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[2:42] Mr. Rich? Mr. Hutchinson? Mr. Mehta? Mr. Davis? Mr. Socio? Mr. Guadagnino? Mr. Mayor Womack?
[2:55] Here. Sunshine Notice, please.
[2:57] At a quick notice of this meeting has been provided as required under Chapter 231-PL-1975, specifying the time date and location by posting a copy of the notice on the municipal building, municipal website, providing a copy of the annual notice schedule to the official news.
[3:12] newspapers of the township and as on file in the municipal clerk's office.
[3:16] Councilman Davis is out with a procedure today, so we wish him well.
[3:22] Mr. Rich, will you please lead us in a pledge to apply?
[3:25] Our
[3:33] pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for
[3:39] which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
[3:45] Council President,
[3:50] do you, or Councilman Rich, have the proclamation down?
[3:53] I'm
[3:57] just getting out.
[3:58] Is there anyone here for the sexual assault to awareness month, Denim Day proclamation?
[4:04] You could do it from right there.
[4:07] This is a proclamation by the Mayor and Council Township of North Forenswick, whereas
[4:12] sexual assault to awareness month and the observation of Denim Day draws attention
[4:17] attention to the importance of addressing and preventing sexual violence, including sexual
[4:21] assault, sexual harassment, and sexual abuse.
[4:24] And whereas, sexual assault, sexual abuse, and sexual harassment all have a negative impact
[4:30] on our community.
[4:32] Statistics indicate that one in four girls and one in six boys are sexually assaulted before
[4:38] the age of 18.
[4:40] Sexual harassment is part of a continuum of violence in which damaging effects are felt
[4:45] throughout our culture, and whereas we must work together to educate our community about
[4:50] what can be done to prevent sexual assault and how to support survivors.
[4:55] And whereas, staff and volunteers of anti-violence and prevention programs in Middlesex County including
[5:00] the Middlesex County Center for Empowerment and Sexual Violence Prevention Coalition encourage
[5:06] every person to speak out when witnessing acts of violence, however small, and to challenge
[5:11] to the social constructs that continue to perpetuate a culture of violence.
[5:16] And whereas, the New Jersey Sex Crimes Officers Association,
[5:20] Middlesex County Sex Crimes Liaison Officers,
[5:23] Middlesex County Prosecutors Office, and the North Brunswick Police Department,
[5:27] are dedicated to ensuring the effective investigation and
[5:31] prosecution of sex crimes in our community through interagency collaboration and training.
[5:37] And whereas, with leadership, dedication, and encouragement, there is a compelling evidence that we can be successful in reducing sexual violence in North
[5:46] Brunswick Township through prevention, education, focused on increasing gender equality, and bystander intervention, increased awareness, and holding perpetrators who commit acts of violence responsible for their actions.
[5:58] With proper education on the matter and comprehensive prevention projects, sexual violence and its unfair and traumatizing effects are preventable.
[6:07] And whereas throughout the month of April, the township of North Runswick strongly supports the efforts of national state and local partners and of every citizen to actively engage in public and private efforts, including conversations about what sexual violence is, how to prevent it, how to help survivors connect with services,
[6:26] and how every segment of our society can work together to better address sexual violence.
[6:31] Now therefore, we, the Mayor and Council of the Township of North Brunswick, do hereby
[6:35] proclaim the month of April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month and designate April 30, 2025
[6:42] as Denham Day, joining advocates and support service programs in urging all community members
[6:47] to help end sexual violence.
[6:49] Thank you, Council President.
[6:51] It's a very important proclamation.
[6:52] Appreciate you reading that.
[6:53] Is there anyone who'd like to have any items removed from this evening's Consent Agenda?
[7:00] Is there a motion to approve Consent Agenda items A through T?
[7:06] Summuth.
[7:07] Second.
[7:08] Discussion?
[7:09] Roll call please.
[7:10] Mr. Rich.
[7:11] Yes.
[7:12] Ms. Hutchinson?
[7:13] Yes.
[7:14] Mr. Mata?
[7:15] Yes.
[7:15] Mr. Socio?
[7:16] Yes.
[7:17] Ms. Guadalino.
[7:18] Yes.
[7:18] Yes.
[7:18] Is there a motion to approve the minutes from our regular meeting of March 24th, 2025?
[7:24] So.
[7:25] Second.
[7:26] Discussion?
[7:27] All in favor?
[7:28] Aye.
[7:29] Any opposed?
[7:30] Ordnance were first reading an introduction, number 25-03.
[7:35] Number 25-03, ordnance amending bond ordinance 24-12 in order to reallocate the preparation and bonds authorized between improvements authorized by such ordnance.
[7:49] Is there a motion to introduce ordinance 25-03?
[7:55] So moved.
[7:56] Second.
[7:59] Any man need any explanation or anything?
[8:01] Roll call please.
[8:03] Mr. Rich.
[8:04] Yes.
[8:05] Ms. Hutchinson.
[8:06] Yes.
[8:07] Mr. Mesa.
[8:08] Yes.
[8:09] Mr. Socio.
[8:09] Yes.
[8:10] Ms. Guadalino.
[8:11] Yes.
[8:12] Ordnance for first reading an introduction, number 25-04.
[8:17] 4.
[8:18] Number 25-04, ordinance amending and fixing the salary and wages for various officials and employees of the Township of North
[8:25] Brunswick, I'm providing for a manner of payment thereof.
[8:29] Is there a motion to introduce ordinance 25-0-2?
[8:36] I'm sorry.
[8:37] It's 4-04.
[8:38] So-so-of.
[8:40] Second.
[8:42] Discussion?
[8:42] We'll call please.
[8:43] Mr. Rich?
[8:44] Yes.
[8:45] Ms. Hutchinson?
[8:46] Yes.
[8:46] Mr. Mata?
[8:47] Yes.
[8:48] Yes.
[8:48] Mr. Socio?
[8:49] Yes.
[8:49] Ms. Guadalino.
[8:50] Yes.
[8:51] Ordnance for second reading and public hearing 25-02.
[8:57] Second reading and public hearing, number 25-02, an ordinance of the township of North
[9:01] Brunswick to acquire by negotiated agreement interests in real property in the form of easements
[9:07] along Cousins Lane on the official tax map of the township of North Brunswick,
[9:11] Middlesex County, New Jersey for Cousins Lane sidewalk improvement projects.
[9:15] Anybody who would like to be heard in public hearing on ordinance 25-0-2
[9:20] Is there a motion to close that public?
[9:23] discussion all in favor
[9:26] Any opposed is there a motion to adopt ordinance 25-0-2 so move second discussion roll call please mr. Rich yes
[9:36] Is Hutchinson. Yes, mr. Mata. Yes, mr. Socio. Yes, this gluttonino. Yes
[9:43] Council President, anything on your list this evening would like to bring up or discuss?
[9:49] No, thank you Mayor.
[9:54] I see Councilman Socio anxious to be visiting through hundreds of years ago.
[10:00] I was given the latest version of Warren Peace here, so I mean, yeah.
[10:04] All right, just a few announcements from the Department of Parks and Recreation and Community Services.
[10:10] This is Saturday, May the 17th, will be a sip sample and support at the light full evening to raise funds benefiting the North Brunswick's annual Heritage Day.
[10:20] I indulge in a selection of fine wines and craft freeers while enjoying delicious food, sampling from around town, while contributing to a worthy cause which is Heritage Day.
[10:28] This is going to be Saturday, May the 17th from 630 to 830 at our Lady of Peace Church.
[10:33] If you pre-register, it's $20 if you pay at the door of the day, the event is $25, so consider May 17th as a great night out.
[10:44] Our open and lap swim schedule is beginning.
[10:48] We have a variety of different programs and lessons and things like that starting May the 14th running through just about the end of June.
[10:58] and these are for parent and child, for adults, all kinds of things.
[11:03] So if you have any questions with Swim, please contact us for lessons.
[11:07] The Rapid Swim team is forming for the 2025 summer season.
[11:14] The pre-season starts on Saturday, May the 17th, and runs through June the 21st.
[11:21] That Saturdays and Tuesdays and Wednesdays, there's all kinds of pre-season practices, actually,
[11:27] like, as I'm reading through this for the first time.
[11:29] So, if you're interested in becoming a member
[11:33] of the rapid swim team or joining again
[11:36] and participating this coming summer
[11:38] on a very competitive and good team
[11:40] and making new friends and rekindling your old friendships
[11:43] in the swimming pool, the preseason residency is 150,
[11:49] non-resonant fees, $165.
[11:51] That's swim team.
[11:54] Memorial Day.
[11:55] Our annual Memorial Day commemoration ceremony will be on Monday, May the 26th at Veterans Park starting at 11 a.m.
[12:07] This is going to be the, I guess, culmination of Memorial Day weekend with our traveling Vietnam Memorial, which is coming to our town.
[12:20] The memorial will be at Vett Park from Friday, May the 23rd beginning at 1pm until Memorial Day, May the 26th at 1pm.
[12:32] This is a great traveling memorial in honor of our veterans who gave all during the Vietnam War.
[12:46] and we really encourage everyone during this time to please come and visit it.
[12:53] And I do have to ask you, Louanne, I'm going to ask you to come up,
[12:57] because I know you mentioned earlier that there are some other facets of the wall coming as part of this.
[13:07] So if you could please just help me here, it would be great.
[13:11] Good
[13:14] evening mayor Wal-Mak council members and residents joining us this evening
[13:20] this councilman's socio zeroed in on we are having the traveling Vietnam
[13:26] memorial wall and in addition we will have tribute walls that will be also on
[13:34] display. So Afghanistan, Iraq, 9-11 tribute, and then from our wars starting
[13:44] 1914 onto 2012, all the walls will be identifiable and you will be able to
[13:57] have a QR code if you're looking for a certain name that you'll be able to find
[14:04] on the wall and that information will be coming with more detail.
[14:08] Thank you, Councilman.
[14:10] Yes, yes.
[14:10] And, land if I, while I have you there at the market phone, are we still looking for volunteers?
[14:15] And can you give some more information about that and how any interested resident could register for that?
[14:20] Yes, thank you.
[14:22] We are looking for volunteers in two different categories.
[14:26] One category is to stand watch and that form is online already and you can sign up and volunteer for a time slot that's available.
[14:41] And then starting tomorrow afternoon, we will also have a volunteer list to help set up the wall, which will take place on Friday, May 23rd,
[14:54] Approximately 10 a.m. in the morning if you are available and
[15:00] And help assemble the wall. It should be about two hours before we have the entire display up. So if you can come lend a hand, we really appreciate your help. And it's just a great sacrifice that was made for our freedom that we can give a small thank you back. So thank you so much. Are there any other questions? While you're up here, since you have two items for the
[15:28] the workshop preparation part of the meeting.
[15:32] Why don't you go in and take care of your second item while you're here.
[15:35] Thank you Mayor, if I could just touch base, just a little bit more on the wall.
[15:41] Sponsorship, we're still looking for and you can send those checks into the township at our senior center address.
[15:50] 15 limo place and those checks are made payable to the township of North Brunswick.
[15:58] as well and my second item that I did not discuss that is our mayor's fitness
[16:06] and challenge that is starting today and that will run through June 16th. This is
[16:13] open to the entire community and we hope that we will have the council and the
[16:19] mayor and staff involved as well. So I hear some shuckling up on the day is but I
[16:26] challenge each of you to be part of that. So, thank you Mayor Walmeck.
[16:32] Thank you. I'm sorry. I nominate Carlo.
[16:37] Well we usually do see Council President Guadagnino and Councilman Socio along the course,
[16:45] but I have some new hidden information. There might be another council person that will challenge
[16:51] them both. I hear he's gearing up, has his sneakers ready. We've seen Councilman Mata out there too, and Councilman Hutchinson has been out there, so this year could be the year with a lot of competition.
[17:08] So lace up those sneakers. Thank you all for your support.
[17:13] Appreciate you being here, Ms. Benson. You're free to go.
[17:16] Thank you.
[17:18] Go right ahead.
[17:19] Yep.
[17:20] We're almost done.
[17:21] I swear.
[17:21] Keep on with the Memorial Day theme in the morning before our commemoration ceremony.
[17:27] We're going to have our 46th annual 5K walk and run.
[17:31] That's at Community Park.
[17:33] Checking is at 7.30 a.m., the 5K begins at 8 a.m., we'll also have a children's dash for
[17:41] children ages 1 through 5 and all of those participants will receive a ribbon.
[17:46] We also, as usual, have our most patriotic outfit contest, and we will be giving out awards to our most three patriotic runners and walkers.
[17:56] And then, of course, our usual prizes awards for the age categories for the walk of the run.
[18:05] Pre-registered before May 3rd, $30, after May 3rd, it'll be $35.
[18:10] Packet pickup will be at the park's maintenance facility in the back of community park.
[18:14] And we, as soon as we have that date and info, we will give that to you.
[18:18] So that's the 5K walk and run.
[18:20] We have tennis lessons that will be starting April 27th, and there are two different categories.
[18:30] There's Sundays or Wednesdays running through, Sundays run through June 15th.
[18:35] Wednesdays are July 9th through August 13th, all different age groups from age three up to adults.
[18:41] And that will be held at the Renaissance courts.
[18:43] It's end last but not least, our 48th annual Father's Day Fishing Derby will be on Sunday, June the 15th at Boyd Pond.
[18:54] You can pre-register by calling the Department of Parks and Recreation Community Services in person registration on Father's Day begins at 8 a.m.
[19:01] Fishing starts around 830, it's really a great event, 48 years and counting, and we look forward to seeing everyone there.
[19:09] So if you have any questions on Memorial Day,
[19:12] Father's Day, the eating and drinking for Heritage Day,
[19:16] and everything else, we just went through.
[19:18] You can contact the Department of Parks,
[19:20] Recreation at 732-2470-922,
[19:24] extension 475, or check them out on their Facebook page
[19:26] or on the Township website.
[19:28] Director Ritz, while we're doing some announcements,
[19:31] I think we could detour.
[19:32] We have you, just have us let us know.
[19:35] There, I just wanted to affirm that beginning tomorrow,
[19:37] There will be an extended detour along Hidden Lake Drive in the vicinity of Route 27 and the apartments.
[19:45] It could very well be up to a week of detour while Metasix County prepares some emergency work.
[19:51] There have been variable message boards up over the weekend, warning residents and neighbors in that area.
[19:59] But it will take effect beginning tomorrow.
[20:02] Thank you, Director.
[20:04] Councilman Maida. Any announcements this evening? Councilman Hutchison?
[20:11] No, no message. Councilman Rich. Any announcements?
[20:15] Not at the time. Good. All right. Then let's open for public hearing. Mr. Nastis.
[20:34] Good evening everyone. Good evening.
[20:41] The first question I have, I think I asked it once before,
[20:45] or is there a manual as to how code enforcement works?
[20:52] I mean, if you call it in, you gotta call it into somebody,
[20:56] some way takes it and goes from here to here to here
[21:00] and how long does it take before it's resolved?
[21:04] This program and we have a SOP or standard operating procedure
[21:08] manual or anything for that department.
[21:11] I believe each of the departments does have, you know,
[21:14] But they're operating and how they're delegating, but I think the code itself explains
[21:19] what their roles and responsibilities are that I believe has been provided.
[21:24] But do we have, is there like a book that says, when a phone call comes in,
[21:30] then like Mr. A will take the phone call and then it's put in a box and Mr. D.C.
[21:37] People have asked me how do I call it in, and nothing happens, and I don't know what's going on.
[21:43] So what happens?
[21:46] So is there a reference point?
[21:49] Is there a manual that tells you what happens, how it's done, or is it just tossed in the air?
[21:58] So I can't stand on what we previously did in the air.
[22:03] But he just asked and do we have, I've never seen that manual if we have one.
[22:07] Now, is there one?
[22:09] No. Why? Well, we just never operated with them. We never had each department. We've never had a
[22:17] departmental SOP. Steve, do you have a written SOP for just for the sewer department? Okay, so
[22:27] all right, well, that's one thing.
[22:33] I just got a report for Georgia's road.
[22:40] I like to know how that wound up as a police plane, as opposed to code enforcement.
[22:50] Here are some pictures from the Adams Lane.
[22:55] From Adams Lane.
[23:03] Chief Pataglia, is there anything that you-
[23:34] Well that was the question that was the situation from the start there in violation as you'll see through the
[23:43] the pictures, I don't know why the police got involved to start with it, just give the violations to the offenders and let it go from there.
[23:52] I mean, I know the police like to help out where possible, don't get me wrong, but, you know, in a tie-in or test auditors, which means their heart has, they don't want to pay attention.
[24:06] And while I,
[24:14] Bergen Avenue, 984 Bergen Avenue, that's across the street for where I live.
[24:20] I have put a request in November, I haven't heard anything since, so I don't know what's going on there now, but I have some pictures for
[24:40] 958 pertaining to temperature mistors,
[24:46] I don't know whether that's a legal commercial van, and if it's a commercial van
[24:50] I understand there's supposed to be off the road at six o'clock, seven o'clock, and not parked out there forever.
[24:58] I
[25:08] don't know whether they're running a business out at a house or they're just doing what they do.
[25:17] Up the street from there, over the weekend, we had a dump truck, front
[25:28] plate, a rear emergency plate, part beer.
[25:31] In front of a fire hydrant,
[25:47] well, some police could patrol Bergen Avenue in a week and because the code portion doesn't work.
[25:59] Yeah, right.
[26:06] And you know what I wanted to ask about was 13 to 19 Beverly Street.
[26:13] I got a letter saying that it was abated, just got it.
[26:19] And my question is did the fire department and I
[26:28] know you brought that up before and I think the
[26:35] the I the I mean they've been up a couple of cards cars but the you know fire high fire
[26:43] truck or whatever has to get in there the property is 217 deep. There's no reason why
[26:51] you can't put a stone parking lot in the back, the stone parking lot is even taxable,
[26:59] because you're just going to have to pay to get it done.
[27:03] And you have a thing I have here,
[27:08] famous sign.
[27:10] I don't know what it says, I don't respite.
[27:12] But the park, there's
[27:17] an answer.
[27:26] Director Ritz, how often do we have people going out these days doing the poll, doing the poll patrol?
[27:33] It's usually on Monday, it's there, I'll follow up.
[27:39] And I just got a call this evening on Sennaka.
[27:45] I haven't had a chance to look at it, but in 1442, I think it was, there's a dumpster there that's been there like forever, it's always there.
[27:58] And they want to know
[28:02] why, and I don't know why because I don't know what the guy does.
[28:23] I reported the garage over a year ago, I was told that the garage is going to be repaired when the house is done, but so far, nothing's happened.
[28:35] So I just thought I'd bring it to your attention and see what's going on.
[28:38] one.
[28:42] Excellent road. Oh, yeah, summons for this able vehicle. That's the one that has
[28:48] we have a whatever you want to call it in this town that says you could have one unregistered
[28:56] uninsured and non-running vehicle on your property forever. Why, I don't know.
[29:07] Get it fixed,
[29:08] get it running, get rid of it.
[29:23] 886, the incident was the other one I was told. That's one
[29:27] that about 9.84 Bergen Avenue, here's a pallet, a grease machine, and leaves and debris all around the dumpsters.
[29:43] There's three vehicles there that last time they were registered was three years, or the inspected, I'm sorry.
[29:50] Last time they were inspected was three years ago.
[29:52] So, there's still sitting there, I don't know why, but...
[30:00] We can't park back there if you're going to the store in front. So you might want to look into those three vehicles, move them, get rid of them. I don't know if they're registered or not. And where are they? They're in the parking lot there. Where are they in the parking lot? Okay. Behind building and building as a beauty power, I believe in another store there.
[30:30] And also,
[30:31] So 984 and the owner of that particular piece of property has a driveway on Bergen Avenue.
[30:43] That is HIF owned by 1984 and the other guy owns the other HIF.
[30:52] And at night when the hook allowances operating, all the cars are parked in a driveway.
[31:04] And I'm all over the place and I already picked up the garbage once that I delivered to you sir and I don't think you want me to deliver another bag.
[31:15] So it would be nice if someone would come by 10 o'clock at night when the lights are supposed to be them in the music low and the garbage would picked up because it goes to my neighbor's property.
[31:30] he has a guy picking it up and what he doesn't pick up blows onto mine and down the street.
[31:36] Those temperature masters, by the way, I call the police department on Saturday.
[31:42] Some young man, I'm going to call him an idiot.
[31:45] He was riding a motorcycle up and down the street two or three times.
[31:50] One of my neighbors knocked on my door and told me to call the police, which I did, and
[31:54] Nate told me he already had a call in about it, so he lives at 958, along with temperature
[32:03] masters and about four other cars, and across the street, 955, there's commercial vehicles
[32:11] there also.
[32:12] That was a two-family house with a basement apartment that was illegal when I built.
[32:21] So there's two car garage there and a parking lot behind it. So I don't know why they're parking in the street.
[32:28] Okay, that's it. Thank you. Thank you, sir.
[32:33] Anyone else who'd like to be heard in public hearing this evening?
[32:37] Is there a motion?
[32:38] Some move. Second.
[32:40] All in favor?
[32:41] Aye.
[32:41] Any opposed?
[32:43] We're going to take about a three-minute break while we move over to the other room for
[32:49] for our continuation of our meeting.
[32:53] We'll be talking about agenda items.
[32:54] It's the same meeting, but we'll be continuing
[32:57] a more informal setting.
[32:59] We
[36:41] will continue our meeting at this time,
[36:43] and the first person on our agenda
[36:46] to look at what we'll be looking at next meeting
[36:48] will be Ms. Gallemore.
[36:56] Good evening, everyone.
[36:57] I have one item on the agenda tonight,
[37:00] and that's a budget transfer request.
[37:03] And this is for Fiscal Year 2025, transferring funds from budget accounts that has access to accounts that need additional funding.
[37:16] Any questions on this?
[37:19] Is there anything unusual or is it normal course of business for this time of year?
[37:22] Normal course of business at this time of the year.
[37:26] Thank you.
[37:27] I don't think there's anything on our closed session or anything else that you'll need to stick around for unless you want to and you're certainly welcome to miss Benson. We've already taken care of Mr.
[37:44] Mr. Boyd,
[37:52] good evening mayor and council, one item for consideration, excuse me, authorizing
[38:00] the rejection and re-advertisement for the receipt of bids under DPW bid 2507 to purchase
[38:09] a tan to Maxwell truck.
[38:12] Any questions on that?
[38:13] What happened with the first bid?
[38:14] And so they had two exceptions that we didn't accept.
[38:19] The first exception was something with the braking system.
[38:22] The other one was with the fact that they couldn't sell us a truck with zero miles.
[38:29] They had to sell it with 7,500 miles because they have to sell an electric vehicle before
[38:36] they can sell us a brand new vehicle.
[38:40] So we took exception today.
[38:42] and we are going out to rebid and it's, you know, we checked around with other trucking companies and it's pretty much all of them are under the same restriction there.
[39:00] If anybody's watching any of the other questions on that particular thing, if anybody's watching, why don't you tell them what we were doing at 5.30 tonight.
[39:09] So, 5.30 this evening we had a field dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony for Sibelapark.
[39:18] If anybody recalls out there in the public, we had a sanitary sewer break and it was
[39:25] in the far corner that reaches out by Cousins Lane and it damaged about a third of our football
[39:34] field that was out there so the mayor and administrator and council were good enough
[39:43] to locate funds and allow us to redo that field and it was a short but sweet ceremony
[39:51] and the field is beautiful and we encourage all to utilize it.
[39:57] Kind of followed the whole project short and sweet. I mean we were saying
[40:01] We needed to be ready by being a pop water season and that was our drop dead day
[40:06] And then just in a new start saying April which I giggled that at the time
[40:10] But it's really an outstanding job by all it yeah, very impressive
[40:15] It's a new type of turf which is cutting edge and everything else since we're gonna be the showcase for this company
[40:22] And their sales pitch to the rest of the state and it's really great field and very proud of it
[40:27] and thank you.
[40:29] Yeah, they've already had a couple of other towns come out
[40:32] and look at the field and they're very impressed with it.
[40:38] And we soccer parents like to call that
[40:40] a multi-purpose field.
[40:41] Yes.
[40:41] Well, thank you everybody for coming out to that.
[40:44] Thank you, Mr. Boyle.
[40:45] Thank you, appreciate it.
[40:46] Director Ritz,
[40:52] good evening, everyone.
[40:53] The first item on the next agenda
[40:55] will follow the clerk's approval for the use sports festival.
[40:59] and this is a separate resolution and support of the fireworks.
[41:04] This year, they are only proposing and planning to have fireworks on one evening.
[41:10] Yeah, I noticed that. That's right, huh? Yes.
[41:13] The second item this evening is through our designated,
[41:18] one of our designated architects, USA Architects.
[41:21] Happy to say completely unrelated to the building in any manner.
[41:24] This is a project initiated to replace the lighting in Babbage Park and the parking lot.
[41:32] This is legacy 75 year old non-energy efficient lighting with wood poles that are in the middle of the parking lot without curb or without barrier.
[41:46] and one day we need to reconstruct that parking lot.
[41:50] So first we want to do new energy efficient lighting
[41:53] and push the lighting off to the perimeters of the parking lot.
[41:58] And this will largely be funded through a CDBG grant.
[42:02] Any questions?
[42:04] Yes, the question is where is Councilman Andrews when you need him?
[42:07] He would be able to have 30 questions about the lighting for you.
[42:10] Absolutely.
[42:12] The third item this evening is under my name
[42:16] because these particular requests for credits
[42:20] are actually associated with the old Georgia's road.
[42:24] Water main replacement project, which finished essentially
[42:29] in late February, March 1st.
[42:32] And we've had several residents on Edwards Place,
[42:36] which is one of the neighborhoods off of Church Lane
[42:39] that are at the very end of the line of this new main
[42:43] and they have had a lot of substantial discolored water
[42:47] and so we've been flushing and flushing and flushing for several weeks
[42:53] and it's largely resolved for two or three of the four
[42:57] still not quite resolved for the last homeowner
[43:02] but at our direction we've been directing the homeowners
[43:05] owners to run their own water in addition to us flushing.
[43:11] So this is a administrative sponsor that we feel it's reasonable to give them a credit
[43:19] for the month of March and will actually be back.
[43:23] I believe to support a credit for them in April as well by which point, hopefully this will
[43:31] be resolved.
[43:32] Okay.
[43:33] Anybody have any questions?
[43:35] Can I just jump back to the matter?
[43:36] I think you said that the majority of us going to be paid by CDBG.
[43:40] Randst, do we know a percentage or not yet or?
[43:42] The first phase of this is work with USA and TNM is to actually create the bid estimate.
[43:51] So we don't know the exact funding yet.
[43:53] We banked money from this current year CDBG and we have a current application and for next
[44:01] next year to double it, so we're guessing I'll have about $180,000 in CDBG and we all comfortably
[44:10] kind of hope and believe that this project should fall within an amount.
[44:15] If we're short, we'll have to look at supplementing it with a capital.
[44:20] And anybody watching who's curious, community development, block grants.
[44:23] These are block grants that come from the federal government through the county and then are
[44:28] individually distributed to the municipalities.
[44:30] And we hope they will continue.
[44:32] Yes, yes, yes.
[44:34] So we're making a guess right now, Carlo, but I think we all hopefully believe we're on the right track.
[44:40] I don't know, thank you.
[44:42] And then lastly, this evening at the end of tonight's meeting, we'll be going and close session.
[44:48] Thank you.
[44:49] We'll discuss the redevelopment projects.
[44:52] Thank you, sir.
[44:54] Mr. Paragobin.
[44:56] Thank you, Mayor.
[44:57] I have two items on the first is
[45:00] As we discussed two weeks ago, I believe this was a carry-over from that and didn't make the agenda, but I believe it will be listed on for the May 7th. This was to increase that contract authorization by $50,000. The second item, this- What contract is it? This is with Meridian Strategic. This is for the project management consulting services related to the remediation and resiliency of the municipal complex.
[45:29] The second item is the third leg of the Switches project as part of our network infrastructure.
[45:37] At the prior meeting, we had engaged authorization with freehold township for installation services,
[45:45] the labor component as well as for managed services after they're installed.
[45:49] This is for the physical equipment, so this is an agreement with GovConnect for the actual purchase of the equipment.
[45:55] in the amount of 183,750 and that's all I have.
[46:01] Thank you. Any questions from Ms. Pregnant? Ms. Russo?
[46:04] Okay. This evening we have approval of a large event application for the 2025 Youth Sports Festival.
[46:12] Earlier today, the council president had picked up that we wanted to be real careful in the wording.
[46:19] Did you get any revisions yet on the rewarding? Are we still working on that?
[46:23] We just want to be clear that the resolution isn't promising.
[46:30] She replaced that.
[46:31] It is.
[46:32] Okay.
[46:32] So good.
[46:34] Thank you.
[46:34] I mean, thank you for catching that.
[46:35] I was president.
[46:37] They have 14 nights that they're wanting to operate their fare.
[46:43] Are there any questions or an
[46:51] item number two is a liquor license transfer, which is going
[46:56] from Rutgers, Lickers to Garden State fine wine and spirits and all paperwork is in order.
[47:07] Any questions?
[47:09] That's all I have this evening.
[47:11] Thank you very much.
[47:13] Can we go back to the sports festival?
[47:17] What was changed in the resolution?
[47:20] Ms. Progopen?
[47:22] Let me cut it.
[47:24] So the previous resolution didn't have recognizing they had made a request from municipal services.
[47:33] So we acknowledged that request within the body of the resolution, not committing to
[47:38] an amount.
[47:38] It was just acknowledging the request has been made and that it will be given consideration
[47:42] following the conclusion of the event.
[47:45] But that's what we were taking out, I thought.
[47:49] That's what we did not want to have in there.
[47:51] because we had a meeting with them and they indicated they would not be making that request.
[47:56] And the paragraph that says that we would re-evaluate it after the event, they did make the request.
[48:02] When? Last week or the week before?
[48:05] I don't know that. I don't know that we want to ignore it.
[48:07] We had a meeting, right? Yeah. We did.
[48:10] Okay. I would like that to be taken.
[48:13] Do we, I mean why don't we before before the meeting and before we distribute prior to the meeting
[48:21] next week let's let's get together with council and because once we have to get on the same page we
[48:27] did have a meeting about this we believe that we all came away with the same understanding from
[48:34] that meeting if we didn't we need to make sure real quickly about that but that was the understanding
[48:41] was that they would not be requesting reimbursement for the same service as they had requested in the
[48:47] passed. Is that correct?
[48:49] You were at the meeting, right?
[48:51] Who was at the meeting?
[48:53] The chief was there.
[48:54] You and I were there.
[48:56] Uh-huh.
[48:56] I was there.
[48:57] And Ms. Proglow was there.
[48:59] I think I'm summarizing it.
[49:00] It was very clear.
[49:02] Yeah, I think.
[49:02] At the end of the meeting,
[49:03] what was supposed to happen moving forward?
[49:05] Yes.
[49:06] And they just completely ignored us.
[49:09] I think we need to craft the resolution to reflect our
[49:13] understanding.
[49:14] If they made a request, we can acknowledge it,
[49:16] but we need to, we need to do that.
[49:19] Either that or perhaps we'll have Mr. Boyd roll up the turf fields and Molly Kitty since we had such a nice dedication to ceremony.
[49:29] I'm sure it'll all work out.
[49:30] I'm sure it's just language that we need to get worked out.
[49:33] So Ms. Russo, we give Ms. Larkin a call and she can set up with all of us so we can get on the same page of that.
[49:41] Thank you.
[49:44] Thank you for going back to that, Council President.
[49:46] Is there a motion to go into closed session?
[49:52] Second.
[49:54] All in favor?
[49:55] Aye.
[49:56] Aye.
[49:57] So resolution authorizing the Mayor and Council to enter into executive session.
[50:02] Whereas the Mayor and Council are mindful of the right of the public to attend as witness meetings
[50:07] of governmental bodies at which public business will be addressed and discussed and to be involved
[50:14] in all phases of governmental action, and whereas the Open Public Meetings Act nonetheless
[50:20] recognizes the authority of a public body to exclude the public from meetings in
[50:25] certain enumerated instances in which disclosure matters to discuss,
[50:31] could endanger public
[50:33] safety, property, or other public interest, or invade individual privacy, whereas as authorized
[50:41] by the Open Public's Meeting Act, NJSA 10 colon 4-12b, Mayor and Council have a need to meet in private session to discuss matters affecting pending or anticipated litigation through which the public body may be a party and or matters within the attorney client privilege.
[51:00] Now, therefore, be it resolved that the mayor and council will meet in private session at
[51:05] 7.51 p.m. on April 21st, 2025 to discuss the following specific items.
[51:18] Proposed redevelopment project at block 143, 24.06, fidelity plaza.
[51:26] The further the resolve matters discussed, we'll be disclosed to the public at such
[51:32] time as the redevelopment project and plan is approved or otherwise becomes a matter of
[51:39] public record.