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Part 1 (Video ID: 5ShYCuPLx0k):
- 00:00:00: Meeting Call to Order, Pledge, and Roll Call
- 00:01:43: Proclamation for Denise Aendovo's 30 Years of Service
- 00:07:49: Proclamation: National Gun Violence Awareness Day, June 5th
- 00:11:40: Public Comment: John Weman on Gun Violence Prevention
- 00:17:20: Approval of May 11th Meeting Minutes, Communications
- 00:20:17: Finance Committee Report: Bills List, Salary Ordinance
- 00:25:26: Public Safety Committee: Social Affairs Permits Approved
- 00:28:41: Community Affairs: Memorial Day, Resident Handbook Update
- 00:30:48: Public Works: Capital Improvement Funds, Field Maintenance
- 00:35:23: Parks & Recreation, Planning/Development Updates
- 00:36:59: Administrator's Report: Pool Open, Event Recognitions
- 00:38:24: Clerk's Announcements: Election, Upcoming Events
- 00:40:26: Adjournment of Meeting


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All right. Could you please join me in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisibley

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for all. The notice requirements of the open public meetings act as amended by public law 2025 chapter 72 have been satisfied with respect to this meeting of the mayor and council of the bureau of Glenridge. Specifically, the time, date,

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and location were included in the meeting notice posted on the bureau's official website at www.glenridgeenda.org. or at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. The agenda and public handouts for this meeting can be viewed online at www.n

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glenridgej.org. Um, madame clerk, could you please do roll call? >> Counselors >> here. >> Law here. >> Zimi >> here. >> Here. >> Moody >> here.

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>> Mayor, we have four. All right. So, we have two proclamations um which we are very happy to have this evening. So, first we will start with honoring our municipal court clerk on her 30 years of dedicated service to the

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burrow of Glenidge. So, I will read um the entire proclamation and then maybe we can do some photos. >> Yes. >> Yes. Yes. Yes. Okay, >> we're gonna do some uh action shots.

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Whereas Denise Aendo has faithfully and dedicatedly served the Burough of Glenidge Municipal Court since May 7th, 1996, a tenure spanning 30 remarkable years and demonstrating an unwavering commitment to public service,

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professionalism, and excellence. And whereas Denise began her distinguished career with the bureau as deputy court administrator where she quickly established herself as a knowledgeable, dependable, and public servant dedicated to the fair and efficient administration

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of justice. And whereas in recognition of her exemplary service and leadership, Denise was appointed acting court administrator in 2015, officially appointed municipal court administrator on February 12th, 2018, and on April

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25th, 2022, proudly earned her New Jersey Municipal Court Administrator certification, reflecting her continued dedication to professional growth and excellence in the municipal court administration. And whereas throughout her distinguished tenure, Denise has been an indispensable

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member of the municipal court team, ensuring that the administration of justice in Glenidge has been conducted with the utmost accuracy, efficiency, integrity, and respect for all those who enter the court. And whereas Denise has been a steady and familiar presence for

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everyone who walks through the doors of the Glenidge Municipal Court, from colleagues and burough officials to residents and members of the public, consistently bringing professionalism and institutional knowledge that no manual could ever replace. And whereas during Denise's 30 years of service, the

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Bureau of Glenrich and the world at large have underground undergone extraordinary transformation evolving from the pre-in era of paperbased court records and manual docket management to today's sophisticated digital case management

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systems, electronic filing, online payment payment platforms. And through every technological advancement, Denise adapted with skill and dedication to ensure uninrupt uninterrupted service. And whereas over the course of three decades, Denise has successfully

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navigated sweeping reforms within New Jersey's municipal court system, including significant changes to court rules, compliance mandates, case management procedures, and fine and fee structures, meeting every legislative and procedural challenge with

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professionalism and steadfast dedication. And whereas the mayor and burough council of the burough of Glenidge recognize that Denise's 30 years of service represent an extraordinary commitment to this community and a lasting contribution to the effective administration of justice

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within the bureau. Now therefore, be it proclaimed that the mayor and burough council of the Burough Glenidge, Essex County, New Jersey, do hereby honor and celebrate Denise Aendovo for her 30 years of exemplary

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service to the residents and the municipal court of Glenidge and extend their deepest gratitude for her tireless dedication, professionalism, and the enduring positive impact she has made upon the community. be it further proclaimed that the mayor and burough

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council thank her for three decades of public service to the bureau of Glenn Ridge. That was almost as long as your service. So, thank you. ready. >> So much. >> Thank you. Did you want to say anything? >> I I would never believe that I would

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make it this long here. Thank you so much. Thanks for everybody's support. All my colleagues, but I I don't know what else to say. Maybe I'll do another five of yours, but I don't know about that. >> Maybe not 30, but maybe another.

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>> Thank you so much. >> That's fair enough. All right. Can we all take a photo with you? Who else do you want to come up here? >> All right. Yeah, that's for sure. >> Thank you so much. >> Congratulations.

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>> I know. >> I love So, mayor, just before we move on, I would just like to say Denise hated everything about this moment right now. >> I know. Every once in a while, you need some attention on yourself.

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>> Are you sure? Yes. >> Okay. >> And mayor, the only thing I would like to add, and Denise reminds me, she worked with my mother at one time. >> Oh, boy. >> So, I'm very happy uh for Denise tonight. >> It's quite an accomplishment.

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>> Thank you, mayor. >> Yes. >> Thank you, Denise. >> Thank you, Denise. >> All right. Our second um proclamation is declaring the first Friday in June to be National Gun Violence Awareness Day. Whereas every day 125 Americans are

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killed by gun violence and more than 260 are shot and wounded with an average of nearly 19,000 gun homicides every year. And whereas people in the United States are 26 times more likely to die by gun homicide than people in other highincome

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countries. And whereas New Jersey has 437 gun deaths each year, a crisis that costs the state 5.3 billion dollars each year, of which 168.9 million is paid by taxpayers, New Jersey has the fifth

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lowest rate of gun deaths in the US. And whereas gun homicides and assaults are concentrated in cities with more than half of all firearm related gun deaths in the nation occurring in 42 cities. And whereas cities and towns across the nation, including Glenidge, are working

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to end the senseless violence with evidence-based solutions. And whereas protecting and public safety in the communities they serve is the mayor's highest responsibility. And whereas support for the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens goes handinand

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with keeping guns away from people with dangerous histories. And whereas mayors, council members, and law enforcement officers in partnership with local violence intervention activists and resources know their communities best, are the most familiar with local

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criminal activity and how to address it, and are best positioned to understand how to keep their citizens safe. Whereas gun violence prevention is more important than ever as we see gun violence continue to impact communities across the country. And whereas in January 2013, Hadia

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Pendleton was tragically shot and killed at age 15. And on June 5th, 2026, to recognize the 29th birthday of Hyia Pendleton, born June 2nd, 1997, people across the United States will recognize

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National Gun Violence Awareness Day and wear orange in tribute to Hadia and other victims of gun violence and the loved ones of those victims. And whereas the idea was inspired by a group of Padilla's friends who ask their classmates to commemorate her life by

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wearing orange. They choose this color because hunters wear orange to announce themselves to other hunters when out in the woods. And orange is the color that symbolizes the value of human life. And whereas anyone can join in this campaign by pledging to wear orange on June 5th,

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2026. and people across the United States will raise awareness about gun violence and honor the lives of gun violence victims and survivors. And whereas we renew our commitment to reduce gun violence and pledge to do all we can to keep firearms out of the hands

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of people who should not have access to them and encourage responsible gun ownership to help our families and communities safe. Keep our families and communities safe. Now therefore, be it resolved that um Mayor Mans of the Glenidge Bureau declares June 5th, 2026

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the first Friday in June to be National Gun Violence Awareness Day. And I encourage all residents to support their local community's efforts to prevent the tragic effects of gun violence and to honor and value human lives. Thank you. Do you guys want to say anything? We

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have a great group of um committed volunteers who work on this issue and we appreciate everything that you do. >> Thank you. And thank you council for issuing this proclamation. I'm John Weman. I'm a long time reset

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and for the county chapter of moms. I want to thank you for issuing the proclamation and for your support for violence prevention. Um you know there are about more guns on the street here in New Jersey than at this time last year when

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this year for the proclamation. Uh at that time we talked a little bit about the impact of the Supreme Court's 2022 decision in the Brewan case which basically allows just about anybody to get a permit to carry gun.

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Um, I actually brought some um some show and tell for you tonight. Just a some statistics that might be of interest. Um, this is actually the landing page of a dashboard that's maintained by the

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state attorney general. Um, it shows the monthby month listing of the permit carry applications. Um, I don't profess this. This was actually developed under Matt Potkin

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when Matt Hkin was attorney general. I don't profess to know Matt, but I know what he looks like. I've been several events with him and I ran into him at >> He does live in Montlair, so that's fair enough. Yeah. >> So, I was sitting literally right across the aisle from him. So, I told him I was

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going to give you a copy of the slam page. But as you can see, the the orange line on the left is the uh pre-b brewing permit to carry applications. They average about 50 per month. U the post brewin applications are the jagged blue

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line on the right. And even though we're we're off the the highs of I think January 2025, we're still running at about 2600 uh applications that are approved per month. That's a lot of guns. A total of 105,000

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applications that have been approved since 2022. Um I don't know about you, I don't feel particularly safe knowing that there are that many more guns in circulation and and nor should we because there's this is an area that's getting a lot of

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study. Ruters just issued a study in 2023 which basically showed that the more um carry applications that are approved in a given county more likely that homicides will rise uh in the subsequent

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year. So it's a serious issue. Uh and at the same time that the guns are proliferating the level of support for gun violence intervention programs is dwindling. Um I was just on a phone call this morning with Colin Peg with the um

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New York community street team which is the gun intervention program in our local area has absolutely fantastic work they're facing significant cutbacks in federal funding they're having to lay off employees cut back on programs I can't tell you how invaluable these

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efforts are reducing glass there certainly an organization final area that mentioned just briefly is legislation. Um, as you might imagine, there's not a lot happening at the federal level on gun legislation or at least nothing that positive. Um, so

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there is some action at the at the state level. There are several bills now pending legislation. One that I would draw your attention to is actually co-sponsored by our own microia and it's um the uh the New Jersey Home Safety Act

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which would um significantly strengthen the laws around secure storage of guns. Um this would help protect the 4.6 million children in the United States who actually live in

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homes with uh unsecured loaded firearms. Uh it would have also significantly helped with the uh curtail the market for illegal firearms. There there are several hundred,000 firearms stolen every year in our

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country. 90% from private citizens. 40% of those from cars. The number of gun has tripled over the last 10 years. So, it's a significant public safety issue. Needless to say, a lot of those guns end up in the hands of criminals and are

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used in crimes. So, um violence awareness is still the order of the day. We certainly appreciate your support for our efforts and for this. We do, by the way, have anybody. >> Sure.

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>> Yeah, we all would. Thank you for that. >> And mayor, we'll do the uh tower in orange as well. >> Can you repeat that for the room? >> Yeah. So, we typically light up the tower orange during that time as well. And we'll do we'll do the same

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>> the clock tower on top of Burough Hall. Yeah. And we can do a posting and everything, right? >> Yeah. Okay. >> With the proclamation. Thank you. >> Thank you again for all your work on this over many years. We really appreciate it.

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>> Thank you. >> Okay. All right. We're gonna get down um to the business of the burrow. So, if anyone wants to leave and I will not be offended.

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You Denise, you spend more time in this in this building than any of us. So, if you want to go home, go home >> or go get a drink to celebrate. >> Um yeah, thank you again. Thank you. >> So, uh, we're looking at the May 11th

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me, uh, meeting minutes. Um, may I have a motion to, um, adopt those May 11th minutes? >> I'll make a motion. >> Go ahead. >> Okay. You've heard the motion by We'll We'll We'll spread it around by Councelor Zimit. May I have a second?

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>> Second. >> You've heard the motion by Councelor Zimit. Uh, seconded by Councelor Tyriono. Um, madam clerk, may we have a roll call? >> Leave. >> Hi. >> Long. >> Hi. >> Zimi. >> Hi. >> Tribiano.

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>> Hi. >> Mayer. >> Hi. >> Moody. >> Hi. >> May your motion carry. >> All right. Thank you so much. Uh, do we have any written communications, madam clerk? >> No, mayor. >> Okay. Thank you. Um, the only thing I

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will say is comments. Um, well, first of all, thank you to everyone. and we had a great Memorial Day parade the right after the weather broke and uh thanks again to everyone that works um overtime on that including our DPW and and police

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and especially the Kuanas club for putting that all together. And then the other thing um we received is just a thank you from Senator Timberlake who did march in the parade. So it was lovely to see her and uh for our contributions from Glen Ridge for she

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had a baby shower um for her for residents in the district um where uh donations were uh collected and then distributed um uh to families in need and moms to be. So it was a really nice event and thank you to Councilman Moody

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for attending that. >> It was really a special event and I'll just say it was at Bloomfield College and the need in the community was so great that they had to go into an overflow room for the amount of

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moms who came in need of stuff. So, it was uh really a great event that she held and I think it's her intention to do it again. >> So, I will thank the moms on the council. So, councelor Meyer and counselor um Moody who helped contribute

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to the donation um for other moms. Uh any comments from the public? No, they actually closing the door on us. Okay. Um with that, I will turn it over to uh councelor Lecoitz for finance and administration.

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>> Thank you, Madame Mayor. Um and before I go right into the business of the uh finance and administration committee, I want to mention two things. Uh, first I recently had the pleasure of going to Glenidge High School and speaking to and

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with the public policy club. Uh, which was a thing that we found out about because the president of the club uh was here. I guess it was in January we had our um our meeting a public hearing about the Jney. >> Sure.

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>> Uh, and he came and and spoke very eloquently. Uhhuh. Subsequently he reached out and asked me to come and and speak with a public policy club. So, there were about 15 of them uh all uh for some reason they're all young men,

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but they're very engaged. Uh I had a lot of great questions from the group uh including your son who wanted to know how my background in finance informs my public policy choices. I thought that was a very incisive question. So

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>> I appreciate your assessment of my son but in your head. >> So so that was uh so that was quite a good experience. I also want to give an update on the Jney um issue a project.

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Uh so apologies to everyone who's uh waiting for us to uh come up with something new. We are working on it. Um and uh right now our uh bureau attorney is uh reviewing um let's say exemplary

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uh chipney uh or microtransit related uh RFPs to make sure that we get it right and whatever we put out there is going to maximize the return maximize the uh the interest and the engagement that we

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get from potential providers. Having said that, let's go into resolution 94-26, the uh the bills list. Um with the claims and warrants shown on the list,

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including $8.4 million in the current fund, uh most of which is actually to be passed along to the board of education and the county of Essex. Um and I I have to say this particular bill's list is distinguished from

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my my new favorite vendor ever, which is Any Excuse for a Party Incorporated. That is on the top of my all-time favorite list of vendors >> right next to a party pleasing.

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What's going on in town? So uh you can see uh those vendors and all all the rest uh where we are approving payments in resolution 94-26 which I now move.

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>> You've heard the motion by councelor Lewitz. May I have a second? >> I'll second. >> Heard the motion by councelor Lewitz, seconded by council law. Um any discussion? >> Seeing none, madam clerk, please call the role. Hi. >> Hi.

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>> Hi. >> Hi >> Siano. >> Hi. >> May >> I may motion carry? Thank you. >> Uh and next and last uh madame mayor. I

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have ordinance number uh 1837 for first reading. This is an ordinance establishing titles for non-union and other employees at the burrow of Glen Ridge and fixing the 2026 maximum annual salaries and other compensation for

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those titles. >> May I have a second on the introduction of ordinance number 1837? >> I'll second. >> Thank you, Councelor Moody. Is there any discussion among the members of the council? >> I'll just say that the

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the principal impact of this ordinance would be to uh increase the crossing guard compensation to a competitive level and help us um get more crossing guards which is an issue that we've

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struggled with in the last in the recent time. >> Thank you. >> Seeing no other comments forthcoming, Madam Clerk, please call the role. Hi >> L. >> Hi >> Simi. >> Hi >> Siano.

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>> Hi >> Mayer. >> Hi >> Moody. >> Hi >> Mayor. This ordinate having passing the first reading as an introduction. >> Thank you. I refer ordinance number 1837 uh to the municipal clerk for the purpose of statutory publication and

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posting. All right. Um councelor law public safety and committee. drinking >> and I have three permits for social affairs permits. Uh first one relates to

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resolution number 95-26. The Freeman Garden Association has submitted a social affair permit by the deadline for a music fundraiser to be held on June 12th, 2026. That may seek to approve the permit and

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move the resolution. You've heard the motion by council law. May I have a second? >> I'll second. >> That's a missed opportunity by councelor Zimit, but you heard the motion by councelor law, seconded by councelor meer.

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>> Moody by councelor moody. Um, any discussion? >> Um, seeing none, madam clerk, please call the role. >> Leave >> I. >> Long. >> Zimi. to

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>> I >> mayor >> I >> may your motion carry >> and we'll just say councelor Simmons abstaining because he's very involved with Freeman Gardens so we appreciate his um ethical due diligence. >> Yes,

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>> I have resolution number 96-26. The Glenidge Community Fund has applied for a social affairs permit uh related to the Fitzgerald 5K logger run uh to be held at Herel Field on June 14th, 2026.

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Vet mayor, I seek to approve the permit and move. >> Thank you. You've heard the motion by councelor Law. May I have a second? >> Second >> for the motion by councelor Law, seconded by councelor Tyriono. Any discussion? Who's running the race? I'm out of town this year, man.

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>> Yeah. Okay. >> We'll see. >> Okay. All right. We'll see you there. Um I can do the mile. >> I'll see you in the nipper mile. >> Um madam clerk, could you please call the role? >> Leave >> I. >> Li.

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>> Zim. >> Hi. >> Terriiano. >> I. >> Mayer. >> I. >> Moody. >> Hi. >> May your motion carry. >> Thank you. It is resolution 97-26 Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan, New

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Jersey has applied for social affairs permit for an event titled In Good Taste. It's a tasting event and fundraiser to be held at the Women's Club of Glenidge on June 10th, 2026. Madame Mayor seek to approve the permit

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and move the resolution. >> You heard the motion by councelor Law. May I have a second? I'll second. Heard the motion by councelor Law. Seconded by councelor Meyer. Any discussion? Seeing none, madame clerk, please call the role. >> Leave. >> Hi.

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>> Law. >> Hi. >> Zimi. >> Hi. >> Siano. >> I. >> Mayer. >> Hi. >> Moody. >> I. >> Madame. Motion carry. >> Thank you. And thank you, Madam Clerk, for working with all our applicants to get their paperwork in. We really

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appreciate it. Um, anything else, councelor Law? That's it. >> You're all set. Uh, councelor Zimit, community affairs and public relations. >> Uh, no formal business this evening, Madame Mayor. I would just like to echo your sentiments on the parade yesterday. It was a big success. And kudos to the

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community for coming out and, uh, despite the weather. Um, and kudos to Paul Weisenberger of uh, Kuanis who uh, did a lot of work and sw a lot of weather reports um, to uh, to make it all happen. And yeah, it was a big success and and a really good turnout

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particularly given the weather. Um, and then just one other thing I wanted to note um, I wanted to thank our clerkise for work um, that she and I have been doing on a new resident handbook. So we're looking to help get new residents more engaged in the community and

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understand the nuances of of living in Glen Ridge in terms of rules and regulations whether it's HBC or shoveling your walkway or whatever it might be. Um as well as getting them engaged in the community with the various organizations. So we've uh we've been working on putting something

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together um that can be longtime residents can learn something from it as well, but uh it's really targeted at uh people moving into the community and be on the lookout for that. We are hoping to have it go live in the coming weeks and we're also uh tenatively planning a

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get together for the community in September to have uh new new residents interact and get to know >> the summer popup >> date to be announced soon. >> The date to be announced. Yeah. I don't know any details but I know that that's

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in somewhere. I I don't know any >> it's in it's in the works. >> Okay. I'm adding to your >> That's in July after FIFA. >> After FIFA. Okay. >> After FIFA. >> Okay. Um, >> but will it have a dramatic live reading event of the new resident handbook?

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>> Perhaps at the September event. >> We can do a poetry slam. >> I was going to write a song. Gonna try >> maybe a limick. A limrich. >> The popup is tentatively July 22nd. >> July 22nd. Okay. >> Tentatively. >> Yeah.

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>> We'll put it on the handbook. the the popup in general is mentioned in the handbook just with the date TV DVD. So that's it does outline various community events. >> That is all I have tonight. Madame Mayor. >> All right. Terrific. Um councelor Tyrion

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public works. >> Hi madam mayor. I have a few things for you this evening. Let's start with an ordinance for the first time reading. It's ordinance number um 1838 and it is um regarding the um fixing of a 2026 max. Um this is for appropriate

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capital improvement funds for public works and public safety projects. The ordinance appropriates a total of 300,000 for capital improvement fund for the burrow infrastructure and equipment needs. Specifically 250 is designated for engineering public works vehicles

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such as um the ground master and the um uh other high intensity vehicles. The improvements and equipment purchases will be carried out under the direction of the B administrator, deputy administrator, and project engineer.

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This is the first reading of that ordinance. >> May I have a a second for the introduction of ordinance 1838? >> Have a second. >> Okay. You've heard the um introduction by Constantin, seconded by councelor Zimit. Any other discussion um amongst

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members of the council on this ordinance? Seeing no other comments forthcoming, madame clerk, please call the role. >> Hi. >> Li. >> Zimmy. >> Hi. >> Tiano. >> Hi. >> Mayer. >> Hi.

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>> Mury. >> Hi. >> Madame Mayo. Motion carry to adopt the introduction and the first reading of ordinance 1838. >> Thank you. I refer ordinance 1838 to the municipal clerk for the purpose of statutory publication and posting. And you said you might have more for us.

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>> I do. Um on Friday, um myself, um councelor Law, um Bill Bartlett, our fields turf consultant, and um um and other parties met and reviewed the four fields that we have. Um we looked at

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Forest, Herell, um Cody, and Cutterette, and we discussed activities that are going to be happening in June to maintain those fields as well as ongoing maintenance. I was quite impressed with our turf consultant who kind of gave kind of

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explicit guidance on the length of of grass to be cut, when things should be airrated, how they should be airrated. Um it was educational for me and I appreciate councelor um keeping me under your wing a little bit as we went through this process, but it it was helpful um to see that >> you got potential.

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>> Well, thank you. Thank you. So that's um item number one. I think that for the folks that are listening in, they should be aware that there's a lot of work that goes into maintaining the fields and it's we're not just luck. It's, you know, I did pray for rain and I got that. So, I I want to take some credit

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for that activity. Um, secondly, I just want to run through the the good work that public works does on an ongoing basis. I report every two weeks on this and I think just running through it for the record would be great. Um, we completed spring tree planting and mulching. Um, gator bags are the water

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bags that support new trees and those are being installed and filled. Um, we're maintaining the athletic fields as per schedules and as discussed, we cut all parks and burrow um properties. We assisted um the county DBW with a large um roadway limb in at Bville and

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Rididgewood. We did the prep and cleanup for the echo. We um got the pool ready the parking lot, fixed some bumpers, concrete planters. We're doing some sanitary maintenance work on Hathaway Place. Um, we did the sound check for Memorial Day. We did the barricade

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memorial for Memorial Day tables and chairs for the picnic. We swapped out the flags and then cleaned up the memorials in in organization for that stuff. So, um, okay with the council, I'll continue to report on their good work because I think it's something that the town should be aware of. Um, and

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lastly, Mayor, I understand that on 5:31 you will be uh uh you and Jen Lee will be um judging the Strawberry Festival and that's going to be happening at the >> I got a little nervous. I'm like, "Oh my god, >> it's 5:31 at the at the women's club

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again going Ridge and it'll be from 1 to 4 and it's a bake off. So if you you got some strawberry things that you want to share, bring them along and the mayor will judge which gently Yeah, I get to eat. >> It's going to be a blind Very excited. >> And that's my update for today. >> Have to bring in my rhubarb pie.

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>> Well, you do it. Do it. >> Bring it. >> Bring it >> with a limmerick. It's got to come with a limmer. >> Limmerick pie. >> Limmerick pie by David. >> Um, great. Thank you. That's a very thorough report. Uh, councelor Meyer,

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uh, parks and recreation. >> Unlike councelor Toraniano, I have no report this year. >> Well, a lot of your stuff got covered. Yeah, she did the field and everything. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Thank you to the DPW and to uh Tyler for

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>> all the work that we've done on the grass fields. I think we've had minimal closures this year. So, I think it's been >> years of hard work got us to this state. So, >> that'll pass to Council Moody. >> All right. Councelor Moody, planning and

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development. Uh I do not have a formal report tonight either, but I'll pile on the DPW uh gratitude especially for the arts and ecoair. That is a massive undertaking. We could not have had better weather which meant that we had

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incredible attendance and it's a coordination of a lot of different community partners as well. And I think uh our teams uh thanks to uh our police officers as well for just the incredible

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efficiency, grace, good humor that they lend to that day. So >> yeah, it's a lot. These are really tough weeks um for all our folks. So we appreciate it. >> Oh, and yes, especially with the car accident that happened before keeping everybody safe.

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>> Gosh, I forgot about that. That was >> kicked off of the bag. Yes, literally. >> Um, all right. Um, thank you. With with that, I'll turn over um for administrators. Kelly, anything to report? >> Mayor, I'd just like to congratulate again Denise on her 30 years of service.

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It's not a retirement. It's just 30 years of service and uh I appreciate working with her. the uh the parade again, Paul Weisenberg, just wonderful person to work with, great job, very detail oriented and um just we we all

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enjoyed working with him. And I just want to shout out Mike Peron, our reenactor that brought it cannon, >> the new addition to the parade. I thought that was a a great >> great uh plus to have. And then uh also we had uh Jen Lee and Ella in the parade

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and her husband and more additions to the parade that I thought were great. And the uh we mentioned the logger run coming up on September or not September June 14th. >> Please don't fast forward my >> So June 14th is the logger run. Registration's open and then the pool is

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open on weekends. Um now until school closes. So the deck has been rebuilt and resurfaced and brand new furniture. Everything looks great down there. Sign up and uh join up. The pool warms up very rapidly because

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it's so shallow. So I I this the weather this week. I think it'll be great this weekend. >> That's it. Thank you, Mayor. >> You thought you got him, but you didn't. Nice try. >> You got to get up earlier to get Skellyy. Um John, do you have anything?

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>> Uh no report, mayor. >> All right, Madame Clerk, any uh announcements? >> Oh, we have another election coming up. >> Yes. So, we having another election on June 2nd. Um, >> feel the excitement in her.

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>> The early voting is started the 26, actually today, the 36 to the 31st. That's early voting. Um, there's several locations here in Essis County that anyone can go and just go on the weekends. And the deadline to vote by

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mail if anyone want to raise it to vote by mail is July. I mean June post uh for the uh June election. Um as counselor Tiana mentioned the mayor

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myself going to be judging the estate on Sunday. So I'm looking forward for that event. Um my daughter, my husband and myself we attended to the parade. um um yesterday. >> So long ago.

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>> Yeah. So long ago. So it was great and I really love it and we have a great time. I actually know some residents now. >> Great. >> They were waiting right here. Okay.

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>> Very nice. Um, >> um, just, uh, some events coming up other than the ones that we've already discussed is tomorrow. We're the police department's taking the sixth graders at Rididge School to Somerset Patriots game as part of their lead graduation. Uh,

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the Rhino is on Thursday, June 4th >> in the morning. The bike rode is on Saturday, June 6th. And then the Sunset Classic's on Thursday, June 25th. >> All right. Wow. Thank you. All right. Uh we do not have any new or unfinished business and this is the second

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opportunity for public comment. Seeing no public, uh we will close that public opportunity. Um and councelor Law make a motion to adjourn a meeting. >> All those in favor? >> I thank you.