[0:00] Right.
>> What was that?
[0:05] » I think I'm going to shoot.
I'll tell you what,
[0:08] it's spot on.
And then you can shoot your shot.
[0:13] Shoot.
First of all, I
[0:15] You got to
You got to
[0:17] You know you're going to have
just like You got to
[0:21] Sure. Fantastic. Hands all over the
Feel it.
[0:26] And then you got And then you
[0:30] And a little little rough here. My hair
was already messed up. My hair was My
[0:33] hair was already
[0:38] I'm going to I'm going I'm going to I'm
going to be like
[0:41] Yeah.
And then
[0:43] And then
[0:46] Yeah. This one? I don't know about
Never seen this
[0:50] Yeah, no it's
[0:53] Yeah. They're asking for No, not yet.
And I'll be
[0:57] And then
And then
[1:00] And that person
This is This is not
[1:07] I can't I can't write to you. I didn't
pick up the paperwork.
[1:11] You guys obviously know what you're
doing. I guess.
[1:15] So they'll learn.
>> [clears throat]
[1:17] » Okay, so I know that I know that
Okay, so Last piece of paper
[1:26] That was meeting tonight.
I don't know what I can't
[1:31] Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the
regular meeting of the Tuckerton Borough
[1:35] Council
on August 17th, 2016.
[1:39] » [cough]
[clears throat]
[1:40] » Madam Clerk, would you please read the
Open Public Meetings Act statement?
[1:44] » Yes, provisions of the Open Public
Meetings Act do comply with this
[1:47] published in the Beacon and the Ambler
Gazette Press due on date placed in this
[1:50] meeting.
>> Thank you. Roll call, please.
[1:53] » Mr. Breeland?
>> Present.
[1:54] » Mr. Martin?
>> Here.
[1:55] » Mr. Flannigan is not here this evening.
Mr. DeMore?
[1:58] » Yes.
Here.
[2:00] » Yep. Mr. Dupray?
>> Here.
[2:02] » Mr. Peterson?
>> Here.
[2:03] » Mr. Franklin?
>> Here.
[2:04] » Mr. Franklin?
>> Okay. [clears throat]
[2:16] » I pledge
>> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
[2:19] United States of America
and to the republic for which it stands,
[2:23] one nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice
[2:28] for all.
>> Thank you.
[2:35] All right. There are no special
presentations this evening, so we will
[2:38] go on to
legislation and council agreement.
[2:41] » Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Tonight I have one
liquor license to be renewed and then a
[2:46] change of liquor license
to be transferred from one group to
[2:50] another.
>> Okay.
[2:51] » So, I have resolution of the Borough of
Tuckerton, County of Ocean, State of New
[2:54] Jersey authorizing
[cough and clears throat]
[2:56] the renewal of liquor licenses for the
2026-2027
[2:59] license year. This is for the Fusion
Group LLC. I move this resolution.
[3:04] » Second.
>> All right. I have a motion and a second
[3:07] on this resolution. Roll call vote,
please.
[3:10] » Mr. Breland?
>> Yes.
[3:11] » Mr. Martin?
>> Yes.
[3:12] » Mr. DeMore?
>> Yes.
[3:14] » Mr. Dupray?
>> Yes.
[3:15] » Mr. Peterson?
>> Yes.
[3:17] » Thank you.
[3:19] » Next I have resolution of the Borough of
Tuckerton, County of Ocean, State of New
[3:22] Jersey authorizing the person-to-person
transfer
[3:26] of the liquor license from the Fusion
Group LLC to LFJM L Hospitality Group
[3:32] LLC. And I move that resolution.
>> Second.
[3:35] » All right. I have a motion and a second
on this resolution as presented. Roll
[3:39] call vote, please.
>> Mr. Breland?
[3:41] » Yes.
>> Mr. Martin?
[3:42] » Yes.
>> Mr. DeMore?
[3:44] » Yes.
>> Mr. Dupray?
[3:45] » Yes.
>> Mr. Peterson?
[3:47] » Yes.
>> Thank you.
[3:48] Just to give you a heads-up, it's it's
the same group. It's just there's
[3:52] uh tax purposes. That's how you got uh
hung up the last time was because
[3:58] of the what is
the account person what the liquor
[4:01] license is so they had shut them down
and we had to change the name of it is
[4:05] the person person transfer.
[4:08] » [clears throat]
>> That's all I have this evening.
[4:10] » All right, thank you very much. Moving
on, Councilman Martin.
[4:15] » Uh thank you, Madam Mayor. I have
uh five resolutions this evening I'll be
[4:20] reading and then I also have committee
reports later on in the meeting.
[4:26] My first resolution this evening is for
the payment of claims
[4:30] uh
that we're going to be sending out here
[4:33] for August. So we're at $646,123
[4:38] this month going out. I wanted to point
out with three
[4:42] of the checks that are going out. One is
for Tuckerton Elementary School for
[4:46] $341,000.
Uh we're sending out our third quarter
[4:50] for the Ocean County
uh utilities for $155,000.
[4:55] And then because it's on the
uh agenda tonight and part of my
[4:59] resolutions I wanted to point out that
we are sending out $40,125
[5:05] for the audit service for our 2020
audit. [cough and clears throat]
[5:09] Uh
municipal audit.
[5:12] So with all that I have a resolution for
the Borough of Tuckerton, Ocean County,
[5:16] State of New Jersey authorizing payment
of claims in the amount of $646,123
[5:23] and I second move this resolution.
Second.
[5:25] » All right, I have a motion and a second
on this resolution. Were there any
[5:29] questions on the payment of claims?
Seeing none, roll call vote, please.
[5:33] » Mr. Breilant?
>> Yes.
[5:35] » Mr. Martin?
>> Yes.
[5:36] » Mr. De Lorenzo?
>> Yes.
[5:38] » Mr. Dupray?
>> Yes, with the exception of Little Egg
[5:41] Harbor Fire District number three and
Green Bay EMS I abstain from those two.
[5:45] » Okay. Mr. Peterson?
>> Yeah.
[5:47] » Thank you.
>> [clears throat]
[5:50] » Thank you. Uh my next resolution is for
authorizing the annual certification of
[5:55] the 2025 municipal audit. Have a
resolution of the Borough of Tuckerton,
[6:00] County of Ocean, State of New Jersey
authorizing the annual certification of
[6:05] the 2025 municipal audit, and I move
this resolution.
[6:09] » Second.
>> All right, I have a motion and a second
[6:11] on this resolution.
Uh are there any questions on the
[6:15] meeting?
If you're seeing none, roll call vote,
[6:19] please.
>> Mr. Braelyn?
[6:20] » Yes.
>> Mr. Martin?
[6:21] » Yes.
>> Mr. Gilmore?
[6:23] » Yes.
>> Mr. Dupray?
[6:24] » Yes.
>> Mr. Peterson?
[6:25] » Yeah.
>> Thank you.
[6:27] » You're right.
>> Thank you. My next resolution is for the
[6:31] corrective action plan. So,
our audit went
[6:36] extremely well. They found one
item where we didn't have one
[6:43] line item on the budget closed out
before December 31st.
[6:47] » [clears throat]
>> And we actually closed it out January
[6:50] 1st instead, so off by one day. So,
>> [clears throat]
[6:54] » our CFO, Garrett, has to make a
corrective action plan. His corrective
[6:57] action plan is that he will make sure
that it is closed out prior to the end
[7:00] of the year this year, and that's really
our only corrective action
[7:05] plan for the audit. So, resolution of
the Borough of Tuckerton, County of
[7:09] Ocean, State of New Jersey approving the
corrective plan submitted by the chief
[7:12] financial officer
for the year ending December 31st, 2025,
[7:17] and I move this resolution.
>> Second.
[7:19] » All right, I have a motion and a second
on this resolution. Sometimes uh
[7:24] the date is very important, isn't it?
>> One day.
[7:27] » It's just It's just like overnight, but
this happens to be the new year, so. All
[7:32] right, um
roll call vote, please.
[7:35] » Mr. Braelyn?
>> Yes.
[7:36] » Mr. Martin?
>> Yes.
[7:37] » Mr. Gilmore?
>> Yes.
[7:39] » Mr. Dupray? [clears throat]
>> Yes.
[7:40] » Mr. Peterson?
>> Yes.
[7:42] » Thank you.
>> Thank you. Next I have a resolution of
[7:45] the Borough of Tuckerton, County of
Ocean, State of New Jersey, authorizing
[7:48] the tax collector to cancel 2026
taxes due to
[7:53] or due on a property granted 100%
disabled veteran's exemption and refund
[7:58] the resulting credit balance. And I move
this resolution. Second.
[8:02] » All right, I have a motion and a second
on this resolution. Roll call vote,
[8:06] please.
>> Mr. Breeland.
[8:08] » Yes.
>> Mr. Martin.
[8:09] » Yes.
>> Mr. DeMore.
[8:11] » Yes.
>> Mr. Dupray.
[8:12] » Yes.
>> Mr. Peterson.
[8:14] » Yes.
>> Thank you.
[8:16] » And the cancellation of those taxes is
in the amount of $4,237.77.
[8:24] All right.
Uh my final resolution this evening is
[8:29] to make an amendment to our tax assessor
shared service agreement. Uh currently
[8:35] we do shared services with Lacey in the
amount of $35,000
[8:40] a year. That number is going to be moved
to $40,000
[8:44] a year, so an increase of $5,000.
I have a resolution of the Borough of
[8:48] Tuckerton, County of Ocean, State of New
Jersey, authorizing the execution of an
[8:53] amendment to the
interlocal services agreement with the
[8:57] Township of Lacey for tax assessor
services. And I move this resolution.
[9:02] Second.
>> Okay, I have a motion and a second on
[9:04] this resolution. Roll call vote, please.
Mr. Breeland.
[9:08] » Yes.
>> Mr. Martin.
[9:09] » Yes.
>> Mr. DeMore.
[9:10] » Yes.
>> Mr. Dupray.
[9:11] » Yes.
>> Mr. Peterson.
[9:13] » Yes.
>> Thank you.
[9:15] » Madam Mayor, that is all I have until we
can move on.
[9:17] » Okay, that is fine. Thank you very much.
>> [clears throat]
[9:20] » Um
we're going to move on to
[9:23] what is it? Which
uh public works?
[9:27] Running and grounds? Uh
Mr. Mr.
[9:30] Councilman DeMore, do you have anything?
>> Thank you, Mayor. No, I have nothing
[9:36] this evening.
>> Okay, just giving you a chance.
[9:39] » Okay.
>> All right, so next we're going to move
[9:42] on to administration and regulation.
Councilwoman Dupree.
[9:46] » Thanks, your honor. I have two items.
First is the minutes
[9:49] of the July 20th, 2026 meeting.
Has every council member had a chance to
[9:55] look over the minutes? Any additions or
corrections?
[9:59] There have been [clears throat] none, I
so move that we accept them as written.
[10:02] » Is there a second?
>> Okay, I shall need a second to accept
[10:05] the minutes as presented.
Roll call vote, please.
[10:08] » Mr. Greenwald?
>> Yes.
[10:09] » Mr. Martin?
>> Yes.
[10:10] » Mr. Dehnert?
>> I abstain.
[10:13] » Mr. Dupree?
>> Yes.
[10:14] » Mr. Peterson?
>> Yes.
[10:15] » Thank you.
>> [clears throat]
[10:17] » And then the other item I have, your
honor, is the fire and EMS report. I'd
[10:20] like to call forward Chief Frank Luberda
from Fire District number 2, which is
[10:24] Rocker Town/Rocker Fire Department.
>> Okay.
[10:27] Good evening.
>> We'll keep this short and painless. Um,
[10:30] we're real busy in the month of July. We
had 19 fires in the borough and we
[10:34] responded to 26 EMS calls where we
transported.
[10:37] We are finding other ambulances and
making sure that the town has coverage
[10:41] 24/7.
And we should have that here by Friday
[10:44] at 5:00 p.m. in the month of August.
I'll have a new secretary to assist you
[10:46] all.
>> Thank you. Thank you very
[10:48] » Thank you.
>> That's great.
[10:51] » And then finally, your honor,
your honor, I have
[10:55] the construction and code enforcement
report for the month of July. On-site
[10:59] inspections were 23, violation notices
sent were six. All county inspections
[11:04] were five.
Open violations were six. There were
[11:08] three violations that were cleared. Upon
request, we had two, summonses issued
[11:13] one.
Uh, calls from homeowners is 17. And
[11:18] that concludes my report for this
evening.
[11:24] » So, next we move on to law and public
safety. Councilman Peterson.
[11:29] » Thank you, your honor. I have about
resolutions that I'm going to be reading
[11:33] tonight.
One [clears throat] is for the
[11:34] cancellation of water and sewer charges.
The second one is the replacement of the
[11:39] sewer lateral.
The third is the sale of vehicles.
[11:43] And the fourth is the appointment of a
public works employee.
[11:48] That being said, a resolution of the
Borough of Tuckerton, County of Ocean,
[11:52] State of New Jersey cancel water and
sewer charges for the year 2026.
[11:57] I move that resolution.
>> Second.
[11:59] » I have a motion and a second on this
resolution. Roll call vote, please. Mr.
[12:04] [clears throat] Breland?
>> Yes.
[12:05] » Mr. Martin?
>> Yes.
[12:06] » Mr. DeMarco?
>> Yes.
[12:08] » Mr. Dupray?
>> Yes.
[12:09] » Mr. Peterson?
>> Yes.
[12:10] » Thank you.
>> I have a resolution of the Borough of
[12:13] Tuckerton, County of Ocean, State of New
Jersey
[12:16] awarding the contract for the
replacement of the sewer lateral on
[12:20] South Green Street. I move that
resolution.
[12:23] » Second.
>> I have a motion and a second on this
[12:25] resolution. Roll call vote, please. Mr.
Breland?
[12:29] » Yes.
>> Mr. Martin?
[12:30] » Yes.
>> Mr. DeMarco?
[12:31] » Yes.
>> Mr. Dupray?
[12:32] » Yes.
>> Mr. Peterson?
[12:34] » Yes.
>> Thank you.
[12:35] » I have a resolution of the Borough of
Tuckerton, County of Ocean, State of New
[12:39] Jersey authorizing the sale of certain
municipal vehicles. I move that
[12:43] resolution.
>> I'll second.
[12:46] » All right, I have a motion and a second.
Roll call vote, please. Mr. Breland?
[12:51] » Yes.
>> Mr. Martin?
[12:52] » Yes.
>> Mr. DeMarco?
[12:54] » Yes.
>> Mr. Dupray? [clears throat]
[12:55] » Yes.
>> Mr. Peterson?
[12:56] » Yes.
>> Thank you.
[12:57] » I have a resolution of the Borough of
Tuckerton, County of Ocean, State of New
[13:01] Jersey appointing Colin Martin as a
full-time laborer of the public works
[13:06] department. I move that resolution.
>> Second.
[13:09] » Okay, uh
we have a new employee, so that's great.
[13:12] Uh roll call vote, please. Mr. Breland?
>> Yes.
[13:15] » Mr. Martin?
>> Yes.
[13:17] » Mr. DeMarco?
>> Yes.
[13:18] » Mr. Dupray?
>> Yes.
[13:19] » Mr. Peterson?
>> Yes.
[13:21] » Thank you.
>> Uh
[13:22] also have the monthly activity report
for the police department for July
[13:28] Calls for service were 309. Arrests were
15.
[13:32] Motor vehicle stops were 169.
Motor vehicle summons were 108.
[13:38] [cough and clears throat] Motor vehicle
accidents were 14. Medical was 35.
[13:43] Suspicious person and vehicle checks
were 21.
[13:46] And that's all I have now.
>> All right. Thank you very much. I
[13:50] appreciate it.
Everyone's hard work is seen and
[13:54] um
I I did want to talk about something. I
[13:57] know the one I'm wearing Well, I had
a t-shirt to this meeting. And
[14:02] [clears throat] I had this t-shirt on
today and um I think we got it for the
[14:06] 4th of July, did we? And it just talks
about everything that our country is all
[14:12] about and all the things that we've been
doing and it says faith, family, and
[14:17] freedom.
And 250 years. And we've had lots of
[14:22] town celebrations and they've they've
been they've been great. And I'm very
[14:27] proud to uh to be a member of this town
and I hope that you are, too.
[14:33] So, next
>> [clears throat]
[14:36] » uh Mr. Peterson.
>> Madam Mayor, I have nothing to say.
[14:40] » Okay.
[14:43] Madam Clerk.
>> I have a few things. The first thing I
[14:46] have is a letter of resignation from uh
Vincent A. Tuminelli as his position in
[14:52] the public works department and it will
be effective August 21st, 2026. We need
[14:56] to accept that.
>> I'll make a motion to accept that.
[15:00] » Okay, there's a motion and a second to
accept Mr.
[15:03] Tuminelli's resignation. Roll call vote,
please.
[15:06] » Uh Mr. Breeman.
>> Yes.
[15:07] » Mr. Martin.
>> Yes.
[15:08] » Mr. De Palma.
>> Yes.
[15:10] » Mr. Dupray.
>> Yes.
[15:11] » Mr. Peterson.
>> Yes.
[15:13] » Okay.
The next thing I have is a raffle
[15:16] application from the Tepperan Historical
Society for September 12th, 2026 at
[15:20] Kitch Human Park and they're requesting
wave birthday.
[15:23] » I'll make a motion. to wave.
>> I'll second.
[15:25] » All right, motion and a second.
Roll call vote, please.
[15:29] » Mr. Breeland?
>> Yes.
[15:30] » Mr. Martin?
>> Yes.
[15:31] » Mr. D'Amore?
>> Yes.
[15:33] » Mr. DePree?
>> Yes.
[15:34] » Mr. Peterson?
>> Yes.
[15:37] » Thank you.
And that's all I have [clears throat]
[15:39] this evening.
>> Okay.
[15:41] » Um
[15:44] Executive Session?
>> Not that I know of.
[15:46] » [cough]
>> No, but I do need to talk to you about
[15:49] putting a sub committee together for
something.
[15:51] » Okay.
>> Um
[15:52] to go over stuff.
>> Okay.
[15:54] » So, I'll talk to you about that after.
>> Okay.
[15:56] All right, that sounds good.
Uh committee meeting, Commissioner
[16:00] Moore, any reports?
You said you had something for me.
[16:02] » I do.
>> Yes.
[16:05] » Uh for Tuckahoe Pride and Celebration,
we
[16:09] wrapped up our official last official
summer concert this last Friday with
[16:14] Joey Dee and Johnny Dee. Um we do have
one more concert, one that was supposed
[16:19] to be our first one of the summer that
we rescheduled. We will be actually
[16:22] doing that on September 12th over at Tip
Seeman Park in conjunction with the
[16:27] Historical Society doing the the flea
market that day. So, instead of
[16:32] competing in two different areas, um we
got together and decided it would be
[16:36] best to
we just towed the stage over there and
[16:40] had the concert during the flea market.
So, we're set with the county on that,
[16:44] and that'll be September 12th.
All day for the flea market, the band is
[16:49] from 2:00 to 4:00
>> Okay.
[16:51] » in the afternoon, and that's all.
Um
[16:55] I also wanted to say that uh
the [clears throat]
[16:59] amazing members of Pride and Celebration
every Friday night [clears throat]
[17:03] concert, they go around and
>> [cough]
[17:05] » collect
for the food pantry.
[17:08] Uh this year for the five concerts we
had so far, we collected just over
[17:13] $1,100
for the food pantry. So, um
[17:18] very generous to the residents. I know,
you know, a lot of the people that come
[17:21] to the Friday night concerts are kind of
the same same crowd every Friday night,
[17:25] same group of people. They give every
single week. It's amazing to see people
[17:30] so willing to give to to help out the
food pantry and the less fortunate. So,
[17:35] um big thank you to everybody that
donated.
[17:38] I know the food pantry is very
appreciative of that.
[17:42] » Yes, absolutely.
>> And then, I have it is not my
[17:47] necessarily my committee.
Um
[17:50] I didn't know, do we want to give the
Chamber of Commerce some time under
[17:55] » Well, I do and I think the best thing I
think we can do is ask David to come up
[17:59] and give us a rundown whatever they can
have on the topic there.
[18:02] » If you don't mind. Sure. If you do mind,
you can ask anyway.
[18:07] » All right.
[18:11] All right, thank you.
So, first of all, I'd like to thank all
[18:14] of you for supporting the Chamber of
Commerce and everything that you've done
[18:18] from creating it, uh refurbishing the
ball field, all wars memorial field. Um
[18:24] it's a perfect location for Summerfest.
And uh I mean, it was exceeded anything
[18:29] that we
expected. Um I think one of the biggest
[18:33] things I want to point out is we had a
volunteer crew ready to sweep the field
[18:38] and clean up at the end.
At the end of the day, not one hot dog
[18:42] wrapper, not one napkin was thrown on
that field. Which says
[18:46] a lot about the community of Watertown.
The vendors were making that comment how
[18:51] the people of Watertown are so polite.
And the children are so well behaved and
[18:55] that they would love to come back to
another event here in Watertown. So,
[18:59] you know, I think we all know how hard,
you know, we worked and that event was a
[19:03] success, but I really wanted to point
that out because I'm not sure how many
[19:07] people realized,
you know, I don't know how many
[19:09] communities where that would happen.
>> [clears throat]
[19:13] » Did you get any type of a count at all
either?
[19:16] » Um trying to figure
I was trying to figure the count you
[19:20] know on my own um but obviously with so
many people coming through it's
[19:23] impossible.
Um our best guess our best estimate is
[19:27] 1,500 to 2,000
people came through.
[19:31] Um
the uh the vendors were saying that they
[19:34] were slammed.
Um many [clears throat] of them sold out
[19:37] and said that they
brought more um to the event.
[19:40] » Bart you guys sold out by noon.
>> [laughter]
[19:43] » Bart you guys sold [clears throat] out.
Um
[19:46] a lot of one of the vendors that that
sold out you know.
[19:49] Many of them with with baked goods and
popcorn and other things. They all said
[19:54] that they did very well.
>> You know what I'm talking about?
[19:58] Somebody parked [clears throat] on my
grass and left marks.
[20:00] » What?
[20:03] » [laughter]
>> You know what I'm talking about?
[20:05] » I commend you all for
a job well done.
[20:08] » All right. Thank you very much. Yes.
>> Excellent. It was really good. Couldn't
[20:12] have asked for a better weather too. So
>> Yeah that helped. It certainly helped.
[20:16] » And people were very nice about letting
people go cuz you can only get one car
[20:20] each way down the street with the
parking and everything. So
[20:22] » Yeah. Yeah we we have a list of things
that we're going to improve and
[20:26] so we'll make improvements
[clears throat] for next year.
[20:29] So thanks for your support.
>> Smashing success for a first year.
[20:33] Very good job. So everybody on the
chamber.
[20:36] » All right. Thank you.
[20:42] » [clears throat]
>> Well we have the a lot of members of the
[20:45] environmental commission who would like
to Anybody
[20:52] Cynthia
Danny whoever
[20:58] I realize but you were at the last
actual meeting that we had.
[21:03] Is that the only
way to have a quorum? It was actually
[21:07] June.
>> I was telling him
[21:11] » So
>> he asked me but then he got your letter.
[21:12] » Yeah.
>> I can tell you that day was really
[21:15] exciting and we raised a lot of money
thanks to Union Market and did the help
[21:22] save thing here
which I think we would have thought we
[21:25] would have gotten more money but it was
like a hundred bucks.
[21:27] » We had an enormous amount of people.
They came from foreign aid, they came
[21:32] from the island
to drop clothes off. I put I had them
[21:36] take a picture of me in the middle of
the garbage bags for the Facebook page.
[21:41] So that was
that was good. Um and since it was
[21:44] Cynthia's idea
she made the Union Market connection and
[21:50] that was really good. We made $605. They
give us 10%
[21:54] of whatever.
So I forgot what else.
[21:58] I don't know what else is in the trust.
Um
[22:02] » Clay Street
>> But it
[22:04] What on Clay Street you want?
>> The person that donated from Clay
[22:06] Street.
>> Yeah.
[22:08] Did we say Did we say that before?
Did we say that before?
[22:12] » Cynthia brought the check over to my
house without looking at it and when she
[22:17] I said, "You didn't open this?" for the
Union Market. I'm like
[22:20] She's like, "No." And I'm like,
"What's over here? You were like two
[22:23] kids at Christmas." When we saw that six
Steve was looking at us like, "What is
[22:27] wrong?"
But anyway, it was exciting. It's
[22:29] exciting when people care.
>> Yeah.
[22:31] » Um
and unfortunately I had to leave and I
[22:35] sent you that letter
>> [clears throat]
[22:37] » um
for various reasons, most specifically
[22:40] the financial support. Then I saw that
last week you did or last month then
[22:47] came a 5,000 grant.
So that's really good. I'm really glad
[22:51] because that's going to be an expensive
labor intensive thing. But it's a great
[22:55] group of people
and I just feel like I was I'm not a
[22:59] fighter, you know.
And the fact that
[23:02] um
it's not just summer months, you know,
[23:06] all winter. It's like
and it's a great group of people and I
[23:10] know people have stuff to do, but for me
I'm not any star student, but when I
[23:15] join something that's only once a month
I don't think it's a big deal. So, but
[23:20] thank you again for the opportunity.
>> You're going to be sadly missed. You're
[23:24] a great asset.
You brought a lot of positive [laughter]
[23:30] to the committee and
personally I think
[23:33] » Oh, and it was fun. April was just April
was jamming, you know, cuz Earth Day,
[23:39] Arbor Day. That was a great event. And
we had one right after the other.
[23:44] And we have other There's other things
that you have lined up, but it's you
[23:48] know
>> Well, if you ever reconsider, we have an
[23:50] opening for you.
>> Okay.
[23:53] We haven't had a meeting up in a month
or two.
[23:55] » Yes, we did.
>> I was there the last one. I just got
[23:58] there before everybody else.
Cuz I had given a
[24:02] an event, so um
so I was there at 8:15 in the morning.
[24:07] So, we got lots of things going on in
town in different areas and people are
[24:13] involved and they're getting excited
about what what what is going on and and
[24:19] then that just breeds getting more
people involved and
[24:23] coming up with ideas and things, you
know, Kim?
[24:26] You're a you're a
shaker and a mover when it you know,
[24:29] when it comes to to your meetings and uh
it's responsible. Look at what happened
[24:35] Saturday. Yeah, it was it was good.
So, that's great. Anyone else this
[24:42] evening have something to say?
>> I think that's all right.
[24:49] As president, excuse me.
Oh, my name is Kim Sackwich.
[24:54] Do you say my address though?
>> No.
[24:57] We used to be on committee.
>> Uh
[25:00] » so my name is Trisha Garrett. I'm the
president of the Chamber of Commerce for
[25:03] Frankford Township. And I just wanted to
take a moment just to sincerely thank
[25:07] the council and the borough for their
support of our event. As some of you
[25:11] know, we had a lot of challenges. It was
our first time putting anything like
[25:15] this together.
Um so we just sincerely appreciate when
[25:19] we needed advice, we needed a place to
come. Um
[25:23] you guys stepped right in and it really
was
[25:26] an amazing and wonderful event. I got
very emotional on stage. I'm getting
[25:30] emotional now.
>> I saw her cry on stage so you guys know
[25:35] I didn't see it.
>> Uh it was just wonderful
[25:37] to see our community come together in
such a huge way. The volunteers,
[25:42] the vendors, the food trucks,
you know, everybody together and then to
[25:46] watch the community flood through those
gates in like three different
[25:49] directions.
>> [cough and clears throat]
[25:51] » It was just incredible. So thank you
very, very much for
[25:54] allowing us to to permit this here and
make it possible.
[25:58] » The people thank you.
All you and all the members.
[26:03] » That's okay.
[26:07] Anyone else is here?
Are we public forum?
[26:10] » Um no, we're still in committee.
[26:13] » You have to say it in the meeting.
>> I'll make a motion to open a public
[26:16] forum. [clears throat]
>> Second.
[26:17] » Right. I have a motion and a second to
open to uh public for a public forum. If
[26:22] you have anything else, if you have not
said anything tonight, and you'd like to
[26:26] uh come up and say something to us,
please feel free. And if not, you know,
[26:30] you just want to sit there and listen,
that's okay, too.
[26:34] » Do all favor.
>> Tell me. All in favor, right?
[26:36] » I.
>> I.
[26:39] Anyone
We don't have anyone opposed, right? All
[26:42] right. So come up and we have like 5
minutes. Cool.
[26:47] You can address it just me.
>> Uh
[26:50] » You can address me.
>> Yeah. Or you could say whatever you
[26:53] want.
Cynthia Corrado 309 Marine Street
[26:58] um
Environmental Commission and Historic
[27:00] Preservation, but this doesn't have to
do with that exactly.
[27:03] Um
reading in the same paper recently, I
[27:07] have a question if we know what we will
be getting from the Amato bill, if
[27:13] that's happened yet, S4220,
about clean water projects. I don't know
[27:19] if it's passed or
even if it's not passed, do we know what
[27:23] we would get from that?
>> No, not at this moment. We don't know.
[27:28] He he probably sponsored a bill. Um
he has not discussed anything with any
[27:34] of us on it, so I don't know what it
would entail for us.
[27:40] It's probably the same bill that Chris
has been trying to get through to you.
[27:44] » Yeah, I'm not familiar with the bill,
but it is
[27:47] I [cough and clears throat] mean, who's
crazy enough to
[27:49] » It's probably the same bill that it's
been try it's been trying to get Yeah,
[27:52] for years. It just doesn't get through
committee.
[27:59] Um so what
>> I'm sorry, it's the clean it's the clean
[28:02] water one, right? You said. So, I think
that is
[28:06] it's just it's
there's I read it, so there is just some
[28:09] variations in it to try to help
push it through, but it is in essence
[28:14] it's the same bill that you guys were
trying
[28:16] » Probably found I've been looking for a
different funding source.
[28:19] » I believe that's it.
>> Because the obviously the
[28:23] the message from the state was always
that they never had enough money. The
[28:26] DOT actually covers dredging in the
state. With the exception of permitting,
[28:31] which is the fee paid, but
um the fact that it's attached to clean
[28:35] water they may be attempting to try and
fund it through a different funding
[28:39] source.
>> There was something about um storm water
[28:42] uh storm water management that was put
in that seemed like that was the the
[28:47] kind of the different thing, the
different avenues that they're trying to
[28:50] tie into storm water management as well
with that.
[28:56] » Uh similar question was
um a proposal by Van Drew for $43
[29:01] million for South Jersey.
I don't know what the contents of that
[29:07] is, but he's trying to get $43
million for dollars for South Jersey and
[29:11] I'm wondering is he reaching out to
municipalities and let him know what our
[29:15] needs are. Or did he or he didn't even
aware of what
[29:18] » He did not for this one, but he had
already um
[29:22] got the borough of $4.5 million or
$4.3 million
[29:27] um appropriation through [clears throat]
the federal government for a split of
[29:31] the Spittal land down at Little Egg
Harbor Boulevard where they would take
[29:35] the marsh out to um 77 pipeline. So, we
had this feedback
[29:41] » [clears throat]
>> 2 years ago. We approved it through Van
[29:44] Drew so I don't think this one
would include our town.
[29:49] » Okay.
>> I do email with Pat De Niro from his
[29:52] office about once a month or so. So, I
just made a note. I will
[29:57] when I email him for the updates and the
progress on Port Republic, I will ask
[30:01] him if that's something I can try to get
an answer on.
[30:02] » I realize South Jersey is a very big
area.
[30:06] It'll go fast.
Um
[30:09] last question is uh
on Marine Street, the sidewalk was
[30:13] redone on the one side of the street
recently and I'm curious why
[30:20] my side of the street wasn't done. It
was in worse shape than the other side
[30:24] so I wasn't sure what the
[30:27] what the reasoning was for which side of
the street was done. I live on the side
[30:31] of the street that the school is
actually on where the kids
[30:34] park on notice and walk by and
go to the school.
[30:39] » I can answer that.
There So, we got a funding through the
[30:42] community development block grant
through the county.
[30:46] Um and we usually ask for about
40 to 50,000 to do it. We get 23,000.
[30:52] So, last year
every other year you get. So, in um
[30:58] 2 years ago, we started on the opposite
side up to Route 9. They wanted to
[31:03] finish that off
based off of what it was and then we
[31:08] will continue
on the other side and go up the other
[31:11] side. Like so, we started down by the
ball field, worked our way down to Route
[31:15] 9, and now we're just going to come
around and
[31:18] because the school handles their
sidewalks there is in perfect shape.
[31:22] But, down by the ball field and all that
that was all messed up. So, we just
[31:26] continued from there.
And then the next go-around that we get
[31:29] the grant funding from we'll come back
up to um the rest of Green Street or
[31:35] South Green Street. The two of them will
work, you know, two of those are very
[31:39] bad.
There's also some talks in the grant
[31:42] from the county to do more sidewalks.
But, that would have to be new installed
[31:48] newly installed sidewalks.
Which isn't going to help us with the
[31:52] money grant money for
new sidewalks. Yeah, and they the cost
[31:57] used to be able to do a significant
amount of sidewalks with 20 to 30,000
[32:01] dollars, which is what we got. But, now
the price has
[32:06] rocketed and you can't do much of
anything.
[32:09] Center Street when we did the sidewalks
on Center Street, they were over 150,000
[32:13] dollars.
So, it just cost That gives a word
[32:17] breaking it as we go along.
>> So, the next one will be on the side
[32:22] starting at Route 9 and working
away from Route 9.
[32:26] » It depends because we put in for South
Green Street, too, cuz there's a really
[32:30] bad area on South Green Street. And now
that the school is no longer going to be
[32:34] bussing the school children,
um
[32:38] this area that area was really rough.
So, I believe what's going to happen is
[32:43] this was 2 years ago grant that we just
finished. So, the funding is from 2
[32:47] years ago. We just submitted another one
this year that includes South Green
[32:52] Street right on the corner of South
Green Street and I believe Otis is the
[32:57] the area that we're talking about. And
then in 2020
[33:00] » [clears throat]
>> we go back to Green Street again.
[33:03] » Okay.
Okay.
[33:04] » Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[33:08] Any other questions or comments for
today?
[33:13] » I
have one thing before we do adjourn that
[33:16] Greg, can you remind me I did get the um
report from the
[33:22] safe walks that we did
year and a half ago or whatever. Um when
[33:27] I went around to Harrington Elementary
School, I just got that report, the
[33:30] final report. I'll send it over to you.
>> Okay. Sounds good.
[33:35] I I don't We had a big meeting with the
county engineers and a couple of their
[33:41] uh commissioners and uh they're getting
like $5 million worth of money for
[33:46] sidewalks, but it's only for
installing new ones, which
[33:53] it's not going to happen. I don't want
to install any new ones. We really need
[33:55] to fix the old ones.
>> [cough and laughter]
[33:59] [clears throat]
>> They did have um
[34:02] one of the things that was in that
report was for Bartlett Landing. Um
[34:08] » That's the only place that um they were
looking at funding was from Bartlett to
[34:12] um Route 9.
>> Yeah.
[34:14] » But, I just hate and again this is the
council's decision, but I hate going and
[34:19] spending hundreds of thousands of
dollars to install that when I can't
[34:23] even fix
>> Fix the ones that are there.
[34:25] » North Green Street, South Green Street,
Marine Street and they're bad over
[34:28] there. The trees have popped them all
up. I just feel bad about that.
[34:32] But again, that is something that we
have to look at too.
[34:36] You know, if we want to do it.
[34:40] » [clears throat]
>> Make a motion to close public forum.
[34:43] » Second that.
>> All right. Motion and second to close
[34:46] public forum. All in favor?
>> Aye.
[34:48] » Aye.
[34:51] » Motion to adjourn.
>> Okay.
[34:53] I have a motion to adjourn.
>> Second that.
[34:56] » All in favor?
>> Aye.
[34:57] » All right. Our next meeting is
Thank you and we'll see you
[35:01] guys in May.
Thank you and have a good summer. We'll
[35:05] talk to you later.
>> [clears throat]
[35:08] » All right.
Goodbye.