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meeting called to order. This is the June 9th, 2026 mayor council meeting. Uh would the clerk read the statement of compliance, please? >> This meeting is being held in accordance with the open public meetings act NJSA 104-6

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having been duly advertised and posted in the municipal building in compliance with NJSA 104-8. The meeting will adjourn no later than 10 p.m. unless the majority of the council members present vote to extend the time. >> All rise for pledge of allegiance followed by a moment of silence. Uh

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council president, would you lead us in the pledge of allegiance? >> I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice

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for all. Thank you. Proceed. >> Uh, clerk, call the role, please. >> Mayor Kamala, >> here. >> Council President Talini >> here. >> Councilman Dumbert, >> here. >> Councilman Eert, >> here. >> Councilman Pigmanelli.

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>> Councilwoman Rose >> here. >> Councilman Saliani >> here. We have a motion excuse. Councilman Pigmanelli. >> So moved. >> Who's got it? Steve, who's got the second? >> Second. >> Second, Mr. Dumper. All in favor? >> I >> I All right, we're up to the mayor's report. Uh, we got a lot of stuff. What

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we have? >> Oh, yeah. I'm sorry. >> Where you going, Mayor? I had it wrong on my page. Sorry. >> Uh, we have a lot of stuff going on here in town right now. Obviously, uh, we have paving, paving, and paving. Um for the people that live on the north end of

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the town with all the work the public service has been doing I'm happy to announce that uh we have met and they're going to start paving in the last week of June. The signs are out right now. The sign board is notifying everybody. Uh so that work is going to begin. Also the McCoy road when you come in from the

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top of Ypo that road is going to be also replaced and that's going to be done by Len Lenard uh the property owner that put in that subdivision up there. So, they're responsible for fixing that road as well. Uh, the burrow is still currently working on our road program and once we have that done, uh, we'll be

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making the announcements for the paving that the burrow is going to do. There's probably going to be, Mr. C, probably sometimes late summer, early fall. Correct. By the time it goes out to bid and everything, we're looking at August, September. >> Yeah, I would expect the work to occur in the fall. >> Yep. Also, solid waste or better known as garbage. Um, the new contract is

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starting with Pompton Lakes on July 1st. Uh all the residents are going to be receiving a letter in the mail outlining what the service is all about, including how to access the recycling center and everything that goes along with that. We'll als we're also going to be putting it on social media so everybody's aware of that. Uh the carnival, that's the big

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headline here, 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th. I'm going to certainly defer to Councilwoman Rose. She's going to talk about that under her report and access for all uh which is really a special one-hour program on Saturday for people with disabilities. Uh this past week we had interviews for

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to hire three police officers. Uh we interviewed five candidates. Um we're going to be hiring three and the swearing in is going to take be taking place at the next council meeting which is going to be June 23rd if they accept the letters. Affordable housing update. Uh Judge

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Cranston uh has requested a meeting. There's going to be hearing this Thursday just for an update on you know where we are within the process. We have nothing to report at this time. uh D had canceled our first meeting with them. So, we're basically just in a waiting game right now with we're working

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through this. Um McDonald's. All right. So, there's a lot of buzz about McDonald's. It looks like they are going to get be getting their temporary their TCO temporary certificate of occupancy this week. Uh they're looking to do a soft

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open next week, as early as next week. I can't give you the day in case it slips, but it's in a minute around the corner. So, McDonald's is indeed opening. Uh, Route 28 202 and 287. I'm happy to report that we finally uh got to the

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right people at DOT, the island on 287 from 202. You notice they've been working all night on nights on that. They've replaced all the pavement and they've also fixed the sidewalks as you're walking on the southbound side underneath the bridge of 287 as you're

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going to the Walgreens area. Also, as part of the McDonald's program as well, part of the developers agreement included that piece of missing sidewalk when you're walking down 202 South past the Walgreens. when you came out from underneath the bridge, you always got

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pushed into Route 202 and then to get back onto the sidewalk to continue on. Part of the developers agreement we worked with McDonald's was it was required that they replace that sidewalk. All right. So, that sidewalk got installed today. Uh they still have to do some of the uh the brick work or

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pavers to go along with that on both sides, but that's a work in progress and that'll be dealt at the later at a later date, but it was important to have that sidewalk in before they had their TCL. So, that work is indeed complete. Uh the Truman Field for the recck people. I see the commissioner sitting

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right here. Uh the Truman Field lighting project is now complete. So we no longer have to rent generators for the soccer program that goes on. And I believe she has received all the uh access through the applica through the app. So we now

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have access to turn the lights on and off through the wreck program. Uh flag day ceremony. Just to remind everybody that is June 14th. It's a Monday. Uh that'll be held at Veterans Park. Uh the Elks have they actually host the the the program itself and you

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probably see Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts down there as part of the program. It's actually pretty interesting to come down and really when they go through this program, it's done every year and they go through the history of the American flag. It's it's it's really pretty it's a pretty special program. So we encourage people to come down to 6 p 6

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p.m. down at Veterans Park. And one other piece of information, as you recall, we passed the streetscape. We h we now have Boswell under contract. We're currently working through uh the streetscape itself right now. So once again, the streetscape program goes from Franklin Franklin a all the way to Oak Street. So they're going to be breaking

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that apart, which is going to include new sidewalks, new street lighting, you know, the decorative lighting that you see in Walgreens and McDonald's. So we're starting to knit this whole project together. And just remind everybody, the craft market is this weekend. And that concludes my report.

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Do we have a motion open to public? >> Got it. >> That was Councilman Dumpford. >> Dumpford. Who's got the second? >> Second. >> Second. Mr. Sal. Anybody from the public wish to address governing body? >> Ryan Schwarzbaker, 130 High Boulevard, wearing two different hats. So, I'll

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start off with on the communications commission end. We're going to be at the carnival uh Wednesday through Saturday. Well, we have a table for what we do at the communications commission, but also a table for the friends of Oakland Communications, which is the nonprofit organization that's supporting what the

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Oakland Communications Commission is doing. We welcome everyone to come down, learn more about what's going on in town uh with us here at the Communications Commission and uh what the Friends does and if anyone is interested in getting involved, we'd love to have them on board. Uh, and then me as a resident,

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uh, I was very excited to read the the news that came out in the burough Facebook and, uh, Instagram pages about the work that's going to be done on 287. I think I can speak for most people and say that it's probably going to be very annoying when all that work's going on, but the highway desperately needs it.

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So, I was very glad to see that that's going to wind up happening. Um, I read it says on here it was going to repair the concrete traveling pavement pavement, rehabilitate the shoulder pavement, add the thin overlay on the entire roadway, ramps resurface at select interchanges, and also includes

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the replacement of existing guide rail and traffic signals at the entrance and exit ramps to I287. Uh, so I was just curious. I I know you probably don't necessarily know the answer, but I at least think the town should inquire with the state. I know you're going to be doing all the work with the decorative

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street lamps going throughout the town. This might be a nice tie. I've seen in other places of the state and when I've traveled, they've gotten nice um traffic light um poles and things like that. I think that might be nice to see if we could work with the state where if they're already going to be replacing

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these as part of this project, let's create that nice cohesive look for downtown and see if maybe we can make that look nice instead of those ugly gray poles that we see everywhere. Um, and on top of that, I know there's always other issues that people bring up with 287 with the speeding, the the big

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curve in the road. I don't know how much of that is going to be really addressed by them doing some of this work, although I'm sure some of it as a side effect will be helpful, but I just want to make sure that the town brings up those concerns to DOT and maybe if they're already here doing some of that, we can try and get some of these other

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issues that we've had for a long time addressed. Uh just so the public knows there is a comment period at this the the article that uh Mr. Schwarzburg is referencing. Uh it is on the website. There is a area for comments and how you can file comments concerning Route 287.

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It's going to be the job is going to be from Morristown up to Oakland. It's probably I think it's a three or fouryear project to be for the common period is Tuesday June 16th through Tuesday June 30th. And uh yeah, it looks like it's going to

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take few years to get done. So I said, I know it's going to be probably annoying for all of us to deal with it, but you know, anyone who drives 287 knows that the highway desperately needs the help. So I think we'll all be glad when it's uh it's all over and we have a nice smoother highway that won't give people

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potholes and uh flat tires anymore. So thank you very much. >> Anybody else? >> I think Danny's going first. Daniel. No, go ahead. >> Daniel, member of Open Public Events. Uh, just bring everybody up to date with

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the carnival. That's the 17, 18, 19th, and 20th. Wednesday and Thursday, it's 6:00 to 10. Friday, it's 6 to 11. Saturday, it's 5 to 11 with 2 to 4 for access for all for the special needs.

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They we open it up for those two hours for the special needs. I guess Jody's going to talk about it too. How to get in contact with her. All right, that's sort >> Danny. Was it uh was access for all was 5 to 6, right?

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>> Because then we have an hour in between. >> All right. Thank you. >> I um I am here. I'm Jody Gfredo, 44 Sue Avenue. Um the Access for All Carnival is happening on Saturday, June 20th from

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2 to 4. Um we're very excited for that. Lots of volunteers um ready to go. Um I'm here to talk about something else and I wrote it down while I typed it in uh because it's very complicated. Um so I'm here to talk about the affordable

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housing. Uh during April and May, I volunteered at the Pon Church food pantry, helping Oakland families, people who work in Oakland, and food pantry users from neighboring towns apply for affordable housing in Oakland. Applica

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applicants fell into three income categories: very low, low income, and moderate income. And units available included one, two, and threebedroom rentals. On June 8th, that was yesterday, the

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housing lottery was held via Zoom and open to all applicants to to participate. During the meeting, it was evident that some participants were not Oakland residents. One individual was even seen on camera sitting on a beach

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wearing a bathing suit. Doesn't matter, I guess, but just so you guys know. um of the families I assisted for our Oakland families. Unfortunately, they all ended up in the middle or lower portions of the lottery

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list. They are not prioritizing our Oakland families or the people that use emergency services, food services in Oakland.

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The top lottery selections do not appear to be individuals who live in Oakland, work in Oakland, or utilize Oakland's food pantry services. Sorry, I repeat myself. It does not seem that Oakland's affordable housing mandate ultimately supported the residents who need it most.

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I'm asking that the council to address this. I'm asking that you help ensure Oakland residents and those who work here or rely on essential services here are prioritized in future housing lotteryies. Whether it involves writing

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letters, making phone calls, or speaking directly with legislators, I urge you to advocate for a system that reflects what Oakland intended and what residents deserve. You can. Hackinack does it. and and my background is I I work on a project with

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HUD. Um Hackinack does it, Angola does it. Prioritize senior housing for their residents first and then other residents. There is a second lottery to be held. They did this for 24. Um we

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have another 24 units or I don't know what the balance was. Um, you gota you got to stop it and and do something now because we have two families struggling, battling cancer that are at the not top of the list and

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we want them to stay in Oakland. Um, you're we're going to have strangers living in Oakland. You know, I was driving in in in Hackinack the other day and no, that was this morning and I was daydreaming at a light green light and someone beeped their horn and I was

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like, "Wow, well, I'm not in Oakland cuz people in Oakland don't do that." But you're going to get you're going to get out of town moving here and you're going to have people beeping. You know, they're going to stick out like a sore thumb. You know, just they're not, you know, that makes sense. But, um, we got

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to do something. You guys got to do something. >> Thank you, Mr. CFO. Just so just just so the public knows, you used to be an ex- council woman here in Oakland as well. So So we're take this. >> Yeah, let me give it to my attorney. Exactly. >> So the issue is by state law, we can't >> prioritize urban families. The reason

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Hackis Act is allowed to do that is because they're an exempted urban municipality. >> That is just I mean the only people to talk to are your state legislators because this it under New Jersey state law, Oakland cannot prioritize Oakland residents in the housing lottery. only municipalities that are allowed to do

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that are the ones that are exempted municipalities under the fourth round obligation. But otherwise, I mean, I think everyone up here, I won't speak for them, but I I think that everybody wants Oakland first, but >> I don't think that's good enough. >> There's there's just >> I I I I understand that, but there are

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loopholes. You somehow figure it out. You're a lawyer. Figure it out. >> I I wish there was a way. I I deal with this all the time. there there is no loophole around it. That is the state statute that that's the way that the lottery is run and the only way around

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it is if you're an exempted urban municipality and that's why Hackinac is allowed to give preference to their residents. There's I think 62 municipalities that were exempt from fourth round exemptions. But otherwise, the lottery has to be open to anyone that qualifies for affordable housing. Trust me, this is an issue that's coming

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up in every single town and people are are not happy about it. But if Oakland were to do it in a different way, we would be facing all kinds of civil rights penalties and and stuff like that from the state because that's that's the state mandate. That's what the affordable housing legislation is at its

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core. It's a social engineering experiment to try to blend communities together. So I mean that that's really what the policy the stated and I'm not I'm not saying anything political. That's the stated policy goal of the legislation to blend communities together. So the the whole point of the

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affordable housing lottery from a state legislative perspective is to bring people that aren't from Oakland and bring them into Oakland. That that is the stated purpose of the affordable housing legislation. So there's really nothing I mean there's just nothing that can be done. And the penalties that

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Oakland would face for trying to rig the lottery would would be substantial. So there's just really no I mean this is not something that doesn't come up. It comes up all the time. There's no one's found an exemption around it. >> Got to change it. I mean, the legislators people

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>> So, it requires a legislative fix and trend. Yeah. >> Correct, counselor. >> Yes. And and somehow you got to change it and you know, take the families that have cancer. I looked at the whole list. I got the whole list. Um, and I saw other families, people that I know,

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seniors that are on that list, middle to bottom, >> they're never going to be able to utilize what we brought into town. >> Well, I want to thank you for bringing us to our attention. We did not know that. Thank you. >> Okay. You're welcome. >> Anybody else? >> Thank you.

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>> The last one. >> Uh, hi, Eric Shia, 61 Loyola Place. I'm also president of the Oakland Historical Society. We will have a booth at the carnival as well. And uh we'll have uh our vice

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president, Michelle Novak, is going to uh do some uh prototypes of t-shirts that might be relevant in the next year for Oakland's 125th um anniversary celebration. And also I will be there roughly from

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6:00 to 10 on every day, all four days. If you're interested in talking with me about historic preservation in Oakland and we can share ideas, I would probably also like to talk to residents and um maybe record their um like take a survey

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of of their thoughts. So, please stop by, talk to me, and I welcome that to anyone in Oakland. And um and also, I'm looking forward to talking with you. So, thank you very much, >> Eric. I just want to thank you. you've really done in the last year and a half.

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Uh you've really reinvigorated the historical society and and thank you for all the work that you're doing down there with all the open houses and all the programs and the 250th. So, thank you for >> Thank you very much. And the members, too. So, >> and the trees been removed off the garage. >> That's good. We had a tree fall off the

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on the garage of the van house. So, thank you very much. >> You're welcome. Anybody else? >> Not seeing anybody. Do we have a motion to close? >> So moved. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Second. All in favor? >> I. >> All right, we're up to approval of minutes. We've got May 26, 2026. Do I

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have a motion to approve? >> So moved. >> Mr. Eert, do I have a second? >> Second. >> Mr. Talamini, any discussion or changes? Not seeing any. Roll call. >> Council President Talamini. >> Yes. >> Councilman Dumpert. >> Yes. >> Councilman Eert. >> Yes.

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>> Councilwoman Rose, >> yes. >> Councilman Saliani, >> yes. >> All right. All right, we have May 26, 2025 executive uh minutes. If there requires any changes to it, how it can only be done in executive session. Do I have a motion to approve? >> So moved, >> Mr. Saliani. >> Second.

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>> Mr. Rose. >> Does anybody have any discussion? >> Not seeing any. Roll call. >> Council President Talamini. >> Yes. >> Councilman Dunberg, >> yes. >> Councilman Eert, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Rose, >> yes. >> Councilman Saliani, >> yes. >> All right, we're up to special announce

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announce announcements, appointees, and raffles. Uh first of I'd like I have uh make the following appointments and we can do this as a consent agenda for environmental commission. This is uh with mayor with council consent. I'd like to put forward Edward Toratos. Ed

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is currently serving on the board of adjustment and it really gives a nice blend for having Ed on the environmental commission just like we've Lee Haymon on the planning board and it gives visibility across the barrel. for the zoning board of adjustment. I'd like to

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appoint Karen Collier for alternate one. Okay. Uh Karen's uh term will it's an unexpired term ending in 123126. What that does is that moves Mr. Ed

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Cheratos and I'm going to move him up to a full member uh for the balance of that term which ends 12312027 >> for the planning board. >> Planning board your direct appointment. >> Oh, it's a direct appointment. Okay. So with those two, uh do I have a motion to approve? >> So moved.

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>> Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Second. >> I believe Mr. Eer did. >> A roll call. Council President Telamini, >> yes. >> Councilman Zundre, >> yes. >> Councilman Eert, >> yes.

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>> Councilman Councilwoman Rose, >> yes. >> Councilman Selen, >> yes. >> All right. For a mayoral appointment, I'd like to appoint Mr. uh Anthony Darcy. He will go he will fill the alternate two position on expired term expiring 123127.

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We're up to raffles and licenses. We have authorized raffle license RL1605 for the Oakland Education Foundation for raffle on June 19th in support of the Oakland Education Foundation at the Carnival 20 Lawler Drive. Authorize raffle license RL606 for the Sports

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Association of Oakland for a tricky tray on July 31st, 2026 in support of Oak Recreation Soccer and Camp at 24 Lawler Drive, Oakland, New Jersey. Authorized raffle license RL 1607 for the Sports Association of Oakland for 50/50 on July

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11th, 2026 in support of Oakland Recreation Soccer Camp at 24 Ler Drive, Oakland, New Jersey. Do I have a motion to approve? >> So move. >> Mr. Salian, do I have a second? >> Second. >> Mr. Talamini. Roll call. >> Council President Talamini. >> Yes. >> Councilman Dunert.

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>> Yes. >> Councilman Eert. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Rose, >> yes. >> Councilman Saliani, >> yes. >> All right. We have the following resolutions. is uh we're going to be pulling the last one out. We have 26184 authorized tax refund due to overpayment

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for the Hoff Mr. or Mrs. Hoffman. 26185 authorized tax exemption refund for disabled veteran GRE. 26186 authorized recreation refunds. 26187 authorize acred type time payout for Tim Keenan.

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2618 acred payout to Conklin. 26189 authorize and hire camp staff. 26190 authorize liquor license renewals for the years 2026 through 2027. 2619 191 authorized club liquor license

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renewals for the year 2026 through 2027. 26192 authorized water and sewer council contract. 26193 authorized contract appraisal systems for our annual reassessment. 26194 194 authorized refund of taxes due for

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dup duplicate payment for the Adal Schwab family and 26195 authorized auction of surplus property equipment and vehicles for the burrow of Oakland. We have a motion to approve. >> So move a second.

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>> Second. Second. Any discussion? Anybody wish to pull any out? Not seeing any. Roll call. >> Council President Talamini. Yes. >> Councilman Dumpert. >> Yes. >> Councilman Eert. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Rose. >> Yes. >> Councilman Saliani. >> Yes. >> All right. The reason I pulled out

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28196, this is a resolution authorizing the appointment of municipal representatives to the Burn County Community Redevelopment Regional Committee. Uh the mayor gets two appointments. I have appointed uh administrator Coons and RCFO. As far as my appointments, uh it's up to the council president to appoint two members

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of the governing body to this committee. Uh so uh I'll be appointing myself and Councilman Salian to the >> Okay. Do we have a motion to approve 26196? >> So move.

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>> Do have a second. >> Second. >> Who's Who's got it? I'll go down this way. >> Sure. Mr. Tammy. Roll call. >> Council President Talini. >> Yes. >> Councilman Dunberg. >> Yes. >> Councilman Eert. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Rose. >> Yes. >> Councilman Saliani.

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>> Yes. Uh we have no ordinance on the agenda today. We have no work session. Does anybody from the governing body have any new business? >> Not seeing any. Does anybody have any old business? >> Old business. Mr. Mayor, >> Mr. Dumper, uh just wanted to clarify for the public uh as on one of our

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previous agendas, the 279 Ramipo Valley Road uh property uh contract. Uh a couple of residents have approached me asking what that's about and and why I support it. And uh want to make clear that the notion of uh uh building a

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senior center in town becomes more real with the acquisition of a property like this. So that the seniors that have built families and contributed throughout their lifetimes here in Oakland have a place to move to if they choose to downsize and also more afford

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more affordable options as their family dynamics change. So, uh, that on the agenda over the last couple of weeks has piqu some interest and I just wanted to make my support for that 279 Rampo Valley Road, uh, clear. Thank you, Mr. Dumper. Anybody else have any old business? >> Yes, Mayor, you touched on it in your

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report. Can we just go over again for everyone listening about what we're doing for notifications for the garbage >> or borrow? Mr. Coons, >> Mr. Coons, you want to take that? >> Sure. Uh, so there will be a direct mailer going out to all residents. Uh, that's being prepared now. should probably be out in the mail by the end

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of the week. So, everybody should start receiving that uh next week. You'll also see uh the same information in the burough newsletter uh that's published Friday. Uh and then we'll be publishing stuff via eblast and uh social media in

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the couple of weeks leading up to the change. >> Can we add a voice contact to that, Mayor? >> You want to do reverse 911? >> Yeah, we can do that. >> We can do that, too. We'll do that. >> Okay. >> Anything else, Mr. S? That's it. Okay. Anybody else have any old business?

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>> Not seeing any. Are up to uh committee liaison reports? We'll start at my left this time. Mr. >> Yes. Thank you, mayor. Um first I just want to I want to welcome Ed to the Environmental Commission. I got to meet him at our last meeting. He's very knowledgeable, really, very nice. He's going to make a great addition to uh to

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the committee. And then for the uh for the Oakland Arts, I just have the uh the outdoor market which is going to be this Saturday from 10:00 to 3. It's supposed to be a real nice sunny day for once. So, uh, come and check it out. That's all I got. >> Thank you, Councilwoman. >> Thanks.

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>> Uh, thank you, mayor. Um, so the Shade Tree Committee met on June 1st. Um, we're happy to report that they have a full uh, slate of people who have volunteered for it and we thank for everyone who did that. Um they have uh

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also received the deer report, the deer density report that had come in um which determined that Oakland does have a lot of deer. So um we will, you know, figure out what we want to do, keep meeting and figure out what we want to do from there

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um and everything, what our options are. Uh their next meeting is on July 13th at 700 p.m. Public events met yesterday and of course our biggest topic was the carnival which is on for Wednesday through Saturday. Um June 17th through

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the 20th. Um access for all will be on for Saturday from 2 to 4 and that is a free event for them as well. Um, you can pre- purchase uh wristbands for $35 and at the event they're $40. And let's just

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pray for very good weather. Um, and that's all I have. >> Thank you. You know, I was just thinking about the deer report. Uh, Mr. Coons, can we get the deer report, make that a public document? >> We can put it up on the website. >> Let's put on the website. I think it's very enlightening as far as uh residents

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can really see the order of magnitude of how bad the problem is. And unfortunately, this Oakland came in number one on this with the most deer. So, it's it's an interesting read. Thank you, Mr. Deer. >> Uh, Mr. Councilman Saletti,

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>> uh, the fire chief asked me to, uh, give the following update. Uh, on June 4th at 7 p.m., they had it was a service memorial day. He, uh, wanted to thank all for all all the public that attended. And the um from recreation

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there is um right now all the fall signups are going on. So please go to oaklandre.org. All registration is due by June by June 15th. That's all I have. >> Thank you. Councilman Dumpert. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh before my uh report, I I would urge the public to pay

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attention to that July 13th Shade Tree Commission uh meeting. I know I'll be going. Um I I I do want to hear in more depth about the the deer herd here in Oakland. I've heard from many residents in town uh of the the the absolute nuisance that the deer herd uh

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presents and I've also heard from many residents the the need to protect uh the wildlife and their natural habitat. So I would love to hear from the public and and really understand where people stand on this issue. I think there's valid points on both sides and hearing directly from the public I know will help enlighten me as to as to where we

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go as a council. Um, as far as a committee report, um, uh, stole some of my thunder from DPW about the upcoming paving, but, uh, they will be cond DPW will also be conducting, uh, leak studies throughout, uh, the burrow so

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that if we do have to repave the roads, um, the utilities aren't coming through to rip them right back up and address any potential leaks. So again, that uh, that paving process will be or that study will be happening between the 10th and the 30th of June. There is not expected to be any disruption in water

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service. Um and that concludes my report. Mr. Mayor, >> thank you. Council Council Tal. >> All right. Um we have green team will be having a meeting tomorrow 6:10 at um 700 p.m. at the library. We're going to be planting the pollinator garden at at the

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library. So, anyone is welcome to attend. Again, it starts at 7. Bring uh bring some gardening tools. You can bring your friends uh and some work clothes. But uh we'll be planting a pollinator garden tomorrow at 7:00. And then on Tuesday, June 16th from 7 to

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9:00 at the senior center, we're going to be uh showing a movie called The Pollinators. And there'll be uh a discussion uh afterwards um it's it's supposed to be a pretty good movie and um just hope you can attend again at the

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senior centers uh 7 to9 June 16th. Um, and then I'd just like to take a a second to say thank you to everyone that participated in u the uh well that voted in the primary election. Uh we're going 250 years of democra democracy and uh

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it's important to to to vote important to participate in the in the process. Um on the primary uh it's a special election. You you ch you you choose a side. Um, and I just want to say thank you to everybody that Thank you to

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everyone that voted for me. Um, I I just so uh so when you vote, you're allowed to you can you could write you could write something in. Um, and to me um writing in silly things is um uh a

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waste of a vote. I don't I don't understand it. But uh some of them were were amusing. Um, there was one Mickey Mouse. Um, that that was funny. But then there was one that that said, um, bye-bye Rust T. And I I at first I thought it was I found it amusing. And

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then and then as I as I as the day went on, I was I I you know, my I started getting a little paranoid and I was I was like, do I have to worry about this? Um, bye bye Rust T. Um, I'm sure the

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person that wrote it thought it was funny and I initially thought it was funny also. Um, but just uh just in general people just think before you do something. I I have a a family and the the fact that I I have to think about

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something like that, it's it's terrible that we live in a time like this. But um uh I'm 99.99% sure that that it was a joke. And and at first I I laughed. Um um I said, "Oh, by by Rust T, you know,

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maybe they need WD40." But um the uh but but but it did cross my mind. So just just watch what you're doing. Um it's it's a different world. Thank you.

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>> Thank you, council. All right. Bills to be paid, Councilwoman. Uh bills to be paid is 532,72720. >> So moved. >> I'll second. Any discussion? >> Not seeing any. Roll call.

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>> Council President Talamini. >> Yes. >> Councilman Dumpert. >> Yes. >> Councilman Eert. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Rose. >> Yes. >> Councilman Saliani. >> Yes. >> Do I have a motion to adjurnn? So moved.

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>> Mr. Saliani, do you have a second? >> Second. >> Mr. Isley. All in favor? >> I. >> All right. Meeting adjourned. The next burough council meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026, 7 p.m. here at the council chambers. And everybody have a good night. Thank you everybody.

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