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Don't really look down on us. >> All right. >> My chair is so low and I can't We're all set. >> Counter clockwise. >> I did. I tried to do it. Don't worry. >> Ready? >> Yeah. Let's just All set. >> It's 7:03. I called tonight's council

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meeting to order. Roll call. Bennett >> here. >> Leosa here. Millie >> here. >> Sasso here. Skiara >> here. WKI >> here. >> Matthews >> here. Please rise and join us in the pledge of allegiance. >> Algiance to the flag of the United

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States of America to the stands indivisibley andice. Adequate notice of this meeting's been provided to the annual schedule of regular meetings here for adopted posted on the public bullet board at the municipal building posted on the

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official burough website and email to the Herald news the record the gazette and all persons who requested the mailing of such since November 17th 2025. Approval of the minutes have approval of the minutes for the regular meeting of June 3rd and June 17, 2026.

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>> So moved so second. Motion by Sierra. Second by Sasso. Any discussion on the minutes? >> Roll call. >> WKI. >> Yes. >> Skiara. >> Yes. >> Sasso. >> Yes. >> Mey. >> Yes. >> Leosa. >> Yes. >> Bennett. >> Yes. >> Matthews.

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>> Yes. >> Motion carries. >> Public comment for agenda items. I'll open the meeting to the public. Anyone desires to be heard? Please raise your hand and be recognized. Come forward to the microphone. State your name for the record. >> Okay. Seeing no one, I close entertain a motion to close the public portion of

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the meeting. So moved. >> Motion by WKEI, second by Skira. All in favor? >> I. >> Motion carries. Adoption of ordinances. We have ordinance number 2392-26. An ordinance to fix the 2026 salaries

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amending ordinance number 2386-26 wages and compensation of the employees of the bureau of Horththornne County of Bake and State of New Jersey. Now open the meeting to the public. Anyone desires to be heard regarding this ordinance, please come raise your hand to be recognized. Come forward to the

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microphone. State your name. Seeing no one, I entertain a motion that this ordinance be closed. It be resolved that the ordinance was posted on the official internet burrow website and at the clerk's office in the said municipal building and me to members of the general public who requested the same.

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Have a motion. >> So moved. >> Motion by Bennett. >> Second. >> Second by Leosa. Any discussion? >> Roll call. >> Bennett, >> yes. >> Leosa, >> yes. >> Millie, >> yes. >> Sasso, >> yes. >> Skiara, >> yes. >> WKI,

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>> yes. >> Matthews, >> yes. >> Motion carries. >> Ordinance 2393-26, an ordinance to further amend and supplement the code of the burrow of Horththornne to revise chapter 220 fees. Section 220-25, Department of Public

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Safety, subsection B, Police Department to add there to section B11, body warn camera footage. I now open the meeting to the public. Anyone desires to be heard regarding this ordinance, please come forward and state your name to be recognized.

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Does anyone wish to be heard? Seeing no one, I entertain a motion uh that the public hearing on this ordinance be closed and that it be resolved that the ordinance was posted on the official internet federal website and the clerk's office in the said municipal building and to members of the

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general public who requested the same. Have a motion. So move motion by Bennett >> Sasso second. >> Second by Sasso. Any discussion? >> Just confirming uh council president. >> Mhm. that what um burough attorney

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explained to us. This is to be proficient at oper requests on body camera. >> Correct. >> This is to try and eliminate the people that just want to get body camera footage to put online and enables us to c actually capture some of the costs uh

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based on real time required to make the redactions and copies and edits. >> Thank you. Call >> WKI. >> Yes. >> Skiara, >> yes. >> Sasso, >> yes. >> Millie, >> yes. >> Leosa,

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>> yes. >> Bennett, >> yes. >> Matthews, >> yes. >> Motion carries. >> Ordinance 2394-26. An orders to further amend and supplement chapter 530, order section 530-30, payment of bills, exceptional circumstances, subsection A, so as to

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modify the period of delinquency prior to shut off of service. I now open a meeting to the public and with desires to be heard regarding this ordinance, please come forward to state your name to be recognized. Seeing none, I entertain a motion in the public hearing on this ordinance be closed and that it be resolved that this

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ordinance was posted on the official internet burrow website, the clerk's office and instead said municipal building and members of the general public who requested the same. Have a motion. >> So moved. >> Motion by Wki. >> Second. >> Second by Leosa. Any discussion?

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This actually gives people more time before we cut it off. Roll call. >> Bennett, >> yes. >> Leosa, >> yes. >> Millie, >> yes. >> Sasso, >> yes. >> Skiara, >> yes. >> WKI, >> yes. >> Matthews,

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>> yes. >> Motion carries. >> Old business. Joe will start your way. All right. Let's start with my favorite parking lot, the pool parking lot. How are we doing down there?

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>> Honestly, >> honestly, I have not received a report from the police. Uh the off uh and uh I know that they've been patrolling down there, but I I don't have a definite answer for you, Joe. I could >> and I I know this time of year it's

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going to be a little difficult with the residents using the pool parking lot for the pool and other ones using it for their own for their pleasure across the street. >> All right. So >> say from 8:00 on in the evening, you

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would probably see what you're >> No, on my way home from work and past it tonight. And and it's funny that there's the sections because you have the section for the tennis parkers which they should be parking there. Then you have the group parking people and then

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you have the gym group of people and then you have the people learning how to drive. >> Yeah. >> Well, how many people were in the gym side? >> A lot. Okay. All right.

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Maybe next month. the next meeting I can have an update. >> I'll I'll get it to you before that. >> Thank you. Um, all right. So, I guess the honeymoon is over for the new garbage hauler because not only was there

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ooze, I'll use the word ooze. There was glass. The the they started this morning at 6:04. Now, I know the ordinance says 7:00. All I've been saying is let's change the ordinance to 6:00. They keep doing it.

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We're not enforcing it. It's It's a silly ordinance that is there that we're just not enforcing. >> That's all I have for you. >> Enforce it >> there. I've said for years that this hauler comes in, we don't know how many

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tons of garbage is already in the garbage truck. There's not somebody in the morning to to maintain like are they bringing in garbage in the morning? Is somebody emptying it? making sure that it's completely empty. Do we spot Does somebody spot check them to make sure

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they're doing a good job? >> We do. >> They're supposed to be checking in before they start. >> Check in before they start. >> So, are they checking in at 6:00? >> I mean, >> I That's a That's a good question. Yeah. >> 6:04. They were on coolage. >> Okay.

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>> But I'm sure the contract says 7:00. I'm sure our noise ordinance says 7:00. I've been complaining about this for forever. They said, "Don't worry. We're getting a new hauler. Everything's going to be better." Well, that honeymoon is over.

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>> I don't think there ever was a honeymoon. >> No, no. The first two or three weeks, the guys put your garbage cans back neatly. There was nothing in the road. It was really good. And I came back from vacation for for this.

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>> I have residence the first three weeks. Never even got picked up. >> I'm trying Washington. A drive up Washington A. That road is a it's a show cuz it starts down at the train station and it goes all the way up to St. Anony's. And you see where the truck is

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weaving back and forth. It's got to be the garbage truck. All right, that's all I got. Like >> Okay. Um, mayor, um, when we did talk about the pool park line, I don't know if you remember or not, um, we were

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going to reach out to Hedges, the owner of Hedges, just to say, "Hey, this is an issue, and we're going to be starting, and it's your it's your residence, you may want to come up and adopt some type of alternate plan for it." Did we ever get a chance to do that? >> Absolutely. We talked to Garrett. He

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came into the office. We had a meeting with him. >> Great. Right. And we told him what exactly what was going on and he said he would take care of it. >> All right. So then we could based on Councilman WKI's uh uh you know viewing today we could say it's nothing's nothing.

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>> Well we talked we talked to him about the hedges itself and we talked to him about the other businesses that he has there >> with the effect of the overflow of parking in >> of them parking in our lot. Correct. >> Okay.

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>> Yes. So, uh, maybe we need to just let them know that we're going to start taking it now. That's I'm only just following up on our last conversation we had. Um, do we have an update on the fields? >> Yes, it's in my report. >> Okay. I'll wait to hear from it. That's

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all I have tonight. Thanks, >> Reena. >> Uh, nothing. >> Bruce, this is old. Old >> nothing. >> Anna Marie, >> no. Old. Thank you. Dominic, >> mayor or Michael, what's the status on one Washington

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>> place? Looks like crap. >> Chemical. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> I don't know. I hadn't seen I was told that the last of the uh piles of dirt was being removed. >> It's still there. >> And is it still there? >> Yeah. >> All right. I will follow up. I spoke to

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the attorney this afternoon uh because they I was going to report in my report, but I'll I'll jump ahead. Um, they did submit their plan to the town for site plan review before the planning board. I will let them know we won't be looking

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at his plan until he cleans up the >> People ride by in a train. They still think they're in Patterson. >> Yeah, I will I will uh >> Well, wait a minute. I was born in Patterson. But >> that said, um I will tell them we will not be reviewing your Lance.

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>> Dominic, any new business? Uh, no. I'll wait. And Marie, >> just a question. Um, to probably you, mayor, or you, Michael, a lot of residents were very concerned. We know we had some big storms this last week and

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gravity took place at the Gothal Road development and there was a lot of um, mud and uh, such that had to be cleaned up. And I I'll go out and limb and say I'm sure that the developer did clean that up. Um, but residents are asking, are there fines for that? We know that

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the plans, well, we know residents the plans include very strict runoff um drainage pit pits, but they're not there yet. It's still being developed. So, um >> yeah, but the silt fences are supposed

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to be installed properly, low grade, and contain it, and it's not. >> Thank you, uh council president. So, that's what I was asking for, some um intel andor some confidence for the residents. I know I know that Gary has given them

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many summones. Um I'm not 100% sure. I don't check with him every day with regard to that, but I know there was uh there was a lot of silt in the roadway this past weekend. >> Um I called the engineer uh twice and he

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got a hold of the uh owner and uh it was they started to clean it up with several people down there and also several machines in the uh in the street. I appreciate. >> And what what they also did was there's where the manhole is, the storm drain.

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They actually lifted up the um the grate and put I believe it was plastic down so that the mud wouldn't go down into the um into this into the pipes. >> And we know that this is just because there was a storm, not just this is a storm related incident. This is not how

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it's going to be moving forward. But I just wanted um you to offer the residents some modicum of comfort if it exists. >> Believe me when I tell you um it was strongly addressed >> because this is not the first time. Yes,

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we had torrential rains, but we've had rain in the past too while they were while they were working there. >> I I appreciate that and I thank you, sir. >> You're welcome. >> That is all, >> Bruce. Um, yeah. I I think we'd be remiss if we did not acknowledge the the

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passing of Hawthorne's first motorcycle policeman, Sergeant Charles Maybe, who I think he spent 30 years on our force. >> Yes. >> And as other policemen have described him to me, he was community policing

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before the concept was invented. They told me if if Jigs gave you a ticket or worse arrested you, you knew you'd really screwed up cuz he was >> You're right. You're right, Bruce. >> He was that kind of man. So, rest in peace, Jigs.

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>> 98. >> Yeah. >> God bless. >> Good run. >> Yeah. And he enjoyed every minute of it. >> Uh, mayor, I just wanted to follow up on some of the concerns on Pake Avenue. um the parking there and um maybe not

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having parking permits. Um >> I I did uh send that email to uh Captain Hogamood with regard to that. Um >> I know he's been working on that. Uh and I'm not sure to what extent he is where he is right now with it, but I can find

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out tomorrow and I can give you a call back. >> All right, that would be great because that's one of the streets that you need to have a parking permit to get on. >> Correct. in the films. Okay, great. Thank you, >> Mike. Thank you. Um, just I know already spoke to the mayor earlier about this

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today. Uh, we had a conversation and it came up in conversation uh reminded for everybody else is that uh discussing the excessive weed growth through the pavement on Lafayette Avenue. Um, it's it's gotten out of hand. Uh, I share with the mayor that um

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it it looks like the wild wild west out there. Um, I'm not a big fan of fines, but I am I'm a proponent of at least warnings uh asking the uh the residents to clean up and uh weed your your pavers

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in the front yard um in the front where the where the paper blocks are. Um so, thank you, Mayor. You said you're going to address it and I appreciate that. >> Yes. Thank you. Joe. All right. I had brought this up a

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while back. I was told it wasn't our issue because it was on a train trestle. It was on the county part, but now all the graffiti that's on our property. If we could address that, you can you go underneath the Wagar Road train trestle on either side. The county did paint the

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left wall white, but right wall and that goes around to the ball fields. you know, they're just tagging everything at this point. So, if we could address that, maybe I know we don't have prisoners anymore that can come to town and paint like we used to,

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>> but if we had something that the graffiti is out of control on that trestle, >> I'm willing to give you an orange drum shoe. No one. >> Goodbye. >> There's supposed to be >> anything else. Uh, mayor, I just had one

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thing to see if you could check with our PSEG rep. I mean, my neighborhood was out Friday most of Sat 20 hours between Saturday and Sunday and the customer service line was just ridiculous because it said

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there's no outages in your neighborhood. And I waited 92 minutes before I gave up trying to get through to a rep until I finally called the uh emergency line and complained of a gas leak. And then I finally got somebody and they said, "Oh, there's no outages in your area. I mean,

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I understand power was down because of, you know, the torrential rain and and winds, but their customer service telling our residents, me, one of them, there's that there is no issue. That's not acceptable."

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>> Uh, I I was on the phone with our government relations person from public service. >> Okay. um a couple of times over the weekend and um he didn't tell me that we have no power outages, but he said he knows

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where the guys are working and he's going to see what the schedule is. Uh he did not get back to me, but I did speak with him two or three times. Even when you went on their website, it would say no complaints because it'll show you a cluster of when people call a complaint

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and um person I spoke to when I did get through said must be something wrong with the website. Don't worry about it. >> It's cuz I couldn't get through with them. >> It's pretty funny 20 hours on Saturday into Sunday night. Um but I understand,

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you know, work was working. I don't know if it was anything in Horththornne or is it all out of town? It seemed to mainly be the Glenrock line because the first block along Lincoln in my area is on the Glenrock grid, not the Horththornne grid. But >> okay, >> just said I would ask.

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>> Okay, no problem. I will call him again tomorrow and find out, you know, what the story was that he didn't get back to me. >> I mean, you drive through Pramis and New Milford and it's like they had a mini hurricane. I don't care what a mini tornado. I don't care what the weather service said. There's whole mature tree

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snapped in half. >> Yeah, >> but it's understandable. Okay. Well, with no other new business, we'll turn to administrative agenda presented by Mary Lane. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Uh, I'd like to ask the council if they would um

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approve the library board of trustee David Hughes's. Uh, >> sure. >> To the library board. Could I have a motion to uh approve? >> Second. >> Motion by >> Bennett and Sasso, I believe. >> Yep.

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>> Okay. >> Um, roll call. >> WKI, >> yes. >> Skiara, >> yes. >> Sasso, >> yes. >> Mey, >> yes. >> Leosa, >> yes. >> Bennett, >> yes. >> Matthews, >> yes. >> Motion carries. >> Thank you, council.

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Porth Thorne and a large area in New Jersey experienced a drastic change in the weather this holiday weekend. I want to begin by thanking our office of emergency management, our police department, fire department, ambulance corps, and DPW for working tirelessly to

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clean widespread damages to property throughout the burrow of fourthornne. Some of the details for the weekend from our OEM and our police department are as follows. The Burough Horththornne Office of Emergency Management in cooperation with the Hawthorne Police Department,

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the Horththornne Fire Department, and the Horththornne Volunteer Ambulance Corps were active with the severe storms that came through our area this past weekend, especially on July 4th. There was widespread damage to property and a large amount of debris down in our

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streets. However, there was no injuries reported. A special thanks to the Department of Public Works who assisted in removing all immediate hazards in a timely manner to get our roadways back open as quickly as possible.

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If you have experienced damage on your property, please contact the police department for reporting purposes. The DPW is still actively conducting cleanup efforts following this storm. This work includes removing fallen branches from

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roadway from the roadways and the curb lines. DPW crews have been working since Sunday and will continue to work and get all the debris cleared. Please note that the DPW cannot remove branches that are tangled into the power lines. If you

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encounter any emergency or hazard situation, please contact the Horththornne Police Department in the future. Remember to report all power outages directly to PSENG by going to their website or calling 1

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800-4367734 or by texting you and by texting their address is 7747734. >> I want to thank Excuse me. >> It won't work. >> Okay. I want to thank our OEM director Matt Fencart, Captain Matt Hogamood,

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Lieutenant Nick Roberts, Sergeant Ryan Daly, and Sergeant Anthony Dal and the other officers working the night tour on 74 and the day tour on 75. Captain Hogamood has reported the following from our police department regarding an up

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update on July 4th storm and has given some additional information regarding the upcoming ebike forum. Over the July 4th weekend, Hawthorne experienced a significant severe weather event that resulted in numerous down

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trees and large branches throughout the burrow. Several homes also sustained damage to their electrical service connections with live power lines creating hazard conditions that required an immediate response from our police,

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fire, OEM, EMS, DPW, and PSEG cruises. Despite handling these storms related emergencies, the Horththornne Police Department continued to respond to its normal calls for service. The officers working that shift demonstrated exceptional professionalism,

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coordinating road closures, protecting the the public from dangerous conditions, and ensuring residents receive assistance as quickly as possible. We also want to recognize PSEG who face the overwhelming number of

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service requests. While some residents experienced an extended res restoration time, a few outages lasting in the morning of July 6, restoration crews worked around the clock until different conditions

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and safely restored power and quickly as possible. We appreciate the patience shown by our residents throughout this recovery process. As quickly as crews were able to clean up the from the July 4th storm, the police department, OEM,

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and DPW immediately began preparing for another severe weather storm event that following evening. Fortunately, the storm was not as severe as originally forecast, and no roadway ultimately had been closed.

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As the New Jersey new ebike law became enforcable in July 1st, the Horththornne Police Department recognizes that many residents have questions regarding these new regulations. To help educate our community, the department will host a

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free public ebite information forum on Monday, July 14th at 700 p.m. in the Horththornne Municipal Courtroom. The presentation will explain what legally qualifies as an ebike, discusses

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what the new laws cover and what it does not cover, and re review the age restrictions, including the prohibition of individuals under the age of 15 operating an ebike. Residents will also have the opportunity to ask questions

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and better understand how these laws will be applied within our community. Our goal is to begin with education, ensuring residents have a clear understanding of this new legislation before enforcement efforts move forward.

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We encourage all residents, parents, and anyone interested in learning about the new law, please attend. Our website and Facebook pages have copied the the DMV's flyers. You can also see the New Jersey

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DMV website at www.nj.govmvc/vehicle topics/ebikes uh period uh htm. Hawthorne was selected as a 2026 ARP community challenge grantee.

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This year, 750 grantees were chosen from over 5,000 applications from across the 50 states, Washington DC and Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. This $15,000 grant will allow us to create a

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safer, more accessible pedestrian crossing in our downtown area. I want to thank Sergeant Dalo and our Hawthorne Police Department traffic bureau for all their hard work in applying for this grant. Our DPW director, Bill Heler, has

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provided the following update on our Franklin field. The DPW rented a side cutter which they used to cut the sod in several squares in the middle of the field. They removed all the old grass, added top soil where it was needed,

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leveled the field to approximate height for the new sod, and installed 6,600 square ft of new sod. The sod was purchased from Takaho Sod Farms, which is where Yankee Stadium gets their sod from. After the sod was put down, they

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overseed seated the several areas of the field. The cost of the material was $3,000 and I wanted to thank the DPW for watering this four times a day and the sod has already started to root. Per our agreement with the board of recreation,

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the fields will stay locked and no one will be able to play on it until the first week of August. Our DPW director is very pleased and he is proud of Raul and the road department for all of their

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hard work. I want to thank Bill and his and his workers for all the work that they did. Residents, our fire department and our ambulance corps are in need of volunteers. For more information, please reach out to our fire chief Joe Sparanza

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at chief029aol.com or our ambulance core chief Tim O'Brien at chiefhorthms.org. Our volunteers are so important and it is a big part of what makes Horththornne great. If you have the time to volunteer, please reach out. It is a

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very It is a great community for men and women. This weekend, the burrow will be celebrating our great nation's 250th anniversary at the Bandshell. I want to thank chairman Michael Pasqual and the

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burough band shell committee for all that they have done and make this event possible. And I want I certainly want to hope that all of you will come out and join us. Michael, I leave this in your hands and when you get an opportunity to

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give us a detailed report, please do so. Thank you. That concludes my report and now I'll turn it over to our uh attorney Michael Kosqual and chairperson. >> Well, you in luck you're going to get a detailed report. U by the way Jigs maybe

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spoke at my eighth grade graduation and every eighth grade graduation when we were growing up always using the tagline when I asked the principal if I was going to graduate she said maybe. It was

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never got tired of that. Jiggs was awesome. We also lost a great friend in Katie Hall who we should remember fondly. Um 21 10 years ago today my daughter turned 21 and then Chief of Police Rich McCulliff turned 50 and so

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they celebrated with a drink together her first legal and one of several he may have had in the past. Um, so happy birthday to my daughter and to Chief who turned 60 today. Um, I already reported

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on what's going on with the Dugan development and I will make it very clear that we're not looking at anything they submit till they clean the place up. I will make sure that happens. Uh, the spoil the matter, the appeal is pending. uh brief will be due by me by

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the end of the month and we also will be prosecuting in this courtroom the charges against Mr. Spoiler which I understand will also be tried before the end of the month. So we're continuing to uh battle him on every ground that we

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can. Um, I'm not going to give anything else on the legal front because there is a lot of banshell news. As the mayor did announce, this Saturday there is the big event. The 250th birthday of our nation was celebrated on

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July 4th. And as we knew that the weather was dicey, we scheduled our event for dece for January, let me try it again. July 11th. So on July 11th at 700 p.m. at the Burough Bandshell, the

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Silver Starlight Orchestra will be performing patriotic and American standard music. Uh all kinds of great Americana music from them. We will follow that with a laser show, a laser light show, lighting up the sky. So for

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those who are tired of fireworks, something different, we have a laser light show. We also open the grounds at 5:30. We are going to have three food trucks, two food trucks and of course my favorite ice cream guy, Shakur. And we

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will also be having a face painter. No, balloon artist. Okay, I saw an email earlier about a face painter. I'm sorry. Balloon artist. We are going to have giveaways. We're going to have present

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uh booths that will be showing uh some history from our historic society. Uh we are going to have the 250th anniversary committee represented there. So, we're going to have some great community representation. Lori, anyone I'm missing

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who's going to be there? Did I cover them? >> Okay. Um I want to thank the committee. 5:30 grounds open. I want to thank the committee uh because we have a very exciting season coming up. Frank Riley, Richard Schneedeker, my brother John

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Pasqual, Joe Carr, Wally Masiac, Lisa Sloot Maker, Jean Mey, Ellen Brogno, Nancy Agnelloo, Lorie Foley, Joan Hurvey. We have tremendous support from in this building. Bill Hafler has been a great support. Moren Cook has been great

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support. Anthony Dalo has been a great support. So we have great support there. Uh we have Dominic Millie who is our shadow member and great support. And for this event in particular, we had outstanding help from Lorie Fernandez

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and Ellen Bragno who really did so much to help make this event possible. So, I look forward to seeing all of you there. 5:30 on Saturday, and we're going to celebrate again the 250th birthday of

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this great nation. Uh, our concert series then begins the next week. Our first concert is on Sunday, July 19th, and we bring back Super Trans Am. They put on a phenomenal show, as you

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know, with 70s rock. Uh it is a great performance, a great show. The following Sunday comes Captain Jack with uh Christian Mchio playing Billy Joel music. Every Sunday following is another

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concert. Filet of Soul on August 2nd. On August 9th, Dana Hers, who is a vocalist, performing jazz, neo soul, and it's all blended with Middle Eastern folklore,

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something different. Uh, the Frontiers will be here on August 16th. They are the self-proclaimed world's number one journey tribute band. We'll see if they are number one, but they are allegedly a fantastic journey band. And then Se

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Love, which is Harper Love, will be performing on August 23rd. August 4th is National Night Out where you can meet your first responders. That is the first Tuesday in August. On August 7th, a play

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8acre Woods will be presented by a group of uh recent graduates from Hawthorne High School. Play written by Estelle Barbie who again a recent graduate. Always great. She has done one great show after another. We're very proud of

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her. And then we cap it all off on August 30th with a movie. We will be showing the Minecraft movie. If any of you ever played Minecraft, you'll appreciate the movie. If you haven't, your kids have, so bring them. Uh, and

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that's it with So again, this Saturday night starting at 5:30 and then for the rest of the summer, every Sunday, 700 p.m., a new and different event. Thank you all and I'll see you there. >> Thank you very much.

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>> Thank you, Michael. And now I'll turn it over to our engineer, Joe Burn. >> Thank you, mayor. The uh 2024 25 local aid project, that's Hawthorne Avenue, Westervel, Northwatch on Grand View. Uh the Westervelt uh paving schedule is

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currently being finalized and but that will take place soon. The recent inclement weather kind of off a lot of schedules. Uh though the paving of Hawthorne Avenue is still currently set for the first week of August. uh the 2425 road program which covers

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other streets as uh 4th Avenue, Ethel, and at Frederick. Um we're currently waiting payment invoice from the contractor to finally close out that project. So that's well on its way. Uh the galvanized service line removal phase 4 project. All of the uh service

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replacement restoration work has been completed with the exception of one remaining address for restoration and one uh address for the replacement of a water service. Uh those are currently being coordinated and will take place.

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Uh PSENG gas main service line project. Um milling of the affected streets with new project area uh is set for next W or for next Wednesday, July 15th. Uh paving will then take place Monday, July 20th,

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and striping will take place Friday, July 24th. Uh the affected streets are Wagner Place, Reed Place, Norman Terrace, Midland Avenue, Division Street, Keith Court, and Hawthorne Avenue. All the paving will encompass

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half of the half the width of the streets in the affected areas that PSEG worked with the exception of Keith Court, which will be full width paving. And finally, the uh Peach Tree water tank rehabilitation project. the uh pressure reducing valve has been

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installed and the contractor will return this fall to perform the rehabilitation of the water storage tank. And that concludes my report, Mayor. >> Thank you, Joe. And now I'll turn it over to our administrator, Vince Caruso. >> Thank you, Mayor. Uh first, uh as of

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July 1st, as we all know, uh we switched over to State County Health Services. We had an introductory meeting with uh their staff. Uh the mayor attended this past week. Um we were introduced to our uh health inspectors, our nurse, and our

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program coordinator. Um they've already shown that they they're it's an asset to us uh on several occasions in in the last week. We had some immediate inspections that needed to be done. Um and they were right on it and uh provided our

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inspection reports uh to the investigation almost immediately. Um, we also had extensive discussions with them about new clinics and wellness events that they will be offering throughout the year to our residents as well as

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some new programs and clinics for all of our seniors. They're going to uh they presented a lot of stuff that they're going to do for us. Um second, uh as of July 1st as well, Millennium Strategies,

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our grant writing company, um had a kickoff meeting. We met with them last week. They're hitting the ground running. Um I just presented some grant information that they had uh given to us. Um they're meeting with all our department heads in person next week or

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the week after uh to speak to them about any potential grant needs that they may have. They also are affording themselves to the mayor and council um to speak to you if you have any ideas or projects that you want to uh bring up so that

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they can seek and get us some money uh through grants. Um number three, letters are going out uh to the remaining unknown service locations in the burrow regarding our uh

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galvanized pipe uh lead and galvanized pipe replacement. Um we've come to the to the number of about 950 locations uh are going to see receive letters this in the next couple weeks. We have to do it

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before uh within 30 days based on our D reporting. Um these are water lines that we haven't been able to tell if they are in fact um galvanized or lead and if they are in fact copper. Um could be

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several reasons. the residents just never responded um or uh their service location was on the list an error. So, we're we're working on that and those letters are going to go out shortly in case you get any calls uh people

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questioning about that. Last but not least, um there was an article today in the uh in New Jersey.com and across the state and all the newspapers about the state health benefits. Um the uh to give

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you an idea, the title of the article was New Jersey public workers getting slapped with another shocking health premium increase. That was the title of the uh the article. Um some of the highlights

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or low lows I will say is that active local and county employees enrolled in the state health bene benefits plan will see an increase of 17.3% early retirees which are retirees that haven't gone on to Medicare yet um and

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it's still primary a 36 12% increase and Medicare recipients a 19.3 increase. Um, premes have soared 59% for municipal and county workers and 40% for state

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workers. In addition to the higher costs, uh, they're citing specialty drugs and treatment, the increase of local government employees, also driven by the need to repay a portion of the $150 million loan from the state to keep

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the cash and reserves. According to their uh, I forget the insurance arbitrator they call it. Um, local portions of the state health benefit plan has rightly been described as in the middle of a death spiral. The system

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is unsustainable unless significant reforms are made to reduce premiums. According to the statement by the New Jersey League of Municipalities, the New Jersey Conference of Mayors, and the New Jersey Association of Counties, um, three state lawmakers have offered a

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solution last month when they introduced a bill which would create a new commission overseeing the health insurance program, which to me is just more bureaucracy that they're creating, and it's not going to do anything to address the issue.

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Um, as you know, we're going into uh contract negotiations across the board this year. Um, so this is going to be one of the topics that are coming up. We're also having a uh a meeting with uh our union reps. Um, I believe it's

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tomorrow with a alternate benefit source. Um, just to start the conversation to try and get some other ideas. Um they had the state is reporting 220 municipalities have left the state health benefits plan already

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because of these rising cost. Sorry to end on bad news but that's the end of my report. >> Thank you Mr. President will answer any questions that the council may have. >> Any questions for the administration? Joe will start your side.

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So that I live where I'm watching the the new field being watered. Is that post PAS or before POS? Cuz I'm I'm seeing the deluge of water we're sending out

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there and it's going through our filtration system. Does that put a toll on our filtration system or is it pre? >> No, it's not. I don't think it's pre. It's it's all the water that we have is going through our filtration system

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>> because I don't think the grass cares if there's PAS in it. >> The kids who play on it. >> Oh, that's true. Good point. Good point. >> So, I'd rather on safe side for that one. >> Yes. >> That thing is they're just watering it. It seems like every time I'm looking down the street, those sprinklers are going.

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>> But we had to because the >> I'm sorry, man. >> That's all right. Um the uh when the sod was put down, it was right when we hit that heatwave. >> You know what I mean? It was like bad timing. So I told I told the director, I

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says, "Look, please, you got to water the hell out of that because, you know, it's it it just was planted. We want, you know, we can't afford to lose it right off the bat." So, and that thankfully that worked out and it worked. >> All right. >> But it was a lot of water.

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>> It's a lot of water. Yeah, >> four times a day. >> That's it. >> And the field will stay locked until the beginning of August. >> Okay. I have a few questions. One is the side that we put down, is that a

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permanent replacement or that is a hold for continuous evaluation about what we may do moving on? >> That's a that's a replacement of the dirt that's that was there. Mhm. >> And right now it's it's a stop gap for

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uh the uh football and lacrosse until we can decide what we're going to do, how we're going to do it, and and and and that. So this year, meaning 20 26,

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uh we'll be that's what they're going to be playing on. And then we'll have time throughout the winter to make a decision. We already met with one company, >> two >> two companies. And um I think we have one more to go, right? >> Yep.

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>> And you know, then we'll we'll evaluate everything and then bring everything to the council. >> Good. That's what I was looking. I wasn't sure if that was the permit or this is a hold and then we're going to re-evaluate. Uh the second question I have in regards to the sad that we put

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down um the vendor the lighting vendor that tore a lot of this up what is their >> responsibility towards >> that was taken care of >> that was yeah >> so the cost that we have has been offset

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by what you're saying been taken care of >> they I believe they paid us back >> money they were >> I don't know how much but >> could could we say that they covered the course that we we just took on. >> I think they gave us more than $3,000.

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>> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Yeah. Well, I mean, but then we're also having our our DPW. >> So, I mean, the cost of actual material they cover >> that was just material, >> right? DPW >> the labor the labor,

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>> right? Okay. Um, uh, on another question for Joe. Joe, uh, the council recently received, um, Pake County Planning Board information for the, um, development on 990 Galler Road. The question I have is,

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and if you can find out if you don't know it, was Boswell, uh, Boswell represented there because we, John Kemick, right? Am I correct, Council President? >> Correct. >> Um, was was there? I mean, based on the planning board meeting that I was at,

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uh, he was going to ask some questions related to some of the things that the, uh, the residents had, and I want to know, was he in attendance? Was it addressed, what kind of questions did he ask? And if you can get back to the entire council with that, I I'd appreciate it.

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>> Yeah, we'll do. I'll send out an email tomorrow once I find out. >> I appreciate it. That's all I have. >> Yeah. >> Um, Joe, just getting back to the road program. Um, just want to make sure all the Mahini residents have been addressed

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with their concerns, especially going back to the meeting that we had in the beginning of June that we um approved the minutes. Have they been addressed? And what is the timing to do that paving on Mahini? >> Everything I've received uh so far from

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residents as far as phone calls and emails I've addressed to this point. Um, so I believe everything has been addressed especially along Mooney. Um, as far as I believe we just received approval from

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IBank to move forward. So we just need to provide them with a bid schedule and we should be able to move forward with that process and get that moving. So >> Okay. All right. So there's not So it's not going to happen because I think the letters were like they were going to

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start the work in August or something. So >> yeah, first week. >> Yeah, the first week. So is that timely? If you're saying we're going out to bid. I thought we went out to bid with those for the road program

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>> for the 2026. Correct. Or did >> I don't know whatever the Mini >> That's why they came for the meeting. That's where they came for the meeting. Is it for the 26 or 25? >> 25. >> I know we're doing two years. >> 22 and two. I think it's 2026.

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>> If if they came last meeting, it was in response to 2026. >> Okay. >> Which we have not gone out to bid for. >> Okay. >> In fact, on your agenda tonight, >> you know what? Tonight we are doing it. Okay. >> We're tonight we are authorizing the preparation

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of the bid docks. So nothing is happening with 2026. Okay. >> In terms of paving. >> Well, it's just that it was confusing cuz >> it's always confusing. >> Well, cuz the letters are like the work they have to make a decision about the sidewalks if they're going to do it or they're going to let the town do it. So

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>> they they had until August they have until August 21st to complete their work. Um so we we were aiming to get this started by late summer. Um but the process with I bank and NJ dot

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um NJ dot now actually requires additional design for any kind of ADA crosswalks that are being repaired. Um they need like actual grading points um using GPS data which is crazy because

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that's not how those are designed or installed out in the field. So, but it takes additional time of just process. >> So, maybe next time a suggestion with the letters is maybe we do like approximate or like like a roundabout a

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date if we're still trying to get no, you know, approvals cuz that's our financing cuz that's why we're going to the NGI EIB low financing. It helps us as a town for our for our debt. but just kind of give them an a ballpark instead

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of at a certain date because the residents were really upset like they were and then they were concerned about trying to get the work done and when they were coming. So just food for thought for the future about >> we we typically list a specific date

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that is I believe 3 months after the letters are initially issued to the residents. um usually keeping on relatively on that time frame, we can get started around

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that time. So they'll have made a decision whether they want to have the work addressed themselves and have the work performed. So that way it's performed around the time either before sometime relatively immediately after that project begins. Um and historically

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that time frame has been relatively on point. Um, so but if residents are having any concerns about making a decision as to whether they want to address the work

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themselves, um, I've had some this year and in the past reach out to me, you know, with questions regarding, you know, potential advantages or um, you know, and, you know, specifically inquiring just about the cost and They

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generally, I've found, have had enough time to reach out to anyone that they know or to reach out to independent contractors. A lot of people who are contractors or know one personally that will do the work for them for very cheap because, you know, they're family or friend of family or they can do it

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themselves. But yeah. >> All right. Does that also give them time if they dispute the replacement of certain slabs? >> Yes. There's enough time in there for them to >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Yeah. They don't have to decide

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immediately upon getting the letter. They're given, I believe, a month, month and a half to take a look at the assessment, contact my office if they have any questions about it or disputes about, you know, the scope of it as well as to reach out to a contractor, get quoted a price.

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>> Okay. >> Okay. Great. Thank you, Joe. Uh Vince, just a quick question for you. 950 locations. So, we do have residents. We do service Fair Lawn, North Hilton up in those areas. We're

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outside a little bit of the territory. I think a little in Glenn Rock. Um those 950 locations, does that include those areas as well or is it just all >> those areas are the responsibility of the municipality even though they're getting the water from us? That's what I

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was told at the meeting cuz I asked that. >> Oh, really? That's not what I thought >> that they >> No, we're not authorized to do work in other towns. Um, so >> Oh, >> it's not our responsibility. We are not responsible to replace lines in Glenrock

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or Fair >> because we're providing water. >> Bulk water. Oh, we're providing bulk water. Sorry. Thank you. We're providing bulk water. We're not providing >> But don't we have to include them in our inventory, though? >> We we have some bulk water. Yes. But we also have some individuals.

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>> But again, >> we're not we can't go into another town and do work in those towns. So that's >> So who are going who's going to do >> those towns? Those towns are responsible to do that. >> We're selling the water, not the pipes. >> Right.

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>> That's that's correct. >> Okay. But I'm just >> You're right, Bruce. We didn't install those. >> To clarify, we don't directly build those people. We build the town and the town handles it on their own. So it's separate from us. Is that >> I don't think so. I think our water

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bills are going to those reser bills are going to our res. >> We build the res. >> So no bulk sales totally different. So we sell in bulk to Ridgewood. But say uh Northwood >> I'm talking about North Hen up. >> We have three or 400 residents in North Hen who get their water from us

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directly. >> We don't those are not our pipes. We didn't put them in the ground. They did. So any issues up there they have to do. I mean the good news in North Hilden is those service lines were installed at a time when Havnanian was building

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>> here in the water tower when >> it's very interesting that's not what I thought >> we don't go into other we had that discussion we are not going into fair lawn or Glenrock or North Halen and digging up people's front lawns north

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Hilden Glenrock and Ridgewood and >> and where else Wolf they had to do it >> then public utility. We don't want to be a public utility. >> We are not again we not our not our circus, >> not our month. >> Again, for clarification, then that would disrupt their property tax billing

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because this is that's part of it. So that they bill them individually. We bill them whatever they purchase from us. >> We just bill them for the water, >> right? >> Okay. >> That's one of the great things about selling water to people in other communities is frankly all they get for

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the money they pay is water. Anything else is not on us. >> Okay, that's good. So, they're not in our inventory. They're just on Horththornne's inventory. >> Okay. Thanks for that clarification. Glad I asked.

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>> Bruce. >> Nope. Marie. >> Yes. I just wanted to ask um either you Joe or mayor um for a update on the road program in the Washington school area that we had assured those residents because of the shutting of the streets.

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McFarland, Mohawk, Westerville, Prospect, East Prospect >> that it would be done prior to the beginning of the school year. We did we had residents here and so it was a topic. I just want to follow up and see how we're doing on our schedule.

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>> Um I believe that's the 2026 project. Um we're going we're just getting approval on our stuff for uh for our contract which is part of the submittal um process, but also NJ dot is finalizing

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their review. Um I'll reach out to them tomorrow and see where they're at with it, but they should be finishing that up soon. We should be able to go out to bid and >> would you kindly provide me with that information so I can share it with the residents via email? >> Sure. >> Thank you, sir.

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>> So, how far how far along are you guys with the plans and ready to send them to NJIB? >> Um, plans and everything were approved. Uh, we got we got a message from NGIB today actually for requesting

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>> a bid schedule. I have to upload this approved contract once the board approves it tonight um as part of the submittals, but once those items are in, we should be able to just move forward with the bid process. >> Okay. How long will it take you or your

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office to get all that stuff done so we can go out for bid? >> It should be within the week. Shouldn't be long. It's >> okay. >> Yeah. >> Cuz I want to get it done this year. >> Yeah. >> So, I'm so sorry, Council President. Can I just continue with a comment? How do we communicate with those residents?

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It's a congested area. The streets are narrow. There is parking on both sides. And we had, you know, seniors here very concerned. How will they get to their homes? Where will they park? And we offered them at that time, which was a month ago, a monocum of assurance. How

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will we communicate with them? How do we communicate with them? >> Please, >> they get a letter from the engineer saying >> and it gives them like whatever. Next week, I know I've gotten it as a homeowner. next week will be on your street. So, I just want to um make sure that that is buttoned up

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>> because we did um >> yeah, notices are to the residences both, you know, when the project starts overall as well as prior to any work being done on their section of road. Um so that way they know what dates to

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expect road work to actually occur so they can plan around that accordingly. >> Thank you, sir. That is it. Vincent, you talked about the health insurance that 220 towns pulled out of the state insurance. What did they do?

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>> They've gone to private plans. They've gone to what are called >> Can we go back to I got a big mouth on you. They they go to uh they've either gone to private plans um or uh some of them gone to uh uh

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>> groups health insurance funds if they're called which are a bunch of municipalities would get together um and try but it everything comes down to claim experience and like it even says in this article that the towns that are remaining with the uh with the state

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health benefits plan are mostly the towns that have a high claim experience because they can't get into a HF and can't get into a private insurance policy. >> Can we go back to the GIF? >> Well, the I I've been speaking to the

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Vaza agency, >> right, >> regularly on this and like I said, we have a company coming tomorrow to give us an overview on a potential new plan, something different outside of the state. He advised us not to leave

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the state plan. We left it, >> right? >> Um, we didn't leave it. The insurance committee had met and >> the alternate solutions were this is above the 20ome% we we had, right? >> It was 4% for one and 9% for the other.

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And we said, well, gez, you know, on top of the 26 or whatever percent, I guess it's cheaper just to stay where we're at. However, if Vincent's going to contact the same companies that Eric had had contacted, if if it took the four or nine and then they're talking 17 to stay in this plan,

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you know, obviously they're going to have you. >> Oh, yeah. >> But >> that before you came, that's where we were at. And and one of the things that a lot of towns are trying to do now is they're going to the what they call a difference card, which is a a way to

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select a higher deductible plan. And then by doing so, it lowers the cost to the employee and to the and to the town. But the problem with that is that the state caught on to that most recently.

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And one of the things that they did was the high deductible plan. The state just increased that 72%. >> Because people are going to that plan. >> One of the things we were told when we was some of our current employees used

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to work for other locations and they I know it's not like an HSA, but it's similar, >> very similar, >> classified as an HSA. What we were told that the state told Eric was that you can only put $300 on that card before you're breaking some

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insurance regulation. >> Right. Right. >> Well, Glenrock's doing it. There's many other towns that are currently doing it, but we were told that >> what's $300 going to do for you? We're talking about if we can save 10 grand on a high deductible and give the employee

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four grand, you're saving six grand. >> Exactly. And that's that's what that's been the kind of negotiations that are going on now. >> But I never quite understood why other towns could do it and we were told we couldn't do it. >> Well, we when we when I first was presented this, when we started looking at a good option,

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>> I said this sounds too good to be true. Yeah. >> You know what I mean? Where where's the catch? You know what I mean? So that's why we're we're really trying to look into what's going on there. >> Well, we have employees that can tell you about the whole plan that they currently have and they're they're accepting it.

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>> Oh, yeah. Oh yeah. So, >> anything else done? >> Fine. >> Uh I have nothing for the administration. Anything else? >> That concludes the report from administration. Mr. President, >> can I have a motion to court? >> So moved.

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>> Uh motion by Sierra, second by WKEI. All in favor? >> I. >> Introduction of ordinances. We have none this evening. Resolutions. We have uh consent agenda MR4-26 through and we have R95-26

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through R 101-26. M04-26 is to remove a a handicap space at 412 North Forth. R95-26 Chapter 159 Alcohol Education Rehabilitation Grant. R96-26

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is a water bill overpayment reimbursement. R97-26 is a disabled vet status tax refund. And this resolution will resend R93-26. R98-26 is a 2026 20227 liquor license

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renewal for Puzo's Pizza. R99-26 is Banshell Artists 2. Uh R100-26 is professional services for Boswell for 2026 local aid uh contract preparation. And R 101-26 is professional services

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for Boswell for the 2026 road program contract preparation. I have a motion to approve. So move >> motion by me. >> Sasso second. >> Second by Sasso. Any discussions? >> Roll call. >> Bennett. >> Yes. >> Leosa.

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>> Yes. >> Mey. >> Yes. >> Sasso. >> Yes. >> Skiara. >> Yes. >> Waki. >> Yes. >> Matthews. >> Yes. >> Motion carries. reports of special counsel committees. Dominic, we'll start your way today. >> Okay. First, I want to thank Michael for

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10 years of head of the band shell and a couple >> couple people made a comment about why don't we do fireworks? Well, that's done by the Hawthorne Day. We're doing a laser show, something different. It should work out very nicely. And I want to thank Lori and Ellen for doing all

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the leg work for all the things we're going to be doing that night. Thank you. That's it. >> And Marie, >> thank you, Council President. Um, the Huawthornne Ambulance Corps just wants to start reminding everybody that on September 10th, they will be having

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their fabulous fish and chips uh opportunity dinner and October 24th will be their tricky tray. We will be reminding of this again, but just pay attention to our fundraisers that support our first responders. Um, I also

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wanted to council president, if it's okay, just thank everybody who helped the Chamber of Commerce with the Cabillos evening. Um, we just thank you. Yeah, that was a great night and we thank you. And I also wanted to um

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support uh council uh burough attorney's uh sentiments about Katie Berto Hall who uh is a huge chunk of Horththornne's fiber and um her family, her children um will be a part of our hearts and our

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lives forever. But Katie will be met as she already is. And I have no uh doubt that she will be uh letting us know what to do from up above. Rest in peace, my friend. That is it. >> Bruce, no, sir. >> Reena,

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>> uh nothing tonight. >> Mike, thank you, Council President. Uh the auditance committee met on June 23rd. Uh the biggest part of our discussion was illegal apartments and basement and attics. uh we had uh focus

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in on um residents that are applying for permits and the ongoing policing of these such apartments. Uh we carefully negotiated and navigated the ordinance to provide public safety

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um for uh for these type of residents um and making sure that the occupants of their dwellings um are safe. but also not having government overreach. I'm not quite sure we're there yet. I thought we

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might be. We'll finalize that very soon. >> My suggestion is uh after we had met and I drafted and worked on an alternate uh version, uh John Sabo came up with a different one alto together as well,

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which you looked at, Michael. Uh but I didn't hear from you, Frank. We must You're pretty good at this, so you must not have gotten the email or something. But >> spam. >> Yeah, it must be. >> Maybe. Could you just mind sending it back? >> Yeah, I'll read I'll Gloria. I'll work

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with her tomorrow. We'll get it back to the committee. Take a look at that one. He tried to thread the needle between. >> It's It's a difficult thing to do. It really is because we're trying to provide the public safety. uh we don't want illegal apartments, but we also

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don't want to have government overreach in people's business. So, it's again threading that needle. >> Yeah. I mean, too often when we're trying to catch the bad guys, we unfairly impact the good guys. >> Correct. >> And and that's what happens with a lot of these well-intentioned

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laws is those of us who play by the rules end up paying a price and the people who want to get away with stuff still do, right? >> It's very frustrating, but we will try. Thank you. That's all I have. Joe, >> uh, all I have is the next J tree

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commission meeting is July 14th. That is it. >> Okay. Um, last evening or most recent planning board meeting was cancelled. >> Um, that's like three in a row, I think. Now, >> the Chamber of Commerce, uh, the farmers market is ongoing on Sundays between 10

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and 1:30. come down and support uh a lot of local businesses as well as the chamber. The car show is August 16th. That's always a great day. And um the Find the Bee

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contest is ongoing. So, you can pick up your passport at any of the 35 locations or the chamer's office and go find the bee and enter a contest and win a prize. You can do this now, Bruce. you got more time on your hands.

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>> I already did the rotation thing. >> There you go. And lastly, as Anmarie uh mentioned, uh thank you to all who attended the chambers Cabalero event. You know, I know the chamber appreciated it as well as the Cabaleros so they can get their final rehearsal in before they

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started their season. And that's all I have. Correspondence. We have none this evening. We have bills. And I have a motion to approve the bills and forward them to the treasurer for payment. No mo motion by Sierra.

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>> Second. >> Second by me. Any discussion on any of the bills? >> Roll call. >> Wii. >> Abstain on the fire department. Yes. On all others. >> Skiara. >> Yes. >> Sasso. >> Yes. >> Millie.

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>> Yes. >> Leosa. >> Yes. >> Bennett. >> Yes. >> Matthews. >> Yes. >> Motion carries. public comment. We'll now open the meeting to the public. Anyone desires to be heard, come forward. State your name for the record. >> We'll get you a microphone.

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>> I don't think it's on a joke. Oh, there you go. >> Oh, is it working? Oh, thank you. Thank you very much. My name is Tom Bow. My last name is Bees and Boy O. I'm a reporter for tap into in um for Warthorne where I I write articles um

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for tap into from time I just have um a question okay about um um it's my understanding that um the the bureau has received a certificate of um immunity from um builders remedy lawsuits. My question is um how far or away are is

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the barrel from getting a final judgment of compliance and like what uh is there is there a date when that's supposed to happen? >> Michael >> that that is the last step in the process. We got the final judgment.

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>> So that was issued by Judge Delsardo May 15th according to my council president. I didn't remember the date but so we're done. We have the final compliance judgment. >> The final compliance. So my last uh follow-up question is if that the final

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compliance judgment was on May 15th, why'd you have to wait a little bit um later to get the certificate of um immunity? >> No, it's the same. It's one and the same. >> Just one and the same. >> It's included. Actually, the judgment itself references the immunity. >> And um and a question I want to direct

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to the council president. What is um your feeling about the um um about this the resolution that you're finally out of? Um >> I have an email ready to hit send for you tomorrow. >> Okay. >> Thank you very much, Mr. Council President.

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>> Does anyone else wish to be heard, sir? >> Hey, uh good evening. My name is Bowen Belmer. I just moved uh to the area down in Hawthorne actually, ironically enough, in one of the buildings that was discussed earlier. So, that was kind of uh kind of interesting. Um I mostly just came because I wanted to introduce

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myself to the council. Um I try to get involved in some regard in local politics anywhere that I live. I unfortunately think not enough young people are interested in doing that, especially on the local level, which is really sad because these are really important decisions that obviously

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impact our community. Um, but yeah, I just wanted to introduce myself. So, thank you for the time this evening. Um, I am also a small business owner. I brought my mortgage brokerage with me to Hawthorne. So, anyway, thank you very much. I appreciate the time and I will definitely be um hopping around.

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>> Welcome to town and appreciate it. >> Good luck with your business. >> Thank you. >> Anyone else wish to be heard? >> Going once. Okay. Uh, have a motion to close the public portion of the second. Motion by

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Mey, second by Scar. All in favor? >> I. >> We're now going to go into close session uh to discuss a personnel matter. So, the audience is asked to uh exit. Uh we'll probably return and just exit the

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meeting. So any of you watching on Facebook or um for the recording, you probably won't see the discharge or or the adjournment of the meeting on the tape because we're going to let the person who's filming go home because they're going to close session any. >> No action just mentioned.

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>> No action will be taken. >> Thank you. So pursuant to