##VIDEO ID:7H6MksxXhcQ## [Music] one an adequate notice of this meeting has been provided by a notice sent to the store Ledger local source and posted in the main lobby of the municipal building and on the municipal website accordingly the notice requirements of the open public meeting act have been satisfied in regard to this meeting please stand to the salutes in the flag the United States America and the repic for it stands one nation God indivisible with liy and Justice I would just like to uh welcome Senator cryan uh here this evening before we begin we're happy you're here thank you on November 20th 20 2024 Union County Clerk Joan jappy certified the November 2025 en election results the determination was that Joseph fella and Douglas G Piper are elected to burough Council seats for threeyear terms our first order of business is the swearing in of countor councilman elect Joe finella and uh Doug Piper performing the Oaths of office is um bill spia first welcome I'll for you thank you you're welcome nice I know can you afford those frames oh do you want me to hold it of course thank you all right put your left hand on the Bible raise your right hand and repeat after me I Joseph finella I Joseph finella do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States that I will support the Constitution of the United States and bear true faith and allegiance to the same and bear true faith and allegiance to the same and to the governments established in the United States and to the governments established in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people and under the authority of the people I do further solemnly swear I do further solemnly swear that I will faithfully and I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly and justly perform the duties of kennworth councilman perform the duties of korth councilman according to the best of my ability according to the best of my so help me God so help me [Applause] [Music] God won't forget that collection all right you want me to hold the Bible for all right left Bible please raise your right hand and repeat after me I Douglas G Piper I Douglas G Piper do solemnly swear do solemly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States that I will support the Constitution of the United States and bear true faith and allegiance to the same and true faith and to the and to and to the government's established and the government's established in the united states in the United States and in the state and in the state say under the authority of the people under the authority of the people I do further solemnly swear I do further solemnly swear that I will Faithfully I will faithfully and partially and partially and justly and justly perform the duties of kennworth councilman perform the duties of korth council according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability so help me God so help me God congratulations don't you [Music] [Music] this okay roll call Madam clerk mayor carich here councilman Goyle here coun finella here councilman Janero here councilman Maro here councilman Piper here councilman Stu here okay I'd like to invite father Giovani Rizzo of St Teresa's Church for the invocation father giovanie here okay maybe we can uh Ask Pastor we if she can do uh the invocation and the Bic for us please this evening thank you [Music] this is Pastor we from the United Methodist Church welcome pastor we good evening Mara Cent and to distinguished councilmen especially for those who swor tonight and to everyone I invite everyone in the presence of God Lord God you have called us to serve you through serving your people especially here in our town canward Lord we lift up to you every man and woman that you have called to serve you and to give Justice and put order Lord God in this community may your life shine upon them and through them oh Lord lead this town Lord God to to be in a community of goodness to be in a community of giving your blessings to all people and tonight Lord God whatever will happen we lift up to you and whatever decisions that we will make whatever um discussion conversation that will happen we lift up to you that all things will be in the good for your glory in Jesus name amen amen amen thank you Pastor way good evening everyone welcome to the start of the new year and the exciting opportunities it brings for our community As We Gather today I want to take a moment to thank each of you our dedicated employees here in the bar our engaged residents for your unwavering commitment to keeping korth a wonderful place to live work and Thrive I also want to extend my heartfelt gratitude to our returning council members for their dedication and hard work together we've CH faced challenges headon and achieved important Milestones that have positively impacted our community I would also like to welcome our newly elected council member councilman Piper your decision to serve our town reflects your commitment to making counter worth the best it can be I look forward to your fresh perspectives IDE ideal ideas and energy you bring to the council I am confident that together we will accomplish great things for our residents this new year is a time of reflection and renewal together we've achieved much and I'm deeply deeply grateful for the progress we've made in strengthening our community ties improving services and fostering economic growth but with every new chapter comes the chance to build on our successes confront new challenges and set new goals for the future this year let's continue to prioritize collaboration transparency and and Innovation as we work toward the shared Vision we have for our burrow I encourage encourage everyone residents businesses and Civic leaders to stay engaged and bring your ideas and energy to the table together we can ensure that cworth continues to grow as a vibrant safe and welcoming Community for all thank you for your support and your dedication I look forward to all we will accomplish together in the next year ahead I wish you all health happiness and blessing and much success in 2025 thank you very much thank you thank you okay next we have the nomination for the election and oath of office for the council president I would like to nominate senior councilman Savino scarice for council president this year second okay over Council uh made by councilman Moro and seconded by councilman Gano thank councilman Bo yes councilman finella yes councilwoman de pno yes councilman Maro yes councilman Piper yes Council fures [Music] yes resolution qualifying Professional Services uh is there a motion to approve resolution 25-2 qualifying Professional Services for 2025 motion second motion made by councilman finella seconded by councilman uh finella roll I mean councilman Bo sorry R councilman Bo yes councilman finr yes councilwoman J cerno yes councilman Morrow yes councilman Piper yes and councilman fur yes okay is there a motion to approve res resolution 25-3 appointing The Firm of samero and Farney LLC as burrow attorney motion second motion made by councilman finella seconded by Council councilwoman gardano pno roll call councilman Bo councilman finella yes councilman G pno yes councilman Maro yes councilman Piper yes and councilman s yes pursuing to NJ sa 40 colon 55 d-23 I do hereby appoint the following members to the planning board Michael Scary Larry Clemente Nick pantina Joseph cello and Robert galdi do I do my o oh I'm sorry I went too fast have to do the O of office for the council president I didn't have sorry Sav there's so much trust in you yeah you made it it goes without us do you have that you want to keep legit right do you want do you want um Bill to do it yeah Bill supposed to do it that's okay name Bill you just going to need to change the [Music] name want to keep it legit right is that a real Bible it's like it's not it's not going on fire it's not going on fire try that again yeah all right raise your right hand your left hand on the Bible I saino scori I Sao SC do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States that I will support the Constitution of the United States and bear true faith and allegiance to the Saints and bear true faith and allegiance to the Saints and to the governments established and to the governments established in the united states in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people I do further solemly swear I do further Solly swear that I will Faithfully that I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly perform and justly perform the duties of Kenworth council president the duties of Kenworth coun president according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability so help me God so help me God congratulations so what the consent agenda sorry about that that's right yeah we are [Music] going this is you this is you the consent agenda all matters listed under the consent agenda will be enacted upon by one motion there will be no separate discussion of these items if discussion is desired that item will be removed from the consent agenda and be considered separately all items will be recorded individually in full and then minutes next for Council consideration is the consent agenda is there a motion to approve motion second motion made by councilman Morrow and seconded by councilman scarice roll call councilman Bo yes Council finella yes councilman J Danel cerno yes councilman Maro yes councilman Piper yes and councilman scarice yes the consent agenda will consist of resolutions 24-4 through 2-58 these resolutions will be approved by one motion all items will be recorded individually in full in the minutes okay there are no ordinances for introduction this evening at this time I'd like to welcome comments from the public um before making a comment all speakers must identify their name and address if anyone has anything to say for the good and wellbeing of korth please come forward and state your name and address [Music] different evening everybody my name is Joe cryan I have the privilege of being the senator for the 20th District which also has the privilege at least in my view of being a part of community I represent I want to take a moment I want to congratulate council president Greece congratulations it's a big honor nice unim this vote way to start congratul thank you sir to go and D congratulations it's a wonderful day when when you watch and you get sworn in and you have a big shot like span so you're [Applause] really we do want to take a moment on behalf of some keano because s Atkins is here just to wish everyone mayor councel and all the residents of the bur a very very happy New Year hopefully a healthy one and one that chose continue progress and Innovation here in Kenworth we want to be part of what helps Kenworth and no matter what side of Island there are or anything like that reality is is we all the same cost the people who work we work for and we want to make sure that whatever is best for people is best for all of us so I want to wish everyone the very best of the new year um we'll see you along the trail and please call upon us in any way you can um I always like to give the phone number 908 62488 don't be shy some folks in kwor they not shot and that's really good please let us be helpful and let us work with you together looking forward to very very wonderful 2025 excellent thank you very much thank you I'd just also like to uh welcome assembly man Atkins as well to the meeting does anyone else from the public have anything to [Music] say good evening gr 3 nor 18th Street first congratulations too Joe and Doug I'm running a very clean campaign God bless you it was actually really nice tonight to see that the mayor actually have the the Bible which is a true sign of unity we are a small town this is not F politics working together we got to accomplish a lot in this a lot in this town I've said to many people there's always things that can get better we can make things better nothing's perfect and I think seeing what I saw appear this evening is going to be a beautiful year for cworth I'm looking forward to do it stay safe God bless and let's enjoy another good new year happy New Year thank you anyone else okay seeing no one I'd like a motion to close the floor for public discussion motion second motion made by councilman fenestella seconded by councilman Mara okay is there any other General business or Council comments I personally would like to congrat rulate uh councilman scures councilman fenestral and councilman Piper and also um councilman Moro councilwoman giodo persono and councilman Bo for all everyone's dedication and commitment here to canorth and being here and doing the work and answering the calls and emails and all the time that you spend and it's appreciated and I'm looking forward to uh working with everyone this year I would like to also welcome dou Piper board as our newest member and congratulate Joe again on his uh third certificate of election so yeah he's have to put addition on for his election and also my fellow council members and mayor with who we have a big year and uh I think we're up for the task I'm very optimistic about it and I think we're really going to deliver uh good for this town I'm very uh positive we can do it as a team and also like to mention uh un County chair Carlos Santos came that was very important and Carlos say no one works or cares more about un County and Carlos he's a hard worker and I'm sure Kenworth can count on him if we if he can help us in any way thank you Carlos thank you well it's getting old and tired but I would also like to congratulate our newest council member Doug Piper returning Joe fella and Savino I'm so happy to see you in that chair sitting as council president here tonight so so uh it's going to be a great year uh Carmen I didn't pick up on the bipartisanship of the mayor holding the Bible but that really happened and I think it is a sign that this is going to be a good year and I know in working with Council woman J Downer on councilman Bo we're going to do great things because we're able to so thank you and Laura you're stuck with us now you just remember you sign up thanks everyone definitely yeah we're welcome we're happy to have you back I'd also like to congratulate savan scarice on being the president Council council president uh dou Piper uh ironically the ties go back to little leag I coached his son and we both coached in little Le and uh things come for Circle and on a satad note um prayers and condolences go out to the people in New Orleans that unfortunately lost their lives and one of the famous presidents Jimmy Carter mhm um y other than I'm sorry you say that but um congratulations thank you thank you Joe for making note of that you always remember those I'd like to welcome you um I think you came in at at a really good time we all are working really well together um I saw a lot of positivity in the last few months and then right up to put together the reorg and figuring out different things and um I think that we have a really good group here that the main goal is to do what's best for the burrow of kennworth and that's what it should always be congratulations Joe and Savino and thank you we're really happy to see it to my left so but uh to the residents of kennworth if you ever need us I know all of us are always out there phone phone calls emails uh whatever uh we're here for you so and we all do really work well together so um looking forward to a good 2025 thank you I'd like to Echo the same thing love dou for years uh I think we did work well and I think we're going to get better I also forgot the big shout out to DPW the police department all the workers here in town mayor councel and everyone that keeps this building afloat um we all do a great job and to you to our attorney and all our legal services and professionals this town is one of the best towns to to live in and I'm looking forward to the next three years great I'd like to say thank you to everybody for their Hospitality tonight I appreciate it and looking forward to working here making our Our Town a better town it's already a beautiful Town pretty much everybody knows me and I looking forward to continuing my relationships and making the better and the mayor and I got to walk walk here together tonight yes we did that my thank you thank you everyone okay I'd like to invite pastor we backup uh for the uh adjournment uh benediction thank you Pastor [Music] R good evening again everyone and it's nice to see how this evening works as each councilman say yes yes yes while they're doing the motion but I know after that there will be conversations some will say no some will say yes but with what I've heard tonight what I'm hearing is your commitment to collaborate to be to cooperate and your commitment to be the channel of God's blessing in this borrow in canward and with that I invite everyone again to be in the presence of God as we conclude the significant Gathering to celebrate the reorganization of our local government here in borrow of kenel wart let us take a moment to turn our hearts To God In Prayer may all the elected officials and citizens of this borrow remember that we are called to let our lights shine brightly in all that we do reflecting God's love and grace in our service to the community as we embark on this new chapter this year may 2025 May our words actions and ideas be guided by the wisdom compassion and a desire to uplift one another and improve our community let let us be instruments of positive change fostering unity and understanding in our conversation May our differences help us discover ways to enhance our service and healthy fellowship may we shine with integrity and courage lead with humility and always seek the common good in every decision we make and in every relationship we will build may we glorify God and all the responsibility big responsibility entrusted to each of you and to all of us may his light illuminate our paths and Inspire us to serve with purpose and dedication as we move forward May the peace of God Reign in this place in this community in your home and family and may his love Hold Us Together May the spirit of God flow to our lives and may his Joy uphold us day and night as we strive to do good for all in the name of the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit amen amen amen thank you Pastor way okay if there's nothing further can I have a motion to adjourn motion second motion made by councilman SC seconded by councilman J orano pno all in favor hi hi good night everyone thank you very much thank thank you [Music] oh [Music] [Music]