was working this afternoon. Yes, you do. I bet you the meeting of the Hillsdale Council on this 17th day of June 25. The time and place of this meeting has been provided record
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Council President Oso here. Council member Kleti here. Council member Fox here. Council member Mazong here. Council member Ruko here. Council member Chroyuk here. Mayor Shinfield here. Uh we are going to adjourn to public uh to
close session. So we're going to vote on 21 255 to provide the meeting the public uh in accordance with provisions of the New Jersey Public Meetings Act. Uh the subject tonight will be administration, police personnel, department of public works and affordable housing. Can I get
a motion? Motion. Second. Second. We are close. Okay. I just got Okay. They should shut off the AC together. We don't need anything. Motion second. All those in favor. We
are back in session. Okay. Um, there we go. The approval of minutes uh for the May 6th council minutes meeting. Um, I get a motion. Motion. Second.
Second. All those in favor? I motion 6 is approved. May 6 meeting. Can I motion? Motion. Second. Second. All those in favor? I I
approved May 13th council minute meeting minutes meeting minutes today. Um motion motion second second. All those in favor I move to pass 12 and finally close
session meeting minutes. Uh a motion motion second. Um, all those in favor? I I Okay, we're going to go to the initial public comment portion. Anything that's on the agenda, we're going to tell you one
topic for speaker. Please state your name for the record. Is anybody interested in speaking? Anything on the agenda? Who wants to speak? Uh, Ralph Sto 109 Highland. All right. How you doing, guys? Um, it's
about the dogs thing. I mean, obviously, we've been a town since 1898. People walk their dogs throughout the parks. It's It's part of your life around here. I can I understand about the problem. There's been dogs going to the bathroom. I got I got two German shepherds and I've been here for 34 years. And I've
had two German shepherds all 34 years. I clean up after myself. Um, there's a few people that obviously are doing something here. How do you penalize, you know? I mean, you can't I used to bring my kids to, you know, play their games. I coached, my dogs would be there watching the
kids. My wife would come. That's part of life around here. That that's what do you what do you take that How could you I'm not saying you. How do you take that away? Um, you know, first of all, nobody knows about this. Obviously, I found out from a friend of mine. I thought they would be jamming about this cuz this
this is concerning. I live very close to the park. My wife walks every night through the park. Now, you walk around here at night time, a woman, small, you don't know, you know, uh, you got coyotes, too, and she walks the German Shepherd. She walks through, she's just walking, she goes for a walk, she does a
mile, 2 miles. Now, you can't walk through the park that they try to take that away. Uh, it's it's kind of like invading our civil rights. That's it's a public park. Yeah. Maybe you put cameras, try something, just the person not clean up
themselves. Who's this person? Bingo. We got them. it will stop. Um, you know, you got deer de poop, you got deer, you got rabbits, you got coyotes. It's not just going to be, you know, it's a mess anyway. Um, different stuff. You can't control that. I got that. But how do you
take away something like that? It's so um, innocent. It's just walking your dog. I mean, you know, if you're a dog lover, you're going to know this. Uh, if you're not, you don't get it, you know, no problem. What? Uh, my three minutes almost out.
No, no problem. No problem. I don't have much else. You love dogs, you want to walk. Was that I think we're getting Yeah. Yeah. And and nobody even knows about this, you know. So, there may be something on in an email or or a website or up the street, you know, the sign over there in the park. What's going on?
You know, you know. So, it it to me it's it's it's for the for the five people that maybe are doing this and there's 600 dogs that are licensed here and there's probably 400 that aren't. You're going to you're going to hurt all of us about this. Again, not you guys. But, um I just think it's it's we're jumping a
little too fast here. Um that's that's it. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Rick. Would you like to be heard? Anything on the agenda? Anybody else? No. Okay. No message for my wife. Um, we're going to move to discussion.
Now, I actually want to move something to the discussion. We have an item for an ordinance with respect to parking that I would like to move instead of moving it as an ordinance, I'd like to
have a discussion on. Um, would anybody else favor doing that? I'm seeing some naughty events. Okay. I think there should be some sort of motion there to amend the agenda. Can we can we amend the agenda that we will we will move that from the agenda and pick that up in
the discussion now and if we decide we're going to move forward with it, we'll move forward with it at a later date or as modified. So question not a point of order but just a question. Um if we agree to this then we don't consider we don't take a motion or a
second to introduce the order. You just want to have a discussion about the topic. Yeah. Correct. And we'll pull that. Is everybody in favor of that? All those in favor? I. So, let's do that. All right. So, I'll start it off here.
Um, there was an article actually today in the in the record that we're talking about the large number of college students that are having a hard time finding jobs and they're moving home. So there are more cars that end up in a
driveway that weren't necessarily intended for it. There are maybe half a dozen people to a dozen people that are in that conundrum where they are constantly calling the police. And so the idea here is what are we going to do
um about that reality um and perspective what we may do. Originally in this ordinance it was very broad. Uh it said that you could park a certain distance away from your home. Uh you get a sticker. The sticker would be valid for a certain amount of time and it would
cost a certain number of dollars. And that in addition to that, they would have to be able to demonstrate that there was a need. So there would be somebody that have to go out to their house and say, "Yes, in fact, you have room for one or two cars, but you have a college student that's coming home." Uh and so you have a need. This was never
meant for allowing people to say, "Hey, I'm going to park my RV in my driveway now and get another car. Um, you would have to be able to demonstrate that you had insurance uh and all the registrations were the same." That was the general thought of this and there was clearly some protract. I appreciate
that. I understand that. I would like to be able to address that as a governing body um and figure out how we address this this situation or if we want to maybe the answer is hot luck. We've got it in there. Um, however, the Hillsdale
Police Department is going to enforce it. They're going to enforce it and the residents have to be aware of that or we could say there is a need and I'd like to I'd like to address that in some fashion box. Anybody would like to talk on the subject? I think uh if I may have
a um the uh the topic uh that had been uh wrapped up in a proposed ordinance to be introduced tonight uh the discussion or the the contents of that need more work. Um and since we're not going to
take it up tonight because you have agreed to pull it you you are responsible for being here as I understand it. Um, I think we we should uh be at least willing, even those of us who may not be wild about the idea,
should at least be willing to dig into it a little more and have a a discussion amongst ourselves about it. I guess it would have to be an open because it doesn't qualify for closed, right? Um, but I think that should be in July or maybe in August, not tonight. So we So
all right but just about entertaining I don't have a problem saying that we will put it on as a discussion agenda item and come back with ideas cuz I mean in broad strokes I I believe what we have is is a good initial jumping off um and
would be certainly to listen to anybody's amendments to it. Well you can't have an amendment to something that's not introduced. Well, I understand about amendment in discussion is an important Yeah. No, I mean Yeah. Well, I I I I
think Mr. Mayor, it it it was a a a good move on your part to agree to have it pulled, but then to introduce it as a discussion item because I think it was going to end up with perhaps one motion for it and no second. But that's
irrelevant to the point. Well, it is sort of or not. You can say you don't want to have this discussion. You don't want to take it up and we're putting it anyway and it doesn't come up. So you want to have that discussion about the contents of that of that ordinance which has yet to be proposed. Well, we're
going to have a discussion about what we what we would put up with. We sort of kicked this hand down the road for a long time since we were talking about the lights at the field and then the people were upset because they were I have to appeal to the counselor then because this is a discussion on
basically it's turning into a discussion on an ordinance which hasn't even been motioned or seconded. Treat the ordinance as a draft. I think what the mayor is suggesting is what you've got is no longer an ordinance. You've
already altered the agenda. It's not an ordinance. He is suggesting, it seems to me, print it out literally or figuratively and use it as a draft to foster some discussion. Okay. I don't I
don't see a legal reason we can't do that is is my point. If it's decided that we that the answer is no to any of it, then that's what it is. If it's if it's any we can take this part and this part and do something, okay, but you
know, in the in the in the spirit of transparency and having this discussion, I I don't see how we are are hurt by that. And it may be that people are not prepared to dissect that ordinance. I maybe you were prepared to vote on it or not vote on it or vote no, but you may
not be prepared to sort of line by line it up. Yeah, I I I agree with th that that statement is that I'm not prepared to dissect that ordinance at this meeting right here. There's several parameters that were identified or defined whether
it was taken from another burrow and transplanted to to meet the needs of this burrow, which I don't think is good practice. I also think that this in the spirit of it all when you introduce an ordinance it should be clo as close to what the council and government
governing body would approve if it was going to be DOA to begin with. I think that you don't introduce it at that point but but again I'm not ready to dissect it here line by line. I think I'm not even saying that that's what we do. So
I'm saying is this is this subject matter worthy of a discussion or if it's not then say it's not I don't want to even deal with this and then it's on arrival. If it's if it's something that is at least worthy of the discussion we come back and we say okay what is it
that you would like to see in it and we can use this this other one as a draft or we could say there's something else you want to do. I love that an idea. Um, I was going to say what if we um put this into a committee and so that
someone like a a group of people can take it, discuss it and formulate something because right now it doesn't really belong to anyone per se. So we're all just sort of who's going to take and lead the discussion on it. So if we put
it into a committee, for example, so I'll say like the econom economic development committee, then at least we can assign it to that committee and we'll sit and discuss it in committee and see what the committee comes up with. I I mean that's the way usually
things sort of move along cuz otherwise I don't who's going to lead it? May maybe the initial question is do you believe we should allow residents to park on the street under any
circumstances? Well, I think I think the question is is that there's there's needs of a few relative to the the total population of Hillsdale and the the various homes out there and how do you address those short-term
needs, right? um whether whether it's a temporary, you know, I I don't know how I feel about extending this open parking permit based on whatever requirements you set that's going to be given to perpetuity, right?
Um I don't know how I feel about that at at this at this particular point in time. Also, there there's several things listed in that ordinance that I do not agree with. For instance, uh 200 ft within your home the contents of it are dead. So whether
you agree with it or whether you say I propose 25 or 2 in is is the next step. Do you want to have that next step or not? Janetta is proposing that the the step should be
that we create put this into a committee. uh committee as Mark is saying before we get to the same committee do we have the appetite to address this and I think that if we don't have the appetite to address it he
dies right here but Mr. Mayor, we are a legislative body. We react to legislation put in front of us. All right? It's great to have a discussion on a topic and I can recall many a time when we did have a discussion on a topic
and that discussion then led to a resolution or an ordinance. But I think since we've seen details of a proposal, we assume that we've all read that that proposal and it's but we were all sort
of taken aback by it. Um I I I think the proper way is to think about have a committee perhaps look at that proposed legislation, modify it. I don't know what committee would do it, but um and
and then come back with another ordinance that uh reflects their views. We have two people that are interested in talking about this in a in a subcommittee environment. Do we have enough to support to do that? You have
the authority to appoint a committee. I understand that. I can I can appoint a committee and come back. We're not going to do this. trying to make sure we don't I would need I mean speaking personally I need to be convinced to to do this.
This is not something that I would m because I've heard from a number of residents how even the existing practices aren't being enforced. Um and this to me obviously I haven't shared this other than what's on the website.
This to me would make the enforcement duties even more strenuous on the burrow. Um the code now prohibits parking altogether. No, nobody can park on the street between 2 and 5. For for
years, we've had a policy, a practice where if your relatives are coming up from Washington DC and they're parked at your house, you call the police and you say, "Uh, my relatives car license plate blah blah blah going to be there for three days." Okay, fine. It it that's not written anywhere, but yet that's the
practice that we supposedly have been doing. If you walk around the streets at night, not that I do, at 2 am, you see lots of cars on the street. I don't I don't know whether they've all called in. I suspect not because I myself have
not called in by by you know, I had guests and I forgot to call in. Make sure you go. Yeah. But there are 12 to 15 people that are calling in on a regular basis to alert police department. You can't hear
police. Yeah. You know, flexes with holidays and stuff, but some of them 15 years, but we do get calls every night. We don't deny any of them. um with the exception of
snow like that but anyone right okay so within we don't want to have have it as a a sign from the existing committee and the mayor committee I'll make a a temporary
parking committee um and to have that to have that discussion to that vote yeah and you should be on that committee that's fine to be on I'll serve on it with you if that's what
you I would [Music] already have. You just can't have four council. You just can't have yourself and three council people on that committee. I don't care if the three of you want to go and have this discussion. Yeah. Go
ahead and I I'll be the the ultimate member in this case. Um and can I can I request excuse me Janetta John that we we have it so that um you come back to us with a with finding. Yes, we need to
have findings. I have findings I can share too. I I did a little bit of research prior to this just to see and I could share it with the committee as well. But um you want to share now? I can share it. I can share it now if you want. So, I mean, in researching, most of the Pascat Valley area does not allow
overnight parking. Um, Westwood does have a over a temporary overnight parking permit system. And it's for overnight visitors. It's for driveway repaving, large construction container, special circumstances. And what I like about this print, and it's really a
matter of just refining what you have, by the way. It's not So, thanks for introducing it. I think that we're just really just refining the language. Um, but what they say here, it's along your property frontage, whatever that looks like. So, if it's 75 ft, 100 ft, respectful to put it along your property
frontage. And also the way that Westwood does it is they um limit six incidents um per 30 days per property. So, they have some stipulations, you know, put in place. So, I think if we could just refine some of that language. Well, I can tell you
first of all, nobody in North has anything in my case, right? Okay. That is why I had to North Bergen or Union or Mark War. Now, that either tells you something or it doesn't, and I leave that to you.
Exactly. But I chose 200 ft because I figure our lots are about 100 ft wide, maybe 75 ft wide, some are 50, and that your neighbor could be parked in front of your house. So, you have no vested
rights to, in other words, if this ordinance allows only allows you to park directly in front of your house. Well, geez, what if they my neighbor parked there and it's a night they didn't call in. They just parked there. Then, I'm trying to use my permit sticker and I
can't go directly in front of my house. So, I I attempted to soften the blow of that by giving people a little latitude that if you could park within a lot or two of your house, maybe you could find
your space. Now, I take no position on the ordinance. Most towns will let you do it during paving or whatever, just like West, but everyone lets you. The only north of Route 4 town that I know of that allows overnight parking for
some reason is River Edge and they use the 200 foot. So, but a a big chunk of this was freehanded because ordinances that do this are a
bit of a rarity. Uh certainly around here, Mike and I work together on the proof, the licenses, etc., the mayor and I work together on the concept of hardship and what does that mean and how
does that work? Um, but the rest of it I leave to you. All right. And you know, just one more note too and maybe something we can consider is that rather than calling the police department, Westwood has an online form that you fill out with your name
information. I mean, it's a pretty great form. Um, and then it would just go right to the to you guys and it avoids the phone calls down the line. But are you opening this up now to other than hardship? Westwood is it's a
temporary overnight parking permit system and it's a you go online, you put in your license plate, you put in your information, you don't have to make a phone call, you guys don't have to answer. So as it is now there's no I know when I got my pavement my redone I
called in 3 days but if we had a system a system right start date end date it has that full opportunity yeah and we're just mailing in does somebody there's no limitation if I called in every 3 days because it was good for three days so the people calling every 3 days and
you're not saying to them are you having your driver you're just allowing them as long as they call and they know you they do not have to provide that's reason. I'm just trying to get that answer. Okay. Well, and I know we're not like
sorting this all out now, but in in answer to that though, but that that's the actual reason why like people need this. It's like if you have six people living in your house in a driveway for two cars, you need to put two four cars
somewhere. So, where are you going to put them? We just again I'm just saying right we just did our master plan. Yeah, we just did our plan. 90% of the homes in Hillsdale are four people or less. Okay. 90%.
Even if that 90% included two parents with cars and two driving age kids, right, it is possible to have four. Yeah. But there are not a lot of homes in town that have more than a I
don't know what that means. I just bring you that fact based upon the fact that I read the housing. Right. Okay. Um so we have a committee may have but I but I think you got the committee and I think the establishment of an exploratory committee is perfect for
this because this is something that in my opinion should not be taken lightly. um you know coming from south of where I moved from which I'm very proud of where I came from but parking on the streets took away the suburban character of that community and it's something we no I
just understood understood but what I'm saying is there's a lot of things that need to be taken into consideration including what qualifies as a true hardship right if someone has four people in a car four vehicles plus a weekend car plus an RV plus a motorcycle right that's not a a part of that's a
hardship not all of it right so this has to be well defined. I mean that seems elective, right? Right. Right. It can't be for convenience. But but but right now I mean there's a practice and then there's reality. So let's so I understand let's have this this group.
Is it reasonable to say that by the next time we meet that you guys can get together? I was going to propose a more reasonable addendum. I was going to say I seed my position to Councilman Kleti on the committee since he is very he he is very committed to this.
And and I'm afraid if I get on that committee, it might not be as robust as it might otherwise be. I'm fine with being on the committee. Okay, good. Thank you, Bob. You're welcome. You want to be on this? [Laughter]
Yeah, Bob Clemente and Janetta. Melissa, if you would please provide. Absolutely. Okay. And I just would ask if you come back for the next meeting so we can determine where we are. Okay. I thank you all for
the discussion. Thank you. You guys have been sitting here patiently. Uh yes report the engineer report Nick is that you right we have Ken the Jero I'm sorry
if mayor if I if I may can interrupt for one second just uh just some flexibility potentially on that deadline before the next meeting. I know the meeting's earlier in the month and we have a lot that we're going to have to do on this to cover this topic. So we may need more than the next meeting before
meeting and you can at least meet before that. We'll start absolutely stuck. I'm not I'm not asking you to come back and say here's our appointment one way or the other. But when it goes time when we're going to committee report I would expect that at the next meeting that the
VA will be able to say this new committee has sat down the parking committee for lack of a better term has has reported who we are. Sorry. Hi, I'm Kenny Chanel. Um Nick, I'm covering for
tonight gave me a very comprehensive list of uh many projects and he gave me projects with updates. So I'll start with the project with updates. Um we have the Melo project which is the grant in 2024.
um funds completed and we are working on bunch of items and closing out the contractor. We have the paving project from DOT from 2025 and that's Liberty Street and that is the uh design
services on the agenda which was the design. So um once we square that away, we can complete that work. There's another pavement project through the 2025 Riverside co-op and that also
construction is substantially complete and he mentioned I guess there's one problem I on Avenue that we are waiting for the contractor to come back and fix that. That's been ongoing. Um but on top of that I don't have I just want to say
that the the reason to do that was not for was not at the request of any council member or former council member was for other residents on the street that identified a problem. Okay. The um we're currently working on a grant application for 2026 for
additional new payment and those roads consist of Ralph Avenue and place. So that'll be next year's business. Um and then last memorial field we are working on the design for that project. Uh I
believe said we finished with the design in September. We are still on target for that completion date. Uh specific testing done. It's been some soil testing some work. So um I do sound on those calls in
our office and that's that's ongoing. Um those were the major items for updates. Does anybody have a question of our engineers? Um just on page four. Yes, I do have one question and and you may not be able to answer. I understand where it
talks about the open space grants at Beachwood Park. Um can those funds assuming the grant is is becomes reality, right? Um can they be used to fix we have a band
shell that has no roof. Do we have flexibility in how we use those funds? There is some flexibility and Tom this band shell is the same part. Yes. Okay. So we give a description of work to get the grant and
you can deviate from that whether or not it has to be approved but that is certainly a possibility worth investigating. And this is a grant that we from reading this this is a grant that we have we've been we've been given. Okay. It's just
that the current status is that you'll be coordinating with Mike. No, John. This is for the 2.0. So the the 1.0 we have this is the second part of the trail that we are applying the grant
for this second section of of the trail that's not covered by the first grant. Okay. Yeah, because this talks about a nature trail, right? And then it says current status that they will coordinate with you regarding next steps for the design of the project. So, what I'm I
guess my question is can can the project be morphed into including a roof on the band shop or are we too far down the road? No. Yeah. So, so that would be a a question
to the council is do we want to move money from the trail to the bell because if the answer is yes, we have to change the scope of this grant. We have to to add that to the scope of it which is not now. Right. Right. Is there isn't there
like a a scout project to work on the trail too like? Yeah. But this is more comprehensive with the wetlands and changing uh the bottom of it. But that's been out there for a few years now, right? Yes. We were waiting for the D permit which so now we
have it and we are approving the design of it. Uh but to be clear, what what you're talking about though, Mike, this wouldn't be going for an increase in the grant amount. This would be reappropriating those funds for a different use than what it was originally applied for. Correct. Right.
Because it's 168 grand that we're talking about. That's, you know, that's the the grant is half of that and the other portions are half. Right. So, I'm I'm thinking to myself, without a roof on the band shell, how do we maximize the the utilization of our of our
assets? I don't know a lot of people that use the trail, but I know a lot of people come to the park. You really need to address that. Yeah. Well, that's why I'm raising it. I agree. And and my own pet peeve is that it shouldn't just be spread out. needs to have an overhead
because when you have things in the daytime, there's not nothing that works performing on that stage is why. So Mike, can we redeploy the funds for the nature trail to the band shell? So we have that project go live anytime soon,
right? So we have about 50,000 right now for the band shell. That's not enough. The decision point for the council is do you do you want to hold off on finishing the trail and moving that money to the band shop? Mhm. Uh that's one decision
that you need to make. You could do it tonight or you want to hold off matching like how this is matching. Yes. So we're you're putting in $84,000. Right. Right. Right. Right. So that would give us a considerable amount of money to get that project done. We will have enough money to have a nice bell. Right. and we can
get it like done sooner than later as opposed to like right now. The rec committee made a comment at their last meeting that it would be fixed before the end of the year. Before Yes, because the grant we have right now, but then I mean they can make all the comments they want, but that is correct. The grant we
have right now uh expires end of this year. The $50,000 the 50,000 and that's not a matching grant. That's just we have that ready to go for the band shell and the bathroom behind the stage. So we could have a very nice band shell if we include the 50 plus for you know a good
portion of this by by the fall. Yeah. Yeah. So you need to make that decision is you want to hold off on the trail cuz we we will do 1.0 which is one section of the trail. The second section needs more work. That's what this is for. I
would be in favor of redeploying the money that [Laughter] All right. I would agree with the other side of you want to pull the council. Yeah, sure. So, well, before we pull the May one thing real quick. I think
there's a lot of people though that have a vested interest right now in the use of the funds for for the trail. Shouldn't we give them an opportunity to at least digest this and speak? The environmental committee is all involved in this uh heavily involved in this. So if you want to hold off until the next
meeting and we'll speak to them between now and the next time we alert people that we may send it out in a weekly email last we're going to do this and the leazison can have a meeting with the environmental commission.
Yeah. the president. I am right. That's right. And and and and right now I'm putting myself in their shoes listening because I know what they're feeling and and I think they should at least have the right to address the council office. But we wouldn't be able to address the entire
trail anyway, right? With the money that we have, it would only be a portion. There's two grants. There's one. And 2.0 already includes bleachers, some outfield work for the softball field. So it's not like all those funds are going to the trail. There's other things that
may be sacrificed to your money, right? But but but what I would say, Bob, in your addressing the environmental commission, it's your unfortunate force to you to have to to talk to them. They probably won't be happy. I understand that. Yeah. But the uh the trail is used
by very art, you know, a number of people, but the band shell is an asset for the entire community. And if we only have 50 and we're going to limit ourselves to 50 to do the band shell and it has to be done this year, you're going to get a so so band shell. If you
change the dynamics of the of the money, you can get a great facility in Beachwood Park that would be more attractive and then put the the nature trail part of which has already been uh changed or improved. Just delay that by
a year perhaps and and maybe not. Maybe it's less than a year, but I I'm just thinking in terms of optimizing, you know, the usage. No, the finance end of it certainly understood. I just think we should give them an opportunity. Okay. Okay. So, so at this point then
the question, so you're going to talk to the environmental, right? Um, so I certainly can enlighten them on the situation, but I think I think the justification or issue officially comes from the VA in regards to this matter. Yeah. Yeah. So I'll be there with you
when we meet with them and we'll explain why. Yeah. What what the possibility is that we'll come back. Okay. Okay. Anything else for Ken? No. Okay. Next report tomorrow. Thank
you. So for May, this will be for May of 2025 our community policing unit. So we had a DAR field trip many times. Uh we did a cub scout tour of headquarters. Uh license sirens escort.
We took two students to uh one to Smith and one to work for school. Uh we had a girl scout meeting that we hosted at our uh headquarters downstairs. Um we prepped and recently it just passed and a very good event but we had
a uh we were talking for the torch running in May. Um as well as the 5k forum that we just had like I said went over very well. Um and we are going to be having next week for the youth leadership academy sign up
for those on our website. Uh traffic and patrol may lead 710 calls. We had 64 motor vehicle stops, 23 motor vehicle accidents. Um, we took on 20 selective enforcement details to certain sections of town and as well as 18 parking
enforcement details and complaint response specific. Our detective bureau investigated 40 cases have closed 24 of them. And our fire investigation unit um had invest 11 investigations into permits,
applications, cars, etc. Um, uh, okay. Did Did you do a day for last week? That was last week. We did it. Um, that was in June, so it's going to be on next month's uh report. Oh, okay. Yeah, it went over that was went over very
well. Are we getting um a lot of complaints or a lot of say inquiries u about the house project? Is it about the police here? Yeah. What kind of what kind of feedback are you gentlemen? Um so complaints u
some of them off the top some vary from uh speeding which we've gotten in that area before people used as a customer. Uh so that's nothing specifically new but um and then we also have non registered vehicles forklifts you know
etc driving on the roadway. uh we addressed as of last week we had a meeting order um so we have a resolution to that so we're hoping there hasn't been any issues that where we were made aware of for the whole time they were working the complaints just started to
come in um so just you know ging that trend that everything was fine for a year if not the whole um and then the complaint started over the last month or so um we're open a meeting we have with the work crew as well as the companies
that are down in that area. We're over the results. Is there is there any sort of write up from that and a result of that like you know this any [Music] is essentially let's go back to whatever whatever you all were doing for last
year that obviously worked whatever went wrong let's resolve this project. Okay. I just have to memorialize it because I I am getting a lot of inquiries up until we've addressed it. Yeah, we'll set something up by tomorrow and the meeting
went very well and we haven't heard anything since. So hopefully it stays like that, but it's actually questions. I I don't um you said there was 700 calls I think you said or something like that. 700, right? So I
think in the past um there was some sort of u part of the report was um sort of I'm not trying to make more work. It was more like um so many robberies or I don't know car robberies or breaking
whatever just sort of to give a flavor like when I hear I heard 710 I'm thinking like oh my god that to me seemed like a whole lot of calls to the police department like what is going on like what were all these calls about
like so if there was some sort of just maybe categor in the future if I categorize it into I don't know I'm making you know five categories I don't know you know let stop accident
enforcement details we can definitely add in there um like I don't know if there were any are there robberies are there vehicle break yeah breakin or um typically would be a good thing if we do have something that spike I would
just as like a as a kind of form Yeah. Yeah. You know, if there was something that spiked, we definitely would want to make everyone aware. So the 10 call service that covers everything from the school self initiated call. Okay.
You know, it doesn't necessarily mean someone picked up the phone call 911 that is essentially our workflow for the month. So or what would that be? I'll break it. Think about something like just maybe five
captions like in general that you know like you know was anyone murdered you know anyone you know did anything you know it's like oh no in the morning but they're all awake
still like you know what I mean it's like I think that was it's a nice sort of to even because I I've even used that in the past in conversation to say oh hills are Great place. Nothing ever happens in Hillsdale. See, we have these
reports every month. And look, there's no robberies. There's breaking an entry. There's no one got beat up, assaulted, you know. So, it's sort of, I think, good for the town or the people to hear that. I think
anybody else. Thank you very much for your report. We'll move on to the I don't know we still call after after tonight public work. So, uh, as far as the
fields, the, uh, Kora paper baseball field project has been completed, turned over to DPW for ruining. Okay. uh soccer field that's also been turned over to uh Burrow and
DW's been cutting that twice a week where they're permitting for all the storage shed that was out back up against the fence platform been uh built and shed in a permanent location
down two trees one on Harington two on Harrington and trim the trees here in the back of a maple tree that has scared uh signs traffic and street lights. We
just received the remainder of the park mobile signs just finished yesterday clearing the best line so that we can install those signs.
We also been doing tray and people over the west lot. They started today working between the firehouse and east loties repairing the street lights that were all that. Uh
is that mostly for their power lines when you're doing that? No. like across the street it's uh the trees are overgrown in the lamp the lights the light at night was dim. Okay. So we trim
back to that and they're also repairing those lights that were out roads. Uh we've begun doing the crosswalks and stop bars. We installed a uh lighted
tower stop sign on section of maple and Taylor and I noticed it were there installing these three cars right any questions for
Mr. Thank you guys. [Music] Okay. Um, you can say the meeting if you want. You can't say, but we understand it may not be, you know,
you're welcome to leave. Okay. The mayor was giving you You're a brave man. Okay. All right. Okay. So, we have a lot of committee reports. Uh let's start with president. Yes. Thank you, M. Uh just a couple of
things that came out of the rec commission meeting that was held a couple of weeks ago. Uh summer camp is now being held at George White. Uh there was a slight delay in uh the work that's being done for the modular classroom. So, uh, we now have an opportunity to go
ahead and house the camps at the school. Uh, the camps are starting on, uh, June 30th and they'll run through August 1st. Uh, most of the camps are at capacity. Um, there are a couple of couple of spaces available at Camp Pascac, uh, which are grades 1 through 4, and field
trips, which are grades 7 through 8. uh summer concerts. Uh the first summer concert is going to be held the June 25th at Beachwood Park uh 700 p.m. start time. It's uh New Jersey concert bands. Uh I want to thank uh the key sponsors
which are Shopright Valley Bank and Pasc Valley Hospital. Uh the next concert will be uh July 9th and it's going to be Ladies of the8s. I'm looking forward to getting a picture taken with it. Um summer programs are kicking off on June 24th.
uh visit the burough website uh under recreation uh you can find out what the programs that are being held and uh the listing and the dates for them. Uh there's going to be a turf decision uh that's going to be made shortly for Memorial Field. Uh that's going to be a
decision between uh the fill versus no fill. I think Mike Sally may provide some additional information on where we stand on that. Um and I think Mike will also provide an update on Centennial. expected that field was handed over to the burrow. I think it's acting very
well since the uh the work that was done to it. Uh also a couple projects that were completed at Nicerbacher and Corora first phases that uh repaired some of the infield work there, laser graded uh the clay that's there and I think that again they're acting very well as well.
Um you know we talked a little bit about the band shell. Uh there's a lot of hopes that uh out there that we can get the band shell completed by September 13th, which is the fall festival. It's aggressive, but uh maybe it's a target date that we could shoot for. Uh Mike,
yes, sir. Uh Mr. Ba. Um and that's all I have. Nothing to report. Uh in terms of the environmental commission as we briefly well not briefly but we spoke about earlier uh that beachwood grant 2.0 design just to
give a little bit of background on the to the council on this. So on April 29th the EC met with the BA and collars to begin the planning discussions or the design discussions. Following that, the environmental commission members, they met with Peter Dolan of the New York,
New Jersey Trail Conference to explore different construction techniques to repair uh what we have there. They came up with two nonex excavation methods, a helico coil piling and a diamond pier and pin system uh where and those were
both shared with the BA and Kier. Uh these both minimize sight disturbance and eliminate spoil transport. So the costbenefit analysis is being done by collers. Uh so their assessment is pending. The environmental commission uh wants to make it clear that they very
much so value their role in the design of what's going to occur there and they appreciate the BA and colleers for keep keeping them involved thus far in their continued involvement. Uh the environmental commission did notify the board of education uh of a state of New Jersey D grant opportunity for planting
trees on public school grounds. The commission members met with the board of ed superintendent, Miss Lombardi. They walked the school grounds and they worked with the board of ed staff to complete a pretty complex grant application. The commission members Tracy Hansen and Scott Raymond, they collaborated uh on that and the
application is for $66,000 that was filed timely. So, we're waiting to hear uh the results quickly. Um the fire department may had 29 calls year date 135. That's for 98. Same period in the prior year. Uh, Marine One is no longer leaking. That was a problem for some
time, but that is now fixed. Uh, the box program is going well. Uh, we had five out of, excuse me, we've gone out of town five times and we've had mutual aid respond to us four times. Uh, so that's been very beneficial for the fire department and they plan to continue the program. That is it. Yeah.
Bob, do you know when they're expecting fire? Is it still 2026 for the new truck? Yes. I believe the last I heard was spring of 2026. That's a ladder truck. Okay. Uh we'll start with ambulance. Chief Bey was going to be here, but he's
absent due to um standby duty at Paspack Valley High School graduation, but he was uh able to provide an update, which I'll read to you. Uh the Hillsdale EMS responded to 101 calls in May. 78 in Hillsdale, 23 mutual aid outside of
town, 57 handled by volunteers, 44 by PDM crews. Uh Hillsdale required mutual aid four times, two for overlapping calls and two for additional support. Eight came from twice, I'm sorry, eight came twice from volunteers and twice from paid EMS units. So there were a
total of 446 total incidents responded by Hillsdale EMS so far in 2025. Can I ask you um whether or not that breaks out how many times our paid crew was in the jail? That's a great question. I don't know how that but it's a good
question I can ask. Yeah. Uh he has he did say that 95% response rate so far has been via the Bergen County public safety but this partnership with Riverville has been very successful and manageable. Um everyone's happy so we thank them.
Uh, so for the board of ed local, here's an enrollment update. The current student enrollment is as follows. Good school. We're at 317, Metobrook 316, George White 492. The kindergarten enrollment for the upcoming school year stands at 108, which is consistent with
last year's numbers. Um, and as far as some updates on the GW renovations, on July 11th, site work began, including trenching and conduit installation for plumbing and electrical systems. Inspections are scheduled and ongoing with construction activities accelerating as the school year
concludes. Um, and daily communication continues between the architects and the DCI representatives to support approvals and transition back to the bal permit permits. And lastly, this Friday is the eighth grade promotion at PV as they get ready to enter high school. Um, and uh
that's all I got. That's what they call it. Promotion. There's no need for me to be here anymore. No, thank you. Appreciate your time. We love your German Shepherds. Yes. Uh library met on Monday and um the library is prepping for a um they're
going to have a fundraiser. It's going to be a mini golf uh fundraiser. And um it's October 10th and October 11th. On October 10th, it's just going to be for adults only at night, but on the 11th, it'll be open during the day. And this
is inside the library. Um uh little, you know, actually our uh director is building the actual um the holes as well as the clubs and he's very skilled. Um so he's very happy and excited to be
working on this. So, uh, uh, and it and it's on the 11th. It'll be for families. Um, there's ongoing, um, maintenance at the library. They're going to be redoing the roof and they're also going to be tower washing the building. Um, the summer
reading program has gotten started. I don't know if you've all noticed that really big sort of artist palette that's in the front of the building. Um, and um, what else? Oh, we agreed on a new logo for So, next year is the 90th
anniversary of the library and so of course there's all sorts of stuff in the you know planning for that but they we've agreed on a logo for the um I guess uh anniversary and also the library now um the committee won't be
meeting again until September. We're off for July and August. So, we resume in September. And that's it for the library. Um, not for my part, although I'm sure that the um BA will have things to add
that I'm hoping he's going to be speaking on. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, the finance committee met on June 12th. Uh we reviewed expenses versus budgeted appropriations uh for the first five months against the annual budget 2025. We didn't find
anything dramatically uh upsetting. Uh the CFO is still awaiting receipt of comments from our auditor alerts Vincy regarding the 2024 audits. Uh now that may have come in Mike I don't know in the last couple of days but still it's still still outstanding. Uh we discussed
the serious impact that the weakened condition of the New Jersey state health benefit plan um is likely to have on the bureau in 2026. Um we expect large premium increases. They've been signal to us through the New Jersey
League of Municipalities. So um last year about the same that's like 45%. That's correct. But but when you think about the years when for example myself
in the private sector we were getting increases of 8 9% and the municipal world was getting 0ero to one. Now you could argue why was that the case politics whatever I don't know but um the day of reckoning had to come and
it started to come three years ago. Yeah, we look at you know these are these are costs that are this is this is you know this is a past. Yeah. And it's also dynamic in the sense that a few years ago people,
municipalities, some municipalities moved out of that plan into a private plan, leaving a remainder of cases or individuals who place a greater than proportionate burden on the plan in
terms of the the requirements. So it it it it's called like a downward spiral. So the state is more in my view the state has to do something about it. Um or the entire system is going to
collapse and you're going to need to restart the whole thing again. Uh so we'll we'll see. But for that's not that's not going to happen next year. Next year Hillsdale is still going to be part of that state health benefit plan but expect big increases uh you know in
that category. Um, and finally, we discussed the dissemination of information allowing residents to see how portions of their property tax are distributed among the various taxing authorities. I know it was put out on our website. I was just looking at the numbers now. Um, and I'll talk to the BA
after this, but I think the percentage is the percent that our taxes of the various taxing authorities represent may be a little off. I calculate the uh the county as just under 10% the school district the the local school district
as 45.6% as opposed to what we have here at 39. The regional school is uh 24 and the municipality which is what the only thing that we control here on the deis is just under 21%. Very consistent with
the past. Um, so that's all. And John, with regards to the tax estimates that came out, I believe that the only thing that's reflected in there for uh the George White project is the interest payment. Correct. Yeah. The the um on the on the the initial sum that was
borrowed. Correct. Which is about a third. The what they call the uh the district school tax here 7,192 on the average home. that would not it includes only a small portion of the
impact that the uh borrowing that's necessary to fund the project the George White project only a small portion of that is is in there now the bad news is that residents will see a bigger increase in 2026 as more deck it's
probably about a year from now we'll see another increase with regards to the school project and Bob may know council con I know more but the the um the school district has issued like I think it's 15 million in debt. They issued it
already. The interest is included here but the principal is not in this number. Right. Next year there'll be another trunch that's represented in that tax bill is only interest interest only. Next year there'll be another debt issuance the the bigger trunch to deal
with. So stay tuned and hold on to your but people have to understand also that Q3 represents a number that's spread over the whole year. So Q3 and Q4 also covers Q1 and Q2. So correct,
right? And and I think people reacted on social media to get when they when they got there third quarter, Bill and I I sort of chuckled a little bit because I know that number then gets averaged out over the next three quarters where the the numbers will come down. So, but in
in terms of fiscal um commentary, I think I would like the residences to know, you know, you're not going to be in for an easier time next year. You're probably going to be in for as the municipal side, you're going to be in for a tougher time. And I think from the
entire side, it's not as tough, but it's not really us. It's we're only one of the tax burden, right? So, Right. Right. And that larger increase is a uh is a direct reflection of the referendum that was passed. Yes. Yes. So the people
voted for it and people now have to pay for it. That's all. Oh Mike, a quick question. If if a resident has a question about their assessment bill, who do they call? They are calling and they're showing up
calling every day. Okay. And that's one of the reasons why we sent it out in the weekly. It's one of the reasons why we changed the website. Mhm. Yep. They call us. Yes. Some they want more specific information going forward and
forecasting and we set an appointment with the tax people. So, thank you, Mr. Mayor. Just quickly, I want to make this long. The affordable housing plan will be presented to the planning board on June 24th and then to the council on
June 25th at a special meeting at 12:00 and then we'll submit that to a state before the deadline. Uh the plan and the information is on our website and the public is invited of course to attend the meetings and ask questions. Our round four obligation
number was is 190. Uh and our vacant land analysis and adjustment uh with that we are required to build four units which is in our plan and that's what is on our website currently. Centennial field has been taken over by us and
we've been maintaining it. We're actually saving money on on that by using our own employees to to cut and collect the grass. This is the first time we actually collect the grass. So, we bought a machine that helps us to do that. And if that continues, we we may
not have to hire an outside service except for um you maintaining it uh with with the chemicals. Uh with all the rain that we've had, we've been going there. Uh it's working according to plan. uh when you step on it, it's like when you
step on the grass in your backyard, uh if you have a very small slope, uh when there's rain, of course, it's wet and when the rain stops, it drains, but still wet for a few hours after that. It's it's acting as it it's supposed to.
Uh the community center is coming along nicely. Uh they are actually going to be ready for paint in the next month or so. And they sent us couple sample of paint. Uh and and coming from their professional, you know, designer to someone like us, you know, like people,
I said just pick a color that actually fits and works with the whole thing. Uh so it's going to be light gray uh with, you know, that fits the palette. I heard that there was a nice video of you uh in the community. Yeah, videos on on our website. It's getting uh uh high
ratings. Yes, very very high rating. Uh for the turf uh on on Memorial Field, we are strongly leaning toward the no fill turf uh the pivot. Uh I would like to finalize this by our next council meeting so we can get that into the
plan. Uh the turf with the infill uh is going to give us big issues if we have it. I mean, it'll just fly all over be the house and the shoes and uh so that's where we're leaning to and uh just Mike so Kyle just mentioned
again the the on target for September with regards to the design, right? I I remain concerned about that. I know there's there's DP work and holes that they're digging and everything else, but it just seems so far out there that in order for us to
get a shovel in the ground, you you're talking November, December, and it's going to just push things into the middle of next year. So, we've been meeting on this regularly. And the design, the actual design includes, you know, the uh the how much concrete
they need for the sidewalks and for uh the retaining walls. It's very, very specific. That takes time. And I told them, we're spending $6 million on this. Let's do it right. If we're a month behind or month ahead, it really should not make that difference. We're on schedule for September. We they tell me
that they they may be done before September. They're doing things simultaneously, which they don't normally do. Engineers are very specific on what they do. Uh but they're going to deliver it by September, hopefully before September. And uh we should have
we should be shovel in the ground before the winter there. So we're on schedule as we wanted to. Um I had to push them and then find out that we made a mistake. Uh and then pay for it later. Uh just to uh to carry on with council
on the finance, we're having uh uh John, we're having a u a department head meeting uh to prepare for next year. Uh yes. So it's only 20% of the whole budget, but what can we do here at Warh Hall? Whether use less contractors, do
you get the work ourselves? How else can we save money on this in the 20%? And I hope the schools are doing the same. Um if if not, I think we need to, you know, send a send a message. Uh there should be some some savings uh different ways. That's what I have, Mr. Mayor. Great.
Okay. Um any questions? [Music] Okay. the ordinance uh 25-15 for adoption by the South Campation of the Memorial Park Recreation and Athletic Facilities Project in by and
for the borrow the Chinese state of New Jersey to appropriate the sum of $5,100,000 thereof make a down payment to authorize the issuance of bonds to grant such appropriation and to provide for the issuance of bond anticipation notes in
admination Um, can I get a motion to open uh to the to the public? Motion. Second. Second. Uh, all those in favor? I. Okay. Does anybody here wish to speak on not seeing anybody? Can I get a
motion to close? Motion to close. Second. All those in favor? I. Okay. Can I get a motion to adopt? Motion. Second. Second. Will the clerk, please read the role. Council member Troy. Yes. Council member Kleti. Yes. Council member Fox. Yes. Council member Mazuchan. Yes.
Council President Oso. Yes. Council member Ruka. Yes. Now therefore be resolved that this ordinance is adopted and all is authorized to advertise the same according to realize 25
for the maximum rate amount of payment of compensation certain office and positions of employment in the borrow county state of New Jersey. Can I get a motion to open it to the public? Motion. Motion from
Council. Second. Second. Box. And all those in favor? Okay. The public. Would anybody like to be heard? Seeing no one, can I have a motion to close? Motion. Second. Second. All those in favor? I. Motion to adopt.
Motion. Second. Second. Second. Uh, will the clerk please? Council member Mach. Council President Ozo, yes. Council member Ruko, yes. Council member Choimu, yes. Council member Kleti, yes. Council member Fox, yes. Now therefore, this
ordinance is adopted. The borrow is borrow authorized to advertise the same according to law 257 for adoption. An ordinance replacing chapter 3 article 26 site plan design standard section
107. I have a motion to open this to the hearing hearing the public. Motion second. Second. All those in favor? I. Okay. Anybody want to speak? See, nobody wants to speak. Can I get a motion to close? Motion close. Second. Second. All
those in favor? I now close. Um motion to adopt. Motion. Motion from council. Second. Second. Okay. Second. Um, let's go through the question. Read the role.
Council member Troy, yes. Council member Kleti, yes. Council member Fox, yes. Council member Maz, yes. Council President Oso, yes. Council member Ruko, yes. Now therefore, be resolved with this ordinance is adopted, the court is authorized to advertise the same law
adoption. minister of the county of New Jersey authorizing various public improvements and applications again by for the borrow appropriating therefore the sum of 1,250,500 and providing that such sum so
appropriated shall be raised from the bur's capital improvement fundra and from the bure can I get a motion to open this to the hearing Motion second. Second. All those in favor? I
be heard seeing nobody. Can I get a motion to close? Motion. Second. Second. Okay. All those in favor? I. And I get a motion to adopt the ordinance. Motion. Second. Second. Okay. Great. Uh, we'll appro. Council
member Mazuchan. Yes. Council President Oso. Yes. Council member Rugo. Yes. Council member Chimu. Yes. Council member Kleti. Yes. Council member Fox. Yes. Now therefore, be resolved that this ordinance is adopted. The bar is authorized to advertise the same
according to law. Um, we're going to adopt you on 2519 ordinance amending chapter 220, the parks and recreation areas of the borrow code to modify section 220-3 unlawful
acts modifying section 220-3 section J prohibiting leashed or unleashed dogs on municipal fields. Can I get a motion to open the public hearing on ordinance 259? Motion. Second. Second. Second.
All those in favor? I. Uh, seeing nobody here that wishes to comment on that, I will now entertain a motion to close the public hearing on. Motion to close. Second. Second. Uh, all those in favor?
I. Okay. I got a motion to adopt. I have a question on this. Can I first point of order? There needs to be a motion. motion and a second. I think we just need more specifics
around what the leash and unleash rules are where where like where are the lines that we're drawing here on a field? Is it on the field? On the field, but then where specifically are they are they allowed on the sidelines? Can they walk through a park? Can they like do we
need more information on where the dogs are allowed? I I was asked to draft this with the concept specifically using Centennial Field, Memorial Field, Beachwood playing field,
but it says to permit a leash or unleashed dog on any municipal sports or recreation field. Um, we could define that differently if that's the chemical's pleasure. Um I I don't know
what the overall intention that the intention was on the actual field field where they play where the grass is playing the playing surface. Okay. Right. So if you go to Beachwood and you sit for a concert that's not playing surface you can bring the dog but if you
go to the field the playing field there which is good to know because that resident thinks he can't walk through the park. So that's why I think we need to define what that means. So if we just say playing field or playing surface if we we
don't want no that's yeah absolutely as far as the actual playing field that's the problem how you define the playing field also so that you know if you're dug out areas um right that that qualifies I guess sidelines the sidelines the parameters
yeah so if we say playing surface or what would that again sidelines. I think you're better off putting a an addendum in there with a map and outlining it because Centennial is all fields. Memorial is
going to be pretty much all fields soon with the project, but Beachwood is your issue because you have field and then you have playground area and area, right? But we're saying Beachwood sports playing field.
I I just I think so. Is the issue like Centennial Field? Someone's going to go to Centennial Field to watch their kid play. Can they bring their dog on a leash and stand on a, you know, when you're watching soccer, you have a chair you're sitting. Can your dog be with
you? That's what's not clear here. So dog cannot be there or dog can be there. So he won't be walking on the field. He'll be sitting next to you on the ground. spirit of this is that the dog is unleashed and you're throwing a Frisbee at it and at 50 yard line,
right? I think that's if you're sitting on the sideline as a spectator of the game. So spectator and your dog is with you. I think that that's not covered within the the scope of this ordinance. Right. Okay. So what I understood this
to mean is the field where children are running around and playing a game. You can't have a dog running around and playing on that field. Period. Whenever. Never. The spirit of this is to prevent the dog from doing their business on
playing field. The playing surface, right? So, so for like on Memorial Field when it's completed, if I remember right, there's a walk there's a pathway, right? So, you could take your dog and walk on that pathway since kids don't play on that pathway. But the artificial
turf field is and and the basketball court. I I think that's plain. Okay, fine. I just want Yeah. But but as far as walking around the by the perimeter by the whatever that's not playing and I
think the objectors that I've seen on social media, the few that that have been, they want to be able to continue to walk their their dogs on the playing surface. The other part that they want to do is they want a place to unlist
anywhere. That being said, the BA and I have have begun a process to identify potentially an area within Hillsville in a park currently to set up a dog walk or a dog run
specifically for that purpose. Could we go with some language here? permit a leashed or unleashed dogs on any municipal sports or recreation field playing surface. I think that's the key.
At least get us 90% of the way there. Yeah, I think that's the key. You can always hone it as Memorial Field gets built, as Beachwood gets, you know, you have you have to specifically say like plane service and dugouts. Uh, right. Again, we we almost get to Councilman
Klet's idea on that, right? I I think the idea is clear here that when you're when your kids are out to play Little League, they shouldn't have to worry about stuff. Yeah. Yeah. As easy as that. It shouldn't shouldn't be a very controversial concept. Um but what about
um just the playground at Beachwood? There's a playground where you know it's raining with whatever. That's not that's a dogs and I don't ever think my dogs should be on where kids are playing.
I'm not respons. So that's a playing field. That's Well, that's not right. So that's I'm asking or putting putting forth. I see people all the time with their children and
their dogs. They're in the playground on the slide, on the swing. They're sitting at the at the picnic table while their kids are playing on the So this is we want to again that may be a separate issue and maybe one that needs a little
more micromanagement. Yeah. Yeah. This one we can address by adding two words which are minor clarification. So we can learn, right? And that minor clarification would maybe give you
the the momentum to get this through address what might be a real issue especially with the idea of turf coming and then we can tweak some other things like the genetic issue. I think that's very well taken but it may require
almost a little more maybe. So we'll just add so if everybody's comfortable we'll add the term playing surface as a definition municipal sports or recreation field
playing service right and there's just one more point I mean it's not really you know the enforcement of this right is something that we would have to discuss enforcement like anything else is the enforcement of the police department that would have that responsibility if someone has to call so
we we we set out the rules And yep, it becomes a law. It is. Yeah. Once you set the law, it's a law. If someone breaks the law, someone can call. We will have cameras, but someone would have to call. We can't have a an officer there all the time. Well, cameras will be at memorial.
We are adding Oh, we are we are we are adding a centennial. You know, usually like it's not like a red light camera where we write people summones based on camera observations. It would normally be like Mike said that
it would be someone called or a personal observation or an officer or a coach said, "Hey, do you mind very much? There's an ordinance about it." And the people maybe refused to comply, got a little ugly about it and a police
officer was called. Uh I would note too that in the third whereas clause Denise if you're making this change there is also from uh the second second line from walking upon municipal sports field
playing surfaces. Once again we're trying to reserve into that concept and in the fourth whereas too uh uh fourth whereas as well thank you just to make it all consistent and tie in. So, we're talking about playing surfaces throughout and the
specific prohibition in section J is as to planes and I just think that should be thoroughly explained to the sports organizations because obviously there's emotions flying on both side of this and I think the scenario that was brought up earlier was perfect. You go to a softball game at Beachwood, someone
brings their dog to the stands on a leash, you're going to have people telling them to get the dog off the field, but that really doesn't apply. they can have that dog not a playing service and that'll be clear. Okay. So, with those that
revision with the plane surface in those statements on there, um, we've had a motion, we had a second. Yes. So, will the clerk please read the role? Yep. Council member Troyu, yes. Council member Kleti, yes. Council member Fox, yes. Council member Mazuch, yes. Council
President Oso, yes. Council member Rico, yes. Now therefore, be it resolved that this ordinance is adopted. The borrow claim according to law 2520 for adoption. An ordinance by the mayor and council amen code of ordinances to repeal chapter 154
sections 1 to 20 to adopt new chapter 154 sections 1 to 88 to adopt flood hazard act to designate a flood plane administrator and providing for separability and an effective date. Did I get a motion to open the public hearing?
Motion. Second. Second. All those in favor? I see no one in the audience would like to speak on that. Motion. Second. Second. All those in favor? Okay. We're going to move on to adoption. Motion to adopt 2520.
Motion. Can I get a second? Second. Will the clerk please read the role? Council member Mazuchan. Yes. Council President Oso. Yes. Council member Rico. Yes. Yes. Council member Chosen. Yes. Council member Kleti. Yes. Council member Fox. Yes. Okay. Now therefore we resolve that
this ordinance is adopted. The borrower is authorized to advertise the same according to the law. We will now move on to resolutions. Um just so you know the consent agenda. Uh it's we're going to take 251 173 which is the nature trail resolution
table 25 156 through 191 191 25 191 with the exception 25 173. Can I get a motion? Motion second. Second. Was there any
discussion? I'd like to get clarification or via the poll we can pull one 20 25159. Okay. So, anything else? Anybody else want to pull one? Yeah, ma'am. If I can make one clarification uh I just lost
the uh 25185 awarding a non-fair and open contract up to Toyota of Hackinack the purchase of 2025 Toyota Tacoma. Uh the officer we have on loan at the DEA was given a DEA
car for his work. Uh they stopped that this year to all the departments. So we have to to provide our our own vehicle to him until they change that rule. So this is going to be purchased uh from the seizure funds from the DEA funds not
from the town and then when they give him a car eventually this will come back to the department for undercover vehicle. Okay. So with those two exceptions 25739
first just one question on why 25173 isn't that for Beachwood Trail 1.0 not 2.0. So that's the $5,000 that uh they want to do. So that's the scope of the 2.0 I know project that's with pulled
but we haven't determined whether we want to reallocate the funds towards the shop is that 2.0 okay so the resolution is still out still go out to bid for 1.0 I know is still in. Okay.
Okay. So, can we have a first and second please be rollest agenda be section 25173 25159. Council member Rico. Yes. Council member Chenu. Yes. Council member Kleti. Yes. Council member Fox.
Yes. Council member Mazuch. Yes. Council President Oso. Yes. Okay. So, we have now two items on the non-consent agenda. 2592. the resolution of weathering protection license.
Um, no, no, no. So, I assume that there's somebody here who doesn't want that. Is there a motion? Motion. Second. Second. Okay.
Council member Shimu. Yes. Council member Kleti. Yes. Council member Fox. Yes. Council member Mazuch? Yes. Council President Oso. Council member Rugo. Yes. 192 passes consent. And now can we get a
motion to consider 259? Motion. Second. Second discussion. Yeah. I I only asked for clarification. The agreement itself um calls for two uh so but the resolution implies or it implies
doesn't say outright implies one in each of the three uh local schools. Which way are we going with that? So we do hire a third one. So there are three. So but the All right. So the agreement
that we got just says two. So you need to amend that or cuz that's what that's what we'd be approving if we vote yes on this and then you'd have to come back. No. So we we have to so we so we have three right
now. What you see two council members looking at the uh resolution um the agreement itself which is confidential it was I don't think it was linked on the public agenda.
Yeah, it it should be three sleos. There are three officers. Okay. I mean, as long if you can handle that administratively, you know, I'm prepared to support the resolution because I think the spirit is there should be one in each of the schools. So, but I was just trying to point that out and
that's all. Okay. All right. Um Okay. We have a first and second discussion and the first would be rule on 25159. Council member Kleti just on the basis that it's being
revised to three. Correct. Did I catch that correctly? One in each school. One in each school. Yes. That's not the case. It's two. There's one will be specifically George White and the other one will bounce back between Smith and Mebrook. So there's only two. I asked I went through this with the two. Okay.
Okay. All right. Well, that answers my question. I'm still prepared to support it, but Okay. Um, yep. Council member Kleti, yes. Council member Fox, yes. Council member Matthew, yes. Council President Oso, yes. Council
member Rico, yes. Council member, yes. Okay. The pass now commentary. I've been working on yellow [Music] number.
Yeah. So we modified the language that we talked about before to make sure that that these appointment promotions are subject to the person getting those promotions uh accepting the terms of the contract.
Correct. Okay. So subject to the to besides sorry he's already contract. Okay. The first one for the resolution appointing police captain of the Hillsdale Police Department will be resolution 25193.
25193. Okay. So we have to do these separately as 25193. Mhm. Okay. So this is the resolution to uh you can read it if you want. Well, I don't want to read the whole thing. This is just to read the title by telling the title resolution appointing police captain of
the Hillsdale Police Department, which would be um currently Lieutenant Michael Camperelli. Okay, great. Is there any motion? Motion. Second. Second. Just one point, Mr. Mayor. um the others or at least one of the others like the um
mention the salary this one does not the salary should be 198,000 right so we should be consistent in what we do so I think we need to since one of them already has that person's salary we should put the other two and list the
salary just following what was done in the past from the others from labor attorney So we can Is it easier to pull the one out because it's going to be on the contract or Right. But what what I mean I I've just
been I'm I'm trying to get some consistency. Yeah. I mean the um the lieutenant has his salary stated. The captain does not. The um and the I think the sergeants it does because I think
it's driven by the PBA. Okay. So it would be with the addition on that resolution to the actual resolution, right? To the captains it would be 198 to the
for the DPW. Well, we haven't got to that one yet. Um. Yeah. Okay. Anybody problem with that? Did the chief contract respect through the salary? No, that's that's
not okay. So, how can we modify that to have to to provide the actual numbers and can we just stipulate that for all of them? Yeah. Yeah. So, we don't I I just sometimes we've done it, sometimes we haven't. We should be able
to across the board. No. Okay. So, that would be across the board. So, we modified it. This one will be modified for all to take the uh first and second motion. Uh will require please read the role. Council member Fox. Yes. Council member Mazatron. Yes. Council member,
sorry, Council President Oso. Yes. Council member Rico. Yes. Council member Trophy. Yes. Council member Kleti. Yes. 25. Um, as y 25194 is a resolution promoting Matthew Buucer
as lieutenant of the Hillsdale Police Department and authorizing the mayor and burough administrator to execute an appointment agreement with Matthew Bucer on behalf of the burrow of Hillsdale. Okay, great. And that again that he set the terms that we provided.
Okay, can I get a motion? Motion second. Second. RO. Council member Mazatan. Yes. Council President Oso. Yes. Council member Rugo. Yes. Council member Troy. Yes. Council member Kleti. Yes. Council member Fox. Yes. 2594
passes. The next uh resolution 25195 is a resolution promoting Detective Cory Rooney to the rank of sergeant. Okay. A motion. Motion. Second.
Second again that we just discussed previously here for this one stated because it's and it's it's in there. It's in the resolution. Okay. Um can I get a motion?
Motion. Council President Oso. Yes. Council member Rico. Yes. Council member Chinuk. Yes. Council member Kleti. Yes. Council member Fox. Yes. Council member Mazuch. Yes. 25 passes. And
what's resolution 25196 is a resolution approving the employment agreement between the Burough of Hillsdale and Micali. Okay. Our DA. So is there a motion? Motion. Is there a second? Second. Okay. Again, subject to the you
can put that subject to the terms that we agreed to. Um, any other discussion? None. The clerk will resume the role. Council member Rico, yes. Council member Chroy, yes. Council member Ki, yes. Council member Fox, yes. Council member Mazuch, yes.
Council President Oso, yes. Thank you. Thank you. Appreciate that. So you have accept 45197 is for the superintendent. Yep. Resolution authorizing the appointment of Barry Peterson as DPW
superintendent for the Burough of Hillsdale and authorizing the mayor to execute an appointment agreement on behalf of the Burrow of Hillsdale with Barry Peterson. Subject to any remain and we a motion. I'll motion. Second. Second. Any
discussion? Seeing none, will the clerk please read the role? Council member Trojanu, yes. Council member Flety, yes. Council member Fox, yes. Council member Mazuchan, yes. Council President Oso, yes. Council member Ruka, yes. [Music]
Are we done? Okay, we're going to go on to commentary. Hope we make it quick. I want to thank uh Chloe for being our level sponsor. I want to thank all of our sponsors for our summer conference series and in
general thank you again for stepping up and being a great member of our commission. Um want to recognize that this Friday it's Thursday it's June the state adopted before the federal
government authorized it to weekend they Thursday the forum whatever we're going to celebrate. I wish you all a happy June 13th, which is a great celebration. I want to alert everybody a couple of other things. Um, one, this package will
be um resolution be authorized at some point for finalize that for a self. So, I think that that's a good step in the area of medical schools. Um so hopefully we'll
we'll move forward with that in a reasonable fashion. Uh all the you know um we did a video. I want to thank our BA and council council president for showing up for that um for the Patterson
Street um development and it is a good opportunity for people to see what's going on there and uh we're going to continue with that series under the idea of maintaining transparency for the things that really important people in
town. Um, did I mention project crash last time? I can't remember the timing of it at the high school that still is just so kids
to come hopefully some lives and some students. The final thing I want to talk about is I had a meeting last week over teams regarding the dry cleaner and what's going to be done there. They will be here at the very end of the month
through the first week of July probably through the clean them up till about the 11th. They're fully funded. So the first step is drawing their boarding in their holes doing the samples soil and at that point they'll determine whether or not
how it's going to be clean and where it's going to go the the soil whether it be New Jersey or Pennsylvania based upon the level of contamination I suppose. Um, and then in theory towards the end of August, they're going to come back for a week
and they're going to come back with their, you know, the dump trucks and the excavators and pull up all the soil so that um we can proceed with moving moving that forward that project forward
and then that becomes part of redevelopment. you can look at a field and and there are all components that go into that for how we're going to design it into the master planet etc. So, um, that's my commentary. Let's start over again and go back the other direction
this way. Uh, two things. I just want to wish the residents a happy fourth since I think we we don't have a regular meeting coming up. Uh, I also wanted to thank uh our uh affordable housing consultant, Darwin Green, for the uh yman's work
that she does. She did a couple years ago. I worked closely with her then, didn't work as closely with her now, and I'm glad I didn't because the challenges seem to be even more, you know, more significant, but she got us through it. And we with with the numbers that you
mentioned, um, I think that's a vast improvement over what we were originally presented with by the state. That's all. Uh, yes. I would like to, I guess, congratulate our B administrator for his
new contract. I mean, longest running maybe administrator that we've had in Hillsdale thus far. Um, also of course uh congratulate the uh police captain, the police lieutenant, the police
sergeant, and our DPW superintendent all for all these, you know, everyone who got their promotions. Um, yes. Uh 4th of July is coming. Uh so we're happy and safe 4th of July to everyone and also uh
everyone that's graduated. There have been so many graduations. So congratulations to all the graduates and I wish everyone luck in the future. Graduation. Oh, and should I congratulate my own son Nicholas who
graduated? Yes. And uh we'll be going on to Sunni Maritime in the fall. Um and um I just wish all the graduates good luck and uh have a safe and and good time at college in September.
Thank you. Um okay. Well, with this being the last week of school, I just want to wish our students, teachers, and families a relaxing and enjoyable summer. Great. Alison, thank you. Uh congratulations to our BA.
Congratulations to our now superintendent of DPW and to our officers who are promoted this evening and happy 4th to the community. Happy and safe one. Thank you. I reiterate what uh Councilman Bloody said. I want to congratulate Detective
Rooney, Sergeant Buucer, and Lieutenant Camp on their newly appointed positions. I also want to uh thank the BA for all his hard work and uh hopefully he enjoys a new contract, too. Yeah, I echo all the congratulations.
Um, also uh look for looking forward to working with Mike uh RBA uh for at least the next year and a half. Um hopefully hopefully we can get that reelection. Yeah. When that tax increase goes through next year, we don't. But uh
but I uh hopefully we get that field in place by the middle of next year or or earlier. Okay. Can I get a motion to motion? Second. All those in favor motion.