to the flag of the United States of America and to theice in accordance with chapter 231 open public meetings act adequate and for notice of this meeting has been given to the public by publishing a notice in the Glen Ridge paper Glen
Ridge voice mocker times and the Star Ledger and posting said notice on the bulletin board in the municipal building the agenda and public handouts for this meeting can be viewed online at www Glen nj.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 Madam Clerk roll call yes mad mayor counc Le here H here simit
here law here Myer is accent Moody here mayor mans is present Madam mayor you have a quum thank you so much could I get a motion for the adoption of the minutes of the February 10th I will make a motion Madam may may I have a
second I'll second any discussion see none mayor I was absent for at least one of those meetings should I abstain Mike or should I go ahead and uh and and approve I read the huh as long as you're familiar with the
content and will be discussed at the meeting then if you're absent you can vote okay thank you okay great question um seeing no other discussion Madam clerk please call the yes mad mayor
councelor I Hugh I zimit I la I Moody I five eyes no knes the motion carries thank you madam clerk do we have any um written Communications none at this time all right now we have a thing everyone's here for which we're very excited
about so we're going to do the proclamation for the Scout Troop um I'm going to read it and then if you guys want to come up afterwards and do any photos you can sit at my desk and do a photo whatever you want okay so we'll take time and then if you want to leave
you can leave because we're going to finish the rest of the meeting so I just want to like give you a little preview of what to expect all right so um Scout Troop 55 to recognize their exemplary service to Glenridge senior citizens whereas New Jersey is known to
see significant snowfall during the winter season and the buau of Glenridge saw a need to assist its senior citizen residents in clearing their sidewalks and driveways after a snowfall and whereas the Scouts of tro 55 have stepped up to the plate since
the winter of 2022 and under the direction of senior patrol leader Gabriel Kirk and assistant senior patrol leader for community service Corbin wonderlick formed four teams of scout shovelers to Aid a you made this
resolution very difficult Scout shovelers to Aid approximately 30 residents this winter and whereas the following Scouts have been dedicated to shoveling out after winter storm and should be recognized for their hard work and commitment to community service
within the buau Joshua fose Neville Colby Hayden Connor James Francis Christian James
Lee Stephen Rowan Gabe Oscar Terrence Theo and Lucas therefore be resolve that I mayor Deborah mans along with the burough councel desired to convey an expression of its
condemn condentation I and grateful acknowledgement for the valued services rendered by the Scouts of troop 55 thank you so much for allation if you guys want to come up picture
here's your Proclamation hold up your Proclamation it's photo op time oh course here come here come here come over here three years ago was it they thought
I need right job well done CH nice work guys thank you so much truly truly awesome you
iation I like my brain is not functioning that's too big of a word no that's it after and you know all right um while they're fing out
we'll open up the public comment portion if there's any members of the public that would like to come forward okay we have our our old Boy Scout in town Gordon Le Gordon levit 131 Hillside Avenue I think it's apropo because I see the snow
coming down and then there's Kate and her son James yeah and I got to tell you and i' been in touch with uh Dan over the course of these couple of years this is really a wonderful thing that the
town does and the boy scout yeah it's a a MIT a help um because my wife can't help anymore and so even 4 in and Ice very helpful got to love got to love
yeah that's it that's it thank you it's nice to hear that again all right uh with any other public comments okay great uh with that I will turn it over to councelor leitz for the
finance and administration committee thank you um Madam mayor we just have a couple of uh items tonight uh the first is resolution number 67-250 school taxes so I move resolution
6725 you've heard the motion by Council Fitz do I have a second I'll second you've heard the motion by Council leitz seconded by Council law any discussion seeing none Madam clerk please call RA yes Madam mayor councelor
lez I Hugh i simit i law hi Moody hi five eyes no knes the motion carries um and next and last I have resolution number 6825 um this is to reappoint Michael
zelli Deputy municipal clerk in accordance with New Jersey state law I I resolution 6825 you've heard the motion by councilor leit so I have a second I'll second ref heard the motion
by councelor leco seconded by councelor Moody any discussion on the resolution see none Madam clerk please call the rooll yes Madam mayor counselor's left with i Hughes i simit i
law I Moody I five eyes no the motion carries anything further nothing further for me that all right councilor Hughes Public Safety Committee mayor I have one resolution tonight uh number 6925 be it resolved that in accordance with the
statute the mayor and Council approves a raffle application for a merchandise draw submitted by manto manette Gro McKenna Angel Foundation to be held on May 4th at the Country Club I move the resolution you heard the motion by um
councelor Hughes do I have a second I'll second approve the motion by councelor Hughes seconded by councelor leoz any discussion seeing none Madam clerk call the r please yes Madam mayor councilor's Le i h
zimit hi law hi Moody hi five eyes no knes the motion carries thank you anything else counc that's it mayor um councelor zimit Community Affairs and public relations uh nothing to report this even um councelor Law Public Works and
utility committee uh Madam mayor just wanted to report on the water meter replacement project um so far to date we've completed installations at about 25% of uh the households throughout the community there's another 25% that seem to be scheduled over the course of the
next month and that leaves us about 50% left I think all the residents should have received a couple pieces of communication about it and we do ask that you respond and schedule your appointment uh the appointment takes anywhere from 10 to 20 minutes uh for
them to do the replacement so uh we ask everybody to uh to make sure we respond to that and that's all I have to State tonight thank you thanks that's a great reminder um councelor Meyer is absent tonight councelor Moody Planning and Development Committee I have nothing to
report tonight you have an upcoming public hearing I do have an upcoming public hearing I'm so sorry madam mayor yes we have a public hearing on Tuesday the 18th at 7 p.m 7:30 Mike 7 7
7 uh on a new uh historic preservation ordinance and uh this has been in the works for some time it's to bring us in Greater compliance with interior standards and
kind of streamline the process for uh our HPC so that they can take in a minor application and then work it through the process with the homeowner in a more streamlined way
7 p.m. 7.m that's what I thought on Tuesday the 18th at 7.m okay thanks I appreciate all the work that you guys have done into that our apologize for not reminding folks about it um Mike any
comment uh mayor just i' unfortunately like to announce that the shade Tre commission is looking for a new member with the passing of Robert bound we' have a posting out there anybody that is interested in uh being considered as a m of the shade tree commission is welcome
to fill out a citizen volunteer form uh they are due by the 24th and um the the commission typically meets now at 8:45 in the morning here at
Burrow Hall so again uh applicants are welcome for consideration thank you mayor joh no comments mayor Chief uh I would just like to our uh our heartfelt condolences to Family Friends Community
colleagues of new police officer Joseph asanza es uh he was tragically shot and killed this past Friday and uh we're all grieving and anything um and of course our prayers with the family yeah yeah and his um colleague was also wounded
yeah um yeah it's really sad thanks um Madam Clerk report May okay thanks we have no new or unfinished business um a second opportunity for comments from the
public see none um councelor Moody I will make a motion to adjer all those in favor I I thank you so much