okay I'd like to call this meeting to order at 7:05 p.m please rise salute theed I pledge aliance to thees it stands [Music] Nation please join me in a moment of Silent reflection thank you sunshine law in accordance with the provisions of the open public meetings ACT public meetings may be held in person by means of communication equipment to include streaming services and other online meeting platforms this meeting is being held in person and through the zoom meeting platform being broadcast from burough Hall 748 River Road Fair Haven New Jersey public participation for this January 2nd 2024 council reorganization meeting is available by calling phone number or through Web Conference Zoom members of the public will be on mute until until it is time for questions or comments which will be announced at that time the public has the opportunity to question or comment by phone or through Zoom by the raiseed hand button and will be called on at the appropriate time this meeting was authorized by resolution number 223-2875 and sent to the Barry Park Press the Two River times and the Star Ledger on December 19th 2023 a public notice was advertised in the asbery Park Press December 22nd 2023 posted on the burough website Constant Contact in the bulletin board in the municipal building as required stat with adequate notice having been given the B clerk is direct statement in the minutes of this meeting Alison may I please have a roll call council member Cole here o here here here NE Rodriguez here SO2 uh before we uh jump into all the fun stuff um I'd like to read a prepared statement a press release uh the Fair Haven mayor and Council wish to announce the forthcoming retirement of our burough administrator Teresa CAG Grande on or about June June 1st 2024 Teresa began her career in municipal government over 20 years ago and she has proudly served as fairhaven's bur administrator for 13 years during her tenure as the town's administrator she has been instrumental in helping to make Fairhaven one of New Jersey's finest communities Teresa holds a Bachelor of Science and a master's of Business Administration from Mammoth University throughout her career she's also been very active in the New Jersey municipal Management Association which is a Statewide organization dedicated to improving the quality of local government in New Jersey Teresa served as NGM NJ mmas president in 2018 and in 2023 she received the organizations distinguished service award for demonstrating a career-long record of outstanding service in local government Teresa will continue to serve as Fair Haven's burough administrator until her retirement which will help make certain that the governing body is time to find an effective successor that allows for a seamless transition of this important leadership position uh we're going to have some more Pomp and Circumstance for Teresa in a few months but right now let's give her a round of app okay uh moving along we have uh two incoming governing body members that will be sworn in um you know the first uh person being sworn in is not here with us tonight but she set a new standard in that even though she did not attend she has a sitting Congressman here to swear her in and that's pretty impressive Michael right there Michael's husband is here or no okay um do we need the Bible here It's My Grandmother's Bible so I think she'll appreciate this can you see me yeah can you see me I can hi Congressman so mayor um I'm just going to read do she raise her right hand she's got her left hand on the Bible raise your right hand Michael okay we're ready okay I'm Michael delli I'm Michael delli you Solly swear you Solly swear I will support the Constitution I will support the Constitution of the United States of the United States the Constitution of the state of New Jersey the constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith and Allegiance I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and the same to the governments established in the United States the governments established in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people and that I will faithfully and that I will Faithfully impart partially impartially and justly perform and justly perform duties of council woman duties of councilwoman according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability so help me God so help me God congratulations Michael thank you I wish I was there but thank you all so weird everybody's weling but yeah I already I already signed this but you but you'll have to when you get here I'll I'll come in in a couple days thank you Alison thank you everyone congratulations all right next up Michael would you like to speak would you like to say a few words sure um well thank you Congressman for being there for me and for swearing me in and thank you to all the residents of Fair Haven I can't wait to be there in person and be able to really make a difference but um I'm so excited to work with Brian and the rest of the council and to the work with the administration and I know this is going to be a great year I'm sad to hear that Teresa is going but I'm looking forward to what the future brings and thank you to my family to my beautiful kid sovia and my husband Joe and to all my friends and my family in Fair Haven and and around and everyone who's listening online who is going to come and support in person but can't be there so thank you everyone and I can't wait to do good things okay uh next up we have Brian [Music] Olen hand right hand in there yep you're going to repeat after me I I Brian W Olson Brian W olon do solemnly swear Solly swear that I will support that I will support the Constitution the Constitution of the United States the United States and the Constitution and the constitution of the state of New Jersey the state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and allegiance to the same and to the governments established and to the governments established in the united states in the United States and in this state and in this state under under the authority of the people under the authority of the people and that I will and I will Faithfully faithfully and partially and partially and justly perform and justly perform the duties of the duties of councilman councilman according according to the best of my ability so help me God congratulations yeah I also would like to Echo Michael Com I'm excited to serve the community I want to thank my wife and ol and Ruby and Andy and the committee for all their hard work um I think that the most important word in public servant is servant and that's uh that's going to be my my Mantra is to serve the people of very I'm very excited to be so thank you okay first roll call of the 2024 Council Allison yes yes right uh does anyone have any interest in making a nomination for the office of bur council president I'd be happy to you mayor i' this evening I'd like to nominate Betsy cot second that motion I seconded a first okay uh Alison please have a roll call council members Cole yes yes yes yes yes yes congratulations uh the bur would like to recognize the following 2024 Fire Company officers uh fire chief Matthew Deonte deputy chief Kevin Countryman first assistant chief Matthew bufano and second assistant chief Matthew Lang the B would like to recognize the following fairen fire depart Department line officers for 2024 first aid officers Captain Brian Allison firste Lieutenant Marcos Rivera second Lieutenant Daniel Maloney fire police officers Captain David Kars first lieutenant Richard G Andre Jr second Lieutenant Scott Smith Wade Davis is heading up the water Rescue Unit um and auxiliary is President Carol K round ofla okay moving forward as you could see there's a lot of names here so I'm just going to go by the resolution number I'm going to ask you if you have any questions comments if not I'm going to ask for a motion uh we're talking about resolution number 2024-the have a roll call council members PA here yes s here yes yes yes yes yes thank you moving along resolution number 2024-25 202 24- 03 appointment of boards commissions and committees does anyone have any questions no no comments anyone have a motion motion second Alison may I please have a roll call council members Paul yes yes yes yes yes yes thank you resolution number 20244 appointments to the police department for 2024 does anyone have any questions comments no does anyone have a motion motion second Alison may I please have a roll call council members call yes yes yes yes yes yes thank you uh we are now on the consent agenda we're talking resolutions through 2024 d34 34 uh anyone have any questions or want to separate anything from this agenda I do have a question do we which of um um item three which of the banks do we happen to use just curious item three s listed what's the what's the number 06 it's the the cash management approve General business of the burrow and number three is the I'm just curious if I think that's a list of the ones that are approved by the state Chase under on the resolution you're talking number three I'm just curious which one or maybe we don't know we use all of them some some for ES some for our building account some for court okay you good with that explanation any other questions or comments no do I have a motion to approve motion second Alon may I please have a roll call Council memb Paul yes yes OE yes yes yes yes thank you um we're moving along to the good of the burrow portion of this meeting um the only comment I'd like to make before I ask for comments from the public is as quickly as that meeting just went I want to point out that there's a lot of work that goes into getting to this point there's a lot of interviews there's a lot of consideration um there's a lot of volunteering being done by the public uh and I just want to say how proud I am not only of the entire community but of the people up here and the staff and everything that was put into preparing for today um with that being said it's good to the burrow uh please state your name and address for the record please try to limit your comments to 3 minutes is there anyone in the public that has a good of the burough comment Alison is there anyone online we have seven attendees but no hands thank you with that being said I'd like to move towards adjournment the time is 7:22 p.m. uh do I have a motion some Move Motion second all in favor anyone oppos good night Fair congrats Michael and Brian thanks mayor good night everybody good night t