e e e we're good to go live okay good evening ladies and gentlemen Welcome to our October 7th council meeting our first order of business is a
call to order and rise for the Pledge of Allegiance flag United States of America next up is item number two on the agenda which is the reading of the sunshine statement and roll call by our municipal clerk Mrs Lauren stats this meeting of the denell andboro
council is called pursuant to the provisions of the open public meetings law this meeting of October 7th 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 denan website on October
4th 2024 and on the public bulletin board on North Avenue on October 4th 2024 and has remained continuously posted as required notice under the state statute mayor sento
present council president Albertson here Mrs Lance here Mrs Rios here Mr Scott here Mr Sigman here and Mr vanderark noted
absent before before we move on to item number three on the agenda which is going to be proclamations I just uh want to say a few words about the Sydney mlin lron ceremony we had on September 23rd uh we held an incredible uh event to
honor the DaNell native and three-time Olympian four-time Olympian right three three sorry uh mlin lone at 5:00 pm in Columbia Park I want to first thank Sydney for making time in her extremely busy scheduled to stop by for this event
along with her wonderful family I want to say thank you to our musical guests the dellan high school magicals with their rendition of the national anthem and Jake mosa denell and Resident who performed God Bless America a very good version by the way um and our guest
speakers Pastor Roy Caroll uh of Living Hope Church acting Governor tahisha we assemblywoman Michelle mat matutas assemblywoman Nancy Munos Senator John bramnick Brendan tenant of fa Elementary School coach Mike McCabe and sister
perley Hart from Union Catholic High School uh middx County Commissioner Chanel Scott McCollum middlex county sheriff uh Mildred Scott and of course our special guest of honor Sydney mlin lone nrmc for the evening Alex
Miller uh thank you to all our EMS and DPW uh staff for their services and involvement our police department and C team for providing security and safety measures before during and after the event and our it team Ronnie Haynes David Pinger and Ryan fer uh for all
their time and effort in sending up all of the audio and video equipment so very good job on that also want to say thank you to the county and uh State uh emergency services that were also there also importantly special thanks to Kelly Cedar Billy George and Alex Miller for
putting this special event together um we couldn't have asked for a better way to honor our hometown Olympian and honestly to Kelly Alex and Billy who kind of not kind of did really grab the bull by the horns on this one you did an
outstanding job on getting everybody coordinated getting all the speakers and all the dignitaries there so congratulations on a very well-run event it was great for dellan so you should be you guys should be very proud of yourselves everyone should involve
should be very proud of themselves so congratulations good work work so with that we have three proclamations this evening the first Proclamation is recognizing October as Substance Abuse Prevention month and this will be read by council president
Terry Alberton and council member Trina rios4 whereas realized my mic wasn't on whereas the anti-stigma campaign aims to create awareness around drug use and Drug rated
stigma experienced by individuals who use drugs and help remove the stereotypes associated with individuals who use drugs and whereas stigma is an attitude belief or behavior that discriminates against people and often emerges in the form of derogatory
language that shames and belittles people and whereas a substance use disorder is a health condition and people should not be defined by their illness or health condition stigmatization language is inaccurate
helpful disempowering and one of the biggest barriers to assess treatment and whereas difficult drugs drug use can disproportionately affect certain groups it can affect anyone people who use
drugs are our neighbors co-workers relatives and Friends people who who use drugs can be doctors Hunters artists students and Educators it is Den's goal to challenge our perceptions and encourage people to start a conversation
about stigma and whereas there are many resources available for people to educate themselves about stigma its de devastating effects and what can be done to help and stigma as a community we all have a role to play in
addressing the stigma faced by people who use drugs stop the stigma has stop the stigma month now therefore be it proclaimed that Jason F sento mayor of burrow of dellan New Jersey will support
from the burrow with support from the burrow council do hereby Proclaim October as substance use prevention month in the burrow of dellan and call upon the people of our municipality to join in supporting this OB observation
whereas Breast Cancer Awareness Month began in 1985 as a way to encourage women to get regular mammograms and has since expanded to spread Awareness on treatment research and funding and whereas breast canc cancer awareness
month is a time to support those affected by breast cancer educate people about risk factors encourage women to go for regular screenings and raise funds for research efforts to find a cure and whereas one in eight women in the United
States will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime and whereas breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed among women in the United States and is the second leading cause of death
from cancer among women and whereas an estimated 310,000 women and 2800 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2024 and whereas early detection greatly reduces deaths among
those diagnosed with breast cancer with a 5year survival rate of 99% when the disease is caught as the at the localized stage in whereas we recognize and honor the strength resilience and courage of survivors those currently battling
breast cancer and the loved ones who stand by their side and we remember those we've lost to the disease now therefore be a proclaimed that I Jason F salento mayor of the burrow of dellan New Jersey with support from the burrow
council do hereby Proclaim October 2024 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the burrow of dellan and call upon on the people of our municipality to join in supporting this observation and spread awareness for the importance of regular screenings and early
detection Italian mon recogniz many AI contri Italian amans SU of our country especially in art and Sciences and whereas Italian American Heritage mon was first celebrated 1989 to coincide with Columbus Day which
is celebrated on the second Monday of October and whereas over 5 million Italians immigrated United States 2lion uned states today and where amans are
thear the United States and recreational Ecom field and Italian off May Council next up will be item number four on the agenda approval of meeting minutes can I
have a motion at second on regular meeting sep segment second Lance to the Mee Curr stand without roll calls Mrs Albertson
yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes Mr Sigman yes item number five is the introduction of ordinances item uh 202 24-27 an ordinance to amend and supplement the general legislation of
the buau of deny chapter 269 traffic can I have a motion and second please move it sigment second Rios roll call Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes Mr
Sigman yes for record item uh ordinance 2024 27 as introduced will be in the clerk's office or online for anyone's review public and councils uh and will be heard at the next council meeting October
21st uh for potential public hearing well will be public hearing but potential adopt op so um item number six is the adoption of ordinances uh 202 24-24 an ordinance to amend several sections of chapter uh 237 sidewalk
cafes can I have a motion and second please move it Rios second Albertson we'll open up the floor to the public for any comments or questions solely to 2024 d24 um amendments to the uh sections related to sidewalk cafes and our ordinances we ask that you please state
your name and address just for public note again this is just regulating sidewalk cafes basically outdoor dining um and setting a flat rate across the board for all um restaurants that choose to do uh
sidewalk dining at $50 50 y okay um so public without hearing any we'll close that portion of the meeting we'll open the floor to Mayor and Council for any comments or discussion on 2024 24 good we addressed your concern the last
time right perfect and thank you for bringing that to our attention um okay without further discussion can we have a roll call please Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes and Mr Sigman yes thank thank you um item
number seven on the agenda is resolutions to 96 through 303 uh Mrs stat municipal clerk Al read each one through and allow mayor and Council opportunity to discuss them resolution number 296 is to pay the
bills move it Albertson Sig Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes and Mr Sigman yes resolution 297 is to hire substitute crossing guards move it Rios second
Albertson Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes and Mr Sigman yes resolution 298 authorizing the cancellation of taxes for 100% disabled
veteran pertaining to 105 Pearl Place move it second Rios Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes Mr Sigman
yes resolution number 299 is authorizing the cancellation of taxes for 100% disabled veteran pertaining to 422 New Market Aben second Rios Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs
Rios yes Mr Scott yes Mr Sigman yes and sorry say Mr P Mark Pres resolution number 300 is to authorize the chapter 159 for the New Jersey American Water firefighter Grant move it Sigman second Albertson which I
believe we received the check for this evening correct yes so good good work by the fire department getting that P take cor Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott abstain
due to membership in the fire department Mr Sigman yes do I go back and obstain is she allowed to recall a vote and abstain to association yes so we should just correct perform okay abstain
due to being on the fire department okay so do no it's a majority of the cor so I don't have break the time should be good okay resolution number 301 is to w a contract to Dynamic production systems for the installation of a Viking
telephone entry system outside of police headquarters move it second second Rios Mr Miller do you want to address this for the public and for Council the system that it's going to be installed is similar to The Fall box
that we have presently now the fall box outside police door so now the the police uh Lobby door will be locked down off outs but if there's an emergency some can hit the button right there and it goes right to Somerset County
dispatch which would reach out officers okay any questions it still goes to dispatch first that's the the procedure so this on record somebody's out go to dispatch right away it would go to uh whatever
so what's the standard delay time then between the call dispatch and then back to the office it's really quick did the radio Okay so almost immediately yeah and and it's good for our records
too it's it's also in terms of Safety and Security for the building um especially during the day and at night wanted to make sure that you know in the case of an emergency if there is an immediate emergency right there um
that it would be heard and received right away that's all thank you when you get a call dispatched thank your Council one okay there's no further discussion let's take a roll call Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs
Rios yes Mr Scott yes and Mr Sigman yes resolution 302 is to amend resolution from August 5th number 230 authorizing the execution of the njde remedial action permit and issuance of a
letter of credit in the amount of 36,700 related to site remediation at 500 M terce move it s second Rios I've pass Mr Roberts and our legal to address this matter just a very minor amendment to
resolution that was previously adopted in August uh this is to correctly to supplement the original resolution specifically identified prob Bank as the issuer of the letter of credit also to correct the
amount the original resolution referred to an amount $36,000 second gr7 so those Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes and Mr Sigman
yes resolution 303 is authorizing the cancellation of taxes for 100% disabled veteran pertaining to 327 South Madison Avenue mve second Sigman Mrs Albertson yes Mrs ly
yes Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes and Mr Sigman yes okay um next up is item number eight on our agenda which is Council reports council president Albertson anything to report yes uh fire department call
statistics for the month of September 27 total Falls 11 false alarms one Hazmat four good intention one cover assignment Mutual Aid three fire and seven EMF year to date 207 total calls monthly
activities September was another busy month for the fire department with several drills and events in addition to emergency fire Poes September 9th was a monthly work drill September 11th they attended the joint middle sex denel 911 ceremony September 17 18th and 19th
drills to lay out and place equipment into onto new engine three and truck four September 23rd attended the Sydney homecoming ceremony September 25th held the monthly fire company meeting September 28th held the annual Street
Fair September 30th attended the retirement ceremony for officer Daniels ddmo Harvest fist this is Sunday from 11:00 a to 4 pm we hope to see you there please stop by to see the shade tree commission and the dellan municipal
Alliance while you're there Friends of the dellan public library two more open air markets this season October 20th is October Fest and a mini Halloween parade for children November 3rd is a great time to start your holiday shopping markets are at Washington Memorial Park
from 11:00 a. to 3m. our annual bags and bling sale is November 10th at the library this year we have an exclusive Sip and Shop event on Saturday November 9th from 6:30 to 8:00 pm $5 admission includes mocktails and cheese and
crackers and your opportunity to be the first to um shop contact the friends for reservations the American Legion Post 119 car shows are October 16th and October 30th which is a very special trunk Retreat bring the family and have
a fun evening car shows start at 5:00 pm far Bingo is October 14th and 28th opens at 5:00 pm bingo starts at 6 pm. Refreshments are available for purchase at each of these events and of course all the proceeds go to help our veterans
that's all I have today okay council member Ros yes uh denalan Public Library thanks everyone who attended the fourth annual Hispanic heritage celebration on Saturday the event was a great success and we look forward to next year's celebration join us for musical story time every Thursday at
10:30 a.m. for children ages three and under and don't miss our conversational Cafe every Wednesday from 6:30 to 7:30 where you can um have conversations in English and Spanish on Saturday October 26th OEM will will be hosting a back to
school safety event from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. for more activities throughout the month visit our website or stop by the library to pick up a calendar s and Board of Ed the next meeting will be held October 15th all meetings begin approximately 7 p.m. but we'll immediately go into executive
session with the public portion starting at 7:30 unless otherwise noted meetings take place in Lincoln Middle School cafeteria at the September meeting Miss Drake No Miss not miss Drake sorry Miss drapkin gave a presentation on the New Jersey student learning assessment which
is the njsla and the dynamic learning Maps the presentation available online at denal schools.org provided an overview of the njsla which is administered annually to students in grades 3 through 11 and is based on a
subset of prioritized academic standards dates to remember are October 14th there are no there is no school Chanel Recreation soccer program is is underway with a very strong enrollment from for prek through 8th grade we have
16363 children enrolled which is the same amount as last year the denal recreation annual senior picnic was held on Friday September 20th from 11: to 1: the weather was perfect and a wonderful time was held by all thank you to Mayor and Council for
always as always for your support and our programs also thank you to Mayor Jason salento Council woman Trina rios's recre commission member Kathy Wilson and her husband Jeff and Rec commission chair Jim Brennan um also thanks to
business administrator Alex Miller for being an attendance and supporting our program special thanks to the denelle American Legion Post 119 for always hosting the picnic you are all the best reminder the 75th annual H Halloween parade is on
Sunday October 27th this year there is a new route the parade will start at 1: p.m. at the library parking lot and walk over to Washington Memorial Park so that means registration will be around 12
o'clock the dellan as dillan's birthday approaches dellan Recreation is celebrating Founders Day on Sunday October 27th at Washington Park from 12: 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. founders day will be be a way to celebrate the rich
history of our Miracle Mile this CommunityWide celebration will bring residents and visitors together in a festive environment to honor our Town's Heritage founders day will feature local vendors live performances from Community
artists activities that showcase the spirit of our town if you are interested in becoming a vendor a food vendor or performer please contact Rec program coordinator Kelly Cedar at kedar denaro.com that's all for me thank you okay thank you council member council
member Lance from buildings and grounds all electrical power beneath the railroad bridges are now fully operational the installation of the new LED lights took place on October 5th and are illuminated just like the ones under Prospect and Washington a Bridges it's
been quite a while since the lights under the Madison na Bridge were functioning and now all three railroad Bridges have been upgraded with a new LED lighting we're also looking forward to the installation of the Madison ad murals provided by the denell and arts
inclusion and culture commission um as spoken about earlier a new security qu box system for the police Lobby and council chambers will be installed to provide secure entrance during off hours a call box will be installed outside the entrance
connecting directly to Somerset County dispatch which will then reach out to our Police Department officers who will will likely be on patrol this is an updated system similar to the current one in use inside the lobby I also have a report for uh the
mayor's traffic and pedestrian task force um will be at the dellan Harvest Fest annual Harvest Fest taking place this Sunday October 13th where we will be Distributing free slow down sticker decals for trash and recycling receptacles to our dellan residents
these decals serve as a gentle reminder to remain aware of our Sur surroundings promoting a culture of mindfulness around town we look forward to seeing our community unite in this meaningful initiative and we invite you to stop by and grab yours and that's all thank you
council member Sigman yes thank you uh just my usual reminder uh for the uh Recreation program you don't have to be a great athlete to be a great role model uh our programs do run on the backs of
volunteers and I truly appreciate all the coaches out there that have volunteered for this season uh I'm out there every weekend and can tell the kids are having a great time so thank you all okay and that's it thank you council member thank you for volunteering as a coach
too uh council member Scott for the public works DPW has continued to routinely clean the downtown area and the parks and properties weekly Lawn and Landscape Maintenance of the burrow parks and properties continue to REM remove trash from the trash trap daily watering of the new downtown trees
hopefully they take off nice assisted psng with the removal of some dead trees at run power lines they cleaned and block the downtown for the street fair uh they power washed the Columbia Park bleachers and assisted with traffic for the Sydney mclin Levon ceremony as they
prepped and clean up for their ceremony they started distribution of leaf bags and weekly curbside Leaf pickups our reminder that Crews will begin picking up Leaf Bags through the end of the year uh they prepped the train station for the car show on October 6th and just some reminders this coming Saturday is
the last rolloff date for October it's October 12th 8 a.m. to 1 pm and leaf bag distribution is available it's a one bundle of 25 bags per household that's all I have okay thank you a few items Klein Place uh Department of
Transportation project uh it's nearing completion uh the contractor is going through their punch list from CME who is our Engineers following the paving of the street some new trees and brush have been planted uh we also expect new signs and
Street striping this week that will include rumble strips and 25 M per hour painted on the street the middlex county palaski Street Colbert project has officially reopened the plasy street is officially reopened the contractor is finalizing site restoration to the
project which is expected to be completed this week uh the new Culvert is much larger and higher than the old CT which will increase the water flow allowing water to flow through much more efficiently so that was a long uh time due for that project to be completed uh
Penfield place in Maple LA new New Jersey American Water project uh we expect Garden State Paving to provide some Road restoration this week before New Jersey American Waters Mill and pave phase of this project which is expected later this month um downtown trees from
Madison a to 200 block in North a Caffrey trees has uh uh been installing a few more we'll be will be installing a few more trees to complete the first phase of the new in tree installation along um North Avenue um on that note I
I I will recognize that some people had shared concern that we planted trees and I recognize everybody's has a right to a concern but just for transparency this has all been a part of the efforts of re uh the improvements of our downtown the streetcape which includes trees that
shade the sidewalks which encourage people to actually walk in our downtown um so we will be planting more trees it's not breaking news it's been there for a while so but I just want that on the record uh that we will be planting more trees over the years so um okay um
CME Engineers report uh Lincoln Avenue the final reimbursement figures are under review for the dot which is great because then we can pay down some of that Capital bonding that we took out for Lincoln Avenue from the grant um Washington Avenue street lighting the local aid office has has issued
authorization to bid uh the county has recently issued comments and uh CME is inquired to the dot regarding the status of the permits for the work at the corners of North Avenue um Second Street phase one the do has issued review comments and CME is addressing the same
they're preparing the submission to the Freehold Soil Conservation District for plan certification and yes they will be going to the MTS for uh a discussion on the the striping plan for that road uh down to wave finding signage CME has received sign details from our vendor
and is finalizing some preliminary sign layouts uh for the burough to review uh denel station uh kavanian side uh C CME continues final inspections for CEOs were performed in a list of deficiencies was provided to the developer from the
engineer so they'll work on that with them um prism which is the retail and apartments um they're understanding the Redevelopment make an application to the planning board I believe it's for uh parking along Park Avenue my that's my
understanding uh railroad Culvert the application the D has been withdrawn um CME has contacted the Army Corp to attempt to obtain additional information regarding the Greenbrook flood control project they will review potential alternate approaches to the permit
requirements for further review with the bureau so let me elaborate on that it's not being withdrawn in the sense of um we were not moving forward with said project because this is a project that's been long overdue um based upon when the application was resubmitted after a few
obstacles along the way um time's been running out and in order to prevent the D denying our application for the um to the D uh they recommended that we withdraw it consult the Greenberg flood
commission and the Army Corp um on their status and where that's at and how we build that into the plan for this project so we can resubmit an application with that in mind and of course the now the new D regulations um so um just another hurdle in the road to
get the railroad covert done but we're gonna can still we're still going to move forward with it just an again another hurdle I wish we were as quick as Sydney because we'd be over them already but that's life unfortunately we're not Sydney um CME has discussed Street
lighting conversion cost with Mike Coy of PS and G as directed by Frank L luchessi um Mr Coy has in turn contacted Bob Hughes of psng regarding the Burrow's concerns and we await their response when we say that that is the decorative Lighting in the downtown to
convert them to led to match what the new Grant ones are going to be and help with uh lighting Improvement in the downtown CME is also repairing the following budget letter for the rrfb installations at New Market Road in Grove Street in washing South Washington
have an orange Street that's part of the rst grant safe routes the transit Grant um that we're awarded a budget letter for Street sking Lighting on North Avenue from Madison Avenue to the middlex burough that's a Transit Village Grant um just saying that because it's
abbreviated in um what the grant is a budget letter to the for the 2025 ms4 permit requirements and uh proposal for the rfpb installations at Madison Avenue and First Street Madison Avenue and dellan Avenue North at Washington Avenue
First Street in North Washington Avenue in dellan Avenue which we're funding through Capital that we approved this year so that's my report um department head reports anything from clerk's office yes uh just a reminder that October 15th is the last
day to register to vote for the general election if you would like to register you could stop by the clerk's office for a paper registration or register online at the New Jersey Division of Elections that's it okay that's it legal report and keep up the good work Mr Robertson
it um this ceremony was pretty good success even though the rain all our technology stuff is perfectly fine no damage to oh that's good news that's it okay thank you sir o just
quick B be uh we have at the office on Sunday prep teral and also we support Trail wonderful that's it okay thank you for
all that you do Lieutenant okay how you enjoying the job wonderful thank you for what you and your team does fire department deputy chief um special not Department responded to two structure fires over
the past 30 days the first being a kitchen fire in the house in a house under renovation on the 400 block of four Street and this past Sunday morning at 14 South Washington app both fires were quickly extinguished and fire damage was limited to the area of origin
and no injuries reported both fires were investigated by the medal County fire marshall and not suspicious in nature during the fire at 14 South Washington an unknown vehicle struck the par personal car of our deputy chief causing
extensive damage to the driver side jel and police are investigating the accident Firehouse rebuil the firehouse rebuild is progressing and nearing completion we expect completion by the end of October apparatus update engine three is nearing completion of equipment mounting
the engine is currently at Absolute fire for some final mounting in configuration we expect the engine to be return this week and hope it hope to place it in service short truck four will be going to Absolute for equipment Mountain once engine three is complete this past Friday Saturday and
Sunday our memb completed the mandatory Factory training on the operations of the new ladder trck once the equipment mounting is completed after a period of operator training we will place the Trucking Service membership is Den Defender fire company and denan fire department are
seeking new volunteer members anyone interested can join in joining can visit www Zan fd.com or email us at join DFD fd.com okay thank you and thank you for what your volunteer agency does and to the
other emergenc that responded to those fires so thank you anything from the Chaplin from the fire department no okay okay thank you Mr Morgan I'd ask Administration oh right on time anything
from the administrator's office nothing on my end nothing on your end no you're the head guy in town and a lot of it's been said probably okay thanks thank you um okay with that we'll conclude that part of the meeting and we'll move on to item number 10 public
comments we'll open the floor we'll go first to the public in Chambers and then online and then we'll just do a blanket opening um so I will open the floor to the public that are in Chambers currently please state your name and address and state your concern
I I didn't hear that last part I'm sorry I got a you know I think to the town on the codeforce re yes is the town uh is the town going to stand by and follow through the yes we are and that's why that notice
was sent out it's part of the efforts to uh come down hard on some violations that are going on in town okay okay thank you Mr Morgan okay any other members of the public that are in Chambers would like to ask a question or make their concerns
known please state your name and address without hearing any we'll open the floor to the members of the public online we ask that you please state your name and address and state your comment or concern okay without hearing any we'll open the floor to both members of the
Publican Chambers and online to address your concerns please state your name and address for good measure without hearing any we'll close that portion of the meeting item number 10 on the agenda item number 11 is adjournment of our meeting on resolution
number 304 we have no further business no executiv so with that I ask for a motion and second on resolution number 304 move it sigment second Albertson all in favor say I I any Nays okay good
night see you October 21st everyone