--------- on January 4th 2025 and publishing the board in the daily record and by posting such resolution on board all of action being with NJSA 104-6 please mayor Present Mr president
Mr president Mr houston present Mr ivy present Mr m and just for the record Mr and Miss Burger are relaxing we'll say like that
i'm glad they are well deserved so conference do you have anything no uh yes nancy just wanted me to mention that with Earth Day approaching uh the green team will provide a little blurb in the town's weekly email along with a
link to a newsletter highlighting the electric vehicle ownership state incentives and a couple testimonials from those that just one thing Mayor um uh Chief uh let's see nancy wanted me to mention that uh there's I guess there's
an issue with the um the uptick in speeding down Handover Avenue with um everybody coming down from Route 80 trying to avoid it um uh let's see they said uh they just wanted to see if there was a way we could be extra vigilant on handover
watching for for speeders there sure okay thanks um do have a couple of things uh the Whitney River the cleanup uh that we had scheduled for April 5th uh is postponed due to weather uh it's now rescheduled
for April 26th actually some of the work has already started some volunteer tree volunteer tree or tree company volunteer to say it like that uh they had an off day so they already took out
some of the dead wood out of the uh stream over by Central Avenue and near the bridge um so some of that work has already been started and completed the DPW did take some other stuff in that area out of the stream that
was the water flow there smoothly so that has already started or commenced we did receive the grant for the traffic signal on 202 Rosedale Avenue we did get the contract from the state there is a
match for that but this will be Roseale and we got the specs and the plans and everything this is Avenue um the other thing is inspections built Do you have an update yet on that are we looking into a third party i think last
Sorry yes we are looking into a third party um and I have to uh so Bill Connor over there gave me the sorry gave me the um uh contact info for some third parties
uh he and I are going to reach out to them to u see what kind of services they can provide so that we can then Um also with the ordinance that you have on here for tonight to be introduced at
25 um I do have some concerns with that i have not spoken to you about it so I'm going to pull that if you don't mind and so that we can revisit that and some of the concerns that we do have should we can we discuss them now
in conference we can discuss them now some of them I don't know if we're going to have the answers for all of these we can discuss it but as brought up at the March 20th meeting we're going to have a committee meeting i would like to know beforehand
about this ordinance so um couple of questions that I have is how is the town going to inform the tenants um who pays the inspection fees for these is this the landlord or the tenant how do you handle those who don't report new
tenants is there a fine for not reporting uh the fee for the is it is it the fee for the is the fee the same for house as it is for apartments that's the ordinance does the current building owner
currently do the inspections on turnover um how will this be communicated to the landlords who is present at the inspection tenant building or property owner the tenants not vested in the property
and will they schedule the permits or the uh inspection is there that the building owner has that inspections have been done currently and can we get those
um and the question of is starting now or at the first of the year if this does get so I don't think you have answers to some of those questions that's the reason I'd like to pull it
tonight yeah so um I think all of these are best answered by the fire marshal um and uh you know I think it's probably best if uh we we organize those um write them
down so that he has an opportunity to respond so that we can all hear hear the responses so um you know if you're if you're able to write them down email them um your your questions that way we can have a you can maybe set up a
meeting with him i'll sit down with him and you can that's fine that's fine um that for this meeting well how I'm curious sure i'm I'm curious how the rest of the council feels about that do
you all in favor of the questions i mean I think there is validity to the mayor's questions no I I think if anybody has questions as comfortable with introducing an question should be
answered make sure everybody's comfortable right and I sent the I sent the the draft over it was last week as comments and questions and so I think you sent it over Monday rosanne was out on Monday we
got it on the rest of council got it on Tuesday tuesday Wednesday Thursday so probably these questions okay i mean I think some of the questions are answer would be the ones responsible for
that fee building owner they're generating revenue but another question about need to make some applications to samples no fault nothing questions that I have oh good question
sure deal no question good question all right well I will uh I'll set the meeting with the fire marshal Tyler public so maybe it should be just with Tyler and Chris and myself
public safety and then it comes to the ordinance committee then after that well it's a question specifically about the ordinance right no not specifically but just how it's enforced come to the All right i'll uh maybe we'll discuss
um does anybody have anything oh so our new maps are in okay everything has been updated there behind the chief but they don't roll up so I can't show you to them they have to get fixed by by company here in town but uh Dennis
Wagner who started this project will finish it up and he's on top of it so we're much closer than we were a couple months ago um an affordable housing update there is no update
we just hear of an update or our number from the court on March 31st after our hearing on that previous Thursday I guess 28th whatever date was and they
were supposed to render their decision on the 31st and here we are on April 17th and we still have no answer shameful on them we have to comply to all the dates and regulations and everything else but
I guess they follow as soon as anything happens we get our final numbers let everybody know but as of now we have no different news
for executive is there a motion to adjourn conference so move is there a second second second by Bill wish that Part: 2
united States of America and to the republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all almighty God we ask you bless this governing body with an abundance of wisdom and understanding so that in fulfilling your public trust every
deliberation will result in actions that will promote the common good and general welfare for all the people just remain standing for a moment of silence for uh John Drake husband of Wendy Drake one of our crossing guards and retired Chattamboro police chief and
also for Lloyd Williams who was uh involved with the library as a trustee and other roles for six decades who passed away thank you notice the members of the governing body
and burough staff any use of electronic devices during this meeting shall be used solely for the purpose of burough business approval of minutes mr cortets approval MS for the conference executive
and regular meetings on March 20th 2025 excuse me is there a second second second all in favor i oppose abstain the eyes have it for the budget meeting workshop March
20th 2025 is there a second i'm sorry 28th thank you Bill i'll seconded by Bill all in favor good and
good year abstain of consent calendar let me hold it up close it before Bill got one all right reports bor clerk March 2025 annual licensing March 2025 police department March
2025 municipal court March 2025 building inspector March 2025 sanitarium March 2025 animal control March 2025 treasurer March 2025 tax collector March 2025 fire prevention
March 2025 resolution 2025-62 a resolution of the mayor and council of the burough mar tra authorizing the community emergency response team resolution 2025-63 entitled cancellation of
balances and overments less than $10 the bur council approved the mayor's proclamation declare an April 25th arbor day to the burough mars the mayor be authorized to sign the police department's application for a 2025 cricket or ticket mobilization
department of highway and traffic safety grants having received codes to water blast the community park bathing tool including plaster removal prep and debris removal from the following P windgate services inc 11,000
al services 19,400 that a purchase order be issued to P Windgate Services Inc dublin PA1 189170 and not 11,000 having received public bids for contract
202.19 for improvements to the pedestrian walkway along 53 and Taber Road that a contract be awarded to Hamm Contractors Inc for their low bid of $14,94 subject to the Burain review of
the bid documents and NJ the bur treasure be authorized to advertise for the receipt of bid for contract 2025-02 road improvements to Cleveland Avenue drive
north windwood road beach drive forest forest court and sun valley in the April 24th 2025 edition of the official burough newspaper with the bid to be received on May 8th 2025 at 10
Council Chambers B Hall the resignation of Justin Junior Department of Public Works to be accepted effective April 25th 2025 celeste 11 Court East the permission to serve alcoholic beverages at the family
reunion to be held Saturday April 26 2025 from 100 p.m to 7 p.m at Community Park the mayor be authorized to execute contract number 2023-01 with Cellian Sun General Contracting Inc for improvements on road
the bur treasur be authorized to advertise for the receipt of bids for contract 2025 C for the replacement of burough tennis courts in the April 24th 2025 edition of the official burough newspaper with bid to be received on May
8th 2025 at 10:30 a.m council Chambers Burough Hall having received bids from the Garden State Fireworks and Starfire Corporation for Fireworks Display Services they contract in the amount of 24,400 be awarded to Garden State
Fireworks based on their proposal for 2025 fireworks display services with the potential for up to 2-year contract extensions for 2026 and 2027 in accordance with NJSA4A
semicol subject to the bureau attorney's review of the documents is there a second i just have one question s the quotes to water blasting community park baby pool if I recall from last year there was um was there an issue
when they went to fix it we tried to break it and it was they were there two days and they did like a 5x5 section okay and on top of that the paint wasn't coming out and it was just too hard
it has to be done the the surface bubbles up so this has to be taken all the way down to the surface the liner or whatever you want to call it aderes to well the plaster itself
was all veins so water had gotten in between somehow and cracked it but taking it out was some parts was just very I mean they were there three guys with jackhammer they did a section
like those t those table like these two tables was just too And the other thing is it wasn't taking the paint out and that was the whole cause of the problem is that there was a mistake made there was paint put down and at that time the guy that came to do it did not remove
the paint and went on top of the paint with cement and you know that paint was an isolator he stopped you know the job from being right so when you were walking on it was like a teback slush slush very very strong um this hydro guy
has 40,000 pound uh power washer it'll it'll it'll cut a human leg and not only will it remove the plaster but take out those coats of paint that were applied bring it right down to the natural surface so
now when we b when we do the plastering it's done for us willing okay but it's hard to do one without getting the other one done first and we did look in the recourse guarantee that kind of thing that was Okay okay i appreciate I just want to
make sure we're spending money wise appreciate it thank you is there a second second second by roll call please mr cortez yes mr burn yes mr houston yes
mr just the one for 2022-9 the pedestrian 53 that's a grant that we received from Congresswoman Mike Cheryl's office and then also from New Jersey DO as
well at this time I'd like to invite any members of the public wishing to speak to step up state your name and address hi hi Carolyn hello caroline um I have a few things but I will start with the equipment that I see
in the lot on the inspe i was just wondering what that equipment is and what it's going to be used for i don't know who answers i don't I didn't see any equipment there um that's parked there it's like milling equipment I think but I I did Yeah I drove by I have
my husband's a picture right now million equipment when was it today it's been there for like three days is it there now it's two big machines i don't know
that's really concerning um we do have a stat that prohibits the commercial down our streets so look into it tomorrow i called the I called met a few people and nobody could give me an answer so I I
called I'm the clerk i called the building inspector's building i called another phone number that 9 538224 5384494 5325 back to
4494 i don't know hopefully one of those was right i spoke to two people nobody could tell me what it was so I'm just concerned because one if stuff is happening on that lot that we don't know of There hasn't been a pre-construction meeting over there so there more than
likely isn't anything going on on that specific lot i don't know what equipment is over there right now i have a picture if you'd like to see it Bill yeah let me let me see they're on styles right now right yeah they wouldn't be there
it's I don't know what that's for but it doesn't necessarily mean that it's it's in the wrong place or anything like that so is it off the road or on the road no it's in the parking lot and sometimes some of the work you know we wouldn't necessarily know or need a
permit for it to do so I don't know whether it's there we'll have to look into see if we can come up with an answer tomorrow okay yeah nobody will be here we'll see okay that sounds good um I guess I'll
call Monday then monday um which led me down a rabbit hole of researching as I learn a lot and I had a question about what's called our 360
code the e-code apologies if I'm using the wrong verbage because And this is all new for me um in the storage of commercial and industrial material so I think that's chapter 29
article 7 or section 7 it says that there shall not be stored or used at a location visible from the sidewalk street or other public areas equipment and materials relating to commercial or industrial use unless permitted
under the burough zoning ordinance for the premises so is that the right place to look for a concern of these big machine slash unidentified well if there's work that's going on there they're allowed to park that
kind of they're not storing it there or it's not a a yard where they're storing that kind of equipment apparently they're doing some sort of work or somebody in the area is doing some sort of work that is
parking that type of equipment there which is allowed i'm I'm a what you're saying i'm just trying to wrap my head around it um okay so anybody can store that type of equipment and not notify anyone in the
town without a problem well only the permit was needed if they're resurfacing and they're going to that looks like a grinder by the way grinds the driveway they do a new driveway okay i don't know that i don't think they need a permit for that i'm
not aware but I can It has nothing to do with McDonald's budget that that that's not even close to being ready to start okay there's there's there's a whole process that we still have to go through and including the pre-construction meeting as the mayor said but it doesn't
have anything i'm positive okay the type of work you just described though seems like work I would want to know about so there's no way for me to know if that's being done on that lot on Dayton on
Speed Well like anywhere if there was something that required a permit we would know about it we'll have to look to see what that equipment is and what it's going to be used for they're making the area bigger new zoning permit right to check
for lot coverage etc making it bigger he gets involved now you're creating water but if they have an existing parking lot and they're going to grind it in pavement that I know of I don't think that there's any uh way that we would ever find out that's up to the person the person that owns the building okay i
guess I'm confused though because you're saying there hasn't been a pre-construction meeting and when I spoke to the building department on whatever day of this past week um they said that no permits have been filed for that lot so I'm just confused because are you saying and I don't mean to be
putting words out that they can use that equipment whoever's it is and not need to file a permit for that if they're paid in your driveway why would they just It took me quite a long time just to get a fence up with a latch on it in my backyard so it's hard for me to wrap
my head around fence we have a permit if it's especially if it's over six foot high if I'm not mistaken uh you're also going to need a survey to make sure that there's no encroachment there are certain setbacks sideyard backyards then we would find out i know it sounds silly but a little fence we're going to find
out okay but yet if this B school would be repaving their lots Yeah i don't think that they have would they have to call us but I know no no and just picture how big B school parking lot is now the other thing is they have a machine there it's been there too long i
would like I'm glad that you let me know because now I'm going to keep my eye on it okay it's one thing you know you bring the machine a couple days ahead of time to work one thing you're bringing a year in advance you know okay yeah i mean that that was my concern oh this looks new looks like it's a big equipment not just a shovel so if there
was anything related to McDonald's related to Dunkin Donuts related to my neighbor going on I was just wondering if I could be informed to keep my kids away from that area that's all um I just want to look so I can actually say the day that it came there because I don't
want to misspeak so it arrived Monday monday morning is when it's been there since of this past week what was the address again it's at the friendly friendly oh in the or whatever we'll see what's going
on but not everything requires a permit or town knowing that something that's going on we're We're aware of the stuff that you know that we have to be aware of as far as permits so nothing will get done without
that needs a permit without having permit okay that sounds good and then so this of what I just read and found online has to do with not private law this is for I I I don't have it in front of me i can't tell you um I'm just
thinking that that's for more of a permanent situation in an area not temporary situation in an area who is the right person to ask questions on on the burrow of Mars code because I want to better understand all of this so
it depends on what it is we have is that a land use what is that an ordinance what is that it's it's part of the uh this particular page says storage of commercial and industrial material and where did you get that from it's
from the Burrow of New jerseycode360.com okay and then where did specifically did you pull that from off of ecode 360 it's chapter 29 chapter 13
property maintenance chapter 29 property maintenance so it's land use that you were looking at she's looking at property maintance zoning zoning so then the proper person for zoning would be Don works Tuesdays and Thursdays okay I
will call him then with that question um my other question was about the pre-construction meeting that you were talking about because I know that we that has been brought up a lot over the past few months and when I first learned about it I thought that that was something that the public like listens in on or reads a transcript of or is a
but I have since learned that it's for professionals only which I understand i guess my question is is there a way for anyone to be proactively notified that like we had a pre-construction meeting and if you have
questions now you can ask them so there is no question from the public at a pre-construction meeting mr at the time after the construction meeting we'll usually report out at a council meeting either previous or prior to the uh prior or after the
pre-construction meeting to tell the council something that's that the council is not okay and would I see that just like on the agenda for a council meeting it would be posted no it won't be posted it'll just be part of Bill's report we
had a pre-construction meeting scheduled with whoever it's going to be or we had a pre-construction meeting already with whoever okay and then is the developers agreement a deliverable that comes out of the pre-construction meeting or is that something else that's it's a total
different who input goes into that so everything everybody's input the professionals everything that was brought up at a planning board meetings the attorneys draft that and
is the public involved in any of that when does that get bred out or shared that's part of the uh before they can take uh before they can occupy the property one of the conditions in the resolution that came from the planning board it
requires them to enter into a developer agreement and what the developers agreement does is set forth conditions that they have to comply with uh during construction and whatnot and and I gather those directly from the resolution itself i then send it
generally speaking to the developers agreement or sorry developers attorney he reviews it there's some back and forth but there's not public comment or public present i know the mayor said presented is actually not there's no presentation it's it's it's worked on
okay so I'm also pulling this from the 360 code this is the land use chapter 13 I think it's section four um under the developers agreement one of the sub bullets listed is that it will
include construction related provisions such as permitted days and hours of construction traffic controls staging and storage of equipment and materials site security noise dust controls basically that bullet is just things that I would want to be aware of as a resident on that street with kids so
where would I find that of like there's going to be heavy construction construction between this hour and this hour outlined in the developers agreement am I allowed to where like where how can I get that information or is that all behind you can request a copy of the developers from the clerk um
after it's signed and executed so once all the parties signed you can have you can have a copy but again you don't get input into what that correct and that's fine i don't want the input at this point i've realized that my input honestly doesn't matter and I don't mean that in any way so um as long as I can
read the outcome of it so I can try to keep my kids away or not drive down that street or leave my house 30 minutes earlier like I think those are things that a lot of my resolution the the majority of the developers agree agreement will be incorporating a
resolution from the plan or conditions of the resolution have you looked at the the approve the resolution the the application yeah and I' I've actually have there's Yes and there's errors in it which I know it's no said or done but I'm gonna bring that up at
the next planning board meeting no I understand Caroline but the reason I bring that up is because probably 85% of what's in developers agreement is also in that resolution okay because I generally take what's in that resolution right i don't Yeah that might be a few things and then the hours of work and
the days of work are spelled out ordinances already so those will be the days and the hours that they'll be able to work so those are already they would have problem okay so it's a one shoe fits all based on our
ordinances of when construction can be done i wouldn't say that but most of the time yeah okay that's helpful um so unrelated to that I had another question just about the I guess format of this meeting is there
any has there been any talk in shifting the public participation like earlier so that it's not come at 7:30 maybe there's an executive session come back at 8:30 depending on when you get to the time for the public then you can talk
uh there has not been discussion of that um every meeting could possibly and potentially be a little bit different this meeting we had a 15 minute or 20 minute uh conference meeting we had no executive sessions right there are sometimes where we need two executive
sessions there are some times where our conference meeting runs right to 8:30 we don't have an executive session until after the meeting is done so there's a lot of variables that go into it it's not just a boil uh every meeting is going to be the same but we do try to
follow the the agenda and we have put together right no and I I respect that too i mean like so had the public comments come first before the initial session and the executive session maybe your executive
session started earlier you you need our official meeting starts at 8:30 right so if you have public comment at 7:30 somebody may say oh I didn't hear whoever spoke you spoke speak because it was at 7:30 and not 8:30 so our public
portion is at 8:30 no i understand i'm saying is there any appetite to changing that i don't see so it's it's part of the it's part of the bylaws that we have okay yeah i didn't know that yeah it's written in there in terms of the time of
the start of the meetings um so you know as a as a sorry as a as a council right we vote on the bylaws that they gave every year right to agree to them so um if we wanted to change that that's our opportunity to do so um so we look at it
we can look at it um and if the council feels like we want to make it earlier because it benefits the public we certainly Okay that's helpful and I don't mean to be asking annoying questions like I this is all very new to me and I'm not even asking this question on behalf of myself there are a group of
people that have been ask wondering this but they unfortunately can't get here because of the time and it's just hard so I know that it's not just me with that concern so I appreciate that there's other people on the other side you can't do it earlier
so you have to find yourself yeah I I acknowledge that and then my you know just a different format every time um my last point is I can't find the picture right now but I can take one at the
playground and reach out to whoever it's supposed to be again I'm not going to expert on this because I don't know what it's called but there's a green plastic piece of something in the grass and I think it's to cover a a a hole
that was used for a pipe or something which part simon's part and I think you're I think it's supposed to be a lid that stays firm on whatever it's covering so that you can walk on it right now something's up with it so when you step on it thinking it will stay
safe you actually like fall into it and I am just imagining a kid has a problem it I can send a picture and it's very clear it's like can you send it to me sure so that was my question is who I concession stand no it's between the
playground and the basketball court the water is Yeah so I just didn't know who to send that to because I think DPW maybe frozen lifted up a little bit okay look at it thank you that was all I
actually just question for the mayor here just to Miss Bennett's earlier point about um um input for McDonald's and any construction happening i understand pre-com meetings aren't public but like
for example the the SNWA is doing They post notices about times that they're doing what kind of work they're doing um is it conceivable that you know we could work with the construction company over there that we could we could do something like that for the public benefit i I think once work commences
over there it's going to be steady if it ever commences we don't know that yet i mean I have Bill check with the contractor but they're not they're not going to be responsible for giving out notices of you know what they're doing every day maybe just when the work is
going to start but they're not going to give a timeline of what they're doing you know every day or this week or that next week or next week i mean SMCMUA does a weekly update right they say that's a different kind of project that's a that's a private
project no because it's a moving project on the water mains it's it's constantly moving and whose house you're in front of etc this will be this will be start and there'll be activity every day as the mayor said the only thing I can share with you after the pre-construction meeting is a start date
and then some target dates like the first demolition and site prep building construction all those so we we can have some target dates but that's a whole subject to change and they they change very quickly as as things develop on our
project okay we'll try to keep you posted that sounds good but at at the precon you'll know a date start date right well we always we always ask for a schedule from the contract perfect and they give us a
target start date and but there's no you know they're not Thank you thanks Carol thank you anybody else seeing no one else I close the public portion move on to reports of committees and department heads nancy is not here
for finance we have public safety is out also yeah that's okay we have Chief Barski here Chief good evening just a few quick updates just a reminder that our prescription drug takeback is Saturday April 26th
10:00 a.m to 2 p.m at the stop and shop can also use our drop box in the lobby if you have any unused medication that you want to get rid of uh the mayor asked me to look into some increased enforcement along Spewell Avenue which we have been doing around the uh crosswalks at Hillview and Rosedale we
did find grant opportunity with the AAA so we'll be doing some increased pedestrian enforcement in the very future um we're rapidly working on our accreditation assessment which will be in June this will be our sixth consecutive accreditation assessment typically three years went by that fast
we only had our fifth accreditation assessment uh in 2022 um we're among like 3.6% of law enforcement agencies in the state that had that accomplishment of consecutive accreditation so working on number six so we're uh entering into some uh
unknown territory here and then uh last thing I have is it's public safety telecommunicators appreciation week those are the people answer the 911 calls and the radios for fire and EMS so very much appreciative of all the work they do in answering our residents emergencies and then keeping our
officers safe uh 247 365 unless there any questions comments or concerns that's all I have that's a huge shout out to the telecommunicators and the support they get from all the police department agencies in the
county this week is is phenomenal um but they really deserve credit they really are the first of the first responders so they they have to keep everybody from the person on the 911 call to the police everybody
informed job and ironically Mr drake was one of the first ones that was involved with our accreditation at the very beginning that's correct so it comes full circle thank you very much and we do have Chief R
with us tonight good evening allie as well uh a few things I I emailed out if everybody got a copy of that's going to be our new uh that's from our new reporting system it's a that's just the
report for March breaks it down pretty good did you uh incidents drills meetings uh personnel attended those and then man hours are on there
for calls and apparatus and then the part that I like is the uh it gives you an incident by time of day so it starts at 5 a.m chief before you start just quick question just on the uh just on the
personel how is that how is that tracked with this uh this new system like how does that input get in there they have to manually put something in or uh the personnel it's I believe it's going on the uh length of the call okay so the times that are put in from the CAD with
the county calculates all that and person we're still learning email uh just review from March to April we
had 39 incidents in March 12 now for April so we're 140 for the year uh March we did uh help out the Girl Scouts B downstairs to get their cookies
out uh guys went to the St patty's Day parade and we just helped the Easter Bunny kids in town run another service calls too um we did do our live burn in Bergenfield training grounds um
fantastic fantastic i will tell you right now that um for a facility that is run by their fire department this place so and it's cheaper i'm telling you you can't go wrong 27
members didn't have any calls that guys six evolutions from 10:00 to 2:00 constant everybody they didn't learn anything
they messed up so we were already talk about going back next and then we've done some walk through Mount Tab on some of their buildings did you do somebody did you do Greystone
there yes I did do a walk through of Greystone uh the main building everybody came back that's a whole another eventually Uh I'm uh yeah we're basically they
uh they have a chief fire on duty during the day and they have one guy i want to give a shout out to the works the uh place on our back door now
finished uh like I said we're still working on our still getting the bugs out of our reporting system i sit down with the mechanics burrow to start doing the services on the utility two
engines the ladder truck will go down to the dealership because of warranty work and all that all of our gas meters multi gas meters were calibrated and serviced so we're good for the year want to thank Chief Koski on
handling that PSG thing over there the issue on styles so they fix that tree what you wish for uh we had our um that I know of our first lithium
battery and I don't know if anybody's seen it on on the internet it's a resident in town i'm not going to name names called me at 11:30 said he had a
fire he had it extinguished turned out to be an ebike charging in his living room his what his living room living room he was able to get it out did extensive smoke damage in the
house and if you get do get to see the video it's it's an eye opener i'll tell you right now it's nothing that you want to live and somebody over that night so like I said he was able to put it up he called
me uh he didn't want a big to-do he said it was out i said I had to send somebody over there i called Chris Shay fire marshal and he went over an investigation i was on time
and checked it all out followed up the next day got all the information so Somebody was looking over that family that night something something to play with all I can say is if you have a lithium
battery if you have an ebike scooter charge them outside even if it's brand new even a lot of it they say is the manufactured the UL batteries that are fake UL
batteries the chargers very quick full smoke and there was fire I was last year I last year I asked Chris the utmost importance I just few simple
things can make a big difference yeah I think just just by reading an article people don't they read it okay yeah it makes sense but when you actually physally see it it's gonna shock you You could get that
video of the things on it everybody thinks it happens everywhere else one of our favorite departments tonight on the uh report that's all from the cat or do you have to enter anything manual no we do um
uh I'm going to say 80 80 to 90% is entered through the cap we enter we enter the people nar narratives and stuff like that other than that all that percentage
and all that stuff is through the numbers thank you public work for he's our assistant superintendent and he's completed a municipal planning and urban development class
requirements for taking that position and Kevin obtained them on a timely basis and completed them so we appreciate all your efforts to get to where you are now so thank you uh the DW continues to work on our public or town own vehicles they pick up garbage in our
parks they flush or patch potholes and flush the basins a couple rounds of brush as Kevin mentioned earlier they installed a new door on our firehouse downstairs so it was awesome they're getting the baseball fields ready for the spring season they started to cut
the grass and blow the field to get them ready uh removed some logs from Brook installed some signs did top soil repaired the uh leaks over at the community gardeners the oz are up and running so thank you for that and
repaired the fence at the community park pool did some clean up on the valartis park over there and spread wood chips on our burrow walking paths and then sewer detail generators and clean sewers four times
this you guys do thank you mayor been a quiet month it's actually no major development activity going on the b right now and the only other things that I have is we're already covered in the consent calendar
that's the T road sidewalk project and the capital road project that's going to be bid in May we'll try to move along that sidewalk with the contract execution phase so we can get that started as soon
as possible any idea time no I I don't I don't have any okay thank you thank you buildings and grounds mr thank you mayor very else scary they were so some angels
really looking over um I have a short report from from Shade Tree um they fertilized Pearl Wall Street there are 16 pine trees in Wooted back in March they purchased
new trees as part of 2025 planting plan and just give some highlights uh this spring there'll be 15 trees that will be planted in the burrow their goal is to put 30 trees in this year um and also Arbor Day anybody want
to take a note it will be Friday April 25th at 10 a.m at Mount Way School all second graders will be given tree samplings third and fourth graders will will be given tree saplings
35 tree saplings will be available for pickup by any bur resident at the town library also I met with beautifification on a rainy day at Robert's Garden with Nancy and Sheila we walk through every
uh tree there and it's so nice to see the love that that everyone has to committ for the town make it look good especially Nancy a lot of volunteer work just right out of the
heart and uh it's I have to just talk about her because it's so impressive to see the love and the care that that she has and I tell you we walked every tree and had an umbrella and she was talking about ground coverings and I was just astonished to see how how meticulous
they were and it was very very rewarding that's about all I have public health sanitation thank you mayor uh so board of health met last week um the communic communicable disease report used to show the type of disease for each count but due to HIPPA laws this is
no longer allowed dr the board of health chair uh and the board have been in discussions with the Morris County Health Officer to understand how the number of cases and the assoc associated epidemiology will communicated with our board now that this information is no longer available the board is also looking into expanding
the vaccine types that are given at wellness day specifically the flu vaccines for kids this will be worked over the next couple months as we understand the specifics of the current contract and what it'll entail both contractually and logistically to implement this change teen Center also met last week uh some of the events that
happened were uh the sixth grade Olympic team event was a success they all enjoyed the different sports for about two hours and decided to make their own game capture the flag for the remainder of the time so that tracks for that that age group uh they're wrapping up the the planning for the remaining four events for the the current grades and looking
forward we're uh trying to establish next year's calendar by July 1st to minimize the scheduling conflicts with other organizations uh once that calendar is set we'll also review and update the registration procedures and policies to ensure they're being implemented correctly and find areas that can be improved um municipal
alliance also met last week it was a very busy week uh speaky as I've mentioned before is still on on track for May 23rd and due to popularity they're exploring additional programs for other classes and again for the seniors in the spring of next year and this is in conjunction with the Morris
Educational Foundation and the Morrison Alliance to share the costs um we had a family fitness on April 5th uh which was there at Denova spearheaded 84 people registered and almost everybody came they had games like archery line dancing yoga and uh we'll definitely do it again
next year and we'll look out for different strategies to expand the outreach of who we can uh will be able to come uh clean communities um with Arbor Day and Earth Day coming up um there's going to be a comprehensive email going out to all the groups um this evening priority out to to folks
that are going to be uh doing the cleanups around town there's quite a few we're going to figure out the final details and logistics who's doing what when um right around for Earth Day uh last thing that was getting brought up was litter um somebody that lives over
by Simons did make a good note that a lot of is it way into Simons is a result of the endlessly windy days that we're getting on on recycling days so if if you know we're going to be getting 40 mph wind gusts just try to shove that
paper down so it's not getting picked up or or try to try to secure it so not everything's getting knocked over and blown all around the neighborhoods i got two more my apologies thanks um the Boy Scouts are having a
um honorary bar for two two presidents will be Eagle Scouts that's going to be held joint of honors call ceremony on Sunday May 4th 2025 at 11 a.m at the BFW post so it's a very uh can't believe how
many scouts come through i think they all come through and then uh another thing was the BFW is also having a golf outing anyone wants to uh participate it's on June 2nd I think so if anybody I have
applications here if anybody wants to do anything for a good cause of course and that's it thank you and just ironically enough not ironically but congratulations to 39 this is number 100
and one of the Eagle Scouts 95 years of history here in Bur i told you they all came through more planes yeah it's really I mean that's fantastic here so congratulations to them and the whole troop ordinances and public utilities mr
houston thank you mayor um so residents are going to see there is ordinance 7 2025 it's introductory ordinance we're actually um the mayor actually brought up some questions during uh the conference session uh that we uh we need
to review and answer with uh with the fire official um and fire inspector so we're going to we're going to answer those questions um but just so that um residents know what it is uh it's a it's an ordinance to require multi-dwelling
family units to obtain certificates of compliance for smoke sensitive devices essentially the ordinance um uh hasn't been updated since 1991 uh and this would update the fire inspection code to require inspections anytime an apartment is turned over to a new renter uh it
also allows the burough fire inspector to take on the inspections of the new multif family units um this was previously done by the state on a fire cycle but having our fire inspector do it um is results in a faster turnaround and is much safer for the residents and the firefighters if they ever have to
respond uh currently there is no requirement for inspections for or of smoke detectors in multi-unit res structures so this ordinance would update that requirement so that uh so that all the residents of Mars are safe so um we're going to like I said we're going to take a look at the the mayor's
questions get those answered and then hopefully reintroduce this ordinance um the two ordinances that are on second reading tonight are ordinance 5 2025 which is uh the improvements along Madison Avenue and the creation of a culde-sac uh and uh ordinance 6 2025
which is limiting use of streets to certain vehicles uh this adds the entire lengths of Hillview and Rosedale with a four ton restriction uh this restriction prevents trucks over four tons from traveling on those roads except for deliveries to properties on those streets so those are going to go on second reading
tonight um let's see uh construction office update uh March 2025 our annex office collected $25,748 in permit fees uh there were 25 certificates issued and 46 permits pulled 23 were for construction
administration um two certificates were for COS or certificates of occupancy um and those were for 221 and 2011 table building A and building B otherwise known as the warehouses of Route 53 uh the seven part-time inspectors completed
120 inspections in March of 2025 33 building 41 electrical 41 plumbing and five fire to date for the first quarter of 2025 those same seven Parttime inspectors have completed 393 inspections 106 building 115 electrical
136 plumbing 26 fire and have collected uh $43,986 in permit fees so uh the planning board update uh the next meeting is Monday April 21st at 7:30 p.m here in this room uh zoning board of adjustment their next meeting is Monday
April 28th at 7:30 p.m here in this room uh checklist committee so checklist committee we had our third meeting Friday April 11th via Google meet myself Dave Schultz who's head of board adjustment Mike Baggley ahead of planning board and Mr ryan our engineer
uh we met and we've been able to refine our checklist for applications for site plans subdivisions and variances to be more in line with what uh the respective boards are seeing during their applications as well as making it more efficient for all applicants both residential and commercial to navigate
through them we've also been able to refine our applications to reduce the amount of paper plans required um and include a provision to allow for electronic versions to be submitted um and the application walks the person through what's needed making it easier to navigate so the next steps uh are for
the respective heads of the boards to bring back to their attorneys for legal review and comment on SMCMUA uh week of March 25th to 28th uh they performed hydrant flushing um and uh they just say that while hydrant
flushing typically will not interrupt your water service you may notice a temporary drop of water pressure while crews are working your area there's also the possibility that water may become temporally discolored this is normal um it does not pose a health hazard however uh red water iron and black water
maganese may be stirred up with the system during the flushing procedure if this happens simply let your water run until it's clear uh water man replacements continue for the week of April 14th on Central Avenue with testing on Dian Road and Maple Avenue
next week they will perform service line transfers on Dan Road and Maple Avenue and customers should look out for the paper door tax um I on the training side I attended a recorder Porsche called the powers and duties of municipal body which gave a great overview of
everything we need to be concerned about council from the different forms of government budgeting and conflict resolution roles of the governing body the clerks the courts and land use and last comment um last Sunday the mayor S Mike and I along with the um with the
Easter Bunny and Jerry Sitman uh and the fire department uh we all attended the Easter egg hunts park it was a great event so that's my report thank you Mayor yeah well when they did the the flushing in my neighborhood I noticed the coffee was browner quicker in the morning
taste we got a little magnesium in there right that's it that's it we have no introductions of ordinances we do have second meeting i Council Member Houston Reby title the ordinance entitled Ordinance Number
5-2025 ordinance authorizing improvements along Madison Avenue and the creation of a culde-sac with the cost of such improvements to be paid by the owners of block 53 lots 8 and 11 and block 54 lot 11 and 13 which ordinance was introduced and passed on first
reading at a meeting held on April 3rd 2025 i announce the meeting is open for a public hearing on this anybody wishing to speak 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 is there a second second all in favor roll call please mr
mr burn yes mr yes mr yes i declare the ordinance adopted and finally passed and like said this is for an already approved development on Madison Avenue over there
complete the road and have a second six ordinance yep ordinance number 6-2025 amendment to section 22-5A limiting use of streets to certain vehicles which ordinance was introduced and passed on first reading at a meeting
held on April 3rd 2025 i announce the meeting is open for a public hearing anybody wishing to speak on this ordinance seeing no one I close the public hear i Council Member Houston state that the above ordinance as read
by title on second reading at this meeting be adopted and finally passed is there a second roll call please mr cortez yes mr yes mr yes mr yes i declare the
ordinance adopted and finally passed like was mentioned before this is to prohibit vehicles and we have no resolutions no unfinished business no new business we do have Mr cortez thank you Mayor i received a
checklist dated April 17 2025 with a grand total of 3 million 61,875.38 is there a second second second by art all in favor i oppos oh my god he wants to get out of here
roll call sorry Mr yes Mr burn yes Mr houston yes Mr uh unfortunately we do need a quick executive session Mr yes sir resolution number
2025-61 executive session be resolved by the Burough Council of the Burough Marsh Plains on the 17th day of April 2025 the mayor and council shall meet in executive session from which the public shall be excluded to discuss matters as permitted pursuant to NJSA 10 semicolon
4-12 subsections five the time when the matters discussed pursuant to paragraph one hereof can be disclosed to the public is as soon as practable after the final resolution of the afor matter
is there a second second second by Bill we'll try it again all in favor i oppos the eyes we are in executive session thank you for coming out we will be coming back in to open