##VIDEO ID:u6tx4zo1lHw## good evening the October 9th 2024 council meeting of the Long Branch city council will now come to order roll call Mr dangler here Mr Dr vote here Mrs whts here Dr Su is absent Mr Vieira here please stand for the pledge allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible liberty and justice for all I will now read the mission statement of the city council The Long Branch mayor city council and administration are committed to cultivating environment of mutual trust and respect by all values the diversity of our community we will strive to enhance the quality of life for all who live here by making Long Branch a desirable place in which to live and prosper we will treat all members of the public with respect and expect the same in return certification please I hereby certify that this meeting has been published in the newspaper in accordance with the open public meeting act and posted as required by law reading the approval of previous minutes I need a motion to approve the minutes of the September 25th 2024 mov second roll call Mr Dangler stain Dr vote Yes Mrs Whit yes Dr shell is absent Mr via yes motion passed consideration of ordinance public hearing and final consideration ordinance 08- 24 ordinance of the city of Long Branch approving and adopting the Redevelopment plan for non- condemnation Broadway and 6th Avenue Redevelopment area consistence consisting of block 268 Lots 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 32 and 33 this ordinance was introduced on September 11 2024 and the purpose of this ordinance is to adopt a Redevelopment plan for a non- condemnation for the Broadway and 6th Avenue block 268 Lots 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 32 and 33 I need a motion to open a public portion of this ordinance on this ordinance so second all in favor I if any member of the public has any comment to make on this ordinance only please come to the podium stay your name and address clearly for the record you'll have five minutes and may only speak once on ordinance 0 18-24 Vincent laort 33 ocean tourist Long Branch the building in the ordinance is similar to one in Carteret very generic architecture and design the problem here is we have another Redevelopment Zone in the making I have a problem with the continued use of Redevelopment zones with developers particularly looking at the length of this resolution and thinking of all the billable hours by the City attorney and other Prof professionals there are other ways to control a developer as far as timeline for construction instead of the use of a Redevelopment Zone this city has exercised those options in the past other jurisdictions do it as well back in 20 2013 for those that were in this room for the eminent domain fight third Circuit Court of Appeals made a decision in the lighthouse Institute fors city of Long Branch that that particular land across the street that's the subject of this resolution does not qualify for a Redevelopment Zone but it would qualify for a rehabilitation Zone every anything from the railroad tracks down to Liberty Memorial was deemed a rehabilitation Zone by the court of course Mr rainon will use the excuse that this ordinance and the Redevelopment Zone will not be using eminent domain but that's not the point the point point is the continued abuse of the Redevelopment Zone and the fact that what's been achieved in this ordinance could have readily been achieved with a rehabilitation Zone the project stands separate from the designation of a Redevelopment Zone as far as a Redevelopment zone I'm requesting a no vote thank you anyone else on this ordinance and that I need a motion to close the public portion so moves second all in favor I this is the second reading on the ordinance 18-24 I need a motion to adopt on the second and the final reading and advertise according to law so moved second vot call please Mr dangler yes Dr vot yes Mrs Wht yes Dr s is absent Mr via yes motion passed ordinance for introduction ordinance 0-1 19-24 this is the first reading on ordinance 1924 entitled ordinance designating an handicap parking space at 3:15 Chelsea Avenue summary this ordinance was designated a handicapped parking space on the north side of Chelsea Avenue in front of 3:15 Chelsea Avenue I need a motion to adop I need a motion to introduce on the first reading advertise and post according to law and to set public hearing for October 23rd 2024 so moved second vot call Mr dangler yes Dr vot yes Mrs witness yes Dr s is absent Mr Vieira yes motion passed ordinance -224 this is the first reading of the ordinance 2024 entitled Bond ordinance providing for a various 202 for Capital Acquisitions and improvements for the city of Long Branch in the county of MTH state of New Jersey appropriating 4, 94611 therefore including a state of New Jersey Department of Transportation Grant in amount of 1,301 and authorizing the issuance of 3,745 500 bonds of notes of the city of Finance part of the cost of their for summary the bond ordinance provides for various Capital Acquisitions and improvements consisting of the fa of a facade assessment and repairs to the City Hall preliminary engineering and Architectural study for municipal owned properties property various Recreation upgrades and improvements at various parks throughout the city and repairs and improvements to various roads and sidewalks throughout the city the city will be appropriating 4,946 101 of which 1,130 101 will be reimbursed to the city from the New Jersey Department of Transportation State Grant I need a motion to introduce on first reading advertise and post accordingly to law and set the public hearing for October 23 2024 motion second roll call Mr dangler yes Dr vot yes Mrs Wht yes Dr s is absent Mr Vieira yes motion pass public participation for Resolutions and the general comments I need a motion to open the public portion of the meeting for all comments so moved second all in favor I oppos if there's anyone in the audience that has a comment to make please step to the podium and state your name and address clearly for the record you will have five minutes and may only speak once requesting one minute notification Vincent leaport 33 Ocean terce Long Branch resolution 241 on tonight's agenda a resolution of the city council excusing councilwoman Mary Jane Sy from attendance at meetings of the city Council for the period of October 9 2024 and until such time that she returns to City Council meetings as provided for an njsa 4A colon 16-3 G Mary Jane Sy has not attended a council meeting in well over a year now neither electronically or physically njsa 40 colon 16-3 States as follows quote upon a Judicial determination that the mayor or member of a governing body shall become physically or mentally incapable of serving end quote Mr Vieira why hasn't Council sought a Judicial determination of the physical or mental ability of councilwoman s to serve want to answer the question I'll we'll address your questions at the end I want to answer now I'm here I don't answer your questions I'll let we know you don't answer the you take a paycheck and you don't answer questions the last meeting this is a totalitarian regime of the palone administration we could see it in lack of transparency would you like to one way with no comment and right now you are withholding from the residents of this people of this city a public office I I'll answer complete totalitarianism by the palone team I doubt you know there's nothing between this Council and communist China do you want me to answer the question councilman via did not answer the question do you want me period the record shows it do you want the answer or no the people saw it at the last meeting got it you don't the lack of transparency of Viera Mr Viera and Council Mary Jane s is not antib and dirty filthy corrupt Long Branch is not Maybury Mary Jane s and her band of fellow hoodlums Council hoodlums one of which was sent Away by the feds two others were leaned on not to be reelected to go for office because if they did get reelected the feds were going to move in on them so they stayed out of office this was during the eminent domain condemnation period Mary Jane s has blood on her hands and a lot of it I saw with my own eyes people she put in the grave seniors fighting for their homes tenants knocked out in the street without relocation costs and all was just honky Dory with heart it's shameful that this city and government are providing such accommodation to an evil woman as she never showed any sympathy for the victims of her intent with eminent domain and condemnation this is a shameful City it's really a sickening shameful City resolution 246 authorizing execution of a Redevelopment agreement and designating iron Holdings LLC one minute notification as a redeveloper of block 28701 Lot 21 council president Vieira has Council figured out where the vehicle Les from the Star of the Sea parking lot that this resolution pertains to are going to be parking Mr Vier how many times I got to tell you I'm not going to answer any of your questions this is a comic portion you can do your comments and at the end of portion we'll address them if we have to Mr Vier what provision has the city and the developer made to accommodate the vehicles that usually park at the stard SE parking lot which is now going to be developed the answer Mr Vieira there is no answer there is no answer so you're adopting a plan and a resolution you have no idea where these multiple vehicles are going to be parking and yet social media has repeatedly showed there's no on the weekend Services those lot full capacity there's no answer for me to you cuz I don't answer any of your questions I told you that more than once and I'm not going to tell you again and you have the nerve to take a paycheck from the people of the city and sit up there as an elected representative junk government theier anyone else I need a motion to close the public P participation portion of this meeting so move second all in favor I oppose I will now ask Madame clerk if there are any changes to the list of the resolutions no changes have been made thank you we can take the list of resolutions and the consistent agenda so I'll move second roll call Mr dangler yes Dr vote Yes Mrs whts yes Dr C is absent Mr Vieira yes motion passed miscellaneous for good of the applications there none miscellaneous business for the good of the order councilman dangler yes I have two things this evening one the Martin Luther King Gil will be holding a candidate form for the board of education on October 22nd 6: p.m. uh seven out of the eight candidates who are running for the board uh have agreed to uh be there uh we're doing it in conjunction with uh the Rotary Club as well as the uh lbca so please uh come out and um listen to what the candidates have to say so you can make an educated uh decision on your vote for the board education my second uh statement is a little different I usually just uh basically say uh be safe and God bless you but tonight um compelled to to have a different uh comment I have been a union member for close to 45 years 12 with EA deont and 33 with Mammoth County Human Services not just a union member but a shop steward and an assistant chief shop steward for six years I've held the position of vice president and president for 9 years CWA local 1087 clerical professional bargaining unit I Rose to vice president of the entire CWA uh collective bargaining unit for six years so yes I am Pro Union and yes I am Pro process about 3 weeks ago we let an employee go after just about 2 years of working for us I do not have a problem with letting someone go who is not doing the job that they were hired to do I do have a problem with not following a process which should be in place in this case there was no written recomand reprimand there was no notice of counseling there's no corre cor corrective action plan and this is not how we should treat anyone even if they we have the right to arbitrarily let someone go to circumvent civil service this is why we have Union to protect the workers shame on us for not treating PE treating people like human beings with families that they have to provide for we do have to treat them with human decency but I do hope in the future from now on no matter what the issue is we bring the the employee in whomever he is from time to time evaluate as we're supposed to if they need to be written up by all means write them up but we have to follow a process that is what the human decency uh side of it for me which uh bothers me in regards to what we did not do in this particular case again this is not about saving the job if the job's not being done but if I'm sitting at my desk not doing my job for two years shame on us for not bringing him bringing that person in and not letting them know you're not doing what we're paying you to do thank you and God bless you thank you councilman dangr councilwoman vog thank you council president um quite simply thank you for coming out tonight um please keep in your prayers our friends and colleagues and family members in Florida who are probably facing one of the biggest challenges um to their to their fine um to their fine State and with that um I wish you well for the next two weeks and we'll see you then thank you thank you councilwoman vog councilwoman Wht us I just would like to thank everyone for coming coming this evening and um you know we hope you have a good next two weeks and we'll see you then thank you thank you councilman wit us mayor palone thank you council president I just had a couple upcoming announcements to make so the next coffee with the mayor and Council will be next Thursday October 17th from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at the Art Center up on Broadway and branchport Avenue uh that's welcome for anyone to come in we're just going to update you on any of some of the projects uh that we've going on in the city as well as uh most of the department heads will be there to answer questions that you have uh on any issues uh second item is Halloween is back at Jackson Woods for the Jacko Lantern Woods event it's a big hit for the last couple of years we've had like about a thousand people I would say this event is free it includes trick-or-treating food and activities for children uh the event is uh October 26th Saturday from 2: to 4:00 p.m. and at the same time uh Halloween will also be celebrated just a block and a half away at the new Fire and history museum with snacks and kids um activities so this is an opportunity for people to enjoy uh the Advent of Jackson woods and then walk over to the new um fire and history museum as well and finally there is a free paper P free paper shredding event on November 2nd from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Long Branch Senior Center uh for Long Branch residents that's it 842 Avenue is that where it is 852nd Avenue again that's November 2nd 9 to 12 thank you all for being here this evening and have a great week thank you mayam and myself I just want to thank everybody for coming out tonight and stay safe thank you I need a motion to adjourn second second all in favor I oppose thank you