so I'm I pre preened I'm good to go yes you guys stand join for I you flag of the United States of America and to the repu for it stands one nation God indivisible liberty and justice 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 Ridge paper Glenn rid voice Monclair times and the Star Ledger
and posting said notice on the B board in the 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 um Mike could we have a roll call surely uh councelor leovit here
Hughes is absent zimit here law here Meyer here Moody here mayor mans here mayor the myself and the chief are present and you have a quum all right thank you uh could I get a motion to adopt the minutes of December 9th 2024 January 6 2025 and the adjourned and annual um meetings minutes for janary jary 21st 2025 Madame Mar I just want to
make a note that the minutes of January 21st need to be amended to reflect the fact that councelor Hughes and myself were not present okay and I misspoke it was the January 6th adjourned an annual meeting and the regular council meeting of the 21st as amended um can I get a a motion to accept I'll make a motion to the minutes all right you've heard the
motion by councelor Meyer may I have a second second heard the motion by councelor Myer seconded by Council leit councilors lefkovitz i zimit i law I Meer I Moody I five eyes no n the motion carries thank you uh Mike any written Communications
not at this time mayor okay thanks um a just short uh comments in there on behalf of councilor Maro I'd like to um I guess she was kind of roing for the Eagles at this point so did she really maybe I feel like if you know in in light of the bills not U making it through but for anyone who was watching um Fly Eagles Fly
uh any comments from the public all right seeing none I'll turn it over to counil Le thank you Madame mayor I've got four um resolutions this evening um the first is um resolution 50-25 that the following claims be approved and warrants be drawn for the same and this includes the current fund of 877 ,
251 and the other funds that are listed in the resolution so Madame mayor I move the resolution for the motion um by councelor leitz may have a second a for the um motion by councel Leo seconded by councelor zimit all um any discussion seeing none Mike please call the RO councilors leitz i Hughes sorry zimit I law hi Meyer hi Moody hi five
eyes no n the motion carries um next Madame mayor I have resolution 51-25 uh this is to amend the uh water rates uh in the bureau's fee schedule um so we have a um 6% uh increase in the consumption rates where the the minimum
um flat rates are uh not increasing um so I I I'm resolution 51-25 you've heard uh the motion by councilor leit may have a second I'll second approv the motion by Council leit seconded by Council law any discussion seeing none um Mike please call the RO councilors lefkovitz I zimit
I law I Meer I Moody I five eyes no n the motion carries and next I have resolution 52-25 um this is to um adopt a shared service agreement between Glen Ridge and the township of Bloomfield um specifically for and Social
Services excuse me so I I move resolution 52-25 you've heard the motion by councilor lewitz may I have a second I'll second enthusiastically heard the motion by councilor lewitz seconded enthusiastically by councelor Moody any discussion seeing none Mike please call the r councilor lefkovitz I zimit I law I Meyer I Moody I six eyes
no n the motion carries and um finally Madame mayor I have resolution 53-2 excuse me which is to authorize the sale of surplus property uh which we no longer uh need to use as the burrow of Glen Ridge um this includes a 2006 Ford F-150 with 10,000 miles on it well used
well Lov but now it's time for that one to move on as well as a 2012 Ford Escape with 86,000 miles on it so we're going to sell both of those on the Dov deals auction website so I move uh resolution 5325 I thought you're going to go with a pun with the Escape so I'm really disappointed uh you heard the emotion coun Le do I have a second I'll second
heard the motion by councelor Le seconded by councelor Meyer any discussion seeing none Mike please call the rooll councilors lefkovitz i zimit i law I Meyer I Moody I five eyes no n the motion carries thank you councelor zimit is going to take Council Us's Public Safety um resolutions this evening uh yes Madam mayor and uh there are three
resolutions for the Public Safety Committee tonight um resolution 5425 authorizes the annual fireworks display on July 4th at the Glen Ridge Country Club uh something that's going on for many years and enjoyed by many people uh and I would move to approve this resolution you heard the motion um by councelor zimit do I have a second oh s you the motion by councelor zimit seconded
by councelor law any discussion on this resolution seeing none Mike please call a roll councelor lefkovitz i zimit i law I Meyer I Moody hi five eyes no n the motion carries okay uh Madame mayor I also have resolution 55-25 which is authorizing GES a chance for both the Glen Ridge High School HSA and the Ridgewood Avenue HSA there are
four different events here um we have an on premise 50/50 raffle for the Glen Ridge HSA to be held on March 1st at 224 Ridgewood Avenue also for the Glen Ridge High School HSA we have another 5050 raffle on April 23rd to be held at 219 Ridgewood Avenue and then for the Ridgewood Avenue HSA there is casino night uh on March 2st to be held at 5 555 Ridgewood Avenue and then a merchandise raffle um again for the bridgwood Avenue HSA at the same event
on the same date the 21st of March uh so I would make a motion to approve this resolution as amended right correct and I'll mayor noted I'll I'll I'll amend the fourth fourth line in that resolution thank you perfect thank you paragraphs you've heard the motion by councelor zimit do I have a second I'll second you've heard the motion by councelor zimit seconded by councelor Meyer any discussion on this resolution Council oh Moody I can't you know I'm so
used to her over there thank you councilor Moody I'm not enthusiastic enough um thank you for that correction um any other discussion see none Mike please call the wall councilors lefkovitz i zimit i law I Meyer I Moody I five eyes no nce the motion carries
uh okay and then uh finally Madame mayor I have uh resolution 56-25 which amends the uh Current public safety regulations uh will'll update the rules and regulations for our Police Department um with the updated BR code and put them uh keep them in compliance excuse me keep them in compliance with uh current laws that are consistent throughout the state so I will move to adopt this resolution you've heard the motion by councelor zimit do I have a second I'll second
youve heard the motion by councelor zimit seconded by councelor Meyer any discussion this resolution seeing none Mike please call the rooll councilors Lovitz i zimit i law I Meyer hi Moody Hi Five I no n the motion carries thank you councelor zimit is there anything um to report for the Community Affairs and Public Relations Committee nothing to report the C are you all done with my term
with you're asking the shortest term in history wow I'm all set all right uh councelor law yes madame mayor resolution number 57-2 where the barrel seeks to prune uh approximately 20% of the trees uh in the barrel uh we use the fair and competive bid process um to solicit bids for this work Buc Tree Experts of t New Jersey submitted the lowest responsible bid in
the amount of $228,100 an hour for additional work uh now therefore be it resolved by the mayor and councel that bule Tree Experts be awarded the base project for the 2025 tree printing contract for $228,100 any the additional work for $200 an hour not to exceed uh 40 hours um total contract would be 36,100 $62 met mayor seek to move the
resolution you've heard the motion by Council law do I a second I'll second you've heard the motion by Council law seconded by councel leit any discussion on this resolution seeing none Mike please call the r councilors lefkovitz i zimit i law I Meyer I Moody I five eyes no n the motion carries um councelor laot please give our thanks
to the DPW crew for their snow removal efforts they did it again they sound like they're ready to do it again and again yeah we have to and I also want to mention that the residents either should have gotten a letter or will be getting a letter from uh National metering Services uh to sign up for the water meter replacement program it's a pretty easy process once you get the letter uh but again either you should have receiv received it or will be receiving it but
it's important that everybody follows up with that that's it that's great councelor Meer no report this evening Madam mayor counc Moody no report this evening okay um Mike do you have any comments uh just again I'd like to Echo Council of law and the mayor's uh words to Glenridge DPW uh you know they every time you know they they're driven by showing off what they can do
and uh they do it well uh I just asked some cooperation from the public uh several items a please remove any basketball goals that are between the sidewalk and the curb our plows if you want the streets plowed curb to curb you can't have obstructions in the way our trucks get hung up on those things they don't belong in the right of way they shouldn't be stored in the right of way so a please move those out
two please don't throw your snow into the roadway uh we've had last storm we had to go back and hit a couple of streets where people just ran their snow blowers up the street and threw everything into the onto the roadway so ple please uh be mindful of that as well yeah and uh that's it we're ready we're uh ready for the next one tomorrow and uh there looks like maybe a little something after that uh we'll keep our
ey that ever since we built that new salt storage set about 5 years ago that gives us a far greater holding capacity on salt we don't have um to be quite frankly those moments of Terror where we worried we're going to run out of salt we're in good shape we're our resupply is consistent salt has not been an issue our gear is in good order and uh just want let everybody know we're prepared and just ask for their cooperation in future storms that's it mayor thank thank you Chief uh one more thing regarding
snow uh we publicized something on our Facebook page about within 24 hours residents have to have their sidewalks clear ice or snow um otherwise they're fine that is associated with so um if you can have that done that would be appreciated we did have a couple slips and PS so um residents don't want to take on that live uh additionally we have a coffee with a cent coming up Tuesday February 18th from 8:00 a.m. to
10: a.m. at Starbucks on 7 at 710 D so anyone wants to come down and have a cup of coffee and talk to our cop feel free to join us it's all free that's great um all right we don't we you were unfinished business um open it back up for comments of the public seeing none um turn it over to councelor Moody yes mad mayor i' would
like to make a motion to adjourn this all those in favor I okay e