Town Board — Minutes

1 MINUTES—TOWN BOARD MEETING NOVEMBER 18, 2024 1. CALL TO ORDER WITH ROLL CALL. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00PM BY CHAIRMAN SCHOPF WITH THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT; DALE WIEGAND, MARK GRAUPMAN, MYLES DANNHAUSEN, ELIZABETH GAUGER, STEVE SCHOPF, CLERK-TREASURER PAM KRAUEL AND NO INDIVIDUALS IN THE AUDIENCE. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. ADOPT THE AGENDA WIEGAND MOVED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA, SECOND BY GRAUPMAN, MOTION CARRIED. 4. APPROVE MINUTES OCTOBER 21, 2024 TOWN BOARD MEETING; WIEGAND MOVED TO APPROVE, SECOND BY GAUGER, MOTION CARRIED. OCTOBER 23, 2024 SPECIAL TOWN BOARD MEETING—BUDGET WORKSHOP; WIEGAND MOVED TO APPROVE, SECOND BY GRAUPMAN, MOTION CARRIED. 5. APPROVE FINANCIAL REPORT GRAUPMAN MOVED TO APPROVE THE FINANCIAL REPORT, SECOND BY GAUGER, MOTION CARRIED. 6. OPEN SESSION KRAUEL ASKED FOR A NUMBER OF WHO WILL BE ATTENDING THE WTA UNIT MEETING THIS THURSDAY IN LIBERTY GROVE. FOUR MEMBERS INDICATED THAT THEY WILL BE ATTENDING. SHE WILL NOTIFY THE UNIT SECRETARY . 7. REVIEW PERMIT FEE’S TO BE INCREASED FOR 2025 GRAUPMAN PUT TOGETHER A FEE SCHEDULE WITH COMPARISONS OF OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND THEN RECOMMENDATIONS OF PERMIT FEES. AFTER BOARD DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDED FEES GRAUPMAN WILL PUT TOGETHER A NEW SCHEDULE TO BE PRESENTED AT THE DECEMBER MEETING. 8. TOWN ORDINANCES GAUGER MOVED TO APPROVE ORDINANCE #208 WHICH WAS DRAFTED BY ATTORNEY NESBITT TO AMEND THE DRIVEWAY ORDINANCE TO INCLUDE LIMITED NUMBER OF DRIVEWAYS PER PARCEL, SECOND BY GRAUPMAN, MOTION CARRIED. 9. TOWN ROADS. THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT PATCHED CHERRY BLUFF ESTATES THIS LAST WEEK. TALKED ABOUT SIGNS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED. SCHOPF WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THE HIGHWAY DEPARTENT. 2 10. TOWN HALL, BUILDINGS & GROUNDS, TOWN PROPERTY GRAUPMAN REPORTED THAT HE RECENTLY HAD A ZOOM MEETING WITH COMMERCIAL RECREATIONAL SERVICES PLAYGROUND COMPANY TO LOOK AT THE TOWN PROPERTY AND BE CREATIVE WITH DIFFERENT CONCEPTS. KRAUEL REPORTED THE TOWN HALL FLOORS WILL BE CLEANED ON DECEMBER 12TH. 11. REPORTS A. PLANNING COMMISSION. DID NOT MEET THIS MONTH. B. LICENSE, BUILDING AND SIGN PERMITS. C. COUNTY BOARD REPRESENTATIVE MONTHY REPORT GAUGER REPORTED THEY APPROVED THE FINAL COUNTY BUDGET. D. TOURISM COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVE & TRAILS INITIATIVE MONTHLY REPORT DANNHAUSEN REPORTED COUNTY WIDE TOURISM TAX IS UP FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER. DANNHAUSEN AND GRAUPMAN ATTENDED THE TRAILS INITIATIVE TOUR OF THE NEW PROPERTY IN THE TOWN OF GIBRALTAR. KRAUEL REPORTED THAT RICK ROGERS IS LEAVING THE LANDMARK AT THE END OF THE MONTH SO WE WILL HAVE A VACANCY ON THE TOURISM COMMISSION REPRESENTING THE TOWN OF EGG HARBOR. DANNHAUSEN AND GRAUPMAN WILL REACH OUT TO POSSIBLE INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN THE POSITION. E. CLERK’S REPORT ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. KRAUEL REPORTED THE TOWN OF EGG HARBOR HAD A 90% TURN OUT. PROCESSED 1148 BALLOTS. EVERYONE PUT IN 16-17 HOURS THAT DAY . IT WAS VERY BUSY AND WENT VERY WELL. SHE ALSO REPORTED SHE SWORE IN HER TWO CHIEF INSPECTORS AS DEPUTY CLERKS FOR THE TWO WEEKS OF IN PERSON ABSENTEE VOTING WHICH WENT VERY WELL AND ALLOWED HER TO DO MANY OF HER OTHER DUTIES. DURING THAT TIME APPROXIMATELY 330 INDIVIDUALS CAME IN PERSON TO VOTE. 12. JOINT TOWN AND VILLAGE MATTERS WIEGAND REPORTED HE HAS BEEN BUSY AT THE CEMETERY. 13. CORRESPONDENCE BOARD OF REVIEW WILL BE SCHEDULED IN LATE SEPTEMBER OF 2025 DUE TO THE RE-VALUATION TAKING PLACE IN 2025. THIS WILL BE A MARKET VALUE RE-VALUATION TO BRING THE TOWN IN LINE WITH STATE EQUALIZED VALUES. 3 14. APPROVE VOUCHERS GRAUPMAN MOVED TO APPROVE THE VOUCHES FOR THE AMOUNT OF $276,506.85, SECOND BY DANNHAUSEN, MOTION CARRIED. 15. ADJOURNMENT GRAUPMAN MOVED TO ADJOURN, SECOND BY WIEGAND, MOTION CARRIED. 7:20PM. RESPECTFULLY; PAM KRAUEL CLERK-TREASURER