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agenda and public handouts for this meeting can be viewed online at www glenrichenj.org a public comment period will be held as listed on the agenda please state your name for the record and note that comments will be limited
to three minutes per person person person madame clerk please call the role yes ma'am council here hughes here zimit here law here meer here moody here mayor
present thanks so much um first up is the adoption of the minutes from February 24th 2020 wait 25 meeting right yeah okay just like Oh we're a little behind
um may I have a motion so moved um may I have a second i'll second any discussion on the minute okay see none yes madam mayor
hi zimmer hi abstain meyer hi moody i five eyes one extension motion carries madam clerk any written communications no this evening okay um I have no comments so I will open it up to
comments of the public please step to the microphone state your name um and address if you have comments they're so polite you go you go andrew 28 hillside i promise this will
be less than three minutes just a a quick followup i was here six months ago just asking about um the status of the speed humps on Washington Street at the intersection of Hillside um my concern
is that when Washington Street was repaved the street was raised but the speed pumps weren't touched so it's Well they were essentially negated so the street came up higher the bumps the
bumps were not raised at all um you know I know resources are limited i just wanted to know if there was a uh assessment of the humps and if if so you
know would I be able to see it or were any decisions made so we just our pre-construction meeting for another road job you know those don't start start till the spring and we're just waiting on a start date once we have that job underway the field inspector
will go over there measure that up and then we'll have a contractor on site to make any adjustments that are necessary so we This was Thursday we start a pre-construction process everything plants are closed everything's closed until uh asphalt plants open usually
April um so we're just waiting for contractor feedback when they're going to start at that point then we'll have our engineering firm on site we'll go over take a look and if it needs it they'll just come on over and knock that out great thank you i I know when I was here last time was the end of the year
when budgets were closed so will there be any public We'll just knock it out i I'll I'll let you know but um yeah we'll just It's one of those things while they're paving quick let's get the truck over there and just just knock it out okay thank you very much
and you're the the Oh sorry go ahead you're 26 right 28 i'm sorry 28 okay but that makes sense so we're like we'll start the spring road work we'll have the engineer the engineer will go out and do the assessment it sounds like my
probably speed tables are We'll see but I imagine I know what you're saying it was We've lost probably two inches of elevation with the paving i'm not going to make a big deal once the decision's made i've been here almost 10 years and it's a measurable
difference in terms of with regard to the speed and safety of that intersection so sure just just wanted to Y thanks for checking in thank you thank you
any other comments from the public okay we have a fan um all right uh Councelor Lewitz Finance and Administration Committee uh yes Madame Mayor i just have one resolution tonight that is resolution
70-25 the bills list be resolved that the following claims be approved and warrants be drawn for the same we have the current fund $357,95 and the other funds as listed in the resolution so madame mayor I move resolution 70-25
you've heard the motion by councelor Lewitz do I have a second i'll second mayor heard the motion by councelor Lewit seconded by councelor Hughes any discussion seeing none madam clerk please call the role yes madam mayor
councelor Leovitz i Hughes I Zimit I law I Meyer I Moody I six eyes no needs the motion carries anything else um would just quickly note as you know that uh we had our uh
initial meeting on the budget and it looks like it's shaping up well so that process will continue through next month thank you uh Council Hughes public safety
committee uh Mayor no report tonight uh but I do have resolution 71-25 this will be offered on a consent agenda uh it's a forwardlooking u motion resolution to close roads
authorize closing of roads it's a process to apply for these closures and so this gives uh uh the administrator an opportunity to get ahead of it um so I I uh move uh resolution 7125
uh as a consent agenda we did that right okay we don't have many uh you've heard the motion by councelor Hughes do I have a second i'll second uh you've heard the motion by councelor Hughes seconded by councelor Moody any discussion on this consent agenda
resolution seeing none madam clerk please call the role yes there may council I law hi meer I six eyes no names the motion carries mayor then uh next is
uh the social affairs permit resolution 7725 terra is the consent agenda through 20 through it is through 77 it is so you including the social affairs permit on that Yeah okay then mayor I'm I'm done
for time okay well thank you for authorizing all the fun events in town appreciate that got it public safety bringing the fun uh Councelor Zimtt Community Affairs and Public Relations Committee uh nothing to report tonight okay fair enough
councelor Law public works utility committee uh Madame Mayor uh resolution number 78-25 um public works has determined this need to purchase a new 2024 Ford F250 XL truck it replaces u the current
2006 uh truck with over 100,000 miles uh Neielson uh Ford has a cooperative purchase agreement with uh the state and u will be purchasing the truck from uh Neielson now therefore be it resolved the mayor and council uh do hereby
approve the purchase of the 2024 F250 for $74,815.50 madame Mayor I seek to move the resolution you've heard the motion by councelor Law do I have a second you heard the motion by council law seconded by councelor Zimit any
discussion on this resolution seeing none madam clerk please call the role yes madam mayor councelor i Hughes hi Zimit hi Law hi Meyer hi Moody hi six
eyes no the motion carries anything further council uh we did meet the other day with our um field vendors uh for this upcoming season um last Thursday I believe and it's the first time that we've had the same vendors for
the aeration as well as the chemical treatments so uh it was a good job last year and it'll be good to have continuity with this group and um seems like there's a good plan in place so just want to let everybody know about that thank you we appreciate the care you do to maintain our grass fields um
and they'll be marked uh in the case of any treatment so that the neighborhood knows but it is important um and it's the balance we strike from having great grass fields and uh the maintenance we need to do to do that
uh Councelor Meyer Parks and Recreation Committee um one I think just a congratulations to the Glen Ridge High School girls basketball team what an extraordinarily successful um season i And thank you to the community i wasn't unfortunately I was out of town so I
couldn't go to any games but I heard the community support for the girls was uh and the team was tremendous so again congratulations on a an amazing uh season representing our uh community so well and also good luck to all of those uh kicking off spring uh sports because
it is well well underway yeah we had a nice cold game Sunday morning exactly um and that is the extent of my report this evening mayor uh councelor Moody Planning and Development Committee uh
yes Madame Mayor um just update that Last week on Tuesday night at 7 we had an informal public hearing for uh proposed uh ordinance for the uh HPC um
they're in really want to bring their processes more in keeping with uh Secretary of Interior standards but they also want to create a process that hopefully leads uh to some streamlining
um with the introduction of a minor uh review uh permit um was great we had about 12 people come um good discussion of what is being
proposed and that's going back to the committee and we're continuing to look at that ordinance and make sure that you know procedurally uh it's right that it's in in right place for the town procedurally and HBC is doing some work on that as well so
yeah no that's great we appreciate the community feedback and uh we appreciate the work that you're doing to um gather additional information about it so stay tuned but uh we're putting it through its paces and that is really all okay um
Chief Quinn that's you the um We'll be undertaking the revaluation property revaluation uh that'll be kicking off you'll be getting mailers to your home uh in the next three or four
days you should be seeing that that'll be a a team of appraisers will be coming out field measure making field measurements and then that data will be analyzed to adjust your home valuation we have been ordered by the Essex County
Tax Board to conduct this revaluation and the reason is our success in um moving forward and in home sales has put us far beyond uh the the the difference between home sale prices and our appraised value has gone beyond 80%
um ratio so we are required to do this hopefully um the pie of Glen Ridge uh stays the same we're just making sure everybody's slice how that slices are made and um uh I I I feel like all all
of the real estate has moved forward evenly we don't have wild swings in towns but we'll we'll see those appraisal teams will be going out after those numbers are provided we're hoping by August September you'll be able to then meet one-on-one with the appraisal
team to uh bring any bring to light any points that you feel um should be considered in your valuation and uh that'll be considered um moving forward so the first step is the appraiser team going out you'll see those they'll um have vests on badges issued by the
Glenrich police with their photograph on it so they are legitimate so we have two two companies out there right now we have a water meter replacement team out there same thing vests on and badges with uh not vest they just have the badges with uh um the burough ID and
then the appraisal team you'll see um out there as well so two if you haven't booked your water meter swap uh please do that we encourage that we'd love to have this wrapped up before summer comes and everybody's gone mike just a comment that I got mine done on Friday the guys
couldn't been nicer more professional swift they did have to cut my a little bit of drywall but they were neat as a pin and really respectful and super efficient so great thank you that's it mayor thank you all right
that's a lot going on john I have no report okay we do have some um new business uh with council i have another party permit mayor another You're the party committee happy to hear that peter
Peter the party uh this is one for the uh Glen Ridge Music Parents Association on April 10th at the Women's Club mayor I'd like to move resolution 7925 you've heard the motion by councelor Hughes do I have a second i'll second heard the motion by councelor Hughes
seconded by councelor Lewitz any discussion seeing none madam clerk please call the role yes madam mayor councelor Leitz hi Simmit hi Law hi Meer hi Moody hi six
eyes no names the motion carries thank you so much um the is the second opportunity for comments from the public any comments you want okay very exciting revaluation i had my Friday as well i
actually missed my appointment on my camera tell them I'll be back in 30 minutes i came back no problem so good job thank you thank you perfect all right councelor Meyer I'd like to make a motion to him