Yes. All right. Go ahead. We're recording and live. Okay. I am now going to call the regular council meeting of July 22nd, 2025 to order at 8:00 p.m. Can everybody please stand for the pledge of allegiance?
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having been given. The municipal clerk is directed to include the statement in the minutes of this meeting. Thank you. Can I have a roll call, please? Councilwoman David, present. Councilman Rosenway here. Councilman Toker
here. Councilman Wilson present. Council President Wasatski here. Also present is Mayor Michael Wilds, City Manager Robert S. Hoffman, Deputy City Manager John Burkner, and City
Attorney Bill Bailey. Thank you. Um, we're now going to have a presentation by city manager Robert Hoffman on an update of storm water management. Thank you, Council President. Uh, good evening members of the governing body and good evening uh to those that are
are watching. the the city of Inglewood on a daily basis engages in storm water management and um storm water and flooding remediation activities. I'll start with our recent storm storm
events. Last Monday, July 14th, the city received just over two two inches of rain in a very short period of time. Our sister communities across the state were also impacted by this heavy rain that occurred over a short period of time and
it was so heavy in some s some towns that they received over six inches of rain and the governor declared a state of emergency for the whole state of New Jersey. the uh and we we had um before the before the
storm, our DPW had checked all of our catch basins and all of our culverts and they were all clear and they were able to accept the water that uh water that was coming down on uh during the storm. We had some
slight flooding of roads because of the the heavy rain that came down in a short period of time, but as the rain slowed, the water uh the water on the roads receded and went back to normal. So, we had we basically had some some sheeting
and flooding on some roads such as uh such as South Van Brunt and part of North Van Brunt. But the our our city made out well because all of our catch basins and and storm drains were able to
accept the water. Our storm water system is based on a basically on a 3 to 20year storm. The storms that we've been having and the heavy rainstorms that we have in such a short period of time overwhelm
systems like that. But our system our systems were ready to handle what they what they could and we were we had a successful outcome. On Tuesday, July 15th, the day after the rain, our DPW went went around checked
the catch basins and uh checked other locations. And they also they reported that we had sink holes that had developed on along uh by uh West Street and um Tolman Place. So
there were sink holes developed on both sides of the concrete concrete uh walls for the overpack creek. And uh as the DPW was cleaning out debris from the trash gates, the trash gate that was in
installed several months ago on the Over Peek Creek by by Tolman, um a sinkhole developed on the road and uh part of our part of our uh shade tree truck, the left rear tire went into the went into
the void. So that was lifted out uh of the hole and um the fire department and the DPW and and others did a did a great job. And then uh investigation by PSENG and Violia showed that um that we were
that there was a a significant void under the road. It was um it was just to the east of the Overp Creek. um that that void was repaired the next day. Uh the hole was left open and the police
had the police had an officer there all night so that um the determination had been made that a if a steel plate was put over the hole, it might collapse the road and right underneath where the void was was a high-press sewer line, was
electric lines, water lines, gas lines. So um be because we we aired on the side of caution. Nobody nobody lost power for a long duration. And um Shopright was able to stay open. The restaurants were
able to stay open and the next the next day we did emergency repairs over over there. It turns out that the city there was a the city has a 36 inch storm water line that runs east to west and empties
in the overp creek at that location. But seven feet of that storm water line was missing. It had washed out. It probably had washed out during Ida. And uh we're just becoming aware of it now because it's because it was buried. But you know
the the um the dirt the dirt and the um underneath the road had washed away. We found it and we've now made repairs. We have structural engineers that are assessing the covert. It is safe. the with the temporary repairs, but there's
probably going to after the structural engineers complete their inspection of the walls for the overp um as well as the covert on on Tolman. Uh we uh we might have to make
additional additional repairs. So, that's part of part of what we're doing. There's a resolution on the agenda tonight, resolution 220-07- um 22-25 that authorizes the city to make the repairs and remediations and take the
steps necessary to make sure that uh we repair whatever whatever the structural engineers find and um just make make the make the area safe. Also, for the past
year or at least several months, on a daily basis, we check all we check catch basins and we we inspect them. We we lo we log in the inspections. They've been and they're they're cleaned when necessary
and they're they're also rebuilt. So, this project started probably last summer and we started at the lowest elevation and we're working our way up. Uh, but over four over 400 catch basins
have been uh have been repaired in some manner and we we continue to inspect and clean them out. And we now have two crews that are are working in stream cleaning. We're cleaning out the flat rock brook air and part of the area
where sandbanks have appeared. Um so our DPW has been actively working on that. The county has uh sent back the long arm. We borrow we're borrowing the long arm from from Bergen County so we can clean out the over peek creek down by
EPS Avenue near the Forest Avenue bridge and the and the First Avenue First Street Bridge because sediment is building up. That's the lowest point. We need to keep the we need to keep that clear and um that will help the water the water flow. the the turnpike
authority is uh doing a doing a very good job of um clean of um identifying where catch basins are by Crystal Lake, cleaning them out and taking steps to make sure that we um that they remain
open and that their their Slooh ways rem um remain open. and they have they have been good partners with with the city uh after they were notified about the the flooding in August of 2024.
Uh so th those are some of the things that that the city has done and we're working with our our surrounding uh sister communities. Our DPWs have done joint projects uh in in the the different towns including Inglewood and
Leonia so that we can clear snags and debris and um make sure that we're the work that we're doing is coordinated so that we we are not causing flooding in another municipality. So it's it's been
it's been a great project. the um the DPWs of Inglewood and Tennifly have worked together in Tennifly and that has helped prevent flooding. We're notifying each other so that when we have work going on um we can we can make sure that
we're not causing we're not causing damage. And we're uh we're we've also received notification that um our joint group has received a million-doll grant from from the state and we're going to be able to
buy some specialty equipment so that we can go into the streams and not need D permits because uh the the lubricants are are environmentally sensitive and they're u they're vegetable oil and
things like that. So, we will be able to do more work uh in our in our streams keeping them open. So, that's a thumbnail sketch of what what the city has been doing and um we're our our DPW is working every day on it and our
engineering department is also spending a significant amount of time working on on different areas that that uh become choke points. And then as has been mentioned previously, we have a grant from the state OEM and we are working
with NJIT. Uh they're helping us to monitor erosion, stream flows, the the volume of water, and they're designing retention basins that we can use in specific locations to help um reduce or eliminate
flooding in locations in the future. So, thank you, Council President. appreciate the opportunity to talk about this. Thank you. Um, so if there are any comments or questions from the governing body, please raise your hands.
Okay, I see Councilman Wilson. Yes. Um, thank you, Mr. Hoffman, for your report. I just have sort of one quick question after maybe two. Um the
trash gates there off of Tallman. Um is that a hindrance at this point? Because it appears that we're still collecting debris although it's stopping it. You know, our DPW is doing such a diligent job to continue to try to clean
that out a as we move further into our storm season. because it seemed like we're catching all the debris and and we won't have to worry about future debris and cleaning out that uh that trash gate. And the sec and the second part of the
question is when we get the environmental friendly machinery, where's their entry point? Um because e either it's fenced in and and I noticed that we did the fence on William
Street. Just kind of curious and no criticism, but you know, I thought we would clean it out when the fence were were down. Uh, but because I see the long arm excavator there on on William Street. That's it. Thank you.
Okay. Uh, good good questions, Councilman Wilson. They're valid. Uh, the the trash gates are working. We have a trash gate there and we also have a trash gate that's um that's up off of Elkwood.
They're designed to stop stop debris, particularly the one down by um down by Tolman because it goes it it goes into an enclosed culvert that basically goes under the parking lot of Shopright. So, um, those those large branches and tree
large tree limbs, some of them were, um, we're closing in on 25 ft long that our DPW has taken out on a couple of occasions. It's great that they're stopped by that trash rack because that means they're not getting stuck, you know, stuck underneath the parking lot
at Shopright or or um, you know, maybe one of the apartment buildings. So that that is working, but we're always going to have debris that they're going to have to collect because uh trees will fall upstream and um
we will we'll do our best to get this get things that are upstream, but we're you know we're we're getting everything from shopping carts to basketballs to pieces of car tires um you know and and natural debris such as such as tree
limbs and um rocks. So, so that's that's working and we we knew putting them in that we were going to have to monitor that and take take out the material. Uh the the entry point for our for the specialty equipment that we just found
out we received the grant for. Uh there are several there are several points where we would be able to go into different streams and um and get uh get material, but there's there's going to be several locations where we're still going to use the long arms or the uh the
the small bobcats because it's just easier easier to do that. So, did I answer your questions? Yeah. Yeah. There's just two quick responses. one, I would hope that we would start to initiate a pruning process along the waterways to prevent
those old uh limbs from coming down. And two is, you know, it's great to be in the stream. Um I I just wasn't sure how we were going to do that because we still would need the long arm. So, I know this would help, but we kind of
also need a long a long arm and I know we don't have anything to pull it and that's part of the problem. Yeah. Yep. We're we're we're making progress. It's incremental. We're we're hitting we're hitting singles and we're we're driving in runs to borrow baseball analogy since
we're we're near the all we're just past the all-star game. But yes, but it's just it's attention to detail and and figure fig figuring out how to attack the problems. And the answer is yes. We are going to be doing a a pruning problem, a pruning project along the
streams. Uh and we've we have uh the the county um the county and the Tennifly police department have been are going to be flying drones so that we can we can see where they have to be where they have to be pruned. All right. Thank you. Just as long as
we're not doing a sacrifice bunt with a slow runner. Thank you. Um you didn't volunteer to be on third base in the ninth inning. So Councilwoman David um uh Mr. Hoffman and Mr. Burkeman, thank you for all you do. Um, I know
that you were in Trenton, right, Mr. Hoffman, on Monday and um, you know, I sent you an email, but then I said, you know what, I know he's away. So, I sent it to um, Mr. Burkner and he's directed it to the proper channels and they did fix it today, which was great. So, thank
you for all you do for our city of Englewood. Um, thank you. Also, um, we had several I mean, my question to you, I mean, PSCG came here and thank you for that as well because they cleared up whatever mess they made. But is every household now
going to have like an outside uh box outside their homes? I don't know cuz someone wasn't receive it yet. So, that's my question. That's my ask. That's people are asking me. It's my granddaughter in the background. Sorry. So, are are you talking about gas meter boxes or
gas boxes? Yes. Outside the homes because he it was I'm looking at him like outside my home. It was like six feet deep and he's like built taking up dirt near my house and I'm like, "Hey, what are you doing?" He said, "I have to put the meter in." And I'm like, "Okay, but all homes going to be there. Is a certain areas um is going to be in or
just let me know, you know, is it mapped out because everyone didn't get it yet?" That's what Mike might ask. Okay. We we'll look into that because I I believe that was uh you know that's that's that's at at the request of the individual property owners but um you know we we have some meetings coming up
with PSNG. We can we'll find out and we can report back to the governing body. Okay. Thank you. Because I didn't ask for it. They they mandated over here. I don't know why in the third w it was mandated. Um and also um thank you. And
also one more question. Um, I need some more bus stops over here in the third ward. So, we can talk about that in offline. Okay. Yeah, that's Yeah, this was this was the flooding report. So, if if it's Venice, we can talk about gondilas.
Thank you. I appreciate you. Thank you. All right. Any other questions or comments from the governing body on Mr. Hoffman's flooding presentation or flooding in Anglewood? Okay. Thank you very much, Mr. Hoffman.
Thank you, Council President. Okay. Um, so we're going to move the approval of the minutes to August 5th because, uh, the council did not receive the minutes and then we're going to, um, Mr. Bailey. Um I I received a call today
that we're going to need to move the ordinances the ordinance for public hearing to our next meeting. Is that correct? Uh yes, council president. Under the land use law, the planning board is 35 days to review it. And uh we're short of
35 days right now, but I after talking to Gansancy, August 5th, I think would allow them to have their meeting to do consistency review and then we could hear it on the 5th. Okay. So, we'll move this to the August 5th two. We have no ordinances for
introduction, first reading. So, we now have P. So, before we public comment, um uh on the we have the resolutions on the consent agenda. Are there any resolutions that anyone on the council would like to uh move separately for a
separate discussion? If so, please raise your hand and I will call on you. Councilman Wilson. Councilman Wilson, did you have your hand up? 214 and 218.
Okay. So, um, 214 and 218. Okay. Councilwoman David, is there anything that you would like to to move uh separately off the resolution consent agenda, but you're not talking about the resolution for vote, non-consent agenda, correct?
Correct. All right. Thank you. Okay. So, um, so we're now going to open a public comment on consent agenda to the public. And so what what the the resolutions on the consent agenda are
two for the public if you have your agenda um in front of you it's 215 216 217 219 and 220. Uh so when so if anyone from the public would like to to comment
on one of those resolutions then um now would be the time to raise your hand. Yansancy will call on you and just say which resolution um you're commenting on to please state your name. Um Yansancy.
Sorry, I'm just setting up my clock. Okay. Uh first hand up is Diane Jansen. Please go ahead and unmute Diane. Yes. Okay, there you go. Now we can hear you. Just want to make sure I'm un unm unmuted. Um, yes, I'm I'm you know, I
can't believe you're you're asking for people to com what the resolution they're commenting on. I can barely do this and I am very adept at using my computer. Um, I think you should have read what the different resolutions were
for the public because this is a terrible forum to be doing this kind of thing in. Um, anyway, uh, let me uh just, uh, enlarge it and move my screen over so I can see it. And if I'm having
issues, I cannot imagine how somebody else is doing this. Okay. I'm going to comment on 220, the resolution declaring emergency repairs and remediations related to the July
15th, 2025 infrastructure damage in the vicinity of Tolman Place and West Street. Now, it would have been nice if I didn't have to use my time to tell people what I was commenting on. So, in the future, if you were to ever do something online, can you please do
that? I would like to thank Mr. Hoffman for his detailed and thorough presentation. And my comment is since the planning board uh approved an overlay zone uh in this area,
shouldn't we be doing more before we do emergency repairs to also see or piggyback, let's say, uh but not put lipstick on any pigs, please. um whether
or not uh we can um uh determine if any future building can be done in that area because that's in the overlay zone and it's also uh you know an area where we have a high minority population uh that
might get pushed out uh and we wanted to write bills at I think a density of 15 or 35 units per acre. Um, so I asked if we could uh somehow
uh uh tie that into uh future planning while they're doing this emergency renovation. Thank you. Okay, thank you for your comments, Yansy. Okay, next in line is Raymond Diaz.
Go ahead and unmute, please. Good evening. Um, just want to ask 215. I can't say a comment. Is that correct? 215. Go ahead. You can make a comment. Okay. Just briefly, yeah, it says eight
trucks DPW. Are they new or used trucks? And and and a purpose. I assume it's for uh the work that we're doing but uh you can clarify that 216 change order of 22K
what are the unforeseen circumstances uh that created this extra uh 217 authorized use of purchasing and vendor manual new appointment of qualified purchasing agent. What did we
do before him? This is in accordance with state and federal law. Is this a new employee? You know what's his salary? We haven't heard who this person is. He or she. Uh 218. Where is Madison Park? Uh I see it's ADA compliant.
That's understood. So we doing this with all of our parks. Is that the plan? That's it. Thank you. And uh I appreciate the report of the uh of the storm. uh very proactive by DPW. It's
excellent. Thank you very much. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Uh next in line it's it says iPhone 5. Please unmute if your iPhone 5.
Hi, it's Amy Bulock. Can you hear me? Yes. Amy Bullock, Haland Avenue. I have a question. I don't have the resolution number, but it's about the bills list. I see that we have on here to pay Ken Albert.
Wait. Uh, Miss Bulock, we're we're on the resolution for consent agenda and we're not Oh, that's not on the consent agenda. No, bills and claims are later on the agenda. Okay. All right. I'll come back. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
And no one else has their hand raised. Okay. I'm now going to close the public comment section on the consent agenda. Uh Mr. Hoffman, do you want to answer the questions that were brought up? Yes, Council President. I'll do my best.
So, uh, Miss Jensen asked, um, if, um, uh, ba basically if our if resolution 220, um, could could be tied into future building or construction. Um, the purpose of resolution 220 is to assess
the damage to our our underground infrastructure. So, it's related it's related to the overp creeks to the to the walls that are there as well as our storm storm water lines. Um, our our goal is to make sure that our underground utilities are safe as well
as our um our drainage systems. Uh if the drainage systems are safe, then that means that uh any any kind of future development would um would be able to tie into it and be be able to tie into it safely. Um the two the two are not
mutually exclusive but we we have we have to do this right now just to make sure that our current infrastructure is safe and that we have the capacity for whatever future infrastructure would be added to um to that area.
Mr. Diaz asked questions about uh there was a change order for $22,000 that's related to our DPW. We had new new roofs that were put onto our DPW buildings. And when the roofers were there, they found um the the roofs are working
great, but what they found is that we have some concrete walls that um that are um basically abs um the water is penetrating the concrete walls and it's uh it's going into the it's going into
the DPW building. So, we thought that there was a problem with the roofs. There's not a problem with the roof. It's just that the the concrete walls had to be treated and so that that $22,000 is basically for the walls to make sure that they become waterproof so that the whole building is tightly
sealed. Uh then there was a question about resolution 217 and that's the um that is the purchasing manual for the city. This is an annual resolution. We update our purchasing manual each year so that we conform with the public
contracts law. On July 1st, the public the state increased the bid threshold from 44,000 to 53,000. They also made some other changes. So, uh we are we've updated our purchasing manual and the um the the
governing body uh will adopt it tonight so that we can we can um we can use it and we can conform to state law. Our purchasing agent, our QPA is a gentleman named Sean Canning. He is not an employee of the city. Uh we have a
contract with him with his firm. The um his fee for his for working with us on on preparing bids and advertising them and then reviewing the bids after they're opened. It's approximately $18,000. It's one of the best values
that we that we we have um in in the city. and he has just helped us um move projects along and acquire the equipment that we need in a in a much um in a much fast faster
manner than had been done previously. uh the Madison Park. That's a resolution for uh for the uh for the the uh purchase of playground equipment that's ADA compliant and it um it will be it
will be installed sometime this year. It's part of our Rutgers recreation strategic plan. So there will be similar um similar upgrades at parks all of our other parks. And just as a public
service announcement, uh, within the next two weeks, the upgrade of the William Street playground, uh, in McKay in McKay Park, right across from the Tib Center will start. So, that playground is going to be the current playground is going to be removed and
the new equipment is being delivered on site and it's going to be installed. And so, um, we will have a new expanded playground that's ADA compliant over on William Street, and we're looking forward to that. So, I I believe that
answers the questions that that I have listed. Have I gotten them all, Council President? I think so. Um, 215. So, so I need a motion uh to introduce resolution
215, 216, 217, 219, and 220. I had a question. Council President, first we introduce and we second and then I will recognize you. Okay. I have a motion, please.
So moved. I don't think Bob covered 215. Someone asked that about that. Yeah. Okay. Well, we let we'll do that in a moment. We have on the table. Can I have a second? I second. Okay. Mr. Hoffman, do you want to
clarify? Um, yes. I'm sorry. I I did I did miss 215. And then afterwards, Councilwoman David will make a comment. Okay. Yes, that is that is um for one piece of equipment. It's a specialty piece of equipment called a a hook
loader. And it's a um it's a large piece of equipment, but it it it allows us to do to do several things to pick up heavy pick up heavy objects, but also to put different attachments on on on the front so that we can
um we can do do everything from helping to clean streams to uh to work working on roads to rebuilding catch basins, things of that nature. So, so that's a specialty piece of equipment that had been put into our
capital budget for 2025. Thank you. Okay. Councilwoman David. Um, thank you, Councilwoman President. Um, my question is that um 2190722-25. There's a resolution authorizing
Inglewood Summerell week sidewalk sale. Um, in the past we had the meters blocked. So, I don't know how are we doing the meters this year. is going to be like they have the to feed the meters or they're going to park in the garage. I need some more information on this,
please. Uh, thank you, council president. So, this is to authorize the sidewalk sale. This is to allow stores if they cho choose to to put um put their merchandise on the sidewalk. Uh the
there is there is no res there's no resolution to wave meter fees. We had one before, didn't we, or not? I mean, I'm just Well, la last year the council did not wave the uh wave the the fees. Um it had been done in the past, so it's
it's been done both ways, but this resolution is just to authorize our our merchants to put material on the sidewalk. And this is being sponsored by the uh the Chamber of Commerce as well as our our uh special improvement
district, the SID. Okay. I just wanted to be um known to people because they're going to think that they can come there and park free, but um but they're not going to be allowed to park free like they did in the past years. But thank you. Sure. Any other comments or questions from the
governing body on the consent agenda resolutions? Nancy, could I have a roll call, please? Councilwoman David. Yes, except for 21907225. So, the consent, we just pull that one then. Yeah, because consent agenda is to vote
on that one, please. Can we pull that one? We need more conversation on this one. Thank you. Um, Bill, are we able to to pull it now at this point? Yeah. Yeah. Thank you. All right. Maybe just restate the numbers, Council
President. That ref. That's all I want. Transparency. Okay. So, we're voting on 215, 216, 217, and 220. Yes. Okay. Can I have a roll call, please, Yansy? Councilwoman David?
Yes. Councilman Rosenway? Yes. Councilman Toker. Yes. Councilman Wilson. Yes. Council President Wasatski. Yes. Um now, can I have a motion uh to
introduce resolution 214, which is a resolution awarding a fair and open award for bid uh 25-15-2025 curb and sidewalk program. May I have a motion? Second. Okay. um discussion.
Councilman Wilson, do you want to start? Yes. Um as I've stated in the past, any anyone anyone that um comes into our town and does sidewalks
in the past, it's been somewhat problematic. And I I will even stretch it out to go as contractors that come into our town. Um, and if they're doing curb sides and or sidewalk, they take away our fertile dirt and grass and they
replace it with garbage dirt. I would hesitate to say contaminated, but it makes it very difficult to um to build on that. So, how how do how do we moving forward
have a safety check for these individuals? Mr. Hoffman, do you want to reply? Uh, certainly, Council President. So the um the the engineer has um reviewed the reviewed the responses to our our bid
specifications. Um the the the lowest responsible bidder uh has done work in the city before and has done work in in local the local area. Uh they they have a good reputation. So we are we are confident in them. But
we also have engineering inspectors that are going to be out for the project that'll be that'll be looking at what is what is being taken up and then what is being put down. We also have as part of the specifications what what kind of compaction is required and what kind of
material uh is is going to be placed under the under the sidewalks for this program. So I I hope that answers the question. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Hoffman. Um, anybody else have any discussion on
resolution 214? Yansancy, could I have a roll call, please? Councilwoman David, yes. Councilman Rosenwig, yes. Councilman Tokayer, yes. Councilman Wilson,
yes. Council President Waski, yes. Um just just for a moment. Um uh Bob be I I what a resident just just um
asked me about um resolution 216 which we already passed. You said there's a math error on it uh where it says just second paragraph 0.05% change
should be 5.2% 2% change. Okay. I I will I will take a look I'll take a look at it and if if that's incorrect Yansy Yansy and I will make make the change. We do know that um it was checked by the engineers and by our our
QPA and um it is under the 20 it's under the 20% threshold but you know what if if it's wrong we will correct it. So thank you for whoever has sharp eyes. Okay. Um, resolution number 218 is a
resolution of award to Boyce Associates for an ADA compliant playground and Madison Park throughout the Bergen County Purchasing Cooperative. May I have a motion? So moved. Second.
Thank you. And Councilman Wilson? Yes. Um, I would like to let it be explained on um who Boyce Associates is and as we move forward, I I think there
needs to be a list on things because there are several parks within the city, Mars Park and Denny Park, where the actual playgrounds have been taped off, boarded up, unusable.
And for Morris, I mean, excuse me, for Madison Park, it see it appears that it's leaprogging over parks playgrounds for kids
that they can't utilize in the last three years. I'm not I'm not saying bring it up the code to ADA. I'm I'm all for that. We're talking about parks and slides and swings in our fair city that are
unusable for over three years and then we get something like this. I'm all for it, but somewhere there needs to be some type of priority list
where at least every park is usable. Thank you. Any other comments from the governing body, questions? Uh, Councilwoman David, do you have your hand up? Um, yes, I do. U, Madam President, um,
Mr. Burkner, I called you the other day. I got a call from the third board in reference to the park that's near um, Cross Street. Could you please explain what's going on with that park, please? We're right now on resolution. There's a lot of I can't hear. There's a
lot of I can't hear. Okay. Right now, we're on resolution 218. Um, is that right, Mr. Bailey? We're supposed to be looking at resolution 218 right now. Yeah. The discussion should be uh based on the motion that's on the table,
which is resolution 218. So, so let's let's um Does anyone have any more comments about specific to resolution 218? All right, Yansancy, can I have a roll call, please? Councilwoman David.
Councilwoman D. Yeah, you're muted. Councilwoman David, you're muted. I agree with um Councilman um Wilson that we need to have like a checklist done in order of priority, but I'll vote yes on this one, but we need a checklist moving forward. Thank you.
Thank you, Councilman Rosen. Yes. Councilman Tayer, yes. Councilman Wilson, I would just like to know how we got to this point, but I'm going to vote yes on this one. Council
President Wasatski. Yes. And now we have resolution 219 authorizing Anglewood summer sale week sidewalk sale. Um I need a motion to introduce this resolution. So moved.
I need a second. Second. Councilwoman David, uh you asked to pull it. Um would you like to lead the discussion? Yes, please. A discussion on this how we got here because I remember um prior years um you know we had free parking
and everything but how did we get here? I want you to explain it to the residents please someone. So so let me ask you uh Mr. Bailey the resolution is is not we're not voting on the park on parking. were voting to
allow the the stores to put Is this right? Yeah, that that's correct. I don't to put their to put to put their items on the sidewalk. That's what the vote is. I understand, Council President. That's
what the vote is. But in prior years, the votes were always combined. And I'm I'm a vote no on this one. Sorry. Thank you. Okay. Any other discussion from the governing body about allowing the summer the Anglewood summer sale to take place
to allow the vendors the stores to put their merchandise on the sidewalks. That's what we're voting on that parking. Go ahead. I mean with parking and any other discussion.
Okay. Yansancy, can I have a roll call, please? Councilwoman David. Yes. With ample parking, furry parking. Councilman Rosen Swag. Yes. Councilman Toker. Yes.
Councilman Wilson. Yes. Council President Waski. Yes. Okay. Now we have a resolution for vote on the non-consent agenda. A Yansy. Do you want to read that resolution?
Um, me and Bill have been working on the filling in the blanks. Bill, did you fill in the blanks? Just that. Well, it I mean, I can fill them in tomorrow. Um, but what we would need is a motion to adopt
resolution 221 appointing, and correct me if I'm wrong, but based on the discussion, Ronald Mandello as special cannabis council to assist the city in evaluating and preparing ordinances and related legal documents uh potentially for
allowing cannabis in certain areas in the city. in accordance with this proposal. Can I just say so moved? Yes. Yes, sir. Can I have a second, please? Second. Why are we continually going on to vote with things that haven't been completed yet?
I don't We're setting a a continuous dangerous precedent. We're voting on things and it's not before us. Even though we've had a discussion about it, this isn't, you know, Bill, you you you made a good explanation, Bill, but as you well know, we should have some some
some documentation. Well, we have the proposals that were submitted. They remain confidential until someone is and and there's blanks in the resolution because until the discussion with the interviews, we just had, you know,
didn't know. No, no, I get it. Yeah. Yeah. So, the the next step would be let's fill in the blanks. It seems like we always seem to vote on something before the blanks are filled in. Even though you make an explanation for it, and I appreciate
that, but just the way we we're doing things, it's like we're always rushing something through. Would Would you like me to attempt to fill in the blanks, Bill, based on what I sent? Yeah, if you have it in front of you. Yeah, I do. I I just don't see why
what's what's so important of getting it done tonight. That's all. We we can move forward. I think we have a motion and a second on the table. Um Yansancy, do you want you can read the resolution. I'll read it into the record. Go ahead. To award a resolution authorizing a professional service contract for a
special counsel, uh who will be Ronald Mandello. So whereas the city of Englewood requires professional legal services for cannabis regulations and whereas the city council has determined based on professional experience, expertise and reputation to award a
contact for such services to Ronald uh Mandela with offices at I don't have the exact address in front of me but I believe it's in Fairlon uh pursuant to NJSA1944A-20.5 as other than a fair and open contract as defined. and therein. And whereas the
local public contracts law NJSA4A1 11-5 authorizes the award of such professional services contracts without competitive bidding. And whereas the city manager has determined that the value of this contract will not exceed $17,500.
And whereas Ronald Mandela will complete and submit a business entity disclosure certification and political contribution disclosure form certifying that the firm has not made or will make any reportable contributions that would bar the award of this contract under the provisions of
NJSA1944A-20.5 EDSE and city of Anglewood ordinance number 07-31. And whereas the chief financial officer has certified that sufficient funds are available to award this contract and a copy of said certification is on office is on file in the office of the city
clerk or will be. Now therefore, be it resolved by the city council of the city of Anglo Bergen County, state of New Jersey, that a professional service contract is hereby awarded to Ronald Ronald Mandela, excuse me, to provide professional legal
services for cannabis regulations, and that the city manager and city clerk are hereby authorized to execute and attest to an agreement between the city of Anglewood and Ronald Mandela. Be it further resolved that a copy of the written resolution together with a copy of the agreement and the business
disclosure entity certification and determination of value be on file in the office of the city clerk and be available for public inspection during regular business hours. And be it further resolved that the city clerk is hereby authorized to cause a brief notice to be published once in the record newspaper stating the nature,
duration, service, and amount of the contract and that the resolution and contract are on file and available for public inspection in the office of the city clerk. Thank you. Uh, Councilwoman David. Um, yes, Council President. I think we're putting the a cart before the
horse because no location was identified. And if you noticed in the um third ward uh I mean the fourth ward they have like this the t- neck thing that they have in a medicinal medicine moving in there. So I cannot vote on
this because it's like where's the location going to be? Um, and I think this guy is conflicted in all areas, but I cannot vote on this, but um, you know, you're putting the cart be the cart before the horse basically. Um, and I don't understand why. Oh, no. Put it
next to the ice cream place over there on Grand. I mean, I don't know. Thank you. Any other comments from the governing body? Yansancy, can I have a roll call, please? Councilwoman David? No.
Councilman Rosens, yes. Councilman Toker, yes. Councilman Wilson, no. Council President Wasatski, yes. Okay, so final vote tally is three yes,
two no. Motion passes. Okay. Now um now I need Okay. So now we have resolution 222 approve payment of the bills and claims whereas the chief financial officer has certified and submitted a
consolidated bill and claims list for payment as well as a consolidated list of prepaid items. The prepaid items include emergency payments, wire transfers and regularly scheduled monthly payments that are paid between bill and claim list date. And whereas all bills and claims listed herewith
have been encumbered and sufficient funds are available for payment. And whereas the required signatures have all been obtained on each voucher on the attached list. Now therefore, be it resolved by this council of the city of Angler that the bills and claims on the submitted list
are hereby approved for payment in the total amount of 1,818,182.93. Can I have a motion, please? So moved. Second. Um any comments or discussion from the governing body? Please raise your hand.
Um yes, I have a comment. Um Councilwoman David, yes, we had an event um the other day. I submitted all bills and claims from the third and fourth board event that was open to everyone. And I don't see all the um bills on there. So, I would like
to know how that happened. Um, you know, uh, bills like the pony and horses and stuff. So, how do you choose your bills and to be paid and everything? Okay, Mr. Hoffman, just I'm just asking a question. That's it. Okay, Mr. Hoffman, do you want to answer
that, please? Well, sure. There's the the cut off the cut off for getting getting material in for the um for the for the bill's list is usually Wednesday afternoon. Sometimes it's Thursday morning. So there are some expenses that are on that
are on the bills list. Others came in uh after that time. And um uh you know we we had um we had a a a submitt that came in uh I guess yesterday. So it'll wind up being on the on the next bills list. But
that's how it is. There's no, you know, it's uh, you know, we once they come in, they're reviewed and uh we we put them we put them on the bills list if it's appropriate and then they're they're paid. Thank you.
Yep. Any other questions, comments? Nancy, can I have a roll call, please? Councilwoman David, yes. Councilman Rosenway, yes. Councilman Tokayer.
Yes. Councilman Wilson. Yes. Council President Wasatski. Yes. Okay. So, now we have communications from the governing body and the city manager. Um, Mayor Michael Wilds.
Uh, good evening everybody. just to be brief um over Zoom and in the summer months. Um I want to thank everyone who participated in our second annual uh Anguid night market this last week. Despite a change of date, dozens of vendors and thousands of visitors joined
our downtown business for what has been described as an ultimate block party. Thank you to TH Experiences, Town Motors, New Jersey Family, ONJ, and MK Valencia for organizing and sponsoring the event, as well as our city manager,
our council, the Anguit Police, Fire, Public Works, and other city employees, particularly Katherine, who made this such a successful event again this year. We won an award last year. All indications point to this becoming a regular annual event. We look forward to seeing it continue to grow in the future
and bring even more visitors uh to our downtown. I also want to acknowledge the successful fireworks that we had. I want to thank NVE Bank for sponsoring that once more and to the myriad of local businesses that help uh me raise half
the cost of the Junth event so that all of these events would bring our residents uh together. And of course, continuing on the trend of highlighting our business community, I would like to invite everyone and let everyone know about our Anglewood summer sale week happening today through Saturday, uh,
July 26th. There will be special offers and all week uh, at participating businesses. It's a project presented by the North New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, produced by the Main Street Pops, and sponsored by the Anguit Special Improvement District, the SID, to help further publicize and grow our
local businesses. For information on specific business participants, please visit mainstreetpops.com or look for signage throughout our downtown with a QR code to scan for the map and sales of locations. Um, I will have coffee uh with the mayor this Friday as I generally have on the
library Facebook page. Uh, the library is uh under construction and underway. And I thank everybody and I wish everybody a wonderful balance of summer. Hey, thank you, Councilwoman David. Hi. Thank you, Council President. Um, we
had a wonderful event, Unity in the Community, which was open to everyone all over. But, um, since, um, you know, Kevin and I put our little stipen together, we just said third and fourth ward. Uh, maybe I could have worded it differently like the mayor said, um,
before, but, uh, it was third and fourth w sponsored, and that's where we put our money back into the stakeholders. We give it back to them because that's their tax dollars. Um, also we sold out of ham, well, we didn't sell it, but we ran out of hamburgers and hot dogs. 500
hamburgers were served, 500 hot dogs were served. It was so hot and I do thank the um fire department for four minutes of sprinkling water on our community because the children were loving it. So, people didn't like Alita was there and she's like, "Oh my god, I got to go home and come back in an
hour." So, we had a commute of like maybe 750 people there at the um high school and that was one of the biggest the year prior um it was raining that day and it was smaller but it was great to see the smiles on everyone and they were like it's free. I'm like of course
it's free. We giving back to our community, unity in the community and that's what we do. Um so I hope next year we will have it all a council you know you know uh event you know um but it was wonderful and also Marne Hazelton
which is our superintendent of schools sent me an email she said she secured 180,000 in grant funding to celebrate the national recognition of cultural exchange um you know PNC gave back to calls
24,000 to support early learners Um there was a lot of things done and Melanie Hazelton um she did a lot of work in our schools. Our reading scores went up, test scores increased significantly. Um but she's doing a wonderful job there
with our school board. Um and I just you know hope everyone, you know, uh wonderful prosperous we get along to move along and we are community. We are all one Englewood and that's all I can say and thank you. Okay. Thank you. Uh, Councilman Dr.
Kenneth Rosenwine. Hi, thank you. Um, happy summer to everyone. Um, so as mentioned a little bit earlier today at this meeting, um, we had a major rainstorm on July 14th. Um, and I want to thank, um, the city
manager, the city engineer, the deputy city manager, and all of DPW for the hard work to minimize the impact of this storm. Um, and I have no doubt that a lot of the effort uh, Mr. Hoffman discussed earlier tonight
uh helped in that outcome. Um and you know I think this is certainly a storm that would have caused major disrupt disruptions in the past and it's definitely a sign uh that things are moving in the right direction. Um like to wish a happy uh
related birthday to Angela. Um I think uh so congratulations and uh we you know the council you know we kind of gave you a gift because you had uh had asked just for your schedule to to have these meetings on Zoom um and
so I'm glad we're able to accommodate you for that. I know we've got some complaints from the community about it. So I think we'll need to reevaluate it for the future but I'm glad we're able to do it this year uh to help. Um and just finally um uh for uh anniversaries coming up. Uh
Mr. Hoffman is uh finishing up his third year with the town and um I'm very grateful for the hard work he does for the town and congratulations on your anniversary next week. Thank you and everyone enjoy the rest of the summer. My husband's birthday coming up soon
also. It's going to be August the 9th. So Daryl will be 60 years old. You're not supposed to say the ages, but okay. Sorry, he's old. Okay. Sorry. Councilman Danto.
Thank you, Council President. Um, some of the council's most critical work is setting policy and enacting ordinances and resolutions. As of tonight, we've already passed 30 ordinances and it's only July. I'm proud to have played a key role in many of
them. For example, I worked closely with the with our police department and local businesses to modernize our outdated parking ordinances, which still reflected 1990s prices. It took real effort and collaboration, but we got it done and improved this year's revenue
forecast in the process. That improved revenue helped us deliver what may be the most responsible municipal budget in the region. with an increase of less than 2%. Other towns are seeing increases of 5 to 10%. Yet some council members criticized the
budget without offering a single subst substantive suggestion. We held over 10 hours of budget meetings and those who voted no contributed nothing meaningful to the process. If you want a better budget, roll up your sleeves, identify
new revenues, or find areas to cut. Let's all be clear. Talking about a problem isn't the same as solving it. Too often long speeches create the illusion of action while accomplishing nothing. Asking, excuse me, asking extensive questions
during council meetings may look like diligence, but it's usually a sign of being unprepared. I find the vast majority of my work as a councilman comes from talking to residents, business owners, and professionals during the week and doing my own reading and research. It's a lot of hard work, but that's the only way to make progress
and get things done. That approach is why our meetings now typically last two to three hours, most of which is devoted to public comment. Last year, meetings regularly ran four to five hours, sometimes even six. Real progress doesn't happen at the mic. It happens
between meetings. That's how we move forward. That's how we move Anglewood forward. I didn't run for office to perform. I ran to serve. And I remained focused on doing the hard work. listening to our community and delivering the results, the real results of the people of Englewood. Have a great
summer and thank you so much. Okay. Thank you. Um, Councilman Kevin Wilson, greetings everyone. Um, prayerfully everyone's having a great summer. Uh,
I want to start with things change through voting. So I I need for those people that want to institute a change need to step out and be ready in November to get the vote out for change. It start it starts with that
with you getting involved and and that's how we also solve problems between meetings and third and fourth ward cookout was a success. Thank you to all those that participated.
It was an important event. Uh the the residents enjoyed it. Thank you to the Ingwood Fire Department and a special thanks to Katherine Soelli, Joseph Soelli. Great job guys for coming out and supporting the community,
excuse me. Um thankfully we are doing multiple roads throughout the city for one reason or another um in all different areas of the city. So, uh, I would suggest that the residents where they're doing work on your street, pack
your patience. And what that means is if in fact that you can't get out, you know, say something. Uh, let the people know. I think there's notifications coming out to a street near you. So, pay attention so you don't get blocked in.
These repairs need to be done. So, thank you for your cooperation. Um, and I think lastly is we need to be diligent on what we let in between our ears. uh because there are social media streams
and zooms and comments on Facebook that don't don't particularly um tell the whole truth in regards to our city, our residents, our taxes, how we move about and
especially our council members. So when you hear information of this magnitude, be careful on how you disseminate the information and try to figure out if in fact that whether or not you're
receiving the whole truth because often times you'll hear one side of the story. So the best author of a great story is you. So get involved and enjoy the rest of your summer. Thank you. Good evening. Um,
we had two great events in July that I attended. The July for the July fireworks and the Anglewood Night Market. They were huge successes. The residents really enjoyed them and I, you know, kudos to everyone who made that
happen. And, um, I want to wish everyone a wonderful summer. And our next council meeting on August 5th will be uh back in person in the municipal court. So I'll see you there. Uh Mr. Hoffman.
Thank you, Council President, members of the governing body, and good evening everyone. As has been echoed before, uh last Thursday, July 17th, the city celebrated uh the Inca Night Market. It was bigger and better than it had been in 2024. This year's night market
featured 90 vendors as well as our stores and restaurants that were open and all all uh did land landmark business and and many all all of the folks or many of that that came had a wonderful time. And by all accounts, our
2025 night market had more attendees than the 2024. and we look forward to an even bigger and better event in 2026. So, speaking of 2026, the Inglewood Night Market uh for 2026 will be held on
Wednesday, July 15, 2026. The rain date is Thursday, July 16th, 2026. So, mark your calendars. We've already started the planning process for that. And uh we we look we look forward to uh having
some tie-ins with the World Cup soccer which is also going to be occurring that week next year. We talked about um the the mayor talked about the summer the summer sidewalk sale that the Chamber of Commerce and the city is sponsoring. So
it's this week. If you're able to uh shop locally, please do so. And then uh we've talked previously about the the rain that we had on July 14th, but I I know that our our whole si our whole community uh extends its heartfelt
sympathy to the residents of Planefield and North Planefield uh who were the epicenter of that storm on Monday. uh two residents of Planefield lost their lives and um we we are just so sad for
their loss and um we we wish them a speedy recovery and I wish everybody a wonderful rest of the summer and get get outside and enjoy some some of some fresh air and enjoy our parks. Thank you, Council President.
Okay. Thank you. I'm now going to open the meeting to the public. Any member of the public who wishes to speak is asked to raise their hand and you will be placed in a queue to be called upon to speak. Speakers are requested to give their name and have three minutes to speak.
All right. Okay. Uh first person in queue is iPhone 5, which I believe is Amy. Go ahead and unmute, please. Good evening, Amy Bulockand Avenue. Uh three quick things. one I see on the bills list we're paying Ken Albert
$22,000 for his services during March and April. Are is there going to be a presentation on the work that he's been doing around the community center and what is the update with Liberty School? Second, I want to piggyback on what Councilman Wilson said in regards to how
we identify what parks are going to be addressed based on their needs. Again, Mars Park 3 years, but Madison Park that we don't even own. we lease is getting upgraded equipment, but yet the playground in the third ward is still
closed. And lastly, I listened carefully to Councilman Tokayer's comments and I listened to the mayor's zoom on Friday and there's been a lot of talk about division in Englewood and I want to challenge everyone on the deis to give
consideration to the fact that perhaps the issue is not people being divisive but maybe the issue is people not being equitable in their inclusionary actions. equitable inclusion. It's not just about
being inclusive. It's about making equitable decisions that are fair to all of the residents of Inglewood and not segregating based on decisions and the impacts that it has on certain locations, demographics, religious,
classism, whatever it is that you want to want to call it. But we have got to start making more equitable inclusive decisions and that will resolve a lot of the problems. So, it's not an issue of divisiveness. It's an issue of a lack of equitable inclusion.
Think about it. Thank you. Thank you. Next in Q is Diane Jansen. Diane, go ahead and unmute. Hi, Diane Jansen, 589 Ridgand Terrace. Um, you know, uh, Dan Tokier, uh, you
refer to Palisad Avenue as Palisad Parkway. So, um, you know, we live here. There are questions now as to whether or not you really reside here. And I think you're going to have to look hard and
deep on that or answer those questions. um because other people are asking that and I don't know why, but that's a problem if if you're the councilman at large and people want to know if you live here. Um, I would also like to say
uh Lisa uh you in you were endorsed uh by the uh uh by Ken Albert who is now getting over $20,000 for a community center study that we didn't hear about.
We don't know if it's completed. Just for March and April, he's getting over $20,000. What you know what's going on? there's no uh report to the public. And with respect to cannabis, you know, majority of New Jersey voters voted to legalize
adult recreational cannabis. The voters did not vote on bringing recreational cannabis businesses into their municipalities. Other municipalities are taking votes. Anglewood voters need to vote on what,
if any, of the six licensable cannabis businesses would be permissible in Anglewood. There was a public health issues hearing on Zoom in 2022 in which Anglewood Health and Bergen County
Prevention Coalition Etel L participated in. They indicated how cannabis is a drug and other ill effects of cannabis. And I suggest you look at social media and see the things that they reported.
It's on Anglewood News. Now, we just hired a special counsel for 20,000 about. So, we have 20,000 here, 20,000 for Ken Albert. That's 40,000. So that's the reason we have to raise fees for
parks. That's the reason we have to raise our parking meters. You know, you have to look at this. Quantity of ordinances does not talk about quality of ordinances. And you know, the public is not stupid, you know. So you really
need to think about that. And uh the fact that these zooms have uh occurred is terrible. It just puts less transparency out there. And I will end by saying thank you, Mr. Hoffman, for a
very informative and concise report. And that's what we're looking for with respect to everything. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Okay, next in line is Suzanne Mullings.
Please go ahead and unmute. Hi, I wanted to ask a question of who put the box in front of the residential property on Rockwood Place. There's a do not block the box there and that was
once asked as a remedy to the fiasco on Broad Avenue. So, I wanted to know if I could get a response from either Miss Rasi or Bob Hoffman about that and if that is still something that could
happen on Broad Avenue as the changes have not improved at all. Is that all? Yes. Thank you. Okay, next in line it says Charmaine's
iPhone. Please go ahead and unmute. Uh, good evening, Charmaine Francis, 215 Cambridge Avenue. Um, a few things I wanted to let Bob know since he didn't seem to un know the answer to Angela
David's question. The PSEG um project was reloading the gas meters outside of the home. That's that's New Jerseywide and that's for safety reasons. So, um I'm going to answer the question for you since you didn't seem
to know that. Also, I like to thank Mayor Wild from finally after the third email helping me get a response from Mr. Hoffman regarding the repaving of Cambridge Avenue. I appreciate you putting band-aids on these bullet
wounds. However, my street is atrocious. Lastly, I'd like to agree with Mr. Teayer about the division on this council. However, I implore you to kind of re um just Maybe you want to reexplore where the
division comes from. Thank you. Thank you. Uh, next in line is Raymond Diaz. Please go ahead and unmute. Yes, Raymond Diaz, 408 Shannon Court. um wanted to know uh how do you evaluate
how do we evaluate the effect efforts that the city is making to address floodprone streets? You can say a report that you know DPW was there fixing this that and the other. I'm just suggesting that if the council people four wards
and you get a list of the people who are in your ward who have had these conditions and as we're doing repairs, you could ask them how how is it now? Is it better? Is it are we are we aliating
it? Is it getting worse? So, we're targeting areas of where possibly we need more effort by the DPW. Okay? because now it's just hearsay. We went to a meeting. I saw two people who two different families who've lived here
for 49 years and it surprised a lot of people that they they didn't know that they had flood floods in their in their basement. So I thought that all everybody who was complaining had already reported something but we never responded back to them. You know what
I'm saying? So you're just targeting where the worst areas are. I think it's something that we we can work together on that. Uh the other thing was that the you have two crews working from DPW is that uh is that daily? Is it when only
when it rains? Uh don't know. Uh the thing about sidewalks and curbs that is true. Those contractors messed up my the whole block. We have green grass and the edge about foot in
is all brown. Everybody's complaining about it. They have to take money out of their own pocket and do it themselves to fix it. And I called and there was an inspector there. Okay. And there was a
truck with back fill, clean sand, clean dirt, and they never touched it. They touched the pile here that came from the dig up of all the dirt that was there. He told me, "Listen, as per the contract, we're allowed to put 80%
uh as back uh what do they call it? Put it back into the ground where we got it." 80%. When I told them to come back, I found like 20 different rocks in my curb. I had told them to dig it because I dug it. I found 16. They had 20. So, can you
imagine how can I grow grass through there? Everybody is angry. So, I'm not surprised that they're doing that to our sidewalks. You're allowing them to do it. You're you're making it easy for these inspectors. Make them sign off on their inspection that you saw it. Take
pictures of what's happening. Otherwise, we're just throwing money away. Can I just sneak one in? Can't see. Sorry. Huh? It's up to the council president. She wants it ends. I'm sorry. Three
minutes on the dot. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Uh final person with their hand raised. It says iPhone 2. Please unmute. Good evening, council. Leroy Campbell,
Tennerfly Road. Can you hear me? Yes. Go ahead. Great. Thank you. Um, two quick things. Um, one is for Bob Hoffman. Um, we would like to have an update on the Carneahan situation at the police
department. And the other thing is we we need to bring this situation with the proceed family to a closure. We need to give these people
some closure. If we can spend $350,000 for somebody's flooded basement without even thinking twice, I don't understand why we can't bring these people some closure in this situation.
And back to the Carneahan situation. Um, I don't think it's fair that black and brown officers are still under the directions or leadership of this officer who made a racist comment. Um, and it
seems like nothing has been done. Seems like he's being protected and he's being protected by his friends who are in higher positions. We need to we need to fix some of this mess that we have. And we also need to
stop spending recklessly. We are spending recklessly and all that's going to do is increase people taxes. It's just reckless spending. Thank you. Okay. Oh, uh, we have one more hand raised.
Uh, Scott Jenkins, please go ahead and unmute. Can you hear me? Yes, go ahead. Okay. How how I uh want to say hello first of all to the uh to the govern government
government city of Englewood and uh I'd like to ask a question if I could uh and it it kind of piggybacks a little bit of uh what uh Mr. Campbell was discussing. Um, in October of 2024,
um, a police sergeant, uh, and, uh, I don't have any problem with mentioning who it is, uh, Sergeant, uh, Carneahan, Sean Carneahan, uh, was proven to have made a, uh, what I would what I would call a racist
comment, uh, and maybe potentially in some people's minds, uh, criminal. Uh, I know that the matter was investigated. I know that the matter went to the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office. Um, I have
been told for several months now that the case has uh wrapped up uh and was in the possession of uh the Anguit Police Department. Uh, and I'm trying to find out uh if anybody could answer this. I
understand that it's a personnel issue. Uh but h how is it that the a sergeant in a police department uh and at least by a preponderance of evidence because I think there were 11 witnesses in total to what uh what he
said. Um, how how could he be allowed to remain on duty and uh protecting or supposedly serving uh a community of people that he has openly admitted to
hating uh or having some kind of a racial bias towards without anybody having any kind of a concern uh for him being active on duty. uh he has not been removed from
his supervisory role over the officers that he said it in front of uh and the officers that were insulted by by uh what he said. And basically, and I I'll just I'll just kind of paraphrase what what what he alluded to. He said he was
not having a good day because uh colored people uh were smiling. And you know, uh, I put the city of Anglewood, uh, government, including each one of the, uh, council people, the mayor, um, the
city manager on notice. Uh, I sent them the information whether or not they were aware of it. Uh, and I I just want to know how a person uh in your employee could continue to serve in the capacity
uh of a supervisor or let alone any capacity as a police officer when uh they have made such a a horrendous and and disparaging remark towards uh uh uh black people.
Thank you. I'm sorry for time is up. Okay. Thank you. Yeah. I Is it Is it possible to to be able to get an answer or they provide answers at the end? Okay. Thank you very much. You're welcome.
Uh another person has their hand raised. Mala, please unmute. Hi. Yes. Good evening everyone. This is Ava Ratigan in the second ward. Um, I just have a question, two questions that
I need answers to. Um, one is, I've noticed a discrepancy in the parking meters on Palisade Avenue, and if someone could give me an explanation, east versus west. Um, I noticed the
parking on the west side, I believe, is 25 cents for 30 minutes and on the east side it's 2 hours um or an hour and a half, 2 hours. And if there's a way
where the parking can be consistent, if we're discussing equity in Anglewood, then the parking should be the same um for the meters on Palisades Avenue, in particular, the businesses that um
operate on the city. It needs to be uniform across the entire city, not one particular area. And um you know I'm concerned as a resident um who has experienced flooding
um in my ward war 2 and I've not gotten any response. I'm stressing dredging Crystal Lake. I know we're getting pickle ball courts. We're updating ADAs in park. Crystal Lake needs to be a
priority. All the areas that are experiencing flooding in the city needs to be looked at to come up with remedies. I don't need a band-aid on this situation. I have reached out after Hurricane Ida to
um to my contacts at the New Jersey Turnpike, which I worked with after last year's flooding on August 6th. And I took a walk as a concerned resident. I took a walk in Crystal Lake and what
they've done, they've cut down all the trees that were there and pretty much created a roadway with um with rocks. So, I need to know from the council body
and from Mr. Hoffman and from the engineer what is being done to dredge the lake. That's where the focus needs to be, not creating a road because in case that area floods, we're at danger. And if anyone cares about the residents
of Englewood, this needs to be a priority. And also lastly, if someone could explain to me the estimated tax bill that I received, um, this is quite high in terms of the interest. Um, how
could we vote on something like this that the Anglewood residents are going to, especially the seniors who are in fixed income, the interest after um is 8% on the first,500
and 18% after? Could someone explain that to me? Thank you. Thank you. No one else has their hand raised. Okay, I'm now going to close the public session. Um, Mr. Hoffman, do you want to go through
the uh questions? Uh, certainly, Council President. Um, let's see. I guess I'll start with Miss Bulock. she had questions about the bills the bills list and that um there was a there was a
question about the um about Mr. Albert's um bill. What I what I will say to that is Mr. Albert has delivered a report that's been uh been discussed by the governing body. It's been discussed in close session. there. They've they need
the opportunity to ask questions and then to uh to have the time to think about some some of some of what was in the report, some options. And at a future date, uh there will be there will be a meeting about this um where where
the public will um will will have the opportunity to hear about it. But this is this is still a work in progress and um there will be some more work that will be done on it. And the goal is, you know, to come up come up with a viable plan after 30 years of discussion. So So
that's that's part of where we stand on that. I there was another question that had to do with um uh if there's an update on the Liberty School. The the answer is there's there's no no update at the moment, but there will be an update that will be coming that will be
um coming in the future. Uh, and then there was a question about the about playground upgrades in different parks. And um, again, if everybody could refer to the Ruter strategic plan study, that would be good. But I'd like to point out
that our first two part um, park playground projects were in McKay Park. So there is the um, there was the new playground that was put in by the carriage house. Uh there's an exercise center over exercise outdoor exercise
area over there. Um and then uh the next one that was on the queue was the one on William Street which is being uh which is being put in within the next couple of weeks. Uh then uh over in Morris Park, u the playground was in disrepair
and the DPW has um you know had tried to leave some of the equipment up, but um you know the the uh the netting was taken taken away from some of the some of the the um the equipment and some of the stakes were being used as as swords.
So, the DPW has has removed that playground equipment and we're we're looking at relocating um the the play the playground to another section just as has been described in the the Ruter study.
Uh, Miss Jensen had questions about um, uh, I guess I guess CA cannabis and um, license licensable businesses for for
cannabis. That's not something that can be answered tonight. Um and um our our goal is to give so is to give um you know thorough and transparent repo reports but we we don't have information on that. Um Miss Mullings asked a
question about who put the box in. And I'm I'm not sure what that's in reference to. So we'll talk to the engineer. We'll have to and we'll get some information so we can get back um and answer that question. Uh then there was a followup question. Can some can
the same type of box be placed on on Broad Avenue? So, um don't don't want to make promises that we can't keep. Um Miss Francis asked uh responded to some questions about PSENG. So, um so thank
thank you for for that. Um we did respond to Miss Francis, but we it did take a while for PSENG to get back get back to us um about that. And there's no there's no uh you know there's no disagreement that um
that the road needs to be repaved, but um you know that's some that's something that will happen in the in the in the future, but that's going to be the engineers call. Uh Mr. Diaz talked about floodprone streets and how does the city
address the floodprone streets. Uh we are do we're doing that several ways besides the DPW. Uh we're uh we're relying on on some data from from the National Weather Service but as well as NJIT
and um of to look at to look at the floodprone streets and how the water how the water enters our city because we are we are the receptor of water from other municipalities and um that's how that's
that's why we are asking them to design flood detention basins up by Winon White Stadium as well as 47 Brook and we hope in the future for 173 West Forest Avenue. So that will that will help take water off the
streets and hold it and um help in the help in the future. Uh he also mentioned that you know just about um material being put back into the holes. There is there is a provision that you know if the material comes out of a hole it should go back into the hole. There is a
there is a percentage of that and when our inspectors go out they do take pictures so that they they can document what's what's happening. Um Mr. Campbell uh talked about one of our one of our police officers uh and
the placed family um and spending spending money. Um I'm not sure what he's referring to when he's talking about spending recklessly. So, that'll have to be an offline discussion. Uh, Mr. Jenkins also talked
about uh the the police officer. Um, I will answer both of those questions in a limited way. Uh, Mr. Jenkins did provide information in October of 2024. It was submitted to the prosecutor's
office. Um, and it it did take the prosecutor's office a long time to uh report back to the city. And um,
Mr. Hoffman, if I'm sorry to interrupt, I just want to caution everybody that per the directive of the prosecutor's office, uh, which this is very recent, uh, it has to remain confidential at this time.
it, you know, it it does, but in addition to, as Mr. Jenkins pointed out, it's a personnel matter. Yeah. Yeah. We've been directed by the prosecutor's office to keep it confidential. So, um that's so thank you for helping to um to to answer answer the question
about that. Um but when you know when the time comes, we will we will we will follow whatever whatever the statutes say. Um and that that's standard procedure, by the way. That's not unique to this case. Yeah. Yeah.
Um Miss Ratigan uh talked about um a differentiation in the cost for parking on the east and the west side of Palisades Avenue. Don't have an answer off you know about that. We will we will look at that. there was probably a
reason um why um why there was there was more more turnover of of uh time in in on the west side of Palisades Avenue, but I I don't I don't want to speculate more than that of Yes, the residents in her area have
experienced flooding that was on Nap Street in in that area particularly in August of 2024. Um the New Jersey Turnpike Authority has been doing a lot of work over by Crystal Lake by the dam. Um they have taken
responsibility for the drainage system that um that they um they're responsible for. They weren't respons they weren't aware that they uh that that was their responsibility until the city identified that and pardon me contacted them. So
they have made sure that there are two sets of culverts over there that they are both becoming free and clear and they're taking steps um to make sure that in the future when we have heavy rainfall um the water will be able to go
down go down the the culverts and u also make it down into a double culvert that's underneath the ground and and feeds into the overp. uh they have become good partners with the city and the county in in this
effort for um uh for mitigating future future storm surges. The estimated tax bill, the third quarter tax bill is always an estimated tax bill because the the tax rate has
not yet been struck. So, um, it's it's estimated and the the components for the estimated tax bill are the city the city's property taxes, the the school district taxes, the county taxes, pardon me, and any special improvement
districts. Um, once the tax rate is struck, then an adjustment is made on the fourth quarter taxes and the first quarter taxes of 2026. So, um, in the future on your fourth
quarter tax bills and the first quarter tax bills of next year, you'll see an adjustment because we the the tax rate will have been struck and the bill um the bill becomes precise. So, council president, I do believe that I've um
answered the questions that I had written down. Um, I don't know if I missed any, but that's um those those are the answers to uh to the best of my recollection. Okay, thank you. And if there are any questions that weren't answered, please
send an email to the city manager to the city manager's office. The email is R. Hoffman tof2n@ cityofanglewood.org. Um, so now can I have a motion to adjourn the meeting?
Can I have a motion? So moved. Can I have a second? All in favor? I I Good night. Good night. Good night.