That's Welcome everyone to the township council meeting Monday December 22nd 2025. This meeting now called to order. All rise to salute to the flag. >> Flag United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Madame clerk, at this time, please read the statement of public notice. >> Take notice that adequate notice of this meeting has been provided in accordance with NJSA 104-8 and NJSA 104-10 as
follows. The 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 7, 2025. A copy of the notice was sent to the North Jersey Herald and News and the record on the same date. Additionally, a copy of the notice was filed in the office of the of the
township clerk on said date. A link and telephone number to join the meeting virtually can be accessed on the township website at littlefallsnj.gov. Electronic provisions have been established for the public to participate during the public comment portion of the meeting. >> Thank you. Please call the role. >> Council member Patel,
>> present. >> Council member Murphy, Council Member Hit, >> present. >> Council member Van Cherry, >> present. Council President Scoba >> present. Have a motion to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of November 24, 2025. So moved by Council Member Ventry, second by Councilwoman Habits. Please call the role. >> Council member Patel,
>> yes. >> Council member Habits, >> yes. >> Council member Vaneri, >> yes. >> Council President Scoba, >> yes. Have a motion to approve the minutes of December 8th, 2025. >> So moved. >> Moved by Councilwoman Patel. >> Second. >> Second by Councilman Venturi. Please call the role. >> Council member Patel. >> Yes. >> Council member Habas.
>> Abstain. >> Council member Vaneri. >> Yes. >> Council President Scoba. >> Yes. Mayor Dan Mano, would you like to discuss our resolutions this evening? >> Thank you, Council President. Yes, a couple items uh this evening. Be easier if I can turn a page.
There are several resolutions on this evening. Uh the first is resolution authorizing affordability assistance grant. Again, this is one that we've seen numerous times throughout the the past couple of years um for those individuals who are able to be provided with affordab assistance in their their
housing. Uh this is one of those again this year as resolution A. Resolution B and as also as common from time to time, especially towards the end of a year, is a resolution authorizing transfers in the 2025 budget. Resolution C is a
resolution authorizing the cancellation of property taxes under the New Jersey state statute. Again, somewhat self-explanatory uh in that resolution D is the resolution appointing the deputy tax collector and authorizing a tax sale which occurs uh each year uh and
sometimes several times per year and uh resolution D will do just that. Resolution E is the resolution authorizing the municipal alliance program funding for the fiscal year of 2026. And resolution F is the resolution appointing uh Doward Nisbski as the
plumbing sub code official for a 4-year term here in Little Falls. Uh those are the agenda items and resolutions this evening. Uh before I turn it back over, I would just simply like Well, first I'll ask, are there any questions from the council?
I just uh for the record, mayor, I think our tax sale is going to be on December 30th. Is that correct? >> That's correct, Council President. And before I turn it back over to you, Council President, I just want to wish everyone a happy Hanukkah, a merry Christmas. Uh I want to thank the council for all of their hard work and
dedication over this past year. It has been another pleasure to work uh with this council. I want to thank all of our employees in town from our police to our fire, our EMS, our DPW, all of our dispatchers, everybody that works in this municipal building, everyone in our
recck department, uh, in all of the buildings that they continue to to maintain in fields that they oversee. Uh, it has been another successful year here in Little Falls in 2025, and it is because of all of the hard work of all of our employees uh, in this town. So, thank you all for everything that you do
day in and day out to keep this municipality running. That's all that I have, council president, and uh again to the council, wishing all of you a uh merry Christmas. >> Thank you, Mayor. Madame clerk, read ordinance 1534. I'm sorry. Hold up a second.
>> Um let's go to council reports. Councilman Venturi. >> Thanks, Council President. Um like the mayor said too, just want to wish everyone a happy holiday to my colleagues up here, mayor staff, you know, just um you know, thank you for another year. It's year nine in the
books and you know, you're never satisfied. So we'll continue to do more and 2026 uh because you know, we're here for the residents. So that's it for me. Oh, one other thing too, mayor. Did you want to just touch on with the snow coming tomorrow? >> Yeah, great point. Council President, uh, Council Councilman, I just sent out a
notification, uh, and one will be going out through our town email blast. Uh, and I posted on social media that a reminder to residents, there is no parking on roadways, no roads are snow covered, but while we're hoping, it's no more than a dusting. Uh, there is an
expectation that could be up to 3 in. So, please be aware and be advised that there's no parking on municipal roadways. We cannot have any interference with our our plowing operations. cleared and safe. So, please uh be aware and remove your vehicles from any
roadways if they are typically there. >> Councilman uh Habits. >> Thank you, Council President. Um I also just would like to wish happy holidays to all of our residents, um all of our staff, to my fellow council members, to the mayor. Um just thank you for
everything that everyone has done um throughout this year that makes this town as wonderful as it is. Um, the only other thing I wanted to comment on is um, on um, Thursday night we had our first uh, trolley ride for our holiday decorating contest. Um, we had three
trolleys. It was a soldout event. We'll be adding more trolleys next year. It was a great time. Everyone enjoyed. There were some great houses. So, thank you to the residents that decorated and hopefully we will continue the tradition with even more houses decorated next year. Thank you,
>> Councilwoman. For the record, the winner of that >> we will >> will be on January 5th. >> January 5th, they will be here in council uh chambers to um for the winners. >> Yeah. I'm sorry. What was the name of that program? The lights >> um holiday decorating. >> Thank you.
>> Thank you, Councilwoman Patel. >> Uh thank you, Council President. I too want to echo the sentiments of the mayor and my fellow council members. I want to wish everyone a happy holidays, um, a prosperous new year, and thank you to all of our employees that make Little
Falls what it is, and I look forward to working with everyone in 2026. Just a quick update for the public health committee. Our next meeting will be January 5th at 3:45 at the Civic Center. So, hope to see everyone there. >> Thank you. >> That's all, Council President.
>> Thank you, Councelor Wenszel. >> Uh, nothing at this time. Uh, counc everybody happy now. >> Chief, >> happy holidays everyone. Uh, the police department. We're still in the middle of the grant. So,
just >> thank you. Have a motion to open the meeting to the public for agenda items only. Moved by Councilman Venturi, second by Councilman Habits. All those in favor? I. >> 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 three minutes. However, if appropriate, you may be granted the additional time sole discretion of the council president. Members of the public who have joined the meeting virtually and desire to provide comment shall raise the virtual hand and Zoom application. 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 join the meeting by calling in must press star six to mute unmute themselves and star9 to raise their hand. Members of the public who join the meeting via the Zoom application must click the actions icon and then the raise hand
icons. Once the process is complete, we will return to the regular order of business. >> Thank you. >> No one in our chat is coming forward. Is that correct? Have a motion to close the public comment. Moved >> by Councilwoman Patel, second by
Councilman Venturi. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion carries. Have a motion to approve the consent agenda. >> So moved. >> Moved by Counciloman Patel. Second by Councilwoman Hlettz. >> Madam Clerk, call the role for the consent agenda. >> Council member Patel. >> Yes. >> Council member Habit. Yes. >> Council member Vaneri.
>> Yes. >> Council President Scoba. >> Yes. >> Madam Clerk, 1534, please. Second reading and public hearing of ordinance number 1534, an ordinance entitled an amending ordinance of the township council of the township of Little Falls in the county county of Pay State of New Jersey as amended and incorporated under
flood control board in chapter 85 of the code of the township of Little Falls. >> Public hearing for 1534 is now open. Does anyone wish to speak on 1534? See no one coming forward to speak. The public hearing on ordinance 1534 is now
closed. Have a motion to approve to adopt ordinance 1534. So moved by Councilwoman Venturi, >> second by Councilwoman Patel. Please call the role. >> Council member Patel. >> Yes. >> Council member Hav. >> Yes. >> Council member Vaneri. >> Yes. >> Council President Scoba. >> Yes.
>> Madam Clerk. Ordinance 1535. >> Second reading and public hearing of ordinance number 1535. An ordinance entitled an ordinance accepting the deed right ofway dedication from Oakwood State at Great Notch LLC to the Township of Little Falls. The public hearing on ordinance 1535 is
now open. Does anyone wish to speak on 1535? Seeing no one come forward to speak on 1535. The public hearing is now closed. Have a motion to adopt 1535. >> Move by Councilwoman Hlett. Second by
Councilwoman Patel. Please call the role to adopt 1535. >> Council member Patel. >> Yes. >> Council member H. Yes. >> Council member Vaneri. >> Yes. >> Council President. >> Yes. Have a motion to open the meeting to the public for general matters. So moved >> by councilman Ventur. Second by councilman Havitz. All those in favor? I.
>> All those opposed. Motion carries. Madam clerk. >> Anyone wishing to address the township council may do so of the council president. It is preferred if you give your name and address for the record. Comments are to be to be limited to three 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 a meeting virtually 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 polling in must press star six to mute unmute themselves and star 9 to raise their hand. Members of
the public who have joined the meeting via the zoom application must flick the re reactions icon and then the raise hand icon. Once the process is complete, we will return to the regular order of business. >> Thank you. >> Seeing no one come forward. Have a motion to close the public comment. So
we'll move by Councilman Venturi, second by Councilman Mutell. All those in favor? All those opposed? Motion carries. I want to wish everyone a happy and joyous holiday season. Uh as you are celebrating with your family and friends
in in case something does go wrong, please don't hesitate to pick up the phone and call emergency services. Uh they will be working around the clock um in case anything happens to not go accordingly. um we have EMT and police
and fire in case uh a situation arises. Hopefully that's not the case, but um please be aware for the people that are three people that are listening and the two people in our audience to uh call out in case that is the case. Want to thank uh Melissa, Cynthia, and Vince for
helping me put this meeting together. Have a motion to adjourn this meeting. Moved by Councilman Venturi. Second, >> second by Counciloman Mattel. All those in favor? All those opposed. The meeting is now closed.