Early Holiday Notice: The Mayor and Council will gather for the "Holiday Tree Lighting" on Sunday, December 5th at 5:00 pm at the Borough Hall garden. All are invited to attend this festive function.

Historian Anne Benedict is looking far forward to 2011 and the Mantoloking Centennial. She is asking residents for suggestions on how the Borough should celebrate the occasion; she'd like suggestions for a logo, maybe with pictures, plaques, signs. Send your suggestions to Irene Ryan at Borough Hall. What is or may be chosen will be used well in advance of the centennial year.

"Current updates as of 10/13/04: We are getting information from the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services that New Jersey will be receiving an undetermined amount of Flu vaccine allocated for high-risk people only. The Ocean County Health Department should be receiving some vaccine sometime within the next two months and we will be working with federal agencies to determine how it will be distributed when we find out how much we will have." In the meantime, avoid people who are sick; stay home when you are sick; cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough and sneeze; wash your hands often; and, avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth. Try not to shake hands and forget about all that social kissing. Info: www.ochd.org or 732 341-9700, x 7284

Dogs: Mantoloking's dog ordinance mandates that droppings must be picked up. It's a health issue as well as an esthetic one. PICK UP, PLEASE!

Mayor Dunbar opened the meeting promptly at 8 pm. All were present except Councilman Laymon. Minutes of the September 20th and October 4th meetings were approved. The Mantoloking Police Department had 193 incidents during September, including two dead sea turtles on the beach, one lost dog and one found dog, four suspicious persons and a loud party, It was a "mellow" month, reported Ptl. Jeff Henba who attended the meeting for Chief Ortley.

Sgt. Mark Wright wrote a report on the Boat Patrol activities during the summer which were focused on public safety because of the bridge construction. He praised Officers Stacy Ferris and Steven Kenney for their patrol work. He was very impressed with their performance since they had just graduated from the Police Academy. During the summer, "Officer Ferris demonstrated outstanding seamanship and showed a genuine interest in Law Enforcement." Eight summonses, 15 written warnings and mega verbal warnings were issued. The patrol spent 60-plus hours of public service traffic- control at the bridge and, all in all, $1472.68 was spent for gas, oil and miscellaneous expenditures for boat patrol.

During August, Fire Chief Larry Gilman wrote the fire company responded to nine fire calls, had three drills and one regularly scheduled meeting. There were six fire alarms, one CO alarm, one electrical hazard and a pole fire. Construction Official Wardell issued thirteen new and six updated building permits during September for everything from lawn sprinklers, smoke detectors, air conditioning units to new roofing, new siding and house demolition. Councilman Nebel reported for the finance committee and presented the list of bills for $1,455,000, with over $1,200,000 paid to Ocean County for the 4th quarter taxes, $40,000 for 4th quarter Board of Education and $12,000 to W & S for September waste removal.

Resolutions to transfer current year appropriations, authorize sale of municipal personal property, i.e. a Ford dump truck and a Kawasaki three person inboard jet powered boat, declared to be surplus, and to set up a reserve for pension contributions, were passed.

Councilman Gillingham said bids have been received for the new high-power voice and fire siren system. They will be reviewed and reported on in the very-near future.

Council resolved to approve the application of Craig S. Symbols for membership in the Mantoloking Fire Company at their next business meeting, and to present the membership application of Harry A. McEnroe at the same business meeting.

Councilman Popaca announced there will be a beach cleanup on this Saturday, October 24th at 9 am. Those wishing to help should meet at the Downer Street beach at that time. He also said the Lyman Street handicap ramp has been removed for the winter. And the new dump truck-snow plow is expected to arrive this week.

A resolution providing for support of New Jersey Department of Transportation Project, (N.J. Route 35, pavement restoration) was passed. The nature and scope of the project, as a result of negotiations, has been revised to reflect local concerns. There will be no widening of Route 35, and no taking of property. The lanes and shoulders will be overlaid with asphalt to facilitate drainage; there may be a need to overlay or reconstruct some private driveways; existing curbs and sidewalks may be replaced if in poor condition and/or to facilitate drainage. New curbs and sidewalks will be installed where none exist now, unless the Borough indicates that it is preferred that none be installed; new storm sewers along Route 35 may be installed to facilitate proper drainage. This resolution is needed for DOT to get funding.

Councilman Husted reported on a memo sent him on October 11th, an UPDATE from Marlowe & Company, "The U.S. Senate has just approved the Emergency Supplemental funds for hurricane and drought relief. The package now heads to the President for his signature. The disaster relief funds were attached to the Military Construction Appropriations bill (HR 4837) that passed the Senate by unanimous consent. "The bill does include $62.2 million under the Corps' Construction, General Account. We understand from Corps' HQ that this amount is less than the agency had hoped to receive (approx.. $20 million less.) Corps officials indicate that these funds will allow the agency to restore beaches to per-hurricane conditions. However, they will not be able to upgrade levels of protection."

A resolution was passed to support legislation that would amend the New Jersey constitution creating the position of lieutenant governor to be elected by the people to serve out the term of a seated governor who's position is vacated for any reason.

Councilman Jones said the summary of his dune walk will be on the Mantoloking website. Bulldozing was done on all but three properties (there was no need) and he noted only 20% of properties had installed fencing which the state requires. Home owners will be sent a letter re fencing and grass which will be available for pickup November 5th to those who sign up by November 1st (732 899-6600.) Every home owner will get a review of his beach. It was noted that those who had installed fences had at least four feet of new sand 'delivered' to their property after the hurricane. Bay-front property owners who have a beach instead of a bulkhead may ask for beach grass, if they so choose. Councilman Jones reported on the NFIP Flood Hazard Mitigation Committee which will be meeting shortly.

A resolution was passed to appoint additional members of the NFIP Flood Hazard Mitigation Committee for the Borough of Mantoloking to fully comply with applicable flood insurance regulations. The following have been appointed to serve as members of the committee: Peter A. Flihan, Jr.. and John W. Schmierer.

Council went into closed session in compliance with the open public meetings act.

Next Meeting: November 15, 2004 at 8 pm.

This meeting adjourned at 8:21 pm.