[0:08] One nation under God indivisible
for all.
[0:16] » That was a good
[0:23] » That's probably the best one I think we
ever had. That was good. Uh, roll call,
[0:27] please. Donna
>> here.
[0:30] » Yes, ma'am.
>> Ireland
[0:31] » here.
>> Ellis here. And
[0:33] » I am here.
>> Well, we're starting the meeting tonight
[0:35] with some allstar ladies. Um, we're
going to read a proclamation and then
[0:42] we're going to ask the coach to come
down and then we're going to present
[0:45] each of the girls with this proclamation
and then we want to hear a little bit
[0:49] about the season and about the girls and
who's still together playing together,
[0:53] who's moved up and we'll go from there.
So, Mr. Ireland, would you mind reading,
[0:58] please?
>> Absolutely. So, the township of Egg
[1:00] Harbor in recognition of the AU Earbon
Township tornado softball team 2026
[1:07] Atlantic County Babe Ruth AU champions.
Whereas, the AU Harbor Township tornado
[1:12] softball team demonstrated exceptional
skill, teamwork, sportsmanship, and
[1:16] dedication throughout the 2026 season.
And whereas their tornadoes captured the
[1:21] 2026
the 2026 Atlantic County Babe Ruth AU
[1:26] championship emerging as champions in a
highly competitive league consisting of
[1:30] 11 teams. And whereas the team compiled
in an outstanding 13-2 overall record
[1:37] while allowing the fewest runs scored
against any team in the league reflected
[1:41] remarkable defensive play pitching and
determination of every player. And
[1:46] whereas this accumment was made possible
through the leadership and the
[1:49] commitment of the coaches whose
dedication in teaching the game and
[1:53] fostering character help guide these
young athletes to success. Whereas the
[1:58] achievements of these young athletes
exemplify not only ex uh excellence in
[2:03] competition but also the values of
teamwork, discipline, sportsmanship,
[2:08] community pride, inspiring their peers
and future generations of athletes to
[2:13] pursue their goals with dedication and
integrity. Now therefore, it be
[2:17] proclaimed that the mayor and township
committee of township of Egg Harbor,
[2:22] County of Atlantic, state of New Jersey,
hereby congratulations to the Egg Harbor
[2:26] Township Tornadoes EU softball team on
winning the 2026 Atlantic County Babe
[2:31] Ruth EU championship and recognizes
their outstanding season, the
[2:35] representation of the township in this
state competition and the dedication of
[2:39] players, coaches, and families and
supporters who contributed to this
[2:44] memorable achievement. Congratulations.
[2:54] » All right, coaches. Come on.
>> Coaches, come on out.
[2:57] » Come on, coaches.
>> Mr. Alice and Mr. Hudson are going to
[2:59] present the proclamations.
>> Coaches, you guys are right there.
[3:03] » Mr. is going to read the names.
>> No, both.
[3:06] » Oh, you can read.
>> There we go. Sorry.
[3:10] No,
>> before we get started.
[3:26] » [laughter]
[3:30] » I love it.
[3:36] » [laughter]
[3:43] » What's that?
>> First off, we like to thank our honors
[3:47] here tonight. Obviously, we couldn't
[3:53] the real deal. We're here just to be a
mother. Just so everybody know we're
[3:58] going to start off by going out to every
first my coaches. My name is Keith
[4:01] Matis, Coach Rob, Coach Cer, and Coach
Kevin. Give him a round.
[4:15] And also a special
[laughter]
[4:27] here, right?
[4:32] one. You're going to call a cute
picture. Okay. First name on our list,
[4:36] Miss Valley Shooter.
[4:44] [laughter]
[4:59] on the list.
[5:11] No more bad
[5:20] [laughter]
[5:22] status.
>> That's your statistician right there.
[5:25] [laughter]
>> It's the announcer.
[5:30] Next up, KYLIE.
[5:40] » We do. [laughter]
[5:46] » Next time.
[6:02] » [laughter]
[6:05] » All right. Anastasia 11
[6:13] [screaming]
[6:17] [laughter]
Ireland.
[6:26] I just make twins.
[laughter]
[6:31] I want more.
[6:49] Mama M.
[6:57] » [laughter]
[7:05] » ROSE.
[7:28] How do I win?
[7:37] [laughter]
[7:41] » [laughter]
>> July.
[7:52] [laughter]
[7:58] [laughter]
[8:16] We have somebody who's not here right
now.
[8:44] » [laughter]
>> So again, great job. Fantastic season.
[8:49] Looking forward to coaching most of you
guys.
[8:56] » Want to take a team picture?
[9:13] How many girls are staying together for
next season?
[9:18] [laughter]
[9:21] » Right. How many girls went up to 10?
>> Girls, raise your hand.
[9:25] » Who moved up to 10?
>> All right.
[9:32] » All right. Half of [laughter] them guys.
>> That's good.
[9:45] » CONGRATULATIONS.
[9:51] CONGRATULATIONS.
[10:03] There's a lot of tomatoes
[10:14] right now.
[10:22] [laughter]
[10:27] » Absolutely. Thank you.
[10:37] » [laughter]
[10:45] » Thank you.
[10:50] [laughter]
[10:59] » Let's go.
[11:03] GOOD JOB.
>> Got a football practice though, so he's
[11:06] got
[11:16] [laughter]
[11:26] » 90% of the crap. [laughter] I mean, not
bad after two days of school. So,
[11:32] there's
>> two days of school.
[11:35] » All righty.
>> What are we on?
[11:38] » All right. We are on resolution
354. [clears throat]
[11:42] And this is something when it was
presented to us, we all felt that there
[11:45] was incredible value to it. Uh, this is
basing of the F-35 fighter jet at the
[11:51] 177. Uh, we'd like to welcome the
commander and the staff that's here. Mr.
[11:56] I'm going to turn this over to you.
Absolutely. Uh, Colonel Robbins, if you
[11:59] don't mind coming up. Uh, Colonel Cooper
and Chief Master Sergeant Lee. So,
[12:05] Colonel Cooper, uh, Colonel Robbins is
our wing commander out there at the
[12:09] 177th. And then we have Colonel Cooper,
177 deputy commander, and then, uh,
[12:14] command sergeant command chief uh, Lee.
So, two of the three, I won't point out
[12:19] the person that doesn't live in EHT, but
[laughter]
[12:22] the other two do live here. So this this
whole uh procation and and I mean the
[12:28] resolution is so much more important
because we have the community in these
[12:32] leadership roles. They're here, they
work here, they're employing people,
[12:36] they're bringing the e economic value to
this area and what more can we do to
[12:41] support them? This is what we can do to
support them. Support our people doing
[12:45] the mission out there like humanitarian
mission and stuff for the state when
[12:48] they get called or for the nation. So,
um, thank you. Thank you for being
[12:53] residents of the DHD. And, um, if I
>> Yes. Yes, your [laughter] honor. Sorry.
[12:58] So, just a couple questions for people
that may not know though, uh, Colonel
[13:02] Robbins, um, like what is the 177
Fighter Wing? What What do they do? What
[13:06] does everybody do there?
>> Okay. Yeah. Real quick, I'd like to
[13:10] start out with thank you. Huge thank you
uh for uh the civic leaders and all your
[13:16] constituents uh here in Garbage Township
that really support us. Uh we're around
[13:21] 1,200 strong out of the base and as Mr.
Ireland said we are probably around 30
[13:27] say 35% of that reside here in EHD. So
it's a significant footprint. We're
[13:32] right we're actually probably
threearters of the way surrounded by EHD
[13:36] as well. Uh so there's a lot of call
outs for uh mutual aid assistance or you
[13:42] know whether that's fire or uh police uh
support that that that goes both ways on
[13:48] and off the base. So I I'll talk a
little bit about our mission. We're
[13:52] we're a we're one of 14 Air National
Guard fighter units that mans a 247
[13:58] alert site. Uh that's that's we are
doing that because our geographic
[14:04] location we're kind of nestled right in
between DC, New York and Philadelphia.
[14:09] So it allows us to respond to any uh I
describe it uh easiest is you know we're
[14:15] the airborne 911 on call. You know what
what we're the equivalent of a police
[14:20] officer uh here on the street up in the
air. And then we also have a uh the uh
[14:26] state and local mission which is
disaster response. think of, you know, a
[14:31] supertorm to Sandy or uh pandemic uh
response or whatever it may be. Uh we
[14:37] have the ability to respond that way as
well. And then then probably what you
[14:41] hear the most is we have an aviation
package that's around 350 strong that
[14:46] deploys about every two years uh
anywhere in the globe. So they'll deploy
[14:50] from you know four to six months to go
support uh combatant commanders across
[14:56] the world as part of the normal air
force.
[15:00] » So not only supporting the state mission
but supporting the national mission as
[15:04] well overseas and anywhere that's
needed. Um can you just tell us a little
[15:09] bit about how the F-35 would come? So if
if we're doing this resolution and we're
[15:13] putting it out there, what does it mean
to 177? I think if you guys get the
[15:17] F-35s. Yeah, great question. Um, so why
we are especially interested in this is
[15:23] because we are currently flying some of
the oldest F-16s out there. So we're
[15:28] flying 86 and 87 model F-16s, which
doesn't sound too old, but if you think
[15:33] of, you know, you get a piece of
machinery and you you just beat it up a
[15:36] couple times a week, uh, and then keep
keep in the air. So 40 years is is a
[15:41] long time. So we we know we have about
maybe call it u anywhere from three to
[15:47] six years left on these these aircraft.
Then we need to figure out what uh post
[15:52] F-16 or post what our current jets look
like. Uh the F-35 there are plenty of
[15:57] options out there. The F-35 is the best
uh solution. It's the programmatic
[16:02] follow to the F-16. Uh and then that
that program is part of the US Air Force
[16:07] that goes all the way out to like 2085.
So, it's a long-term uh enduring
[16:12] mission. We could we could u we could
end up in other options, other fighters
[16:17] or other flying missions out there, but
they don't they don't give the the base
[16:20] in the community uh part of an enduring
program out that far. So, that's why
[16:25] it's the best solution. They're
currently going through basing uh
[16:29] they're currently going through two
basing rounds right now. So, that's why
[16:33] we're specifically interested in that.
And the the results of those will come
[16:37] out uh probably late this fall.
And recently we've gotten a lot of
[16:41] infrastruct the base has gotten a lot of
infrastructure. I think uh Congressman
[16:45] Vendrew got it approved for $68 million
for a hanger out there. And some of that
[16:51] stuff kind of plays into the F-35 I
guess decision basing correct
[16:56] » 100%. Uh yeah the the uh single project
cap was capped I believe previously at
[17:03] 83 million. We did have one project that
went up to 87 million versus 86 million.
[17:09] So we did need the assistance on that.
But just to talk about overall military
[17:14] construction going on in the base by by
a labor force that's right here in EH
[17:19] for the most part. There's 186
186 million worth of military
[17:24] construction taking place on the base in
the next 5 years. So, even today, you
[17:29] drive by our our front gate and uh we're
bringing that up to the the latest and
[17:34] greatest security standards to include
the uh the forementioned hanger and uh
[17:39] some secure penalties that that have
just been outdated that we need to
[17:44] replace on base.
>> We had the privilege of being out there,
[17:48] Mr. Ireland, myself and Mr. Castellano a
few weeks ago and got an update on some
[17:54] things out there. And if there is some
updating that needs to be done in some
[17:56] of those buildings, there's no doubt
about it. But I have to say thank you
[17:59] for that.
>> That was valuable to us. Uh Mr.
[18:03] Castellano was at the tech center. Mr.
Hassel was also at the tech center. And
[18:08] then you know Patrick
>> one question. How's the for an army guy?
[18:14] I will butcher this for an Air Force
guy. Um the train up and retro to train
[18:20] up for these planes when they come in.
Is that a long process? Are they pretty
[18:23] compatible to what you're flying now?
Probably not, right?
[18:26] » Uh yeah, there is. So there's probably
80% of the equipment we use to work on
[18:31] the airplane is is similar. Uh so
there's an equipment piece that comes
[18:36] with the airplane, but then basically
everyone that touches the airplane,
[18:39] whether that's pilots, maintainers, or
support personnel, uh the Air Force
[18:44] sends off to a school. Those schools can
vary anywhere from uh two months to a
[18:49] year and a half, maybe a year.
And then the uh the wing if we were
[18:54] going through such a transition uh the
wing is uh basically taken a knee for
[18:59] around two years to complete that
transition before we are uh employed uh
[19:04] worldwide again.
>> Sarah if you giving away the jets and
[19:08] you see committee Hudson trying to get a
call security
[19:17] I ever got to F16 was their trainer and
it would make me stick. Wow,
[19:22] » you can't fly. I got a real experience
about the air person that went with the
[19:26] Thunderbirds in the second seat and
she'll never be
[19:30] » experienced. [laughter]
All I know is when they hit the wheel on
[19:32] the runway and saw this, I said, "Man,
that's that's something. Come on."
[19:40] » Reporter,
I'll say no more.
[19:42] » I I would like to extend an invite to to
any of our civic leaders. I I realize
[19:49] you didn't get a chance to come out to
the the base last time, but at any time
[19:53] uh you want to come out just just let us
know.
[19:56] » When when I worked at Lance Police
Department, I was the mayor's uh driver
[20:00] and bodyguard and um they wanted to fly
us to DC in 18 minutes.
[20:05] » You make it to DC in 18 minutes?
[laughter]
[20:10] » I told I told I
[20:15] wasn't getting in that.
Now the next deployment is going to be
[20:18] the full it's everybody going out next.
>> Yeah. The entire wing the US Air Force
[20:23] is uh we say consuming readiness but
they they are uh consuming capacity from
[20:28] the Air National Guard a lot differently
now. Before we would just send our
[20:32] aviation package out uh which is around
that 350 people uh to to go work for
[20:37] combatant commanders around the world.
Now they're asking for roughly around
[20:41] three quarters of our wing, call it 750
people. So, they're going to take our
[20:47] our our entire leadership team as as
well as our administration support team
[20:52] with the aviation package and go run a a
big base uh somewhere.
[20:58] » One last question though. I think it's
super important though that people know
[21:02] what's the cost difference between
active duty unit and a guard unit that
[21:05] we have here in New Jersey because
there's a difference in belief, right?
[21:09] » Uh there is. So, uh this this is the
part that uh warms my heart as a
[21:13] taxpayer. it. If you take ly and kind
active duty aviation package in the same
[21:19] airframe versus a guard uh that the the
Air National Guard cost about 60% and
[21:26] that that number varies to the cost of
what active duty uh uh cost and a lot of
[21:31] it is because of what we see here today.
We are in the local community. We don't
[21:35] have a big, you know, we don't have a
big base housing to support. We don't
[21:38] have a a a runway that we have to
support. We're we're working with our
[21:43] partners within the community to to
bring that capability to us without the
[21:48] cost.
>> Well, I know when you do the night
[21:51] flying, it goes out on social media and
people are what's 90%
[21:57] of the people, there's always going to
be one, but are thrilled to hear it.
[22:01] They're thrilled to hear it's like the
sounds of freedom is what everybody
[22:04] calls it. So, we greatly appreciate
everything you do out there. I know each
[22:08] and every one of us do. Pete, I have
anything? Good.
[22:12] » And I know this has been talked about
for a while, the 35s. We just hope it
[22:16] can happen. That's from me and the rest
of us because I know when Liana was the
[22:22] congressman, it was talked about. Now
Andrew is the congressman. You know,
[22:26] hopefully the higher up people in the
department of war can't we can't say it
[22:31] can figure it out and say send how many
you need to this unit. And and knowing
[22:37] from my military experience, I mean,
just stuff and you need the best stuff.
[22:41] If you're going to be doing real live
missions, what you have to do in the
[22:46] future, you need the best equipment.
>> I'm trying to figure out committee man.
[22:51] How come those old pieces I saw you, you
don't look this good? [laughter]
[22:57] [clears throat]
[23:00] [laughter]
>> We do. We truly greatly appreciate
[23:02] absolutely anything you do.
>> How's it going?
[23:06] is shuttlebutt within the service
branch. Is there a chance to shot in the
[23:12] dark
>> for F-35s?
[23:14] » Yeah, we are very competitive.
>> Yeah, I figured out the current basing
[23:18] round there's about nine bases that
they're looking at for for two units
[23:22] » because I mean in my army career we went
through Brack and all this, close this,
[23:26] open that, do this, do that. that
>> it's a little
[23:31] warm. Okay. [laughter] But I'm saying
>> I just hope we get it. I just hope we
[23:36] get Thank you. Thank you, gentlemen.
>> And you'll have an idea.
[23:39] » Late fall, you said?
>> Uh, probably late fall, early winter.
[23:43] » Well, we sent letters out to every
single person on the list. Added a few
[23:47] extra. Change a couple of names. Um,
>> appreciate it.
[23:52] » I think we sent it to
>> We sent it to everybody on the list that
[23:55] Yeah.
>> Thank you.
[23:56] » So, but thank you. Thank you. Thank you
for coming. Thank you for explaining
[24:00] this. And listen, anytime you want to
come back and thank you for doing the
[24:04] fly over during the Memorial Day parade.
>> Oh, absolutely.
[24:07] » That's amazing. That's amazing.
>> That was a tough one in the 21 years. I
[24:11] had something to do with the Memorial
Day parade. Usually we get the Coast
[24:14] Guard with no problem. But you guys were
Now we got it in, I guess.
[24:18] » Like this is home.
>> Then you can come back.
[24:23] [laughter]
>> Scary.
[24:27] of the day. But thank you.
>> And if there's anything we can do to
[24:29] help, please don't hesitate
>> down the road if it gets if it
[24:33] [clears throat]
>> begins momentum that we can call again
[24:37] and say we as a community would like to
have this happen, it maybe could happen.
[24:42] » The largest municipality in Atlanta
County.
[24:44] » Yeah.
>> We hear NFAC. I'm sure you hear that
[24:49] name. Uh the history of how it got out
there was it was a training base during
[24:55] World War II. Boomer, right? You guys
know I mean I
[24:58] » and I worked out and the reason being
and I could never understand
[25:02] how they the navigation was looking for
the reservoir off the ocean. The first
[25:08] reservoir is what they would line up on
and come in and hit your runway.
[25:11] » Oh, really? Okay.
>> Yeah. The two res one's on our facility
[25:14] and one's off. So they would see it from
the ocean. I guess some scopes and
[25:18] whatever you're wearing and they that's
where the main runway is end of that
[25:22] reservoir.
on a personal level, the history of that
[25:27] that that air patch out there is
fascinating with all the test
[25:30] development that went on uh even to what
we do on it today
[25:35] » and and we're glad I personally I'm glad
it's still here
[25:39] » that something hasn't got the idea moved
you guys on wire or somewhere else like
[25:42] that.
>> Don't speak that.
[25:44] » Yeah, that's probably
>> But before you leave,
[25:48] » we need a motion to adopt.
Make that motion.
[25:53] » We'll second it.
>> Roll, please.
[25:58] » Yes.
>> Absolutely.
[26:00] » Yes.
>> Absolutely.
[26:03] » It's official.
>> Thank you.
[26:07] » Thank you all. Thank you for coming. We
greatly appreciate it.
[26:18] » [laughter]
[26:27] » survive.
[laughter]
[26:30] » Thank you, gentlemen.
[26:38] » We're moving forward to Mr. Freriedman.
Ordinance number 18 for public hearing.
[26:42] Thank you, Mayor. Ordinance 18 is an
ordinance providing for the acceptance
[26:46] of a donation from Kids LLC and the
preparation of deed conveying real
[26:51] property being block 1702 lots 88 and 89
and the official tax map of the township
[26:57] of Bay Harbor County, Atlantic State,
New Jersey. The purpose of this
[27:00] ordinance is to authorize the township's
acceptance of a donated parson
[27:04] identified as block 1702 lots 889 by
deed and to authorize the recording of
[27:10] said conveyance. Thank you. Thank you.
Is there anyone in the public that would
[27:14] like to discuss or rules number 18?
Seeing none, can I have a motion to
[27:18] close the public portion?
>> Second.
[27:21] » Roll call, please.
>> Yes.
[27:25] » Yes.
>> Ireland.
[27:26] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[27:28] » Yes. Can I have a motion to adopt
ordinance number 18?
[27:32] » Motion. Ireland.
>> Second.
[27:37] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[27:39] » Ireland.
>> Yes.
[27:41] Yes. Ordinance. Uh, ordinance 19, Mr.
Freeman.
[27:44] » Okay. Ordinance 19 is an ordinance
providing for the acceptance of the
[27:47] donation by deed conveying real property
being block 3901 lots 3 and four and the
[27:53] official tax map of the township of Bay
Harbor County, Lan, New Jersey. The
[27:57] purpose of this ordinance is to
authorize the township's acceptance of a
[28:01] donated parcel previously identified by
deed and to authorize the recording of
[28:06] the conveyance. Thank you. Is there
anyone in the public that would like to
[28:11] address the governing body on ordinance
number 19?
[28:14] » Seeing none, can I have a motion to
close the public portion?
[28:17] » Second.
>> Roll call, please.
[28:20] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[28:22] » Yes.
>> Robert,
[28:23] » yes. Can I have a motion to adopt
ordinance number 19?
[28:27] » Motion Ireland.
>> Second.
[28:30] » Roll call, please.
>> Yes.
[28:33] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[28:35] » And yes. Ordinance 20. Mr. Freeman.
>> Ordinance 20 is is an ordinance
[28:40] authorizing the private sale of township
owned property being known as block 8405
[28:46] lot 12 commonly known as Belinka Avenue
to the highest bidder from the amongst
[28:52] the contiguous property owners presumed
to New Jersey statutes 48 colon 12-13.
[28:58] The purpose of this ordinance is to
authorize the private sale of the
[29:01] township own property known as block
8405 12 to the highest bidder from
[29:07] amongst the contiguous property owners.
Thank you.
[29:10] » Thank you. Is there anyone in the public
that would like to discuss ordinance
[29:13] number 20?
>> Seeing none, can you have a motion to
[29:16] close the public portion?
>> Motion second. Uh
[29:20] » roll call, please.
>> Yes.
[29:23] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[29:25] » Yes. And
>> yes.
[29:29] A motion to adopt ordinance number 20.
>> Motion second.
[29:37] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[29:38] » Ireland.
>> Yes.
[29:40] » Promise.
>> Yes. Ordinance number 21. Mr. Freeman.
[29:43] » Thank you, Mayor. Ordinance 21 is an
ordinance to amend the code of the
[29:46] township of Bay Harbor, chapter 165
entitled Parks and Recreation Areas by
[29:51] deleting subsection 165-5U
and amending chapter
[29:58] 141C powers to transfer oversight of the
responsibilities for the Egg Harbor
[30:03] Township Nature Reserve to the
Environmental Commission. The purpose of
[30:07] this ordinance is to amend chapters 6
and 165 of the township code to transfer
[30:12] municipal oversight of the Yarpa
Township Nature Reserve to the
[30:16] Environmental Commission while retaining
permitting administration by the
[30:21] Department of Parks and Recreation.
Thank you.
[30:24] » Anyone in the public that would like to
speak on ordinance 21?
[30:28] Seeing none, can I have a motion to
close the public portion? motion.
[30:34] » A motion in a second.
>> Ryan.
[30:37] » Okay. Roll call, please.
>> Yes.
[30:42] » Ellis, [clears throat]
>> yes.
[30:44] » Yes. Can I have a motion to adopt
ordinance number 21?
[30:49] » Second.
>> Yes.
[30:54] » Yes.
>> And
[30:55] » yes. Ordinance 22. Mr. Friedman. Rex 22
is an ordinance uh amending chapter one
[31:01] of the code of the township of Bay
Harbor entitled the general provisions
[31:05] to add article 3 known as official
municipal insignia. The purpose of this
[31:11] ordinance is to establish regulations
governing the authorized use of the
[31:15] township's official municipal seal or
municipal logo. Thank you.
[31:19] » Thank you. Anyone in the public that
would like to speak to the governing
[31:22] body in ordinance 22?
>> Seeing none, can you have a motion to
[31:26] close the public portion? Second.
>> Roll call, please.
[31:31] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[31:32] » Ireland,
>> yes.
[31:34] » And
>> yes. Can I have a motion to adopt
[31:36] ordinance 22?
>> Second.
[31:40] » Roll call, please.
>> Yes.
[31:43] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[31:45] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[31:48] » Ordinance 24 for introduction. Mr.
Friedman.
[31:51] » Thank you, mayor. Ordinance 24 is an
ordinance to amend chapter 89 of the
[31:55] township code entitled construction
codes and uniform specifically chapter
[32:00] 89-4 entitled fee schedules. Purpose of
this ordinance is to update construction
[32:06] permit fees for solar panel
installations in accordance with the
[32:11] current state requirements and delete
the related solar panel fee from the
[32:16] fire protection fee schedule. A public
hearing on ordinance 24 of 2026 will be
[32:22] held on Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at
5:00 pm. Thank you.
[32:27] » Can I have a motion to introduce
ordinance number 24?
[32:31] » So moved. Second.
>> Roll call, please.
[32:35] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[32:37] » Alice,
>> yes.
[32:39] » Every time we say the date September
16th, I can't believe we're talking
[32:42] September 16th already. This is crazy.
It's crazy. We have a resolution consent
[32:48] calendar. We're going to be pulling
resolution 368 as it's no longer needed.
[32:52] Um, but does anybody have any questions?
If not, can I have a motion to um accept
[33:02] all of these, please?
From 355 through and including 369
[33:07] polling 368.
>> Thank you. Thank you for one question,
[33:12] Tom. one the vehicles we're buying. Is
that what we plan in the budget to
[33:16] replace?
>> Yes.
[33:18] » The capital plan is
>> okay. It's not an extra at the end of
[33:20] the year.
>> No, sir.
[33:22] » And one thing I do want to add on
resolution 361 that has to do with the
[33:27] spirit of 76 uh celebration on the 19th.
We'll have more information on that at
[33:31] our next meeting, all the finalized
details, and we'll be putting it out on
[33:35] our website. So, may I have a motion for
355 through an including Thank you. 369.
[33:43] Thank you. Roll call, please.
>> Yes.
[33:47] » Yes.
>> Ireland.
[33:48] » Yes.
>> Ellis and
[33:50] » yes.
>> Resolution 370 is for paying our bills.
[33:54] Can I have a motion, please?
>> Motion. Second.
[33:58] » Third. [laughter]
>> Roll call, please.
[34:01] » Yes.
>> Yes.
[34:03] » Ireland.
>> Yes.
[34:04] » Ellis and firmer.
>> Yes.
[34:06] » We have some approvals. Can I have a
motion to approve the tent committee
[34:09] August 12th, 2026 meeting minutes?
>> So moved. Second.
[34:14] » All in favor?
>> I.
[34:17] » Motion to approve the tent committee
August 12th, 2026 closed executive
[34:22] session minutes.
>> Thank you.
[34:25] » Second.
>> Thank you. All in favor?
[34:27] » I.
>> Can I have a motion to approve the
[34:30] payroll for the month of August in the
amount of $1,690,460.74?
[34:37] Motion second.
>> Thank you. All in favor?
[34:40] » I
>> Okay. Uh, Chief Spana, I heard you
[34:44] wanted to speak on a couple things.
[34:53] [clears throat]
>> Good evening, Mayor Township Committee.
[34:57] um as part of my responsibilities as the
chief and as you'll know is to report
[35:03] monthly to the appointing authority or
the governing body. Um and we typically
[35:08] and historically have done that through
the monthly report that you're provided.
[35:11] Um but I'd like to think since you know
for the last couple years I've kind of
[35:15] enhanced that by making sure I'm here at
the meetings and sharing um things that
[35:21] the police department is doing or things
that are impacting the community and
[35:24] things like that. So, this is kind of an
addition to that. Uh, there's three
[35:28] things that I'm excited to share with
the township committee. I discussed with
[35:32] Tom, uh, Mr. Dantino, business
administrator.
[35:37] So, uh, number one is I'm we're excited
to announce that we're going to finally
[35:43] partner again with our local FBI office
and provide a police officer for a
[35:47] two-year assignment to the FBI safe
streets task force. It's been over 20
[35:52] years since we last did this. and we
have deferred those opportunities lately
[35:57] over the last couple years due to the
resource allocation challenges that we
[36:01] had. Not to say that we don't have them,
but it's just more uh breathable right
[36:06] now. Um it's a mutual it's a mutually
beneficial relationship strengthens our
[36:11] relationship with the local office,
thereby facilitating priority assistance
[36:15] and criminal investigations either
initiated by our agency that touch upon
[36:19] federal areas or vice versa. when an
investigation may initiate on their end
[36:25] involving a target or activity in our
jurisdiction. It avoids duplication of
[36:30] efforts. Having our officer assigned
provides us with a really a front row
[36:34] seat to violent crime plaguing
surrounding communities, our community
[36:41] or crossover activity between our the
communities. In fact, we would
[36:45] theoretically, and this is what I I
think it's so important, we would
[36:48] theoretically be able to interrupt, if
not prevent violent crime from um taking
[36:53] root in our community by being part of
this
[36:57] um
>> the quality of police services to our
[37:00] Thank you. Sorry, I'm I'm staying
focused. I put it in writing. So,
[37:05] » for me to be a good move, it should be a
long time ago.
[37:08] » Um thank you.
So, um, the quality of police services
[37:14] to our community is enhanced by having a
stronger, I say stronger because we've
[37:18] had a strong working relationship with
the FBI. Um, but by having these strong
[37:22] relationships with our federal partners.
Three current admin or three current
[37:26] commanders in the police department now,
myself, Captain Kennedy, Captain Bergen
[37:31] are all graduates of the FBI National
Academy in addition to eight previous
[37:36] commanders and chiefs from our agency
who are all now retired. that's dating
[37:40] back to the 1980s. It is our time to
give back for the executive leadership
[37:45] training they have made available to us
since the late 80s. Any overtime
[37:50] associated with the assignment is borne
by vehicle to the assigned officer. The
[37:54] assigned task force officer is subject
to extensive and stringent background
[37:59] investigation where if they pass, which
we hope they do, uh they're given a top
[38:04] secret clearance and will have access to
classified materials that may affect
[38:08] EHT's area of responsibility. In
layman's terms, if there is a terrorist
[38:14] or spy operating in EHT or even in the
general area of this county, our TFLO
[38:19] will have the clearance to participate
in the investigation and ensuring that
[38:23] the appropriate representation by EHTPD
is at the highest levels of our national
[38:29] security apparatus. So,
>> honorable officer,
[38:34] » um, it's going to be a detective. I'm
just gonna not say that person's name
[38:38] because I don't, you know, don't know
what their assignments are gonna be.
[38:41] » It's not that yet. So,
>> so no, well, it's in the works. Um,
[38:45] » so we they're they should be they will
be working in a capacity pending their
[38:51] background investigation completion
probably within the next
[38:54] » Did they reach out to us? Did you reach
them?
[38:57] » It's been it's been mutual. Um, you
know, ever since this goes back to
[39:02] Jessica Weissman, who's has since
retired, but it's been one of those
[39:06] things we just didn't have the available
resources to give them a person because
[39:10] it's a two-year commitment
>> right here.
[39:14] » So, good move. Like I said before, my
background, it's we're the biggest
[39:19] department in the t in the county and we
this is a good thing.
[39:26] » I think so, too. Like I said, now we're
going to like I think it just makes our
[39:29] relationship even stronger. And just two
recent cases that you're very familiar
[39:34] with where the FBI assets, if we didn't
have that relationship, we might not
[39:39] have um successfully
um handled or solved them. And one was
[39:45] the missing juvenile where we used they
were able they used their technology,
[39:50] the surveillance plane that hasn't been
used for a missing person case. Um and
[39:56] also the nature reserve case where they
came right in and they were we were able
[40:00] to um access the technology of cell
phone data like within um 24 hours
[40:08] » right
>> which
[40:10] » no it's a good move without that
relationship
[40:13] who knows if that would have been solved
>> and who knows with the young man.
[40:17] » Yes. something.
>> How [clears throat] uh how did you rate
[40:20] this person?
>> Um based on their performance
[40:28] in their criminal investigations,
um they are their investigations, but no
[40:33] one really is touched the types of
investigations criminals or I'm sorry,
[40:39] drug drugrelated or gunrelated. Um, and
they also know because he's he. Okay, I
[40:47] gave it away. It's a he. Well, we only
have he's in the detective bureau so
[40:51] right now. But anyway, um, really the
nature of the investigations he's been
[40:56] involved in. Um, just top-notch.
Some in the most recent case is an
[41:03] international case that may touch upon
cartel activity. And that's the type of
[41:07] person um who's being assigned and in
fact they
[41:14] were recruiting him as well. So
and I did check with our labor attorney.
[41:20] We did not have to have any type of
selection process. I know he was here.
[41:23] There he is.
>> There he is. [laughter]
[41:24] » We did not have to have a selection
selection process. It could have been by
[41:28] assignment um because it's not um it's
not a promotion and it's an assignment.
[41:34] So
>> well done.
[41:38] » Couple holes, right?
>> Second thing, in the coming months, uh
[41:41] our officers will be authorized to wear
specialty patches on the right to wear
[41:45] the uniform shirt. Um the patches will
require approval uh first before being
[41:51] worn. And for example, and and I bring
this up again because it's out of the
[41:55] norm. It's not something that previous
thing uh was previously entertained. Um
[42:01] but we're going to do it. Um and I'll
give you an example. Um, so the patches
[42:06] they're submitted for, they might
represent the fall season specific to
[42:09] Halloween or one for Christmas holidays
or who knows, you know, some uh special
[42:15] occasion. They'll be permitted to use
their annual uniform allowance to
[42:19] purchase these patches and paid for any
uniform alterations to display them. So,
[42:24] it's no additional cost to the township.
uh the mere adorment of these specialty
[42:28] patches will be a conversation piece
with the youth of our community and just
[42:32] might lighten spirits between an officer
and an arrest interaction or anyone for
[42:37] that matter. So I'm going to give you an
example. So here's
[42:50] » so chief in the military we used to do
them for morale patches. So every unit
[42:55] had it and then that's how you signify
or whatever just morale patches you
[42:58] would have a Friday patch compared to
whatever
[43:01] » that's being done in
>> around
[43:07] nationwide I mean I'm sorry
>> nationwide
[43:10] » it's trending trending
>> and it's and like uh that's who's the
[43:16] » No
[laughter]
[43:18] and like I just said um it is also
morale I didn't put that in there but
[43:23] it's a morale
things for internally. So, and the
[43:28] they're excited to do to be able to do
that.
[43:30] » Do you have a design competition for it?
I
[43:32] » was going to say maybe the kids can
design something.
[43:34] » It's funny. The one that Committee van
Ellis, Deputy Mayor Ellis is holding was
[43:38] in fact designed by the person that's
being assigned to the [laughter] given
[43:42] all the
[43:46] screw. [laughter]
[43:49] » These are great. These are great.
>> So,
[43:52] » I know you're right. I think the kids
will like this and all that. I think
[43:55] that's
very engaged with our
[44:00] so they'll be seeing them and it'll be a
great conversation piece piece. So, and
[44:04] then finally, the police department has
partnered with Lori Young, the host
[44:07] producer of News Talk WD Radio um to be
featured once a month for the next year.
[44:14] Uh Lori has given us a platform to
feature the various functions of our
[44:17] police department with trending topics.
This past July, I kicked off that
[44:21] participation by discussing elder fraud
on her program and highlighted current
[44:25] cases or past cases, most recent uh
cases in hopes that her listeners don't
[44:31] fall victim to the trending scams. Um,
in August, Captain Sherry Bergen and
[44:35] Sergeant Ed Sterns discuss traffic
safety topics. In addition, each month,
[44:40] I'm sorry, each month we'll feature a
different unit or people from our agency
[44:44] to share their areas of responsibility
and how it impacts the community at
[44:49] large. Um, and that includes even our
professional staff, not just sworn. So,
[44:53] we'll have dispatch records, you know,
and just kind of be able to impart what
[45:00] they do and how it impacts our citizens.
Um, and she's also, Lori has also
[45:08] graciously offered us radio time to
prepare public service announcements on
[45:13] important topics or issues to reach a
larger audience such as again traffic
[45:18] safety, crime prevention, personal
safety, things like that and thinking
[45:21] outside the box type stuff. So, we're
going to be doing that for the next
[45:25] year's, you know, retro record to July
that we did already start without your
[45:29] permission, but I did it anyway.
[laughter]
[45:32] » I think that's good. Um
>> my only request is can you give us a
[45:37] reminder before it's coming out so we
can actually
[45:40] » Well, we can what we're going to do is
we're going to uh we're probably going
[45:43] to they send us for example I have the
uh
[45:48] the recordings from when I was on there
and when Captain Bergen and Sergeant
[45:52] Sterns were on there and we're going to
probably be able to post them as links
[45:54] on our website so that way if anyone
wants to listen to them. But I think
[46:00] it's a good thing and again it gives uh
there's I'm sure there's a lot of people
[46:04] that live in EHT
that are listeners and it's not and we
[46:08] all know that not all not only EHT
people uh travel through EHT so it's all
[46:14] over. So just
>> especially the one that you did on elder
[46:17] fraud I know in the past and we'll
probably be doing it again. We did some
[46:20] public meetings on that. We've done them
at Village Grand. Yes.
[46:23] » Um I think those are very important to
do. So
[46:28] » I hope that it'll it'll hit some people
that maybe don't show up for those
[46:32] things and maybe you know there's
>> they can just listen at their own
[46:35] convenience. I think that's fabulous.
>> So
[46:38] » thank you.
>> Thank you. That's that's a lot.
[46:41] » Is that five minutes?
[laughter]
[46:48] » That's awesome. Thanks. Thanks.
[laughter]
[46:51] Well done. All right. Is there anybody
in the public that would like to address
[46:55] it in governing body?
>> Mr. Brick, Mr. Brick, you
[47:06] » I won't be anywhere close to five
minutes. Um, Dominic Prank of the Egg
[47:11] Potential Youth Organization. I just
want to remind everybody that football
[47:15] season, cheer season's kicking off this
weekend and Friday night. Hopefully, you
[47:20] guys all got our invitations. We're
going to have our kickoff party and
[47:23] we're hop around 4 to 6 to get
everything going and we're going to have
[47:28] ask you um everyone the whole committee
to come up and to do a ribbon cutting
[47:32] ceremony. So Rick from the rec
department he's promised me two polls.
[47:35] We're going to place on the field not
stick in the ground on the field
[47:39] [laughter] and we're going to bring a
ribbon across and then we're going to
[47:44] ask um y'all to come out and cut the
ribbon for us. And then those who have
[47:48] been out there in the past, you know, we
have a big barbecue. Used to be
[47:51] hamburgers and hot dogs, we had to cut
it down to just hot dogs now. And I want
[47:55] to thank you for that. Um providing the
hot dogs for us this year. But um it's
[47:59] going to be a big event, bigger, um you
know, because of the new field and we
[48:04] have a DJ coming out. So they're going
to announce all the kids. We hired a DJ
[48:07] to come out and we're trying to do it as
professional as possible.
[48:10] » So the kids love it.
>> The kids do love it.
[48:14] Um, hopefully there's going to be some
media coverage out there. We're hoping
[48:17] to, you know, get some good vibes to the
new field. And I just want to make sure
[48:22] you guys all knew about it. I know I
sent everybody emails, but I don't know
[48:25] if everybody checks their emails.
[laughter]
[48:30] » We're
cotton candy, smoke, hot dogs, and other
[48:37] happy.
>> What's that?
[48:38] » And a lot of happy families.
>> And a lot of happy families. So, um,
[48:41] we're looking forward to you all coming
out there and celebrating with us. And,
[48:44] um, hopefully Chief come out, maybe
bring some community officers. Come out
[48:48] there. It's a good time. Friday, right
around the to six. It's It's a real good
[48:52] time. This Friday. Yeah.
>> Coach, how many years has it been since
[48:56] the last uh field?
>> So, the from what I It's long before my
[49:00] time. Maybe Wisconsin may know. I don't
know. Um, it's [laughter]
[49:06] I know I know I know that
>> the organization's been around at least
[49:11] » Oh, yeah.
>> 68 years. Um, and I know you
[49:14] » help build the black building. It
probably needs to be replaced.
[49:17] » No, a lot of history.
>> The inside. It's beautiful. It's
[49:21] beautiful.
>> Um, yeah, the the meeting room looks
[49:25] beautiful. Everything
we have we have air conditioning now.
[49:28] which is it's a a valuable thing because
we have a lot of elderly folks that come
[49:32] out there
>> and um the elderly folks that come out
[49:37] there it's very hot so normally I'm you
know trying to make sure they get enough
[49:41] water you know and we never had a place
now I can say come in the back room and
[49:45] relax have a bottle of water and it's
it's it's a wonderful thing to offer
[49:48] that back room to people you know I got
I'm big on respecting my elders and
[49:52] taking care of the elderly and I want
it's it's a nice place for them to be so
[49:57] I want to extend done that. And um I
think hopefully our our field is good to
[50:01] go for the for the weekend and you know
we're good.
[50:04] » I mean cut
>> I'm no I'm no professional. I mean it
[50:06] looks good to me. It's green.
>> Is that water with all the little woody
[50:10] cut?
>> Um I don't have I have not been on the
[50:14] middle of it. I've gone around it like
I'll take my golf cart around it and
[50:18] it's it's awesome. And they they they
lined it and for the first time in 67
[50:23] years there's no field baseball dirt on
the playing field. So that's that's
[50:27] phenomenal.
>> We'll find out this weekend because it's
[50:29] a game this weekend.
>> Yeah, we have a game on Saturday and
[50:32] then um next weekend you have the 250.
So we're going to play Sunday night um
[50:37] your Sunday day because we were told
that everything's going to be rep by
[50:40] then. Everything will be good.
>> So yeah, we made all the arrangements
[50:47] the drainage work. I I believe that the
drainage Rick explained it to me that it
[50:51] was upgraded drainage and then there's
on the Castle Park side it's kind of a
[50:56] dips down. So I think it's like a
temporary drainage basin that they put
[51:01] there.
>> So it it looks like uh for my I don't I
[51:05] don't know what I'm doing but it looks
good to me. So I'm very very pleased.
[51:08] We're very grateful. And this Friday
night make sure you come early cuz
[51:13] parking is going to be crazy back there.
And we we'll probably start the
[51:17] ceremonies probably 6:00. Um but usually
people get there around quarter of all
[51:23] the parents, moms and dads, they'll
bring their chairs, line them up on the
[51:26] sideline and then every team gets
announced by the cheer DJ. The kids run
[51:30] out. The girls do a quick little cheer
and uh and then we hold everybody and
[51:36] then we all go and try to, you know, go
get a cotton candy, go get hot dogs and
[51:40] stuff like that.
>> There's a couple thousand people that
[51:43] come out.
>> Yeah, it's crazy. So there's eight teams
[51:45] and then there's eight teams of
cheerleaders, 16 teams times two people
[51:49] and grandma and grandpas and aunts and
uncles. So it's pretty pretty big event.
[51:53] I know I'm cooking a thousand dogs.
>> So you know
[52:00] [laughter]
[52:02] I just want to extend that you guys have
been awesome and very honored and proud
[52:07] to have that field and uh it's going to
be it's going to be a good night.
[52:11] » That's good. It's going to be a good
season. a good season and
[52:14] [clears throat] that's all for me. Y'all
have any questions for me?
[52:16] » No. Awesome. Thank you very much.
>> I do want to say that when the season is
[52:21] done, you're going to have to come back.
>> No, ma'am.
[52:24] » No, no, no. Just to say thank you.
>> Oh, absolutely.
[52:27] » Just to say thank you because 40 How
many years you've been down there?
[52:30] » I go like 26.
>> Of course.
[52:34] » 26. So, I don't know if I get a pension
plan from you, but you know,
[52:38] » double every year.
It's another
[52:43] » Thanks. [clears throat]
>> Anybody else like to address the
[52:46] governing body?
>> Seeing none, can I have a motion to
[52:49] close the public portion?
>> Second.
[52:53] » Uh, can I have a roll call, please?
>> Yes.
[52:59] » Yes.
>> Yes. And before I go any further, we
[53:03] have a member of our environmental
commission here tonight. I'm not going
[53:05] to say her name, but I would like to
wish her a very happy birthday.
[53:10] So [clears throat]
last over there
[53:14] » and thank you [clears throat] for all
your hard work on the environment.
[53:19] » Okay, moving forward. Township committee
reports, Mr. Ireland,
[53:25] » the school already started.
>> It's crazy. All four of my kids are now
[53:30] at school, which is a little weird empty
house now. Um, but I just want to make
[53:35] sure when I was on the school board, we
always try to make sure that everybody
[53:38] understands about the bus. The buses are
out there. Please take a lot more time.
[53:42] Give yourself more time in the morning,
more time in the afternoon, more time
[53:45] whenever these buses go out. They're
little kids, so please watch the kids.
[53:49] Take your time and just watch them,
please. That's all. Um, other than that,
[53:54] I can't wait for Friday um for everybody
to be there and open up the field. The
[53:58] field looks amazing. Can't wait for our
kids to play on it um following week.
[54:03] But that's all I have.
>> We have no more rain. [laughter]
[54:06] » Hey.
>> So,
[54:07] » hey, we play in the rain. As long as
there's no lightning, we're good. Right.
[54:10] Right. Earthquake.
[laughter]
[54:14] » But that's all I have for I just I just
want to make sure everybody please be
[54:17] careful with the school buses. Please
watch out for the kids, okay? They're
[54:21] little. Just watch out.
>> Just [laughter] take your time.
[54:25] Nothing's that much of a rush in life.
That's all
[54:29] » Mr. Castalena.
>> Thank you, mayor. Um, well, I
[54:33] [clears throat] was very glad that we
were able to um lend our support to the
[54:38] 177 this evening. I just wanted to point
out, you know, I I spent 28 years at the
[54:44] technical center and uh much of that
time, Paul knows, I was involved with
[54:49] things on the director staff and we have
many organizations out there. We have
[54:55] the FAA, we have obviously the 177th, we
have the Coast Guard, we have the TSA,
[55:02] we have the airport itself. And all of
those organizations, what they have in
[55:07] common is they have vital national
missions. And they also play an
[55:13] important part in protecting our
community and in providing jobs and
[55:19] employment in our community. So, anytime
we can help any of the organizations at
[55:24] the tech center like we did tonight, we
should do so. I'm glad we did that. The
[55:29] second thing I would just wanted to
report on um the economic development
[55:34] commission um [clears throat] met in
August. We uh did not meet in July, but
[55:38] we had a great meeting in August to
start off our 26 27 year. and uh we
[55:46] decided collectively we were going to
place uh as our number one focus area
[55:51] the Cardiff Circle um and the um Harbor
Square storm wall sort of complex that
[55:58] whole area to take a look at what can be
done. There's a lot of uh study that's
[56:03] been done already that we want to look
at. We want to take a look at all of it.
[56:08] See what else we might uh need to study
and let's let's see what we can do out
[56:13] there. Do you have all the information
from DCA?
[56:16] » We had we met with the state and then
we've had Yeah. The senator's been fals
[56:27] 36 extensions,
>> but it looks like the work they're doing
[56:31] isn't part of the improvements. Some
light changes out there, but we talked
[56:36] about and the cross works. Yeah. But and
they're not done as I last night I was
[56:42] out there. There's a lip, but it does
need to be looked at at both times.
[56:48] [laughter]
>> Yep.
[56:49] » And it's already in a redevelopment
area. So,
[56:53] we just need people to come in.
>> Yep.
[56:56] » And we also need the direct connection
on the 36.
[56:58] » Yep.
>> That's right.
[57:02] » I mean, maybe that the lane for 36. It's
better because you are in your lane, not
[57:08] trying to cross over what's on tilt. So
they work, you know, but there needs to
[57:12] be a lot of work.
>> Perfect. Very good. Thank you,
[57:17] » Mr.
[57:21] T said. I mean, we hope to have some
improvements. That's the main commercial
[57:25] district of the town. So on the plate,
so we can go for a long time. And uh
[57:31] good luck. I hope it happens. I mean the
commercial places don't play unless
[57:36] there's a reason to come and hopefully
they'll come. Um the 177 um we've heard
[57:43] about this how long be 20 years
not to talk about military we watch it
[57:49] on TV whatever channel you prefer uh
they are a big part of our defense of
[57:54] where we live they have responsibility
like the colonel said for Washington New
[58:00] York and probably Baltimore
okay and they can get there in minutes
[58:06] like he said he 911 for anything in the
air and they do scramble more times.
[58:10] It's hard to believe those F-16s have
been out there long, but hopefully
[58:14] they'll get to 35s and we'll change.
It's a good airport. It's a nice runway,
[58:19] right, Pete? It's a long runway.
>> 11
[58:23] shuttle way back to cut it back, but
it's it's a good runway out there and
[58:27] it's been upgraded over the years. Just
wish Dominic and he left. I can't wish
[58:32] you good luck on football, but um we're
going to have a lot of people out there
[58:36] for football and hopefully the field
that we have tried in various locations
[58:41] in the township is a good investment and
stays in good condition. And I wish
[58:46] everybody a happy Labor Day. And one
other thing when when um Mr. uh Patrick
[58:51] spoke about the schools and school
buses, we're doing a lot of road work
[58:55] now. The county is doing road work on
Zion. Counties out on Meline Road. if we
[59:00] were going to be on our side streets
between now and the end of the year of
[59:04] taking care of road work. So that helps
make a confusion for the people and
[59:10] buses moving around our township. Um the
detours out where I live won't mention
[59:16] any other names of Zion Road, Asbury
Road, it's a pain in the neck because
[59:20] you got to go miles to do around. So the
thing is hopefully the county will get
[59:24] that done and it'll be in good shape.
That's it.
[59:28] » That's it. Mr. Elled
towards uh Chief Spano Chief Spano in
[59:35] the past two weeks the town still in one
place one piece and one
[59:42] they left me in charge
[laughter]
[59:45] I didn't move up the town
[59:52] the same place you were no um I just we
always have to talk about the traffic
[59:57] situation here Everybody just need to
slow down, you know, buses probably, you
[1:00:02] know, you had a bus school bus and all
that. We just need to slow down and
[1:00:06] respect the traffic. Um,
you know, cuz it's bad out here. Est
[1:00:12] traffic people just ignore signs, you
know, and I always talk about myself
[1:00:17] police officer. A lot of time police on
the remains and we have to like I said
[1:00:23] set example when we I was in Man City
you know it's like you pull people over
[1:00:28] and then you don't use speed. So it's
like um let's let's respect the speed
[1:00:33] and uh we don't want any injuries or
anything like that. And for all the kids
[1:00:39] that had to go back to school yesterday,
don't do no homework all week.
[1:00:43] [laughter]
[1:00:45] » So the teacher get to get adjusted back
to school. [laughter]
[1:00:50] » I'm going get get all the kids in
trouble. But glad to see the kids back
[1:00:55] in school. The teachers miss them and
they're going to have a great year
[1:00:58] school district is unbelievable.
>> They are good,
[1:01:02] » right?
>> Yeah. That's good.
[1:01:06] » That's it. I just really want to wish
everybody going back to school a very
[1:01:11] happy school year to the teachers, to
the staff, especially to the bus
[1:01:15] drivers. I want to give a shout out to
the bus drivers. You know, they're the
[1:01:18] first faces kids see in the morning and
usually the last face at the end of the
[1:01:22] day and you know, they do a lot of hard
work. So, but all of our staff does at
[1:01:26] the school. So, we just want to wish
them all a great school year and
[1:01:28] reiterate what everybody else here said.
Be careful of your speed. I happen to
[1:01:33] live on a school street and I just am
amazed at some of the tailgating and
[1:01:37] some of the speeding that goes on. So
please please
[1:01:41] [clears throat]
>> uh Tom, do you have anything? Two
[1:01:43] » quick things may
part of center area and all that. As you
[1:01:48] know, we received a grant two years ago
to do a traffic transportation study out
[1:01:52] there in the verdict that have for us
phase one was complete at the end of
[1:01:56] last year. We have a meeting with the
NJB DOT in two weeks to go over the
[1:02:00] results of that and then for phase two
which we already have the grant for to
[1:02:04] move that forward as well. Phase one was
taking the traffic attempts. Phase two
[1:02:08] is making the imple implementation on
what making a plan to implement what
[1:02:13] needs to get done. So just
and the state of New Jersey is putting a
[1:02:18] task force together for nextgen 911 and
our IT director Steve N has been
[1:02:23] appointed to that team. So I just want
to point that out.
[1:02:26] » That's awesome. Steve's fabulous. So
that's awesome.
[1:02:30] » That's awesome.
>> Very good. Do we have need for a close
[1:02:32] session?
>> Yes, ma'am. We have one item to talk
[1:02:35] about.
>> Okay. So I think
[1:02:37] » and and we will be taking we should be
taking action afterwards.
[1:02:42] » Okay.
>> In my eyes, but that's up to you.
[1:02:45] [laughter]
>> So all right. Resolution 371 authorizing
[1:02:49] the township committee to convene in the
closed executive session to discuss
[1:02:52] matters which may involve personnel
and/or legal matters. Whereas the open
[1:02:56] public meetings act permits the
exclusion of the public to the meeting
[1:02:59] in certain circumstances. And whereas
this public body is of the opinion that
[1:03:03] such circumstances presently exist. And
whereas the township committee may need
[1:03:07] to enter into close executive session at
one or more times during this meeting to
[1:03:11] discuss matters permitted under law,
including but not limited to legal
[1:03:16] contract negotiations with the team
union and anticipated disclosure one
[1:03:20] year. Um an update on that with
hopefully a conclusion. Whereas minutes
[1:03:26] of said post of executive session will
be kept and once the matter involving
[1:03:30] the confidentiality of the above no
longer requires that confidentiality
[1:03:33] then the minutes shall be made available
to the public in accordance with the
[1:03:36] law. Now therefore be it resolved by the
council committee tax harbor county or
[1:03:41] Atlantic City of New Jersey that the
public be excluded from this meeting
[1:03:44] during such portions of the meeting as a
governing body may dee necessary to
[1:03:47] discuss the matter support the bill
and I'm going to ask our labor attorney
[1:03:52] Mr. Delaney to hang out for the
conversation.
[1:03:54] » All right. Very good.
>> Can I have a motion to go into close?
[1:03:58] » Yes.
>> Second.
[1:04:01] » Roco.
>> Yes.
[1:04:04] » Yes, ma'am.
>> Yes.
[1:04:06] » Yeah.
>> Yes. Thank you all for coming.
[1:04:09] Hopefully, it's not raining when we go
out.
[1:04:16] » 2 authorizing the execution of a
collective bargaining agreement with the
[1:04:20] Teamsters Local Union number 331.
Can I have a motion, please?
[1:04:24] » I make a motion second and congratulate
everybody involved in getting this done.
[1:04:30] » I have a second roll call, please.
>> Yes.
[1:04:35] » Yes. As you said before, absolutely.
>> Alice,
[1:04:37] » yes.
>> Yes. Reiterate what you said. Paul,
[1:04:41] thank you. Everybody
[1:04:47] » All right. So, that is done. Now, my
next motion, if I have a motion to
[1:04:51] adjourn, please.
[1:04:54] We have second, please.
>> Second.
[1:04:57] » Congratulations.
>> All in favor?
[1:04:59] » Thank you.
>> We're good, J. Thanks.