Bye, where I'm at. I can't get it over here. Oh yeah. That was good. I'll do these as a sign. OK. Here you go. Good evening. The February 28, 2024 Council meeting of Long Bridge City Council will now come to order roll call, please. Mr. Viera. I'm here. Dr. Voe. Here. Mrs. Whittes. I've heard. Dr. Sally's absent. Mr. Dangler. Here. Please stand. Oh, go ahead. Oh, no. Please stand for Oh, go ahead. Oh, no. Please stand for the pledge allegiance. Pledge allegiance. This is the flag. The United States and the United States and the United States and the United States and the United States and the United States and the United States and the United States and the United States and the United States and the United States and the United States and the United States and the United States and the United States and the United States and the United States and the United States and the The Long Branch Mayor, City Council Administration, are committed to cultivating an environment of mutual trust and respect and respect that values the diversity of our community. We will strive to enhance the quality of life for all who live here by making long-bransion desirable places to live and prosper. We will treat every member of the public with respect and expect the same in return. Madam Clerk. 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. Thank you. There will be no black history presentation this month. Unfortunately, several of the students that are going to be a part of the presentation are sick, so we certainly hope that they get well soon. And we will have the presentation at a later date during the year. Thank you. here. Thank you. I need a motion to approve the minutes from the February 14th meeting. So moved. Second. We'll call. Mr. Vieira. Yes. Dr. Vogue. Yes. Mrs. Widis. Yes. Dr. Celia's absent. Mr. Dangler. Yes. Consideration of ordinance public caring and final consideration. Ordinance O6-24 in ordinance designating no parking anytime east side of Westwood Avenue, starting at the North East corner apex of Westwood Avenue and Willow Avenue ending at 191 North thereof. This ordinance was introduced on February 14th and prohibits parking at all times east east side of Westwood Avenue starting at the North corners, North east corners, apex of Westwood and Willow Avenue is ending at 191 North. I need a motion to open the public hearing on this ordinance only. From Wood. Second. Paul in favor? Aye. Opposed? So moved. I'm sorry. If there are any members of the public that has a comment to make on this ordinance only, please come to the podium. State your name and address clearly for the record. You will have five minutes and may only speak once on this ordinance, O6-24. I need a motion to close. So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? So moved. This is the second reading of ordinance 06-24. I need a motion to adopt the second and final reading and advertise according to law. So moved. Second. Rule call. Mr. Riara. Yes. Dr. Vogue. Yes. Mrs. Widis. Yes. Dr. Sally is absent. Mr. Dengler. Yes. Public portion and resolution and All choose me I skipped one ordinance for introduction we have done Public portion for resolution and all general comments. I didn't motion to open a public portion of the meeting for all comments second general comments. I didn't motion to open the public portion of the meeting for all comments. So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? If there are any members of the of the audience that has a comment to make, they step to the podium and state your name and address clearly for the record you will have five minutes and may only speak once. Your say yes. My name is Bernadine Brownridge. I live at 573 Burdan Place and I've lived there for 47 years. I'm hoping that I can make a comment about the branch port crossing. And I just like to state that I'd like to advocate for the wetlands, the birds that live on the branch port creek, and I am concerned about over development of the wetlands within 100 feet of a body of flowing water. I know that the area is in disrepair and that revitalization is necessary. But I'm also concerned just about the entire over development of that particular site in addition to access to Burdan place which has never been allowed in the past. When Casa Comita was on the property exits onto our street and I just Want to make that a public statement. Thank you. Thank you the then some of the 433 ocean terms long ranch requesting one minute notification. So the city breaks it today about a peer. Where was the transparency in that design. Well the last ten years plus multiple federal grants and city expenditures totaling an excess of 12.5 mil, while involving pay-to-play professionals that being planning, legal, engineering fees, et cetera, that already have been spent on all prior fantasy peer dreams. That 12 and a half mil plus exceeds the $3.3 million grant. See, history is not good, not good at all. There were alternatives to this. Building several shaded bump out viewing and sitting areas along the boardwalk might have been a suggested option Not to mention it would have been nice to have used a 3.3 million to pay down the local taxpayer contribution to the new boardwalk Bottom line 3.3 mill If that's what's gonna cost I may remind may remind you, as Ocean Grove paid 1.4 mill for their peer. It's too small a project in Long Branch for a billion dollar beach front. No transparency. Mr. Dangler has counsel filed any criminal charges? We're in the process of working with the county prosecutor's office to do so. On the animal abuse fatality of an 11 month old dog on Lafayette Avenue. Council has no authority to file criminal charges against anybody that I would refer to the police department. Is council working with the prosecutor's office on this matter? If it doesn't work with the prosecutor's office on criminal matters, those matters all work through the city police department. I suggest that you contact the police department. And the council doesn't talk to the police department. The council does not interfere in the police department's duties and the council has no authority to interfere with their duties as sworn law enforcement officers. That's ridiculous. No, it's the law. No, you're wrong. You might find it ridiculous. Well, you're wrong. Mr. Dangler, why hasn't the ESPCA contract been rendered no one void on the dog fatality? Criminal negligence by the ESPCA that led to the dog fatality and 11 month old dog. I'm not aware that anybody's been charged with any criminal offense as a result of that. So I'm not sure how you can deem it to be criminal. And I would suggest that you might be careful about it in a public form, referring to the accusing people of a crime that they haven't been charged with. Now I'll say what I'm going to say Mr. Aino, and you're apparently doing a dance on this without hitting it straight on as usual. It's amazing Mr. Aino with the former police chief and director of this city, Jason Robuck, how with all his violations of procedures and policies, and how loud is a subordinates in the police department, breaking policies and procedures, how he was allowed his subordinates in the police department breaking policies and procedures. How he was allowed a separation agreement with the city. He was allowed to separate from this city with a huge separation payment. Where was the council in the mayor to fire him? While he was an employment for all those violations Mr. Reynoan. I actually believe that all of those claims by you have been rejected in the lawsuit that you filed. No it has nothing to do with that. Maybe you should. And I would form you I would suggest you not mention that right now on the public forum Mr. Reynoan. You will be held liable for it. You will be, oh, I will. I've already done it. Yeah, go ahead. Mr. Palon, you were spineless with Jason Robuck. You failed to take action. You and this council, you danced for two years in your administration until the point came where you gave Mr. Robuck a huge payout of violating policies and procedures Spineless Madam clerk how much time do I have 42 seconds 42 seconds Mr. Morton at the last council meeting I asked you if you had contacted Charles Kushner involving the Pierre Bill of Jordits. You stated you didn't have his phone number and the last two weeks Mr. Martin have you in the city been able to find the phone number for Charles Kushner? About directly though. Oh so you had two weeks the city had two weeks to find the phone number for Charles Kushner and you can't find it. Five minutes is up. We have riots. We have civil unrest and peer village, but nobody knows how to get a hold of Charles Kushner, particularly on the audits. And you wonder why people view this day as junk government. Thank you. Anyone else? Any motion to close the public portion of the meeting? Some move. Second. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Some move. Madam clerk, will there any changes of the list of resolutions? No changes have been made. We can take the list of resolutions as a consent agenda. So moved. Second. Roll call. Mr. Vieira. Yes. Dr. Vogue. Yes. Mrs. Widis. Yes. Dr. Celle is absent. Mr. Dangler. Yes. Applications are needed motion to approve the transfer of the following taxi medallions as listed. So moved. Second. Roll call. Mr. Viera. Yes. Dr. Vote. Yes. Mrs. Widis. Yes. Dr. Celia's absent. Mr. Dangiera. Yes. Dr. Vogue. Yes. Mrs. Widis. Yes. Dr. Celia's absent. Mr. Dangler. Yes. Mr. Laney's business put good at the order. Councilman Viera. Yes. Good evening. Thanks for coming out tonight. I just want to get a big shout out to the public works for the snows that we had and keeping everything clean. And our public safety director for our fire department, our police department, they keeping us safe and doing a nice job out there. Thank you and good night. Councilman Vogue. Thank you, Council President. I just want to say I'm glad to be able to come back in person. And that I appreciated your comment to that environmental concerns. So thank you for coming out tonight and look forward to seeing you in two weeks. Councilwoman Whitties. I'd like to also thank everyone from coming out this evening and we'll see you in two weeks. Thank you. Mayor Pallon. Thank you, Council President. Good evening, everyone. We announced today that the city will be building a fully ADA-assessable phishing and pedestrian pier with a $3.25 million grant it recently received from the State Board Walk Preservation Fund. Governor Murphy announced the award last Friday. Many of you know this will allow long grants to achieve a long time goal to bring back of fishing and pedestrian pier where it stood for over a hundred years perpendicular to the city's boardwalk. I want to thank Governor Murphy and the Department of Consumer Affairs for this grant. For many, when we think of historic long branch, we think of the pier. We're grateful for this funding and we're happy to bring another amenity to long branch, we think of the peer. We're grateful for this funding, and we're happy to bring another amenity to long branch for our residents and visitors to enjoy. The peer is currently in a conceptual stage, however, it will be about 500 feet long and run along the right away that exists next to the Laird Street beach. The project will start in the year 2025, and will release more information in the coming months. I also wanted to mention that our hometown, Heroes Banner Program, which has been very popular is up and running. Banners honor US military veterans who either presently reside in Long Branch or formerly lived here, displaying the veterans picture, name, military branch, dates of service. You've all probably seen it for the last couple of years on the boardwalk. I want to thank Councilwoman Rose Whittis for coming up with this idea and pursuing it. Like I said, it's been very popular. Please contact the mayor's office for more information. It's at 732-5715640 or visit our website longbranch.org. And finally, I want to mention that we're going to have a special preview of the new Long Branch Fire and History Museum on March 9th. It's not this Saturday, but the following Saturday from 3 to 5 p.m. It's at 46 Atlantic Avenue and Ocean Boulevard. If you've gone by in the last several months, you'll see that there's a red firehouse there. And that's where it is. We're very proud and happy of that. All are invited. We'll have free refreshments and be displaying some artifacts from our rich fire department history, such as a one of a kind 1880 Babcock chemical engine, which we're told is one of less than a handful nationwide and an 1890 hose wagon. So if you're available, again, that's next Saturday at the Condeur of Ocean and Atlantic Avenue from 3 to 5 p.m. I'm sorry, not this Saturday, the following Saturday, March 9. Thank you and all have a great week. Thank you, Mayor. I would like to, on this few weeks ago, had to call the police department emergency purposes and the PMS. And I wanted to just thank them for their professionalism and handling my mom. They did a very, very nice job in the wee hours of the morning. And again, I just wanna say thank you and appreciate the TLC that you showed. Thank you very much. And thank you for coming out. Get home safe safe God bless you Most of the clothes so moved second