we have reconvened with all members present For those who are able please rise for the pledge And I ask to remain standing after the pledgece of America to the stands One nation under God justice for all Take a moment to
remember someone we just lost on Saturday Pat Luciano died on April 12th I as of this afternoon did not have his obituary posted So I'll probably share more information in the next council meeting But uh certainly it can be said
that as a longtime Madison resident shop owner and downtown property owner with his brother S coach and related to that um if anyone's a friend of my youngest brother on Facebook you'll see a picture of uh Pat Luciano as my brother called
him coach Hattie from uh quite a few years ago Sam Anton Michael Valk and others I believe in in the picture but talked about how much coach Patty meant to him And so let let us remember Pat
Luciano and pass our thoughts on family and friends Thank you We have no minutes for approval Welcome all Apologize we had for this slightly late start got delayed in executive session
Um few things that happened since we've extra week in between with a five Monday month of March Um on March 29th the Madison Historical Society hosted evening of roses honoring Kathy Cultus They recognized her dedication to
historical society and Madison as a whole and not to mention her family history in the Madison Rose industry And then on March 31st I hosted Boy Scout Troop 7 for a session of local government and their their proposed ordinance was very interesting was going
to require that all Madison traffic lights cycle every 45 seconds Um there was some discussion and uh but it did not pass So we will not be programming our traffic lights On April 5th the annual Little League girls
softball parade was held between raindrops We're not quite behind between raindrops Those of us that march got a little wet Um the shortened parade ended with a ceremony at Central Avenue School and uh but despite the weather there was
a great turnout It is always amazing to see how many are involved in girls softball I think it's a record number for the girls softball kindergarten program They are very loud when they walk They go under the road overpass and uh shout as loud as they can
Um but on a more serious moment um a moment of silence was given for Dave Carver the founder and longtime leader of Madison girls softball As you know we lost him the past year and first time his presence is not felt there in quite a while Uh in his honor I understand his
initials will appear on the uniforms of all the girls this season And then on Friday I received a call from State Senator Antie Buo sharing great news that we received state grants to support the reconstruction of Shady Long Drive Uh we appreciate Senator Buo's effort in
working with DOT to secure this important grant Um and then on Saturday I presented a proclamation to the family of Vic Schumacher at his memorial service Bob Landan also attended and it was great to see support from his many
volunteer endeavors at the service including members of the Madison Ambulance Corps who told some great stories Uh the adult school They both spoke at the service There's also many members of the patriotic celebrations committee in attendance uh for their
long longtime fellow member As I said there you know I think Vic was most comfortable wearing a uniform whether it was that of uh the ambulance corps or his Navy whites on uh Memorial Day or uh or Veterans Day He
was always proud and proper But the other constant theme was Vic's jokes including one from his proclamation which I uh did share uh and as Vic would come into the room once in a while and say I have inferior inferior
inferior inferiority complex I said it much better on Saturday but I'm not too good at it Delivery could have been better Sorry I'll share a couple more just to redeem myself his son shared a couple light light bulb jokes which I guess he
must have had a quite a collection but u you know it was interesting because those that knew Vic Schumacher he was a by the rules person but that didn't keep him from making everyone smile so here are two of his uh light bulb jokes How many psychiatrists does it take to change a light
bulb one But the light bulb has to change want to change And how many gorillas does it take to change a light bulb one But you'll need a lot of light bulbs All right I'll uh I'll give I'll give up I'll leave the jokes I'll leave
the jokes in the spirit of Vic Um uh this Friday is the two lights by sea campaign Uh this is Friday the 18th It's the tribute to the 250th anniversary of Paul River's historic ride that the British are coming So we encourage all
residents and business owners to uh place two lamps or lights in windows from 8 to 10 p.m to mimic the two lamp signal that warned the of the British invasion sparking the American Revolution We will have two lamps in the windows here at Heartley Dodge and also
at the Heler Center though I think it's a good bet that if Paul River was in Madison it would have been one light because I'm pretty sure he would the British would be coming by land Um and uh also as I've been doing at meetings to share uh some of the impact
from actions that happened at the federal level either taken by doge or current administration This is every staffer was laid off from the division of energy assistance The office runs lowincome home energy assistance program or LI heap which
helps 5.9 million lowincome households pay for heat and cooling bills and pay for home repairs to boost energy efficiency Staffers said the layoffs of about 20 workers came as a surprise and they were expressed concern about whether the program could continue once
funding runs out the end of September And at that time of course impoverished people facing rising heating bills in the fall and winter Congress appropriated 4.1 billion to LI heat uh
in fiscal year 2024 and over the last two years and this is 2324 Madison has received 41 heat programs from Madison residents total $19,000 and payments supporting these uh families that are struggling to get by
range from 300 to $529 um support their energy bills I also want to share as an update that Tanya Van Order uh executive director of the Madison Housing Authority did report that the family self-sufficiency program that I spoke about a couple meetings ago
did receive their funding for this year but uh continue the program by beyond 2025 is in doubt And we also have a resolution tonight that deals the impact of tax legislation now in front of
Congress So want to announce the employee of the month for April Fire Captain James Blair After taking the lead as the Burough's fire prevention bureau last year Captain Blair has recognized the or reorganized the area to make it more efficient He's also recently negotiated a large settlement
with a property owner who had outstanding violations You'll be hearing about that when we I go over the um resolutions And now we will shift to a proclamation And since I'm having trouble getting words out I I'm glad
that I recruited Rachel to present this proclamation on Earth Day Uh it's Rachel's dedication and working with the climate action committee that has made uh every day in Madison Earth Day So Rachel and those representing climate action please come
forward Let's see Here we go I'm sure There we go Okay So this is a proclamation of the Burough of Madison proclaiming Earth Day April 22nd 2025 Whereas for 55 years Earth Day has been
celebrated worldwide to raise awareness and encourage action on critically important issues and advocate for the health of our air oceans soil ecosystems wildlife and humans And whereas the first Earth Day led to the establishment
of the Clean Air Act the Clean Water Act the Endangered Species Act and the nation's Environmental Protection Agency And whereas Earth Day is a valuable opportunity to renew our commitment to preserving and protecting our planet through community service responsible
stewardship and daily practices And whereas we can also adapt education systems to enhance climate and environmental literacy advocate for climate action at our schools and workplaces and volunteer at local environmental
organizations And whereas this Earth Day's theme our power our planet advocates for the expansion of renewable energy And whereas renewable energy sources are provided by sun wind water waste and heat from the earth And
whereas these energy sources are abundantly available replenished by nature and emit little or no greenhouse gases or pollutants into the air And whereas on Earth Day we should take time to appreciate the planet we live on recognize the many environmental issues
we currently face and recommmit to doing our part to invest in our planet Now therefore I Rachel Erlick Council President of the Bureau of Madison on behalf of the governing body do hereby proclaim April 22nd 2025 as
Earth Day in Madison [Applause] Right I'm going to speak on behalf of the climate action committee As you I often have the opportunity to thank these volunteers because we come before
this governing body and the public a couple times a year to discuss our climate goals our progress towards those goals and make recommendations for what we can do to continue cutting carbon pollution and saving energy and saving money and enhancing resiliency for the health of our environment and our
residents Um but I'm so pleased and honored to be able to thank them up here in front of all of you and to make this proclamation and to present it to the climate action committee Thank you all so much for your work [Applause]
Thank you for your leadership of the committee and we'll shift right into reports from committees Finance and burough clerk President Eric Okay Thank you Mayor As previously reported from the finance
department the bureau is under state budget review this year This is where staff from the Division of Local Government Services reviews our submissions ask questions and request additional information Some towns in New Jersey are review under review every year but our bureau is strong
financially and as such we only have to go through this process once every three years I'm happy to report that we've heard back from the state late last week They had just a few simple questions and therefore we are still on schedule for our budget hearing on April 28th The official state budget document the
user-friendly budget and other documents are available for review in the finance department pages on Rosenet A few other payments of note Some um some items that we'll be paying or have paid in the next few days Uh ne first the bureau has paid the board of
education 177 $73,175.91 which is their quarterly share of the pilot payments from the GVR Rose Hall property And tomorrow the burrow is paying138,612.50 in bond proceeds This represents the interest portion of the burough debt that covered the
construction of the public safety building renovations to Hartley Dodge and the purchase of a firetruck The second annual payment for this bond is in October 15th of this year and that amount is1,742,225 which covers the principal and interest payments These bonds were
originally issued in 2008 and then refinanced in 2014 We have another three years of payments and then this bond will be completely paid off in 2028 That's all for you Public safety Mr Land Thank you
mayor From the fire department for the month of March the fire department responded to 186 calls This included 67 fire calls and 119 EMS calls 89 people were transported to the hospital In March the fire department responded to
four building fires On April 2nd the department responded to Drew University for a fire in the dorm room On April 3rd a fire was reported at the Drew Library On investigation the Smoke was found to be on the third floor due to paper
burning in the in a heater On April 9th there was another smoke scare drew due to an overheated dryer And finally on April 14th the chief along with tower one responded to a large two fire alarm in New Vernon Last the fire prevention bureau
conducted 60 fire inspections in the burrow There were nine home sale smoke CR smoke CR inspections performed as well The fire department and fire prevention bureau has updated the online fry permit application form to a more
userfriendly platform Okay From the joint court when compared to case load Madison's case load increased by approximately 93% in March 25 compared to last year In addition case load increased
approximately 32% compared to the previous month The Madison Joint Municipal Court including all four towns and police departments had an increase of case load in March 2025 compared to last year As well the case load for the
joint court increased by approximately 21% compared to last year Revenue for the March 2025 will be discussed during the council during the next council meeting Okay And finally from the police department April is designated this is
designated distracted driver awareness month which is in time to raise awareness about the dangers of distracted driving which can lead to accidents injury and fatalities Madison police will targeted will have targeted police control police enforcement
controls this month looking for drivers who choose to use their cell phones while driving We hope to educate our motorists on the dangers of distracted driving and other remind and other reminders to motorists as well Parking violations will be strictly enforced in
all in and around the Madison Recreation Center during the ongoing construction remind drivers that they are not permitted to park on the grass and the designated parking areas in the Madison High School tennis courts lot There is
an accessible paved path from the lot to the MRC fields On April 1st officers from our community relations unit met with seniors at Rexford Tucker Apartments on 15 chat Theory Officers had coffee with
the seniors and discussed fraud prevention and ways to stay safe with scammers On April 8th members of the police department took part in the ceremonial first pitch at the public safety appreciation baseball game at Eley Dickson University This is the
fourth annual game where FDU honors local departments And I just want to add one quick story here When we talked about scammers uh about a week and a half ago close friend of mine received a phone call It was from somebody claiming to be
a US marshal saying that 50 pounds of fentanyl was found with her address on it and being delivered to her as well as her identity was noted in six states It caught her off guard and it
really it it caught it scared the the hell out of her Rather than calling me because she was afraid her phone would be traced she came to my apartment and at that point I called Chief Misha who lowered the temper tremendously Got her on the speaker phone and kind of
explained that this is mo this is a scam He then sent over a police officer to take a police report just so they have it on file and they will remember it All I can say is thank God we have the Madison Police Department having our backs and always being there for us So
if anything like this ever happens one thing to remember these scammers are professionals If they make a hundred calls a day and just 2% of the recipients give their personal information because that's what they want they've made their money for the day She was fortunate that she thought
enough to stop it and contact the Madison police Even though she didn't live in this town she called and put her mind at ease and now they have a record of this particular scam So thank God for our police department Thank you Mayor Works and Engineering Mr Range
Thank you Mayor Uh tonight from the construction department uh 264 permits were prepared uh with a cost of construction totaling 8,126,881 Uh total UCCC permit fees collected and processed valued at over
$107,000 54 certificate of approvals were issued uh to close out permits and 14 certificates of occupancy were issued to include three new single family dwellings seven residential additions and two tenant fitouts the Baker and LH
spa and the LH spa expansion Uh in total 660 inspections for building electric plumbing and fire were booked uh and performed and 31 OPRA requests were processed during the month of uh
March from uh public works tonight Parks and roads departments uh both assisted with the little league parade uh and field prep for the game at Dodgefield The parks department continues to prep fields for uh other spring sports The
sewer department cleaned out storm drains and checked trouble areas before the recent rain events and the roads department has been patching pothole potholes and replace a section of sidewalk in front of the Heler Center
Uh a reminder that in just a few short weeks uh on May 5th twice a week garbage pickup will begin and uh DPW has taken delivery of uh several street trees uh for planting this spring and that
planting will start this week And finally from the uh environmental commission tonight the MEC reminds residents that there are two ways to buy native plants in April Uh the first is the Great Swamp Watershed Native Plant
Sale that runs through Friday April 18th That's uh this Friday Uh place your orders online at great swamp.org for pickup on May 3rd in Madison Another native plant option is Toad Shade Wildflower Farm which will bring
seedgrown native plants to Madison on April 26 as part of Green and Clean Fair at Prospect Street parking lot Residents can order ahead for pickup in Madison Uh speaking of green and clean the MEC and Sustainable Madison have organized an EV
expo and invited a range of local environmental vendors including Seal Power which conducts discounted energy audits in town and Greenhouse Solar a Madisonbased solar energy company And lastly tonight uh Saturday May 3rd is the Chattam Madison townwide
yard sale Residents can sign up to host a yard sale at their homes uh and be placed on the map for a $10 taxdeductible donation to the Great Swamp Sales will be listed on a digital map that will be published through the bureau of social media and yard sale
sites uh far and wide More than 100 yard sale sites are expected this spring And that's all for tonight Mayor Thank you very much Utilities Okay Thank you mayor Welcome everybody from the community Uh from the electric utility just a short update
uh just some basic services that were performed around town March 28th standby replaced the bad transformer on 19 Binton March 28th and 31st electricity the electric utility completed a backyard pole set Uh April 1st electric
shutdown on the ground residential service for repairs April 3rd crews started to work at Kings Road substation in coordination with JCPNL to accomplish maintenance on our outside switching Here in April 9th the
electric department was reertified in CPR It's very important Annual inspection and dialectric testing of trucks has been completed Uh and we would like to thank uh Butler the township of Butler for letting us borrow one of their bucket
trucks after Two of our trucks were inspected and will put out of service for a major issue that's being repaired from the water utility The SCADA system is being reprogrammed at Dwell For those of you that don't know what that is I had to look it up too It
is the supervisory control and data acquisition system which uh sends out alarms and monitors uh right sends out alarms monitors what's going on with all of our water systems around the world Got it Paying attention sometimes Uh the
water department dug and repaired six curb boxes and shut off valves to enable meter changes Uh still working on the 2-in meters around town that need to be replaced for larger users like apartment complexes Uh there's hydrant
replacements going on all over town Uh there are new hydrants and midway valves being installed to improve the systems and emergency fire response capability valve turning contractor should be here within the next two weeks And mayor I
wanted to report a little something about the recreation activity committee Is that all right okay Very active as we kick off the spring and finished our winter activities A lot of youth participating in sports all over the burrow which the bureau supports wholeheartedly uh junior
lacrosse uh volunteer named Eron Trao has 300 players between boys and girls lacrosse using our fields Uh they are going from first grade up through eighth grade this junior lacrosse balance coaching We have a lot
of good volunteers this year They said their budget's a little stressed because they have to buy some new equipment So we're addressing that Junior wrestling finished up this year with Tom Py as the supervisor of wrestling participants which is a 15% increase
over last year Uh they're considering to get some new mats in a couple of the schools We used the junior school and high school for our wrestling activities even for junior wrestling Junior field hockey had a great season 120 girls participated and a lot of the
girls are now playing club which unfortunately creates a little conflict for junior lacrosse because they have conflicts but there's a lot of multisport athletes Uh the Madison Athletic Foundation had a fundraiser uh which is for support of the MRC to uh
buy equipment and upgrade the facilities They sold 500 tickets at $100 They had a 50-50 raffle and raised $25,000 uh Madison Rex soccer Bob Magagano has been running this now for a
few years He has 330 players from four years old to 12 years old The challenge is to get consistent field space but our uh recreation activity director Zach Ellis is doing his best to make sure everybody gets on the fields
Um we are using for those people here from the MEC will be happy to hear this we are using a a service named True Green to maintain our fields Uh and it has gone all organic Uh it's not doing as well as we hope but we're going to
see how we make it through the season Uh Zach seems to think that the drought from last summer might also be part of the reason we haven't recovered fully yet and we're trying to give the fields a little bit of rest Madison Harding youth hockey had a hundred players this
year and Menin has new youth hockey board and they're very supportive of allowing the rec hockey to participate in between the clubs and the schools and without that we wouldn't be able to have a program So we're very fortunate that they reach out to all the communities Uh
pickle ball at the MRC has been very active The MRC pickle courts are also used for the Madison youth basketball They're going to be starting a summer league Uh there's a little challenge to get the lighting adjusted there And the burrow is going to be working with um
Dutch Holland and some of the other people that manage those courts But if anybody wants to play pickle between the high school and the new MRC courts that the burrow installed there there's a lot of options And uh the MRC parking is a little bit of a challenge right now because the
youth sports are in full swing and we have the parking lot partially closed because of the solar deck that's being installed Uh but within a month we should have at least half of the parking lot open And we have a big tournament coming up in town I think it's the week
before Memorial Day called the Platypus which is a boys uh lacrosse tournament They invite 12 towns could be as many as 400 players over that weekend in town It's a great event I've lived through it a few times with my
kids And uh that's it mayor Everything else is going well We're very lucky to have Zack Ellis so involved in giving a lot of his time And he had a great uh ski trip year this year Fully subscribed five buses crazy volunteers who want to
go up Peter Mountain There they go And they got snow this year So it was was great program very did you do that was many and Mike boys today oh yeah I did too okay that's it thanks mayor all right thank you for the update
recreation and now we move on community affairs thank you mayor uh the next DDC meeting is this week on April 17th also on April 17th the senior center of Chadams is having a ribbon cutting they've redone
of some of the um public at 11 a.m on the 17th Uh everyone's encouraged to go And a reminder that Madison residents are more than welcome there Um the Madison Green and Clean
will be coming on Saturday April 26 26 The rain dates the 27th including the EV Expo vegan fair um and native plant sale And from the Chamber of Commerce the Easter Funfest is was moved because of
weather to this coming Saturday the 19th superhero day May 3rd and ladies night May 8th And a big congratulations to the Madison Historic Society on the publication of its new book Portrait of the Rose City a history of Madison New
Jersey Uh it's I have my copy already and it's available through Barnes & Noble and Amazon and it's it's great So that was a lot of work but I think we should be very proud to have that
And health Mr Forte Thank you mayor The board of health celebrated National Public Health Week last week by attending a meeting with representatives from all nine boards of health represented by the Westfield Regional Health Department The future of public health and community health concerns were the topic of discussion The health
department will be offering vaccination clinic on the afternoon of April 17th for non-insured or underinsured adults ages 19 and over Anyone interested in participating can sign up at www.westfieldnj.gov/halth The board of health introduced an ordinance at their
last meeting to license establishments that sell electronic smoking devices The proposed ordinance also calls for individuals who have point of sale contact with these products to be 21 or over The fees collected from the licenses will be used to support the tobacco age of sale enforcement program
and the public hearing for the ordinance will be at the next board of health meeting on June 2nd Thank you Thank you Now move on to communications and petitions Received ma'am Now we move on to our first of two invitations for public
comment This one is limited to items on our agenda discussion and also the resolutions If you want to comment on any other topic that will be coming up later on the meeting So these are the things you can comment on Now our agenda discussions are uh tree protection ordinance revisions
um overnight parking uh ordinance update and electric utility time of uh use rates And these are the resolutions you may comment on Resolution and these will also be part of the consent agenda uh at later in the meeting Resolution 121
authorized an award of agreement with topology NJLC for affordable housing planning services Resolution 122 authorized an agreement between the bureau of Madison as Madison Police Department and the mental health association of Essex bars to continue
participation in the very important arrive together program Resolution 123 is authorizing a grant application to the county of Mars for community development block grant for removal and replacement of windows The amount of $75,000 and this is uh the housing
authority of duplex apartments on Park Avenue Resolution 124 is appointing Matthew Pepe to a position of apprentice lyman uh at the annual salary of $74,757 Resolution 125 is authorizing
execution of settlement agreement and mutual release um fire violations by Superstore East LLC And then resolution 126 is authorizing award of agreement with Paulus Solowski
and Sarur known as PSS for draw the farm's utility evaluation services Resolution 127 is authorizing award agreement with arterial streets for schematic designs of Waverly Place Quick update on that is
this is we have not settled on a plan They will do some of the work and We are looking at two options One is a reconstruction as is and a redesign construction and they will come up with uh schematics for that so we can share
and assist the decision process Resolution 128 is authorizing participation in the 2526 employee wellness program through the Madison area YMCA and this is uh not to exceed $500 per employee and not to exceed 25,000
calendar year resolution 129 is approving temporary signs for the Madison Education Foundation 5K race going signs going up this month and be removed on May 4th which is the day of the race Guess runners will grab them as they go by Resolution 130 authorizing
award of agreement with Dubberry Engineering for infrastructure modeling of all utilities not to exceed uh $137,640 Resolution 131 authorizing award agreement with MOSA agency for consulting field uh field and marketing
services um to our municipal employee benefits funds which we participate in supports our involvement in that fund Resolution 132 is approving raffle license submitted by Tory J 17 PTO for raffle on
May 30th We have a lot of resolutions since we have the extra meeting in between Resolution 133 is a authorizing special event permit to allow use of the Summer Hill Park by Girl Scouts on May 161 17 Resolution 134 is approving a raffle license submitted by Visions and
Pathways on June 7th Resolution 136 is approving a raffle license submitted by the BPOE number 1465 the Elks Lodge Um on May 31st resolution 36 is declaring support for preservation of the federal
tax exemption of municipal bonds I mentioned this in my opening comments that um they are uh Congress is considering taking away the tax exemption from mun bonds which will certainly greatly increase our uh the cost of borrowing for municipalities
across the country Resolution 137 is opposing legislation This is state legislation that would preempt local ing and permit conversion of certain office parks and retail centers to mix these developments is to take away local control of your
zoning and force redevelopment upon you without uh doing the best for your own community Resolution 138 is approving raffle license application submitted by the arts council of Mars area for 1st
Resolution 139 is authorizing execution of easement agreement on premises known as block 2702 lot 21 Uh the real property is at 42 Lincoln Avenue This is again a utility ement Resolution 140 is
awarding contract to uh for the Madison Masonic Lodge asbestous abatement problem abatement project that's aka Heler Center to MTM Metro Corporation of Madison Madison for total of 40
$47,000 So those are the resolutions you may comment on if you're able to keep track of all those you want to comment on any of those please step forward state your name your address state the agenda item or the resolution you want to comment on and then try to keep your comments to three minutes If you want to comment on other things that will be
coming up later Anyone wishing to comment please step forward Seeing none I close this part of the meeting and we move on to agenda discussions and the tree protection ordinance revisions
Jean welcome chair of our J tree management board Jean Kovia Good evening Uh again I'm Jean Kovia uh current chair of the chry management board Uh and the topic tonight is uh
talk about some proposed u changes to our tree protection ordinance Um I was going to introduce this with some light bulb jokes but I couldn't come up the name Bob So I'm sorry You probably would have delivered him better I no good one
So anyway um presentation you can see uh very similar by the way the graphics that uh Rich Walowitz our arborist used uh when he gave your um gave the council a yearly report Uh and the reason why we're using this this is really a
continuation uh of the yearly report uh and what you'll be seeing are things we propose to make uh life easier for Rich and to make uh uh better control of our trees So brief history for the next
viewraph Um the first version of the tree protection ordinance uh was introduced and passed in February of 2020 Um and that was the initial uh version of it Um rolled out a lot of
education issues that we had to uh share with the public Uh that took hold Uh and then about two years after that uh we um had some experience with it and decided that it needed an upgrade Uh and in April of 2022
uh there was the first revision Uh and these are just some of the highlights that were in that um in that revision Um we did better definitions and better clarification and the big change was uh the original version had a one for one
tree uh replacement uh and this version had a sliding scale of required tree replacements based on the diameter of the tree Um here we are now in um April of uh I'm sorry Uh next one
please Um just uh quick numbers since the establishment of it Um Rich has processed 664 permits um from February of 2020 until the end
of last year uh and of those permits about 1487 trees have been assessed So a lot of experience and based on the experience um we have found some things would like to improve in this version of
the uh ordinance So next chart um I'm going to highlight the changes not every um every line and every word that's changed in the ordinance By the way I'd like to uh thank Marina for working through this A lot of
coordination with the land use boards uh as well as with the sha tree board Uh and she was an expert in trying to bring those all all those things together Um so some of the highlights um and this is
based on some experience um we had to um better define what a licensed tree expert uh definition is Um we had a number of instances throughout the last couple of years where we have asked for second opinions uh from tree people uh
if if we did not approve it Uh and when we asked for those second opinions uh we didn't really clarify what the credentials of that second opinion should be So now we're defining what uh a tric expert is Uh and when we ask for
second opinions people have to have these credentials Um definition of a hazard tree was a little bit confusing to some people So we have a list uh in this ordinance of um very specific conditions
of what a hazardous tree would uh be defined as Um we've updated some of the duties of the municipal arborist Uh a lot of this has been taking place already Rich has been advising the land use boards uh but
it was not incorporated in the ordinance So basically what this is doing is uh uh formalizing what Rich has been doing or what the arborist has been doing uh as advisory to the other uh other boards
Uh and then we had um as an introductory into the ordinance the first version of the ordinance we did allow for two trees of of a small size to be uh removed um within a 24 month period Um you needed
to have a permit but you did not have to uh pay a fee Uh what we found is trying to track something like that was fairly cumbersome um recordkeeping wise And so we're going to try to tighten that a little bit by reducing it to one tree uh
for 12 months And that should be much easier to track Again you're allowed to take that down um within a certain size of the tree uh with a permit but without a fee The next uh set of
changes two or three um there were some discrepancies in the time periods that we had in the ordinance uh versus what the land use uh ordinance had So we uh tried to standardize the uh um response periods
to 15 days Uh in some instances it was 10 days some 15 days Uh and I think if we standardize that one number it makes life a little easier for everybody Um the um documentation that was needed to do some of this work was not really well
defined uh especially uh if the opus went out to look at a development site um there needed to be a little more extensive sets of documentation to find out where the trees actually were And so
this is providing that um um requirement Um and there was some again from the land use uh ordinance and and that world uh they suggested that there should be other considerations on removals uh things like uh water runoff
which was not in the current version of our shade tree ordinance Uh so those have been now included Um we did have a denial and appeal process Uh but this standardizes it more Um again it's a 15-day number Um
and it goes to the burough clerk Now the previous version it went to the sha tree board so it's a little more formal on um um how somebody can appeal and where the appeals go to Um and there was a little bit of confusion at times of who
has the final say on tree removal tree removals uh the land use boards versus the shade tree And this is trying to clarify that the land use board um if they make a decision on tree removal then then the removal is approved uh all
that needs to be done is a permit needs to be filed and the next set of changes three of three Um we did not have we did have on our um tree ordinance um form um uh the time
period but it was not incorporated in the ordinance So if you have to have replacement trees now we have a requirement that those replacement trees must be uh uh planted within 12 months u when the tree tree permit has been
approved Again it's it's formalizing something that we had written on our permit but was not in the ordinance The second bullet is the um again trying to improve the
documentation that comes um to the arborist so that when he goes out and does the inspection he knows exactly uh what trees are being talked about to be removed Uh the third uh point there is something that um has been troublesome in the
beginning Um a lot of times uh a uh tree removal company will come to a a site start removing a tree and we get calls to the bur hall get calls to members of the shade tree board Do they have a tree permit do they have a tree permit uh and then we have to go scramble try to find
the records and find the bridge Uh and I think one of the solutions that we're proposing here is that uh there be a display like on construction permits uh that they would have it in a very visible place so that people can see
that there is a permit um when the tree uh truck tree removal trucks roll up uh and so we don't get the crisis phone calls coming into the into the burrow hall Uh and then as a result of some of these changes
um some of the existing ordinances 195 the land use ordinance uh and the shade tree management board creation ordinance which is 45 uh need to reflect um the exist the existence and what um the tree
protection ordinance covers So for instance when the uh creation of the shade tree board was established under ordinance 45 there was not a arborist and there were not um appeals for tree removal permits and
that kind of stuff and so we had to reflect that back into the sha tree board ordinance So it was kind of like a recynchronization of the three ordinances so they're at least all now compatible which they were not
Um again some of the processing things have been clarified Um we had definition and control of steep slopes both both in land use and in the shade tree uh protection ordinance Uh now we're trying
to synchronize that so that uh it's clear of who has control of that And so again summary Um um based on experience based on all the tree permits uh that Rich has been
processed um we think these are improvements that will uh better serve the town and better serve the residents uh on clarification So with that are there any questions or comments first I thought this was very well
thought out So I like the way it tightens everything up It's very good I'm the ual uh I always think of the other side What happens if somebody and I may have asked this at a prior meeting if somebody it's on private property and they're just going to cut down their
tree what's the penalty for that so that happens um and we get calls the tree has been cut down Um the arborist will go and um visit the site inform the resident uh of uh what the ordinance was
the violation if there was a violation Um there might be certain situations where that tree um should have been cut down It was danger Okay And so case by case um but if it was a clear violation
then Rich has the or the arborist has the ability iate um legal um recourse and a fine And then my last comment is this When a realtor shows a house to somebody looking to buy in town would
you know and maybe we don't know are they informing the potential buyer of what these ordinances are but somebody could come buy this house all those beautiful trees and they get in I want to cut this one down I want to cut that one down Then they realize it's going to be a process to go through Are realtors
telling potential buyers about these ordinances um I do not know Um but I do know that we have as one of our follow-up items uh is to reach out to realies and give them a package Good Good Um so that's one of our to-dos I
think to improve the process But I do not know if all the realtors would tell people about all the ordinances that Madison has and doesn't have but this one would be good to three would be one of many things Okay Thank you Okay Other questions or comments
before mine out there jean thank you for all the updates You know obviously been conversation and uh this uh reflects your work and Rich's work and all that of others and uh bringing things up to date as we learn each time Um two quick
things I want to cover on um as you mentioned the two trees in 24 months down to one in 12 months Some people will say well the ratio is the same the tracking is much easier and that's why we're uh doing that change and the um you know the appeal of land use uh for
those that are not familiar with it you know a land use process is very thorough and once a resolution is passed that is what it is that's what the uh property owner has agreed to and so it's makes sense that you can't appeal that to uh shade tree you you've agreed and it's been voted on by either the zoning board
of adjustment or the planning board Any other uh thoughts or questions We are introducing this ordinance It is ordinance 10-2025 And now we move on to uh overnight parking ordinance which is
ordinance 11 Am I covering this or oh there it goes All right So this is changes to limit the time frame uh that people can request overnight parking on the street
Um there's an application process that you go through on Rosenet You can fill out a form to say "I need to park on the street overnight." Normally you're not allowed to park on the street overnight in the entire burrow Um
and this would formalize the steps that the applicants need to take to receive their overnight permit Maybe you're getting work done on your driveway Maybe um something's happening where you have a guest over and you need a space That
happens all the time You fill out the form Then the police know that when they come around they won't take your car Um this sets up a couple additional requirements um that you can't so then
people don't abuse the system so that they are only allowed to park overnight a certain amount of times per quarter I don't remember exactly five times per quarter Um and it can't be consecutive nights and there's limited exceptions
like if you're getting work done and things like that Just some additional background Uh attorney Marina covered it well but it's been a process and certainly no overnight parking has been
in place in Madison for my lifetime which is a long time Um and uh we started off the conversations is this a practice we want to continue and it's very clear that it's a practice that works very well for Madison keeping the streets clear at night uh security
reason quality of life emergency vehicles uh traveling through in the dark and so on It it was confirmed to be very important Uh what the issue has become is some houses are short on some property short on uh parking and they
have taken on abusing the system and managing their parking with getting exemptions as opposed to taking care of as was just outlined construction time or guest coming over the exceptions to it So we have cleared that up and we
have a um system that will track it It is uh tied per vehicle not necessarily resident So um if you had did get your five and then had another guest come to visit with a different car you you could get that permission Um you um if you
wanted needed to do multiple nights obviously if you have your driveway sealed you need to two or three nights before you can park back in your driveway The requirement just so we have better tracking is you would just go back online the next day and re uh
repeat that process There are some major example you know um an an issue major construction issue something like that that you may need to have that sixth day There's a process to go through the police department that
will be the exception So we are no longer will allow people to manage parking shortages There's other other ways to work on that It is to manage the guest the construction or other things that may come up Any other thoughts or
questions from the uh council tom All right I'll go back here So Marina you were just explaining it but I I and I tried to I tried to understand it too when I read it So we have to file an application online It would still be
online just as is today It is out online You would put in your um your vehicle and it will it will be tracked by license So if it's a the quarters will be uh hard to find uh hardly hard
definition So it's not uh three months from three months it's going to be January through March April through through June and so on So it it will be tracking that to automatically be rejected if you try to book that sixth one But uh it is an online process
You're not having to uh come pick up a form You're not having to call the police department It's the exception when you need you had an extra emergency But can you make a call also that's has to be on online Yeah But if you have a situation where somebody comes to visit
you late at night and can't find the application form on the burough's website you're expecting people to go and surf through the burough's website to find this when they could just call the dispatcher and give the license plate pay their name tell them the address where the car is and then I had
a visitor that just showed up and they're going to leave the car outside for one night Why why would we want if if and like it's just been clarified I don't know how originally Yeah So So if if you had trouble um accessing you know uh maybe you can't
maybe you can't uh park in your driveway because a tree took out your power Um you know about that So you have no uh internet Yes you can uh you can call through the police department They will enter it on the form Yeah We would prefer that people do it online Okay But
you're not going to actually If somebody calls and the police department takes the information from you you're not going to we're not going to give them a ticket because they didn't allow a form online And how easy is it to find I never I've never looked online to see
where the application is Do you know where it is uh yep Yep If you uh go to public safety m uh police it comes up pretty it is I don't I don't know if we've uh done the new one but I have done it before for uh when I've had guests over and it's pretty
straightforward In fact we're uh it's popping up right now Just Google Madison NJ overnight parking It's there you go Okay And also as Marina just pointed out if you Google it which is a lot where a
lot of people start Um it'll pop up too Any other questions or comments it doesn't sound like it's that restrictive Anyway and again it was the ban was put in place for a reason Yeah And we want to make
sure we honor that reason but recognize there are reasons why exceptions should be given Right There are some exceptions Like I remember on Green Village Road there was a couple of months when there was cars parked on the east side I guess they were doing some
construction like that's an exception to 11 for introduction Now we'll move on to electric utility time use rates We've got the gym and gym team So we have the is up and running and we have a new bill form and we have
Jim Trimble to thank for that along with the folks at Harris um who offer our flexible database program for utility billing It was a lot more complicated um than I think I certainly thought in the process and we're not going to go into the details but I wanted to just have
Jim come up here walk through um the web page that he and Michael and I created Um there's a sample bill form that you'll be able to see How many bills have gone out so far probably about 12 half the town already has their bills So like Ray got his a week ago so you may have already seen the new bill form but
um Jim step on Good evening Jim is right This was actually a lot more complicated than it was than we thought it was going to be going in Um making the bill work uh getting the meters to convert over to time of use But like you said all the
meters that um can be converted have been uh the billing system has been completely converted over Long story short we're there Um it's working Now it's just a matter of showing people what we've actually been doing So Michael if Michael made this page as he
makes all the pages and it's great Um the bill is going to look a lot a little bit different Um thing of it is the thing that we want to keep stressing to people is that your consumptions and your bill total will be exactly the same
Your rate will be the same the number that we use to get your bill total will be the same We're just showing it to you in a different way Can't stress that enough because that's the the call that comes in every time because the bill has changed Um essentially this is an actual bill that went out Uh the total is
1,400 shown here too It gives a breakdown of the two-tier system that we've always had for the rates Uh you know x amount for this x amount for that Um so that is what you're going to be build on like you always The difference is we've broken it out into regular peak
and off peak and those are the three tiers for time of use where if you selected to go to this type of rate structure we would bill you differently per rate So in other words we're we're we're showing everybody what you would be getting build but again I want to
stress over and over rates haven't changed bill hasn't changed unless you elect to go to time of use service Um is there anything I mean the always sorry in the chart too um on top will look a lot better once this is getting you know
filled out fully uh it's there's a little colorcoded breakdown of your peak off peak and regular as we get more months in there because obviously the other ones are just one um fill that out a little more it'll start to show a little better I I think of you know when
your your peak usage expands when it goes down what months you did better or worse um just kind of in a graphical way as opposed to just a ton of numbers Um I don't think we changed too much Oh and and uh I should say too that if you
elect to go to time of use uh as a few people have um they will show uh the breakdown of the uh of your consumption and the the according the and the rate that would go along with it under the electric section probably should have
had one of those for this but so few people have gone to it And I think the point we're trying to make right now is that nothing has changed We are just showing you your consumption in a different way Oh yes Uh so the page as you can imagine we're getting a lot of calls uh asking
for people who don't just auto pay who still look at their bills why does it look different what are these numbers that you're showing me um and this is just a page that Michael put together that just gives kind of the the shorthand of what we're doing with the time of use stuff It's
rosnet.org Um and you can anyone can go to it and just look through this This gives you the actual time of use times and days uh and what the rates that we've you know are now officially set in stone would be per tier Uh as opposed to what we have
right now is just flat rate um for any time of day Uh it kind of explains this is you know one of our selling points is that the 20 peak hours uh that's that would be the only time your rate would go up was about 12% of hours in a week
uh the other uh all the other what 88% would be a rate decrease kind of like a part pie chart way of explaining you know how we're breaking it up and then Michael you could go a little bit further down uh gives you it gives you the rates in the appendix it's all the
electric rates are in appendix A uh the service charge um which is going to show up on the bill now um it says that you know time of use if you select to do this uh you have to be on it for 12 months Uh you can't go back
and forth Uh you can't go on and off Um oh and there's a part about water too Uh where the rates can be found We lowered the minimum charge for one in services Uh so just kind of a um you know a bulleted list of common
questions that we get in the office Uh specifically time of use ones because those are that's obviously we've been getting a lot of calls about that Um and it's just kind of easy enough to point people over to this website Uh anything more in the weeds than that they can
certainly ask me or anyone else So thank you Jim for uh that I'll be right back So I can get under um uh I would want to add one thing We had talked about and you may have heard
us talk about separating out the service charge and the notion was that no offense to the solar people but a lot of them don't literally pay a dollar and if the solar service charge was separated out it would be an opportunity for them to pay at least a little bit into it but for various reasons it caused issues
with customers that had credits on electric and then would have regular customers have credits on electric and have this service charge and so be like wait a minute it says I owe $486 but I have8 $8 credit on my electric utility Why why is that so we removed that We're
not doing that There's an amendment to the ordinance tonight to take that into account and to also codify what the solar credit will be for the customers that chose time of use that have solar like Kathy and Peter here Um so the
changes in that ordinance um flip back service charge the way it was and also what's that next meeting at Oh is that the next meeting it's not on for this Okay Um that's not introduced for the night I thought it was on the Okay So
anyway um so that's happening at the next meeting And um same with the uh clarifying what the solar rebate charge would be for customers that select time of use Again I just want to thank Jim This was a a a very big job and he
carried the water the whole way through on it So appreciate that Jim Trimble thank you for your work And um I believe that we we're the only electric utility in the state that is doing time of use charge Uh I I believe so mayor Yes And um I've seen my first
new bill Um and it is good to see as they peak and off peak so you can do your little homework to see how how it'll work for you or change your habits Um and the reason we have to do 12 months is you don't want people playing seasons and so you're e either in it or
you're out but uh to make that commit Rachel and then Bob Thank you Jim and Jim I know this has been a a long road and you've kept at it and I'm excited that we're finally about to um rolling this out But um Jim Bernett can you just
remind us all of us why we're doing time of use rates what we are trying to accomplish and what we are not trying to accomplish generally speaking this program The goal of the bill form is to just educate people And the more people see that why is their peak off peak and
regular they'll hopefully understand that the Burough of Madison pays millions and millions of dollars out of our 15 out of our at our $15 million budget for the electric utility Millions and millions of it are for capacity charges for to make sure we have enough
electricity on the hottest days of the year If we can get everybody to shift that load away from 3 to 7 pm that would be uh tremendously helpful for us for the resiliency for the grid and everything else Actual time of use is to encourage people to start looking at
their consumption and actually actively through economics motivate them to shift some load And for example my dishwasher and my dryer dryer especially it's an electric dryer has a a mode in it that
you can press and say "Hey start it in two hours." So uh it's it's important to just remind people that uh we want to try to shift load if we can Did I answer the question thank you I'm assuming that this is for homeowners
as well as as apartment own as renters Where do you make this where can you select time of use i've not Is it on the burough website how do I go on the burrow website right there And then click there and get to a form
and you fill out the form Perfect Form no paper And uh we get it and then literally Donna just takes about 10 seconds for Donna to do it And you get confirmation that time does have a little bit of the rates when the rates are Good stuff
Thank you Questions or comments um yeah I So when we talked about it and thank you for your question Rachel Um we talked about the why and is there an opportunity if you're getting a lot of
calls perhaps in the next billing cycle or whenever it makes sense to say "This is why it looks different this is an education opportunity Um and this is you know if people are calling you they
obviously have questions They probably don't know about the time of these things to be honest right so and then show them the link and talk about the why We'll be pushing out we'll be pushing out all this information that people can go to the website understand why we're doing this
and what it means one up what Melissa said I think we should be able to deliver the message to every homeowner right and Louis is saying go on the website I can tell you I promise
you 90% of the B residents will not go on the website Maybe 95% So I know a couple people in town not as many as you Jim but I could tell you that if I speak to all of them only a few people even know what we're talking about but it's great what you're trying
to accomplish So there should be a way to make a a mandatory link that you have to open when you get your bill If you get your bill online but some people some the people who just pay without even looking at their bill I don't know how you're even notified right you have
that for people We can just put a not we can put a notification on the bill Jim was smart to say create the shortest URL we can just did that today It has to say like must read and and we'll also include it in the um budget and brief document that
goes out in July We can it's a really good thing for us to include in there Hey we have now have time to use So if you're residential um you know rosette.org /tu Check it out And um Peter what you guys are going to be promoting it in a couple of different ways right
yep April 26 Clean and Green and Bottle Hill Day and EV Expo We um going to be reaching out to all the EV owners And you know when when you buy a Tesla it's like "Oh do you have time of use rates put it put put it in there." And so we get all these people calling us "Do you
have time for the last year do you have time of use rates?" and we just took their name and their email We're going to be notifying them that this is available to them Okay I I also Jim I've said this in the past and I' I'd like to see if this is how we're going to move forward with it that we keep it voluntary
because if you really think about the people who are affected from 3 to 7 there's a lot of residents Summertime your family comes home from their camps or whatever they're in the house 3:30 You have the temperature You have to keep the temperature
so that you don't get penalized by this big rate Now that's really forcing a harsh change in your lifestyle which is not feasible Older people who are in their homes they're not all of a sudden maybe they will but they're it's not going to be easy to say I got to you know make my house warmer so I don't get
hit with a 39% or whatever 39 It Yes sir It would have to be this governing body that to to make it mandatory I I'm just I don't think there's It makes it makes sense for um time of use as we said makes sense for those who
can manage it and it may not it doesn't make sense for all which is why why we have this is a great system it is I I like the option to and with two of us home just Christine and I it might work but if everybody's back home so Jim did a tremendous amount of he's become
really good at Excel um a tremendous amount of data crunching he took last year's data from January to December every we didn't have every meter up and running with Tommy V's buckets but he took what he could and we we had 4,000 to 6,000 meters per month where we had
peak off peak and regular hours and we were able to crunch the numbers and say okay if everybody um what happens if everybody switches to time of use um it was like a 1.4% 4% increase in our revenue In other words an extremely
small change in your bill If you don't change your consumption at all So if you do change your consumption there's a real opportunity for you to actually save money So we set the rates that way Um but the new rate is high No the no
talk about we took the new time of use rates and compared every bill And it was interesting There were some pretty big variances There were some people that automatically are going to get a savings because whatever they don't consume a lot during the peak There are others who would automatically get um a higher bill
but the total average was a 1.4% increase in the bill And so the notion is people will probably be able to adjust their consumption a little bit to get their bill right back So if you did it if you signed up for time of use and you were average your bill would go from
whatever $100 to $101 So it's not a big deal And I know that's not your bill but I'm just using that as an example But but you would have to tell your kids your kids can't visit for a whole year because you wouldn't be able to change when they're actually in the house Yeah Things they can't have air
conditioning Can't heat water during the day You can come if you want to All right Anyway I love it I think it's great but I don't think it can work for everybody's lifestyle I'm all about saving the money All right Any other comments as
mentioned this will uh be the adjust adjustments to our uh time of use will be introduced at ordinance next week Thank you Now we go on to ordinance for hearing Will the clerk please read the statement ordinances scheduled for
hearing were introduced by title and passed First reading at the regular meeting of the council held March 24th 2025 were posted and filed according to law and copies were made available to the general public requesting same I call ordinance for second reading Ask
the clerk to read an ordinance by title ordinance 7-2025 Ordinance to exceed the municipal budget appropriations limit and to establish a cap bank I open the hearing on ordinance 7 Anyone wishing to comment please step forward
Seeing none I close the hearing Mayor I move ordinance 7-2025 Second council discussion is an annual process just to give us flexibility Roll call vote please Miss Euran
yes Mr Range yes Mr Harland yes Yes Mr Forte yes I declare ordinance 7-2025 adopted and finally to publish notice there of the newspaper and file the ordinance according to the law Ordinance 8-125
Ordinance of the bureau of Madison amending chapter 185-31 of the burrow code to prohibit stopping or standing of vehicles during certain hours on East Street from Howard Street to point uh 350 ft east thereof Open
hearing on ordinance 8 Anyone wishing to comment please step forward Seeing none I close the hearing Mayor I move ordinance 8-2025 Second House discussion Roll call vote please Mr Eric
yes Mr Lander yes Mr Range yes Mr Harland Bus yes Mr Cunningham yes Mr For Yes I declare ordinance 8-2025 adopt and filing pass and ask the clerk to publish newspaper file the ordinance accordance to the law We're now on to our second of
two invitations for public uh comment This is when you may comment on any topic Uh please as usual step up lecture and state your name and address write the same on the clipboard and try to keep your comments at three minutes but we give you a one minute grace
period Good evening So I'm speaking tonight as I'm at 82 Central Avenue in the fine town of Madison New Jersey Thank you Thank you Kath I am speaking tonight as a longtime resident of Madison My
parents worked at Drew and during my teenage years I had the privilege of living in university housing including Sycamore Cottage and Madison House and spending time in the forest In 2014 I received a
packet asking me to support a summer sustainability intern at an amount I could not at the time afford But in this packet there were some interesting materials The council all got a copy of this a brochure about Drew's
sustainabil sustainability initiatives and an article about the forest I'm excerpting from that article to reinforce one of the wise for saving the Drew forest And that why is the legacy of work that has already gone
into restoring it and I quote "A pair of determined women turn over a new leaf for what is now called Heepern Woods The forest preserve was dying and it hurt just to look at it
Native trees had stopped reproducing Mayapple trillium foam flour and other wild flowers had vanished Thick ropes of wisteria and oriental bittersweet strangled trees The only things flourishing were destructive plant
invaders Norway maples garlic mustard and Japanese stilt grass and deer whose constant browsing killed any hope of regeneration The site pained Sarah Webb professor of biology and director of the
Drew Forest Preserve the 45 acre area at the southwest corner of campus Webb who joined the faculty in 1986 used the woods to teach forest ecology and conduct research I often thought about
how to rescue it she says It also pained Christine Heppern an environmental activist who lived on the edge of the preserve with her husband and son I loved those woods Heburn says I raised my baby there To me they were not Drew's
woods They were ours A chance encounter between the two women grew into a shared resolve to rescue the preserve Today and this is when the article was written thanks to $155,000 gift from Heburn plus donated labor and materials from New Jersey
Ottabon Society and the US Fish and Wildlife Service Restoration of 30 acres is underway Heburn's donation financed construction of a 10- foot high deer fence around part of the woods and the adjoining zuk
arboritum Last April when this article is written volunteers planted 1300 baby trees and shrubs Six weeks later Heepern walked into the cleared portion of the preserve renamed the Heepern Woods One minute Kathy Tiny tree and shrub seedlings
grown by inmates at Bay Bayside State Prison in South Jersey dotted the ground I was in tears just to think oaks will grow here again says Heepburn It's going to be so rich in birds It's
exciting I have just one other quote from the from the sustainability brochure at Drew environmental sustainability efforts go far beyond tossing an empty soda can in a recycle bin And like the native trees adorning
its campus Drew's efforts are growing Would you expect any less from a school nicknamed the university in the forest end quote thank you very much It's great to hear history guiding us for the
future Anyone else wishing to comment please step forward Seeing none I close this part of the meeting We now move on to introductory ordinances Will the clerk please read the statement the ordinance is scheduled for first reading Have a hearing date set
for Monday April the 28th 2025 Will be published in the Madison Eagle and posted on the bulletin board and made available to members of the public requesting copies I call ordinances for first reading Ask the burough clerk to read ordinances by title Ordinance 9-2025
Ordinance the Bur of Madison amending chapter 113-14 of the burough code entitled housing standards to amend the lead base paint inspection fees Mayor I move ordinance uh 9-2025
Second council's discussion We put in place uh the uh inspection process and this is just updated fees to reflect comments I looked through that too and I
couldn't find what's the fee 50 bucks now right $50 right okay So you either have to call and get your house inspected if you're not having your teny This is only for rental properties Right
Right Okay Any other comments we'll call a vote please Mr Early yes Mr Landrean yes Mr Range yes Mr Harland yes Yes Mr Yes Ordinance desk 2025 Ordinance of the Bur
of Madison amending and supplementing chapter 178 of the Madison burrow code entitled tree protection and chapter 195 of the burough code entitled land development and chapter 45 of the burough code entitled shade tree management board Mayor I move ordinance
10-2025 Second presentation Any further discussion roll call Vote please Mley Yes Mr Landry Yes Mr Range Yes Mr Harland Yes Miss Yes yes
Ordinance 11-2025 Ordinance of the Burrow of Madison amending and supplementing chapter 185 of the Madison Burough code entitled Vehicles and Traffic Mayor I move ordinance 11-2025 Second And this is to the overnight
parking which was just discussed Any further comments call please Mr Eric yes Mr Landan yes Mr Range yes Mr Harland Pis yes Yes Mr For Yes Ordinance 12-2025
Ordinance of the Bureau of Madison amending chapter 185-29 of the burrow code entitled Vehicles and Traffic to amend the parking uh the schedule number one no parking Mayor I move ordinance 12-2025
Second This is adding the west side of Val Place Further comment please Mr Earl yes Mr Landry yes Mr Range yes Mr Harold yes Yes Forte yes
Ordinance 13-2025 Ordinance of the Bureau of Madison amending chapter 94 of the Madison Burough code entitled electric utility to update the electric connection electric connection fee schedule Okay mayor I move ordinance 13205
Second This along with the next couple of ones are done annual basis This is calculated by our auditors and connection fee This does not affect any current residents This is New connections on various utilities Any further
discussion roll call vote please Mr Early yes Mr Landry yes Mr Range yes Mr Harland Pis yes Missing Yes Mr Forte Yes Ordinance 14-2025 Ordinance of the Bur Madison amending
chapter 190 of the Madison Burough Code entitled water to update the water connection fee schedule Mayor I move ordinance 142025 Second council discussion Call vote please Mr Early yes
Mr Landeran yes Mr Range yes Mr Harold yes Yes Mr Yes Ordinance 15-2025 Ordinance of the Bureau of Madison amending chapter 155 of the Madison Burough Code entitled sewer to update
the sewer connection fee schedule Mayor I move ordinance 152025 Second council's discussion Roll call vote please Miss Eric yes Mr Landrian yes Mr Range yes Mr
Harold Hutis yes Mahan yes Mr Forte yes A comment for the next meeting The uh hearings for 13 14 and 15 will be combined These are all similar in they are connections Ordinance 16-2025
Ordinance the Bureau of Madison appropriating $28,000 from the general capital improvement fund for the funding of fiber to support ongoing fiber expansion efforts Here I move ordinance 16-2025 Second discussion
Roll call vote please Sir yes Mr Lander yes Mr Range yes Mr Harland yes Yes Mr For Yes Consent agenda resolutions Will the clerk please read the statement consent agenda resolutions will be enacted with a single motion Any
resolution requiring expenditure is supported by a certification of availability of funds Any resolution requiring discussion will be removed from the consent agenda All resolutions will be reflected in full in the minutes Mayor I move
resolutions R21-2025 through 14020 Second discussion or any of that need to be pulled So mayor just to elaborate a little bit on R 122 2022 I know it's a
great program for the community Is this what is that is this type of program that the did the presentation on where mental health experts professionals show up the arrive program arrive programs
fantastic any other discussion roll call vote please Mr Early yes Mr Land yes Mr Range yes Mr Yes Yes Yes From the current fund
$474,23 even from the general capital fund $42,196.50 from the electric operating fund $99,77.38 from the electric capital fund 570,972.50 from the water operating fund $32,77467 and from the trust $77,632.87 the total is1,296,676.92
Mayor I move approval of the vouchers Second Any discussion roll call vote please Mr Euran yes Mr Range yes Mr Carolis yes Yes Mr For Yes
Under new business I'd like to make this following appointments Both of these are mayor appointments not requiring uh council consent Uh just to be clear that housing authority has uh council appointments has a mayor appointment and a governor's appointment This is the
mayor's appointment So to the Madison Housing Authority uh appointing Shelby Scott as commissioner for unexpired five-year term through August 10th 2029 and historic preservation commission um Chris Kellogg alternate number one
for unexpired two-year term through December 31st 2025 Very much And with that I move to ajourn All in favor i Thank you very much Thank you all