LAKEHURST – The last Borough Council meeting was short but not too sweet as it noted the resignation of recreation leader Debby Pease as well as vandalism at the new bathrooms at Lake Horicon.
Councilman Brian DiMeo who serves as liaison to Youth Recreation said he was sorry to see Pease go. “We appreciate her support for the last year and a half but for personal reasons she has decided to move on.”
He said during the last monthly meeting of Youth and Recreation it was decided that due to potential inclement weather an event scheduled at Lake Horicon had to be cancelled.
Officials said the event, which was to be a cruise night event involving classic cars would not be rescheduled.
Council President Steven Oglesby said that the public works committee met recently and was discussing two pressing matters, one being the replacement of the children’s playground climbing attraction. It may require a wooden ladder replacement as the climbing rock wall has a gash in it.
“I’m afraid somebody’s going to get hurt,” Oglesby said. “We want to get it fixed before the winter. We are awaiting the status of what has become of that.”
An estimate on the cost to correct the problem is expected soon.
The other matter concerns the damage that the borough’s new bathroom facilities at the lake which recently was damaged by vandals. “This is why we can’t have nice things,” Oglesby said in disgust.
“We are now discussing adding security cameras out there,” the councilman added. Information concerning that is continuing. An estimate of the damage is not yet available.
Also discussed was whether the Department of Public Works has reached out to any tree companies for work within the borough.
Oglesby is a member of the borough’s first aid squad and he said, “they asked me about the push button combination lock on the front door and in the day time they can’t see the numbers on it because they are all faded out. They would like permission from the borough to change that lock.”
“They want to change it to a key fob lock at their expense unless the borough would like to pay for it but either way, they want to change it to a key fob,” Oglesby added.
He noted that because it is a building owned by the borough, they wanted to get some direction on the idea. “A number of years ago we looked at getting key fobs for buildings and at the time they were talking about getting fobs for the administrative offices, line officers offices and every outside door at the fire department but the cost was prohibitive.”
“We’re talking about the drive way,” Councilman James Davis asked.
“I’ve never used it so I don’t know,” Councilwoman Patricia Hodges said. She voted no to the change when the matter came up for a vote later in the meeting.
“At night it is fine because the numbers light up but during the day, you can’t see anything and for those of us who have been on the squad for a while, we know where the numbers are but we’ve had several members who don’t know where the numbers are and they can’t access the building,” Oglesby said.
“Each of our members have their own individual code,” he added. “I’ve gotten to the building at times and even after all these years, I think ‘what is that combination again?’ It just delays it a few seconds.”
“Still, it is a delay,” Councilman Brian DiMeo said.
Davis also agreed with the idea and said he’d like to see the squad cover the cost.
Oglesby abstained due to his being a member of the squad. DiMeo and Davis voted yes to allow for the change in building access. Mayor Harry Robbins and Councilman Gary Lowe were absent from the session.
Resolutions approved during the evening included the payment of bills, the appointment of Tammy Duffy as Clerk 2 Permanent and approving Shariya S. Brown and Henry W. Seeger as members of the borough’s fire department.
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