--------- Council on January 7th 2025 and published in the Morris newsby and Daily Record and by posting a such resolution on the B board B Hall all the above ACS being apped with njsa 10 4-6 at roll call please mayor president Mr pres
Mr Mr pres Mr pres Mr pres Miss B pres and just for the record Mr Brom councilman room is out of state not be with us tonight um just I
have one thing for uh conference um April 5th I believe is the date uh that we're going to do a stream cleanup and if people remember who have been around for a while fact I think we probably I
think it was 2015 or so maybe a little earlier we did a one day one School uh at the burough school where contractors in the various municipalities came together to beautify the school do plantings take some old plantings out
and uh really do a nice job so April 5th we're going to be doing the same sort of thing uh in collaboration with Handover Township Morris Township Morris Town Morris Plains and Floren Park the respective Mayors and the respective
dpws uh oems um and volunte along with companies that do tree work and tree removal out of these areas and we'll be doing a large stretch of uh
Stream area that's been impacted by Fallen trees and a lot of debris in it uh from granis uh over to Central Avenue so soon you'll be a beneficiary of one of these over there so you know a lot of that debris is in the brook back there so that's where that will be going I
think the time is like 8:30 till 4 4:30 so uh it's a big event and um there'll be a lot of contractors with at the police involved and whatnot same same type of thing that we did over here the construction equipment
and stuff like that so I do say volunteers but this is primarily volunteers with experience um at this sort of thing so that it's not uh nobody gets injured but I do want to just make everybody aware of that that's the only thing I have right now
Mr Cortez I don't have too much for this part okay right uh yes I do have uh one question uh regarding the the budget um I was uh requesting to see if we were able to receive a budget summary sheet uh that I heard is typically given on the second night that way when we're
reviewing all the line items uh tomorrow night we have an idea of where the budget currently sits as far as expenditures and shortfall property tax I think that's in the in the book that you did rece it gives the previous year it does have the previous year but I was curious if we have a deficit what the
property tax impact would be so that way we have this idea of what we're going into we we'll talk offline but I'm sure you can get that problem okay I thought did n did you have were you able to get that from me I think we talked about that earlier this week so when we talked
about within the budget committee uh we didn't agree that it would be nice to have that ahead of time that way we have so I did talk about that with Nancy and I hope committee on conversation that we had with that about that as well so F in the committe that you do it in two
meetings yeah she doesn't have all the information at at this point um she does have some of that information but not all it I know today she just receive some more information okay so any information that she would give prior to probably would not be accurate she
can give you you know what happened last year but not everything is available as to give you but whatever you're specifically looking for if she can give it to you she has no problem giving it to you you haven't been here before but
each line item is discussed going through the budget and any questions that you have can be asked at that time whether she has the information for that specific question at the time or not and she'll explain almost any anything in that line that
you need to an educated that left you because I had asked her for some more detail on the pool budget and backup so I gave everybody a copy that to Mayor back okay that's piece
information that it it I just wanted to bring up uh cret wanted me to bring up I think he had spoken with Bill as well about the possibility of the changing the ordinance for the inspection of the apartments in town like when they turn
over there's a change of tency or occupancy and how how now they're not inspected and how you know exploring he so Chris did I did talk to Chris about that um is one of the ordinance I mentioned last meeting there a number of ordinances I'm
looking into so you're as part of the ordinance committee with me and art uh you and I and art will go through all that but it is on yeah you just wanted me to bring it to people's attention and um I thought it was LE the discussion because I think between like the
highlands and Signature Place you know it's a lot of departments it could not only keep the town safer but potentially generate nice chunk of Revenue as well yeah yeah we'll definitely um I'm going to set up a committee meeting for the three of us to go through all the ordinances um hopefully to do that
sometime this month and that's definitely on the uh the docket there so perect yeah again I said I start the conversation but that's it for conference so thank you Mary bring uh yes Mr Mary thank you for uh um for this show I I do have
everybody got the copy of this Municipal engagement form um so the housing Alliance Mor county is holding this form on Thursday March 20th uh provides information of funding and Partnerships to assist municipalities and developing affordable housing obviously is that's a
Hot Topic um right now I think the um it makes sense uh to go it does say that the suggested attendees are Mayors Town Council Members planners Engineers um I did send to the affordable housing committee um I know that Liz leey plans
on going uh Mike araga is the head of planning board is interested Dave Schultz decline yeah I've spoken to them um they're not going to go they feel like it's premature um the person that that handles are affordable is here now
uh on this panel hqn properties they manage our affordable and buil affordable housing here in okay but um I mean listen if you if you want to go but there's really no reason to go for right now well it's a it's a form
I'd like to go just to be if you want to go you can go ahead and go that's I don't have a problem but I I mean and I think I think it's more of a sales pitch from these from these people and you're more than welcome to go and it's yeah I mean I think my opinion though no I I
appreciate that I do think that it would make sense for Mike as thee of PL board to go and I talk to Mike yesterday and okay I mean there's nothing precluding him from going there he was having anyway but he was having it on okay decided in my
conversations with him I did think he expressed interest in going so I'll pass the message on and see if he want to come so we'll uh so thank you we we'll sign up for that um and then uh only other question I had it did see in the
grant list that there's a uh Sustainable New Jersey grant that could be used to treat invasive species I guess did that use that last year for the goats over at Community Park could use it for that we didn't use we didn't use it for was not that was
not grant money for that okay that was that was yeah that was just build but but I think what he says here is that this Sustainable New Jersey Grant could be used for something like that and and I mean I think it's a good idea I don't know if that's if we wanted to I think
he was looking for direction on or not um Steve Steve thank you yes so I don't I think it's a good idea that you know just bu you have to find out what the requirements are you know we have to chip in or not whatever
because these were I think it was $1,600 for a month or something for that so I don't you know okay it may not be worth it but it may be worth it you can get a larger chunk out that yeah I mean at the very least I'll um and see if there's a match you know that
sort of thing yeah I could reach out to Steve and you know ask for more information okay that's all I had for I agree i' like that at least to see if it's if it's benal that beneficial absolutely I think beautification had
some other thoughts about some other invasive plans and stuff so the only thing I have to conference is uh just an update that we're still trying to get together this Advisory board for the farmers market uh we had like six or seven people come forward
but they haven't really met as a group to kind of identify what the roles are going to be for each one like there's somebody who's going to be uh in charge of the vendor management somebody's going to be the volunteer coordinator publicity Etc so that meeting is
supposed to happen next week I'm not a member of committee but that meeting is supposed to happen next week There's also going to be a representative from downtown Mars Plains who would be working on as a liaison to try to get the businesses in moris PL engaged somehow in the market or at least to offer them an opportunity to get engaged
in the market um but the one thing I want to ask the council is we would like to or this group would like to get your permission to request additional sponsors for the market we currently have Prov bank I don't know if they're still on board this year that Outreach I
think still has to happen they are reached out y they reached out to okay I I didn't want to say if it was confirmed about but that money typically goes towards paying for the the bathroom facilities so uh we only have a $500 budget from the town for the farmers market but wanted to make sure that we
had funding for the entertainment because they're looking to have different types of entertainment I think the face painter was kind of expensive but maybe we can get kids to do that so we're going to try to get a little more creative but even last year they did National watermelon day they had prizes I think that one pocket to do that so
just to get a little more funding for some of these special events to see if somebody wants to sponsor those um who's who who the perspectives on the committee uh I don't have the whole list here but like I can tell you that people have raised their hand and that is H so
far we had uh Joe bomo Jessica Williams Angel Lewis Heather BMA Rosaria denova and uh somebody from downtown Wars Plains she still wants to know what the re are before she raises her hand and um a
former council member checking with the boss before he makes a commitment to to help us too so that's where we're at good job so are we on time we're behind where are we now Joan has all the vendor
contact info so until we have a manager take that over from her she's been doing all the followup right with people who are reaching out people who are reaching out to us we're getting follow up on but um there's other people that we still have to you know new people that we're
looking to pursue and get the paperwork in so that's we're I mean we're kind of on track I'd say I just want to see if it's okay we you know we don't want to like hit businesses hard but just um so I mean we do hit businesses for a lot of stuff
here in town yeah it wouldn't be a hardell type of thing no I know but it just you know it's just it's you know you have the sports people you have volunteer stuff you have cooking this you have I know it's it's a lot you
know other organizations hit the businesses up you know also so just yeah just have to keep that in mind I agree's a lot so maybe larger ones maybe one or two additional sponsors will be the smaller businesses
are going to be involved with the market maybe start with some of the larger ones in town and maybe you know we have a bank that sponsors it you know something along those lines maybe that makes sense but the small ones really do get hit up
a so it's hard for any of them to say no they all want to be a part of it and it's it's good but uh maybe a little at a time people can ease into that yeah they see what's going on dep so okay have insurance companies
you other stuff parade takes a lot of business yeah true okay thank you that's a lot that's all yeah I agree you're right uh that's all I have we do have a need for an executive session John
or I don't know what number it is resolution number 2025 49 be resolved by the B Council of the B BLS on the sixth day of March 2025 the mayor and B Council shall meet an executive session from which the
public shall be excluded to discuss matters as prated for njsa 10 semic 4-12 subsections B7 and B the time the matter is discussed pursuant to paragraph one therefore can
be disclosed to the public is as soon as practicable after the final resolution of the afor said matter no is there a second is there a motion is there a second all in favor I oppose abstain the
I haveit we'll be an executive we may come back sooner but no later than 8:30 we'll be back in session G can you just step out for few minutes a couple things ask Part: 2
or Al Together Al together right I move at the minutes conference executive regular of the February 6 meeting approved is there a second second by Nancy all in favor oppos
abstain guys have it approval of consent agenda Mr Cortez all right reports grant writer February 2025 tax collector January 2025 Treasurer January 2025 Police Department February
2025 resolution 20255 titled extending the 2025 budget introduction and adoption dates resolution 20251 entitled refund of overpayment the resignation of s Thornberry Court Administrator be accepted effect effective March 20th
2025 the bur clerk will be authorized to advertise for the position of court administrator Maria Amelia Lopez be hired as full-time cleaning maintenance for the more explained building Annex and fire department offices the moris Plains Community Center and the moris
plains te Center at an annual salary of 38,200 for rated effect of February 24th 2025 more seniors be granted permission to park approximately 25 cars at community park park of lot near tennis courts on Sunday March 23rd 2025 from
9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. while on the bus strip to New York City more plain seniors be granted permission to park approxim Park 22 cars at the commity park pool parking lot seven days for beginning on
a Tuesday third Tuesday April 1st 2025 and returning on Monday April 7th 2025 while on the bus trip to Nashville busy seniors the Bure of treasur be authorized to advertise for the receipt of bids for pedestrian walkway along
Route 53 and t Road in March 13th 2025 addition of the of the official Burl moris blaines news official burough newspaper with bids to be received on April 10th 2025 at 10: a.m. council
chambers B Hall having having pulled the Council on February 24th permission was granted for two fire department members to drive engine number four to the Morris County VTech 40 East Main Street Denville on Wednesday February 26 2025 1
p.m. to 3:30 p.m. for a fire public safety class that two junior members are currently enrolled in the marsh Plains Community band be granted permission to hold four concerts at Robert's Garden on Wednesday August 6th August 13th August 20th and August
27th from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Brienne mu would be hired as full-time clerk typist in the bur clerks office at the annual salary of 41,000 effective March 10th 2025 is there a
second the mayor be authorized to sign the police departments three times I application for 2025 distracted drive and Crackdown Grant you drive you text you pay campaign the Bro Treasurer is authorized to submit bids for contract a
2025 fireworks display services for 2025 with up to two one-year contract extensions in accordance with you njsa 48 semic 11-15 which dos to be published in the official newspaper on March 13
2025 and bid to be accepted on April 9th 2025 at 10:30 a.m. in the council chambers now is there a second second second by Bill roll call please Mr Cortez yes Mr yes Mr
yes yes I'd like to welcome everybody here tonight it's a nice evening getting nicer and warmer and see if anybody has any comments C see nobody I move on to reports and
committees and Department Finance Mr start okay mayor the clerk's office conducted interviews for three days last week I participated with them um the Deputy clerk for an entry level vacancy in that
office and Brienne Muller has accepted the position and starts Monday we're looking forward to having her on board the office continues to work with their animal licenses over for overdue RAB certificates parking permits over requests and on February 29th I attended the safety committee meeting led by
Roseanne our clerk the head of our Safety Committee also attending with department heads Chief kosi uh the DPW superintendent John nelli um chiefo and our court administrator as required by our liability insurance carrier and each
department reported out safety measures that they are implementing such as the DPW training on trench safety and uh the police department fit testing for gas masks and Fleet Safety and auto insurance issues and claims and the clerk reported issuing certificates of
insurance for the municipal Alliance events and sports teams that use our burough facilities and um issued permits for field use and anual fireworks uh so you can see the Public Employee Occupational Safety and Health Administration report uh had to be
displayed in our departments and workplaces as required by New Jersey Law all part of that safety committee meeting which we have to have annually annually no quarter quarter okay so that was that was my first experience with that very interesting finance department has been busy with our budget meeting
preparation for our budget budget workshops one will be held tomorrow at 6m and one on Friday March 28th at 6m this Friday we will be reviewing all the department budgets submitted and evaluate each request line by line and next uh the 28th we'll be reviewing our
revenue and capital requests as mentioned at the last meeting we will need to keep an eye on how developments at the state and federal levels will impact our local budget the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs has proposed that total energy receipts distribution to municipalities will
remain flat compared to 2024 at 6212 $6 we received that much last year from the state we'll receive it again this year and also announced last year the so-called Municipal Relief Fund from which we received 64,000 from the state in 2024 will no
longer be distributed to any municipality turn R I also attended a budget webinar on February 26 with the new New Jersey Department of Community Affairs where they reviewed some of the rules for this year unfortunately much of it went over my head because it was
targeted to CFOs so I attended the wrong but I I did the best I could and learned a few things uh so um Farmers Market I mentioned a few weeks ago that we were looking for volunteers for the farmers market we did have for ad an Advisory board so one person is not coordinating
the whole event for the entire summer and we have had about six or seven people who have come forward and will be looking to carry on this tradition uh there's going to be a meeting with them next week to assign different responsibilities today I was visiting some of the businesses downtown and I saw that there's a new bu opening up
next to mon florist called the LR alterations and Creations U mon will be sharing the space she is a seamstress and does alterations so stop by to see her and wish her all the best um just as
an aside I want to mention that on the 22nd of February I attended a know your rights Workshop prevented presented by wind of the spirit a faith based organization committed to advocating for fair and Humane immigration policies that respect dignity and celebrate our
shared Humanity so as a local elected official I felt it was important for me to understand the guidelines for involvement by our local police department so we can ensure that we are providing appropriate resources and also to um advise individuals and More's planes whether documented or
undocumented about their right to do process under United States law so that was a informative um webinar or iners experience we did some role play and stuff so it was very interesting um also I wanted to mention happy women's history month and we also
celebrate disability awareness month um so that's an important thing for many of our community members and also marown St Patrick's Day parade is next Saturday at noon so ad well it's a community it's a
community welome to the train stop at the there you go there you go perfect thank you NY Public Safety pil thank thank you mayor um starting off with the police department uh as people have witnessed and have seen we put the two
offers out to the new police officers they both accepted uh when I spoke with Chief Koski he said this was a critical week up at the police academy they're doing their firearms qualification which seems to be one of the you know bigger deals up there once they're through with that he said it should be kind of smooth
sailing from there uh we're looking at swearing those two gentlemen in possibly at the next meeting or the one after that depending on you know how timing works out but we're excited to welcome them to the community um Chief crosy also met with the museal group again um to go over the
you know mayor Carr had recommended a new plan for the building here um Chief crosy also met them over at the teen center to kind of look at that property to see you know the second option is possibly having a you know a police office built over there um ended up
finding out there's a little more space than originally thought over there so that could present some more options but will be up to the museal group to show us um there is going to be uh we're looking at having a traffic committee meeting on March 28th to really look at those complete streets initiatives we've
got a lot of roads being paved this year so we're going to try to work with the burrow engineer and see if we can get some of those you know the lining on the roads a little bit safer make it safer for kids people on ebikes cars Etc and the police department is putting in as mentioned before Grant application for
the distracted driving enforcement um essentially this is over time funding that's funded by the state that allows the officers to really Zone in on their shift on people texting and driving on their phones and driving and you know again really crack down on the distracted drivers which I definitely
think is a big issue help keep our our streets a little bit safer on the fire prevention front uh Chet is out inspecting and busy as usual he's also at the process of starting to collect some pass du invoices as we're in the third month of
the year um one of the things Chris and I discussed is New Jersey changed the code where you do not need a fire extinguisher anymore during a fire code the state is now putting it up to towns to decide and enforce that so that's
something that we'll be discussing you know in the near future he also had brought up um possibly working with the you know Bill and the ordinance committee on looking at the ordinance right now that we have for apartments in town currently if there's a change in
tency or occupancy we do not inspect that apartment um so that is something that we're going to try to look into we do feel like Not only would it make our town safer but there's buildings like Signature Place and Highlands that have a lot of Apartments So Not only would that make the town safer it would uh
really generate a nice chunk of Revenue as well he is also working on his March list he said that every month he has his own list of different types of inspections based on the type of here so I'm kind of learning those things myself but he's a very knowledgeable man and
teaching me a lot and he should have the February report out soon which has you know the breakdown of all the inspections he did for the month on the fire department front I do believe uh Chief Bellis might come up but uh they're are busy they're on calls as mentioned before they had the two um
fire department members take engine for to Morris County votch for the fire public safety class I think that's just a really neat opportunity and a great way to showcase the fire department and you know really be involved outside of the community as well uh and and then at the courtfront as
mentioned Sarah Thornberry is resigning effective March 20th we will be posting for the position ASAP trying to get someone in there and then really moving forward as well um we don't have too too many cases coming up but I will keep everyone post it I'm going to try to be in person at the next court
session and I believe that's it for myself if Chief gry or chief BS want to come up give a quick report that's Chief good evening um as uh councilman poner mentioned we're doing uh proposed traffic committee
meeting towards the end of the month but we are holding off because um March 26 a few of us from the police department as well as from the traffic committee members Jim hunt included are attending the Avenues and motion Transportation form with a special focus on ebikes and E Scooters that's continuing to be a AIC
concern for us uh tomorrow evening at men and arena is law enforcement night sponsored by the New Jersey Coalition for education and Positive Choices the moris County Sheriff's Office several Mayors including mayor Carr our department will be in attendance uh showing off some of our skills and
abilities and equipment that we use so a good night to just pop down and do some community policing the your officers um for the month of February UH 60 medical assistance calls prior to the arrival of uh EMS fire patrol officers 37
walkthroughs at the train station or evening and morning commute times uh 27 motor vehicle crashes with no injuries four motor vehicle crashes with injuries 336 motor vehicle stops 946 property checks of various businesses and
properties in town uh 184 radar and traffic enforcement details and two dbii arrest driving wall toxicated arless there's any questions or comments or concerns that concludes my report good thank you sir Chief bis good evening everyone um I don't
have monthly breakdowns wasn't exped to report tonight uh however uh we to date we uh as of this afternoon we have 84 calls for the year uh which is extremely busy it's extremely busy year I don't
know why but um as far as training um February 24th Monday evening uh the department went to cder Mill Firehouse our neighboring Mount Taber they have a little training facility set up so we did some forceable
door uh training at two hours there were 26 members in attendance uh this past Monday night uh March 3rd we had 15 members attend a uh lecture at the whipy
firehouse on the leadership it was given by a retired Carney Chief uh with 10 bestseller books um as well as uh he is the consultant for fire engineering so very knowledgeable unfortunately I had a
prior commitment so I didn't get to attend but the guys that went said it was a fantastic lecture so we were uh thankful to our neighbor in town for giving us that opportunity uh that's all I have thanks we know you weren't at
work obligation wasn't work so we know that I was at a taste thanks Mark thank you sir uh Public Works I mentioned before art is not with us tonight is way one more go ahead go ahead oh um sorry Mike reminded
me um so as some of you may know um we're switching over to the new Reporting System uh CSI uh and um Mike myself Chris um Edy doy we spent the past two
days uh from 10:00 a.m. to about 2 3 P.M training and the learning the new system so we can submit our reports so those go to the state right this is New State say FEA FEMA these yeah these are the nier reports that go to FEMA okay so good
thank you Mike for remind me thank you guys thanks for taking the time appreciate it uh anybody have a report for for art or no see nobody move on to public buildings the grounds Mr Cortez thank you mayor um I been to the uh sh
Tre uh meeting the beginning of the month and it's so learning so much with with this department I had a couple of meetings with DPW on trees all over town also met with Michael once and also our
Forester um our our Public Works can do so much if it involves climbing anything near wire anything near water they can't touch it and also P Tre is down depending on diameter they can't touch it either uh we sadly we had one down
there by the pond on Johnson Road and that required uh our forest to do a size um there also taking down some some more ash trees um last Saturday it started off was a beautiful day and then everybody remember wind picked up around
12:00 well I went around 10 around 5 six o'clock the N the wind did about 56,000 worth of pruning free pruning from orang PLS so we're blessed with that thank God nobody got hurt and one of my objectives here is really to go around especially where the kids walk to school to see any
trees or dead branches and um especially now that you'll know if the tree made it over the winter there was a you know it was it was tough little drought little cold little this had a little bit everything so we'll see what comes through and uh I will be doing more more walkthroughs especially again where the
uh kids walk to school I don't want any branch ever to come close to any kid any danger um as far as uh Recreation I uh went to the meeting j s here he's the head of recreation right now Recreation is a
little busy there trying to find people to ful positions that left as you guys know the beginning of the year when it gets very very very busy we um you know we have people coming in as count Camp counselors they got to be look that
interviewed uh there's registration there's pool um there's Easter Day by the uh April 12th is the uh the breakfast I think for 9 to uh to 11: at the it'll be a continental breakfast and U if we
can't have anybody Rec has proposed to help out as much as they can and do it themselves R the sleeves um we also move the pool registration satly from the 3rd to 21st only because we don't have anyone to man the email right now and the council is working on
this expeditiously and doing the best job we can to uh to get everything back to normality um that's about all I have there thank you very much I appreciate it public health sanitation and stores
Mr Ivy mayor uh so for team Center uh they have an event coming up uh for all grades uh we're hoping for a good turnout considering that the first event that was planned um hit capacity in about 62 minutes uh so they quickly and
found a new place um so that that should be a big hit um DPW is kind enough to vacuum and dust the house and there's some other uh lowc cost activities that we're going to prioritize with the team uh to see what we can kind of get things done to spruce up the house this come
springtime paint shampooing the carpets make it a little more homey of a of a building um for municipal Alliance uh the speak sobriety um that I spoke about last time with Steven Hill was confirmed on May 23rd to the seniors at at um
mortown High School um The Family Fitness event will be on April 5th the registration opens Monday and will be open through the 24th and um no Chief Ki mentioned it but the scooter safety that they're that they're working on uh the Board of
Health wants to be involved to help uh spread the awareness for that uh so that would be a nice conjunction and collaboration between the two boards um they also want to par participate in all the senior safety initiatives the alcohol drug prevention um coming into the this the prom
season uh the recycling contract renewal is underway so mayor probably should mentioned this the conference but um I'm going to follow up tomorrow to get their uh tonage costs I think they're still drafting at the contract the cost are um and then last week we had a DPW visit uh
to see what it looks like behind the scenes and it's uh if you thought it was impressive of how what you what everybody can see uh on a day-to-day basis what they're actually doing to make sure that the town runs is is extremely impressive um and how they maintain their Fleet and all the
training the people and man making sure the Manpower is there uh so um first Board of Health meeting that I'll be at uh will be next week and so finally we I'll have our first Board of Health ordinances and Public Utilities houst thank you mayor um so the uh the
affordable housing committee had a meeting on Monday night to discuss the um Challenge from the New Jersey buildo do you want to talk about that at all litigation okay so just maybe
just we've been named in in a suit right yeah so so in general all the 159 municipalities that filed to lower their affordable housing number which we were one of them uh were challenged by the New Jersey Builders Association
essentially uh that objection uh and supporting report takes the position that unless there's an overall Statewide re re reallocation of the affordable housing obligation no individual municipality can reduce a chair of the affordable housing pod so the affordable housing committee is in the process of
reviewing and analyzing that objection more in detail um I do think it's important that the public understand kind of what the definition of affordable housing is right and the income limits that are set by the New Jersey uh DCA which Department of Community Affairs um affordable housing
in New Jersey is housing is available to people with limited incomes and is defined by income limits and housing costs so for example uh 2024 in Morris County New Jersey the median family income was $124,600 the low income limit
for a family of four is $97,300 um an average nurses salary in Morris County New Jersey is $90,000 the very low income limit for a family of four is $67,200 and average police officers police officer salary
Morris County is 64,000 and an average teacher salary moris county is 59,000 so all these jobs actually fall below the income limits and therefore we're qualify for affordable housing the challenge that we have is balancing the the accommodations for people of all
incomes with the actual land that we can develop the housing on uh we certainly don't want to build on our Parks or Wetlands but we also do want to find the appropriate responsible places for everyone to live in moris PL so that's what we're discussing at the fora housing committee meeting um with everybody involved so just let
me just Pig it back it's not Mars plane certainly is not against any affordable housing whatsoever it's the the density that's imposed on us not because of affordable but because of the five units per affordable unit that a builder is is
able to build so um that's what the that's what we're trying to uh get our number lowered uh that the Builder can't build as many units as the the building that has gone on is results of
affordable housing so U nearly 700 units of housing here in the last 10 years you see the the ones that have gone up and still there's 200 left to build but those are the results of our third round of affordable housing so we talking
large numbers and it's our responsibility to try to get these numbers down as low as we can and put them in that they really belong right so not under the power lines or not on somebody else's property that the state
sees as vacant land or uh the parking lot of the BFW or any of our Parks like Bill said so um it's not the affordable housing that we're against it's just where it's placed U and the density of the of the houses buil so and uh you the
next so the next date that we're all working toward here is is uh is June 30th date we deserve a deadline for municipalities to adopt the housing element fair share point so got a lot of work to do between now and then um to to get this done so um excuse me on the
Construction office um update over there uh so one of the courses has been taking it's called a taco course technical assistant construction official course um she's enjoying it she's doing well on it um on the management software so spatial data logic um uh is the
management software company uh we have migrated the data to the new system uh and it's being it's in a process of being validated by the clerks so uh they were targeting a March go live date um but it's taking a little bit longer than expected so now we're targetting April
1st date um so when this is all live this is going to allow the inspectors to input and update the permits digitally when they're in the field and it's also going to allow the clerks to search for all the records digitally so it's going to make it make it easier for for the systems to be searched
um just on some uh projects update uh so the old T-Shirt Factory uh that's over here has a new tenant which is uh an automobile detail shop um where they kind of do wraps around uh cars and all that um it is classified as a retail
service which is an approved use in the B1 Zone um so because of that didn't need to go before any boards um however the inspectors are over there making sure everything is up to code uh so we welcome them to town uh the planning board uh they've got their next meeting Monday March 17th
St Patrick's Day here uh 7:30 p.m. here in this room uh on the agenda is the approval of the resolution for application PB 324 which uh was known as The Waker property but is now going to be known as Crossing to 10 uh and there will be a public hearing for application
p424 which is 109 B way uh the agenda is expected to be posted tomorrow if it's not up on the website um Zony Board of adjustment update they had their monthly meeting here February 24th it's a very quick meeting I think it was like eight minutes or something um as you
memorialize two applications for private residences uh the next meeting is Monday March 24th again here in this room uh the agenda should be posted sometime the week of the 17th um committee update so my checklist uh the checklist committee uh we're
going to be having our second meeting tomorrow afternoon via Google meet um that's myself Bill Ryden who's our engineer Dave Schultz who's the the chair of the Zoning Board of adjustment and Mike erag who's the chair of the planning board um and the purpose of that is to streamline um and review the current
2019 checklist for applications with a goal of simplifying and streamlining the process for all applicants including residents um SMC mua update uh let's see they are continuing to do utility work
Monday to Friday 8:30 to for uh the week of March 3rd through next week they'll be continuing water main installation on Maple Avenue and hawthor Avenue uh they will be performing disinfection and testing of Maple Avenue and Diana Road waterer lines
um and then on a training note uh as a new planning board member I signed up for a mandatory 5H hour online course through the New Jersey planning officials entitled mandatory education for new board members um it's $136 and it's going to provide me with an overview of the municipal land use law
um it'll cover topics such as planning Concepts County Planning engineering planning board issues and Zoning Board issues so that's only five hours though it's an intro course yeah it's it's five hours the required course yeah it's only 5 hours 5 hours yep it's an
online yeah 5 hours get aain yeah well well it's from 5:30 to 10:30 at night so I don't know how had to go all day on a Saturday at the Academy okay I guess so um yeah and then last night I
completed the Morris County cyber security safe training which stands for security awareness for everyone which covered topics such as email and password security mobile phone security and how to protect against fishing and ransomware attacks so I'm digitally compliant with everything and uh that's
my report great thank you sir thank you uh we have introduction of ordinances Mr Houston yes I council member Houston introduce the following ordinance and read the Same by title A Move that would be passed on first reading ordinance number
4-22 calendar year 2025 ordinance to exceed the municipal budget appropriation limits and to establish a cap bank is there a motion call please I'm sorry second second I'm
sorry roll call please Mr yes Mr houon yes Mr iy yes Mr poner yes M yes I council member Houston offer the following resolution whereas the above ordinance was introduced and read by
title at this meeting on March 6 2025 and passed on the first reading now therefore be resolved that a meeting to be held on March 20th 2025 at 8:30 p.m. prevailing time at the municipal building in the said buau this Council will further consider for second reading and final passage the set ordinance and
being further resolved that the clerk of his burough B and she is hereby directed to publish and mail the proper notice therefore including the ordinance post the ordinance on the bulletin board of the mun municipal building and to make copies available to members of the general public
second second second by Tyler in favor oppos abstain the eyes have it and this just allows the council in case of an emergency to raise the appropriate funds ordinances on second reading thank you uh I council member
Houston read by title the ordinance entitled ordinance 2-22 Bond ordinance improving uh sorry Bond ordinance providing for the Improvement of various roads in and by bur of Morris Plains in the county of
Morris New Jersey appropriating $953,000 therefore and authorizing issuance of 95,3 bonds or notes of the buau for financing such appropriation which ordinance was introduced and passed in the first reading at a meeting held on
February 20th 2025 I announce the meeting is open for a public hearing on the ordinance any members of the body wishing comment so you know when I close the public hearing I council member Houston state
that the above ordinance as read by title on second reading at this meeting be adopted and finally fast uh is there a second second roll call please Mr Corte yes Mr
H yes Mr iy yes Mr yes Miss yes and this is for improvements on Cleveland Avenue Brook Drive North Davenport Windwood Road Beach Drive Sun Valley Way Forest Avenue Forest Court by resurfacing and Paving
additional work to be done there and you have one more do I do yes I do may I council member Houston read by title the ordinance entitled ordinance ordinance number 3-22 an ordinance to appropriate
$45,000 for the Improvement of St Avenue and providing that the sum of $28,500 is expected to be received from New Jersey do Grant and the sum of $887 is expected to be received from the
southeast Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority with $17,730 appropriated from Capital Improvement fund balance which ordinance was introduced and passed on first reading at a meeting held on February 20th
2025 I announc the meeting is open for a public hearing anybody wish to comment seeing no one I close the public hearing I council member Houston state that the above ordinance as read by title on second reading at this meeting
be adopted and finally passed there a second second second by Tyler roll call please Mr Cortez yes Mr yes Mr yes Mr
yes yes I declare the coordinance adopted and passed again this self-explanatory putting the funds in for the paving of styles Avenue when the water main project is compl we have no resolution no unfinished business no new
business we do have vouchers Miss Vero iove of the checklist of March 6 2025 in the amount of 2,585 15 53 be approved is there a
second second second by Mike roll call please Mr yes yes yes yes yes and we do have a need for
another executive session Mr okay resolution for the executive session be resolved by the B Council of moris blings on the sixth day of March 2025 that prior to the conclusions of the regular meeting mayor the special meeting of the
mayor and the B Council of bur expains meeting has been open to the public the mayor and the B shall meet in executive session from which the public shall be excluded to discuss matters as permitted pursuant to njsa 10 semic
4-12 subsections B8 subsection B8 the time when the matter is discussed pursuant to paragraph one thereof can be disclosed to the public is soon as possible after the final resolution of
the app matter is there a second second all in favor oppos abstain the eyes have it we will be returning I can't tell you when you're more than welcome to stay open doors when we we return thanks for coming everybody
thanks for com don't come back