I aliance 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. Cabera, I'm 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 mailing and emailing 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 our front left, your back right, or the door just by the
American flag. A couple quick announcements. Uh just want to do a sound check with uh audio. Brian, are we good to go? Back here in the back. All right. Um this meeting meeting is being shown live here today on the burrow's YouTube and Facebook channel. Um, in the
event you want to ask a public comment, you uh need to use the dial in access number 888 3634734 and when prompted, you're you're going to enter the access code 969020 followed by the pound or the
hashtag. I want to make a note that the live comments that are being asked on Facebook and or YouTube are not monitored. So, if you're going to ask the question, you need to use the dial in conference line. Uh, if you watch the recorded version of this meeting and you have questions, you're more than welcome to email our clerk at clerk
wawacress.org or you may phone her at 6097298040. Madam clerk, will you have the resolutions, please? Yes, sir. The first is uh the first one we have to pull. So we're going to the next one is authorizing award of professional services contract for architectural design preparation for renovations to
the municipal building to include the master plan and schematic design to Gerald Blackman and the firm OSK Design Partners PA at the not to exceed sum of $28,520. 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 burrow engineer work order for crest fishing pier conceptual design and Kate May County open space grant application services at the not to exceed sum of 9,000. 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. Cabrera. Yes. Next is authorizing burough engineer work order for fiscal year 2026 NJ do DOT state aid program municipal aid transit
village bikeways and safe streets to transits program at the not to exceed sum of 2000. 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 authorizing
burrow engineer work order for NJD CAFRA individual and waterfront development permit application for the crest fishing pier replacement at the not to exceed sum of 15,000. 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 burough engineer work order for sanitary sewer improvements NJ infrastructure bank application fiscal year 2025 clean water application engineering design and construction phase services at the not
to exceed sum of 180,000 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 award of professional services contract to William J. Kaufman of Need Davis and
Goldstein as special conflict solicitor for the Burough of Wildwood Crest Planning Board at the not to exceed sum of 10,000. Motion. I'll second. It's been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Abstain. Mr. Cabrera. Yes. Next is
authorizing increase of contract in the amount of 5,000 to Michael Jenziniac of Will of Hill Wallak LLP for COA related matters. I'll motion it. A 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 professional services contract with Jeffrey Serenian Esquire of Serenian Edwards Busac and Nolan LLC as special counsel for COA related matters from May 5th through December 31st, 2025 at the
not to exceed sum of 10,000. 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 the appointment of one class one
officer. 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 authorizing award of professional services contract to Collier's Engineering and Design for
professional grant preparation services for the fiscal year 2025 safe streets and roads for all program at the not to exceed sum of 7,000. I'll motion it. I'll 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 adopting a civility policy pertaining to the public interactions with burrow employees. 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. The next four by consent agenda. The first is authorizing pedalling truck license to Island Produce 2025. The next is Big Top Ice Cream LLC for 2025. The next is Monster Ceone LLC for
2025. And finally to ENT Ice LLC for 2025. I will motion by consensus. I will second. It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolutions be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Carrera. Yes.
Next is authorizing amendment to the 2025 municipal budget to account for additional funding from the Greater Wildwood Tourism Improvement Development Authority for the 2025 Create in the Crest Arts Festival grant. 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. Cabera. Yes. Next is authorizing expenditure to purchase a 2025 Ford F250 pickup truck for public works department under state contract in
the amount of $72,44. 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. Cabrera. Yes. Next is waving special events application additional fees to Crest Coffee Company. 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. Cabrera. Yes. Next is authorizing refund of mercantile license and tourism fees to John and Jamie Burch. 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 designating May 20th through May 24th, 2025 as National Public Works Week in the Burrow of Wildwood Crest. 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 refund of property taxes or utilities overpayment made payable to Core Logic. 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 expenditure for the purchase of security barricades with fork slots under Somerset County Cooperative Purchasing Program. A
motion. I'll 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 a shared services agreement by and between the Burrow of Stone Harbor and the Burrow of Wildwood
Crest for uniform construction code administration and enforcement services. I'll motion it. Second. I have a question about that. Sure. Uh so for the shared services, I was under the impression that we were going to
have some sort of a study done or a discussion about and we just were going right into sharing. Unfortunately, I'm I'm concerned about it. So, uh I'm going to be a no on that one just to let everybody know. You want to comment? That was discussed
commissioner um in the last meeting when we had um gave the uh option to go into a discussion and to explore that, right? um with uh construction and
Stern Harbor and I think packets were emailed to you and Francine might have had some correspondence with you regarding that situation. Once again, I I just uh I don't remember having that discussion. I thought we were going to have just my opinion. So, just thought
I'd let you know. But thank you. Yes. Are you ready for a roll call? Okay. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. No. Mr. Franco? Yes. Mr. Cabera? Yes. Next is authorizing application to the fiscal year local efficiency achievement
program LEAP grant through the Department of Community Affairs for the purpose of a shared service with the Burrow of Stone Harbor for Uniform Construction Code Administration and Enforcement Service. 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. I'll take the money. Next is designating May 18th through 24th, 2025 as Emergency Medical Services Week in the Burrow of Wildwood
Crest. 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. Lastly is authorizing advertisement of a notice to biders for
fiscal year 2025 NJ water bank number S340719-05 various sanitary sewer improvements. Motion it 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. 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, Trish. Sure.
Bills correspondent. Correspondents not listed. Uh under discussion items under new business. First one uh the uh love statue. So, I had uh asked our clerk to forward everybody um um a a concept
uh kind of a it's a it's a it's an awareness campaign, but also uh getting a statue done uh made with the recyclable materials that are found um as trash that remaining on our beach. Uh when Love Blue, our nonprofit um
agency, picks up on the beach on their Sundays, um all their recycling materials would be gathered up that are picked up off of the beach. Um again, their campaign is all about keeping the the ocean and the waterways clean. Um to have that recycling materials turned
into a piece of art, which would be displayed on the lawn uh at the arts pavilion. So, it's a message aware campaign. So, awareness campaign. This also supports the uh the love statue. I'm sorry. The love statue would support the uh the arts pavilion. Um and it would go on the exterior. So, similar to
the bike statue that you see at the end of uh the bike path at Ramler Road where everybody gets their picture taken. This would be something very similar. Um I know uh our CFO isn't here today. She did confirm that funding uh a lot of it
through grant money is in place and I just wanted to make sure that everybody was on board with it uh so that we could uh begin to move forward with that project and at least get the people to know when they participate in the beach cleanup so that uh those recyclable materials will be used towards uh a good
purpose uh in the community. I have no problem with it. Mayor, I think this was floated by the green team maybe four or five years ago and I thought it was a good idea then. They kind of just died on the vine, but I think right now that I'm I'm okay with it. Love Blue does a lot of uh picks up a
lot of trash off the beach. They do a nice job. Okay. You good? Yeah. Okay. All right. So, at the record reflecting everybody is is good to go. Um, next one item of business, order ordinance to regulate traffic signals in Wildwood Crest. Yeah.
You want to take that? That would be a nice thing. We'll have to take a look at it a little bit different. We'll go through Ralph. We'll go through the chief of police and we'll figure out which ones need to kind of sync up a little bit. It is a pain once in a while to get stuck and then you're sitting at the next one and stuck. Uh we
we will take a look at it. Thank you. All right. Uh and the last uh ordinance uh prohibiting parking large vehicles. I believe uh our solicitor circulated a draft uh ordinance amendment um on New
Jersey Avenue just to clarify. So the that is the county roadway from Cressy down to Rambler. Um that will also be the subject area of the road diet. um when large vehicles and box trucks park
uh on the on the street as it exists now and even in the intersection I think it blocks the sight lines. Um so I think it's a public safety issue. Um so that said I had asked Ron to put together a draft and I think everybody has that. If
anybody has any questions um feel free to ask if if everybody's okay with I think we could introduce it at the next meeting. I have a question about this. The the only problem is as you know for every action there's a reaction there, right? So we're going to tell them they are not allowed to be able to park there
on that specific area, but they will most probably park on a residential block on east west blocks. So how do we want to and residents are going to be more upset? So how do how do we how do you figure that? Commissioner,
you're identifying one of many different issues and balances strike and I will be working with the chief and the police department to try to figure out a definition of the type of vehicles that the the burrow wants to prescribe for parking in an area. That's one of the
tricky things. The way this draft was put together, it's for the entire burrow. You're not going to be able to park big. for instance, you can't just bring your 18-wheel truck and park it on a residential street and leave it there for the weekend. Um, and that actually
happens on on occasion. So, that's type of thing that we're looking to prohibit. And then it gets a little more gray because some people have private vehicles that are fairly large, like an F250 pickup truck, for instance, is essentially equivalent to a commercial
vehicle, but yet it's widely used by individuals uh for personal reasons. So, we have to we have to craft something and and I'll work with the police department to um to come up with something that's going to be satisfactory to everyone. As long as the chief and Ralph, you know, are on board,
which I'm sure they will be eventually, uh that's good. Thank you. Yeah. Okay. Good. Under business items. All right. Moving on to old business. Uh 250th birthday committee. If you're interested uh in participating on a
volunteer committee, send an email to the clerk. Uh the municipal app is on hold. Historical museum is also on hold. Uh concession agreement hillto zone and beach chairs that's on hold. Uh traffic calming I believe. So the uh pedestrian
crosswalks will be that project's going to start right after the weekend along park and also along Ocean and Atlantic Avenue. Mayor, they most of those have been installed already. So we're we're right there with you. Okay. uh back beach excavation. That project has been completed at least in terms of
the the first emergency plan. Uh we can we're going to table that because there's probably a bigger plan that we need to look towards for 2026. Uh anything on dredging? Still waiting to hear back from our friends at DOT. So nothing on that. Okay. Uh New Jersey Avenue infrastructure pre-county.
I think we're just getting ready. We're ready to go out to bid on that. Uh funding is in place. And again, that project is the sanitary sewer system and the water uh the water service uh on New Jersey from Cresy to Rambler before the county and the burough embarks upon
their the county's roadide in the burrow six blocks um business district beautifification. Uh Washington Avenue CO Seu beachfall outfall outfalls in capacity. I think we received a recent uh email from our grant writer. looks it still looks positive in terms of the
burrow receiving some dollars for the Bayside uh flood mitigation and pump stations as well as the oceanfront uh pump stations and capacity. Um so we're just still waiting to get the good word officially on that. Uh the Army Corps Dune and the Dand and
Borrow Area project uh it's kind of in it's basically in a holding pattern. Uh the burrow has requested uh a joint meeting with North Wildwood, Wildwood and Wildwood Crest along with the Army Corps and the New Jersey DP. Unfortunately, the Army Corps indicated
that they would initially then they again indicated that they would not do so uh without their partner which is the NJ. The NJD basically says, "Hey, we're not interested in meeting uh collectively as an island. We're just we want to meet with you individually." And
our position has been uh and doesn't you know is this is an islandwide project. So if we're going to talk about it let's talk about it as a group not with individual municipalities and for in full transparency. So uh that is uh the status of that project. Uh the summer's
here so I don't know how much more we're going to hear about this project between uh now and say Labor Day but um stay tuned. Uh burrow hall renovations. So previously on the resolutions, we passed a resolution to retain the architect to
begin the preliminary work on the exterior side and the police side and any other modifications to Burough Hall uh in hopes of a 2026 project. Uh that's it for old business governing body. Do you have anything to add for new, old, or anything? I do for the the
renovations. Mark, maybe you can help me with this one. Is this something that I know you had did this maybe two or three years ago. Is this similar to kind of piggybacking on to what you did with it with the analysis of the building? I I believe so. I wasn't involved in a meeting with the architect because it's
u an architectural service service and um there was a meeting that he had here with Burough personnel, but it'll be something similar to that. Correct. I don't know if I could get a idea of what we're actually renovating or what we're actually doing to the building. I don't know if that's Mayor if you could supply
that or Joe. I don't know what actually we're the plan is to get that. Absolutely. So, whatever we get from our architect that comes through, maybe we can either have a special meeting to make sure that everybody's involved in it and or individually. Yeah. Let me
comment. So, so the uh so the architect that we just retained, they will hold now that they've been formally retained, they will hold uh stakeholder meetings with individuals here in Burough Hall, the police side, people uh everyone on on I'll call it the administrative side.
Um the scope of the project is the exterior of the building, uh the brick facade, the roof is in bad shape. Um the windows are in bad shape. Um, and then the police side, if you ever been over there, it's it's very very very choppy
and the bathrooms are really outdated. So, it would be primarily the scope and it might be some additional, you know, landscaping or parking items that we need to address as well. So, so part of what his service would be is to to work with you, coordinate with you, hear input, take input from the
departments and start to put a plan together they call programming. And then based on your feedback, you help shape that program. And then at the end of the day when you're done it's the program you want. Mark, what's the name of the architect company we're using? Oliver Shast Kiss.
Thank you. And uh the integrity study or are we going to have to redo that one or we okay with that? Is everything we're fine? You mean structural? Yes. So that'll be folded into what he's going to do. Okay. Right. And I and I don't unless we add
another floor or another offices on top of what we have, I don't suspect that there'll be any structural Yeah. There shouldn't be any structural issues because really just taking what we have and and just kind of giving it a facelift on the next year and the inside inside is, you know, taking down some walls and remodeling and making it flow.
So from time you walk in the door to the time you leave, you know. Yes, sir. Uh everything flows. Okay. Very good. Thank you. You're welcome. All right. uh brings us to public comments. Uh again, we do not need uh your address, just need your name. Come on up to the podium
and we'll start with anybody here. Yes, sir. Mayor, I just wanted to let the public know the police department has received a grant from the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety to participate in the clicker ticket uh campaign, which runs May 19th through
June 1st. So, there will be extra officers out there uh ensuring that voterists are wearing their seat belts. So, uh, just keep that in mind when you're traveling through town. Okay. You want to say anything about the parking, uh, meters being turned on? Uh, May 15th
is the date that our parking meters, uh, are going to be on and they will be enforced. So, thank you. Thank you. Thanks, Chief. All right. Anybody else? Public comment. Come on up to the podium. Uh David Williams, I have a few
items on the Doom project. Is there anybody else on the island? It's a hard no. I know we are. Last time we spoke, Wild was was leaning in that direction. Lord Township said, "Hey, whatever happens happens." Anybody else
joined us as a hard no? Uh I I would I would I can't speak for a while, but my reaction is that they are a hard a hard no. But they've not told the D they're a hard no. Uh I I think they have in in and so we have so the bureau hasn't formally
withdrawn from the project. The bureau is still taking the position that hey is there an opportunity to work with the D and the Army Corps to to salvage certain aspects of of of the project and the goals. Um, so that's why we haven't formally we believe, you know, if we're
going to talk about it because what happens is when there's individual discussions going on, we don't understand what's what other municipalities may need or what their concerns are. So, it's better to work together as an island uh in hopes of modifying the plan because the only thing that we can speak to right now is
is how it affects Wawa Crest. We need to get a better idea of, you know, North Wildwood sand erosion. It's an issue for them and it's an issue for them, but it's also an issue for Wild Crest. We just don't believe that Wawa Crest and I can't speak for Wawa should supply the sand to rebuild their beaches when they
have potentially an option in at the Herford inlet. So that's where that project is. We're it's still um as a project exists now. I would venture to say that Wild Crest is a is a no. Wildwood is probably a no. Um North Wildwood is in need of sand. If if we
they can get their sand somewhere other than Wildwood or Wild Crest, I think they would be happy with that. But forgive me, isn't the project to prevent ignoring North W because they got their issues and that's not going to go away anytime soon. But the project is to prevent flooding in the event of a huge storm. We're going to build a 16ft dune
the length of the island to protect the islands. Right. Okay. So, I don't understand North Wildwood sand issue is is, you know, it's a separate issue. Whether they take sand from us or they find it someplace else, they're going to have to continue to do that. But the
whole thing, you know, the we're oppos I use opposing. We're exploring options, not opposing because we don't like what it's going to do to the beach. But the dune project itself is going to do that independent of where North Wildwood gets their sand. I mean, if you were to
you're telling me is that if North Wildwood could take sand out of the inlet, they'd be a no on this project. I think that's hard for us to answer for another community, but I would I would to sorry to jump in, but uh I would
think that they probably would be. Okay. There there are two aspects of the program. There's the the contiguous dune and then there's the sandbarring. the sandb barring most of that project that particular part of the project
sends sand down the north wall but it also takes sand demolishes the easterly side of our existing dune system doesn't add on to it demolishes it excavates it back
moves the water line closer to the ocean front that's this that's the issues that we're concerned about are we opposed to sitting down with the army corps who is concerned about that one in every 100year storm. We're happy to sit down with them to figure out if there's
modifications to our existing dune system that we could be looking at, but we can't get them to the table. Okay. Um the uh info sharing issue with Stone Harbor, where can I get information on that? The agreement with Stone Harbor on
building codes. Sure. Trish can um you mentioned that the excavation project was done. Congrats. No water on those three blocks. Not so good for Rambler and Orchid or from Nashville South. Clearly, we're not going to do anything else this year. The heavy
equipment's gone. The beachwalks are all down. How did we decide that those three blocks were the only three blocks on the island in the burrow that needed attention? We I I'm suspecting we didn't do a survey anywhere because when I asked about Nashville South at the last meeting, I was told, well, we'll send
the three groups who said we needed to do these three blocks out to take a look. Okay. So this the the beach was surveyed. Um the blocks other than the three blocks that were that were done were surveyed. The results of the survey showed that they were not as low as the three blocks that were identified in the
emergency plan. So the the idea is to take um the rest of those streets, the back beaches and as you may have heard me say and focus on the plan program for 2026. So the goal is get through for this year and hopefully uh we can we can do that. So those those three blocks
were just woefully lower than any of the others. That's correct. Okay. Um on final subject, beach boxes number 640 on the beach today. I've asked this question before. Do we have a plan for how many is too many? And if not, are we
at least limiting them on a street level? I mean, if every person on St. Paul says they want a box, that's 60 boxes. Okay. So I I would have to So if there's certain streets that are overloaded with beach boxes, I'm not aware which streets
that they are. Certainly I'm not saying that they are. All I'm asking is do we have a plan? I mean, are we going to go to 2,000 boxes? No, I think No, I think so. Just to be clear, so we have a a very large um waiting list for the beach boxes.
Beach boxes are running currently at $480 per box per per door. That is a revenue source. that's very important to the burrow, but also um something where it's providing. I understand that. Just tell me what we think the max number is.
I mean, I know it's $500 a box and it'll be $500 a box for another 50 next year and $500 a box for another 50 the year after that. Do we have a plan for the max number in total? And do we have a plan to limit it on any individual street? Okay. So the answer is at this
particular moment there's no there's no specific number limitation for a an individual street. I would defer to our recreation department andor a beach patrol to say hey this is you know too much. So those com that those comments have not been made yet or those statements have not been made yet. So
that's that would tie directly into the overall plan. Um, I think that we're we're trying to be accommodating to the folks that would like to, but I know we certainly can't pollute the beach with um with too many beach boxes. So, I think we're we're I would say we're real
close, you know, unofficially to at that max level. Um, but I'll again, it's it's a recommendation. So, real 640 is real close. So, I think 700 would probably be too many. I I I think that I think again not to put recreation in the spot because they're not here to speak for
themselves, but my in conversations with them and I believe with the beach patrol there would be some, hey, we're starting to get overcrowded with these in these areas. They would make a recommendation to move some of them to another area. That hasn't happened yet. There's still there's still plenty of space. So, when
that happens, we'll, you know, we can certainly ask them, you know, for their input on that. But as of right now, I don't think any of us have had any conversations on what's the what's the limitation of the boxes that we're going to put out there. And no, no question or no conversation about how many is too
many. Well, I'm done. I I'll piggy back on that for just one second. And a lot of it does go as the mayor had said with public safety, uh, specifically some of those boxes, they stick out too far and high tide. We can't get around them. So, there's a call somewhere. It's going to
be a little difficult. So, we'll keep that safety factor in effect. Also, uh every time the boxes are put out, the chief, uh Buddy Johnson from the beach patrol help supervised. So, we have, you know, consistency. And also, you have to
remember too that our beaches are not just a straight line going down. In some areas, we can put a couple extra because the beaches are wider. All I'm asking is the are you thinking about it? Okay. And I'm more focused on how many is too many. Okay. Because this revenue
conversation will come up every time. Describe. If I could and we have these conversations yearly in recreation as to how many is too many. We we've we've had these conversations for three or four years in conjunction with the beach
patrol and our commissioner which is Mayor Cabrera. Um the the demand for these boxes is extremely high as you know there are a lot of people who cannot get boxes. They want them. We are trying to accommodate
as many people as possible particularly our senior citizens who may have issues with disabilities and that type of thing. The big discussion that we have had has been as Commissioner Ship knows from overseeing the beach is down the south
end where he has mentioned the beach is narrower that there may be issues of of of trucks getting by. We have tried to place those boxes in areas where there will be less effect on an emergency vehicle moving. But to answer your
general question, we have had these conversations every year. Um, we're adding 25. We've added 25 boxes each of the last two years. That's one box per street. With the size of the beach, I don't think that at this moment, one box
per street is making that much of a difference. But those conversations, as the commissioner said, are are being had. Ryan, I understand that. All I'm trying to get is somebody to tell me that a thousand is as many as we're going to do because the demand is there and it won't go away. Yeah. Well, I I
don't know if we've ever had that kind. I don't want to speak over these guys since they're leading, but I I don't know if we've ever we've never had that specific conversation as to what is the maximum number because as you know up the north end, if the demand keeps
coming in, we have plenty of room to add boxes. It becomes an issue down the southern So then it's how many is too many on any individual street. You're right. My problem is there is no plan at this point in time. We're just going to keep adding them because the revenue stream is too good to pass up. I'm done.
Thank you. Thank you. Anybody else? Lisa Ripo. I hope I'll be given enough time like the gentleman that spoke before me, Mr. Dave. He wasn't like on the clock five minutes. So, I appreciate a little extra time if I could have some too because I've got a lot to talk
about, too. Actually, I did watch his time. He was right at five minutes. Okay, you say so. Go ahead. Um, I'm going to direct numerous questions to different people here. For anybody that's here, I apologize. I'm
going to say is offensive. I'll be talking about porn and other things that will make people uncomfortable here and I'll do it every meeting. I I missed what you said, Mr. Ripple. You're talking about what? I'll be talking about bullying and porn and other
things. Okay. I missed what you said. I'm sorry. I just said Thank you, Mr. Franco. So, I'm here, Mr. Galzunis for your first question which of course you don't have to answer. You didn't answer many the last time I was here either and you won't even look at me but I'm going to set the record straight for for my five
minutes. The very first time I came out here was in November. It was the day after the election and I talked about what a disaster 911 was and I was in the middle of telling a story and you abruptly interrupted me and bullied me and did not let me finish my story so
you could tell me how and how I could speak. And I said to you point blank that day, don't tell me what to do. I remember my words. So please don't accuse me of coming out here and starting things with you because I never did. You started at
first. Where are the Oprah records for the information that I sent out this morning that I needed? The wiretap oper information. Where would I get that from? You're not responding to any of my emails. So, I
come out here to ask you. You've not answered. Middle Township hasn't answered. And the county has not answered for the same thing. Why aren't you responding to that OPER request? You're past your seven days. I believe you did receive a response to that oper
request from the That response was a vague that response you missed the response. Do you do you know what the response to that was? No response of records available. That is a
vague open-ended for the document doesn't exist. It's a yes or no question. Mrs. Mr. Ripro, just make your question. I have my five minutes. I I agree with you and I'm trying to give you the five minute. You make your presentation, but I don't want what I don't want to do is this is not an interation. We're not going Can I ask
Mr. Lloyd a question? You can make a statement. I don't I'm not We're not getting engaged. I want to know why he called me on March 4th, 2025 when he knew I wasn't taking any phone calls. I want to know why Mr. Thompson that owns Thompson's hardware
called me out of the blue when he didn't have my number and I reported name after name and I gave all this information to the police when I reported cyber bullying. Have you seen the picture yet, Mr. Schiff? Because you seem very not able to answer my question on how you would feel if your wife or
daughter or something. Have you seen the picture yet? Because I have it here if you need to see it. I don't need to see it and please don't bring my wife up. She passed away. I'm sorry. How about somebody else? Thank you. I said that to everybody. Your wife,
your kid. Don't take it personal. I was cyberbullied. My husband died, too. And I've been treated like an outsider since when I moved here, and I was laid off by Mr.
Cabrera. So, here I was arrested for speaking out about corruption. Three days after I made it public here about corruption, I was arrested and yanked out of my house. And do you know who I feel sorry for? That guy right
there cuz he's a young guy and he was at my house and he was really nice to me and he felt bad about what he was doing. I know that he did. That's the next generation of police. While we're talking about islandwide doing things as an island,
I've mentioned here already how we can cut costs. You don't need to redo this building, the police can become and public safety can become an islandwide thing and lower township can kick in just like the dunes.
Someone spoke here about the dunes here, about the insurance and what it would cost us if we have a catastrophic storm. That's what he's asking about. If you're going to be transparent, then say what
Joyce Gold talked about here that came from Kevin Yeo. You're making a battle and fighting a battle about a dune system that you believe will be sufficient in a catastrophic storm. Are you paying for
when my house goes over? Cuz at one time, I believe the bay met the ocean here, did it not? It's not about your dune system. It's beautiful. I love it. He shouldn't have to talk about beach
boxes four times. It shouldn't be. We'll talk about it again some other time. It's a simple request. I would like an internal investigation done on this late tax notice. Who do I get this and this spoofing done? Right now, we've got
police here. This is spoofing. This is harassment. And we've yet to do an internal affairs. Who's doing it? The late tax notice. Miss Rippo, you can talk to I already did, Mr. Franco. Thank you. I've
already done that numerous times. I've asked them to explain it. How many of you people have gotten late notices from a bank for being 10, 18 days late? I've never gotten one.
Tell everybody else was harassing me. How about the phone? Who's doing the spoofing? I want an internal affairs investigation done on this. I reported this to Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Chief of Police from Middle Township who wanted
to arrest my son. How about some spoofing? I want wiretap information and no one's giving it to me. Okay. Uh, is my five minutes up? Actually, it was six, but yes, it Thank you very much for that extra minute, D. I do appreciate it. No worries. Anybody else? Public
comment. We're going to go to the conference line. Is there anybody that has public comment for the good of the order? Okay. Commissioner comments. You guys have any? I have a couple, but I have Yeah. Uh I know this Sunday
creating the crest uh 10:00 starts uh till 1:00 this year it's at the art pavilion 6301 Ocean A. Uh also Chief Lloyd already mentioned parking meters tomorrow May 15th. And
that's me. That's all I got. Uh so uh Saturday is the mayor's wellness walk 8:15 at the Crest Pier. Um, Monday begins uh National Public Works Week. Um, there's this department we have in
Wildcraft works very hard uh to get um this get us all ready for the summertime, but also year round. Uh so if you see any of our public works staff out um at any time, but especially next week, give them a thumbs up. Let them know how how much appreciated they are
because that will go a a very long way. There's a series of events that we have scheduled uh with with the team starting next week. Um and also I believe it's uh was it ambulance uh rescue uh week as well and I believe governing
body week is uh starts next week as well. Take for that one. That's pretty good. So that's all I have for the good of the order. All right. Uh Chief Johnson asked me to uh reiterate some of the things that have been going
on with the beach and uh for the 2025 year season at the Wildwood Crest Beach Patrol. We're going to start our uh season Memorial Day weekend the 24th to the 26th. Then we'll be back on from May 31st, June 1st and June 7th to
September 7th will be fulltime. We'll have guards there the whole time. Uh handicap transport once again will be from 11:00 to 4 or whenever the lifeguards are on duty. Uh people that need the surf chairs they can acquire them at the beach patrol building from
10:00 to 5:00. Uh surfing beaches are Rambler and Primrose Aster and Cardinal and the Hollywood Topeka's uh surfing beach from 10 to 12. If you have any questions, please call the beach patrol building at
609-522 3825. Thank you. Okay. Okay. We have a have a close session resolution. Yes. It's authorizing executive closed in accordance with the provisions of the open public meetings act specifically NJSA10 col4-12B with regard to three
items. employment for burrow administrator interviews, potential land acquisition and contract negotiations. Can I get a motion? 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. Okay. We'll give take a threeminut recess to clear the room. Thank you everybody. [Music]