yep welcome welcome everyone to the Township Council Workshop meeting Monday March 10th 2025 this meeting is now called to order councilwoman Vel please please lead us in the flag salute I Ali to the FL United States of
America thank you Madame clerk please read the statement of public notice take notice that adequate notice of this meeting has been provided in accordance with njsa 10 4-8 and njsa 10 4-10 as follows notice of the meeting was prominently posted on the bulletin board
at the municipal building located at 225 Main Street Little Falls New Jersey on January 14 2025 copy of notice was sent to the north Jersey Herald in news and the record on the same date additionally a copy of the notice was filed in the office of the Township Clerk on said dat a link and a telephone number to join the meeting virtually can be accessed on
the township website at www. littlefalls nj.gov electronic Provisions have been established for the public to participate during the public comment portion of the meeting please call the role council member Patel present council member Murphy pres council member habblet council member van Cherry
council president scova presid mayor Damiano the floor is yours thank you council president before we get to honoring all of these uh girls who had a tremendous cheer season here we have a few proclamations that we're
going to read this evening for the month of March and March happens to be a pretty busy month here not only in Little Falls but Across the Nation with a lot of recognitions over the course of March the very first of which this evening is our national women's History
Month Proclamation which is right in line with all of the women that we're honoring and all the girls that we're honoring tonight who won all of these cheer Awards so we will start with our national women's History Month Proclamation and it reads whereas women of every race class ethnicity sexual
orientation gender identity and abilities have made historic contributions to the strength of our state and nation in countless recorded and unrecorded ways and whereas in overcoming discrimination harassment and hardship women have been bold and fearless never giving up on the promise
that with hard work and determination nothing is Out Of Reach and whereas in remembering the Trailblazers of the past and the heroins of present day we honor their legacies by carrying forward the valuable Lessons Learned From the powerful examples they set whether teaching our children caring for our
sick serving in our Wars starting businesses serving in elected positions or venturing into unknown Frontiers generations of women believed their gender was no obstacle to what they could achieve and whereas during women's history month we recognize the advances we have made in this state for women but
acknowledge that more needs to be achieved so women can gain gender equality and access to the prosperity of this state now therefore I James bord Damiano mayor of the township of Little Falls hereby Proclaim March 20 2025 to be women's History Month of the township and encourage all residents of Little
Falls to join in this observance the second Proclamation we have this evening is our Proclamation recognizing Ramadan and it reads whereas Ramadan is the holiest month in the Islamic calendar and marks the first revelation of the Quran to the prophet
Muhammad and whereas Ramadan lasts 29 to 30 days based on the timing of the Crescent Moon and whereas Muslims around the world observe the month by fasting each day from sunrise to sunset and whereas the daily breaking of the fast called thear is often celebrated by family and Community Gatherings and
whereas Ramadan is regarded as a time for Spiritual reflection increased awareness and giving to the global poor sick and hungry and a bridging of differences between people over a shared commitment to Faith and whereas Ramadan reminds us that Islam has always been a part of America and Muslims have made
extraordinary contributions to our country and whereas the end of Ramadan is commemorated by the E alar Festival of breaking of the fast a joyous occasion marked by sharing sweets gifts and other Tidings with family friends and neighbors and whereas the township
of little fall Falls joins with Muslims around the world celebrating Ramadan this year and now therefore be it resolved that I mayor James bord Damiano on behalf of the township of Little Falls do hereby Proclaim February 28th 2025 to March 29th 2025 as the month of
Ramadan in the township of Little Falls and urge all residents to support our community members who are observing Ramadan the third Proclamation we have this evening is World Down syndrome day proclamation in reach whereas people with Down Syndrome make significant contributions to the fabric of Life they
participate in the workplace run their own businesses take part in religious activities create art music and dance excel in sports and recreation and pursue studies in schools community colleges and universities and whereas Down syndrome is not a disability nor is it in illness it is a distinct culture
within all cultures with its own beliefs Customs language and common bonds people gifted with an extra chromosome transcend borders socioeconomics color and ethnicity bring with them a richness that enhances the lives of those they touch and whereas World Down syndrome day is recognized worldwide as a day to
raise awareness of and celebrate the many accomplishments contributions and talents that people with Down Syndrome bring to the communities and now therefore be it resolved that I mayor James bord Damiano on behalf of the Little Falls Township council do hereby Proclaim March 21st 2025 as World Down
syndrome day in the township of of Little Falls the next is one that although we all tend to celebrate it on March 17th uh is one that is dedicated to true Irish American Heritage uh the true Irish American Heritage uh and this
month's Proclamation and it reads whereas in October 1990 the 101st US Congress passed Public Law 101418 which established March 1991 as Irish American heritage month and the president issues a proclamation
commemorating the occasion each year and whereas generations of Irish men and women have helped shape the idea of America overcoming hardship and strife through strength and sacrifice Faith and family and whereas we celebrate Irish American heritage month we recognize the Irish people's contributions to our
country and whereas the Irish are inextricably linked to the growth of the United States in fields ranging from literature education and science to politics law enforcement and Military and whereas we owe aeb of gratitude to the Irish American inventors who have helped Define our country as the land of
opportunity and whereas we celebrate the sacrifices and contributions that generations of Irish Americans have made to build a better America and we renew the bonds of friendship that will forever tie Ireland and the United States and now therefore may it be resolved that I Jame mayor James bord
Damiano do hereby recognize March 2025 as Irish American herit Heritage Month in the township of Little Falls and the final Proclamation we have this evening before we get to recognizing all of these girls that are sitting extremely patiently over here is our holy
Proclamation and it reads whereas holy is the vibrant Indian Festival of Colors Mark and marking an end to Winter and the arriving of spring symbolizing the the victory of good over evil and whereas holy will be celebrated on March 14th 2025 with the Holika danan bonfire in
the evening of March 13 2025 and whereas the period of haash which involves certain restrictions and preparations begins on March 6 2025 and ends on March 23rd 2025 and whereas the festival involves playing with colored
powders water balloons dancing to festive music and enjoying traditional Suites and whereas holy is regarded as a time for colors joy and togetherness and now therefore may it be resolved that I mayor James bord Damiano on behalf of the Little Falls Township council do
hereby Proclaim Friday March 14th 2025 as a day to celebrate uh holy in the township of Little Falls and urge all residents to support our community members who are observing holy all right now that we are through all of our proclamations for the month
of March I'm GNA lose my voice before we get through the end of the night we have the the recognition of two of Our Little Falls competition cheer squads this year who have had quite the outstanding season let's give him a round of applause
and what I'm going to do is I'm going to call Amber brocco to the front to help me with uh calling everybody up here the first group that we are going to acknowledge this evening is going to be our Junior gems tenu Squad who took second place at impact Montvale first
place at Wayne Valley Invitational third place at impact Brookdale first place at the hackin sack cheer challenge first place at the hacketstown competition and first place at the sea this competition so what a tremendous season from our 10U Junior gems let's hear it for them as we
call them up all right I'm gonna hand it over to call up all the girls who had quite a season thank you hi everyone I'm Amber baraco I'm the exiting commissioner this is my last year with this amazing program all of these girls are just the best group of girls that a person could
ever coach I have been so blessed this is by far the best team I have had in all of my years and I'm very sad to see them go I'm actually going to hand this over though to um their coach who is responsible for their success Jackie Moran hello everybody okay I'm gonna
start with unfortunately I don't want to do it this way but the first one is my daughter Alesia slavchev next we have a y stalls next Brook Wagner next Dylan lejoy next Ella Fortier Ella
[Music] linov Juliana kuha Liliana Perina and Valentina Rodriguez Good Job girls you had a great season I'm very very proud of all of you take a quick picture with them e
all right the next group we are going to call up is our 12u senior diamonds I sorry our 14U senior diamonds who took first place at impact Montville uh Montville who took first place at the Wayne Valley
Invitational page two for all these wins first place at the impact Brook Dale first place at the hackin sack cheer challenge second place at the hackin toown competition and first place at the seus competition what a tremendous
season okay so I'm G to call up uh first I'm going to call up the girls who are not graduating the program and then I'm going to Le the eighth graders to last uh first up is Taran Hannah next up is Emory almendinger next up is juj
Cel next Ian Kim Juliana Demarco Gabriela payz Anna keeper not here tonight Stella sagio Ava Gonzalez she's not here
tonight Zoe Nukem Sophia Hart Harper Burell not with us tonight Olivia verie also not with us is Olivia moraglia Ali bush Ava
delua not with us tonight Ashling McAvoy also not with us tonight Samantha mcin Ken estrea Evelyn Montes Lyla caban but her mom's here to represent you can come up and get it Iman
claudo and I'd like to call up our captains of our 14U senior diamonds Franchesca Butler graduating eighth grader for last year at the program and of course the fabulous Olivia baraco also graduating the program I
can't say it enough this was the best year to go out you guys are amazing I can't talk too long I get emotional all right everybody Gather in for a team photo I'm gonna ask Amber to stay up here with us for just a couple of
minutes because is after 10 comptition cheerleaders and we Proclamation for so on we're going to start again so everybody at home can hear it too it reads whereas Amber baraco is a longtime resident of the township of Little Falls
and whereas Amber has dedicated 10 years of her time to the Little Falls football parents Association and whereas Amber has proudly served on the LBA as cheer commissioner and cheer coach for nine of those 10 years and whereas Amber continually invests her passion and
dedication into the program and now therefore I James bord Damiano mayor of the township of Little Falls on behalf of the township C do hereby recognize Amber baraco and commend her for continued volunteerism and dedication thank you Amber e
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thank got all right the part of the meeting where everyone is certainly welcome to stay for the rest of it but it's also a perfect time to leave if you don't intend on staying so have a good night everyone
[Music] yeah just know it's very fun in there oh yeah sit anywh [Music] right these yeah let me tell you they love it it's so
[Laughter] [Laughter] have a mo can have a motion to open the meeting to the public for General matters and agenda items so move by Council mhit second by Council and Murphy all those in favor all those opposed motion carries Madam clerk
anyone wishing to address the township Council may do so through the council president it is preferred if you give your name and address for the record comments are to be limited to 3 minutes however if appropriate you may be granted additional time and the sole discretion of the council president members of the public who have joined the meeting virtually and desire to Pro
and desire to provide comment shall raise their virtual hand in the zoom application the meeting moderator will cue the members of the public that wish to provide comment and the council president will recognize them in order members of the public who have joined the meeting by calling in must press star six to mute and unmute themselves and star N9 to raise their hand members
of the public who have joined the meeting via the zoom application must click the reactions icon and then the raise hand icon once the process is complete we we will return to the regular order of business thank you the floor is now open I guess gather no one in our chat
is coming before us thank you no one in our council chambers is coming before us have a motion to close the public comment so move move by councilman ventry second by councilman Patel all those in favor I all those opposed motion carries mayor items through one through S if you can elaborate on three
as well absolutely uh council president we have a uh handful of items this evening that will largely be passed by resolution a couple of new ordinances to discuss the first is the tax refund resolution uh this is a simple
administerial refund uh there was a taxpayer who made an overpayment in the fourth quarter last year and they are simply being reimbursed um as soon as this resolution is approved uh for that overpayment that was made in last year's fourth quarter payment any questions
with respect to item number one all right item number two is the budget transfer resolution and as we see uh from time to time throughout the year uh oftentimes especially with temporary budgets and in the final months of the year uh we have to make some budget transfers this one in particular and the
largest expenses being covered on this transfer are related to new Township Insurance costs which uh are higher than than ever and as not only us here in Little Falls are seeing but every municipality at least in the state I don't know through the country are
seeing significant increases in their insurance costs uh so that's a majority of what this budget transfer is intended to cover along with several other uh expenses any questions with respect to number two all right moving on to number three it's a resolution authorizing the submission of a Grant application for
sanitary sewer cleaning and video inspection and we have several sections of town uh that are eligible for special grant funding to assist in making improvements uh in the area this one is one of those under what is called the cdbg grants or the Community Development
block grants where we are seeking to receive a grant from the county uh this year in an effort to inspect uh and to ultimately if if we need to do cleaning and lining of our sewer system
uh this in particular would be addressed in the Sak section of our town uh there are as many people in town know a lot of sewers in town that are now in excess of a hundred years old uh they are uh not that they are failing but they certainly
can use maintenance from time to time and at a bare minimum inspections to ensure that they are running smoothly uh this will allow for us to perform the inspections make necessary repairs as well as do Linings if necessary through them that is what this application is to
the county uh and this is simply the submission of the resolution authorizing uh the application to the county any questions with respect to item number three all right moving on to item number four four and five somewhat go hand in hand here they are annual renewals of
liquor licenses uh and in order to accomplish the correct liquor license renewal resolution we need to resend prior liquor license renewal renewal resolutions again four and five go together hand inand and questions with respect to items four or five all right items number six and
seven also go somewhat together in the sense that they are both for fire prevention one has to do with fire prevention one has to do with the fees associated with it uh and the first one in particular ordinance 1513 has to do with something called fire watches and
that's when there may be a fire protection system out of service in a building and particularly with some of the you know newer buildings in town and the bigger buildings in town if for some reason their fire protection system is out of service it calls for our Fire
official being notified of that system being out of service which may require the institution of something called a firat and it essentially allows for individuals to uh through through our Fire official to watch the building to ensure that there are no fire related
issues in the event their system is down uh that is largely what uh ordinance 1513 addresses uh it also will address some you know payments and fees associated with that and things of that sort which is really then what 1514 comes into account and I'll do these
together before I ask for questions and it really addresses the fees associated with uh the the local enforcement agency's ability to collect fees for non-life hazard uses in our our buildings and common areas and based upon the square footage of these buildings there will be
Annual fees that each of these uh that all buildings in town will have to pay thank you mayor any questions on six or seven from the council have a motion to approve resolutions a through H move moved by
councilman habit second by councilman Murphy This is a roll call Madame clerk please call the role council member Patel yes council member Murphy yes council member habblet council member vaneri yes council president SCA yes have a motion to approve the following applications so move moveed by Council
Patel second by Council V Cherry please call the RO council member Patel yes council member Murphy yes council member havitz council member V Cherry yes council president scova yes madame clerk ordinance 1512 please second reading and public hearing of ordinance number 1512
an ordinance entitled an ordinance of the township Council of the township of Little Falls in the county of Pake state of New Jersey to Men chapter 3 administration of government of the code of the township of Little Falls the public hearing on ordinance 1512 is now open does anyone wish to speak on 1512
seeing no one come before us the public hearing on ordinance 1512 is now closed have a motion to adopt 1512 moved by councilwoman H second by councilman Venter please call a rooll to adopt 1512 council member Patel yes council member Murphy yes council member
habblet council member vaner yes council president scova yes madame Clark 1513 please introduction of ordinance number 1513 an ordinance entitled an ordinance of the township Council of the township of Little Falls in the county pay state of New Jersey amending chapter 82 fire prevention of the code of the township of Little Falls with a second reading
and public hearing scheduled for March 24th 2025 thank you Kevin motion to introduce 1513 move by councilman Patel second by councilman Venter Madam clerk call the RO to introduce 1513 council member Patel yes
sorry I'm ex I'm so excited for this I just couldn't control councilman fine Patel yes Council member Murphy yes council member havet council member van Cherry yes council president SC yes it
is noted that Council Murphy did get his marriage license tonight little discombobulated right Madam clerk read ordinance 154 I'm sorry 1514 introduction of ordinance number 1514 and ordinance intitled an ordinance of the township
Council of the township of littlefalls in the county of pay state of New Jersey amending chapter 71 fees fire prevention fees of the code of the township of Little Falls with a second reading in public hearing scheduled for March 24th 2025 have a motion to introduce 1514 mooved by councilwoman Hab second by
councilman Murphy please call the RO to introduce 1514 council member Patel yes council member Murphy yes council member Havas yes council member vaneri yes council president scova yes okay councilman Murphy lead us off thank you council president anytime I hear fire
prevention you know it's just it gets me very excited um just to uh recognize I want to congratulate the Little Falls competition cheer squads uh wish them the best had a good showing tonight so it was good to see them all um unfortunately this past Tuesday uh due to personal matters I had to cancel our
domestic violence awareness committee meeting um I'll be rescheduling that for later this month we're just showing up some dates so I'll send that out once we uh have that all sored away it's all I have counc pres thank you thank you Council pel thank you council president I just want to mimic Council Murphy and
congratulate all the girls so the Clifton Health Department did receive a $4,000 Grant to provide youth mental first aid training to Little Falls residents so we're really excited about that I'll keep you posted on when those are going to be scheduled um earlier last year I had
spoken about the Clifton Health Department bringing the mindfulness program to the students of Little Falls and now they're bringing it to our seniors so every Tuesday between March 18th and April 15th from 10: to 11: at the Civic Center they're bringing a program that's going to focus on senior
mental health anxiety anxiety and holistic health um they the program also has a social component to it so encourage your seniors to speak with one another have fun engage in games things of that nature so if anyone's interested you can still join but the first one is
going to be held next Tuesday on the 18th and then finally this Thursday March 13th at 10:00 a.m. um again at the Little Fall Civic Center we're having a program on seasonal effect disorder Dr Joanne from Core Chiropractic here in
Little Falls she's going to host this event it's going to be informational but also practical there's going to be a 10minute guided meditation um to help combat a lot of these symptoms uh the next public health committee meeting is this Wednesday uh March 12th it's going
to be at 7 o'clock right here in town hall and then I just want to wish everyone a Happy Ramadan and happy holy to those that celebrate great that's all I have council president thank you councilwoman Patel councilwoman havitz president uh so first I'd like to thank the mayor and counsel for recognizing
women's History Month uh it was but U not even well a little over a hundred years ago that women were not able to vote and here we are councilwoman Patel and myself uh sitting here representing Little Falls as your Council women uh so
very proud and thank you for that uh Second I'd like to congratulate the as competition cheer teams um a lot of you know I started in this community on the lff paa board um and football and cheering will always be near and dear to my heart um I've been a cheering mom and
a football mom for many years uh so congratulations to them I know how it is to sit on the sidelines um watching your girls and you know hoping and praying that they um win the competition um some Library updates I'm happy to announce that the library is
the proud recipient of the city green dig into community garden Grant uh the library will now have garden beds for programming and for our community so congrats to all that was involved in um getting that Grant an kadi and um Miss
Linda who is the children's Library director um the library also had a read Across America with guest readers mayor Damiano and our own little Falls teacher Mrs celo so thank you to both of them for attending the story time um and then
lastly our Farmers Market season is here and we are still accepting vendors if you're interested in being a vendor please reach out to Tyler perero at T pacero littlefalls nj.gov our new website thank you thank you Council Habs
council member Cherry thanks council president um also want to Echo congratulations to the two uh little FS tier squads uh for an outstanding season I had the pleasure of seeing them compete a couple times even I was there to chair on my niece from saddle Brook's chair but it was great seeing the girls
out there and doing what they do and kudos to Amber Barco if you know Amber she's poured her heart and soul into this program the last 10 years so we were happy to honor her tonight and you know she was really grateful when she saw her parents here she's like why are they here and then she realized what it was all about so congrats to them um I
do want to mention a couple things uh you may have seen on social media last week uh myself and Tyler pacero from the rec department met with the motor vehicles uh contacts that handle the mobile ID I'm sorry the mobile unit for the real
ID so if you don't know by now the real ID is taking into effect on May 7th of this year and what that means is if you are flying anywhere including domestically you need to have the real ID if you don't have the real ID then you have to bring your passport and
usually that can be a challenge because most people don't have a passport or haven't renewed their passport so with that being said um had a chance to connect with the motor Vehicles Commission and asked if we can get the mobile unit here so I'm happy to report that it will be here on April 29th from
9: to 3M at the Little Falls Civic Center now one thing I do want to let people know and we are going to communicate this shortly once we are allowed to send out the link per the motor vehicles the way it works is you have to make an appointment and what motor
vehicles does is they will send us a link that will go live on April 1st from 3: to 4 PM so what I encourage is once you see the communications plan on being in front of a computer to try to log in it may take a minute or two but it does
work and I will warn you that the appointments fill up fast um we're looking at potentially having between 64 and 80 appointments available and keep in mind also it's open to anyone so if you go on this link you'll see other towns and all across the state that it's
available so it's not just you looking as a little Falls resident it's anyone can have access to that so I just want to make sure everyone understands that it will go live and like I said we'll send out the communications through the email blast as well as our social media channels on April 1st it will open at 3M so I encourage you if you are looking to
get an appointment please do so the other thing too is this week motor vehicle is actually launching the new initiative to make sure over almost 5,000 appointments are available every week because what they are noticing is a lot of people haven't gotten their real ID and it's coming close to the deadline so I just want to you know just let
everyone know um couple other things and I see you know Mr Bron's on the line the long awaited traffic light on Francisco in Cedar Grove Road I think has been the frustration for myself Mr quatron um mayor Damiano and uh Chief PRL as well
uh we have been in touch with psng to ask for an update and we thought we were in a good place and then we get a Communications that there's still some work that needs to be confirmed on the back end with the engineers that were involved with the electrical so we're hoping that all get together this week
and iron out the details so that this traffic light can be up and running finally because it is frustrating seeing something that was put up two months ago still not working and every time there is an accident or a near miss my phone does blow up with that so hopefully PSG
and our engineers and electricians can all work together to get this done um we're going to hound them this week as well to get another update but hopefully soon again it's not ideal I wish it was done already but it's not um couple other things too is I had a conversation earlier today with uh commissioner
Orlando Cruz I had mentioned last meeting one of the things that I was working on was setting up a meeting with the county to meet at Wilmer Road Park to talk about adding some handicapped parking spaces near the park because we do hear from residents that are taking their grandkids to the park as well as the residents that come to our concerts
in the park so after talking to commissioner Cruz we're looking at some time on Friday to meet at the park uh he's going to get back to me this week with the time that works best for him so chief once I have that information you know hopefully you or someone from the traffic department can join us um he has
no issue with adding uh the um handicap signs just a matter of the markouts and then just do what we need to do on our end as well as the county so more to come on that the other thing we're also working on is um the annual flag raising for Autism Awareness Month I'm looking at Tuesday April 1st I was going to
email each of my colleagues make sure everyone's available at 6 PM so I'm just working out the details on the flyer and a couple things we want to do that night so I'll be in touch with you guys probably this week about that and I'll communicate it and then lastly you know myself the mayor uh the chief as well as
members of the Traffic Division you know we met on Friday to talk about some items in town including addressing some of the crosswalks you know we're looking to be a little more consistent with how they look so we're working with the Traffic Division as well as DPW and also addressing some areas where we need to
stripe the roads um with no parking reminders um just so that people understand like there are you know places where you can't park your car so thank you for you know sitting down to address that and um the traffic Department's going to do the markouts and then we'll regroup and then work with DPW to schedule the paintings to
get done on all the spots in Town Council president that's it for me thank you councilman Venter Chief do you have anything for the governing body tonight I just have a couple things uh undoubtedly everyone heard the nework police officer uh that was killed in
line of duty so i' just like to um you know let the community make the Community aware uh Little Falls will be there for the wake in some form or fashion and our you know our deepest condolences to his family and colleagues that he works with over there um you
know times like this causes us to reflect on the dangers of this profession that we've you know all you know um assume uh it's just unfortunate that newark's going through what they're going through today uh and it's you know truly tragic I believe the suspect is a
14-year-old juvenile so um just keep them in our thoughts some prayers uh we have an accreditation hearing on Thursday that I'll be in attendance with some members of my staff it's just a formality as far as I'm concerned because uh we do have the reports from all the accreditation assessments so
there was um no major Trends in our re accreditation so that'll be for a period of three years after the hearing I'd like to schedule something with the State Chiefs Association the Comm and they'll present the re accreditation certificate at a council meeting if that's okay with council president very
good thank you move ahead with that this uh Wednesday we have our Irish lunch in for with the senior advisory I'm happy to announce we have over 100 people showing up we do put a cut off date but that doesn't seem to work very well with seniors
so um so may be that uh we'll probably go over a 100 um that's going to take place from 12: to 3: at the Civic Center corn beef cabbage ziti and a little salad um those council members that can make it be glad to see you there and
help serve at this time c a motion to open the meeting to the public for agenda items move by councilman V Cherry second by Council habetz all those in favor I all those opposed Madam clerk anyone wishing to address the township Council may do so through the count through the
council president it is preferred if you give your name and address for the record comments are to be limited to 3 minutes however if appropriate you may be granted additional time and the sole discretion of the council president members of the public join the meeting virtually and desire to provide comment shall raise their virtual hand in the zoom application the meeting moderator
will cue members of the public that wish to provide comment and the council president will recognize them in order members of the public who have joined the meeting by calling in must press star six to mute and unmute themselves and star N9 to raise their hand members of the public who have joined the meeting via the zoom application must click the reactions icon and then the
raise hand icon once the process is complete we will return to the regular order of business thank you madam clerk see no one come before us in the council chambers we have someone in the chat Mr Brown Can you hear us Mr I was just waiting to get unmuted
thank you how are you council president good good evening uh good evening uh councilman Venter thanks for the update on the light I was going to ask you Sav me the trouble um I was a little late on today's call and the reason I was late is I didn't know about the website
change um was there an announcement on that or will there be one because I I don't know if anyone knew that um I was on lfj and I got the uh the error message and luckily my brother-in-law who I think some of you may know
directed me to the right place mayor if you want to comment about how we notified sure yeah so the the link for so there were some email blasts that went out about everybody's new uh email addresses in town as well as the uh website being updated we are working
on having the old website or old domain forward to the new the issue becomes uh because we have a.gov a government approved website now there are a lot more steps than there are having just a.com forward to a
different Doom email address so our web Masters are working on that with our internal it uh individuals here in town to to try to make that happen unfortunately it seems it's not as easy of a feat as everybody had hoped that would be but we are working on having that redirected moving forward um but
everything in the municipality moving forward whether it be employee emails uh council members myself um we'll have little falls. goov littlefalls nj.gov email addresses the same as the website moving forward um the link for the zoom
for the council meetings has also remained the same uh since we started our Zoom account here in about 2020 so any old email Zoom link will also continue to open this particular Zoom uh for all Council meetings moving moving forward we apologize that you had a
little difficulty do you would you like to comment on the website itself oh he muted himself Mr BR no they they muted me sorry about that uh yeah the website looks great um I my only my only point was I I haven't
received a town email since like end of February so I wonder if um because it's a different email address web address if it's going to spam or something but just just something to notice um that you may have sent them but I I know a lot of people who didn't receive them so uh
myself included so I I don't doubt that you've been sending them out but maybe there's an error with that because of the uh the security settings we appreciate you bringing that forward we'll check with our it Department make sure we could correct that thank you Mr bra anything else thank you nope that's it thanks guys thank you
have a motion to close the public comment moved by councilman vent second by councilman Vel those in favor I are those opposed motion carries I want to thank Mr contron Madame Clerk and Melissa for helping me put this meeting together this one was a quite a challenge I know
we had a last a lot of last minute changes thank you for your patience have a motion to adjourn this meeting move by councilman vent Cherry second second by councilman Murphy all those in favor I all those opposed this meeting is is now closed