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Part 1 (Video ID: OH9WgbTNHXA):
- 00:01:10: Meeting Commences, Roll Call, and Open Public Meeting
- 00:03:04: Presentation: Bloomingdale Free Public Library 100th Anniversary
- 00:08:31: Early Public Comment: Property Taxes and Estimates
- 00:09:08: Public Comment Question 1: Tax Estimate Questions
- 00:15:17: Town Events and Updates, Senior Center, and EMR
- 00:26:46: Fer Street Intersection Repair and Fireworks Sponsorship
- 00:28:42: Resolution and Payment of Bills Approval
- 00:29:41: Late Public Comment: Street Sweeping on County Road
- 00:29:59: Public Comment Question 2: Street Sweeping Inquiry
- 00:31:21: Late Public Comment: Groundbreaking Ceremony Enthusiasm
- 00:31:21: Public Comment Question 3: Referendum Tax and Enthusiams


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Good evening everyone. Tuesday, May 819, 2026 7 p.m. This is a regular meeting agenda for the governor to the flag. Please stand. I aliance to the flag of the United

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States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Roll here. Council Broner

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>> here >> woman >> here >> here. >> We also have municipal clerk Brianna Smith administrator Michael Smar and Attorney Don Sulliv. This meeting is called for pursuant of

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the provisions of the open public meeting law. Attitude notice of this meeting was advertised to Herald News on January 9th, 2026. Copy provided to the local news media to post it continuously in the municipal building. A copy of this notice is

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available to the public and on file in the office of the municipal clerk. As first day fire code, I am required to acknowledge that there are two emergency exits in this council chambers. The main entrance would you enter through and secondary exit to the left of where I

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enter. If there is an emergency through the door downstairs and out there any questions, please raise your hand. Seeing none, uh we do not have any non-aggenda items tonight. I am going to

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add in before we go to early public comment. I'm going to have a presentation to the burrow of um free public library. They are celebrating their 100th anniversary as a library in

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the burrow. So join me. That's amazing. Okay. Well, it's an honor for us to present this proclamation to you guys. Bring you guys up in a minute. Just want to talk about the honor of this for myself to be the chair of the 100th

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anniversary of and before we're 100th anniversary of the fire department. So, I know what you guys are feeling today. Great. And now celebrating our library.

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So the last two guys come up here and if you don't know Liz is our president of our library board is our library and Jenn is our library. >> So what I will say is the library is

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such an incredible resource for our community. I have people say to me sometimes, "Oh, wait. People are going getting books out of the library." Yes, people still get books out of the library. But more than that, it's it's a place for community. It's a resource.

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And I just want to take a moment to commend our library director and the staff because they really do do a phenomenal job. And I can speak firsthand when we go down and do the kids officers come down

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the kids but it is a very busy library. We might do a little but we're busy which is which is hand. So I'd like to read the proclamation of the federal recognizing celebrating University of the Blue Free

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Public Library. Whereas the Blue Free Public Library was established in 1926 to serve the residents of the Blooming with the Foundation position for free access to information, ideas, and

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resources. in where for the past hundred years that's amazing. The blue free public library has served as a part of our community acting as a lovely hub for lifelong learning literacy community

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gatherings for all residents of all ages. And whereas the library has evolved from its early root to become a modern technology hub providing essential digital resources engaging programs and initiatives learning

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experiences that meet the change changing needs of the burrow of Bloomingdale's residents and whereas the staff volunteers and board trustees of the Bloom Public Library have showed tirelessly dedication to fostering love

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of learning for growth and connection. action and maintain the environment and courtesy and inclusion. Whereas the 100th anniversary for centennial marks a historic milestone in the burough's history

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will last and value community investment and public knowledge and civic engagement. Now therefore, it be resolved that the mayor council of the burrow of Bloomingdale to hereby extend your sincere congratulations to the free

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public library on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. Be you further be proud that the burrow of Bloomville commends the Bloomale free public library for its century of service and encourages all residents to participate in the upcoming centennial

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celebrations and continue utilizing this invisible resource. We have further resolved that this proclamation be officially recorded in the minutes of this council in a copy presented to the free public library leadership as a token of

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congrat. So as mayor I congratulate you on this research milestone. So here's your thank you for all you do for our community and I know your staff is always very busy. So thank you both.

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Hold on. I like I like >> how in your bag. >> Okay. Um motion public comment come up. Um, what do you tax for? >> Okay. Can you hear me? How much county

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school tax agenda item >> estimated taxes are? >> Yes. >> We do have the certified for months. The school we just got there for

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estimated 1942 322. They're at looks like couple but that won't be introduced was introduced and then myself and tax collector

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the CFO s what we think the estimate should be for the third quarter and then the county in the meantime certify everything and give us the final rate and we'll use that for the fourth quarter and we use that for the first

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two quarters next 12,927. It's not paid monthly. >> No. >> Yep. >> Not like that. You have That's the new that's coming

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in October. >> We paid half that half or just over half up front. We had a savings of $4,000 savings. And then on page 17

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$1034. Yes. I'm looking at what I have here tax last year 25 was5,939,376 was the county with tax with the county and their county based question

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4.18 by my calculations year on year 5.8% % increase total rate that align you see >> that's about right yes >> and about 22 that would be school take >> correct

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>> so then the county and 36 >> the difference yeah so I just want to make sure we're aligned because if I get questions president I want make sure I'm getting the same answers >> ours ours would be higher than the >> county

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at the 5050 something just >> okay the school portion of the total >> let the tax come back here thank you see no one else motion close all

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>> in favor I before 375 county down at 47. came for um they have they're having training

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for registration is June 26 it cost $150 classes are mostly Monday Friday, uh, two Saturdays from 8 to 2:00 p.m. Three day classes will be 6:30 p.m. to

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10 p.m. And there's a cost $150. If you're want to register, sign up again 2011274 5373

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and for the the senior center they uh June 9th the second Tuesday of every uh month is their uh health screenings from 2 to 12

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p.m. at the uh at the fire house. Um and you don't need to uh register for that. Um they still have their um the

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nutrition center still the menu is available online and uh they still have again their um the calendar their calendar is chair

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the walking club is um is active every Wednesday they meet to walk at 9 And there's a lot of classes available and also they go and I encourage anybody

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to go online or um to register for their class. >> Just just for EMR is a low level care. So they can stabilize the patient before a higher level.

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So it's the beginning of the coming tonight for me commission is sponsoring red white andale for businesses as well as for residential homes to decorate their house in celebration 250th anniversary.

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So look for that. You can see the sign up sheets floating around various places including on social media. So what for decorate the town preparation for July

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celebration I'll jump in. I was say that the learning board meeting for May has been cancelled and the summer camp registration is open on the correct that's still available

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for weeks or full seven and I am sure that councilwoman Hagen will comment on camp excellent time my daughter and I know a lot of other families did as well. So thank you for stand the

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um environment participated in the town cleanup which was held this past weekend. uh have nice turnout and you also table set up with some local partners

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and we members of course for the environment >> board of health again having their men's health extravaganz June 6 a.m. intention that every second Tuesday of the month

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wellness screenings here the library is celebrating their 100th tomorrow from 6:30 all ages celebrating their hundth with Winn the also cheering

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events. Memorial Day the 25th is the parade kicking off at 9:00 a.m. It's going to be from public reminder that the course on Monday will be the bur the day clean up great. We had plenty of

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groups that went in and cleaned up the area. We had individual senior from high school getting volunteer hours in to groups of the the soccer group over 30 people. So, it really was a great thing.

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Um, and our camp out was amazing. We had 12 families sign up. Um, people started arriving between 5:30 and scouts were there to help set up tents. Mayor Dave um we're setting up in Cornwall and

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the kids just had so much fun. Tug of war with everybody and uh s'mores and flashlight tag. But the two kids who lasted the longest were four years old. But it was the parents saying it was just such a nice safe environment. Thank

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you so much for the the local PD for coming in throughout the night checking on us, making sure that we were safe. Uh the scouts again would not have been able to pull this off without us. They were very instrumental in helping maintenance and also uh setting families up with their tents. We had two families

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who've never done this before. They went out and bought them and the scouts were right there to help them take them up and take them down. Uh food donations, but bagels would knock on their door and they donated some bagels for us and quite a few salsa donated food and traps

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and whatnot. But as every family left they want to know about for next year. So it was a great idea, Mayor your >> you guys did a great job. I say first being I didn't stay. I mean Jen and Dave >> and Dominic

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>> Dominic they all stayed overnight. I was fortunate to go home around 10:30 come back in the morning. But it was a great event and just watching the kids and the expressions and the parents and the tug of war between the the scouts and the kids and the mothers and the kids and it

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was just just fun. And then when we got the fire pits going, everybody really behaved themselves in a safe way. You know, it it really nice even weather. We couldn't ask for better. It was it was good. >> And then we have town garage sale coming

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up June 6th. No fees. We festival is the 13th of June. live band, music, vendors, that should be fingers

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cross >> and projects up there. lines senior center date remember the heat broke on that unit got

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money out of this that we did this bond to place the HBA there all the equipment and you're going to talk about Fer talk about the the borrow that the

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became sustainable New Jersey they got involved about a year and a half ago said accreditation became a member of that and this year they applied for a grant and they were awarded the grant uh through the BSC and G foundation for $2,000

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they were to get into lake and back some of the cails and stuff like that in there >> doc should be going in hopefully week in June last I heard from the do and I'll close out I'm not sure everybody knows

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what's on there right behind the playground to the widest area with a plank go out to the dock itself the goong about 15 20

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around it so people will be able to get out on the lake and fish you know and I saw a picture the other day of somebody kaying which was pretty neat they want to get back against theator we put there the great it's moving the water so we're not

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getting that that stag that lays on top so that that reaction is very good at night when you see the all that. Um, you're done. >> Yes. >> Okay. Just touch on the Fer Street

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intersection Ferisure Place and Hike. I received an email that they might receive the same I forwarded to Mike. They are approving the funding as of the 26 at their next meeting. will start shortly after that to do that

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repair over there. Um, if you don't know, two vehicles hit the guard rail. One one week and I think another one a week or so later hit the same guard rail. So, there is some damage underneath. So, that's why it's taken so long is have engineering plans done for

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it to do the repair. So, hopefully that project will will start um sometime in June and be prepared for traffic delays there because it's right in the main area of turn. Um the other thing the school had a

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groundbreaking I don't know if we talked about which was fantastic Charles um I thought that day went really nice when we did the um opening up turnout which I thank you guys for for advertising it's really nice and that project I believe is underway. I saw markouts all over the

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place and surveyors there. >> Yeah, I've seen the same. >> Yeah. So, it's it's going to start shortly. And also, we were hesitant about fireworks this year, but Mike and the school board were able to work out with Dave and everybody's help that we will be doing the fireworks, as Jen

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said, on the 27th. So, and that'll pick that'll help us celebrate the 250th birthday of the of the country on June 27th, which is fantastic. And yes, and just so everybody knows that um we reached out to Tiltcon. They

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are sponsoring the fireworks and paying for the fireworks themselves. So that is a great thing for our burrow. So it'll be a nice night. Okay. Um that's pretty much all I have.

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Okay. Let's go to item eight. Resolution number 2026 5.7 consent agenda. We have a motion to approve the consent agenda. So move second. Any questions? Roll call, please. >> Yes.

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>> Catalano. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. Super. >> Yes. >> Yes. Okay. I don't have any pending items. Item 10, new business. Adoption of

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resolution number 20265.11, payment of the bill. So a motion to pay the bills. >> So moved. >> Second. Any questions? >> Roll call. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes.

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>> Hubert. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Okay. 11. Late public comment. We have a motion to open up late public. >> Second.

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>> All in favor? Anyone wish they come up? Last week, Linda Huntley 86. Last week, I was driving on Hamburg Turnpike by the Tilcon and I noticed our street sweeper was clean here. That's a county road. So, I know why we're doing that. So,

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that's my question. >> The way our our might correct me if I'm wrong, the way our contract reads for the sheriff service, we give one day a week. Whatever streets they want them to do for that one day. So it doesn't matter if they're on post lane, new pump turnpike, any other street, they they

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will go one day. So if they want to have our turnpike done, we'll do it. But it's just that one. We're not doing anything extra. They get x amount of hours on that day and that's it. >> Even though that's a county road, it's not their road. >> It's it's it's a county road. You're correct. And I'll be honest with you,

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sometimes we do our county road or we call them county, they come up and they come up and do it. Um but that's what Riverdale chose. I don't know what they have worked out at the county. I know for a fact when Tilcon used to be in the quarry, they're not there any longer. Used to see them going up and down here

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turf even parts of New Turf, but they're not there any longer. So I do not see their street speaker going up and down. But if Riverdale and part of our contract, we give them one day a week. What six they get there six or seven hours that we're in town and whatever we get done that six to seven hours we get

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that's from now until November 1st about >> October month. Okay. Thank you. You're welcome. Anyone else? >> You're only allowed once. Charles,

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>> I'm just gonna comment your comment. Charles Carbalo say um yeah, the groundbreaking ceremony really was so enthusiastic. Neither the architect, the project manager or the general contractor ever saw people come out to a groundbreaking ceremony that

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they've been at. So we really did a good job driving the enthusiasm to that event. >> Yeah, it was really nice for the the seeing the young families with the young kids and even some of the older kids that are currently in the burger school really supporting the project and coming

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out that night. It was nice. That was that was great. >> And so we are starting the project and the upcoming year does include the referendum tax increase. So it's built in. So even though you had estimated higher number the lower you have in the

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current form that we sent you is the total that public will be paying for that project. Thank you. >> Thanks appreciate it. >> All right. See no one else. A motion close by public.

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>> All in favor? >> Okay. Um we do have one matter of business of personnel in executive session but there'll be no action taken after. >> Okay. Do I have a motion to go executive?

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Second. >> All in favor? Thank you all.