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I am making this announcement in compliance with the open public meetings act chapter 231 public law 1975 laws of the state of New Jersey. The burough clerk has prepared a schedule of the meetings of the governing body of the bureau of kenner for the year 2025.
Barrel clerk has posted a true copy of the schedule on the bulletin board located at the front entrance of Barrow Hall and has mailed true copies of this schedule to the local source in the store ledger and is maintaining a copy of this 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 to the flag to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God,
indivisibley and justice for all. Roll call. Mayor Carlo here. Councilman Bo here. Councilman Fella here. Councilwoman Dean Perno here. Councilman Mororrow here. Councilman Piper here. Councilman
here. I'd like a motion to approve the minutes of July 20th, 2025 and July 20th, 2025 executive session. Motion second. Motion made by Councilwoman Girardano Perno, seconded by Councilman Piper.
Roll call. Councilman Doyle. Yes. Councilman, yes. Councilwoman Gerno, yes. Councilman Mororrow, yes. Councilman Piper, yes. And Councilman Spur, yes. Thank you. Okay. Like the council uh
Councilman Mora finance report. Thank you. Okay. A few comments on some finance items we will vote on tonight. Uh in your packet you have the auditor's uh note and we have finished and submitted the 1231 2024 audit report.
There is one recommendation that the board of health receipts be turned over to the treasurer within 48 hours of receipt. We are accepting the auditor's report and submitting the corrective action plan report that generally instructs the board of health to turn their receipts over within the 48 hour
period and that this new practice be implemented immediately. Uh we will be voting on this tonight again as part of our consent agenda. The capital bond ordinance is also on for adoption. Uh this ordinance is for approximately $2.3 million of which we have secured
$820,000 in various grants to help complete these projects. Notable grants our town is receiving is 363,000 from the DOT for road resurfacing around town. We are receiving 350,000 from Union County for improvements to our
parks. Another 50,000 from Union County for a new ADA ramp at the police detective bureau and a clean water vehicle wash facility at the BPW. Through the community development block grant, we were awarded 33,500 to replace the windows at the senior
center and 22,000 for the ADA walking path at the Mario Park. Also from Union County is a $4,000 grant for planting of trees. I want to thank our our administrator, our CFO, all the departments and the professionals uh
that are working with our our town uh to secure those grants for the people of Capital. Absolutely. Thank you, Mayor. That's it for tonight. Excellent. Thank you. Councilman Department of Public Works, Councilman Bole. Thank you. So, as of July 1st, the
Kennorth DPW has been servicing Kennorth and Rosel Park as per a recently approved shared services agreement between the two burrows. Feedback from Rosel Park leadership and residents has been positive. Recurring bills for August have not yet been received. Residents who have their regular trash
pickups on Tuesdays and Fridays west of Mur Hall are scheduled for our next pickup on Friday, September 12th. Residents in that garbage zone may put out five bulk items for pickup plus scrap metal. During July 2025, the department
incurred following following time off 176 short-term disability hours, 104 sick hours, 256 vacation hours, and 30 personal hours. During July 2025, the department incurred 324 hours of
overtime. That's all. Thank you, Councilman. Department of Public Safety, Councilman Finestella. Thank you, Mayor. Uh, for the month of July, the Kennorth Police Department responded to 1,139 calls for service and 210 911 calls.
There were 275 hours of overtime for the month. Overtime breakdown is as follows. 72 hours of scheduled patrol overtime, 86 hours of dispatch overtime, 64 and 1/2 hours SWAT call out, 32 hours of
patrol call in, 16 hours arrive program, 2 hours of court, and two and a half grand jury. KPD completed 97 hours of training for the month. Kenn is issued 210 traffic summones and had 11 arrests
for July. There were zero sick days and zero sick occurrences. There were zero OJI days on job injuries. Um KPD received 73 flock hot list alerts
from the stationary cameras and cameras continue to provide an excellent service to protecting the burrow. Uh message from the chief campelli. I'd like to thank this take this opportunity to say how proud I am of our KPD
officers K KFD firemen personnel TPW workers on July 14th along with multiple jurisdictions in New Jersey received an exceptional amount of rain. Flooding was everywhere. You were unable to get in or out of the borrow without a
high water vehicle being submerged. units from the police department, fire department, and DPW were out in full force assisting with flood roadways and other storm related issues in addition to their regular day-to-day duties. I
wanted to acknowledge everyone for a great job well done. Regarding the storms, the public has inquired about military vehicles in our fleet. These military vehicles acquired through the LESO program at no cost to the borrow
were crucial in transporting officers and key personnel throughout the bar during the recent storm. They drove through the unpassable flooded roadways, blocked flooded roadways to prevent other cars from being submerged and assisted residents where needed. With
this program, we can continue to serve the borrow where normal vehicles cannot go. These storms and flooding conditions are becoming increasingly more frequent and I hope to expand the lasso program with the assistance from the burrow to continue acquiring more of these types
of vehicles to support the town. KPD is out conducting traffic enforcement details throughout the burrow. Radar posts are seen on the west end slowing traffic down while parking enforcement is taking place throughout the borrow.
KPD is asking our residents to please slow down and stop for people in crosswalks. Please park in legal spots only. Please contact Kennorth Police Department to report a complaint or nuisance. We can't help if we don't know
about it. That's all I have to say. Thank you, Councilman. Planning and zoning. Councilman. Thank you, Mayor. Um total receipts from the construction department total of $11,285 for the
month of July. Uh Big Duncan corner of Michigan um resolution compliance is complete and uh we finalized the September 23rd meeting.
Um application for home edition on Drive. It's a actually construction. Um front yard fence on North 17th Street is going to have to be moved back because it's in the burrow right away
sidewalk that be memorialized on September 23rd. Onyx uh planning board sub application resolution uh will be memorialized.
All right. Uh same property 2000 Galpin road uh planning board substation application under construction building applications filed. core we've incorporated which is on the onyx property at 2000 G road under construction building applications filed
um property on bull ride a um requesting extension um they still need compliance documents uh so they can't start nothing yet the proposed self storage facility on
the property in front of the Kennorth hotel uh has been uh they moved their application. So, I guess they're not going forward with that. North 8th Street uh multif family uh dwelling
is deemed is incomplete and was waiting for them to submit more paperwork. Um, and 19 Street garage conversion. It's a built-in garage. They want to convert it to livable space. Was a two family application for multif
family dwelling and it was denied on 8th Street. That's all I have to report. Thank you, Council. Recreation and Fire. Councilman. Thank you, Mayor. Tonight, I'll start with the recreation
report. On September 6, there will be an end of summer bash at the Mario Park. There will be food and drinks for sale at the snack stand, and the night will end with the third movie night, and that movie is to be determined. There will
also be a townwide scavenature hunt starting on Friday, September 5th and ending on Saturday, September 6th. Details will be posted on the recreation's Facebook page and uh on the display in front of the rec center and
emailed out throughout community pass by this coming Friday, August 22nd. Also, the homework club registrations are going to be available by Monday, August 25th. and uh chief notified me today and chief
and wanted everybody to know that the carnival was a great success and he wants to thank everybody who attended and helped out and the fire report for July. Okay. During July, the fire department responded to 46 calls. Uh during these
incidents, the fire department traveled 115 miles and utilized 130 man hours. The fire department rescue squad responded to 28 calls, traveled 272 miles, and utilized 155 man hours. Uh
during the month, the fire department and rescue squad completed 32 hours of training. The additional manh hours for July, administrative, 263, stipens, 1426, building maintenance 10 hours, vehicle
maintenance three. So the total calls for the month were 74. The total miles traveled were 387 and the total manh hours were 2019. That's all. Thank you, Councilman. Health, Education, and Welfare.
Councilwoman Gioan Ferno. Thank you, Mayor. I'll start with the board of education. I want to thank Superintendent Davies for giving the mayor and I a tour uh rarely today. We couldn't make the one last week and it's
more beautiful than I could imagine. Um, aside from outside blending nicely with the neighborhood and the existing building, but the thought put into everything inside from the tiles chosen,
the colors, um, the fixtures, it it's just going to be extraordinary. And uh I can't imagine being an a student and a staff member walking in there come September 8th and how excited they're going to be and all the
positivity that that um renovation and addition is going to bring to every student and staff member at Brarley um and throughout our town. I think Kennorth residents should be really proud of what we've been able to
accomplish at Brley in Harding in the field. Um it really is uh setting our our town apart from some of the other surrounding areas. Beautiful job. Thank you. Uh there will be a special board of
ed meeting on August 25th at 7 and then a regular meeting at uh on September 15th at 7. So anybody that would like to come to the public. Of course, the library has two special events coming up in September. Doughnut decorating for
children on Monday, September 15th, and paint night for adults on September 16th. Both require registration. So, call the library and um if you're interested and register and their first
regular meeting will be September 11th at 6:30. The senior center had another meeting for the American Revolution yesterday. Anybody that would like to get involved, there will be regular meetings the third
Tuesday of every month at 700 p.m. at the senior center. Aside from that, the regular lunch and learns will continue through September on September 9th and 30th at 11:30 to 1. And resource day is
Wednesday, August 27th from 10 to 12. Aside from the host of all the other great activities offered at the senior center and the health department um will have an opening uh for employment that
will be posted shortly. Our registar and board secretary um has submitted her letter of resignation but has been very gracious and she will be there until September 26. So, we have a lot of time to really
find the right candidate um to fill that position and um work with uh the other staff members at the board of health. And I want to thank Leani for all her dedication and work uh during her time
with the bur. And that's all I have. Thank you, Councilwoman. Burrow engineer. Thank you, Mayor. Um couple projects going on right now. Um they actually start saw cutting for Royal Shire and the drainage improvements. Um that work
is continuing on for the next few days. What are we exactly doing so I know Shire Drive? I'm sorry. What are what exactly are we doing on Wilshshire? There is um an existing pipe there now that I don't think is working.
Okay. on the east side of the street where we put something parallel to that along with some drainage structures to help alleviate uh some of the flooding problems are in that that that happening by replacing one and adding another. Yes.
Okay. Thanks. Um the other things that are going on is the walking path uh went out to bid and um the we made our recommendation and it's in the res resolution for today. And lastly uh we
will doing the bids for the 2025 roads which would include Monro. Uh one question was that the on wheelchart they found some cement put it in a pipe. Did you ever find out why that was there? We don't know how it got,
but we're gonna we're gonna fix that. So, it's actually blocking some Yes. Okay. That's a good catch. Where's the walking path? Tomorrow. Thank you, sir. Thanks. Just point clarification. The walking
path of board resolution is not going to be on this evening. I was a little overzealous. I wanted to get um our contracts awarded so we can get things moving, but we have to wait for the adoption of capital on that. Okay.
Ferrell CFO. Thank you, Mayor. Uh pretty much Councilman summed it up perfectly. We have the audit on the corrective action plan and the capital monitor. That's all I have. Thanks. question for you. Greg, maybe
you too. We can probably pick up on a little later as well. Councilman Bole gave a number of the overtime for the month of July. 324 I think was a number down. Sounds high, but when you break it down, we're dealing with two towns. It comes to about 13 and a half hours a day. Take my word for it. I did the math. We take the Sundays out. Thinking
of that, a time and a half, it's about 22 hours. Let's just round it off. Is that what we were expecting? Or I should say 22 uh regular person hours. Is that what we were expecting for where we are
with the agreement and the amount of overtime we should have known was going to come? I'm trying to understand if we're over forecast, under forecast, add it. Well, your overtime's higher right now because we didn't hire any of the nine people. So, until you get that, it's going to be
offset with some over time. And we knew this was happening past, right? So, we also had two big storms in July, 100%. And we knew all this uh not the storms, but we knew that we were going to be in that situation of a delayed uh sort of hiring situation. Are we where we thought we would be as far as the
finances go for the 324 hours? Yes. As far as finances, we're we're under we're not because the money we're not spending on salaries. If you hire anybody, we'll offset yours.
Okay. Very good. Thank you, John. Federal Attorney. Uh, another board. Thank you. Administrative officer. Uh, PSG had a direct install program that was going to assist us with the
possibility of replacing our 20 plus year old HVA system, the uh, the air conditioning unit. Unfortunately, they suspended the program, but they just reinstated it again. So, I am back in touch with the direct install representatives and seek and they're
going to put a proposal together for us. So, hopefully we can save some money when we replace these systems. The United Way summer youth employment program, it ends on the 29th and I just want to thank the United Way of Greater Union County for this very beneficial program. The three youths that we had uh
that work for the burough, we have two in DPW and they've been great. They've been coming in at 6:30 every morning. They've been finding their way here and we've had an exceptional young that has been up here at Bur Hall and uh with the time he spent I think he may be changing
his course his career course into maybe the court arena. So we'll see how that goes. But uh it was a fantastic program and I just want to thank the United Way for that. The Motor Vehicle Commission mobile unit event is being held at Burrow Hall in the parking lot right here on the side of the building on
Tuesday the 26th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. You can sign up on Motor Vehicle Commission's website for the mobile unit for real ID, registration, renewal, non-driver ID, duplicate replacement title or registration.
And let's see, the superintendent and I are putting together, he's putting together the greening for Union County for the trees for 2025. And I'm putting together the kids recreation trust grant. We're in the process of getting that ready for
submitted the end of the month. And we do have need for executive question DMV thing. You have to you can't just show up. It's already appointments already went out. Yes, you have to register through the portal. There's a portal. Yeah, but it's all was uh back in like
past. So, somebody hearing about it tonight. Is every I didn't think I thought the portal closed. That's my question. I don't think so. I don't think so either. I'll look that up because the portal only opened on the 12th and they wouldn't shut down unless
all the appointments were filled. Right. And to that, um, I will say this is this will be my second mobile event. And the first one we did, there were some no-shows. So, I know they did pick up some if if somebody showed up
and said, "Hey, can I do this? They might pick you up. It's not a guarantee, but if there's a no-show, they may be able to have you fill that spot." Yeah. Some people thought it was locked out because I told them about it's it's passed already. I'm like, "Oh, they didn't have it specifically." So when you went on to the portal, if you
went on for the real ID, there were only so many spots allotted for that. But maybe there's still spots allotted for either the non driver ID or for the renewals for your registration. Maybe it was a real ID. Okay. Thank you.
Next for council consideration is a consent agenda consisting of resolutions 25 through 170 through 25-187. Is there a motion to approve the consent agenda? Motion. Second. Call.
Resolutions 25-170 through 25-187 have been approved by one motion. All items will be recorded individually in full in the minutes. Councilman Bole. Yes. Councilman Finestrella. Yes. Councilwoman Gerard Down. Yes. Councilman Mororrow. Yes. Councilman Piper. Yes. And Councilman Spuries.
Yes. Motion passes. Next for public uh next for council consideration is the public hearing and adoption of ordinance 2025-10 bond ordinance to authorize the making of various public improvements in the acquisition of new additional or replacement equipment and machinery new
information technology equipment new communication and signal systems equipment and new automotive vehicles including original apparatus and equipment in by and for the burrow of count and the county of union state of New Jersey appropriate the sum of $2,298,500 to pay the cost thereof to appropriate
various grants to make a down payment or partially fund an appropriation from the capital improvement fund to authorize the issuance of bonds to finance such appropriation and to provide for the issuance of bond anticipation notes in anticipation of the issuance of such bonds. Okay. This authorance authorizes the
bureau to undertake capital improvements such as infrastructure projects or equipment purchases and to finance them through borrowing um issuing bonds or notes. Is there a motion to open the floor for public comment on this ordinance only? Motion.
Motion made by Councilman Mororrow, seconded by Councilman Bole. All in favor? Does anyone have anything to say for about this ordinance and this ordinance only? Please come forward. Okay, seeing no one, is there a motion to close the floor for public comments
on this ordinance only? Motion. Second. Motion made by Councilman Finestraw, seconded by Councilman Scarice. All in favor? Is there a motion to adopt ordinance 2025-10? Motion. Second. Motion made by Councilman Morrow.
Seconded by Councilman Scarice. Roll call. Councilman Bole. Yes. Councilman Fastrell. Yes. Councilomano. Yes. Councilman Morrow. Laura, you are impressive. Yes. Councilman Viper. Yes. Councilman Scurries. Yes. Next for public hearing adoption is
the ordinance for uh 2025-11 amending ordinance number 2024-22 affecting employment title salary ranges and personnel policies for burrow employ burough employees of the bureau of count and amending ordinance 2022-3 providing for the compensation for the
department of public works the bureau of count is there a motion to open the floor for public comment on this ordinance only motion second motion made by councilman Estrella seconded by Councilman Furice. All in favor? I I
Does anyone have anything to say on this ordinance and this ordinance only? Please come forward. Okay. Being that there are no comments, is there a motion to close the floor for public comments on this ordinance only? Motion. Second.
Motion made by Councilman Scarice, seconded by Councilwoman Gardano Perno. All in favor? I. Is there a motion to adopt ordinance 2025-11? Motion. Second. Motion made by Councilman Finestella, seconded by Councilwoman Gardano Perno.
Roll call. Councilman Oil. Yes. Councilman Finella. Yes. Councilman Gano Pero. Yes. Councilman Mororrow. No. Councilman Piper. Yes. Councilman Spuries. Yes. Motion passes. Next for public hearing and adoption is
ordinance 2025-12. Ordinance adopting amendments to articles 1, 2, and three of chapter 106, garbage, rubbish, refuge, and recycling of the municipal code of the burough counter. Is there a motion to open the floor for public comments on this ordinance only? Motion second.
Motion made by Councilman Piper, seconded by Councilman Morrow. All in favor? Does anyone have anything to say on this ordinance and this ordinance only? Please come forward. Okay, seeing no one, is there a motion to close the floor for public comments on this ordinance only?
Second. Motion made by Councilman Piper, seconded by Councilman Marorrow. All in favor? I. Is there a motion to adopt ordinance 2025-12? Second. Motion made by Councilman Piper, seconded by Councilman Bole. Roll call.
Councilman Bole. Councilman Finella. Yes. Council member, yes. Councilman Marorrow, yes. Councilman Piper, yes. and Council Mice. Yes. Motion passes. Okay. At this time, I'd like a motion to open the floor to the public.
Second. Motion made by Councilman Piper, seconded by Councilwoman Gio Perno. All in favor? Does anyone have anything to say for the good and well-being of Kennorth? Please come forward and state your name and address. Uh, hi, good evening. My name is Jeremy
Davies, superintendent of schools for Kennor School District. Uh, live in a different town. U, but I'm here tonight to, uh, thank the mayor and thank the council members uh, for participating in our recent tour of the construction projects happening at David Reley and around the district. I also want to
publicly thank the community of Kennallorth and the board of education for their support of our schools. The new and improved uh spaces look and feel absolutely amazing and I want to echo what um Councilwoman Dear Dan Perno said and I appreciate your words.
Thank you. Thank you, Counciloman Piper. Um they look amazing and our students are lucky to live in a community such as this where the community is supporting our schools so robustly. Um, the town of Kennallorth has created a first class school environment for our students, a place where our Kennorth kids will feel
pride and they'll know how much this community values their education. Uh, so thank you to everyone here and to the community of Kennallorth. Please know uh that we will be fully ready for the first day of school on September 8th. Please know that myself and all members of the Kennallorth School District staff
are working very hard to provide the best education for our students. Please know that we're working very hard to raise our test scores. Please also know that we're working hard to improve our school ranking. I welcome any community members who would like to know more about all that we're doing to improve
the education we provide our students. Please reach out to me directly so we can meet or call and discuss the state of our schools together. And in these times of increased educational challenges and decreased state funding, we do our best to provide our students with what they need academically. know
that I take the stewardship of taxpayer dollars very seriously. Finally, know that the Kennallorth School District is entering into a strategic planning process this coming school year. The strategic plan and the goals that we develop in the strategic planning process will guide our district
over the next five years. We are looking for community participation where stakeholders such as yourselves can make their voices heard. Please consider attending our first strategic planning meeting on October 8th at 6:30 p.m. at David Reley. I'll be providing a state
of our schools presentation on the 8th of October and then we'll be gathering uh ideas and concerns from community members. So please again we're looking for community participation. Please come to make your voices heard. Thank you Mayor Carlo. Thank you to the entire
penn Council for the opportunity to speak tonight and also it is a pleasure to work with you and a pleasure to serve this great community. Thank you very much. The school is fantastic. Anyone else? Okay, seeing no one, I'd like a motion
to close the floor for public discussion. Second. Motion made by Councilman Piper, seconded by Councilman Finestella. All in favor? Hi. I Okay, the uh council has need to enter into executive session. Um I'd like a
motion to uh enter executive session. Are we going to open back up with substantive things or can we make comments for the public? If do you want I mean we can open back up. We we're definitely going to open up
back up when we come out of executive session. We have to But if you would like, would you like to speak now? Sure. Okay, that's fine. Because just in case we lose everyone, um this is imprompt, but I want to thank uh Superintendent Davies for coming here tonight and saying, I said, uh this is
what a true partnership should look like and I thank you because you're taking the first step. So, I look forward to seeing more of you and I think we're doing a help there. So, thank you. Um public service announcement. I think we've all been shocked by our PSD and G bills lately. I know that the town
specifically is spending about $20,000 extra on or maybe that's what it cost to light the the streets all all month long. Uh but we figured out a little bit of a trick um in my household. I just want to share with everybody. Your rates substantially cut maybe onetenth of what they are during the day if you do things
after 9:00 p.m. So hit that delay button on your dishwasher. Try to do your laundry after 9:00 p.m. if possible. And the weekends are also lower rates. Um it's hard out there. That's good to know. Thank you. It's not too much to hit that delay button if you can. Yes.
After 900 p.m. and on weekends. That's correct. Electricity is cheaper. We're all on board with that. Thank you. Just like cell phone bill. That's right. Or you could call after a certain time and and when we used to pay long distance rate. So that that was that's very good to
know. Thank you very much, Council. Well, essenti brought it up. It's gross mismanagement at the state level. What they've done to us, closing six power plants before they constructed anything new. So, this isn't just like, oh, it's a little something. No, this is serious.
And it's only going to get worse. This uh this and you shouldn't have to wait till 9:00 to do laundry or something. It's ridiculous. Well, our our infrastructure is in desperate need of of good. They dismantled it. Well, we can argue that our the grid needs to be upgraded. Unfortunately,
they neglected it. They closed six plants and they built none. They bet on wind farms, but don't look like they're going. All right. I don't think this conversation's done publicity. They should know. I'd like to add that between now and the next council meeting there is the holiday of Labor Day
and I'd like to wish everyone a happy and safe Labor Day weekend and be well. I missed a pencil day. There's only one holiday joke. That's it. Come on. Got to be something. Well, happy Labor Day everyone. And we're not closing. Just so you know, we
are coming back after executive session. I'd like a motion to adjourn. Motion. Second. Motion made by Councilman Skare, seconded by Councilwoman Garderno. Thank you everyone. Good night. All in favor.
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