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I making this announcement in compliance with the open public meetings act chapter 231 Public Law 1975 laws of the state of New Jersey the bur clerk has prepared a schedule the meetings of the governing body of the burough of korth for the year
2025 the burrow clerk has posted a true copy of the schedule on the Bolton board located at the front entrance of barel Hall and his mail true copy iies of this schedule to the local Source in the store Ledger and is maintaining a copy of the schedule in her office during the year
2025 accordingly the notice requirements of the open public meetings act have been satisfied in regard to this meeting please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance ALG to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God
indivisible with liberty and justice roll call Mayor carich here councilman Bo here councilman finella here Council J person is excused councilman Morrow here councilman Piper here and councilman SES here you have okay motion
to approve the minutes of uh February 5th 20125 and executive session of uh February 5th 2025 motion motion made by councilman uh finella and seconded by councilman Bo roll call
councilman Bo councilman finella yes councilwoman Jer is excused councilman Morrow yes councilman Piper yes councilman scor yes okay I have a proclamation uh this evening we have members of our VFW
here to accept the proclamation the battle of iima 80 years ago whereas the year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the historic Battle of
iima a prival moment in World War II that exemplified The Bravery sacrifice and determination of the United States armed forces and whereas the Battle of iima fought from February 19th to March
26 to 1945 was a critical campaign in the Pacific theater leading to a deci decisive victory for the United States and contributing significantly to the eventual defeat of the Axis powers and
whereas on February 23rd 1945 the iconic photograph of US Marines raising the American flag a top mount Siri Bachi was captured symbolizing hope resilience and the unwavering Spirit of our nation this
image has become a lasting tribute to The Valor of the service men and women who fought bravely on the front lines as well as a reminder of the sacrifices made by countless individuals and families during this tulous time we honor and recognize the courage
of All American servicemen and women who have served our country at home and abroad assuring our freedoms and protecting our way of life and whereas it is fitting and proper that we take the opportunity to reflect on the lessons of History to express our gratitude to the those who serve and to
reaffirm our commitment to supporting our veterans and active duty military personnel now therefore I Linda carage mayor of the bar of kennworth on behalf of the Barrow council do hereby Proclaim February 25th 2025 as the 80th
anniversary of the battle of iima in the barel of korth and encourage all residents to reflect on the significance of this historic event honor the sacrifices of our veterans in witness hereof I'm mayor Linda carage
here unto signed my name officially and cause the Seal of the bar of cworth to be a fixed this 19th day of February 2025 [Music] thanks on behalf of the BFW post
2230 and the Ken with the veteran Center we want to thank the mayor and the council for observing this very special day uh thank you very much we appreciate thank you very much thank you you thank you thank you now we have people on the other
side okay I'd like to move on to the finance report thank you Mar I'm I'm going to take the mic here for a second to thank you for the proclamation my grandfather fought in that war was at eima and I think this story for a lot of korth families when you were an Italian-American fighting in World War
II they sent you to the Pacific and uh there's a lot of famous new jerseyans that went there and we we celebrate their lives and their stories so thank you for doing that it really means a lot I think to the Italian Americans in town to honor this day absolutely okay thank
you um so uh for the finance report uh we do have an update from the New Jersey property tax relief uh agencies from the state they've taken their programs the senior freeze the anchor program and the New Jersey State uh excuse me state New Jersey for senior homeowners program and
combined all programs into applying through one application so that's a nice thing uh all three programs can be applied for once um so if you're interested uh there is information and maybe Laura we can get it up on the town website Ken has a flyer that we can we can get up there so I'll forward that to
you after the meeting today in regard to the finance committee in town we did meet last Thursday with our CFO and our Bor administrator uh we discussed the health of certain items that we know will be in Focus as we're working on the budget uh some of the things that we're going to be monitoring included the
evolving conversations that department heads are having with the CFO on their own budget requests we've got overall costs for things like health care and inflationary pressures on other General goods and services that we're expecting to have to really take a look at this
year uh we're also monitoring the state aid that will be coming from Trenton and I know that Ken will be uh like a hwk watching the governor's budget speech which will be live on February 25th at 3 p.m. the finance department and the committee we're going to be busy working on the budget over the next few weeks
the budget needs to be introduced by by the end of March or by the first meeting immediately after March 31st which for us in town is April 2nd so you're going to see a lot from us coming uh pretty quickly on that topic so that's it for now mayor thank you councilman
Department of Public Works councilman Bo thank you uh the DPW collected and disposed 237 tons of Municipal Solid Waste for a cost of $1,937 um they collected 33 tons of recycling for cost of
$3,430 collected and transported 40 yards of mixed vegetation for a cost of $940 the DPW mailed a 2025 Public Works information guide to all Kenworth homes during the holidays containing all updates and changes to DPW services from
prior years the information guide is posted on the kennworth website for the convenience of kennworth residents spare copies are also available at the tax office and the DPW office the bar received a comprehensive report on the sewer system inspection conducted on
February 3rd uh our licensed operator from Central Jersey pump mentioned that this was the best report he has seen in his line of work we will continue to strive for excellence and full compliance in the years to come and that's all I have thank you councilman Department of
Public Safety councilman fstr thank you mayor um in conversations with the police chief uh earlier um we did uh discuss that the as we mentioned in the last council meeting we are going to put up uh some permanent radar signs at the
West End of the boulevard which uh would hopefully deter some speeding alongside that we do have units out there chasing aggressive drivers and uh checking to make sure trucks aren't driving on the
wrong routes of the burrow um snow removal is I guess we've been lucky this year but we've had a couple of bouts of 2 in or more so basically in a nutshell if you don't know what you need to do if it's snowing park on the even side once
the outside's cleared then you can park on the outside so that the even side can be cleared um we just want the town to cooperate and um we need to get some emergency vehicles down the block and if we can't get the streets plowed it's
going to it's not going to be good so um it's pretty much it thank you mayor thank you councilman Planning and Zoning councilman uh scarice thank you mayor um some things that I don't know we
mentioned last time you noticed the uh by jary property they knocked the building down supposedly there they're subdividing they just supposedly they want just a parking lot at this point the other building next to it supposed to remain um but there is a subdivision of the lot there um last plan board
meeting um Onyx or also known as Nest we approved um the subdivision so they broke it basically the front half is going like around 30 acres in the back remaining is like 70 there was questions about the access and all that but um basically they're still going to be allowed to come in the main entrance and
all of that at this point um there's not going to be any permanent barriers um I help encourage that um we didn't want them they need something else from the planning board we're going to have a special meeting on a 7th cuz we don't want to hold them up we need to get that developed as quickly as possible so I
was very happy uh the board will accommodate and um I don't know if it's a proclamation we needed something and we didn't have it ready that night um so we're going to keep that moving along um was the biggest news and I don't have
any totals of that I'll have that for next meeting that's all I have the report thank you councilman Recreation and fire councilman Piper thank you mayor it's been a quiet couple weeks but with wreck the uh basketball season is nearing the
end the playoffs are about to begin on March 3rd and again to reiterate the Middle School sports tryouts and registrations will be posted soon fers will be sent out through the school emails will be sent through Community pass and the uh information will be posted on the
website and and Facebook page and the Eagle Scout project has begun on the rear storage room and that's all I have to speak thank you councilman uh health education and Welfare councilwoman gardano pno is now
present does anyone have a report okay uh Barrow engineer he's not in he's not he's on vacation I think right in the Caribbean I believe so sand and Beach okay
[Laughter] CFO thank you mayor Finance chairman uh moral had mentioned the governor speech is next week so we we're listening to that uh we really haven't been hearing much about state aid so it's a little
concerning because the programs that they want State wants to get the refunds for uh we understand the state is not doing well so they're going to need to fund that some way and we're hoping it's not coming from Municipal Aid so we will keep an eye on that and uh as he also
mentioned I will be meeting with uh several of the department heads to discuss their individual uh Department's budgets to report back to the committee so next six weeks will be a little crazy but we'll get it done that's all I have thank you bar attorney no report this
evening okay thank you uh Barrow administrator we do have two resolutions on this evening for the bur to join with uh two different Cooperative purchasing systems one is for a um for a purchase the police department needs to to have
to take care of for the uh radar sign the other is to um we can try to expedite the Pilan install over to Mario with the grant money uh we have a liquor license transfer I'm sorry to say the
boulevard 572 is leaving us yeah and but we are gaining Center Steakhouse if anybody's familiar has heard of them before there is one currently in Point Pleasant and let's see we went out for our PS for the
fireworks um only one submitted the other two declined we have the street fair closure on here and that is it for that the only other thing I have mayor is uh for executive session so we'll require an executive session okay thank
you can ask a question on the purchasing agreements um I I noticed that they're pretty open-ended which is the one for the police radar sign is that the by board no the Mars County cooperative okay that's the one I had the question on with the itemized list at the end of what they had there I don't think I
picked up on radar signs but what are we getting out of this it's a $1,200 registration fee to be a part of this is it to make a onetime purchase it's actually going to be they're going to prate it for us so it's a little bit less than that um but there is other we
have utilized that Co-op before yes we have just uh we haven't used it for a while um but we have best use that there's several co-ops throughout the state that to that just a little bit but we need it
again back okay so are we getting out of these when we're not using them do we know that I mean let's do a little dep fee for them to do all theb work that we might not be able to get done or done as quickly they have a
bigger group of people so the prices help so the one time purchase is it worth joining this group for $1,200 is is that our savings I mean I'm going to equate this too I'm going to join Costco to buy a thing of peanut butter and never go back yeah opens up to
several different things the fire department can probably use it it's not just a police department joining a co-op gives the bur an opportunity to use certain venur and uh specific uh services from that group we have gotten Public Works stuff
out of there in the past so yeah I can see the itemized list of what they sell it is pretty extensive and it is very much even DPW P free and stone things like that so what we used them last year few years ago for at
theous that's what I want that's understand it looks like a big expenditure not that big 1,200 bucks right I mean right now we're looking at the one purchase of the radar but that opens up for every other
department yeah of our own work with respect to SEC this is all and that's actually a very important point to make about these gos they have their own competitive processes so they just don't award
contracts willy-nilly so everything that that's on their list has already went through a vetting process and that's why we're allowed to pck you back on top okay that's great so we save administrative costs and you Happ to write up the bids and have them all reviewed and okay that's great and The Bu board
what are we getting from them is this another Co-op to join that is another Co-op there is no uh membership fee for that one and that one is for the installation of the playround over at Mar not the playround sorry the gazebo gazebo okay so we're buying the Gazebo
from them that's what we'd expect we I yeah we're going to get it through them but it's coming from uh kids rec trust monies okay thank you for answering my question sounds like a good thing for us thanks [Music] yes that
all that all so next for Council consideration is the consent agenda consisting of resolutions 25-80 through 2588 is there a motion to approve the consent agenda motion second motion made
by councilman Morrow seconded by councilman scarice uh roll call resolutions 25-80 through 2588 have been approved by one motion all items will be recorded individually and full in the minute councilman Bole yes councilman finella yes councilwoman jur down
personer as excuse councilman moral yes councilman Piper yes councilman scures yes motion passes okay uh next for Council consideration is the ordinance for introduction 20251 ordinance amending and supplementing chapter 57 alcoholic
beverages section 4 fees okay the purpose of this ordance is to set the fees for liquor licenses within the burrow distribution and consumption license or licenses are capped at $2500 by the state of New Jersey is there a motion to approve the ordinance on
introduction motion second motion made by councilman Morrow seconded by councilman scarice roll call councilman Bo yes councilman finr yes councilman Jer is excused councilman Morrow yes councilman Piper yes and councilman
scare yes public hearing and Adoption of this ordinance will be scheduled for March 19th of 2025 [Music] okay is there a motion to open the floor for the public motion second motion made by councilman scare seconded by
councilman Bole all in favor does anyone have anything to say for the good and wellbeing of the Barrow please come forward and state your name and address [Music]
thank you [Music] [Music] okay good evening May C members and members of the
community my name is AR and I am a junior at DAV B High School I am in the as a dis person with
dancing I would like to suppose an idea to the me and cancer to encourage Eng motion for people with a cities in our town
my vision is to organize a natural divers blacking event of natural diversity they have
aure more in commity thank you Arya uh I'm monari we are a resident of kenel work we live at 297 Lincoln Pride Kenworth and uh just to add I'm arya's mom by the way just to add a little bit uh more to what Arya is
proposing uh I would like to briefly provide the rationale and purpose for this neod diverent flag raising event uh the neurod diversion flag raising event aims to celebrate neurodiversity recognizing honoring the contributions of neurodivergent individuals it
promotes inclusion and acceptance encouraging understanding reducing stigma and fostering a sense of belonging for disabled individuals in our town community it aims at educating the public and raising awareness and acceptance about neurodiversity and the
importance of inclusion and lastly among many other positive implications it strengthens Community bonds it creates an opportunity for residents businesses and local leaders to come together in support of disability rights and inclusion to provide some event details
we are envisioning this as a public event at town hall or another central location where the ne Divergent pride flag will be raised organized speeches and presentations by neurod Divergent individuals Disability Advocates and
allies and Community leaders encourage Community participation by inviting Local Schools organizations and business to show their support and it's possible to include uh some optional activities such as educational boots performances or our
displays celebrating neur neurodiversity this event will send a powerful message that our town values neuro diversity and inclusion by embracing neurod Divergence we create a more supportable and welcoming environment for all residents many of
the towns in New Jersey for example brazelle Elizabeth for and boy Jersey City have hosted this kind of an event we request the council's uh Town council's support to make this event a success and kindly ask for approving the event and flag raising ceremony
providing a public space for the event example Town Hall flag pole or by school maybe promoting the event Through official Town communication channels encouraging local businesses schools and Community groups to participate are not end
yeah um by organizing Aion we take a St to meing a more inclusive and we appreciate your time and look
forward to working together to make this verion and thank you for all support and uh sincerely we are a tiari family here but uh in your PR times that I've given you we jointly propose this with
many other families of the town uh just some of them to whom have I to whom we have spoken to and there are many families over here they that I identify as having you know children with disabilities are here to support this um
you know new diversity flag racing event we appreciate your time and consideration to this thank you very much thank you much thank you I think it's a wonderful idea yep and Ario we've been watching
you in the tap into articles and everything you're famous around here thanks for coming out thank you so much oh thank you mayor if they want to leave their contact information with me um I can touch base I believe Muro Divergent
awareness month is in April okay so we can do this in April it would be perfect gives us a month to um can we uh just get your contact information oh you have it we have it okay I should know that okay anyone else have anything to
say can I raise this up you sure can if you can I think there you go good evening everybody and Laura since I haven't seen you welcome back it's great great to see you I'm Charlie Oliva I recite at 135 South Michigan Avenue right here in town and I just I'm here
tonight just to support Arya and and what she wants to do uh just great family and I think you all agree she's an amazing young lady and actually all of the special needs children and young adults in our town are amazing in they way I think the thing that impresses me
most about them is they don't know how to hate they don't don't know how to hate we should all be as lucky yes thank you very much [Music] amen anyone
[Music] else hi Joe galdi 34 North 14th Street um I I'm going to take us in a whole
different different vibe and Direction um I I was at the um the Board of Education meeting the I guess it was Monday and I I asked I asked the uh Board of Ed um how come brly doesn't
have um a Rifle and Pistol team and um I believe it was uh the superintendent he had said that there's um a New Jersey state law against having
any firearms on uh any school properties uh up and down the whole state all right and and I I kind of ran out of time but anyhow um so
what what what my uh whole thing is I would like to see um pistol and rifle uh shooting teams back in high schools um whether they have the firearms on
property or not maybe there could be um public private uh Partnerships with whatever local range is or willing to work with uh the high schools and maybe
have have the student students that sign up for the team go to go to whatever local range and learn how to uh shoot safely and then learn how to shoot in
competition um and also maybe they could work with whatever uh local police departments uh are willing to you know join in on it um and the shooting sports
are are very cool it it's there's a lot of I I don't I don't shoot competitively but um anyhow um it's it takes it takes discipline and training and patience and
doing all of this and if you teach teach the the students that a gun is is is a tool for for recreation and uh self-defense and not something to take
out your your misplaced aggressions out on your fellow students um you know maybe things would turn around and also um we have to make the next the next
Generation proficient and Firearms to the police department whether whether the police use the Firearms a lot or a little bit for the military to protect our country so many other reasons but to
have to have the Shooting Sports and teach the the uh kids uh the discipline and the the temperament and training to do that um I think that would be a great thing
and um probably out time as it is but um oh thank you and if any of the council members want to take this uh magazine it's a newsletter it's um put out by the
jrpc um Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol clubs and there's there's a lot of information about the shooting sports and also the the
um the 2A uh community and the rights and stuff so if anyone wants to take it they can if they don't that's fine and I'm done thank you thank you thank you thank you John anyone
else okay seeing no one I'd like a motion to close the floor for public discussion motion second motion made by councilman scare seconded by councilman marrow all in favor I okay um just some uh General uh
business the uh kennworth Historical Society has a request for Soups On from March 20th 2025 everyone in favor sure sounds good to me [Music] rightor um the senior cater yeah uh and
also uh there's uh the 2025 Tam white garage sale uh usually that's in October we don't have a DAT for that yet but that's coming usually get scheduled um prior to the bul pickup date right so we usually
coordinate that with Sher right right okay I just wanted to make sure everyone was aware of those requests okay um the burrow uh has determined it is necessary to um for uh good to the public kind of stuff um I'd like to talk a little bit about the bulk
as we're talking about it there seems to have been word last year and years prior of eight toilets being out in front of homes and types of materials that are prohibited from being thrown out and collected through the bulk um so I think that as a council we might need to talk
a little bit more about this isn't there something in the ordinance that the pile can't be more than so maybe enforcement of that we hire these outside comp to come in I don't think they're r eight toilet bowls and put them in the truck and we pay the Tage does it make
sense prior to the pickup to have maybe our code enforcement take a little ride through town and if they notice something excessive go knock on the door I think that might help I agree with you we might have to do something with the time
frames of how long they have to respond to the notice you're going to put your bulk out on Friday and then they come up on Monday to pick it up you might be in the area of I didn't have to respond to your notice is there a way uh Mark that we could do that without so they have
obviously this isn't a situation where we have the time to say you know you have X amount of time to to fix this problem could could uh EXA exactly okay so it's the bulk pickup is we have an
ordinance that a certain amount of bulk pickup can be put out right and there people that are uh not abiding by that so the there's people that even you can probably tell not just their bulk but bulk of all their friends and neighbors
and other communities and the whole front of their lawn is filled with debris so obviously that's not put out right before bulk pickup so we could have our code enforce or go around however it would be an immediate like
knock on the door and say this has to be removed now can we do that yeah a notice of violation just just a notice of violation and it has to be remedied okay we go you can't be there can't be a time frame because it could be put out the morning of bulk right there's no weight
limit yeah it could we won't catch that um I mean we could drive around you see one guys might be able to catch the whole on your lawn that's not bulk pickup no it's not that's commercial waste you know I think if you want we can in our meetings actually just
address that I mean maybe you can um put it in your report Pat just to remind people that that's what bulk pickup is it's for it's not for you can't clean your whole house out or your NE your friends and Rel I familiarize myself
with the ordinance I don't know like how how it restricts it is it by volume or is it by the size of the pieces I think it's the size but then also there's restrictions on things like construction materials and other pieces that we do see out it is an enforcement plan I
think right there some contract it really it really comes down to that and I think for many years I've see people put construction material out and I think it's been picked up I think you're right the debris company comes they don't know they're just toing off
whatever's there so I think the uh program is being a little bit abused and I noticed a lot of people put out way before technically the townwide garage show Saturday and Sunday and you're supposed to put out Sunday night for people that had a garage for Shoppers
yeah just so people put out Friday Saturday a whole weekend you kind of need a week depend on what you got well depending on whe Tage and we don't pay the I mean as long as it's the weekend I think the problem is is when it's put
out way early I saw many residents put out up to a week early and then the town looks like a junkyard going through the garbage a constant complaint at the police department for people going through the garbage listen we know the more that they take is the
less for R Us to pay but we do insist when we do see them to be consern uh considerate of the people they taking them from don't leave stuff that right they make them some of them make a mess the problem is is that they'll take what they want but when they move the stuff off the top and throw it in you
know in the middle of your yard it stays there they don't put it back imately we tried to we Tred to of course that we do have uh we we do push for that that's one of our biggest issues when as you said if it's out for a week early uh we get the call so as I go through my
garbage at 7 in the morning or or 9:00 at night and it's this becomes a nu this is how I lost my recycling bin seriously someone came was out from Recycling and someone took it like it was someone took
my portable B basketball right right the M left the base right right right exactly all right so I think we can uh work on that it's good to start the conversation now and early we have another option and
I know uh I don't remember exactly toed with it I know other towns have seven is massive once a year thing like just doing a couple pieces maybe a month or so like other towns do would that be more cost effective and definitely would cut down on this you wouldn't be able to
abuse it so much problem be is finding a contract who's going to want to come out take once a week once a week would be more beneficial for a contractor but I've been having conversation with our own contractor about that and he says I'm not going to do once a month okay we
just take it once or twice a year ourselves if it's that small amount we could probably handle it ourselves other towns also have quantities like regardless of size four five 10 items yeah we we could say one per month or two
right you there's many different options you guys can go through that'll take too long to discuss tonight um if you're going to restrict volume you're better off doing it by number of pieces rather than the size of the pile or the weight that's what I'm
saying they I know in Union my grandfather was there was number of pieces and they had things they would take you know what are the number of pieces um I think they every Monday they do three and it couldn't be larger than 4T or something like that what they would take
bulk items like it was an old cabinet or something but you only have three pieces so you couldn't put a mass like you have a construction project the contractors ain't going to hold on to their junk that long and it'd be more targeted I think for residents with the true is what it's targeted for not for someone
like you said bringing you know fill up your entire front yard with stuff cuz there one massive bulk I don't even know it might be more C effective instead of hiring an outside vendor paying them 60 80 grand and we could like I said do it ourselves I mean I'm Happ to discuss that those options at a committee
meeting where we can spend an hour or two discussing it something or more than one committee meeting but yeah there's there's a lot of options out there just what you're willing to agree to on behalf of the residents most get getting
everyone have a few so I have to hold on to my garbage it's almost like I have big enough property what are these alternatives to fall I mean we do it once or twice a year what could we do little more I know everybody was upset about the one bulk last year and what else is there it doesn't have to be the
same Hammer we have the nail with so Mr boy would you be willing to have the committee meet and talk about Alternatives that's a great idea Greg yeah I'm sure you got a lot of ideas I have a lot of ideas that I posted with Angela about last year and she mentioned to me um she says in the New Year the
committee meeting is the best way to approach it so I've been holding on to it and for the right time for us to approach that is there any way to get to find out how the people in the town feel as maity sure they'd love extra
bulk whatever I think they would like it I think the biggest complaint about once a year is that you got to hang out of your garbage for all these cou look at yeah I got I got yeah where I put this couch it's been sitting eight months Critters might be living be more sanitary too
know everybody keeping their garbage around especially it's cost effect I like the idea myself but we'll uh let Greg use his expertise he knows maybe he's got some better ideas but we especially saving money that's a win
there a win-win down on cheap recy thank you thank you everyone is anything anyone have any more before we go into executive session they wanted to
discuss um I just like to mention like follow up what bill was saying about eima uh my grandfather had served there not ing but in the Pacific I think you're right I think they just sent all Italians over there uh we did have a relative killed there and um anyone as a marine would know John basone he's actually from Ren because my
grandfather's cousin my great-grandfather grandmother was from Ren and lived here uh most their life think you know they moved out here um so I always knew that story and then eventually I learned what it was it was uh his stories in the Pacific on HBO series he's one of his uh did a bunch of
people stories and he was in that one so yeah e j was significant in many respects absolutely I'm sorry okay okay uh at this time uh The Bar Council
has determined it is necessary to move into executive session can I have a meeting uh a motion to enter executive session motion second motion by Council Mo seconded by councilman Bo all in
favor thank you everyone [Music] oh [Music] [Music] oh
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