Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to our June 2nd council meeting. Our first order of business is a call to order and rise for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag United States of America and to the
republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible liberty and justice for all. Item number two on the agenda is a reading of the sunshine statement and roll call by Mrs. Lauren Statz, our
municipal clerk. This meeting of the Denellanboro Council is called pursuant to the provisions of the open public meetings law. This meeting of June 2nd, 2025 was included in a list of meetings that was advertised in the
courier on January 9th, 2025 and as a teleconference was noticed on the official Denellan website on May 31st, 2025 and on the public bulletin board on North Avenue on May 31st, 2025 and has remained continuously posted as the
required notice. Mayor Sento present. Council President Sigman here. Mrs. Albertson here, Mrs. Lance here, Mrs. Rios here, Mr. Scott here, and Mr. Vandermark, noted absent.
Item number three on our agenda is proclamations. We have a proclamation this evening celebrating June's Pride Month, and Councilwoman Terry Albertson from the Denellan Arts, Inclusion, and Culture Commission has uh kindly offered to read the proclamation. I can get it
over. Okay. Proclamation celebrating Pride Month. Whereas the Burrow of Denella, New Jersey is a community that values diversity and inclusion and is committed to ensuring equal rights and opportunities for all its residents. And whereas during Pride Month, we celebrate
the victories that have affirmed the freedom, fairness, and equality to love whom one chooses and to live as one's true self. hand. Whereas we affirm our support for all residents and stand with them as we strive to foster a culture of
hope, love, understanding, authenticity, and mutual respect among family, friends, members, uh, family members, friends, and neighbors. Now therefore, Mayor Jason F. Suento along with the Denell and
Bun Burough Council does hereby proclaim June 2025 as Pride Month in the Burrow of Denellan and encourage all residents to join in celebrating and supporting our diverse and vibrant community. Jason F. Sento,
Mayor, June 2nd, 2025. Okay. Thank you, council member. Item number four on the agenda is the approval of our regular meeting minutes from May 19th, 2025. Can I have a motion and second, please? Move it. Sigman. Second. Rios. Any comments, additions, redactions to the meetings
minutes as they currently stand without hearing any roll call, please. Mrs. Albertson, yes. Mrs. Lance, yes. Mrs. Rios, yes. Mr. Scott, yes. And Mr. Sig, yes. Item number five on the agenda is the
introduction of ordinances this evening at 2025-12. It's a reintroduction of an ordinance to add new chapter 39 municipal flag lowering policy to part one administrative legislation the burough code. Can I have a motion and second please move it segment? Second
Albertson. Okay. As this is introduction, we'll just take a roll call, please. Mrs. Albertson, yes. Mrs. Lance, yes. Mrs. Rios, yes. Mr. Scott, yes. And Mr. Sigman, yes. Okay. Item number six on the agenda is
the adoption and public hearing of ordinances. We have two this evening, 2025-13 and 2025-14. Can I have a motion and second on 2025-13, an ordinance determining the salaries for the burrow of Denellan? Move it. Segment. Second, Rio. At this
time, we'll open the floor to the public. We ask that you please state your name and address and speak to us solely on 2025-13. Without hearing hearing any, we will close that portion of the meeting and we'll open up the floor to the mayor and council for discussion solely on 2025-13.
I have a question. Um, as I was looking at one of the other resolutions, I I noticed that um there is a line item for chief of police and captain, but where do the other police officers like sergeant and
patrolman fall under um the salaries for the burrow? Is that somewhere they fall in separately underneath their tears in their contract? Okay. And then where can that information be found? Is that you can ask for the contract through uh Alex Miller, our business administrator. So, what kind of pay scale are they
typically on? Is that is that totally under um police department scale? Okay. Okay. Just curious. Thank you. You're welcome. Any other questions from the members of
the council? reg. As always, remember when you open up a contract, you open up everything. Okay. Any other questions from councel? Okay. Without hearing any, roll call, please. Mrs. Albertson? Yes. Mrs. Lance?
Yes. Mrs. Rios? Yes. Mr. Scott? Yes. And Mr. Sigman? Yes. Okay. Hey. Can I have a motion and second on 2025-14? An ordinance approving a 5-year uh tax exemption for a new multiple dwelling rental project constructed by
337 Front Street Associates LLC at 337 Front Street pursuant to the 5-year exemption and abatement law and chapter 115B of the Denellan Municipal Code. Move it segment. Second, Rios. Before we open the floor to the public, I've asked Sandy Glacio, our redevelopment legal
council, who has been on this project, uh, to do a short discussion on this specific item. Very short. Uh, St. Eglatio of Windells, Marks, Lane, and Mittenorf, we serve as redevelopment council for the burrow. Uh, this project uh, 337 Front Street is
a 8-unit uh, dwelling. uh it's going to be one affordable uh unit in the uh in the dwelling and they applied to the burough for a five-year tax exemption uh to assist them with the feasibility of constructing the project. Um the
exemption is pursuant to the five-year uh exemption and abatement law. Uh it's a state statute in New Jersey. uh Denellan a few years ago uh adopted an ordinance uh enabling that legislation uh to be available to developers in
Dunellan. Uh so that is one of the prerequisites for allowing for uh this uh exemption abatement. Uh the burrow reviewed the application submitted by the applicant found that everything was proper uh and we drafted this uh
exemption. It's for five years. The exemption starts um uh when the building is completed. Uh they do an extra u submission to the tax assessor so that it will go on the records. Uh has to be done within um 30 days of the actual
completion of the project. Uh and during the five years the taxes are phased back in so that it's close to um being what it full taxation is at the end of the extension period. Uh in conjunction uh with this, the developers also agreed to
uh a $15,000 uh community benefit contribution the burrow to be used for pedestrian safety and streetscape uh improvements in connection with that project. Uh that's also on your agenda tonight uh in the resolution section. So
if you have any questions on that, feel free to ask. Thank you. Okay. Thank you, Zen. Uh at this time, we'll open up the floor to the public to ask any questions pertaining to 2020-14. Make your comments known, too. Uh we just ask that you please state your name and
address. Anybody online? Okay. Without hearing any from the public, we'll open the floor to mayor and council for discussion solely on 2025-14. Okay. Uh with that, roll call. Mrs. Albertson, yes. Mrs. Lance, yes. Mrs. Rios, yes. Mr. Scott, yes. And Mr.
Sigman, yes. Mr. Glacio, thank you. Thank you, mayor. And I'll note that that's the this is the first exemption under this law and this chapter that the burough's uh uh done. So, thank you. Thank you. Okay. Item number seven on the agenda is resolutions. We have resolutions
226 through 236. 226 through 236. Yep. Okay. Uh and Mrs. Lawrence Stats will read them through. Resolution 226 is to pay the bills. Move it. Segment.
Second. Lance. Mrs. Albertson? Yes. Mrs. Lance? Yes. Mrs. Rios? Yes. Mr. Scott? Yes. And Mr. Sigman? Yes. Resolution number 227 is approving the first amendment to the redevelopment agreement by and between the Burough of
Denellan and 337 Front Street Associates. Move it Rios. Second segment. Mrs. Albertson, yes. Mrs. Lance, yes. Mrs. Rios, yes. Mr. Scott, yes. And Mr. Sigment,
yes. Resolution 228 is to approve a 2026 fiscal year municipal alliance agreement with Middle Sex County. Move it. Sigma. Second. Rios. Mrs. Albertson. Abstain.
Mrs. Lance. Yes. Mrs. Rios. Yes. Mr. Scott. Yes. And Mr. Sigment. Yes. Resolution 229 is to approve calendar year salaries for 2025. Move it. Second. Second. Albertson.
Mrs. Albertson. Yes. Mrs. Lance. Yes. Mrs. Rios. Yes. Mr. Scott. Yes. Mr. Sigman. Yes. Resolution 230 is authorizing the municipal tax collector to prepare and issue estimated tax bills for the
Burough of Denellan for the third installment of 2025 taxes. Move it. segment. Second. Rios. Mrs. Albertson. Yes. Mrs. Lance. Yes. Mrs. Rios. Yes. Mr. Scott. Yes. And Mr. Sigman. Yes.
Resolution 231 is to approve the Church of St. John's for a basket raffle license on November 15th, 2025. Move it. Second. Second. Albertson. Mrs. Albertson. Yes. Mrs. Lance. Yes.
Mrs. Rios. Yes. Mr. Scott. Yes. And Mr. Sigment. Yes. Resolution 232 is to award a contract to KEK for the extraction and core analysis for the Second Street improvements project. Move it. Segment.
Second. Rios. Mrs. Albertson. Yes. Mrs. Lance. Yes. Mrs. Rios. Yes. Mr. Scott. Yes. And Mr. Sigman. Yes. Resolution 233 is to hire summer camp staff for the Denellan Recreation
Department. Move it. Segment. Second. Albertson. Mrs. Albertson. Yes. Mrs. Lance. Yes. Mrs. Rios. Yes. Mr. Scott. Yes. And Mr. Sigma. Yes. Resolution 234 is to award a contract
for professional services to CMA Associates to perform engineering services for Second Street improvements project phase 2 at a cost not expected to exceed $93,000. Move it segment second. Rio
Mrs. Albertson yes Mrs. Lance yes Mrs. Rios yes Mr. Scott yes and Mr. segment. Yes. Resolution 235 is to award a contract for professional services to CME Associates to perform engineering services for Bound Brook Road
Streetscape improvements projects at a cost not expected to see exceed 59,400 move it re second Rio segment Mrs. Albertson yes Mrs. Lance yes Mrs.
Rios yes Mr. Scott. Yes. And Mr. Sig, yes. Resolution 236 is to award a contract to Garden State Paving Solutions for the installation and reconstruction of ADA ramps on Jackson Avenue for amount not
to exceed $182,999.72. Move it. Second. Second. Mrs. Albertson. Yes. Mrs. Lance. Yes. Mrs. Rios. Yes. Mr. Scott, yes. And Mr. Sigman, yes. Okay. Item number eight on the agenda is council reports. Councilwoman Albertson,
the fire department responded to 33 calls for service in May. Total calls for 2025, 158 to date. Hazmat was six, false alarm was 15, service call five, EMS1, good intent four, fire two. The
monthly total of 33. In addition to emergency responses, the fire department attend attended several events and held several drills during May. On the 8th, the probationary may uh members began in-house training prior to attending the
fire academy. On the 12th, they held the monthly officers meeting and work drill. On the 17th, probitionary members received initial CPR training. On the 21st, they had monthly instruction training. On the 25th, they had a drill to prepare
apparatus for the Memorial Day parade. On the 26th, they attended the Memorial Day parade. On the 28th, they held their monthly fire company meeting. On the 30th, they had a special drill to prepare boat and high water truck for possible rain. They're happy to see a
number of residents continue to join the department over the past few months. The new members will be attending fire school in the upcoming months. Fire department is looking for new members to join their department. Membership is open to anyone 16 to 18 as a junior member and full member is open to anyone
over 18. Visit their website at www.danellanfd.com or email joinfdelanfd.com for more information. Reminder, the fire company is sponsoring the street fair Saturday, June 21st from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 pm on North Avenue.
We hope to see everyone there. Downtown Denell and Management Organization decorated the gazeos with flower baskets and they look lovely. There's a car show on North Avenue this Sunday, June 8th, that supports DDMO. Be sure to stop by
and check out the cars. They will be there from 10:00 a.m. to 3 p.m. The friends of the Jan Public Library, the open air market is in full swing. Stop by on the first and third Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Visit our vendors and enjoy some food and play a
game of golf. Uh this the third Sunday is uh Father's Day and all fathers play golf for free. Thank you. Okay. Thank you, Councilwoman. Councilman Rios, buildings and grounds report. Fire extinguishers fire
extinguisher inspection have been completed for all burrow properties. Garden State Paving completed the removal and replacement of the ADA ramp at the Tillan Public Library. This past week, the Department of Public Works cleaned burrow streets and prepared
Washington Park Memorial Washington Memorial Park in advance for the Memorial Parade Day Parade. Parsa. Um, Parsa oversaw three sewer lateral repairs on South Avenue conducted by the
contractor working on the NJ American Water main replacement project. Parsa continues to monitor progress on the water main installation. Green Brook Flood Commission will have their next meeting on Wednesday, June 4th at 7:30 p.m. Log to their website for the uh
Zoom meeting link. Jan Public Library update. This month at the library, art after school continues every week at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 4th at 6 p.m. attend an information session for
firsttime home buyers. Tuesday, June 11th, representatives from the College of New Jersey will represent a bilingual program for small business owners or those looking to start a business. Learn about available grants and resources to
support your goals. Friday, June 13th, celebrate the start of summer after school with popsicles and inerson registration for the summer reading program. Also invite everyone to complete our summer survey available online through Facebook and Instagram or
in person at the library. Be sure to visit our Facebook page and website to stay current on the upcoming programs and announcements. That's all. Okay. Thank you, Councilwoman Lance. The recreation department. On Monday, May 26th, we
celebrated our annual Memorial Day parade. The recreation department extends its heartfelt thanks to everyone who attended and participated in this wonderful event. Special appreciation goes to the Memorial Day committee who began planning this day back in February. We'd also like to recognize
Bill Uler, Daryl Story, and Commander Pete Albertson from the American Legion, Commander Gary Stoop, Jeff Gerber, and Bill Sutton from the BFW, Officer Joe Dudley, Mayor Sento, Recreation Program Coordinator Kelly Cedar, Tyler Mayor, Billy George, business administrator
Alex Miller, and the Recreation Commission. As summer approaches, Denellan is excited to offer residents a variety of camps of youth this year. Here are the available programs. Have the Destroyers basketball camp open to
boys and girls entering fourth and through 8th grade. Um, Destroyers soccer camp for middle school boys. A new addition this year. This camp is specifically tailored for middle school boys interested in soccer and will be coached by Fanner, the high school
soccer coach. A traditional day camp um is also being offered Dell through the Danella Recreation um that offers a range of activities including arts and crafts, sports, games, and field trips designed for children ages 5 to 12. It
provides a fun and safe environment for summer recreation. And um the Denellan Arts Inclusion Culture Committee um art camp is also open to kids ages 6 through 12 with a session available for teens.
For more information about all camps, please visit www.denellan parks andreciation.com. All camp registrations must be completed through the denellan parks and recreation website. And mark your calendar. Recreation night at the ballpark is scheduled for Thursday, June
26th at Somerset Patriots Ballpark. All spring recreation athletes are invited to join and will receive a free ticket. Please note that all children must be accompanied by an adult. Additional tickets are available for $10 each. Thank you. That's all. Okay. Thank you,
Council President. Uh yes, I also just want to add an uh an additional plug to the uh recreation summer camp. Uh my boys have been going there and absolutely love it and it definitely rivals some of the larger camps. You pay a lot more money. I know my boys had a lot more fun there and
they get to be with some of the uh other kids from Denellan. Uh so just plug in that. Uh and that is all I have. Okay. Thank you, Councilman Scott. DPW report. They can routinely clean the downtown area and all the burrow parks and properties weekly lawn and landscape
maintenance at parks and properties. Maintain the ball field. walked the streams after the recent heavy storms. Assisted with road closures during the Memorial Day parade. New plants and mulch added around the downtown trees. New plants were added to the flower beds at McCoy Park. Completed the last pass
for leaf bags around town. Painted new handicap spot for residents as approved by the council and cleaned out the trash trap. For the mechanic division, they serviced the police fleet as they come due for maintenance and breakdowns. They also service DBW fleet for maintenance and breakdowns and they serviced all the
one equipment for continued operation throughout the season. Uh public works will have its additional household rubbish drop off June 11th from 12:30 to 6 and June 14th from 8 to to 1. This drop off is for residents would
pay to drop their household rubbish off $25 for a car load, $50 for an SUV or a minivan, and $75 for a pickup or van. ID is required to prove residential status and all drop off must be pre prepaid at the clerk's office prior to the event
and it is not open to contractors and as always the free regularly scheduled ro annual roll off our Saturdays in September and October. That's my report. Okay. Um I may have missed this but did we talk about the car show on June
8th that was brought up? Yeah, I mentioned it. Okay. Thank you. [Music] Um, I don't want to skip over the mural. Did we mention the mural, too? Okay. So, okie do. So, uh, Saturday, June
21st, Madison Avenue mural unveiling and fire department street fair, which was just mentioned by the fire chief, uh, no, councilman, councilwoman Albertson, I apologize. Um, so but at 11:00 a.m. on June 21st, uh, the Bright Day Everyday,
uh, mural by Olga Tapia will be, uh, the grand opening of it will be revealed and, uh, you can join us there as well as at the the annual fire department street fair, same day. Uh, killing multiple birds with one stone. So, a lot
to do on that weekend. Uh, American Water Projects. Uh over the last few years, New Jersey American Waters invested over 10 million into upgrading the Don Water main infrastructure and will invest approximately $8 million more in 2025. Uh New Jersey American Water is
almost done replacing the 6-in cast iron water man installed in the 1940s with a 12-in uh duct tile water man and 47 water services to each residential home. The new water man will increase residential water flow and add pressure to the new fire hydrants that will be
replacing the old ones later in the project. Following the water service installation, American Water will pave the streets approximately 90 days after the installation phase. So, uh what's going on is they're replacing lead based uh pipes as well as the clayike ones. And so, it's a definitely an
infrastructure improvement. Um, we have been informed that there's some upcoming New Jersey American Water projects that they want to do on Walnut Street in Lehi. So, uh, the Walnut Street project will start on West Fourth Street on the road and work towards High Street area, New Jersey American water. They're not
going to go to Palaski. Yeah. Okay. High street area. New Jersey American Water replaced an 8-in cast iron water mane with a 12-in ductile iron water man with 103 residential water services and six new fire hydrants. Test pits along uh Walnut
Street will start this week with limited traffic uh closures, which we need to talk about that most traffic will be able to pass by the test pit areas. Uh the water main installation will start approximately 10 days. This phase will begin on the west fourth side of Walnut
and uh towards South Madison Avenue, which they will most likely be doing when school is already out for the summer. Uh the Lehi project uh with American Water will start after school is out for the summer break and we'll replace 6 in main with 8 in main along
with 15 residential services and one fire hydrant. We've been having PSEG and the sewer utility come out too. Yeah. Okay. just just so the public is aware. Um, so I just want to say thank you to council members on this side of the room who made us aware of American Water
closing off South Madison Avenue when they should not have done that. So, uh, for the public who's been dealing with that stress, we apologize for the inconvenience, but Mr. Miller will be speaking with American Water on how they make it a little bit more easier on your morning commute and on your return home.
No lead. No lead pipes. Okay. So, that should be corrected. Okay. Whenever they're doing the um test, we've been doing it to check to make sure that residents have the proper uh service going through their
house there. They replace it. But all the main cast Okay. from six to 12 in. Got it. Thank you. Um and you will be talking to them about the South Madison
closure. Yes. Okay. Uh Second Street phase one DOT project in Milan Pave uh project from Denell and Middle Sex border to Madison A. The Second Street DOT projects concrete work and for the curb, gutter, and sidewalks is approximately 50% complete. Depending on
the weather over the next few weeks, the contractor may complete the concrete work by the week of June 16th. Uh the remaining items include tree removal, installation, new roadway and pedestrian signage, milling and paving, and final restoration. Um keep in mind for the weekend of the townwide garage sale,
work will be paused. Um I know some residents shared that concern, but uh people will be able to access the garage sales along that time frame. Our engineers report uh the LED decorative light upgrades. The Bur has requested that LED lights be replaced in older
decorative light poles. Um, CME is waiting for a start date from PSCG. They've agreed to do all of them with the exception of two block uh two blocks between Washington and Denellum Avenue. Uh, we became aware of that just over the last couple days. Um, so we are
working through PSCG with our good senator John Bramnik to put a little pressure on making sure they do all of them because it would look a little awkward in the downtown to have all LED lights with the exception of two blocks being the soft lights. So, um, hopefully we can come up to an agreement with
that. Um, but and if it does get completed the way we're hoping it gets completed, many thanks to Senator John Bramnik, our state legislature and senator. Okay, that's it for me. And next up on the agenda
is council discussion. Mayor, I do have a question regarding the new fire hydrants. Is it okay to address that? Um, are these six new fire hydrants or replacement fire hydrants? Okay. And so maintenance on those fire
hydrants? Yeah, they're replacing They're replacing They're not installing new ones like installing brand new ones, new location. No, no, they're replacing the old ones. New Okay, thank you.
Okay. Uh, no council discussion this evening. Department head reports legal. Uh, no report. Okay. Clerk registar. Yes. Just a reminder that Lincoln Middle School is no longer a polling location. The new polling locations are as
follows. District one. Oops. Give me one second. Sorry, it's deleted. One and two at the senior center, districts three and six at the firehouse, and districts four and five at the public library. Early voting will
begin on June 3rd and end on June 8th. The closest early voting polling location is at John F. Kennedy Library at 500 Hose Lane in Piscatoaway. Hours will be Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to
6:00 p.m. No appointment is necessary. Sample ballots were mailed out on May 28th, so you should be receiving them in the mail. Uh, I also put the link to them on the website and we have copies in the clerk's office. And that is it for me. Okay. Thank you. Administration
it. Okay. Police. Chaplain. Anything from the fire company? No. Function. Great. Great. Love to hear that. Okay. No more department heads. Uh
item number 11 is public comments. We open the floor to the public. Please state your name and address. Anybody in chambers? Anybody online? Anyone on Facebook? Okay, we'll close that portion of the
meeting. Um, item number 11 is adjournment. We have resolution 237. Uh, can I have a motion in a second, please? Move it. Sigma. Second, Lance. Before we do a roll call, please join us at our next council meeting, June 16th at 7 p.m. That will
be our last meeting. uh where we do two sessions for the summer sessions, then we'll just go to the first Monday of each month for July and August, and then we'll be back at it two times a month in September. Okay, so roll call. Actually, all in favor for