##VIDEO ID:YUlaemD42Rs## I make this here Y and then you're in a it's telling you that it's being recorded so you can just hit pound for got it [Music] Mike are you ready we're g to get started I'd like to call the burough of Beach Haven council meeting or October 24th at 4M to order um we're going to do the flag salute I'll I'll I'll lead the flag salute have any else I pledge aliance to the flag the United States of America and to the repic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible Justice for All person to the New Jersey open public meetings act adequate and electronic notice of this meeting has been provided by posting on the bulletin board in the Beach Haven municipal building and on the burrow website and mailing the sign the same to the beach Haven times the Asbury Park Press and the Press of Atlantic City Mrs ball Miller here m Miss Lambert here Mr mcaffrey here miss Snider mayor Davis I have minutes for approval without formal reading a September 9th regular meeting September 26th agenda meeting October 15th Capital Workshop meeting and October 15th regular meeting has everyone had a chance to review the minutes do I have a motion did you get a chance to um the one thing I mentioned to you yeah I'm not sure how you want to handle that I mean I do recall discussing the grant um that it could be funded by a grant either way it will be funded so I'm not sure how you want to insert that as long as it's going to be funded that's okay thank you sure motion to approve thank you I'll second thank you all in favor I I thank you ordinance 20124 38 Bond ordinance authorizing various Capital Improvements and acquis positions in and for the Burrow Beach Haven county of ocean state of New Jersey appropriating 1, 653,000 therefore and authorizing the issuance of 1, 252,000 bonds or notes to finance part of the cost thereof first reading would you like me to go through the final list sure okay so the final list um the NJ do Road Improvement project glendola and Essex Avenue 500,000 we did receive 336,000 in Grants that will offset that Ocean County schedule C Road improvements 75,000 refurbishment of a trash truck 50,000 acquisition of a two- wheeel drive pickup for the Department of Public Works 50,000 acquisition of skid steer loader for Public Works 50,000 Park improvements 50,000 acquisition and installation of playground equipment upgrades at Nelson Park 250,000 improvements and upgrades to burrow Hall 30,000 improvements to the beach Haven Library including upgrades to hbac 12,000 installation of Brak water at Doc Road 50,000 acquisition of police equipment 20,000 acquisition of beach equipment including Moby mats Beach Patrol lifeguard rest equipment 84,000 improvements and upgrades to the beach Patrol headquarters Center Street 15,000 and the second installment of our share of a fire pump truck 100,000 and upgrades and replacement of various traffic signals 209,000 with a total of 1, 653,000 any questions on that thank you because it's first reading there is no public comment do I have a motion to approve I'll make the motion thank you second Mrs B Miller yes Miss Lambert yes Mr mcaffrey yes Kitty did you um I see that you're on the meeting as well can you unmute her she did a thumbs up all right are you a yes y thank you ordinance 2 2439 Bond ordinance authorizing various sewer system improvements by the sewer utility in and for the burough Beach Haven in the county of ocean state of New Jersey appropriating 985 th000 therefore and authorizing the issuance of 985 th000 bonds or notes to finance part of the cost thereof this includes 950,000 for sewer Main and lateral pipe replacement throughout the bureau including along Amber Street and Bay Avenue and 35,000 for continued Street overlay areas affected by the main and lateral pipe replacement for a total of 985 th000 this is a first reading so there is no comment from the public do I have a motion on ordinance 39 motion to approve second thank you Mrs B Miller yes Miss Lambert yes Mr mcaffrey yes Miss Snider yes ordinance 2024 40 Bond ordinance authorizing various water system improvements by the Water Utility in and for the Burrow Beach Haven in the county of ocean state of New Jersey appropriating 2, 435,000 therefore and authorizing the issuance of 2, 435,000 bonds or notes to finance part of the cost thereof this includes 2,400,000 for water main and lateral pipe replacement throughout the burough including along Bay Avenue and Amber Street also included another 35,000 for Street overlays for areas affected by Main and lateral pipe replacement it is first reading so there is no public comment do I have a motion for ordinance 40 I'll make that motion I'll second Mrs biller yes Miss Lambert yes Mr mcaffrey yes Miss Snider yes ordinance 2024 41 amendment to bond ordinance number 20 202225 finally adopted by the burough Beach Haven in the county of ocean state of New Jersey on November 14th 2022 to increase the appropriation therein by 2,600,000 and authorizing the issuance of 2,47 5,000 additional bonds or notes to finance part of the cost thereof first reading so this is an additional appropriation on top of the original 3 million for the EOC repairs bringing the maximum estimated project cost to 5,600,000 this is first reading there is no public comment do I have a motion on ordinance 41 motion to approve 41 I'll second Mrs B Miller yes Miss Lambert yes Mr mcaffrey yes Miss Snider yes ordinance 202442 this is the 2024 salary ordinance um we usually do it earlier in the year it was prepared and I failed to put it on the agenda so here it is every year we are required to adopt the ranges for all of our positions the low and the high we did analyze all of the ranges to make sure that they were appropriate for our negotiated salaries um this is first reading there is no public comment do I have a motion on 42 I'll make a motion thank you I'll second thank you Mrs B Miller yes Miss Lambert yes Mr mcaffrey yes Miss Snider yes all matters list listed under item consent agenda are considered to be routine by the municipal Council and will be enacted by one Motion in the form listed any items requiring expenditure supported by a certification of availability of funds and any item requiring discussion will be removed from the consent agenda and discussed separately all consent agenda items will be reflected in full in the minutes resolution 203 awarding a contract to sh connection Inc for the 2023 Road reconstru ruction Improvement project Fifth Street and burrow utility replacement project resolution 204 authorizing execution of a shared service agreement with the county of ocean for participation in the driving while intoxicated enforcement program and Drug recognition expert callout program resolution 206 consenting to the issuance of amusement licenses for Mr te's for the 2025 Amusement games are there any items you'd like to discuss or remove no no do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented so moves second Mrs B Miller yes Miss Lambert yes Mr mcaffrey yes Miss Snider yes I have a bill list today in the amount of 3,242 4414 motion to approve thank you second thank you Mrs B Miller yes Miss Lambert yes Mr mcaffrey yes Miss Snider yes okay that's all the business I have at this time we'll open the floor for public comment come on up state your name and address for the record anyone on Zoom wishing to be heard during public comment if you could raise an electronic hand and turn your camera on I'd appreciate it uh real quick Adam own fire chief of B Hunter South Bay have um so real quick I know this going to be a quick meeting just want to thank you guys for all the work with the EOC project and everything I know that we've talked about that we've been working on that you know everything that happened in Florida and everything we want to make sure that everyone here in the community is prepared and you guys are doing a great job uh all the stuff that you worked on all year I know that elections are coming up so thank you guys for all the hard work this year and good luck to everybody thank you thank you thank you any other members of the public wish to be heard loron 1001 West oh on the um appropr the bonds for sewer system and the water system you say throughout Beach Haven that's money so I mean are we talking like all throughout Beach Haven it is a benefit when we say that it's it's a an appropriation that benefits the entire municipality it doesn't mean every Street's getting done no no when you look at the actual wording of the ordinance it shows that our focus is going to be Bay Avenue and Amber Street okay good question right seeing no other public comment I'd like to just say something I mean just if I could address one thing before we go into um final remarks I just you know obviously I'm here on Zoom I rarely am on Zoom can you hear me yes okay I just wanted to I know there's been a lot of talking with all due respect to um some of our members and known as the hometown team I and with all due respect I disagree with you on the zoom um issue in terms of not being not allowing anyone to be on Zoom when they're a council member I think that I'm I at my mom she's 98 things happen I don't I think that if you if you don't allow some members of boards and councils to be um present on Zoom at sometimes then you really limit the pool and the diversity of our potential L use boards and council members and I just I wanted to say I know the mayor can't be there tonight she has a very serious eye issue and she had an appointment and I know she wanted to zoom at least that's what I was told and I don't know what happened but sure that it's she's at the doctor you know we can't just start pointing ERS at fellow members I think that's unfair and I just wanted to make my point clear Zoom works very well one of the only good things that came out of covid that we see that it does work well and it allows a lot of people to attend meetings and participate um Kitty thank you for that um I think there's a slight misunderstanding Our concern is the fact that people are going away for extended periods of time and abusing the use of Zoom instead of being here representing the town I believe if you read some of what we wrote it said everybody does have illnesses everybody has Family Matters and everybody's entitled to some vacation time it is the Abus of Zoom where people are going away for extended periods and I think that's something that needs to be examined especially because we're the only town on Long Beach Island that is allowing any member of any governing body to do this and zoom certainly is wonderful for all the people who would like to participate it's not meant to be a total block if that's we want to go but does need to be tightened up considerably that's where we were coming from you know that and there in lies the where do you draw the line you know I mean it's something that we can talk about but I think it's you have to be very careful be so that it's not prejudicial I don't think it is prejudicial because like I said we're the only Town doing it so every other Town seems to be thriving without it I do think there are times when it does come in handy but as a general rule so people can go away and phone it in that's where we were coming from I mean again one last thing and you know we are a tourist ouan economy we have many many residents who own businesses and work their you know their tailes off all summer long and are able to go away in the winter a little bit and I I know there are always people that take advantage and abuse it and I agree with that but I just want to be mindful of that we have great potential in many of our residents who might want to join and we'll need to zoom in in January you know so that's that's all I want to say thank you just just one thing my my personal opinion is if you're going to be on Zoom we are the ones making decisions for these people and my personal opinion it should be face to face that's all I'm saying thank you face to face with hardly anyone's at our meeting so yeah it sounds good I I understand I hear you okay at this time we'll close the floor to public comment and go for final remarks of councel Jamie like we're just here wait we were just here last week yes we were actually um I don't have much to say thank you for the the few of you that have made it tonight the Beach Haven school has the Halloween parade tomorrow starting at 5:30 The Long Beach Boulevard Bay Avenue will be will be shut down for a brief period of time so please come out and support your uh local school followed by a a trunk or treat at this school and I got moved up to judge this year I'm very thrilled to uh be the judge this year and I'm looking forward to that good luck to all the um council members and the three other residents that are buying for a seat up here on the DS good luck to you and uh get out and vote Mike um covered a lot of things I was going to say and so I'll just I'll just leave it as get out there and vote mhm Cen well did about the Halloween parade and the trunk Retreat following right afterward which is always kind of cool to go around and see how nicely they decorate also want to mention that the annual stripe bass Derby for the shell is this weekend and I'm sure if you're already um and you're registered and you're good to go but please come out on Sunday because the fundraiser this year goes toward the burrow drone and reclaim the bay two wonderful causes and Saturday there's a pet parade at 1:00 um as you already know the Voting is November 5th October 26 to November 3rd is early voting over the Southern Ocean Resource Center in manah hawen that's the closest location just wanted to say happy Halloween drive carefully Kitty um yeah couple things I thank you Colleen for mentioning um the straight bath Derby and yeah friends of Beach Haven is actually the recipient of the um one of the lucky recipients of the money this year and we are dedicating it directly specifically to a drone which is really great I'm really proud of friends of be Haven um Colleen and I went were attended a meeting a follow Cher cook off and it went well I mean couple of glitches but not much she have many complaints Chris Carson had zero complaints a few things they're GNA iron out next year but again it was a great day for all I would personally like to encourage everyone to vote um in no on in the November election I especially Hope from me personally consider um voting yes for the open space referendum question it's a personal choice but choice that I hope you can find it in your hearts to for Beach Haven um Good Luck to everyone running and see you next time thank you kitty that was a I just wanted I for since you're not here but I wanted to tell you I just read your letter in the paper and that was thank you for doing that about the oh thank you also support voting yes for the uh Green Acres fingers crossed all right thank you so much do I have a motion to adjourn I'll make the motion all right thank you so much meeting adjourned have a great night