meeting called to order This is the April 8th 2025 Burough of Oakland Council meeting Would the clerk please read the statement of compliance this meeting is being held in accordance with the open public meetings law dly announced advertised and posted in the municipal building The meeting will
adjourn at 10 p.m unless a majority of the council members that are present vote to extend the time All stand for the pledge of allegiance Would the chief please lead us to the pledge of allegiance 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 Please remain standing for a moment of silence Thank you At this point normally I have my mayor's report but since we have a swearing in of a firefighter I'd like to have a
motion from the uh council to suspend the agenda so we can move the firefighter right up to the beginning So moved Second Second All in favor i All right At this time we'd like to do the swear in firefighter Zachary Betts So I'd like to ask the two members of the public safety committee to join me in
front Congratulations Thank you Do you want somebody to hold a Bible for you family member Yeah My mom Your mom Is the Bible back here should be underneath Here you go Got it Picture right here I think that's
right here Oh here we go We got the big one Here you go We got the big book Literally right here on the Bible and left here Thank you Okay Repeat after me
I Zachary Betts I Zachary Betts do solemnly swear do solemnly swear or affirm or affirm that I will support that I will support the Constitution of the United States the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey and that I will bear true faith and I
will bear true faith and allegiance and allegiance to the same to the same and the governments established in the governments established in the United States in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under to the authority of the people and that I will and that I will faithfully faithfully
impartially impartially and justly and justly perform all the duties perform all the duties of the office of firefighter of the of the office of firefighter according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability so help me God so help me God congratulations I just need you to sign
this right here donation Congratulations Thank you Take a picture Oh we need one John we need a picture still Oh sorry Congratulations Thank you Congratulations Thank you
Congratulations Congratulations Thank you Congratulations You're welcome Thank you Thank you Congratulations All right This time uh we're going to call the roll And then for those people that wish to stay for the meeting as riveting as it is otherwise it's your
opportunity to leave [Laughter] Would the clerk please call the role mayor Mala present Council President McCann here Councilman Pig Matelli here
Councilwoman Rose here Councilman Saliani here Councilman Sisinski here Councilman Talini here Mayor Okay Thank you All right For my mayor's report today we have a couple interesting items here Uh number one uh the PSE andG paving uh has been either completed
today or will be completed tomorrow Uh the balance of the roads that were dug up this year will not be paved for 6 months It requires the trench to settle down settle down otherwise the road will fail So expect to see that paving sometime in the fall Uh the burough is currently still finalizing our current
road program Uh Patriots Way bridge update Uh all the rebar work has been completed about a week ago Uh the deck is actually ready to be poured Uh we have a meeting a job meeting next week uh to discuss the schedule for the poor and uh hopefully we'll see a deck on the
bridge in the next couple weeks Uh also the res uh FiOS and the reserve phase 2 is complete which means the entire reserve community now has access to FiOS So the order book is open for anybody who wants to get FiOS in the reserve community Want to remind everybody the
Easter egg hunt April 12th at 10 a.m in the library I'm sure we'll hear more from Councilman Talamini about that And also you're going to hear on the agenda tonight the Danny D playground We're going to be replacing the Danny D playground uh down at the recfield And uh you'll hear more about that as we go through the resolutions And also today's
a very special today Today is Oakland's birthday Oakland is 123 years old today It was incorporated April 8th 1902 What I did is I brought the actual resolution that actually created
Oakland And I just want to read this into the record This is Senate Bill 43 It says "An act to incorporate the burrow of Oakland in B in the county of Bergen Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the state of New Jersey number one the inhabitants of the
portion of the township of Franklin in the county of Bergen here and after is set forth to be hereby constituted and declared to be a body corporate in the fact and in the law by the name of the burrow of Oakland and shall be governed by the general laws of this state
relating to burrows Number two the boundaries of the said burrow shall be as follows Beginning at the point where the southerntherly line of Hokus Township intersects with the easterly line of Pay County and running then southerntherly and easterly along the
Pay County line as the same runs to the intersection with the center of the road leading from the Creek Nest to Oakland Hence northerly along the center of said road leading from Creek Nest Oakland to an angle in said road said angles being
about about 850 ft southerntherly from the corner of the said road to the residence of Harry a hopper So that's where we got the road hopper henceforth running from set angle in the center of the road leading from pnesses to Oakland
in a straight line to the center of the road leading from Oakland to Camp G whereas the same is intersected by the center of a brook said brook being about 150 ft easterly from the residence of Victor Mortimer Hence continuing northerly in the same straight line to its
intersection with the southerntherly line of Hokus township and then westerly along said southerntherly line from Hokus township to the Pay County line and the point beginning containing about 8710 square miles This actual take effective immediately approved April 8th
1909 and it was signed by Secretary of State Dickerson on this date in 1902 today Okay with that being said do I have a motion open to public so moved Second All in favor i Anybody from the public
wish to address the council my name is Nikolai Carlson I live six draw away in Oakland here in town Uh I'm going before the court or the town council again for the conspiracy and racketeering still going on Uh the
Oakland police officers are involved in the surveillance and the racketeering with mental health to justify and uh there's about 12 operatives They
surround the house I live in I'm toward it 24 hours a day everywhere I go and it's got to stop Thank you Mr Cross So it's I don't know what to do Thank you Anybody else
hi my name is Jerry Angry Mueller from 24 Lake View Terrace and uh in connection with the birth of Oakland birthday of Oakland being today I'm pronouncing So every year the Northwest Burden County History Coalition has a history day which the Oakland Historical
Society takes part in with the Van Allen House being one of the stops on the route And uh this year it's going to be Saturday April 26th from 10 to 4:00 a.m So I want to invite everybody they have a chance to not only see the Van Allen house but the Briski House
in Woff and the Hermitage and Mogus and just Glenrock to to Mawa A lot of interesting stops beautiful buildings along the way So it's also the same day as the town cleanup I'm sure you know the public uh the environmental
commission and uh that will be mentioned too but the cleanup is a little earlier in the morning and then you can still come over and visit the the houses if you want to do that later in the day Um yeah I didn't grow up in Oakland myself I know we have some families that have been here longer than I have but I've
learned a lot of interesting things about Oakland 1902 I think Amos Hopper was mayor and then Edward Page was the mayor after that who built the streamhouse and a lot of other buildings in town He kind of brought the uh the town to life and encouraged that it
should become its own village They wanted to make their own schools I think that New Jersey decided around that time that if a town decided to become independent they could have their own school And there was dissension back then just like uh all times and everywhere that I think there were some people that wanted to buy a school for
$10,000 which would have been enough and there were other people who wanted to spend $20,000 and it was a you know it was a discussion It was a discussion of things more things change the more they stayed the same but uh there's a lot of interesting things to learn about
Oakland and I hope hope that people will come and enjoy the uh the history day and visit some of the other local towns Thank you Miss Englemire for the history lesson We had invited somebody from historic club Thank you for coming today and giving us a brief history of that Thank you
Jody Gfredo 44 Sue Um just wanted to let you guys know um on Saturday uh April 12th Access for All will be having their Easter their annual Easter icon Uh the festivities will begin at 9:30 The Easter icon will be at 10:00 a.m The
rain day is Sunday April 13th at 1:00 p.m I hope there is no rain day But um yeah so I hope uh our regular participants of Access for all will join us Thank you Thank you Mr Frank Anybody
else wish to address the council do I have a motion to close so moved Second All in favor i Okay Okay I've got approval of minutes March 25th 2025 So move Do I have a second second All in favor i
I have March 25th 2025 executive minutes If anybody has any changes it's going to be done in executive session So moved Have a second Second All in favor i Okay All right Special announcements We have authorized raffle license RL1542 for the Oakland Volunteer
Fire Department on June 8th 19th 20 21st and 2020 for the year 2025 for the Carnival for support of the Volunteer Fire Department recre recreation field 20 L Drive Oakland New Jersey 07436 Next we have authorized raffle license
RL1543 for OP on June 27th 2025 for a 50/50 to raise funds to update the kitchen and school building And at this point we also have a mayor's uh I'd like to appoint uh Thomas White to environmental
commission Do I have a motion to approve raffle licenses so moved Second All in favor i And do I have a motion to approve Mr Thomas White for the environment some move Second All in favor okay All right
We're up to budget presentation We do have our B administrator and our CFO present at this time I have 25128 amend 2025 budget Mr Coons Sure Uh thank you mayor Uh after we introduced uh a couple
things came to light uh that require us to propose this amendment this evening Uh a couple of minor technical changes uh that came about during the state's review For example liquor license revenue needed to be adjusted slightly Um and also uh based on developments we
thought it prudent to add some money to uh the legal budget And unfortunately I'm sure you've all heard about uh the pending uh electric rate hike due to take place about midy year Uh so we had to go back and take a look at our electric and street lighting budgets and
make some adjustments to that as well Uh the good news is that the revenue is all coming from uh non- tax sources principally uh just a increase in surplus from 2.8 8 million to 2.856 million So there's no impact with this amendment on the proposed tax levy Thank
you Any questions for Mr Cron not seeing any Do I have a motion to amend 2025 budget it has to be read It has to be read This whole resolution has to be read Oh that so one shot you have to read it No no no The has to be read The entire the
entire resolution needs to be read resolution authorizing uh calendar year 2025 budget to be read by title only What am I missing the the amending resolution has to be read in full Yes
The 128 and CFO will be reading into Would you like me to yes Yes Thank you Uh 25128 a resolution to amend the 2025 budget Whereas the local municipal budget for the year 2025 was introduced on the 8th day of March 2025 and whereas
the public hearing on said budget will be held as advertised And whereas it is desired to amend set approved budget not therefore be it resolved by the mayor and council of the Bur of Oakland county of Bergen that the following amendments to the introduced 2025 budget be made In the current fund general revenues
surplus anticipated from 2.8 million to 2.856 million a change of 56,000 Total surplus anticipated again 2.8 million to 28 2.856 million a change of 56,000 Interest on investments and
deposits from 520,000 to 522,200 a change of 2,200 Total section A local revenue $999,000 [Music] to1,1,200 a change of
$2,200 Alcoholic beverages increase in fees uh change from 7,000 to 4,800 a change of lower revenue of 2,200 Total section G special items of general revenue anticipated with prior
written consent of director of local government services from 1,48,62583 to1,46,42583 This is a decrease of $2,200 uh subtotal general revenues uh from
7,365,44 to 7,421,44 This is an increase of $56,000 Total general revenues from 26,90,000 to 26,146,000 an increase of $56,000 And the current fund under general
appropriations a appropriations within caps legal OEE from 205,000 to 225,000 an increase of 20,000 Utilities electricity from 180,000 to 198,000 an
increase of 18,000 Utility street lights from 180,000 to 198,000 an increase of 18,000 Total operations item AA within caps from 16,462,781.13 to6,518,781.13 an increase of 56,000
Total operations including contingent within caps from 16,467,781.13 to6,523,781.13 an increase of 56,000 H1 total general appropriation for municipal purposes within caps
18,984 19780 to 19,40,19780 an increase of 56,000 L subtotal general appropriations item H1 and O 25,595,000 to $25,651,000 an increase of
$56,000 And finally total general appropriations from 26,90,000 to 26,146,000 an increase of 56,000 Under the sewer utility appropriations for the sewer utility this is from ordinance
11638 from 1,227 to 1,277 That's a $50 change And social security from $7,600 uh down to $7,550 This is a decrease of $50 $50 Uh be it further
resolved that a certified copy of this resolution be filed with the office of the director of division of local government service for certification of the 2025 local municipal budget So amended the council have any questions for the CFO i I wasn't paying attention
Can you read that yes certainly Uh the budget isn't changed Get that man some water All right If there's no further questions do I have a motion to approve 25128 amend 2025 cut 25 budget so move
Second Roll call Council President McCann Yes Councilman Piggatelli Yes Councilwoman Rose yes Councilman Saliani yes Councilman Slazinski yes Councilman Talamini yes All right we're up to 25129 Resolution
authorizing calendar year 2025 pledge to be read by title only Do I have a motion to introduce so moved Motion to approve Rather second Roll call Council President McCann No
Councilman Pigmentali Yes Councilwoman Rose Yes Councilman Saliani Yes Councilman Sazinski Yes Councilman Talamini Yes Motion passes Okay We're up to 25130 This is the actual adoption of
the budget for this year Uh at this time this is the public hearing portion of this Do I have a port do I have a motion to open the public so moved Have a second All in favor i Okay From is there anybody from the public that wishes to talk about 25130 adoption of the
budget not seeing anybody have a motion to close So moved Second All in favor i All right At this time do I have a motion for 25130 for the adoption of the budget so moved Second Local call Council President McCann no Councilman
Pnatelli yes Councilwoman Rose yes Councilman Saliani yes Councilman Suzinski yes Councilman Talamini yes Okay very good Now we're up to the following resolutions We have 25131 resolution authorizing TM and Associates
for the redevelop redevelopment study of the hotel site We spoke about this last meeting 25132 resolution approving settlement of the fourth round affordable housing obligation 25133 authorized community garden refunds 25134 authorized recreation refunds
25135 Resolution requesting permission for the dedications by Ryder the Bureau of Oakland Animal Control Funds as required by NJSA 40A 5-29 25136 Resolution to hire seasonal laborers
25137 Chapter 159 2025 BCOS Denny Deia building 25138 award the contract for the playground equipment installation 25139 award contract to clear Clearary Jacobe Alfred Jacobs for existing tax appeal services 25140 award contract to
Basel Engineer for the construction inspection services for Jerome Avenue drainage improvements phase 2 and 25141 authorized temporary hire for the clerk's office And 25142 was pulled Anybody wish to pull any out of this yes
Mayor 25-140 please Okay 138 post please 138 Anybody else okay At this time with removing 25 138 140 I do have the motion to approve
So moved Have a second Second Roll call Council President McCann Yes Councilman Pigmentali yes Councilwoman Rose yes Councilman Saliani yes Councilman Slazinski yes Councilman Talamini yes
Motion passes Okay I got 25138 Mr We'll pull that out You Russ I just want to uh discuss the the playground u the proc uh where did we get the money from and uh just a little discussion about the
playground Sure Uh so the scope of work is really to rehab the entire playground uh from putting in a new safety surface benches uh garbage cans shade structures uh for the first time uh new playground
play structure new swings uh including a swing that will be handicapped accessible to a wheelchair Uh and the funding is from uh both a Bergen County Open Space Grant for a little over $100,000 and the balance is coming from
the open space trust Thank you And Mr Chris approximately how old is the existing playground uh the safety surface itself is probably 13 14 years old The existing one the tile uh the equipment itself
that's in it is something over 20 years old Yeah I remember my children played on it Okay Any other further discussion nope That was it All right Uh do I have a motion to approve 25138 award contract playground equipment installation so moved Do a second Second Roll call
Council President McCann Yes Councilman Piggatelli Yes Councilwoman Rose Yes Councilman Saliani Yes Councilman Swzinski Yes Councilman Talamini Yes Motion passes Okay We got 25140 award contract advisable engineering construction inspection services for
Jerome Mr Couldn't tell Yes Um Rich did we get any other engineering quotes for this no I I would like to see in the future other engineering quotes I know we
qualified another engineer Um you know I know there may be some projects that are a carryover from last year but um I would like to see other engineering quotes for engineering services on projects like this Anybody else feel the same on the
council so um Rich was this is this part of the normal retainer work or it's not part of the retainer Uh Boswell had previously been issued a contract to do the design work Uh and this is one that
was also uh under a deadline with a community development block grant Uh so we felt it you know proper to go to Boswell for a proposal there because we had bid out the project and are in need of the services and need to hit a deadline for uh for the grant
And did this whole thing uh come up in the like the last two three weeks Mr C this whole process Uh well you know we we we took the bid We awarded the bid uh and the uh cont you know project's about to start Okay I would just like to see a
little competition behind these prices Any other further discussion no All right Do I have a motion to approve 25140 word contract engineering construction inspection service Jerome Avenue so moved Have a second Second Roll call Council President McCann Yes
Councilman Pigmatelli no Councilwoman Rose yes Councilman Saliani yes Councilman Sazinski yes Councilman Talamini yes Motion passes Okay we're up to ordinance We're up to 25 capital 964
capital ordinance This is for the public hearing portion of the capital ordinance we heard about at our last meeting Do I have a motion open to public so move Second All in favor i Anybody from the public wish to talk about 25 Capital 964 capital
ordinance not seeing any Do I have a motion to close some move Have a second Second All in favor i All right Do I have a motion to move 25 capital 964 capital ordinance so move Do you have a second you have a second Roll call
Council President McCann Nope Councilman Pigmanelli Yes Councilwoman Rose yes Councilman Saliani yes Councilman Sazinski yes Councilman Talamini yes All right we're up to work session Uh we
pulled this off the work session last meeting Uh this is really trying to set up a forward planning committee As you know there's a lot of uh movement going on in Oakland when it comes to the LAR property in the back Uh we're dealing with the McDonald's coming in Uh hopefully we're going to see the
application come in front of the planning board for the Oakland drugs and we thought it'd be prudent at this time to kind of put together forward planning committee and speaking to council president McCann I believe he did something similar to that in the previous town that he came from in Creskill Council um yes mayor
Um this is really um something we did way back in 2001 for a small smaller town uh Cresco where I moved from uh I guess not 13 years ago Um the purpose of the
committee is to make take a whole of government approach to the planning of the community So we have our zoning board and we have our planning board and and we have a a planner The council has a planner The planning board has a planner And right now I believe they're
the same person Yes they're all across the board Yes Right So so all that is important but there's also other information uh that needs to go into um thinking about what the community needs are going to be and kind of project that out uh
into um a a plan uh that's written up uh and revised every couple of years A forward planning committee really takes a look at the town's needs and projected needs takes a look at uh what school board what uh what schools
are going to need uh what the roads what what the normal cycle for roads is and it takes a whole a whole approach So you have people from the different departments uh become a member of this committee Um and um it you just create a template uh of all of all the things
that the town encompasses and you bring people within the government the roads department uh the administration finance uh and and take a look at the demographics uh take a look at things obviously housing uh uh needs go into
that So you you create this committee and the purpose is simply and and you also ask for um for citizen participation as well And so you just take a look and you have it's basically you're you're you're doing a study of your town and what the what the next
what the needs are going to be for 10 years And you can you can do that get to that 10 years by building it up through a uh four we did as a three every three years uh evaluation of the plan So um it
it worked really well because um by the time uh Cresco got hit with its at the time uh completion of its second round going into the third round the we we had recognized that the school
the schools population was going to increase We had good data uh good census data working with the school board represent people that were on that committee Um and so if you look if you take a drive-through Creskill today the downtown section was improved Uh again
all based upon the data driven from that from that committee and doing something like that here especially in light of um you know right now what we're going through uh with our affordable housing obligation it's probably a good time
because the next round will be here before you know it Um and there are some towns if you if you as the mayor knows and most of the council knows that as they're doing their settlement for the fourth round uh they're still dealing with third round obligations
Um sorry No just go ahead Sorry I was I was just nodding and agreeing with Okay No feel free to agree Just don't just No I'm kidding U no So that that's the concept Um it doesn't have to be identical Uh there are things that we can look at in terms
of what uh Crescco did and didn't do correctly Um but it again the idea is to have a whole of government approach to the town as opposed to peacemailing it you know oh the budget this year and you know this is what we're going to need and instead of being reactionary as a
government uh be proact I don't like to use these buzz terms that are kind of hackne me now but you know be proactive uh uh approach to to what this town's going to look like 10 years from now regardless of of the of the makeup of the board and it also does provide
continuity uh for new uh elected officials that come that come in and for the appointed officials on the boards So it provides a template It's not it's it's not um it's not something that's a hard number or or a hard evaluation It's
just a really good road map uh to what the town where the town's going to go We can't have a quick question I didn't do it How so um I if you if you said it to me I apologize Is this board still functioning in Creskill or is it defunct at this point no it's still functioning
So it's been in place for It's been in place for 25 years That's what I wanted It's been You didn't say that when you turn Yeah No no it has been in place for 25 years In fact uh a couple I was about six weeks ago we I got a copy It's it's actually an ordinance They adopted it as an ordinance And that board's turned
over multiple times in those 25 years Yes But the one constant that that town had was the mayor who just passed away a few weeks about a month ago He was there for 25 years Uh the forward planning committee at the time was really a combination of my idea based upon some
of the things he was saying publicly when he first got elected Uh at the time at the time they wanted to build a rec center so-called community center that was the talk of the town for some 20 odd years That mayor uh Ben Romeo is his
name Um we used to call him Mr Crescll you know he was five five feet five inches tall maybe 140 pounds but he was captain of the football team in high school So he was really committed to the town So when he was speaking like that it just hit me having come from the
corporate world before I was a lawyer Well why don't we just plan ahead and you know and so we could plan for projects and and and things like you know community centers and rec centers things like that are all on the table too that you want to look at and and and and especially if you're looking at uh
new development uh coming into the town like we have McDonald's and uh more foot traffic you know those are things that you know you can evaluate you know open space in the lease for some of the um for some of the people in the malls you know what what what what what kind of uh
tenants are they going to want you so you could provide guidance uh for your your businesses and that's what happened in Crescale they they brought in businesses based upon what the what they thought the demographics was going to be so there was commercial space that turned over
when the leases were expired to to new businesses that thrived you know so well I think we're at an interesting crossroads with everything that's going on here between the drugstore uh you know LAR came back there and I if memory serves me correct I wasn't on a planning board at the time but I believe that the schools are really caught flatfooted
when it came to uh not knowing about this development coming in and you know this is a tool that we can use in our toolbox to really work with the schools and the towns community of commerce and everybody I think it certainly has has value to to really trying to shape what our town's going to look like with the
10-year look forward and everything else like that Yeah it it's it's just you know common for governments to be reactionary you know Um and and how how does that work with in conjunction with the master plan well the master plan you can you can you can tweak the master
plan based upon the data that you're going to you're going to extract uh from from from uh the meetings that you set up and and so it so it's a it's not really a chicken and the egg It really is your master So let's say you don't
have that committee The way it's done now is you have a master plan You're just kind of spitballing without any of this other data So it would provide data to the planner who's reexamining the master plan Correct Every which you have to do every every 10 years Yeah U so we just provide
more data and information to them Correct And but you but you reevaluate You could do it set it up on any schedule We originally did it on a five-year plan to evaluate halfway through but then we ch they they changed it just before I left the council uh they changed it every three years
because they found you know it was working and and and it's interesting because because you're taking information from all all parts of the government and all parts of essentially the community what the town looks like starts to take shape and everyone has
ownership takes ownership of what their town is about Uh so you know wreck is important obviously schools uh and commerce as the mayor just pointed out So all that information could certainly shape your master plan but you have to have a really good planner I think we
have a good one right now So the master plan what is in the master plan the basics of it is governed by statute Correct Doesn't mean you can't augment it and put more information in it if you want to That's exactly right It's worked really well Any further discussion so Mr
McCann maybe we can uh meet next couple weeks and take a look at the Crescll ordinance or and see if we can put that together and move this going forward Yeah I think we need to we should probably talk to I could identify the department heads and you know and start that conversation Yeah Start the conversation You you you want to get
them on board You don't want to just it's not something you want to dictate to them to do but it's something that they they wouldn't want to do Okay All right And I guess we'll just have a further discussion next meeting about this Sure Okay Thank you You're welcome Anybody else uh moving on to new
business Anybody have any new business yes Um if you if you recall um several years ago and I know Jerry can attest to this we needed quite a bit of work on the Van Allen house And I
think we said that periodically we should go back and tour the building the inside to make sure the roof isn't leaking the windows aren't broken Uh I I would like I think we should do that again because if we catch these repairs early enough
it's only hundreds of dollars maybe thousands not tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands So uh maybe we could arrange to have someone I don't know from the building department or whoever Rich thinks would be appropriate to tour the building to make sure there
doesn't need any repairs Unless and and Pat I can tell you that DPW is in there periodically looking at things and I know that uh members of the historic uh historical committee if they see something too uh they say something uh and report it to DPW as well So okay Um
but but you know I I I think to your point we also have um you know America's 250th anniversary next year We want to make sure that the site is good We have some plans in place I think for uh further work uh site work on the on on the site and I think you
know to your I think your basic point of making sure that the Van Allen house remains in good condition is is is certainly well taped Correct Yes Yes Yes Yeah One of the things we're looking at this year Councilman is we were looking at bar doors where the garage is We're talking about uh doing some lake paving
in the front where where it floods putting some shrubs and really just cleaning the property up you know that's f moving this thing along There there's one of the buildings has a like a big pain window to the right is where storage is or something
No house to the right That's the the garage where it has a chain link fence What we want to do is we want to put barn doors there to clean that up So it makes it visually appealing and do some light landscaping on the property as well so that we can really make that cornerstone of that that corner since it's really a burough asset But I would
like to see it maintained because I know like I said several years ago I don't know if we spent over $100,000 repairing things I'd rather see it caught when it's small amount of money Okay Anybody else have any new business anybody have any old business
we have old people Okay All right We'll start with the leazison reports Council tell me Uh sure Just have uh recreation Saturday May 31st will be the softball baseball parade It's always a great day
Um they have uh they have they have the parade and then you have like a a mini uh carnival afterwards where there's usually bounce bouncy houses and and some food and uh and other giveaways at the at the park So great day That's all
I have Thank you Councilman Pinatella Yes Mayor at the uh I met with the environmental commission uh this past week Uh we spoke about um uh our having a pollinator garden program in town Uh
one of our members contacted a local uh nursery and they'll be putting together a packet of plants etc flowers etc uh that will attract pollinators such as butterflies because I know my wife loves butterflies Uh but that that'll be
something uh in conjunction with our local nursery and we'll have more information about that uh in the future We also spoke spoke about having a small area in Steuart Woods cordoned off um with some deer fencing to show that
um uh we could preserve um more native plants you know if we paid attention to um um excluding deer from the area Um we also like to welcome a new member which we said before uh Tom White to the
environmental commission um senior citizens the police department and I have to commend them Um they had a program on um scams specifically gear um
geared toward senior citizens Um you know make sure do not ever ever give out your your social security number your Medicare number your checking account number over the phone to anybody Anybody No government agency will call you and
ask no legal government agency will call and ask you for for money Not even especially like the IRS Uh some of the scams that are going around hello this is the uh Kalamazoo Police Department We have your grandson here and he needs
$10,000 bill right away or putting him in jail for 6 months You know that'll never that'll never that should never happen Um if if you think it's a scam first of all don't give them that information Second of all call the local
police department 3376171 and uh ask them and uh they'll look into it The information was so shocking I went out and bought a shredder I'm not taking any chances with your information You can buy a small
shredder for your house for $50 um and and up But you know do not give any of that information out And again I commend our police department for putting that program on They did a really they even had pancakes and for the seniors Uh but
they did an excellent job and I want to commend them Thank you Mayor Council Saland Thank you Mayor For OC report 48 2025 uh the the uh OC is looking for committee members and volunteers If
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and search for Oakland TV and download the app there The Bolton board committee continues to accept original music compositions to add into the music rotation for Oakland TV If interested please please email Oakland NJ Bulletin board atgmail.com
with your interest and any questions you may have Lastly a new nonprofit organization Friends of Oakland Communicate Friends of Oakland Communications held their inaugural meeting on March 27th where the mayor and I were both in attendance where where all the where the most of
the board seats were filled Thank we want to thank everyone who stepped forward and wanted to get involved in finding innovative ways to raise funds to support enhance Oakland Communications offerings There is currently one seat open If anyone is interested or knows someone interest looking holding please reach out to the
open communications commission Also they're looking for someone to either with interest and experience with holding fundraisers and some connection business community who has nonprofit experience to join the team to help fund raise money The next OC meeting is on May 5th
at 7 p.m in council chambers Big day on Saturday Uh similar to what um Miss Gilfredo brought up before Saturday is the Easter egg hunt So it will be 9:30 show up 10:00 for the
hunt over right behind the library by um by the park So please uh we encourage everyone to attend Also quick update on police Um the Junior Police Academy is still accepting applications The Junior Police
Academy will be held from July 18th to July 25th It is open to sixth 7th and eighth graders Anyone who has questions and wants to participate and sign up please send an email to jpa oakland police
us And then one more thing I want to congratulate Zack Betts for uh as for being a meeting as being as being brought on to volunteer fire department I've known the gentleman a long time so I'm very happy he's helping this community That's it That's it Thank you
Councilman McC No report Councilman Slinsky Thank you Mayor Uh from the green team uh the Flow Green film series is beginning in uh the first uh the first film Women of Carbon will be on Thursday April 10th at 7 p.m at the
Franklin Lakes Library The team continues to look for volunteers So if you would like to help out and join this great group they have their next meeting tomorrow night at 700 p.m at the senior center From the library the OPL has an exciting new program for adults Tai Chi
Moving in Harmony with yourself and others on Thursday nights from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m beginning this Thursday April 10th and running through May 8th Uh register for each class individually They also have a team trivia night on
Monday April 21st at 6:30 p.m Call the library to sign your team or yourself up for this New Jersey themed trivia competition and see how you stack up They also have a new garden um arts program for adults on Tuesdays beginning
at on Tuesday April 22nd at 6:30 p.m Uh there will be additional garden arts programs on uh Tuesdays in May Re register for each class individually For young adults uh we have the manga club
on Monday um April 28th a casual hangout for kids who are enthusiastic about anime and snacks For children uh they have their regular uh recurring story times as well as always awesome jiggly
wiggly music program for kids this coming Friday April 11th at at 11:00 a.m Registration is required The library will be closed on Good Friday and Easter Sunday but will be open on Saturday
April 19th That's all I have Thank you Councilwoman Thank you M Um as Miss Gfredo had mentioned Access for All um is doing their Easter egg hunt uh this this coming weekend this coming Saturday Um it's behind the border edge building
Uh their next meeting is May 7th at the Senior Center Shade Tree Commission met yesterday Um they're all set for um Arbor Day They're giving out saplings on April 27th at the Oakland Public Library
from 10 to 2 Um the forester had logged in 44 hours issued 21 permits 44 trees were removed and 24 have been replaced Their next meeting is on May 5th at 7:30 And for the arts committee as we know uh
the outdoor market will be opening up in May Um right now they have a spring burst and visual art exhibit in sale which is running from April 1st through May 17th at the Oakland Public Library Their next meeting is April 21st And as with any of our committees we could
always use volunteers That's it Thank you Mayor Sir if I may I've got one very important uh matter Um environmental commission will be having uh a uh cleanup day April
26th Um Jerry we meeting at the uh Danny D building Danny D building at 7 9th 9th Um if you're interested uh there are believe it or not there are a couple areas in town that need some TLC Uh I know last year we had a a great group um
there did quite a bit of cleanup in town uh especially like down at Great Oak Park um Steuart Woods uh and and and and you know a couple of other areas but uh they'll be given instructions Uh just make sure you bring a a pair of gloves
with you uh you know long sleeve shirt and and pants Um but it's a great way to to really spruce up some areas in town that that are really attractive and we don't want it to be unattractive So please if you'd like to volunteer um
come on April the 26th at the Danny D building at 9:00 a.m Great opportunity for students who need um uh volunteer work Perfect Uh and they'll have some refreshments at the end Thank you Mayor
Thank you Anybody else okay Bills to be paid Uh bills to be paid 126,5854.78 So moved Have a second Roll call Council President McCann Yes Councilman Pnatelli yes Councilwoman
Rose yes Councilman Saliani yes Councilman Sinski yes Councilman Telamini yes Motion passes All right Do I That concludes our meeting You have a motion to adjourn Before we close tonight I just want to uh say say uh to Miss Kim thank you very much I I know
you're moving on I want to thank you uh the time you've been here It's been great to work with you and best of luck Thank you in the future Thank you Kim Thank you so much I I can't tell you I agree with Council Sal just uh working with her in the front office Gina you you're an absolute treasure We're lucky
that we had you for the time that we gave Certainly wish you best of luck moving on in recruitment You will be missed and I will miss all of you Thank you so much All right Now do I have a motion to adjourn so move Second All in
favor i All right This meeting is adjourned The next burough council meeting will be held on Tuesday April 22nd at 7 p.m here at the Oakland Municipal Court Council Chambers Penal Drive This time the meeting is adjourned Have a good day everybody No one more Thank you for having me
Easier driving home now Thank you Tropical view bad will