I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice 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, and location were included in the meeting notice posted on the bureau's
official website at www. glenridgeenj.org at least 48 hours prior to this meeting. The agenda and public handouts for this meeting can be viewed online at www.glenrij.org. Madam court, could you do a roll call? >> Leave
>> here. >> L >> here. >> Zimi >> here. >> Ser >> here. Maya >> here. >> Moody >> here. >> Mayor, you have a >> All right. Thanks so much. So, the first thing we're going to do is welcome all the scouts and we have a proclamation
for you. So, I'm going to read the whole thing and then um we'd love to have some photo opportunities with you guys. So, you can come up and we'll do some photo ops and then you guys are free to go because I know you have a lot of homework and there's been a lot of assignments before you leave for break
is my understanding. Right. Yeah, I've heard there's a lot of homework been assigned. All right. So, recognizing Boy Scout Troop 55 for exemplary community service to Glenrich senior citizens. Whereas Boy Scout Troop
55 of Glenrich, New Jersey is dedicated to developing young men of strong character, integrity, and civic responsibility through the values of the Boy Scouts of America. And whereas during the winter of 2026, members of Troop 55 demonstrated remarkable
compassion and selflessness by volunteering to shovel snow and clear walkways for senior citizens throughout the burrow of Glen Ridge. And whereas the dedicated efforts of these young scouts helped ensure the safety and well-being of our most vulnerable citiz
residents during hazardous winter conditions, allowing them to remain safely and comfortably in their homes. And where is the members of troop 55 under the leadership of scoutmaster Dan Dan Copekc, senior patrol leader
Christian Copc, and assistant senior patrol leader Neville Kentwalla embody the very spirit of community that makes Glenidge a special place to live. And the following scar scouts are to be commended for their service. Terrence,
Hayden, Joshua, Xavier, Rowan, David, Emory, Francis, Lucas, Colby, Owen, Gabe, Oscar, Corbin, Devin,
Fose, Connor, James, Gavin, Oliver, Theo, the second James, and the third James. And whereas recreation director Jim Cowen, whose pride in the young people of Glenidge is unwavering, brought the
extraordinary efforts of troop 55 to the attention of the mayor and council. And is through his dedication to this community that scouts are being ded recognized today. And whereas the Burough of Glenidge is proud to celebrate its young people and the meaningful difference they make in the
lives of their neighbors. Now therefore, I, Deborah Mans, mayor of the Burough of Glenidge, on behalf of the entire council, do proclaim recognition and heartfelt appreciation for Boy Scout Troop 55 and call upon all residents of Glenidge to join us in honoring these
outstanding young scouts for their extraordinary service, leadership, and generosity of spirit. Thank you so much. All right. So, if we could have the scouts come up and maybe we can do some photos. I'm sure your parents would love that.
All right, guys. You have one here. between >> two3 scouts and everything Thanks everybody. Congratulations guys. >> Thank you.
>> Thank you. >> Thanks guys. Great. Great. >> I texted you. >> I sent you pictures. All right, that was very nice. Uh, Jenise, thank you for putting together
the proclamation. We really appreciate that. Um, all right. So, we have the adoption of the minutes of March 9th, which again, our special thanks to our clerk for sorting through all that. Um, I'll leave it at that. Um, may I have a
a motion to approve approve the minutes of March 9th? >> I'll make a motion. May I have a second? >> I'll say >> okay by seconded by counselor um left. Um any discussion?
>> I appreciate the little shout out at the end. >> Welld deserved. >> Very well deserved. >> Um all right. Seeing no further discussion, uh may we have a roll call? >> Leave. >> I abain.
>> Zimi. I >> Tiana >> abstain >> may >> I >> Money >> I >> motion carry. Thank you. >> Thank you. Um madame clerk any written communications? >> Not at the moment. >> Not at the moment. I do not have any
comments of the mayor. This is the time for comments from the public. Um, seeing no public, I will close the comment period, uh, and turn it over to council Lefowitz, uh, for finance and administration committee.
>> Um, yes. Uh, thank you, uh, Madame Mayor. Uh, I just want to, uh, mention briefly that in in addition to what's on the agenda here for the Finance and Administration Committee, um, we're continuing to work on the, uh, the chney
will be coming out with a uh with an RFP to uh take things further in that regard. But as far as what's on the agenda here, I have resolution 71-26. Uh this is authorizing the payment of
claims. Uh and uh this includes uh about 8.9 million in the current fund of which we're acting as tax collectors and transferring 5.9 million approximately to the board of ed and 2.4 million to
the county. Uh and you see the other amounts in the resolution. So I move resolution 771-26. >> You heard the motion by councelor Lewoods. May I have a second? >> I'll second.
>> Heard the motion by councelor Lewoods. Seconded by council law. Any discussion? Seeing none, madam clerk, please call the role. >> Leav. >> Law. >> Hi. >> Zim. >> Hi. >> I. >> Maya. >> I.
>> Moody. >> I. >> Motion carry. >> Thank you. >> Um, councelor Law, public safety committee. >> Uh, yes, Madame Mayor. We had our uh public safety committee meeting tonight
and as usual we talked about a number of traffic and public sav safety issues as well uh traffic and pedestrian safety issues as well as certain initiatives. So uh more details to come on that um but it did occupy a good part of our
time tonight. Thank you. >> Thank you councelor Zimmit community affairs and public relations committee. >> Uh nothing to report this evening. >> Okay. Thank you. Councelor Tiano, public works utility committee. >> Yes, madam mayor. I have one resolution
to present, but before I do, I thought we'd chat a little bit about our good meeting that we had with Mountainside Hospital. We went there as part of public works and public safety with you, the mayor. Um, it was a very positive exchange. also commission um police
chief Quinn was there and we had a good discussion about how we could engage with the hospital more of community events as well as things that were concerning like um their sewer system and how that they can maintain that. They gave us some good um feedback on things that they were doing and we want
to document that. We're waiting for that documentation to share with with the town. So it was a good positive. >> Yeah, that's a great point. Thank you for raising that. Okay, I do have one resolution. Um, resolution 7226 is the award of a contract for tire
mounting and balancing equipment. Um, the department of public work requires replacement of tire equipment. This resolution authorizes the purchase of Mohawk tire machine. Um, number is presented there and road force tire balancing machine and accessories from Mohawk
lifts LLC in the amount of 45,462. 75 through the state cooperative purchasing program. Um since it's a state contract, there's no competitive bidding required. Our CFO has certified the funds that are available through
capital ordinances 1718 and 1824. I just note in a prior discussion that um we have lots of vehicles maintained and this equipment let us maintain them in an easy way. It's not we'd be waiting online at various places to get this
done. So, it's a cost effective way to keep our fleet in shape. So, madame mayor, I would like to make a motion to approve this resolution. >> You've heard the motion by councelor Tiano. May I have a second? >> I'll second. >> You heard the motion by councelor Tiana,
seconded by councelor Zimit. Any further discussion? Seeing none, madam clerk, please call the role. >> Hi. >> Long. >> Hi. >> Zimi. >> Hi. >> Hi. >> Mayer. I
>> I motion carries. >> Thank you so much. Anything else? Councelor Tiana, >> that's it. Thank you. >> All right. Thank you. Councelor Meer, parks and recreation committee. >> Uh no report this evening, madam mayor. >> Okay. Thank you. Councelor Moody, planning and development committee. >> Uh it's been a busy time in planning
development. We finally wrap that up. I want to thank everybody involved especially again John Melissa and Eric Deline. Uh I want to also in my capacity as a liaison to the environmental advisory committee give a real shout of thanks to those members. They uh
advocated and worked to get New Jersey DP uh to do a community outreach session this past Saturday and a cleanup. Special thanks to councelor Zimit for putting his back to digging out n notweed
on Saturday morning. But it was a really well attended uh an important event. It's an asset intended to be a new state park that traverses our town. And we had not gotten a lot of attention from DP in terms of uh
letting the community know what their process, plans and vision are. So, uh, it was held all Saturday morning and they manned a table and they really took resident concerns and they have also promised that they will come back and
have more outreach events in the future. So, uh, special thanks to EAC and to the member Tracy Riley who really spearheaded it. That's all for me. >> Yeah, that was a great event. Um, comments. Um, administrators Kelly, do
you have any comments? I uh would just like to thank our burough clerk who had her first wedding as a Glenidge official. >> So that was Thursday or Friday. >> Friday. >> Friday. She had her first her first
wedding here. You know, she's cutting in on the mayor's action. But >> I have to say I really appreciate because I had um an opportunity to present at Monontlair State um to talk about how we use data to public policy decisions and I actually used the survey
work that Steve had doing along with some other examples and so that came up and so our clerk um graciously offered to do it. So and the couple was like absolutely stunning. >> Yeah. >> So they were like to the two two months
in and she's doing weddings and we're lucky to have you gently. So thank you very very much. >> That's it mayor. Thank you. >> No that's nice. Uh, John, >> uh, mayor, the only thing I would add is just to echo what councelor Moody has said is, you know, we did all of the
filings that had to be done for our affordable housing housing element, the fair share plan. Uh, everything was filed by the deadline that was mandated by the state, which was May 16th. And what that means, and this is the important part, the repose that we are
entitled to continues. which means that we are in a safe zone and we are immune for the moment from any builder lawsuit which is very very important. >> And the next step in this process is to now await the court to give us a date
for the final pleary hearing for compliance. And once that happens and we have every reason to believe that that it will go forward as planned, we will then have a 10-year period of proposals that would take us out to 2035, which is a very important.
>> Yeah. Thanks. And just to clarify, the it was a March um 16th deadline. Yes. Yes. Thank you. Yeah. >> Just under the wire we got there. Yes. >> Um madam clerk, any comments?
>> Yes. when the wedding was great. Um, last week I have a meeting with the police department. We went over a few details how to um kind of make our process to do license applications a
little bit more and simplify the steps especially for the school. We all agree that sometimes they step on from different angle and we just try to work together. So it was a great
productive meeting. Thank you chief understand. Um today was the deadline to submit the committee county committee petitions by 4 p.m. So I receive the committee petition today in the clerk office. Um
we have a special election April 16. Some notifications are going to be going into the side of the special elections since it's only around the special election.
>> Yeah, it's been busy with election work. Um, yes, we appreciate those notices going out because it is a Thursday election which is unusual. >> So, you uh they all left. But um I just wanted to reiterate the that uh how grateful I
am personally to the to the Boy Scout troops, not only for the residents of the town, but I also have relatives in the town that um they they helped out in the pinch and they're just a great group of kids and Dan Copek runs a tight ship. Yeah, we had so much snow and uh the two
big storms and those those guys were out shoveling with shovels in some cases bigger than that. So yeah, we really appreciate it. >> Yeah. So it's and it's all volunteer and and free which is pretty amazing. Yeah. Yeah.
>> Um okay. Any uh we don't have any new or unfinished business and so this is our second opportunity for comments of the public and uh seeing none I will close that comment period and turn it over to councelor law >> like to make a motion to adjourn the
meeting. Madame mayor >> all those in favor >> I