indivisible andice for all in accordance with chapter 231 of the open public meetings act adequate and proper notice of this meeting has been given to the public by publishing a notice in the Glen rid paper Glen Ridge voice monair times and the Star Ledger
and posting said notice on the bulletin board in municipal building the agenda and public handouts for this meeting can be viewed online at www Glenridge 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 we have a roll call yes Madam mayor councilor's Le here here zimit here councelor law is absent Meer here Moody here Madam mayor here is
present Madam mayor you have a quar uh thanks uh any written Communications none this evening oh we will just well we did get some Valentine that will enter into the record um from The Ridgewood Avenue
school they had a day of appreciation for service um and it was a really nice breakfast and we all got um Valentine's very ni which is very nice so we appreciate all that um I am actually for the comments of the mayor gonna turn it over to
counselor Zim you has some comments uh thank you Madame mayor um sorry to start off on a on a somber note but I just want to take a moment uh and remember a resident uh Robert bound who passed away on February 9th suddenly um um Robert
like uh so many members of this community was very active in town and volunteering I I personally knew him from uh he was the treasur of the Freeman Gardens Association where he served for over 15 years uh I know he was also a member of the shet tree commission um and a recent appointment
to the planning board as well so very very active in town um Robert was a a teacher in the um nober in school district retired in 2019 he he taught French in the school district um he spoke the first time I met him it was at
an event at Freeman Gardens and all these people were coming up and he spoke Spanish and German and French with various people and uh according to his wife the one language that I forgot to mention was uh Texan which really kind of defined who Robert was for those who knew him he was um a very big uh very
big personality uh very warm um very humorous guy um and so he will be missed by the community and um condolences go out to his wife star so yes thank you
those wonderful comments um on behalf of the whole Council and myself we um certainly um will will miss him and all the service that he did uh for the to um with that any comments from the
public seeing none I'll turn it over to counselor Rel thank you Madam mayor um I have a few resolutions this evening um the first is resolution number 58-
25 um which is to uh approve uh claims and draw warrants and the amounts that are listed here parenthetically this is probably the smallest bills list I can recall on this Council um but uh it still has some he to it
because we have toay the district and the county so um Madame mayor I move the resolution you've heard the resolution um you've heard the motion by councel left with do I have a second I'll second you've heard the motion by councel left
with seconded by councelor zimit any discussion seeing none Madam clerk please call the r yes Madam mayor counselor leitz hi huse hi zimit I Meer hi Moody I five eyes no names the motion
Carri next Madame mayor I have resolution number 59-25 U this is to uh make some small transfers um between uh budget accounts
to um what I say adjust for uh expenses that uh were not made as originally expected and and uh move the budget into into other
more fitting places um so I I I move resolution 59-25 you've heard the motion by council lewitz do I have a second I'll second I've heard the motion by councel lewitz seconded by councelor Hughes any
discussion seeing none Madam clerk please call the rooll yes Madam mayor councelor leovit i Hughes hi simmit hi Meer hi Moody hi five eyes carries and finally Madam mayor I have
resolution number 60-2 um note that it says me on resolution I'll just cross that out and um so so this resolution is to
um raise the cost of the online registration for the uh summer day camp program up to $50 from $ to uh to balance the budget of that program um so I I move resolution
60-2 you've heard the motion by council leitz do I have a second I'll second uh you've heard the motion by Council leitz uh seconded by councelor Meyer any discussion outside of the
um amendment that uh Council offered um Madam Clark please call the RO yes Madam mayor councilor leovit hi Hughes hi simmit I Meer hi Rudy I five eyes no motion
carries else right councelor Hughes Public Safety y mayor uh Public Safety Committee met tonight uh for an hour we reviewed the report of the chief and he's filed it uh in addition I have one resolution uh number
6125 to offer tonight D that the mayor and buau Council approve a raffle license application for merchandise draw submitted by the high school Glen High School HSA uh to be held on May 17 2025 I move
resolution heard the motion by councelor Hughes do I have a second I'll second heard the motion by councelor Hughes seconded by Council luitz any discussion on this resolution seeing n Madam clerk please call yes Madam mayor councelor s i
Hughes hi zimit I Meer I Moody I eyes the motion carries anything else councelor Hughes oh that's it may thanks okay uh councelor zimit uh Community Affairs and public relations uh nothing to report this
even uh councelor Meyer is going to be taking on Council of laws uh Public Works resolutions thank you Madame mayor I have uh resolution number number 6224 whereas the bur of Glen rdge seeks
verification services for the burrow athletic fields and used a fair and competitive process to solicit bids for the services and Double D Turf LLC of heist toown New Jersey submitted the lowest responsible bid in an amount of
$155 3575 cents this bid is separate from the normal field maintenance bids kind of an FYI because there are some specialty equipment and uh it's required to aate our Fields hence why you're going to see
here two resolutions tonight for seemingly the for field maintenance so Madame mayor would like to make a motion to approve this resolution you appr the motion by councilor Meer do I have a second I'll second for the motion by councelor Meyer seconded by councelor Moody any discussion on this
resolution seeing none Madam clerk please call the RO yes Madam mayor councilor leit i h hi zimit I Meer I Moody hi five eyes no KN the motion carries thank you and Madame mayor I
resolution 63-2 uh the burough seeks uh field maintenance services for the remainder for all of the burrow athletic fields again a fair and competitive process was used and the contract was awarded to
True Green LP in the amount of$ 38,1 192 2025 field maintenance services Madame mayor i' like to make a motion to approve this resolution you've heard the motion by councelor Meyer do I have a second second heard the motion by
councelor Meyer seconded by councelor Hughes any discussion seeing n Madam Clark please call the RO yes Madam mayor councelor Le hi Hughes hi zimit hi Meer iy I five
eyes no the motion carries um thank you for doing that do you have anything for Parks and Recreation committee uh no additional report this evening thank you okay I know you're busy with that uh councelor Moody uh thank you
madam mayor I actually have two uh resolutions tonight um I'm going to start with resolution number 6425 uh entitled it's in summary not going to read the whole thing it authorizes an uh easement
to the owners of two Mitchell play to enable them to continue to use about a 320 square foot area of land that is owned by the burrow and it makes their driveway usable and it's just a vestage
of old surveying so uh it writes it and gives them the ability to continue to maintain and use their property um as it's within the eement area so um Madame mayor I would like to make a motion to approve this
resolution you've heard the motion by councelor Moody do I have a second sure you heard the motion of course seconded by councelor zimit uh is there any discussion on
resolution seeing done uh Madam CL please call the rooll yes Madam mayor councilor's left I Hughes I zimit I Meer I Moody I five eyes no names the motion
carried and Madame mayor I have a second resolution tonight it's a resolution number 6525 entitled HPC Grant application uh this is a fairly straightforward it uh the governing body of the Bureau of Glen
Ridge desires to further the public interest by obtaining a grant from the state of New Jersey in the amount of approximately $35,000 to fund an architectural survey of historic resources um uh this is uh
run through the State Office of historic preservation and it takes funds from the Department of interior for interior standards so it would be great uh for us able to have this Baseline data Madame mayor would like to make a motion to approve this resolution you appr the
motion by councel Moody do I have a second I'll second heard the motion by counselor Moody seconded by councelor Meyer any discussion seeing none Madam clerk please call the RO yes Madam mayor
counselor's leitz i Hughes I zimit I Meer I Moody I five eyes motion carries um and that's that's it um let's see Mike any comments I I would just
like to extend my condolences to the uh Starbound you know loss of Robert Robert was on the uh Stu commission planning board Freeman Gardens um worked with him on all sorts of sorts of avenues besides his language Talent he was also great
photographer as well and heavily involved in the fencing community and it brought me uh he and high had a great rivalry when uh my son was in high school and our our two teams went against each other and uh just just at the last shade tree commission the team
Robert coach won a uh I think it was a national level tournament he brought his he was very proud of um that as well and it's just really really a loss for us all and just really want to extend my condolences and just just what a pleasure it was to work with
and uh that that concludes my report thank you mayor thanks Chief uh yes I would just like to let everybody know who isn't already aware that the primary election has been moved from June 3 to June
10th um to accommodate a holiday don't ask me which one yes that's true um and that concludes my thanks um looks like we have some new business we have a resolution uh to
address an over payment of taxes Council left I don't know if you noticed that yes you have one I've got a resolution 66-25 uh to refund $1,459 in 49 cents to a resident who
overpaid or the over so I move the resolution you've heard the motion by council leitz do I have a second I'll second uh you've heard the motion by councelor leit seconded by councelor
Meyer any discussion on this resolution seeing none Madam clerk please call the rooll yes Madam mayor councel Le hi Hughes hi zimit I Meer I Moody five eyes no the mtion
thank you uh and we have another opportunity for comments from the public we have movement in the gallery this is very exciting my thanks to those who attended
the Trib night on Thursday night at the club at the Women's Club sponsored by a great great evening my congratulations to Lori Jean and the idiots who prevailed was not they did not put ID I'm happy that was
resolv my congratulations thank you thank you for supporting that great event and raising money for Mary's place and one player well thanks for all the work you guys a great event yeah that was a lot of fun a lot of fun and great work that
you guys do thank you so much M May interest of events I'm just going to mention that we've got another repair Cafe happening this Saturday at the train station so bring your you don't need an appointment you can drop
in you you we prefer an appointment but yeah drop on by watch things getting fixed and sharpen bring your KN sharp BR your oh now the flood begins there was a lot of excitement for that I was
like considering that my husband will be the knife sharpener I say yes I'm on KN sharpening Duty you on knife sharpening Duty as well that's an auspicious crew I will be there with my cutes okay all right that's great that's a
wonderful service um so don't throw it out repair it save us tipping fees please save yourself money and save the town money um that's great any other comments ccil H uh mayor I make a motion
to adjourn so move all in favor I thanks