good evening ladies and gentlemen Welcome to the work session meeting of the mayor and council At this time I would ask everyone to please rise for a moment of silent prayer and reflection as we think about our veterans and our military personnel Please salute the flag I pledge algiance
to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands One nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all Thank you Please note the fire exits behind you into the main parking lot and to my
left your right into the main hallway The New Jersey open public meetings law was enacted to ensure the right of the public to advance notice of and attend any meetings of public bodies at which any business affecting their interest is discussed or acted upon In accordance with this act the mayor and council of the burough of Milford have caused
notice of this meeting to be published by having the date time and place thereof posted in the burough hall Notices have been sent to the record in the Ridgewood News The mission of this governing body is to provide essential services through the establishment and implementation of public policy that will safeguard infrastructure provide
fair honest courteous and professional services establish a sense of trust and accomplishment between all residents and to research and prudent planning Seek to minimize risk while improving our services We are sensitive to the needs and satisfaction of our taxpayers while realizing that this governing body cannot be all things to all people
within the revenue constraints imposed by state mandates economic conditions and prevailing attitudes about taxation At this time I would ask the clerk to please call the role Councilwoman Sanen here Councilman Zylner here Council President Duffy here Councilman Gratzky
here Councilman Seymour here Councilwoman Grant she will not be making it tonight Okay Mayor Patino here Okay first thing on our agenda tonight is a couple of presentations This is one of our you know favorite things to do And we're going to start with the 2024
Middlelands Football League Junior Division Champions Coaches come on up Come on down Is there anything anyone wants to say thank you Mr Mayor On behalf of New York Junior
Football just want to say it was an amazing season The kids worked really hard I mean it was long right we busted our butts but in the end we walked away with the best trophy of them all Right boys great championship Cloud is off
Thank you coaches and players Was in Harrison right yes And I sat next to your daughter and I stole the air Okay Michael Bandini Jeremy Baron Dominic Basillo you guys are allowed to run
Xander Bones Justin Broy Mason Caruso Ben Castello Terrence Kate James de Brownie Stay right there Jordan Rivera in front of each other Devin
faded Okay Zamari Felton Mason Frizz William Gerber IV Zack Lassie James Hollesworth Dri Isaac Samir Khan Gabrielle Koser
Lucas Lombardi Anthony Pericola Ellen Palanco Nicholas Pollock Geronimo Quintterra Henzo Ryan Mark Stucky Evan Wagner Kellen Wright
and Joseph Yamati Yeah [Music] [Music] Hey can I answer the question my pleasure again Congratulations It's not working right
it's It says it's working It's the lights on [Music] [Music] There it is Okay we're going to move on to the 2025 Bergen Travel Basketball League Champions Ryan
Okay Justin come on Congratulations Thanks Omar Luka Groamo [Music] Hunter Fred Kevin Friends Omar [Music]
Gates Stefan Josian [Music] [Music] Jackson Lee Spencer Law [Applause] Colton Vuka Jared Mats Amy
Zach Spencer Lucas Texas Jacob Nice in the back Nope Thank you Say thank you boys Great job guys Hey good news [Music]
Thank you so much Yeah Too late now We can leave that one Yeah The next thing on the agenda is the Earth Day proclamation Office of the Mayor Proclamation Whereas
all species play a unique role in the complex web of life and contribute to the ecosystem services on which all life on earth depends and hence protecting our species is crucial to the survival of this planet and its inhabitants Whereas wild animals populations have
declined on average by more than half and the earth is facing an era of mass extinction And whereas the loss of species is for the most part a result of human activity including degradation of ecosystems deforestation pollution and climate change And whereas by 2050
between 60 and 70% of all people will live in cities and species provide important services to city dwellers such as generating oxygen and purifying the air controlling other animals considered pests or that spread disease pollinating plants and crops providing recreation
opportunities as and well-being Whereas many plants wild animals and pollinators live in urbanized landscapes and cities thereby have a responsibility to examine the ecological impacts of expanding urban areas and how to protect biodiversity And whereas it is
understood that the sustainability will only be achieved by meeting the needs of the present without compromising the needs of the future generations And whereas it is more important than ever to cooperate locally and internationally to defend the environmental progress that is here to for
game Whereas it is essential to expand and diversify the global environmental movement to achieve maximum progress Whereas Earth Day is an annual reminder of the constant need for environmental activism stewardship commitment and sustainability efforts Now therefore I
Michael Petrino mayor of the Burough of New Milford have the distinct honor of proclaiming April 22nd 2025 as Earth Day throughout the Burough of New Milford and encourage all of its residents citizens businesses institutions to use Earth Day to celebrate the Earth and
promote the protection of our species I was called Okay Unfinished business Make it a motion for the approval of the minutes from the March 26th 2025 closed and public session meetings So moved Second All in favor any opposed
one extension There is one ordinance up for adoption tonight and that was 2025 col09 And when the clerk has the opportunity I would ask him to please read the ordinance an ordinance to amend chapter 30 of the revised general ordinances of the
burough of New Milford entitled land use regulations thereby amending subsections 30-21 and 30-28 I just want to mention that this was uh referred to the planning board as required and they came back and found that you know to and said that it was consistent with the master
plan Yes the purpose of this ordinance is to amend certain sections of the land use ordinance pertaining to front yard setbacks fence heights and sideyard and driveway widths So specifically because I know there was a lot of questions about this um this is the ordinance that will allow
six foot height fence on the sideyard up to the front of your house Not in front of the house but up to the side up to the front of the house but not in front of the house Make it a motion to open to the public for a public hearing on this
ordinance So move Second All in favor any opposed ladies and gentlemen the public if anyone has any questions or comments regarding this ordinance now is your opportunity to speak I'm talking about full comments at the end I don't know if you're going to have Oh yeah We're going to have that
Okay Make a motion to close to the public So moved Second All in favor i Any opposed make it a motion to adopt this ordinance on it Second read Motion Second Make a
roll call please Yes Councilwoman Sanen Yes Councilman Zyliner Yes Council President Duffy Yes Councilman Gratzky Yes Councilman Seymour Yes Okay Under new business I will go through the schedule
events Um Saturday April 12th is the Easter Pancake Breakfast sponsored by the New Milford Athletic Boosters It'll take place from 8 to 8 8:00 a.m to 12:00 p.m at the Milford High School cafeteria At the same time we will have the recreation annual Easter egg hunt
that starts at 10:00 a.m at Nights Field If it is torrential downpour or lightning they will be moved inside to the cafeteria and they will have a mini hunt and it will they will give the kids eggs On Thursday April 24th is the annual
Black Coaster event sponsored by the New Milford Municipal Alliance and Alumni and Recovery It'll take place from 1 to 5:00 p.m at the New Milford YMCA On Tuesday May 13th is suicide prevention symposium sponsored by the New Milford Public School District and
NJ45 It is from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m at the New Milford High School Auditorium On Monday May 26 is New Milford's annual Memorial Day parade sponsored by the New Milford Public Events Committee The start time of the parade is 9:00 a.m sharp It'll be from the Knightsfield parking lot to the
Burough Hall And then once we get to the Burough Hall we'll have the uh ceremonies with the veterans and the proclamation On Saturday May 31st is the second annual Arts in the Park sponsored by the New Milford Arts Committee It'll be from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m at the Nightsfield Pavilion Were there any
events that came up that I failed to mention then I hear Okay So we can move on to item number two which is the administrator's report Thank you mayor I have a short report tonight The local recreation improvement
grant awards for 2025 were announced today Uh New Milford submitted an application for $100,000 to be used toward the installation of sports field lighting at Williamsfield Unfortunately the application was not successful and won't be funded I did put a
um question out to the grant people to see if there's any feedback on um why the application wasn't funded Uh the burrow will be closed on Friday April 18th in observance of Good Friday And the next meeting of the mayor and council is a public session and it's
scheduled for 3 weeks from tonight on Monday April 28th at 7 p.m And that's it for me Thank you very much Any questions from the admin okay everyone has had a chance to look at the resolutions Are there any that need to be pulled for further discussion
and or vote okay So I just want to mention that we got our plaque the mayor's wellness campaign New Jersey Healthy Town to watch 2024 presented to the Burough Milford for your commitment to improving the health and wellness of your
community So you receive the plaque I would like to thank Councilwoman Susen for spearheading the mayor's wellness committee and the committee itself I did the requirements I took the picture outside in front of the banner Councilwoman Duffy took care of that So we are good to go So I'm going to turn
and May is going to be mayor's wellness month So there's lots coming up I'll be coming up Yep Hot dog eating contest Lots of different At this time I would ask for a motion to open to the public Motion second All in
favor i Any opposed ladies and gentlemen public If anyone has any questions comments regarding the good welfare of the brother of Milford we ask that you just come up Give us your name How are you mayor Council Uh my name is Daniel May I live at 616 McQualty Drive I just uh I'm going to be
brief because I know you guys probably want to get out of here Uh I just want to bring up an incident that occurred the other day where I had to reach out to the mayor in regards to it was a a small matter where my daughter plays softball in the milford and they had I know the
BOE had a a hidden gauge and I reached out to the mayor and I reached out to the superintendent Uh I just have to say I don't think I take send before I got a call from the mayor and responded back and it's not the first time I reached
out to him and it's not the first time he's responded quickly and and all the residents in town I never heard a bad word about you Mr May Thank you And uh I just want to say I was I was amazed not only by how quickly you worked and next thing I was getting a phone call from the rec director I was
getting a call from the school and within 72 hours it it was up Uh I've known you for a while You've been at every sporting event You took my daughter when she threw the ball after the first pitch You're at every football game
Uh I know you were very influential in getting the field put down here I just never think that you get the recognition that you deserve So what I would like to see and and I know it's a work session so I don't know if you can make a motion on it but a motion to maybe put down at
the night field a uh scoreboard dedicated to you for all the work that you do I think that would be a great thing to do I've taken a look into it Uh I think it's about $3,500 So it's not something that's that's crazy I'd like to see if we can make maybe a motion of
$5,000 worth of shipping and cost to to do that and maybe on senior day you know have it dedicated to you I know we did one for Mr Aalon which was welld deserved but I think you deserve recognition for all the years that you put it Well I thank you for uh even
bringing that up and mention it and you know it was you you contact us you know I get back right away Yes we do And after I contacted you I was already in contact with the superintendent and we were already like "Okay how are we going to do this?" blah blah blah blah But thank you for that we will we will have
to discuss that and take that under adisement that we can't do anything at this point Yeah it's work Just do it at us But uh I want to thank you Thank you so much for you know and Mr Shadini I know you are and the chief of police in Bagota and you remind me of our mayor a lot
over there who's they're always available and you get the phone call all the time you know and and you always respond and I just wanted you to get recognition for that Thank you But I do think it would be you know something that would be nice I think I wish the whole crowd was here cuz I think they all would have supported what I'm requesting tonight And I just think not
only would it be nice for the kids I think it would be nice for you You got two kids in school and I just think it would be a nice presentation to have you know and that feels beautiful and that's all We will take it on your advice I know you don't like taking credit for anything I'm sure he does He may not
think so He does So this council would consider doing that maybe after next session Thank you Thank you Thank you Have a good night Have a good night Yeah Oh my gosh Seeing that there's no other
member of the public that wishes to come forward I ask for a motion to close the vote Motion Second All in favor i may get a motion to approve resolutions 2025 114 2025 col 18
Second All in favor any opposed is there any other before we go into close session is there anything anyone wanted to bring up okay ladies and gentlemen we are going to be going into close session When we return from close we will take no action
and we will immediately adjourn our our meeting officially Um just wanted to say uh good luck to to Florida right tonight is uh is it tonight Yeah Why would you know whether it's Houston or Florida
florida first accident So good luck taking that tonight and uh may I get a motion to close second all in favor i I Any closing okay we are moving into close
session Here we go