I'm sorry. >> 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. 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 of notice in the Glenidge paper, Glenidge Voice, Montlair Times, and the Star Ledger and posting said notice on the bulletin board on the municipal building. The agenda and public handouts
for this meeting can be viewed online at www.blenridgej.org. A public comment period will be held as listed on the agenda. Please state your name for the record and know that comments will be limited to three minutes per person. Um, Mike, can you do
a roll call? >> Councilors Leovitz is absent. Hughes is absent. Zimit >> here. >> Law >> here. >> Meyer >> here. >> Moody >> here. >> Mayor's present. Mayor, you have a quorum.
>> Thank you so much. and Mike, thank you again for putting the minutes together from the last meeting while we are um looking for a new clerk. So, with that, um do I have a motion to approve the
minutes from the October 14th meeting? >> I'll make a motion to approve the minutes. >> Thanks. Heard the motion by councelor Meyer. Do we have a second? >> I'll second. >> Okay. Heard the motion by councelor Meyer, seconded by councelor Moody. Any
discussion? Seeing none, um please call the role. >> Councelor Zimit. >> Hi. >> Law. >> Hi. >> Meer >> I. >> Moody. >> Hi. >> Four eyes, no naysay. The motion carries. >> Thank you so much. Uh Mike, do you have
any written uh communications? >> No written communications at this time. Mayor. >> All right. Thank you. Um I don't have any comments. Um and then this is the time for comments from the public. Any comments
from the public? Seeing none and confirming that with the public comment present, I'll move on. Uh councelor Meyer is going to take uh the finance and administration
um items, please. >> Thank you, madame uh mayor. I have uh three resolutions today. Uh the first is resolution 141-25 and this authorizes the payment of bills um sort of your
capital bills water operating fund and other miscellaneous expenses. So I would like to make a motion to approve resolution 141-25. >> You've heard the uh motion by councelor Meyer. Do we have a second? >> A second.
>> We've heard the motion by councelor Meyer, seconded by councelor Zimit. He's all by himself over there. Any discussion? >> Seeing none, um Mike, please call the role. >> Councelor Zimit, >> I. >> Law, >> I. >> Meer >> I.
>> Moody. >> I. >> Four eyes. The no four eyes, no nays. The motion carries. >> Thank you. >> And madame mayor, I have a second resolution 142- 25. Um, and I'm going to read the title
so folks um are aware of the full title. Resolution of the Burough of Glenn Ridge, County of Essex, State of New Jersey, authorizing an extended grace period of the fourth quarter tax payment for eligible federal employees who are residents of the burrow of Glen Ridge
affected by the federal government shutdown on October 1st, 2025. So, this is a resolution to support those in our town who have been impacted by the furlows and recent uh government shutdown. So, if you have any questions
about whether or not you're eligible, definitely reach out to the burrow. But, you know, want to thank Mike and I know we had uh some residents uh bring this to our attention. So, we wanted to thank them for that. and we hope this will be helpful to folks who are currently
currently impacted by this. Um, so madame mayor, I'd like to make a motion to approve this resolution. >> Thank you. Heard the motion by councelor Meyer. Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> Heard the motion by councelor Meyer, seconded by councelor Moody. Any
discussion? >> Rebecca, I think you put it really nicely, so I appreciate that. Thanks. >> Um, seeing no other discussion, Mike, please call the role. Councelor Zimit >> I. >> Law. >> Hi. >> Meer >> I. >> Moody. >> I.
>> Four eyes. No nazs. The motion carries. >> And my final resolution on behalf of the finance administration committee this evening is resolution 143-25 which is uh the authorization of the adoption of the
employee uh handbook. And this is really a document that serves as a governing document for personnel matters involving employees, volunteers, appointed officials, and independent contra contractors of the burrow of Glen Ridge. So this is really just to set the
operating standards and procedures in place. And madame mayor would like to make a motion to approve this resolution. >> You've heard the motion by councelor Meyer. Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> Heard the motion by councelor Meyer, seconded by councelor Law. Any discussion?
>> Congratulations to Mike. >> Yeah, >> give me a couple of weeks. Um, >> can you also take the roll call, Mike? >> Surely will. Thank you so much, everybody. Councelor Zimit, >> hi. >> Law, >> hi, >> Meyer. >> Hi,
>> Moody. >> I >> Four eyes, no nays. The motion carries. Thank you. >> Oh, thank you, Council Meer, for picking those up. um picking up >> the public safety uh resolutions for council Hughes is councelor Zimit this morning this evening.
>> Madame Mayor, I have one resolution uh that is 144-25, a social affairs permit for the women's club for um what I believe is a casino night on January 24th. Um and so this would be a fundraiser that they're
having and we want them to have as much fun as possible. So we to the fullest extent of the law. >> Yeah. To the fullest extent of the law. >> Uh so I make a motion to approve 144-25. >> You've heard the motion by councelor
Zimit. Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> Uh you've heard the motion by councelor Zimit, seconded by councelor Meyer. Any um discussion on this resolution? >> Seeing none, Mike, please call the role. Councelor Zimit. >> Hi. >> Law. >> Hi,
>> Meyer. >> I >> Moody. >> Hi. >> Four eyes, no naysay. The motion carries. >> Um, councelor Zimit. Uh, anything for the community affairs and public relations committee? >> Um, so we this is the last call for
everybody for the townwide survey that we're conducting. Um, we've gotten really good response from folks, but we are closing it down on Friday. Um, It's on the bro website. You should have received emails today from the town, from the school. It's on our social
media. Um, but hopefully everybody can take a moment. Everybody 18, every resident 18 and over uh can take a moment and takes about five minutes and fill out the survey. It's uh I've seen some of the results already just checking in and there's some really good feedback from folks. Uh and I think this
is really going to help us uh better serve the bureau and particularly communications wise make sure we're we're reaching everybody where they are. So, um I encourage everybody who has not taken the survey to go check it out. Um and that is uh all I have. >> All right, that's great. I know you're
over a thousand at least at this point. >> Wow. 1100 I believe. >> 1100. Awesome. That's really impressive. >> Um council law, public works and utility. >> Madame Mayor, I just want to mention that public works has taken our standard
precautions for prep for the possible nor easter storm later on this week and uh so we're certainly preparing for the worst and hoping for the best and stay tuned on that but looks like we'll be ready for it. >> All right, >> that's it.
>> Councelor Meyer, parks and recreation committee. >> No report this evening, Madame Mayor. >> All right. I know playoffs are starting or have started a number of our teams. So that's exciting. >> Very exciting. >> Um council Moody, uh planning and development committee. I've got a few
items uh of business tonight, Madame Mayor, and I'll kick it off uh with resolution 445-25. Uh and this is the appointment of Kayla Armstrong to the environmental advisory
committee. Um I just want to highlight that this is a midterm uh appointment. We're bidding a very fond ado to Kevin Sherry who everyone knows as the head of Freeman Gardens and is a local treasure. Uh he volunteers a lot of his wisdom to
the advisory committee. Um but no longer wishes to have a formal kind of standing with the committee because he's pretty tapped out and busy. Um but we'll still be able to benefit from him. And in that vein, we're welcoming Kayla Armstrong
who has been volunteering with us for some time already and is involved in an awful lot of product uh projects. She's also a member of Shade Tree, so there's going to be some crossover there. Uh and in her day job life, she is a project
adviser right now for uh Homegrown National Park, which is a national movement to harness the potential of private yards to safeguard biodiversity. So, she is a really she's an asset to our committee. >> She might be overqualified, but we'll
>> she may be overqualified. So, uh Madame Mayor, uh I would like to make a motion to approve this resolution. >> You've heard the um motion by councelor Moody. Do I have a second? >> I'll second. >> You've heard the motion by councelor
Moody, seconded by councelor Zimit. Any discussion on this resolution? Seeing none, might please call a roll. >> Councelor Zimit, >> I. >> Law, >> I. >> Meer, >> I. >> Moody, >> I. >> Four eyes, no nazs. The motion carries.
>> Thank you very much. Uh, and madame mayor, I have resolution 146-25 and this is uh storm water. This uh um uh is uh adopting a storm water policy
and In essence, it protects the the bureau uh from claims from resulting from storm water damage and it kind of codifies that we have capital plans that include storm water as well as other priorities. Um I would like to make a
motion to approve this resolution. >> You've heard the motion by councelor Moody. Uh do I have a second? >> I'll second. >> Heard the motion by councelor Moody, seconded by councelor Meyer. Any discussion on this resolution?
Seeing none, Mike, please call the role. >> Councelor Zimit, >> I. >> Law, >> hi. >> Meer >> I. >> Moody. >> I. >> Four eyes, no nays. The motion carries. >> Uh, and lastly, Madame Mayor, I have
ordinance 1828 for first reading. Uh this is ordinance from the bureau of Glen Ridge amending uh our code of ordinances by repealing and replacing chapter 1324 entitled
storm water management in its entirety. And in essence, this just keeps us completely up to date with New Jersey Department of Environmental Protections requirements for ordinances and municipalities that have what's known as
an MS4 permit, which just basically means that our municipal sewers are separate sanit sanitary sewers from uh storm water. Uh and this uh keeps us up to date as requirements change as they
often do. Um >> so madame mayor uh I offer this ordinance first read. >> Um may I have a second for the introduction of this ordinance? >> I'll second.
>> Um thank you councelor Meyer. Any discussion amongst the members of the council? Seeing no other comments forthcoming. Um Mike, please call the role. >> Councelor Zimit. >> I. >> Law. >> I. >> Meer. >> I. >> Moody. >> I.
>> Four eyes. No nazs. The motion carries. >> I refer ordinance 1828 to um the municipal clerk or designate for the purpose of statutory publication and posting. >> Thank you, mayor. >> Thank you. And that will be all. That might be all.
>> Okay. So that'll that'll get up on the web. Um Mike, uh any comments as the administrator? >> Nothing at this time. Thank you, mayor. >> As we push, >> nothing at this time. Well, we're ready
to go for elections. Um we'll be out there and um we're looking forward to it. Again, we have the dropbox in front of town hall. on our website you can find early voting >> early in posting inperson voting has
started started >> started Saturday um >> word is they're they're quite busy uh Verona has a pretty accessible plenty of parking site that people have been hit hitting >> great and there's one at le park right >> yeah I haven't I haven't checked that
one out >> um yeah so we're we're looking forward to to that uh for a good turnout >> right and then day of voting at district in the fourth district. Perfect. >> Um, yes. Let's break our records.
>> Um, John, anything. >> Anything from our police department? >> Just a reminder that Friday is Halloween. We expect an increase in pedestrian traffic in the evening. Be mindful of traffic. Kids in the road. >> Hopefully not. >> Just say it's chaos.
>> It's It's going to be a little chaos. Are there any areas of town that people should be a little more like always be careful but a little more careful when they're out and about on Halloween? >> Anywhere there's traffic lights and heavy vehicle traffic. >> Yeah. >> For
there's no street closings. >> No, no street closing. >> No street closing. So Forest Noing by the police. >> There's no street closing. >> What the street? >> Yeah. Please don't drive down forest and please don't drive. Just stay away from
Forest. >> Yes. Use use care parents. >> Sunday's a change of fox day. >> 2 a.m. >> Oh, >> spring headphone behind. >> Madame Mayor, in the spirit of Halloween from the EAC, I want to offer that on
Sunday will be our annual pumpkin smash. So, when all of the Halloween is said and done, bring your pumpkins over to Pensson Benson Street Garden and get all your frustrations out. >> Never done that. That sounds like so
much fun. >> Fun and also composted. Um, and it's Yes, it's a it's it's a nice event. >> Keeps them out of the waist stream and everybody has a good time. >> Yeah, it's a lot of it's a lot of pounds that go into our our municipal waste.
Perfect. Um, no new or unfinished business. This is the second um, opportunity for comments of the public. We have movement in the gallery. Please say your name because there's for
the record. >> It's a little too quiet here. Um, so Phil Johnson, 55 Chest Place. I I guess I applaud the county for installing speed bumps on Bloomfield Avenue as we cross Ridgewood. I'm joking. I'm just curious just the paving the repaving of the county
>> the repaving of the county um you can try to you know I know it's not not in your control but some of the communications that go out just >> giving him more of a heads up when that is going to be done including closures and limited turns on off of avenue and
especially fair you know they've been doing evening paving I assume they're not going to do it on Halloween night but maybe you can confirm what they've been trying >> so we we've been trying um they the the run they're doing is several miles long. So, it's kind of an open-ended we go
where we go. And so, we're we're working as best we can with them to kind of get some kind of schedule from the county, >> but maybe we can let them know it came up at our council meeting and the public's asking for a little bit more. >> Absolutely. >> Yeah. Thank you. That's helpful. Thanks. >> Yeah.
>> Um councelor Zimit mayor, I'd like to make a motion to >> wonder if you knew what to do for a second. Those in favor >> I >> mean adjourned. Well, you very like calm about it.