March 26 2026 Ventnor City Commission Meeting

Not yet.
>> Good evening.
Good evening everybody. Full house. It's
nice to see everybody supportive of our
our new fire and police officers
tonight. Um I'd like to call to order
the city commission meeting March 26,
2026.
Um I have everyone rise for flag salute,
please.
To the stand,
>> one nation under God, indivisible,
liberty and justice for all.
>> Thank you. Thank you.
>> Nice having an audience for that, too.
>> Yeah. Cindy, may I have roll call,
please?
>> Commissioner Angra,
>> here.
>> Commission,
>> here.
>> Mayor Creable
>> here. Uh open to uh open public meeting
announcement for pursuant to open public
meetings act. Adequate notice of this
meeting has been provided. The agenda
for this meeting is posted in city hall
and on the city's website. Um we have a
live streaming announcement. Also the
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In the event remote access is
unavailable for any reason beyond the
city's control, the city will not pause
or stop the live meeting. the city
reserves the right to discontinue remote
access at the discretion of the city for
any future meetings. So this evening we
have uh two resolutions and then we will
get into the oath of office that
everyone's here for. Again, thank you
for all coming. Um uh may I have a
motion for resolution 2026-093
uh county of Atlantic State of New
Jersey appointing Jeffrey Moore as fire
captain?
>> I'll make that motion.
>> I have a second.
Second.
>> I believe second that was a second.
>> Have a roll call. Cindy
>> Schlangraph.
>> Absolutely. Yes.
>> Commissioner Mento.
>> Yes.
>> Mayor Creable.
>> Yes. Uh may I have a motion for
resolution 2026-094.
This is a state of New Jersey appointing
Peter Edgar as fire lieutenant. May I
have a motion?
>> I'll make that motion.
>> Second.
>> Roll call. Cindy.
>> Commissioner Langrath.
>> Yes. Commissioner Mento.
>> Yes. Mayor
>> Karibbo. Yes. Excellent. So, uh, first
we'll have the oath of office of the in
the police department. Uh, they has to
be up first. So, may I, uh, call
Anthony, would you please help me
pronounce your last name?
>> Bonjouro.
Can I have your last name? No.
>> Sorry.
I think
there
>> you have someone to help the Bible for
swearing in.
>> Uh they came back. You sure? You'll do
it alone. Okay.
So,
so it's your choice if you want to say
that after
>> the mic, please.
>> So, repeat after me. I Anthony
I, Jordano,
>> do solemnly swear
>> that I will support the Constitution of
the United States
>> that I will support the Constitution of
the United States
>> and the Constitution of the State of New
Jersey. I must
>> and that I will bear true faith and
allegiance
>> that I will bear true faith and
allegiance
>> to the same
>> the same
>> and to the government established in the
United States
>> until the government established in the
United States
>> and in this state
>> of this state
>> under the authority of the people
>> under the authority
>> that I will faithfully
>> impartially
>> partially
>> and justly perform
>> all the duties of the office of
>> police officer
>> effective April April 30th, 2026.
>> April 30th, 2026.
>> According to the best, my skill and
ability.
>> According to the best of my skill and
>> congratulations.
Move the mic over.
Yeah. Um, why don't you let the We'll
let the chief pick that up. Sort that.
All right.
>> I'm going to need another some some more
help. Fabian
Deisio Contra. Yeah.
>> Thank you.
That's
>> you're you're welcome to have family
come up if you like to hold the the
Bible if you if you choose or do you
choose to do it?
>> I'll have my mom.
>> Yeah,
>> sure.
>> Good choice.
>> So, help me with your pronunciation.
>> Why don't you come around here?
Raise
your right hand.
Repeat after me. I Fabian Deio Contra I
Fabian Valdz Cont
>> do solemnly swear
>> that I will support the Constitution
>> of the United States
>> and the Constitution of the State of New
Jersey
>> and the Constitution of the State of New
Jersey
>> that I will bear true faith and
allegiance
>> that I will bear true faith and
allegiance
>> to the same
>> and to governments established in the
United States
>> to governments established in the United
States
>> and in this state
>> and in this under the authority of the
people.
>> under the authority of the people.
>> That I will faithfully
>> and that I will faithfully
>> impartially
>> and justly perform
>> all the duties of the office of
police
officer
>> police officer
>> effective April 13, 2026
. according to
the best of my skill and ability.
according to the best of my skill and my
ability.
So help me God. Congratulations.
Thank
you. Thank you very much.
Jeff.
>> All right.
>> Uh, future fire captain Jeffrey Moore.
>> You almost got a standing O.
I got uh my mother.
>> Okay. So, it's up to you to say
something.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> Come on. You guys stand over here.
>> Good afternoon.
I, Jeffrey Mortz,
>> I, Jeffrey Mortz,
>> do solemnly swear
>> solemnly swear
>> that I will support the Constitution
>> of the United States
>> United States
>> and the Constitution of the State of New
Jersey.
>> Constitution of the State of New Jersey.
>> And I will bear true faith
>> I will bear true faith
>> and allegiance to the same.
to the
>> and to the governments
>> established in the United States
>> and in this state
>> and in this
>> under the authority of the people
>> and that I will faithfully
>> I will faithfully
>> impartially
>> partially
>> and justly perform
>> justly perform
>> all the duties
>> of the office of
>> office of
>> firecat
>> effective
>> 0329 2026
>> effective 0329 2026
according to the best of my skill and
ability. So help me God.
>> To the best of my skill and ability. So
help me God.
>> Congratulations.
I'm not surprised.
>> I didn't say
You can replay that on YouTube later.
Uh, Peter Edgar
>> hold you hold the B.
>> You can hold it for me.
So your choice to say so from God if you
want to come here with you guys
I don't see right
Repeat after me. I, Peter Edgar,
>> I, Peter Edgar,
>> do solemnly swear
>> that I'll support the Constitution
>> that I will support the Constitution
>> of the United States
>> and the Constitution of the State of New
Jersey
>> and the Constitution of the State of New
Jersey
>> and that I will bear true faith and
allegiance
>> and I will bear true faith and
allegiance
>> to the same
>> and to the governments established
>> in the United States
>> the United States
>> and in this state
>> under the authority of the people
>> and that I will faithfully
>> and faithfully
>> and partially partially
>> and justly perform
>> all the duties
>> of the office of
>> the office of
>> fire attempt
>> fire
>> effective March 29th 2026
>> effective March 29th6
>> according to the best my skills and
ability to help me go
>> according to the best my skills and
ability to help me
>> congratulations Congratulations.
>> Congratulations.
>> You guys
used to
Thank you.
>> We're good.
>> I said we're good.
>> We're good.
That's awesome.
>> Cyber personel.
Never done this.
>> You got to clean this up right now.
line up in front, guys. Nobody's gonna
get over there. Other side. Got plenty
of room on G.
>> Where are we going? The other side.
>> Yeah, we got to get the We got to get
the wide.
>> That's how you got this.
>> How that feel?
Someone gonna tell us to smile.
I don't even know which guy
even
You guys
have a good one.
Thanks be to God.
>> That's
mess up.
passing by everybody.
>> Oh my goodness.
What?
Yeah.
Not surprised, right?
>> What is it? Why does it say Mayor Lenny
Small?
It says clear.
It also says firehousees. Mayor Martin
Small.
Yeah,
>> that's that's the application for the
grants.
>> It also says firehouse, too.
>> Should we pull it?
>> You just change it on the bed.
Exchange.
It also I talked to I talked to him. It
also shouldn't say
>> this is working.
But also
>> this has to be says restoration
firehouse 2 drawn at city hall.
>> So we'll put one here
>> and not that.
>> Those batteries are dead.
>> Which one?
>> You're talking about
>> Yeah.
You guys need
>> for lunch?
>> All right.
Oh, good, good, good, good. The real
>> Okay.
I can We're going to resume the meeting
in a few minutes.
>> We're going to resume the meeting.
>> It's on
I guess so.
Yeah.
Thank you.
>> Okay.
>> Only if he sets these off in his bar so
he can clean them up, too.
>> We're going to
got through the metal detector with the
Oh.
Okay. Um, moving down the agenda, the
next item, uh, we have no presentations
in the workshop. We have no department
head reports, uh, and we have no capital
discussions.
The following item is, uh, we will vote
on minutes from January 8th regular,
February 12th regular, and February 26th
regular, and February 26 executive.
>> Yes. Um all members were present. So
there is no need no uh no one will
abstain from any of those votes.
We have um no ordinance introductions
and no public hearing or adoption of
ordinances. However, we do have uh
resolutions 2026-095
through 2026-106.
Adding a few at the bench. We have four
to add. First resolution uh by consent
is um uh regarding no parking during all
the race dates uh on the boardwalk
following events uh including the JCC
race and the marathon series for 2026.
Any comments on that?
>> Nope.
>> Uh next resolution 096 is um amending
the temporary budget.
um something we uh typically need to do
uh before the budget uh gets adopted. Um
any comments on that?
>> Nope.
>> 2026-097.
This is um uh rehabilitation of
wellhouse number five not to exceed
roughly $500,000. Do you have any
comments on that, Commissioner Lang?
>> Yeah, this has been a long time coming.
Uh we had uh Palestine Associates uh do
a a design on this well number five.
It's right out there at the um public
works building. Correct. I think wells
five is there. Yeah. Um needs to be
redone. You know, it's one of our our
our wells that provides portable water
to the city. So, it's time for that to
be redone and we'll start that work u
soon. TKT
construction was the low bid.
>> KT construction was the low bid. Thank
you. Um resolution 098. Um this is an
increase for the uh North Story Avenue
water tower improvement project. Do you
want to add anything to that,
Commissioner?
>> Yeah, while they were in the original
inspection, they did find some
structural issues on the bowl, I'll say,
um where the water is actually held that
structural the structural members, they
found more. There are some pictures
attached to the the agenda items um that
showed the structural members rusting
severely. So, we're going to repair and
replace those as needed. And that's an
additional almost $500,000 494955.
So
>> I'm sorry.
199400. I would read the
wrong item there. 98 is1 199400. Thank
you.
>> Right. But I mean there's some there's
some efficiency doing it now that we're
already in in there.
>> Yeah. You would have to shut the whole
thing down again and drain it, right? Go
through the process again. So we're not
doing that.
>> Yeah. Um
z uh 2026-099.
Uh this resolution is also in your
departments. This at both of your
departments actually. This is um this is
provisionally appointing um Amy
Winterbottom to senior account clerk
from building department. Correct.
>> Correct.
>> Yes. Um Amy, we're happy to be able to
hire Amy. We've had a vacancy in the
finance department and we always post uh
within and um we we posted for this
externally and we we did get a lot of
interest and um interest from within was
Amy and um she has a great work history
and from uh everything I've heard and
seen she has a good work ethic and she
has experience. So the position was
offered to Amy Winterbottom who uh has
worked in um the code and building
office for us.
>> Yes, she will be missed there.
Understand the need and and like to see
people move up within the city. So it's
a it's a good opportunity for her and we
did add one that that will fill her
space in um in code office tonight as
well.
>> Great. Okay. All right. Thank you. Uh
2026-10
0. Um this is cancelling of tax. This is
uh for a veteran in our city. Um
2026-101.
Uh this is another engineering change
order. This is uh do you want to expand
on that, Commissioner?
>> Sure. This is for additional inspection
work tied to the uh traffic signal
intersection improvements on Betner
Avenue from Oxford to Jackson.
>> Great. additional work there was needed
and the inspections coincided with that.
Uh we did negotiate that down some from
almost double that. Uh we got it down to
just over $8,000. So
>> um Kers did a good job for us and the
inspections and
got p get paid for their services.
>> Great.
This is Ventner Avenue uh 20 2026-0102.
Um this is the uh license for an
encroachment uh rightaway which was
discussed last meeting. This is for the
um for the Shabbad.
>> Yes.
>> On um
>> to allow fence three foot high fence to
encroach into the rightway.
>> Correct. That
>> behind the sidewalk.
>> Right. And then we have um four new
ordinances um
>> resolutions
, I'm sorry. uh 103 um uh
2026-103.
This is a grant application for Ventner
City Hall. Um 104 and 105 are both um HV
HVAC um for CMS
CM3 uh for CM3. This is uh station one
and the public works garage, correct?
Any comments there?
>> Correct.
>> No, just ongoing mainten contract for
them.
>> Yep. And then uh as you mentioned
earlier the uh the last uh by consent
106 is uh new hire of uh replacing Amy
in code office.
>> Correct. Katherine Zackmeister as our
clerk one move into that spot. We're
coming up on our busy time. Great
>> to have that seat vacant coming into the
summer months when we're really busy.
>> Right.
>> So
>> got to get up to speed in two months.
>> Yep.
And that is the last of the uh
resolutions by consent that we have. Um
we have uh we'll have approval of bills
and payroll when we get to that point in
the regular meeting and we have no
discussion items. However, we do have a
presentation this evening. Uh former
mayor Chryser is here in the house. If
you'd like to um come up to the
microphone you
Thanks for coming. It was nice talking
to you earlier today. If you'd like to
make comments about um whatever you have
to say.
>> Good evening, keyboard warrior Tim
Crusher, Venture City. I want to thank
you for the opportunity to speak tonight
and exceed the normal 3 minutes yet
allow the public to speak. I believe it
is the right of residents short-term,
long-term, taxpayer, renter to address
their local officials without
restrictions. A right that should be
determined and controlled at the whim of
and discretion of duty dulyeleed public
servants. In my 16 years of holding
public office, I was always of the
opinion that the three-minute limitation
was not in the best interest of
transparency, civic engagement, and good
government. I listened to the public
without limitations, no matter how
difficult it was to hear or absurd we
felt the resident was in their
participation in the public comment
portion of the meeting and never limit
someone's time to address our governing
body. I have a proposal for this, but
I'll bring it up at another time. First,
I want to apologize to this residents of
Vetner for miss speaking when I
previously attended the meeting. Out of
sheer frustration when I was cut off
from speaking after given only three
minutes to rebut a 20-minut attack on
me, I erroneously blurted out, "I pay
your salary." I should have not used a
singular term of I, but the collective
term we as I was speaking for all those
who have shared a similar opinion as
mine. I will begin shortly before where
I was cut off at the previous meeting.
So those listening in now will have some
context.
So now we had an antiquated money losing
ice rink, an inadequate library, a
dilapidated cultural arts center, and no
historical museum to preserve and
display our rich history. And we
discovered our adjacent community
building needed a new roof, new windows,
and highac repairs. Our response was
thoughtful and strategic. We applied for
and received more than $450,000 in state
funding to expand the library. The
expansion incorporated a proper
children's section, modern computer
access, dedicated art space with a dance
studio and a kiln for pottery, a
permanent historical museum, expanded
program is serving significantly more
residents than the rink did. and we met
a c crucial DA D pri priority of
providing public restrooms.
Now let's address the timeline because I
think this is critical. Why did suddenly
this became an issue only after my
administration left office years after
the rink was replaced? Let me provide my
thoughts. I do not recall every detail
from that time. I do do know this.
Libraries were and are considering
improved diversionary use. The state
awarded us funds to expand the library
into the rink space. No longtime
employees of the city at that time res
raised any green acreage concerns. A
state representative was invited to and
attended the library dedication.
If memory serves me, no restriction
surface restriction surfaced during the
title search. No Green Acres objection
was raised for years afterwards. Our
administration later secured over
700,000 and it may have been more than
that in green acres funding for the
fishing pier and this was after the ice
rink was demolished.
Maybe all this led to us to believe we
are proceeding appropriately. At worst,
if there was any issue, it did not
violate the spirit of green acres
program. It retained the property under
public control, greatly enhanced the
public use and saved the taxpayer money.
If the formal diversionary use process
had been pursued, I'm confident the
state would have looked favorably upon
replacing an antiquated money losing
rink with modern library, art center,
and museum and public bathrooms,
especially given that libraries were
recognized as acceptable diversionary
use. So why was it never raised during
our tenure? Beha, perhaps because the
state recognized they were dealing with
an administration that would not simply
roll over to their tyrannical tactics.
We de demonstrated this repeatedly when
we fought the D to m maintain dune
height at 2 feet above the boardwalk so
residents could preserve ocean views
when we told mechanical control of the
dune height was prohibited until we
produced photographic evidence that
laying city was doing exactly that
leaving the state red-faced and silent
when dangerous dune cliffs formed weeks
before Memorial Day cutting off beach
access and we were told we could not
address it we made it clear public
safety came First, we were told we would
be arrested. I responded, "We'll start
the bus if that was a route they
choose." I also said we would win the
public relations battle if they wanted
to go this way. In the end, the dunes
were relocated towards the bulkhead,
likely an unprecedented accommodation
under D regulations, and the city even
received credit towards its share of
beach repenagement cost. We also cor
corrected a Rossy listing error when an
engineer mistakenly included the entire
veterary west track. We negotiated back
to the intended parcel again. During all
these negotiations, Green Acres never
once raised the ice rink issue. Perhaps
it was never raised because at worst it
was a violation that did not violate the
spirit or intent of Green Acres and
perhaps they understood that a formal
diversion had been requested, it would
have been approved in 2008. However,
they were no longer dealing with an
administration prepared to challenge
them. Instead, they counted an ad
encountered an administration that would
not stand up to the state and would roll
over and that may have found it more
convenient to assign blame to prior
leadership. Now, 18 years later, this
matter is still being held over Vetner's
head. You call it a catastrophic error.
Yet, no one has meaningfully consulted
the three individuals responsible for
the decision to understand the context.
Your failure to do this may be
considered a catastrophic error. A true
solution remains available. Now, I want
to thank the mayor and commissioners for
meeting with me this afternoon. And I
understand that you're close to
resolving this issue. Uh so what I
suggest would have suggested years ago
and have to you uh may not be
appropriate now since you are close to
it. But what the city should have done
was present a full record before an
administrative law judge, demonstrate
the permitted diversionary use of
libraries, discuss the fiscal realities
of the rink. The property has remained
in public ownership for public use and
not for privatization or commercial use.
There is no loss of public lands
sensitive sensitive or otherwise. Show
the expanded public benefit that serves
the needs of all ages and expanded group
of residents. The diversionary use
improved the public good met a top
priority of the D in by including public
restrooms in the project. Highlight
subsequent green acres funding approvals
that we received. Asked under oath
whether the diversion would have been
granted. I'm confident the state would
have to respond yes. The diversionary
use was in the spirit of green acres
program to enhance public access and use
by the community created additional use
for all ages and preserve the property
for expanded public use. if it was a
minor violation, not a misuse of public
lands and attempt to green acres
requirements and actually expanded the
public use and then let a judge
determine if an approach uh an
appropriate remedy if any.
So has it been easier to continue
characterizing this as a catastrophic
mistake? Why have you not pursued this
alternative? or would you rather the
veteran residents suffer? Leadership is
not about assigning blame nearly two
decades later. It is about resolving
issues and I will close with this. If
replacing the rank truly barred us from
Greenacres funding, how do we secure
substantial funding afterward to the
tune of minimum $700,000
and looking at some newspaper articles
at the historical museum and maybe been
significantly higher. Was that luck,
negotiation skills, or a realization by
the state they had no issue? I welcome a
fact-based discussion. Ventner deserves
nothing less. My original post addressed
the redevelopment plate. However, you
continue your meanspirit tyrate against
me by bringing up the totally unrelated
Green Acres and the former ice skating
rink. If we're going to broaden the
conversation, let's do honestly and
completely. During your tirade, I was
considered criticized for what was
described as an act now. seek permission
later mentality, something this
administration claims it would never do.
That standard deserves to be applied
consistently. When the state of New
Jersey issued a performance audit of the
lifeguard pension program, the findings
were serious and troubling. The failed
audit concluded that the city failed to
maintain and operate the lifeguard
pension commission, failed to fund
required employee pension contributions
in compliance with the law, only
partially comply with statutes and local
ordinances requirements regarding
employee contributions and retirement
benefit calculations. did not obtain
required actuarial reports or disclosed
pension liabilities of approximately
$3.5 million in accordance with
governmental accounting standards and
failed to accurately track lifeguard
service years. These are not minor
procedural oversightes. They involve
compliance with state law, local
ordinance, and established government
accounting standards. I do not see where
you I did see where you took corrective
action after you were caught. If this
administration does not believe in
shortcuts or retroactive approvals, then
residents deserve an explanation. Why
were these legal and final applications
not met? And why were these deficiency
deficiencies not identified and
corrected through the city's annual
audit process? Public account bill
accountability must apply across the
board. If we're going to debate
standards of governance, let's do based
on facts, consistency, and transparency.
Now, let's deal with the other issue you
raised at the commission re meeting. The
mean spirit attacks on me from my social
media post and accused me of giving out
misinformation. And again, I appreciate
you the three of you meeting with me
this afternoon and confirming uh what
the documents that I was referring to
were going to refer to. Um you accused
me of giving out misinformation
regarding the Veter Avenue School
Building. This is a serious charge and
deserves a serious response.
Commissioner, your verbal attack on me
and in the down beach article, you tell
the public that I was, and I quote,
spreading inaccuracies. You further
state the plan could not be changed
without a new application or revision to
the redevelopment plan, which require
numerous public hearings. The developer
cannot unilaterally pivot to a
presidential use based on market
conditions without returning to this
room and facing public scrutiny. You
said, "You do not know where I get the
ID. They could unilaterally change the
use of the building."
So I I I want to make sure that I
understand that if they wanted to change
the use, they would have to come back to
the city. Is that correct? It's
>> your presentation. We're listening.
>> Okay. Well, I'm asking a question.
You're not going to answer
>> that question earlier today in our
meeting.
>> I just wanted on the Never mind.
So now the public's not allowed to ask
questions. All right. Thank you. Welcome
on.
The answer is it's a site plan approval,
Mr. Mayor.
>> Site plan approval runs with the land.
They have certain requirements under
that site plan approval that they have
to meet. They cannot change that without
coming back to the planning board.
>> Okay.
>> Simple land use planning that you sat in
front of for 18 years.
>> Just want to confirm it. It's all I
don't know why it was that difficult to
answer that question to provide me that
answer. It seemed to me
>> been provided that answer multiple
times.
>> Maybe the people listening did not hear
it.
Shouldn't Shouldn't we cl Are we
interested in getting information out or
are we interested in controlling the
narrative?
>> The information has been out there.
>> So nowhere in my post did I say the
developer could unilarly change the use
of the Veterary Avenue school building
or demolish the building without
returning to the city. My June 18th
post, I do express concerns about the
demolition of the building. However, in
my post June 25th, I state its potential
conversion to residential use. I do not
mention demolition but conversion to
residential use. I further state
maintain the building's original purpose
keep in mind the original purpose of the
building was owned professional not
commercial and did not permit
restaurants. I also state language in
the redevelopment plan could limit the
city's control over future landmark the
future landmark if developers pursue a
conversion mean meaning residential.
I'll explain shortly why I say this. In
my January thirst post, I state, could
the developer return
and seek approval to demolish a Vetner
Avenue school and add more commercial or
residential units? The key here is I say
I could the developer return exactly
what commissioner says, Langra says
would have to happen. I state exactly
that would happen. They would have to
return. In my February 7th post, I st I
state leaving the language in the plan
the potential for the reuse and
repurposing of this part of the property
referring the Vent Avenue school is
built into the plan to meet change in
marketing conditions. Keep the door open
for future developer to claim the
building isn't financially viable and
push the city to renegotiate
possibly leading to dem demolition.
Again, nowhere does it say they had the
unilateral right. I say push and
renegotiate with the city.
Nowhere did I say un did I say that. I
say exactly what would have to happen.
They would have to return to the city.
Again, I want to clarify when we speak
and you did this this afternoon that we
when we talk about the redevelopment
plan, we're talking about the Ponzio
plan uh that I operate and receive from
the city.
this plan there was there was changes
made to the Ponzio plan regarding
density facade building materials and
landscaping were made and memorialized
in the planning board's resolution dated
1210 2025
from what I've been told there has not
been any changes other changes made to
the plan when I spoke at the November
18th at around 47 minutes and 42 seconds
of the tape I re raised the issue about
residential use in the Ventner Avenue
avenue school building was told and was
told that the language removed from the
final plan
and apparently that language was not
removed from the Ponzio plan.
So if we want to talk about
misinformation,
my fear along with many others is that
the planning board resolution number 13
2025 states in section two that planning
hereby determines that the redevelopment
plan, the Ponio plan attached to exhibit
A is consistent with the city's master
plan. In section three, it reads
exhibits A may amended to those
recommendations that I previously talked
about with the dense reducing density
facade building materials etc. There is
no mention of amending the plan to
delete such language as on page 11
allows for the continue continued use of
this building referring to the Ventner
Avenue school building repurposing into
other permitted uses or other future
usage of this property to meet change in
market conditions. The overall focus is
to allow flexibility in the
redevelopment plan for long-term
successful project. It also reads on
page 13 and 14, the former Ventner
Avenue school building will undergo an
analysis determine the feasibility for
its redevelopment and improvement in
addition to commercial use. This
building may potentially be suited for
new residential units. The potential for
the future reuse and repurposing of this
part of the building is built into the
plan to meet changing market conditions.
On page 15 and 16, it reads referencing
the vet referencing the Veteran Avenue
school building. The plan reads, "The
longerterm use of this portion of the
property is a function of market
conditions and the redevelopment plan
will allow ample rate flexibility for
such adjustments to help create a
successful project. The city of Vetner
referring to the redevelopment plan on
May 22nd, 2025 in ordinance 2025-5.
The ordinance in section three. It is
hereby determined that the redevelopment
plan to be adopted pursuant to this
ordinance is consistent with the master
plan of the city and that the zoning map
of the city should be amended
accordingly. Although it has beenly said
that the developer could unilaterally
pivot to residential use, I do as I
previously said in my post they would
have to come back to the city to do so.
My concern along with others in the plan
on is the planning board and the city
says the redevelopment plan Ponzio plan
is consistent with the city's master
plan. So I agree that developer or a
future developer could uh would have to
come back to the city to repurpose the
building to residential.
However, I believe the developer could
successfully argue that doing doing so
is consistent with the master plan is a
short hop, skip, and jump for the
developers.
says the building is no longer
financially viable just as they did with
the Troy Avenue building. We want to
demolish the building. They may argue
that the redevelopment plan on page 19
reads the the plan under proposed
allowable uses for the site. Residential
uses allowable for all areas on the
site. Garden apartment/condominium type
flats. Zero lot line connected side by
side single family attached town homes
buildings. single family detached roads.
These uses are consistent with the
master plan the developer may argue.
Again, when I spoke at the November 18th
meeting at the 4742 mark, I was told
this language was taken out.
Many feel all this language I referred
to allows a developer to return with a
project much different from what it
looks like today and argue you will
agree that a future project is
consistent with the master plan. I along
with others are skeptical why all this
language was included in the
redevelopment plan when we were told it
was deleted. The problem is and why
people are fearful is language that
potentially benefits the developer was
left in when as was explicitly
explicitly said it was taken out. That
certainly raises suspicion. It was said
at the planning board that restaurants
could go into the building without
having to return to the board because
that use was permitted by the plan. So
the concern is why the restaurants need
do not have to go to the board because
it is permitted in the residential in
the plan.
Three
and what people are fearful of when they
return to the city as I said in multiple
social media post they would have to
return for residential use. You will say
yes you have been very accommodating for
the developer yes you did get some
conditions where were those things put
in the developer plan known there would
have to be some give and take. For
example, we want 33 units. Let's ask for
39. Cut it to 34. make a further cut to
33. We get what we want, but we look
like we're making great concessions. I
did negotiations with some of the
toughest unions in the area for 31
years. So, I learned a few things about
negotiations.
But you gave them 33 units in a space
that should only be 21, adding to the
density problem. You created
redevelopment plan to allow them to
include the Veteran Avenue school site
as well as a new street to determine how
many units they could build on the site
they proposed for housing. You permitted
restaurants in the front when you put in
a pro prohibition of a restaurant in a
zoning variance less than a block away.
Was that to protect the interest of the
developer? It was originally said that
the new street created to provide access
to the town homes would be a private
street but somewhere along the process
you assumed ownership of the street. The
city taking ownership of the street has
no benefit to the city. There is no off
streetet parking for the public
as this entire street or curb cuts. The
city now has to maintain it. The city
now has to plow it. Plowing has been a
sticky subs as of lately. Now, most
significantly, that land is now taken
off the tax rules. If it remained owned
by them, they would have to pay taxes.
This is a savings to the homeowners, but
a loss to the rest of the taxpayers of
the city. The city should have kept it
as a private street, as years ago the
city did with the street created to
access the town homes between Portland
and Sacramento Avenue. a very similar
project to the project we are now
currently discussing when the old
missionary complex was replaced with
town homes. There is very little
confidence that this administration and
its planning board will say no to this
developer or any developer who as I
repeatedly said returns to the city with
a new project saying it is consistent
with the city's master plans.
I do not why you know why you decide to
viciously attack me when I've been very
fair it was you and my social post. Some
examples in my November 23rd post when
keyboard warriors were saying you don't
care. I defended you and said you do
care. You just had a different vision
for Vener that many of us have. I even
referred to us as dinosaurs. You have a
different vision. Doesn't make you wrong
or uncaring but only that vision was
different by many others. I encourage
people to speak up and participate in
the process to express our opinion. Is
that wrong to encourage people to
participate in their future? In my
December post, I congratulated the city
for a great holiday parade. In my
January 3rd po 30th post, I stated, I
believe our city officials and planning
board members are honest and sincere
people. I also say in the same post, I
acknowledge the planning board, which
you, mayor, and commissioner Langri are
members of, for doing your due
diligence. Board members ask thoughtful
questions, push for concessions, and
succeed in getting the developer to make
changes that improve the plan. In that
post, I can encourage everyone to stay
informed. Don't you want people to be
informed or do you want to control the
narrative and information given out as
encouraging public is public encouraging
public participation now considered
dangerous? In my post on May 26, I
thanked the three of you by name for
putting on a great Memorial Day service.
Commissioner Langraph, I mentioned in
that post that you gave an emotional
message from your son serving in the
Middle East. I publicly thanked you when
I raised an issue of potential
inequities with your am ambulance
billing procedures and you quickly
corrected the issue. So I've been very
fair and in many instance congratulator
congratulatory toward the three of you
rather than you take the high road with
regards to the library and say we built
a beautiful building that expanded
library for greater use ensured the
cultural art program was not only
continued but expanded and created a
historical museum to preserve our
history. But it came at a cost that they
may not have been aware of of as the
state is alleging something improper was
done and is affecting our ability to get
Greenacre funding. You do not even have
to take the high road in regard to my
social media post regarding the
redevelopment plan. All you had to do is
not put words in my mouth and you did
exactly what you're accusing me of
giving out misinformation.
Now you had to go nuclear with your
meanspirited tirade against me. And if
it was your goal to send a chilling
message to all veteran residents, as
long as you want to agree with us and
compliment us, we will treat you warmly.
But the minute you disagree, challenge
us, or offer a different opinion, we
will come after you, just as you did
with this keyboard warrior. You will be
attacked and tempted to disgrace all
your previous efforts to make Ventner a
better place.
And it doesn't matter if you gave
correct information, just expressing
your opinion, or informing the public.
You will be dealt with as this keyboard
warrior was. And if this was your goal,
you very well may have achieved that
goal. Residents have a right to
scrutinize redevelopment language. They
have the right to be concerned about
density, and they have a right to
express concerns about parking. The
chilling message to other residents if
they can attack an individual who
started volunteer at the age of 13, has
countless number of volunteer hours to
his record and served in public office
for 16 years and whose time being in the
office most mornings, most evenings and
many weekends is legendary and to this
day continues to follow his time and
talents for veter and and try to
bismerch his record. What will they do
to meet? The resident will likely choose
to remain silenced. This is not good for
transparency, civic engagement, or good
government. Sounds a little like what's
going on in Washington. I will continue
to speak respectfully and truthfully to
keep residents informed not only about
the redevelopment projects, but other
matters I think they should be aware of.
So again, thank you for your time.
Thanks for meeting with me today and
graciously bestowing on me the
opportunity to speak for longer than my
three minutes. Thank you.
>> Okay. Thank you for your comments and
presentation. Moving on to
um
public portion. I have a motion to open
the
workshop portion of the meeting to
anything uh that was discussed during
the workshop portion. Um I have that
motion please. So moved.
>> Second.
>> Can I have roll call? Cindy.
>> Commissioner Langrath.
>> Yes.
>> Commissioner Mento. Yes.
>> Mayor Creable.
>> Okay. At this point, anyone have any
comments regarding anything that was
discussed at the workshop portion the um
the resolutions?
Anything um
seeing none in the
chambers? Any on uh any comments from
the Zoom platform regarding
um the workshop portion so far? Anybody
on Zoom wish to question or comment on
any of the items spoken about so far,
please make yourself known by raising
your hand or within the chat feature and
you will be recognized.
>> No. No. You have a motion to close the
public portion of the workshop meeting.
>> So moved. Second.
>> Second.
>> Roll call. Cindy.
>> Commissioner Langrath.
>> Yes.
>> Commission.
>> Yes. Mayor
>> Creable.
>> All right. I'd like to um take a moment
to close the workshop portion of the
meeting and call to order the regular
portion of the meeting. I have a motion
to approve the minutes uh as described
January 8th, February 12th, and February
26th of regular and February 26
executive.
>> I'll make that motion.
>> I have a second.
>> Second.
>> Roll call. Cindy.
>> Commissioner Langrath.
>> Yes.
>> Commissioner Mento.
>> Yes.
>> Mayor Creable.
>> Thank you. Yes. Um we have no ordinance
introductions. We have no um public
hearing. We have no ordinance adoptions.
Um I have a motion to adopt resolutions
2026-095
through 2026-106.
>> I'll make that motion.
>> Second.
>> Roll call. Cindy.
>> Commissioner Langra.
>> Yes. Commissioner Mento.
>> Yes. Mayor Creable.
>> Yes.
Uh we have no capital discussion.
I'm sorry.
one page. Um,
can I have uh bills and payroll, Cindy?
>> Sure. Bills are 3,11,34
with 66 cents and payroll from March 1st
to March 14th is 637,411.70.
>> Thank you. I have a motion to approve
bills and payroll, please.
>> I'll make that motion as well.
>> Second.
>> Roll call. Cindy.
>> Commissioner Langra.
>> Yes.
>> Commissioner Mento.
>> Yes. Mayor Creable. We have no
announcements or safety reports. We have
any uh commissioner comments or reports?
>> Commissioner Mento, you want to start?
>> Uh no report.
>> No report.
>> Uh Commissioner Lang, do you have any
report?
>> Just an up couple updates. Uh the
boardwalk is moving along fantastic. Uh
if you got a chance to see two weeks ago
or a week or so ago, Thursday, I guess
it was last Thursday, had an interview
with uh Ryan. You met Ryan. I think you
talked to him right after the storms. Um
the reporter from channel 3 came down.
We did a little little shoot shooting on
the boardwalk there. Um it really looks
great. The the railings are they look
like they're chrome. They're not, but
they look like they're chrome.
>> They'll fade. They'll look like the old
ones.
>> Um but it's looking great. They're
getting back on track. Um they started
the ramps down to the street ends.
They've done a couple ramps out to the
dune on a couple of the streets already.
um waiting on an electric to get that
done to get that started and we'll be
ready for hopefully miday opening it to
the public. If not those races are going
to become steeplechase races and people
are going to have to jump over sections
of the boardwalk but the decking is all
done if you I I offered you guys to get
up there. It's a little tricky but you
can do it. Um not to the public can't
get up there right now. You have to wear
a hard hat the whole thing and that fun
stuff. So, um, update on the water
tower. I know there's been a lot of
complaints about the noise over there.
We are trying to get that project done
so we get that water tower back online
so we have the the uh water pressure
back in the heights and the water
service, you know, available to us, the
the volume of water that we need for the
summer. So, it's something we're going
to have to bear with for a little while.
uh with them working on the tower uh
seven days a week. Uh something we got
to get done before the season starts
because we have to test it before we put
it back online uh with a lot of D rules
on on re reactivating that tower. Um
it's funny we talked about the library.
We're expecting a price to completely
renovate that building. Um, I think we
got a price from the architect so far to
do the the estimate uh on re refinishing
the exterior of that building because
it's
reached its end of useful life of the
exterior of the building. So, we'll be
we'll be seeing that in the next few
weeks on what that's going to cost us to
to fix that building up. So, library has
been a hot topic. That's uh pretty much
all I have.
>> All right.
um
looking um uh when is our first uh
question. When is our first event? The
It's usually the the block party, right?
>> Oh, the block party. Yeah.
>> Right.
>> I don't have it here.
>> First Saturday in May.
So, that's coming
up. Um I I
>> actually I think it's not. It's the
second Saturday this year.
>> Yeah. The Saturday before Mother's Day.
>> Yep. Coming up, we have the on March um
28th, Newport Avenue in the beach is the
FMBA local 38 uh Easter egg hunt, which
um can be
>> That's this Saturday.
>> That's when I knew my daughter would be
successful. She came out of the scrum
with a basket full of eggs and it's a
very competitive Easter egg hunt
>> someday. So, um,
uh, and then, uh,
>> sorry, the block party is May 9th.
>> Black party is May 9th. Um,
>> oh,
>> and textile adding textiles, which is a
>> we have a huge bag for that.
>> Yeah.
Oh, great.
>> I got I got a bunch of my car I can drop
off. Yeah. Um the only other thing I
wanted to say is just a a comment on uh
Jim Ratella. We had a grant summary come
across our desks um that was uh over the
several years that uh he's going to
point that I I guess he was compiling to
point to. Um he needed uh four pages of
um single space from 2016.
>> Yeah.
>> When he started with us 2016,
>> $90 million roughly in grant funds
achieved through everything from uh
municipal aid and transportation grants
to street sweepers, uh curbs and ramps,
um and just about anything. He throws a
wide net. Um and um and he's and
everything he does is well written and
well reasoned. So um I think that's
>> n put that in perspective. 90 $90
million
>> in 10 years.
>> Do some chief chief cahill gets other
ones.
>> Yeah.
>> Communities. Rick gets a few grants. I
mean that's the bulk of it. But
>> Right. Right. And I think it makes our
dollars stretch further. It's like like
anything else when you when you give aid
to um uh one aspect of living it it
improves the other things that are
falling short. So
>> it's just about 10 million a year.
>> 10 Yeah.
>> since 2016. Right.
>> And that's that's either something that
would have never gotten done or
something that would have gotten done
and you would have had to borrow.
>> Right. Right.
>> Y because you had to you had to do it.
>> Right. Right. And and these are things
that are all all specifically benefited
Ventner and in so many uh little ways,
vehicle charging stations, um things
that uh things that we, you know, take
advant take for granted, but um uh but
it it's it's continued a good work and
Yeah. Yeah.
>> Boardwalk. Yeah. He wrote that grant for
the boardwalk.
>> That's right. Um
>> if I may, he's actually going to attend
the meeting on April 25th to do a report
on this.
>> To do a report on this. Great. I didn't
want to steal any more of his thunder. I
just uh thought it was worth noting and
please join us for that meeting so you
can s sort of see firsthand the way it's
devel he develops things. We I guess
that's the reason why we see we see that
he's um you know casting that net out
every week. It seems like he's got
something that he tries to um approach
which different departments with. So um
much kudos to him
>> and we'll probably include it in a
newsletter for people who don't come to
the meeting, right? Yeah.
>> Yeah.
going to be a big big newsletter,
>> right?
>> Ages just on grants.
>> It'll be a good companion to the
introduction of the budget, the same
meeting.
>> Great. All right. Um that is that all we
have for commission reports?
>> Yep.
>> Um can I open I have a motion to open
the meeting for public comment?
>> So moved.
>> Second.
>> Roll call. Cindy.
>> Commissioner Langra.
>> Yes.
>> Commissioner Mento.
>> Yes.
>> Mayor Creable.
>> Yes. So, at this point, uh, we open the
meeting to anyone that has, um, anything
to say in regard to Ventner for any
topic, um, uh, or, uh, or another.
>> See Rick F has his hand up.
>> Good evening. Um, I talked to the
>> Who is it?
>> Can you state your name and address?
name Rick Freriedman, 6405 Mammoth
Avenue.
>> Okay.
>> Um I was at on Zoom a few months ago uh
talking about uh beach tents.
Um wanted to know if there was anything
resolved with those 20 by 40 foot beach
tents that people set up on the beach.
Um, I proposed that they move them to
the back part of the beach near the
boardwalk, the first 20 feet. Um,
instead of taking up the whole front of
the beach at the water.
>> Mhm. Um,
another thing I talked about was, um,
since the fishing pier, we still get
charged for it even though we are
taxpayers for Ventner and, uh, we can't
use it unless we pay. Uh, I would like
to propose um I would I would like to
find out if there could be fishing on
the beach between the life stands at on
each side of the pier uh for people to
fish on the beach um on the weekends
um at at pretty much any time. Um since
part of the beach at the other end near
the Ventner Margate side uh there's the
beach is closed for surfboarding. I feel
that we could open up an area of beach
for fishing.
Um also I brought up about uh riding
bikes on the boardwalks.
Um, and I think I said last time it was
around 11:00 at night. Uh, I was riding
my bike on the boardwalk. There was
absolutely nobody on the boardwalk
except for police telling me I couldn't
ride my bike on the boardwalk. And I'd
like to know if there was any resolution
to after a certain
uh time
>> was that last year
>> of night that we could still ride our
bikes on the boardwalk instead of on the
street uh like the mayor uh suggested. I
didn't want to do that because of how
people drive on uh the street. Uh, one
thing comment I'd like to make, uh, is
the snow removal for the past two snows
that we had, uh, this year, I thought
could have been done a lot better. Uh,
the streets were horrible. And also, my
wife and I walked from our house to
Ventner A to get haircuts. We almost
broke our neck because there were so
many houses that did not shovel the
sidewalks. And I hope they were fined
because state law says after 24 hours of
the last snowfall snowflake that hits
the ground, your sidewalk supposed to be
shoveled. And those sidewalks were not
shoveled. And it was absolutely
horrific. Um, I think I hope these
people were fined and I hope something
was done about it. Also, I'd like to
find out how come are we not allowed to
do you does this uh ventner not allowed
to put salt down because of the ocean?
Um because
I think that uh salt would have helped a
lot on the uh all the streets around us
because again this the plowing was not
done at um I feel the plowing could have
been done a lot better um from what it
was.
>> Okay. So we have five comments so far.
Is that is that is that all you have?
I got I got tents. I got tents, fishing,
bike, snow, and salt. I'll start with
your your first comment about tents. The
uh the larger tents. I could see us
having something that would um uh I
believe we do have some ordinance about
tents. I could see something and I don't
recall seeing things in the 20 foot by
30 foot range.
>> Oh, there they are. I took pictures of
them. They're huge.
>> A size that size
>> and there's a lot of them, too.
>> Excuse me. Excuse me, sir. Well, I I'll
try to get all your answers. Um
>> uh something of that size would require
a permit. Um other the 8 by8 tents are
something that's pretty common and
unless we have a drastic, uh beach
erosion, um I don't think there's a need
for that. I think there's a lot of
things that common courtesy um has been
lost in um in in some ways. Um but uh
something of that nature, something of
that size, we would just ask you to um
you can call uh it would be beyond what
uh what is allowable without a permit.
Um a lot of times we see those uh
someone reports them, sends us a
photograph and and we can we can we can
take we can take a look at that and
investigate whether it's legal or not.
Um biking on the boardwalk was changed.
The ordinance was taken um pushed back,
I believe. Um we can look into that.
that was really in place because it is
something that affects uh something
allows us to enforce when we do need it.
Uh allows us to enforce loitering um
issues that we sometimes have on the on
the boardwalk.
>> Um it's also a boardwalk. It's not
necessarily um there are bike hours for
those reasons and we've we've loosened
that. Um and then and as much as you'd
like to use it in the evening, there are
also residents that want to use it uh
use it as a bike path in the evening.
There are residents that want to walk
unmolested in the evening. So there's a
balance there. Um we do have more than
uh seven or eight uh class ones coming
on board and we are also looking at
having uh our officers um accompany them
on shifts on the busiest times. So,
we're hoping uh to to affect some of the
uh bike um especially the ebikes uh
enforcement um on the boardwalk. So, we
may see some of that. Um uh surf casting
is something that is uh we're you know
we are a a bathing beach. Um I don't
know that I think there's a difference
between um surfing and surf casting. I
don't think anyone has ever been uh
arrested for surf casting after hours
when the beaches are empty. Um but um
it's something we could look into uh
designating certain beaches, but the
fish don't know where those beaches are.
So it's kind of a it's I don't know how
to how you would agree upon a particular
beach. Um
>> yeah, I know I saw Ocean City allows
fishing like all the time even people's
which I couldn't believe
>> people were sw you know but I you know
it would be nice
>> I don't think that would be a popular
ordinance I'm going to just uh keep
moving here u pass on to Commissioner
Langret but keep in mind that this was
not a a a typical snow event. This was
these were this the first event that
happened happened during freezing
temperatures and we don't really haven't
had that kind of snowfall since I was in
high school. I'm 58 years old and um you
you know I was uh my family was trapped
on Sacramento Avenue for a week when I
was in high school because the snow was
that and that's what this felt like. Um
yeah,
>> it was that kind of event. Uh Salt does
not operate. I think Commissioner
Langraph will take it from here at those
temperatures.
>> So we saw the main roads here on on the
island, Atlantic, Ventner, Monmouth,
Winchester, Dorset Avenue, and uh
Wellington coming into the island. Uh we
salt those streets as needed throughout
the storms. We don't have the capacity
to salt side streets in the in the city.
Um one thing I learned during this
storm, and we learned a lot from these
storms, the first storm was very
difficult. Um, we had 6 to 7 ines of
snow followed by a good 6 hours of rain.
Uh, followed by subfreezing temperatures
for 3 weeks. Um,
>> right.
>> The one thing that I learned, salt
doesn't work under 20 degrees
Fahrenheit. Doesn't work. Road salt
doesn't work.
>> So, it would have been fruitless to to
put that down on the street. We have the
capacity to store about 75 tons in
public works. Um, that's two
applications on our streets, maybe three
if we're if we're sparing with it. So,
we don't have the capacity as a small
town on a barrier island to salt the
roads other bigger municipalities have.
Um, so that that's one problem we had.
The second was the storm itself, and I
talked a little bit about that. We
learned from that storm that if we do
have the opportunity to get that slush
off the road during the the rain, we
need to do that. And uh Rick and I, we
trust me, we rode a lot of these roads
uh during during and after the storms.
And you know, we learn from every every
time uh that we have an event like that.
The second storm I thought we did much
better. Um it was a lot more snow, 15 16
inches of snow of snow blowing. So that
was problematic. Um the main roads were
were pretty decent uh the next couple
days after that. Um, we did again have
some pretty freezing temperatures after
that one, but it did warm up sooner than
than the the the first storm. Um, again,
we learned from that. We just don't have
one. We have 20 guys doing our plowing
and and removal of snow for 35 miles or
so of roadways in in the city. Uh, their
other responsibilities are still there
for them. We also at the same time had
over a hundred frozen pipes in the city,
whether they were residential service
lines, water meters popping, we had to
replace 60 different water meters that
popped. So these guys are doing double
duty across the board through those
storms. Um, so
>> get overtime in every department.
>> We had over 750 hours of overtime just I
think that was just for the last storm.
Um, so we did what we could with what we
had. We can always do better. I don't
disagree with that. Like I said, we
learned a lot from the ice storm. Um
that was very difficult uh to deal with.
Um you talk about the sidewalks. We did
not issue violations. U we would have
been still issuing. We sir, you've had
your time. This is our time to respond.
So I'm going to finish my my my comments
here. Um there is an ordinance on our
books that you have to shovel your
sidewalks. If we would have enforced
that, our guys would have still been
writing those tickets uh weeks and weeks
after this the storm. Um it's just not
possible. We did put on notice the
businesses uh that they're responsible
to to clear their sidewalks and we do
remind folks um on our social media, on
our website that they are responsible to
do that. We have a significant number of
second homeowners and we are going to
put this year in reminders in our tax
bills that they're responsible for that.
But in this particular case, there was
more than half the the parcels in the
city that did not shovel their
sidewalks. We would have just been
writing tickets to write tickets.
>> Nearly impossible because it was ice
besides.
>> Exactly. So again, we learn from each of
these two storms um moving moving
forward and we try to do better each
time. I I commend the guys for what they
did. I was out on the streets with them.
I've rode the rode the streets with with
Superintendent Santoro and some of the
guys in the plows. It's it's not it's
tedious work. They're tired. Uh they're
working 24/7. They don't go home. We
sometimes we keep them before the storm,
you know, because they may not be able
to get here. Not everyone lives here on
the island. Even if they did, we had an
emergency at one point. We had to send
out um fire personnel to get Ernie, our
water superintendent, to an emergency in
the middle of the storm um to fix that
problem. And he did. He did a great job
with it. So, I'm proud of the work they
did. Can we do better? Always. So, I
thank you for your comments.
>> Any other comments from the any other
public comments in the Zoom platform or
in the commission?
Chambers.
>> Anybody else on the Zoom wish to make
any comments?
>> No.
>> Okay. Hearing none. May I have a motion
to close public comment?
>> So moved.
>> Roll call. Cindy.
>> Commissioner Langrath.
>> Yes.
>> Mento.
>> Yes. Mayor
>> Creable.
>> Yes. This evening we do have executive
session. Jim, I would ask you to put uh
the Zoom platform into a waiting room.
And if I would ask everyone here to um
step out, we'll re we'll reopen the
meeting when um when we're done
executive session. Do you want me to
read the comment?
>> You guys have to
>> Yeah, we have to close doors.
>> We're going to executive session for
litigation matters, so you have to step
out.
>> Did you guys have anything to say before
we finished the meeting?
Okay. All right. Thanks for coming out,
Annette.
>> Mayor, if I may interrupt.
>> See you, Luca.
>> Yes.
>> We need to announce the purpose of the
executive session. So, it's it's
litigation and contract negotiations and
we will not be taking action afterwards.
>> Okay. Uh New Jersey Open Public Meeting
Acts permits the discussion of certain
matters within the executive session. as
an exception to certain provisions of
said law. The near the veter city board
of commissioners wishes to discuss
certain matters which qualify as
exceptions in executive session. No
action binding upon the board of
commissioners will be taken within
executive session and discussions
conducted in closed sessions will be
disclosed to the public when legally
permitted and when public interest will
no longer be served by keeping such
matters confidential. The matters to be
discussed are potential litigation and
contract.
Do you want to you want me to say or do
you say uh
>> what would Yes. Oh, formal action will
be taken.
>> Okay.
Um
can I have a motion to adjurnn?
>> So moved.
>> Second.
>> Roll call. Cindy.
>> Commissioner Lang.
>> Yes. Commissioner Mento.
>> Yes. Mayor
>> Creable.
>> Yes.
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