How's it go? >> Not bad. >> Yeah, I've been spending a lot of time outside of >> back with my kids. I've How's it going? Welcome everybody. If I could ask
everybody to please stand for a moment of silence and salute to the flag. >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the stand indiv. Adequate notice of this meeting was
provided to the Union County Hawk and advertised on December 26, 2024. Notification was sent to the local source Union County and is posted on the municipal website, the municipal public bulletin board and filed in the office of the municipal clerk informing the public of time and place according to
the provisions of the open public meeting law chapter 241 PL1975. Roll call, please. >> Mayor Blumentock, >> here. >> Councilwoman Vodto, >> here. Councilman Foley. >> Uh, he is excused. >> Councilman Carney, >> Councilman Lazero, >> Councilman Padusniaak,
>> Council President Nuli, uh, she is excused. She is away on vacation. And Councilman Foley is a bit under the weather. >> Uh, just keep >> uh, yes. Roll call of staff and professionals. >> John Arthur. >> Victoria Holmes here.
>> Jonathan Pry, he's in the hallway. >> He is in the hallway. He is here. >> Thank you. Okay, we will begin with our report from our burough attorney. We have uh Victoria Holmes here in Mr. Abramsstead.
Anything for for >> Good evening. Um I have no report tonight. >> Okay. Report from our Bur administrator, Mr. Arthur. >> All right. Thank you. Um so I just want to start with uh there's been some misinformation online that the sign ordinance on the agenda for tonight changes the allowable size of political
signs. This is completely incorrect. This is just uh moving the language to make it clearer. The political signs are the same exact size that they have always been. Um the ordinance also includes some changes that were recommended by the Garwood Small Business Association and which were discussed, supported, and encouraged by
the planning board. Um and in fact, it it adds to the types of signs that businesses can use to advertise. Um so it's the intention of this ordinance to encourage and support small businesses. Um, and you can also watch recent planning board meetings on YouTube to see some of the planning board discussions that have gone into this
ordinance. For the 2025 Kids Recreation Trust grant, we're looking to apply for solar lighting and gravel at the athletic field complex to make the walkway safer at night. Um, this is something we're already working on with a prior year's grant. Um, but the the funding from the prior year is not going to be enough to
get the the entire walkway lit. So, we're hoping to combine the two years and hopefully get the entire thing graveled and lit with solar lights. Um, you'll see resolution number 25-165 is a contract for sewer line repairs. I just want to emphasize this is just the
first round of repairs um from some of the highest priority spots that needed work according to our engineer. So, we're working with our engineer to identify other priority spots and to complete uh further repairs later this year. We're also working with a company to assess cleaning up the Garwood brook.
Um we're planning to meet with them next week um to identify areas of overgrowth and cost for cutting back and treating invasive species. Uh just note that this is a very large scale project that would require probably substantial funding and might need to be completed either later this year or honestly more likely next
year. Um you know we'll also have to look at quotes from other vendors. In fact it probably be a big enough project might have to put it out the bid. Um, so we're just in the first steps of really learning about what what the potential cost would be for such a large scale project. Um, and just we also recently
completed the bike lane striping on Center Street which most of you have probably seen. Um, but that just was completed on Monday and that's it for my report. >> Thank you. Yes. Um, I urge everybody to go back to the planning board meetings
to look at exactly what was discussed because it was discussed over several meetings actually about the sign ordinance. Um, and it is just up for introduction tonight. Um, and I I was made aware of of various um things that were being said that were
completely inaccurate about it. So, uh it is actually a very good thing for our businesses and they worked with the planning board committee um which was made up of um planning board member Kathy Velagio and M uh member Maryanne
Haye. They uh business representative worked with them to help craft this ordinance. Um so, and it has been completely gone over several times uh by the planning board. So, and I thank them for that. it it is a much needed update
as the sign ordinance hadn't been touched in a couple of decades. So um and uh in terms of the project um with the book, I have obviously received um from various residents who live along
there some um information that you know the the Japanese knwood which is an invasive uh plant is pushing out against some of their fences because we have had a lot of rain. So it's the growth has been even more than normal um this year.
But it is time to take a look at how we can um tackle that. So I thank you Mr. Arthur for getting started on that. We don't want to just when it comes to something like that, I don't want to just uh trim it down uh because we'll come back and have to do it again. I'd like to really make sure we take things
out by the root. Um, and this is also when we talk about flooding, this is also a um it's a good uh a good reason to do this because it will help keep uh our Gabian walls maintained as we as we
go through. They're in good shape, but um keeping these these Japanese knwood from growing even further, it it's it's good maintenance for the walls. So, uh, Councilman Padusniaak, >> thank you. I just want to honor that for about two years now. I've had to
take some pretty substantial steps. Uh, it is not easily removed. It grows very, very quickly. Um, there's no shortterm or easy solution to dealing with it. It's two years and I am in a vigilant battle to do it for resident and former
Councilman Bill Nearstat. So, thanks to him. But it's uh it's going to require it's not an easy thing. >> It isn't. And and I thank um those residents for their patience. It would be easy enough to hire a well, it wouldn't be easy because we haven't had many companies interested in actually
going into the brook and doing this work, which has been problem number one. Um but problem number two is doing it piece by piece uh or address by address really wouldn't solve the problem as it is an invasive species and we want to make sure that we do a real
comprehensive look at this. So just not to do botany or whatever here, but it grows ryzenatically underground, right? So even if you see it 20 ft this way, the nodes responsible could be 30 ft that way. >> Correct. Correct. Yeah, I was completely
right that it's it's complicated. >> So I thank those Yeah, I thank those residents for their patience. We have had discussions with some of the ones that have come forward because um we we don't want to just go in and do it peace meal uh because it wouldn't be very cost-effective. Uh so um we will know
more soon and thank you for bringing this to us. Anybody else have anything for Mr. Arthur or comment on the report? Uh just a short report for myself. Um as you've seen and as Mr. Arthur said on
Center Street, our long- aaited bike lanes have been painted. They were painted using thermoplastic paint which will last longer than regular traffic paint and also has better reflectivity. Uh this project is something that has been discussed for a long time. Uh as
some of you may know going back to the Rucker bicycle network plan conducted in 2020. Uh and again the bike lanes are more than threequarters funded by sustainable Jersey grant we received this year along with the infrastructure grant from Union County. Um, and I've heard from many residents about how
excited they are to see the lanes. And there's already been a lot of bikers out there I've seen utilizing them. Uh, and I've even heard from some neighbors, uh, who will be using Garwood as their example to push their communities to install bike lanes, which I think is great for Garwood to be on the forefront
of this in our area. Uh we have also installed bike racks at three locations. One of which is here at Burrow Hall and the other two are adjacent to the train station which goes along with our goal of transit oriented developments and a bike friendly downtown. Um and I want to
thank the Garwood PBA for generously donating these bike racks. They are great additions to our town. Thank you. A reminder that it is state law that bikers must ride in the street, not along the sidewalk, and they must go with the flow of traffic. Uh, and this
is also the law for ebikes as well. So, please encourage your children who are riding to abide by the law and remind them to wear their helmets. Some updates from the Raren Valley Line Mayor's Alliance. Uh we recently put uh
out an op-ed encouraging residents along the line to continue to pressure their local legislatures to support full funding for the gateway plan which I'm happy to say is seeing momentum. As I spoke about previously, I along with uh Cranford, Fanwood, and me Westfield's
mayors uh met with Governor Phil Murphy and New Jersey Transit's President and CEO Chris Calori to discuss long-term and short-term goals for the Raren Valley line. Now, just last week, the RVL mayors received an official letter
from Mr. Calori confirming uh his agreement to adding the one seat ride to the shoulders of the peak. And that's uh basically what they call the the ride right after the peak times. Um New Jersey Transit is working to modernize
their fleet and will be receiving its new multilevel cars by the spring early summer of 2026. So this will then allow them to implement the additional shoulders of the peak one seat rides in late summer early fall 2026.
The letter also committed uh to the start of uh the concept plan and preliminary engineering on the Hunter flyover by the fall of this year. Uh again, as I've discussed before, that piece of the plan is necessary if our
particular rail line wants the one seat ride. Uh so that is good news. and he also informed us that Amtrak has now been given the charge to implement the New York Penn Station transformation project which is also another step in
the right direction to bring the expansion project to fruition. So again, all of this is great news for Garwood and our residents. Uh but of course we need to keep pushing. So, I encourage everyone to reach out to our state senator and assembly women as well as
our congressmen and senators to continually remind them of the importance of funding the full project. The news was heartening and in the short term, the shoulder of the peak one seat rides will be great. Uh, but we need to make sure the whole project stays on
track through the coming years. Changing subjects, I just want to let our Garwood seniors know that the Burough's senior department will be partnering with the Garwood Lions Club for their senior barbecue picnic this year. Details are still being finalized,
but it will be on September 13th at 12:00 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus. Also, on September 11th, the Burrow will be hosting a remembrance service on 911 honoring our first responders and all those we lost on that day. So, please
join us here at 7 PM in Burough Hall. That is all for me. So, we will move along to comment from the council. Councilwoman Bodto and um just a quick just came to mind uh regarding the signs. Uh are you assuring
the incoming age groups that their graduation signs are in real danger? >> No, they're not. That's all from me. Thank you. Um Councilman Carney, sorry. Councilman Garnney had gonna say, please.
>> Uh, thank you, mayor. Uh, I'll be brief and I just, um, the Notwoods sounds like a bad sci-fi movie, but not a good deal. >> Yeah. Um, so, uh, I just want to encourage everyone to check out the Garwood Police Department's press release today, uh, about the recently
completed installation of, uh, the new bike lanes on Center Street. Uh it includes a reminder that bicyclists like drivers are responsible for following the rules of the road and has an excellent summary of the portions of title 39 applicable to those operating
bicycles. Uh this includes in part that bicycle operators are to yield to pedestrians and should be riding on roadways instead of sidewalks. Uh as an additional reminder, parents can be held responsible for violations of title 39 committed by children operating bikes.
uh and that includes ebikes. Uh I'm very excited to see the uh bicycle lanes finally come to Garwood. Uh this was a long-term project as the mayor indicated in her report uh undertaken by current and former council members uh going all the way back to 2020.
Um so I anticipate continuing our collaborative efforts on this council to enhance roadway, pedestrian, and traffic safety for all residents of Garwood. uh which is a matter that's frequently raised by the community. Thank you. >> Thank you, Councilman Lazero.
>> Thank you. I just wanted to comment on the developments on New Jersey Transit and in general just kind of give some historical reminders about that actually pushing does really matter, right? because, you know, when uh I guess it
was in 2020 when we first decided to really uh push um when our legislative uh or when our house um representative was Donald Payne Jr. um that he worked with us and with New Jersey Transit to get new stops in
Garwood and that took a lot of time and effort and work uh and collaboration from people here on the council mayor as well as residents pushing for it. And so this is really nice to see that progression uh going forward that this
is it does actually come to fruition even though it might take a long time. does >> um to do it, but it it is something that is worthwhile to pursue. And um you know, I would encourage everyone to continue to push for these uh New Jersey transit changes that will really
continue to assist commuters as well as make it easier for people who want to go and use our public transportation system to get from place to place. So, >> it does it was 2022 >> 22 >> before somebody says that we're wrong. >> 2022.
Um, but it it just it is really important because even before that, the Rarin Valley Mayor's Alliance had spent years pushing for um that off- peak one seat ride and was finally able to get a
few of those as we have now. and the same platform transfers um which they are I also got a verbal agreement it wasn't in this letter that they will be working on getting us some more additional ones of those but those were
initially because the mayors and the councils and then all of the residents push the legislature and New Jersey Transit to make those changes and we were able to get them. So, yes, it does take a long time, but continued pushing
does have an effect. So, keep it up. All right. Thank you, Councilman Padusniaak. >> Uh, that do think if if you do see some and I'm happy to assist with identification. This has become a very big part of my
life. Uh, apart from the book, uh, you know, I'm I'm happy to assist with identification. It's um it's invasive. It probably actually require a state response, I would imagine, just because of how quickly it grows. So, if we can identify where it was um we can remove
it from those places and hopefully halt the spread. So, think of it like the lantern fly to be triggered in a similar way. So, if anyone has questions about that, you email. So, >> that Thank you. >> not Thank you.
Okay. Minutes, Miss Vasquez. >> Minutes of the regular meeting of the mayor and council held on July 10th and July 24th, 2025. >> Do I have a motion to accept the regular meeting minutes as presented? >> Second.
>> All in favor? >> I >> opposed. Uh communications, please. Planning Board minutes from May 28th, 2025 and Elizabeth Town Gas Company notice public hearing scheduled for August 28th, 2025. Uh received and
filed. Thank you. Um ple uh Miss Vasquez, can you please please read ordinance 25-22 by title only? >> An ordinance amending the bureau code of the Bureau of Garwood by amending chapter 160 entitled towing article 2
conduct of records. uh subsection 160-11 fee schedule. >> Do we have any correspondence concerning this ordinance? >> No, we do not. >> Does anyone present wish to be heard concerning ordinance 25-22? Please step to the microphone, state
your name and address, and please keep your comments to 5 minutes. Good evening, mayor, ladies and gentlemen, the council. Bruce Patterson, 325 Willow Avenue. Uh, looking at the ordinance, I see the fees are being increased. Uh, from what I understand,
these are being increased on the people that need the recorder and the towing and the and whatever other uh services that they offer. I'm just wondering why are we increasing these fees onto uh the people and in particular our residents?
I might be wrong, but I'm asking that question. Oh, and and just just to throw in, I didn't get any backup for uh ordinance 2523. Was that over there? Ba Arthur. Any normally you normally you have like a lot of it backup.
>> Okay, that's all. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> It's up for Yeah, >> Mr. Patterson, that that ordinance is up for introduction. Hold on. C. Do I have a motion to close public hearing?
>> Some move. >> Hold on. There's somebody else who wants to gun >> withdrawn. >> Yeah. >> Spina Thompson Laur uh 320 Pine AB. Um just out of curiosity, I know that years ago our vehicles, you know, from
accidents or whatever went over to Sevel's. Where's are the vehicles going now since there's not a yard over there anymore? Where are they getting towed to? >> Okay. Thank you. >> Okay. Now, does anybody else wish to address the mayor and council? Okay. Um,
do I have a motion to close public hearing? >> So, move second. >> Uh, all in favor? Opposed? Okay. Uh, I'm going to bring the chief up to answer these questions. Chief, if you could let us know about the location and um why the fee
increase, if you could just inform everybody. >> Uh so for the fee increases, I was approached by two companies that we use. Their insurance is up, fuel rates are up, storage is up, rent is up, our fees were pretty outdated. Uh we used to have four tow companies under contract. We
lost two of them due to this. So the other two asked um if they could do that. The fees don't go for if you call a tow truck. um like you would need a jump start. This is mainly for people that are driving with expired reg registrations, suspended registrations,
if we prove that they don't have valid car insurance, taking uninsured vehicles off the road, uh abandoned cars that are on the road that are an isore to the community, stuff like that. It's not for everyday people. Um like I said, if you call them
>> I'm just going to say I I I know there might be further questions, but I have to just abide by the rules. So I know Chief Pride is available after the meeting if you have any further questions he'll answer. >> Okay. >> Um and and then um Chief the location about where they're going the the tow
companies we use. >> So we use CES Towing. They are their storage yard is in Roselle and we use CNN. I believe theirs is also I believe theirs is in Rosel Park. Um but insurance companies work that out with them where they're going to tell them. >> Thank you.
So, mayor, I just want to add this is a pass through uh as the chief mentioned. So, it's not a a fee that's being levied uh on residents. It's primarily a fee that's getting directed against people who are having their vehicles impounded by the police.
>> Yeah. Thank you. Uh >> fees neighboring towns. >> Yeah. >> So, the tow companies actually want to tow here if we need a place to go to work. just a couple of tow companies because our fees were too low. So, >> and we do get secondary services through
that contract that we're not individually build for like say a patrol car breaks down. >> Correct. >> That's free. That is free. >> So, keeping the fees competitive is important so that we don't have zero vendors applying next year. >> Correct. >> Just that the same question was asked in
committee and certainly through because we it ensured that that wouldn't be in effect of the the change in fee schedule. >> Yes. Thank you. Okay. Um, can I have a motion to adopt this ordinance?
>> Second. >> Roll call, please. >> Councilwoman Bodto, >> I. >> Councilman Oh, he's not here. Councilman Carney, >> I. >> Councilman Lazero, >> I. >> Councilman Padusniaak.
>> Okay. Uh, and Miss Vazquez, can you read ordinance 25-23 by title only? An ordinance amending the burough code of the Burough Garwood by amending chapter 106 entitled land use article 11 sign subsections 139-141
144-146 and new subsection 147. >> Do I have a motion to introduce this ordinance? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Uh roll call, please. >> Councilman Bodto, >> I. >> Councilman Carney,
>> hi. Councilman Lazera. Hi, >> Councilmania. >> Okay, moving right along to council standing committee reports. Does anybody have anything from Councilman Foley? No. Okay. Uh fire Councilman Lazro, >> no report.
>> Uh community development. Councilman Padusniaak. >> Public works. Councilwoman Bodto. I have a report. All right. In addition to the reoccurring activities, DPW employees sit dismantled tables and chairs of the sports complex,
clean common areas of the municipal complex and maintain all properties and parks. They will flowers street side pots daily across the burrow and continue scheduled street sweeping. Assisted with PCG's tree removal on Locust Avenue, clean up branches for
disposal at the Fwareway Recycling Center, handling water setup for summer programs, supportations, assists the police department shed, installing lunch and scaping beds, place intersection delineation signs at
West Street, Spurs Avenue, and ongoing Avenue and and transported a short tree from 228 Beach Avenue. That's all for my report. Thank you. Uh, police Councilman Carney. >> Uh, thank you, Mayor. I have last month's activity report. Uh, the Garwood
Police Department recorded 2,086 calls for service during the month of July 2025. Uh, these calls include, but are not limited to, 387 motor vehicle stops, uh, 55 parking complaints, 152 fixed traffic posts, which include
radar, stop sign, and distracted driving details. Uh 231 building or property checks, 30 medical assists, 127 community policing posts, seven walking posts, 14 suspicious uh people
or vehicles investigated, 33 criminal investigations, and 16 motor vehicle crashes. And uh I've highlighted these numbers uh every report now for for a while. Uh the number of motor vehicle stops are again incredible uh
considering the size of the agency. Uh they've definitely stepped up the community policing posts. Uh and the criminal investigations. Uh it's just nice to see this uh because it means that our uh our new detective is really uh really crushing it. And uh that
detective also due to our our uh little break in staffing here with uh retirements and departures is still working a patrol shift while he's doing this. So um that is really impressive work and again chief uh please relay my thanks to the uh to the troops. Uh also
in the month of July uh officer Shakai became a certified Alcatest operator uh after completing a week-long class administered by the New Jersey State Police. So, this training allows an officer to conduct breath testing in-house for uh alcoholic beverage
related DUIs. So, uh congrats to her. Uh the Garwood Police Department would like to remind everyone to be on the lookout for fraud fraudulent phone calls and text messages and to never give out any personal information over the phone. Uh if you suspect fraudulent activity, please report it to the police
department immediately. Uh dangerous intersection signs had been posted uh on the approaches to Spruce Avenue and West Street um at the intersection and this intersection remains a high priority uh of both the police department and also our
committee. Uh both directions of West Street now have a regular stop sign, a flashing stop sign, a stop ahead sign, a dangerous intersection sign, as well as rubble strips on the pavement. Uh, Spru Spoosece Avenue now h now has in both
directions a uh dangerous intersection ahead sign on the approach. Uh, so the police department will continue to monitor uh this area as well as uh borrow wide to enforce uh stop sign careless driving and speeding violations. Thank you.
>> Thank you and thank you for the additional signage uh to both PD and DPW. Um that intersection obviously is one that we look at often. Um but it is also heavily marked up. So let's hope uh
our drivers start to pay attention a little bit too, right? Um community engagement. Uh does anybody have anything? Okay. Library Councilman Laz. >> We do. >> Oh, you do. >> Just who who's it? May or you? >> You got a bunch of heads going. Okay.
>> Thank you. >> It's a very robust So says recreation is not working. It's wrong. Okay. Uh recreation summer camp ended on August 1st and during the last week of camp activities included pushcart
playlist theater group tie dying and carnival day. A big thank you to the go with DPW, police department, fire department, cursive guards, public library, and all the camp counselors and cities for making the summer a fun and safe one for the kids.
Youth circuit programs uh sports institute begin September to October, I'm sorry, these programs are open up to 7 and the programs will take place on Saturdays.
Registration is now open. Visit go to register. Starting September 22nd in the evening, the two programs offered at the music center for grades K through 5 for 6 weeks. Registration is also open for the following art blazers
academy. Discover the inspiring artworks and artist change the world of art and the realiz to expose your ideas. Design a different artist inspired creation each session. Science surprise provided by M Science.
Young scientists will mix and ste from three experiments from some chemistry madness of sleepions and kitchen concoctions to uncover true secrets with bug investigations and earth explorations. Every session will be
packed with excitement. Kids would solve mysteries like detectives, build wild machines, uncover movie magic, and dive into the science behind toys and weather. All those sparking curiosity and discoveries. Adult programs are now open for
registration. Adult open play soccer from 8 to 9:50 p.m. on the tart field. Three, if you are signed up, just show up. If you haven't registered yet, you can do so at Godw
adult open play basketball. This will start back up in September on Wednesday evenings from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. This is a free and registration for this program can be done at Garwood. Adult ceramics, one of my favorites,
ceramics. The dates are on Wednesdays, October 22nd, November 19th, and December 10th. Register at onward le canvas painting created canvas and masterpie using acrylic. This class will take place on Wednesday, December 3rd at
700 p.m. Also register at goward wreck. Major programs youth basketball. Youth basketball is back and registration will open up in September. The season will run from December until February. Cheer and dance squirts will be taking
place inside the rec center in January and February 26 on Saturdays. This program promoted by US Sports Institute will be open to ages 3 to 8. Community events. Upcoming events hosted by the Garwood Recreation Committee include
Halloween parade and costume contest on Halloween night. Halloween house decorating contest. Enter into the contest by October 20 to get a gift card. That is all for this report. There are a lot of programs coming up. All
right. Sign up. Uh library Councilman Lazro and I have some of the upcoming events in August that I'll share. So on August 19th and 26th at 2 p.m. there's a program called Code Forward. Matthew
Marcadillo, an alum of Garwood's Lincoln School and soon to be graduate of the Academy for Information Technology in Scotch Plains, is giving back to the community through this code forward initiative. This free program offers middle school students the opportunity to learn computer programming language
such as Java, Python, and more. This is for fifth grade students or older, and you need to register either online or in the library. On August 15th at 1 p.m. the Steam Sharks will be there. Join the crew of the Union County Magnet School
for a fun steam. Registration is suggested and there's a limit of 10. And on August 22nd at 1 p.m. there will be a magic show. Join Muscleman Mike for a space adventure and some non-stop magic. You should all be there.
>> Muscle man. >> I know. I do too. I've been to one of his shows. He's actually really quite good. Um, registration is required limit of 30. And uh, just reminder, the current August hours at the library are Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to
4 p.m. That's all from my report. >> Thank you. Good stuff. Uh, school board leazison councilman Carney. >> It's always so antilimactic when I follow engagement and then the library. >> Can we get muscleman Mike over on the BOE? Uh so the Garwood Board of
Education will resume their uh regular monthly meeting schedule uh next week on August 19th. Uh meeting starts at 7 p.m. at Lincoln School. Uh the mayor and I also resumed uh our own monthly meetings with board president April Farrell and our new
superintendent uh Jo Dr. Jason Marx. Uh it was great to meet Dr. remarks and uh we look forward to continuing uh open communication and collaboration with the school district under the new administration. Thank you. >> Thank you. Um and for seniors, our next
meeting is on August 21st at 12:00 p.m. at Nights and Columbus. And again, the senior barbecue picnic will be September 13th at 12:00 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus as well. Um small business advisory Councilman Carney. >> Uh no report.
Um, anybody at board of health? I assume no. Okay. Uh, planning board, Councilman Carney. >> Uh, our next scheduled meeting for the planning board is Wednesday, August 27th. Uh, but please note that it may be cancelled due to a lack of business.
>> Thank you. Okay. Officers reports. Miss Vasquez, >> zoning officers report for July 2025 and property maintenance code enforcement officers report for July 2025. Do I have a motion to accept the officer's report?
>> Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> opposed. Okay. Public comment. If there is anyone in the audience who wishes to address the council, please step to the microphone, state your full name and address, and please limit your comments to 5 minutes.
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And finally, and September will be coming up. So, let's not forget that on that Thank you, Mr. Pritchard. Is there anybody else who wishes to address the mayor and council? Please step to the
microphone. Uh, good evening, mayor, ladies and gentlemen. Council Bruce Patterson, 325 Little Avenue, a bunch of bunch of items. Um, oh, they're talking about the New Jersey Transit and and the one-stop ride that you said it goes back a long time. It goes back even longer than you
know about cuz I mean it goes back to the year 2000. Uh that's when Mayor Conoli and councilors Delagio, uh McCarthy and Lombardo, they were all pushing for that one-stop ride, the momentum. It wasn't until maybe about 10 years ago, but I'll tell you, we were
talking about that back then they were saying build it and they shall come. You know, that's that was like the watch word, I guess. Um my normal question is how many parking tickets have we had on the north and south side for July? Uh I
have additional uh police questions uh and I'll read them. What infractions are we finding in these motor vehicle stops just like the last was 357 or 387 as Councilman Carney mentioned. I'm just wondering how many actually are
translated into uh infractions and tickets. Uh are there hot spots that need to be addressed? Uh what plans do we have for monitoring the bike lanes for safety? and what was the past criteria to compare against? Uh, did the police have input on the bike lanes? Are
we doing a town hall for an awareness campaign and questions and answers? Uh, and will the public be able to access all this tra traffic enforcement data? Uh, Chief Pride actually gave me some documents, but hopefully, uh, you can call them up to answer some of these
questions. Uh, also Councilman Fin and and Carney on the Facebook social media, they've been posting that we have a lot of incidents involving safety. So, I'm just wondering if they've actually reached out uh to the police department to obtain the targeted safety
enforcement for these areas that they're saying have a lot of incidents. Uh, the circulation study I I know is out for a rebid. So, I'm just wondering what the status is on that. I know the first time it it uh went over budget and and I was just wondering the circulation study
should have been been first before these bike lanes in my opinion uh just to recognize any safety issues and and traveling of pedestrian bikes and cars. So unfortunately it's after the fact. Uh
the the sign ordinance uh you mentioned it was it was decades that was changed but it wasn't. It was changed back when Toisco and uh Councilman Cukaro were vying for the
mayor seat. So I think that was like 2018. So that was the last time it was addressed. Uh I think they shrunk down the size to that four square feet that you have in there now. Uh the flooding, we went through like three major flooding incidents. I'm just wondering are there reports being done on that?
And I'm just wondering if the public can access these reports. uh the 2000 the two 250th committee um you know that was formulated councilman Padusniaak is the head of it I'm just wondering should we create that as a
standing committee only because back in 2000 when we had the centennial committee uh we started as a as a standing committee and uh the senior club this I'm speaking for the senior club I'm the treasurer and we're uh
formulating a program where all candidates cates can come to a meeting and get introduced because seniors really they don't they don't know who's out there anymore. You know, they're getting we're getting older and the candidates are getting younger and and uh this is coming about only because the
forum at the point has been cancelled sadly because Bill Connelly had died. Um and I talked to them and they're not going to do it anymore. And I guess if if uh I have any more time, >> you have one more minute. Oh wow. I
can't believe it. All my speakers. I talk fast, I guess. But anyway, no, I just noticed one of the police officers last name is um Matoss. I welcome him aboard, but I just remember like uh Governor McGrevy's wife's name was Dena Mats. So, it's just maybe a coincidence.
Thank you. >> Okay. Does anybody else wish to address the mayor and council? Debbie Ledger, 66 2nd Avenue, Barwood. Um, well, my first thing that I intended to bring up is the fact that I had occasion to be downtown today and
sharing the road with bicycles in the bike lane. And it was really nice to see that the bicyclists were actually staying in the confines of the bike lane instead of being all over the road like they so often were. And it worked really well. I'm not sure why people, you know,
have had such anxiety about it, but it was working fine. They rode past me when I was parking. I was able to open my door after they went by. There were no problems. And the second thing I was asked to bring up by my friend Jill Paul. She wanted to thank DPW for the
brighter lines around Stephanie Gardens that make it easier for emergency personnel to get in and park. And you're absolutely right. We do need to press for more one seat rides because even the increased rides in the area
don't stop in Garwood. Most of the time we have to go to either Westfield or Cranford to catch a reliable train. So that's it. Thanks. >> Thank you. >> Does anybody else wish to address the
Maring Council? >> Laura Spina Thompson, 320 Pine App Garwood. Um, couple questions. the residential signs. Um, you have them listed as 4T square, but the way that it's worded is one freestanding
temporary sign. Does that mean that I cannot have a sign for whoever's running for governor and whoever is running for Senate? I can only have one sign on my one. Uh, you mentioned that the uh graduation signs would be fine. What about when
people want to announce a birth of a baby? uh other events like that. They're having a party. Um they want to have some balloons or whatever out in front of their house to make it easier to locate the the venue, shall we say. Um
the other thing I had a question about is that I'm still not aware of how much we have collected on the sewer fee. Um I know that the last time we spoke was um just after the fees were due in. So I'm wondering if we have a number on that yet.
Um the other thing I wanted to ask is when it comes to uh this um water mane, this was a projected um
this was a planned event that we had already talked about. it was going to be in our capital expenditures or is this something that we've decided to do suddenly out of nowhere? And how many quotes did we get for this job before we settled on a company to do it? And last
but not least, my understanding is that the Army Corps Engineers was in Cranford today assessing the sewer or the sewer issue and the flooding issue and the brook issue. Um, has our government reached out to the Army Corps engineers yet to find out if they will help us
out? Okay. Uh, anybody else wish to address the mayor and council? Okay. Can I have a motion to close public uh public comments? >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I
>> opposed. Okay. Okay. Um, I will start with Mr. Patterson. And Mr. Patterson, you had a lot of questions. If I miss anything, you can feel free to email. I'm going to try and do my best. Um, parking tickets
as usual, you can talk to Chief Pride after. I do not have that information on me. Um, infractions, what infractions? Um, Chief, if you want to come up uh and speak a little bit to kind of things that you find at motor vehicle stops. um
if there's any sort of hot spots. I I we're we're kind of small, so uh everything's pretty much a hot spot, I think. And what kind of enforcement you will be doing with the bike lanes? >> So, yeah, we focus on the whole entire town. We do concentrate a little bit
more on the main cutthroughs, Pine A, Spruce, Center Street, uh the 400 block of Fourth A. We do that. Um the majority of the stuff is not so much speeding. speeding isn't really that excessive in this town. Like 30, you know, you're
still speeding if you're going over the speed limit, but we're not getting like 40 in a in a 25 or 50 in a 25. It's more in the range of like 32 to 34, which we still enforce. Uh stop signs and people going straight in the left lane. That's
a big one out here. We get a lot of people for that. And another big one is making lefts um at a McDonald's and Wendy's at 7-Eleven CVS. that's a huge traffic hazard. So, we focus a lot on those as well. Um,
so yeah, no like specific hotspots, but you know, we have our areas. I don't want to give them all away, but we're out there. >> That's true. >> Um, and then, you know, and then just regular stuff. We use plate, you not we don't have plate readers, but our computers, you know, unlicensed drivers,
suspended registrations, uninsured vehicles, stuff like, you know, all things like that that really affect, um, you know, driving. Um, >> and then bike lanes. I know, um, the tough thing with ebikes is that they go
so fast, but, um, >> because if they look like a regular ebike, it's hard to enforce it. We don't know. You can just, anybody can modify an ebike. It may come from the manufacturer to go the regulated speed, but you could go on YouTube, watch a video, and make it go 10 miles an hour faster.
>> There's no way for us to know that. So, we can only enforce by what it looks like and what the, you know, what the frame says on it. Um, the bike lanes, from what I've seen as well, more people are using the bike lanes. They're staying out of the sidewalk. Bikes on the sidewalks are very dangerous, more dangerous than in the road. People are
walking their dogs, their children, strollers. So if you have somebody whipping down on a bike and then even if you're on, you know, on center street, it makes it look like it's more narrow than it is. Whereas if you're coming from center over south, you just see a big open wider open road. So people were
going a lot faster. Now it looks tighter, you know, and everybody has to be careful. You can't just open your door, swing your door open when you park. You can park it in, never mind a bite. You know, >> there were always bikers. So had to look and and you know, I I had that Somebody
asked that, you know, now they'll have to open the door and look, but they were always, but they should have been on the street. That was the the whole point now is that now we have the lanes to um encourage the bikers to do that and not be on the sidewalk. And also, as you
said, as I go down now, I have noticed it does look we had the lines um before, but using with the extra decals and the extra bright lines, you do notice that it does narrow in terms of what your eye sees. So, it does kind of make it does slow you down. Um, and that was the
whole point. >> Yep. Even on South A with the parking spots, it makes it >> that was part of that reasoning, too. >> You leave a red light, you're just flooring it. Now, we don't have that problem. So, >> thank you. >> I just have a quick question. Sorry. Um, so, uh, Chief, um, I know that we, um,
had a couple of our officers go through the police, uh, biking, uh, program. Is that something that would be helpful in policing the the new bike lanes or it's it's the same as would it be with a car or you know I just didn't know if that
had any would assist in that in a different way. >> So it can you know bicyclists are more um they're more open to talking to somebody else on bike even if it is the cop. >> So it's just a more friendly approach and like we posted on the Facebook and Councilman Carney said you do have to
follow the same traffic laws as if you're driving a car. We can enforce that like you have to have certain safety features and everything like that. We're not trying to bother people when they're out for a leisurely bike ride, but they are responsible if they hit somebody a pedestrian. Same thing as a bikard. It's pedestrian. And are
>> there other are there actual 10 bicyclists if they're not following the law? Do we have ordinances on the books or things that you could ticket a bicyclist for? >> Yes. >> Uh state malls and stuff. Okay. Yeah, we actually I posted at this spot this afternoon on
Facebook, the department Facebook, and it literally tells you everything that you have, you know, cyclist, you must move to the left, making a left turn, avoid the hazards, pass uh pass slowing vehicles to the left, uh travel the same speed as traffic, um you know, there's
tons. It's actually regulated the same. If you got a ticket for your headlight out, you could get a ticket of a title 39 ticket for not having a headlight on your bicycle. So, it's the same enforcement as more vehicle laws, just you don't need a license. >> Yes. So, definitely everybody, including parents with kids who ride bikes, take a
look at uh PD social media page for all of the the the complete code with it. >> Yes. >> So, thank you, >> Mayor. Just if I may, Councilman, everything that someone could potentially do wrong on a bicycle is already covered in title 39, which is
the state statutes. There isn't a need for anything uh locally. Um, we did in police committee raise this uh both with Chief Stoofer and with Chief Pridey uh specific to the ebikes just because I've been seeing what some of our surrounding towns are doing. Uh, we're open to it if
the police request it. Uh, and just the other thing I wanted to highlight is like the chief said to not uh give away all the all the trade secrets, but uh we discuss um hotspots and what the individual council members on the police committee are hearing from residents
regarding uh areas of concern. Pretty much every police committee meeting I've been at since I've been on council. So, uh, it's a constant topic of of conversation and I do believe it helps, uh, inform some of the police activity.
>> Absolutely. >> You can see we're out there with, you know, numbers. >> You are >> alone motor vehicle stops and that's during the summer with min minimum manpower, two officers on the road, we've been sending tons of off, you know, officers to tons of training. Yeah. >> So, that takes them off the road as well, but they're, you know, the
officers are out there. They're doing their job and plus some. So like I I want to say it was like probably two years ago. This time two years ago we were reporting 45 to 50 motor vehicle stops. We're doing 387 this month. Actually last month we did the same exact number somehow. Uh but you know
everything is up and it's it's not all about summones. People are getting warnings and they're they're being educated on the law just to make it safer for everybody. Bicycles, pedestrians, and cars. So, I think it's working because, >> you know, you could see less people are
doing things. And I get phone calls from other chiefs and officers and they're like, "Hey, what are you guys doing?" Like, every time I drive through your town, I'm going to Kings. You guys have somebody pulled over every block I turn down. And that's how we want it. You know, we want to keep it safe. So,
>> yeah. I think uh Chief Stoer and and now you, Chief Pridey, have been really taking this to heart. uh you know making sure that pedestrian safety and um speeding and all of vehicular safety has
just uh been top priority. It was something that was top priority for me when I came in and you you've just taken the ball and run with it. So, thank you. >> And and we do focus on moving violations. We're not out there bothering people that may have a cracked windshield or tinted windows and stuff
like that. We are really focusing on people straight left turn lane because they're cutting everybody else off. Elvis run them off the road. >> You know, we do do speed enforcement like I said, stop signs, people on their cell phones. You can sit right here on the fire apron and one out of three drivers is has their phone in their hand
not paying attention. So, we focus on stuff like that that actually matters, not um you know, the minimal stuff like your tail lights and stuff like that. >> Yeah, we appreciate that. And we I have seen the difference myself, but I've heard it from other residents as well.
So, thank you. Um uh the bike lanes, did the police have input? Yes. Um they have had input from Chief Wright all the way down to Chief Pridey uh back when the bicycle network
study was um being conducted back in 2020 with Chief Wright. And then once we began the project, uh, Chief Stoofer was in on all of the meetings um, with our engineer as
well. And, um, in terms of a town hall, uh, we actually did have a we had a town hall when we discussed the the whole center street corridor. And there is a, um, PowerPoint guide up on the website that you can take a look at where we discuss these bike lanes. Um, and now
RPD is doing, you know, a lot of social media. I've done a lot of social media. We'll we'll make sure to put all of that stuff up on social media, but we did have a town hall to discuss all of this. Um, in terms of the circulation study, and I
know you said that bike lanes shouldn't have been done before that, but we did have a bike network plan study already done and determined that Center Street was the right street for this. And so I feel very comfortable, our police felt very comfortable, our engineer felt very
comfortable that nothing has changed. It is our busiest street other than North and South Avenue that bike lanes are a good thing for uh Center Street. I It's funny. I really never thought bike lanes would be the controversy that they have
become because most towns are most residents are asking at like I said people in neighboring towns are pushing their towns to add more bike lanes especially now that we've seen uh more incidents with ebikes and everything occurring that bike lanes are a good thing. I I always thought they were and
I and I, you know, have also heard, oh, nobody bikes, which kind of blows my mind because I see so many bikers out there, especially the kids. As soon as like the warm weather hits, all the kids are out. So, um I'm glad that we we were
able to get this done. And um you know the like I said the plan was created 5 years ago and it's been a long time but uh sometimes things take a little bit but we we achieved it so I'm glad we did. The circulation study is there is
an RFP out for the circulation study. I do want to touch on that because I know and Mr. Bartlick. Um, a resident came up and talked about it at the last meeting. Um, because one of the the uh quotes
that came in was over budget. I we refine and Mr. Arthur can speak to this a little bit. We refined the RFP because I we saw that what was happening. we didn't have um you know the a number of meetings that the um planning company
needed to go to which can increase the price per meeting. So, there was some things in there that we we saw once we we saw the um once we saw them come in that we realized we really needed to refine on
the RFP itself, that wouldn't affect the quality of the work um or what we get out of it. So even though you know we're we're not trying to slim it down but we we uh we want a comprehensive element
but we don't need five meetings where they the planner comes to explain it. So we were able to adjust it. Um we do have more data now that we have a new program from the police department that can help do a lot of the work ahead of time for a
planner. So that brings the cost down as well. that really wasn't explained within the RFP. So, we've we've refined it a bit, but I do think we will still be able to get a very comprehensive circulation element for what was budgeted for. Um, the sign ordinance um
when I when I mentioned that it wasn't uh changed for decades, I meant that it wasn't completely gone through. Yes, one element was changed previously, but at this time the two planning board members and a business, small business came
together and really went through the entire piece of code and in on a comprehensive level and updated it including outdated uh terminology, outdated signs that aren't used anymore
and put in updated uh terminology for new things that are there. So, uh, that is what I meant when I said that the sign ordinance hadn't been touched. It hadn't been completely overhauled like it is now. Um, and when I say overhaul,
I mean improved uh to help these businesses. >> Um, mayor, >> yes, >> I'm sorry, just um some of the comments also seem to be conflating different sections of the uh of the code and these are all existing sections. The only thing that was added
was the um the feathered uh signs which was the terminology the planning board landed on uh which was something specific requested by the businesses. Uh and that's where the um main regulatory uh scheme came into
play because there was a desire uh during the extensive board discussions we had on this and in multiple meetings there was a desire to place some limitations on that specific type of signage due to board member concerns about safety with
weather and setbacks and and other things. And I I would encourage everyone to actually go back and watch the videos and listen to the discussion between the board members um who were reviewing this engaging with the board members who spoke directly to the business owners.
Um the the uh political uh signage literally it was a change in one sentence just to change it from referring to another section of the code to specifying what the actual limit was
which has been that limitation for a number of years and I know we get complaints about it literally every election season. So I think we were just trying to make it easier for the enforcement end of it and also the the front office to to deal with that. Yeah. >> Um, so all of the conspiracy theories
circulating around it are really unnecessary. >> It's almost election season. Um, the flooding, um, our police department actually did put together a report after the major flooding event
that we had. Um, now the date escapes me, the exact date. Um, the the other event that we had wasn't as major. Um that first one was was particularly uh bad. But our police department, if you
look online, they do have a report uh detailing what they did and where everybody was, what was put out uh including our our um our fire department and our dispatch. So um you can check
that out. I am not going to make the 250th the standing committee. It is committee for this year as this is um the 250th year and they're putting together some events and I'm sure Councilman Petisnak will talk about it a
little bit later for us. Um senior club candidates um uh I don't just a note for that just you might need to be observant that some candidates work during the day. I know that the
senior club meets during the day and I'm not sure of everybody's schedules. Um, so just something to take into consideration, but okay, I think I hit it all. Again, if I didn't, please send an email.
Um, Miss Ledger, thank you for your comments. And yes, uh, some of those off peak do not stop. And um we were able to get more as Councilman Lazro said uh with Congressman Payne. He helped us
push for more. So again, yes, we will continue to push. I guarantee you the mayor's alliance will continue to push. Um this we have some momentum, so I want to capitalize on it. So we're going to keep going for that. We need some more stops
in Garwood even on the off peak. Um, Miss Thompson, it it does not mean that you can have only one sign. That language is to tell you how much each sign how big each sign can be. Um, and
listen, our our code enforcement for that is Lenny D. Stefano. He's been doing this for for many many years. When you have other signs up, like happy birthday signs and, you know, balloons or anything, nobody's trying to take those away. He he's very I I I wouldn't
say he he's out there to punish anybody. There are certain things that have to be enforced. Um but in terms of celebration signs and things that are up that are temporary, he's certainly I I will tell you he's he's certainly not going to uh
come down on residents for having uh you know a birthday sign up that may not conform and might be 3x3 or whatever it might be. Um th this isn't meant to be punitive. Uh this is this is mostly this
was to help you know our businesses have a a standard. Uh and in terms of the political signs it we always had that standard and he always used the 2x two to enforce but as Councilman Carney said
it now allows us not to have to refer to another piece of the code. It's right there for everybody to see. um the sorixes, not the I I think that's what you were meaning when you said the water mane. Um
so this this certainly was planned and this kind of goes back to something I I want to address cuz as with the sign ordinance we talked about there's a lot online that you know is not just misinformation but are just lies. Um,
and one of the things that, you know, it's been talked about here, but I do see it online is that we never talked about the sore fee or where it was going. Um, and that it was an asked constantly and I never answered it. Uh, and the fact of the matter is is that I
I have answered it so many times that I've lost track. Um I understand peop you know you might not agree with the answer or um you expected a different answer but that doesn't mean that we we haven't answered it. Um and so these
sore fixes were a part of that answer. We we've talked about um the sore feet is going towards and well and I'll answer it again. uh the cleaning uh our fee to clean the soores every year uh
for proactive repairs and then um the rest of it is obviously to offset uh RVSA. Um and so these sore repairs we did speak about again I spoke about how there was a line item that was actually
put into the budget this year for sore repairs and cleaning. Um and so this was planned from the beginning that we would now proactively each year address different areas and our engineer um has spoken about it at several meetings as
well and did a comprehensive look at the north side of where we can work to repair proactively and these were 10 spots that he thought should be the first 10 spots. Um so this is all a part
of that. Um, so again, um, nothing has is new. Nothing's out of the blue. This, uh, has been talked about multiple times. I've answered where the sore fee is going multiple times. Um, and so I,
you know, I I don't want to give into this noise, uh, online that says, um, we, you know, we haven't discussed this or this is extra and we're just spending this money out of out of nowhere. this has
always been planned and this was a part of the the whole the whole project as to why we were implementing this if you don't mind. Um just >> yeah I just wanted to also express that um you know we when we decided on adding
this um fee I mean we did not take this lightly and in addition you know we thought about when you implement a new program you don't know for sure you have to be very conservative with how much you're going to be getting in. So when
you are deciding that you're going to clean the sewers and you're going to decide to implement fixing some of these problem point areas, you can't assume that the amount of residents that you have or every single person is going to pay right away when you implement a new
fee. So we were very conservative. So obviously at the end of this year when we see what we actually bring in then the new finance committee can decide perhaps that they would like to increase the number of fixes because we have how
many >> well of of areas do you just the north side that was >> correct still going through the south side. So this is the have quite a lot. So you know this is just the first year of the
program and so you know future finance committees will have the ability to increase the amount of those fixes um based on what they can expect to get in those sewer fees in the future. >> Yes. And and Mr. Arthur um I I know that
we have gotten a good amount of our uh fees in. I don't know if you have the number if we need to get it >> the exact number, but I'll follow up with our CFR. >> Okay. I know, you know, we we talked about the redevelopments. Uh I do know Vermela has um paid the sore fee and
that is a huge chunk of it. Um but um it's going well as far as I heard. Um but I don't have a final uh number, but we will get that over to you, Miss Thompson. And um I believe our engineer did find the number of quot he went
through three different quotes before uh this company was selected. >> Yeah. So three quotes and this was the best price. Um also had a good reputation as well. >> Thank you. >> Um and the Army Corps of Engineers uh yes they were in Cranford today which is
good news because as I've spoken about before what happens in Cranford is really how we work on our end. um essentially anything we do wouldn't matter if Cranford doesn't get the help that they need. Um
and I have spoken many times um up here. um about myself and the work that I've done and and with the other mayors on the Rawway River with the Army Corps of Engineers, we've been spending it's been
almost three years um with them back and forth looking at some very specific projects that they have been gathering data. I think I just spoke about this at the last meeting, right? They have been
gathering data and to figure out the best uh project out of a a couple of different ones where it's the most cost effective and can make the most change, the most effective change. Um and that unfortunately does take a very long time
to conduct these these studies. But we have been meeting with them regularly um myself and the other mayors um to gather the information, see where they are in it, get their updates and they have been um doing a very good job and
it unfortunately um I will say I don't know if those particular projects will happen or whichever one they were aiming to decide on will happen. Um everything they have
told us right now our next meeting is sort of up in the air because uh federally the funds for these projects have been frozen. Nobody kind of nobody knows what will be happening with that. So that is why it is very important to
talk to your legislature um and your federal congressmen um and senators because they are the ones that can push for those federal dollars to actually uh be released to the Army Corps of
Engineers so that they can do the project. It was narrowing down and that was the next step. The next step was going to be to pick which project and there was I think about three of them were Cranford and one was Milbour. Um
and any of them would have helped us. It was just about which one was the best bang for your buck. Um and so I ask everybody to please uh do your pushing. I continue to push. We need the we need the Army Corps of Engineers to
be able to fund those projects. uh anything that is and Cranford they are doing a number of other projects as well on their own and those are very helpful for us as well. Um so that is where we are with that.
Hopefully soon we'll we'll know more about the uh federal dollars uh and what they're allotting to the Army Corps for those projects. Um and I think that is it. So that was a long one. We'll go back to
our agenda now. Okay. Consent agenda. Does anybody have anything they need to remove? Okay. Seeing none, can I have a motion to adopt the consent agenda?
>> Second. Uh, roll call, please. >> No discussion. >> Councilwoman Bodto. >> I. >> Councilman Carney. >> Yeah. >> Councilman Lazro. >> Hi. >> Councilman Padusniaak.
>> Okay. Uh, we do have that new committee Garwood 250 Revolution um with Councilman Chase Padusniaak. Um, Councilman, do you want to speak a little bit at all about it or >> Sure. long brief. Um, I just want to thank all
the members around the community. You can see their names uh and have a lot of good, I think, ideas for evidence, fundraising ideas, ways to get the community involved as much as possible. Um, we're working with our colleagues in Cranford who will have their first meeting in the fall. So,
I've spoken with Jeff Pistol over there uh about work together, very small town. So, it's very hopeful they have a larger municipality at Cranford um there to hold larger and hopefully more enriching events. Uh I can say that we're hoping
to which is 250 from 250, so 250 days out from July 4th to have all the social media up, the schedule available, all of these things. I also want to thank everyone who's written to me with ideas, residents who've expressed interest. We appreciate that it's going to take
everybody to make this work. uh and hopefully. So, thank you for >> Thank you. Okay. Payment of claims. Miss Vesquez, be it resolved that the following claims as approved be and the same are hereby
ordered paid when properly signed and verified and the payment of payrolls as listed is hereby confirmed and ratified. Do I have I'm sorry. Yeah, >> you voted.
>> Do a motion to adopt payment of claim. >> Second. >> Uh, roll call, please. Councilman Bodto, >> I. >> Councilman Carney, >> I. >> Councilman Lazero, >> I. >> Councilman Puzzniaak, >> cuz you don't have a tie on. >> True.
>> Yes. >> Okay. Okay. The regular meeting council will be held on August 28, 2025 at 7 p.m. in council chambers. Information for meetings is posted on the bow website. Do I have a motion to adjurnn? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I
>> opposed. Okay. Thank you everybody. >> No. I'll try to stop your first