so I'd like to call this meeting to order please adequate notice of this meeting was provided and published in the Asbury Park Press and the ocean star on January 12th 2024 copies of the agenda were provided to the to the newspapers posted on public bulletin boards in the township website thank you I get a roll call please councilman albanes here councilwoman pontorero here councilwoman D young here councilman feeman here councilwoman Travers here vice president amberino here president minikino here thank you thank you I'd like everybody to rise please salute the flag and then we're gonna have a moment of silence please FL flag United States stand thank you can I get a motion and a second to approve the minutes from January 23rd please 2024 I'll make that motion second thank you councilman albanes yes councilwoman Pono yes councilwoman D young yes councilman Fineman yes councilwoman Travers yes vice president amberino yes president minino yes thank you so I'd like to call the mayor to the podium please apparently we have some band members here couple yeah so we'd like to have the band members please come up not yet oh not yet sorry sorry just a sec sorry I'd actually like to ask the band director and our assistant director come up [Music] please [Applause] I have a proclamation here that I'd like to present to our band directors and also to all the students here um I really want to say thank you all first of all for coming out I know how much hard work and dedication it takes to get through a marching band season not only for the directors and our students but also for the parents because band parents are really very hardworking parents and without band parents I know there wouldn't be a band program so if the kids could take a second just to applaud your parents for all their hard [Applause] work so I'm going to present this Proclamation The Brick Township High School Marching dragons is one of the most accomplished units in the state of New Jersey and had one of its most success successful competition seasons ever in 2023 under the dedicated and enthusiastic leadership of band director Christian negri and marching dra the marching dragons had an undefeated regular season placing first in every competition they participated in the marching dragons captured the New Jersey Tournament of bands region 7 Championship the New Jersey state championship and finished second in the to Atlantic Tournament of sorry Atlantic C uh Championship competition earning the highest score in the school's history these achievements were all the result of an extraordinary amount of hard work dedication and commitment as well as countless hours of practice by the exceptional members of the band the members of the 2023 New Jersey state champion marching dragons are Riley Allen Morgan D Allen Shay AO jasine Aila Elizabeth Aila Daniel Burns Joseph CIO Peter desposito Isabella Delgado Regina Gardner Addison Gard Carlos gardo Lily Graziano Hayden Jackson Mason Jacobs Liam dubac Andrew Kaminsky emila kosmek Marlon Martinez Alex Martinez Richard Matlock Kaden maeri Emily Marine Scotland Norman m Molly O'Brien Sarah olski Marco Pelosi uh Jacob Ros Carla Ritter Lola Rabino Nicholas San Jose Christopher Todd Alexa wendorf Jack Jake Ward and Mariana Warf and I'm sorry okay I'm gonna make sure I add that to that I'm so sorry and I'm sorry if I mispronounced your names um so uh at as mayor of the township of brick in the county of ocean in the state of New Jersey in honor of their outstanding competition season during which they won the New Jersey state championship due hereby proclaimed Thursday February 15 2024 to be Brick Township High School Marching Memorial uh School Marching dragons day and I hope that everyone joins us as well and just as an aside I noted earlier how I knew how much hard work it was to do this uh when I was in high school I was in the color guard for all four years of high school so I attended all the same things that the band went to it was one of the first years we competed in my high school and it was really exciting and I know the thrill of going to those competitions and I'm so excited to be able to celebrate with all of our band members and I guess Color Guard members at somewhere um uh tonight so I want to thank you and I'm going to give give you guys an opportunity to speak as well so thank [Applause] you and uh first I want to thank uh mayor crate and the Town Council for inviting us all here tonight and uh recognizing the marching dragons uh I was born here and raised in Brick myself and to come back uh here and to teach the marching dragons has been a humbling and amazing experience uh it all really is a team effort um I want to thank the parents for the hours of work they put in uh not only just coming to competitions but the hours outside of that figuring out props figuring out how stuff is going to run um I want to thank the staff for the same thing for being here for every rehearsal and showing dedication um and commitment to all the members and I also want to thank uh all the students for everything they do in uh not only just the Excellence they show as performers but the Excellence in characters both character both on and off the field so thank you [Applause] all and I did have the opportunity to actually see the show I came to your home show it was phenomenal I would I told everyone afterwards it was just so fantastic so again excited to celebrate with you and so now now uh we're going to call up each of the students to receive a certificate and if you could please stay up here because we'd like to get one big group picture afterwards okay you're probably better with the names than me right Riley uh Riley [Applause] Allen Morgan D [Applause] Allen Shay AO jasine [Applause] ailla Liz [Applause] ailla uh Daniel maeri uh Colin [Applause] maeri Colin cassella Ivan [Applause] Centron Frankie [Applause] civitano Christian [Applause] comes Jason Corona Joseph kerio Peter Diaz bazito Isabella [Applause] Delgado Regina Gardner Addison Gard Carlos [Applause] Gordillo Lily [Applause] Graziano Aiden [Applause] Jackson Mason Jacobs Liam [Applause] jubac Andrew Kaminsky Emily [Applause] kazmc Marlon [Applause] Martinez Alex Martinez [Applause] Richard [Applause] Matlock Kaden [Applause] maeri Emily [Applause] Moreno Scotland Norman Miley [Applause] O'Brien Sarah [Applause] olski Marco [Applause] Pelosi Jacob Ros Carla [Applause] rder Lola [Applause] Rabino Nick San [Applause] Jose Christopher [Applause] Todd Alexa wendorf Jake [Applause] Ward Mariana [Applause] Warth all right we ready to continue yeah thank you this brings us to our consent agenda all matters listed under item consent agenda will be enacted by one Motion in the form listed below if discussion is desired on any item this item will be removed from the consent agenda and will be considered separately thank you 41 please recognized patrolman Chris DeMarco officer of the year award recipient thank you councilman amberino please uh thank you council president it's an honor to read this resolution this resolution recognizes Brick Township police officer Mike Miller as the recipient of this year's Chris DeMarco officer of the year award patrolman Miller possesses many of the same qualities and attributes as patrolman Chris DeMarco including professionalism humility Integrity selflessness and kindness towards others I offer my congratulations to officer Miller for this award thank you thank you 4 two please recognize lieutenant Thomas mcellis award recipient thank you councilwoman the young thank you this resolution recogniz detective Tara Schindler as the recipient of this year's lieutenant Thomas McNelis award detective Schindler or also known as officer Tara during her uh D days is known by her colleagues as being a very capable and knowledgeable police detective and is always working to share that knowledge and make every officer of the department better at what they do for our Township and I would just like to say she is one of our favorites to have up here here when we have the officers at day so congratulations off officer Tara second no [Laughter] offense thank you thank you ex those guys back there I'm sorry you're our favorite special. 43 please authorized budget transfer thank you councilman albanes thank you council president this resolution authorizes budget appropriation transfers as needed for year end these transfers do not increase our overall Municipal budget in any way we are moving funds from one account to another thank you four4 please authorized receipt of bids printing services councilman P thank you council president this resolution author authorizes the receipt for of bids for printing services this contract includes printing of various Township forms used by all departments such as letterhead envelopes business cards UCC forms and NCR forms to date the township has spent $29,000 with three awarded vendors during the two-year contract period thank you thank you 48 4 five I'm sorry authorized receipt of bids landscape maintenance services at solar field councilwoman ponera thank you council [Music] president thank you this resolution authorizes the receipt of bids for landscape maintenance services at the solar field the scope of work for this project includes a spring and fall mowing Ste seed mixed with fertilizer hay top soil mulch ve vegetation removal and disposal of rip wrap areas of approximately 15 acres to date the township has an approximate expenditure of $60,000 during this current two-year contract period which will expire on APR April 19th 2024 with onsite Landscape Management as the current vendor thank you 46 please authorized receipt of bids operation of food truck at Brick Beach 3 councilwoman Travers thank you 47 authorized receipt of bids affordable housing Council pool this resolution authorize the receipt of bids for affordable housing Council thank you 48 authorize Award of contract purchase and delivery of signed materials councilman finman thank you council president this resolution Awards an award of contract the following vendors creative visual systems bransburg New Jersey National Highway products milville and sorama freeold and an approved schedule of prices this is a two-year contract commencing February 14th 2024 and ending February 13 2026 thank you 49 please authorize Award of contract purchase of 2025 Peterbilt 528 rolloff truck through sourcewell National Cooperative thank you councilwoman ponera thank you let's try this again council president this resolution authorizes an award of contract with Hunter Jersey Peterbilt in cburg in the amount of $218,900 for a 2025 Peterbilt 528 rolloff truck as approved in the 2023 capital budget this purchase is being made through the source well National Co-op thank you 410 please authorize Award of contract purchase of 2025 Peterbilt 528 patch truck through sourceb nation National Cooperative thank you councilwoman Travers thank you council president this resolution authorizes an award of contract with Hunter Jersey Peter Bill Clarksburg for 2025 peterbill patch truck in the amount of $270,500 as approved in the 23 capital budget this purchase is being made through the sourcewell national Co-op thank you thank you 411 authorize Award of contract purchase of 2025 Peter Bill 520 sidearm garbage truck through sourcewell National Cooperative thank you this resolution authorizes an award of contract with Hunter Jersey Peterbilt Clarksburg in the amount of $394,500 for a 2025 Peterbilt sidearm garbage truck as approved in a 2023 capital budget this purchase is being made through the sourcewell national Co-op thank you for 12 please authorize Award of contract maintenance and support for New World public safety software suite councilman amberino please thank you council president this resolution authorizes an award of contract in the amount of 231,000 to provide maintenance and support services for the new world public safety software suite that is utilized by the brick Police Department for dispatch operations thank you thank you 413 please authorize agreement with Ocean County 2024 pump out boat program councilman Fineman thank you council president this resolution authorizes the execution of a shared services agreement with the county of ocean for the operation and maintenance of three pump out boats the bay saer bay Defender and a third boat coming to us this spring which service the affluent discharge the of boers in Brick Township's Waters the pump the pump out boats provide a convenient inexpensive and environmentally safe means for boers to dispose of the effluent waste in this agreement brick operates and maintains the pump out boats and the county reimburses the township up to $50,000 for cost incurred for the three vots thank you thank you 414 authorize mayor to enter into fair and Open professional service contract for insurance broker Consultants thank you councilman Alban thank you council president this resolution authorizes an agreement with iMac Insurance Agency Beville for insurance broker services for the employees and retirees Cobra dental medical prescription stop loss temporary disability insurance and vision thank you 415 author Motor Vehicle sales license a car for you thank you this resolution authorizes a motor vehicle sales license to a car for you located at 20005 Route 88 the zoning officer and fire Bureau have conducted a site visit and confirm the location is appropriate for Motor Vehicle sales 416 authorized Place toop Place transfer of plenary retail consumption liquor license Med Marian us to bees thank you councilman albanes thank you counc this resolution author a place transferin retail consumption license to Mar for portion of Prem thank you 47 authorized special events permit councilman erso uh thank you council president 17A authorizes a special event permit for the river rock and run which is scheduled for Saturday November 16th of 2024 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. in noon at River Rock on Route 70 17b authorizes a special event permit for the Relay for Life which is scheduled for Friday June 7th from 5: to 11: pm at Winward Beach thank you thank you 418 please 418a is an inspection fund release for Block 2601 lot 701 18b is an inspection fund release for Block 190 lot 40 18c is an inspection fund release for Block 321 Lots 1101 and 1102 18d is an inspection fund released for Block 3 38018 lot 102 e is an inspection fund release for Block 485 lot 26 f is an inspection fund release for Block 54701 lot 15 G is an inspection fund release for Block 1149 Lots 5 5.10 and six H is a performance bond release for Block 13385 lot 22 thank thank you 419 19a is 100% daav Widow of Veteran deduction for Block 12 5606 lot 9 and 19B are overpayments for 2024 at block 99.2 lot7 block 10 8384 lot 11 block 38020 lot one thank you this brings us to the end of our consent agenda can I get a motion in a second please motion thank you open to council seeing none close councel open to public for questions under resolutions only yes ma'am man call 18 Green Brier Boulevard I've asked for this many times so now I think I'll just every meeting ask you for it I've asked you to put in addition to the block and lot the actual address that we know the property by failing to do that I'm asking you now for the address to each of the items a through h on number 18 now now so I've told you in the past also that we've met our legal obligations to give you the lot blot that's debatable give me give me the verbiage from that in our documents I gave you my explanation thank you any okay let it be known that the president or president uh acting president is it because I came in late um he is the president by now you should know that's not sufficient thank you anybody else from public seeing none close public roll call councilman albanes yes councilwoman ptero yes councilwoman D young yes councilman Fineman yes councilwoman Travers yes vice president amberino yes president minikino yes thank you thank you this brings us to our computer Bill resolution be it resolved by the township Council the township of brick that the following bills be paid and that the mayor and clerk be and are hereby authorized to draw orders on the treasur for the amounts of the same computer Bill resolution in the amount of 15 Milli 56,2 120 thank you can I get a motion in a second motion second thank you open to council close Council open to public for questions on the computer Bill resolution seeing none Clos public roll call councilman albanes yes councilwoman ptero yes councilwoman D young abstain Community Services Inc yes to the rest councilman Fineman yes councilwoman Travers yes vice president amberino yes president minino abstain teamsters and yes to the rest thank you thank you this brings us to our manual Bill resolution be it resolved by the township Council the township of brick that the following bills be paid and that the mayor clerk B and are hereby authorized to draw orders on the treasurer for the amounts of the same manual Bill resolution in the amount of 1,997 43131 thank you can I get a motion in a second please motion second thank you open to councel seeing none close councel open to public on the questions on the manual Bill seeing none close public roll call councilman Alban yes councilwoman pontorero yes councilwoman young yes councilman Fineman yes councilwoman Travers yes vice president amberino yes president minikino yes thank you thank you this brings us to public comment please note that each person addressing the council during any section of the meeting during which public comment is permitted shall limit his or her remarks to five minutes pursuing to Brick Township Administrative Code section 2-33 B thank you anybody yes Mr I will read my letter February 11 the CR current council president why do I keep putting current Vince manino all brick councilman and councilwoman the people of brick and local news reporters if any here um before we get started on the needs of the people in bre let's not forget the plight of the school children and their families on the S2 let us all keep fighting for the unfair rules brought about by the government in Trenton let's not forget the burden of the additional children uh that appear in our school system every January after the state takes its official count in October 80 elll students five less than five years ago over 700 today um got to be a correction or something because it costs a lot more money to teach people two different things the language and the regular education okay once again I'll Stand before for you and talk about the walls in the Brick Township this might be the citizens that reside in this town I guess I should mention a few experts on air pollution and see if the mayor or any Council notices what goes on uh Dr Allan Thomas Clary uh chronic obst COPD chronic obstructions pulmonary disease cardiovascular difficulties and an increased chance of Lung Care are just a few of the many negative Health impacts that air pollution has in the longterm exposure to air pollution can impair lung Health aggravate pre-existing illnesses and raise death rates deep blood stream and lung penetration by delicate particles matter and pollutants such as ground level oen ozone can lead to organ damage and inflammation since prolonged exposure to air pollution is linked by the several health issues it is public health issue that necessitates action on all call missions and safe guard's vulnerable population Dr vat air pollution can have a number of harmful effects on children's health and development including respiratory problems air pollution can irritate the Airways and lungs make it difficult for children to breathe this can lead to symptoms such as coughing weezing and shortness of breath and CH chest tightness in severe cases air pollution can cause asthma attacks and pneumonia cardiovas vascular problems air pollution can increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes in children it can also make existing H conditions worse neurological problems air pollution has been linked to a number of neurological problems in children including attention deficit disorder which we all know this happens in schools more than it used to ADHD learning disabilities and autism spectrum disorder can cancer air pollution has been linked to increased risks of cancer in children including leukemia and brain cancer Dr Bromberg and c and Dr Katherine Cur and the Council on environmental health and many Elders actually wrote part of an article that says air pollution has a disastrous effect on children health effects linked to air pollution incl include exasperation of respiratory disease reduced lung function development increased asthma incidence air pollution and air pollution has a disastrous effect on children health effects linked to air pollution include uh pre-team birth rate pre-term birth low birth rates pre-term births pre-term birth rates the council mayum and all the workers are paid to represent all the citizens and obligated to stand up speak out and take legal action against the bureaucracy a 20 foot pollution noise and safety wall would increased in the number of Threes brushes needed along with the Garden State Parkway the people of Evergreen Woods people of green Bri the people of Brian Mill the people going to school and work as a brick High Lanes Mill School uh die prematurely and get little to no help people of Cherrywood wood Town Hall workers and the library feel feel the abuse as well of the New Jersey 10 P do Authority every day we will see hopefully anyone really cares for the citizens of in the students of Evergreen Woods Green Brier Lanes Mill School Brian Mill Birchwood brick high and Ocean County Library town hall and other places around B um obviously people enjoy the music they play let's get some work done try to help the children survive more than just playing for the band I yeld back 10 seconds thank you anybody else from public please yes Nan call 18 Green Brier Boulevard um I have here a book because I'm always interested in educating myself I wonder if any of you read the facts that are in this book in any book at all it is the US Constitution and other writings number one I doubt that any of you know not being of Irish heritage that basically the reason for the Declaration of Independence was for the original uh and people that came from Ireland uh not too many from England Wales and Scotland they lived under the thumb of the cruel English people English Monarchy um and most of the Declaration of Independence is to safeguard the abuses that they suffered from occurring then you go into the Bill of Rights and that was also to protect people who had lived through that tyranny I uh happen to know because you would hear the guy that sleeps at the White House maybe three nights a week talk about the uh kitchen table and discussions well mine wasn't at a kitchen table it was at the dining room table and my four grandparents only two of whom that I saw every day well only for three years my grandfather but my grandmother from the min she took me from uh birth H from the doctor because I came early and my father only had time to call his parents his mother and say you better get here Mary's going to have the baby any minute of course Mary didn't believe him but he was right he was three years younger than Mary but she thought she knew better and she was right too uh anyway I heard about these things but I heard it mostly in the context of what the Irish had endured they were all forborn in Ireland the same county and uh everything that I read I know what the background is and how they were persecuted so that said uh the next thing I'm going to say is by the way I was born in November Joe Biden was born in November I was born the year before he was born uh my brother was born in October he was born the year after Joe Biden was born and I know what life was like Brooklyn was very much like the uh Pennsylvania at area that Joe Biden was born in and I know that most of the people were similar to Joe and he talks often about he would like to take some other people that he disagrees with out in back of the uh I think he called it the school gym something like that and thrash them well we were fortunate because in our neighborhood the boys didn't thrash one another mostly they got along they played baseball in the streets this was home plate that car was first base that car was third base and down uh a little bit was second base so we did those kind of things and we did it well the girls had their games the boys had their games we'd sit on my grandmother's stoop because Grandpa died when I was about three and we moved in with Grandma after my uncle got married and moved moved out and she was widowed for many years at that point and Grandma was in my life until the day she died I would see her almost every day um grandpa in the beginning he would see a demand to see me every day because he only had two boys his little girl nine years later survived for only 12 years and he loved my grandmother so much when my mother got pregnant with me he and my father would not hear that I was going to be anything but a female and uh my middle name Hors both grandmothers because they have the same first name and he was a pub owner now a pub is greatly different from Bar and Grill technically on the license it was a bar and grill so I will continue this next meeting and until until some of you get the idea that you are not governing you are not representing us you are representing yourselves and your own pocket books thank you anybody else from public seeing none close public Mrs Bergen thank you I just want to congratulate that officer Miller and detective Shindler on their prestigious Awards mayor thank you uh so a couple people may have read uh over the last week or so that I did officially retire so I just wanted to put that out there uh this evening that I know past tradition has been or is held as far as I know that the Mayors typically held a job or owned a business in town but it is also tradition that times must and always do change my friend so uh I thought it was time for me to retire from teaching after being there for 31 years and uh really commit myself to the town of brick because I do love this town and I want to make sure that I'm available uh for the citizens and for all of the good things that we have going on and to work with everyone to do more so I'm looking forward to that uh and part of that is I kind of Dove right in and I had uh their graduations right away so congratulations to those students at osbornville drump point and vs well uh we had a chance to celebrate their dare graduations over the last two weeks uh I had a chance to go join the PBA for their climb of a cop last Saturday in uh support of Special Olympics it was a lot of fun a lot of kids turned out and it was really fun I got to climb with Spider-Man literally so it was really exciting uh and the kids were great and our police officers of course are fabulous and uh I look forward to continuing to partner with our police officers on other events going forward in their support uh we had a ribbon cutting at appliances for Less located at 50 Brick Boulevard that's the Pavilion Shopping Center I'm likely going to go back and buy a dryer it's like a i for lack of a better explanation it's like a Denton scratch store but it's the nicest stuff and actually it's not really uh items that are necessarily dented or scratched uh a lot of times I know people are uh we had a conversation with the owners and people are put installing kitchens or laundry rooms in in their homes and they ordered the wrong oven or refrigerator didn't fit or whatever and it's those items as well really the prices are slashed and the stuff looks great so um if you're in the market for a new fridge or a new washer dryer or dishwasher or oven uh they had gas electric they had a little bit of everything I and they also had small appliances too like air fryers bunch of air fryers and stuff like that so I recommend checking them out uh and I also uh attended with council president minikino our brick birthday party I had the chance to say good morning my neighbors as they as everyone arrived at the event it was so much fun we had so many kids coming out um we had I had the chance to make slime with the kids which was a lot of fun and uh I think we may have doubled the amount of participants this year which really makes me happy because again we talk about community and bringing uh people from different uh neighborhoods and areas of the Town together and this was the perfect opportunity to do that so thank you to everyone who participated we had a great day if you are looking for a place to have lunch on Thursday uh don't forget that the visitation Community lunch takes place the third Thursday of every month this month it will be the 15th uh doors open at 11:30 a.m. I was told that it would be a valentine themed lunch so um uh it there's no age or requirement or anything like that it's everyone is welcome and we're hoping to have a really good turnout on Thursday I will be there assisting in the serving so please stop by we'd love to see you and finally I'm just gonna throw one more date out there for you the annual mayor mock trial is taking place on Monday February 26th right here in town hall at 5:00 pm in the courtroom and the public is invited to attend to watch Brick Township go up against brick memorial they have a mock trial groups uh that practice really all year for this event it's a lot of fun and uh it's a bit of a competition I believe we have judge kanteti coming again to be the official judge uh thankfully I don't have to judge I'm happy about that but uh last year Brick Township for the first time in a while took the title so I'm excited to see who comes out on top this year so please join us on Monday February 26th at 5:00 pm for the mayor's mock trial and that's all I have thank you so much thank you Mr canel thank you madam I have nothing thank you Madam Secretary nothing thank you councilman albanes oh yeah I want to congratulate the uh the band and everybody who won awards and the mayor on her retirement now you can get to work councilwoman pter thank you I want to Echo the sentiments of my fellow Council men and women I want to congratulate the great work done by the bands I'm a new bands mom my two little girls are in band so I I am ready for the fun and excitement of band action I also want to congratulate our officer Mike Miller as well as s atted ter shinder on their Awards this year our officers Works tirelessly 365 days a year to see to that receive such a prestigious award makes my heart warm uh our officers are and I will continue to say it the best in the state if not the country I also want to wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day but my Valentine wishes this year go to all of the nurses who have taken care of me at our Brick hospital as well as lone cing um they have tirelessly devoted themselves to helping me and keeping me healthy and um I I hope I was a good patient to them but thank you all for the love and concern that you shown me throughout the year so that's my Valentine's wish thank you thank you councilwoman the young thank you I just want to add on uh something that mayor crate said the new um Ocean County Appliance for Less business is our newest buy and brick business also and I would just like to wish everybody a Happy Valentine's Day and have thank you councilman F thank you council president so being in the Home Care industry I know first and the physical and mental fatigue that is associated with caring for others uh especially an aging parent so I want to share a valuable free resource for those family and friends professional and nonprofessional who are caregivers uh to an aging loved one it's called care to caregivers it's the number two care to caregivers uh the website is www.car caregivers.com it's a program that is is associated with the division of Aging Services for New Jersey uh on the site is a lot of information and resources uh but they do have counselors available between 8:30 uh am and 4:30 pm Monday through Friday to provide support via phone chat email or mail it could be anonymous as well uh the hotline number though if you do want to call is 800 42424 94 uh they also have support uh groups via Zoom uh it could be as simple as talking to someone and saying hey I'm stressed out I need a little bit of help just to talk to someone um you know caring for another especially an aging parent well you could not ask for a more noble cause than that um happy Valentine's day stay safe and have fun thank you thank you councilwoman Travers I also want to just congratulate the officers as well as the bir marching band um when I was in high school I marching band for about a year and I wasn't that good and I knew it so I stepped back but um I can remember the commitment and the dedication that those students and those parents had so it's really great and it's going to serve them well so I just want to congratulate them thanks thank you Council vice president amberine uh thank you council president I also want to congratulate our award recipient tonight specifically officer Mike Miller and detective Tara shinder I'd like to congratulate our mayor crate on her retirement uh guess you've moved from over 30 years of Public Service to more Public Service uh but we are thankful for the service that you provide to our town congratulations to the Brick Township High School Marching dragons for their Stellar Championship season and I was also a Brick Township High School Marching dragon and then uh yeah you definitely are uh I also had the opportunity to sit with mayor crate this week for a great conversation it was a fantastic experience it's up on YouTube if anybody want wants to see it I have a feeling that she's going to have another couple of conversations with other council members as well so everyone could get to know us a little better Happy Valentine's Day to everybody in town and a happy birthday to my son Leo who turns 10 tomorrow on Valentine's Day that's right thank you thank you yes congratulations to everybody they mentioned tonight um yeah too many too many banned people here um our next meeting is February 27th at 7:00 and I get a motion and a second to adjourn motion all in favor I