number 1471. Excuse me. No, it's good. I'm good. >> Just taking care of business. >> Now be closed. >> Can I get a second? >> Second that. >> It's been moved and seconded that the public hearing on ordinance number 1471
now be closed. >> Roll call. Mr. Schiff. >> Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cabra. >> Yes. >> Motion that ordinance number 1471 be passed on second and final reading and advertised according to law. >> I'll second. Been moved and second that ordinance number 1471 be passed on
second and final reading and advertised according to law. >> Roll call. Mr. Shef. >> Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cabera. >> Yes. >> Lastly's ordinance 1472 regarding recreation commission fees. >> Motion that ordinance number 1472 be
placed on second reading and final passage by title only. >> Second. >> Has been moved and second that ordinance number 1472 be placed on second and final reading by title only. >> Roll call. Mr. Ship. Yes, >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes, >> Mr. Cabrera. >> Yes. >> Ordinance 1472 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, excuse me. Motion that a public hearing now be held in ordinance number 1472. >> I'll second it. It has been moved and seconded that a public hearing on ordinance number 1472 now be held. >> Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cabera.
>> Yes. Floor is open for public comment. Ordinance number 1472. Recreation commission fees. So, anybody here in the audience? Okay. Go to the conference line. Public comment ordinance number 1472.
Hearing none. >> Motion that a public hearing on ordinance number 1472 now be closed. >> Second. >> It has been moved and second that the public hearing on ordinance number 1472 now be closed. >> Roll call. Mr. Shv. >> Yes. >> Mr. Franco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cabera. >> Yes.
>> Motion that ordinance number 1472 be passed on second and final reading and advertised according to law. >> Second. It >> has been moved and second that ordinance number 1472 be passed on second and final reading and advertised according to law. >> Roll call. Mr. Shef. >> Yes. >> Mr. Franco. Yes, >> Mr. Cabera.
>> Yes. >> Next, we have the resolutions. The first is accepting the drive sober or get pulled over grant from the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety from December 5th, 2025 to January 1, 2026 in the amount of $2,100 and authorizing the
chief financial officer to pay the flat rate per hour to law enforcement. >> A motion. >> I will 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 refund of property
taxes or utilities overpayment made payable to Cindy Valal Pando. >> A 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 authorizing refund of property
taxes or utilities overpayment made payable to totality. >> Motion. >> Second. It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Shef. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. >> Mr. Cabrera. >> Yes. >> We are pulling number four. Going to
number five. Authorizing cancellation and refund of taxes for a totally disabled veteran. >> A 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 a shared
services agreement between the county of Kate May and the Burrow of Wildwood Crest in connection with this Heather Road fishing pier project. >> I'll motion it. >> Second. >> It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff, >> I'll abstain.
>> Uh yes. >> Uh Mr. Franco, >> yes. >> And Mr. Cabrera, >> yes. >> Next is authorizing a contract award for a community development consultant. >> Motion it. Second. >> It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff,
>> I have a question about that. What will that detail entail? >> That's Mark Blau. He's our grant writer every year. >> I'm a yes. >> Okay. Mr. Franco. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cabrera. >> Yes. >> Next is identifying small cities fair housing officer. >> 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 approving public facilities grant management plan. >> 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 grant application submission. >> 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 adopting a state model citizen participation plan for DCA small cities program. >> 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. Cabera. >> Yes.
>> Next is opposing the inclusion of new offshore oil and gas leasing off the coast of New Jersey in the 11th National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Le leasing program. >> 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 certain appropriation transfers. >> 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. >> We are pulling number 14 going to 15. Authorizing burough engineer work order for sanitary sewer improvements. NJ infrastructure bank application NJIB fiscal year 2026 clean water application
for Park Boulevard phase 1 engineering design and construction phase services at the not to exceed sum 200,000. >> 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. Cabera.
>> Yes. Lastly is authorizing amendment to the 2025 municipal budget to account for additional funding from New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety Mobilization for the 2025 drive sober or get pulled over holiday enforcement grant. >> 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. >> Thanks, Josh. >> Sure. >> Okay. Thank you. Um, moving on to correspondence. None listed. We'll go right to discussion items under new business. Uh, uh, meeting change to the next meeting that was normally
originally scheduled for December the 17th has been moved to the following day, December 18th. So, it's going to go from Wednesday, December 17th to Thursday, December 18th at 9:30 a.m. Just want to make sure that um everyone understood that and we will make sure
all the proper notices and the postings have been >> they have been done >> already done. All right. Uh UEZ update. So, we attended a UEZ meeting last week. So, just for for purposes of clarity, so the UEE is part of a 10ear is a 10-year program when it wasn't re re uh
reinstalled in New Jersey. Uh Wild Crest does not get a lot of money from that uh basically due to the lack of retail um here in the crest. However, uh the money that we do have, we've received over the last couple years in 2020 uh 2025
uh and 24 and 23. The monies that we've received went towards our planning and design for the New Jersey Avenue project, our for our planner. Uh in 2026, uh we have that money tentatively earmarked for some landscape improvements um at Centennial Park, uh
which would be, you know, some of the um the public safety ramming issues and so forth to be addressing that with uh u some nice landscaping um um and along the bike path. So, just want to make sure everybody was aware of that. There's a formal process that will happen, but that is the the current
status of um the UEE dollars. All right. um under old business uh box truck ordinance um that is uh tabled until January. 250th birthday committee uh I know there was an initial meeting uh a lot of good ideas shared and I'm sure there'll be more information coming out
on on some of those uh programs and events for 2026. Uh Crest Municipal App is a budgetary item for 2026 as is the one below that historical museum. Um traffic calming uh that we're still waiting to hear back from the grant. Uh
but we did under our resolutions um approve u engineering to begin the preliminary work for the application for what I'll call phase 2 the New Jersey I bank program which would be the reconstruction of Park Boulevard from Cressy down to Rambler or a portion
thereof depending on the dollars. uh back beach excavation. Uh public works, I believe, is that yesterday they were supposed to be starting the uh installation of the snow fence and and posting so that we can capture the sand naturally over the wintertime and use
that sand in the spring to level out some of the low lowlying areas. Uh dredging, anything on dredging? >> We have a meeting this afternoon, so hopefully we'll have some information next meeting. >> Okay. New Jersey Avenue pre uh infrastructure pre- county that work we received notice is going to start this
Thursday uh on New Jersey Avenue. There'll be I believe if I recall correctly the Myrtle and Primrose area is where they're going to be uh starting. So uh New Jersey Avenue will be under construction and we'll ask Mr. Kiff to get out a social media blast as well as a press release on that as well
to uh park in areas that uh that that are away from the affected area. All right, Washington C viewfalls in capacity still waiting the hear on the grant for that. Uh Army Corps and NJP Dune as of right now that project is officially suspended. I would not call
it officially terminated yet. We're still waiting to hear some additional details pending um I guess the the the lawsuit between North Wildwood and the D. Uh Wildcr did receive notice that for the for the moment while has been released from any lawsuit from by North
Wan uh Burough Hall renovations. There's plans on the conference room table for everybody to take a look at including all the department heads. Uh so make your comments and I would say suggest you submit them uh submit them to uh Francine or Trish so we can gather those all up and come back with a new version
of that. Uh fishing pier is also uh we just applied for an additional $400,000 in a previous resolution. So all intents and purposes, if that grant comes to fruition, we would have approximately $4 million of a potential $5 to $5.5
million project. Soon as we end, we also are still waiting to hear the official confirmation from uh county open space. Uh trees on Atlantic Avenue that is currently resting with the green team and the planning board governing body.
Any other comments under old business? >> I'm good. >> I'm okay, mayor, for now. >> Okay. Uh we're going to go to public comments. Uh I'll read my excerpt that I referenced previously uh regarding uh public comment. Um the open public meeting 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 and the municipality. To ensure an orderly and efficient meeting and to provide everyone an opportunity to be heard.
Here are the guidelines. addressing the body. When recognized, please come to the microphone lectern and clearly state your name for the record. Again, you do not need to give us 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 a
time of 5 minutes. Speakers may only speak once during this portion. Time cannot be yielded to another speaker. Speakers and members of the public are expected to maintain proper decorum and shall civily make their comments. Personal attacks, obscenity, derogatory
or slanderous remarks, and disruptive behavior would not be tolerated. Please do not mention public 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 the appropriate staff for followup at a later date. Comment should be related to any governmental issue affecting this municipality. For those participating remotely, you'll be acknowledged by me and must state your name before making comments.
The bur reserves the right to interrupt or terminate a speaker's privilege if the rules of decorum are violated or comments become destructive or exceed the time limit. Thank you in advance for your cooperation ensuring your respectful and productive dialogue. I will now open the floor for public comment. The floor is now open for
anybody here in the audience. Tom Holland, in reference to the New Jersey Avenue project, you said that is starting Thursday. >> The the infrastructure work, so the the sanitary sewer system and the and the the city of Wildwood water utility work.
>> Okay. Are you going to keep business owners notified of this? >> Yes, the engineering signs up to let them know that businesses are open. >> Yes, we will take care of it. >> Okay. >> Yep. >> And how are we going to communicate as to when the roads are going to be closed? Okay. So, engineering will they have a
there we have an inspector on the job site at all times. So, an engineering when the contractor works for the engineering engineering will work directly with us. But the engineering our field inspector that's on the field will be the one to communicate to all the municip to all the neighbors and the businesses. >> Okay. Cuz I mean it's like a couple days
away and we haven't been notified yet that it was going to be closed. >> Okay. Um Jake, can you uh can you take care of that? >> Okay. >> Yep. >> All right. Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Do we have a time frame on that too? How long it's going to be going on for? >> It will well starting at the southern end. It's going to work work way north
of the project in total will probably go all the way up until till the spring of next year. >> Okay. >> For the for the infrastructure. >> We're still going to have access to the businesses, right? >> Absolutely. Yep. >> Okay. >> Yep. >> Thank you. >> Anybody else in the audience? Public
comment. >> Okay, we'll go to the conference line. Anybody on the conference line have any public comment? Hearing none, we'll go to commissioner's comments. I'll go first. Uh I'd like to thank uh Ralph from the public safety department
for a beautiful job down by the bay or the lake, whatever you want to call it. And uh with the lights, the lights look beautiful. Ceremony was very nice. I want to thank everybody that participated in it. Hope everybody had a good Thanksgiving.
>> Yep. >> My I guess my my it's a more question. The burrow I probably should have mentioned this earlier. The the burrow hall renovation plans, they seem to be the the higher end portion. I I don't know if our department heads had a chance to
look. Are they going to add things or scale it? Are we scaling it back? because that those plans when I looked at them seem to be the upper echelon of >> I can help you with a little bit of that Joe. I know that the uh in public safety the chief and the captain and
lieutenants all had an opportunity to take a look at those plans. There were some changes that they do want to talk about uh scaling back. Yeah, I'm not sure about all that stuff. I know there are some things they wanted to take out and some things they thought may needed to be added into, but I think that's a
in my opinion that's a work in progress. You know, that's just not something you look at and say this is it. It's like when you're building your house, you're putting up walls just like the beach patrol building. You look at stuff and you see it done and then you go that doesn't look right there. So there's always changes. That's a that's a fluid
document. That's the way I read that one. But I know that uh my department looked at it. >> Yeah. So I I will say so that document uh the the drawings that are on the conference table um are what I'll call the Cadillac version of it. Um because
that's what everybody had asked for. >> So that's this point. But as we go through the details and everyone has a chance to take a look at there may be some revisions that we need to make. At the end of the day, it may be if it if the cost is is what it is, we're going to either have to decide to phase it phase it in, you know, each year piece a
portion of thereof and determine which ones are priority. But I know a lot of people haven't had a chance. I know I I looked at it, but I'm I'm not a very good plan reader. Sometimes I will read it upside down. That that probably doesn't help, but nonetheless, I'll I'll be happy to take a look at it. And I I know everybody else uh needs to take a
look at it as well. So, um, but I I would probably say we're probably going to need to have another meeting with the department heads. You know, I hate to peacemail it, bring everybody back in, look, review it. U maybe bring the architect back down and sit down with our department heads um and then go from there. But I do believe, you know,
probably is the Cadillac version of the plan, >> right? I just didn't know what was essential and what wasn't. So, I I don't know if that was established and that seems to be the, like you said, the Cadillac version of it. So, I don't know if that's even on if we're all on the same
page with that version. I don't think that's I think that's pretty high in my opinion looking at that now if we were to transfer that into this. >> Yeah, I I agree. I mean, my brief inter my brief review of it. Uh I do I think there's some things that are probably overkill. Um so I think there's some
things that we need to cut back on as well. There's I mean that's all part of a of a working document and many more couple more meetings to to get to it. So, this board, this new board that's coming in is, I think, is going to have to make a decision between two things. Dave, you were talking about the fishing
pier compared to this building, the progress of this building, which is all taxpayer money. And uh you we you guys might have to decide on what's going to come first because of the fish and pure comes in and it's four more million dollars to our budget compared to this
building being done. I think the pri priority and that's how I abstained on it was the fact that we need to uh take care of this building first and the employees here. Uh that's just my opinion and thank you. >> Okay. Well, I'm sorry. Just to clarify, do you would you quote the fishing crew
number at? >> I didn't quote it. I don't even know the fish I don't even know what this building number is. You see any numbers? >> Yes, there's >> I heard a number from the AR the architect. So, yes, I did hear a number. >> Okay. I didn't. But make a long story short, they're fluid.
>> Okay, >> that was my comments, mayor. >> All right. Anything else? >> I'm good. >> Anybody else? All right. So, uh, just a couple. So, the the infamous Burrow uh, Wildwood Crest calendars, uh, we're going are going to be arriving sometime between Christmas and New Year's. Um, so
you may want to just keep checking back if you're at Burough Hall and they will be provided at all the various municipal buildings um, here in the crest. Um, a couple quick announcements on some recreation and some arts council programs. Um, on December the 7th from
12:00 to 2. Um, the uh the uh the tree contest is taking place at the arts pavilion. Uh, 12:13 there is a create for the crest event from 10:00 to 12. And on 12:15, the holiday lights walk with Lara will take place uh meet at Ram
the road at uh 12:15 p.m. And again, our next meeting uh last meeting for this year commission meeting will be uh December the 18th, which is a Thursday at 9:30. Uh I hope everybody had a happy Thanksgiving. Holiday season
is here and uh hope to see you at one of our events. >> All right, >> we ready? >> Yep. So our last resolution is authorizing executive closed in accordance with the provisions of the open public meetings act specifically NJSA 10 col4-12B
with regard to three items any matter involving terms conditions of employment assigning the duties and departments for the incoming governing body any matter involving appointments for board appointments and lastly any matter involving employment for administrator. Can I get a motion? >> I'll motion second. Mr. Trish.
>> It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. >> Mr. Cabrera. >> Yes. We'll take a fivem minute recess before we head into close session. Thank you everybody.