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i am making this announcement in compliance with the open public leadings act chapter 231 public law 1975 laws of the state of new jersey the burough clerk has prepared to schedule the meetings of the governing body of the bureau of kennaworth for the year 2025
the burough clerk has posted a true copy of this schedule on the bulletin board located at the front entrance of burough hall and has now true copies of the 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 salute flagg 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 for all roll call madam clerk mayor parlovich here councilman bole here councilman finella here councilman jan perno here councilman mororrow here councilman piper here and council president bice
here present i'd like a motion to approve the minutes of um february 19th 2025 in the executive session of february 19th 2025 motion second motion made by councilman finestro seconded by
councilman um mora roll call councilman bole yes councilman finstrella yes councilman gerard perna yes councilman morrow yes councilman piper yes councilman scurice yes okay i have a proclamation this evening um we
are celebrating the uh burley boy soccer state championship uh coach vincent mcgoen and assistant coach jacob olsich is that right i'd like to invite uh read the proclamation and invite you up to receive
it whereas the mayor and council of the bureau of cameroon new jersey take great pride in recognizing and celebrating the achievements of our local sports teams and on behalf of the entire kennaworth community we extend our heartfelt congratulations to the david burley boys
soccer team for their exceptional performance and victory and the njsia central group 1 state sectional final the momentous occasion signifies the hard work dedication and talent demonstrated by the coach staff led by
coach vincent mcgowan and assistant coach jake olsovich as well as the remarkable efforts of each and every player on the team with records of 1161 the boy the david lil dailyy boy soccer team showed true sportsmanship
and teamwork throughout their incredible journey displaying resilience unity and a strong competitive spirit that ultimately led them to this extraordinary accomplishment their unwavering commitment to excellence not only has brought great honor to our community but
has also served as an inspiration to everyone who witnesses their triumphs and whereas the mayor and council recognized the positive impact that the david purley high school boys soccer team has had on our burrow by fostering a sense of pride and unity among our
residents as well as inspiring the younger generation of athletes to pursue their own dreams and aspirations the achievements of the david willie boy soccer team reflect the remarkable qualifications instilled within the players both on and off the field and
highlight the importance of teamwork discipline and perseverance in achieving success now therefore it be a proclaimed that we the mayor and council of the burough of kennaworth do hereby honor the david bull boys soccer team for their exceptional victory as the
njsiaa central group one state championships in witness whereof i mayor linda carlo here on to sign my name officially and cause the seal of the burough of kennorth to be affixed this fifth day of march 2025 congratulations
to all of you come on [Music] [Music] 11 okay so he goes "yeah this one's competition
you know i don't know who the other person is but i guess they'll be congratulations we have not yet how are you guys coming back next year would you like to say a few words coach as you know man very few words so i'm
not going to uh take too much of your time do want to thank on behalf of of the team and and of course parents i want to thank uh mayor and and the council um and just really the entire community here who have supported us in
just so many ways um this year you gave us a state-of-the-art uh new field to play on and i know i i think i speak for everybody that feels pretty good right so um it's been a great um uh experience for us and uh not only like with field
but with uh we had a banquet and many of our businesses local businesses uh gave us food gave us other kinds of support so that we could have um a terrific night in celebration uh for these guys and it just shows you that it's year after year after year this you mentioned
unity and coming together in in that proclamation i think those are are are words that are just uh very befitting of of this whole thing none of none of this accomplishment happens without the support of a of a caring wonderful community so on behalf of the team we want to thank all the residents of
kennorth who supported us in so many ways so from the bottom of our hearts thank you very much thank you congratulations [Applause] okay one more proclamation unfortunately this is a sad one
it is with great sadness that we gather today to mourn the passing of a beloved member of our community alexander timothy williams chairman of the deacon board of the first baptist church in kennorth alexander timothy williams was born on november 12th 1963 and departed
this life on february 26 2025 leaving behind a legacy of compassion dedication and unwavering commitment to his faith and this community timothy as he was affectionately known was a passionate advocate for the
welfare of his fellow church members his pastor and the church property always placing the needs of others before his own with his motto member first during his earthly tenure timothy made an indelible impact on the ministry of the
first baptist church his family friends and communities leaving a lasting impression on the hearts and minds of all who had the privilege of knowing him his unwavering devotion to the church and its congregation will forever be cherished as he tirelessly worked to uplift and support those in need
offering comfort guidance and a helping hand we recognize that timothy's passing is a great sadness not only to our burrow but also to the wider religious community whereas his kind spirit wisdom and unwavering faith were cherished by
all who had the fortunate fortune of crossing paths with him it it is fitting that we come together to honor his life and express gratitude for timothy's dedication and service to the first baptist church the kennorth community and all those who whose lives he touched
with his kindness warmth and unwavering faith on behalf of the barrow council i linda carloage mayor of the barrow of coworth do hereby proclaim our deepest condolences to the family friends and loved ones of alexander timothy williams during this great time of sorrow and
loss i have here on to fix my name officially and close the seal of the bureau of kennaworth to be fixed the sixth day of march 2025 my condolences to the family okay at this
time i would like to invite mason up uh to uh present his eagle scout project good evening guys thank you for having me my name is mason dangle and i'm a life scout in the kenwork 83 today i'd like to present my scout surgery project
which focuses on renovating the storage room at the kennorth senior center the existing space while functional has become overcrowded and difficult to manage the wooden shelving and cabinets have deteriorated over time making them both inefficient and potentially unsafe
for our seniors to use as someone who regularly helps my grandparents with various projects i understand firsthand the importance of having an accessible and wellorganized space for our seniors in this community i've proposed solution involves a complete transformation of this storage area the project will be
executed in several phases first we'll remove all existing cabinets and shelving units then we'll install new modern storage solutions including metal file cabinets 6 ft of countertop space and 8 ft of new wall cabinets what makes this project particularly important is
its direct impact on our senior community currently many items stored in this room are practically inaccessible to the seniors who need them most the new design will ensure everything is within safe reach and properly organized making event setup and daily activities much more efficient i'm excited to lead
this initiative and would be happy to answer any questions about the project's details timeline or implementation plan thank you thank you very much this is amazing thank you appreciate it very much is there um is is everyone on
council in favor of the project yes sure yeah we need a roll call i don't know if we do no we just need a consent just consent all in favor i i any okay i'd like to move on to the finance
report councilman marorrow yes thank you mayor i leave the gentleman in the back wuang is forever no question all right sounds good so my report anyway um last meeting we informed everybody about the work being done on
the budget we are still working on the budget uh just as a reminder the budget has to be introduced by march 31st or our first meeting uh meeting immediately thereafter which is april 2nd so our current focus is on the budget at last
uh meeting we did mention that we were watching the governor's speech for the state aid call out uh it was announced and the local state aid will be treated as the same amounts as last year so at least we're not losing anything there that's good uh that's it for now thank you councilman
department of public works councilman bole thank you the dpw recently mailed the annual municipal tonnage reporting survey to all counterwork businesses the data collected from this survey is used as part of our annual municipal
tonnage grant application to the state of new jersey this then leads to future grant funds being allocated to the burrow for various recycling projects and recycling expense offsets during february 2025 the department incurred follow the following
time off 139 sick hours 32.5 vacation hours and 16 personal hours during february of 2025 the department incurred 332.75 hours of overtime out of that time 185.75 hours were of overtime was
um attributable to snow removal and the recurring bills of february have not yet been received and that's all i have thank you councilman department of public safety councilman finestrella thank you mayor uh for the month of february uh
countless pd reported 955 calls for service and 147 911 calls there were 82 hours of overtime for the month 48 48 hours for scheduled patrol overtime and 12 hours
for dispatch overtime detective bureau investigations had 5 hours and detective bureau calls out for 15 hours kpd completed 592 hours of training for the month including arrive firearms
usert and various other classes kennd issued 28 traffic summones and had 14 arrests for the month there were four sick days and one sick occurrence there were zero ojl days on the job injuries
uh ca k kpd received 208 total flock hot list alerts from the stationary cameras units responded to 21 high priority flock alerts um a message from the chief uh february is quickly coming and gone and
the weather is slowly changing children will be playing outside kenn is requesting everyone to take their time driving please stop for pedestrians trying to cross the roadways safe driving starts with our own residents
please contact the conwood police department directly to notify of any complaints or nuisances posting on social media does not constitute an official complaint about an issue my supervisor and i always make ourselves
available to speak to our residents we had been addressing the traffic issues in town including speeding truck traffic and parking we are a small department and are attempting to fix these issues soon you will
see permanent radar signs on a boulevard in the near future as well as more progressive driver and speed enforcement details by our officers i recently attended another local town meeting residents from that town wrote to their council members
about their traffic issues i was happy to hear that kennorth has named the town in union county to be to use as an example of good traffic enforcement the nice weather also brings bad crime to ensure your vehicles are locked and nothing of value is and
everything anything of value is out of the car and not in open enticing actors to try to enter your vehicle that's all i have thank you councilman yeah definitely slow down on the boulevard that's great
yeah it's great thank you planning and zoning councilman scarice thank you mayor um a couple items i'll save for at the end of the meeting but for as far as planning and zoning uh i've got a problem my email's not really i haven't gotten any feedback from the building
construction departments um but what can i do from memory that um 320 north 21st street is moving forward uh subdividing of the lot to make two uh other houses they were two alike at first new plans um they're a
little differentiated which corresponds with our zoning and the big thing on um february 27th we got the proclamation through for the next is it what should we call next or onyx onyx development onyx um they needed that so they could proceed with the uh subdivision which is
critical for them um to further develop that lot so uh we didn't want to hold them up with that so waiting uh they're going to be building a database uh we still hasn't passed through the board but we've seen preliminary plans um because it does have its own power plant
and so they're going to probably update that and so that's a good thing um there is um in front of the holiday again proposal for another storage area there's a big empty space there um this still has to pass but i seen preliminary
plans for that where is that kennorth by did i say holiday it used to be the holiday blast from the past and i knew what you meant yeah yeah if you know just like you say uh amp you know where it is um anyway so yeah the
kennorth end there's a big empty lot there's proposal for that still has to pass but something there which is good maybe it's just kind of dead space maybe that would be all right uh that's all i had for uh planning and zoning at this time okay thank you councilman
recreation and fire uh councilman piper thank you mayor uh there's no nothing to report for recreation this month meeting for the month of february the fire department responded to 31 calls there were three carbon monoxide alarms an
elevator rescue nine fire alarms five first responders three medical lift assists five motor vehicle accidents two mutual aid responses to to rosel park one training and two water flow during these
incidents the fire department traveled a total of 61 miles and utilized 95 man hours the rescue squad responded to 21 calls utilized 102 man hours and travel 209 mi the additional manh hours used during the month of february
administrative 265 stipen 1,32 work detail 4 building maintenance 60 vehicle maintenance 30 additional fire training 8 and additional rescue training 14 so the protocols for the
month were 55 total miles traveled are 270 and the total manh hours used was 100 1,880 that's who i have thank you councilman health education and welfare councilwoman giardano perno thank you
mayor i'll start off with the library we have um a special event with a local author um alisandra cas caserano who wrote a book a children's book there's more to me and i got an email from a
friend of hers um to tell us that she wrote this book and evidently she's living on the west coast now but uh the library director was able to arrange to have her come and she's going to do a reading and a meet and greet on march
8th at 10:30 it's more appropriate for um ages say four to 10 but i think it's a great thing that we have a local author um who is published and coming out special to um launch her book at the
library so that's march 8th 10:30 a.m on the 10th there's a special craft workshop from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m and uh the cursive writing i really encourage everybody if they could get their
children into the cursive writing class i think it's really important just my opinion um we have a lot of old historical documents that if you don't know how to read cursive writing you'll never be able to understand or read the declaration of independence so and they
say it's very popular it's on tuesdays uh march 4th 11th 18th and 25th at 5 to 6:00 p.m and uh they added on saturday a couple of toddler time uh
events for uh young children and there's a special new jersey makers day event on saturday march 22nd from 10 to 1:30 it's an open house all different activities
um hands-on activities and crafts and different things um for children to learn about uh specifically from new jersey um inventors and then of course read to a dog on march 25th but i
encourage everybody to call the library uh there are so many events going on different times different age groups so the phone number is 908-2762451 for the board of ed the mayor and i attended a meeting on february 26th with
the board of ed finance committee to discuss um the possibility of some state funding cuts like we had last year hopefully not and to really include us with how they
go about um orchestrating their budget planning every little detail and we're very forthcoming and appreciative that we took the time to sit with them for almost an hour so that they could explain their process and how they start
from ground zero every year and really cross their eyes and dot their tees um with the budget for the board of ed but there is a public meeting on tuesday march 18th at 700 p.m in the conference
room at the high school and i urge everybody who is concerned and has questions to go it is open to the public you are able to ask any questions get answers um so again that is tuesday
march 18th 700 p.m the health department uh we have been discussing staffing changes uh within the health department to get better coverage and um possibility of moving
the health department into burrow hall um that's in the preliminary stages and moving the um construction department to the board of education i mean i'm sorry to where the health department is but
that is something that we are all in the works of putting together to make sure that that is a seamless transition and the goal is to get better coverage for the residents of kettleorth and also to be uh budget friendly ly with uh
staffing costs uh we'll i'll keep you posted as that moves on as far as the senior um center they have or had a migra i saw the masks that the seniors made and i know this was
um monday but it it was when i saw everything that they put together they really uh probably had a great time the next event is uh monday the 10th there's egg and bunny decorating and of course ceramically
yours on march 14th um in garwood and the health nurse will be there checking free blood pressure blood sugar on march 24th and that's all i have right now um
and our senior director just walked in shirley maxwell i tried to cover all the great events you have and i highlighted the um the migra those masks were great i'm sure they had a good time um but the
number to the senior center is 908 this doesn't seem right to me oh no i'm sorry this is the number for the shuttle and for some people that don't realize how often that shuttle is out
and the hours of operation it's monday wednesday friday 10 to 2 and that number is 9088684180 but the number for our senior director is 908-2761716 of course we know that's shirley maxwell uh give her a call
there's a list of activities going on at the center and that's all i have thank you thank you councilwoman brow engineer question mayor um only a couple things to go over um the municipal sidewalk is obviously ongoing and the only other
thing that's going on right now is um was contacted by the new jersey american water um there seems to be some low pressure and some discolored water for part of kind of boy terrace and i have a pre-construction meeting with them
tomorrow to go over um probably placing a line there christian on the sidewalks is there an eta and when that's going to be done okay assuming the weather is going to stay nice now for march how long are we
expecting probably hopefully by the if it if it's like tomorrow it starts uh getting nicer by a few weeks okay what about the sidewalk the replacement of the sidewalks that were ruined by the utility company um i'll have to get back
to you i'm not i'm not sure that okay i know they were supposed to but i don't have a date for that yet okay i do know that tony got them to commit to the money right so that was huge so i'm hoping we get on his schedule and he just can go right down good i guess the
weather's got a break for that too but that's something i think that's the same contractor is it okay so are do they know about doing the sidewalks on the other side of the street they do okay so everything should happen then around the same time good because we get a lot of complaints about let's uh let's try to
get them to move on that appreciate that so we can have them looking nice this summer great thanks gre thank you okay burrow attorney um nothing other than uh the ordinance that will be introduced to just a point on that when
we get to it okay thank you uh admin third administrator i just wanted to um shout out to the cfo he's not here this evening because he's attending his son's governor livingston high school fencing banquet as uh he's having a very proud father moment right
now because his son received his varsity letter as a freshman so congratulations ken yeah congratulations um a few updates so for the street fair which is scheduled for may 18th i did submit the request for the road closure with the county of union i also
submitted a request for the band uh the bandwagon for the stage unfortunately the w the bandwagon was already um committed to another community but luckily our good neighbors in union township are allowing us to utilize theirs for the street fair uh also we
sent the request into the board of education to utilize the loop because we're going to continue the car show um let's see the local recreation improvement grant progress report was submitted uh and i submitted two union county infrastructure grant applications
one for the dpw clean water vehicle wash facility uh the appropriate wastewater collection oil water separators and treatment systems will be in place improving the efficiency and operations optimizing our workforce also by meeting uh the new jersey department of environmental protection standards and
implementing proper wastewater treatment measures we will prevent harmful pollutants from entering the environment protecting local water sources and maintaining uh ecological balance another application that was submitted for a grant was for the um kennorth police department detective bureau
building the ada ramp the existing ramp is deteriorating we really do need to replace it so the grant was submitted to replace it with lowmaintenance recycled materials to create safe passage for individuals with disabilities the use of eco-friendly materials will demonstrate the department's commitment to
sustainable practices and reducing the carbon footprint associated with infrastructure development also i did have a brief update for executive session however i'm still waiting some uh for some additional information so i do not have any this evening okay thank you c can i i just thought of something
for christian on the heels of and i was thinking about it the um may 18th street fair they really need to get these sidewalks done everything before that like you you don't want to have open
sidewalks or machinery around and having a street fair agreed with yeah so maybe if they're aware of that is like i know may 18th sounds far away but we're ready in march
i'll bring it up thank you that's going to make it tight with bidding we're not we have the the same people are doing it that's already awarded yeah i i don't i'm not 100% sure of that but i
believe there it's actually being redone so they were done and then the utility company destroyed them i'll talk to brand new sidewalks i'll talk to ken and tony okay is it possible to like contact them before we pave so they wait
till we get we pave the road you figure they can coordinate you guys plan on anything before we uh happy to be here i'm not going in concrete are over they have a great uh way of uh opening
up roads right after they're redone so yeah is there any way is that is that the engineer like um just to see because yeah we wait to pave the road we finally pave it and they tear it up and we got away from the fix it it just seems like a waste of time we had a lot of roads on
during our road jobs that we did and a year 6 months later the gas company all of a sudden has a new project so it's it's very hard to like get out we send we send the plans to them like months in advance and sometimes a year later it's
a new project so it's kind of difficult so we we do our best we do our best okay and they now have to cover the whole road now right not just patchwork that's right so is there best interest as well
sorry i didn't mean to jump in but i was thinking about that is that all do you have anything that's all i have um next for council consideration is a consent agenda consisting of resolutions 25-90 through 25-95 is there a motion to approve the consent
agenda motion second motion made by councilwoman gardana perno seconded by councilman skiris roll call resolutions 25-90 through 25-95 have been approved by one motion all items will be recorded individually in full in the minutes councilman bole yes councilman
finestella yes council gear down yes councilman morrow yes councilman piper yes and councilman scurries yes motion passes next for council consideration is an ordinance for introduction 2025-02 adopting amendments to chapter
120 land use part 3 zoning article 23 to permit houses of worship as a permitted use in the commercial zone district and to amend bulk and lot regulations for the sea commercial zone and to establish certain design and site requirements for the commercial zone okay purpose of this ordinance to it is to amend land use
chapter 120 article 23 permitted uses and zone district regulations in the commercial district commercial district is there a motion to approve ordinance 2025-02 on introduction motion second motion made by councilman skiri
seconded by councilwoman gioano perno roll call councilman bole yes councilman finestella yes counciloman gardo perno yes councilman mororrow yes councilman piper yes and councilman sces yes ordinance 2025-02 will be scheduled for public
hearing and adoption at the april 2nd 2025 council meeting at 6 p.m okay i'd like to open up the uh floor to the public oh would you like to share yeah i just want um so just so every since it's a zoning ordinance it'll go
to the board for uh for review um i would also note there is a one of the additions um is to add also pet daycare facilities as a permitted use which is attached to subsection
10 in section two of the ordinance rule number 11 um so pet daycare facilities um obviously in the event that there's any change the ordinance could be amended between now and final adoption um the anything i
would say to that you know line item uh some thought should be given as to whether that should also be kennels um and or grooming facilities and things of that nature or if it's subsumed within that if that's the intent or not um just you know it says veterary offices and
pet daycare facilities so pet daycare facility would that also include a kennel um you know does that include overnight i guess you know that's just food for thought because i do know that elsewhere in the in the code prohibited uses and i believe in home occupations
it talks about grooming and grooming facilities and kennels um so a pet daycare facility could it could be strictly a daycare facility it could have overnight uses so just you know food for thought as it moves through uh
there could be a line item amendment between now and then to clarify that if that's you know necessary or not just something to keep in mind well i think it's we should clarify i i would be in favor of broadening it is it okay to say something like pet service facilities to not lose something
like kennels and blow dry bars for dogs that don't exist now but could be a business in 5 years you could say some pet daycare facilities and kind of ancillary services or something you know including how about just saying pet daycare facilities and kennels i think
that's fine but now what about washing the dog and stuff like that well that could be uh could be a service in the daycare facility right yeah services or something i'd rather go with something like that to do it as catchall and it's just strictly to pet
services i mean we're not we're not talking about adoption agencies and things like that are we correct oh no no no no no no all right so this is where i'm trying to draw the line to being broad but to bring something up and work when we have
a discussion into you know grooming kennels and ancillary services which you know keeps it to the extent possible tightly centered around the pet you know daycare facilities and kind of the minded common place the associate other
uses makes sense so you're saying pet stores still good is that no pet stores are not no that would just be wherever they are in the sense of a you know like i said would be a k9 resorts you know
that's a care facility they also do overnight so that's why bed and biscuit there's one down the shorts so exactly so that that's kind of why the that that they would kind of tie together if they wanted to have a doggy hotel going on vacation correct yeah
that that's kind of yeah we would allow that why not in a commercial zone why okay okay i would like to open up the floor to the public can i have a motion motion second motion made by councilman morrow seconded by councilwoman gardano piserno all in favor i does anyone have
anything to say for the good and well-being of kennorth please come forward and state your name and address charlene 38 south 24th street senior program director at the kennaworth senior center um also president of the
kennaworth historical society and alliance coordinator i want to just thank you all so much for the interest and support that you have shown for all three entities which i represent
tonight especially the senior center thank you uh councilwoman gardano for telling about all that's going on at the center thank you so much laura for putting mason's project on the agenda he's been working on this proposal for
quite some time and it took a while to get through all the council chambers at the at the boy scouts they had to go through a lot of different challenges to get approval so appreciate it he only has 30 days to complete his project at
this point before he turns 18 and that's the requirement for the eagle scout you have to do it before you're 18 so so thank you so much for hearing his proposal we're very excited about it uh with all the activities and programs
that are going on at the senior center now it's open five days a week for classes as councilwoman geodano has told you about um we have arts and crafts classes now thanks to uh nancy lamo a
resident artist who donates her time to give those classes twice a month to the seniors and we have our lunch and learn programs we have the need for storage for all those supplies so this is a project that is of great importance to
us and we thank you so much for approving it of course thank you i think it's going to be great i don't want i don't want to i i was out in the hallway talking with mason on scheduling and i i didn't hear everything that you had
reported on uh councilwoman but i just wanted to be sure you're all aware that the union county surrogate christopher hudac is coming to the senior center next tuesday for a lunch and learn
program he's going to be uh talking about um the future um preparing for the future with will's guardianships uh things of that nature and also estate planning he's going to be uh talking
about the duties and services of the union county surrogates office so we're very we're very thrilled that he's coming there and i just wanted to be sure you were all aware of that it's tuesday at 11:30 we start with lunch as
with all our lunch and learn programs and then he'll be making his presentation at 12 oh that's nice and then um shirley yes i had that as april 22nd on this so i'm glad you did that's why i
didn't mention it so i'm glad you yes it's the lunch and learn with christopher hubac is this coming tuesday the 11th okay so it was different on this flyer that i had so i'm glad you
clarified that because that's important but you know it's it starts under the heading it's kind of hard to put everything on on the one sheet so it starts up at the top uh it's called
setting your intentions okay so i was thinking that was a virtual museum tour because it's on that line no and okay now i know how to read your flyer better no i i missed it okay april 22nd is our
downsizing and decluttering okay we can all use that i have to tell you um then on march 26 did i don't know if you had seen that
one because i just put it on a flyer for march that no i don't understand you yet but on march 26 a representative from the state of new jersey is coming to the senior center at 9:30 to give a
presentation on the changes to the new jersey property tax relief program the senior freeze the anchor program and the state new jersey program are all all now part of one application so it's all different and
thanks teresa wood and jill uh good at the tax department we were able to get a state representative to come and talk about this so it's open as with all the programs and activities we offer at the senior center they're all free of charge
and uh to seniors both in kennallorth and yugan county age 60 and over and that's a program that we already have more than 30 people signed up for because seniors are very very concerned about these changes and how they go
about applying uh for these programs so um again that's on it's on a wednesday march 26th from 9:30 to 11 okay shirley nothing was mentioned supan is that still scheduled
the 20th yes thank you the historical society is having that and thank you also for approving of that on um march 20th what time that's a thursday from 6 to 8:00 p.m thank you and you're all
invited to attend that if anyone would like please let me know thank you to be our guest um also i wanted to ask for approval mentioning the street fair last year we
had the senior arts crafts and photography show on the same day as the street fair we opened the senior fair and i wanted to ask if it would be okay with you if we did that again this year
absolutely i thought it was great i'd love everybody coming in and out yeah it was very nice and this will give since we have so many more arts and crafts to display now it'll be an opportunity for seniors to
show off their their work and also hopefully some will want to sell some of their work right now we have the beautiful councilwoman jerano mentioned the um marty gr masks that everyone made
in the arts and crafts class that they uh showed off at our marty gr party this past monday and they're all displayed upstairs in the senior center and will be so through the end of this month so if you have time and would like to stop
by and see them they did a phenomenal job and nancy lamro she's great she comes up with such wonderful ideas for for the arts and crafts program so thank you thank you very much thank you for everything thanks question shirley uh
can you pay the door for this soup so you got to sign up ahead of time oh it's advanced reservations so if you'd like to go just let me know okay anybody would like to go thank you sher one other question um i know how to see it was and it's much
better now regarding storage is there is it uh you guys co-mingle with the club now or because that was a big thing years ago couple years ago does it matter now because that was their room every space is everybody's space all right good back to where it should be
good yes and it's a happy place that was i promised when i took on this role a little over a year ago that that would be my goal to make it a happy place for all seniors and anyone who comes in and
you did an amazing job yes thank you thank you anytime you'd like to stop by i know you all work during the day but um anytime you'd like to stop by you know we love to have you thank you thank you thank you
okay anyone else okay seeing no one i'd like a motion to close the floor for public discussion motion second motion made by councilman fenestro seconded by councilman scarice all in favor
[Music] i think there's like there's two things i just wanted to bring up um if we anyone had any more thoughts about the uh neurode divergent flag um and ideas about that
tony shouldn't it be at the school would be more appropriate you think um i i don't know well i mean that particular one they weigh in on it they would have to go to the school then if they were going to do
it there that would be up to the school to the problem is you open this door never there there's new flags all the time and it gets a little silly you can't deny anyone in fact that was clark and some other burrows uh they have they say look
we're just flying these these regular state flags maybe some military flags and just avoid the whole scenario because it is true you got devil worshippers think everyone's got a day and some you agree with maybe some not but it's like is this where we want to
be what if they i not they would i mean personally there's no problem with that if they push back and say well you put the pride one up but why can't you no that'll be going through just just american flag cuz it's all inclusive everything else is special interest flags aren't we already down that road where
we've allowed for non-government flags to be flown doesn't mean it's right doesn't mean we should continue but i'm saying continue down the road well maybe i'll ask dustin we've already so don't we open ourselves up to almost having to accept a non-government flag request to be flown because we do it
we've done i i wouldn't say we do it we we've done it last june june before so are is the bed made mayor well i think it's it is probably a speech issue i think you'd have to look at everyone equally every you know everyone that wants to fly not that they want to fly a
flag but that would like you know put the flag up there in the same vein um you know if the reason for there's a reason for not doing so that's valid you know that's that's fine um but to your point yeah picking and choosing amongst
just i don't want to call them special interest groups but of different ideas and thoughts could subject the bureau to liability as it moves forward so the ship is the ship is sailed potentially not not knowing you know everything that's transpired i would say
that you know if you know what absent the american flag the state flag and you you know those if you're going to allow other you know other flags to fly and other things of that nature you have to look at them all through the same light um and if you're going to you know if
two things look the same you know and one is allowed and one is not it would beg the question of why the other one is not being permitted you know obviously if there's a valid reason for it you'd be fine but it does open up you know potential questions or potential
liability in the long run so it's do one or do all you have to do them all and believe you you got no idea how many there are open that box already so the box to do them all is already open i say we do this one and then revisit this issue if we want to fly government flags
we'll pass an ordinance for that now but without it i i don't see how we can say agree i think you also mentioned limited to one week i think it was supposed to be two weeks three weeks it could it can stay up just for whatever amount of time that we decide okay so we should let
them know that we're going to move forward and then we're going to have to figure out i don't know who wants to spearhead this if they're bringing the getting the flag or we're getting like what the deal is we're going to have to put it together i
thought did you have something you were about we have a flag pole right now presently i was just going to say uh with all the work that is going on in front of headquarters incorporating a third flag pole specifically for because of that because uh our main flag pole
should only be the american flag you should not be flying anything flag etiquette is very important to me i'm a military veteran uh i have no problem you know you want to put another poll someplace else but on that poll up front i take it personal and a lot of veterans are not just in county work throughout
the nation that poll should be specific to that if you want to find another flag around the pole that's great if you want to understand the pole was supposed to be we have two polls flag polls right now right one is for the memorial for the 911 that should not be touched another one is for the the
burrow flag pole should be the flag and the b flag underneath that if you're going to fly an additional flag that was the whole reason why you're discussing why the poll but that's not there right now it's not there right now it'll be at the end of the completion of the portal sidewalk project be located well when
over here when will that be completed do we know well that's when they project so could i could i this is in april question i didn't that's what i was going to ask this is in april maybe because we don't have any ability to fly
anything right now maybe the school will take it this year which gives us time to regroup and think about moving forward with all different flags but it's possible let's say if we
did do this the end of april if the flag pole is installed by then and i have to believe that it will be christian can you check with the uh vendor i hope we'll revisit this at the next meeting and because we can always do it
we the end of april right i mean it doesn't have to necessarily be i think the school is more appropriate i mean she being a student and the kids that's was really supposed to inspire i think i i didn't yeah it says to be determined so i didn't know when this is her
presentation only it for a week it doesn't really matter right like we can do it midappril or that's the problem too so lot we don't have a poll we don't know when the poll's going to be cuz if we get a free polar vortex again in antarctic weather we're not getting the
poll until may and we don't have a poll it sounds like we should be going to the school or they should be going to the school we don't have a poll would you be doing this and i 100% agree we should regroup and figure out what we do with all the flags okay so let's um maybe reach out i don't know if you
want to reach out and ask them if they want to bring this being that we don't have a flag right a poll right now um if we can if it it can happen at the school and we can always have a conversation with them if we have the poll and it's
done and everything's done at burl hall as well does that make sense i think so me it's more appropriate for us to make like proclamations or things and then you could flag something there it look a lot of these things not necessarily this one but some are polarizing some people
are going to like it i mean so it's like why continue this just you know one and you know it's not the polarization which continues which one american flag just like it used to be and not because there's like you said everyone's making new more flags they
overlap the dates so so now you got to put in more flag polls you know cuz they they overlap there's a lot towns there's a lot more flags they recognize a lot more things in here so this is like just the tip of the iceberg is what i'm saying so like like you said
if we start doing it now you can't say no you know you can't you know you can't no matter what it is well i think we're going to address what we're doing we started already so that's not starting right we're going to have to address this it's going to need to be addressed it
it's really like not to not to belver the point but it is it's a it would ultimately be a speech issue so you can have reasonable limitations on time and place which is why you know you could say you know that display is reserved for things of that nature without
getting into the you know the analysis of what speech is permitted and what isn't you know there are certain limitations on you can't incite riots and things of that nature so there there are limitations but you know i i think it seems like a valid reason you know
there's there's not a the place where the town normally would display things of this nature is not currently available and it's unknown when it'll come to fruition just given the work project um so i think it's obviously a valid reason to to you know ask if there's another alternative and then
moving forward you know once once the flag pole is is up and running um you know considering you know if the bureau does want to take steps to you know institute some reasonable time and place restrictions you know that's something it could it could look into and at the very least just looking at everything
you know equally as they come in and also april wasn't firm that we just decided that because of the month but she diversion awareness month she approached us like eight months ago first about it so she wanted to do it back then we'll know if it matters but
april april is the appropriate one but so then we have to decide are we putting in a third flag we are putting in we are putting in the flag pole that's going to kind of work over there so okay all right the next thing i want so
going back to some history um when i first got on council there was uh you know everyone knows about these puppy mills um and the stores where you know we all
know where they come from so i'm going to read this letter i had met this guy about six years ago maybe seven now um and he had come here and done a present had put a presentation in front of council uh for us to pass an ordinance
now that is you know to ban the sale of dog puppies uh in kennoworth and it was really contentious because we had all the people that were um you know in support of that here and we also had you know a pet store owner on route 22 who
was obviously very much against it um so now we're moving forward uh 7 years later and i'm going to read the email that he sent me and now they're asking just for a resolution uh to support this so i'm not sure where
everyone's at so i just wanted to get some feedback um he's writing to me because there's an an opportunity for counterart to block the puppy mill pipeline from sending the puppies born from cruelty and neglect to sewers there is a state bill in trenton uh the humane
pet store bill that would if passed end the retail sale of dogs cats and rabbits in all new jersey pet stores it would be as if every new jersey municipality passed an ordinance what i'm asking from you at this time i think is far less
problematic than an ordinance is to pass a non-binding resolution stating its support of the bill he's attached a copy that cranford just passed uh right now there are 13 uh union county towns that have passed and as of this writing
hillside and summit were also passing uh this resolution or um so basically i just wanted uh they're focusing in union county like he said 13 union county towns have passed a resolution he's expecting those two more so i just
wanted to put it out there to see uh how everyone felt about this um i could send this copy of this resolution around if everyone wanted to take a look at it um is there a assembly bill or something i'll put it to you right here uh yeah
it's bill s2511 slash a4051 okay and i can i can uh send this uh resolution around to everyone just take a look at it and sort of get your idea how you feel about it and once you're supposed to buy oh okay i'll send it i'll send it to laura and laura will
send it around to everyone okay so your bank if you can't sell or buy and sell dogs or cats how you supposed to get one i got to drive out of state somewhere and get one because it seems a little ridiculous well i bought my my dog here was fine i don't know well the problem
is is where they're coming from these puppy mills which are really awful yeah it really is puppy mill is but is that every story i don't know is it is it a certain change um it's i can't really i'm not going to really speak on what i
don't know so i know that um you can go to a reputable breeder to buy a dog you don't have to go to a pet store so i think that's where the problem go to the humane society where or you can go to the shelter even better a lot of puppies
are out there yes we have two rescue dogs yep yep yep so there are breeders that people would be able to still buy where's where's the nearest breeder oh there's a lot of breeders there's a lot of breeders um make people travel far for just well
no they're right here in jersey yeah they are they are not an hour away hour away if not not even a breeder over by that nursery by there's there's a lot of breeders around but how do you know they're not a mill actually i just pulled this bill up online i think
everybody should read this sabino the way you just said that so eloquently you can't sell the pets at the pet store that's pretty much what this looks like it's doing so i think we should probably all do our own due diligence before we have more concerns about human
trafficking than dogs and cats sold well listen no i think we have a hotel here in town and a lot of rental properties uh so i don't i would just say please do send it around i'd like to read up on this a little bit more yeah basically it's in support of listen we all know
how awful these puppy mills are so you know if we can eradicate them that'd be great i got actually came from virginia it was a petco pets smart one of those we got the paperwork it was from a breeder in virginia but they went through the trouble and brought them up
here i had no problem even the pet store route 22 i won't mention their name but you know they do charge a fee but it's you're adopting the dog and you're you're buying pet store really right so i mean they're not necessarily selling animals this bill the way i just read that summary sounds like it wouldn't
even allow them to do that they would not be able to there wouldn't be pet stores correct there are pet stores but they can't sell dogs and cats that's that's right they would not be white i think you said a mouthful we should all just read it right right everyone should read it i don't know anything about it
okay does anyone oh uh we have this uh are we discussing this uh little league uh the snow removal well before we get there i had a couple things i wanted to mention um before the league yes it's before um i didn't think
it was appropriate like in the middle of reports i don't know so should we save it to the end i think it was better i thought you were in the middle of your report i'm just going for general business and comments discussion um i was asking greg if you um when you get a chance no emergency but the the old
ordinance signs are still up maybe uh just no ordinance signs yeah no i know we're waiting for should be gone operating budget to be placed oh and then once once the operating budget is in place we have um we know how much how much money we have for street signs i
already vendor who's ready to make them you can have them printed up in less than 24 hours all right i don't care about the new signs as much we're out of the season but i'm sorry no i'm just getting the old ones off be good enough you don't need the new signs now and then just put up the new ones when they get in um kind of my thought cuz it's
confusing you keep telling people that and then they look at the sign well look what the sign say yeah i think that's a good idea we don't need them i think i think we're pretty good at it going out to do a removal and then going back out i think what he's trying to do is save on labor well if it saves labor down put
it up if it saves money then it's a few minutes unscrew the sign i don't know i mean greg are you worried about the operational efficiency of sending somebody for a sign to come down no it might save money if it saves money then i don't know if you're saving money it's
just somebody's task during the day beneficial savino like you're saying to remove the sign because it does cause some confusion again i hope we're in march and we're not going to see any more snow yeah i'm hoping yeah i just jinxed it sorry guys no i mean you do you have a sign up there that refers to an ordinance you look it up the
ordinance doesn't exist anymore that's confusing how could you give somebody a ticket for not following the rules if that's the situation so i i i i agree i think it should come down um i wasn't worried about a blank pole sitting on the ground
for like a month or two well i guess we're not i guess we're not um chief scader is there any scrap value maybe the catalytic converters on that scrap vehicle get a few hundred bucks or something these cats seem to they keep cutting them off i figured maybe we maybe get a little something i don't
know two years ago we were told by better auto care that we really shouldn't take it on the highway because the frames brought it through no i meant like and now it's been sitting for two months so the frames brought it through the catalytic converters and everything else pretty much brought it through well take a look i guess maybe if you could
scrap it worth 2,000 or me well lots of foreign cars are worth more than american that's new but that's new the scrap is like probably 100 bucks oh really so you have to borrow a mechanic climb underneath there i figured you guys would never get be cutting it up you know practicing no okay piece of
gold whatever the hell are you you really can't get underneath it okay um one other thing review fees it's come to my attention there's like over 200,000 just sitting there for this other project even though it's supposed to be handled by escro it
doesn't kick in until they have come up to get their permits so they're not coming for the permits because it's not ready to build but that's money left on the table for i don't know how many years it's going to take um so there's a there's a little loophole there i don't know if something to consider if we
should uh going forward ask for review fees because what if they just abandon a project i don't know i think it's a great idea do we keep their escrow but i'm not sure how that works i think that's a great idea so you're in essence you'd be paying upfront for the permits and if you don't pay i think we paid up front and we're supposed to get it back
through the escrow but until they pick up the permits it doesn't it's just in limbo that money is just there this a lot of money because it all has to be calculated you don't know what it is until the project is reviewed so how can you some of it is for something you
don't know no no professionals that have reviewed the plans or whatever you have money in escrow so they can't just take a yeah but it's not doing us any good it's been in escrow for three years but your concern was if they god forbid abandon the project you have money in escrow okay well guess we have that but
again it's in limbo and what if they don't build for another three years i don't know it's just something to think about so it's almost like you realize the fees at some point even though they're still in escrow and i feel like the state does that with our gift cards after two years they take the balance off of it and you have to go get it back so maybe that's kind of how it is it's
two years sitting in escrow we realize it now the money's still there but you can't touch it like you're saying it's in my like i said i'm not an expert at this but my understanding is that it's there it's lin limbo till they get the permits and then the burrow will receive the funds but until they do it's just
stuck in escrow it's doing no good to the burrow so the review fee i think does make sense um at least change the structure of it i'm not just something to think about we'll have to i don't know who you probably have to write an ordinance for that i'd imagine i would think i would think if if we're already talking about fees that are somewhere in
an ordinance already and we would have to amend it and and look at that i would say wants to look at the landl use law make sure it's legal correct and almost every project should be bonded you know at some at some point in time there would be a bond and then if they if they
fail to follow through the action would usually be i mean on the file but it would recover against the bond so you know it might be worth it if you uh know of another town that does something similar to this i was told other towns do but i'll find the exact towns yeah we could probably look and
then see how they're handling it and it'll be a good benchmark for us to consider and like i said if it's you have a contract and then and then it expires what do you do i'm not sure what happens i was just hoping to just get some revenue for the borrower that's
you know i think the project you're talking about i was reporting on that last year as a head of uh zoning because the money was sitting there and we were expecting them to come pick up the permits and it never happened no they haven't yet so it's still sitting there that's what i'm
saying that money sitting there and if we're going to get hit again with the school thing maybe they'll soften the blow just saying if it's if it's do us anyway now's the time i mean uh that's just a thought anyway i'd like to share with the council something to think about also i'd like to remind everyone
um without any smartphones or smart access uh accessories like certain cars automatically spring ahead uh sunday morning at 2 a.m make sure you change your clocks when the best day i love it more sun at night i
don't care how dark is in the morning at night it gets so dark even today with the rain dark at 4:30 oh man may i think you have something with the little league you were about i did the little league lease uh amendment to the snow removal thank you council woman
so is working on an amendment uh to uh to memorialize the there's been a request to have the town of the burrow excuse me provide a snow remove snow and ice removal for the lot that is adjoining to the little league field the lot that i was also has the batting cage
on it um we're looking into it it looks like it looks like there although the property has functioned under the lowly use and the the batting cage were built with approval it does not look like there was of the two leases that either
of them actually captured that lot um so what we'll do with the amendment will be addendum to the lease will be an addendum to the lease for the little leaf field it will bring in that adjoining property which like you say you realistically people in here may not even have known it was a separate block
and lot because it's very small and it's wedged between the field and the dpw so it would be very difficult to the naked eye to even ascertain that the lot between them is a lot um either way so we'll make that and there'll be a short addendum covering the snow removal um
the little league field will indemnify and hold the town harmless for any issues related to that knock on wood there are none um and then that should be good to thank you there used to be railroad tracks that's why it's shaped like that and that there you go that's why you had a thin like yeah because
that lot was significantly smaller than the that was railroad tracks sidewalks too or is that just a given it would be snow and ice removal services for that lot if the if the sidewalk is there i mean yeah i would i would say yes yes
it's actually good always thought it was a bad idea to have rail tracks next to not that they were used often but okay does anyone else have anything no like a motion i just want to say i wanted to say with my report and i forgot thank you greg for um the void
terrorist thing the other day oh yeah the um the recycling people were concerned about the recycling not being picked up because of the closure so greg sent them over there first thing in the morning to recycle thanks greg was that um were we in executive or should we had
been in executive we're not okay i'd like a motion to adjurnn motion second motion made by councilman jod seconded by councilman ble that was a speaker that was a [Music]
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