to the public. We are returning back from close session. The first thing for discussion, CFO Jim Mangan updating us on the bid threshold, contract awards, and chapter
159 resolutions. Thank you, mayor. Uh good evening, everybody. Uh tonight at the business portion of the meeting, there's a number of uh of finance resolutions. Uh resolutions that are that are routine to us, but just wanted to make sure that
everybody was uh familiar with with what what they are exactly and giving a little bit of an explanation as to what they are. Okay. Uh first up on tonight's agenda, there are four budget amendments. Okay. Um now budget amendments happen this way. The budget
was adopted at the uh June 20th meeting. Prior to adoption, we send the budget down to the state for approval. They approve it and then we we adopt. Once the budget's adopted, the tax levy is set and the tax levy can't be changed.
Okay? So when you have a budget amendment, okay, the only way you can amend the budget and not change the tax levy would either be through uh the acceptance of a grant and that doesn't affect the tax levy because on a grant
you add it to the appropriation side and then you add it to the revenue side so the tax levy stays the same. Uh the other examples are emergency appropriations, but but so for tonight, we'll be doing four budget amendments, which we refer to as chapter 159, which
is a term that I can't explain. I don't know. Chapter 159 of what? I don't know. But any case, there are four grants that we'll be putting on the agenda tonight for adoption and amending the budget. The first one is the 2025 clean
communities grant which is a grant we get every year. This year it's a grant in the amount of $100,650 69 clean communities grant we use in aac to uh to fund our slam dunk the junk programs. Okay. We'll also be doing
another chapter 159 budget amendment uh to accept a grant from the 200 Club of Bergen County for the fire department in the amount of $5,000. Another budget amendment tonight to
accept uh a fire safety p a fire public safety grant from Firehouse Subs in the amount of $2,428 which is actually supplementing an earlier grant that we got um earlier
this year for $14,000. But what we're what you'll be voting on tonight is um the supplemental grant of $2,428. And the final one which the final one
which I don't have here. Oh yes I do. Okay. The final one is accepting um a grant from the uh New Jersey Department of Agriculture for our uh annual summer food program in the amount of 191,82245.
Okay. So, those four resolutions will be on the business portion tonight for your adoption. Uh also on the uh the business portion tonight is an increase in the bid threshold. Um every four every five years the state treasurer um amends the
bid threshold. The bid threshold sets the dollar amount um uh for purchases over a 12-month period over this amount has to be publicly bid. And when we say has to be publicly bid means either we
can either go out to bid or we can award on a state contract or we can award on a co-op contract. And just quickly, if anybody's not sure exactly what a state contract is, is uh the state goes out and bids a number of services for for
the state that municipalities are also allowed to get in on so we don't have to avoid so we can avoid going out to bid. We can award on a state contract. We can also award on a co-op contract. And we belong to probably about seven or eight uh
different co-ops. In fact, tonight at the business portion of the meeting, we'll be awarding uh there's a resolution on to award a state contract for the purchase of three police vehicles. And there's also a resolution to award a co-op contract for the
purchase of two axial pumps for the East Kennedy pump station. Okay. So, tonight we're increasing uh we're doing a resolution to increase the bid threshold in accordance with the state treasurer's directive going from 44,000 up to
53,000. And when we and the reason it's 53,000 is because Hackinack has a qualified purchasing agent. Okay, without a qualified purchasing agent, the bid threshold is much much lower. 17,500.
Okay. When we update the bid threshold, we also update at the same time uh the quote threshold. Quote threshold is 15% of the bid threshold, which means our new quote threshold is $7,950.
That means that any purchase over the quote threshold but below the bid threshold, um we need to get multiple quotes before the contract can be awarded. Okay. All right. So, that resolution is on for tonight. Uh, also
we'll be doing a um final resolution just is to amend the 2025 cash management plan. Cash management plan is adopted every January. It's kind of a finance housekeeping thing. It sets uh what
we're allowed to invest in, what we're not. It names the banks that we're going to be using, and it also identifies the signitories on our checking accounts. We're amending it tonight. mayor to include your name uh to replace uh Mayor Leo's name. Okay. Uh those are the
resolutions that are that I have u for well I have other resolutions for tonight but those are the ones that I wanted to give an explanation of. Anybody has any questions on those resolutions or anything else I'd be happy to answer. Just one question for
the benefit of um the public just so that it's clear all of the amendments to the budget as you said are because of grant monies that are coming in. Um you gave an individual breakdown. Are you able to give a cumulative breakdown in terms of how much more money is coming
in through grants or if you can just right this second if you can take a moment and just add them up. Oh, you're gonna ask me do math in my head. Sorry about that. Yeah. Uh If you want, I can we can we can do that later if you want to come back up because I'll give you the wrong number if I do math. That's no problem. But I think it just
might be good to just have a final number. Fan of calculators. Yeah, sure. I'll give it one second. Okay. Um, that's it. Okay. Anything else? Happy to answer. Okay. Thank you. Next is the ordinance regarding firerevention
lithium ion batteries. Uh yeah, Mayor, this is a uh a new ordinance regarding fire uh through fire prevention for lithium ion batteries. As you know, um there's been a lot of fires that are associated with storage and
purchase of these type of batteries. So, this is getting us um on board with a a national trend to try and stop these uh batteries from neither exploding or catching fire inside of uh structures.
So, that's that's what that's about. Thank you. Anyone have any questions about it? Okay. Um, discussion on community update emails. Do you want to uh Yeah, Frank's going to bring them up.
Frank's going to bring it up. Okay, great. Thank you. Yeah, if you want dollar amount of those $299,91 Hey, mayor and council. Thank you. All right. So, this is a uh a template or a test of what would be a weekly
newsletter. Uh it would go out via email. Um I call it the hack weekly. Just kind of came up with a a simple template that would show uh the previous week of what has happened and then some stuff to look forward to uh for the
upcoming weeks. So, pretty basic. Um, you know, we can expand on this, do as much as we want. Uh, this first one was about basically the the kickoff of all the summer programming. Um, the second one was about the the police department's uh attempt to win a Bronco
through the the Pamis Ford uh thing. Hometown Heroes banner program that's ongoing. Uh, this is about the uh the tree plantings that's going to be happening in the fall. And then this is just about general information about uh you know grass and stuff like that. But
um we can have pretty much whatever we want on this. It's you know we can evolve this. We could change this to do whatever however we see fit. I was also thinking maybe towards the bottom we could have like uh community things such as like if somebody submits something like hey there's a you know a I don't
know a pet fair happening at such and such supermarket or um we can add like community blurbs towards the bottom. So it's uh not just you know city news but also could be I as I put on the top I don't you can really see in the image but it says uh your hometown your
community your news. So a little bit of everything can go here. So, while while you have it zoomed in, um, just for the benefit of my my sad eyes, if you can just leave it zoomed in just so we can see. You can scroll through if there's some
medium. There you go. That's good. Yeah. If you can just scroll through there, that would be very helpful. Yeah. Just so And can you speak a little bit about how this would be able to be disseminated? Is this something that goes out through Nixl or how would how would this be sent out to the right now? This is built through the
back end of the website uh to CRM platform um that we can utilize. We could in we can in theory take a lot of the uh emails that are already associated with Nixl accounts and kind of import them through the software. Um but we could also get uh new you know
whether through a popup on the website or in the the footer of the website you could sign up to the Hackac weekly newsletter. We could have as a slider. Um, we could do a lot with this to, you know, get the word out there. So, a little blurb about each event that
happened. Eagle man, Eagle Mania that got moved inside, uh, Shakespeare in the Park that opened, the concert at Lenny Street Park. This is a little blur about what's happening next week. And then from here, you can view the upcoming events. It would go right to the city's website, show you
the calendar. I don't know if I should have done that because I don't think I can get back now. But from here, wait, can I I don't think I can get back from here. Oh, yes, I can. There it is. All right.
Uh, this brings you right to the video to watch the video for the the Bronco, which I highly suggest everybody does. If you haven't seen it yet, I highly suggest you see this video. It's it's a it's a it's very Yeah, it's I mean Yeah, we have some really good actors in
the police department. Um the And then this is uh the Hometown Heroes Veteran Banner Program. Some more details about this. Uh this has been something that Ally has sent to me that's been happening with the um Jade Tree Committee. They've been
really big proponents of adding this. So this is a direct link to the application. So because everything's in the website, we can link to everything directly. So um I have a question. Sure. Um can this be an app on your phone? We could expand to that at some point.
Absolutely. Um it would take some some work on my end, but I could we could get to that point. Yeah. So is your mic on? Sorry. Is that better? Yes. Yes. Green light.
Sorry, guys. So, when you go into our website, hackinsack.org, this will automatically be the first thing you see. We could have it as a popup. It's similar to uh the hackpack website. I don't know if you've been on that, it does pop up. Uh if you've already registered or if you visited the site a
few times and you've clicked out of it, it like goes away. Uh but every so often, about twice a month, uh if or you're from a new IP address, it'll pop up and say, "Hey, join our mailing list. Join our newsletter." Uh, so we could do that. We could have it in the footer. Um, we could have it on the slider that slides across the website. We could put
it in the B. There's a on our website. I can't I don't have a I only have a trackpad, so I can't actually type out here. Uh, but on our website, we have a uh a banner underneath the slider that basically has like different, you know, things you can click on. One of the we
can put it there as well. So, there's a new section already there. So, at the bottom of the new section, we can add it there. At the top, we could we could pretty much do whatever we want with it. And um I would recommend also There we go. I would recommend also if there are
community events or any sort of tableabling um people that may want to sign on in an analog sort of way, maybe some signups at the rec center and schools, library, things like that. Um just a good way to reach people in a number of different ways. But um but I
think it looks great. I'm gonna ask um I'm going to put someone on the spot here, but I see we have one of our municipal actors uh Chief Antista here. I just wonder if you can uh share a few words about the Bronco initiative just for the benefit of everyone for folks who may not have seen it. Sorry to put
you on the spot, but uh good evening, mayor and council. This is a um it's a initiative that uh All-American Ford and GTBM which is a a company that upfits uh police vehicles. Uh they install uh security cameras. Uh
they're running a program where they are they completely upfitted a uh Ford Bronco uh to give to a police department in New Jersey. What's going to happen is the top 20 uh police departments will be invited to All-American Ford. Uh
depending on the amount of likes and views that the videos get u once uh and if hopefully we get invited to All-American Ford, you're given a key and that key will hopefully uh start up the Bronco. And for the police department, we look at this vehicle as a a community outreach vehicle, something
solely to reach out and um continue with our endeavors to uh further our uh interaction with the community. So hopefully we win. Thank you. My uh my acting debut. Thank you. It was a very creative endeavor. Just for the benefit of the
public, in case anyone didn't see it, there's a wonderful video um with several of the folks at our force um looking very sad and despondent uh that they don't have this Bronco. And so uh when I referred to Chief as an actor, I was referring to his star making a debut
in that Instagram video. But thank you. Um thank you again, Frank, uh for that update on the emails. Thank you. Um there is discussion on townwide garage sale. So, we received a request from the
moderator of Hackinack Happenings who took a poll on there um that residents are uh requesting a townwide garage sale. Um what the neighboring towns do is usually uh you donate$5 or $10, we put you on the list, you have your
permit for the weekend, and that five or $10 goes to support the lead program or the DARE program in town. So we were thinking the first or second week in September and probably like $10 and it would go towards the either the youth academy national night out lead
program and just can you just clarify for everyone when you say lead the lead program what are I know it's through the police department but what is the purpose of the lead chief sorry chief you're back up again lead replaced there
yeah definitely correct lead replaced there uh we teach lead to second and fifth graders. And we're looking to expand. And with that, uh, we have other programs. We bring ice cream trucks. We try to purchase backpacks. So, all that money could help, uh, with our funding for the lead
program. Thank you. Thank you. Any questions? No. Good. Okay. And then um there's a presentation on our project uh from our project manager an update as to where things
actually actually mayor um we as you know we lost the city attorney uh city uh sorry the uh city uh engineer is no longer with us and the only person in that typically would do this would be Ryan Wester our project manager and he's
on vacation so there's no uh project management update. Okay. All right. All right. Thank you. To make sure I'm clear. Now, there should be a motion to open to the public. Is that correct? Great. All right. It's my first meeting, as I think
most of you know. So, um, okay. We are going to, um, I need a motion to open to the public. Second. All right. All in favor? I I I Okay. Uh if you would like to speak, you
can come forward to the podium to the microphone and you can be heard. Good evening, Bridget. Good evening. um on your January I mean your July 1st when you did your reorganization meeting
you actually um put in a few things that I was kind of looking over. One of them was the labor attorney and the affordable housing attorney. You have the is is that the winer law group? Is that out of Pay or is that out of Paripony?
Mayor Mayor if I may. Yeah please. So the uh the wiener law group. Can we pause the time? Thank you. I I believe the Weiner Law Group is out of precipit. Yes, ma'am. Okay. And I also wanted to address the
um the engineering suburban engineer who started this project throughout the city of Hackinac. And I did not see them on your listing, but I did see Boswell. And Boswell is a group that you had in 2015.
and obviously didn't do well, but when Ted saw that, he brought in suburban engineer. So, you did not hire suburban engineer again for contracts. Please note that suburban engineer is a expert in that field of sewer separation and that Boswell is an expert in traffic
engineering. So, um, I'm trying to figure out where the decision was made to bring on Boswell and not bring on Suburban because they are the experts in the sewer separation for the city and they are the ones that have more of a
connection with the state. That is how the monetaries were actually gained that did not affect the actual um taxpayers with grants and other avenues. Um there is one lady who works in suburban
engineer who I have had a relationship with since this project began in 2016 and the thing is she is well adapted and connected with the state to get money that would actually kind of alleviate
putting the pressure on taxpayers. So I'm just trying to figure out what happened there. If you're I I want to make sure that you're that you have your time if that's the last thing. Yeah, that's it. That's it for me. Did you want to say something about that or no? Mayor, if I may. If you Yeah, sure.
Um, so, um, I'm the city attorney. My name is Richard Malajuri. Good evening. Good evening. So, I will say from my experience, uh, working in the city of Hackinack many years ago, my experience working throughout municipalities, I I have to say that Boswell Engineering is a
full-ervice engineering firm. Um, as maybe Suburban is. So I think that ultimately Boswell Engineering um is is and and the other two engineers we have uh Alimo Engineering and I think Veraric Remington and Varic
engineers they're all full-ervice shops and I think that they are capable uh by state license uh to handle all the engineering needs that they are assigned to. Um so I don't think that the issue of someone being a specialist in sewer separation or
environmental I don't think that that's um respectful. I don't think it's accurate. Um so the engineers that have been selected I think can serve the city clearly by their lensure and they've been selected but they've been select they were selected in 2015.
I don't know about that. I just I just don't know. So if I if I can just because I I know so I'll I'll say this part and say you know in 2015 none of us were sitting here. Absolutely. Um I certainly can't say and none of us
up here can say why they were not rehired. I know that you said uh the former city manager made a determination. Um I would say that's not in the city manager's purview. It's in the council's purview at the time. Um,
so I can't speak to whether or not that's accurate as to whether or not Mr. Erinberg chose suburban and if he did, I don't I can't speak to as to why he would because that is the city council's determination in 2016 or at any point. No, I understand.
So I I just so all I can say is um you know, we very thoughtfully went through all the proposals that we received um and that was the determination that we made. to just echo Mr. Malagerie um
certainly they have demonstrated um an ability to do the work by virtue of having their lensure to do this work but but we hear your concern and it's noted. All right. Thank you Mr. Rucker. Thank you. You too. Anyone else from the public who would
like to speak? Seeing none, a motion to close to the public. A motion. Second. Okay. All in favor? I I I Okay, we are back for the uh regular meeting
at 8:00m. Oh, wait. I knew it. I knew it. I knew it. I need a motion to close the cow meeting. No. Oh, I'm sorry. Wait. Give it to me. Motion to close executive and then motion to close.
Thank you. Motion to close. Just tell me what to say. Motion to close executive. Okay. Executive meeting. I'll offer. Second. All in favor? I I motion to close the cow meeting. I need a motion.
A motion. All second. Second. Second. Second. Okay. All in favor? I I Okay. I Thank you. We'll be back at 8. Thank
you. We are good to go. Uhhuh. Okay. This meeting of the Hackinack City Council is called to order. clerk's office here. Mayor Judy
here okay please rise for the flag salute. 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 for all. Thank you. There are no proclamations or presentations this evening. If I can have a motion to approve the minutes of the cow executive and regular
session meeting of June 24th, 2025. Do I have a motion? I'll offer. Second. All in favor? I I. Okay. Motion carries.
Next, we have the city manager report. Thank you, mayor. The veteran banners have been installed on Main Street. There are still spots available. Please contact the city manager's office to register or register online through Reces.
Our summer concert series is underway. The next concert is Super Trans Am tomorrow on the green at 7:30 p.m. The Nerds will be on July 22nd and Aftershock on July 29th. If the weather
does not cooperate, these concerts will be held inside of the Hackpack. National Night Out will be held at Atlantic Street Park on August 5th where there will also be a concert featuring Stepping Out.
Please bring your family and join the police department, fire department, and many community organizations for a night of fun. Thank you to all departments involved with the Fourth of July event. Thank you also to all of our sponsors for your support in making it another
successful community event. Please check the website and social media for all of our summer events, including Tuesday night concerts, sunset yoga, Friday night concerts, movies under the stars, and Shakespeare in the Park. The city is working on bringing
back open swim for residents at the high school pool. More details will be posted soon on the city website and our social media outlets. New Jersey is requiring lead safe inspections for rental units. Landlords with pre1978
rental properties located in Atinac are required to have inspections completed by July 22nd. Landlords can use any company of their choosing as long as the compliance is obtained. Please reach out to our building department should you have any questions. That's it, mayor.
Thank you. There are no reports of special committees tonight. There are no special orders tonight. There is no unfinished business in general orders tonight. So, we are moving on to new business. Resolution number 333-25
introduction of Introduction of Ordinance 372025 an ordinance to amend chapter 88 of the code of the city of Hackinac fire prevention to add section 88-13 lithium ion batteries prohibiting the sale and private use of secondhand
second use lithium ion batteries in new or existing businesses in addition to guidelines and requirements for sellers and users of lithium lithium ion batteries power powered mobility devices and proper storage. Okay. Do we have a motion? Motion.
Second. Okay. All in favor? I I motion carries. Be it resolved that this above ordinance, ordinance 37,2025, as introduced, does now pass on first reading, and that said ordinance shall be considered for final passage at a meeting to be held August 11th, 2025 at
8:00 p.m., or soon thereafter as the matter can be reached at the regular meeting place of the city council and at such time and place all persons interested be given an opportunity to be heard concerning said ordinance and that the city clerk be and she is hereby authorized and directed to publish said ordinance according to the law with notice of its introduction and passage
on the first reading and the time and place when and where said ordinance will be further considered for final passage. Thank you. Resolution 334-25 introduction of ordinance 382025 an ordinance of the city of Hackinac County
of Bergen State of New Jersey rescending ordinance number 19-2025 titled an ordinance authorizing financial agreement with RHR Hackinac urban renewal LLC an urban renewal entity authorized pursuant to the long-term tax exemption law NJSA4A
20-1 at SEC for the development of a mixeduse apartment project upon block 405, lot three. Thank you. Is there a motion? I'll second. Okay. Before we vote on this, I do want um to
make some remarks. Tonight, the city council is taking the first step towards rescending two 30-year and one 15-year tax exemption agreement for the former SER site, one Essex Street, and the Sapphire at 132
Main Street. Resolutions number 334-25, number 335-25, and number 336-25. These are all 11th hour agreements rushed through by the previous administration after the May 13th election. in direct contradiction with
the stated will of the people. The rush to adopt these agreements also left out two important components of any good contract. Input from and transparency to the city's main client, the residents.
It is our duty to ensure every agreement serves the community's best interests, especially when these decisions will impact our city for decades to come. These deals were deliberately rushed through as they were leaving office, a move they themselves condemned when they
won in 2013 by sending a cease and desist letter to the then outgoing administration warning them against taking any new action. Developer deals were the defining issue in this election that led to our
historic overwhelming victory. During the transition period, the previous administration refused to collaborate with us on these important issues despite our repeated voiced concerns and claims that they would work with us as we prepared for office. Tonight, this
council takes agency by doing our due diligence and putting the will of our residents first. Public hearings on these ordinances, should they pass in a few moments, will be held at our August 11th meeting, and you can also share your comments later in the meeting today.
All in favor? I I I. The motion carries. Be it resolved that the above ordinance being ordin ordinance 38, 2022 is introduced is now passed on first reading and that said ordinance shall be considered for final passage at a
meeting to be held on August 11, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. or soon thereafter as the matter can be reached at the regular meeting place of the city council. and at such time and place all persons interested be given the opportunity to be heard concerning said ordinance and that the city clerk be and she is hereby authorized and directed to publish said
ordinance according to law with a notice of its introduction to passage on first reading and of the time and place when and where said ordinance can be will be further considered for final passage. Thank you. Resolution number 335-25
introduction of ordinance 392025 and ordinance of the city of Hackinack County of Bergen State of New Jersey rescending ordinance number 32 20225 titled an ordinance authorizing financial agreement with Essex1 urban renewal company LLC an urban renewal
entity authorized pursuant to the long-term tax exemption law NJSA4A 20-1 ETSSE for the development of a mixeduse apartment project upon block 66 26 lots 26 27 28 29 30 38 41 43 45 and
48. I need a motion. All second. All in favor? I I. The motion carries. Be it resolved that the above ordinance being ordinance 39-2025 as introduced does now pass on first
reading and that said ordinance shall be considered for final passage at a meeting to be held on August 11th, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. or soon thereafter as a matter can be reached at the regular meeting place of the city council and at such time and place all persons interested be given an opportunity to be heard concerning said ordinance and that
the city clerk be and she is hereby authorized and directed to publish said ordinance according to law with a notice of its introduction and passage on first reading and of the time and place when and where said ordinance will be further considered for final passage. Thank you. Resolution number 336-25,
introduction of ordinance number 402025, an ordinance of the city of Hackinack County of Bergen, state of New Jersey, rescending ordinance number 33-2025 titled an ordinance authorizing financial agreement with the Sapphire Urban Renewal Entity authorized pursuant to the long-term tax exemption law
NJSA4A 1-1 at SEC for the development of a mixeduse apartment project upon Block 11214, lots 2 and 3, formerly known as block 302, lots 2 and 27, 132 to 148 Main Street.
Thank you. I need a motion. All over. Second. All in favor? I I. The motion carries. It resolved that the above ordinance being ordinance 40-2025 as introduced does now pass on first reading and that said ordinance shall be considered for final passage at a
meeting to be held on August 11, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter can be reached at the regular meeting place of the city council and at such time and place all persons interested be given an opportunity to be heard concerning said ordinance and that the city clerk be and she is hereby authorized and directed to publish said
that ordinance according to law with a notice of its introduction and passage on first reading and the time and place when and where said ordinance will be further considered for final passage. Thank you. Resolution number 337-25. Resolution correcting settlement recommendation for tax appeal Cambridge
Manor Associates block 247 lot 3 approved on May 20th, 2025. I need a motion. Motion. Second. All in favor? I. The motion carries. Resolution 338-25, resolution
authorizing a 100% veteran tax exemption by the Department of Veteran Affairs to Brian Basque. Need a motion? I overer. Second. All in favor? I. I. Motion carries. Resolution number 339-25.
Resolution authorizing 100% veterans tax exemption by the Department of Veterans Affairs to Gregory Dobbins. I need a motion. I'll offer. Second. All in favor? I I. The motion carries. Resolution number 340-25.
Resolution authorizing 100% veterans tax exemption by the Department of Community Veteran Affairs to Philip Holder Jr. Need a motion. A motion. Second. All in favor? The motion carries. Resolution number
341-25. Resolution authorizing 100% veteran tax exemption by the Department of Veteran Affairs to Ronald Lopez. I need a motion. I'll offer. Second. All in favor? I. The motion carries. Resolution number
342-25. Resolution authorizing tax appeal attorney to settle the cases on the attached list that were scheduled for trial or settlement. I need a motion. A motion. Second. All in favor? I I. The motion carries. Resolution number
343-25, resolution authorizing tax refunds for state board judgments. I need a motion. A motion. Second. All in favor? I. The motion carries. Resolution number 344-25. Resolution authorizing increase to the
bid threshold pursuant to NJSA481 1-3. I need a motion. Second. All in favor? I. The motion carries. Resolution number 345-25. Resolution awarding change order number four to New Prince concrete for the
Anderson Street drainage area combined sewer separation. I need a motion. All fur. Second. All in favor? I. We are pulling resolution number 346-25. We're pulling that. Resolution number
347-25. Resolution awarding change order number one to DS Meyer Enterprises for city parking lot A, Atlantic Street garage Improvements. I need a motion. A motion? All in favor?
I I. The motion carries. Resolution number 348-25. Resolution requesting approval of items of revenue and appropriation for the 2025 summer food program. I need a motion.
I'll open. Second. All in favor? I I. The motion carries. Resolution number 349-25. Resolution requesting approval of items of revenue and appro appropriation pursuant to NJSA4A 4-87 for the 200 Club of Bergen County Fire
Department grant. I need a motion. Sir. Second. All in favor? I. I. The motion carries. Resolution number 350-25. Resolution requesting approval of items of revenue and appropriation pursuant to NJSA4A
4-87 for firehouse subs public safety grant supplemental. I need a motion. 10. Second. All in favor? I I. Motion carries. Resolution number 351-25.
Resolution requesting approval of items of revenue and appropriation pursuant to NJSA40 A4-87 for the 2025 clean communities grant. I need a motion. I'll third. Second. All in favor? I I.
The motion carries. Resolution number 352-25. Resolution authorizing award of state contract for the purchase of three 2025 Ford Interceptor police vehicles. I need a motion. Motion. Say, all in favor? I.
The motion carries. Resolution number 353-25. Resolution authorizing an amendment to the 2025 cash management plan. I need a motion. Second. All in favor? I.
Resolution number 354-25. Resolution authorizing payment of bills. I need a motion. Third. Second. All in favor? I I Okay.
The following items are considered to be routine in nature and will be enacted in one motion. Any items requiring expenditure supported by a certificate of availability of funds. Any item requiring discussion will be removed from the consent agenda and the consent agenda items will be reflected in full in the minutes including any exceptions
and/or additions. The consent agenda consists of resolution 355-25, resolution authorizing award of North Jersey waste to water cooperative pricing system Pake Valley Sewage Commission contract for the purchase of two axial flow pumps for the East
Kennedy pump station. Resolution 356-25, resolution authorizing the awarding of contract to BNG Aquatic Services LLC for Carver Park and Palifly Park splash pad maintenance. Resolution 3557-25,
a resolution authorizing a bingo license for St. Francis Roman Catholic Church. and resolution 358-25 resolution authorizing the issuance of requests for qualifications for professional services to the city of Patinac. I need a motion to accept the consent
agenda. Offer. Second. All in favor? I I. The consent agenda passes. All right. Um at this time, I need a motion to open it to the public.
I'll offer Second. All in favor? I I. Okay. At this point, we will invite members of the public to come up to the podium. We ask that you try to keep it to three minutes. I will stop you if need be. Thank you.
Please give your name to the clerk as you come up. Thanks. Good evening, mayor and council. Michelle Tvarez. Um, recently I noticed a post on one of the HackinSack social medias speaking about garbage pickup and
how we only have one a week. And I'm just humbly asking if we could possibly find a way to bring back two a week, especially in the summertime because I know speaking as a Sunday barbecuer that by Tuesday my driveway smells ratchet.
So, I'm just putting that out there for consideration. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Diverus, before you go, I just want to this is something that um we have inquired about. Um I want to give thanks
to DPW and to our city manager. Um beginning August 1st, that first week in August, we will have two times a week garbage pickup in the summer through uh both August and September. So that is something that Yeah. that we Thank you.
I'm going to spread it. Can I spread that? Yes, you can spread it. Please. Please. Please do help us spread it because this is something that it's new. So, please spread the word. Thank you. Good evening, Mayor and Council. Reverend Carolyn Davis, I just want to
say congratulations again and thank you so much. You made a promise to the people of Hackinack and they voted unanimously for you for that promise that you would be open that you'd look at redevelopment and make sure that it
works especially for the taxpayers who left here to deal with it. So I thank you for that. Continue doing what you were hired not hired what you were voted to do. I trust all of you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Good evening, mayor and council. I'm Kate Coffee from Day Pittney. I'm here tonight on behalf of RHR Hackinack Urban Renewal LLC, which is the designated redeveloper and contract purchaser for block 405, lot three. Um, we're here to object to the ordinance that was
introduced this evening to rescend our pilot agreement. We believe it is legal and contrary to law and we wanted to inform you that we intend to vigorously enforce our vested contractual rights. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Share, I just want to say how elated we are, my community is with you guys. And um Mr. Diaz, I had to look up once uh when I first heard you speak because I thought you was Leo. You sound a lot like Leo. I couldn't understand
Leo and I can I'm trying to struggle with you, but you're a little a little clearer. So, we appreciate you. But I just wanted to say how how happy I am um with you guys and the community and we've just been talking about you. Um I want to mention something with the
garbage. I don't know if it's going to be possible. We have a few um areas in Hackinack where people put their house garbage in the public containers. They get filled up. And I know I have called public works and I forgot the guy's name I spoke to, but um he says he has that
problem sometime on First Street down on Hudson Street where there's like a large population of people hanging out. So I'm just asking I don't know if it's possible and it doesn't have to be everywhere if we could have some kind of sign saying um not for household garbage
or something on the containers to let people know that we're watching. And a lot of these places do have cameras. I don't know how we would enforce that, but anyway, maybe a little notation if possible. I was thinking about making my own little sign and say please because we have a business on First Street and
we get we're responsible trying to keep our area clean. So, if people putting garbage in and people coming out the stores and putting their garbage that should go in there, there's not a lot of room and it overflows and when it's windy, it's all down Stanley all across First Street. So, that's just a a
thought um that I had. I have another issue, but I'mma bring that up on the next meeting. I won't give you y'all too much in front. The parking over. Thank you. And congratulations. You all lovely. You even look good up there. Thank you. Thank you, Miss Sharie. I'm just going to ask if you can um not not
right now unless you know spots, but if you can just communicate with our city manager about specific locations as to um where you want a little bit more of a focus, but hopefully with this extra pickup at least through the summer months, it will incentivize people to not have to dump their garbage in other
places, which creates a health issue citywide potentially. So, um, but if you have specific locations, then the city manager can I do and also, um, the DPW knows where a lot of these places are, too, cuz as I was talking to them, he mentioned one or two spots that he also has, uh, problems
in. So, they know, but I can, you know, always call them, collaborate with the city manager, whatever, do what needs to be done. Collaborate is the right idea. That's it. Yes. To make Hackinis a better place. Got it. Thank you so much. You're welcome. Hi, Kimberly King. Um, I just had a
question about communicating with the with Hack residents um what that schedule for garbage pickup will be. How will that be communicated so that when August rolls around, residents will know what their zone pickups will be?
I know it'll be on the website, but um can I defer to you with that? Sure. Thank you. Um as you know that the schedule for the whole year is out already. So what we have to do is we're going to we're going to uh explore im immediately uh a tag type
of thing to say when you know when the zones are going to be for those particular areas. We're going to advertise it on social media on the website. um any way we can we'll try and communicate it because it's you know we have a short window to do that right now
and um as an individual who was born and raised in Hackinack I am thrilled that um the development plans have been called back at least for now. Um, I would much
prefer that this the space that we have available be used for a school or green space or community center or all three. I think Hackinac has become very congested. It's difficult to get around
especially when school begins. we have a lot of congestion and so before we go and redevelop and have more residents move in and we have further um overcrowding with our schools and our
just the streets. Um it would be nice to see some of the space that we have available be used for again green space, a community center for kids or another school. That's it. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Anyone else from the public wishing to speak? Seeing none, motion to close to the public. Second. All in favor? I I Okay. Deputy Mayor Tumi,
any comments? Sure. Okay. Good evening. I'd like to begin by thanking everyone for coming out to our first council meeting tonight and also to everyone who came out to our reorganization meeting on July 1st. Your
continued presence and involvement mean a great deal to us. Over the last couple of weeks, we've had several meaningful events in our community. On July 1st, the fire department held their annual memorial ceremony to honor fallen
firefighters, particularly those who died in the Hackinack Ford fire in 1988. This year marked their 37th anniversary. On July 4th, we celebrated a fantastic Fourth of July with great with a great
turnout and a wonderful band performance by Filet of Soul. A big thank you goes out to our municipal workers who helped put the event together and did an outstanding job. We would like to congratulate Lieutenant Levvice on his
retirement after 29 years of dedicated service to our police department and our city and our city. Thank you, Lieutenant, for your commitment and contributions to public safety. We also attended our first ribbon cutting ceremony for new business on Main
Street. Congratulations to Rejuvenate on Maine on their grand reop uh grand opening and thank you for inviting us to cut the ribbon. Looking ahead, our summer concert series in the park is well underway and we have a great lineup
for the rest of the season. We encourage everyone to come out and enjoy the music and connect with your neighbors. Please go to our website for dates and performance performers. Um lastly, we are here to serve you. If
you have any concerns, suggestions, ideas, questions, we welcome your input. Please continue to attend our meetings. Your voice matters. Thank you again for being an engaged and supportive community.
Thank you, Councilwoman Clark Collins. Um, I just want to say thank you again. Uh, it's good to see so many people out. I know that weather is treacherous out there. Um, I am not a fan of thunder and lightning. So, um, it's good to see you
all here tonight. Um, I just wanted to say that please support the events. Uh, they're free. We have concerts. We have um the, uh, movie nights uh, that are coming up. And so the more you support
it, uh, the more we can we can give you. So, um, and I hope to see some of you there. Thank you. Thank you, Councilwoman. Councilman Carol. Good evening, everyone. Uh, again, I want to thank everybody for coming out
um tonight, especially with the weather. Uh, July 1st, our reorganizational meeting. Uh, I've been to a few, just been involved in this one, but been to a few. Uh it was a packed house. Uh thank you for your support. You guys came out
in droves. So we know that we have your support and uh we're going to try and give you the support back. Uh Fourth of July, great show, great everything. Uh Russo Development, I want to thank you guys uh for co-sponsoring
the fireworks for us. Thank you again. Uh I just wanted to talk a little bit. I'll give you 30 seconds on the pilot programs. Just because we pulled stuff today doesn't mean that they're not going to be revisited. We want to make ourselves sure of what was signed and
what was said prior to us and then we will reconvene and meet with you again. So, you could aggressively um come after us, but we don't know what happened. So, just give us a little time. And uh that's all I have. Thank you, Councilman Diaz.
Thank you. Good evening everyone. Uh thank you all for being here tonight especially with this kind of weather. It really means a lot uh to see so many familiar faces uh engage and invested in what's going on and what's happening in
our city. Uh your presence, your questions, your input um of course will help us to be grounded moving in the right direction. We're here to serve you and meeting like this remind us why we
do what we do. So again, thank you so much for your support and definitely we are committed to give you that support back. You know, always acting in the best interest of our community. Thank you and have a good one. Thank you.
So I just want to echo the sentiments of the rest of the council, deputy mayor here. Um, thank you for coming out. Again, as Sonia said, it is wicked out there weatherwise, but uh we appreciate you coming out and we ask that you
continue to come out. As Phil alluded to, we had a um amazing turnout at our reorganization meeting, but that isn't just for us. That is for the community of Hackinack. And we recognize that. Um,
we know that this community is not going to be rebuilt for our residents by five people. It is going to be rebuilt for our residents by our residents. We are residents just like you. We pay taxes just like you. They've been going up
just like yours have. And so we have those concerns. We have that perspective. And we have those same sorts of ideas like we heard come forward about um the sanitation. So please continue to bring those to us. We
are um vessels for the will of the people. That is the way that we plan on acting and I think that you can see that we've already taken steps to doing that. 14 days on the job but we're getting to work. So we just want to say thank you
once again. Thank you for coming out. Continue to come out. We look forward to seeing you in August. Thank you to all of our municipal workers who are working tonight to make this meeting happen. I know it's a late night, so thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And with that, I need a motion to adjurnn.
I offer. I second. Second. All right. All in favor? I. That's it. Thank you.