e for e e do you want me to do the adequate notice thing again Greg or no Jen did it Jen did it okay that was all covered Jen started and Greg did okay so we'll just go right to uh flag
salute and head on I'm ready recording in progress welcome back we've concluded executive session and now on the public session of our meeting um I ask you all now to rise for the Pledge of Allegiance
to flag to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you the body work for this evening's agenda demonstrates the
blocking and tackling that is important to sustaining the operations of the township it is putting into place measures and proactively taking action to attract and retain capable employees and volunteers so that departments and Boards run smoothly that is to say
appropriately staffed with capable individuals and performing their duties well for our community members it is implementing agreements for the smooth operation of the newest affordable housing development in town as well as optimizing Revenue sources for the
township it is investing in Township assets to safeguard them and to promote the continued operation of the various departments and activities taking place in these facilities it's a variety of small and larger potatoes in the mix but matters which are all important
nonetheless so suffice to say we have a multiple number of burners on the stove running I'm delighted to report that this committee is feverishly cooking making what I believe are sound decisions on smaller but important matters the amus bushes and appetizers
if you will as well as keeping sight on the future main courses which require discernment in the months to come so let's get cooking with tonight's agenda thank you donuts and coffee in the back that was awesome committee reports if I may start
with uh committee Miku uh thank you mayor uh let's start with the library um the friends annual book sale starts Saturday March the 8th um early
admission is available at 7:30 before the uh before the library opens for $20 so mark that on your calendar March 8th Saturday um there is uh free income tax assistance Avail assistance
available um on Wednesdays through April 9 uh April 9th from 10:00 a.m. to 2: p.m. uh you can call the library uh for an appointment to see if you qualify for that assistance that tax assistance okay
um and always good to be networking all the time so I throw out there that the library is uh looking to hire an office manager and so uh check the library website if it's something that is interesting to you or someone you may know right uh we'll move on to the
environmental commission uh we can report since last meeting that a Grant application has been submitted uh to uh gain funds so the updating of the um the NRI can take place hopefully and that will be a way
to hopefully help accomplish that in support of the planning board and the the master plan and the like um and that's coming uh two years from now so um pay attention to the website um because uh the next phase of the
Shunpike restoration project um that tree plant project will be occurring shortly once we start breaking this weather we got the hint yesterday and today uh it spring will be coming so uh pay attention to that and uh great volunteer
opportunity uh the open space advisory committee did meet last week um and they uh remind us that there is the Rails to Trails or Trail day the National Trail days is April 26th so get your walking
or hiking shoes on and hit the chadam township trails and uh meet some of the open space committee because they'll be at the head of some of the Trails um and uh additionally um there was discussion on consideration of uh next uh projects and interests of the
open space committee and um there's nothing going forward yet other than the idea that uh are there ways to take advantage of utility right of ways uh to revisit something that has been knocked down often times but it's coming back and to see if there
may be opportunity there to enhance uh that relatively open space uh that's it for me I believe that's it thank you thank you committee M committee woman eal thank
you uh the senior center held their meeting uh they have been closed for renovations do we have an open date do you know okay we're we're hoping they'll they'll be open soon um but they're they already had already seen uh the division
the divider they put in the large room and it's amazing and it'll allow for a lot of additional um opportunities to host different events so uh already off to a great start so it'll be exciting to see the other changes that are coming through uh they will be celebrating
their 35th Anniversary and they'll have a celebration on June 6 uh they will honor their longtime volunteer Jim Connelly who recently stepped down as president uh but has been a dedicated and uh committed volunteer to the senior center and to many other organizations
in Chapman Township so I hope we can get uh residents to come out and join in that celebration and to honor uh Jim Connelly uh they will hold their uh shred event fundraiser will be on April 26 um at chattam Middle School um so hopefully you could support them then
and they are looking for new board members so if anybody's interested they can uh reach out to me through my Township email and I'll connect you with the right people um um Colony pool hasn't met yet we're hoping to meet tomorrow uh behind the scenes that advisory committee has been wonderful
providing input on the logr replacement which I know in terms of the feedback we got from residents uh that's definitely an area of focus uh they've also been working on organizing the band schedule uh and given input on a number of other things I'm hoping we'll have a new uh uh
mailer that goes out that looks beautiful because they had a lot of new wonderful pictures and a lot of great input uh The Colony fees are being approved today and the early bird special is scheduled to run through the end of March so please go ahead and take advantage of that um I'd also like to
thank the emergency Squad they had a wonderful celebration this past weekend which many of us got to uh join them uh honoring their um new uh board members that were uh elevated into their positions um and their um their squad uh
heads of the kind of the squad operations um so that was a wonderful celebration really need to see uh that group of volunteers uh they just have tremendous commitment and um long-term dedicated volunteers and we are really just so fortunate uh to have them they
also opened up their building on Sunday their new uh chadam Township building that's been under construction for a couple years now and we're hoping to have that open shortly uh they did an amazing job and you know it's it was um you know that is that property is owned by the um that building is owned by the
emergency Squad they ran a capital fund to uh to do the work um and then you know kind of live through that whole thing and that's above and beyond their volunteer work for the squad so uh they really have just done such an a phenomenal impressive J job and that'll
be an attraction for uh new members to join uh because it it really does accommodate uh those Volunteers in many ways so a huge thank you to them for all their uh work at the squad and for our community and that's everything that I have thank you committee woman e uh
committee woman Roland hi just a short update uh the red brick school house uh museum is open this weekend on Sunday from 2: to 4: um there's always new cool things that are donated to the museum that they have
there that come right from our neighbors you know people find things in their basements or their attics and they're really cool artifacts that contribute to the history of chadam so if you have an opportunity stop in thank you committeeman peritz thank you
mayor uh continuing on as uh committee woman you all laid out um uh the emergency Squad which is obviously very near and dear to my heart um uh revealed a few of the numbers of the number of calls that they've had over the course
of the year uh I'll kind of hold off on that and allow hopefully in the future for the president and the captain to come before us and give a more thorough report um but for those that uh spoiler a little bit it averages a little over three calls per day which the volunteers
all respond to um I'm always amazed by the number of second calls and third calls that also happen while the first call is out which requires many members myself included dropping what they're doing and running and helping out for those in needs um the theme of the night
was clearly uh the dedicated members uh and the people in their lives that allow them to do the work that they do uh to care for the community as much as they do and it's uh always a really terrific evening to celebrate um everybody that
contributes um the in addition to responding to calls they also do extensive CPR training for uh a lot of our residents our coaches our teachers uh our fire our police as well too um and uh it's it's just an invaluable
service of the emergency Squad who welcomes ters of all kind and uh i' kind of challenge everyone who's listening uh to consider volunteering for uh the squad and or one of our amazing fire departments as well it's a a commitment
that you won't uh regret uh and speaking of uh actually one other thing about the uh that evening uh they honored uh a lot of the members one of whom uh for 20 years of service but uh they have what's basically called a
Hall of Fame award award uh which is named after a longtime member dick Richards uh and the recipient of that was Steve Davenport uh who I can personally say uh has done a tremendous amount for the Emergency Squad throughout his 20 years of service uh in
many roles uh president Captain uh and many other roles as well too uh highly deserving and uh congratulations to Steve uh speaking of the fire department as well too um Mr McHugh mentioned how warm it's been but uh for the two days
prior it's been particularly cold in chadam and while those of us that like to sit behind a fire or with a blanket the uh brave men and women of the uh chattam Township Fire Department use that as an opportunity to be out on
lakes and help uh train uh through frozen pond scenarios and rescue operations as well too um so I just commend their dedication and their service and and all the they do uh as well to keep the residents of chattam Township very safe uh they as well are
looking for members uh so please consider uh joining and knocking on their door I'm sure they would welcome a conversation uh and then in terms of recreation The Joint Rec committee is meeting tomorrow night uh so an update in the future on
that that's all peritz thank you very much I will cover things that have not been addressed at at this point um three elements Civic academic and athletic uh which I think is uh collectively just a testament to the
strength of our community and our school systems uh I'd like to give special recognition to two Eagle Scouts who have attained that um esteemed honor uh troop eight of chadam on February 8th honored um Benjamin bernich who had constructed a Bachi court for the senior center here
at Myersville uh and and Daniel uh sovich uh who whose project supports uh the beekeeping Club of chadam by building a swarm box system uh to Foster Hive Hive Health uh so congratulations to those young men for achieving uh a
rare distinction uh a uh athletic um chatt and boys girls swim teams that won the state Group B championships uh Championship so hats off to those two teams uh for uh an astounding
accomplishment same goes to the chadam girls basketball team with a record of 26 and two they uh um fought valiantly in the Morris County Tournament final ultimately succumbing to Morris Catholic who was ranked number one the state but
chadam had done a superb job this season so hats off uh to that team as well uh seven chadam High School seniors have been recognized as National Merit Scholarship finalists a an esteemed distinction uh top 1% of students
nationally uh who take the exam U or are recognized potentially for this award James Lee ishir ra Ezra Tian Brooks Wang Ishida yadov Gabrielle yanoda and Wesley zartarian uh so congratulations to those
young uh men and women um and that's it for my report so that concludes uh committee reports uh on to the first hearing of citizens Mr lanti could you kindly provide guidance as to how the first hearing of citizens shall be conducted members of the public are now
welcome to come up to the microphone to address the township committee this is an opportunity for any member of the public to be heard about issues which are not topics scheduled for public hearings tonight those present May step up to the microphone to be heard if you are watching via Zoom you may speak
during any of the public comment sessions by following the zoom instructions to raise your hand whether in person or online when you are recognized to speak please mind the following procedures please say your name spell your last name and give the name of your street you do not need to
give your street number all public comments will be limited to 3 minutes rather than use any of your time answering questions the township committee will wait until you finish speaking before responding there are two public comment sessions on tonight's
agenda each member of the public will be limited to one comment of up to three minutes during each public comment period written comments submitted to the Township Clerk before 3 p.m. today will be read during during the public comment sessions written comments are subject to
the same guidelines as oral comments duplicative written comments may be summarized rather than read and full according to guidelines issued by the New Jersey Division of local government services and we do not have any written comments uh thank you Mr lanti at this
time I invite members of the public to uh approach to mic I see no one approaching the mic this time so I I thank everyone and uh would like to close the first hearing of citizens and there are no hands raised on Zoom either oh thank you Mr lant
Right um next on our agenda is a public hearing and Adoption of ordinances um I shall now open public hearing for ordinance uh 202-02 cower lease Mr shotti could you provide a
brief yes summary sorry I was just uh deliberating with the attorney on something um so the existing cell tower that uh is located uh on the DPW property had a lease that uh expired or is expiring and so we went
out to bid uh we solicited uh some very good quotes uh through the bidding process and we are making an award to gck uh for the wireless communication lease uh this evening and it would actually be getting us a um a higher
rent than we've been getting before as well as an uh upfront initial payment as well so this is a win for the township as far as the public is concerned it's not going to change uh in in terms of appearance or it's not going to change anything uh that would affect visually
or operationally it's a continuation of that existing cell tower thank you Mr shotti um Mr lanti do we have anyone online uh no we don't have any hands raised I invite members of the public to
come before the microphone I see no one so I shall now close the public hearing at this time I now ask if there's a motion to uh adopt ordinance 20252 cell tower lease so I moved do I have a second I'll second wonderful I
now open up to for discussion amongst committee which we already had at the workshop and yeah I think can close now close discussion for committee I'd like to take it to a vote Mr lanti can I get a roll call please mrtz yes Mrs ewal yes
Mr McHugh yes Deputy Mayor Roland oh you couldn't hear can you not hear me hear you now yeah and mayor Troy yes motion passes uh next ordinance 2025-the
uh both hourly salaried part-time seasonal um it does not actually set the salaries it sets ranges for them the governing body every year based on the budget that is considered sets the salaries by way of a resolution so you'll still have an opportunity to do
that this just creates parameters and uh when I put this together uh the last time which was in 2022 I did it with the intent that it would take us through about 2025 2026 and it has uh and looking ahead so that way we're proactive uh my intent is that this
ordinance will take us through to 2028 and the analysis that I put into this was not only just looking at existing uh salaries for present employees but what new hires are are uh coming in at what municipalities around us uh in the county and the state are are looking at
and so uh this gives us the flexibility to hire uh and retain the best talent um with that though uh there was a typo that I just picked up on uh and I was conferring with our attorney uh it is
under part uh e paragraph e on part-time non-salaried position positions uh for the assistant pool manager and the assistant second assistant pool manager the minimum hourly rate is 20 and the maximum is 30 it was meant to say 20 and 60 uh that $10 is not enough to to cover
a possible variation in uh rates through 2028 so under e part-time non-salary positions assistant pool manager second assistant pool manager the minimum stays as 20 the maximum I'm asking is that that be adjusted to 60
since that is not a substantive change we can vote uh to amend and then you can vote to actually adopt the ordinance vote on the amendment and then vote that tonight I apologize for that no worries
D duly noted with that Mr Lan do we have uh open up the public hearing for ordinance uh 2025 -03 salary ranges Mr lanti No Hands raised I see no one uh in the audience
approaching the mic uh so I will close the public hearing um I now ask if there is a motion to amend uh ordinance 20253 salary changes as described earlier uh with
um uh par paragraph e uh assistant pool manager uh minimum uh uh remaining as stated $20 maximum to be amended to read $60 and the second assistant minimum 20 remaining the same and maximum being
amended to six from 30 to 60 I will make a motion to amend the ordinance as noted by the mayor do I have a second second mran roll call please Mr Al pertz
yes Mrs ewal yes Mr McHugh yes uh Deputy Mayor Roland yes and mayor Troy yes motion passes and uh we can now do a motion to adopt with that
Amendment do I have a do I have such a motion I make a motion to adopt 253 on the salary ranges as amended is there a second I will second
that Mr lanti roll call please Mr alperowitz yes Mrs eal yes Mr mq yes Deputy Mayor Roland yes and mayor Choy yes motion passes thank you Mr lanti uh ordinance
2025-the this uh ordinance uh makes just a few minor changes it incorporates the recreation committee into the admin and Personnel committee uh it also includes that the public utilities liaison will be part of that committee and it also
clarifies that the order of the agenda uh may be subject to change um based on circumstances of what's on the agenda thank you Mr shaani Mr lanti do we have anyone online uh we have one hand
raised Jessica you're live sorry that was a mistake okay we were so excited to hear from somebody feel free to share if you feel so inclined so I thought that was a very exciting
ordinance I invite members from the audience to approach a microphone I see no one stepping before the microphone so I shall now close public hearing is there a motion to adopt ordinance uh 2025 d04 bylaws update so
moved and I will second that Mr lanti Mr Al pertz yes Mrs eal yes Mr McHugh yes Deputy Mayor Roland yes and mayor Troy yes motion passes thank you Mr lanti uh ordinance 2025-the
mayor this ordinance will codify uh new requirement by the state that uh police officers are have an active license uh before police officers would be trained and go through the academy and they'd hold a certificate and once they've done that then that that was it uh recent
changes at the state level have now Required licensing for police officers and so we are um incorporating that same requirement into our ordinances for hiring and retention of police officers it's essentially staying in compliance and lock step with uh New
Jersey state statute correct Mr lante anyone online I see no one stepping up to the mic so I shall close public hearing um do I have a motion to adopt ordinance
2012-05 police licensing so moved oh second Mr lanti Mr Al pertz yes Mrs eal yes Mr McHugh yes Deputy Mayor Roland yes and mayor Troy yes motion
passes thank you Mr lanti our final ordinance for the evening ordinance 2025-the as it concerns private alarm systems uh to reflect the reality uh the ordinance that was on the books is older and that uh it was reflective of alarm systems
that required to be tied into police departments now a lot of them almost all of them are managed privately through uh third parties and do not tie into the police department uh and go through dispatch so this is updating that language to reflect the the current system of of
alarms thank you Mr shotti Mr lanti do we have anyone on line I see no one coming before the microphone um so I will close public hearing uh on this ordinance uh do I have a motion to adopt ordinance
2025-the yes and mayor Troy yes motion passes thank you Mr lanti introduction of ordinances we have two uh for this evening uh ordinance 20257 regulating the distribution of
unsolicited printed material thank you mayor and committee uh this ordinance uh comes to us through the liaison of the environmental commission give me minut few uh there's been discussions at the commission about uh the the litter uh and and remnants of
the litter that uh occur when unsolicited circulars are thrown into driveways at mailbox on lawns and sometimes uh even in the streets uh not only the litter of the the paper the printed material itself but also
sometimes the bags that they're in uh this ordinance regulates that to create a process by which uh people can uh opt out of that and so that way uh it's not just a freefor all of of litter in the streets and uh better for the
environment so uh it's an ordinance just for introduction at this point Thank you Mr shotti uh is there a motion to introduce ordinance 2025-the do we need to discuss is there uh opinions comments
that amongst the committee that would like to um actually if you don't mind I'll take a moment on that because I thought this was actually a uh a terrific example over the period of time where um the environmental commission
was thinking about something makes some introduction some residents had some uh some ideas um the uh administration had ideas the committee had ideas and it's really uh for the benefit of the residents this is actually government
working uh this is not the most Earth shattering ordinance to be introduced however uh it is something uh from a uh a life isue that the process was really great to watch um even going back and forth where um you know some of our
former colleagues on the conservative Ultra conservative bent everyone was listened to on this and and comments were made and then Administration went down and and got some uh legal adjustments Etc uh this really worked out well so um if anyone watched the
process from uh you know the former mayor Ewald um working on this last year and then coming through to this year and the reintroduction by mayor Choy uh I thought this was just a terrific example of how Municipal govern government can really work effectively and include
everybody thank you committee M anyone else um not to be unconventional but um and not to put her on the spot but knowing that um the environmental commission chair uh had had raised a hand at one point I was wondering if she had wanted to comment
while we have this topic um up for discussion if the mayor uh if she's interested if the mayor is comfortable with that certainly happy to apply in event she would desires to do so hi thanks Greg this is Jessica Romeo Pine
Street um honestly I haven't had a chance to review it so I can't speak to it thank you I apologize for putting you on the spot I know uh you were very involved in kind of developing some of the the initiating of this so that's why I wanted to um give you no that's okay I
I forgot there was a meeting tonight and someone reminded me so I logged in so I did not do my homework I I am sorry oh no worry nobody gets everything but it came out really really good Jessica good I will read it tonight and this is just the introduction so there's still an
opportunity for public uh input that's great because we have our commission meeting next week so we can ask actually review it at the environmental commission thank you thank you thank you Jessica thank you committee one eald I will say this this particular ordinance has gone through
several iterations and uh sort of matured o over time through each iteration um it is a quality of life ordinance in in many ways and um uh an action taken by municipal government to
uh to affect that so with that unless there's uh any other further comments um I now asked to introduce ordinance 202- 07 regulating the distribution of unsolicited we we did already Mo we just
yeah oh shall I call the so we'll we'll close the discussion and we'll take a roll call Mr lanti Mr alowitz yes Mrs ewal yes Mr McHugh yes Deputy Mayor Roland yes and mayor Troy yes motion
passes and public hearing will be on March 25th thank you Mr lanti second ordinance for this evening is ordinance thank you mayor uh so this ordinance is one of those annual ordinances that comes up as part of the budget process
uh the budget has uh is still in the formulation process uh the finance committee has been meeting and uh we are nearing uh completion of the draft however uh one tool in uh every municipality's toolbox is this concept
of a cap and a cap Bank uh the state uh allows that um the cap can go up to 3.5 %c and you do that so that way anything that you don't use you can also cap uh Bank it in the event that you don't use it so we're saying that we're increasing
the the cap from 2.5 to 3.5 whether we use it or not that will deter you know be coming forth in the introduction of the budget but we like to increase that anyways that way if we don't use it you get to bank it for future years should there be an emergency and you need that
so that's what this ordinance does thank thank you Mr shotti I now EST as a motion to introduce ordinance 20258 cap Bank ordinance and I'm sorry Mary I just want to clarify I should always say this this
does not increase taxes I just want to clarify this uh you know the this deals with the Appropriations uh which is how much is needed to run operations however that ends up being offset by things like Revenue Surplus grants all these
different things so just by doing this does not mean that taxes are going up this is simply allowing the the township to say hey we want to have more room in our budget to increase Appropriations and what we don't use from that we can bank that for future years but that
expires after two years yes does not raise taxes thank you Mr shotty I move that we uh introduce ordinance 20 25-0 eight for the cap bank
and I'll second that thank you Mr lanti Mr eltz yes Mrs ewal yes Mr McHugh yes Deputy Mayor Roland yes and mayor
Troy yes motion passes and public hearing on March 25th I will open up for discussion amongst the committee for further comments questions above and beyond Mr Shah's uh earlier
comment one thing I would like to uh um uh inquire Andor state is we have to date not taking advantage or put into effect um the powers that are are vested in this ordinance in other words we have not gone beyond the original uh
appropriation numbers uh in and forced us to or put us in a position to take capitalize on this correct for this year's budget yes this year's budget we are still finalizing that I don't want to say yes or no but still working on that with the finance committee okay but
we are just for the benefit of the public and for the governing body we're hoping to make a presentation at the March 11th meeting of the budget that we are looking to introduce at the March 25th meeting uh so that way it could be adopted at the April meeting great okay Mr more coming on the budget
soon I'll take it uh any other comments questions so we've already voted on it so we're now we should now be moving on to the consent agenda so just so I'm clear though that was the introduction of ordinance Wentz a public Hearing in the uh Mar 25th March 25th for both of them so that's when we'll vote will be the public hearing and the final vote
Yes okay right well uh move on to uh approval of consent agenda uh is there a member of the committee who wish wishes to exclude any particular item from the consent agenda I would like to um car out resolution
2025763456 Mr yes Mrs E yes Mr McHugh yes Deputy Mayor Roland yes and mayor Choy yes motion passes great uh so with that resolution
2025763456 uh Somaya um to the township chadam zoning board uh is an individual that I would like to give uh some recognition uh I did meet with him and have uh a lengthy conversation uh he's a 14 plus year
resident he an accomplished corporate professional in the private sector with extensive Finance background um he is a individual who's raised his family here um uh and um successful individual who now uh is in a position and a a deep
desire expresses a deep desire uh to give back to community to serve as a volunteer um he's excited to uh serve as a member as an alternate on the zoning board uh he's uh incredibly intelligent uh and Exhibits high energy so I'm I'm
eager to Welcome to the zoning board and look forward to his contributions uh in that capacity so I will make a resolution to adopt 2025 d76 I'll second second mran Mr Al pertz yes
Mrs sewal yes Mr McHugh yes Deputy Mayor Roland yes and mayor Troy yes motion passes and with that appointment we still have one remaining alternate on the zoning board available so if anybody knows anyone that wants to volunteer and
uh participate on on zoning um please have them reach out to me or the mayor thank you Mr L I now open up the second hearing of citizens Mr lanti do we have anyone who wishes to speak online there are no hands raised on Zoom I invite anyone to approach the mic
and I see no one approaching the mic so I shall now close the second hearing of citizens I ask there as a motion to adjourn I move that we adjourn for this evening do have a second I'll second great all in favor hi hi hi
hi thank you and good evening thank you everyone I know Welly