Township Committee June 24, 2024

I'd like to call this meeting to order
this is the bunavista township regular
meeting June 24th
2024 we'll start with a roll call Mr
krenzer here Mr Renard here Mrs Testa
here Mr Williams here mayor reri here on
January 9th 2024 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 I'd like to ask everyone to
stand and salute the
flag Kurt will you lead
us I pledge allegiance to the flag of
the United States of America and to the
Republic for which it stands one nation
under God indivisible with liberty and
justice for
all approval of minutes we have the
regular meeting May 28th
2024 uh Motion in a second motion second
roll call krenzer yes Renard yes Tesa
yes Williams yes reri yes announcements
presentations discussions there are none
mayor's report uh a few quick things to
share tonight uh summer concerts are
underway we are starting off with great
attendance Lonnie young blood was out
last Wednesday uh Park was completely
full despite the weather it was almost
100° when we got underway uh this
Wednesday is Duck and Cover so we uh we
music starts at 7:00 the concession
stand opens at 6 so I look forward to
seeing everybody this coming Wednesday
at Michael Debbie Park uh car show
please save the date July 6th again
Michael Debbie Park from 900 to2 uh $10
per car with on-site registration I know
that's 100% driven by the the weather
the day of I just want to get that time
and date on everyone's calendar uh music
bounce house for the kids plenty of food
uh several vendors to purchase items
from so please save the date July 6th
Michael Debbie Park from 9:00 to 2 for
our car show uh another date to save
National Night Out August 6th from 5:00
to 9: Michael Debbie Park uh again this
is an event that we continue to add and
enhance each year um again the event was
going to end with fireworks we're saving
our our our firework display for
National Night Out uh demonstrations
from New Jersey State Police First
Responders fire and EMS so please save
that date August 6 from 5:00 to 9:00
Michael Debbie Park and uh a quick shout
out to our public works department uh
several upgrades throughout the township
uh between last meeting and this uh new
bleachers in our Parks uh repairs to the
majority of our picnic benches uh fresh
paint all throughout the park some old
buildings are being demoed we're kind of
little by little uh really focusing our
efforts on Michael Debbie park that's
our main really congregation area in the
municipality so we're we're doubling
down on the park to try to make it
as uh you know aesthetic Ally you know
and functional as possible so big shout
out to public works and that is all I
have for the report tonight this is our
our busy time of year concerts um really
for like the next seven eight weeks in a
row so we we have at least one thing
going you know every week for for the
next two or three months so please come
out and join us these are free family
you know family oriented events I I
realize the cost of everything is
through the roof right now so uh please
come join us you know what what is the
cost of a a meal right now with a
hamburger hot dog chips and a soda less
than $5 so you it's like a you know pre
preo family entertainment pricing so
please uh please come join us at any or
all of these events thank you
guys thank you mayor ordinances for
introduction first reading we will take
them individually starting with 144-20
24 it's authorizing the street vacation
of River
Street uh Motion in a second on 144 4 24
2024 motion second roll call
krenzer yes Renard yes Tesa yes Williams
yes reri yes this ordinance will be
heard at a public hearing on July 22nd
2024 ordinance
145-12 is amending chapter 115
development regulations and chapter 248
for storm waterer management uh Motion
in a second on 145 2020 4 mot
motion second roll call krenzer yes
Renard yes Testa yes Williams yes reri
yes this ordinance will have a public
hearing and be heard on July 22nd 2024 7
p.m. ordinances for public hearing
second reading there are none 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 to 2 minutes all
inclusive to comment on any agenda items
without comment or question 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
resolution
10-24 authorizing the payment of bills
in the amount of
1,340
21 of that the school board monthly tax
is $935,000
56
10224 is authorizing summary action with
Superior Court seeking seeking
injunctive or other relief consent
agenda includes item of business which
are not controversial 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
10324 is approving budget amendment
chapter 159 for the 2024 local
Recreation Improvement Grant 10424 is
granting the renewal of plenary retail
consumption for licensing term 2024 to
2025 105-24 is authorizing issuance of a
roadway solicitation permit to the east
vent Volunteer Fire Company 10624 is
refunding application fees for the food
truck festival 10724 is award quote to
Lis and Ford and Corp for new 2024 Ford
F1 series 4x2 10824 is authorizing the
sale of surplus property on gov deals
and 10924 is authorizing a change fund
for the 2024 car show we need a motion
in a second to open to the public for
agenda items only motion to open to the
public second all in favor
I motion to close motion to close second
all in favor I I need a motion and a
second on resolutions uh excuse me
resolution 10124 to pay the bills motion
to pay the bills second roll call
krenzer yes Renard yes Tesa yes Williams
yes reri
yes uh Motion in a second to adopt
resolution
10224 motion to
adopt second roll call krenzer yes
Renard yes Testa yes Williams yes reri
yes and lastly we need a motion in a
second to adopt consent agenda
resolutions 103 through 109 motion to
adopt 10324 through
10924 second roll
call krenzer yes Renard yes Tesa yes
Williams yes reri
yes item 12 our Township administrators
report what do you have tonight Lisa uh
thank you mayor I just wanted to
piggyback on the uh thank you to our
public works department um they
definitely over the past month have been
absolutely busy crazy um with the
bleachers that they replaced um they
also did playground upgrades at Michael
Debbie Park uh we received the playsafe
rubber mulch as well as rubber borders
uh they built brand new um areas for
swing sets and for the slides that are
out there to make them safe and friendly
for kids
um we also had some upgrades to the
concession stand as well that were
debuted for the summer concerts got rid
of some of the old tables um put in some
stainless steel um food proof um safe
tables so uh just small little upgrades
thank you to the recreation grant that
we previously had was
57,000 this grant uh that we just did a
chapter 159 for the 2024 is for
65,000 uh that will go towards
rebuilding the Michael Debbie Park uh
hockey court with the new um tile safe
um resurfacing as well as redoing the
boards um for that so um I'm so glad
that we were awarded that we were
roughly right up in the top nine of
Elena County municipalities to receive
the most amount for money uh regarding
that Grant so um definitely put a lot of
work into that one to for a small town
like us we usually get a little bit less
um but to be in the top nine of all of
our Atlanta Cy town so perfect uh that
was great to receive that amount of
money and that's my report and kind of
sticking with that Lisa you know a lot
of people don't understand how these
grants work you actually have to go out
and actually find these grants you know
no one is really telling you hey apply
for this one or apply for this one so
kudos to you I know it's hard going out
there researching for this and then not
only that but filling out all the
applications and following up for it
with it you know constantly to make sure
we're on it so thank you Lisa and your
team thank you and these grants usually
fall into two categories the ones that
were too small for and the ones that
were too big for him
absolutely just a right amount so um
that is my report thank you L thank you
mayor uh we're going to jump over to
item 13 committee reports uh we'll start
with Deputy Mayor Ellen Tesa what do you
have for us tonight well I was not able
to make the first concert but I do want
to say that Michael Debbie Park here in
buav Vista Township is a true treasure
for all of our
residents um it is a very impressive
Park um that can be used by every age
imaginable and it's just a fantastic
place we hold all our events there and
you couldn't ask for a better Park um I
don't know if another Park in in our
entire South Jersey area really that is
as nice as Michael
Debbie um and our department takes such
great care of it that it's
incredible also I want to again
mentioned the car show we had great
success with with it last year and I
hope everybody comes out cuz it was
really a wonderful uh event and as far
as Night Out goes another exceptional
event it's
really incredible because the state
police come and do such an unbelievable
job with all their
uh with the horses and the dogs the
helicopters it it it really is so it is
a great family night out and people who
have been disappointed in the fact that
we don't do the uh fireworks for 4th of
July really should put that to bed and
enjoy our night out and the fireworks
cuz they are stupendous they really are
and that's about all I have thank you
Ellen uh we're going to jump over to
Aaron krenzer all right thank you mayor
we got a couple uh couple things here uh
Public Works update we have the team out
uh cleaning storm drains I know it
hasn't been raining but gives us the
opportunity to get out there and make
sure everything is working correctly um
Park in Township Property Maintenance uh
placement of new bleachers and Parks
they're power washing Town Town Hall
sidewalks they're working on the
baseball field maintenance right now
filling potholes painting the picnic
tables that have been repaired at
Michael W Park and cutting and weed
whack uh the PW yard so if you guys
drive by our PW yard looks phenomenal so
everything's organized there's nothing
around that we don't use if there is we
sell it pretty quick so very excited
about that I'm all about selling stuff
so in case people didn't understand um
it's hot so please check on your
neighbors your friends your family drink
plenty of water you know we just want
through a very hot extent I feel for our
farmers and everybody else that that
can't take the heat that well it's it's
unbearable out there and um just one
last thing um just be on the lookout for
tractors and farm equipment on the road
I say this every year there's a lot of
movement of of big machinery on our
roads just be careful take your time
have some patience and uh and that but
that's all I have mayor thank you thank
SAR Kurt what do you have tonight uh uh
just want to reiterate the thing about
Michael Debbie Park the concerts even
though it's uh hot during the day the
concerts are at 7 o' and by then the the
peak temperatures are usually down and
it and lately it's been mighty
comfortable in the park at 7 8:00 at
night uh there's no bugs to speak of I
don't know if we're just going through
knock on don't say that so with the cool
temperatures and no bugs and the good
food it's a no it's a no-brainer to show
up at these these uh this
event that's about it thank you
Kurt John what do you have tonight yeah
I just uh wanted to uh let everybody
know uh Kurt and I attended the uh un
Regional High School uh graduation there
was approximately uh 139 graduates uh I
think it's getting getting on larger uh
two years ago was like 123 so it's
picking up a little bit and uh they also
had uh 5.5 million uh in uh offered uh
in
scholarships and I just wanted to
comment that the football field was in
excellent condition and most of the
proof improvements Township wide are are
completed now there's just a few left
and um I also wanted to mention the
concert that I thought Lonnie young
blood was a good kickoff for our
concerts this year and then we got Duck
and Cover coming up this this week and
um it it's it seems like
uh I just wanted to comment Lisa on on
the uh preparing the getting the tables
and everything it looks a lot better and
it's a lot more functional streamlined
yeah yeah absolutely it was a great
surprise
we that one sh sorry I kept that hidden
from everybody until you saw it new
stainless tables
streamlined but that's all I have thank
you
John 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 a
business of the township and the most
productive manner possible attendees
will be given four minutes all inclusive
including all dialogue questions
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 at 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 second all in favor I
apprach pass uh yeah
sure by the way this is Mayor Vince
Sarah of Brigantine thank you
the floor is yours mayor thank minutes
go
ahead hang on you got
them can you flip the switch on the
mic how's that you got me
now good
good all right perfect uh for those of
you who don't know me my name is uh Vin
sah from Brigantine what's coming around
it was a letter uh that I had sent to
every elected official in L County as
well as a resolution uh that brings he
and 7 other municipalities has passed an
economic study that was done by Def Team
Beach on the impact of the ocean W
projects uh for some of you this might
be the first opportunity that you're
hearing about ocean wind projects but uh
basically we're asking every
municipality in the county to pass a
resolution opposing offshore wind
projects and supporting our County
Executive and the Board of Commissioners
to utilize its various Powers including
legal action to protect the future of
Atlantic County one of the most
important things that all of you can do
on this is to make sure that you educate
yourself on the issue now is the time to
get answers once these projects are
built we're stuck with um one of the
things we can all agree on is uh
protecting the environment and reducing
our reliancy on fossil fuels but I'm
going to tell you that these ocean wind
projects they don't achieve that goal
according to Bow which is the Bureau of
ocean Energy Management in 2021 they put
out a public statement that says that
these ocean wind projects have little to
no impact on global warming or climate
change so if these projects aren't
saving the planet I don't understand why
we're doing it why the governor and why
the president is pushing this down our
throats it makes absolutely no sense
most of the information that's being
given by the developers by the state and
the federal government is very
misleading uh the information is about
much smaller projects and it does not
demonstrate the collective impacts of
all of the projects put
together uh most people don't know that
um the Biden Administration is putting
these windmills all the way from Main to
flor uh they're building and New Jersey
has some of the largest and closest uh
win turbines in the world these are
going to be roughly the size of the
Empire States Building and I want to put
this in a little bit of perspective for
you guys would any of you sit here and V
to completely clearcut a national forest
to put up windmills I'm going to tell
you none of you would do that the ocean
it's our national forest we can't allow
that ocean to be destroyed in 2019 so
Rowan University did a study onice in
2019 public approval of these ocean wind
projects was Statewide was somewhere
around 80% as people start to learn the
truth about these projects how bad they
are for the environment how unreliable
they are for energy and how they're
going to double or triple people's
electric bill that support for thieves
now has fallen down to about
40% so as the truth gets out in a lot of
these companies they just BL blatantly
lie and mislead people on these projects
so I've been going around town to town
trying to educate people on these
issues nobody would support having oil
rigs in the ocean and I'm going to tell
you if people were putting oil rigs out
there every single municipality would be
up in arms there's a lot of similarities
between these projectss and Port oil
rigs out there according to B and the
environmental impact studies that
they've done on these projects these o
these wind turbines are full of
thousands of gallons of oil the oil
leaks and it's going to end up on our
beaches here in South Jersey the
windmill projects are about 8 to 12
miles out some of the closest in the
world if you go up to North Jersey where
the majority of the voting Bas is in New
Jersey there 40 mil out and that number
is very interesting if you look at the
construction and operation plan for the
Atlantic Shores projects one of the
things they talk about is these ocean
wind projects they're visible for up to
40 miles so if you're 40 miles away
you're going to see them they're going
to dramatically change the Seascape of
the ocean forever and the only way not
to see them is to turn your back on them
and look the other way I kid you not
this is in the
information I can sit here and I could
endlessly go on about all the Imp acts
to whales and dolphins I'm not going to
do that I'm not going to bore you with
this but I'm going to tell you I've been
a surfer my entire life I was a
lifeguard I'm of the burgentine beach
Patrol for 19 years I spent most of my
life even to this day in the ocean we've
never seen anything like this there's
more than a 100 whales that have washed
up in the area there's all kinds of
dolphins that are washing up in this
area and when you look at the
information when they do the studies
they're very tricky with the words they
say that there's no evidence that
directly connects it to the ocean wind
projects to the the surveying that's
going on out there there's a reason for
that they don't have the ability to test
for the damage that's being done to them
I've had conversations with people who
actually go out and do the testing and
they said you're never going to find any
information in any direction if this was
any other industry in the world the
burden of proof would be placed on that
company to prove that they weren't
killing whales and dolins and and the
federal government knows that this is
issue they've issued what's called Class
A and Class B takes this is the ability
to hurt harm and kill whales and
dolphins so if they weren't killing
whales and dolphins why would the
federal government have to give them the
ability to do so it's just a lie in 2018
the Murphy Administration joined a
lawsuit seeking an injunction against
similar surveying activities by offshore
wind energy companies and to quote from
the Murphy Administration this is over
the the harm or potential harm to marine
mammals which would have negative
impacts on New Jersey and its citizens
why in 2018 was it a problem but now
it's not a problem because it's
politically beneficial for Murphy to do
this one of the biggest problems is
decommission plan these things they say
at best they're good about 25 years I
give probably 15 to 20 the ocean's a
destructive force Murphy was asked point
blank in 25 years when these projects
are done what's the decommission plan
how do we cleared this out of the ocean
he's quote and I'm going to quote him he
said he's not concerned with taking them
out of the ocean he's only concerning
with building it's going to be all of us
sitting in this room it's going to be
all of us across the county that are
responsible to clean up this mess when
he's gone Now's the Time to make sure
that we get action there's something
called infrasound are you guys familiar
with infrasound so these are these wind
turbines are about the size of the
Empire States Building they're
mechanical as they turn they make noise
this infr um has been known to cause not
only issues for marine mamals they're
highly sensitive to sound they're going
to have issues migrating and traveling
back and forth we're not sure what
impact that's going to have on people
living at the shore for some people who
have these wi turbines some of the
farmers have done subsidies where they
put them on their properties they've
actually had to move away from their
properties because the infrasound that
comes off these messes up their central
nervous system this is something for me
that's very important because not only
they going to to destroy the thing I
love they could potentially destroy our
homes and we can't have this happen uh
you guys know siment bloming us all
right so you ever stand in the ocean you
know when you stand in waves go back and
forth the sand kicks up well the ocean
has a lot of energy these ocean wind uh
turbines when they're in the ocean as
the energy moves back and forth it kicks
up all of the sediment off the bottom
causing huge ocean clums in order to
solve this they're going to line the
ocean bottom with 8 ft of rock they're
going to kill everything that's on that
ocean floor I don't know if you've ever
tried to build a dock and go through the
D process the D won't let you build a
dock wider than 8 ft cuz the Shadow from
your dock will potentially kill or kill
future shellfish that are in that area
but they're going to allow these
companies to line the ocean floor with 8
ft of rock and kill everything out there
all of that land out there is protect by
state law the state government just
changed the law so all the oyster and
clam beds and scallop beds out there
they just changed the law to give them
the ability to dredge blast and pile
Drive in all of that protected land
killing what's out there and it's
ridiculous the hypocrisy that goes on so
we're trying to make sure that we bring
attention to some of these issues um the
Atlantic cold pool this is one of the
most sustainable Fisheries in the world
exists right out there when they build
this Ruckers University and Harvard
University says that the negative
impacts from this could potentially
destroy the Atlantic coold pool forever
forever destroying our commercial
fishing industry in this area so they
talk about a lot of the jobs that
they're going to create they're also
going to destroy a lot of jobs that
already exist ABC News did a study to
this some of these companies when went
went into England made some of the same
promises all these high paying B
jobs the jobs never happen they never
can there's no guarantee that these jobs
are going to come to American workers
and that becomes one of the biggest
problems out here locally here's some of
the issues you're going to have there's
going to be tax implications for this um
when the county comes up with its uh tax
payments they do the equalized value so
you look at all the towns they come up
with the equalized value Atlanta county
is estimated to lose 9.4 million in tax
revenue from the shore towns you take
the five Shore towns together
when you destroy those ocean views and
those high paying properties you're
looking at roughly about a 133% loss
they anticipated to be somewhere between
30 and 40% that's a loss of $2.2 billion
in
RADS this is very similar to the pilot
do you remember when the payment L of
taxes came up for the casinos when the
casinos taxes went down everyone else's
taxes in the county went up this is
going to be a similar situation that is
going to impact all of the taxpayers out
here there's going to be damage to the
casino industry when you're putting this
8 to 12 miles off people come down for
those Casino views for those oceans when
they're looking at an industrialized
ocean they're not coming back what
happens when you kill the tourism
industry down here now remember up north
they put them 40 miles out it's going to
have very little impact to their sh
Shore communities down here they're 8 to
12 miles out it's going to have major
impacts to our shore communities
one of the biggest issues too is the New
Jersey rake Council New Jersey rate
Council says that they have no idea what
impact this is going to have on our
electric bills it could potentially
double or triple our electric bills and
they don't know what that is when
Governor Whitman was in office she
passed a law that says any third-party
energy industry that comes in has to pay
all of the upgrade cost to the
infrastructure to handle the energy
Murphy did a way with that so when these
ocean wind companies come in and they
start producing energy into the grid it
is going to be all of the rate payers
who have to pay for the upgrade it's not
them it's going to make the energy very
very expensive so one of the things I
wanted to do is go out to ask you guys
to take a look at this resolution I'm
going to tell you it's a long resolution
the reason that it's long is it's backed
up with studies facts and data I put
everything in there for you so all you
have to do is read it if you are willing
and you would want to support this I
would ask that you put this up for a
vote to support this so our County
Executive and our County Commissioners
can take action very similar to what uh
Kate May County is doing right now if
you have any questions I can definitely
answer those questions for you and I
appreciate your time here tonight thank
you mayor well mayor thank you mayor
just real real quick to touch base with
you you know I'm I'm a voter my whole
life and I've I've made a career out of
uh out of boating and and um being in
the brain industry and and I'm on
several different packs against all
these these windmills and and that so
it's uh it's refreshing to to have you
come here with your enthusiasm and your
passion and explain to everybody in buun
Vista Township exactly what's going on
because it's uh it could be very bad and
you know not only that but you're
looking at the cost of seafood of
anything else like that going up because
they're going to have different um
barriers around these where there's no
boating you know you can't get close to
it so you know our fisherman are going
to have to go different ways out and
even further out so you know it's it
continues just to be a negative downfall
right on through so I I do appreciate it
thank you very much for coming out and I
will I'll add to that as well um and and
you touched on this I I think that there
is such a huge disturbance when when
these projects start and there's such a
huge disturbance when these projects end
that that that 15 20 25 year whatever
the magic number is you know you end up
with you know probably you know net net
when all like and that's the problem is
is looking at the the totality of this
because it it gets very very macular and
it's hard to put it into perspective but
when you look at this in totality
between the initial disturbance the
final disturbance and and all the in
between uh and you you've seen dribs and
drabs of this with these first
generation wind farms that now they're
decommissioning or or the turbine
portion uh this this was a big thing I
work for Waste Management and this was
like an industry letter that came out
several years ago about the these
fiberglass turbines that they couldn't
find a home for and they ended up just
there was a an entity in North Carolina
that allowed them to start digging these
Mass Graves to plant these turbines that
you know will take a thousand years
they're all composite they don't break
down and and that somehow is the Lesser
you know evil to to do all of this um it
it's definitely illogical this isn't
something that you can approach approach
with any degree of common sense because
if you kind of break this down in in
smaller bites um the the the literature
on this the the glossy marketing all
that at at at 10,000 ft looks great but
when you get into the micro aspects of
this it's totally illogical I mean it's
no different than like the the Tesla
ideology these things look great in the
showrooms no one looks at the lithium
mines in the Congo where the metals are
being pulled out of and we're literally
cing to the center of Earth and we're
we're using 8-year-old children with
shovels and buckets you know to mine
this material um people are so consumed
with the finish product that nobody
looks at the inputs along the way
so and that's the hardest thing and we
we say say this about
just just about politics in general is
that someone will sit on their phone at
night and research a $7 pair of
flip-flops for 45 minutes but will not
take 30 seconds when they go in a voting
booth to literally just blow down a
column to learn even a minute worth of
who they're voting for and that to me I
think is more of a mindset thing and
that to me I think is a state of the
times um that that's scary that you that
that you would as trivial as that you
know flip through 40 or 50 reviews but
not even ask like hey let's get to know
even like the the smallest detail about
our County ticket that's going to be
representing us and and I don't know how
we I think that is is is the core of
this and I think that funnels up to your
issue you know on on a greater
perspective but I I don't know how we
reverse that I don't know if this is
covid driven if this is social media
driven but it it's scary to me how far
down a rabbit hole somebody will go for
for just total Nuance stuff and and
things that are super impactful super
important just do not want to be
bothered and and and I've said this all
the time I mean I think this is less of
an issue in Atlanta County Cumberland
county is like hugely complicit on this
when you go down delsy drive it's just
it's vote col like don't even get to
know anything about the candidates we're
not even going to put their names on a
sign just literally go in there and do
this Duty for us just rip through column
a rip through column B and that to me is
is is scary as a parent with young kids
that are are entering this this this you
know so I I I I do not envy the task you
have ahead of you you you have our
support holistically um I think that
there's no aspect of this that makes
sense in any way shape or form and is
there any any logic as to why they they
need to be so close to the shores in
South Jersey but so far out is this do
they at least try to hit this with
science that the the the wind is
different up north that these things can
be further out they they tried to talk
about the science but it comes down to
two things one I told you anybody who's
run Statewide they're voting pay
populations up north the other big thing
is it has to do with cost with
electricity distance equals resistance
further out in the ocean the bigger the
cables are the more expensive it is so
by moving them closer in it makes it
cheaper for these companies and that's
the major problem you know a lot of
people think with the orad project that
that's done it is not no uh what they
did is they're actually just kind of on
hold they still hold the landing these
is Murphy in the fourth round
solicitation he allowed all of the
companies to rebid their contracts so
they can charge the rate payers more
money so they can make more of a profit
it's all about money and nothing has to
do with us it's not about clean energy
no and the Fisheries I've already
noticed how many they've never seen so
many empty scallop shells in in history
it's already affecting them greatly
absolutely and and I I think all this
kind of just again funnels up to just
common sense just taking time to educate
yourself and and I think some people do
but I think a lot of people do not um I
I saw this firsthand uh I I was in Asia
for grad school about 11 years ago uh
Hong Kong Shanghai hoochi Min and you
see pharmaceutical plants at the the end
of a river and then Fisheries Downstream
and you see these 24-in discharge pipes
and there's a salmon farm a mile and a
half down the water and you're like how
is that permitted you know and again I
get back to the Tesla ideology I mean
for every one Tesla owner there's still
you know an owner 1957 Chevy in Cuba
with you know 900,000 Mi on it pouring
lead in the fuel tank when they fill it
up you know like that that air doesn't
move um so yeah I I think this is just
really more just kind of a fundamental
piece of people just taking the hour out
of their day to flip through literature
like this and be even you know not a
subject matter expert but just
marginally informed and people just do
not want to take that time out of their
schedule so anything you need from us
please continue to stay in touch with
you guys
thank you for
coming make you have digal cop okay that
would be wonderful absolutely perfect
thank you mayor thank you thank you very
much for your
time pull that um my name is darthy
Monera and I'm not going to talk about
what I usually talk about but I just
wanted to comment on the mayor's
presentation um just kind of a a side
note and an analogy but that's on a much
larger scale involving a lot of
political and economic pressure but I
would just remind you all that even in
this local community there are a lot of
environmental important environmental
aspects resources um various species so
it would be nice if even on the small
scale here in buav Vista Township as BR
Team you have in danger of typing
clovers Le turns nesting birds and in in
britin situation you're trying to find a
common ground between the population of
people and your natural resources on the
beach and I I know this doesn't have to
do with the wind turbines but also here
with the situation that we've all been
discussing on um Main Avenue with the
Watershed there are a lot of really
important environmental resources there
that are being impacted and so yes we're
looking at um you know the wind turbines
on a large scale which I am I
your information was very passionate I
appreciate it and I appreciate you know
what you're bringing up and fighting for
because it is difficult when you're
dealing with these very large companies
they have a lot of power but back again
to this little piece that we're looking
out here if you don't start at a local
level in supporting this by our Township
members then things will go away even
locally and the water sheds become
effective even here so again um I just
urge you guys to really care you know
about the resources that are here in
this community as well thank you thank
you direct thank
you jul Acres Newtonville uh I would
like to um thank the UN Township Public
Works who I'm assuming was responsible
for picking up a bunch of trash on the
railroad track
so I'm assuming they did it it was gone
uh but I did have a question um what is
happening with the railroad tracks
through and I mean it's not just here
inista but what is where they done a bit
of trimming it looks like they've got a
whole lot of Railway ties that they're
setting up and then I'm going to seg way
into something else but what's the um do
you know what's going on with that yes
yes so um Conrail is actually taking
part in all the tracks coming up through
our area and then going right on down
through Kate May um one of it actually
the trimming that's happening is because
I guess one of their cars um happened to
have a tree slightly catch on fire from
some of the overgrown as their trains
were coming through um so one of the
things they're doing is going in and
just trimming them back so that way
there's um no barriers between the
drains and any trees or branches or
brush or anything in that area um and
they're going back through and they're
are updating some of the boards in the
area I know Jackson Road we put in
multiple requests for them to repair the
crossing at Jackson Road but uh they are
changing out the boards and putting in
more of that
fiberglass um type Crossing I know
Richland has like that rubber Crossing
um but Main Avenue part of it is that
fiberglass Crossing um so they are doing
some repairs they're housed on our
property in Richland at the moment to
take their trains back and forth to do
some of the repairs okay so they repair
replacing a lot of the ties I've seen
PES and ties all the way through our
warship down that way so I guess that
brings up um I was curious because I
don't see very many trains going by
since BC's Point closed and that had all
the coal being taken to it um there's
not very many trains to go by my house
were down here Richland so I was curious
if they're anticipating a lot more
traffic I I know about the S Express and
I know that part of it but there's very
little train traffic so have
been they haven't indicated anything
more of traffic other than what they
were I know they had some trains that
were coming through with some cargo um
but not much I I don't know if they have
future plans other than the upgrade so
okay well that was that was what I
wanted to bring up next is um um I work
with the great Egg Harbor River Council
and several of our communities down in
Upper Township coron City have a big
issue with tr trains backing up on the
tracks so much so in Corbin City where
it makes it difficult for people to even
get through because of the uh the
railroad crossings we don't really have
that issue up here however we have quite
a few railroad crossings over the rivers
so our River Council sent resolutions
suggestions to each municipality to see
about um the the uh us do Department of
Transportation
after there were some of the big train
accidents uh the one out in Ohio they
proposed new rules that every Emergency
Management Area First Responders would
be able to get real time up toate
information about what was being carried
in those trains if there was an accident
at this time that does not have to be
done you know my understanding is that
does not have to be done so we have our
volunteer volunteer fire companies the
chances of us having an issue here and
maybe that wouldn't happen but if it did
happen and that's why I was asking are
we going to be having more increased
train traffic um you know could be
something very important to University
Township uh the uper Township exuse me
really has to deal with a lot of train
traffic down their way and that's been
an issue and it was an issue where a
train actually did leak something right
into the TP OFA River so that's why our
Upper Township representative got into
this so I would encourage you I can send
it to you again I think it was back in
February it was sent sent to Mayor virer
to Lisa uh to see about a resolution to
help
support the US do in pushing this
proposal that train companies would need
to comply with having their Hazmat specs
up to date that's one of the issues in
Ohio they didn't know what was in those
cars First Responders are responding
they didn't know right away so can this
happen I mean it's happened in Paul's
Boro a little close to the home so it's
something that I think we should be
aware of it's not that difficult to do
when I'm to stop but can I send you the
resolution again absolutely okay and
please consider that Julie Thank you
Lisa is that something that you can um
you can talk to Conrail about just to
see if they're going to increase any
train traffic down our way
um it took me about a month to get a
hold of them for a five minute
conversation but I will try and they are
very tough to get a hold of they're very
hard and they they it takes about a
month to get a hold of someone yes and
they don't like to really dige too much
no they don't a lot of times so I don't
understand the proprietary aspect of
that when it
concerns you know
other and and my best um chance to get a
hold of them is um they notified us that
they were going to be doing um railroad
track upgrades on wayth and they wanted
to detour close wayth at the railroad
track border that is a huge
interconnecting between Hamilton
Township and buav Vista and we were only
told that they were doing it but weren't
told that they were going to be doing it
that was my chance to reach out to them
and I got very minimal information from
them but I will try again okay no I
appreciate that and I'll send you this
resu yeah absolutely thanks thank thank
you good evening Sheriff oronu L County
Sheriff's Office greetings to council
mayor and deputy
mayor uh I came up tonight to give you a
little insight you're here at the
Western end of the County so I want to
both explain to you what the sheriff's
department has done in 6 months what our
plans are in the future and where we're
heading
Direction first and foremost I want to
say the men and women of Le County
Sheriff's Office are amazing they work
tirelessly since I've taken office to
increase what we're supposed to do Law
and Order and Public
Safety we first took office we had 7,000
that's thousand fugitive warrants in
this County that means people who didn't
show up for criminal cases to include
child support and it's a deadly that
number would have probably been another
several thousand but they stopped
issuing child support warrants so I'm
going to touch on child support warrants
out of that 7,000 450 of them or child
support warrants there may be some
criticism about arresting people for
child support warrants when they owe $3
$40,000 but I don't hear the victims the
children who aren't receiving that money
complaining and I don't hear the victims
who aren't getting paid and every
taxpayer in this county is a victim
because we have to to pay that bill that
these people aren't paying so I have
absolutely no reservations in saying I
will arrest you I will seek you out and
I will find you to execute any warrant
we have in this County to include child
support warrant we also have been
charged with the fugitives who committed
some heinous crimes and have not
appeared in court that's our job to
arrest them we're doing that we now have
approximately 5,200 active Wars that's
from 7,000
we're working on it daily we've
increased our staff to a night shift
which hasn't been for I don't know how
many years but we have a fugative
warrant team at at night which is assist
Atlantic City and other municipalities
in their warrant arrests and their other
programs we are in a crisis situation in
my opinion in the criminal element in
this County bu Vista is not safe because
they're coming this way it's one light
one street one Bridge one neighborhood
away from you on every direction
if we don't act as communities and we
don't support our law enforcement
agencies in this County you'll see the
result and I remember prior to me being
elected you had already seen those
results so what I'll say to you is this
we're doing our job we need you to help
us to our job we need the community to
help us and support us and we need every
Council in this County to help us and
support
us we recently Revisited the county
court system that's the county court
system that 10 municipalities belong to
that system is neglected you have a
private security agency that cannot
effectuate an arrest cannot detain
people and cannot protect the staff or
the judges properly in that building
they're not up to- dat in training I
know because I'm a trained I train
people who have these licenses it's a
two-day course and they'll tell you that
all of them are police officers of prior
police officers but I can tell you that
the Attorney General guidelines are
pretty strict and these guidelines
require updated training constantly
who's training them
nobody the only professional agencies
that that is prepared to take this
County Municipal Court to ensure that
our County Municipal judges are safe our
staff and our people as the Atlanta
County Sheriff's Office it's what we do
best now I'll say this to you I visited
the county clerk today and I heard a
story that's very common the Common Plea
is we call for the police but they're so
tight up in Hamilton town here that it
takes hours for them to respond not
their fault they have 113 square miles
they have an arduous task of taking care
of their own municipality so it's placed
on a priority that priority is met we
had a theft in the building that was
unresolved for
hours we also had a judge recently
threatened from the County Municipal
Court nobody could respond nobody could
had the ability in there to do it the
Sheriff's Office picked it up is that
presently our responsibility no it's not
but I have a moral obligation to protect
every citizen in this County but
whatever means we have to especially the
people who delegate who judge and who
are prudent jurists of every complaint
we have absolutely we have to I say to
this Council I've asked you for help
I'll ask no more I'll ask you tonight to
support our Endeavor to support us as we
support you we are training our people
to do traffic at this
point to come out to this Western end of
this County or people let really didn't
it's not their fault they didn't have
the training but I'm not sending
somebody out here who's unprepared I'll
send you a fully prepared people to
handle and help and to assist and
augment the state Poli as you know they
have limited resources too if we don't
fight this blight together throughout
this County we'll fail in our mission we
failed in the oath of offices that we've
all taken and we will fail
truly we have places in this County that
are in dire strengths Atlantic City is
hugely in trouble take a walk or drive
through you don't have to go that far go
to other areas look around you'll see
what's going on here Stevie Wonder can
see what's going on here and I'm telling
you folks it's serious if I sound a
little Cross or serious I am because I
don't sleep at night thinking about
what's going on here and I will say this
on the bright side at five hours a meal
I could bring all 29 of my grandkids for
under 150
bucks and you should it's a great
opportunity listen I'm a public person I
move among people that's what I do and I
hear the people's complaints and I hear
what our citizens have gone through the
response that they need we're we're
ready to give you but we also need you
to support
us that's your choice regardless of
whether you do what I think you should
do or request you to do that's on you
but I'll say we'll be here to support
you we're coming to the Western end
we're coming prepare we actually lost
one of our Canan dogs to illness so
we're sending two more to the cadem
in I believe it's uh November Mar maybe
three and a trainer so we're going to be
be prepared to do this job but it takes
time and it takes energy and it takes
enthusiasm and it takes support and
that's what we're asking
for and while we're at it I'm going to
give a plug to our mayor from BR te
because I believe in that Clause I'm a
sure kid and I've seen the
devastation in my entire life and I've
been on this planet for almost 70 years
I've never seen so much of our sea life
wash up on the shores horrific these are
things we're all required to pay
attention to we have to be diligent and
having had the pleasure and the honor of
sitting on Council and a har attach I
know how important this
is I'm asking you for your support folks
who going to make this endeavor with or
without who supports us we are confident
that we have the lowest bidding amount
to save money and we want make this
system
work it's all I have to say I'm open to
any questions or comments you
have I just uh I I thank you as always I
mean I I've reiterated this you know
really to to anybody that will listen I
mean you guys are the real deal I don't
envy the task that you guys have ahead I
mean what what you walked into is
completely Indescribable I mean the
words don't exist
and uh I just think from a resource
standpoint I mean you guys are just you
know really how many irons can you have
in the fire simultaneously u i mean and
you see I have you know I spent 5 years
working in the casinos I still have a a
ton of friends and family that still
work in the casinos uh I mean that's
really that that's the engine that
powers this County and and the fact that
there is no priority to continue to to
find a way to keep the city safe and to
maintain it um I mean you we we used a
joke about this when I worked at Resorts
I mean you have a family coming in from
the Midwest if you're local you kind you
get it you you've heard of Atlantic City
you hear of of but if you're coming in
and that's your your first exposure to
Atlantic City and you're doing a
three-day 4 day 5-day family vacation
where the portugus share was for Resorts
you know and and you you go down North
Carolina Avenue and to have the burgundy
Motel across the street and that's like
you know on a Thursday Friday you know
Mom Dad you know Timmy and Sally are
coming down North Carolina Avenue in in
the station wagon and you're not even
through the valet yet and and you've got
a crime unit you know chalking out a
body across the street from the burgundy
hotel and that's your like the preempt
to your family vacation like and that's
not to say that that doesn't happen in
Vegas and that's not to say that that
doesn't happen in other towns but
they've done a much better job of
getting it out of the main drag like
that they have allowed that literally to
to encroach the shadows of your your
your main you know economic engine and
there's no common sense element to to to
want to I mean how many times when these
casinos were so flush could you get into
you know the the the replanning of these
neighborhoods to push that stuff further
away and they've just allowed it to all
of your treatment you know all of your
riff WTH is literally in the shadows of
these you know main you know hubs of
economy so uh I I don't envy the TX that
you guys have to try to get that to a
point where it's manageable you know
mayor we we work very closely with the l
City Police Department I have confidence
in their Chief they're trying to beef up
their Police Department you know the
sheriff's office is to support and
augment all agencies and all 23
municipalities here that's what we
intend to do and I would say that
they're doing an amazing job with the
limited resources they have but you said
it best it's the economic engine of this
County if it fails remember what
happened 208 and contined for about 11
years we had the highest foreclosure
rate in the county in the country think
about that that was just the tip of it
not to mention everything else in well
that's CL went unchecked and we are at
that point we're at that Tipping Point
societal chaos in this country if you
look at the way things are if we don't
support our police our men and women out
here to do this job daily uh it's
history repeating itself when the legion
of Rome could no longer protect Rome so
fell Rome thank you thanks Sheriff thank
you sheriff and anyone has the knowledge
and the enthusiasm to get this job done
it's you it's I love what I do and I
love our people all of our people that's
why I'm here thank you thank you thanks
sh thank you thank
you I'll ask for a motion of the second
to close to the public motion to
close second second John all in favor I
I item 15 uh executive session we have
resolution
110-2 or 2024 authorizing committee to
go into executive session uh whereas we
have two items scheduled for discussion
this evening that to include any pending
or anticipated litigation or any
contract negotiations with the public
body or any matters within attorney
client privilege to include our local
676 Union contract and any attorne
attorney legal updates I estimated 20
minutes for executive session and uh
there is to be no action to be taken
after we need a motion in a second to
enter executive session motion second
roll
call krenzer yes Renard yes Testa yes
Williams yes rer yes per um before we
enter the executive session I just want
to say one thing about the mayor's uh
plan they've had the uh turb wind
turbines down in uh Atlantic City and
the Marina District for probably 253
years and that should just show you that
that's that it's a bad idea to be
putting putting the turbines in the
water from a maintenance standpoint and
also from an environmental standpoint
it's just it's just not a good thing to
do y agreed so thank you thank Youk
thank you