e e e e Mr Homer how are you sir I'm well yourself good it's good to see at 7: p.m. and 12:30 on a call wel thank you
yeah from one last ready to go good evening ladies and gentlemen and Welcome to our March 3rd 2025 denell bur council meeting we welcome you uh item number one on the agenda which agendas are right up front if you care to take
one uh is a call to order and arise for the Pledge of Allegiance so please join us in the Pledge of Allegiance hi plge Al to the flag United States item number two on the agenda is the reading of the sunshine statement and roll call by our municipal clerk Mrs Lawrence
stats this meeting of the denell andboro council is called personent to the provisions of the open public meetings law this meeting of March 3rd 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 dellan website on February 27th 2025 and on the public bulletin board on North Avenue on February 27th 2025 and has remained continuously posted as the required notice mayor sento present council
president Sigman here Mr Mrs Albertson here Mrs Lance here Mrs Rios here Mr Scott here and Mr vanderark noted absent okay item number three on the agenda this evening is a presentation uh
by Miss shiron rry Den special project advisor uh she assists us on seeking uh efficiencies in our government as well as cost savings such as shared services um so tonight she'll be presenting on exploring the potential sale of denel
sanitary sewer system um and the exploration and the process that we would do to uh accommodate that so welcome shiron thank you thank you mayor members of council members of the public if I if if I talk like this is it good enough okay no one's ever told me I'm
too quiet so if anybody can't hear just let me know um so today as the mayor said I wanted to take a couple of minutes to for the public edification explain what the the idea of exploring a potential sale of the sewer system a lot of times when when this comes up in
communities people don't really know what it means and I wanted to just take a few minutes to walk through that process and I'm going to try there we go okay so why are we here uh through discussions looking at the
Burrow's budget looking at where we we stand um the idea has come up that we explore the pot potential of selling the sewer system um there is a resolution for the council's consideration tonight uh the resolution does not obligate the burrow to do anything and I can't stress
that enough this obl this resolution simply allows the burrow to put out bids to see what responses it would get if it wanted to move forward um no decision will be made to move further without ex lots of evaluation from experts that
have done this all over the state and without a lot of additional public input um and no sale would happen unless it was voted for by the members of the public and that won't happen until November so this will be if we continue
down this path uh one of many many times that you will see me over the next probably 10 months and plus uh to make sure that this process runs smoothly and that the burrow gets all of the information that it needs and the public gets all of the information that it needs and um I just want to speak I I've
worked with lots of different towns and your mayor and Council really uh have stressed the importance of transparency and being open and honest with the public and so that is our number one priority through this whole process which is why I'm here tonight explaining what the steps would look like um so
what does this exploration process mean for you right now nothing there's going to be no impacts on your Sewer Service um there has been no decision that has been made yet the town does not has not said we are going to do this they're just saying maybe we'll look into the
process um as I mentioned before there are experts that we will will engage in this process to make sure that any decisions that we we do make uh are well thought out and we're looking at both the shortterm and most importantly the long term um and as I mentioned before
again this will be a vote by the residents not a vote of the council at the end of the day um so why are we exploring this uh aging infrastructure the current sewer system is old um and it requires a lot of ongoing investment
uh and that investment is costly to the residents of dellum one of the things that we don't have our on our side is economies of scale towns one square mile uh the equipment that you need just to maintain on a regular basis costs a lot of money but you don't need it 365 days
a year when you have a a company that does this for many many other communities there the truck that they may need that cost a million dollars for the burrow of dellan they can spread that cost over several municipalities um and that's just one example so the the Aging infrastructure and what investment
the burrow is going to have to continue to put in uh if you keep it um there's potential Financial benefits for the sale uh there'll be an upfront purchase price of it which might be able to to be used to offset some of the capital investment that the burrow has already
put forward um on this and other Capital invest M that either you have had or you are going to need um rate stability for residents uh going through this process there's ways to ensure that there's stability and residents know what to expect um and then kind of going with
the Aging infrastructure is this long-term risk mitigation if there's some major incident that happens it can really put a huge financial burden on the municipality whereas you know a bigger company that does this all over the state Andor country uh that that
investment wouldn't be as impactful to them um so potential o uh overall benefits pay off some of Municipal debt um free up other funds that you're gonna you would otherwise have to invest in your sewer system to pay for Park
improvements Road improvements other Capital expenses that you have coming up um there might be some economic development opportunities with businesses and and organizations that want to come into town um and as I mentioned risk uh shift ing some of that infrastructure maintenance and the risks
associated with it to another another entity um there's actually benefits to Residents uh one thing that's really really important to remember is that R rates are regulated by the New Jersey BPU um so a lot of
times when when these discussions start happening some of the rumors that get out very quickly are oh your rates are going to explode and anecdotally uh and I know anecdotes don't mean everything but this morning morning I was walking with a dear friend of mine she doesn't work in government she doesn't do this
at all and we were just talking about our days and I said I was coming here to do a presentation of potential stale of sewer she lives in Long Hill Township not very far away from here and she goes oh she's like we you know we did that about five years ago I'm like yeah I do I remember that you did that or I know
that you've done that five years ago she goes I remember all my friends were worried that the rates we were bracing ourselves for our rates to just explode she's like we never saw any of that um she's like and and I she educated herself and she saw what the Aging INF infrastructure in her town was and she
was like it was a really good decision for us good luck tonight is what she said um but I just thought it was interesting literally that happened to me today just because of the conversation uh despite what a lot of people think it doesn't mean that your rates are just going to explode and there's ways that we can put in our bid
and our negotiations and throughout the process some stabilization for a while um and then even in the future if F the BPU has to approve those um the economies of scale that I was mentioning before a large customer base when when
companies bid on these they have thousands if not millions of C hundreds of thousands millions of customers um depending on on which company it is and they can help spread o costs over a longer period of time which is something that you know a smaller municipality
like dellan wouldn't have that opportunity to do um additionally they have systems in place to to look at your system as a whole they have equipment and processes to make sure that improvements are made on an ongoing
basis whereas it might be a really big hit even something as simple as like a cheap as a quarter million dollar investment for regular maintenance that the burrow would have wouldn't have as big of an impact on a larger company um and just the Advanced Technologies we
have a great DPW Department I commend them they're they're amazing but we don't have people that are just doing sewer um and it wouldn't make sense just because we have such a we're a lean means team here um they have people that just do this for a living um and then
the other benefit to Residents is you just have a reliable service and quality they're they're better equipped to respond to incidents when and if they happen um and then there's very strict environmental standards that sometimes comes up as as well so I wanted to point that out again it's still regulated by
the BPU so what happens next what where are we what does this mean for us I said tonight is just a resolution that allows us to request bids that would happen now hopefully and this is a very rough timetable they approximate dates by the end of this month um we can get a bid
package together and actually advertise it um there are a lot of strict regulations that need to happen while you're advertising that bid um it has to be published just to ensure that you're getting it out to any company that might be interested in responding and you're making sure that you get the best
possible bids at the same time that we're doing that we're working internally with our teams to make sure that we have an internal value on the system um and that's based on a lot of metrics that that that our our financial advising e experts will help us on our
legal experts will help us on we'll work with our Engineers uh so we have a we have a good idea of what to expect uh then we'd get bids sometime in miday mid to late May um we will take the time to review them again with our expert team
financial advisor legal team um and engineers and internally look at what they are potentially have those conversations and work out what a deal would look like again that's another stop point so so we can get to the end of this month decide not to throw out
the bids or not to put out the bids we do put out the bids we get the bids back we look at the numbers and we say this doesn't make sense it's not a wise decision for the burrow of dellen we can stop there um if we if we look and the numbers seem to make sense and we have
the advice from the experts um we would present an ordinance to the council with the council the council would pass an ordinance to put this on as a ballot question um and then it would have to just like every other ordinance it would have to be introduced and it would have
to have a second reading there would be time for public comment then if it goes if we move to the next point of okay let's give this to the public let's explain to the public what the options are what the numbers look like like um we would have until July or August
through November where we would provide we would have to submit the question to the county clerk in August that's the due date by by when I have to get to the county clerk um we would provide information to the public we'd have listen listening sessions we'd have pamphlets that you can go online and get
more information we'd show all of the numbers again transparency is our goal on this um and then there'd be from August to November that information will be available to all the residents and then there would be a referendum in November um if that that if then that
passes it's probably about an eight-month period until the actual sale goes through uh I wanted to to point out a couple of neighboring towns this is how I knew that Long Hill Township had had done that they they did theirs back in I think 2020 um they ended up getting
$23 million in in the part of the deal that was struck 23 million ion Dollar in investment to their system over a five-year period um and they had a fiveyear um rate plan over the over the implementation so um for a certain
number of of years the the the rate was going to be stable and then it was going to increase and that was all part of the deal that was struck like I said the anecdotal story apparently the residents seem to like it uh Somerville they are another one they did theirs uh they they
said they feel like they started doing it years ago but 2022 2023 is when it was passed um they had a seven-year rate plan it was uh three years of no rate increases and then four years of spec uh specified increases um and they got
about $1 million in investment in the in the first 10 years was part of the commitment um another one Bound Brook down the road in 2021 they did theirs um they had $1 million in investment over 10 years and a five-year rate plan and
those are just some examples so people know that the the the rates aren't going to immediately jump there's some stability that there is investment I mean for us to invest even even a little portion of what some of these towns got would would make a really big impact on
our budget um and so there there's a lot of opportunity there um again I just want to stress the Public's role in this whole process there are going to be several hearings there's going to be an information that is shared on the burrow that that just
shows the numbers and the facts um and at the end of the day the final decision rests with the voters of dellan um it will be a public Vote or if we get that far it would be a public vote in November to make the decision I think
that covers up some key takeaways saying this again because I can't stress it enough this is only the very first step and it does not obligate us to do anything we are not committing to a sale um and that ultimately it's it's on the public
um and there's a lot of more more information to come from here think that kind of covers what I wanted to I am more than happy to answer any questions mayor council you may have or if you want to open it to the public I'm happy to help and I look forward to seeing if
this is the best decision for the town for the burough so for purposes related to our analysis um clearly after we RFB they're going to give us their analysis we're going to do our own appraisal and that's also inclusive of what the cost of our improvements would be over a
period of time and what rates would be able to support that on our end if we were to continue doing it so we can make the best educated decision absolutely and um just so everyone knows we will do that that will be not public information until after we get through this process we don't want to tell tell any potential
biders oh you only need to get to X number when they were going to really bid higher with nine number so that information will all be done it will be kept private until after the bids are received and after we do the full analysis the other thing that I I want to mention is that um once we get to a
point where we're talking with a potential buyer um an escrow account will be set up and a lot of the costs that are associated with the professionals that we need in order to do this properly will be offset by that as proel once we get to that
point or if we get to that point it should Council my nice question because you know we want to make sure that we do it right i' I've talked to other administrators that have done this I personally have have done a extra long lease of a system which doesn't really
happen anymore um I I've talked to other experts and and really making sure that you have a a great team um and denell and's lucky enough to have some really great uh companies that have done this for several of several municipalities and so um getting that expert advice and
all of that information and the you know determining the age and the value of the system and potential future value is really important I mean I think for transparency we'll open the floor to the public we just ask that you state your name and address and then you can ask your question solely to this related
matter though yes Mr Lock block 648 Bound Brook Road Who develops the bid specification we we'll do that in concert expert with experts yes yes so uh we have a call scheduled for I
think Wednesday um with our our burrow attorney uh our bond attorney who has done this before in other communities um our financial advisors to go over the midp and what we are great question thank you it's not something you do
every day and that's why need the people that that do do it Mr je1 two questions uh first off um you mentioned that our DPW is did we remove
ourselves from par no and I believe a part of this process parsa Remains the the the direct Authority that would work on on services so we don't lose Pars in this part in this so there's still so they they're still the ones doing the
work yeah super so so they if we if we if we sell our sewer off they're still going to be doing the work the treatment of the waste water goes through par the
management and maintenance of the system is currently done by us and that would be what would but and and and what what being sold we would then no long theing of the sewer and the second question kind of
relates to uh as saw there's two resolution votes one of them has to do with a two-year sewer Improvement maintenance guarantee what those how would those have any impct that's separate that one is related to the denal station project
so they're separate matters okay that's not sewer that would be part part of this sale I'm not I don't know that resolution okay no that so no it would be I believe in the grand scheme but that resolution is basically set I from
my understanding the RAB which is a bond that was taken out on the project for infrastructure improvements mainly their Pump Station the force Main and then and the agreement we have between them that uh through payments we offset some of that that payment because there's also a
general sorry General benefit to the public for that Force m that goes through the town is that correct yeah I think the there the uh the those sewer improvements have been completed so you'll see an ordinance on the agenda
accepting the completed sewer improvements and then there's two parts on the resolutions one is the because the sewer Improvement has been completed they're releasing the performance bond and replacing it with a two-year
maintenance Bond so all has to do with that the construction uh and the completion of that project okay so that's what okay Mr Mosley question does the cost benefit analysis include the cost of
exploring the pro so let's say for example your ex Come Away with 10 million but it cost you x amount of x amount of dollars so you're not coming away with million you're coming away with you know
uh 88 million of of course of do the analysis so is that that's what I was referring to when I said there's esor account that will be set up so we do take the burrow I transparency is important the burrow is taking risk in
getting us to the point of accepting bid um that that if we decide that we're not going with anything then the that cost would be incurred by the burrow um but once you you the winning bid is selected
they set up an escrow account for the remainder of the process which would cover those costs associated with the legal fees and the engineer Fe and the uh Financial advising fees associated with that and questionary question to
that is how do we fund es that's funed by that's funded by whoever yeah whoever does who responds to the RFP at the highest bid with the best services and qualities um they would fund the escrow it's much like a
developer when they come in and we start negotiating on a project they fund an escrow so therefore the professionals that we're using on our end they get paid through those escros that the developer is putting up front taking the risk to get a project done obviously
the reason why a company would want to take this bit on is that they're looking at the potential for future rates a business absolutely so you know and again the the difference so so to that point well if it's gonna they're going
to make money in the future for it wouldn't we make money in the future they can do things at a much more discounted rate than we can because they service so many um so many households they have the equipment they have the
staff they can do prevent an maintenance that is prohibitive to us because of our size and our bu um and so that's where that it's important to do the cost benefit analysis to understand the value of our system to understand the potential future rate that's all part of
what we do when we go through this process to make sure that for us the the the benefit is greater than than the potential walk through I think also to to to drive a point home is we have a uh
look if we had a system that was upgraded to Almost 100% I don't know if this would be the conversation at the end of the day the issue is is we have over a 100y old sewer utility system okay and so unfortunately what that does
come with is costs and even though um we've had parsa for the past several years um the amount of improvements that we have made has not been able to keep up with what the actual improvements needs systemwide and so the cost to a small town it's is as Chiron said it's cost of Economics of
scales because the the Investments weren't made at a sign as a significant scale over the past 100 years uh credit to my predecessor Robert Cedar he had the foresight of create getting involved with pars and creating the sewer utility with the mayor and council at the time and making sure that we had a funding
source to make improvements over time still current day the the the rate in which we have to make improvements especially with the D that's coming down there's regulations that are coming down that are going to really Force every Town's hands for Town such as ours it's
going to be difficult to maintain and keep up with that without directly impacting the taxpayer so this is something we are exploring as as a way to offset some debt clearly which would then offset principle on interest which helps taxpayers but also have better
quality of services that may be one of these major companies that does this out we're not we're not you know we're municip ities we're not in the business of sanitary so sanitization um so it's it's um like I said it's an aging system
the economics of scales it's it's going to come down with a hammer if if we don't explore options such as this and just food for thought we've had to spend $1.2 million in the last four years on sewer and that's PR um because of the expense it's hard for
us to do preventive me so you know it's like we're always putting the Band-Aid on and not through the problem these larger organizations have the resources and the technology that we simply just don't have well I would I would I would just note because of what we've been doing with parsa since mayor Robert
Cedar and then since this team has gone on board is we finally gotten to a point where we can catch up in in in our analysis to see what actually the overall system and Alex correct me if I'm wrong and that's really where the scary part is is we really see what's out there needs to be done in this aging system and that's why we need to explore
an option like this yeah we have we have been proactive but as mentioned over the last four years milon was around $500,000 $125,000 was was around $75,000 so it
just adds up and we are being we are ling Second Street which we did last year still Ag syst and our debt ceiling only allows us to go so far to raise debt and you don't want to hit the ceiling because well again it's we don't look good
financially in terms of what the the the board of Finance would look at us as and also uh it's means we're raising taxes offset that debt so if if this helps and again the residents of denell will be the ones that make that decision you
have to first pay off your sewer utility debt and then the remaining balance you can look to pay off your general Capital which would be very important being that we know the cost of what the fire department cost us um uh even with insurance uh so it's um it's something I
think we have to explore at this moment in time uh are there any members of the public online that would like to ask a question of shiron okay so Chiron thank you keeping you up to dat thank
you next on our agenda is item number four we have three proclamations this evening the first is recognizing March as youth art month and this will be read by councilwoman Cal Edis Lance who is a liaison to the denell Arts inclusion and culture
commission whereas art education contributes powerful educational benefits to all elementary middle and secondary students including developing students creative problem solving and critical thinking abilities and whereas art education teaches sensitivity to
Beauty order and other expressive qualities and gives students a deeper understanding of Multicultural values and beliefs and whereas our programs Foster self-expression and confidence in young people allowing them to
communicate their thoughts emotions and experiences in meaningful ways and whereas participation in the Arts has been linked to improved academic performance enhanced motor skills and higher levels of student engagement and
whereas the art provides a foundation for lifelong appreciation and enjoyment encouraging cultural enrichment and Community engagement and whereas the B of dellan in conjunction with the dellan Arts inclusion and culture commission
strives to provide and encourage programs that afford the public great opportunities to experience arts and culture in dellan now therefore be it proclaimed that mayor Jason F salento and the dellan burrow Council recognized
May 2025 as youth art month in the burrow of dellan and encourage residents to join us in celebrating the Arts and how they Inspire creativity and support a diverse and inclusive community
thank we're not open for public comment right now March March okay I'm looking at it is it is thank you okay next up we have the great honor
of having Catherine and kin to read a proclamation recognizing the importance of Girl Scouts to today's Girl Scouts so Catherine kin please join us up front why to tell the public what truth you're a part of group 65528
okay c c i can't read it for cooperation recognizing the importance of Girl Scouts to to Girl Scouts to today's girls whereas March 12th 2025 marks the
113th anniversary of Girl Scouts of the USA the largest and most impactful leadership Pro program for girls in the world and were as March 9th to 5th
2025 is national girl scout week and whereas since their Beginnings Girl Scout has been emphasized public service and Civic engagement h and has fostered
a sense of community in girls and whereas Girl Scouts work the to Champions the Ambitions culture and talents and develop the skills of of
girls to confidently persuade their passions and make the make the world a better place and whereas Girl Scouts engages girls of all grade levels and Civics programming that deepens their
understandings of democracy and government prepares them for a lifetime of Civic engagement and motivates them to take action on issues that are important to them and whereas Girl Scouts
offer girls 21 century programming in a science technology engineering and math the outdoor entrepreneurships and Beyond helping girls develop inv valuable life skills and
where at Girl Scouts Heart of New Jersey serves over two 12 12,000 12,000 girls in their Council across Central Jersey including girls and adults
volunteer Inno now therefore it will be proclaimed that that mayor Jason f salento andan FAL Council committed the Girl Scout
movement and the Heart of New Jersey Council for for provid providing girls SCS with a safe place inclusive all girls all girls space where
all wait where where they can hone their skills and develop leadership abilities good job want hold thank you for your service great job yes the proclamation is all for you
too official and everything next up is the reading of uh a proclamation recognizing March as women's history month and this will be read Allowed by all three of our uh female council members so however they
decide to divide it up proclamation in honor of women's History Month whereas throughout history women have made significant contributions to the growth and strength of our burrow County State nation and the world in countless ways and whereas the 2025
women's History Month theme established by the national women's history Alliance is titled moving forward together women educating and inspiring Generations the theme celebrates the powerful influence of women who have dedicated their lives
to Education mentorship and Leadership and whereas through leadership Innovation and Ingenuity generations of women have made significant contributions in science medicine technology business politics Entre entrepreneurship labor and arts and
culture and whereas women have been leaders in securing their own rights of suffrage and equal opportunity and in the Abolitionist emancipation industrial labor civil rights and peace movement have created a more fair and just
Society for all and whereas whether serving in elected positions Across America leading groundbreaking civil rights move movements venturing into unknown Frontiers or programming revolutionary Technologies generations of women open
new doors and had a profound and positive impact on our community now th therefore be it proclaimed that mayor Jason EPs solento and the dellan burrow Council recognize March 2025 as women's History Month in the burrow of dellan
and encourage residents to join us in celebrating the many ways women past and present have shaped the world very nice thank you Council man Katherine and kayn it might be you up here one day right something to look forward to stay Civic
minded item number five on the agenda is the approval of our meeting minutes from our regular meeting February 18th 2025 can I have a motion and second please movement Rios sigment um any comments uh edits or
redactions as the meeting minutes currently stand without hearing any take a roll call please Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes and Mr Sigman
yes item number six on the agenda is Introduction of ordinances uh we have ordinance 2012-08 an ordinance to amend and supplement the general legislation of the burough of denell in chapter 202 public parking sections 18 handicapped parking uh this is related to St
Nicholas requesting a uh handicapped parking space in front of their Church um ladies uh in terms of an introduced ordinance if you want to know sit how we operate here an introduced ordinance only gets a reading here it's introduced
we don't discuss it and then at the next council meeting March 18 18th if you care to join us uh there's a public hearing and adoption option so uh we will motion and second on this and then uh we will take a roll
call directly so sound good okay can I have a motion and second please move it sigment second Albertson roll call Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes and Mr Sigman yes thank you item number
seven on the agenda is the adoption of ordinances we have two this evening we have 2025 d 06 an ordinance of the Bureau of dellan County of middle 6 state of New Jersey amending part two general legislation chapter 275 trees and 2025-the acceptance of the dedication of
sewer improvements constructed in the connection with the Redevelopment commonly known as the denal station on a portion of block 85 lots 1.01 and 1.02 and elsewhere with the burrow so this would be the point in which we
introduced today 2025 8 and so this is representative in like two weeks we would publicly hear and adopt that one so this is what we're hearing you'll hear us uh discuss this one we'll open up to the public first mayor and Council will discuss it after we hear public comment and then we'll take a roll call if we don't make any amendments and move
it to another meeting so um can I have a motion and second on 2025 d06 move it Rios second sigment okay at this moment in time we'll open the floor to the public solely for the ordinance of purpose of ordinance
2025-the State their name and address to this ordinance without hearing comments or questions uh can we open the floor to Mayor and councel for any discussion um I do have just a question comment um with the replacement of trees
um I believe that's section c where it says be monitored and maintained um by the applicant for applicant for a period of two years to ensure their survival um it's just been my observation that there
have been several trees planted around town I'm not sure because I'm not a tree specialist but it doesn't look like they're thriving so um in that case um what are some of the things that are typically done if it's a you're saying a replace
shade tree like a brand new shade tree right um that is a very good question I'm assuming if the tree is dead it goes onto a uh tree removal list which we have very lengthy list um so I'm ass sure that's the process um are you
talking maybe perhaps enforcement on the resident who's not caring for it I'm not sure if it's so much enforcement but I'm not sure if the resident is actually residents would actually be aware of this and I'm not sure if they would know
that the tree should be or could be removed um if it wasn't thriving so I'm just wondering if there's any type of follow up by the shade tree commission to go around and see if those trees that they have planted are know they do I can
tell you commission members can Mr Rios I've seen out many of times he goes out and Waters them I was just gonna say that I've gone as a family uh to go out on water and to mulch and to bag them so we do try to to maintain them okay even
the ones on uh Residential Properties those are the ones that we maintain yes okay between curve and sidewalk they're within the easement so we don't plant anything beyond easement so officials such as shade tree commission have right to airport tree um I know the shet tree
commission sends a notice on how to care for trees I believe um and um if if the notice isn't there about removal should it died maybe we should add it who is the liais on for the shade Tre commission Cole can you just officially find out and report back
[Music] okay and once it's been removed does it get replaced or just removed every tree that gets removed gets put back on to and we tell the resident that makes a request if it's within our easement it gets removed it's going to be replaced with a shade tray thank thank
you any other yeah I have one I think we might have a conflict the 27 275-13 enforcement puts enforcement under the Construction office the the the shade
tree Mission can only enforce the uh trees that are within the public right Lang uh the other option for uh the tree replacement that on private property uh
it's would be under construction office uh that's was the only other burrow office that could oversee that's why there's the distinction between the 10 so legally standing you feel that
it's it's good uh yeah it has to be the shade tree commission uh has limited powers by Statute and they are only authorized to enforce as to uh trees within the public RightWay so there has to be the the private trees have to be a
burrow uh Department that would oversee and enforce that and the permitting process goes through the instruction office Cod officials okay thank you anything else from Council without hearing can we take a roll call please
sure Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes and Mr Sigman yes can I have a motion in second on without hearing any we'll take a roll
call Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes Mr Sigman yes okay item number eight on the agenda is resolutions uh Mrs stats if you can read them out for mayor and councel and allow us the opportunity to ask
questions or have a discussion on them before we vote sure resolution number 119 is to pay the bills move sment second Rios Rios Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance
yes Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes and Mr Sigman yes resolution number 120 is to appoint Russell Miller as a fire department member move it Albertson second Sigman Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes
Mrs Rios abstained to do my position on the fire department Mr Scott stain position with the fire department and Mr Sigman yes thank you to Mr Miller for stepping forward to volunteer is he here this evening no thank you for your service
and to all the volunteer firefighters resolution 121 is authorizing the bur of dellan to make a payment for insurance on behalf of the rescue squad to bonikowski V mov Rios second S Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs
Rios yes Mr Scott yes and Mr Sigman yes resolution 122 is to award a contract to MRC for additional playground equipment at morecraft Park mov it Rios second sigment and I do have a question well miss Cedar is gonna say
a few things first that's okay maybe she can address your questions hello um so we are adding an addition playground to warft park over on First Street um it's an additional playground um here towards the younger
population ages 0 to five um the it's going to be a playground and a climber set that um will match the color scheme that's currently there on that playground and then the funding
it's um will come from the cdbg and the 526 Metro uh Community benefits project so that will cover the cost of um the playground the climber and the installation and then what whatever's left will cover um The Mulch and the r
ties and making it beautiful so mainly this is all through grants and our negotiation with the redeveloper to support the park so no taxpayer dollars correct beautiful okay council members questions uh yes you did answer one question uh that I had about the aoup for it
and where will it be located par so if you're looking at the park swings it's going to be in the back corner behind the playground we decided Big Empty St where the uh zipline thing used to be yeah so it's behind the basketall PS
over to the right behind the existing playground set does that make sense yes it does thank you council member l a question I do I could resend them too yep the
Recreation Commission approved this yeah commission approved it at the October meeting okay we were just waiting for the county response to um I do have the pictures you want me to show them now or do you want to show them what you can yeah and I can send them in the email top secret
information so this is the again it's geared towards like Tyler's younger kids what's there is here and this the CL um so these colors won't be the colors like I said it will match all we have
want to show the public oh sorry guys and the color scheme will match what's currently there the blue what it blue and white good work thank you okay I'll take a roll call Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance I'm sorry I do
have another question is that okay yeah we'll just have to redo the roll call okay um I have not visited the park so I don't know what the condition of the existing equipment is but um has the
existing equipment been um inspected so that if there are any repairs that need to be done would that be covered through the grant it's about two years old okay yeah so in in once Metro 526 went up as part of our Redevelopment agreement uh
we negotiated that they provide $55,000 to a park Improvement and the park closest to that project is morecraft Park so up front they gave us 27,000 in change7 275 that assisted the funding of the structure that's currently there and
then this uh along with grants and everything is uh finishing off the project with these pieces yep okay I mean it does you would assume that it's only two years old and that it wouldn't need any maintenance but children can sometimes be rough and so just wondering
if any inspection has been done the um the play gets inspected every thank you thank you we don't normally open to the public during resolutions but I think we'll make an exception for
you a great question new that is a great question that's why you're a girl scout right great question okay roll call okay Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs Rios yes
Mr Scott yes and Mr sigment yes resolution 123 is to transfer appropriation reserves for the 2024 operating account Mo it second Albertson Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance
yes Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes and Mr Sigman yes resolution 124 is to authorize CME Associates to prepare the fiscal year 2024 recycling tonnage Grant application movement else second second
um this grant is always post the year in which uh it's been done so Mr Miller do you want to you want to touch just so council's aware this public what this is tonage Grant each thank
you right Mrs alberon yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes and Mr Sigman yes resolution 125 is to approve an amusement license for Uncle Luigi's move
it second second Albert what are they putting Inus that's it it's like a a claw game they we sent them out um in December but they were late getting back to us so that's why they the only one on this license thank you Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs
Rios yes Mr Scott yes and Mr Sigman yes resolution 126 is authorizing the burrow to solicit bids for the sale of the Burrow's Water and Wastewater systems move it Sigman second RI Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs
Rios yes Mr Scott yes and Mr Sigman yes resolution 127 is to approve the memorandum of understanding with the Department of Environmental Protection regarding the blue Acres Program mve Rios second Sig so if I can speak to
this really quick uh the blue Acres Program is a funding source to buy out properties that are here uh water uh that can severely damage or actually cause death to anybody in the nearing area and so
there are several properties along the Greenbrook specifically on the Mountain View Terrace North Washington Avenue side that have qualified and they've gone through the necessary paperwork over the last several years for blue Acres um this has been a long effort to ensure that these people get what I
believe they rightfully deserve so don't have to live through another storm the way they've had to live um because the issue was is the the Army Corps of Engineers is coming through with the the Greenbrook flood control uh project so uh the argument was that FEMA was going to buy them out and so they could wait
till that and we made the case back to them that no they can't wait for that use blue acres and get them out now because another year or two can mean that's someone's life so um I applaud everybody who has been a part of these efforts to ensure that these people get value for their homes and they can stop
living through the nightmare that they've been living through these past several years um so this is the agreement as part of that um as part of the effort we will have to work with blue acres to maintain the property after they've been demolished and it's almost returned to like a almost like a
field so um but I think we can do that knowing that uh that there's no value on someone there there's how do I wor that there's no value on someone's life you can't put a value on someone's life thank you I don't want to say it the wrong way but I think people know what I mean um so that's what this is I want to
thank Mr Robertson for helping get this memorandum going and Mr Miller and uh everybody that's been Associated to the efforts I think this will G give uh great relief to some families that have been living and suffering through this I mean how many times with the fire
department and uh OEM have we had to go and rescue several of these people um so um this is a part of the process to make sure that they get out of their situation so that's what this is anything else Bill okay all right
I'll take a roll call Mr Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes and Mr Sigman yes resolution 128 is authorizing the release of the remaining performance guarantee to Brunner Redevelopment
partners and accepting the two-year sewer improvements maintenance guarantee mve second second Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes
Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes and Mr Sigman yes resolution 129 is authorizing payment to Brenner Redevelopment partners of the burrow share of construction cost for public improvements to the Washington sewer Interceptor move it
segment second Albertson Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes and Mr Sigman yes resolution 130 is to amend resolution from February 18th 2025
number 99 appointing CG p& as administrative agent for the Burrow's affordable housing program moov R second Rios uh have a question sure um so this shows a difference of 8700 um from the
original proposal and just uh wondering what was the discrepancy in the original proposal sure the original not to exceed was 15,300 and I went back um and asked them
what was the difference between the previous year and they said that they made a mistake and in our proposal so we had to change it to amend it to 24,000 instead of 15,300 okay so it was a mistake on their end so so we have to amend the resolution of the Do Not to uh exceed
amount right so what was the mistake on their end oh no it was just the number it was just the number just the number yep okay yep it's right here 15,300 yep that was the original number in the proposal and
then I asked them that question and they went back and said it was supposed to be 24,000 instead from the prior year the same contract it doesn't mean we're spending 24,000 it just no not to exes the amount in which yeah I don't think we even got
to anywhere close to that number last year is there any other questions Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes and Mr Sigman yes
resolution number 131 is to approve Street Corner fundraising by the da dellan American Legion Post 119 second second Rios Mrs Alberton yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott
yes Mr sigment yes resolution 132 is to approve a townwide garage sale by Boy Scout Troop 129 Alberton second Rios U Mr Miller uh not that it's related to this but it
brings up to mind um we we're still going to do the in September we have a free rubbish day but in June after the garage n the town wde National Garage Sale townwide we're all in it together
the townwide garage yeah it's a large townwide garage sale um will still offer that service but that one's a paid gig okay okay thank you okay Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes
Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes Mr Sigman yes resolution number 133 is to authorize a tax overpayment refund for 72 dep way move it Sig second Rios
Mrs Albertson yes Mrs Lance yes Mrs Rios yes Mr Scott yes and Mr Sigman yes okay next on the agenda is item number nine Council reports council member uh Albertson hey the fire
department responded to 30 calls for service in February total call for 2025 63 incident type fire was two false alarm was eight service call five taset five good intent eight EMS two total
month monthly total 30 the fire department attended several events and had held several drills during February on February 10th they held monthly monthly officers meeting and they also had a work monthly work drill that day
on the 10th and 23rd they held monthly instruction drills for right to know and blood born path pathogens on the 26th they held their monthly fire company meeting we're happy to see a number of residents joining the department in the past few months the
new members will be attending fire School in the upcoming months the fire department is still looking for new members to join um membership is open to anyone 16 to 18 as a junior member and full members is open to anyone
over 18 visit our website at ww w. dellan fd.com or email join FD dellan fd.com for more information dellan downtown downtown dellan management organization the past
weekend at two new businesses celebrated their grand opening welcome to Xavier Tovar and his family owners of luxuries Bath and Kitchen and to Anette and Ernie of the wick Studio stop by and get to know the newest members of our downtown merchants the friends of the D Public
Library uh you can help them solve the mystery of the gangster the death of a gangster on March 22nd from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the George W hod Firehouse reservations are required dinner is included $70 for individuals 130 for a
couple table of 10 625 on March 24th at 6:30 p.m. stop by the library for George and Martha Washington Al story this live performance is free to the public and I bet the scouts would enjoy going to see
that proceeds from Friends fundraising events help to provide programs such as this as well as Museum passes summer reading program events and prizes and so much more follow the friends on Facebook and Instagram thank you
okay thank you councilwoman complim MOS yes buildings and grounds report the division of office space in the multi-purpose office underway as part of an ongoing departmental relocation tk1 will also be conducting internet wiring
maintenance in the multi-purpose office uh parsa report parsa's staff and business administrator Alex Miller recently reviewed the process of video inspection for sewer Mains in coordination
with uh Burrows road projects five years ago mayor sento initiated a policy requiring parsa to inspect its sewer Mains before any road project commenced this proactive approach aims to identify
potential sewer issues early as demonstrated during the planning phase of the client Place project where a potential potentially significant issue was identified and addressed additionally it was agreed upon that the completion of each Road Project parcel
will conduct a final review sorry EXC excuse me a final video inspection of the sewer M this ensures that no damage occurs during the work performance by contractors or utility companies providing an added layer of oversight
and protection for our infrastructure uh denan Public Library visit our Facebook page and website to explore more exciting programs for all ages join us for Saturday Story Time with Miss Mackey dive into an afternoon of Dungeons and Dragons or take part in
our teen ESL sessions there's something for everyone and the board of AD the next Board of AD meeting will be held on March 11th 20125 at 7M I saw Chief best smile during dungeon and Dragons I wonder if he'll be joining it's all
ages councilwoman Lance yes from the rec department uh the winter basketball season has come to an end a special thank you to Kate ruskoski Austin Clark and all our amazing Recreation coaches and volunteer parents
your dedication and hard work have truly made this program a success we can't wait to hit the courts again next year registration for all spring Youth Sports is now open including baseball softball tennis and Open soccer spring Open soccer is a free program exclusively for
dellan residents to determine the number of children we can accommodate the recreation department need support from volunteer coaches please note that the registration deadline for baseball and softball is next Monday March 10th if your child is interested and you have
the ability we encourage you to participate if you would like to volunteer as a coach please reach out to Recreation program coordinator Kelly Cedar at K Cedar denell uro.com and just a friendly reminder that the registration deadline for HomeTown hero
banners has been extended and is now March 10th these banners will be hung up in the downtown area just before Memorial Day and will stay up through Veterans Day that's all okay thank you council president Sigman uh yes uh I
also just want to do my I guess annual uh plug for coaches for the rec department you don't have to be a a great athlete to be a great role model uh it's not only fun for the kids but as a coach we also have a great time so if you can uh please join as a coach um I
also want to thank the dellan rescue squad and dellan police department for responding to emergency at our home this past week uh professionalism you guys show is amazing really appreciate everything you do for this T excuse me that's
it I'm okay thank God you guys are here uh good thank you councilman scottt for DPW they routinely cleaned the downtown area and the burough parks and properties continue to
fill potholes and various streets continuing to inspect and clean out the catch bases throughout the burrow worked on Walling off the office bace in the btic purpose office they walked the Brooks and streams to clear debris as needed cleared the catch Basin Lids throughout the burrow and cleared the B
the debris from the trash trap uh they cleared leaves and debrises from the downtown sidewalks after the heavy Winds of the past weekend you and most importantly they begin ball field prep which has begun for the ball fields and prep for the spring season uh the DPW mechanic division
service the police Fleet as they're due for maintenance and repair repairing the fleet as they break down or issues arise service the DPW fleet vehicles as they come du for maintenance and repair the vehicles as issues or breakdowns arise clean and maintain the spreader units for the inclement weather hopefully we
put them away soon clean and maintain the plows to ensure they're ready for inclement weather and repair the ref Refuge truck brake system and topped off all fluids and a reminder curb curbside Branch pickup takes place in March and April after the winds I'm sure there's a
lot that's all I have okay thank you sir okay um I just want to note to again this past Saturday uh members of the denell downtown management organization the bur Council and I had the great honor of welcoming two new businesses to our downtown uh luxury kitchen and bath
located at 118 North Washington Avenue uh they celebrate the grand opening as was noted uh Xavier and his entire family uh were there and they offer high quality kitchen and bathroom Renovations uh they're also denell residents which is always nice to see residents opening
businesses on the Main Street uh we then attended the wick studio located right located right across street at 6 362 North Avenue um they offer unique Hands-On custom candl making experiences perfect for birthday parties corporate
Gatherings or a relaxing night out um so they have a variety of scents and containers to create a candle that is unique to you and so that the owners are an net and Earnest and they're just Piscataway residents so it's nice that two local people uh opened up uh two
businesses quality businesses so welcome to dellan uh middle six County Recycling uh through the mcia has recently informed the bureau that within the next few months um the recycling services will be switched over to an automatic side load or known ASL so this is
actually pretty exciting service with a you requirement that the vendor must include supplying a new commercial grade 95g wheel tote delivered to each home ASL will provide more capacity and more effortless container movement for the homeowner as well as a cleaner streets
from the enclosed container so basically they'll drive up they'll put the thing in they'll tip it over and it'll go right back down instead of all this core car board just uh you know flying all over the place so um I do want to give a shout out to Mr Miller this is something that we were discussing last year and he
kept add it at the County's ears I I don't know if they moved because we kept hounding them but at the end of the day I'll throw some Street credit to Mr Miller how about that so thank [Laughter] you yeah it was a lot of B because he's a resident of Greenbrook and they have this quality service by Somerset County
uh at the other 08812 so uh if you had anything to do with it thank than you for pressing them you and me both yeah um curbside branch and tree limb collection curbside collection of
branches and tree limbs occurs in March and April make sure to stack branches and tree limbs and bundles limbs shall be no more than 6 inches in diameter and 4 feet in length residents may also bring branches and tree limbs to the DBW Recycling yard year round some other
good news um Verizon file update yes we're getting a third provider uh we spoke with Verizon government Affairs office following their discussion uh government Affairs contacted Verizon legal team to reach out to uh Alex Miller and our burough attorney to establish a franchise agreement which
will be presented to the mayor and Council in the near future so a lot of uh great exciting things happening and uh competition's a good thing I think we're already seeing that at work between Optima and Comcast now throw a third in and let's see what happens uh New Jersey American water has recently
been in communic a with our business administrator Alex Miller about continuing the water main replacement in the burough this year uh they will start with Prospect Avenue from Grove Street to Center Street with wi RAV from New Market to Center Street which is expected to start this week this project will include all the same processes as
projects in the past um they will remove and replace the water mains um install new um new water services from the main to each residential water box and install new fire hydrants the project will conclude with the milling and
Paving of 2 Ines of asphalt top on each Street and of course we will look at what enhanced striping we can do um on our end to each Road uh note Prospect Avenue will be striped the way it is now after the street is paved including all rumble strips and painted speed limit in
bicycle markings excuse me c me Associates engineering report uh the way finding signage for the downtown they received review comments from the NJ doot so the highway occupancy permit application is also been submitted CME is preparing a response to the do comments project to
be bid when authorized by the do cing Place corrective work will can be completed when the weather permits and should be done within the next month or so uh Washington Avenue street lighting and pre-construction meeting is scheduled for this week uh the Second Street phase one a preconstruction meeting is scheduled for this week uh
the railroad a the railroad Culvert not railroad AB the railroad culbert along South Avenue and North a extension um and palaski the burough met with represent of the Army Corps and DP to discuss the status of their improvements and whether they have improved tail
water conditions in abanet Brook uh CME shared our analysis with the Army Corps and is coordinating the analysis with them CME has also contacted the ibank to discuss the next steps for financing the project so every week every month we are closer to this uh 20 plus year project
getting completed um the strip joint six 635 Bound Brook Road CME received a bit received bidder questions late last week and will need to issue an addendum to the uh to respond to them unfortunately C must move the bid date back to provide
ample time between the addendum and the ID per the local public contracts law so it was initially scheduled for March 6 and it will have to be moved back due to this matter and we will report back to council and keep the rescue squad in the loop as that progresses so that is it
for me tonight for my report next on the agenda is um we have item number 10 Council discussion there's nothing on the agenda right now uh item number 11 is department head reports
legal no report mayor okay cler it no report May Administration DPW yeah [Music] May would you put your mic on ran just so you be picked up thank
you so today I met with the school uh the uh Early Child uh Council uh was requesting me to come to their meeting because you know the main concern was traffic school traffic and such so uh so
there were the the the committee was uh teachers and some uh parents that you know that that are part of this committee it's part of the early Hood uh childhood development uh program that they have and the and the and the concern again was about trafficing and some of the issues that
they were discussing I totally understand and and you know one of the response to the things I responded back to the school was um did they look does will the school be willing to look into an engineer
designing a traffic around the school because the school does have property uh that has two an access road on Hall Street where they could split the traffic around the school going back to Hall Street one that's one thing that I did mention to them the other thing is
the u-shape area in front of the school is closed off and I was wondering I I asked why why is it closed off why don't students get dropped off there and a car bunch of 15 or 20 cars at a time
bring them in drop off pull out so it was just something that I brought their attention because they're asking us how we can help and you know stagger school time I don't know I just I threw three options at them if they could look into
because not much more the burrow could do you know you can put more police out there but it's not to solve problemet people too it's it's it's a no- win situation so I just so I know I threw those options at them and I just you know ask if they have looked into it
because they there's two possibilities reroute the traffic around the school so you have two act two uh two ways out of there instead of everything wall down Wall Street or if they can work some kind of drop off system in front of the school and I and I also mentioned how
they gone to other schools because I live two blocks away from Ane Elementary School in Greenbrook and it was a disaster too and they changed their drop off system and now it's like what's the system not that we're making the decisions the system the system that
they use is basically uh if it's a drop off uh or a pickup the parent would pick would pull up and there would be somebody with a walkie-talkie and on the window they'd have the the the student's name and they would call in and somebody
would walk the students out by the time they the car pulled up there and it just I was actually surprised because it was horrible before and they changed and I and I and I asked the school you know asked if they have looked at a different option so I just wanted to let let let you know that this was discussing and
took place I know this is a conversation the mayor's traffic pedestrian safety task force keeps getting asked by the school district too and we want to be a partner in it of course you know we're one town um is there going to be another meeting I I my my feeling is that this
this this commit committee will probably present it to the school I hope they do okay and the teachers were interested and even some of the teachers say one of the teachers I forgot who her name was worked in a summer camp and in like with where the you shape in the
front she said in our summer camp they would do that the cars would pull up they'd unload 12 15 cars at a time then all the cars would pull out and it takes cooperation with the parents parents got to be ready to drop the kids out off
instead of like all like the last minute things that that that take place and drags it all that so okay well if there's a future meeting I would if we can get also alongside you a member from the mayor's traffic and pedestrian safety task force and I would hope a member of the police department the
chief would send somebody over with you somebody maybe from the Traffic Division or as administrators I would probably think that that would put the next thing is more with the school administration and and I can reach out to them again because I know there was there was conversation a while back and then it just died off okay keep us all posted
because for sure uh the other thing uh falling up from the blue Acres um um I know what have in Greenbrook when they they
uh through the blue blue Acres project the fire department has used the houses for training so what I can do is reach out to them and see if we can do something similar so our fire department could use the houses for training before
they come in and you know demo it so I'll keep you in contact on that okay recreation no no no okay thank you OEM yes a couple items um OEM is
contined to work with the the police department uh school officials Eric Martin on the uh School reunification which is the top issue for our town uh we looking at station areas where we're going to relocate kids but this is for
active threat situations so we're Contin to work on that we meet monthly fact we meeting on Wednesday uh one of the things that I like to mention is that um we actually need uh to develop a whole Cadre of volunteers either sh
volunteers or shelter uh staff volunteers that's one of the things that concerns me uh we do have a tentative agreement was reviewed by our attorney uh regarding uh a a shelter agreement
with the school so we just we got to push that and but we're going to need a shelter staff now I'm going to be conversations with the American Red Cross um and they will help us assist us with a shelter staff but you know it's
uh that may not be possible if we have a a uh a Statewide emergency so working on that um in the event in terms of trying to uh one of my thought processes is that uh we we get some volunteers that
want to do something short term you bring in these volunteers to learn about shelter operations and you send them away and then once while you bring them back so these are for people that don't want to be continuously involved in a
program like Ser so that's one of the one of the things that we've been thinking about the other thing in terms of SE um is that the University of Utah has come up with a hybrid program um and what that involves
basically is uh it's like 12 hours of virtual training free sech virtual training uh and then there's 16 hours of on hands uh you know we always talk about c
training is for everybody you don't have to become part of C team but become part of C team means additional training but SE training is for everybody and you know what we have a if we have a worldwide disaster or Hans need to be on deck and so we really need to train as
many citizens as we possibly can to be the help uh until help arrives you know everybody thinks that the police or the fire or EMS is going to be there for you but they may not be they may be dealing with some other priorities and so guess
what if we could teach you some basic skills that you can help your family your friends and your neighbors out Bo mil more better so uh that's going to be appearing in an article tomorrow this hybrid program uh Mr Sigman has signed
up as one of the people I encourage uh you know or our employees or even our Council because you can take this the virtual part of this online at your leisure um and so uh and to mention another activity
that's going to happen pretty soon is that they're going to have disaster Ville um at the fire academy certain uh members from all over the state are are going to converge or the firehouse um and they're going to
actually have a disaster where they're going to be ex like a full scale exercise where C members who are trained will you know will have the opportunity to put those skills um to use so that's going to be April
29th it's going to really be a big deal uh and that'll be at our Firehouse at our um at the fire academy s yes so that's going to really be a big deal so uh more to come on that so again
you know look at the article tomorrow in tomorrow but when the report comes out we talked about that virtual program and I encourage council members to think about taking that taking that course again some basic
survival skills if we have a disaster have you thought about sending that out to the American Legion BFW Knights of Columbus some of our church organizations oh yeah we we always try to get the uh NOS maybe the Eagle Scouts
or the Girl Scouts at least maybe that's the way they can get a badge too well you know that's part of our part of our um responsibility is to educate the the public in terms of parties and you yourself May has assistance assistance in that endeavor
by your town hall leaders so we still that's still Ono thank you Police Department very nice anything from it still itting all good okay uh item
number 12 on the agenda is public comments we'll open the floor to the public who are here in the chambers and then we'll go to individuals online we ask you please state your name and address R report for the month of February responding to
30 call for service U bringing us to 67 for the year uh 40% of our call volume this year so far related emeres particularly um we've brought on three
new members this year so far one of them being in the Mt she has start running ships yet but to um
Wednesday there will be a meeting of the volunteer EMT training fund uh commission at uh Union training uh this is this is in regards to a bill was
passed by the New Jersey state legislature um making it our training fund for volunteer available again tote um many rushing squads were cut out by the by the state government from it
and they have getting restored as April 1 of but the State Department of Health isn't sure how they're going to be so um every one of the of the legisl uh will be unanimous vote to to us so
please pass along our thanks as well to our Assembly women and thank you okay thank you any other members of the public that are in Chambers please state your name and address1 Madison
and I just want to express our possible prage for Council Al also on to the res can be here tonight thank you for sharing that we will make sure that message gets passed along to him and we share in that sentiment so thank
you any other members of the public in Chambers without hearing any we'll go to the members of the public online please state your name and address none okay we'll do a general blanket all members of the public public please state your name and address who wish to
speak Katherine kayin how was your first council meeting you enjoyed it think you'll come back okay doors always open okay without further Ado we'll close item number 11
on the agenda public comments item number 13 is adjournment resolution 134 can I have a motion a second please move it second Lance before I take a roll our next meeting of the mayor and Council will be held on Tuesday March 18th 2025
here in these Chambers at 7 pm all in favor say I any Nays okay