good evening the December 27th 2023 coun council meeting of Long Branch city council will now come to order roll call Mr here here can we please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance Pledge of Allegiance to the flag United States of America to The Republic which stands one nation under God invisible justice for all the Lawn branch mayor city council and administration are committed to cultivating an environment of mut ual trust and respect that values the diversity of our community we will strive to enhance the quality of life for all who live live here by making Long Branch a desirable place to desirable place in which to live and prosper who will treat all members of the public with respect and expect the same in return Madam clerk I hearby certify that this meeting has been published in the newspaper in accordance with the open public meetings act and posted as required by law thank you I need a motion to approve the minutes of the December 13th 2023 meeting so move second roll call Mr Vieira yes Dr vote is absent Mrs Wiis yes Dr s is absent Mr dangler yes consideration of ordinance public hearing and final consideration there are none ordinance for introduction there are none public portion resolution all General comments I need a motion to open the public portion of the meeting for all comments some moov some move second all in favor I oppose I so moved if there's anyone in the audience that has a comment to make please step to the podium and state your name and address for the record you have 5 minutes and will only and may only speak once I need a motion to oh no sorry requesting one minute notification Vincent leapor 33 Ocean turist Long Branch Mr Martin I originally filed an Oprah on 71823 for three CPA audits covering the annual operations at the three urban renewal entities operating at p Village 3 after numerous bad faith excuses by attorney Ron the city has again granted itself another extension this time pushing the city's own self-imposed deadline to January 19th 20124 which will make it a full s months that the city is taking to fulfill my Oprah at the last council meeting both you and Mr Ron indicated that none of the three urban renewal entities at Pier Village 3 has provided the city with either their 2021 or 2022 CPA audits Mr Martin could you please tell me who in this Administration is responsible for seeing to it that the developers at Pier Village 3 fulfill their reporting requirements through the submission of CPA prepared audits as outlined in their pilot financial agreements I don't think the pilot designates a certain version I think it's collected as an City who's responsible the city not one specific person not one specific person in the city is responsible for this Mr Martin Gary Barnett purchased the Pier Village 3 garage for $8 million on June 20th 2022 Provident Bank subsequently provided Gary Barnett's perer Village 3 garage a $4 million mortgage on September 13 2022 language included in that Provident Bank mortgage indicated that when Pilots were established for the garage Provident Bank reserved the right to require an escrow payment equal to 112th of the estimated annual pilot payment to be included along with each monthly mortgage payment Mr Martin who in this Administration decided that the garage at Pier Village 3 was part of the common elements of the residential Condominium Association and direct contad contradiction to language found in both the master deed for the LOF at Pier Village filed in Freehold on December 23rd 2019 and in similar language contained in the September 22 mortgage issued by Provident Bank Mr Martin who in this Administration decided that nobody in the administration did and how did it happen that was between the bank and the property owner that is incorrect that's why we have mistakes Mr Martin since both Gary Barrett Barnett and Kushner companies are non-compliant with their mandatory reporting requirement with the city have either you or attorney rown sent correspondence to any of the principles behind perer Village three requesting the missing CPA audits we s request the property man for the a you sent requests to the property manager when after your request after my open request for each month for seven months or from seven months ago don't recall the frequency but I'll put an uprint on it Mr Martin at the last council meeting Mr Ron stated that the city auditor would have no need to review any perer Village 3 audits Mr Martin isn't one of the roles of the city auditor is to examine and test the veracity of the city's Financial Accounting methods and practices yes or no yes then Mr Martin wouldn't the city auditor need to analyze the peer Village 3 audits minute in order to test if in fact the three urban renewal entity are in compliance with the level of profits allowed under the terms of the entities's P pilot financial agreement with the city I think that's a little for our city this is a far reach for the city that's a disgraceful answer I need to vote wherever you are your husband Dennis Sherman head of the condo association at save Ocean Avenue what has he done to enforce the audits on AB baited condos along Ocean Avenue which put other condos along Ocean Avenue and throughout the city at a disadvantage faced with further favoritism perer Village 3 to the city Mr need a vote Dennis Sherman 5 minutes head of save Ocean Avenue and the condo association of the city you've disgrace yourselves again you've made a mockery out of the people you represent it's about the city Dennis Sherman and Anita boat councilwoman drunk government anyone else I need a motion to close the public portion of the meeting so moved second all in favor I I opposed Madam clerk are there any changes to the list of resolutions no changes were made we can take the list of resolutions as a consent agenda roll call I need to move in a second oh so moved second Mr Vieira yes Dr to vote is absent Mrs witus yes Dr s's absent Mr dangler yes second applications there are none miscellaneous business for the good of the order councilman Vieira yes good night and thank you for coming in tonight and with that I want to wish everybody a Happy New Year thank you councilwoman whts hi good evening thank you for coming this evening just just want to wish everyone a happy and healthy New Year and to please stay safe and pray for peace for everyone who's experiencing you know War right during these times um we need to keep them in you know in our prayers and wish them well um that's it for me have a good evening mayor palone thank you council president I just want to uh had three little comments the first is that the Holiday Beach badges will still have uh special pricing until January 31st please call the uh Recreation Department terms of finding out how to purchase them uh the city calendars will be out in early January so just in a couple of weeks and I also would like to wish everyone a safe and happy New Year and uh we hope all of you have a great year ahead in 2024 thank you thank you I also would like to wish everyone a safe and happy New Year and if you uh partake in any livations if you're out and about think about getting an Uber so you can get home safely to your families with all that being said now I need an adjournment need a motion to adjourn second all in favor I oppos have a good evening good night good night good night good night night night