courts and I believe the children use all of the courts down there to practice tennis on. And when they're having a tournament, I don't believe they will be using the ones that are lined for pickle ball because it won't be uh what's the
word like official regulation. Thank you, lawyer. Thank you, Will. Um won't be regulation because they have the extra lines on them. So, we have just have to have a conversation with the board of ed and figure out exactly when they want people on them and when they don't. It's not up to us. That one is
being ruled by the school. Okay. Do I have another question? How will how will we pay for our badges if if it's a badge or is it a key fob? We will be setting up a burrow ordinance and putting it in place that defines the fees. That's what we're doing right now.
And once that's adopted, um you will come to the burrow and you'll write a check to the bureau of Emerson for $25. Um and and then we will write you a letter and tell you how you gain access. Okay. I think that's those
or email you. Oh, do are there lights at the high school? Yeah, we have an application. So, when you fill out the application and you come in and you spend the twice, she just whispered twice. I wasn't sure that they created it yet. Um, you'll fill out the application, pay the fee, we'll have
your information to contact you, and we'll contact everyone and tell them what the rules of play are going to be and how you're going to get your um access to the courts and all of that stuff. Okay. And are the courts lit? Do they have lights at the courts? No. No. Okay. I've heard that that's a good suggestion, but that's going to cost a
lot of money again. So, it's something that we could work on with the board of ed, but there's no lights as of now. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Thank you for coming to the meeting and asking your questions. It's appreciated. Sure. You can do whatever you want. You're free. Mayor, do you want to say she can also
go to the board of ed meetings and talk to the board of for any they want to go ahead tell if you're if you have any further questions too because we are working with the board of ed obviously we want the best for the residents but we want you to go to the board of ed as well just like you came to us it'd be
great just so they could hear from the residents how how interested everyone is and how much they want the playing time and I think every little bit will help sway yes yeah in the media center thank you so much have a nice rest of
the summer Happy pickle balling when it opens. What' you say? Or what? Oh, I I missed something. So, in any event, um I don't see anyone else from the public, so I'll ask for a motion to close to the public.
So, moved. Second. All in favor? Any opposed? Okay. Um may I have a motion to approve resolution number 193? Where am I? May I have a motion to adopt
ordinance number 1706-25 on second reading? And a roll call, please. Councilwoman Rice, just to confirm, this is just um the fee. I'm just looking over it again, but
the specifics will are going to come after the fact, right? Okay. Yes, Councilwoman. Yes, Councilwoman. Yes. Council President Argenzia. Yes. And Councilwoman. Yes. Thank you. Um, now when we move on to
introduction of ordinances, first reading. The next uh ordinance, Miss Ryan will announce by number and title. Upon approval, this ordinance will be further considered at a public hearing to be held on August 12th, 2025 at 7:30m
or as soon thereafter as the matter can be addressed in the council chambers of Burough Hall, Municipal Place, Emerson, New Jersey, and published in the record. All ordinances are posted on the Burough website and on file in the office of the municipal clerk if anyone would like
copies. Miss Ryan, would you please read the title of 1707-25? Sure, Mayor. This is ordinance 1707-25, capital ordinance of the burrow of Emerson in the county of Bergen, New Jersey, authorizing the acquisition of
firearms and related equipment in, by, and for the police department in, by, and for the burrow. Appropriating therefore the sum of $28,500 and providing that such sum so appropriated shall be raised from the
burrow's capital improvement fund. May I have a motion to introduce ordinance 170- Oh, I'm like losing it tonight. Um, was I right? Yes. All right. Um, introduce ordinance
1707-25 on first reading. Second. Roll call, please. Councilwoman Rice, yes. Councilwoman Sers, yes. Councilwoman Magcguire, yes. Council President Arjenzi.
Yes. Sorry. And Councilwoman, yes. Okay. Very good. And that brings us to reports. Councilwoman Rice, do you have a report for us this evening? Yes. Okay. So, I have a report from the
library. Um, this is the first year that they are running a summer reading program for adults. I have a flyer, but the flyer is available on their website. If you go to it, you can see it. But, um, for all of you who remember when you were a child, there was always the summer reading program. Read a few
books, log it in with the library, you get a little prize. So, now there are prizes for adults as well. Um, first prize is $150 gift uh gift certificate to Andyo. Second prize is 75 to short rounds and third prize is 50 to
Shopright. So go on their website, you can get a little bit more information about how to sign up for the uh competition and start start your reading. And if you're interested in any of the program for ch programs for children, go on the website. They have an entire uh list of summer uh summer
fun and summer reading programs um and activities at the library for all the kids all summer long too. That's me done. Great. Councilwoman Sers, do you have a report? Yes, I do. For the Emerson Recreation Commission, so summer camp is going well. The children are having a blast.
This Thursday, July 17th, is the cornhole tournament at Hillman Field. No partner is required. There is a Google form on Facebook to sign up. And save the date. Sunday, October 19th is the
Fall Harvest Festival at Hillman Field. And the next recreation department meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 23rd at 8:00 p.m. Thank you. Thank you. Council Magguire, do you have a report? Yes. Um, the next Jere Commission
meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 10th. That will be a burrow hall. And if any residents are interested in having a tree planted on the burrow's right of way in front of your property, please contact the commission at shadetree
at emersonj.org. That's my report. I do uh I have a report from the DPW. Um no major issues last night with the raintorm that we had. The bur received
just under three inches of rain. Uh the DPW worked with PSENG recently to rectify a power issue on Cindy Lane. Uh this Wednesday starts the Park Avenue paving, so please plan an alternate route. DPW washed mold off of a vinyl
fence at Long View Park. They also removed two elm trees at 155 Lynwood Avenue that were going into um the homeowner's uh sewer line. The DPW has been cleaning the stream across from the high school now that the reservoir is
low. Uh, and a reminder to please take your hazardous waste to a safer place. The BCUA household hazardous waste collection is this Saturday, July 19th at the Bergen County Campaw um in Mawa from 9 to 3. And the BCUA is also
holding a recycling event at the Bergen Community College on Saturday, August 9th from 9 to 2, rain or shine. Uh services will include mobile paper shredding, electronics and computers, tire recycling and unwanted medications.
Very good. Thank you. Coun, did you give your report yet? Okay, council president. Thank you. And it's brief. Um just a reminder to everybody, save the date. The fire department is having their wet down on July 26th to celebrate the addition of the new truck. Uh there'll be a DJ, face
painting, light refreshments, and more. details are on the burrow website or on the fire department Facebook page. All right. Thank you, council president, for filling in. I've never held a meeting where I wasn't 100% not contagious, but just not feeling 100% and had to step out for a moment. So, I
apologize, but thank you. Um, I have my report now and I will continue with that. Um, the mayor and council present summer concert series sponsored by the mayor's wellness campaign is back for the summer. I'm excited to announce the lineup. Last week we had the Rumies um
that performed classic rock. Uh tomorrow night, July 16th, The Edge will be uh performing. They do music from the 70s up through the 2000s. And Kona Ice will be here with their shaved ice to sell. So please bring a little pocket change
with you. Um we do provide fresh cold water um to keep you cool on those nights. And we encourage people to come down with their families to bring a blanket or bring their lawn chairs. Um it's a really nice night under the stars, get some fresh air, unplug from
your phones and your electronics. Um and come do some well-being and listen to some music, maybe do a little dancing and get some exercise. Um and you can also do that on July 23rd when Emerson resident Steven Connelly will be performing. And then on July 30th, the
Emerson Project will be performing. That's made up of a group of graduates from the Emerson Junior Senior High School. And on August 6th, Beauty in the Greece, starring none other than former Burrow resident Terresa Canannada. And they are a 50s band. Um the concerts uh
do feature local talent and they're held every Wednesday from 7 to 9 on the steps of Barrow Hall. The rain date is the following Thursday. if it's also not raining. Um, a flyer with all these details is posted on social media and the burrow's website and we look forward
to enjoying these with everyone. So, please come on down. Meals on Wheels of North Jersey is now currently accepting new clients in the northern Bergen County. Their mission is to support the independence, health, and well-being of older adults and homebound individuals.
If you or someone you know is recovering from illness or surgery or facing challenges trying to shop or cook, Meals on Wheels can help. For enrollment information, please visit mealsonwhesnorth jersey.org or call
20135800500. And I'm sure Janelle, who is the executive director there, she's been there for about a year. Um will be happy to help as well as any of her staff. Um, now that the warm weather is here, people are spending time outside and property maintenance issues can become
more apparent. If you see something that needs attention, please contact the property maintenance official at 201126260 extension 1216 or you could email at propertymaintenance
emersonj.org. And if you didn't get any of those, you could be very happy to call Burrow Hall, speak to Michelle Trieste in the clerk's office, and they will direct you accordingly. I also want to point out that everybody's out there getting exercise and walking their dogs. And
there have been several complaints to the burrow about people not curbing their dog and people not picking up waste after their dogs. So, if you are walking your dog, please be sure to curb them and pick up after them. The next senior meeting is August 14th. Emerson
residents 55 and over um could should join this lively bunch. They have weekly activities, take day trips, and offer in-house programs at their monthly meetings. You can go to emersonj.org/ceniors for more information. I know they
recently took a trip down to Point Pleasant on a paddleboat and they had a great time. Um and they do take several trips throughout the year. Uh the next regular meeting of the governing body will take place on Tuesday, August 12th at 7:30m. U Michelle, do you have a report for us
or do you want me to jump to Dave? Um sure. Okay. Thank you, mayor. Uh last Friday we had the Motor Vehicle Commission uh mobile unit come. Um it was very successful. Uh it was at the senior center. We uh were
they processed 68 Real IDs. Um, five driver's licenses, one title, one permit, four registrations, 25 surrendered license plates, four handicap placards, and one disabled vet
placards. Um, they were here from 9 to three, so that's a lot in in that short time. Um, we hope to schedule them again for another mobile event in the near future. Excellent. So, there's nothing scheduled right now. No, it was just last Friday. No, I know.
There's not another one scheduled yet. No, we had to just because they don't let you schedule them like on top of each other. They make you have your event and then schedule it again when it opens up. Yeah. Just so when I get asked because people are asking when is the next one,
tell them to keep checking the website. Um, uh, GIF conducted a vehicle audit uh, report uh, I'm sorry, a vehicle audit and um, we we passed. We had all of our titles available. Um, so that is
uh good. The park a phase two uh project I think Dave is going to discuss. Um and uh there is the uh bid opening for the cell tower lease tomorrow at 10:00 a.m.
Okay, that concludes my report. Thank you. Thank you. So Michelle has been filling in as our acting administrator as well as our acting clerk and she's doing a fabulous job. But now we will move over to Dave, our burough engineer um for his
report. I just I did hand you something this are you can you talk on that or no? Um did you read enough of it in order to talk about whose responsibility things are or no? Sure that's fine. All right. So there's been a very lively discussion and Mr. Obenau who owns the
Valero station has brought to my attention the troubles with the Kinder Kamak corridor and then it was alerted to me that there was a discussion on Facebook. Um I spoke with uh the county executive last week as I told Mr. Obenau that I would and I've also done some
research and I pulled the documents and I also gave them to had a conversation with Mr. Obenau today. Um Mr. Obenau and I will be going to the next commissioner meeting in order to figure out what's going on with these traffic lights. Um, but I also asked Dave just to review the
document back from 2011, which is the agreement with the county. Um, and I wasn't sure if he was ready to speak on it, but if he could at least give us a little bit of light on it, um, that would be helpful. No pun intended, right? Yeah. Um, yeah. So, just quickly going through
the agreement. So, this was put in place back when the signals were upgraded. Um essentially what it indicated in here was a shared service agreement between Burke County and Emerson as far as the signals themselves. Um in here basically gave the responsibility to the burrow
for the design and um acquisition of any land that needed to be put in place to upgrade the signals in that particular location. it does go through and talk about who's responsible for what, when, and how throughout the process as well
as once the signal is in place. Um, in looking at the document, it does appear that Bergen County does have the responsibility for the maintenance and upkeep on that signal. Um it did give in the agreement it also indicates who's responsible typically for uh county
roadways and the different portions of it because we have the road portion and we have the sidewalk portion. Um so by state statute the counties responsible from curb to curb. Anything beyond the curb is the responsibility of the municipalities. Um with traffic signals
um you know there's equipment behind the curb obviously. Um, in this agreement, it also the bureau acknowledges the fact that there's stuff behind the curve and give the county the right or access to the stuff behind the curve as well. Um so those types of things your control
panel where all the the brains of the operation for your signal are where um you know it has your computer it talks to the cameras and stuff to sense when vehicles are there as well as um it's come back ac you know the trains there
as well get the signals on that stuff. So, um, anyway, it's pretty clear that it indicates the responsibility of the maintenance and upkeep on that stuff is with Burton County. I mean, if we wanted to as a burrow to change the lights, we don't have access to it anyway, do we?
No, not based on on this. It would really be we would need to talk to the county and discuss with them to make any particular changes. So, there's really nothing we could do except for go to the county and ask them to assist us with this. Correct. Correct. Okay. according to that agreement
agreement is that's from 2011. Was there a subsequent agreement? I didn't see one. If there is, we will look into it, but I'm thinking that that was the um actual agreement and it's it's signed. I forgot to see the signature at the
end. Who signed it? Um, a lot of people signed it. Well, there's a couple things in here. I'm sure Jane signed it a couple of times. Our former clerk. No, so the municipal clerk at that time actually was Oh, Carol D.
Carol. So that's this there's a resolution uh endorsing everything by the Burough of Emerson. That was a resolution 182-10. Um as far as Bergen County, there's a resolution by them as well. Um
which was certified by the acting clerk at the time. Jennifer Kleman. Um, and then I think the mayor might have been Kina in there's another spot in here. So the end of the agreement.
Yeah. So it's by the burough clerk. Um, the mayor at the time. I can't read the chicken scratch. And then also by the county executive Dennis Mc. Okay. That was signed on December of 2010.
Okay. and there might have there actually might have been an updating um resolution as well, but that's what we're starting with. So, we're on it. We're working on it. I've asked the engineer to look at it and we're going to keep on delving into this. Thank you. Thank you for letting me put
you on the spot, too. No problem. So, you had no idea I was going to ask you to talk about that tonight. Okay. Um so as far as other updates u just a minor correction I believe um related to the park app phase 2 project uh we were updated by the contractor today. Um
there are some minor delays because of some weather delays earlier um in the months. Um so we're looking about mid August is when they'll be in there to do the work for park phase two so that everybody's aware. have about a month's
reprieve from from the work, but we do like things done before the school year starts. We're we're we're we're close to it. I know, but it'll be before school. Okay, good. Um it shouldn't be uh it should be about a week's worth of uh construction all Okay, good. I think we should be in good shape
as long as there's no rain or any other extenduating circumstances. Correct. Correct. Um, additionally, I know we're in the process of um, getting the final blessings from Bergen County related to the upgrades to the senior center for the doors. Once we get the green light from them, uh, we will go
and look to solicit bids from uh, three door vendors to get that moving so you guys can utilize the grant funds that you received on that. I did speak. All right. So, we got The green light is coming. Oh, it's coming. It's coming. I I do
have it verbally, but All right, perfect. I have nothing else to update unless anybody has any questions. I know. Does anybody on the council have any questions for engineer? No. Thank you. Um, Mr. Fenwick, your honor, do you have
any comment this evening? Thank you for filling in for John. Oh, certainly. I uh I have nothing for the public session, your honor. Okay. Thank you. You are honorable as well. Will is also not only an attorney but an elected official in another
municipality. Um the next order of business is public comment. Members of the public are welcome to speak on any topic by coming to the podium and stating your name for the record. Uh in the interest of time all who wish to speak will be heard but
please keep your comments brief and concise. May I have a motion to open the meeting to public comment? So move. All in favor? Any opposed? Okay, seeing that everybody has left that was here, um, may I have a motion to close the meeting to general comments
from the public? All in favor? Any opposed? We are closed. That brings us to resolutions on consent agenda, which are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion of the council and one roll call vote. There will be no separate discussion of these items
unless a council member requests that an item be removed for consideration. May I have a motion to approve consent agenda resolutions 194-25 through 200-25? Second. Roll call, please.
Councilwoman Rice, yes. Councilwoman Sers, yes. Councilwoman, yes. Council President, yes. Counciloman, yes. Thank you. That brings us to closed executive session to discuss matters
exempt from the public pursuant to NJSA 104-1 at SEC and adequately noticed by resolution 200-25. May I have a ro May I have a roll call, please? Councilwoman Oh, I need a motion. Yeah, I did say
and I need a roll call, please. Councilwoman Rice, yes. Councilwoman, yes. Councilwoman Muire, yes. President and Councilwoman. Yes. Very good. So, we are now going into close session and I believe um our
burough attorney is able to join us for close session and perhaps even Councilman Timberman will be joining us in close session via telephone. Um the public may remain on YouTube until we return to open session at which time
formal action may be taken. Thank you.