e e good evening ladies and gentlemen and Welcome to our September 16th council meeting uh the first order of business is a call to order and the rise for the Pledge of Allegiance so please rise IED ALG to the flag United States
of America stand indivisible for all item number two on the agenda is the reading of the sunshine statement and
roll call by Dell's municipal clerk Mrs laurren stats this meeting of the denell and bur council is called pursuant to the provisions of the open public meetings law this meeting of September 16th 2024 was included in a list of meetings that
was advertised in The Courier on January 8th 2024 and as a teleconference was noticed on the official dellan website on September 12th 2024 and on the public bulletin board on North Avenue Avenue uh on September 12th 2024 and has remained
continuously posted as the required notice under the state statute mayor sento here council president Albertson here Mrs Lance here Mrs Rios here Mr Scott here Mr Sigman
here and Mr vanderark noted absent item number three on the agenda is approval of the meeting minutes of our regular meeting of September 3rd 2024 can I have a motion and second please move it Rios second Sigman any edits amendments or
redactions as the meeting minutes currently stand without hearing none can we take a roll call please Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes and Mr Sigman
yes next up is a proclamation honoring direct support professional weeks for the Ark of middle sex uh do I have a council member who would like to volunteer to read the proclamation I can read it okay
councilman right so whereas every day in New Jersey more than 30,000 people work as direct support professionals providing exemplary and critical support and service services to hundreds of thousands of children and adults with intellectual and development
abilities whereas direct support professionals have dedicated their professional lives in supporting serving and empowering individuals with developmental disabilities enabling them to live fulfilling lives in the community and whereas direct support professionals provide a broad range of
support including help with personal care participating in school work home religious and recreational activities leaving important leaving important life skills in general dayto today activities to Foster full citizenship and whereas
direct support professionals develop strong trusting relationships with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities that are personally enriching for both the individuals and professional and whereas the ark middle sex County values the
hard work of its direct support professionals and recognizes the support of the administration and governing body of the burough of dellan for these invaluable workers who support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and whereas
the week of September 8th through September 14th 2024 has been designated direct support professionals recognition week to honor and recognize the significant contributions that direct support professionals make to our
communities and whereas every day the ark middle sex County's direct support professionals make a tremendous difference in the lives of people with intellectual developmental disabilities strengthening our communities and supporting our most Valu vulnerable
citizens for which they deserve our respect and deepest admiration now therefore be it resolved that mayor Jason F salento and the burough Council of denell in New Jersey hereby proclaimed September 8th through the 14th 2024 as direct support professional
recognition week thank you council member uh that was brought to our attention from middle sex County Arc uh who unfortunately provided that after our prior council meeting but uh we felt there was still important enough to read a proclamation
on the good work that they do and recognizing the demographic and population which they represent okay next up is item number five the introduction of ordinances can have a motion in second on 202 24-24 an ordinance to amend several
sections of chapter 237 sidewalk cafes move it Rio second Albertson without any further discussion on introduced ordinances beyond what I'm about to read out right now because it was uh up for public hearing adoption councilwoman
Lance rightfully so I believe uh found some language that should have been uh amended in it and that's why we're reintroducing so just so the public is aware underneath section 237 d8 requirements and specifications letter d
uh require in addition was that they have to leave six feet of paved sidewalk for accessibility for pedestrians walk through um and it also change of any sidewalk cafes that chooses to have portable barrier barriers or Planters shall not install any such barrier that
is less than three feet nor more than 4 feet in height and should be placed around the Sidewalk Cafe area on a sidewalk to better Define their Cafe area and The unobstructed Pedestrian passageway area down to I it discusses a time frame 30 minutes uh after the
closing of the cafe the operator shall have all furniture apparatus uh decoration barriers Planters Etc and any other items used in connection with the operation of such Cafe in a manner consistent with the approved development plan uh which also recognizes the six feet that should be provided for
pedestrians and then lastly the amendment is 237-1051 be punishable by a fine not to exceed 500 for each violation committed hereunder each violation of a section or subsection of this article shall constitute a separate and distinct
violation independent of any other section or subsection each day's failure to comply with any such section or subsection shall constitute a separate violation so those were the Amendments since the last uh introduced ordinance and so at the next council meeting this will be up for public here in adoption
for public to make comments on as well as Council to discuss um in between now and then you can find this uh introduced ordinance reintroduced ordinance on the uh clerk section of the website as well as going to the clerk's office you can
request a copy uh so and on the bulletin board outside so with that we'll take a roll call on 24- 202 24-24 Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes
Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes Mr Sigman yes next up is item number six on the agenda adoption of ordinances uh we have two this evening 2024-25 as well as 2024 d26 can I have a motion and second on
ordinance 2024-25 an ordinance to amend and supplement the general legislation of the burough of denell chapter 269 traffic move it sigment second Rios We will open the floor to the public for any comments or questions
pertaining solely to 2024-25 um so basically what this ordinance does just for public knowledge it places uh certain parts of Klein Place towards the deaden towards Columbia Park where it's restricted parking you can't park there because there's some issues with people parking there and blocking access for
res as well as access to and from the park so that's what this ordinance is so without hearing any uh from the public we'll open the floor to Mayor and Council for any discussion on 2024-25 without hearing any we'll close that we'll take a roll call please Mrs
Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes Mr Sigman yes can have a motion in second by ordinance 2024 d26 an ordinance amending and
supplementing chapter 54 police article s special Duty assignments for police officers section 56 rates of compensation administrative fee payment for services move it Sigman second Rios so what this does is it it amends the ordinance and increases the fee in which
uh the the rates for compensation for the officers can be paid um during off-duty hours correct and uh it usually is like when the utilities company comes in they pay the town and it covers those rates uh we were substantially under
other towns this is uh bringing them competitive to what the other towns are doing in their comp well comps yep so with that we'll open the floor to the public um any comments or questions solely to 202 24-26 we just ask that you please state your name and
address without hearing any uh comments from the public we'll open the floor to Mayor and Council for discussion without hearing any we will take a roll call Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes Mr Sigman
yes item number seven on the agenda are resolutions Mrs stats our municipal clerk is going to read through the resolutions uh giving time before each one for mayor and Council to discuss them before voting resolution number 287 is to pay the
bills move it Sigman second Albertson Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes Mr Sigman yes resolution number 288 is to approve a block party for Oak Parkway move it
sigment second Rios Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes and Mr Sigman yes resolution 289 is to accept the volunteer fire and EMS Grant from the
New Jersey American water for the denell and fire department move it Albertson second Sigman well good work by the fire department containing this grant okay I'll take a r Mrs Albertson
yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs Rios yes yes no recuse abstain obain okay Mr Scott abstain due to position the fire and Mr Sigman
yes resolution 290 is to authorize the chapter 159 for drive sober get pulled over Labor Day Crackdown grant for 2025 uh calendar year 2024 move it Sigman second
Rios Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes Mr Sigman yes resolution 291 is approving the cost of abatement of property code violations at 656 Bound Brook Road and placement of
a lean against said property for the cost in expenses thereof in accordance with chapter 217 Property Maintenance of the code of the burough of Ellen move it Rios second Albertson uh so for those that are don't know this is the old laundry map the corner of Sanford and
Bound Brook uh we've seen as they' changed property hands um that they've allowed the property to just get more de uh decrepit I guess you can say so the DPW did clean it up and so this is a part of our ordinance that should it
require us to do a cleanup that we will recoup the funds that the taxpayers paid and place a lead so that's what this is a part of the process correct Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes
Mrs Rios y yes Mr Scott yes and Mr Sigman yes resolution 292 is requesting permission for the dedication by writer for donations the acceptance of bequests and Gifts required by State Statute move
it Sigman second Rios so so um before we move any further on this one because this is in coordination with the resolution 293 so I think it's best that would it be appropriate if we give the pre short proposal right now for what founders day is okay um first and
foremost um founders day is a proposed well we've done it before we did in 2017 we had an event for it um and conceptually you've been speaking about it for several years um and the resolution before you right now is through the settlement that through Optimum
Alti um that we worked on as a municipality um they part of the settlement was to give money towards an event in the town and so it's being proposed that those funds go towards the initiation of Founders Day so we can
have a Founders Day event every year um and the proposal on the table tonight is the creation of one this year uh Dell's anniversary or birthday is October 28th so the goal be is that you're always do the weend around or before the actual
date of the the anniversary October 28th and so this is being proposed for October 27th in Washington Park um and Kelly Cedar our Recreation coordinator is here this evening and so I'm going to turn the floor over to Kelly I think this a great opportunity to celebrate as
a community um so Kelly thank so as said we have it on October 27 at Washington Park without a rain date it be from 12 to 5 um and the goal is basically to celebrate the town
Heritage um honor it history while recognizing It Grow um bring the community together um we'll have live performances uh local vendors um bouny house to the
kids um and there'll other activities with and it it's going to be the same day as theual Halloween perod so um we're going to try to tie that into it um where we'll have performances going on all way
to the park and then the parade will happen in the middle of the day the parade will get to the park then we'll do the parade and reward so hopefully bring something to Halloween and the Halloween
PR happening the same day you know we'll get those people there really in essence is a day to celebrate dellan and um y to figure out parade parade itself we
in with Founders Day nice and Founders Day might help our our the parade with numbers yeah and any of the fundraising that goes on would go back into putting
on a a bigger better event next year so it's something we can build upon every year Harvest Fest started in a very similar manner smaller scale and then you've seen what it's it's come to be as I've said to Kelly my goal as mayor is to raise enough where we get the old
steam engine back on the uh tracks so but we got quite a way to go uh but uh you got to start somewhere um so yeah that's basically it is a showcase to know and I think uh Kelly brought to the table of getting committees and
commissions to have tables to promote themselves to try and also encourage more people to step up to the plate and volunteer um so I think it would be if you think about it one of those outside the tree lighting ceremony the Christmas tree
lighting it's will be one of those last G for this for the year if you think about if we can pull it off I know we're going to pull it off it's we know we're starting smaller this year we have no big expectations and we have local artists the goal is to showcase the Nell
and artists um Kelly brought up the idea of having the high school band and choir perform as well as the fa School band and choir perform which is nice they'll bring the kids into the park um all right I'll take a all M council
member um who is going to be overseeing the organization of the event is it going to be recreation edmo no it'll be through Recreation okay and cook and I'll be helping out and then moving forward will this always
coincide with Halloween parade I think that's yeah we had talked about the last Sunday October always parade which seems to be the day that closest to the 28 two birds one stone
yeah okay and I think if there's opportunity for ddmo and other organizations to partner if they you know cross promote um I think that's just better overall for the town so yeah
invol org any other questions and clearly as we as we build it out any suggestions please bring them to Kelli's attention um more hands the better it's a so it's
a big job anyway so okay thanks Council okay Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes and Mr Sigman yes resolution 293 is to approve
a founder event on October 27th 2024 for the burough of den Allen mov it Rios second Albertson any discussion we I think we just just want to make sure Lu Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes
Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes and Mr Sigman yes well congratulations Miss Cedar thank you I know you're gonna lead this in in a great effort so good work okay next up is item eight on the agenda Council reports uh council president
Albertson anything to report this even yes I do uh the fire department had one incident which occurred just a little while ago was a car accident they want us to know that the apparatus is in and the building itself is almost finished the DMO um the annual Harvest Fest is
October 13 it's always a great event mark your calendars now the friends of the denan public library are host in a sparkling Touchstone fundraiser on Thursday September 26 at 700 p.m. in the library this is a great time to start your holiday
shopping denan American Legion has a car show Wednesday September 18th weather permitting 5: to 8:00 pm Refreshments available for purchase the shade tree commission stop and visit their booth at harvestfest learn about the new trees that have been planted and meet the
hardworking volunteers on commission and the senior Club was uh very lucky to have um Homer Mosley our own Homer Mosley uh come and do a presentation on emergency preparedness for us it was
very well done and everyone really enjoyed it thank you Homer for coming and do that for us and that's it okay um is everybody okay in the accident I don't know you'd have to ask the fire chief there okay well we'll keep them in our
in our prayers our thoughts council member Rios yes denalan Recreation is looking forward to the annual senior picnic Friday September 20th at the denalan American Legion post9 any seniors interested in attending can contact Rec program
coordinator Kelly Cedar at kedar denaro.com this past weekend was a busy one in the recreation department Rec tennis and soccer both kicked off on Saturday morning we have 15 soccer teams from prek through 8th grade Jalan recck
would like to thank all of his volunteer coaches for coaching this fall without you this program would not be possible recck tennis Saturday sessions also begin this past also began this past weekend tennis has 25 kids in the program grades eight three through eight
the double The Falls Double tournament is back this year and will take place on Saturday October 6th at 9:00 A.M this fun recreational tournament is open to all skill levels and for anyone in high school or older registration
uh register online at www.del and parks and recreation.com please consider volunteering in one of our Rec Sports you do not need to be a professional player to help out thelan Public Library September is library card sign up month
please renew your library cards as they do expire every 3 years join us on October 5th from 3: to 7: at the D public library for our fourth annual Hispanic heritage celebration enjoy a vibrant bomba performance by the
Segunda Kima folklore Center along with local artists and live music throughout the event delicious food will be available from the cave food truck do don't miss out on this exciting celebration of culture what was the date again October 5th from 3:00 to 7: to
kick off our reciprocal privileges with Somerset County the down Public Library would like to host a bicycle Parade from Irene e Feld C nner elementary school that's a mouthful in Greenbrook to the dellan
public library during department head reports the library director will provide more details about this event if that's okay okay um please check out our website and Facebook for programs throughout the month of September uh dellan Board of Education dates to keep
in mind September 18th is dellan high schools back to school uh September 19th is fabers back to school SE September 23rd is Lincoln Middle School's picture day September 24th is Board of Ed meeting at 7 and September 26th is
Lincoln Middle Schools back to school night all starting at 6:30 and that's all thank you okay thank you's absent uh council member Lance anything to report from buildings and grounds the phones at Burrow Hall are expected to be
installed once upgrades the server have been completed uh the burrow electrical inspector is working with psng to get the electrical meter installed at the Madison a bridge and we are eagerly anticipating the completion of the project um the hbac units at both the
Fieldhouse and burall police department are scheduled for fall service and upkeep and finally the electrical enhancements at in the gazebo at Washington Park such as added outlets and lighting have significantly improved the space the these upgrades have turned
the Gazebo into a m multifunctional venue promoting a stronger sense of community and encouraging increased outdoor activities year round that's all okay great thank you council member Sigman uh yes thank
you uh again I just want to uh encourage uh people to join as a uh Recreation coach um we had our first week of soccer I know of at least one first year uh coach um so welcome to the team we have room for more uh please uh come out and
join us uh and next I actually just have a question for the doubles tournament do you have to find your partner or will you provide them okay um so I might be looking for a doubles partner if anyone's interested
and that is all council member Scott the DPW has continued to routinely clean the downtown and all burrow parks and properties weekly Lawn and Landscape Maintenance to burrow parks and properties street sweeping schedule continues and please do not park on the
street the day of your street sweeping uh also they're swept off the catch basins for the storms that are coming uh they've removed trash from the trash trap ran multiple loads to the dump from the rolloff they prepared areas for tree installation the D in the downtown Tree Project cut and remove
concrete bricks and bricks in preparation for for the project they did the Hot Tar crack fill in South EV and they've been doing senior citizen pickup for the rolloff rubbish uh reminder rolloff started September 7th uh for more information you can go
to the burough website to the public works page and there's assistance for seniors and disabled community members the schedule assistance Den seniors and disabled community members who did not have the means to bring the material to disposal site should call the DPW office
at 732 968 5455 one week ahead of your scheduled drop off date and a pickup will be on the Friday before your street scheduled disposal and that's all I have okay great thank you uh my report for the evening uh
clein place the dot project so the contractor has started the Milling phase of this project today and the paving uh phase should be completed by Wednesday September 18th uh after the paving phase the contractor will install trees and shrubs
stripe the road and add no parking areas at the End of the Street near Columbia Park entrance the park is expected to be completed the project is expected to be completed by the end of this month I know it's been a uh long anticipated project to be concluded I know the residents back there but uh they'll have
a brand new road after all of it uh middle 6 County palaski Street Colbert project another project that's been taking uh quite some time uh all the concrete work has been uh completed since last week uh the contract will start now Milling uh the Walnut Street block between palaski Street and High
Street uh this section was added to the project due to the new sewer main uh from palaski street so it's it's going to be a change order on the project the contractor will also start laying the stabilized base asphalt to palaski Street between Walnut Street to South Avenue and plans to pave the asphalt top
later this week followed by the restoration phase the project is expected again to be completed at the end of this month hopefully the middlex county in local Mill and pave project this is Madison Avenue from Mountain View Terrace to Greenbrook border and Mountain View Terrace from
Madison Avenue through the 800 block of Third Street today the contractor for the project has started Milling uh the fa the Milling phase of the project and expects uh the paving phase to be completed by Thursday of this week all these roads are getting done uh all
around the same time weather permitting uh note for the for all the paving projects vehicles cannot be parked on the street during the working hours posted so uh please find alternate parking on a street nearby or leave your cars in your driveways of
course if there's an emergency emergency vehicles will have access uh during the paving phase we will have limited traffic allowance uh for seniors uh those with disabilities and of course emergencies as we just said aside from emergencies there may be
slight delay getting in and out of the street uh the downtown trees you might have seen the installation of and new trees have begun in the downtown along uh North Avenue the streetcap portion of the project is one of the first steps in our downtown Improvement project and will continue over the next two weeks um
you'll H you'll see there's a mix between native species which is very important for our ecosystem as well as some decorative species because well a lot of the non-native trees are the ones that have the very pretty flowers so you know we'll mix them
up uh the Comcast project um so once Comcast has a blanket RightWay permit uh they will Begin work CME is currently our Engineers is currently working on a bonding amount for this project uh what is the work process for this Comcast would begin underground work within the
right of way of all streets to run our fber throughout denel uh only on the roads that are not paved currently um at the same time splicing would occur to get all the Peds which are the locations that would hook up the service drops to each home God bless you set and do all
Road Crossings we can on the non moratorium roads uh as Electronics consisting of power supplies and housings are placed they would be spliced in and activated as well once all work is done and housing housing can be turned up Comcast would release all
homes associated with that particular housing as aerial permits come back uh and we have a solid span we can then construct and we would start running the aerial section so above on the wires the pole permits on the moratorium Road Crossings are in the works and will take
some time to come back as they do Comcast will run those Crossings as well as tie the underground areas they permit to uh Comcast will have a better schedule once a permit is approved and we provide the schedule to the town at that time for awareness uh when could residents uh possibly have access to
Comcast give optim a little competition uh Comcast is looking at November to begin this phased approach and homes will be released as construction takes place so as they start doing sections they'll start releasing uh this process will beginning the southern section of the burrow um so that's the process
Comcast is going to have um I do believe they're going to be fully complete by 2026 that's the goal and then we'll have uh some competition for uh Optimum Alti and um yeah we're very excited about this project to come to fruition it's it's been a long time
coming uh Sydney mclin lever ceremony which is going to be on Monday September 23rd uh we're excited to be honoring her um on like I said this 23rd of September at 5:00 p.m. in Columbia Park please show up uh handicapped parking will be available at Columbia parking uh parking
lot at the end of orang Street otherwise public parking will be available at the dellan train station and surrounding streets please note that there will be no parking on Columbia Street and Orange Street Columbia Park will only be accessible through Orange Street all other entrances will be closed including the gates to Columbia Park on clein
Place Columbia Street and at the Nell and The Crossings uh so just note of that all the information will be publicly available and posted and notifications will be sent out um as well as I'll go back up to Comcast we'll be making us we'll probably be making a section on our website so people are
aware of what the process is going to be um so they're aware of timelines and schedules too so more information to come um our engineering report on Lincoln Avenue the final reimbursement figures are under review by the do which is nice we can use that money back uh
Washington Avenue street lighting the project is ready to be advertised for big once we receive authorization from the Department of Transportation uh the Second Street phase one uh it's been submitted to uh dot for author to bid uh we're still getting it over to MTS for
review okay uh downtown wave finding signage uh the CME is continuing to coordinate with the signage manufacturer develop signage details and they're preparing the project plan specifications and bid documents um a sketch will be included and the signage
will be sent to the bureau and we'll get D Mo's commentary to uh for comment uh denel station uh final inspections on the kavanian site um for the cosos are being performed this week um the prism which is the retail and the apartment
side um they'll be making an application to the planning board um more details to come on that and then railroad um railroad covert uh CM Engineers has resubmitted the permit document to the D
and they're under review railroad culbert project is underneath a train embankment by South a uh which will uh greatly help alleviating flood once that flooding in that area once it's once it's built and the remediation efforts associated with the strip joint which is
it's 635 Bound Brook Road or ongoing which will be the future home of the rescue squad building last note I will make um I had a conversation with the chief of police and the business administrator Alex Miller um and I did make the request so council is aware and
the public is aware too that our dusk until dawn in parks are strictly enforced we have I've noticed I live near Columbia Park I've noticed that there are adult leagues going there in
the evenings after you know normal operating hours uh usually on my nightly walk is I'm walking out there's a group of people walking in um there's a pering process to use our public facilities um we request if you look to use them for
leagues that you go through the right process through Recreation um there's a fee Associated to it our Fields our parks are not to be abused uh bikes and things that don't have feet should not be on our tracks and on our tennis
courts we have spent millions of dollars of taxpayer money uh as well as a grant but grants are funded through taxpayers um to improve our facilities so this is an effort we're working with the police department as well as the school um if
anybody's upset well I'm here you can point the finger at me that you don't get to walk the park in the dark it's not safe for you it's not fair to police officers who might have to be there in the middle of the night to check that nobody's there or is there when they have other calls I have to make but
they're doing it and uh so it will be enforced okay so uh use the parks appropriately use our Fields appropriately and respect the time frame in which they are open to the public that being said I will check in with department heads clerk um just a
reminder that recycling bins used to purchase them in the tax office they're now back to the clerk's office perfect I'll note on that last comment um because it was brought to my attention by a resent how are you going to enforce School functions or town functions clearly if you have approval and there's
Municipal agency organization using it and you have access to the lights you will be allowed because police have already been notified that we will be using the fields it's appropriately scheduled through the appropriate entities in which we schedule them uh so that's the response for that uh
legal okay it are we itting over there okay good Administration and recently schule that the fields are being used by aware yeah mind you if you're a parent with
your child kicking around a soccer ball or throwing a baseball or a football you're not being kicked off this is honestly you can tell who's running a an organized adult league on the field versus a a father or mother playing ball
with their kid you know so yeah and all the signage in Columbia Park specifically and we're working on all parks have been updated they're visible they're bilingual um so there's no reason why there should be any reason
why those signs aren't aren't able to be read yeah Recreation okay okay OEM anything additional to report yeah just one thing this Saturday we pres safety Saturdays of how to handle your pets during
disaster starts at 11 o'clock at the dellan public library is free uh that we hope to uh impart a lot good knowledge about how to protect your pet during a disaster okay thank you I get to say in
a public meeting Lieutenant dhy anything from the uh police department congratulations [Laughter] again wise words uh patrolman Isler
anything okay and congratulations uh officer Isler is now the new PBA local local PBA 146 representative correct you're the president oh even better
congratulations Library Mr lopezes that will live with somet County Li Sy So currently uh anybody who has a library card in zel and for many years has been able to use their library card at over
43 libraries that are part of our consti which um is called sella and you can use your library at almost all of the mid County Libraries some counties some libraries in Union and some libraries in M however our neighbors and GRE were
part of the Somerset County library system when they left their shared services agreement than I many years ago and now we have finally entered into a program where we'll have cical cages um it's at no cost to either Library we
will just be able to register Somerset County C any Somerset County P but specifically our neighbors in greenook uh were very excited to invite to dellan to register their library card so that they can use our library and to take it
off we would like to arrange for a high school grade from if I'm not going to try and pronounce it although I did spell it out for but from elementary school in greenook it's about 1.4 miles to the den
Public Library where have registration event if Council would support this and we can figure out the logistics I think would be a wonderful way to when are you looking to do the eventer looking at everything else
on I think it take about an hour and the route would go from Park Avenue uh down Andre Street H to Ring Road and then down Madison and then wherever our
um for I probably go straight across Madison and left Library ra oh South Avenue South
Avenue got it uh so what services would you need from the town in order to make this successful well we need permission to close the roads and we would to get exports from any members of our Police Department who are interested in joining us we would really love it if the fire
department could if they're available sport us we've had this wonderful relationship with the Greenberg Fire Department the dell and fire department could lead to follow and join us and um promote it in the schools to get
children and citizens of all ages to ride their bicycles scooters roller States roller blades push their babies in their baby carriages and um and celebrate this new program so how so it would be like the
Walk and Roll to to school correct what do we do with that normally do we don't do we have police overtime or is it normally police officers are okay Council it's up for disc yeah
think that makes it easier okay are we calling an additional DPW to put up the barricades I just I just want to make sure we know logistically what the resources we're using for this we can can barricades
out okay do Saturday Saturday start they come in 73 what time you think the bre um I have to talk to my colleagues in count and um talk to our friends at school but probably whatever whatever's recommended
really whatever works best invol logistically um not before 10 a.m. but beond that you go down Apper 7 library so it was uh very exciting for
us my mother has been nagging me for years as to why she has purch of to no I I I think it's a great idea concept and I love that we're working and sharing services with another municipality I think that's always important um especially one that has our
ZIP code it that way um so the next council meeting is October 7th and being that we have to be using Municipal services for this a resolution is the most appropriate I think we can call one to the floor this evening and we can have legal council just draft it out really quick and then ask a council
member to motion and second on it but I do ask in the future because this would require Municipal services that we don't make this common practice that we're calling out resolutions on the floor and we're better prepared um to do that so
everything out just ready to go live and I understand I understand I just want to make sure we follow procedure and moving forward that's all I just have to make a note for the record sorry okay so we're we're writing out a resolution 294 really quick so so then
we can have a motion in a second is I mean so before we do that Council any other if you want to discuss this any further questions do I have a question so um will we be getting a timeline um by October 7th with more information about what streets are going to be
closed off yeah okay all right thank you with can we get a route map too yeah okay perfect thank you okay have to help me with some of the details but essentially looking for a resolution
to authorize and to library walk on October 19th time to specific time to determine and the LI will work with referal officials
to provide that details with regard to the Ro and resources necessary to assist think of anything else that needs to be added move it
Sigman second Lance yes Council Rios should be able to vote on it correctly yes Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs Rios yes Mr
yes Mr Sig yes okay great thank you ibrary thank you uh chaplain Morgan do you have anything to report on for fire department or Mr Green the fire department we always go through department so I'm just I can't
ask your Chief up here because he's sitting as a council member okay that yeah okay well thank you for your service okay uh next on the
agenda is uh public comments item number 10 what we'll do is we'll open the floor to those who are in person then we'll let those who are on joining us virtually speak and then I'll just do one blanket one just to be safe okay members of the public the floor is now
yours we ask that you please step up to the microphone and state your name and address and make your comment ask a question we take compliments too good evening everyone my name is AA
alope and I'm a resident here in dellan proud to be and uh my address is 2432 Street anyway I have a concern um with our
town and the uh the Street lamps that we have the beautiful Street lamps that they're not being maintained so there are at least 30 of them that are out and I don't understand why at least we can't
keep those lights on you're talking about the decorative ones along North Avenue yes yes not the street lights but those lamps old fashion ones you're preaching to the choir with us right now uh we are beholden to uh an entity called psng and we have brought it to their
attention on several occasions we are actually currently in negotiations to replace them all with LED lights and so they're responsible to do that yes really uh we it's basically we we purchase them and we lease them from them to uh that's the best way I can
describe it and it's very unique because of the way you'll notice one side of the street turns on at like six o'clock and then the other side comes on at like s and that's just basically based upon how they're set to where the the Shadow and the light is from the Sun the moon or whatever um am I correct I don't want I
don't want to be Mis okay so um oh yeah no we're very much aware um and it's an issue we've been bringing to so far we've gotten our state so far we've so far has getting our state senator involved um on those
on this issue um because we've gotten a grant B we've got grants basically since two th under Bob Cedar's mayorship since what six or seven and now we've gotten two grants that basically are going to complete the almost the entirety of the entire town and the last thing we want
is a brand new section and then you come into one section it's so we agree with you we it is on our minds and it is on our our our words to psng and uh making sure that we we get it solved so as we're requesting them to switch them out
to LED because right now they're that soft uh tone switch them out to LED which would be more energy efficient to also ensure that they figure out why are some of them going out the way they're going right well that's very interesting because we have been calling psng uh my husband because we walk this
town practically I mean a lot all the time I know we do and we enjoy it but we want to be safe and we need it to be live this my piggy back on that the actual just for the record could you state your name please Michael alope 243
second3 um that same quarter mile walk to town quarter mile to the movie theater we counted 11 street lights out now prior to this several months ago second in Washington had a street light out I called them they over the phone
they took it they fixed it within a few days then the one by St John's was out did the same thing then we saw some out here I called and they said you have to do it online so I entered 11 street lights three of them came back already that said additional work is necessary
this is 20 days AG additional work is necessary we can't fix them yet the other eight they have answered me on yet but I did let them know that they're out well we appreciate it and you can ask Alex either on my nightly Drive either on my nightly drive or one of my nightly walks I'm doing the
exact same thing I've actually got pulled over I got out of my car started writing and noticed people on the front porch going what is this guy doing but I get it I mean so Alex actually has a running list too so if you want to be our streetlight Zar and help me out hey you might have volunteered
yourself care about and I know I'm not I'm not we take pride in where we live I agree with you what I'm say I totally but sometimes when you're dealing with bureaucrats above us it it just doesn't become so what I would recommend if you're willing to stay and Alex can give you his contact when you reported to
psng if you don't mind also reported to Alex oh okay so he runs a list we have a running list that we went DPW or any one of I mean council members have done it too our Corner uh Washington second since we've lived there seven eight years has been
at least seven that I've documented bad accidents on that morning the light was out and then St John's for light went did the same thing these cross streets are terrible they are dangerous yeah we understand and we have a running list
and okay we we submit it to them and then they'll they'll pick up five and clear it all clear clear the queue there and then it'll month will go by and then they'll come in and do two or three um so I would just ask when you report it to to PS I think it's best to for just
report it to psng and when you make note to them also send it over to Alex because then he can cross check if you don't mind yeah yep no we appreciate your concerns Washington basically they did come and fix some immediately thank goodness because that Park that I
you just mentioned I'm sorry that we have a grant now to complete to continue as I have been that I mentioned to you with the with the lights the decorative lighting yeah we re they're gonna go to St John and the end yep and also along
uh by right before the bridge so from North Avenue to the bridge by the train track that'll be all lit up and then we also obtained a grant from Madison all the way down to the middle sex border well praise God yeah we we applied forve been praying for that yeah we applied
for a grant from Jackson all the way down to the planning board so keep praying yeah yeah wonderful once they do it they'll correct the lights over by 528 that's what like
that yeah because we need it we walk and it's dark especially around that par you know it's creepy so I just want to be safe we love Dell and that's why we chose to live here and we love where we are so we want to maintain it I wish
more people would take pride in where we live and care and appreciate what they have because I'm grateful I truly am and so thank you all of you thank you for bringing your concern to us I agree Amen
to that thank you for coming tonight any other members of the public we ask that you please state your name and address and raise your concern well it's good to see you guys back there Mr Mrs Green and Mr Morgan see you
at oh yes that's that's something should have brought up as well thank you for that reminder we had our third annual uh joint 9911 uh Memorial at um in Middle sex um I can never remember the park um
Victor Carl thank you um and it's it's our third year uh former mayor John Madden invited us and it's it's been an honor for us to continue um uh we have our emergency service agencies show up and lay wreaths with theirs and uh I get
the pleasure of making a small speech um but it's a it's a beautiful ceremony to remember the lives lost on that dat but also the the uh the years that followed in the war against Terror and those who succumb to illnesses so um we'll continue that tradition being with them
and in memory and also in honoring Dell's uh sole resident who passed Mrs Bravo uh on that faithful day so okay any other members of the public please state your name on address that are in person okay without further Ado we'll
switch it over to the virtual world anybody that is joining us online please state your name and address and ask your question or make a comment nothing okay I will make a general blanket statement anyone in attendance to the meeting if you would like to make your
comments or statements or concerns known please state your name and address without hearing any we will close that portion in the meeting we do not have an executive meet us uh meeting this evening so item number 11 on the agenda is adjournment resolution 294 can
I have a motion a second please move it Sigman all in favor I I any n okay