##VIDEO ID:9dgzoiThJZs## December 16th 2024 regular session meeting of the cinus of Township committee is now called the order everyone please rise and join me in the flag salute Ali to the flag the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all this meeting is being held in accordance with the open public meetings ACT public law 1975 chapter 231 notice of this meeting was published in the Bronx County Times and a carrier post on January 8th 2024 uh rooll call Madam Secretary yes mayor Mr forer is absent Mr Migel here Mr seest here Deputy Mayor crra pres mayor cond here thank you uh right into committee liaison reports uh K hor Herer is absent so Mr seis public works thank you Mr Mayor crews are currently on schedule and collecting leaves in section three this is the final round of curbside Lea collection for 2024 as of as always residents can drop off leaves at public works at any time at 1601 Union Landing Road that's the first entrance uh to Public Works uh just a reminder when you're leaving leaves out for collection please keep all piles at least 10 ft away from any storm drains to prevent flooding Crews will be collecting real Christmas trees uh placed at the curb starting the first week of January and you continue to collect trees throughout the month trees are not collected by section and Crews will continue to collect trees on a rolling schedule trees won't be collected if they're fake um if they have lights or oraments on them and they cannot be placed inside a bag brush will not be collected at the same time and the holiday trash collection will be interrupted a little bit the change Wednesday December 25th no there's no trash collection section two section 4 and cinnamon Harbor will experience a one day delay in collection section 4 and cinamon harbor bulk will be collected on Saturday December 28th on Wednesday January 1st there will also be no trash collection section 2 section 4 And cinnamint and harbor will experience a one- day delay in collection and there's no no bulk collection scheduled for that week that completes it for me Mr Mayor thank you Mr seist um Mr Miguel Public Safety thank you Mr Mayor uh monthly report for November is as follows total incidents responded to by the police was 2275 total arrests made with 25 uh Total Property checks made with 814 total motor vehicle stops 230 total motor vehicle summonses issued 151 total DWI arrests were six uh Morgan Cemetery besides the average property check there was one noise complaint at 2 a.m. subjects were honoring their deceased family member it is part of the C their culture where they go to the burial site and play music at the burial site for the for the anniversary including the time to love one passed away they were moved on uh approved firearm permits six approved concealed uh Carry Permits three and temporary handicap permits issued was four and that concludes my report for this month Mr Mayor thank you uh Deputy Mayor Crable Parks and Recreation and Veterans Affairs thank you Mr Mayor um since this is our final regular session meeting of the year I just wanted to take the opportunity to thank all those who've contributed to this success of the events that we've been able to provide to our residents um I would specifically like to thank the efforts of our Public Works and our police dep Department as well as the continued contributions made by our staff and our volunteers I hope to see community activities grow and expand over the next year uh thank you Mr Mayor that concludes my report thank you Mr R and myself for administration Health and Senior Services I do not have a report for this evening um uh next on the agenda is a public hearing for ordinance 204-12 which is to amend the code of ordinances uh to amend the chap chapter 80 article four entitled anti-nepotism policy the proposed policy states that any person who is a relative of an elected official shall not be appointed hired employed or permitted to work for the Township in any unclassified position relatives of the department heads and unclassified supervisory employees may be employed by the township but may not report to or be supervised by said department head Andor unclassified supervisory employee said department head and or unclassified supervisory employee is prohibited from participating in any way in the hiring process relating to his or her relative in short the proposed policy permits a relative of an employee to be hired by the township as long as they do not report to the relative civil service positions are exempt from this policy uh may I have a motion to open open the public comment on ordinance 202 24-12 make a motion Mr Mayor to open up public comment on ordinance 204-12 thank you Mr McGill may I have a second I'll second it go ahead I'll second it uh Voice vote all in favor I I I nay abstentions okay public comment on ordinance 2024 -12 is now open please state your name and address for the record it's quiet yeah it's uh seeing no one come forward may I have a motion to close the public comment on ordinance 202 24-12 I'll make a motion to close public comment on ordinance 20242 thank you Mrs crille may I have a second I I'll second that Mr Mayor thank you Mr seagis a Voice vote please all in favor I I I NZ abstentions okay may I have a motion to approve approve ordinance 202 24-12 I'll make that motion Mr Mayor to approve 202 24-12 thank you Mr McGill may I have a second I'll second it Mr Mayor thank you Mr seus a roll call vote please yes mayor Mr Miguel I Mr SE iut mayor c i mayor I thank you um okay so that brings us to the consent agenda which only has a couple of items in it uh resolution 2024 -136 authorizes the change order final payment release of performance bond and establishment of Maintenance guarantee for improvements to the Ravenswood Park tennis courts project uh Township engineer Remington and Vernick has deemed that this project is substantially complete and recommends a change order reducing the original contract amount by $2,650 to a final contract amount of $1 $ 36,9 38.9 the final payment in the amount of $27 38.78 release of the performance guarantee in the amount of$ 139,000 58890 and the posting of a 2-year maintenance guarantee in the amount of 136,000 9389 the Chief Financial Officer and purchasing agent uh Julia Edmonson has determined that sufficient funding is available for this purpose and recommends that the committee authorized the final payment resolution 2024-25 the author to authorize the release of the performance bond and the EST establishment of a maintenance guarantee for Block 703 lots 28.1 and 29 Birmington and Vernick has deemed the project is substantially complete and recommends the release of the performance guarantee in the amount of $1 163,164 and the posting of a 2-year maintenance guarantee in the amount of $2,969 190 which represents 15% of the site improvements resolution 2024-the the renewal of shared services agreement with Bron County for snow removal services in an effort to enhance the efficiency of snow plowing and salt spreading throughout the county the township plows County Roads within a municipal boundary which is approximately 10 Mi of roadway the county reimburses the township for the service the rates will remain the same as the previous term Public Works superintendent Kevin gaun recommends the township extends this existing agreement for an additional three-year term through December 31st 2027 in resolution 20241 39 is to authorize and direct cinon Township planning board to cause a preliminary investigation to be made pursuant to the New Jersey local Redevelopment and Housing law as to whether certain areas along Route 130 North within the township are areas in need of Redevelopment or Rehabilitation the economic development committee recommends authorization of this action by the governing body to determine if block 2312 Lot 2 and block 230 2 Lot 4 are areas in need of Redevelopment or Rehabilitation the areas are located on Route 130 North and are commonly known as the mainline shopping center and the cinnamon and Diner shopping center and last but not least we have a raffle for St Mary's of the Lakes PTA on February 2nd 2025 and that's the end of the consent agenda uh may I have a motion to open public comment on the consent agenda items only I'll make a motion Mr Mayor to open up public comment on consent agenda items only thank you Mr McGill I will second that Voice vote all in favor I Nays abstentions okay public comment on the consent agenda is now open please state your name and address for the record ah oh you got in under the wire gav didn't hit Mike gos 100 Pell on the main line choing Center two question questions does that include the gas station yes it does okay and the old Food Market before there was somebody paying rent on there so other people could move it is that still Cas I believe that is and I believe if I'm not mistaken that lease is nearing its end okay um so they will it will the Redevelopment area that we're talking about is the entire of the mainline shopping center including the gas station and the entire of what's referenced here is the cinnamon and din shopping center I always called it Mainline 2 which is across way or Willow okay very good thank you behind the D hence the name how that works good evening Genie Francis 804 South Belleview Avenue I want to tell you that the new development the condos it's like living in hell thanks there something on the agenda it's too late okay seeing no one else come forward may I have a motion to close public comment on the consent agenda that's that oh I'm sorry we have one more oh go ahead come on is it for the consent agenda is it for the consent agenda yes I guess it would be what Genie was talking about that was that is not in the consent agenda okay okay seeing no one else come forward um may I have a motion to close public comment on the consent agenda items only I'll make a motion to close public comment thank you Mrs crille may I have a second I'll second that Mr Mayor thank you Mr Seager Voice vote All In in favor I extenstions nay okay uh I may I have a motion to approve the consent agenda I make a motion to approve the consent agenda as read thank you Mr mcel may I have a second I'll second thank you Mrs crille can we have a roll call vote please yes mayor Mr Miguel hi Mr SE hi Deputy Mayor crille hi mayor p i all right next is the approval of minutes we have the minutes from December 2nd 2024 and December 2nd closed session for 2024 may have a motion to approve the minutes of December 2nd 2024 and December 2nd 2024 closed Mr Mayor I'll make it a motion to approve the minutes for December 2nd and December 2nd closed thank you Mr seus may I have a second awes second thank you Mrs crel uh roll call vote Please Mr Miguel I Mr C i Deputy Mayor crra I mayor cond I thank you okay it's time to pay the bills may I have a motion to approve hold on up I have a motion to approve the bill list for December 16th 2024 I'll make a motion to approve the bill list Mr Mayor I have a second I'll second second thank you uh roll call vote Madam Secretary Mr Miguel hi Mr seag hi Deputy Mayor cille I mayor I thank you um and we have next is staff and professional comments do we have any comments from our staff or professionals this evening anybody out there on my iPad I get it I'm sorry God it's Santa Claus calling me he's bringing your coal I take coal it's worth it that the truth okay um with no comments from staff or professionals I may I have a motion to open public comment I'll make a motion to open up public comment Mr thank you Mr seagrist may I have a second I'll second thank you Mrs crille Voice vote all in favor I nay exstension okay public comment is now open please state your name and address for the record hello uh Eric Heyman Meltzer 117 bir strive I could have said this at the consent agenda comment but I just wanted to save it for the full public comment on I fully think resolution 2024 139 is a great idea um I think especially with round three with round four affordable housing obligations coming up quickly I know that you guys are going to have to pass that I Believe by January 31st I think if we're looking at Redevelopment of the mainline shopping center that could be a great place to possibly look at that for affordable housing I know there's been a lot of pressure on East riveron for affordable housing looking at affordable housing so I think that could be a great alternative I know that Morristown has done similar things you know they've turned the former Morristown Mall while much bigger than the mainline shopping center they've been doing a lot of affordable housing in that area so I think that could be a good balance as well with that as I as kind of my uh theme consistently that I just want to make sure that as we redevelop and construct along 130 or anywhere across the town that it's kind of works coincides with the environment because as we know uh raining a lot more or less or when it does rain it floods more so you know rain's got to go somewhere and more concrete there is uh more rain ends up flooding a lot of people's basements that kind of thing so I just hope that as we look into redeveloping uh Mainline Shopping Center that it's done coinciding with the environment as well thank you very much and have a merry Christmas happy New Year and happy holidays and you do the same Eric thank you good evening evening M sheeper 215 Front Street palara New Jersey speaking on behalf of the Civic Club of Riverton East Riverton pamar I want to comment uh add something to jeie statement I know the houses and everything is are getting built on Belleview what jeie maybe should have said a little bit more but I think the construction can be a little bit more maybe considerate of what's going on down there uh it's everybody knows that when you're building there's going to be construction everybody's going to be a little bit aggravated but I think somebody needs to come down here and maybe talk to the people who are building and stress that you know they're parking here they're parking there uh people cannot get out of their driveways they have to wait and and plus it's raining now you can't do anything about the weather I know but I think that somebody can do something about telling people to be a little bit considerate when they're building I know it might be hard but if you're living next to something that's being built six units or whatever you know there's going to be a problem there was a problem before the six units even were built because it was a dead end Street to begin with so I can feel Genie's pain and I think the rest of us as a Township should also feel her pain or at least at least drop down there to see what's going on because it doesn't seem fair we knew we knew it was coming we know it was coming we know it was approved but we never thought it would be like this so if someone could maybe just come down and you know get their opinion on what it looks like or what could be done because you know if it was next to your house you probably would have more to say than jeie had to say tonight okay and that's all I wanted to say and once again I just want you to know that I'm looking forward to April 2025 where the big di in for the big shovel in and I hope that you remind me cuz I would take off from work just to come and see uh everybody have a uh Merry Christmas Happy New Year Hanukkah K Quanza whatever thank you all right thank you m thank you Wendy Sanders 372 boxwood Lane I would like to thank Mr shager for the time and attention he's given to addressing my concerns regarding trap neuter return and Cinnamon's Community cat population I deeply appreciate the confirmation that anyone practicing trap neuter release within the township of cinnamon and is assured by the township that they are operating within Township Code and I'm beyond grateful to participate in Township sanctions TNR so thank you thank you thank Youk you Mike going 100 Pell uh a suggestion when we have something over at Wood Park and we close the road that maybe at the school Memorial we set aside maybe five or six handicap parking spaces because a lot of times they have to park over St Charles and walk if that lot's full so maybe set up five or six because I know one person said something to me but they said they couldn't find a parking spot so they left you know because they use a c the other thing is uh last work meeting session was talk about doing stuff on un Landing Road that the township would uh start doing something my question is is a lean going to go against the property owners which most of it is Waste Management of that property set is overgrown I don't know who the lean's going to go against I would imagine if there is going to be a lean levied it will go against the property owner which is Waste Management Michael for the most part yes sir so if if there is if there is a lean um wouldn't there be a lean if the Township's do I I would I don't know I honestly I usually other properties in the township when Township goes in there's a lean I I believe when when Township leans a property it's because they did the work to clean it up right and the township said and if that's the case then then I don't know why this would be any different answer is yes Mike okay thank you okay thank you thanks okay again seeing no one else come forward may I have a motion to close public comment make a motion to close public comment Mr Mayor yeah have a second I'll second that Mr Mayor thank you Mr sigrist a Voice vote please all in favor I I Nays extensions okay public comment is closed which brings us to committee comment do we have anything as start at the same end we always start at um I think this is your last night as mayor last regular meeting last regular meeting as as mayor last public meeting as mayor just want to thank you for serving as mayor for 2024 think you did an excellent job thank you uh for us and for cinamon thank you so much yep of course good I'm up you're up oh you done okay I just like to to Echo uh Mr se's um comments congratulations the great year you did a great job thank you you made us proud um would like to wish our staff uh and all our residents Merry Christmas uh Happy Hanukkah um happy K Quanza whatever you uh celebrate enjoy it have a good time be careful uh and happy Festivus for those who also uh celebrate thank you Deputy Mayor I will also reiterate I don't want to you know let it be unsaid that you did a wonderful job Paul great work um thank it's been great sitting next to you so thank you for that um and i' would like to wish all of our residents and our staff a very happy holidays and a happy safe Bright New Year thank you very much and what's that it well said yes it was and tonight I I do have something to say they usually say everything for me before I get here but um this past year as mayor um has been a good one uh and I appreciate the opportunity to serve as mayor but what makes it easy is everybody up here um the committee um stands behind you our administrator our CFO our municipal clerk um all they all kind of pointed me and pushed me where I had to go um and let me know when I wasn't going the right way um our department heads our professionals and pretty much everybody who works with the township has has supported me and it it it wouldn't have been as easy without all that support and I thank you all for that um the residents who come here every meeting and stand here and uh and let us know what's going on um we appreciate the opportunity to to do what we can to address your concerns um so it's been a good year and um I hope uh next year is every bit is good and that's all I have to say about that and the last thing I'm going to do is wish everyone uh whatever holiday you celebrate happy holidays and a healthy New Year and we will see you I guess next year thank you so much uh can I have a motion for adjournment I'll make a motion to adjourn the meeting thank you Mr McGill may I have a second I'll second I thought for a second nobody wanted to leave yeah uh Voice vote please all in favor Nays abstentions next meeting is Monday December 30th at 2020 2024 at 10:30 a.m. and I believe that will be a zoom meeting Mr Sher yes it's Zoom at 10:30 right sure Zoom I think we're GNA that'll be a zoom meeting sure zoom zoom and that'll be on the and that'll be on the website I thank you all for coming and meeting's adjourned that's the last time I get to do that I'm going to do it again there done