Several Sayreville residents told the mayor and borough council on Aug. 2025 that frequent and worsening flooding on Yulner Street has caused repeated basement and garage damage, destroyed appliances and vehicles, and left residents asking why long‑promised repairs have not been completed. Speakers said existing storm inlets and the pipe under the roadway cannot handle runoff from upstream streets and from neighboring municipalities, and they asked the borough to schedule an on‑site inspection and a public follow‑up.

The most emphatic comments came from Kelly Last of 19 Yulner Street, who described repeated flooding that she said required boards and cinder blocks to protect her home and forced neighbors to park several houses away during storms. “My landlord, $40,000 worth of a new sump pump,” Last said, and described multiple replaced hot‑water heaters and furnaces after recent storms.

Neighbor Darius Demianchuk said Yulner Street “is getting all the rainwater from all the surrounding streets,” and urged the borough to add more storm drains in addition to enlarging the existing pipe. “Those 4 storm drains, even if they are clean, cannot take all that water that is coming down,” he said.

Several other residents gave similar accounts: Sharon Atamanti thanked first responders for emergency help during floods and asked that tax assessment mailings not be distributed as open postcards; Marianna Leschuk said a sinkhole is forming near a utility pole and asked that the borough look before the pole fails. A longtime resident noted that the end of Yulner Street drains into a ditch and wetlands and that water from Ridgeway Avenue and other upstream streets contributes to the problem.

Borough engineer Jay Cornell told the council the borough has begun a coordinated review: upstream storm inlets outside Sayreville must be cleared, the downstream ditch needs attention, and the pipe under the roadway lacks capacity. Cornell said enlarging the pipe is a “million‑dollar fix” and that the borough has started planning for it. He and Business Administrator Glenn (surname not specified in the record) agreed to schedule an on‑site meeting with residents to review specific locations and next steps.

Council members and staff acknowledged the complexity: the flooding results from a combination of upstream flows from neighboring streets, clogged inlets, the existing pipe’s limited capacity and homes with basements below street grade. The council agreed to set up a neighborhood field visit and to coordinate with county and neighboring‑town officials about clearing upstream inlets and about potential capital projects.

Residents asked about interim relief and whether the borough would cover repeated appliance replacements; no commitment for reimbursement was made at the meeting. Council members and staff said they would return to the neighborhood with engineers and produce a plan and timeline for repairs and drainage improvements.

The council scheduled follow‑up outreach to Yulner Street residents and promised a site visit; no formal motion or capital appropriation was approved at the Aug. meeting.