can I get a motion to reconvene motion second all those in favor I we are back in session okay uh we're going to start with the approval of minutes we'll do them one at a time Council minutes uh from March 4th 2025
oh all right as long as any does anybody have anything they want to amend on any of them okay there so we're going to do them Council minutes for March 4th Council minutes from March 11th the Clos session on March 11th the emergency meeting on the 18th the Clos session
meeting on the 18th the emergency meeting on the 19th the Clos session meeting on the 19th you're getting your dollars worth out of us all these meetings okay can I get a motion motion second second will the clerk please read the rle council member maachan council president
Oso yes council member ruko yes council member choim Muk yes council member kti yes council member Fox is absent so those seven minutes are approved uh the initial public comment section limited to three minutes uh items on the agenda first so it's if
you've got something you want to talk about after that's not on the agenda we open it I don't know you don't know we can tell something okay um so I don't know well if you want to tell us what the topic is we can tell you whether it can be now or
later um well that's not on the agenda so that would have to be later okay okay um the community center update the burrow administrator would you please give us an update yes mayor
um you you have this in your packet I also have it on the screen uh we are ahead of schedule with uh the development overall we did a visit last two weeks ago maybe and then we took some pictures I just want to show you what we have uh this is where we at it's
5,000 square ft and U the division of uh the room is as follows uh there's one big room that is dividable into two for conference rooms there's an office there's storage there is a light kitchen as we talked about before four and then
there is a big room uh that will support probably close between 50 to 75 people it will have it a large TV uh screen and um it's very flexible in in terms for
card you playing or a play uh that's the floor plan it's a different side of it and these are the actual pictures of what they look like uh right now uh this will be the front of the community center going
in and then uh we will go inside right now and this is actually inside what it will look like this will be large Windows uh the ceiling height is where the struts are and then uh this is the larger room that's where uh you know 50
to 75 people will fit and then in the back is where they will have the uh dividers and the office and the meeting rooms uh the concrete floor is all set uh our next step in this is to actually pick the colors and pick where the
outlets are going to be where uh the TV Outlet is going to be they're moving a lot faster than they thought which is good uh we will have uh as we stated in the past about 18 parking spots
dedicated to the borau uh we will we will have full control of this room uh the community center our rec director and the assistant will have a schedule system for this area uh so if it's a senior's lunch if it's senior activities
after school activities all that will be online with whole new system that we are getting for this uh just some more pictures and then I think this is the last picture so that's the update I have if you have any questions for me I'll answer it I just want to first ask um
the ESS is that going to be from outside the lobby so the there's no there's no need to go through the building to get into this space it's going to be accessible just clarify so it will go from right here y okay great Mike when
do you expect it to be open uh so we're going back in mid June to actually pick the colors uh they're saying sometimes by February of 26 I think this the way that they're going this might be ready for Christmas could we be ready before the
rest of the building and then have access to it possibly possibly I don't know so they have to get the CO for the whole building yeah uh but uh we know anybody in the building department that could help us we can work on that okay sir I don't have a question but I just
have to say this is so exciting and I'm so happy to see this it's like oh my God finally like you anticipate anyone on the who's currently occupying an office here moving into there permanently no it will be a satellite office just a SAT so
no one who's currently an employee will be moving there no we will have an office for the rec director it's in the back way way in the actually right I think it's on one of the drawings yep yeah yep yep um but that won't be his regular
office okay no it would be right yeah where that exactly that red line is and and is is the main room sufficient to replicate what the seniors now do at St John's when they have their lunch lunch
yeah it's a big space it's bigger than the space where we're currently using it's a big space plus the two rooms can also be used and it has the warming kitchen yep it's that that was apparent but I like the breakout rooms I was wondering whether those breakout rooms could the walls could be broken down so
that the the big room can be made even bigger uh just the wall in between the two rooms uh okay okay that I mean I was in there um it is a very large space we're going to we're going to be in good
shape with that this doesn't do justice you know the way this is here it doesn't do justice and the other concern and I raised it at the planning board meeting a couple years ago with with this not the configuration there's only 20 spots on street that they've allocated for us
they promised just as a reminder they promised the developers that on the days where there was an intense use of the building either from Seniors or from whatever group wants to meet there they would make parking available uh in the garage there was a
there was a ample space for the residents but there's also space for the visitors and they could segregate out only on a temporary basis like for a couple hours to accommodate whatever event we had those visitor spots for us
that still stands okay I just wanted to make sure the entire Council was aware that because it is something that can easily forgotten or ignored by the developer so thank you any other questions Mike did you schedule the first
Bingo for you yeah definitely y it's card anything else no Nick you want to give your committee report uh your uh professional engineering report sure so um things are starting to heat
up we do have a bunch of a bunch of projects in the hopper a couple starting very soon um for the NJ do fiscal year 2025 project that's Liberty and Arcadia uh we're aiming to start design on this in late spring or early summer um we'll coordinate with uh with Mike to to get
that project kicked off for the 2024 do project that's Melville Road we intended to start that late last year but we were unable to do it due to a couple delays and then bad weather and then it got pushed into the spring I spoke with the contractor um last week he's aiming to
start construction at the end of April so that project will be restarting uh the target start date for that is April 21st um we have the 2025 Riverside Co-op the bid opening for that was on March 25th the apparent low bidder is DLS
Contracting the Hillsdale portion of that project came out to be $32,365 the uh the engineers estimate for that work um the initial estimate was 344,000 so the bid came in substantially lower than that we're actually seeing fairly
strong pricing on Paving projects across the board are we are we potentially exposed with tariffs or anything else that that could blow up our numbers well for that project specifically the bid is the bid that that price is locked in but for future
projects yeah I mean that's it's a factor okay um so we'll see you know the it's it's kind of Uncertain right now you know it's it's it's a new thing we don't we don't really know how how it will impact okay um for uh for Centennial Field I um
I spoke with Dakota today actually um and we have been we've been out on site for that project as well they started working on that again last week um they're working again this weekend and into this week they're planning on laying sad next week and finishing the
project by the end of next week so that's really good news um after they deliver their their five cuts we should be able to have have the the field open by Memorial Day comfortably maybe even a little bit earlier than that um Nick just on that very quickly uh after the
rain event a couple days ago they did go back and there was no puddles so the system is working well the the the drainage that that he did mention that also he said that the the drainage system really really held up well um obviously the the field was wet imediately after but within a few hours
was dry which is not the way it was behaving before so significant Improvement there and there's not even sod laid yet once that sod is down it's it's going to increase that uh you know effectiveness of that substantially we're one thing we have to do is we're going have to implement the maintenance schedule
starting this summer right we're we are going to go to bid to get a maintenance contract um yeah so that that is uh that's good news on that project um happy that they're going to be finishing that so soon um for Memorial Field we should have a
proposal ready for the next council meeting for the final design of that project um there is also the 2025 tier a compliance that's the uh the annual reporting that the D requires for your TR ms4 permit
um so we're we're uh We've submitted a proposal for that that includes the annual reporting it includes an update to the Burrow's Municipal storm water management plan and the U required GIS mapping which is due at the end of 2025 it's required by ngdp to map your storm
water system so that's all included in that proposal we uh we will have that on the April 15 meeting okay great sure go ahead sure yeah um on the U Memorial Field so as I remember
from the last meeting that um project um you're going to be I guess prepping it with um conduits electrical conduits for um you is that include the um the
columns or the stanions I guess you're talking about the foundations yes like no unless unless we're directed otherwise so we're we're still in a in a design phase of this project but the intent currently yes um as it was left at the last council meeting was that we
would prep with underground electrical conduit as you mentioned um in the event that the burrow wanted to install lights in at a future date you would have the electrical already there in order to do so but not not found Foundation found
location we can include that if the B wishes us to do that we can do it but as of right now that's not the intent okay so to possibly be further discussed correct I don't can you just talk about
the cost of uh pouring the cement versus uh laying the conduit so the the the conduit itself is is not an expensive item especially because we're probably going to be doing decorative sight lighting around the the perimeter anyway so there should already be some conduit
being laid um so that is a pretty insignificant cost the foundations I mean we just spoke about tariffs those costs could vary pretty significantly depending on the type of soils that you have and the price of steel and concrete and raw materials um
but they're they're fairly expensive I within a it's it's a big range but I'd say between 50 and $750,000 probably for that many foundations we've already passed he asked the question so I get it I get it we're speculating
okay anything else no okay we're going to move on to committee reports um I'm normally no I'm not going to go here councilman Oso council president Oso yes yes yes so wreck update uh the meeting
will be scheduled the meeting scheduled for 47 I spoke to Dan County early just to get some updates for uh to present tonight uh summer camp is sold out for all all camps except little hwks those are the kindergarteners um names can still be
placed on the waiting list so um you can still do that and if providing somebody uh decides not to attend uh obviously that's in in order and uh the next person up will get the spot spring programming is to start uh things like pickle ball tennis golf clinics uh
community room programs that include art and stem uh you can go online for the schedule that's the burrow burrow website and go to the recreation page opening Daye for the hbsa is scheduled for S this Saturday all council members and the mayor is are invited it's a
10:15 a.m. St time um the rain date is going to be Sunday same time so uh looks like rain all weekend yeah hopefully uh hopefully we get a little some interval of time there that we could actually conduct the ceremony and the mayor can provide a nice speech for us excellent
right um Dan kti is is going to apply for an open space Grant of the amount of $75,000 uh this can be used for uh various things inclusive of a playground um that is due on April 25th and uh
there's a three-month notification period um Nick spoke about some of the work that was going on I just want to give uh a big shout out to our DPW has doing a fantastic job getting the baseball fields uh up to speed uh they've been doing work on Beachwood uh
cor and nickach where we have another project going on uh that's being implemented by field Turf uh they're helping them out uh they're doing work on um the memorial softball field and uh and also at the schools which uh the schools also utilize our DPW SF to help
out those fields because it's the Rec Community that actually uses them so again a big uh shout out to Barry and his staff um spoke to John and Jaren uh uh earlier this week and he gave me an update on OEM and Emergency Services
again I wanted to give him a big thank you because I don't think they get the recognition that they deserve for the work that you do to get Hillsdale prepared for any emergencies that may take place so there's an installation for the new Fire flood siren that will begin on Thursday it was originally
scheduled for last Monday but the contractor had not ordered the proper equipment um the current lightning detection system is working uh there was some uh it was malfunctioning a bit last year uh they got it to work correctly
now um and there are there also plans to replace it to install a new system uh once the capital funding is approved that'll go ahead and take place and uh and good for them that the the World Cup games that will take place in 2026 will require uh resources from all
burn County Fire EMS and police department agencies uh to go ahead and contribute and support that initiative in 2026 World Cup uh soccer and uh that's it great uh C can I question on on something council
president you said there was a $75,000 grant that Dan will be applying for what uh where will that what's the specifications on the is an open spacecraft for any area any park so it's not going to be for the handicapped accessible Park that we no it could be
used for various things it could be used for a playground if we got maybe we could use that in combination with another grant that we awarded so we can add the funding together so we can go ahead and and apply that to a much larger project okay thank you usually those those grants take
three months to get notified yeah whether or not you get get the funds and then we have some period of time we have to actually utilize those grants or so if we're doing it in conjunction with another Grant we better be yeah the timeing needs to work out right okay Council mcti thank you
mayor start with the environmental commission uh who's working with the Hillsdale Board of Education in St John's Academy to plan Arbor Day Celebrations near to end of April uh further information on that will be provided to the mayor and Council as those details are firmed up uh the
environmental commission is also participating with select representatives from the planning board and the zoning officer to make several minor Corrections and to improve Clarity and further simplify the buroughs tree ordinance and the environmental commission uh with the E with their
expertise in Native plantings and Landscaping are working with uh Mike RBA as well as the DPW to plan and upgrade the beautification of the Landscaping outside the building here at Burl Hall quick update on pasak Valley Board of Education
um Auditorium work at PB high school is going to commence during this summer that's the big project they're taking on and that'll be done by Christmas break and that's to provide more state-of-the-art features for the drama departments uh their their Finance Committee reported in their last meeting
that the 25 and 26 budget is going to call for a 3.42% tax levy um mainly due to their increases in health insurance and other e and flows and other other P line items uh conversely to what what they originally thought their their
expected State age is state aid excuse me is actually going to slightly increase uh however again that's being offset by other expenses they have one Capital project budgeted uh for $1.6 million and that's to replace the media center rooftop unit that's on top of the
on top of the school um they did receive an AI Grant which I thought this was actually pretty exciting and and probably very necessary for the Times we're living in but it's an AI grant for $75,000 we were the only town ship in Bergen County to receive it one of nine
in the state and that's for artificial intelligence media uh L literacy lessons gini upgrades U higher powered desktops Etc so they were pretty excited about that uh finally fire department marged over 28 calls year to date 80 that's 18
more calls in the same period than the prior year the fire department has started to work with superintendent Lombardi regarding George White they do have uh trailer that are arriving as well as the modulars so the fire department is working with the police EMS as well as OEM on on on the safest
approach for emergencies uh and they're also coordinating with the fire department uh regarding the asbest abatement uh and that's mainly for firemen's safety in case there is an emergency during that abatement process uh fire department intends to
schedule drills on the houses that are going to be demolished in the flood zone these are the homes that were approved in resolution 5087 regarding the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection in Hillsdale the blue Acres Program uh so they're going to have a great opportunity there to run
drills and finally our next quarterly council member uh fire department committee meeting is schedule for April 8th thank you question go ahead the 3.46% tax increase that was at the local level or the high school
level the high school the high school high school so District you don't know what the local will be at this point I think I think would only be slightly off of that because of the distribution so but they they haven't published I haven't the next meeting I believe is I'll I'll double check the date but I
think it's it's the end of April might be April 20th but let me double check okay when you say it's so you don't think that the local is going to be the same as the high school the increase in their tax is that what you said I don't know I haven't seen yeah okay councilman ruko thank you
mayor um Board of Health met on March 18th uh they discussed a draft uh to their bylaws making a change to add a treasure to oversee their own budget uh and it would include if it's drafted and and it's approved it would include uh
coordination with the cmfo all right they want a little more uh involvement in that and they realize they need it with the cmfo um they expressed pleasure with our appointment of the municipal Alliance director and Dan KY um so that that was
a positive and lastly they um they reiterated the need um to inventory a file cabinet in the nurse's office uh which uh you know is no longer our nurse's office because I guess the
the nurse is no longer there um but there's contents in there that need to be safeguarded and they wanted me to express that to the mayor and council is this medical I believe old shots uh old shots which have to be controlled y so okay um so and the a Hillsdale access
for all met on March 24th they reiterated their request for the administration to appoint uh liazon from the police from the Board of Health and from our recreation department but especially they're eager to get a police
representative um they cited how helpful a former police liaison uh who was I believe uh Dan mcglaughlin had been in arranging uh contract venues for certain halfa events uh so they really are and this is the third time that they've made this request of me and I've passed it on
to this body um they discussed drawing up procedures for uh expensing funds uh they're a little unclear as to how to do it uh they asked me I deferred uh because I said I didn't want to really give them any indication I think this is a matter for the ba and the CFO to talk
to them about um you know what they need to do when they want to spend money all right so you can expect them to approach um Mike you or maybe you can reach out to them they are planning their art show May 1st at I'm sorry uh from uh the
committee who should I reach out to uh to Chris L Chris yeah yeah uh they still have plans for their art show it's May 1st at the library it's generally successful um and that'll be I believe
at 6 o'clock in the evening on that day um where we're all invited um and then they finally they have an arts and crafts Workshop planned uh they had one in February I believe it was they have another one April 26th and another one
on May 17th again it's at the library that's during the day where they invite um uh young people or even adults to participate in U constructing things pursuant to whatever at the instructor
that they hire who comes in uh so it's rather rather a good practice I think it's really a good time uh for everyone who attends that's all okay councilwoman Chim yuk I don't have anything for tonight thank you okay
councilwoman M Chan okay so let's start with ambulance uh the ambulance shared service review meeting was held on March 11th where John VII provided an update on the first two months of our shareff service agreement with Rivervale uh a regular meeting also took place on March
18th pillo EMS is pleased to report that the first few months of that shared service agreement has been very successful and progressing well in February the call data showed that 8 there were 85 calls along with 25 Mutual Aid incidents uh they experienced a
remarkable 240% increase in call volume compared to the same time last year uh but with the additional Staffing hours and expanded Services it was key in really ensuring that they had the coverage that was needed so just a big thank you to all our members for their
dedication and hard work also these numbers have likely changed since that March 18th update but since the start of the year the perdm staff has responded to 100 calls and the volunteers have handled an additional 82 calls on nights and weekends um and in in addition to
their regular duties the H has been actively engaging in our community this past Friday they had the pleasure of hosting the Hillsville Brownie troop the members showed them some some of the equipment they discussed what to do in emergency and each girl left with a bag filled of educational materials some
goodies and some manyi emergency kits so we just want to thank that uh again for their for hosting them um and teaching them the ropes um now I'm going to give a quick update on the board of education while they haven't had their monthly meeting yet there was communication emailed today to the
parents with updates on George White um eight modular classrooms are in route to George White campus expected to arrive tomorrow morning traffic permitting uh the modular classrooms will be temporarily parked on the field near the tree line boarding the 7-Eleven property
in the coming days more modular units will arrive and site work will begin to prepare the field for final placement uh no impact is is expected on the morning drop off or afternoon pickup there will also be modular
transports will have access to the field via the black top areas and if delivery time conflicts with recess or physical education students will be directed to the gymnasium so that's your update I'll get more uh at the next meeting at the end of the month that it it great be
Gali thank you mayor um I want to report that we have four new businesses that came uh to town this month one is Shah halal food at 321 Broadway next to hen Henry's Bagels second one is Paris slash Studio at 418 Hillsdale Avenue and then
Allison Handler design at 156 Broadway it's a luxury interior design business and the fourth one was Peterson Plumbing taking up office uh I just want to follow up on the field on the Memorial Field uh we
are looking at two types of turfs right now one that has uh the rubber pellets in it and one that does not uh we met with two vendors that actually manufacture these things uh we had uh the council president and we had uh our
rec director and we had people from the rec commission uh I have samples in my office I was going to bring them but there's uh so we have the pivot sampling and we have the regular one which we've seen this morning uh we visited uh we
met with officials from uh from howorth they use the pivot that doesn't have the pellets uh and they speak very highly of it uh they will start installing it shortly next week we'll be visiting North Brunswick where they actually installed the pivot and uh we'll see how
that comes out and that's all I have Mr Mayor okay question just quick question about Fields right so we had identified $300,000 uh for Beachwood for improvements I I know we have a lot of balls in the air with regards to maintenance right now uh I think that because there's another you know
association football that that takes advantage of that field I think that um we should probably put as a priority to get you know the to get a plan in place so what we can do there for Beachwood for Beachwood right the the football space specifically CU that's what those
funds were earmarked for uh and I think that that um you know that would signal to football that you know we're treating them as a priority as well um and I think that you know getting that work done sooner rather than later would be would be a great start for this the
association got it yeah okay anyone else mayor can you just just add one thing what funds what what funds are you talking about for Beachwood for football what what are you talking about on the original scope of the breakdown of fund
utilization that we had um there was a a an overall plan for the various fields that we have so we're doing work at Centennial um we're doing work on the two baseball fields at Centennial the soccer field is the middle that's being done by Dakota right now we have
Beachwood that is a softball field girl softball and there's a football field there which is lit in the football uh the football uh forget what age group us utilizes that field that Beachwood uh forall well they all practice there and
then their be games on M the money here so they all they all practice it so and part of the improving projects for all the fields Beachwood was also identified and $300,000 was allocated can I answer how we get the money so the $1.6 million
we have in the funds in the field Improvement fund we're taking 1.2 million as a down payment we're taking 300,000 that's what he's talking about for this for Beachwood for uh for Beachwood and that leaves us with some money but that's where that's money is
coming from okay because we were looking at it from an enterprise-wide plan right yeah just to add to the commentary just John councilman ruko uh really quick I just looked this up um I really should defer to the CFO and and and and to our ba on
this eventually but in the general fund and Debt Service tax levy slide that that the board board of ed presented in the meeting they're showing a $121 expected increase for Hillsdale per houseold that's on a 2025 tax of
3,774 on an average assessed home value of 47668 3 so that math would show about 3% if that's final high school that's the regional yes that's the regional number okay anybody have any other comments
before we move on to the ordinances seeing none let's move on to the ordinances 28508 for adoption the borrow of Hillsdale calendar year 2025 ordinance to exceed the municipal budget Appropriations limit and to establish a cap Bank uh can I get a motion to open
the hearing on ordinance 2508 motion second second is there a discussion um it's now open to the public if anyone desires to be heard regarding that anybody we need to vote well we have a
motion in a second Motion in second to open to the public so we're open to the public okay so all those in favor say I I okay I'll now open it to the public if anyone desires to be heard on 258 uh please say your name wait to be
recognized anybody okay um not seeing anybody there I'd like to get a motion to close second second all those in favor I okay motion to adopt 258 motion second second will clerk please read the rooll on this one
council member you yesc member K yes council member Fox council member ma yes council president oo yes council member R yes now therefore be resolved that 25-8 is adopted and the borrow clerk is authorized to advertise the same
according to law will now handle 2509 for adoption an ordinance establishing Recreation Department programs in summer Camp fees in the borrow of Hillsdale uh is there a motion to open the public I'll motion to open second second all those in favor I okay
it's open to the public has anyone wish to be heard on this seeing no one uh get a motion to close motion second second all those in favor I okay we'll move on to adoption um can I get a motion to adopt
2509 motion second second will the clerk please read the role council member maach Chang yes council president Oso yes council member ruko yes council member choim Muk yes council member colleti yes council member Fox is absent okay it passes now therefore be it resolved that this ordinance is adopted
and the burrow clerk is authorized to advertise the same according to law 25-10 and ordinance establishing salaries for the recreation department updated to ordinance 254 can I get a motion to open this to the hearing of public motion second
second all those in favor hi I will now open the meeting to the public if anyone has desired to be heard not seeing anybody um motion to close the public motion to close second second all those in favor I motion to adopt
2510 motion second second will the clerk please read the role council member choim Muk yes council member colleti yes council member Fox's absent council member maachan council president Oso yes council member ruko yes now therefore be resolved that 2510 is adopted and the
burrow clerk is authorized to advertise the same according to law 2511 Capital ordinance of the burrow of Hillsdale in the county of Bergen New Jersey authorizing the acquisition of a new pickup truck for the use of the police department in by and for the burrow appropriating therefore the sum of
$55,000 and providing that such sum so appropriated shall be raised from the United States Department of Justice Equitable sharing fund can I get a motion to open this to the hearing to the public motion second second all those in favor I okay it's now open to the public does
anyone wish to be heard see no one wishing to be heard can I get a motion to close motion to close second second all those in favor I motion to adopt 2511 motion second second clerk please read the role council member maachan
council president oroso yes council member ruko yes council member choim Muk yes council member kti yes and council member Fox is absent now therefore be resolved that this ordinance is adopted and the borrow clerk is authorized to advertise the same according to law 2512 for adoption ordinance amending chapter
292 vehicles and traffic article four Municipal parking lots of the burrow code can I get a motion to open this to the public motion second second all those in favor I it is now open to the public uh does anybody wish to comment on it no seeing no one can I get a
motion to close motion to close mayor just a quick note the ordinance as written provides for Park mobile services 10 hours a day I believe the actual intention was 14 hours a day and
that somehow got Lost in Translation is that um it's a minor change it was probably a typo somewhere uh I would suggest it be amended to include that the park mobile services are available 14 hour today rather than 10 24 - 10 14
24 - I'm 14 equal 10 they just inverted that whatever okay it just makes sense right yeah yeah okay all right so I'll make the motion to amend as per the B attorney's recommendation am second second all those in favor I okay it's
amended so now we're going to go to adoption motion to adopt 2512 as amended motion as amended second second clerk please read the role council member chimu yes council member KY yes counc member Fox abson council member massach Sean yes council
president Oso yes council member ruko yes mayor mayor I'm sorry so we will have these notices notices that will go up on the train station and the roads around it and it'll show effective on May 12 uh is you can have copies um May
12 is when this will be in effect We Will We Will green paint we will paint the uh the parking spots in green where this is not parking all over town this is by the train station by the train station only correct there's about 57 parking spots
that are affected so everyone will know that this will go on May 12th okay than now therefore be it resolved that 2512 as amended is adopted and the burrow clerk is authorized to advertise the same according to law now we've got an
introduction okay uh 25-13 an ordinance am amending chapter 138 of the burough code entitled fees pertaining to soil movement be it resolved that this ordinance 25 13 does now pass a first read and that set ordinance be further considered for final passage at a meeting of the mayor and Council on the
municipal building 380 Hillsdale Avenue Hillsdale New Jersey on May 6th 2025 at 7 p.m. or soon as thereafter and at said time and place all persons interested will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the same and the
clerk is hereby authorized and directed to publish set ordinance in the Ridgewood news once at least one week prior to set hearing with the notice of its introduction and of the time and place when and where set ordinance would be considered for final passage can I
get a motion motion second second clerk please read the discussion please just for discuss yeah um my interest is U who who's proposing this um and why Nick we spoke about this so this came up because
our fees were less than they should be and then in consultation with the engineer uh is how we came up with this but you have the background yeah so we um we have been working with this the old ordinance for a while and have had
some issues that we've noted and the building department has had some issues as well uh the way that the fees were structured it's is just very outdated so pretty much what was happening is every single application we're having to go back and ask for additional Escrow because the the first
level on the old format was only $350 we can't even write a review letter for that much money okay so it was it was done on volume of soil yeah so and that's that's the other thing that we changed so it was previously based on the volume of soil movement which isn't really a great
indicator as to how much engineering review is actually going to need to be involved so what we did is we restructured it to be based on the actual type of improvements proposed so the the fees are based on whether they're building a new house or a pool or a patio or retaining wall the they're
they change based on what they're actually building which I think makes a lot more sense in your view as a professional is this going to result in Greater expense for the for for someone who wants to move you know a th000 cubic yards which
would have cost a filing fee of 300 and escrow of 3,000 so those those escros are returned if they're not used so the cost actually at the end of the day it doesn't change right so we're we're just if we exceed the escrow that's deposited initially we have to request additional
escrow before we can continue working but your new your new schedule calls for regardless of the the volume right I mean yeah it's not based on so it's not based on volume so a new single family dwelling so if a new house is being built they're going to pay an
engineering of 2,000 and administrative fee of a 100 correct into escrow but if that 2,000 isn't used so say we only use $800 in the course of that review and approval process the rest of the money is returned to the to the applicant okay so what what it eliminates is the
back and forth that we were experiencing having to constantly track and ask for additional escrow and that the building department was also getting bogged down with having to keep going back to applicants and figuring out who needs you know who still needs to deposit money and all that it was it was just it was creating a lot of administrative
stress on because I asked the planning board engineer I thought he had been he had put this forward or the planning board had and he said no and he didn't know where it was coming from correct so this is this is for the building department it has nothing to do with the fees and in essence it's not going to cost
anybody anymore they'd still be paying it it's just now that you don't have to go do the back and for correct it eliminates the back and for so the the residents aren't going to see any increase I think also the the perception um of having to go back to someone to ask for more money is more invasive than just saying this is the fee up front and
then that's that's it is and on a rare occasion maybe something has to be adjusted to that okay uh can I get a motion have motion you have second I just have to do second all right clerk please read the rooll council member colleti yes council member Fox is absent
council member maachan yes council president Oso yes council member ruko yes council member toim yes okay the ordinance passes first read um we're going to move on to the resolutions on the consent agenda 25107 through 25114 I had told everybody I was going to pull
one off um to discuss it but I think I'm going to discuss it in commentary instead so I I don't have anything to pull up does anybody else have any we we need to pull uh postpone 25 107 the first one 2511 107 107 25 107 right
meeting right that's the interior right7 that's pulled yes yeah it's being pulled okay okay um okay uh can I get a motion on the consent agenda motion second second will the clerk please read the role council member Fox is absent
council member maachan council president Oso yes council member ruko yes council member choim Muk yes council member kti yes consent agenda passes and now it is time for public comment on any subject you would like to speak on three minutes
of the time anybody like to speak yes please come on up state your name and your address for the record and good evening my name is Bernadet Oro and I live at 170 Arthur Street in Hillsdale I'm honored to have been asked
to read the following letter from rosemary delis Sandra and her family dear Hillsdale May and Council as longtime residents of Hillsdale we felt that we needed to write you to you concerning the outcome that resulted in the retirement of Chief sea Smith we were surprised by the outcome
considering what we know from our experiences with Sean Smith as a patrolman Sergeant captain and chief in all of those positions he gave us Pride to have someone like him by our side in law enforcement he was so interested in
serving the community speaking about child safety at Jones Joy foundation events as a town historian and helping with the documentary daughter of mine in his work he had an aura of professionalism compassion and genuiness
we felt thankful that he worked for Hillsdale in all of these positions since he is not Chief anymore and has retired someone else will be chosen we hope that you will consider a broad picture in your decision-making process even even if that means looking further
than the Hillsdale realm we wish you Clarity in this important choice for the people of Hillsdale best wishes in your challenging work Rosemary delandro and family thank you thank you would anybody else like to be heard not seeing any we're going to move on to council
commentaries and I will start um as I said I want to talk about uh 25110 resolution which is funding a basically a study um to get a per so we can
eventually get permit by rule to put a cell tower over by the high school over by Stonybrook so um I think it's important I think it's good for safety and also how many people here have not had their phone calls dropped and all the
residents over there every time I make a phone call to somebody over there I can't call their landline I can't call their their mobile phone use the landline so this is a we're going to do a site survey a limited site survey so we can get what's called a permit by rule by the state it's just part of the
process whatever we're going to outlay in revenue for it we're going to be paid back by the actual bidder who wins the bid to build the side Tower so I want to put that on the record service is coming that's the that's the goal uh also
wanted to thank everybody on staff here who was responsible for bringing the mobile MVC unit to the parking area at the uh library on the 27th real ID is coming for everybody on
the on the in May of of this year so anybody who's got to renew their license all of a sudden they're going to find out that they can't get their picture in the mail anymore you've got to actually go and set up an appointment those appointments are months in the making
and you will probably miss your opportunity uh your your license will expire by the time the next meeting has come so this was a wonderful thing and I want to thank everybody and just remind everybody that uh real ID is coming and unfortunately for me my old picture
there's a whole lot more gray hair now so that's just the way it goes but um thank you to the staff and I will move on from there we'll start at the far end with carment councilman kti thank you mayor sure just two quick promotions here one for the fire department the
host uh host company is hosting it's comedy night on Saturday April 26th doors open at 700 show starts starts at8 it's $45 per person that includes beer wine and soda uh attendees are encouraged to bring their own food and for tickets you could email hostco
Hillsdale fd.org again that's hostco Hillsdale fd.org and Hillsdale Hawks are sponsoring a Texas holdom poker tournament on April 24th at 7 pm at the Park Ridge Elks club uh soft drinks and
food are included cash bar $100 entry fee and you could contact the president of the Hawks Craig Cardell for additional information thank you great council president Oso no com okay councilman ruko yeah uh so at the last mayor and
council meeting one of our public employee unions appeared before the governing body unexpectedly to express their views on the current management of the police department in the absence of cap Chief Sean Smith that's their right but I
don't anyone to forget that it's the sole responsibility and prerogative of this governing body to make management decisions using common sense and sound judgment but I want to focus tonai on something less challenging but still
critical to how this body conducts itself at that meeting the union representative was allowed to interrupt and comment in the middle of a public meeting outside of any of the two public comment periods provided in the agenda or in our
bylaws now I've admired the way that the chair and the burough attorney have recently been enforcing rules for everyone who wishes to speak at our at our at our meetings and to address the governing body you've even been enforcing a three minute time limit on
every speaker so I'm wondering why our normal rules weren't followed that evening there was no explanation that night as to why the union rep was Exempted from the usual requirements I also note no attempt was made to enforce
the usual three minute limit on comments and I guarantee you that was handily exceeded by the union rep when he spoke nor was the union rep corrected when he began addressing his comments directly to one elected official and not
to the full councel some of those comments were quite accusatory and he was directing them to one official and not to the full Council as is required I'm concerned about what message this conveys for us to send to our residents
when we conduct our proceedings in an inconsistent and inequitable manner does it depend on who speaks does it depend on what they're saying and if that's true then it calls into question our commitment to a fair and orderly process
when this governing body suddenly and with no explanation fails to enforce its own rules for individuals or groups that wish to address it legitimate doubts are raised they're raised in my mind and raised in I I think in the mind of the
public so I'm looking forward to receiving some sort of public explanation after this meeting is adjourned because our rules only permit us to comment once in Council commentary that's all I have to say so
noted uh councilwoman truk I don't have any comments tonight thank you okay Council M I have no comments either great okay um seeing no more business before this body uh can I get a motion
to aurn motion second second all those in favor I this meeting is adjourned the next meeting is April 15th uh in this chamber at 7 p.m thank you