Township Committee August 26, 2024

Aon was catching up haven't seen all
right I'd like to call this meeting to
order this is the bunavista township
regular meeting August 26
2024 we'll start with a roll call Mr
krenzer here Mr Renard here Mrs Tesa
here Mr Williams here mayor reri here on
January 9th 2024 for notice of this
meeting was mailed to the Daily Journal
the press and duly posted in the main
lobby of the municipal complex all
requirements of the open public meetings
act have been met in compliance with the
Sunshine
Law like to ask everyone to stand to
salute the
flag FL the United States of America and
to the for standing one nation under God
indivisible with liy and justice for all
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number four we have approval of minutes
we have two sets regular meeting July
22nd 2024 and the executive meeting of
July 22nd 2024 need a motion and a
second to approve motion to approve
second roll call krenzer yes Renard yes
Tesa yes Williams abstain reri yes
yes announcements presentations
discussions there are none mayor's
report mayor good evening everyone a few
quick updates I wanted to share um first
we're going to touch on National Night
Out the event uh tremendous success
again this year fireworks I think uh by
by all accounts were probably the best
they've been to date I want to thank our
public works department our special
events committee the New Jersey State
Police all of our fire companies uh EMS
and really everybody involved for the
hard work in planning and participation
in this event um the I mean this ends up
being a you know two or thre hour
Endeavor that that takes you know
several dozen people and several hundred
man hours to piece together so thank you
to everybody that was involved uh also
special thanks to the route 5440 shuttle
for providing transportation to and from
the park for our
residents uh Community Day at the MLK
Center was this past Saturday hundreds
of visitors attended the event kids
received book bags and school supplies
State Police again we present with K9
demonstrations uh State Police Aviation
also provided a demonstration for the
event so big thank you to our state
police for both
events um veterans appreciation uh
September has a whole lot going on so
we're going to kick off September with
our veterans appreciation breakfast
September 14th at 10:00 a.m. this will
be located at our community center uh
the MLK Center in Newtonville again
September 14th 10: a.m. dinner and movie
uh will be SE September 21st beginning
at 5:00 p.m. uh starting with dinner
movie will begin at dusk this year's
movie is Wonka so put that date on your
calendar that never seems to
disappoint and lastly for September our
annual Shredder event will be September
28th from 10 to 1:30 here at Town Hall
uh quick overview of the items that are
accepted papers clothing uh for our bin
and the parking lot electronics and
prescription drugs to be dropped off so
uh they are really the the main featured
items for the event itself again paper
clothing Electronics prescription drop
off everything outside of that would be
a normal uh Public Works drop off on our
normal scheduled first Saturday of the
month and that is all I have for my
report tonight thank you mayor just to
just to kind of go back and forth on the
electronics we're talking U monitors
computers laptops gaming councils
anything like that correct anything with
a cord
yep anything with a cord
microwaves we always get a lot of
questions with that the day off so just
to make sure everybody
knows thank you
guys item
seven uh item number seven we have three
ordinances for introduction we will take
them individually uh starting with
ordinance
147-148 to officers and
employees uh motion and a second on 147
2023 three motion second roll call
krenzer yes Renard yes Tesa yes Williams
yes reri yes the public hearing for that
ordinance will be uh September 9th 2024
at 7 p.m. the next ordinance 148 2024 is
fixing and establishing wages and salary
ranges for officers and employees uh
motion and a second on 148 2023
148 second roll call krenzer yes Renard
yes Tesa yes Williams yes reri yes the
public hearing for that ordinance will
be September 9th 2024 at 700
p.m.
149-24 is authorizing the acceptance of
land donation for Block 1701 lot 151 and
block 2202 lot 3 uh Motion in a second
to introduce ordinance 149 2023 motion
to accept
second second roll call roll call
krenzer yes Renard yes Tesa yes Williams
yes reri yes the public hearing for that
ordinance will be September 9th 2024 at
7 p.m. we have ordinances for public
hearing second reading this ordinance
14622 is authorizing a bond ordinance
appropriating $600,000 for municipal
roadway improvements we need a motion
and a second to open to the public on
146 2024 motion to open to the public
second all in favor
I motion to close motion to
close second
second all in favor I
I and we need a motion and a second to
adopt 146 2024 motion to adopt second
roll call correct ER yes Renard yes Tesa
yes Williams yes reri yes public comment
on current agenda items only in order
for the committee to conduct the
business of the Township in the most
productive manner possible meeting
attendees will be given two minutes all
inclusive to comment on any agenda items
without comment or question from the
public or from the committee but only on
items specified on the agenda listed for
the current meeting please step up to
the microphone at the appropriate time
and state your name and address for the
record
12224 is authorizing the payment of
bills in the amount of
2,142
64611 of that the Atlanta County
quarterly tax is
858,507
2017 cents consent agenda includes items
of business which are not controversial
and do not require individual discussion
a motion approving the consent agenda is
moved seconded and voted upon as one
item by the township committee if any
discussion is requested on a consent
agenda item it is removed from the
consent agenda to the regular agenda
12324 is approving a budget amendment
chapter 159 for the municipal drug
Alliance
12424 is resending resolution 121 2024
accepting the resignation of Janelle
Halls
12524 is accepting the resignation of
Jenna Kelly as Deputy finance officer
12624 is appointment of Kyle roller as
Deputy finance officer sir
12724 is authorizing the sale of
Township owned property and
12824 is authorizing a contract with
Casey sign and Awning need a motion and
a second to open to the public for
agenda items only motion to open to the
public second all in favor I
I motion to
close second all in favor
I um motion to pay the
bills motion to pay the
bills second roll
call krenzer yes Bernard yes Tesa yes
Williams yes reri
yes and lastly we need a motion in a
second to adopt consent agenda
resolutions 123 through 128 motion to
accept and adopt 123 through
12824 second roll call krenzer yes
Renard yes Tesa yes Williams yes reer
yes welcome aboard Kyle thank you
welcome congratulations thank
you item 12 Township administrator's
report um so welcome aboard Kyle uh it's
definitely going to be a pleasure
working with you um I know G is excited
and crew is excited so uh we can't wait
to see you come on board in the next
couple weeks and for members of
committee um car roller our new Deputy
finance officer is in the audience this
evening so welcome AB board we're
excited to have you thank
you um May or I want to Echo uh National
Night Out um that is a huge feat um
there is a lot of different um entities
to work with between fire police and all
the entities within the Fire Within
State Police our mounted unit our K9
unit um our Aviation which unfortunately
due to the anticipated storms we're not
be able to do it but um it just worked
out really really well every year it's
it's great partnership with all of our
agencies um to definitely pull out that
event so uh you know we're excited to
continue that event in the future as
well um thank you to Township committee
everybody here also came out that night
and volunteered um so it definitely is a
is a full effort so I just want to say
thank you um and thank you to the
residents for coming out I know the
weather seemed a little weird that day
but uh thanks for trusting Us in in
holding that event um and coming out and
enjoying it all the way to the end with
the fireworks so uh definitely want to
say thank you to that um and same thing
Echo for September come see us for our
events we have another month of exciting
very busy um event so any questions
check our website all of our Flyers are
on there uh we are also accepting
applications for our trunk Retreat which
is in October um for any businesses
nonprofit um you don't even need to be a
business if you just want to participate
pto's uh we have our application on the
website if you'd like to pull up a trunk
and um decorate and hand out candy that
day we have a haunted walk um as well
for that evening um and we also have
Harry Potter theme um that is being um
drafted up at the moment by G so um it's
definitely going to be great I can't
wait for it for our first event to have
a trunk or treat um no and G I'm sure
we're going to hit it out of the park if
she does this anything like she does
Christmas I'm sure we're going to we're
going to be in it for the long haul so
uh definitely looking forward to that so
that is my report and I'm just going to
quickly piggy back on that um just
events as a whole we actually have a uh
special events committee meeting coming
up in September kind of looking into
next year um if you guys have any
interest at any point in time these
events um I mean we try to do at least a
good dozen and a half to two dozen a
year um I think we're going to continue
to kind of have the same conversation
over and over again with just the cost
of entertainment right now uh for
yourself kids family everything is
exorbitant U we try to do at least one
or two things a month that are low cost
no cost for our residents in town uh
just to kind of break up the monotony um
just to have one evening where you're
not out of pocket 10020 bucks um you
know for a few hours of entertainment so
uh I encourage you the township
Committee just in any capacity uh
whether it's setup breakdown working the
event itself uh at a table uh
decorations any anything along those
lines um just please keep an eye on our
calendar and
we gladly welcome volunteers uh if it's
15 minutes of your time if it's you know
two or three days of your time whatever
you have uh we will gladly accept
so thank you mayor all righty we're
we're going to jump over to item 13
committee reports and we're going to
start with Deputy Mayor Testa thank you
um what I'd like to say is I really
appreciate
Lisa and our entire special event staff
for everything they do what they did for
National Night Out is just
incredible
um everybody puts their heads together
and their hearts and puts in such an
extraordinary amount of work to make
everything happen it was spectacular as
usual and I want to thank Quinton M
McLendon because he does Unbelievable
work to get get all that food out for
everybody and everything just was
spectacular and I just want to thank
everybody and uh like the mayor said the
special events committee is really
special they really are because what
they do is extraordinary and everybody
who volunteers their time and their
efforts is just it's heartwarming
because they really do an incredible job
and for anybody who has a few minutes
and can help out I want to say thank you
because it really does make univista
Township a very special place to live
in you figure on a day like that um I
mean most of our Workforce is usually
here at 8 or 9:00 for their normal day
and then is coming to the park to set up
work the event itself and then break
down and we probably have people leaving
the park uh close to 11:00 so I mean
that that's definitely like a 14 15 hour
Endeavor National Night Out so I I thank
you guys again and I'm looking forward
to this event for many years to come
yes committee man krenzer yeah thank you
mayor good evening everybody just a
couple updates uh Public Works Public
Works is busy this week they're doing
property cleanups Park and Township
maintenance um putting up the American
flags and changing some out doing
Building Inspections um painting
crosswalks throughout the township
roadside cutbacks with the boom arm
baseball field maintenance bus shelter
maintenance and trimming at Quigley Park
so they're continuing to um do a lot of
maintenance on things that continue to
come up throughout the the township as
well as grass it's always grass every
day Grass Grass Grass never stops
growing so um couple other things uh
school is starting so please be patient
in the morning start planning maybe a
couple more minutes because of bus stops
and and whatnot and also uh more traffic
happening in the morning and afternoons
um um Lisa just kind of a shout out you
know on on our agenda we had uh we had a
12824 which was authorizing a contract
with Casey sign and Awning you know when
when I uh when I first got elected it's
been about three years now Lisa and I
kind of went through some some goals and
some things that we wanted to do for the
township and one was to put a sign of
some sort of electronic sign off front
to be able to advertise to be able to uh
bring everybody up to date you know
instantly so we're we're finally to that
point and Lisa has is researched and
saved and saved and it's all through
grant money not costing anybody anything
so this is something that that you know
I commend you with in the team putting
that together which was awesome so
you're probably one of the best people
to find money when there's no money to
be had so thank you for that and uh Kyle
welcome you've heard us talk about
events all night get ready all right
because you're right in it with us so
you know little did you know you're you
know working in the finance office and
at all the parks and and Recreation
events and everything else so
hope you like volunteering another set
of eyes to help us find money money we
need that we don't have exactly so but
no that's it um thank you everybody and
I hope everybody has a good
holiday thank
you been rard yeah I just have a uh
couple of things to say uh I was very
sad when when G gave her
resignation I'm very happy that she
resented it she would have been big big
shoes to fil not only in her
official uh capacity but she does so
much more the Christmas event she's
involved in in in a lot of stuff here
and even if you got somebody to replace
her on her official part I don't know if
they could take up all her side duties
could so it was a very very good thing
that she uh thought better of it and we
have still have
her I agree yes I agree I agree
committee M Williams yeah I just wanted
to uh welcome Kyle to our our
organization here and uh we welcome him
to uh to some good things here and um I
also wanted to uh give the uh
recognition for National Night Out um I
think we all did a uh a great job and uh
um I was particularly uh gladed the uh
Public Works they really made sprued up
the park and painted the bathrooms which
I've been Wan them to all summer
but it finally uh came to fruition and
uh it looked really good and uh the the
fireworks were outstanding again and
they were really really did a a nice job
and uh I think everybody uh enjoyed it
and um also I wanted to uh thank uh
environmental for doing uh a lot of the
uh the handouts that we had for the for
the kids it was really uh nice Val uh
did a good job uh organizing that and in
connection with Lisa they they provided
a lot of uh handouts for the kids with
balls and uh tattoos and Bubbles and all
kind of things for for the kids to fake
tattoos temporary tattoos yeah temporary
tattoos
happy happy belated birthday to Valerie
baren as well she just got back from
Alaska so happy birthday Val
yeah but uh and uh yeah we got the uh
Shredder events coming up in September
and then uh some other things and uh I'm
looking forward to that okay thanks
thank you John we hitting everybody up
for Holiday donations before you know
it yeah item 14 public
comment the committee welcomes
participation of interested
organizations and individuals during
regular caucus workshop and special
meetings however in order to conduct the
business of the Township in the most
productive manner possible attendees
will be given four minutes all inclusive
including all dialogue questions and
responses from both the speaker and the
committee for the designated public
portion of the meeting there may be no
transference of a speaker's time to
other attendees so please step up to the
microphone at the appropriate time and
state your name and address for the
record need a motion in a second to open
to the public motion to open to the
public all in
favor hi good evening everyone um my
name is darthy Monera I'm here on behalf
of my mom Rita schaer who lives at 737
Main
Avenue um I just wanted to want see if
you all had any updates related to um
the lot and block or the block and lot
next to her 901 lot 109 Mr zeul we have
a a court date at this point um so we
are scheduled for um his trial for this
Friday at
2:00 um we are prepared to proceed we've
presented our case to the state and the
state will um present it to the judge um
but it is scheduled for this Friday is
that virtual no it's in person where
where location um so it's in hamton but
you would have to check with the court I
don't believe that it is is public
accessible I think you have to check
with them okay um and also just an
update um for everyone here and you know
I don't know if any of this information
because it's new can be presented at the
trial it's pretty much the same before I
came to the meeting tonight um well
actually I stopped at my mom's earlier
today there were chickens all over her
yard they're scratching up her garden
they're destroying her lawn he has a
goat that was loose the goat is eating
all my mom's flowers tonight the goat
was out the Sheep was out the Sheep are
eating my mom's grass they're destroying
her property um so I really hope that
something comes out of this on Friday
because my mom's property value is
deteriorating and once again he
continues to bring all kinds of stuff
there he's building the more fencing I
think the code enforcement um if you say
his name I think he spoke to my brother
last week maybe on Thursday or Friday he
took a trip to get any updated stuff on
Thursday so I have it for the trial okay
all right yeah so um you know he has
this makeshift
well I he was trying to give water to
his animals it's dribbling out of the
hose my
brother out of the goodness of his heart
because it's not the fault of the
animals you know we'll let him use the
hose for an hour or so to water the
animals but I mean there's nothing for
them to eat the chickens that's why
they're coming in my mom's yard this
little black goat he had four goats now
only has one I believe three of them are
dead and some of the carcasses are in
the woods and again you know the kids
are going in and out of this Corral area
that's around the camper I don't see how
this cannot be um some type of child
endangerment um the other day he's
loading up his 55 gallon barrels of
sewage from his camper to transport I'm
assuming to beist the campground and
driving a truck that is unregistered I
believe in New jerse
and he's still driving with no
license and I know that's not all for
you you know what I mean I know that's
not your enforcement but I'm just
letting you know that this is still
going on and his and his place is just
getting bigger and more just more stuff
is there um and the property is a mess
it's it's really disgusting and the
smell again I mean I've been through
this I know you guys know all this
because I keep repeating it but
every every time I come everything is
just compounded it's just continues to
get worse so I really hope something
comes um fruitful from this trial I hope
he's held accountable for what he's
doing because he's thumbing his nose at
everyone
um my son I'm just going to tell this
quick story during Co was driving his
vehicle he couldn't get a registration
renewal he had registration it expired
he couldn't get it through DMV I said oh
sure Drive go down to Wawa and come back
I followed him a couple minutes later
he's pulled over his trucks on a flatbed
I had to PID $500 to get that truck back
and so this really gets in my craw
because this individual drives on a
daily basis vehicles that are
unregistered likely uninsured they
switch plates out he had has a new um
Volkswagen SUV came back with a New
Jersey temporary tag he's driving around
now all of a sudden there's a PA plate
on it that belongs to the trailer so I
mean it's just it's incredible when
you're a law-abiding person trying to do
the right thing and I know there are
people within the township who are
trying to get you know sheds or
variances and all this stuff and they go
to the planning board and the zoning
board and they're hiring attorneys
they're trying to do the right thing
they're hardworking people paying out of
their pocket to do the right thing and
this individual has been violating
Township Code Enforcement uh regulations
he's been violating
njde New Jersey Pinelands he received
those violation letters and nothing
happens and it's been since November so
it's really frustrating um when my mom
is a taxpayer I believe he hasn't paid
one dime of taxes however my mom's 86
years old on social security income
paying her taxes you know and she abides
by everything so it's just really
frustrating and I hope that something
comes out of it on Friday I appreciate
all the efforts um that Lisa especially
has put forward to this date but it's
just it's really frustrating and I'm
hoping that Friday's outcome is a good
one so thank you appreciate it thank you
thank you Dorothy me too thank you Lisa
will you update her when on Friday after
court if you can and when you
can
absolutely yeah I mean we are in this
with you I mean this has just been this
long drawn out never ending Saga that
just continues to kind of week by week
and intensify I I don't understand the
mindset there I mean the guys collecting
livestock but not taking care of them um
I mean I I I really think that if he
would have put just a sliver of these
resources toward you know well
articulated kind of thought out uh I I
don't understand what the end goal is
here you know he's pumping sewage goal
is defeat the system that's his end goal
but I I don't I mean he's pumping sewage
here and then drinking the water 10 feet
away like there's animals eating animals
like I just don't understand the mindset
and then you know and we've talked about
this before on the social media like
it's this frontier life that like trying
to sell the show to A&E but you know
when when you're there it's just a total
disconnect like animal this is not
homesteading no trash disgusting I don't
I mean and I don't these animals aren't
cheap they're not cheap to buy they're
not cheap even the the scraps that he's
giving them I I don't understand the the
notion of it if you know you're buying
chickens and they're dying and you're
buying more chickens and they're dying
and you're buying goats and they're
dying and you're buying more goats goats
and I just I don't understand it the
dogs the Sheep U do one of which is it
seems to be aggressive um it's a pit
bull mix I believe and he has a golden
retriever but you know just the fact
that he's lived there since November
with no electricity and there's been a
generator running 24 hours a day 7 days
and my mom have to listen to it you know
what I'm saying that's what's so
frustrating if you guys had to live next
to this for just a week it's incredible
I I it is incredible and it's really
frustrating well fingers crossed for
Friday um you have our word that Lisa
will good bad or different kind of give
you some update post trial I mean as far
as livestock he shouldn't have the
livestock to begin with like period but
yet now my mom he the property his
animals are destroying her property my
mom loved gardening like her garden is
beautiful and they're over there eating
it like my brother can't be on patrol
all the time you know it's it's just and
the and the Sheep are aggressive I don't
know if my brother shared that with you
or not but the little girl I think she's
maybe seven and she has a few her
brother's one I think is around 13 and
the other's eight and they go in the pen
and they chase the Sheep there's five
male sheep they're very aggressive and
they will like come at each other and
butt heads like I mean it they're really
butting heads they like get dizzy after
it my brother's so afraid that they're
going to do that to the little girl like
so you know I mean but he can't he's not
going to say anything what is he what
can he do but I'm just telling you it's
just it's not it's just that the
conditions are terrible I can't imagine
kids in there um and again I reported
all this to child protective services so
and it just never seems to be enough for
any agency's threshold whether it's
Child Services D EPA you know Animal
Control like well I would just like to
mention his dogs are not licensed but
also just think back a couple weeks ago
there was a little girl and wound up
with I don't know I don't know if it was
her mom and dad but basically the little
girl was being abused and died you know
what I'm saying there there were there
were all these red flags and in this
this here situation which I've said from
the beginning it is a public safety
issue whenever he is going to leave that
property it's not going to be good and
in the meantime you know these kids
are in this situation and my heart goes
out to them but I mean I I feel like
I've done everything that I could do the
the bottom line is it's not acceptable
univ Vis A Township or anywhere and you
know we are doing everything within our
power as we continue to tell you you
know day after day week after week and I
can only imagine what your mom and
brother are going through unfortunately
we continue to to push forward very very
quickly and as as fast as we can I don't
want within the network that this guy
exists you know for the word to be out
that we this Bastion you know for
homesteaders um Homestead it's not well
no we continue to we use that term
loosely I mean the guy's living on a few
acres and he thinks that he's you know
on the planes of Oklahoma you know with
with with all these livestock um fingers
crossed for Friday as soon as we know
something you'll know something and
we're just going to continue to push
forward and then work as many angles as
we can okay I appreciate it thanks
Dorothy anybody else
say motion to close motion to close
second all in favor
I executive session we do not have any
this evening okay I need a motion and a
second to adjourn motion to
adjourn second all in favor I thank you
guys