meeting

uh we have a 15 minute public comment period three minutes per person do we have anybody signed up Danny can you check the list there no

not

to like call a meeting roll call okay first we have uh our our solicitor is joining us online tonight um but first we have jen sonelli

good

evening council uh jennifer sinelli 715 new street milford delay former uh transportation planner for del dot for sussex county and former task force member for the state office of state planning um here tonight to talk to you about a couple things um so i got asked a couple questions by some of my friends that live here in milford um and i want to share them with you the first was why do i say my title my former titles of being a state planner and i let people know that i'm doing it for the record because 20 years from now i want people to know what i put on record at city council meetings i want people to know that i warned you about flooding that i warned you about maintaining your roadways that i warned you about all of the things that are happening in our little city that are not okay tonight i'm gonna speak to you about school buses because when the school district was here what they did not provide you with was information that special needs students are required to be picked up at their door and dropped off at their door so when you approve waivers for reducing roadway widths that don't permit school buses to come into a neighborhood you are violating their ADA rights

let

me be very clear about this if this continues I will start with the ACLU and all the parents that are affected in those neighborhoods that you have approved the small widths and we will sue the city we will sue the developers and uh this is not an idle threat I'm I'm tired of of hearing how they have to make the roads narrower.

No they don't they absolutely do not just like Simpsons farm or Simpson's crossing when I attended the board of adjustment meeting they wanted us to build a they wanted to all the waivers for the lot so they can build the bigger homes and I said you don't have to build a bigger home you don't need that waiver you're just doing it because of money money is no longer the only answer in this formula people are you represent people you don't represent the developers you don't represent special interests please stop this mayor has made it very clear that he has his own vision for the city that doesn't align with all the members that live here this mayor also almost made it so that our entire planning commission was composed of only men so I need you to be on a to be very aware of how everyone in this city is starting to see the light thank you I signed that anybody online sorry anybody online if anybody online would would like to make a public comment sign up sorry if anyone online would like to make a public comment you may do so using the raise the hand feature we have one more here apologies Julie Morris 21142 C to reach road I agree with everything she said thank you um yeah here okay any the nobody online is come forward okay we'll go ahead close a public comment we'll go ahead start uh start the meeting if everybody could please standing bother we thank you just for allowing us to be here one more day lord we ask you to be go before this meeting Lord knowing that we are here trying our best to represent the people Lord watch over each person that's here and their families that they represent or we ask you to watch over our city our staff and everyone that is a part of our wonderful wonderful town though this is my prayer amen please be

Or we ask you to watch over our city, our staff, and everyone that is a part of our wonderful, wonderful town.

Lord, this is my prayer.

Amen.

Please be

seated.

Everybody's here except for uh councilwoman Khleesis.

Um I'll take an approval of the agenda.

So moved.

Our

seconds, Katrina.

Motion made, second.

All in favor.

Aye.

Aye.

Any opposed.

All

right, motion passes.

I'll take an approval of the previous minutes if everybody's comfortable with

it.

May I make a motion for the approval of the previous minutes?

Seconded.

Motion made, second, all in favor.

Aye.

Any opposed.

All right.

Next on the agenda is uh recognition.

Do

we have anybody?

Yes, we

do.

I will I wanted to um to share with counsel an email that I received regarding one of our team members in our customer service division.

Sorry.

I'm writing to recognize outstanding work of Vicky Jones, who recently helped me sort out utility and tax records for my properties in Milford.

I own four properties in the city held personally and through uh Waypress LLC, and over time, the utility accounts have become difficult to track.

Some services inactive, some bill to tenants, and some with addresses and meter assignments that no longer line up.

Rather than addressing one question at a time, Vicky compiled a complete summary covering all four parcels.

For each one, she confirmed the owner of record, listed every every active account with its service type, noted which carried um owner authorization, and included a direct link to the tax assessment record.

She also created a new, she also created a new water and sewer account for 424 South Washington Street and for 221 Northwest Front Street.

She laid out clear steps for reconnecting services, including a review of addresses and meter assignments with the metering staff.

Just as valuable, she anticipated questions I had not thought of to ask, not thought to ask, such as whether my former partners should remain on file and whether anyone else should be authorized.

The result is the clearest picture I've had I've ever had of my Milford accounts delivered in a single well-organized message.

Vicky's thoroughness initiative and courtesy reflect very well on customer service department and on the city of Milford.

And that's from Mr.

John

Di

Tommaso.

Thank

you.

Right.

All right.

Thank you.