Okay. Well, good evening everyone. >> Good evening. Good evening. >> Thanks, John. This is the combined work and regular session of the mayor and council of the burrow of Allenale. It's 700 p.m. February 5th, 2026. And I am Suzanne Lisolo to be filling in for our
mayor Amy Wilinski tonight. Um, Linda, will you please call the meeting to order by reading the Open Public Meetings Act announcement? >> In compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act, the notice requirements have been satisfied. The meeting dates for the year are confirmed at the annual meeting, are posted on the public
bulletin board in the municipal building and on the burrow website, published in the record within the first 10 days of the new year, and copies are sent to the Ridgewood News and Star Ledger. Coun Councilman Okonnell >> here. >> Councilman Otul >> here. Councilwoman Lisa
>> here. >> Councilwoman Hman, Councilman Delawisio >> here. >> Councilman Yakarino >> present. >> Mayor Wzinski and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with
liberty and justice for all. >> All right. Now is the approval of the minutes. Um I have a motion to approve the January 15th work in regular session minutes. So move. >> Thank you. Title second. >> Second. >> Councilman Okonnell.
>> Councilman Oul. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Lisa Solo. >> Yes. >> Councilman Delivio. >> Yes. Councilman Yakarina. >> Yes. >> Now we have agenda review. We have a second reading of ordinance 2601
which is essentially just fixing salaries, wages, and compensation for def employees for 2026. Uh and we're also introducing four new ordinances tonight. The first one I think they thought we did already. Um ordinance 2602 pertaining to lead paint
inspections. Then we have ordinance 2603 dealing with liquor requests and the valuable ties financially reviewing them. Ordinances 2604 and '05 pertain to fair housing stuff. All right. So now let's go back. Linda, can you please read ordinance 2601?
The following ordinance published herewith was first read by title only on January 5th, 2026 and posted on the bulletin board of the lobby in the municipal building and burrow website. Ordinance 26-01, an ordinance to amend chapter 53 of the
code of the Bureau of Allenale officers and employees to fix the salaries, wages, and compensation of the officers and employees of the Burrow of Allenale for the year 2026. I have a motion to approve ordinance 2601.
So move. >> Second. >> Second. >> Councilman Yakarino. >> Yes. >> Councilman Oul. >> Yes. >> Council President Lovaso. >> Yes. >> Councilman Devisio. >> Yes. >> Councilman Okonnell.
>> Yes. like to see if there's any public comment on the rest of the agenda items. None. Uh can we do a introducing a first reading of ordinance 2602? A motion first. >> So moved.
>> Second. Ordinance 2602, an ordinance of the Burough of Allenale in the county of Bergen, state of New Jersey, requiring lead-based paint inspections of certain rental dwelling units and establishing procedures, exceptions, fees, and penalties in accordance with the state
law. >> Councilman Okonnell, >> yes. >> Councilman Oul, >> yes. >> Council President Lisolo, >> yes. >> Councilman Delawio, >> yes. >> Councilman Yakarino, >> yes. Ordinance 26-02 has been introduced
upon first reading and will be published in the Sunday, February 8th, 2026 edition of the record and will be taken up for further consideration and final passage at the meeting of the mayor and council on February 19th 2026 at 7 p.m.
or soon thereafter. Yeah. >> Yep. Um, ordinance 26-03, an ordinance amending chapter 120, fees, article one, public records and fees, section 7 of the code of the bureau of Allenale.
>> Councilman Okonnell, >> yes. >> Councilman Oul, >> yes. >> Council President Lisa, >> yes. >> Councilman Delivisio, >> yes. >> Councilman Yakarino, >> yes. Ordinance 26-03 has been introduced upon first reading and will be published
in the Sunday, February 8th, 2026 edition of the record and will be taken up further consideration and final passage at the meeting of the mayor and council on February 19th 2026 at 7 p.m. or soon thereafter. These
requests take hours, sometimes days to redact. Having a set procedure for collecting fees for services rendered is absolutely the right plan of action. Alison Alano has crafted a fair process which balances the need for public transparency and the flagrant manipulation of an otherwise enforced
law governing records. >> Thank you. And I agree. Y to the next two, right? If you'd like to make any comments about them once Linda reads them, let me know. Um, ordinance 254. Can I have a motion? 604.
>> Motion to approve. >> So move. >> Second. >> Second. >> Second. >> What was that, Madam? >> I'm sorry. Ordinance 26-04, an ordinance implementing the burrow's fourth round housing plan element and
fair share plan consistent with the terms of a mediation agreement reached between the bureau of Allenale and the fair share housing center in accordance with the New Jersey Fair Housing Act in relevant regulations and policies and to amend supplement and revise the code of
the Burrow of Allenale chapter 275 zoning to amend the following particulars of the Allenale Corporate Center overlay zone MF F-3 Councilman Okonnell. >> Yes. >> Councilman Otul, >> yes. >> Council President Leviso, >> yes.
>> Councilman Delawio, >> yes. >> Councilman Yakarino, >> yes. Ordinance 26-04 has been introduced upon first reading and will be published in the Monday, February 9, 2026 edition of the record and will be taken up for further
consideration and final passage at the meeting of the mayor and council on February 19, 2026 at 7 p.m. or soon thereafter. on the 2604 which was just introduced. Um as you recall on December 31st we uh
reached agreement on our fourth round housing plan which was approved uh and uh basically avoided ongoing litigation and uh procured a year hiatus from billers remedy lawsuits. One of the things that was part of our plan uh was
to uh amend the existing overlay zoning at the Allenale Corporate Center. So resolution 2604 is the implementation of that part of the agreement on our fair share settlement. And the next one which we'll be discussing u as part of the ongoing process and it's a 10-year
process. The fair share housing rules and regulations are updated and changed. Uh this is to bring uh into conformity with the new regulations uh the relevant regulations and sections of all ordinances. >> Thank you. >> Thanks for all your help on that as
always. Okay. Um ordinance 2605. Can I get a motion to approve? >> So move. >> A second. >> Second. >> Ordinance 26-05. an ordinance implementing the burough's
fourth round housing plan element and fair share plan consistent with the uh terms of a med med mediation agreement reached between the burrow of Allenale and the fair share housing center in accordance with the New Jersey Fair Housing Act and relevant regulations and policies and to amend
supplement and revise the code of the burrow of Allenale chapter 81 affordable housing to amend the following particulars of the chapter council minell Yes. >> Councilman Otul. >> Yes. >> Council President Loiso. >> Yes.
>> Councilman Delisio. >> Yes. >> And Councilman Yakarino. >> Ordinance 26-05 has been introduced upon first reading and will be published in the Monday, February 9, 2026 edition of the record and will be taken up for further consideration and final passage
at the meeting of the mayor and council on February 19th, 2026 at 700 p.m. or soon thereafter. Thank you. I mean, with all this fair share housing stuff, there's all these like deadlines and the timeliness of being able to get these and this came in
at the last minute for us to introduce it to. So, thank you for all your help. >> No, no problem. >> And I as Thank you for your help with that. Um, okay. Now, is our consent agenda. The consent agenda is items that we deem routine and adopt usually in one
motion. Um, our mayor does a great job about going through all of the items under there if there's anything that stands out. Um just some fun stuff where you're out to bid for a new con another concessionire for the concession stand, right Tyler? Yes. >> Um we reappointed our tax collector last
month. >> Um we're installing new audiovisisual equipment at the community center and did you say there was new? >> We're going to be working as part of that. It'll be a similar system. So
we're looking to refurbish Walter's coming. It's on the list Walter and also install a similar system in community center for presentation. >> Excellent. Um we're appointing another part-time building monitor for the community center. Um there was just some
emergency temporary budget appropriations and then our list of bills as usual. Um can Oh, should I open it up now to the public? Anyone from the public have any comment on any of our consent agenda items?
Seeing none, a motion to approve the consent agenda. >> So moved. >> You guys are in synchronous. Okay. Pick one. >> Second. >> Second. >> Joe. Oh, wait. I had Joe first. Okay. Councilman Okonnell.
>> Yes. >> Councilman Oul. >> Yes. >> Council President Leviso. >> Yes. >> Councilman Delosio. >> Yes. >> Councilman Yakarino. 695. Yes. Okay. Now we move on to the fun part, our council reports.
We'll start this side with this end. Councilman Okonnell. >> Thank you, Council President. Uh the only thing I have is we're still trying to get the Girl Scouts to get their birdhouses in the trees. Uh 16 inches of snow stopped the last one.
Uh, one of the Girl Scout leaders had surgery on her knee, so we're trying again for Sunday. >> Go ahead. >> I wanted to mention to you, and I know Mark knows this, I think I don't know if we've been looped into this, but there are some voice scouts that were
interested in like doing some project with the green team. I just want to make sure you get looped into those. >> Okay. Councilman Oul. >> Well, thank you, Madam Mayor. So, the public safety committee uh will be meeting uh we have not had a meeting
since our last uh council meeting. We're trying to put together a date that works for everybody. It's it's all ahead of the time of year. So, we're we're circling a date uh probably about two weeks down the road. Uh but we've had uh promotional
exams which some of our men and women sat for. Uh we're looking to do interviews probably in the next couple of weeks uh for sergeant and lieutenant positions. Um APD has been assisting with storm operations and still removal
efforts downtown which uh and did an amazing job like a whole different town the next morning. And uh as far as the open fees that we just put into place, what Mike can tell you is that it's about a 3 to1
ratio of time. So it takes about three hours to go through and redact one hour. So it's a huge drain on resource police department. Um, and what's going to happen is there's a new fee schedule put into place and an estimate will be
provided to whoever's requesting it and once they have screened that they will give deposit and then work on action to them. And other than that, some of the other things, very happy birthday to our AVAC
chief, Daryl. >> And happy early birthday to our mayor, which is tomorrow, her birthday. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, >> Delawio. >> Well, thank you, Council. Doing a very good job.
>> Thank you. >> So, may have a future. >> Yeah, I know. So, uh, the DPW committee, uh, we did meet after our last last council meeting. Uh, we did elect two new crew chiefs, Dan Davis and
Drew. Uh, so we had a meeting with them, went over responsibilities about divying up portions of responsibilities from the DBW in the town to make sure that everything's efficient, that uh, safety concerns get addressed, resident issues get addressed. Likewise, uh they're very
motivated. Well, we're good good guys. So, we're very excited to see how things are going to continue to go with them. Uh in case anybody didn't notice, we did have a big snowstorm. The uh DPW was very busy working with our contractor to
make sure the roads were open and safe. Uh I know there was a lot of snow and uh temperatures have never gone down, so this stuff's not melting. You know, so it was a challenge to really get the roads wide enough. A lot of our side
streets are kind of narrow. I just uh want to emphasize the residents, if you're going to park in the street, just be mindful of, you know, the narrowness of the road. And if there's somebody else on the other side of the street parked, just try to be mindful that you still have to have people get around
you. So, just be careful of that. Um, also in reference to the snow, I just want to remind residents that you should not be throwing your snow in the street of using a snow blower, plow or shovel, try to keep your snow on your grass, your side, whatever, wherever you can
put it. Don't throw it in the street. It just makes things more difficult and more dangerous for everybody else, and it's against our county or county town ordinance. Uh, I do want to thank uh Chief Dylan and our wonderful police department for assisting DPW of the
night in opening up the Main Street Road. Um, you know, that was a decision, a conversation that the mayor emphasized to make sure that the parking was available. Uh, our superintendent Andy and, uh, Chief Dylan, they had a good
conversation and, uh, with assistance, they were able to do that relatively quickly. Uh they have a pretty good mountain of snow in the back of the new area a lot. So I'm sure that'll be there till about July if anybody wants them to see it. When I woke up in the middle of the night, there was a pretty good amount of snow
right in the middle of the town in front of the >> They were supposed to put that on your car about 25. >> That video Andy shared was crazy. >> It was out in the middle of town. So, uh, we we did have a post-mortem meeting today to, uh, just kind of go
over this snowstorm because we haven't had a snowstorm like this in a long time. And just to to kind of go over what went well, what didn't go well. I think for the most part, everything went well. I mean, I work in Patterson and I can tell you our town is night and day better than their streets. I know a lot
of towns are still struggling with piles of snow on the roads and on the sides, blocking intersections and everything. So, uh, we had some good suggestions, good conversations, uh, good things to do next time, some changes, and some modifications, which we'll we'll take
care of. Uh, I do want to mention, uh, Christmas tree pickups. Um, I know our west side that were scheduled to be picked up right around the first snowstorms and then we had the big snowstorm. So, I know there are still trees out there that are probably buried now. I just
want to remind residents that the DPW will come and get those at some point when we can when they're exposed and we can actually get them. So, u just normal amount of people to know that. So, if you can pull them out, just notify the DPW and somebody will come get it. And
that's pretty much all we have. >> Thank you, Jim. I wish Andy was here because I wanted to share with both of you that um at Jim Wright's uh presentation the other day at the community center where he presented on John Fel and the treasonous William
Franklin um we had a resident commend us on how great our streets were compared to neighboring towns. >> So it was really good to hear. >> Right. >> Yes. >> And now you're up Mr. Councilman Ear. >> Thank you. esteemed
dignified acting mayor. Uh short report this evening. We were going to have an Allenale Sports Alliance meeting next week, though that conflicted with the land use board meeting on the same night. So, we're going to pick a new date for that as we get into budget season here. Last year, we appropriated
$25,000 which went all toward field improvements and other items for recreation program. Um and other items were funded by the 5K. Um and then the Allen Recreation Commission also helped with that. So we're going to look to continue that this year. Um in production of the DPW, we really did a
lot of great work to our fields last year. Um and this year we do have a new field maintenance contract which was enacted at a prior meeting. So we're looking forward to rolling that out as well. Um as we mentioned earlier, we do have a solicitation of proposals for the
concessionire at the second year of the concession stand. Um, and this year we already have three or four folks who may possibly be interested. So, looks like we'll have a great, you know, a nice, uh, repertoire of folks there. >> And his last year is reapplying, too.
>> He's planning to reapply. >> He did a good job. >> There's a couple of other places who have already reached out one today. So, we should have a few folks up. >> He really did help us out with a very short notice last year. >> All packers will be taken into consideration. Kyler, the notice is
going in the paper um on Wednesday for Wednesday edition. >> Well, I'm thinking of it once you have we have the packet if you could just send that to me too. Sure. And then I could let the folks know. >> Yes. Already >> share interest. So anyway, thank you. >> Thank you. That'll give my council
person report. Um for land use, there's a lot going on. There's always a lot going on. We had our first meeting of the year on January 27th. Apologies again to my land use team for the ride holds bakery being closed that week and me being unable to bring my usual goodies to the meeting. Um, as is the
norm, we reviewed individual property issues, some code language in need of updating and some overreaching themes brought to our attention um like for instance the snow storm and people still being unaware they need to clear their sidewalks and their keep their fire hydrants on their properties also clear.
we were discussing that uh a concern did come up among some of our senior residents and something we've been thinking about as well about what to do when you have seniors who it's very hard for them to oftentimes clear the sidewalk and find other places. The bureau does not do that but we do think
we can start looking into scouts maybe setting up a program or some other volunteer groups who may be enter who may be able to be reached out to to assist them in that capacity. Um, our finance committee will meet next week to continue budget discussions.
Um, green team, our green team, um, is doing their styrofoam collection on February 21st from 10 to noon at Bur Hall. Again, that's always popular. Thank you to the green team for that. Again, um, our spring cleanup day this year has been
set for April 18th. Remember at that you can bring papers for >> the book. We have to change it. >> Oh, we're changing it. yourself. >> All right, Mark will bring that up when he speaks. It will not be that day, but you get the shredder because that's always popular. Lots of people bring
shredding stuff. We'll do styrofoam collection again that day. Electron e-waste like just a reminder, you can bring electronics currently to our DPW. We do have a big dumpster there for that. Um residents always seem surprised by that, but it's been there now for
quite a few months. Uh and that's about it for now, I think. Oh, 250 celebrations we're moving forward with. I want to thank our burough clerk, Linda, for all her help. Um, the holiday observers are doing a big celebration at Crestwood in
September, and the burrow is helping to coordinate the parade leading into Crestwood that same day. We're asking all local organizations to join in the parade and Linda is getting a form, >> a Google form. Yeah, a Google form to
fill out uh the organization name, address, contact number, just a bunch of information and then um this way it'll all go into a form and I'll have a list of every participants for the >> Thank you for your work on that. She's very enthusiastic about this.
>> I'm so excited. I used to do it in my town, so I'm so excited. >> Thank you. Well, it's a good segue because now we're doing staff reports. I'll start with our our broker religious. I don't really have anything to report um except um I am excited to do to help with the parade um and
organize it and um you know just be part of that day. So it's nice. >> Thank you. >> I also neglected to mention TJ our attorney who did a fantastic job and he's always very helpful with our system.
He's a He's a good guy. Must have been raised right by parents. >> Good parents, right? A burough attorney. >> Wish TJ were here. >> So, so in addition to uh typical operational matters, working with the
chief on the the oper matters, TJ doing that. Um working with the chief on some other things. I think the motions was mentioned we had some discussions on that. Uh I would say that the uh the last two weeks since our last meeting really extraordinarily busy uh and uh in the the tried true areas particularly uh
water utility we have ongoing discussions with the we had a uh another conference this morning at uh at 9:00 with their attorneys over implementation matters and as you know that we're transitioning to the permanent PAS treatment center um so there's a lot of issues you know involved with uh u
ground leases and uh and related items but That's all in the best interest of the community ultimately to have that facility up and running. Uh had a meeting this afternoon then with our burough engineer and our DPW superintendent on Green Acres. Uh we're uh in the midst of working with Green
Acres. Uh and it's actually part of our transaction with the Olia. Uh we have a $90,000 payment which we do to the burrow from the Olia once once that's resolved. So we're working with the Green Acres, but both Mike and Andy today very very helpful and put another piece in the puzzle together. So that
was the on the water utility side. On the sewer side, uh we've got the uh implementation of the Avalon project as we reported as part of our fair share settlement, a project we're calling Michaels 2, which is a 100% inclusionary project in Saddle River on the border.
And we begin an assessment on behalf of the burrow of the impact of the Toll Brothers projects in Saddle River. There are two of them. One is adjacent to the previously improved Michael site. The other one is colloally referred to as the Rosie O'Donnell house. Um so Toll
Brothers is asking us to evaluate whether we can accommodate their capacity and as recall uh as part of our fair share settlement we reached agreement to accommodate Avalon's capacity. Uh but that came with a nice feature of a $500,000 payment to the
bur. So we will obviously uh with our engineers evaluate the toll project and then we'll have some economic discussions with toll as to whether we can proceed in that matter or not. The the third area obviously was affordable housing. We drove a little bit crazy all day.
December 31st, we approved the the settlement as I mentioned before. Uh but we now have to adopt the implemented ordinances which include some zoning changes uh over on Border Town Road. Uh and obviously the redoing of our code to make it consistent with the new
regulations. Um, unfortunately for Linda, we finally didn't get to dial eyes and cross peace till about 4 o'clock this afternoon, but that those were the two ordinances that were on the agenda for this evening. They will now go to the uh land use board next week and then we'll rebound back to the burrow for final approval at the next
meeting. That's it. >> Thank you, Ry. And now Amy sent me her mayor's report. >> Take it. Exactly. She said it was going to be light. Um she starts also off with fair share
housing. So we are deeply we are currently deep in the fair share housing finalization process. Tonight two ordinances were introduced with additional ordinances and resolutions to follow. There are many moving pieces and we are coordinating everything under a very tight deadline. We continue to work
through remaining items requested by fair share housing to ensure completion of our plan. Next week, the land use board will review the plan as it requires amendments to our master plan and the expansion of our overlay zone. This involves a series of coordinated steps, and we appreciate everyone
working diligently to move the process forward. A special thank you to our professionals, attorneys Jeff Serenian and Ray Wis, our planner, Ed Snikis, for their guidance, expertise, and coordination throughout the event. America 250 planning is well underway as
a girl prepares to help to celebrate. Sorry. America's semiquentennial. We are assembling a team to help lead and coordinate the parade. I'm putting that out there to my council men here who are also members of holiday observers. Anyone who wants to like help spearhead this would be great. Which will
culminate in the big host celebration on September 19th. More details to come as plans about the community center. We recently held our regular community center meeting with Amanda Richards. It's wonderful to see the facility being used every single night. This muchneeded
space has quickly become a hub of activity and it's great to see our community enjoying it. Council pre that's me council president Suzanne Levis and the mayor met with congressman Josh Godheimer last week to discuss initiatives in New Jersey that
ultimately affect all we have a meeting set up later this month and his chief of staff with his chief of staff to discuss potential grant opportunities for the burough budget. Budget discussions are ongoing with the goal of adoption in March. We will continue to keep residents informed as the process moves
forward. And that is it. Before we before we move to the public, uh I did forget to mention one thing in my DJ report that we had at least three watering breaks in the last two weeks. So, uh >> be more. >> Yeah, probably.
>> So, if I was council woman, I'd be saying thank god we sold them all. >> You know, no middle school thing. I think that Montdale has become the uh the water elite capital of the world. I I spoke to their chief of police yesterday. I think they were up to seven of them. Uh and uh whether it's three
here or seven, if it was the bureau paying the price tag for all of that, it would be quite a number. >> So, you know, again, thank you to the DBW to the police department for uh assisting Viol. I mean, one of them was was really bad and uh we had to really have traffic
control and we make sure we got a safe ice get all trucks out >> in some very cold time. >> I didn't. >> Thank you, Joe. Can we count that under unfinished business? >> That's the first. >> Yeah.
>> Trailblazer you, Joe. Any new business? >> Somebody picks up. >> I know. Sorry about me. All right. And then public comments on any matter that she was here. Ask everybody in the audience to hold their
you're safe. >> Um, one quick comment about the U. the orders regarding shoveling. I think it would be a good idea if make it
all of the res but sometimes it's it's quite a lot of snow because of the angle tree. I think if everybody knew it's a very neighborly town and they understand that it has to be shut down, then it would be
help. So I'm sure most people don't give it a second. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. I think we we do we do send out when we send out the blasts about, you know, different things, especially during the storm. That was one of them. Make sure the hydrants >> are dug out. But to your point, that's
something we can emphasize in the PW more. That's a good point. I think Amy put it on her Facebook. >> She did. And I know Mike, you might know better than me. I know at some point in years past the fire department would go out at some point perhaps.
>> Yeah, but according to the ordinance, >> right, but I I know that sometimes they >> they check >> they check they go around and they do >> it's a good point. I'll bring it up in that committee >> and I would say the same thing with sewers. I did that >> the leaves.
>> I know we was going to start nothing else, >> but I did want to give a report on green team. Um I want to say another successful year diverting non-m non-mandated materials
from the trash. Um, our monthly EPS styrofoam collections remain very popular and adopted and thank you to the mayor and council for negotiating the agreement with regulation right after our events. >> Yeah, thank you to Alison Oana for
helping. Yes. Um, our most recent event was held in the snow and thankfully Jim brought a tent that we were able to hide under but by the end of our collection all surrounded by snow. Um, and
every single month on the third Saturday of the month so as mentioned the next collection is Saturday February 21st from 10 to 12. and we've expanded those events. If people weren't aware, we're including
the reusable bags, including donations that we bring to the Center for Food Action in Maong. And we received a letter of thanks for the significant quantity of bags provided at one of the events where we actually built two cars
with the bags and they use them for the people who come to shop there. We've also been collecting coats and warm clothing for mayor emeritus Vince Barrett which he distributes to the homeless in Patterson and he's been very
grateful for those done in that regard. We maintain our partnership with Rosdale nursery. This hosted our second annual pumpkin and lum collection this year and at that event we also kicked off the second annual holiday lights collection
which lasted until this past Saturday January 31st. And I'm happy to say it wasn't quite the same amount as last year but was upwards of 500 bags again. And both of those collections are well
received by the residents. We continue to develop an active relationship with high school students and scouts. Uh several of which I've introduced here including Isabelle who started a pick it up litter campaign. Um as an example also Maya
Chadra who maintains an active membership. She comes up with our needs and attends Berley Science Academy. And lastly, we did hear from a new legal staff SC, but he would like, as Suzanne mentioned,
to team up with the green team for a project that would stay with him. So, but he has to have a conversation with me on Saturday and I'll um I'm also looking to expand materials
that we collect to include PE foam. President often bring this soft foam to our collections. It's not the same material as styrofoam. So I've been in contact with TX to um begin a program where we could collect
that as well and keep it out of the stream because there's a significant quantity that the residents bring and I hate throwing in the garbage whilst they winters. So that looks like it might come to solutions. I also spoke with a company,
recycling company in Michigan called East Bear and Plastics about uh starting a program to collect pots that are sold every year in great quantities in the spring and end up in the trash for single use. But this
company specializes in collecting just these and they are willing to pick it up as long as it's a a significant quantity. And I thought by teaming up with nurseries in the area that we could have a program where one of them would
store the material for us. >> What do they do with the pots? >> They make new pots and they recycle the material. That's fairly also wanted to mention I'm sure you are aware about the gift to stop and the
compost legislation that was signed into law um and the minority sustainable Jersey where I'm chairman of the St. Louis plastics committee and food waste committee. We're working to inform the public of the goals and the benefits of
the legislation which seeks to reduce plastic waste and diverge compost. Um, thank you to the mayor, to all the council members, especially council member Susan Folo on the result. Um, DPW
and support staff here at Ball for all the efforts on behalf of the green team as we continue to raise our sustainability profile. As I mentioned in an email to Mayor Wzinski, our small ver continues to make an outsized contribution to every collection effort
that we participated in. Um, and since treats were put up, um, one of the things I heard about a recent meeting, Joe, was the possibility of including status and greets to be collected as long as
the greets were disassembled. >> And I read one from the street that a neighbor had to see exactly. I thought that might be a great scale project if at the end of the season they
disassembled the wire decoration. Well, thank you again for helping out and we enjoy our contribution. >> Thank you Marley. Appreciate all that you do. Mark, just just out of curiosity and and have you guys you guys collect a
lot of different stuff because I know it's a lot. You can't do everything. Was there ever a talk about possibly at one of your events maybe taking used motor oil or something like that? I know the county does it a couple times a year, but for residents that actually change their oil like
>> Yes. And I've done that a few times. Um I have heard it to the Sento station up in I think it is all the way Franklin. >> Yeah. >> They they take there. Um we would have a
a difficult time >> handling the material. But we certainly provide residents with information about where to bring it if they do check. >> It might be a nice thing to put in one of your newsletters just something like that. >> Yeah. gas stations are bound by law to
accept it if you bring it to they don't like it a lot of it but I've even brought it to the Axon station here in town I had put in the antifreeze containers we take it there's auto parts
takes it to take to work and we we pay to have it recycled >> yes but it's taken for free by any gas station so you ask them to appreci Sure. >> I see Mark. Anyone else? Anything? >> One thing I wanted to bring up since
Mark had brought up the center. >> Sorry, Walter. Hi. Come on up, Walter. >> Yeah, you not saying anything. >> I like your sweatshirt. >> It's unfortunate that Amy isn't here.
>> I I I love every one of you. your fantastic group and what you last meeting you had was absolutely above and beyond. uh words cannot express gratitude to all
of you and I I I honestly don't know what that'll say except I love each of you even though I don't know you very well but I will comment
I'll make an interest saying a but anyway Thanks guys. Thank you. >> Thank you. We love you too. It was welld deserved. >> Okay. >> One thing I wanted to add since Mark had brought up the Center for Food Action. I
was recently there as well uh making some donations and they said, you know, one thing that we really need is it's great that folks come at Christmas time, Thanksgiving. They said we're really struggling during the summer months, i.e. June, July. So perhaps if the green
team or the burrow, you know, be willing to do a collection during those summer months because everybody donates during the holiday season, but then there don't get nearly as much during the summer. So something to think about the store. >> We can continue to accept all food here at
>> so just while you brought it up because I was there about two weeks ago. >> Thank you, Tyler. >> Any else? Motion to adjourn. >> So moved. Second. Second. All >> in favor? >> I
>> Thank you everyone. This was fun.