live and recording. >> Uh, good evening. Um, I call the regular council meeting of April 14th, 2026 to order at 8:03 p.m. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance. City clerk, please read the statement
regarding 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 the 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 having been given. The municipal clerk is directed to include the statement in the minutes of
this meeting. >> Roll call. Councilwoman David >> present. >> Councilman Toayer >> present. >> Councilman Wilson >> present. >> Councilwoman Waski >> here.
>> Council President Rosenwig >> present. >> Also present is Mayor Michael Wilds, city manager Robert S. Hoffman, and city attorney Bill Bailey. >> Thank you. Do I have a a motion to approve resolution 124? The resolution
accepting the minutes. >> I make a motion. Council moved. >> Counciloman. >> Yeah. Did we get a second? >> Yeah. >> Council member. >> Yes. >> Okay. Nancy, you said there was
>> there was a I sent out a revised resolution. Y handed out um >> yeah okay so these are the regular >> those are the right correct dates >> regular meetings of March 5th special
meetings of 5th 9th 13th and 17th of March and the close session of the 5th and 17th of March. Okay, roll call. >> Councilwoman David, >> yes. >> Councilman Toker, >> yes. >> Councilman Wilson, >> yes.
>> Councilwoman Wasadski, >> yes. Council President Rosenwig. >> Yes. All right. Thank you. So, we now have three ordinances that we are here for second reading. Um, so for each ordinance, members of
the public will have a chance uh to address the council about oh, excuse me, four ordinances. I apologize. So, four ordinances here for second reading. So, for each one of these ordinances, they'll be introduced. um
and the public will be heard and then the um the council will discuss them and then we'll vote on them. So there'll be four opportunities for the public to speak but we ask you just speak about those ordinances when you come up. There's a general comment at the end and
where the public can discuss anything. >> All right. So do I have a motion to introduce ordinance 2609? >> I make a motion. Council >> Wait, do I need a do I need a motion now or do I just open the public? I'm sorry. >> So, excuse me. I'll open it to the public and then we'll uh have the motion
and discuss it as the council apologize about that. All right. So, the public hearing on ordinance 2609, an ordinance to amend and supplement chapter 250 titled land use amending affordable housing overlay zones. Uh the
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. And Bill, do you want to just give is this up your alley? >> Sure. Yeah. Okay. >> Um, just briefly, what this is is
correcting uh throughout the mediation and negotiation process with the special adjudicator in the court. There was a lot of moving parts and should this area be in included in the settlement, should it not be? So because of the timing, the ordinance that had been introduced
included blocks 2303 lot 6 through30 and block 2304 lots 9 through35 which are primarily the area around King Gardens and Angwood Avenue. So this just that the the final analysis
was that those were not to be included but we had already introduced that ordinance. Uh you may recall we actually introduced this ordinance right after we adopted the other one which was wonky but under the time constraint. So th this just corrects it to accurately accurately reflect what was discussed
and agreed to. >> All right. So if anyone from the public uh desires to be heard or ask questions, now's the time to come up on ordinance 2609. >> All right. So I close the public hearing. Uh do I have a motion for this to be adopted?
moved. >> I I second. Any discussion from the council? >> Yeah, please. Uh when we asked for this to be amended, which I never received the new the
newest map, we also asked for the streets for those people in our community that weren't aware of the lots, blocking lots. and I've yet to receive that and I didn't see it in this. So, I would hope that our amendment has included that. Maybe it's
something I haven't seen yet. Is that such a uh beast, Mr. Billy? Is that out there? >> Yeah, we can. I don't have it either, but we can get that from the planner. >> I would love that because we we've been waiting for that. I've been waiting for
that. And this was supposed to be conditioned on what we're doing this evening. So I don't know how we're going to rectify that situation. And that's what we've been waiting for all this time, council president. And that's what we discussed in the planning
board if the mayor remembers. >> Okay. Any other comments from council? >> Yeah. >> Uh yes. Um, Council President, if you wouldn't mind, um, three young ladies walked in together, and I'm not sure whether or not, um, they were here for the ordinance and its engagement with,
uh, King Gardens or not. So, just, you may want to state briefly what the ordinance is about for the new uh, attendees. >> Let's >> Thank you. That's a great suggestion. Let's finish >> Sure. >> the uh, council discussion. I'll ask Mr.
Bailey to describe it again and if they want to speak to this ordinance that's fine. >> So, Mr. Mr. Bailey, could you just since I think the members of the public >> uh yes, just to to reiterate what this ordinance does, it removes
uh blocks 2303, lots 6 through 30, and block 2304, lots 9 through35, which is essentially King Gardens and properties along Angwood Avenue from the affordable housing overlay. uh throughout the negotiation process,
drafts of agreements and maps included it, but at the at the end of the day, it was agreed that they would be removed because of the timing that we had to adopt these by March 15th. We didn't have time to reintroduce with the final decision and meet that deadline. So we
adopt it on March 13th or I think it was and immediately introduced this ordinance to correct it and that this accomplishes that to make it square with what was discussed with the special adjudicator and the parties in the case. >> All right. So I'm going to So we had
closed the public session on this ordinance but I see some new people had walked in. So if there's any anyone who wants to um has any comments on ordinance 2609 which Mr. Bailey just described now would be the time to come up.
All right. So, uh, I'll close the public hearing again. The council has discussed it. Uh, roll call, please. >> Uh, Mr. Bailey said he would try to get that to you as soon as possible. >> I'm sorry. Did you say try to get it? It's been 30 days already.
>> Can't say. Okay, council president keep voting on stuff and I don't have it. That's not good. So the 30 days is because it's a it's an a zoning ordinance, right? >> Correct. >> Yeah. Right. Roll call.
>> Councilwoman David. >> Yes. >> Councilman Toker. >> Yes. >> Councilman Wilson. Yes. >> Councilwoman Wasadski. >> Yes. >> Council President Rosenwide.
>> Yes. Okay. Motion passes. Uh so uh so we'll now move on to ordinance 2610. Will the city clerk please read the t read the ordinance by title only? >> Uh this is an ordinance to repeal and replace chapter 250 land use article 17
affordable housing of the code of the city of Anglewood. All right, we will now open the public hearing on ordinance 2610. Anyone who desires to be heard or as to ask questions concerning this ordinance will be heard at this time. Uh Mr. Bailey, you want to just give a quick summary of
it just before as the public's coming? >> Yes, this is uh the template issued by the state with respect to what they want the municipalities to use as it pertains to affordable housing. Again, the state changed this template probably two or
three times, uh, including after the prior ordinance was introduced. And I'm sounding like a broken record, but because of that deadline, we had to adopt that. And the state knowing how towns have to operate uh, sent this
after introduction and before it could be amended. So this is basically adopting the latest template that the state is mandating that the municipalities use. >> Thank you. >> Anyone from the public uh please come up.
>> Good evening. Um would you be so kind to explain what the change is because it's not really clear. >> Yeah. public speak. >> Anyone else from the public? All right. So, I'll close the public session. Mr.
Bailey, you want to explain again? >> Uh, yeah. There's not really much substantively that's changed. Um, there's something called the U-Hack, which is the uniform housing affordability controls. Those are regulations uh set by the state of New Jersey.
They're not set by the municipalities. So, this speaks to what the U-Hack requirements are and the affordable housing rules in terms of uh very low-income housing, low-income housing, and moderate income housing in units.
Um, it also talks about the affordable housing trust fund, which is development fees that get deposited into that for usually commercial properties that don't have a residential component. It mandates that they contribute something to a municipality's affordable housing
trust fund. That trust fund, those monies are then used prospectively uh to develop and enhance affordable housing throughout a municipality. So, that's primarily the changes. A lot of it was just stylistic, if that's the right word. Um,
and it's really the template mandated by the state. It doesn't change the actual plan though that was approved by the city. >> Thank you, Mr. Bailey. Do I have a motion to introduce this ordinance? >> I make a motion.
>> I second. >> All right. Discussion from council. >> Just one quick question, council. Um, Mr. Bailey. >> Yes, sir. >> If you could go to uh on the first page
of 46, ordinance 2610 um number, letter B, the chapter is intended to ensure very low to moderate. So, what you just said, affordable units. Is there um a particular
guideline where our residents can go to so they know if in fact that they qualify for these sections which are very low low moderate income units. >> The the state issues those guidelines
annually and they're based on regions. So there's we're in region B. Is that correct? >> I forget which one it is but it's generally Bergen County. So, because it's generally more expensive to live in this part of the state than other parts,
>> the income requirements are higher, meaning you can make more money and still qualify recognizing that housing is so expensive in Bergen County. Um, so there's that. And also, the city hired a company called Triad. Triad, might not
be pronounced. They're the administrative agent, which Easttown's required to hire. uh once the new numbers come out, they will then administer the program and that would be the point of conduct contact for people that want to apply and see if they
qualify. And what governance, if any, do we have over Triad? Um >> and the reason why I asked is because we have such programs here already and there appears to be no governance
over these particular items which are um >> I mean you have >> low income very low. My concern is this that people that qualify aren't getting in because they're told that they they don't qualify. That's my concern. I >> I mean and that's Triad's job. Is that
correct? >> Yes. Okay. >> If you don't if they're making mistakes, then you fire them. >> Uh I mean, you had a different administrative agent actually until January or February.
>> No, >> I thought it was Piaza. >> Oh, I'm sorry. I'm confusing that with a different municipality. No, I I get it. My my question remains the same. Who governs them? You know, if you say if they Okay.
>> And do they do a quarterly report or something? How do how do we know that they're they're doing their job? I >> I'm not sure what filings they have to submit to the state. >> Okay. If you could find that information out, that'd be great. Thank you, Council. Any other comment? All right. Roll call.
>> Councilwoman David. >> Yes. >> Councilman Tayer. >> Yes. Councilman Wilson. >> Yes. >> Councilman Wasatski. >> Yes. >> Council President Rosenwig. >> Yes. All right. Will the city clerk So, this
is a big one. It's the capital budget. Will the city clerk please read the title of ordinance 2611? This is an ordinance appropriating $11,600,000 and authorizing the issuance of $8,715,000
in bonds or notes of the city for various improvements or purposes authorized to be undertaken by the city of Englewood in the county of Bergen, New Jersey. >> This one is so this one is the capital budget that's uh been discussed
on the multiple pages of projects. Uh, so I'll now declare the public hearing on this ordinance open. Anyone who desires to be heard or to ask questions concerning this ordinance will be heard at this time. Good evening again. Can you please
explain to the public why we are going for an 11.6 6 million bond in regards to the budget that we haven't heard. And although it's capital, if for those that are not familiar, you can explain what that means in relation to the overall
budget, if anything, and how this impacts us overall. Thank you. Anyone else? All right. Thank you. So, I now close the public session. Uh so, uh Mr. Hoffman, can you just
explain the difference between the operational budget and the capital budget? >> Uh certainly, Council President, thank you for the opportunity to do that. Uh the capital budget is the infrastructure section of the of the overall city budget. It's uh the these projects last
more than one year and the funding lasts more than one year. The there there is required um to have we have a 5% down payment that's in the city's operating budget that that helps fund the the uh
the capital budget. So this capital budget has 11 sections. It's everything from milling and paving of roads to re um to the reconstruction of roads as well as uh storm water sewers, sanitary
sewers, things of that nature. And even though it's $11 million, a significant portion of this capital budget is grant funded. So, uh for instance, if you look on section D under parks, basically 93%
of that $2.2 2 million is grant funding. So throughout this throughout the capital ordinance, uh it's partially paid for by grant funding. So I'm I'm Did I answer the question? Council President, >> what would be the impact if we didn't pass the capital budget?
>> If the uh capital budget wasn't passed, then we would not be able to um replace uh storm water sewer lines, sanitary sewer lines. So many of our sewer lines, both sanitary and storm, are over a
hundred years old. So what our goal our goal is is that when you flush the toilet that you don't have to worry about it. So the the investment in the capital budget helps us to make sure that you you do not have to worry about it. It's also we also are um going to be
purchasing equipment that will help make make us um our DPW and our our fire department be able to serve you better. So, it's in it's down payments on on fire equipment as well as specialty equipment for for the DPW for stream
cleaning and for other projects. >> All right. Thank you. Do I have a motion to introduce this? >> Some moved. >> Second. >> All right. Council discussion. Roll call, please. >> Councilwoman David, >> yes.
>> Councilman Toker, >> yes. >> Councilman Wilson, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Wasadski, >> yes. >> Council President Rosenwig, >> yes. Okay, ordinance passes. Um, so will the city clerk please read the title of ordinance 2614? This is an ordinance
amending chapter 250-8 and section 191-7 of the city of Englewood's ordinances pertaining to land use development application fees, procedures, and requirements. >> Thank you. I'll now declare the public hearing of this ordinance is now open.
Anyone who desires to be heard or to ask questions concerning this ordinance will be heard at this time. As people are coming up, uh Mr. Hoffman, can you just give a brief explanation for this? >> Uh, yes, Council President. Uh, this um
this ordinance is being um is being asked that the council consider so that when um when applicants come to the planning board or the zoning board, uh they have to there's funds that are put up in escrow. But right now there are
there are um there are no funds available for our professionals to take a look at something and have it do an interpretation for the applicant. So that's what this is this is for so that they can have additional me additional meetings and say this is good or um you
know this the interpretation of this statute would would mean we would have to um not approve the application. >> This is for applicants not for the tax. >> That is correct. Anyone from the public wish to uh address this ordinance?
>> All right. Seeing none, I'll close the public session. Do I have a motion to introduce this ordinance? >> I make a motion. Council President. >> All right. Uh Miss David second. Um any council comment? >> I have a comment. >> So if you can, Mr. Huffman, just
briefly, what was the scale of these fees? On what basis were they evaluated? And I'm also concerned about fees that may be taken into an escrow and then aren't returned to applicants because we had a lot of complaints through the years um where people didn't the city
didn't use all those fees or there was some disputes between people. I just wanted to figure out what basis you came up with those fees. >> Right. Sure. This is a the basis for this um this fee came from the um from
the professionals. It came from the it came from the engineer from the planning board as well as as uh as well as our city engineer, but it also came from u from our our technical assistance who um
have have people have applicants that come and are requesting addition are requesting interpretations. And so they want to be able to direct them to the to the either the engineer for the for the planning board or to one of the one of
the attorneys for you know for a one-time review to make sure that everybody understands. So that's where it came from. >> Thank you. These fees can be collected in the beginning or as the application matures. Is that the >> Well, they they can be and they wouldn't be and they're not going to be collected
for each for every application. This is this is for people that want to meet have have separate meetings with with some of the professionals in at the boards. In the in the past, uh there had been some meetings, but it it wound up
that the city the city was um >> absorbing the cost >> was absorbing the cost and that's that's unfair to the overall the taxpayers. >> So, who will drive the determination if that fee is due? Is it the secretary of each board?
It would probably right. Yes, it would. It would right now be the be the technical assistant for >> or the land use secretary for the for the board >> under the direction of the lawyer. In other words, um so when they do their notice to neighbors and they're going to
move forward on an application, that decision will have had to have been made prior to the beginning of testimony, I presume, or unless special testimony is being requested. Uh, mayor, I'm not sure I'm following the question, but this is more
this is more for the applicant so that they can they can have uh if there's a question between their architect or engineer and and the city staff, there can be a meeting to say to make sure that people are are referring to the
same code because we're we're finding that there's about a 40% error rate on applications that are coming in. And so this this is a way to have everybody sit in the same room and and make sure that the both the right code is being looked at.
>> Thank you. >> Sure. >> All right. Roll call. >> Councilwoman David, >> yes. >> Councilman Tayer, >> yes. >> Councilman Wilson, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Waski, >> yes. >> Council President Rosenwide,
>> yes. Motion passes. All right. So, we now move on to the uh consent agenda. We have three items on the consent agenda. Um, but we now have public comment on these items. Uh, this is not the last chance for public comment. In a few
minutes, we'll have a general public comment. So, this is only comment on the consent agenda. Uh, members of the public are requested to state their name and address before speaking. Um, we'll have three minutes to speak.
All right. So, we'll close the public session. Um, does anyone on the council want to remove any one of these three items? It's 125, 126, and 127. Okay. Um, do I have a motion to approve
these? >> Make a motion. Uh, roll call. >> Councilwoman David, >> yes. >> Councilman Tokayer, >> yes. >> Councilman Wilson, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Wasadski, >> yes. >> Council President Rosenoy,
>> yes. And just for the record, um, we are honoring the, um, the 2026 Flat Rock Book Nature Association Galler recipients. outstanding volunteer uh Kenneth Albert and you can see his name is still up here from designing
this uh deis Peter Kirkl Richard Oram and Jeffrey Russell outstanding corporate partner award to visions federal credit union and outstanding neighbor award to Conrad Schmidt. So congratulations to all the honores and the gala will take place on Thursday May
14th at the Anglewood Field Club. All right. Now, we have two uh resolutions uh which we'll do one at a time. This is a non-consent agenda. Do I have a motion to appoint uh labor council resolution number 128?
>> Make a motion. >> Yeah. Sorry. Any discussion? All right. Roll call, please. >> Councilwoman David, >> yes. >> Councilman Toayer, >> yes. Councilman Wilson, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Wasadski,
>> yes. >> Council President Rosenwag, >> yes. All right. Now move on to resolution 129 is resolution authorizing a settlement agreement uh for the Sunfun camp litigation. Uh do I have a motion to approve?
>> I make a motion to approve. Council President, >> I second. >> All right. Any discussion? Okay. Um, actually, would you would you explain or or do you want Okay,
>> so what what do we need to So, this this was something we discussed at our close session at 7 o'clock. Do we need to read something into the record, Mr. Bailey? >> Oh, I can explain it. Um, so there is presently pending a
lawsuit in Superior Court, uh, Bergen County, uh, against the city and others, uh, pertaining to allegations of sexual assault that occurred at the Sunfun, allegedly occurred at the Sunfun day camp. Uh in close session, we had our special counsel who's been representing
the city on that who uh uh alerted us to a settlement proposal um that was recommended and that's what's before the governing body right now is to approve the settlement in the amount of $1,675,000. >> Roll call, please.
>> Councilwoman David, >> yes. Councilman Toker, >> yes. >> Councilman Wilson, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Waski, >> yes. >> Council President Rosenway, >> yes. >> All right, we now move on to bills and claims resolution number 130. Uh, do I
have a motion to approve bills and claims on the submitted list for the payment in the total amount of 6,562, $25929? I make a motion, council president. >> All right. So, um, this is especially
large because of, uh, a five, I think a $5 million pay, $5.2 million payment to the school board, uh, for the for the school taxes, which we're the middleman for. Uh, any um any questions or comments from the uh, the city council?
>> Just one that you could just elaborate to the public what that meant for the 5 million. Okay. Um well, >> sure. Uh thank you, council president. Um the uh the city is the the city
collects the property taxes for the city, for the school district, and for the county. And on a quarterly basis, um we are supposed to remit the um the school district portion so that they can pay their bills. Um, and what we we
usually do is we we usually pay it on a on a monthly basis, but there are there are certain periods where the um where it's the the um the the collection for the school district is higher than others. So, this
is we we've just finished a a tax quarter a tax quarter collection. So, this is the school's share for the taxes that were collected. And Bob, I have a question for you. Um, sorry. Um, so I know the the library
lost their book distributor. Um, do you know if is I'm just looking at this now. I'm sorry I didn't talk to you before about is Ingram the new book distributor for the one that went out of business. This would be on page uh four
uh like line five. line. Page page four, line five. >> Yeah. Got it. Ingram Library Services. Is that the replacement service? >> You know, I'm not sure. I'll get back to you tomorrow. I think I think this might
still be >> um >> No. Yeah, this is Yeah, this is the new one. This is 15,000. Yes. >> Any feedback on on how they're doing? >> Just prelim just preliminarily. Uh Kate,
our library director, says that all all is good. >> Right. Roll call, please. Councilwoman David, >> yes. >> Councilman Tokayer, >> yes. >> Councilman Wilson, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Wasadski,
>> yes. >> Council President Rosenwide, >> yes. We will now have communications from the governing body and city manager. We usually do that at the second meeting of the month, but our first April meeting was in March. So,
it's a very special second meeting in the first half of the month. So, um, Mayor Wilds, >> thank you. Thank you, Council President. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. For those of you watching this, I welcome you and thank you for your diligence. I would like to just take a brief uh
moment of silence for the passing of Norma Kavanagh uh this past weekend. Norma worked at city hall uh for nine years, was a dear dear friend uh to many. Uh Cavernile's Cavern is going to
be uh the new uh cafeteria built at city hall. Um we had a chance, several of us, to see her over the weekend and to thank her for her extraordinary friendship and her work for the city of Angwood. worked in the anterior office of the uh city
manager and really was a very sweet first person to meet when you came to that important office in our city. She'll be sorely missed. Tomorrow is tax day. The deadline to file federal and state income taxes. Make sure that all documents being
mailed are properly postmarked in time and not just placed in a mailbox. The NAACP scholarships is currently accepting applications for inspire initiative scholarships. These are for exceptional students interested in STEM, marketing, communications, art, and other areas that are available.
Applications are being accepted through uh May 7 uh to excuse me, through May 22nd. Visit the NAACP.org.scolarships for more information to apply. The historical society is having a 50th anniversary. Uh please uh join us
Thursday, April 30th from 6:00 to 9:00 at the Crown Plaza in Englewood. The organization does tremendous work for our city. Special recognition goes out to the master of ceremonies Harry Martin preservation award recipient Mike Harnett, Wes Pierzo, Pastor Lester
Taylor, and our dear departed our friend Janine Brocky McKe and memoriam. Tickets and scholarships are also available at inwood historical society nj.org. Well, it's National Prescription Drug Takeback uh day from 9 to 2 at the main
lobby on Friday. Our county uh uh cohorts are going to um accept all unused, unwanted, or expired medications for safe uh disposal. In our age of widespread opioid addiction, this is an important resource to keep our community
safe uh and healthy. We invite everybody to participate in this year's Anguin Memorial Day parade. Please mark your calendars for Monday, May 25. Line up at 9:20 at the ceremony at 10:00 a.m. Sharp. Applications to participate in the parade must be received by
Wednesday, May 19, and can be obtained by Katherine uh at city hall. And a special note of thanks to Katherine for the extraordinary love that she uh gave Norma and to all of these wonderful parts of our chronicle of events. Fire training. Thank you to All Hands Fire
for their assistance in training some of our newest firefighters in pump operation. I need once to thank our fire chief Jeff Kaplan, our city manager, our council colleagues for always making the safety of our community a priority in the budget and in their realities
committing to proper staffing equipment training and the fine public safety employees that we have. A little league uh has begun. We wish everybody in the recreation uh team of our city uh well and I've been in touch uh with the
leadership to throw out a ball. Uh Camp McKay registration is now open for Angwood's popular Camp McKay to be held from June 29 to August 28. Children ages 6 to 14 can participate. Reduced fees uh for residents as well as siblings are available. Inquire with our parks and
recreation department for those um spots. At this point, we have coffee with the mayor, a virtual session on the Ingwood Library, uh page 11:00 every Friday. Please, uh join us. Forgive me for I traveled and I missed it. My plane
landed just at that time this last uh Friday. I'd like to close uh with a bit of a personal prayer and announcement. Today is actually Holocaust Remembrance Day, yo shawah. I hope and pray that we will all as a city, as a nation,
continue to work to renew our commitment to standing up against all families of hate. Absolutely anti-semitism as well. And is that it was that day that my 10th grandchild was born earlier this
morning. A very special uh moment for our family and for the Chronicle of Anglewood. I want to congratulate my daughter Jacqueline and her husband Jake uh for bringing yet another very special young lady into our city. And I hope that she grows up in a world that will
see the way that our founding documents and our parents envision that we would live. Thank you, >> Councilwoman David. >> Um yes. Um, I want to thank Chief Greenley and the entire traffic bureau and France for the safe ways of um,
school program when it comes to our most precious and vulnerable kids, which is our children of Englewood. Um, on Thursday, March 26, um, he reminded me that he did put up a solar flashing stop sign on How Road and Tryon Avenue, and
I'm so thankful for that um that, you know, they implemented this. And I was harping on this for years even on the school board and I'm so happy that we got it together and I want to thank the entire council also. Um and also I would like more people to
um you know just you see something say something because if I don't know what's going on, if the sign is crooked, if it's not readable, reach out to any council member and we will put in a ticket or anything. And um that's all I have and thank you. >> Thank you Mr. Toa.
>> Yes. Thank you. Uh, it's always hard to go after uh the mayor because he looks over my side and takes all my notes and says them better, but uh I'll try to not repeat as much as all the good things that he took from me. Um, first of all, I want to wish everyone a happy Easter
that we just passed as well as uh happy Passover in the last uh um spring break for my kids uh where everybody was home. I hope it was uh happy for everyone. I've been uh as council at large here, I've been um fortunate enough to speak
to a lot of different departments and seeing the way things are being managed here in Anglewood and I am extremely impressed with a lot of the departments just to name a few from wreck to police to fire to uh a building department.
Everything is sort of getting cleaned up. Uh not as quick as we wanted, but uh is doing a really great job from the meters uh the way things are running and uh parking issues, potholes being fixed, and sewer lines being replaced and fixed
and cleaned. Um and I just I'm really excited to see what the next uh quarter brings so that way I can look at it sort of quarter over quarter. I also um was saddened to hear about Norma's passing this past weekend and uh it sort of
broke my heart. I've only known her for about a year, year and a half, but uh I uh my deepest consol condolences to her family. Uh tomorrow is uh tax day, so let's make sure to bury our heads and not uh get uh too worried about what the
taxes are going to bring us. But um know that it's going to be uh God willing a good year ahead. And um to all the people who are um thinking about the Holocaust Remembrance Day, including my family who lost I think 47 members, uh
we wish them all um peace and love and hopefully we will never see that again. Thank you and have a good night, >> Mr. Wilson. >> Thank you, Council President. First giving honor to God. Without him, I
wouldn't be here. Um, I I just want to thank our uh police department for apprehending some offenders last week that had an incident in the park. Um, and often times we don't appreciate the
services we get in our town and sometimes these services happen while we're sleeping and we have no idea that uh people are watching over us and keeping us safe. So, I wanted to go kudos to the police department for what you guys do. Um, it's not overlooked by
me. So, thank you. You get a lot of bad rap, some deserving, some not, but kudos for for what you guys do. I I I really appreciate it. And I wouldn't want your job. Um, and and in that vein, I also want to
give kudos to our DPW. Uh we've been working the last 3 or 4 years and they have done a tremendous job uh doing a lot more with less and that's why some of the budget things are higher because we're trying to give them the
proper material or um equipment to do better. Uh and they're doing a fantastic job. So I get the complaints. You know, it's important that we complain. Um, and someone told me a long time ago, um, you
can't just slap. You got to slap and rub. Slap and rub. So, um, when you have a complaint, you know, that's great, but often times when you see our public servants, it might give them a boost to tell them they're doing a good job. Uh, cuz they come when they call when we call them. So, thank you guys. And, uh,
um, prayerfully you guys had a great Easter and holiday. So, God bless. Get home safe. Thank you, >> Dr. Wasadski. Hi, good evening. I'm going to give an update on recreation as the uh liaison for the um
recreation advisory committee. So, grit tennis on broad at the Broad Avenue courts is starting on April 19th. Soccer for ages 4 through 12 years old in McKay Park is uh starting. Adult tennis
lessons are coming soon, so stay tuned. Uh, Camp McKay is open for registration. Tennis and pickle ball memberships are now open, so you can sign up. Um, also coming soon is football and
cheerleading registration. The registration opens on April 20th. Registration for all programs are now through the community pass. Open interviews for limited summer positions will be on April 29th at 6 pm
at city hall. If anyone have has any questions about any of the recreation activities, please reach out to the department at recreation@c city ofanglewood.org or you can call 201583472. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Good evening everyone. Um, I too would like to acknowledge uh Holocaust Remembrance Day, which just concluded uh a few minutes ago. Um, it's doubly painful for me. Uh, it's also the anniversary of my father's death, so we
memorialized him as well. Um, I was very uh fortunate to be uh to be in attendance at uh Congregation Avatar last night where uh a long time Anglewood resident who since retired to a assisted living facility uh recounted
his childhood in Frankfurt, Germany, and his escape uh shortly after Crystal Knock uh from that city and uh how close he was to uh uh clo close to death pretty much at every moment for for the uh one year after Crystal Knock. Um
there are uh numerous survivors in our community and almost innumerable children and grandchildren of survivors in the community. Um and and people should take the time to to speak to them and hear the stories that are passed down about uh uh this monumental evil
that took place just over 80 years ago. the survivors obviously are are aging out um and uh it's important to keep their memories and their stories alive. Um so thank you very much. I hope everyone enjoys uh the fresh weather of
the spring. Uh Mr. Hoffman. Uh thank you council president and good evening everyone. I'm pleased to report that today we received a letter that's announcing that the city is um is going to be receiving
a $43,000 grant for from the 2025 pedestrian transportation alternative set aside program. So this is something that um we we had we had seen online and then u f followed up on and today today
we got the we received the good news. So, this grant is for um it's it's for putting in um a walk walking path and sidewalks near Denning Park and through Denning Park so people don't cut across the soccer field and they can get get
over to the industrial area. Um and it's also for other other improvements. Um and uh we're it's it's it's something that you have to be so many so many feet away from a bus stop to qualify. So, we're going to be um we're going to be
searching out other bus stops that'll that'll allow us to qualify for grant funding through this through this program. Um, and the grant is also uh going to cover some the engineering costs for the for the design of the of what of the uh of the the walking path
and the and the sidewalks and and possibly the um some some parking that that will be able to be put in. Um, I want to thank the governing body for their for uh uh for remembering Norma and I wanted to offer my condolences to
the fa to the family of our of our dear coworker Norma who passed as the mayor said passed away on Sunday. And I also wanted to thank um all of our employees who offered Norma uh encouragement both
ver both um both in person and just online and qui quietly over over her six-year battle with uh with cancer. And um we thanks to thanks to our staff, we had over 90
employees that came to a retirement lunchon for her and it was just it was just a great event for for Norma and she kept talking about it until until basically uh her her last breath. So um so thank you to all for that. And then
um this coming Sunday, Bergen County is holding its next hazardous waste collection. That's going to be Sunday, April 19th at Bergen Community College from 9:00 am to 3 pm. So, if you have
can old cans of oil, if you have um pesticides or or or any any any kind of um nast nasty stuff in cans, go get them. Bring them bring them to Bergen County and they'll they'll be properly disposed of.
And then I also wanted to thank the governing body for adopting the capital ordinance this year. It's um it's going to help us continue to um make make sure that we're we're able to um to invest
invest in fixing what's underground and also uh helping us to uh reduce flooding, prevent flooding, and doing what we need to do to uh prepare for for the changes that are occurring with based on climate change.
And I I also want to offer um as a history geek, I want to I want to offer uh my heartfelt um remembrances just just about just about the h about about the Holocaust and
other things that happened. Today also happens to be the 81st anniversary of one of our grand uncles being shot down over Japan. He was the only survivor of a B29 and he be he was a prisoner of war for the rest of the year. But um but you
know we we need to remember that if we don't know our history we are doomed to repeat those same mistakes. So let us all remember so that we don't make the same mistakes. Thank you council president. >> Thank you. So we now open the um meeting
to the public. Speakers are asked to step up to the microphone and give their name a municipality and have three minutes to speak. >> Can I make a comment? I'm sorry. >> Yes, we're public session. >> Hi, Suzanne Mullings, Phelps staff.
>> Yeah, >> I have a few questions. Um, first Mr. Hoffman, if you can help me with the covers. I asked you before, are they covert or sewer? But a few of them are
flipped outward and how do we report it or get those fixed because they present a threat to our cars? Um, if you know what I mean. the large metal structures. I don't know if they're coverts or sewers, but there are
quite a few that are flipped outward, and I don't know why that would be. Also, in regards to paving with the 11.6 million capital ordinance that was passed, I believe unanimously,
how do we how do you determine which streets are going to be paved? because quite a few have been neglected and that's a concern of the residents particularly in the second ward
and a few weeks maybe a week and a half ago I saw them uh cleaning out the sewer or the covert I don't really know what the difference is on Phelps A and when I asked they said it was to in a prevention of an upcoming storm so I
wanted to know if that was happening and throughout the city or just block by block. Um, also Council Member Saski, you mentioned a program that had limited spots. Was that the apprenticeship program?
I'm not sure. I was also informed that the Sidewalk on South Van Brunt was going to be installed. I don't know if we have a timeline on that. And if you would kindly break down what you meant by the $5
million tax collection that was for the school district because I did not get what you were saying. I'm sorry. And then last but certainly not least, when can we expect to hear about the budget and the tax increase? Thank you.
>> All right. Please come up. >> Brenda Thomas, 93 Anglewood Avenue. Um, I I have a question about the the parking kiosks, the signs. I Some of them don't work and
some of them I can't even see. They're too high up. Have have has there been any um feedback on this? I there have been many times I've just parked my car and tried but um I've had a lot of
difficulty and I don't know if anybody else has reported this but it's it's not functional. All right, I'll close the public session now. A lot of questions. I'm not sure I got
them all, but um so the the the sew the coverts needs to be fixed. Are you aware of that, Mr. Hoffman? >> Well, I I believe that um Miss Mullings was talking about the >> Dr. Mullings. >> Dr. Oh, sorry. Dr. Mullings was was
talking about uh some some manhole covers were flipped outwards, but I I can talk offline and just ask and perhaps she can send a picture tomorrow so we would we would know exactly and um not not place charades and uh then we
we'd be able to address it. So So that was that was one. >> And um and do you know what what they were doing on Phelps Avenue? Well, what they were doing is this this was part of our our program for cleaning the catch basins, checking all of the catch
basins. So, uh we we have a crew that does that um almost every day and we uh we're out in all four wards. We're looking at the catch basins. We're we're cleaning them out. We also when we receive reports from residents that um
that there's something in a catch basin or there there appears to be a clog, we we try and address that. And I just like to ask the public for their help. If you see that there are there is debris building up around catch basins if you could let us know so that we can get it.
But also, you know, please please talk to your friends and neighbors who are not as helpful as you are because it with with the with the grass cutting season now, we are going to wind up with having people blowing blowing grass clippings into the catch basins and
causing causing problems and it's it's going to affect um you know, it's going to cause backups to some some some of the neighbors that are in the area. So, if you could if you could help us with that, we would appreciate it. I'm not sure what the question was. A question
about a sidewalk on South >> Brunt. So, I guess um so so one question, how do how do we determine the order of which streets get paved? >> The um in section in section
A and B of uh of the of the ordinance, it's so it's on pages two of two of nine. It lists some of the streets. So it it talks about formilling and paving. We're looking at Deont Street, Division
Street, Pendle Avenue, Prospect Street, Waldo Place. So, the engineers have gone out and so and they've done it in consultation with uh with with the the deep with the DPW and and the police department to to look at the roads and
and see which ones are going to require uh work. We also check with Violia and um >> Yeah. Do we know if South Van Brunt's on that? That was another question. >> Well, the question from South Van Brunt had to do with um a sidewalk, I believe. I'm sorry. >> Uh, so I'm I'm
>> on the capital. >> Well, I'm not sure. I I don't recall the sidewalk on South Fan Brunt, but I we'll check. I also wanted to say to make make residents aware that um these are these are listed but the the city the city has
the uh the option to um make make some changes just based on if if we're told by PSEG that they're going to be doing work if they're they need to dig up a road. We're not going to pave that road. We we want to make sure that they do their their work underground and then we
let it settle and and uh then then we'll come back and pave. >> Okay. And and any updates on the apprenticeship program and the budget? >> Well, the apprenticeship program, we're we're looking to uh introduce the budget in May. And our our budget is very tight
this year. There's lots of there's lots of uh challenges that we have and one of the things is the internship program. Um there there's uh you know I I have recommended that that not be funded for this year because um we're we're just
looking at significant increases in utility costs and um and other other items. So um that's and finally um just on the bills and claims the $5 million for school
>> well that's a that's a formula. So, we collect um we we collect the money for the school district, and that's that's what they're ent that's what they're entitled to. I'm I'm not sure how we can we can break it down, but that's that's what they're they're entitled to so that they can they can operate their um you
know, their budget, educate our educate our students, and and uh you know, make make repairs on buildings. And for for Miss Thomas's question, um I'm not sure I completely understood the so maybe you can speak to her
afterwards. The this you know just just difficulty with the kiosks. So um I know the police is are going to be doing a program to help people if they're unfamiliar, but um maybe speak to her afterwards about I didn't understand that the signs uh weren't working
>> that or Yeah. or or there they there might be at a different at a height that has to be adjusted. >> You have time after >> Yes. Yeah. >> Uh thank you all for coming out. Um do I do I have a do I have a motion to adjurnn? >> I make a motion. >> I second.
>> All in favor? >> I All right. Good night everyone. >> Good night.