We're good here. Mr. Green here. here. Here notice of this meeting was provided to the bar news and courier news file with the municipal clerk and posted on municipal bulletin board on December 5th
2024. will speak to you. I apply this one [Music] individual leaders and they just so precious in this. They were racing through it. They just be like really
like so proud. Yeah, it's very Welcome to the May 27th, 2025 meeting of the Burnsville Burough Council. This meeting is being conducted in person in the council chambers in Burough Hall and is being broadcast live on YouTube and on Zoom to make it as convenient as
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ordinance, resolution or motion. Okay. Uh I am thrilled to have two presentations to do and uh I'm going to read this proclamation
for Nina Dixon. Whereas Rosena Nina Dixon, a longtime Burnsville resident, purchased property located at 207 North Pinley Avenue for the sole purpose of providing affordable housing in the burrow. And whereas Nina Dixon Admiral
Expense rehabilitated two apartments at 207 North Finley Avenue. And whereas Nina Dixon worked with the burrow's mouth consultant to qualify the two units so that they count toward the burrow's affordable housing obligation
at a minimal expense to the burrow. And whereas as a result of Nita Dixon's generosity, two families have been able to purchase beautiful places to live in the burrow that are located near downtown and train station. And whereas
Nina Dixon has never sought any recognition for the time and expense dedicated to providing affordable housing in the burrow for those two families. And whereas the mayor of council Nita Dixon should be recognized for her selfless effort to provide
housing for those two families. Now for now therefore I Mary Jane Kos do formally thank Nina Dason for all that she has done for the burough of Burnsville and its residents. I think you guys
feel One, two, three. Sure. All right. Yes. Just stand on the silver. Well, I've been introduced as Nina Dixon and I've lived in Bernfield for over 50 years. Um, thank you. This is an
unexpected honor. Actually, the project was a team effort and I want to thank you Mary Jane and John for supporting me from the very beginning. Members of the town council for changing the zoning uh which was necessary to get this done. Ed
Kerwin for his help in getting the tax reviews to what I could actually sell the funding for. And the staff at CGPNH for helping me through all the bureaucracy of the affordable housing process. All your help was invaluable. And I also want to thank the mission
outreach group and youth group at St. John on the mountain for the help they gave me in cleaning up the property. Uh we pulled out a lot of poison ivy. My motivation for starting the project came from reading um Richard
Rothstein's book the color of law that so eloquently described the housing inequity uh inflicted on people of color. Uh thanks to CO and the supply chain difficulties I experienced, it's taken a lot longer than I had hoped. But
um now I'm we can now welcome two lovely families that have moved into Bernardville and I hope this will provide inspiration for others also to provide a border housing. Thank you again. Thank you did take quite a while. I know it
was frustrating at times for you and um I did go to the open house when it was when it was done and it you did a magnificent job. It is a beautiful beautiful uh two beautiful apartments, a really nice piece of property too um
that they could put gardens in and it's just lovely and so thank you so much for doing that. And then our other is for um CJ Kirst. I don't know if anybody follows his career.
Um, do you want me to read it? Yeah, let's read it today. Right. I think while we had to wait. Yeah. My comment was so he just just for the folks who the NCAA final group yesterday, he had an amazing game. He was MVP. He scored six goals. Uh, and
team Cornell won. and they he he actually tied the NCAA single season um scoring record six goal in the game in addition to already having the all-time scoring meter um of any school ever. So it's pretty amazingly accomplished and he's most
likely the equivalent of the high trophy like later this year. That's the warden toward that. Yeah. Yeah. because then then it'll have all his I know he starts he was the number one
pick in the professional draft and so it could be his first game this is Friday so he may not be around for if I your permission and we will update this and then I can we'll uh I'll wait and pay and then I'll take them over to
the house maybe you can zoom in or something yeah I mean his mom was in town I'm sure one of his brother would would come down and pick up that till he gets his next. Yes. Have minutes from April 21st and the 28th for approval. Do we have a motion?
Move to approve the minutes from the 21st, 2025 through the 28, 2020. Second. All in favor? [Music] Uh, we now have an open session. If anyone from the public would like to be heard, um, please keep your comments to
three minutes and give us your name and address. Fran, I see you getting up. I didn't know she was going first. I'll go first and she can go. So, yeah. Um, hi, I'm Fran. I'm your librarian. Um, the or there are two things I wanted to just draw your
attention to. One that our summer reading kickoff is June 14th. We're having on a weekend this year to try and get some families that might not be able to make it during the week because of work schedules. So that'll be June 14th from 11:00 to 12:30, but it's not just for kids. Grown-ups can totally do summer reading, too. It's a lot of fun.
Becky's loaded um into Read Squared, a bunch of challenges and fun ways to earn points. Um there's a I think two raffle baskets for grown-ups and a few for kids and a few for teens. Um, and it's always a lot of fun and it helps our state
report if anybody participates. So, if you read, please consider recording your minutes for our summer reading um, in Read Square. And the other thing is that the friends of the library are going to sponsor library lunches and um, for the summer starting June 16th after school
lets out. Um, a lot of public libraries offer lunches through the USDA program that sponsors also free reduced lunches for school, but you have to have a 50% need to be eligible for that. And we talked to people in Trenton and at the USDA and they're not eligible for
anything. But the friends stepped up and they had an online fundraiser. You might have seen it on the bubble and in a week they were able to meet their fundraising goal and we're going to have some very simple lunches it looks like. But um if you know any community leaders who know kids who might be having some food insecurity, please tell them to stop by.
It'll be first come first serve starting at 11 on from 11 to 1 on June 16th. And how often are you doing the lunches? Every day. Every day. Wow. Yeah. And we're partnering with the Somerset County Food Bank. Steve Cats there has been instrumental in getting us bulk
pricing. They're letting us use their warehouse to store things that need to remain frozen. They're they're super helpful. So they've been That's great. Awesome. Yeah, great. And last thing is June 16th is also the beginning of our partial closure adventure. Um, and parts of the library will be unavailable in me
time due to carpeting. You're having lots of carpeting arrive. Exciting. Yes. It's going to be an interesting Well, the good thing is people are really busy and doing, you know, doing
other things. So, yeah, it's kind of a slow slow. We're trying to communicate that a lot of tutors use the library so we have like flyers every Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else from the public wish?
Go forth. Hi Carrie Hson Mine Brook Road. As I'm sure most, if not all the people in this room know, our esteemed mayor is about to repel building uh in support of the Highlands, the New Jersey Highlands,
which is a very admirable thing to do. And in checking in on her schedule, I know that it's a pretty good bet that a lot of people in this room have probably donated towards this cause, and some people absolutely have. So, um, I want
to thank those people as well. Um, and I want to just say that, um, Mayor Kos has more than doubled her original goal of $1,000 and has raised over $2,000 thus far. More donations would be, I'm sure,
um, gratefully accepted uh, on her on her site and and certainly something that I agree with. Um, as a mayor of a municipality in the New New Jersey Highlands, um, Mayor Panos said that she knows how important it is to protect our water supply, our farmlands, and other
natural and cultural resources. When we protect our natural resources, we're really protecting ourselves and the future. It's not just an environmental issue, it's a human. And so, thank you, Mayor Kenos, for your efforts. I just want to say that the one thing that
would be better and and would ser Mayor Inos is doing this coming Saturday would be for us to move forward and to get the resolution and the um ordinance ready to um accept membership in the preservation aspect of the Highlands
because that will take it a step further. I know it was on the agenda briefly for March, but it hasn't reappeared. And I think that every month that passes by makes the benefit to us a little possibly potentially a little bit
less and gives us less ability to protect what we're trying to protect by going forward with it in the first place. So, uh, I ask that the council and the mayor in the next, um, iteration of setting up the agenda considered
seriously moving forward and getting that that, uh, ordinance ready, uh, because I think there's language available from the Highlands to help with the preparation of that. Thank you. Thank you, Karen. And I know Dennis is um thanks for bringing that up because
it is um the kind of the last step for our inclusion in the Highlands. Unfortunately, it kind of came at the same time that we now have this June 30th deadline to do our affordable housing plan. And Jessica Caldwell, who's sitting here, who is our planner
working on that, is also the same person who's working on getting this uh the ordinance done. They have to I think it's define a town center and have that all detailed out. So, it's Jessica is working on it. We'll hopefully have that
soon. And she heard it firsthand. Now, I know she's done all the all the work way this different studies we had to do. So, yeah, we will get there. Um, anyone else in the public needs to be
heard? Nobody soon. All right. Then I will close the public session. Um, and then I will open the public hearing on ordinance 2025 2020 appropriating 1,799,900 from the capital improvement
fund for various equipment and improvements as listed in the 2025 municipal budget. Anyone from the public wish to be heard on this ordinance? Pretty much explained it all.
So I will close the public hearing. Um that's David bridge. I move to pass ordinance number 2025-2020 on final reading and adopt as public. Second. Roll call please. M yes. Mr. Romero. Yes. Mr. Ruth. Yes. Mr.
Trainer. Yes. Yes. Mr. Yes. I will open the public hearing on ordinance 2025 2021 an ordinance reszoning lot 2 in block 62 and amending chapter 12 2.2 two of the
burough lands development regulations entitled zoning. And this is a the piece of property that was origin in the affordable housing and the owner has changed his mind so it's going back to its former um zoning.
Yes. Hi. Um actually um he's the owner who actually own the property uh based on the gas station and the property and he actually owns the house right next to the property. So um he he understand
English but not speak very well. I'm actually the old tenants who live in that property for many years and uh we want to express our you know opinion on this. So, hey, you know, can you come stand over on this silver
that way? It should strongly feel like against this project. It's 11 11. We can give it to you. Um, that's that's the White House. The multi family, right? It's a, you
know, it probably directly affected. So, um, I'm actually also their friend. So they asked me to come with him expressed that that they are strongly against this uh project mainly is the traffic issue. It's a very narrow there's no project
okay on that property what we're doing is I think the owner of that piece originally wanted to do um a small affordable housing project and then he decided not to. Okay. So, all we're
doing is changing the zoning. So, it's not for affordable housing. It's still whatever he, you know, it's just I don't know if he's ever going to do anything with it, but he just didn't want to do affordable housing. So, it's not there's no project on the table to be developed
right now. Okay. Okay. And if there was, it would probably go to either the zoning or the planning board. Okay. Okay. Then we're okay. So, you're okay. Boom. And thank you for coming. Yes. Thanks for your concern. Anyone else like to be heard on this
ordinance? Then I will close the public hearing. for us. [Music] The planning board did not meet so they didn't do their review. at 2021 pending planning board review to
a meeting beginning at 7 p.m. June 23rd 202 call please Mr. Yes. Yes. Trainer. Yes. Yeah. River. Yes. Yes. That doesn't affect anything on their hearing though, right? Like in
other words, it's still the same in the pang where it just hasn't. Right. They just have to say, "Yeah, it's okay." They didn't give us their comment. Yeah. So, we can't have final. Hold on. It's still the same direction I just told.
uh over the public hearing on ordinance 2025 2022, an ordinance establishing a promotion process for chief of police and supplementing and amending chapter 2 of the burough code entitled administration. Would anyone like to be heard on this ordinance? This is the
motion you amend. Oh, right. So, we're amending it. We added You want to just quickly say what the changes were? Yeah. Um better. Uh so for some of the criteria
so say this doesn't affect any current candidates that this for we had looked at it and we thought that there are some changes that could be made and one of them is the um get to it's changed 10 years to five
years um for supervisor supervisor experience paid um the Second one is the appointment requirement is actually a mayor's appointment with council consent. So we have to change
that. That's the sad thing. Um and then graduate graduation from an advanced leadership class we made preferred rather than required. Yeah. Which makes more sense. We also although it's not in there now requested
um mayor listed as her. So we're changing that and and then um Jack you were talking about one of the points that's been raised about under state law we can only learn within no one qualified within the
department. So I know some people have asked in I go outside the department it's because we can't state law. So so my comment on that was does it need to be if it's a state law it doesn't really need to be an ordinance. That's correct. So we can just take it out if the state law changes. We don't have to change the
ordinance. It's follow the state law, whatever it is. Yeah. Okay. So I think we're going to take out that one line the internal. Yeah. Can I also ask a question?
Sure. The five E we said we're making it I'm sorry not five one E we're making it preferred but under number one it says in order to be considered for the rank of chief of police the officer must
so maybe we should take the must out Sure. Well, in order to be considered, they offer bus and then have um additional what we could do
is move e a graduate graduation is prefer. It might be worth separating the musts from the nice or prefers like in other words you can still apply
if you don't have e yes right number one says that they must have make it separate we'll make those changes the public hearing is in okay [Music]
any okay close the public hearing Um, so this one is also being wait. Yeah. Jack, do I can I just read it out as is or do I have to repeat those changes? Just says amen. So it's probably fine, right? I'm sorry. Just
reminded myself. I said you just say amended. Okay. Oh yes. I move ordinance 2025-22 as amended and continue the public hearing to a meeting beginning at 7 p.m. on June 23rd,
2021. Second roll. Mr. Green, yes. Mr. River, yes. Mr. Ruth, yes. Mr. Yes. Yes. Yes. You don't have to vote on it, but you
can't move over. I moved that ordinance 2025-2023 bond ordinance providing for a grant the developer for site work associated with the construction of affordable housing in the borrow of Bernardsville in the county of Somerset, New Jersey appropriating 2.7 million.
Therefore, in authorizing the issuance of 2.570 million bonds or notes of the burrow for financing sub appropriation be introduced by title pass on three published according to law and then
public hearing be scheduled for a meeting at 7 p.m. Monday. Second. Any comments, discussion? Do we want to Yeah, we should talk about it, right? You want Nancy want to start? You want to start? I can add some comments to it.
Yeah. Okay. I can just give some background 2017 2018 the council decided to go 100% affordable developments rather than a citizen. 2017 2018 in that in that time frame, right? As a result, these 16 units are
more affordable. If they had known the set aside, we'd be facing the construction of 300 new apartments right now. Yeah, it was anticipated at that point in time that the grower would have to contribute 1.94 million for the private that has increased over time
with a number of reasons including inflation unanticipated site conditions property across the street is blocks that have to be removed. So to add 1.94 included a spending plan and so
this as I said this is an increase over time but all this was anticipated and as a result there's 60 units being built rather than 300. Um I have a little bit more if you want. Um, so as we discussed at the previous
meeting, the original request for the short ball was for $5 million. Um, and through RPM working with uh their inside people, they were able to
uh get that down. Um, and in addition, they have some changes to the plan that would take about $800,000 off that's changed into material and used on the outside of the
buildings and then um what we call targeted demolition I would describe um they take off another $719,791 which brings the uh their
shortfall that we're making for to uh $2,641,000. Um, so I wanted to talk about the demolition a little bit because it sounds scary when you first hear it. Um, but I was pleasantly surprised with the information that we got. I laughing if
you will come a long way. Um, so the site across the street like Jack mentioned, uh, it's not really conducive to building. There's a lot of rock. Um and so RPM said that if we allowed the
demolition, the targeted demolition or blessing to occur to split the rock and clear the soil that they would reduce by the amount that I mentioned the $700,000. So we considered it because it's a significant
amount. Um so we got more information. So the lasting wooden tail um holes are drilled and ordinance is placed in the holes which are covered with dirt or mats and then warning sirens play in the blast is initiated. Nothing becomes
airborne. Um and this would occur only two times per week, once per day, two times a week um over a period of eight weeks. So if you do a math that would be 16 times over a period of uh two weeks. Um
the vibrations from the blast should not be felt beyond the 100 ft radius. They be monitored at the two closest structures and the contractor set up vibration monitoring which should not exceed
6 each participle velocity per inches per second. So what that means is that the vibration is compared to slamming a door or fireworks at 1500 a year.
Um this is all state regulated and the company they're hiring is regulated insured. Um the not the resident within 200 ft of the site across the street would be notified with certified letter and this
would not be happening until the fall. So, um the letters won't go out for a bit. Uh but they would get the letters and then they would be asked what their preferences were for blast notification.
So the black and we've done I believe is between 8:30 and 3:30 um each day on the day they do and they so people will be asked for their preference whether it be text, phone um
or other uh notification and they will get a notification one hour prior to use. So like if you had a dog to go take the dog out for a ride or something give me enough notice. Um and then we're going to put on our on
our website and you know Facebook page that this is going to happen. We'll probably not put out like a glad we'll have it in an hour but um if we're able to do it uh there is there will be a pre-construction uh survey for existing
structure and there has should be no impact on surrounding buildings. Like I said, it is heavily governed by the stage and with the technology uh you know it has definitely improved. I will remember the days of blasting of
the quarry like that. Yeah. Nothing like that at all. Yeah. Where the whole town would shake. Can I keep on stuck with it? So thank you Nancy. I just um chair the finance committee. They don't want to lose the
dollar and cents of this whole thing to the bottom line and rightly so. Residents will be have interest in targeted demolition and we should put all the information that Nancy rightly detailed out there. But if you just think about like I don't want to get lost what Nancy had said the this
council made an agreement in 2017 2018 to fund um affordable housing for these scattered sites. They thought it'd be 1.9 million. We got the bill this year. The bill was $5 million. Right? And if you think about with an affordable housing fund of just over a million and
uh what that would have done, we just had the budget hearing with that would have done to our budget that we had um go out and bond for that entire amount. Um I really want to credit N the burough administrator and Jack our attorney because they really went to work with council's guidance and that number that
you're seeing now at 2.6 million. You could imagine how much that work that took to get the down from 5 million to 2.6 million. There was aspects that Nancy talked about the demolition and the changes to the aesthetics that we agreed to, but we also took the time asked for the financial documents which
they um very kindly handed over, but we had them all audited, right? And then these were a series of negotiations and discussions over many months that got us to the 2.6 million. And if you think about the affordable housing number that I just articulated plus more funds that should be coming
into that account in the end probably only half the bond for a minimum amount actually which could be anywhere you know depending on what happened $600,000 to a metal dollar which is much more palatable for the burrow than the original $4 million delta that we would have had there. So, I don't want that to
get lost because there's a lot of work that went to really cut that bill in half thanks to the partnership we had with RPM and kind of having a really honest conversation, but it's going to be much more manageable with the bureau of finances. One other thing to add, I think it's a
question. I think you mentioned that it was we also we also reached cap that amount. Yes. Our cap's tremendous because I think the original agreement was on cap. That's correct. Not only did you get the amount down, but we don't have to sit here ringing our hand worrying that, oh, they're going to come
back in a year with another million dollar twice or something. Yeah. And on top of that, if the last thing demolition work ends up being less than 700,000, we'll get that money back. And we there's another financial avenue for
us to hopefully get money back as well. And Jack and I have been meeting with RPM every two weeks for the last years. Yeah. But um and then Marinel from um
he's been Yeah, we have he was here for the um did the announcement of a pilot for and so he's been a great help from the financial perspective and our plans been, you know, been very cloer. Well, and I think the other thing that
shouldn't get lost is the difference in how many new homes we're going to end up with, uh, compared to, if you've noticed around surrounding us, so many big developments going up because they are letting builders build their affordable housing. And in order to do that, you
have to get quite a few extra market units. you know, with our small community, we were trying to only build what we needed to build and to build it um within the downtowns, so they're not
set aside and everybody knows that's the, you know, it's part of the to become part of the community. Um, so we have these scattered sites that fit better into what our downtown looks like than having something off in the woods.
Thank you all. All right. So, so we move the ordinance. Any other comments on it? All right. Um, did I get a second? I
second it. Okay. All in favor? I have to abstain. One abstension. Yeah. only due to the fact that I'm employed in an industry that has a conflict of interest for issuing
bonds. Well, now we have resolutions 2594 through 25108. [Music] Um I don't think there's anything here that we haven't discussed. I did have
um Oh, okay. um in uh 101 a change order for a full management company. This is for up to receive $20,000. I wanted to just make it clear
what this is. It is to uh pay for lifeguards for the swim team for swim and parties. And this was not anticipated. uh the right departments did not know that they had to provide this prior to the big goal. Um but I also want to
point out that there will be income because those are all coverable, right? And then the second one is 106 um seven school fees. Um there are two different fees. Uh the school has a new
birth that they'll be doing uh over the month of June that is going to cost um proposing $200 an hour that cover the lifeguards because the pool is closed at the time. So they'll be the only one there. So they have to bear the whole front of that. But then when private
parties happen during the time that the pool is open, it would all be $100 an hour, which offsets the additional responsibility on the lifeguard plus all that. Okay. Did we get the um clearance? So I was going to say that
has to be removed. Just put that off. Could you take that one? Yeah. say um anything else you can do that but not being adopted
roll call Mr. Brady, yes. Mr. Yes. Mr. Mr. Yes. Yes. Mr. Vino, yes. All right. Um, update. I attended the
intergenerational prom on May 2nd, which is always a fun event um that the students put on for seniors in the school districts. So, um, thank you to all the people that worked on that. Uh we did have Rich and I and Nancy met
with um Advanced Realy to talk about Quimby and see where we're going from here. So we are waiting for them to get back to us. So hopefully we'll have something for you soon on that. Um and I had a safety campaign committee meeting with
Captain New Town and we're working on some initiatives to try and slow down distracted driving and people speeding in town. Um the Somerset Somerset Hills Educational Foundation had a uh partnership event where they invited
several businesses and myself were kind of in the mixer because they're looking they are really doing a great job. This foundation a lot of fundraising and now trying to get the businesses involved in the sweet events and
projects. Uh I attended Mayday at the Turf Field for the Mountaineers. I think that was a pretty successful beer garden was a big success, but anybody else was there. Yeah. No, I think they were doing um Nancy and I had a meeting with
Anthony Davis who's the producer for Viewpoint, which is a kind of a podcast hosted by Dennis. Uh no, it's TV show. Yes. PBS on PBS. And we had an interview with him. They
were looking for small towns that have business opportunities and so we haven't heard back. Don't know if we're going to be featured, but it's kind of a fun thing. And I love Dennis. We'll see. But it was nice that
we made the list of people that he wanted to talk to. So, um I attended last week the New Jersey Conference of Mayors conference. Um the title was State Street to Main Street. Uh it was one of the best ones they've had that
I've been to. Uh we had sessions on AI, media relations, legislative issues, um new revenue sources. They had all the guminatorial most of the guminatorial candidates um in a in a panel
discussion. Um they also had Governor former Governor Christie and D. Francesco Cesco um doing a a Q&A which was really you know in the state relationship with mayors. So it was a great conference. Um we had another affordable
housing committee meeting and Jessica is going to help us out in that. Yesterday we had a fabulous Memorial Day parade. I know Spursville News covered every town but ours but that's okay. They did have a picture of our speaker. We got a picture of uh Taylor
Taylor Wong who did a great job and it was it was such a gorgeous day and I I mean that's the biggest crowd I've ever seen on Sylon. So thank you all for attending. Um and then as Carrie
mentioned actually I'm doing it Friday because Friday is the mayor's challenge. So they asked mayors to you know take the challenge. So four o'clock on Friday, I'm going over the edge of the park building in the
Meadowlands. 21 stories. If I'm not back, yes, my husband said he's coming with a mop and a sponge. But yeah, so thank you for mentioning that because I think it'll be fun. Um,
also the mayor from town is doing I think the bars may but that's where it is. So yeah, hopefully it won't rain. And that's my report um administrator's report.
Okay. Um for talk about the walking path at the pol. Unfortunately, the pro is slower than we had anticipated. Um the site has been emptied for several days when we should have been um
[Music] about. So we told him that uh it needed to be substantially complete for graduation 17 the annual graduation. Um but the engineer is exploring all the
options that are legally available to us and this is as we have repeatedly said the downside of a lot of good. Yeah. they just didn't come, you know, and I think what we've found to find when you do that, what a lot of these
contractors do is they accept several jobs and then they start yours and then they go and start another one. Then they come back and you're and they have multiple projects going because it's less expensive for them and they, you know, they exactly and then everybody
suffers because they never finish. And so, uh, there was someone today that the engineer spoke to who said they were working on another job. Exactly. Yeah. But he's going to look at
the seed and see how long it to um, you know, to finish the Yeah. So um and also nothing against uh Van Clee or jail but you know that Sunday
having come here you know every single day if he if he tell you but um good news farmers market is open on Saturday 91 and uh I believe cousin's main lobster truck will be
there which is very um with returning vendors on day one. Um I actually uh recruited from um Scott Plains. Apparently there was no
more room than Scott Plane Farmers Market and so this hot sauce vendor was open. So I kind of come here. Yeah, we will maybe even be here for the opening
day. So, looking forward to that. Um, I did want to talk about several of you who were here will remember about a couple years ago we got a grant to install a sidewalk on B Avenue. um project that we have not been started and under a time
constraint, but there is a more immediate need uh for the money and we believe that the sidewalk in front of the train station is a much more urgent um repair. And so we'd like to ask the OT to allow us to uh reallocate
repurpose grant and use it for the train station sidewalk. Um, and I'm talking about the monu, both sides of the wall, not the one at the train station. Um, so we've done some rough calculations and we
estimate that that will cost us somewhere in the neighborhood of $80,000, but the grant is for $225,000. So we'd like to add in the new sidewalk on Child Road that you had already approved. Um the attack like you'll remember that the couch installing
crosswalks ramps and uh a flashing beacon and then we're putting sidewalks on a portion of it from 20 um from 202 but it ends at the Somerset Hills condo association entrance and goes back to where the sidewalk already
exists. Um you just adopted the capital order so we can't actually put $100,000 in there. We estimate it cost 110. Um so if you agree with this and we combine the projects and DOT allows us to do that and then we can save that
$100,000 use the grant money for it. Um both of the projects would increase pedestrian safety. Um they're two pretty busy areas. Uh I'm guessing where those affordable housing uh need Dixon houses are if those have
if those kids are in school they're going to if they cross through a few I'm not sure but that would be a way to high school the sidewalk. So there's a a lot of kids from take the train from Bar Hills [Music]
and Pack and Benster to come to the high school. So, you know, to increase the city on the sidewalk, people going to our downtown vendors. Um, you know, it's in bad shape. Yeah. Actually, I believe it was Charlie who worked to my
attention something from two years ago, didn't you, Charlie? further downward. So we start and end where those um pavers are at the end of the time. Yeah.
So it'll all be consistent instead of chopped up different things. Although the paper that they have that's one of the biggest regrets. Yeah. Yeah. So if you agree we'll apply for modification.
Yeah. Never get the other one done in time. we're going to get that and we if you say okay and they agree modification then um
um next month we would ask you to do resolution to apply for a sixmon extension I I feel like we could get these two projects done but an extra six months will be helpful because I don't know how long they're going to take the massage thought.
So is that I do think for the child's uh project because there were a few of the members of council that's what Russell man was talking about that we had a map of that last year might be good to just share it particularly with yeah Richard if you didn't because I think it was
before you okay and then uh the mayor just mentioned we had a brief Memorial Day event yesterday. So, I just wanted to thank you for being there. Yeah, it's my pleasure to be there. Um, I just want to thank the
obviously the VFW and all the veterans who not only for coming but for their service. Um, Tom Sylvia for his work, the new recreation director, Kevin Murray, the DPW director, Rob Pel, who foreman couldn't happen without them
like DPW, they know where everything goes. They brought the flags. They they they blocked the road. Um and and Zach Wek was our announcer the one of our daddy to be just tell him it's can
not I think he said can you Um in it we worked with DOT to get the currents flow the road and our fire department made them fire department have a nice participants.
So it was great as you said I think it was the biggest crowd. This is my third parade that I've been to here and still had the biggest part of it. Yeah. And then the last thing I want to say is that the pool opened Saturday, but it
was terrible weather. So Saturday only three people went and Sunday nobody went and Monday 38 people. I'm counting kids under 13. These are all people that had sw the main streets were completely
empty. So yeah 38 people were there. I mean this coming week isn't so good but eventually start people start going so they recreation and DVW work really hard to um you know get the pull in shape and
for everybody who who is a member look at the women's showers because they actually tile you know like old fashion co things because they're behind the wall and there's just a nice gray and white really
[Music] One thing in the farmers market, it's now recreation is now did doing the work with the the vendors and doing so the all the background work and um because
uh English Maline English had decid you know she wanted to retire um so she is really handling down the volunteers on Saturdays and making sure that there's people there and has a good group of volunteers. I'm sitting right here and
uh but Tom has has put in a lot of time and effort Sylvia in getting it organized and and taking over that. He spent a lot of time with Maline and I think uh he gets a lot of credit for working on that at the same time.
And the other the other thing I wanted to you know that we didn't study on the five corner where Mound Claremont and let's see all come together so long ago we had ride and
same streets or whatever come out and do a whole plan and then it went to the county engineer and it's been there for a very long time. So, I did, one of the commissioners was at the mayor's conference, so I did speak to her directly and hopefully we'll move that
along because the county has to approve it and I think they have to pay for the whatever the signage and funding because we want it there. So, because that intersection is just the worst. All right. Um, I need a motion to
accept the monthly reports. Um, I'll second. All in favor of business. I don't think we have any responses. Any unfinished business? We have some new business. Uh
these are all the things we have to do for RP to yes convey the properties. We can do that by resolution. So that's Yes. Okay. But we do them all separately. So um somebody let's see where do we need
I move that resol please yes yes Mr. Trader yes yes Mr. right now. Yes. Uh, next resolution. Oh, this is uh Yeah, because
uh the chief's retirement date has changed. So, we're no longer meeting a officer in December as of June 1st. Yeah. So, it it is delayed. Uh we're hoping, you know, just a month or two due due to a hold up in the division of
um pensions. So we rewarded the res just to say that um Captain Dutell will become officer retired chief retirement. That's good. Yeah. Perfect. All right. Back to you and be adopted.
Roll call please. Mr. Yes. Mr. Trainer. Yes. M. Yes. Mr. Romero. Yes. All right, we have another open session if anyone in the public would like to be heard. Yeah,
I think we know. Hi, it's Carrie Hazel again. I have a question because I it seemed and I could be just wrong on the way things work. some of the um ordinances that were introduced. You asked whether anybody
would like to be heard on them, but then I was learning a lot of new information about the um the bond issue and there was no we didn't ask whether we could if we had any questions or anything to say on so we e maybe we missed that or it's
just not allowed. But some questions arose or things that I wanted to clarify. You know what? This week we delayed it till we're carrying it over till June. I can't make that meeting. It would be possible. Ask a couple questions. The things that you said today. Okay, great.
Thank you very much. Um, first thing that came to mind when I heard about the targeted um, demolition was the sewer directly across the street. So, I mean, there was a lot of discussion about how the buildings were going to be monitored. That would be the one that I'd be the most worried about because
it's ours and it's it's really critical to our functioning. Yeah. So, um are there any special um inspections that are going to be taking place just to make sure that whatever they're doing with the rocks across the way don't impact that sewer? You know, that that
is a concern. Um, secondly, the changes to the aesthetics on the the building that's going to be on Mine Brook Road. I just don't know what they're think might be a better way than Wait, I
wouldn't say that the aesthetic. No, they're not changing the um the design. They're using a different material that looks the same but doesn't look so we because there was a lot of discussion about trying to make that building more attractive. Yes. And so I would like to not lose that if possible within the
the not the look. It was simply because I think they were trying to match the same color but of a different material that looks the same but costly. So all the work to get that building because we have to go they back and go through the whole
Okay. Okay. Um and then thirdly just um to go back it seems like we owe we we gave them the land. Correct. Because it was our land and that was part of the deal. Then on top of that, we owed them and we knew we were going to owe them a contribution that we thought was going
to be 1.94 million, right? But for whatever reason, we put a cap on that and then a lot of time went by and they had the ability because there was no cap to come and say, "Well, now we're at $5 million." And then everybody got to work
to try to make that less. Um, should there have been a cap in the first place on that previous council, previous mayor? Can't answer for them. Okay. Okay. Yes. But
yeah, but there's going to be hope more more deal to to not have builders remedy and so we'll know on the front end with discounts there. But just to that I mean you're right. We gave him the land and don't know why I mean again none of
us were on there at that time but like don't know why we would then have also paid for this additional amount to actually have the bill. So that was part when we got the information part surprises. Yeah. Okay. And then lastly, just
something that you said out because you were talking about you you were you were getting a lot of information out very quickly and trying to, you know, be as uh good with time as possible, but I thought you said that it seemed like we might only need to bond for $600,000 to
a million dollars. Could you run through the reasoning on that? Yeah, there's already a million dollars. What's the exact amount in the trust fund? It's 1.1 I think. 1.1, right? So 1.1 million we it's smart to bond for the full amount right now. We don't ever have to spend
that if we need it. Um we have other obviously like there's an affordable housing um payment as part of Palmer project if that does go through. Uh so if we do get additional affordable housing funds inside of that affordable housing fund,
additional money inside the portfol the building next to the firehouse they they are making a contribution as well. The one that's on right that is is being done but but every time we need to pull from that we we lose from our trust fund the things that we're hoping to be able to buy land
going forward. No different trust fund. No. Yeah. No. The affordable housing trust fund. Yeah. No, I know it's but we have the affordable housing trust fund that we if we want to keep h from having we would be using that to buy land and
land is very expensive and some sometimes you know like it it's just like there's there's going to be a hole there because because of the fact that it wasn't planned for your legislators. Yeah. Okay. Um, so you think that that we
might not have to pull on all of that. And I think there was one other thing. I'm just trying to go through this. Um, no, I guess I mean that's that's primarily No, those are good questions.
Thank you. Yeah. And there will be Well, you're not going to be here, but you know, we may hear other things from the public and Jim as well. All right. Where are we? Um, anyone else in the
public? No. Okay. So, then we are at close session. Do I have a motion for executive session? To executive session to consider personnel matters and attorneys
and we will not be coming back out. No. Dr. Good. Okay. All second. All right. All in favor?