[Music] Good evening and welcome to the township Clark council meeting. It's Monday,
November 17th, 7:30 p.m. Roll call, please. >> Council member Hoff >> here. Council member Hund >> here. >> Council member Maserella >> here. >> Council member Maniti >> here. >> Council member Okconor >> here. >> Council member Tol
>> here. >> Council President Smith >> here. Can you please stand for the pledge of allegiance and a moment of silence? Thank you. flag and justice for all. This meeting is in compliance with the open public meetings act as adequate
notice of this meeting has been provided by mailing the annual schedule of meetings to the star ledger the leader union county local source and tab into clark by posting such annual meeting schedule on the bulletin board and town hall reserved for such announcements the official website of the township and the
proper filing of said notice formal action may be taken at this meeting. >> Great. Thank you. like to move on to communications from the mayor and reports of township officers. Mayor Albanesey's. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Um, while the results have not been officially
finalized by the county regarding the recent election, to the citizens of Clark, particularly those who voted for me, thank you for your trust in me to carry on as your mayor. You're the reason I do this work. Your voices, your concerns, your hopes for your families,
and for our community. They've guided every decision and every step that we take. I promise to honor that trust by listening, leading with transparency, and working tirelessly for every resident. No matter how you voted, I
represent all citizens of Clark. I also want to congratulate Councilwoman Hoff on her election and for all her hard work during our campaign. So, I hope you'll tune in for the swearing in which will be coming up in
the future. Uh, a couple of other points I want to mention. Uh, you know, no, November is always a very busy month as we approach the holiday season, but I just want to remind any citizens that didn't file their Stay New Jersey PAS1 form, which
was due October 31st. Um, you can reach out to me, ask any questions, and uh, perhaps they may extend the deadline. I'm not sure at this point in time, but if you missed that deadline and you're over 65 and you haven't filed your forms, please
research that and contact our tax collector, uh, Laura Caliguire at town hall. Um, as I said, November seems to be flying by, but I do want to take a moment to thank all the organizations and families that participated in the
trunk or treat uh, annual program. We had great weather, great turnout, and fun was had by all. Of course, I al also want to thank our police department, our recreation director for organizing the event, and to all the volunteers and youth that helped to clean up the mess
after the event as well. Um, last week we celebrated Veterans Day. Thank you to the American Legion, VFW Post, for a beautiful tribute to our veterans on Veterans Day. It was truly a cold, windy day, but that did not hinder
the beautiful tribute to our veterans. And a special shout out to Commander Dave Broadwell of the American Legion Post 328 for organizing the event. Um, some upcoming events in the next few weeks, we have a holiday tree and manura
lighting. Um, that'll be 3 to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 29th with a rain date of Sunday, November 30th. and the tree will be lit at 5:45. So, don't miss that if you plan on attending. Um, I saw
this morning that there were still a few openings for Breakfast with Santa at um uh at the 8:00 a.m. breakfast. And um if you can take advantage of that, please do. If you don't get to go to breakfast with Santa, don't forget he'll be at the
tree lighting as well. Um, I think that's that's all I have right now. >> All right. Thank you, Mayor. >> Thank you, >> Councilwoman Hoff. >> Thank you. Um, I also wanted to, um, just say thank you to all of the voters,
to my fellow council members, um, and to my partner in this process, Mayor Albaneseise. I was very proud to stand with her and be on the ticket together with her and uh enjoyed all of our time together and all of our hard work. I'd also like to thank the citizens for all of your support and your endorsement by
way of your vote and the confidence in what we've done and what we will continue to do. When I joined this council, it was my honor and I appreciated everything that my fellow council members and all members of the administration did to help me get acclimated into this role. but to have
now been elected, it feels a little extra special. So, I'm looking forward to continuing the good work that we've been doing to continue listening to everyone. Um, we worked hard walking around and talking to people, and the reality is the election might be over, but that's not changing. So, I'm looking
forward to my time with everyone. I'd also like to thank my family. Um, I think they know who I am still, or they're getting to know me again after being gone for as long as we were. But um dinners are back on the table and uh I'm very grateful for um their support
and their love that they gave me so that I was able to do this. So uh I'm looking forward to the next three years. Moving on, um I have our library report for November. In October, the library had over 8,38 visitors and had 18,856
website and social media visits. Um there's various fall events that are taking place. There's a costume jewelry sale that's happening on December 6th. The teen advisory board meeting is December 8th. They're looking for um I think they're still looking for teens uh to join that advisory board. So, if you
have someone who's interested, you should reach out to the library on December 8th at 7 p.m. Dickens a Christmas Carol and they are having Santa Storytime show on Thursday, December 11th and that's at 5:30. So, I do know we've been talking about making sure that there's some events um beyond
the school times and after, you know, the traditional banker hours so that people are able to enjoy the library more. And um that concludes my report at this time. Thank you. >> Thank you, Council Member Hund. >> Thank you, Council President. I'd like to congratulate Mayor Albanesey's and
Councilwoman Hoff on their recent election victory. Congratulations. It was outstanding to be a part of it with you and through the whole process. So I have the month Clark Police Department monthly report for October 2025. We saw
a total of 1,991 calls, 672 which came in via 911 for services including but not limited to 146 for ambulance requests. 68 alarm
calls. Two arrive calls which is for mental health requests. Zero attempts at burglary. 41 fire department requests. 13 fraud identity thefts. seven motor vehicle and residential lockouts, 85
motor vehicle accidents, and 20 shoplifting and thefts. There was a total of 17 adult arrests, including but not limited to six for warrants, seven for shoplifting, one for fraud, one for domestic violence. The youth aid bureau
handled a total of five cases including but not limited to one for criminal mischief, one for bias incident and three for all others. That concludes my report for the month of October. >> Thank you, Council Member Mezerella.
>> Yes, thank you, Council President. Uh this is my DPW report for this evening. Um branch pickup uh is complete for 2025. Please do not put branches in your leaf piles on the in the
roadway. They will not be picked up. DPW has made multiple extra pickups. All branches must remain on your property until the spring cleanup, which is anticipated
to be in March, weather permitting. So, please remember that. Make a note of that. Um, leaf pickup will continue until the uh final pickup on December 16th. Please, no branches, plastic bags,
rates, rakes, or flower pots, etc. Um, grass, vegetable gardens, and per perennials can be put in the leaf piles. Electric drop off will resume in January
2026. Tree evaluations are complete for 2025. Please do not request any tree evaluations uh for uh until the spring of 2026
uh when the trees are blooming. And lastly, please remove all your basketball and soccer nets from the roadway. There is a township ordinance that prohibits this. Uh the snow will be coming. Um
and so please, it will prevent damage to the equipment and your property. So, um we need to make our roads safer, especially during snow emergencies. So, please um get the
um nets off of the roadway, put them on your property, and any information, go to dpwourcark.com. Thank you. That's the extent of my report. >> Thank you, Council Member Minity. Uh thank you, Council President. Uh in the month of October, the Clark Fire
Department responded to 45 calls totaling four 543 for the year. Incidents include, but are not limited to, seven for fire, three rescue and EMS, eight for hazardous conditions, five for service calls, three for good
intent calls, 18 false alarms, and one for special incidents. The Clark Fire Department is looking for new members. If you or anyone you know is interested in joining the department, please contact the fire department through their website at clarkfd.info.
Um, and as always, I'd like to thank the members of the uh Clark Fire Department for their hard work and dedication in keeping our residents safe. This concludes my report. Thank you. >> Thank you, Council Member Okconor. >> Thank you very much. From the uh finance office, uh the township continues to be
able to meet its current obligations. As this is uh the end of the year, you're going to be seeing tonight some uh some transfers between balances, which is something that we do every year. So, thank you, Jimmy, and your team. Uh with regard to the Clark volunteer emergency squad for the month, the squad participated in the township's trunk or
treat. An ambulance was stationed at the Unicose Italian Festival. Some of the members attended the EMS council for New Jerseys annual convention and educational symposium in Fairfield. With regard to the call volume, October had 135 calls with three mutual aids. This
does not include any calls that they were dispatched on and cancelled. Total hours responding to calls was approximately 870 man hours. This does not include any hours the members were on duty uh when not on calls. Year-to- date call volume is 152 calls. With
regard to membership, at this time, all cadet positions are filled and we're keeping a waiting list. And again, we talk about Clark and how people give back to the community. Here's a perfect example. The cadet spots are filled. Thank you very much for all of your u participation and volunteering for those
who volunteered. They are accepting applications for those 18 years and older. free CPR, driving and EMT training. Anyone interested can email us at www.rclock.org or membership@clarks.org. And with regard to servicing the
community, the squad hosted three blood drives in October and this was respectfully submitted by Lorie Sheldon the trustee. That concludes my reports. Thank you. >> Thank you, Council Member Tol. >> Thank you, Mr. President. On November the 4th, 2025, you, the citizens of the township of
Clark, went to the polls and elected the first female woman to serve as mayor of the township of Clark. Angel Albanese is the 41st person to use and hold that office dating back to 1864. She's taken the oath of office and now
will be in office for three more years with a vision of Clark's future. But you, the citizen, the voter, made those decisions to also bring in Jessica Hoff. Jessica Hop is the first woman with the last name of Huff. And to join a long
line of very important individual females who left a trailblazers back from the 70s with um with excuse me, Virginia Paleian was one of the first females on the dis along with
Elma May Kum School. her husband was the superintendent of schools but again a trailblazer and that's what Jessica Hoff is doing. She's helping build a better future under the toutelage of Angel Albanesey's. So again thank you residents of the township of Clark
making it a sound decision and making the first 41st woman 41st mayor of Clark from 1864 to 2025. We give a little bit of a historical footnote because the town the country is going to be celebrating its 250th anniversary and
people are starting to bring advertising to it. We'll be telling you a little bit historical footnotes as we go into the end of the year and into the new year. Thank you very much, Mr. President. That's all I got for now. Okay. >> Hey, thank you. Okay. From the rec director, Ralph Bernardo. Uh first uh
Ralph Bernardo uh myself, the council administration as well as the Clark PBA would like to thank all the people who volunteered uh using their trunks for the annual trunk retreat. It was another huge success uh with over 700 kids in
attendance. So again, kudos to Ralph for coordinating that and thanks to the PBA for um helping out and running the event. Uh, our next big event is the Christmas tree Minor lighting on Saturday, November 29th from 3 to 6:00 p.m. The tree will be lit promptly at
5:45 p.m. We started doing that a few years ago. Uh, so again, 5:45 p.m. is the actual tree and manura lighting. Uh, there'll be plenty of rides, music, choirs, characters, food, and plenty to see and do. If you're interested in
helping decorate town hall, we we will be meeting at 9:00 am on Friday, November 28th, which is the day before Thanksgiving, and it takes about 2 to three hours to set up all the decorations. The recck department will have the annual house decorating contest, so stop
by the recreation department to pick up your flyer uh and to register your house. Uh there'll be multiple prizes for multiple categories awarded as we've done in the past. The senior holiday lunchon will be Thursday, December 4th at the Grand Centurans. You still have
sign time to sign up. So, if you're interested, please stop by the rec department or contact Ralph or Emily at 732-4288400. Uh, tomorrow night, which gives you one more day, will be the Wreck basketball draft. Uh, it's for grades K through
8th. So, if you are interested, please contact Ralph tomorrow morning or during the day to register your child. Registration for indoor soccer is also taking place. Again, you have a few more days for registration. So, if you're interested, please sign up ASAP. And
lastly, the winter session recreation classes will be out at the end of November. You could always register online or always stop by the wreck office. Um, all the information is on the ourclark.com website under the recreation tab. And that's all I have
this evening. Okay, madame clerk, when you're ready, we can move on to ordinances, appropriations, and claims. >> Thank you, Mr. President. For the record, no objections have been received in connection with the proposed ordinances. Ordinance 25-31 is an
ordinance to amend chapter 145 entitled fees article 5 entitled recreation department section 145-8 entitled program fees of the code of the township of Clark. >> Okay. At this time I'd like to open the meeting for a public hearing on this
ordinance and this ordinance only. >> Hold on. Just I don't need a motion right now. I'm just open. >> Yeah. So, if anyone would like to come up and speak on this ordinance, you'll have five minutes and duration. Please state your name and town you reside in.
>> All right. Seeing no one, I'd like a motion to close this public hearing. >> Thank you, Council Member Maniti. Can I get a second? Thank you, Council Member Okconor. All in favor? >> Any opposed? All right. Now, I need a motion to adopt the ordinance. >> Yes, I'll move it.
>> Thank you, Council Member Maserella. And can I get a second? >> I'll second that. Thank you, Council Member Hun. Uh, anyone have any discussion or questions for the business administrator? Jim, do you have anything to add on it other than it's just direct program fees? >> Again, just for the record, it is a
change that now will, you know, it's still going to be approved by the um council, but we can change the cost of recreation programs by resolution as opposed to ordinance. >> Right. Great. Thank you. >> Okay. Roll call, please. >> Council member Hoff,
>> yes. Council member Hund, >> yes. >> Council member Maserella, >> yes. >> Council member Maniti, >> yes. >> Council member Okconor, >> yes. >> Council member Tol, >> yes. >> Council President Smith, >> yes. >> Ordinance adopted.
Next is Ordinance 25-32, an ordinance amending chapter 195, Part 3, Article 22, Section 195-123.2 two entitled requirements for residential accessory uses and
structures and article 28 section 195-210 entitled swimming pools. And for the record, the uh planning board heard this for consistency with the master plan and has recommended adoption of this ordinance.
>> Great. Thank you. At this time, I will open up the meeting for a public hearing on this ordinance 25-32. If anyone would like to come forward, please state your name. You have 5 minutes in duration. Okay, seeing nobody, I'd like a motion to close the public hearing.
>> Thank you, Council Member Tol. Can I get a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Council Member Maserella. All in favor? I. Any opposed? >> All right. Now, a motion to adopt the ordinance. >> So, move. >> Thank you, Council Member Hung. I get a second. >> Second that. >> Thank you, Council Member Hoff. Uh, any
discussion or questions for our BA? So the the main parts of this is we included perlars and gazeos as part of the um ordinance. So we're clear on that. Increase the square footage to 200
square ft for um for sheds, burglars, and gazeos and but left the same setback so that they can't be closer to the fence. So that all stayed the same. And then as we discussed uh there were two separate sections that we addressed
pools and we just made it consistent in one section but that's it. >> Thanks for clarifying. Anyone else? >> All right. Uh roll call, please. >> Council member Hoff. >> Yes. >> Council member Hund. >> Yes. >> Council member Maserella. >> Yes.
>> Council member Maniti. >> Yes. >> Council member Okconor. >> Yes. >> Council member Tol. >> Yes. >> Council President Smith. >> Yes. Ordinance adopted. Next is ordinance 25-33 bond ordinance to authorize the undertaking of various
infrastructure improvements in buy and for the township of Clark in the county of Union state of New Jersey to appropriate the sum of $996,300 to pay the cost thereof to make a down payment to authorize the issuance of bonds to finance such appropriation and
to provide for such issuance of bond anticipation notes in anticipation of the issuance of such ponds. >> Great. Thank you. At this time, I will open up the uh meeting for a public hearing on this u pond ordinance. If anyone like to come forward, state your name. You have five minutes or duration
and also the town you reside in. Okay. Seeing no one like a motion to close the public hearing. >> Thank you, Council Member Okconor. Get a second. Thank you, Council Member Hun. All in favor? >> Any opposed? All right. This time, I
need a motion to adopt this ordinance. I'll move it. >> Oh, thank you, Council Member Hoff. Can I get a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Council Member Tol. Anyone have any questions or any add on this? Uh, Jim, >> again, just for the record, this is um
from damage from the July storm. We're going to be fixing the wall, uh, retaining wall right off of Oakidge just before the park. Um we have the Wendell uh storm drain that um got damaged and then we were drunk dredging pumpkin
patch and we're putting in a gabian retaining wall off of um Dearwood. Great. Thank you. Anyone not have any questions? Okay. Roll call, please. >> Council member Hoff. >> Yes. >> Council member Hund. >> Yes. >> Council member Maserella. >> Yes.
>> Council member Maniti. >> Yes. >> Council member Okconor. >> Yes. >> Council member Tol. >> Yes. Council President Smith. >> Yes. >> Ordinance adopted. >> Okay. When you're ready, we can move on to introduction of proposed ordinances. >> First ordinance is 25-34, an ordinance
amending chapter 255 entitled property maintenance, article 6 entitled vacant and abandoned property of the code of the township of Clark to establish a vacancy determination process and notice and cure requirement. >> Okay. Can I get a motion? Yes, I'll move
it. >> Thank you, Council Member Maserella. Can I get a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Council Member Tol. All right. Any uh discussion or questions on this proposed ordinance? Yes. So, this is an ordinance that we're
looking to change. It came out of a bunch of lawsuits that the um the Mel and the GIF um came up with or has been seeing that a lot of towns had very high fees associated with the um with the
registration. Ours are not. Uh the attorney looked at it and compared it and made sure that it it made sense. However, there was some um items that we could have added to it and it's really documentation on you know what we did, how often we do it. It's all going to be
done through Gov Pilot as we establish the uh townshipwide uh system. Uh and this way it just gives us the evidence for what work is being done. A lot of the other towns were charging and not doing anything. So it was more money
grabb. We've been going to the property so it wasn't something you know outside of what we were doing. We're just going to set up a process for documenting and that's what this ordinance is going to be dealing with. Uh the primary other reason is that they even though the um
the melanie uh insure us up to you know depending on what type of case over a million dollars they're limiting the defenseonly portion of this to $150,000 going forward. So I mean it's just uh dots are rising crosses are tees to make sure that we're in compliance. Great.
>> Thank you for being so diligent with that. Does anyone have any questions for the BA or the mayor on that? All right. Uh, roll call, please. >> Council member Hoff, >> yes. >> Council member Hund, >> yes. >> Council member Maserella, >> yes. >> Council member Maniti, >> yes.
>> Council member Okconor, >> yes. >> Council member Tol, >> yes. >> Council President Smith, >> yes. >> Public hearing on this ordinance is December 15. Next is ordinance 25-35, an ordinance to amend chapter 347 entitled vehicles and
traffic section 25 entitled parking prohibited at all times of the code of the township of Clark. >> Get a motion. >> Thank you, Council Member Okconor. Get a second. >> Thank you, Council Member Tol. Anyone have discussion or questions? So, this
is Seller Drive to Lake Avenue and the curve >> approx. Yeah, approximately >> 1190. It's going to be a yellow painted curb. >> 1190 seller right to Lake A. >> Yes. >> All right. Anyone else have any questions on it? All right. Roll call, please. >> Council member Hoff,
>> yes. >> Council member Hund, >> yes. >> Council member Maserella, >> yes. >> Council member Maniti, >> yes. >> Council member Okconor, >> yes. >> Council member Tol, >> yes. >> Council President Smith, >> yes. >> Public hearing is also December 15th for
this ordinance. Next is 25-36, an ordinance to amend section 161-47 entitled fees and section 161-48 entitled fire watch of chapter 161
entitled fire prevention of article 8 entitled enforcement of uni uniform fire safety act of part two entitled general legislation. >> I get a motion. >> I'll move that. >> Thank you council member Mini. I get a second. >> I'll second it.
>> Thank you, Council Member Maserella. Anyone have any questions or discussions? Go ahead, Mayor Albanese. >> Mr. President, I just want to mention uh that uh it's been quite a long time since we increased our fees. Want to thank uh Captain Frank uh Sarasa for his
work and diligence and getting these new fees set. >> Thank you. Anyone else? Okay, roll call, please. >> Council member Hoff. Yes. >> Council member Hund. >> Yes. >> Council member Maserella. >> Yes. >> Council member Maniti.
>> Yes. >> Council member Okconor. >> Yes. >> Council member Tol. >> Yes. >> Council President Smith. >> Yes. >> Public hearing is December 15. Next is ordinance 25-37, an ordinance to amend section 3-11 entitled regular
meetings of article 5 entitled township council meetings of chapter 3 entitled administration of government of part one entitled administrative legislation. >> Great. Thank you. I believe the motion and second is going to be entire council. Is that okay with everyone up
on the dis? Okay. Jim or may How many you have anything to add to this other than we're going to go to two public meetings I guess first and third Monday of every month starting January. >> Correct. And this will uh be a great benefit to the operation of the administration because we'll get things
done more timely, pay bills more timely, um have any issues that need to be passed by the council and reviewed by council. Um this will speed up the whole process and also level out the workload. >> Great. Thank you. Joy. Thank you.
>> Uh, roll call, please. >> Council member Hoff, >> yes. >> Council member Hund, >> yes. >> Council member Maserella, >> yes. >> Council member Maniti, >> yes. >> Council member Okconor, >> yes. >> Council member Tol, >> yes. >> Council President Smith, >> yes. >> Public hearing on this ordinance is
December 15th. Next is ordinance 25-38, an ordinance to amend section 347-33 entitled stop intersections of article 5 entitled traffic regulations of chapter 347 entitled vehicles and traffic of
part two entitled general legislation. >> Can I get a motion, please? >> Moved. >> Thank you, Council Member Tol. Second. >> I'll second that. >> Thank you, Council Member Maniti. Anyone have any questions or Jim, you have anything to add for discussion? No, just so the public knows that it's going to be Kennedy Drive and Skyline on Kennedy
and Fair View Road and Mildrid on Fair View. >> Great. Thank you. All right, roll call, please. >> Council member Hoff, >> yes. >> Council member Hund, >> yes. >> Council member Maserella, >> yes. >> Council member Maniti, >> yes. >> Council member Okconor, >> yes.
>> Council member Tol, >> yes. >> Council President Smith, >> yes. >> Public hearing on this ordinance is December 15th. All right. Now, we're going to move to payment of claims. Uh, Councilman Okconor. >> Thank you. I have reviewed the bills for
the month totaling $330,43956. >> Great. Thank you. All right. At this time, we're going to go to the citizens hearing on the agenda. I'll open the meeting to the public. The public portion of the meeting is to allow the public to bring to the council's attention their concerns or comments in accordance with NJSA 10 col4-12A
and the code of the township of Clark. All remarks shall be I'm sorry. Each person addressing council should give their name and the town in which they reside into the clerk. All remarks shall be addressed to the council as a body and shall not exceed five minutes in duration. At the conclusion of the statements or questions from a member of
the public, the council president at his or her discretion may choose to respond or not respond. So this is on agenda items only. If you'd like to come forward, please do so. You have five minutes or duration. >> Good evening. John Gre from Clark. Um
just two real quick questions. Um I saw that there's a um new tax appeal payment that's like almost $200,000. Um I just noticed that there's been quite a few of them in that area and um I understand that you know those get adjudicated and you can't necessarily fight that after
it's been adjudicated by the county. But I guess I was just curious seems like there's been a few of these recently and especially in that area. Is there something with the appraisal process or something that maybe needs to be adjusted so that we have, you know, maybe more accurate um appraisals so
that these these appeals don't end up kind of surprising us? And then um the other thing was, you know, the developer agreement um for the 56 Westfield, which is the old AMP. Um that's pretty much the step before doing a pilot. It seems
like you've alluded that there would probably be a pilot in that property um in previous meetings. I just wanted to confirm does that seem like the track that's things are going on and uh that's it. Thank you. >> Great. Thank you, Mr. Greavves. >> All right. Seeing no one else, uh I'd
like a motion to close this portion. >> Move. >> Thank you, Council Member Maserell. Second, Council Member Tol. All in favor? I >> any opposed? >> Do you want to address any of those? I mean, I know the uh >> you you could you're the boss. I could
>> Yeah. No, let's uh let's do them real quick. I know the tax the appraisal the appraisals are, you know, we don't go around and reappraise every property every year. So, we did the appraisals. What ends up happening is every year as the property values go up, the percentage goes down to equal it out. um
you know there's there's no way to really control that overall for a town for the number of properties that we have and it's within the right of the property owner to appeal their taxes. Now, this one goes back a while and as we discussed and as we, you know, been
settling all of the previous um tax appeals, the courts were really slow during co they just started to open up and pick up and um there was, you know, it it's a catch 22 because the property
owners don't see what's happening and what you know what the what the results of the appeals are, you know, within the towns in including ours. So they don't know to settle or not settle. So until it starts opening, it's like, you know, we have to move forward and there is no easy way to do that
unless we go around every year reassessing every property. >> And one of the other issues was after co with everyone working from home, the uh office space is now not as valuable. So >> yeah, not that's you know some other ones that we had. It wasn't this one in particular, but but
>> for future that's going to it's >> we're going to have a lot of big ones. So, uh, >> regarding the, um, Clark Broadway Associates as the conditional redeveloper, um, they're in the process of acquiring an additional property and they want to add that on to their plan
that they'll be presenting at the, uh, next planning board meeting. >> Great. Thank you. >> Uh, first week, first Thursday in December. I think it's December 4th. >> All right. Now, we will move on to uh, consent agenda resolutions. >> Thank you, Mr. President. The following
items are considered routine and non-controversial items by the township council and will be enacted upon by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a council member so requests in which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda to be discussed and voted
on following the approval of the remaining items listed on the consent agenda. First is authorizing the transfer of funds within the 2025 municipal budget. Number 10 is requesting permission for the dedication by ryder for fire department donations.
11 is requesting permission for the dedication by ryder for recreation pool donations. 12 is requesting permission for the dedication by rider for tax sale premium trust fund. 13 is requesting permission for the dedication by rider
for outside leans redemption trust fund. 14 is seeking approval of the director of the division of local government services for insertion of a special item of revenue in the amount of $600,000 for the 2026 capital project grant. 15 is
appointing Adam Vega as member of the Clark Volunteer Fire Department effective November 17, 2025. 16 is appointing special law enforcement officers effective January 1st, 2026. 17 is authorizing the tax collector to refund overpayment of taxes in the
amount of $514.84. 18 is authorizing the tax collector to settle a tax appeal for block 142 lot 4.0101 [Music] as authorized by the tax court of New Jersey with credit issued in the amount of $193,41067.
19 is opposing NJ state Senate Bill 4736 which bypasses local planning for increased density and height regardless of a municipality's ability to ensure safety. Uh number 20
is reaffirming authorization to solicit quotation statements RFQS under a fair and open process for auditor engineering services professional planner and various legal council appointments for calendar year 2026. 21 is authorizing the use of competitive
contracting for the pro procurement of information technology and network support services. 22 is authorizing the business administrator to advertise a request for qualifications for on call general contractors for facilities maintenance. And 23 is amending the
volunteer emergency squad and Clark volunteer fire department length of service award program also called LOAP and setting the qualifying point tiers and contribution amounts. Great. >> Thank you. Can I get a motion? >> So moved. >> Thank you. Council member Tolk I get a
second. >> I'll second it. >> Thank you. Council member Hoff, anyone have any discussion or questions for the BA? We have Mayor Albanese. >> Just a few comments. Um, we had several uh riders that were included in this in these resolutions and it's basically uh
for funds that we maintain in the township that don't belong to the township. We we want to have separate trust set up. So, this just sends down the documents to Trenton to make sure that they're aware of what we're doing. Um, >> that's mainly like for anyone makes donations to the rec department or
>> gives gifts or something >> not related to uh tax taxable uh monies or or monies that are owed for example for employee deductions for payroll etc. things like that. >> Um I appreciate you adding on to the
agenda the New Jersey Senate Bill 4736. I hope you'll support that. Um, you know, the township goes through a master plan, long range planning, and one of the things that we value in New Jersey is local control of land. And this
legislation that they want to pass will bypass local the local planning process where the state can come in and and take action against us and cause us require us to build property or developments in areas that aren't zoned in that regard.
So we we don't want to uh let that pass. Um and that's why we're opposing it. um the LOAP amendment. Um each year inflation goes up and the state permits
additional funding in LOAP, which is our firefighters um and our emergency squads pension plan for the volunteer work that they do. So, we want to make sure that we're keeping up with uh whatever the current rates are so that we're paying the maximum to
them just like any other area where we're increasing salaries, etc. So, that's what that legislation is for the volunteers. >> I would just like to thank you on behalf of the emergency squad and I'm sure Jimmy has a fire department as well for that. Thank you.
>> You're welcome. Actually, I have uh two questions for either the BA or the mayor >> on the tax appeal piece of it. Is there have you had maybe Jim, can you pick the phone up and speak to Senate President
Qatari and is is there any anyone down in Trenton who would be interested in hearing or changing the law? Like why did the towns have to absorb the whole cost of the tax appeal? Is there any feedback on that or headwind or zero?
>> Yeah, there's, you know, there's been grumblings in the past. Um, but that would require people to in, you know, elected officials take action, right? And, you know, the the school boards would be um affected as would the
counties and right now there is no intention of, you know, making any of those changes. With that being said, I mean, I could always, you know, put together a letter, you know, from council, um, or myself, but, you know,
carry more weight from council to the, um, you know, the new governor, uh, the soon to be new governor, the current governor, and, um, we could, you know, Senate President, you know, you know, I could I could do whatever you want. I love that idea.
>> It has been it has been discussed in the past, but no one's had the um energy to push it. >> I know it'll probably not go anywhere, but uh it may be worth the effort eventually. Uh those who scream the loudest sometimes a squeaky wheel gets
the oil, you know. >> So, I'll I'll do what you suggest. I'll draft something up over the next week. >> If you want to draft something up, I have no problem putting my name on that. Uh and then this >> and >> also council just to keep in mind so we're a member of the League of Municipalities which happens to be having that convention this week and
probably one of the more important issues is that over the years the state gets all the taxes that go on to the utilities and those are taxes that our citizens pay on all those utilities and they have not raised the amount that
they reimburse us for and that is one of the top um issues that the league is fighting ing for we should be getting back all of those taxes that the citizens are paying. As rates go up, the taxes go up, but we're not getting our fair share back. So, I I would say
that's probably more money to us because that's the only state money we really get. And it hasn't it's been about the same for maybe seven or eight years now. They gave a little bit of money the past two years and then it went down, but um that's that's where we want to get some
money. And I hope our money >> I hope number two on that list is u the consent agend ordinance resolution number 19 the uh Senate bill 4736. I hope that's something I would assume all 500 and something towns in the state of
New Jersey would put something together to send to the state to the governor and then a future governor. >> This is going around uh different counties got some momentum in Middle Sex County now Union County and Bergen County. So yeah, people are very cautious about this. I don't know if you
have anything to add on that, Jim. >> Yeah, we had a it just came out as we had our BA lunch on Thursday and um it was one of the topics of discussion for all of the um all of the people who were present even in the cities. They're concerned that, you know, you don't want
to lose control over some of this. So it's not just a suburban issue. Um and everybody was aware of it. Well, if the cities are behind it, then it may have some weight because that's the highest population and u we'll see. I appreciate it. All right. Um, anyone else have any
questions before we move on? Okay. Resolutions number 24. >> Uh, just a roll call. >> Oh, I'm sorry. Roll call. Thank you. >> Council member Hoff. >> Yes. >> Council member Hund. >> Yes. >> Council member Maserella. >> Yes. >> Council member Maniti. >> Yes. >> Council member Okconor.
>> Yes. >> Council member Tol. >> Yes. Council President Smith. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Now, >> number 24 is naming Clark Broadway Associates LLC as the conditional redeveloper for the property identified
as block 105, lots 1.01, 2.01, and 26.01, 01, also known as 52 and 56 Westfield Avenue and Broadway near the intersection of Joseph Street and authorizing the execution of a conditional redevelopers agreement with respect there too.
>> Get a motion. >> I'll motion that. >> Thank you, Council Member Hoff. You had a second. >> I'll second it. >> Thank you, Council Member Maniti. Anyone have any questions or discussion or Jim or Mayor Albanesey's? >> Okay. As as the uh question came up, what what does this relate to? Um, so
this developer is buying a piece of land and it hasn't closed yet, but the offer is in process. So, in order to present his um planning documents at the he's on the agenda for December 4th, um we need to have this in place otherwise they
they can't include that property. So, it's conditional upon the closing. >> Great. Okay. The only thing I' I'd want to add to that is that the um as part of the process, we make sure that they have the qualifications, that they have the ability, that they can do it. It's not
something that, you know, anybody could say, I want to become a redeveloper. You have to show that you can do it. Obviously, Garden Homes um has a couple of you very successful projects in the town and they're, you know, capable. So, we're not just doing this for just anybody. >> So, passing this resolution, the odds
are pretty good that they're going to close on that other property. From what I understand, last time I talked to the attorney for the um developer, it they agreed on the price. They got a contract. They're just waiting for the contract to be signed. And similar to how we had one month, one time a month
that we could have do things, they only have certain meetings that they can do things at. And um it it doesn't seem to be a priority, but you know, everything all everything that they have right now, it's moving forward. >> Great. Good to hear. Anyone else have any questions? Okay. Okay. Roll call,
please. >> Council member Hoff, >> yes. >> Council member Hund, >> yes. >> Council member Maserella, >> yes. >> Council member Maniti, >> yes. >> Council member Okconor, >> yes. >> Council member Tol, >> yes. >> Council President Smith, >> yes.
>> All right. Any new business on the calendar? >> There is no new business. >> All right. Now, we'll move on to public comments. I'll open the meeting to the public. Public comment portion of the meeting is to allow the public to bring to the council's attention their concerns or comments in accordance with NJSA10 col4-12A
and the code of the township of Clark. Each person addressing the council shall give their name and the town in which they reside to the clerk. All remarks shall be addressed to the council as a body and shall not exceed five minutes in duration. At the conclusion of the statements or questions from a member of the public, the council president at his
or her discretion may choose to respond or not respond. So, if anyone would like to come forward, uh, please do so and just state your name and town you reside in. Thank you. >> Hello, John Gre again from Clark. Um, you know, I didn't say it earlier, but I wanted to say again, you know, congratulations to Mayor Albanesey's and
to uh Councilwoman Hoff for your victories. I hope that you guys will do a very good job. Um, and um, the other thing I'd like to bring up is just something um, in uh, like August on Valley Road and
Parkway Drive right by my house, there was a power line that went down and it melted the ground and it's been a few months now and they put like cones around it. But the thing is the cones sort of block like half of one of the lanes. So, you kind of have to sort of
But what happens is is if someone's trying to pull in as you're trying to pull out, it gets really kind of dicey there. And I just wanted to see what the status was with uh cleaning that up or fixing it. It happened before the Valley Road got paved and I thought they would do it, but I'm not sure if it's right
there on the edge and I know Parkway and Valley are >> that's county road, correct? >> If I can if I can answer that. >> Y microphone. >> Yeah. uh both Councilwoman Huff and Councilman Hund um on the situation back
and forth. So, do you want to give an update? >> Next Monday, it should be repaired. >> Awesome. That's great to hear. All right. Uh that's it. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> Good evening. I'm Dia Collins Clark. Um, the one thing I wanted to ask if I can
to Mr. Olriidge, is there a way for the general public to find out who are the um participants in Clark Broadway Associates LLC? Do you go to the state or can it be
found on >> I mean it's it's no secret and I mean you know stop me if I say anything but uh that's Garden Homes. It's the developer who has >> the senior housing and the Valley Road project.
>> Yeah. Okay. Um also, um on a good note, I'd like to thank the Clark Police Department, the dispatchers, volunteers in town, people who have watched on the recovery of Lola, the dog that was lost for almost a month in
Union County. It went all allegedly went all the way to Wong Mountains to Scotch Plains to Lyndon to Rae and he finally she was finally captured in Clark. So I wanted to thank the dispatchers, the
police, our volunteers, and the people who were who were able to trap her. Thank you. >> Thank you. Uh good evening council. Uh Glenn Fogerty from Clark, New Jersey, off our off of our off of our beautiful prominade of Lake Avenue. Uh I wanted to
congratulate our esteemed mayor mayor Angel Albanese and Councilwoman Huff. Uh to me this at least in this town represents the triumph of intelligence and pragmatism over ideology. >> Mr. Fogerty, can you just pull the microphone up a little bit? >> Sure. Perfect. Okay. To me, this
represents a triumph of intelligence and pragmatism of what works over ideology and decency over defamation. Mr. Schulman and Mr. Greavves who has departed for the evening generally come up here. Uh last time he uh Mr. Greavves
used the term uh misinformation or disinformation and routinely accuse members of this council of of engaging in nefarious uh deception. Uh and nothing can convince them otherwise. Uh, I really think the
stronger Clark group, which is really the same old usual suspects of Nancy Sherid and Dario Valdivia and Phil Rashkowski, um, controlling these people, they just throw up a new bunch of candidates against the wall and hope they stick.
Uh, they should really get the hint that uh, people really don't like them. Uh, and they they really don't like their ideas. I suggest they read our friend John Bramnik's uh book, Why People Don't Like You. It actually has some good tips
that they might want to uh to do. So, I want to congratulate Stronger Clark on their welldeserved defeat at the polls. Uh I wanted to congratulate Mr. Greavves for the remarkable feat of getting even fewer votes than Mr. Gri who was running
for this council, a council he never shows up for anyway. So, you know, if they're crying in their soybased beverages, uh, you know, so be it. They did get their boy Mandami in in the city and they got Mikey Cheryl in to do more
damage to this state. I was going to bring some goodwill to this affair tonight and and perhaps uh give them some free extra hyphens for their names uh since they have quite a few of them. You know, maybe even Mike Schulman could call himself Mike-e Schulman and
Schul-men. Uh, I don't know what the thing is with these hyphenated names that they're into. Uh, I just find it very weird. Uh, it's an identity crisis of some sort on the part of this Stronger Clark group.
Um, it's very telling that Mr. G, Mr. Schulman got up at the last meeting and uh was defiantly saying that he actually likes Clark and then his quizzical reason for saying he likes Clark is
because he takes walks with his child. That's great. You know, taking your kid for a walk is great, but you can do that in Cranford. You can do that in Westfield. What specific about Clark does he like these absurd campaign signs that this group put up that we love
Clark after saying they wanted to fundamentally transform Clark uh for years, you know, pretty much, you know, every council meeting is we hate Clark. Furthermore, this group of people that they ran for uh the board of ed, thank
God they didn't win. Um, you know, boy, did we dodge a bullet. You know, I I saw on social media some of their viewpoints that they wanted boys on girls sports teams. Uh, you know, they were perfectly fine with boys and girls locker rooms. They wanted to push curriculum like the
1619 project. Definitely America hating distortion of our history. Uh, I even saw some filthy language by one of their candidates, uh, Katie Papy Nanho. New debate game. Every time Donald Trump
speaks, let's take a Xanax and hope it's enough not to have to live through his presidency. Yeah, that's a great comment for kids to hear. Pill popping. Wonderful. >> Uh, you know, she also >> 45 seconds.
>> She also made reference to uh terms like uh you know, really really filthy terms that she posted on social media. So, thank goodness our traditional values count. It's one for the council. So, thank you for your time this evening and congratulations, Madame Mayor.
Congratulations to Miss Hoff and the council. Keep doing the great job that you're doing and uh we we appreciate it. So many people do. >> Thank you, Mr. Fogerty. Appreciate it. Anyone else like to come forward?
>> All right. See no one a motion to close this portion of the meeting. >> So, I'll second that. >> Second. All right. So, Councilman Okconor first, second, Council Member Hun. All in favor? >> Any opposed? All right. All right. Now, we'll move to um closing comments. Mayor Albanese.
>> Thank you, Mr. President. I just want to give an update on the reservoir. So, many citizens have uh asked me questions and commented. Yes, all the trees are down on the property across from the uh Shifferstein um farm uh as they prepare the process
for dredging the reservoir. Um the entire project will take 660 days. Uh they have not started dredging yet. Uh once they start, they'll open up the dam and it'll take a couple of weeks from now before they actually start the
dredging. Um I do want to mention a uh special program we're going to be having. Hold this up. It's a uh self-defense seminar. Um we do have a mayor's wellness
campaign which we've had some events for our employees but uh would like to do something for the citizens. Um it's being sponsored by the U martial arts organization that operates at the um uh recreation center which I am a part of.
I am a member of what they're going to do is they're bringing in a fifth degree black belt uh from Atlanta, Georgia. He uh teaches in the school system down there. area is 120 students, operates at five schools. And what this program will do is um all the costs are being paid by
the school, the karate club here, but they're hoping to get families to attend. Um it's very family oriented and going to be um we would like to have the children accompanied by an adult if they attend and there will be donations appreciated which will go to the
recreation center to the great programs that Ralph is always soliciting funds for. It will cover situational self-defense for all ages. Um and I mean all ages from children to um near end of life. I I'll put it that way if
depending upon how you look at it. Um, it'll focus on awareness, how to be aware, how to not look like a victim when you're being approached, and also to understand predator mentality and basic self-defense and escaping techniques designed for the individual
and the whole family. So, I hope you'll take advantage of this. It'll be held on Wednesday, December 17th. um it's around the holidays, but might be a fun activity to do as a family to raise awareness about self-defense and also
how to handle bullying situations as well. Once again, it's um 6:30 to 8:30 on Wednesday, December 17th. Um, in closing, I want to uh congratulate Adam Vega for joining as a new me member of the volunteer fire
department and also uh shout out to the um high school. Uh they'll be presenting their fall drama uh this Thursday and Friday at 7 p.m. they'll be presenting a dollhouse. So hopefully if you want to get out and uh experience the arts of al
of our community, uh there's an opportunity right there. Thank you. Right. Thank you, council member. >> One other thing. Good. >> Wish everyone a wonderful, happy, healthy Thanksgiving. >> Right. >> Thank you, Council Member Huff.
>> Thank you. Um, again, I just wanted to um say thank you for all of the support for the recent election. I'm very grateful. Um, and I was overwhelmed at how many people had reached out since the election, and I appreciate all of that. Um, but I did want to just again just reiterate to my fellow council members who spent so much
time supporting us and making sure that we got to talk to as many citizens as possible and basically covered this town. I know that it was hours of your time and I appreciate it. Uh, to those who did support us. Um, again, I thank you to those who didn't regardless of your party. We represent every citizen
in the town and I look forward to earning your support and I welcome hearing from anyone over the next three years. I did want to mention um that on Saturday, December 6th, supporting Project Graduation, the Harlem Wizards are having are coming to ALJ. Uh tickets
are on sale now and are still um I am still I'm somehow a little bit helping out. Um looking for members to join uh the the team playing against the Harlem Wizards. Um skill level not needed because they're going to beat you
anyway. Um, and you can lose to a Harlem Wizard and still keep your ego intact. I promise. So, if anyone is interested, um, I strongly encourage you to come join me and the others who are playing with us. Um, this will I'm going to post the link for buying tickets and for more
information on my councilwoman Facebook page. And I just wanted to take a quick second to encourage everybody to make sure that you're following at minimum the uh, Clark Township Facebook page as well. The mayor has a page, the council members have a Facebook page, and just
an extra shout out. Um, I'm very proud. Um, I don't know if proud's the right word, but I'm proud and grateful to Liz Cle and applaud her for putting so much consistent and valuable information up on that page as often as they do. Um, the neighborhood pages, you know, they're good for some gossip, some
repetitive info about nail salons, and uh, maybe a few trolls here and there, but I um, strongly encourage you to go to the organic sources. Liz, I think you're doing a great job and I thank you for all of the information. Um, the valid, timely, organic information that's being put up there. So, Clark
Township is the page to follow. Um, I also want to thank Captain Akabo because I know that you've been doing a lot more with Nixl and getting those alerts out about all the traffic and the different holds up. So, thank you for that. Uh, communication is great and I appreciate
you all. Thank you, >> Council Member Hund. Thank you, Council President. I'd like to uh give an initial thank you to Mr. Olrich for his work with the resolving the paving issue between the corner of Parkway Drive and Valley Road. Thank you very much for
having that taken care of. Um, thank you to the police department as usual for all their continued support of the town and making sure that everything stays safe. Excuse me, stays safe and importantly that you all stay safe and happy Thanksgiving to
everyone in the community. That concludes my remarks. >> Thank you, Council Member Maserella. >> Yes, thank you, Council President. Um, I first want to congratulate our mayor, Angel Albanese, and uh, our council
woman at large, uh, Jessica Huff, uh, for a very impressive win this, uh, past November. It's clearly shows that the majority of the voting residents of
our community get it. They understand and they want our community to be headed in the same direction that it's been heading to for the past 29 years since we brought this community out of a near
bankruptcy to where it is today. Caring, loving, kind, and relatively affordable and safe community. And I want to thank the residents that came out and voted for my two colleagues and all it and
shows that we're still intact and which shows that we are going to continue in this mission together, you the voters and we on council and our mayor to bring this community to further greatness. Um
secondly, please ladies and gentlemen, lock your car doors in your residence doors at all times. And if you see here or suspect something, don't hesitate to call our police department or fire
department or EMS services. They're here to help you. They care. They care for this community and they care for you all as well. And lastly, to to everyone, have a happy, healthy, safe, and blessed
Thanksgiving. Thank you, and good evening. >> Thank you, Council Member Minity. Uh, thank you, Council President. Um, first, I would also like to congratulate the mayor um and Councilwoman Hoff on their uh win over this past election. I
look forward to working with you and continue your hard work and dedication. Um, I'd like to congratulate uh Adam uh to the newest member of the Clark Fire Department. Um, also congratulations to all the athletes
over at ALJ. Uh, this past week they were awarded their uh four athletic uh I'm sorry, fall athletic uh award winners. I'd like to congratulate all of them. Um, and also I want to congratulate the uh uh board of
education members uh Glanis uh Hickman and Melnik and uh just wishing everybody a very happy Thanksgiving. That concludes my comments for tonight. >> Thank you, Council Member Okconor. >> Thank you very much. I too want to congratulate Mayor Alanise and Council
Person Hoff on their most recent victories. Congratulations. The town got a taste of what you've done since you were put in place. They liked it and they want to see it continue for the next three years. So again, congratulations. I'd at this time I'd also like to thank the clerk's office
because they had a extremely late night on election night. So I know you had a lot of every time I went in there was just bags of stuff from the county that you guys had to deal with. So again, uh thank you for for doing it. Appreciate it. Um some of you may notice I actually have a
a beard now. I'm actually participating in No Shave November or what is called Movember and it's meant to raise awareness for cancer research and men's health. The movement encourages people to start conversations about cancer and to prioritize men's health issues like
prostate and testicular cancer by embracing hair growth and making healthier lifestyle choices such as staying upto-date on screenings. Again, very important. We talked about breast cancer last month. This month we're talking about men's health. Very, very important topic.
Uh, congratulations again. We have a new member as um, Councilman Manetti said to the fire department. We heard from the emergency squad that the c that positions are filled. Again, I mentioned it during my report. Thank you, Clark residents, for giving back to the community and volunteering your time.
Um, let's see what else I have here. Um, I hope to see everybody at the township activities for for the holidays as mentioned by the mayor and her report in the morning as well as uh council president uh Bill Smith on his recreation report. And I'd like to just
wish everybody a happy Thanksgiving. Be safe and uh we'll see you next month. Thank you. >> Thank you, Council Member Tol. >> Thank you, Mr. President and members of the town council. every meeting or I try to instill the thoughts and the
philosophy of we're a town of a family. We are one big family. We have agreements. We have goals. We we tried to do better for each other. Help the neighbors out. Help the community as a whole. But we're always a family. And recently we just had some loss in that
family. And we want to take note of that because there was some very special people who left us. And we must stop what we're doing and understand how life is that precious. You're here one moment and then you're gone. Lisa Scouturro, Jerry Scuturus, they
were a couple. They were always together. Lisa was a realtor, but she was a Clarkite. Gave a lot to our town. Gave a lot to the love of community and family. I had to go to Lisa's wake yesterday and I met some a lot of different people from her husband was
Jerry Scoutur Clark police department sergeant detective sergeant for many years and Jerry's and my dad went back as Clark Elks softball players many many back in the 70s but again family who touched different aspects of one's life
and Lisa was too young to go and I just want to say to Jerry Joe her son and Nara our condolences to you and lost your mom. She was a great lady who gave a lot of herself back to the Township of Clark and to various aspects of the community. And to Terry, I know your
heart is broken, but we will never forget what both of you represent of what was called love. To Rachel Strum, Mark, her lovely husband, Sarah and Gail. Rachel was a longtime librarian. If you're a librarian fan, I know the mayor is.
Rachel worked the counter. She was the counter clerk for years back in the 80s and the 90s. Rachel worked and you always saw at the library. Oh, hi Brian. Getting another book. Yeah. Again, a part that you maybe don't know every day, but has left us. And to Mark and
your family, I'm so sorry. She was such a great lady and gave so much back of herself and to her family, but to the community as a whole. Katherine Vicaro, the Vicaro bakery dynasty. I called it a dynasty for years, but Mrs. Vicaro was the matriarch
of the family. I went to school with Phyllis who was two years older than me, class of 78. So again, it's a family. The Vicaros give back still to this day with the name of their bakery that the mother had put together and she was an elderly woman, but still gave of herself
to build the foundation to what we have today. And as I said to the people at the wake yesterday, we're family. Let us give us back our time and our love to one another. Again, Thanksgiving's coming up. We'll see. There's no football game. Is Is there a football
game? No, no football game. I know they changed the way the programs are done this year. Uh the way they're done with the athletics departments and the football annual Thanksgiving game is is a thing of the past. But I just want to again say to all have a healthy and happy Thanksgiving. If you have a question, I was out campaigning with the
mayor and councilwoman Huff. It was such a blast knocking on your door, saying hello, and we'll be back again next year. We're here to make a better community and have a again family first and a better community. Thank you very much. Uh Mr. President, I appreciate you allowing me to talk.
>> Thank you. Uh Madame Clerk, you have anything to add? >> Yes. Thank you, Mr. President. I want to congratulate the mayor and Councilwoman Hoff and also thank Councilman Okconor for mentioning our office. This was our first election with uh the full new team and everything went smoothly and I'm
very proud of Nicole and Christina and the help that they provided during this election. Happy Thanksgiving to all. >> Thank you. >> You counselor, you have anything to add? >> Just congratulations to the mayor and to Councilwoman Hoff and uh I do wish also
everyone a very very happy and safe Thanksgiving. Uh, police director Grady or Captain Akbu a lot. You have anything to add or you want to say to the citizens? All good. I appreciate it. Um, all right. In closing again, I just want to
congratulate Mayor Albanese and Councilwoman Hoff. It was um, >> actually, oh, Jim, he talked enough tonight. So, I'll get back to you in a second. So, uh, but I I actually enjoyed going door to door. I mean, you got 60
plus% of the votes. So, 60 plus% of the doors we knocked at the people were like, "Ah, we got you. We're voting for you. No worries." But it was actually great knocking on the doors and speaking to the people who weren't so enamored with us and having a a civil debate and
talking to them and bringing up issues and uh some of them by the end of our conversations like, "You know what? Uh you guys are doing a great job." Some said, "We'll vote for you." Some said, "I would never vote for you." But, uh, needless to say, uh, the overwhelming majority of the people out there, it was
great, uh, going door todo. So, at this time, Jim, you have anything to add? Okay. Uh, appropriately, I'll close out the meeting then. Um, so, you know, we we have Brian on all of the, you know, people who have passed. And I just want
to congratulate the Christy Vieira. And, uh, she just, our CFO just had a a beautiful baby boy. So we we're adding to the u future employment of the township of Clark. Um and I want to
congratulate uh Jessica Huff on her win and uh Mayor Albanesey's and you know just going back and forth with um all the comments and questions from both of you and you know we've we it was very successful. So um obviously we we did
everything right and we're doing things the right way. Uh, and finally, I just want to wish everybody a happy Thanksgiving. >> Great. Thank you. All right. At this time, a motion to adjurnn. >> Thank you, Councilman Tol. Second, Council Member Hun. All in favor? >> Any opposed? None. All right. See you.
Happy Thanksgiving. See you next month. [Music] Heat. [Music] [Music] Heat.