Uh, good evening. >> Um, I call the regular council meeting of March 30th, 2026 to order at 8:04 p.m. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Will the clerk please read the statement regarding the open public meetings act? >> This meeting is called pursuant to the
provisions of the open public meetings law. Notice of this meeting was included in a notice sent to the record and star ledger and advertised in said newspapers on January 12th, 2026, posted on the bulletin board in the municipal building and has remained continuously posted as
the required notices under the statute. A copy of this notice is and has been available to the public and is on file in the office of the municipal clerk. Proper notice haven't been given. The municipal clerk is directed to include the statement in the minutes of this meeting. >> Roll call. Councilwoman David
>> present. >> Councilman Toker >> here. >> Councilman Wilson >> present. >> Councilwoman Wasadski >> here. Oh, sorry I jumped the gun. >> Sorry. Council President Rosenway >> here. Okay, got that. >> Uh, absent with prior notice is Mayor
Michael Wilds. Also present is city manager Robert S. Hoffman and city attorney Bill Bailey. >> All right. Do I have a motion for the approval of minutes? Uh, resolution 113. >> So, >> they were the budget hearings.
>> I'm sorry. >> The three budget >> Oh, these are the three budget hearings >> of February 25th, 26th, and March 11th. >> So, moved. >> Second. Second. >> Okay. Roll call. >> Councilwoman David,
>> yes. Councilman Toker, >> yes. Councilman Wilson, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Wasadski, >> yes. >> Council President Rosenw, >> yes. >> Okay. Thank you. The Will the city clerk please read ordinance 2612 by title
only? >> This is an ordinance to amend section 191-12 recreation department fees of the code of the city of Anglewood. >> The public hearing on this ordinance is now open. Anyone who desires to be heard
or to ask questions concerning this ordinance will be heard at this time. >> All right. I now close the public hearing. Do I have an ordinance? Do I have a motion that ordinance 2612 be adopted? >> Yes.
>> So moved. >> So yes. >> Second. Any discussion by the council? >> Thank you, council president. Um, it says that our ordinance is inconsistent. Uh, I would I would
imagine with our past ordinance. So, it's hereby repealed and extended to such inconsistencies. So, not really sure about the inconsistencies, but I'm not really familiar with that part of it. But as we move forward on exhibit A, we have uh
residents at $12 and residents, non-residents at $18. And uh it it says weekend stick time. It's I'm I'm just confused by the prices and
how do we how do we get to these numbers because we also have uh if we go if we go down for public session the same differentials and why not hire
or why not make them the same. Uh, thank you, Council President, and thank you for your questions, Councilman Wilson. The um this ordinance is for the rink for the next season. So, if it would start around October 1st of 2026,
uh the differences were and these were uh the recommend these were the recommendations of the recreation uh director and then the um the manager of the rink. The goal the goal is always to
have a um a a rate for our residents that's that's more attractive that's less than uh for for non-residents and that helps to that helps to uh the the difference in the in the rate um helps the city with some of
its some of its programs. So, the um the the non-residential rate is helping to helping to offset the the cost for skates and some of our free skating programs, but we also wanted to make the continue to have the rink being
attractive. So, uh the the rink this year had a very successful uh season. It was almost filled to capacity at uh at every session. Um and this will just help offset the cost of energy in the future as well. I'm not sure. Did I
answer the question? >> Yes. Yes, you did. Um and thank you for that. And and the reason why I bring this up is because um even even though this brings in a lot of revenue, I mean, it's it's huge on on the revenue side for us. Um we've done a lot of repairs
to it as far as the leakage, the locker rooms, the the draping, and just curious on why such a low number on the increase. We could have raised it a more if if you would go skating more so people would come and watch. But um >> No, I get it. We definitely want to make
it attractive and and um attractive to our citizens. That's that's as well. Um is the skate shoper is he is he a employee of the city? >> Okay, good deal. Thank you, council president. >> Any other questions or comments from the
council regarding this ordinance? Okay. Roll call, please. >> Councilwoman David, >> yes. >> Councilman Tayer, >> yes. >> Councilman Wilson, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Wasadski, >> yes. >> Council President Rosenwipe, >> yes.
Um, city clerk, will you please read ordinance 2613 by title only? This is an ordinance authorizing sale of land without public auction pursuant to NJSA 4812-13B5 for Marshall Avenue.
The public hearing on this ordinance is now open. Anyone who desires to be heard or to ask questions concerning this ordinance will be heard at this time. Uh just like to know why it's not in the auction. What particular rule do we have
for that for because there's no auction. So do we own it? That's the question. Does the city own it? And I read some of the information on there, some of the legal leads. It says that maybe I'm wrong. You can correct me. Is it going
to be sold to the owner contiguous with that property? If that's so I I see 375,000. Where would that money go in our budget once it's sold? Thank you.
>> Uh any other comments regarding this ordinance? >> All right. So, I'll close the public session and maybe Mr. Bailey, this is um a good question for you. >> Yeah. Yeah, pursuant to state law, municipally owned property, which this
is, can be sold without auction to the contiguous property owners provided that they at least uh enter into contract for the minimum amount of the appraised value, which was 385,000. Uh so that's when you have
kind of undersized odd lots for lack of a better word orphan lots, pieces of roadways. That's one mechanism to do it. Um, in terms of how the money is going to be used, that I can't answer. I'm not sure.
>> Well, that that's the budget. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> I don't know. I don't know. It's going to disappear like >> uh council president, if I may. And one of the benefits of doing this is that
the road then goes on to the tax roles. It gets appraised. It goes onto the tax ro. So it generates additional revenue for um you know in into the future. So okay um and
I'm sorry. Do we have a motion yet? Okay. Do I have a motion and then we can discuss it? >> Yes. So moved. >> Second. >> All right. Any discussion by council? >> Um yes. Um,
Mr. Hoffman, could you explain to the public also? I know you spoke with me about like how why this property is um without public auction. Is it an abutment or was the neighbors notified? Could you explain more so they can be
enlightened? You know, thank you. >> Sure. >> Council President, can I Thank you. All right. Uh, thank you. That's a that's a good question about the public contracts law. So uh Mr. Bailey had alluded to the fact that um if you have property
municipal property um it has to first be offered to the adjoining property owners. So Marshall Avenue there are two property owners um that that adjoin or abut the uh the paper street of Marshall or the street of Marshall Avenue. So
that's why it was offered to them first. if they chose not to purchase that, we could we could have a public auction for the road. But it it it usually makes sense for the property owners, the the adjoining or the abuing property owners to purchase the property. And they've
both they've both seen the appraisal. They've both agreed. And so this will um after uh after it's been after it's been sold, it it becomes taxable land. it becomes part of their both of their properties and it becomes taxable land.
>> Any other comments from council? >> Yeah, Mr. Wilson. >> Thank you. Um, if we go down to now, therefore be it ordained. Uh, if we go down to number three, the deed of conveyed of said property shall contain
the following restrictions. And if we flip the page to finish that up, it it appears that um the land use ordinance will be amended, but it doesn't really say what the restrictions
may be. Do we get to make those up later? And the commonly known as is blank and the black and lot is also blank. So my concern is is what we talked about
earlier is hereafter not to be used as a subdivision. So that will be clear once we complete this lot and um what it's known as as I guess it's Marshall a
thank you council president. >> Yeah. So the blank is there because that gets filled in after we actually get the formal proposals from the contiguous owners because it merges with their lots and blocks. So until that happens uh
that's when that gets filled in and that is all then incorporated a contract is prepared typical typic typically like a regular real estate contract where you're transferring an interest in property and that would contain the language and the restrictions in terms of what can be
done there as well as uh the easements that for example this one's subject to for access to Denning Park and other things. So that all gets hap this is the first step. Uh once they make a proposal then contracts are drafted legal descriptions are prepared um and there's
actually a closing. So that information gets provided uh once we have bonafideed offers for the property. >> Thank you. >> Roll call. >> Councilwoman David.
>> Yes. >> Councilman tooker. Yes. >> Councilman Wilson. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Wasadski. >> Yes. >> Council President Rosenway. >> Yes. Um, so next comes our consent agenda.
And before we have public comment on the consent agenda, I want to make two changes to the consent agenda. Um, number one, we're going to table number 120, which was honoring the fire
department. We just want to make sure we get all the names correct uh on the on the resolution. So, we'll we'll discuss that. Um we we'll we'll pass that at the April 14th meeting. And then um as a result of uh our earlier
meeting, we're going to add on a resolution which I guess will number 122. The title will be a resolution authorizing the city of Anglewood to apply for the LEAP grant leap. Um, so first, do I have a motion to
table number 120? >> I make a motion. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Councilwoman Councilwoman David, >> yes. >> Councilman Tokayer, >> yes. >> Councilman Wilson, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Waski, >> yes.
>> Council President Rosenwick, >> yes. And do I have a motion to add on number 122 to allow us to apply for the LEAP grant? I make a motion. >> Second. And roll call, please. >> Councilwoman Tavid,
>> yes. >> Councilman Tayer, >> yes. >> Councilman Wilson, >> yes. >> Council Councilwoman Wasadski, >> yes. >> Council President Rosenway, >> yes. Okay, thank you for that. So, now we will have the public comment on the consent agenda with those modifications
we just made. Uh so anyone uh who has a uh a comment on resolutions 91, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, and 122. Uh please come up, state your name and
address for the record. Um and you'll have three minutes. Raymond Diaz 408 Shannon Court uh resolution 116 authorize the agreement with NJ dot to NGN contract to
reconstruct storm drains and sanitary. This is in regards to Route 4 project. Will they um determine the cost? I guess we're going to pay for that portion of it. No. Oh, that's interesting. That's good.
So that's one question and 118 a settlement agreement for Kier and city hall. I think I just read the uh I read what the agree what the price would be 350 but any other details you can provide on that. Were we negligent of
something? >> Okay. Thank you. Uh good evening. Steve Weineberg, Broad Avenue. Uh with regard to uh resolution 116 uh for the Route 4 project, uh my
question is resolutions typically go for the calendar year. Uh what happens if if NJ do DOT doesn't start this project until the end of the year? Do we have to then create another resolution again
next year? That's it. Thank you. >> All right. So, I'll now close the public comment section on the consent agenda. Um, Mr. Mr. Hoffman, can you answer the public's questions? >> I'll uh do do my best. Um there was a
question about uh resolution the resolution for the uh NJ dot for the route 4 bridge project and that had to do with drainage. Um I don't have the I don't have the exact cost for the for the drainage but um I believe there I
believe there's the state is paying for the drainage but they need the authorization from the city. So yes our our our crack clerk just um >> it's not drainage it's the utility agreement. >> Oh it's the utility agreement. So, all right. So, that's that's part of why we
have to we we do that. So, um that was good. And then, um there was a another another question from Mr. Diaz had to do with um what was the second? >> So, that's that's something that'll be voted on. It was um the the cost is
being paid for by the city's joint insurance fund. It's um not coming out of the out of the city's coffers, per se. And then there was also a question about does the does a resolution um expire at the end of the year. So um
yes, you win the prize. So yes, resolutions expire on at at the end of the year. We're a calendar year municipality. So would would expire on December 31st of this year. And then at the at the reorganization meeting, there's usually a resolution, you know,
for for those for those things that are um prefuncter or polar parliamentary so that we can continue to do work. >> Mr. Bailey, just there's a question did in the settlement do we admit fault or delinquency or any?
>> No, absolutely not. It's uh specifically in the release of the claims and the agreement that it's without any admission of guilt responsibility by any of the parties. You know, it's largely a business decision and as either the city manager or council president pointed
out, it's the joint insurance fund covering the settlement proceeds. So, that's pretty standard stuff. Um, so yeah, we're not admitting to any liability or negligence or what have you. Um, ju just one quick point on
the resolution stuff. Yes, resolutions expire at the end of the year, but you know, municipalities, most agreements are one year typically and as Mr. Hoffman pointed out, get reuped at the reorg meeting. Um, but if you do enter into an agreement that spans a couple
years, you don't get to just walk away from the agreement. So, in theory, yes, they expired, but >> we'll pay January 2nd. >> Okay. Um, does does the is does anyone on the council want any of these uh
items voted on separately? >> 117. >> Okay. Okay. So, we'll introduce that one separately and discuss it. All right. Do I have a motion to introduce resolutions 91,
114, 115, 116, 118, 119, 122? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Councilwoman David, >> yes. >> Councilman Tayer,
>> yes. >> Councilman Wilson, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Waski, >> yes. Council President Rosenwide. >> Yes. Thank you. Do I have a motion to introduce resolution 117? >> I make a motion.
>> I'll second it. Discussion. >> Yes. Thank you, Council President. Um this has to do with communications and we discussed about communications for incident commands and emergencies to be um handled by our own personnel in
Englewood. And for this to be shopped out to the burrow of Fort Lee was a little surprising to me. And >> is this not this? It's not that >> for the communication services.
>> If I if I may, Council President, um yeah, thank you. This is this is a it's a good question that you had because this there's two different issues. This is an an agreement that the city has had with um Fort Lee for a number of years to fix radio equipment for the fire department. So, it's it's something
that's been done for um probably 10 years. So this is for repairs. Th >> this is for repairs. Yes. And then it's also for installation of of some radios and different in in vehicles and things of that nature. But it's the rate is $65
an hour. Um it's being done. Um it's it's the continuation of an agreement that the city's had for a number of years for that. >> Thanks for the clarity. >> Sure. >> Thank you, Council President. Any other questions?
>> Any other questions or comments on number 117? All right, roll call, please. >> Councilwoman David, >> yes. >> Councilman Toker, >> yes. >> Councilman Wilson, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Wasadski, >> yes.
>> Council President Rosenoid, >> yes. >> All right. Do I have a resolution, a motion to introduce resolution 121 for bills and claims? uh for the total of 3,490,616.97. >> So moved.
>> Second. >> Discussion. >> I just have one question. >> Please go ahead. >> This is for the city manager with the uh tire repairs with ETD tires.
Uh, do we um price that out with other companies too? How do we how do we um end up with ETD tires? >> The city the city did go out um solicited quotes or I believe they went
out to bid for uh for tires. I'm not sure how long it is, but we've we've done that. Um, we we do some we do we do shop around, but we we do it through the uh um either u you know either soliciting soliciting
quotes if if we think it's going to be under the bid threshold or we go out to bid for it. >> I I I would just recommend that we take a look at that again and see if we can get the best better rates. Thank you. >> Yeah. All right. Roll call, please.
>> Councilwoman David, >> yes. >> Councilman Tokayer, >> yes. >> Councilman Wilson, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Wasadski, >> yes. >> Council President Rosen, >> yes. Uh, so we'll now go to the public session. Uh, this is we open the meeting
to the public uh to discuss anything that you want to bring up before the council. Speakers are asked to step up to the microphone and give their names and municipality and have three minutes to speak. If you came to speak, this is the time. Yeah. Okay.
>> Good evening everyone. I'm Dorin Mangar, 73 Glenbook Parkway. Um I've been listening online through Zoom about all these um on the drainage situation. You had that gentleman making a whole
lot of PowerPoint presentation whatever what but whatever you were saying he need to bring it down to layman's term let us understand what really he's doing he's using okay we'll do this it's more generalized I was hoping he do something specific
tell me what are you doing in my area what you doing in Glenbrook Parkway try on Liberty Road what you doing there what is going to be done here. Now we just waiting like sitting ducks waiting for the flooding and flooding and then you're going to hear Mr. Mayor. I'm
sorry he's not here tonight. Oh, my basement was flood too. He know the cause of his basement flooding. He got to fix it. Anybody else? Oh, my basement was flood. You know what's the problem for your basement? You go fix it. I'm sure if it has anything to do with the
city of Englewood, you'll fix it long, long time. I know where my problem is coming from. My problem is coming from this. How old is Englewood again? It wasn't um built for this global
warming. This is something new. Something new. And nothing is done in my area to fix this the the drainage system. Nothing. How could you have I keep saying over and over again how road is a high road 20t how many? 40t above
us. No drainage whatsoever. None. So where's that water going? It's coming on me. So I know where my water is coming from. I flooding is coming from Howell Road. It's coming from the the the Mesa Brook run under Glenbrook when that is
overflowing the where the rest of water will come on the streets itself. So the street is actually a road when it's flooding time. It's a it's a a river. When is flooding time? The water has nowhere to go. We talking here about the sale thing. I heard Mr. France was
talking too. He didn't say anything that specific too. We not being specific. We just talk shop talk shop. Ain't nobody telling you what they're doing in which area. Be specific. I want to know what's going on in my third ward. In my area especially
flooding in Australia, flooding in Guyana, flooding in Jamaica right now. That's global warming. So, we're going to sit down here and we're going to be comforted by the mayor and whoever. Oh, my my my basement was flooded, too.
Is that comforting? Nothing is done in in in my area. Nothing whatsoever. The guy here, I listen to him all night long. Nothing specific. Just generalize, generalize, generalize. Come on, be specific. Tell
me what you're doing in my area. I I don't have to be coming here and quarreling and behaving like crazy people. Thank you. My treatment. >> Good evening. Coach Coach Doozer 16 Brookway Avenue, New Jersey. I just want
to talk about the quality of life on Palisad a I don't know if any of y'all actually ventured down from William Street down to the monument. I never seen none of y'all. I be up there quite frequently in that area. The quality of life up there.
Y'all might brag about how good it is. It's shitty. Ingwood is looking like almost a third world country down in that area. But it's okay because none of y'all live around there and none of y'all frequent around there. It's disgusting. Second war, first war, third war. I know it
ain't looking like that down over there in your area, but it's okay because y'all don't frequent down there, like I said. So, you know what? It's up. Anytime I see somebody not from Ingwood, I don't you wouldn't want to live in Englewood right now cuz it look like
bad. That's all I had to say to y'all. Raymond Diaz 48 Shannon. Uh just a question about affordable housing as far as applications for the low low and the low and the moderate. When does that start and who's responsible for taking
those applications? That's my question. Okay. Thank you. want to come up. Okay. All right. Yeah, we sell tickets. It's No, I'm kidding. Okay. All right. Anyone else want to address the council?
>> All right, then. So, I'll close the uh public session. >> Do you want me to address Mr. Diaz? >> Yeah. Yeah. Okay. >> Uh just to in response to Mr. Diaz's question. Uh, we're waiting for a court date from the court because the next one
of the next steps is, you know, we adopted those ordinances and what have you and met that March 15th deadline. Uh, there's still some tweaks that have to be made because the state very late came out with different templates they wanted to use. doesn't really affect the
substance of it, but um at some point the court will schedule something called a fairness hearing um and compliance hearing, which is a hearing to demonstrate that the city uh did what it said it was going to do. So, we don't have a date on that yet. Once all that's
finalized, and I really don't have a time frame, it's hard to tell. Uh then the process will start. Uh you know, the city hired a company to administer that. Um and then that'll get going. But I don't have an answer right now when
if you could address some of the specifics with regarding uh Glenbrook and some of the overall flooding and drainage projects we have going on. >> Uh certainly council president. Um, so there there are there was the
questions were asked about flooding on Glen Brook Parkway and uh what are we doing in the in the third ward for flooding? The city is taking a comprehensive look at at flooding. We uh we start at the lowest elevation and
work our way work our way to the highest elevation. Uh there's um there there had been some drainage that was put in on Glen Brook Parkway a few years ago. There needs to be more. Um the engineering department is working with
an outside engineer to uh take the data that NJIT has provided to us because they they've um they've had uh some some of their um some of their post-graduate engineers um look at all
look at all of our streams. they've put sensors in in different locations around the city. So, we're taking that and we're um we're we're working on a design for some for a larger storm water um
uh plan. We're also working with the DP because their their compliance group and enforcement group has to be part of it, part of the evaluation. So, we are working with them right now. So, it's um you know, there's work that's going on behind the scenes. We've had meetings
with the school district because we're looking at putting in some kind of rip wrap on Metsler's Brook so that the water will stay in the brook and then it would go all the way down the hill. It because it comes from Creskill and Bergenfield and it goes down through the
Metsler's brook and then it comes down to by the Greco school and it it uh feeds into the Overpek creek. So, uh, we've we need to, um, put formalize the stream banks there and use
rip wrap, which is a form of wire baskets and rocks, and then you put concrete on it and and you can also put material on it to grow. But we we need to make sure that um, the base of Metsler's Brook can handle all of that volume. We've worked with Creskill and
Bergenfield because they are cleaning the head end of Metsler'sbrook. So, there's going to be more water that would that would be coming into Englewood. So, we know about that and we're we're working with them. We've borrowed equipment from Bergen County so that we can um make sure that we've we
keep um the tributaries clear as well as Metsler's Brook and over Peek Creek. So, those are some those are some of the things that we're uh that we've been doing. And we're um NJIT has designed um holding uh holding tanks is what I'll
call them or detention basins. And uh they're one one is going to go by Winon White Stadium. It's it's already been sent to FEMA for requests for grant funding as well as the one at 47 Brook. And then they want to do a um the one at
47 Brook will take the overflow from Metsler's Brook um and it will also take some of the water from from the the um Overpek Creek. So there's several different projects that are that are
going on about that. And you know it's it's been referred to in the past as we're not going to hit a home run, but we're you know it's it's a lot of it's a lot of singles. We're just doing a lot of the the detail work and we have um we our DPW has has pivoted and they have
they have two stream cleaning crews. So we're we're working on catch keep and catch basins clean and we're documenting that and then we're cleaning cleaning streams. So that's that's part of the answer. Uh Coach Dooer had a had comments about Palisades Avenue uh West
Palisades Avenue down to the memorial. Um there there are potholes that are there. We have plans to repave to mill and pave West Palisades Avenue. Um and that's um I believe that's scheduled for
uh for next year for 2027. There's um PSNG and Violia are in the are in the fourth ward and part of the third ward. They're doing underground work. So, it doesn't make sense to to mill and pave
now. We need them to finish their gas line work and their their electric work as well as the water boxes and then we can we can go in and and um mill and pave and make the roads look good. Right now, we're in the pothole patching
season. So, we're we're doing that across the city. The plants have opened. So, right before we were using the cold winter patch, which really doesn't hold too well, the you know, the amount of cars that go over it will uh will
eventually force the cold patch out of the pothole. But now that the weather is getting warmer, we can use the the asphalt plants are making the better patch so we can square out the holes and and and fill them. And that's what we're doing. But there's, you know, the winter
the winter has been bad, but we're we're doing it um as methodically as possible and as as quickly as possible. A couple Saturdays ago, we had the pothole crew out um going out going throughout the city just to just try and get a jump on
on the poth on on fixing potholes because um you know, you hit a pothole and all of a sudden your tires are out of the line. So, we, you know, we're we're doing our our best with that. But, um, th those are those are some of the
things that we're doing to address to address the issues. But, um, I disagree with Coach Dooer's, uh, C categorization, but, um, he's entitled he's entitled to his opinion, but that's part of part of the reason is the, uh, the work that's being done in by PSENG
and and Verizon. >> Right. Thank you. All right. Do I have a motion to adjurnn? So move. >> Okay. >> Second. All >> in favor? >> I. >> All right. Thanks. >> Happy holidays to everyone
>> and happy birthday, Dan.