We have but you were saying that we have three at the high school. Guys, we're going to get started. They shift. Okay. Can I get a motion to reconvene? Motion. Second. Second. Those in favor?
We're back in session. Uh will the clerk please note that Councilwoman Truk has arrived and was participating in close session. There you go. Okay. Uh we will start with the approval of minutes. I don't know why this just went back on
me here. Clerk, can you help me here? I'm seem to have once again Okay, 9 hours. That should be the one. Let me close this over. Okay, there we go. Sorry for the technical difficulties
here. Um, okay. We're going to go to the approval of of minutes, the close session minutes of August 12th, 2025. Uh, Councilwoman Chimeuk was absent. Uh, let's get a motion. We'll do them separately. Um, can I get a motion?
Motion. Second. Second. Those in favor? I. We do. Just It's approved. Uh, council minutes from August 12th. Again, Councilwoman Tremuk absent. Can I get a motion? Motion. Second. Second. Those in favor? I.
The council minutes from August 12th are approved. It is the initial public comment period at this point. Uh, we're going to limit it to three minutes. only items on the agenda. One topic per speaker. State your name and town of residence for the record. Would someone
like to be recognized? Seeing nobody, well, we'll we'll do this. We'll just do it now. So, we'll have we'll do the the Eagle Scout projects now. We'll we'll do Come on up, young man. Why don't you tell us your go to the microphone? Oh, you want your hand?
He's way ahead of us. Thank you. He's got it. taking. Isn't that Isn't that Isn't that the motto? Be prepared. He's ahead of us. Okay. Okay. Good job. Come on up. Y Okay. Just wait a sec for you as I can get the
paper handed out. But yes, good idea. Going to wait till the paper goes. Thank you. There you go. The floor, young man, is yours. All right. So my name is Shayen Shaw and I'm I'm rep I'm from group 108 and I
live in Hillsdale and I am come here to present the my Eagle Scout proposal which is would be the construction of two trails in Beachwood Park and north towards the northeast corner. They would both be about 1.25 miles each as you can see. And then the first trail, which is
marked in red, would kind of cover the northeast corner. And then the second trail, marked in blue, would kind of stretch along the northern end to connect to the pre-existing trails in the northwest. And there would also be the construction of four signs. One at the entrance of
the red trail, one by the theater, which is the other which is the exit of the red trail, one where the two trails meet, and then one at the end of the blue trail, which is already has a signpost that I that currently has nothing on it. So, I do plan to in the
proposal, I do plan to have put something on that. And then, so as for how this will help the town, it should hopefully increase foot traffic in the park. I have heard um a lot of people I've seen a lot of like makeshift trails being made in the area. So hopefully by establishing a permanent
trail this should um be able to recover the environment have more plants grow in the area by keeping the foot traffic contained to one singular trail and then also officer sers built a temporary trail for a running thing. So this clearly there's clearly interest for a
trail here. And then as for why and then also kids can now use this these trails to um you know because they they can like get an introduction to hiking as these are trails are not super long and it's near the playground. And as for why I'm doing this, I personally love hiking
and I wanted to do something that would be able to benefit the town. And yes, that's why I chose Beachwood because there's a lot of interest in the area and there's a lot of uh potential I see that in the trail. Uh I talked with the reccomission in June. They approved it
and um they added suggestions. I implemented them, added some additional details and then they told me to take this to council. So here I am. And then as for the timing, I will be working with Miss Diggliano on fundraising and hopefully this project will be completed
by the spring and then I'm going to be working with the DPW on how the signs will be placed. All right, good questions. Yeah, two questions. Um, what is actually involved in building a walking trail and how much do you need to raise? Um, I haven't actually calculated the
exact amount to raise, but as for materials, I'm going to we're going to be mulching the trail. So, we're going to either hopefully get it donated or we're going to need to purchase mulch. And then we're going to be lining the trail with fallen logs or branches to kind of mark out the trail. So, those are going to be the main materials. And
then we may need some paint or spray paint to blaze the trail if So, so the mulch is going to cover the trail. Yeah, there's going to be like a layer of mulch on the trail to like to mark it away so that people also know. So, in ter like on top of the logs you there's
mulch down. So people can know where the trail is. Your other question, mayor. So that was the one. Yeah. So So you've seen the trails at uh Sapienza Garden. You're going to try to recreate that type of trail with the
mulch and then the well branches or tree logs. Probably less wide than the trail of Zapenza, but it's it says in the plants it'll be about three to four feet because But yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I was going to say that last year the troops helped at Sepanza Gardens with the Hillsdale Education Foundation and they took some large logs
and sort of just created that path. Yeah. Brought, you know, stick something similar to that where we line the path with logs. Maybe not that large, but we're still going to be lining the path with some sort of logs of fallen branches and then mulching the trail to mark it out. And what did DPW say about the maintenance of that over the over the
I have not talked to the DPW yet. So that is something I will need to do before we begin construction. We happen to have both the engineer and the DPW. Yeah. Maybe before we do that, question. Oh, go ahead. Yeah. So, I wish I saw this before. It's very ambitious. We we uh we have a D permit
in progress now. That's open. We applying for a second D permit. So, this is wetland area. It's D protected. Anything we do there, we have to get a permit. Okay. Or amend the current permit. Um just the blue or the red. of oil you see
I think on the map here is D is D this I don't know I don't know that this red yeah we need to look at the map make sure this is this is not in wetlands it's not under D protection okay um but before we do anything I think we need to look at make sure that is not I was going to ask what that would
entail and and what the fun permit process this red one is that that current like bike trail that kids were making like a jump uh I don't know there was like some sort of like I saw like there was like some jump track I think they were trying to make. I don't I'm not I'm not 100% sure but
there was like some sort of like pre-existing like someone walked on path. Yep. So we plan like I kind of plan to incorporate that into its into the trail. So yeah, they're looking at it right now. This is great. Good idea.
Yeah, definitely. Now, is there isn't there like a creek back here, too? Uh, yeah. So, the trail won't because the trail is like far north enough to where it won't run over the creek. It's going to be like on the grass. So, it won't be like in it won't be on the
creek. There's no need for a bridge for these trails. The blue trail, the blue trail just runs parallel to Liberty. It's going to be par It's bas basically parallel to Liberty. Yeah. And you're saying connect to the current. Yeah. There's like the connect to the current track back on the in the
northwest corner. Well, I Yeah, my concern is just that we've got work that's going on on that side. If the concept is okay with the with the governing body, we can work with him separately on whether or not you where we can actually we have conflicts or anything that's an impediment to doing it.
Are you okay with the concept of having the trail by I I'm just I'm comfortable with Yeah, I'm comfortable with it, too. But I was just going to ask does when you're getting the D permit, is that because you're doing something more permanent in
the situation, like you're digging or you're you're putting something more into the ground as opposed to this is like logs and mulch, but they're making sure that nothing is being taken down or whatever. I mean, there's some regulations that have to be adhered. wetlands, right? If it's wetland.
So, no matter what you're doing there, even if you're just putting mulch on the ground, you need to get a permit to touch it. Well, you have to say that that's what you're doing. And then therefore, if you if you're doing more behind their back, then there's an issue and then they have recourse. Okay. But so,
not saying that you would, what would be the next step here? If if you're okay with the concept itself, we can work with him on the, you know, geography and the and the details. Yeah. If if he needs D. Yeah, I just have a quick question. Once this
is in place, right, and it's advertised trail, do we have to inspect it to make sure that you don't like trees down or like So, we will have to maintain it, right? Y and this is a project that you were hoping to start in the spring.
Um, so hopefully we can maybe like get the like maybe a trail marked out by the fall. Then obviously not much can be done during winter and then spring should be a good time to work on it, get all the stuff down, get all the science have a whole troop of 108 that's going to troop 108. Yeah, I can definitely I have there's definitely plenty of people who
like I can get to work on this. You in a wheelbarrow. That's about it. Okay. Um a poll by a show of hands here. Oh, you got a question. Oh, just one question. First of all, great job. Love love love the idea to
concept. I just wanted to call the uh this one picture out probably for the DPW because that is a grass area. So, you probably want to be specific on what your plans are for the grass areas. Yeah. So, as it um so as you at the bottom of the first page,
um we're not going to actually be putting molster blocks out on the grass on the grassy areas for that. We're just going to be just marking it out by like blazing trees with like by we're we'll mark it out by blazing like nearby trees and stuff. Yeah, that's the one thing you'll want
to just Yeah, we're not gonna I don't think in the grassy area is not going to be much. But I I guess now the issue just becomes like does it pose some questions in our engineers mind? The the environmentally sensitive areas
is pretty much the part of the trail that he has marked in blue. Yeah. Mhm. Um the the area in red from preliminary mapping, I mean this isn't exact, but it's a general idea that mapping looks like the area in red is not environmentally sensitive. Um but the
the area in blue definitely crosses wetland area. And if that's correct, then what do we have to do? it would to do it by the book would require permits as long as So I I will say with the caveat of if you're clearing any vegetation or things like that. Um I'm
not sure if you're just talking about putting mulch down on the ground where there's nothing to move out of the way that's might be a different as far as I can tell on on the blue trail since it's mostly it's mostly it's majority grass area. We're just going to be blazing the trees. there's probably not going to be much need to mulch it except for I think there's one
part of the trail that does dip into the woods a little bit that we may have to mulch but other than that it should be I believe in a couple of the later photos I do show yeah I mean we we can we can look into this in terms of the implications with with permitting requirements um just
putting mulch down may may not require permits is there a cost with the permits I'm sorry is there a cost yes I yeah I mean I I don't know exactly but yeah there's there's engineering related items that would need to be submitted to
them in order to acquire a permit. Is it not possible for our BA to call the uh the D or with with the presence of our engineer to just explain this send them a copy of this and say look guys this is what we want to do. So that's what what do you are you really going to
put us through the permit process for this? Yeah. What what that's called is a is like a pre-application meeting. Okay. Where where you kind of go over the general idea of the project and they they give you some highlevel overview of like you know what would be involved. Hope I was hoping that they would just
say no application. They they they may they could but it would still require that step. But but for the purposes of of this mayor, if you want to just pull pull whether or not we want the concept itself and then we concept and then it's it's going to have to go through the process. If there's a
process that's required, you're going to have to do that. All right. Okay. Um show of hands everybody. Anybody in favor? What are you in favor? In favor? Yeah. Anybody opposed? Congratulations. You've passed the first hurdle.
you I'll send you an email instead of a meeting with the engineer of Russ and the D. That's it. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Nice to meet you. Oh, um, one more thing. Um, so, um, is there an individual you like to be my point of that should be that should be the point of contact for this
project or is it what right here? Point of contact. Yes. All right. All right. Yes. Chief of Police would like to be there. Actually, I should just pointed to somebody else there. That's it.
Yes. To be Mike. Available on the website. You'll find him. Masali. Thank you. Okay. Right. Thank you. There you go. Good job. You go, Gabriel. Come on up. You're next.
Hello. My name is Gabriel Guzman. I live 37 Chadwick Road and I'm from Troop 108. I'm here to also present my Eagle project. So, I'm just going to Who should I give it to to pass it around? Okay, start there and we'll pass them along. I can pass.
We'll pass. So, for my Eagle project, I came across there's like um a very old abandoned cemetery um behind the library. Um it's been there for a long time, I think. But yeah, I know it's been there for a long time, but I always walk past it like and when I was young, I'll walk past it.
I'll be like, "What is this?" So, now I'm like and I like looked more into it. There's a sign that says where it is. I mean, what it is. And then I'm like, "Well, let me make this a nice beautiful place so people can sit and it's not just a random patch of land here." here. So, I decided that would be my Eagle project. And I looked it up. I didn't
find a lot about it. I'm going to look up more, but what I found out is that it's a 19th century family burial ground for the Westervelt family of Hillsdale. And I know they had a farm. It's somehow it's connected to their farm, but that's really all I know. And I know it started in 1825. And the last burial was in
1884. And the last time it was touched up was in 2002 by another scout um from Troop 91. And I just think it'd be like a nice little thing to give the k to give the um to the community. So that's why I decided to do it. And some of the things I want to do is expand the path
um um the little stone path and um I want to have it go up into like into the site a little a little bit more because then I want to have it lead to a prayer garden. It's going to have like a lot of ornamental grass, maybe some seating areas and some rocks um like in a nice
little pattern. Maybe in a spiral pattern. I'm going to put the rocks and um maybe possibly I might need to do some landscaping to flatten things out. Like if I need to put more stones somewhere and it's uneven ground, I might need to do that there. And um I want to put like a plaque or two about
the family. Um anything I could find about the family, even if it's just like the Westerville family, I want to put that there. Um, and I'm thinking, um, possibly I want to have the class like maybe low to the ground more because I don't want them to get ruined if they're on like a stand type, I think. So,
that's what I was thinking. And, um, I went there and I estimated how big it was and like the entire area like I estimated it's about 45 to um, 70 feet, but I'm really I need to confirm that. I don't have other measurements yet for anything. Yes.
Does does we were discussing the question initially Mike is checking it to see who who owns that property right whose property is it first question is is there a t taxable lot in this town maybe if you
what was the family well I am but I don't know who's who owns it I want to make sure we figure out who owns it so we're not doing something we can't do that's is that the Is that the one near the the library? Behind behind
Yeah. Yeah. John 49 Hazelwood is the address. Yeah. It's right behind the library, like a couple houses down, right? Uh I was under the impression that I don't know who owns it. I mean, that but that could be easily resolved just by
looking at the tax maps. That's what Mike's doing there. But I I thought that had originally been a preferred burial site for African-Americans in the county. But I could be wrong in that. I thought someone had told me that. But
I think the signage there uh and I just if you look it up real quick, the Westervel family used that property through 1878 for family burials. Um you will find a great deal on the
Western A lot. Yeah. and they were not African-Americans. Street. Yeah, definitely. I'm going to look more into that. That would be an important part of what you're thinking. It's very interesting. But let's see if we can figure out
who there's no 49. There's no 49. Well, where do you look that up? But there's records. It's got to be some sort of It may be part of a blocking lot. It may be torn cut out. I mean, I don't know. parking
lot even at that size even if it's owned by the burrow sure there's something there's some sort of recognition of it be somewhere so may maybe as an action item if Mike is unable to get on the site now
I am but I'm not finding anything on 449 Hazel I'm using an address off the web so I may be giving you a wrong address um wait if you can just put in the street without putting in a number name cemetery.
All right. What's Hazelwood Avenue? Cemetery. Graveyard. Guys are making us think. Mhm. Hermits and easements. This was supposed to be so easy, right?
All right. So, I have uh the block and lot. It's a cemetery. It's a graveyard, but doesn't give it. It's an R4 zone. you give the title owner. I don't see anything. What's the block?
Uh, doesn't say in the tax thing. It just says lot 19. So, right. So, but at some point then probably it was donated. Yeah. But the borrow. Have you spoken to the neighbors? No. I was going to do that once I um got
more of it approved. But the may have protected, right? [Laughter] Bruce. Okay. It seems to me that this this needs a little bit of of research here. Yeah. We just want to see who
I don't know that I'm comfortable just sort of jumping into it based on this because it's technically somebody. If we own it, it's different than if it's somebody else that owns it. So, we got to make sure of that. I said, "Are you allowed to like do stuff to cemeteries?" And he says,
"Well, he's not like going to dig it up or anything. There's no name uh in the It's just listed as cemetery. Yeah. Is it Is it Yeah, I'm I'm finding the same. I just It's just a cemetery. What is it? Who pays the taxes on it? Who is that? We do.
No one. It's a dead people. The burrow's been taking care of that property for years. Okay. Maintain. We've been maintaining it for years. Shape is now overgrown stuff. So, someone's been taking care of Okay. So, you're going through there and mowing the lawn and Yes. Cleaning up. Cleaning up.
Oh, no. Thank you. You could try searching, too. Uh, the Hillsdale Cemetery, I believe, is on the the name of the sign. Okay. So, this is probably ours. So, I'm not finding anything here.
So, I think we should again, maybe the concept and then the concept and then we'll get back to the certain as a concept, cleaning this up, creating a prayer garden type of thing and and uh signage, right? You do signage? Yeah. Plaque. Yeah.
Okay. Um, as as a concept, how do people feel? If those in favor of it, raise your hand. So, there's nobody opposed to it. We're just going to make sure that we have to check it. And guess who gets to be the point person? Mike. Mike.
Mike Casali. So, good idea. And, um, give Mike a call. He's gonna he's gonna do nothing tonight but research this. Yeah. I'm just not checking out D permits. It's it's it's assessed at $92,000
that $92,500. But you couldn't buy it. I mean, yeah, we can't find the name. Yeah. And who would sell it? No. No. Cemetery laws where cemeteries Well, that's what I was saying that
there's got to be some cemetery. Yeah. Well, but we this would not be changing the dedication of it. It would be understood. We would be cleaning it up and and really kind of That's a dead end. Yeah. Let's not let's not forget that a scout
worked on this 22 years ago, right? Whatever objections there are, hopefully they had to overcome them, too. So, yeah, we we just have to go down that path to assure ourselves that there's no issues there. All right. I'll uh send you an email to
all your emails. Okay. All right. Thank you. But as a concept, we're in favor of it. Thank you. Good job. Okay, we're going to move on to our professional reports. Guys, if if you want to you don't I'm sure you want to stay for our professional reports, but
uh you want to go on out for dinner. Okay, nice to meet you all. Good job, guys. Do we have your contact information? I'll give it to you. You know him? I know him. Okay. No, I don't know. I've seen you.
You didn't come with Winston. This doesn't count. Disruptive. They have a wonderful dog. It's a court. They named it Winston after Winston Churchill. Yeah. Okay. Committee reports. Uh we'll start in the in the order in which they're given to us. The engineers
report. Nick. I should. You're up. Thank you, mayor. Um so two items I wanted to provide updates on. The first is um Centennial Field. So over the last month or so, a uh a web-based controller, flow meter,
and rain sensor was installed at the uh at the field to manage the irrigation system. Um so now that that's up and running, the bureau can monitor duration, frequency, and timing of the system remotely and it's also available to be controlled through an app. So that should make u controlling the irrigation
system much easier going forward. Does that have a water sensor like a rain sensor? Yes, it does. Um, so yeah, that that should be a big improvement over what was there previously. Um, for Memorial Field, I know everyone is anxiously anticipating
updates on that. Um, we're getting very close to finishing design plans. It should be finished within the next two weeks. Um, I've already been coordinating with Alan Hubard from Athletic Fields of America, so they are aware that we're wrapping up and um, he
has already set aside time to price that out for us quickly. So he's he's more or less made it apparent that they um they will be able to provide pricing on a on a fairly quick basis once we give them the the plans. And um from there basically we would be reviewing each of
their uh unit prices against what we consider market rate on similar projects uh that we've that we've done and making sure that the bureau is paying a fair price for each of those items. And if everything checks out and there are no issues, we can go straight into construction after that and they're
they're ready to start. So, and which co-ops are we going through to This is the Bergen County co-op and and we're we're approved to utilize that. We have we have vetted this this co-op. Um there is no reason to believe that there is any issues with utilizing that
as as a way to um to bid this project or to to construct this project. We we've had a couple meetings on that. No objection. Okay, back to to Centennial. Um, have we um had a monitor a reading from the
materials underneath between Memorial Day and coming and to Labor Day? It's supposed to be four times a year, right? I would have to reach out to to Lois to get that information. I'm not sure. Okay. There has been. Yeah, I don't have the report, but there has been. Yeah.
And if there was something that was a problem, we would have been alerted by the LSRP. Yes, I would assume. Yes, they did ask us for a report. So, they she responded back to them with a report with the information. Okay. Someone left the keys down there. Key on the floor.
Mick, has the issue been resolved? Insects. They won't get far. With what? The the environmental with the insects or whatever was on the grass there. I'm not sure. Barry, do you know? Yes, it has been according to Barry. So, it's been taken care of.
Yes. all taken care of. There's been a lot of usage. I've hear I'm hearing football's there, right? And there's a bunch of soccer happening. Do we just soccer? Just soccer. Okay. So, football isn't there? And it's doing okay. So far so good. So far so good. And Barry, we corrected all the
sprinkler issues there, too, right? Everything is fixed and working as it should. Okay. Any other questions for Nick? No. Okay. Let's move on to the police report. Chief Woods, you're up. All
right. Thank you. Make this brief. Uh so it's this is going to cover August 2025. Community policing. We had our national night out um which went over very well. We also participated in uh Lavallet Cancer Walk. It's a fundraiser that took
place at Lavallet boardwalk. We sent officers there. So, traffic and patrol. We had 798 calls for service, 116 motor vehicle stops, 13 motor vehicle accidents. We conducted 19 selective enforcement details,
uh 11 parking enforcement details. We responded to 68 medical calls. We wrote 28 citations and written warnings. And we conducted 146 uh building security checks. detective bure detective bureau investigated 22 cases and they closed 16
of them. Our firearms investigation unit uh conducted 12 investigations for handgun permits, carry concealed permits, etc. Questions? I have a question. Yeah. So, there's a lot of back and forth on social media with these ebikes. Yes.
I know you and I have talked about it in the past. It seems like it's just not getting any better. Um, some of the local towns are putting out more laws and necessarily laws, but like rules around it, what they're doing. Um, I think it would benefit us to put
some communication out as well because it seems like we're sharing now what Westwood is doing, what Rville is doing. Y we really need to come up with some sort of um information on what's going to happen, what are the repercussions to the parents, to the kids or who or whoever. What are the speed limits? There's photographs and all types of
things being posted. And I think some of it's misinformation. So maybe we just need to clear that up and send out some information for for the town. Absolutely. And Travis, a couple of weeks ago, I actually witnessed an injury at the high school and had to call an ambulance 911 for a young individual
that flipped the bike over on them going up that pathway to the tennis courts. Yep. So like I we should probably restrict those bikes from entering the high because they're using that as a motocross. They were using Sapienza Gardens, but we just put that sign up. Thank you. Four signs. Four signs are now up at
sepa. No motorized vehicles. So they're tracking these bikes that look more like motorcycles than ebikes. Yep. Um and they're like trying to do uh jumps and you know popping the front tires and this poor kid ended up shattering his collar bone. Mhm.
You know um so I don't know if we could do any you know restrict that traffic through the high school or those types of areas in town. Yeah. I I mean I would assume we would have to talk to the enhanced private property touch base with the school the board of ed and everything like that but yeah absolutely if you know if they're
on if that's something they're looking to do then you know crack down on this because it's not even the little I'm seeing little ones like fifth sixth graders with their own um scooters which believe it or not go pretty they go pretty fast. Yeah.
They're in the middle of the road and they're on the white they're white lining. They're doing whatever they want to do. I think we need to start putting some rules in place here. Are those electrified scooters and ebikes also permitted by code on the sidewalk? Uh depending on certain sizes,
depending on every everything's gauged by CC, the CC's, the size of the electric motor, how old the driver is, certain age has to wear a helmet. They if they go over a certain speed limit, they must be registered. The state put out some regulations, didn't they? Yep. Because I saw today in the middle
of town as I was walking through right on the corner of Hillsdale and and um Broadway. Oh yeah. Three kids right about the same age. One was on a regular bike, one was on an ebike, the other was on a e scooter. Y um and they crossed the street and then
they continued to ride down uh by by the police station, you know, on on their and I'm Christian like I almost got run over and I had to be careful. Yeah. I mean it's very similar to cyclists, you know. Yeah. Yeah. They stop at a red light at certain intersection and then they'll go
up on a sidewalk at other ones. You know, it's it's it's it's difficult to, you know, but I think as the council woman is saying, it's just getting more prevalent now. Yeah. Oh, yeah. It's everywhere. Everyone everyone who would have ridden a regular bicycle but was too lazy to do
it. Now they have an ebike or an e scooter and they've got it and they're now mobile. Yep. Yeah. Um, like what you were referring to before, some of these bikes go upwards of 40 miles an hour and having a 13 or 14 year old kid riding something that does 40 miles an hour is scary.
Great. You just you had to get a license for a moped, right? Remember, you couldn't legally ride a a motorcycle. So, but there's no license required and these kids don't know. And this is from a motorcycle family. We there are people that don't see you. So you we need to
start putting some rules and and enforcing it because it's just gonna we're gonna have a really bad accident. Yeah. I do, you know, while we're at the council meeting, I do encourage whoever is watching or listening to call us cuz we don't get many calls on ebikes, just
to be honest. We we don't receive from a police department perspective, we don't get many calls. We get them here and there, but we're not getting many either emergency or non non-emergency calls about ebikes. Um, which makes it a little difficult to,
right? So, if anyone sees them and sees anything happen, please, as you know, being that we're here and whoever's watching, contact police department. We'll all carry our cell phones. Yeah. Yes. Take pictures. Yes. Yep. Um, I I have one question not related to
this. Is there a reason why um you report to the citations and the written warnings together? And would anybody find it helpful if they were separated into the two parties or is it just We could we could separate them. They on the report that I generate that
generates that translates onto this piece of paper. They come out they come it comes out together. I would personally like to see them separate but does anybody ever Yeah. like to see and that's that's the officer's discretion. They give me the questionnation. Right. Citations and warnings. Yeah.
Yeah. Verbal warnings, written warnings, and citations issued is 100% officer discretion. Officer discretion. Correct. Yep. Okay. Anybody else? I am. No. Janetta, are you good? No, I'm good. Thank you.
Okay. Travis, just quick question about the school and the additional activity that you have there now with the trailers. Have you seen anything come up in the first couple of days that I mean now I know that they added another crossing guard to get over to do lunch across the street there, right?
Yeah. The children will be commuting to the uh well to a different location for lunch. Um we have a a guard that's taken on that responsibility. So he or she will be there for that traffic for the post that the kids go to lunch. Um in the meantime, we have a
full-time class 3 officer that's there permanent posted now. So whether that if that guard's out for the day, we there'll always be somebody there to cross the children. Um but aside from issues with that with the trailers, you know, outside of a few vandalism incidences we had a while back
in the summer. Yeah. Over the summer, you know, it's knock on wood. The cameras did Did Lombardi put cameras there? I I don't sure. Yes. Many many cameras. So many cameras.
Every inch is covered. Yes, including Sapienza Garden. Yes. Okay. Thank you. Give you a report. Um Mary, superintendent of the DPW. Please, your report.
Good evening, everyone. So, for this past month, as Nick mentioned, the uh irrigation system is up and running. Um, I've actually used it online a couple times to uh adjust readjust some of the
water uh times. It's fantastic. It's complete night and day. Nice. Um, we have one more sport field to stripe up there. That's for George White soccer. They don't start till the 19th. So, I'm not going to put that down until
they're ready for uh use on that. Otherwise, all the other sports fields have been down. They've been using them. Centennial looks fantastic. I think there was like 200 kids up there over the weekend and you would not have known.
Uh Memorial Field, they keep getting broken sprinkler heads, irrigation lines. Just making those repairs in house. We have the sprinkler head. I'm changing the sprinkler head. If not, we're just going to eliminate. I'm not going to put any dollars and cents into that.
Right. Uh if you haven't noticed, the new trash can and recycling cans have been placed out downtown. I think it seems to be uh helping with residents coming down and overloading the cans. Are you seeing people dropping garbage next to it or you think that they're
I have not seen anybody drop anything next to it or on top of it. Uh I have three more ordered and I'm just waiting for those to get delivered so we can We have cameras there too. Yeah. Keeping them up. Yeah, there's uh each one has a stop cameras. Yeah, their own cameras.
Uh, we just did uh bucket truck training on the new um aerial lift that we have last week. That went over fantastic. So, as soon as I get that registered, that'll be out on the road. Okay. Plenty of projects for it. Yeah. I have four more trees coming
down. Uh, one on Ralph just came down yesterday. Uh, these are burrow trees. Burrow trees. Yeah. Two of them are oak trees that started off, they were beautiful in the spring and then all of a sudden they just died.
So, uh, those are coming down. I've been working with, um, Edmond roll on his brother's, uh, tree that died in the downtown park. I've done soil samples sent to Ruckers and came back with a type of disease
that affects um, fruit trees. And apparently that little red maple is considered a type of fruit tree. Okay. Uh we've been making repairs on the nature
trail. I halt it um because there's specific types of material that are required per the D permit and I don't want to put something down and it uh kind of mess up what we got
going right now. So, as soon as the contractor starts, he has an alternate that he's going to get to. Yeah, I haven't received anything yet, but they're they're going to be providing specifications of the lumber that they intend to use for us to review. And whatever they're using, as long as
it, you know, passes collars, then that's what we'll use. Okay. Um, let's see. The new dog garden and signs, they're ordered. Just waiting for them to come in.
They also have new um updated uh lightning signs to go on the fields. They'll now have that QR Q QR code so they can scan it with their phone and it'll pull up and give them real-time data on when the lightning strike was,
how much time they have left for it to reset. If there's another lightning strike in there, it resets the clock. So, those should be coming in shortly. And we began with the uh demolition of
the beds, so to speak, pulling out all the uh shrubbery. And I'm going to start working with Scott Raymond and the EC on rebuilding the wall and starting the plantings. Barry, when when do you anticipate those
signs coming in for the door ordinance? I honestly don't have a deadline. That can wait though, right? Until memorial is done at least. No, in all the Oh, that you have signs for each field. All the fields. Okay. Yeah, I order. So, that continues to be a problem with
fall ball. Oh, yeah. And everything else. I get pictures sent to my phone by people that are, "Hey, FYI, check this out." There was somebody today up on Centennial with a dog. Yeah. And you know, I mentioned it to him, but there's no physical sign. So, without
that, I don't think the police department can really do any kind of enforcement on that. Yeah. What what are you directing the officers to do in the event that they see that? Now, I mean, the signs aren't up yet. So, I we we could still
on the book, we still have the authority to go up there and tell people, you know, please take you and your dogs off the park and there's new burdens, an educational thing, right? Because once people know about it, doing run around. Yeah. But if the ordinance is in place
doesn't uh the signage doesn't protect us, but the officers are aware downstairs that that's put out to all the police officers. Okay. Um and then I just have one let's wait season.
That's the big one. Um the mechanic is just uh starting to wrap up all of his uh services and repairs from on equipment from last leaf season. So, we're right on schedule.
Uh permits have been filed for and once they receive payment, they'll send Rockwood County will send us the new permits so we can uh legally go over and dump.
Last day for vegetated waste is October 27th and 28th. Um, until then, residents can continue to put their uh vegetative waste leaves that are starting to come out into the road
out for the curbside pickup. Okay. And leaf season begins on October 27th. And and one other thing that just kind of popped into my mind when we were talking about signs, we do have some signs on some of the
fields that say no golf playing. No. What? Golf. Golf playing. Centennial historically has been the spot for them to to do it. I do not think there's an ordinance on the books
for that for enforcement. Mhm. Some considering we just spent all this money and time and effort in redoing Centennial, that might be something to look into. Interesting. That's all I have. Okay. Anybody got any questions? Yeah, but I want one uh quick question
about the lights at um Centennial. Uh I I think that one of the fields there has an issue with bulbs. Yes, that's the Corora field. Uh the only way to access that light it was uh with a 95 ft lift that has to go out
onto the soccer field. We're going to try and get the fire truck to see if we can reach it from outside the field. If I can't reach it from outside the field, then uh So when you turn on those lights right
now, there's like no illuminate like no it doesn't get the field doesn't get illuminated. What happens? Like you just can't see. As far as I know, it's four bulbs that are out on the one pole on the first base side. It's not like all the lights are out. I
just It's just I can't get to them. The lift that we have only goes up 45 ft. Um anything higher than that we have to have special training for. Um and I would have to hire a company then to come in. I think the last time we're
looking at around 10 to $15,000 for repairs on one light bulb a couple years ago. Well, the idea would be to bring the truck in and replace them all, right? So then you have a a full Yes. And that requires riding on that brand new field,
right? So we're going to I would think if we're going to do that, maybe it might be time to look into upgrading with LED lights up there. There's also energy programs out there that would through the state where you could get probably 50% of that
covered because of efficiency, right? Yes. PSEG has something going on right now. I just received an email from uh Olympia Lighting out of Northvail, right? I'm scheduled next week to meet with one of their representatives to come out.
He's going to come out. He's going to go over it, give me some numbers. Okay. and fill me in more on how they take the lead dealing with PSENG as far as the rebates and savings. You will try the fire truck for the short term. We're going to talk to the chief, see if we can take fire
truck there. Thank you. Anybody else? No. Thank you, gentlemen. One quick. Yeah. Uh just to clarify um so the monthly report that I send to the police committee
mayor and bro administrator is a more in-depth breakdown of everything and within that report it does have the breakdown of summons and citations this month 15 and 13 15 citations 13 warnings but it is in that I can transfer that over to the the reading board. I just wanted to you know put that on record
that it is in the report. Thank you. Yep. Great. Okay. Uh we're going to move on to committee reports at this point and let's just start from left to right. Councilman RO. Thank you, Mayor. Board of Health met on
September 4th. They adopted uh bylaws that provide for a board of health treasurer who would interact on budgetary and financial matters with the town administrators. A flu clinic is going to be held on September 23rd from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. I believe it's here. Um could be at the library, too.
I'm not certain. I should have written that down. Um there are many West Nile virus uh positive mosquito pools identified throughout the state. Um higher than the 5-year average, but less than this time last year. Um no pools I
believe were identified in Hillsdale. Uh so far, no human or animal cases have been reported in this area. Two measles, two measel exposures investigated in Hillsdale, but there have been no outbreaks of measles in Hillsdale. there was a bat bite. And I only raised this
because it's not that uncommon, but when bats are in the home and the resident is uncertain if they're bitten, which was true in this case. Um, regardless of whether they're certain that they were or they weren't, it's important to get their rabies shops anyway since bat bites are small and often not noticed by
the u by the resident who was there. Don't give superpowers. No. Um, board of health discussed a particular situation in the burrow that involves property where there is a vermin infestation, where there's hoarding. uh and a health threat to the uncooperative resident who hoards as
well as the surrounding neighborhood. Um BOH discussed the matter with the Northwest Bergen Regional Health uh company and uh with the rep who was present at the meeting and they're now asking that the burrow expedite a resolution in this matter because of its severity and the length of time the
situation has existed. In a related way, board of health is also questioning whether the ambulance service um and even the police to a certain extent have been given appropriate guidance as to when to refer situations that are deemed harmful or problematic either to our
social worker Kathy Elgurt or to the police themselves. Um and they would like to discuss this with the BA and the ambulance service. Now I know uh thanks to the burough administrator he's set up a meeting on September 18th himself reps from the board of health ambulance
police code compliance and the building department as well as the three council liaison who are involved. Um so I think we'll be making progress on that to help develop a coordinated protocol for handling uh public health situations especially in my view especially regarding hoarding because there seems
to be concern over the legal issue of how to go about this. The interesting thing is, sorry for interrupting. I have I've spoken to mayors and council people in other towns who have a similar situation. When you raise it, they throw up their hands. Yeah.
They just, you know, I'm not naming any names here, but they they experience the same thing that we do. They have not gone to the point of putting together, for lack of a better term, a task force and to address it. And it's not even clear what we would do other than assess
and make sure that we're all aware of it and then take proper precautions to protect the resident and protect the neighbors. Right. I I mean I don't know if council members are aware of this, but the number of hoarders in this town is
incredibly large. I mean there's no scientific but that's the former police officials have told me what they what they were seeing. It's a big problem, but it's not just in Hillsdale. No, that's every single town I ask about
it, they throw up their hands and say they're experiencing it. Yeah. Yeah. And and it has dire consequences for the immediate neighbors who have to deal with this. Sure. Um and finally, a board of health is seeking answers from the BA and the CFO as to budgetary questions that it has focused on salary and I think the BA has
been sending emails back to the head of the board of health to give her some information. There also was a related question about um the board of health unanimously rejected a proposed ordinance 25-01. That's not our ordinance. It's theirs. It contains
their salary structure for for the folks who support their operations. They voted it down unanimously. Um their question, I guess, primarily because of a compensation matter. Um and they're curious as to how this affects their approved budget. And I think the BA is
aware of it and he's already trying to give them information that would address uh their questions. All right. Uh on the seniors uh the 50 plus um their attendance has been way down has not recovered since co um at this point when
I attend those meetings as the senior rep. There could be maybe as little as 12 13 people meeting at the United Methodist Church. Um they're going to be having a strategic meeting this Thursday at the library at 11:30 about uh what future path they want to take and it
could be anywhere from merging to another senior club to uh trying to reinvigorate or to close it down altogether. So I'll have more to say about that when I know more. Uh the finance committee is going to be meeting later this week and I'll report that at next Tuesday's meeting. And if you would
permit me, I can give you a quick report on what was discussed at the Burken County League of Municipalities meeting today. Um, we all know from what we've read that the state health benefit plan medical increase for the state side for state employees was 36% proposed
increase. I think for the municipalities, I think it was like a little less. Um, a deal was reached uh through the governor's office with the unions for state employees to trim the benefits and keep the premiums the same for 2026 for 2026.
That's very cavalier. This is a very light term. Trim the benefits. Trim the benefit. Well, they they 35 36% of benefits. They played with the co- insurance, the co-pays, the uh the amount of pre uh pre- coverage that you need preconditions. They played with it on
the margin. Um, as a result of that, no increase for state employees for next year. Um, uncertain how this all affects municipal employees because it's a separate pool as I understand it. So, um, the president of the Bergen County, president of the league was there at our
meeting today who happens to be the mayor of Alpine. Um, and he was giving us this report. He also said on storm water management he referred he he told us that there was a case and maybe our engineers familiar with it in Hadenfield
way down in Camden County um where a jury reached a verdict in a lawsuit alleging that a negligent storm water management by the burrow of Hatenfield resulted in severe flooding and damage to four homes. The plaintiffs who own the affected properties claimed that a storm in June of 2019 caused backups in
the burough's storm water management system leading to flooding and contamination. The lawsuit also alleged that Hadenfield officials neglected to perform proper monitoring, maintenance, inspection, gulping. Additionally, the bureau's lack of retention basins to control storm water flow during sto
major storms was brought to light during the trial. Hadenfield, on the other hand, um they argued that the 2019 flood was unusually severe, a severe event, and that the plaintiff's properties were already vulnerable due to their low-lying location. The jury rendered a
decision. They awarded plaintiffs over $21 million in fines. Um it was reduced, as I understand it, down to about seven or eight. Um, but the league is trying to emphasize the importance of
municipalities tending to their storm water management rules and regulations. Um, and finally on our favorite topic, affordable housing, we were told over 400 objections were filed against municipalities including Hillsdale according to the
burough administrator. That's correct. from Fair Share Housing and from others, I guess, who builders and the the league executives and the president of the league stressed the importance to the mayors of trying to meet with adjudicators to avoid having these
objections make their way to the program. The program consists of the seven retired judges. We're still going to end up in court anyway. No way around it. This process is not going to work. And and and why are they recommending this? because the retired judges don't
have the time to delve into the merits of any defense that we would make. Um, and under pressure, they'll just make quick decisions and guess who takes the fall for that. Well, so they what are they? So, what they're recommending to do nothing? They're they're recommending that we
reach out to the adjudicators to try to amilarate the problem, the objection to not knowing what Hillsdale's issue is, I can't tell you that's a good approach or a bad approach. But how does that actually play out? Yeah, I mean maybe the mayor or the BA will tell us. Just let me finish.
I appreciate it. Yeah. And then and then the unfairness I guess or is the nonsensical nature of this 25% adjustment on the vacant land adjustments which boost a town's unmet need. Um but we were aware of that. They
talked a little bit about this at the meeting. our uh councelor uh Kers has informed us about what that means and well we took a position that most of the other municipalities took and um like I
said earlier we'll all regardless we're going to end up in court over that okay what that number is and what what the def was not clearly defined by the legislature in any way shape or form and the towns took one approach fair share housing the program has another feeling
about it and we'll we'll we'll move ahead as we as as our plan dictates and as we've planned and if we're told we have to perform otherwise I suspect that will be quite a while down the road but we'll go forward in
good faith and the meaning of that in relation to the December 31st deadline or date is there we're we're just going forward with with our plan as is um and we actually exceed
based upon not only the plan that we put into our housing program into our you know into the resolution that we passed. But we also have already spoken with other developers that will be creating
affordable housing in addition to that that are that that are working its way through the process to get to the planning board. Who actually drives the objections? Developers for the most part. The builders, right? The builders builders. That's who's filed against us. Basically,
fair share housing. Yes. And they have to find your plan defective. Correct. And uh what's the motivation behind that? I mean, like it seems like they just take an issue just Well, you know what? We could get into speculation as to what was going is their motivation. How they're funded
is how they're funded, but uh I wouldn't be prepared to discuss that in public. Right. That's exactly right. And lastly, Tom Dutch, who's the head of county administration, Dan Hackac, he was at our meeting today. Uh, county would like to become an official member
of the Bergen County League. So, we I've sent him the the information to make sure he's he you're going to allow him in. He he Yes. The the wolf will be allowed into the chicken. Not unless they not unless the county wants to take take a position on providing a countywide flood plan.
Ah, then we can consider it. He talked about uh their uh their EMS creation, right? They they created 16 ambulances. He explained why that was necessary. He claims it was a welcome development by municipalities. Um he talked about the
fire department survey that has gone out. I wasn't aware of this, but we have we had already file we've already filed in compliance. This is this is a survey as that I as I understand it um asked for information on equipment. Um, I understand there was
some angst generated amongst a lot of fire departments throughout the county because they're afraid of what the county's intentions are here. Um, but Tom assured everyone that it was just to uh get an inventory and then no decisions have been made, you know,
going forward. So, uh, well, you know, just just because the county has set up an ambulance service doesn't mean that there aren't volunteers and paid. I'm just presenting the mayor and council with the advice which is from him. um try to get your fire department to respond to that survey cuz
and we're ahead of the game on that. Took care of and we responded Saturday we did Saturday morning. Okay, that's all. Okay, Councilwoman Troyuk, I do not have any reports. Thank you. Okay, Councilwoman Matzuchong. Okay, so let's start with ambulance.
There was a meeting on uh Tuesday, August 19th. Uh, as of last month, there were 99 dispatches by Bergen County PSOC. And we answered about 92 of those calls. 44 by the volunteers and 48 by
the PERDM staff. They took 29 calls for other agencies. Five were taken by PEDM staff for Rivervale. Uh, four by volunteers for Rivervale. F nine by volunteers for Washington Township and one by volunteers for Westwood. Of the seven missed calls,
four occurred while volunteers were on other calls for service, one occurred while perdem on another call, and two while volunteers did not have a crew. Uh they had 26 volunteers cover 113 scheduled shifts of time for a total of
about 14,000 uh 1400 hours. Uh and they also had 13 per DM members work shifts of uh about 500 hours. Um, moving on to the board of ed, there was a meeting on Monday, August 25th. I'll start with some George White renovation updates.
Um, the architect was there. He presented construction updates. Um, and despite some setbacks, uh, the project remains on track. Woohoo. Sufficient time to complete, so we're we're good. Um, he also mentioned that 16 contractors had picked up bid specs for
the renovation and new construction with bids um, all due back by the 24th of September. Um the public bid for the referendum was released for contractor contractor consideration on the 14th. This release was then followed by a pre-bid meeting
that was actually held right at George White. Um the meeting was attended by several interested contractors. There were engineers, construction managers, our architect team, and Mr. Lombardi was there. Uh the session began with a detailed job overview providing project
information, timelines, phasing out um all while answering those initial questions and then following the discussion a walkthrough of the building was conducted. So uh that allowed the contractors to assess the site and the conditions. Um it was served as a really great vital opportunity for all the
biders to gain clarity of project and understand what's needed to submit a uh well-informed and competitive proposal. Um, so that's the update for George White. Um, great news. Hillsdale schools have been granted uh awarded an
environmental grant. Uh, they were awarded 66,000 through a trees for schools program. So these funds will be used to support tree planting at Metobrook um and Anne Blanch in the spring of 2026. So trees coming. Uh, kindergarten. There was a kind
kindergarten readiness program that was held for two weeks. It was a two-eek program for incoming kindergarteners that helped with social, emotional, and academic skills. It was also really great to help ease the transition for these little kiddos. And the program was very, uh, well received by families. Um,
the opening date of school was on the September 4th. Uh, and I just want to congratulate the staff and administration for getting George White open on time. We know that was a heavy heavy lift, but they did it. Um, and lastly, the back to school nights are starting up. So, next week we got Ann
Blanch on the 17th. Metobrook on the 18th and George White back to school night is on the on the 7th of October. That's it. Great. Easy. Okay. Um, council president, you're up. Uh, the BA did such a great job on doing my report last month. I asked him to do
it again. That's that's the epitome of lazy. No. Um, reccomission meeting uh was held yesterday. It was a light agenda. Um, Nick has provided us an update on Memorial Field Project. Um, uh, Mike will include the band shell in his
update. I just want to report on some dates. Uh, the fall festival, uh, this Saturday, uh, September 13th at Beachwood Park from 12:00 to 4:00. Uh, vendors, food trucks, and fun. Uh, please see if you can all go out and attend. Uh, the October Fest is
scheduled for October 3rd and the Halloween parade on uh, 10:25. Also, the program guide uh for the wreck uh commission is out there and it can be found on the recreation website for all sorts of programming that they have available to the community. Uh that's
all I have. Okay, Councilman Kleti. Thank you, mayor. I'll start with the environmental commission um in regards to street tree planting. So, the EC submitted a list of addresses to the BA in August 25th and they followed up with
a revised list on September 5th. Currently they estimate about 25 trees will be planted. The goal is to do that in the fall and funding from that comes from the burough uh shade tree trust account. Uh be uh beachwood nature trail update. So we have two projects at 1.0
and and 2.0. 1.0 that work will commence shortly. Uh we met with the contractors earlier I think excuse me last week. Um we performed a walkthrough of the trail. The contractor feels they can complete the work in two weeks. However, weather permitting, we probably want to give
them three to four weeks to get it done. Okay. And just as a reminder, that 1.0 is the ADA accessibility portion of it, the partial boardwalk uh work and the partial extension. The community forestry plan update. The
environmental commission is assisting an outside arborist contracted to update the burough's 5-year uh community forestry management plan. uh that does require the uh NJD approval by the end of the year and this is necessary for us to continue uh excuse me for the bureau
to continue the New Jersey urban and community forestry accreditation uh which reduces liability for the bureau and provides eligibility for certain grants. Finally on the EC the tree ordinance. So the environmental commission has been working with the planning board and
planning board attorney to propose the revisions uh to the existing tree ordinance that's 286. The revisions have been presented. However uh further review is required by uh the BA mayor and council and the building department.
Just a quick update on the fire department and that's just in terms of volume. So August had 38 calls. Year to date in August, there were 240 verse 158 in the prior year, same period. Uh we'll have more followup on the fire department for our next meeting as well
as the board of ed. Great. Okay. Pie Gali, you want to give uh Councilman Kleti? Yeah. Oso Council President Oso Council President Council President Oso and uh I was looking at Kleti. You have the right order Mike know what to say.
Got it. Okay. Won't even let the strings show. Um, so we continue to receive frequent concerns from residents regarding deer activity in town. uh to to better understand the scope of the issue uh we're going to be planning a thermal
scan by uh FAA drone certified uh of the borrow during the late fall early winter month months uh at a cost about $1,000 uh to obtain a point in time count of the local deer population in town. neigh
uh neighboring towns are also looking to do similar um studies uh with the goal of coordinating a regional response based on real data. So as we get closer to that uh I'll let you know it's about $1,000 very reasonable.
Uh the landscaping plan for the area surrounding Bora Hall is underway as uh the superintendent mentioned uh we will be planting native species and that's scheduled in October. In our department of public works, we've had one vacancy since the promotion of
our foreman about three months ago. We have a seasonal employee who has successfully completed the ground testing and has been working for us for quite a while. Uh he will be filling out he will be filling that vacancy. We'll have a resolution confirming the hire uh
to you next week. Okay. uh the band shell uh we finally found uh we think we found a contractor that can actually work within our budget uh and hoping to start that uh this year. So we're working on the plans with the engineer and uh we'll be making uh
and we'll be also working with the rec committee on the different designs as long as it's within our budget similar to the ones that we all saw. similar. Very going to see the final before it's definitely. Oh, yeah. Yes, of course. And Mike, when you say band shell, it also includes the bathrooms and the storage.
So, we're keeping the bathroom and and the storage. We just have to rehab it, right? Rehab it, right? And the storage, right? So, this is mostly just the roof part or the whole thing. Well, the roof and the support system for the roof, right? But the concrete, there's no intention to get rid of the the concrete footings.
No, we're going to make it as part of the of the design. What about the semicircle? The Greek amphitheater. You going to keep that? It stays. Yeah. But yeah, I mean there should be adjustment to that seating and the way that whole thing is organized because it doesn't really make sense unless we demolish the whole thing and start from scratch and turn the angle of
it you correctly which you know looking at a half a million dollars plus but you know the sun is getting in the performer's eyes. So that's worth it. Okay, we will take that into consideration in under adisement. And then and wiring that that stage too, right? That would be all
included in that or sorry, wiring. Wiring. Yes. Lights. Lighting. Lighting. Lighting on the stage. There's not, but there is connection now. So, it's usable, right? I mean, but the lighting has to come from outside of there to focus on the performers.
I'm going to depend on the on the professionals. I mean, I think that's what members of the rec committee also are aware of. So, you're going to hear from them on that. Okay. Well, they'll be involved in the process. They should they should be. Yep. Uh the community center uh they closed
all the walls. It's looking great. Uh we've been in in um in connection with them. Uh tomorrow we we will be visiting uh with the recreation committee and members of the council. And I know the mayor is going to be probably appointing
uh a small committee to look at how to make that Hillsdale specific uh hopefully led by Councilwoman Melissa. She's she's got a list. She has a list. I know she has knee deep in it. Uh Stevens Institute uh flood study is moving forward. Uh they installed four
more sensors uh three in Westwood and one in Hillsdale along the Pasc. They did that on Pasc Brook. They did that this week. Uh they're still collecting data. Uh as we approach uh the 24th anniversary of 911, uh I know
it's personal to many of you, certainly personal to me. Uh I encourage we encourage residents to gather at 8:30 a.m. at Veterans Park to remember those we lost along with our first responders. Uh lastly, I will be attending the
governor's conference on Housing and Economic Development next Tuesday and Wednesday. Uh so I will be missing the meeting uh next week on the 16th, but I will be at work with the governor and that's all I have.
I think I think that we're the the Boy Scouts are also doing a 911 tribute. That was the night at 7:30 at Veterans tonight. No, I thought it was the 11th. No, it's the 11th. I thought it's Thursday night. Facebook post. Okay. I thought it was I thought it was
Thursday night. Since I think the Facebook one was incorrect, it was incorrect because they posted it was tonight. Well, they applying to a permit. Dan Ki sent me something on it. So 7:30 on Thursday night. Thursday night. This is at 8:30 in the morning.
Okay. Well, that's why I'm saying that there's a separate one. Okay. Mike, one thing about the memorial, you know, and we have discussed this in the past, the fieldhouse, right? whatever work that we're going to do there. Uh I think that it's an opportunity that we have to uh pull everything out of the
fieldhouse and basically take it down to the walls uh so that we could go ahead and leverage that later on once the field is conditioned so that we don't have to have dumpsters and uh any type of demolition after we have a new field. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Doing it now. Yeah.
Yeah. Just to make sure whatever conversations you're having you you have that in mind, right? Received. Yeah. just I I mean I on my schedule just 911 Holy Trinity Church remembrance ceremony um at uh 7:30.
Mhm. Yeah, they do. They conducted in the in the park with the candles. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay. That's what I have. Okay. Great. We're going to open it up now to the ordinances. So 25-22 for adop
adoption ordinance of the burrow of Hillsdale County of Bergen, state of New Jersey, adding chapter 235 to the code of the burrow concerning leadbased paint inspections. Motion to open the public hearing on ordinance 2522. Motion
second. Second. Uh okay. Anybody have any discussion, comment on it? Uh I'll now open to the public if anyone desires to be heard regarding ordinance 2522. Please say your name and wait to be recognized. Uh once you're recognized for the record,
anybody want to comment on it? Seeing no one, I will uh entertain a motion for the public uh to to close uh on 2522. Uh and note that the ordinance was posted on the bulletin board on which public notices are customarily posted and will be now published on the burough
website under public notices. Copies of said ordinance were made available to the general public. Can I get a motion to close the hearing on 2522? Motion to close. Second. Second. Okay. All those in favor? I. And the motion to close is unanimous.
Can I get a motion to adopt 2522? Motion. Second. Second. Will the clerk please read the role? Council member Kleti. Yes. Council member Fox is absent. Council member Mazachan. Yes. Council President Oso. Yes. Council member Rico.
Yes. Council member Troy. Yes. Now therefore be it resolved that this ordinance is adopted and the burough clerk is authorized to advertise the same according to law 2523 for adoption capital ordinance of the burrow of Hillsdale in the county of Bergen New Jersey authorizing the undertaking of
various improvements to Stony Brook Swim Club in by and for the swim pool utility of the burrow appropriating therefore the sum of $50,000 and providing that sum so appropriated shall be raised from swim pool utility capital fund balance.
Can I get a motion to open uh to the public? Ordinance 2523. Motion to open. Second. Second. Okay. All those in favor? I have. Okay. Uh it's now open to the public. If anyone is desired to be heard on 2523,
please say your name and wait to be recognized. Once recognized, uh state your name just the record. Anybody interested in commenting? Questions? No. Okay. I will now entertain a motion uh that the public hearing on 2523 be closed and it be resolved that this
ordinance was posted on the bulletin board on which public notices are customarily posted and will now be published on the borrow website under public notices. Copies of said ordinance were made available to the general public. Can I get a motion to close the hearing on 2523? Motion.
Second. Second. All those in favor? I. Motion to adopt 2523. Motion. Second. Second. Will the clerk please read the role? Council President Oso. Yes. Council member Ruko. Yes. Council member Chroimu. Yes. Council member Kleti.
Yes. Council member Mazuchan. Yes. Now therefore, be it resolved that this ordinance is adopted and the burough clerk is authorized to advertise the same according to law. Uh 2524 on introduction. Ordinance. Oh, no. No. We're not doing that one. You were going to pull that.
We pulled that. Yes. So, we're we're pulling that. We're pulling. Subject to further discuss. Right. We've got uh put it in front of me. I'm like a a TV reporter. I'll I'll just read it. Uh so that's pulled. Okay. We're going to go to the consent agenda
and we have 25 223 through 25237. Does anybody have anything that they want off the off the non moved on to non-consent? Seeing nobody. Okay. Uh can I get a motion? Motion. Second. Second. Will the clerk please read the role?
Council member Troj. Yes. Council member Kleti. Yes. Council member Mazich. Yes. Council President Oso. Yes. Council member Ruko. Yes. Council. All the uh the consent agenda is passed. There is nothing uh consent. It's time for public comment. You can
speak on any topic now. Got three minutes. Anybody interested in commenting? Anybody? Anybody? No. Okay. We'll close public comment. Council commentaries. I'm going to start fall festival as uh council president Oso said 12 to 4 this Saturday.
Please everybody come on out. Uh want to thank the board of education. They have for what they're doing over uh at the white school. They've taken us through. We've just shown up whether whoever we're speaking to under circumstances. The BA. H
the BA. The BA. Yeah. I'm sorry. Oh, you said whoever we were speaking to. No, I mean whenever we go over there. Whenever we go over there, the BA and myself walked over there. We've gone over there as a group. We've gone over there separately. They've been wonderful
um in not only showing us what's going on. Um but very forthcoming and everything down to, you know, where they're putting the dumpsters. Um it's it's been uh they've just really put in some great stuff there and I thank them. And if you've got if you've got ideas
for what you want in that community center, really give Melissa's private phone number. Give her a call whenever you want. the call. That's it. She wants to know about it. So, uh, that's my council commentary. We'll start at this end. Um, Councilman Kleti,
uh, no, just really echo your thoughts on the fall festival as well as, uh, my congratulations to the board of ed because what they did there at George White was no easy task. So, thank you. Yeah, great news. It really is. I mean, the fact that they were able to get the transformer done and the fire inspection and everything done in time and the students there just
great stuff. Good. Council President, just want to offer thoughts and prayers for um anyone that was uh lost in 911. I know a lot of um people lost loved ones and family members. Um and I have a few friends that were lost in those
buildings and uh just want to remember them. Great. Thank you, Councilwoman. Same. I I ask that we keep in our prayers all those that we lost September 11th, their families, the heroes. Um and may we never forget Council
comment from me. No council to want to encourage attendance at the 911 memorial that we have at 8:30 in the in the park and also at 7:30 that's sponsored by one of the Boy Scout troops. As someone who uh was in the 93 bombing, I was in the building then
escaped um went through the building the the the 911 building at 7:30 that morning. Um I feel fortunate to be still alive. Um but I know people who have not who who
suffered and families. So uh let's not forget any other business. Can I get a motion to adjurnn? Motion. Those in favor? I. We are adjourned. See you all September 16th at our next meeting at 7 p.m. Thanks. Back.