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Part 1 (Video ID: oTTqYANCNmk):
- 00:00:18: Meeting Opening: Pledge, Silence, Roll Call, Minutes
- 00:01:42: Ordinances Second Reading: Traffic, Parking Amendments
- 00:02:30: Public Hearing for Ordinance A, B, and C
- 00:02:46: Ordinances First Reading: D, E, and F
- 00:03:02: Resolutions 1-25 Approval and Discussion
- 00:04:05: Public Comment Guidelines and Introduction
- 00:05:07: Public Comment: Tom Maris questions Sunrise Village
- 00:08:16: Council President Addresses Sunrise Village Concerns
- 00:10:53: Public Comment: Follow-up Sunrise Village Agreements
- 00:13:18: Public Comment: Paul London, Affordable Housing Details
- 00:17:34: Public Comment: John, Concerns About Building Expenses
- 00:21:32: Council President Addresses Cloverleaf Strip Mall Transaction
- 00:25:03: Director Niski: Update on Car Meets/Pop-Up Events
- 00:27:15: Council Member Agendas: Mother's Day Wishes, Library Events
- 00:29:06: Council Member Spiller: Cloverleaf, TV35 Update
- 00:30:26: Council Member Anderson: Teacher Appreciation, Tooling Program
- 00:32:41: Tooling Program Contributors Recognized, Appreciation
- 00:34:03: Council Member Bower: Summer Pools, Mother's Day
- 00:34:35: Council Members Mi, Patel, Harris: Housing, Wellness
- 00:41:01: Council President and Mayor: Military Donations, Concerts
- 00:42:55: Mayor Introduces Deputy Business Administrator Patrick Mueller
- 00:43:58: Department Updates: Taxes, Sewer, Parking, Remediation


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Thank you. >> 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

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justice for all. >> If you could please join me in a moment in silence in honor of Brenda Velasquez, um a past council woman on the passing of her husband and we honor her family and deepest condolence condolences to

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all. Notice requirements of the open public meeting will have been satisfied concerning this meeting. The annual notice was published in the Home News Tribune on November 13, 2025 and the Star Ledger November 14th, 2025. It was posted on the municipal bulletin board

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and it should be so noted in the minutes of this meeting. Councilman Anderson >> here. >> Councilman Bower >> here. Councilman Harris >> here. >> Councilwoman May. >> Councilman Patel >> here. Councilman Small >> here. >> Councilman Spiller >> here. >> Vice President De Jesus >> here.

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>> And President McAuliff >> here. >> I get a motion to approve the minutes from April 21st, 2026. >> Motion. >> Second. >> Any questions or comments from councel? All in favor? I. >> I. >> Opposed?

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>> Eyes have it. Beginning with second reading ordinances this evening. We have three up for second reading. A, B, and C. We're going to take consent. federal uh amendments to chapter 7 which is the revised ordinances for traffic and parking. The first is to add a stop sign on Sonora Avenue and Islan at Hillrest

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Avenue. The second is to add a handicap parking spot on Lark Street in Pueretting. And the third is to set parking restrictions on two parking lots, one on Derry Street, one on More Avenue. With that said, could I get a motion that these three ordinances be be taken up on second and third reading and

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the public hearing be open? >> Motion. Questions or comments from council? All in favor? I >> I >> opposed. Eyes out. The public hearing is now open on letters A, B, and C. A, B, and C only.

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>> There. No comment from the public. Can I get a motion that the public hearing be closed? The three ordinance be adopted and submitted to the mayor for approval as required by law. >> Second. >> Motion. >> Second. >> Any questions or comments from councel? All in favor? I. I.

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>> Opposed. Eyes have it. First reading ordinances listed before you D, E, and F. Can I get a motion that these three ordinances be passed on first reading published on the township website on May 6, 2026 with notice of public hearing be held on May 19th, 2026 at 6 p.m. >> Motion?

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>> Second. >> Any questions or comments from councel? All in favor? I >> opposed. Eyes have it. And Madame President, resolutions listed 1 through 25 are before you. Can I get a motion by consent to approve 1 through 25?

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>> Motion. >> Second. >> Any questions or comments from council? >> Yes, Mr. Mitch. I'd like to abstain from number 25, please. >> Any other questions or comments? >> Madam President, I just want to recognize the council for item number

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17, one of our resolutions this evening. It's extending a contract and it's also expanding upon an existing well, excuse me, expanding a new service that will allow residents who use our parking facilities to purchase at the 3month uh quarterly

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uh parking pass uh via the internet as opposed to, you know, via paper. It was an idea that came to me from a constituent and I'm appreciative of the council and the administration for following through. So, thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Any other comments or questions? All in favor? I >> oppose.

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>> Eyes have it. >> Go to the public portion. >> Okay, we're going to go into the public session now. >> As we go into the public session, when approaching the microphone, please state your name and what section of the town you live in, and you will have a one-time opportunity to speak. All

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members of the audience shall adhere to the township decorum ordinance, which is posted at the entrance door to council chambers. The public session allows for five minutes. This includes remarks by the speaker and any response by the council president or administration. When there is one minute left, I will

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alert the speaker as to emphasize any remaining questions or points they may have. When the five-minute period has ended, all speakers are to leave the microphone area and return to their chairs. All videotaping must be taken from the designated area. There will be no interruptions from your chair. Please

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make sure there are no signs or posters in the aisles, walkways, or exit area. The public session portion is a is a meeting between and answer and question intersection between the council president and our speaker. The council president presides over the council meeting. Thank you.

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>> Are there any comments from the public this evening? Good evening. Tom Maris, New Jersey. It's nice to see everybody again. I know I haven't been here in a while. I'm sure you've missed me as much as we did co masks, but um anyway, I'm back.

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Uh that said, look, I can't possibly get all of these questions in, let alone answered this evening, but I will answer them anyway, and I will send a copy of this, hopefully in type version, once I get my printer working again, to um Mr. Mitch, and we can follow it up. also

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each one of the council members and the administration. What I hope to speak to this evening or I'm going to speak to this evening is Sunrise Village. It is something that I am very aware of since I was the site manager on that project. I am well aware who the partners are. I

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know that it's been in the press. So, I've got several questions going on. Who currently owns that property? Has the township bought it? Has the township got an appraisal on the property? Is the township going into this as a

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joint venture with the YMCA? And if so, why? For what purpose? Is it going to be a sanctuary for women, which I fully appreciate. I I have no problems with that. But again, at taxpayers's

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expense, who's funding it? Who's going to continue to fund it? Who's going to provide security for it? Has that property been fully inspected and has it been approved for certificate of occupancy? I know as I've discussed with the the management and the inspection

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department that that property had failed inspection reports, serious ones, particularly when it comes to some foundations and trim work around the area, retaining walls, which are critical. Um, what price

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is the township willing to pay? And again, it goes back to who did the appraisal on it. What is the current status of the negotiations between I'm going to say Mochi Properties at all because it is wrapped up in a different corporations

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that he has. But nonetheless, it's through Mochi. Um, also if that is going to be a woman's sanctuary shelter, is that going to be available to illegal aliens as well as

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to any citizen woman or otherwise in the township? What security will be provided on that on a 247 basis? because you all know that when you have women that are basically looking for sanctuary from

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somebody that has caused them problems, you have security risks. So, how are you going to handle that? I know it's a lot to throw at you. I know you can't throw all the answers back at me this evening, >> council president. Yes, we can. >> Okay. >> I'm sorry I wasn't done yet. >> Okay. >> Well, I'm not going to answer them after

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you're done. So, you want the answers? I'll give them to you now. It's It's no taxpayer dollars at all. The money we're putting toward it is from the affordable housing trust fund and the community development block grant fund which is not tax dollars. It's a it's a $12 million purchase that was an appraisal

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obtained by the uh Ron Bay YMCA otherwise called the Predanboy YMCA. We are contributing 4.5 toward that. 3.8's coming from affordable housing trust funds and 700,000 give or take from the CDBG program. It is not tax dollars as I

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said two weeks not tax dollars. Um they don't have a cert certificate of occupancy yet. They're still going through a punch list of items that need to be done before the rare and Bay Y will approve a closing and actually take title to it. So it is still owned by the company or whatever number of companies

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under the individual that Mr. Maris mentioned. It is not a woman's shelter. It never has been a woman shelter. It's not a homeless shelter. It's never been a homeless shelter. It's primarily for people with medical conditions. There'll be a partnership with the Ronin Bay uh

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hospital which is owned now by Hackinack Meridian. Uh there'll be uh rooms hopefully set aside for emergency homeless, not everyday homeless, but for example, the fire we just had last week. There were still people unhoused for a week after that. I still had nowhere.

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We'll probably try to keep a couple units for those kind of things. Jacob's Landing had a flood a year ago. Three apartments were uninhabitable. That would be perfect for those people to go in there. So, it's going to be for emergency homeless uh and and and medical. It's not a um place

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specifically for domestic violence victims, although it doesn't mean a victim could not be referred to that, but that >> half a minute left. >> I'm sorry. >> Half a minute left for him. >> Okay. Well, I don't mind if you give him the time back, but I just need to answer these now while it's the questions been asked. Uh and it save everybody a lot of

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trouble lately. It's gonna later. It's going to be run by the Y, not by us. uh we will have the opportunity to refer people to it in conjunction with various social service agencies. Money for this came from Ron Bay Y from us from the county of Middle Sex from the state

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department of community affairs and other sources uh other social service agencies. There will be ample security. It'll be run just like everything else that Y runs. So, we're very satisfied and we're happy to contribute to this because it will provide

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emergency housing and other uh shelter for people in town that need it. Thank you. >> Thank you, mayor. We've going to give you a couple more minutes, Mr. Matt. >> Okay. Thank you. I appreciate that. And I I thank the mayor for his answers. Um, assuming that everything that he said

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tonight has been documented, there are contracts in place or there will be contracts in place that go between the various parties that you mentioned, whether it's Trevor Bay Medical, the YMCA. Do you have legal agreements signed already on that? >> It has not proceeded to closing yet. So,

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there's no document that can be shared on the actual purchase of the property. Uh I do not think we have an agreement with the Raritton Bay Medical Ron Bay YMCA yet. All right. >> Uh but I will look if you want to file an open request exactly what you're looking for. If we have it, we'll get it

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for you. >> And the other thing I'm going to return, I gave it to Mr. M this evening goes back to July when we had a settlement agreement with again Mucci. I brought this up before. was a 3.53 3,525,000

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settlement um which the township settled with with Mr. Mucci and his properties. I've asked about these payments before. I was told it didn't cost the taxpayers anything and yet the agreement clearly shows that the township was on respon was responsible for meeting uh those

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payments. They spent $90,000 approximately in legal fees and there was a premillary fragment of $2,140,000 that was applied to the court. >> We have a half a minute left, Mr. Maris. >> Okay. Thank you. And the only other

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thing I said if we have this kind of money that we can spend $90,000, I hope you guys can come up with something for the trap neutering release program. I know the ladies come here. It's worthwhile. It'll save the community a lot of time and expense and I hope you

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can find a way to fund it. Thank you very much. >> Thank you, >> Council President. Excuse me, mayor, if I if I have the wording wrong, but just correct me if I'm wrong. Last year, we passed the ordinance when we met the affordable housing requirements just for things just like this where the builders

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at all can pay into the affordable housing trust fund. uh because they have it others in the past. We wanted to keep it and now projects like this can continue and grow because of that ordinance. Correct. >> That's all correct. But we're still spending money we already had in the affordable housing trust fund from prior

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warehouse constructions and power plant constructions. Uh we have not collected any money on that new ordinance yet because there has not been any new residential development in town since we passed that. But if we do when if and when we do collect that, it will be used for projects like this. Thank you,

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Council President. >> Thank you, Council President. >> Are there any other comments from the public this evening? >> Good evening, Paul Londlon. Uh, I too had some questions pertaining to this particular project. Uh, I understand that the trust fund money is exclusively

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for affordable housing and was funded by developer fees. Am I ascertaining that correctly? Uh, is it developer fees that are like pilot money? I'm not sure the distinction. I'd like clarity on that. >> No, sir. There this is separate money that all developers

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of commercial properties in the state of New Jersey must contribute into an affordable housing trust fund by law in the town they're developing in. And then the town subject to rules by the state and by the department of community affairs has authority to determine that

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we're spending it in the proper way which has all been approved for this project. >> Okay. And every development has to have certain amount of allocation toward affordable housing 10 to 15%. As in addition to the fee that they have to pay into this fund, right? >> No. No. The apartments of

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>> residential component apartments don't pay into the fund. They provide the apartments. >> Okay. Got it. Um, I want to know what can go wrong with this project. Basically, you have 28 units. You don't always have flood and fire emergencies, and you don't always have people in dire

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need at any given moment. It's obviously not a for-profit enterprise, but I'm wondering if it will if it stays unoccupied or largely unoccupied, will that open the door to folks who weren't originally planning on being there? Number one, will it also open the door

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for the need to subsidize and put more and more money into this project? I have just two more. >> The answer is no to both. >> Okay. >> We are not going to put money. There is absolutely not going to be any threat that we will not fill 28 apartments with people who need it. Between Woodbridge

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and Perthboy there there are 160,000 residents. And for 28 rooms, we have no doubt, especially with the fact that Raron Bay Medical Center is a partner and people frequently are released from there with no place to go, whether they're Woodbridge residents or Portboy

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residents, there will again, it's unfathomable to think that we will have space in that uh that's not filled with people who need the housing right away. And we can assume that they've had places to put them in the in the interim up until these 28 units are going

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online. But uh >> maybe >> yeah, >> maybe not. >> Here's my last questions. Um what reporting or oversight mechanisms will ensure that the project continues to meet its stated purpose over time? And can the township provide a clear written

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description of the elig eligibility criteria for residents, including how permanent supportive housing is defined in this particular project. And one last thing I'd add, I know people in banking and they've told me they've had projects, but usually these kind of

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projects, they're either a homeless shelter or they're for battered women. They have a very specific purpose. this seems to be like an open, you know, possibility for a kind of a mix that may not be the most appropriate mix for that particular project and for the neighbors

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who have to live near that particular project. So again, just to repeat the two questions, what reporting or oversight mechanisms will ensure the project continues to meet its stated purpose over time? And do we have any any say in it since we have skin in the game? And can the township provide a

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clear written description of eligibility criteria for the residents? >> When we have an agreement with the Ron Bay Medical Center that's signed, we will share that. It's a public document. And once again, this is not a homeless shelter. This is not a home for battered women. Again,

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>> but you did state in the last meeting that it's not meant for that, but it could come to that in writing. >> It's not meant for that. It won't come to that. >> Okay. Thank you, mayor. Thank you. >> Are there any other comments or questions from the public?

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uh John a lot of questions were ask already that I was going to ask about it but there's some kind of a things that will happen in case those place stay empty the people they need homeless shelter that they have no money who's going to pay

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the bill number two we talk about people they want apartments some of us have department we encourage the tenants to have insurance in case something happens such as flood fire something like that those people insured I'm sure they don't have to go homeless shelter they can go

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hotel motel or something that insurance will pay for it but again the most important you know we are playing all this big money here and there and there this is something new I don't think exists any place else you can't get husband w 28 units that you're going to

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rent some of it and some you leave it empty but leave it empty, nobody pays the bills, right? Who's going to pay those bills if it's empty? You can't just wait with something happens. If you are landlord or owner, you will rent it. You sign a

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lease. The people sign their lease, they got right to stay. You cannot evict them and put somebody's homeless. I think >> you can evict them if they have a lease. You can evict them if they have a lease. That's the whole reason why there is a lease. So, you have a lot of control over who stays there and who can continue to stay there once they're in

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there. When it's a regular shelter, you cannot evict somebody from a homeless shelter. This is not a homeless shelter. All 28 units and 40 beds will have people with leases. And when there's a lease, yes, you can evict them. It's not easy, but you can. And by the way,

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there's no bills to pay if there's nobody staying there. So, you're you're worried about things that are there's no debt on this building because everything's equity. We're putting money in. The Ron Bay Wise is putting money in. DCA from the state, the county of Middle Sex, the city of Perth, Amboy, I forgot to mention, all

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12 million is being provided by equity, not by debt. How many businesses open up with no debt? >> Well, again, is does such a thing exist any place in the state? >> Probably not. >> It's a nonprofit entity that runs this.

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>> They run facilities all over, plenty in P in Perth, Amboy, none in Woodbridge yet. This is their first time in Woodbridge and we're partnering with them because they're going to take care of our people who are in need. That's why we're here is to help people in need. >> Well, you talk about our people. Our

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people are homeless people, too. Our people are people with domestic violence that don't have nothing. No. >> That's fine. This is not for them. >> Now, where are you going to put them? You got money for everything. >> This is not what this is about. >> I know this is not about where you going to put people that really need. No, they sleep on the street. They sleep. God

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knows where. Our police have a very aggressive program for dealing with people who are homeless in Woodbridge County. >> Last question, mayor. >> Are they going to pay property tax on that building? >> No, they're a nonprofit. >> Nonprofit. Who's we? What's >> that? >> You not You say nothing. Wow. So we It's

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not we. It's owned by private individual. >> It's owned No, it's not. It's owned by the Raritan Bay YMCA. >> YMCA. Ritton Bay. >> They're not going to pay because they're nonprofit. >> They're nonprofit. Okay. So expect that

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you take another property of the tax ro >> none of the tax roles now except >> for land it's not rented it's not it's not occupied it's not finished that's why it's not rented when it's finished when it's occupied it's going to be rented and those people beautiful apartments that I understand pay high

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rents like you pay all those other apartments >> who's paying high rents in a nonprofit building >> well not profit yet because they didn't buy them yet maybe they wouldn't go through yet you know that >> oh my goodness I give up >> you No, you should give up. >> I give up >> again. Again. Again. How much is the

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price on it? >> $12 million. As I said last week, several times, and once tonight, >> thank you. >> Paid by five different entities. >> Are there any other comments from the public this evening? >> Hear another comment. Can I get a motion that the public comment portion

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>> I'm sorry. I believe that director Ni would like >> I Let me clear when you're done. I want to clear one thing up on the prior question. >> No, when they close the public um director. >> No, close the public. Sorry. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Can you tell me? >> I'm sorry. I I just looking to entertain a motion. >> Motion.

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>> Second. >> Okay. All in favor? Any questions? All in favor? I >> I oppose. >> Thank you. >> Sorry. I'm very sorry. >> That's okay. >> I want to go back to the second second part of Mr. Maris's question. So, he asked for the third or fourth time about

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that transaction with the Cloverleaf strip mall. So that was owned privately >> and the township entered into a condemnation proceeding against that property. We didn't put any of our money up for that. We searched and selected a

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redeveloper who then provided the money 3.5 million I believe it was that we had to put up with the court. Anytime you condemn property, you have to put the money you intend to pay up front and then you go through the process of a

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court hearing and then ultimately they determine if the amount you paid is enough and if it's not you pay more and if it's too much you get some back. But it's a long process but it was ultimately settled that I believe the price was pretty close to 3.5 and if it

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wasn't exactly that then the developer paid the difference. So, up until that point, we had no skin in the game. It didn't cost us anything. Naturally, to protect our interest, we had an attorney. Uh, and the attorney, I believe much of their fees was paid for

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by the redevelopment agency, which was because it was a redevelopment project and not by the taxpayers. There may been some lingering bills from Mr. Nolan's firm looking at some documents and things like that, but it's entirely inconsequential to a $3.5 million purchase funded by the developer who

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then turned around and made it one of the most beautiful complexes in town, the Cloverleaf Shopping Center. Uh, if you ask Mr. Spiller, we've been there eight times now with two more stores ready to open. It's phenomenal. It's got high-end retail just what we want in town. This has been a massively

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successful project for Woodbridge Township, and there's nothing questionable about it. Everything was done accordingly to the laws, to the condemnation laws, the bankruptcy, all that stuff. So,

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if we even if we spent a couple of bucks for legal fees, so what? We've got a beautiful development on a piece of land that the prior owner let sit for years and left the Pier One import building stand there for years vacant. It was

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taken down. All kinds of things were done to the land that shouldn't have been done to the land, but they're gone. They're out. And now we have this. So, I'm very happy with that. And if it cost us a few bucks, fine. Even if it cost us 90, which I don't think it did because I think the bulk of that came from the

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redevelopment agency, but I'm not 100% sure. So, that's that. We did not pay for that. We wrote the check because the money came into us from the developer and we wrote the check. You financing and funding is different. We financed it. We wrote the check. We

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didn't fund it. We didn't provide the money for the check. Someone else did. You got to understand the difference between financing and funding. >> Thank you, Council President. >> You're welcome. Director Niski. >> Thank you, Council President.

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Sorry, I confused the order. >> That's my fault. I'm sorry. >> I car meets pose a significant public safety concern. These events often involve reckless driving, large crowds, and a disregard for lawful orders, creating dangerous conditions for

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drivers, pedestrians, bystanders, and responding officers. Across the region and country, similar gatherings have resulted in serious injuries and even fatalities. What may begin as a social event can quickly escalate into a hazardous situation that puts lives at

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risk. The most recent documented pop-up event in our township occurred on March 21st, 2026 in the parking lot and parking deck of businesses near US Highway 9 and Quality Way. The gathering was identified through multiple social

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media posts. Approximately 107 vehicles were present at the time officers arrived. Despite being instructed to disperse, participants initially refused and disregarded lawful commands. Five officers responded and ultimately issued

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a total of 276 summones in connection with that incident. More recently, a large-scale car meet was planned for Woodbridge Center Mall parking lot. The organizer originally anticipated hundreds of vehicles and maintained a substantial online following. Due to the

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nature of the event and the potential for unsafe conditions, representatives of the mall elected not to allow the gathering to take place. Despite this, unmarked traffic units were assigned during the regularly scheduled hours to monitor the area and deter any potential

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activity. Additionally, an individual with a significant online following related to vehicles and car meetat culture recently inquired about hosting a meet and greet event at a restaurant within the township, further highlighting the continued interest in organizing these types of gatherings

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locally. These types of events will continue to be monitored and addressed through enforcement to ensure the safety of the public and maintain order in our community. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Okay, we're going to go into our agendas now. My agenda is in order. I would just

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like to make a couple of announcements. First, I would like to uh just uh say happy Mother's Day to all of the mothers out there and to my fellow council mates, Debbie and Liz. have a nice Mother's Day. Other than that, I have uh

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I my agenda is in order. Thank you. Uh Councilman Councilwoman De Jesus. >> Thank you, Council President. Um I just have one item on my agenda. Library News. The main library will host the healthy eating on a budget at 1 p.m. on

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Wednesday, May 13th. Learn how to get the most out of your trip to the grocery store. The presentation will cover the My Plate method and dietary guidelines for adults as well as shopping and budgeting tips providing healthy foods in a cost effective way. The American

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Association of Retired Persons Speakers Bureau will present Medicare 101 at the main library at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, May Thursday, May 14th. You can call the library to register for all these programs. I uh May is also mental health

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awareness month and our health department will be hosting a mental health awareness fair on May 16th from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. I want to wish all the moms, the moms sitting here and

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the moms that represent all the men here um a happy Mother's Day, a blessed Mother's Day. I will also like to congratulate all of our township college graduates. Graduations are starting to happen this weekend and throughout the month of May. So, I want to congratulate

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all of our Wbridge Township College graduates and their families. That is all that I have. Madres. Thank you. >> Thank you, Councilman Spiller. >> Thank you, Council Pres. Item number eight, Cloverleaf Redevelopment. I just

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like to congratulate Habitburger on their ribbon cutting ceremony held this past Friday. located inside the Cloverleaf Shopping Center at 996 Stridge Avenue. The restaurant is huge. So are the burgers. Uh another new and different restaurant option right here in Avenue and Wilbridge Township. So congratulations to them. Uh item number

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12. Um I just want to give an update. Wilbridge Township Television under cable commission. Wbridge Township Television, the former TV35 can be located in high def on channel 1077 on the Comcast cable system. The HD channel is result of years of no negotiations between Comcast and the Witch Cable

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Commission. Residents don't have to wait for programming on just that channel. All Wbridge Township Te television videos can be seen on the Wbridge channels on the YouTube channel. I often get asked a lot of times by residents how uh you know, how do we watch something that was just filmed? You don't have to wait till the the old

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school Friday at 3:00 or 6:00 on the meeting or whatever was on. Um you can just go right to YouTube, find Wilbert's channels. Um this will be on. Sometimes it's on by the time I get home from uh council meeting. So, excellent job, Mr. Haggy and Megan and your team. Um, so go out and uh check out all the great

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contacts. My agenda is in order. I just like to wish all our moms out there, my wife Aaron, uh, all our moms up here on council a very happy Mother's Day. I hope you all enjoy it. You deserve it. God bless America. Uh, thank you, Council President. >> Thank you, Councilman Anderson. >> Thank you, Council President. My agenda

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is in order. I have a few announcements. One, I'd like to wish all the women here on the Deis happy Mother's Day and all the uh, moms in town same. Uh, teacher appreciation week is this week. Please thank your teachers. Have your students

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uh go to school and bring that apple to your teachers. Um, I'm sure that they'll appreciate it. And um, this past weekend um, I was able to attend the Earnest Dubai track meet. I'd like to thank all the volunteers for making that a success. It's always been a great day in

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our township. And lastly, I just want to mention the tooling around township program was a a very successful event. Um, I want to thank the council, the mayor, uh, his staff and team, but especially I'd like to thank, uh, Patrick Macher for his coordination, his

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meeting with the families, the volunteers, and assigning the volunteers and the, um, uh, the caterers around town. So, I do I do want to mention them very quickly. volunteer teams, uh, Middle Sex Water, um, Northeast Roof,

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um, team Rubicon and Fizer Plumbing. Um, we have Craig's Plumbing and Shell. We have, uh, Jim Nolan and Fizer Plumbing. Um, Bruce and Kimberly Martin, Woodbridge Garden Club

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and Woodbridge Historical Society, Aquilla and Chamber of Commerce, Honeydew Listister and Buffalo Wild Wings and WVA Painting, Woodmont,

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Woodbridge Fire Company, AmericanIrish, Evangel Church and Gurnie Electric and Township Carpenters and Smolder uh Bob Smolder and his team and uh and Wick

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and then we had several um caterers, U Italia, Tim Hortons, Jersey Boy Pizza, Rockos Pizza, Pinos, Big Shots, Woodbridge Deli, Benny's

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Woodbridge Community Center, Buffalo Wild Wings, Just Subs, Strawberries, Moby Dicks, and uh San Remos, Busting Empanadas, Roosevelt's Deli, and Ford's Pizza. All

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of those organizations combined with the volunteers and the coordination of Patrick Macher uh made that a successful event. We had 17 homes over a period of two weeks. Mayor McCormack and uh myself uh Councilman Councilman Harris and I uh

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were able to attend uh the Saturday events and not just bagels was also a um a big contributor to to the event. But um we were able to attend and a lot of appreciative um residents uh who

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otherwise would not be able to complete these projects because they've e either reached an age or maybe don't have family living close by um or there could be a a financial situation in these these projects. Um we're very much appreciated by our neighbors and um just

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want to thank everyone for making this a a very successful year. And that's all I have. >> Thank you, Councilman. Uh, Councilman Bower. >> Thank you, Council President. My agenda is in order. Just a few announcements tonight. Uh, summer will be here before you know it. Make a splash this summer

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at our outdoor pools. Uh, Community Center will holding an open house on Saturday, May 16th and Sunday, May 17th from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Register in person or at the Wilbur Center guest services. Our two pools are located at the Springwood Swim Club. That's 150

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McKinley Avenue, Colonia. And our Highland Grove pool at 70 Highland, Terrace, and Forge. Like to wish our mothers on the day a very happy Mother's Day and all the mothers out there a great day with family and friends. That's all I have. Council President, thank you.

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>> Thank you, >> Councilman Small. >> Thank you, Council President. Uh happy Mother's Day to my colleagues here in Adas. Happy mom's day to uh all the moms out there. And God bless America. That's all I have. >> Thank you,

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Councilwoman Mi. >> Thank you, Council President. My agenda's in order. I just want to make a comment about the housing that we talked about that the YMCA and how we're not sure who's going to be in there. I I through the years being on the council wall with many of my council mates, we had dealt with a lot of families from

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the schools and the schools sometimes reach out to us and they family that maybe a parent has passed away or has lost their job and one or two days from being homeless with little children. So this project that we're doing is very very important and I think it's really

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going to help a lot of families in need. So, I'm so glad that we have this together and it it really will help business, right? I mean, all of us have dealt with families and there's I'm just glad this is a position. >> Um, and that's that's all I have. Just happy Mother's Day to my councilmates

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and to all the moms and child and the grandmoms. >> Thank you. >> That's all I have. Councilman Patel. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Thank you. Uh last Wednesday, April

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29th, Hackinac Marian Health celebrated the grand opening of new health and wellness center at Mrop Park station in this is a major milestone since it is the first healthcare facility of its

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kind located at easy transit hub anywhere in the country. It was truly a historic event. The event was attended by the several leaders including our mayor John, county commissioner director Ron Ryan,

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assembly speaker, uh, New Jersey Governor Mike Sher along with distinguished representatives for New Jersey Transit and Happens. This $200 million project is expected to

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create about 1,000 jobs and help support the local economy. The center has already started seeing patients in some areas and will become a fullervice facility by the end of June. It will offer private care, specialtity

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care, urgent care, medical services, lab work and more all in at one place. The new building at Metro Park is one of the most attractive and modern looking building in the area. Its design really stands out and adds to

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the beauty of the community. Also, inside of the building is designed to be really easy and comfortable for patients. It will also serve as the headquarters for community health, bringing all

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administrative staff together in one location. As the council representative for the fourth quad where metrop park is located, I want to share that after traveling through this area many times.

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I have seen better traffic flow and improved safety. The new traffic signals and intersection changes have made a clear difference. This facility is very important assets for our communities. It

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improves access to health care services, makes the area safe and supports the continued growth of our township. I also would like to thank our team members of the renewable wood bridge who came out past Saturday at Indian school

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number 18 with about 200 trees and distributed them to the residents of Isling and Melop Paris. and I'd like those to respond outstanding for those happy. >> Thank you, Councilman Harris.

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>> Thank you, Council President. I just want to recognize item number two on my agenda, the state property tax relief programs. uh you should have received one of these blue if you're senior homeowner or senior renter. You should have received one of these blue booklets in February or you would have received a

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postcard if you completed the application online last year, the PAS1. If you if you completed it online last year, you received the postcard again this year urging you to complete it again online. Otherwise, you complete it by the book. It's only a four-page application.

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Only takes a few minutes. You have plenty of time between now and November the 2nd. the deadline. Uh you can learn more about it at the senior summit tomorrow or you could uh visit the state website at property taxreief.nj.gov or you can call Senator Vitali and

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Speaker Coughlin's office at 7328557441 or call the office on aging uh here in Wilbur's Township 7327266262. I'll be uh continuing to provide reminders about completing the application. It's the three property tax relief applications all in one uh for

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you to uh get money back from the state on your property taxes. Uh next up, item number five, it's under mayor's wellness campaign. Just want to put in a plug for a couple things. May is bike month. We have two events happening next week. One for the kids. Uh bike rodeo on Friday,

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May 15th, and a historic bike tour on Sunday, May 17. uh learn more about uh that at the township recreation website and a giant save the date here for the annual run for pizza 5K. Uh that's also

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found on the uh district, excuse me, the township's uh recreation website. That uh annual 5K is happening once again on Wednesday, July the 15th. The race starts at 700 p.m. from Seaw Warren Aba Williams Park. Registration is 5:30 to

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6:45. $25 per runner. You get pizza and some beverages with that. And once again, you could sign up online at the recreation department's website. And happy Mother's Day to all those moms out there. Thank you. >> Thank you. Um I just wanted to make one

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comment by keeping our um military in mind. The Woodbridge Fire Department is still collecting items for them to be shipped overseas. So if you'd like to make a donation, you can drop that off at the Woodbridge Fire Department. I believe that is on School Street. Thank you, Mr. Mitch,

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>> my agenda is in order. Just one comment. At the next meeting, I'll probably start having liquor licenses ready for renewal, so I should start seeing them. >> Thank you, >> Mayor. >> Thank you, Council President. Happy Mother's Day to everybody here. Also, I want to echo what Councilman Anderson said about tooling around the town.

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Started in 1999. Christmas in April and it's just incredibly rewarding to see the people that volunteer their time on a Saturday and many times they come go to the houses before to get everything ready during the week. It's an amazing effort. All the restaurants that help uh

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provide refreshments and to see literally the lives of these people change. Usually elderly widows that can't afford to do the work, don't have anybody around the house to do the work, don't necessarily have family in the area. Um, and to think complete strangers come into your house and fix

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it up and change your life, it's just unbelievable. Thanks to Dan and Kyle for attending and everybody else who helped. Also, I want to just mention the concert start um at different nights at different times, but basically the second week of June, they will begin. Our flyer will be out tomorrow at the

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senior summit. We only made enough for that because we have still have one opening. Somebody canceled at the last minute, so we held off a little bit, but every show is online. Uh everything that we have booked except for one Thursday show in August is still open. It's going to be a phenomenal year. Again, everybody's looking forward after the

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winter we had to being out and enjoying the sun and the music. And it's we're very much looking forward to it. I want to thank the recreation department for everything they've done to put that together. And I want to introduce the young man to my left. Uh Patrick Mueller is the assistant business administrator.

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When Casey was named business administrator, uh we named Patrick the deputy business administrator. I said assistant. I'm even sure what that title is, but he's the number two guy under uh under Casey, who right after uh becoming the business administrator officially on

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May 1st went on vacation. So, um he still hasn't attended a meeting as the business administrator. Um but I'm looking forward to working with Patrick. He's got 21 years with us. First aid was part-time. The last 13 he's been here full-time. He was an assistant manager,

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assistant director of the community center and the lead accountant for that whole recreation department, which right now is as big as anything in town with all the full-time and part-time employers. We have the club, the community center, the leagues, the parades, you know, you name it. So, he's done a phenomenal job there and he's

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going to do a great job as the assistant business administrator. So, I wanted to make sure I introduced him to our viewing public who's probably looking and saying, "Who's that guy next to the mayor?" Well, it's Patrick Mueller and he's going to be here a while. So, thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you.

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>> Uh deputy uh business administrator, Mr. Muller. >> Yes. Thank you, Council President. Uh my agenda is order. We just have tax and sewer overpayments. Thank you. >> Thank you, Director Darden. >> Uh thank you, Council President. Nothing

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this evening. Thank you, Director Niski. >> Thank you, Council President. I have a few items on my agenda. uh deleting a handicap parking space on South Charles Street, adding a handicap parking space on Albam Marl Road in Colonia, and

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adding a handicap parking space on James Street in Oakland. Thank you. >> Thank you, Director Brew. >> Thank you, Council President. I have a few items for the resolution tonight. The first one is CME Associates proposal. That's for the 2027

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uh million resurfacing road program in the amount of 496,523. Second one on my agenda tonight is McDonald's LLC and they are the LSRP remediation services for Cliff Road and

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that amount is in 57,500. Third on my agenda is a grant application and grant contract with New Jersey DOT. That's for Lake Avenue Roadway improvement project. That's all I have today. >> Thank you. >> Nothing this evening, Council President,

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but did want to wish everyone here and all the mothers at home watching happy Mother's Day. >> Thank you. Can >> I get a motion to adjourn? >> Motion. >> Second.