e e on meeting call to order this is the hland burough council meeting of March 11th 2025 would the clerk please read the statement of compliance this meeting is being held in accordance with the open public meetings law duly announced
advertis and posted in the municipal building the meeting will adjourn at 10: p.m. unless the majority of the council members that are present vote to extend the time all rise for the pledge of leaders Council P tell would your Leaders The Pledge i al to the flag of
the United States of America and to the repblic for stand nation under God indivisible withy and justice for all please remain standing for a moment of silence thank you with the clerk please call a rooll mayor
Camala present council president McAn here councilman patelli here councilwoman Rose here councilman Sani here councilman slinsky here and councilman T here okay going on to the mayor's report uh I have several things
uh number one I'm sure everybody's been watching the last couple days we had uh budget hearings or meetings on March 5th and 6th that's currently airing on public access and on YouTube we had our uh all our department heads we had our Fire Department chief Police Department
chief DPW Chief Library Administration went through in the entire budget over the course of two days It's really informative for the residents of the community to really understand where the money is going and the services that you Pro that you are being provided uh we are going to be introducing the budget today uh the other piece of business I
have is the Veterans Banner program where we're going to put the veterans banners along the downtown Corridor uh the last the deadline is March 14th it's March March 14th is the last time to get the a water in for this year so we can get those banners printed and put up through to
downtown and the latest update on a Patriot Way Bridge uh up in the reserve I'm happy to report that the end walls have been completed they've remove the forums uh the deck pans have been installed across the entire surface and currently they are working
on caulking all the seams between the deck pans and the rest of the steel and they're going to be back filling the side walls after that which is which are the appro approaches to the bridge and from then they're going to after that they're going to be installing all the rebar across the deck area so that's kind of what where we are right now
probably a 30-day look going forward and with that I do I have a motion open to public so move second all favor I anybody from the public rest address Council you guys can go okay hello uh Sheil
16 Walnut Street my official business tonight is for the shade tree commission uh mayor we have talked about and I already sent you quite some time ago uh information about culling the
deer M um the shade tree commission is very concerned because you know we're losing a lot of trees due to the diseases Etc there's not nothing coming up the saplings are cuz the deer are eating
them the deer are eating everything there's nothing in my yard lower than this and sometimes they're on their hind legs trying to get the rest that's my problem as a homeowner but as the town we really need to try to
save what we have as I don't know far it's not Forest anymore but Woods Etc and so that is a major concern of ours as the shade tree commission the uh
hunting season for the deer is September through February so we are out of it for this year but we do have to uh look at making some kind of
plan for next hunting season starting in September it can only be done by Bow Hunting there's no shooting them Etc um you don't need a lot of people I did
have I I mean I gave you a whole lot of information we received an official correspondence from the shade tree concerning this yes yes oh the last meeting they said okay you're in charge of Bambi you go take take it to the council
um I mean it's they're they're a hazard to people on the road uh they're just so overpopulated and at least if we hunt them somebody's going to eat the meat somebody's going to you know if the
hunters you my cousin is the mayor in Floren Park they only have five guys or people who who bow hunt the deer and they take the meat at least some
something's you know it's rather than have it hit in the middle of the road and rotting there and if it's on the highway good luck for when the state comes to get it um so we'd like to see
if we can get that in gear for next year for September and I don't know if we need to make more of a committee or what we have to do to do this so I will as your committee have sent us a correspondence yes I will be attending
the next shade tree commission meeting and see if we can figure something out or do a presentation to the public and really educate people I mean you know not for they're just there at this point you know hey my father when I was
a kid had a pet rat he was the sweetest smartest Critter but if you live in New York you're not going to say you like a rat there too many of them looking at the lawyers when you say that uh
maybe but yeah that's and I have some I have a couple other questions that have nothing to do with sha Tre uh what's happening with the application for that uh recycling plant on West Oakland we have has that been kled or
you know still in the works Mr Gilson the application is not moving forward at this time and we don't have any reason to believe that it will move forward at any time yeah I have people ask me all the time what's going on with that it the county had asked them to supply additional information where they would not continue to consider the the
application and that information was not provided within the timeline and we're talking about nine months not like the timeline ended last week okay so it's still in the work sort of no I I won't I won't go as far as to say they could
never reapply but it's been dismissed as of now okay all right that's good news huh that's good news right uh I hope so yep yeah I hope so I'm not sure if I understand what that is
drugs uh W drug the old building yes we we've actually had a meeting with the the property owner we're expecting an application coming from the planning board in the next couple months so that that project can take off what what exactly are we planning to put
in there we will find out after that application is presented to us I can't believe that her tells are holding on to that property all this time well we're not here for a discussion but okay I'm just that was a question okay and I am wearing proudly
my team tennis um shirt and I want to thank the council and everybody uh for taking taking care of the courts and doing that for us the other thing is when are they going to unlock them it was 60° we could have played out there
today we couldn't get in okay just ask we have don't forget I don't play in the winter a lot of men like why is it locked I okay anything else okay thank that's
next good evening my name is Bernice ban I'm speak up I couldn't hear your name so sorry Bernice ban it's my age it's not you probably my accent too okay um I've lived in open for the past 10 years and I am a partner of Doc Watson's Irish
bar and restaurant need an address of where you live I live oh um Walton Avenue 53 okay thank you sorry and I'm a part over owner of Doc Watson and that is going to be located at 20 Alm Street you're going to see that on your agenda tonight regard
starting the plary license the's yes so just to kind of introduce you tell you a little bit about what we plan to do there we're a familyfriendly casual restaurant Irish as you can tell by the accent um we're
planning to do lunch and dinner daily um at some point we'll introduce a weekend brunch not straight away um as I'm sure some of you know you've been there before we have a nice little atum area we plan to allow people to host private parties small gatherings retirement
parties birthday parties that type of thing um we've done a few little minor upgrades inside we've put in some nice new TVs so come fall we'll have the NFL ticket we'll show all kinds of sports and that's pretty much about us we've been in business for the past 20 plus
years in the city we have a location on the oper e side also called do Watson's it's your local staple that's basically what it is that's plan what we're planning to do here in Oakland we're very excited to open um we're very very excited for everyone to come try the food hang out and have a good time
hopefully and that's just it I just wanted to introduce myself and thank you for your time thank you so much luck for Good Luck Good Luck Good Luck it's right here on the uh the agenda 2585 so that's good one anybody else sir turn all right
that's hi so my name is Mike mulhern I own uh MH belting uh up in Bower Industrial Park 148 B Drive been there freaking forever so a good there was there was
nothing up there when we started but anyway so the reason I'm I'm here is about tax assessments uh I have a tax assessment that was done in 2022 2023 2024 I've
appealed every single one of those none of them have been resolved yet uh and now you guys are planning on doing in 2025 so I'm not opposed to tax increases what I am opposed to is just not responding and taking care of uh appeals I I don't
think that's nice or or right um I agree uh in September 26 2024 I sent a certified letter to Scott I probably mispronounce his name we know y yeah okay uh I never heard back I never got a letter back I never got a phone call I
never got an email essentially saying what I'm just saying here I filled out all the paperwork in a timely fashion for your tax Assessments in 2022 2023 2024 my attorney uh says that uh uh you guys that the holdup is
Oakland I don't I don't know if that's true I have no way of knowing that um you know this been going on for years uh last tax assessment I did was in 2010 uh and you guys resolved it in you know a matter of seven or eight months which I think is a timely fashion so I'm just
here to a ask for advice or someone to help me out why this is taking so long could you leave your name and information with we'll get we'll get back to you yeah I just want someone to talk to me talk to my attorney so I can move forward what's your attorney's name
uh don't talk to him very much because uh thing never gets done uh gipa lots and okay I'm happy we'll definitely get back yeah that'd be fabulous okay thank you sir anybody else wants to address
the governing body sure sir hello everybody hi my name is Joseph dad I live on 21 hawaa Boulevard um I uh recently uh purchased a house uh not too recently about 3 years ago it's my first
home uh my fiance and I have moved into the house and uh uh it comes to my knowledge that there is a home that was recently purchased on mohagen uh Avenue or Street or Road whatever uh have you um that is a recovery house for uh
certain people that have certain addictions and um uh a couple of my fellow neighbors and friends that live in the area are having a hard time with it uh because we purchased a house in this area because
it's supposed to be a nice clean neighborhood to have kids to raise the kids and uh you know I'm all for you know everybody recovering and getting well uh however I don't think this is the place to do it so um I just want to bring it to everybody's attention that
uh maybe they you guys if you could uh please look into it and see if there's anything that can be done again I just want to reiterate I I would love for everybody to be clean and everybody to have a beautiful healthy future and life uh but I do not think you know with the
premiums that we pay to live in this type of area uh especially me being a 35-year-old firsttime home buyer that this is something that you know we should you know deal with here especially paying these premiums so that that's all again my name is Joseph and I
appreciate all of your time Joseph can you spell your last name yes Diaz and David yes a o u Diaz and David DAV doubt if you don't leave if you stick around for a little while I want to I'll talk to you after the meeting absolutely sure thank you so much you're welcome just so
you know we have I have received numerous emails concerning this um and I'm going to read a statement right now for the public please it says the Oakland Council had an emergency meeting convened by mayor Kamal on Friday March 7th 2024 this past Friday mayor called
mayor Kamal called an emergency meeting to address citizen concerns about an apparent new type of business operating in Oakland right okay the council and mayor discussed reports from numerous citizens expressing concerns about this business the mayor council determined that this matter warranted a full review
by outside Council okay okay the re the review will determine how was the approval of the business to operate was granted number one number two what was the timeline who was notified or consulted and who made the decision of this approval number three what parties were involved or consulted regarding the
approval why wasn't the mayor and Council zoning board members and planning board members notified what burrow or state policies were followed and do they need to be R revised and the mayor and Council have directed the attorney selected to complete a comprehensive review of All Pro processes and policies concerning
the situation to make a full report to the Oakland governing body due to sensive matter of this process the mayor and Council will have no further comment on this matter until the this they've looked into this and this is complete the final results of the investigation will be available to the public as permitted by law for review so we are we
are aware of it and uh we're and I'm sure and with the respect to all of you um uh I'm sure that you guys have been getting many complaints about it uh it is something that's alarming to us you know and again I I haven't been in town like May these you know people here and
you know my my fellow neighbors and everybody else uh but it is again and with respect uh you know we we do pay a premium to live in these types of towns not to deal with certain issues you know and again uh I just want to reiterate I
I would love for everybody to live a long healthy life and I have no problem with everybody you know doing what they need to do in order to do so but I just think this is the the wrong place uh to do it you know that that'll be all thank you thank you so much yes absolutely
thank you so much thank you for your time anybody else wish to address the governing body hello everyone Hi here Kamala how are you are you well thank you good I'm ell um this is sh selda denler so we're here for a positive reason um we were
hoping that we can add a new event to Oakland's um event calendar um and we were hoping that we can initiate a um annual ceremony a Moonlighting ceremony to um set off the beginning of Ramadan um much like our Christmas lighting ceremony um we thought this would be a
nice event to bring our our families together our communities together um and we wanted to bring it before you and see what your thoughts are thank you so much we will we will take it we'll discuss it and is it over for this year I take it well we're day 11 okay so so this would be for next year
absolutely for next year late okay no we'll we'll start to look into it thank you so much I just want to piggy back sure so we're the only ones in the flow that don't participate in any type of lighting so Franklin Lakes does it leof does it it
would just be nice to have that sort of acceptance and I think it's a nice way to bring people together of different Fai like a Christmas tree does so yeah could could you email me with all your contact information yes absolutely terrific thank you so much for have a good night you too thank you anybody
else from the public wish to address the governing body not seeing in do I have a motion to close motion to close second all favor okay I have approval of minutes February 20 25th 2025 do have a motion to
approve so move you have a second second any discussion not any all in favor any opposed okay March 5th 2025 budget meeting minutes we actually we'll do this together March 5th 25 2025 budget
meeting minutes and you got to do them separate wasn't out the meeting March 5th 2025 budget meeting minutes so motion to introduce so moov second second who said first was that first who was that John or was it Kevin I couldn't hear Kevin me it was Kevin it was Kevin
okay and then the second was Russ okay sorry any discussion no discussion not seeing any all in favor I abstain one abstain we have the March 6 2025 budget meeting minutes some we have a second
second Car Land any discussion not seeing any all favor I abstain Mr mccan abstains all right we have special announcements and Raffles we have number one one is authorized raffle license RL
1540 for the everyday Heroes dog rescue for raffle on March 30th 2025 for the care of dogs and the organization medical fosterer supplies to run the rescue till adopted a port Bell's 155 rampo Valley Road Oakland New Jersey the
second one is authorized raffle license rl1 1541 for everyday dog Heroes rescue for a 5050 on March 30th 2025 for the care of dogs in the organization medical Foster supplies to run the rescue till adopted at Port of bellow at 155 rampo
Valley Road do I have a motion to approve so moved have a second second all in favor I I any extensions all right I have uh an appointment I'd like to appoint Jody grafo to public events this is with um
mayor and Council approval I would I would nominate that nominate that second all in favor I congratulations Jody on a public Comm okay we are moving to the budget um what I'd like to do with this
before we go through the exercises I'd like to have throw this to the bureau administrator CFO to just educate the public on the process of what we're voting on so they really understand what we're doing sure David you're you're joining us this evening how about you take this one um so the budget process
is for tonight it is just introduction um following adop option of the introduced budget it will be posted for the public it's available at burough Hall so if you're looking for a copy you get a physical copy you can go to our website and you can get an online copy
in April on theil uh we'll be having the adoption meeting and public hearing so if you have questions or input I can come back on the 8th and then we'll be opening to the public uh to get input and discussion on the budget after that we
adopt and we can continue the business the running government okay thank you any questions from the governing body not seeing any all right so this is ordinance introduction 25 code 962 an ordinance to exceed the municipal
budget appropriation limits and to establish a cap Bank pursuant to njsa 40a colon 4-4 5.14 do have a motion to introduce move
do have a second second roll call councilman mccan are you voting on the introduction of the budget okay councilman Pignatelli yes councilwoman Rose yes councilman Sani
yes councilman cinski yes councilman talamini yes okay final adop adoption of public comment will be on April 8th after 29 days correct Mr Coons uh cap rate is just for uh standard ordinance y
it's the 28 days between the budget introduction tonight and the final adoption on uh April okay next we're going to do 25 102 103 and 104 as a as one consent with a roll call vote so 25102 is resolution to extend the
adoption date of the 2025 Municipal budget num 25103 is certification of compliance with the EEOC employment guidelines guidance and 25104 resolution authorizing fiscal year
2025 budget to be read by title only do I have a motion so moved do I have a second second any discussion not seeing any roll call council president
mccan resolution 102 to 104 councilman patelli yes councilwoman Rose yes councilman selani yes councilman linski yes councilman talamini yes okay we are up to
25 yes councilman linski yes councilman talamini yes okay we have the following resolutions we have 2585 authorized personto person liquor license transfer we have 25106 authorized Recreation
refunds we have 25107 authorize refund of taxes for the samna group 25108 authorized refund of taxes procap 8 LLC 2519 authorized refund of taxes Tri Stone Capital assets LLC 2510 authorized
shared services agreement with North NW for 25112 authorized contract Jerome Avenue sewer improvements Phase 2 2513 authorized contract for it Network license in 25114 20 2025 Q2 temporary
budget 25115 renew license of burrow property adjacent to 42 Riverside Drive 25116 resolution authorized submission of request for fiscal year 20 26 Congressional disired spending to US
senator Corey Booker and US senator anony Kim for PFA treatments for the Suns Wells field and 25117 authorize the hire of Kathy Alon for legal review of burough procedures for licenses and permits issuing including engagements of experts as
needed does anybody wish to have any pulled out yes which one would you like to pull out 2516 116 anybody else not seeing do will have a motion as a consent agenda for everything but
25116 so moved do I have a second second roll call council president Manan question consent agenda yes thank you councilman has been anyone pulling from one pull 166 116 Congressional spending
okay okay councilman patelli yes councilwoman Rose yes councilman saliani yes councilman slinsky yes councilman talamini yes all right we're at the 25116 council pelly questions yes if if
my memory serves me correct um and what I was reading from H uh this is an application for I believe a little over $13 million for the pfas treatment oh God I hope it's not that much money uh no it's uh uh
total application is for 4.4 million uh that's about a $37 estimated construction cost uh and then the rest balance of that would be potential sof over $4 million 4.4 million yes um since this is a a congressional directed spending I
encourage people to contact their Congressman especially goth Heimer these applications particular are going Senators that's right he used to be it's Holly shap and as as no no no no
this is this is US senator Kim US senator and Booker this is a congress a senate senatorial directed spending so if anyone out there communicates with those two senators please encourage them to consider our application uh very
important to the town uh it obviously is uh pretty big sum of money which would be nice to get a congressional grant for that yep thank you and just so you know uh this came across my desk about a week ago and we did make this application last year unfortunately we did not get
it so we decided to reapply uh to the both Senators as a federal director spending because uh right now we are going for funding through the cap act Mr is that correct uh yes that's what we're also still pursuing yep and that would
carry uh some amount of uh Capital forgiveness with it uh but it would not cover the entire cost yep okay any further questions no do I have a motion to approve 25- 1116 resolution authorized submission of request for fiscal year 26 Congressional directed
spending to US senator Cory Booker and US senator Andy Kim for pfoa treatment for sus wellsfield you have a second second second roll call councilman president mccan direct I'm sorry authorizing submitting
the request for Congressional spending you're approved thank you councilman Pignatelli yes councilwoman Rose yes councilman Sally Annie yes councilman cinski yes councilman talamini
yes all right we're up to adoption of uh Council M McAn count councilman mcen we have some ordinance we need you back here thank you so much all right we're up to the following ordinances we have 25 code 960 ordinance
amending chapter 9-2 entitled Municipal tennis court and athletic fields this is the final hearing open for public discussion so moved do we have a second second we have talamini and Sally Annie yeah do we have any discussion from the council so let me uh just there was just
a lot of discussion about the the the fees for for the tennis courts and it went back and forth and uh we had uh a couple uh questions about the previous fees and we came up with the the $1,200 and everybody seems fine for this year
and then going forward we're going up to what was the final number uh it would be 2,000 for next year you would see that included in a fee adjustment ordinance that we would do uh late in the year okay so um after after discussion with with the tennis people and the wreck and
CFO and our administrator um and the council people we came up with the 12,000 for this 1,200 for this year and um and then 2,000 going forward so you're making a motion to amend the the ordinance yes do I have a second on the
amending the ordinance second is there any discussion from the members all right this is just a roll call for amending the ordinance right council president mccan yes councilman pelli yes councilwoman Rose yes
councilman Sally Annie yes councilman cinski yes and councilman talini yes okay now that we've amended it now I'd like to open to the public for anybody wishes to talk about 25 code 960 do motion open to
public so move second a second all in favor anybody from the public wish to talk about tennis since I'm wearing my team tennis shirt um and I was a treasurer for many years we never paid to use the courts and now we're
paying not just to use the courts for team tennis but also bades and the B price has gone up as well yes uh does football or baseball they pay for the fields do they pay to use the fields yes
the there is a cap fee how much does football pay to use the wck fields I don't know if you want to I don't think we going have to back and forth on this well I'm just I mean if we're paying all this like I said I was a treasurer for years we never PID
to use the courts and that's only been in the last few years um I've been on Council for 15 years we we we've had B well I don't long time ago um I'm not 100% sure because it was
quite some count 15 years I remember badge fees well badges yes yes but that's always bit but then as as the Oakland team tennis has to pay a fee to use the
courts are there outside people using it have any of the teams not residents of the Town yes but they buy badges anyone who's involved in Oakland team tennis has to buy a badge and the fees are different for in
town out of town seniors Etc uh but on top of that we also pay but I'm I'm asking do football baseball soccer also pay to use thei
yes 12 $12 per individual on top of what they have to register for the sport they pay also $12 for every person that's involved in that sport for the we call a c fee for utilizing a field of Maintenance all right so is so the
answer is yes Equitable I think so I'm just asking because like I said I mean this is um somewhat new to me that I I've been around for a long time
so what do I know um yeah it's just I hate to see the program go down because of the cost I it's it's been around for years it's I I have people in town I know
forever and some of them gone but whatever you know and uh if we can't can't afford this I it just seems like it's a lot to me okay to me thank you thank you for your comments anybody else wish to
address concerning this Ordinance do I have a motion to close I move second do I have a roll call for 25 code 960 council president mccan yes councilman Pig nutelli yes
Council woman Rose yes councilman Sani yes councilman slinsky yes councilman talamini yes all right we're up to Second ordinance is 25 code 961 amend burrow code ch-27 and 29 this is to move the access
for all committee as part of public events do I have a motion to approve so move got to go to the public well I'm going going to approve it then open it up to the public right no you open to the public and then you approve a motion to open to the public then we do the I'm sorry motion
open to public all moved second all favor I anybody from the public wishes talk about 25 code 961 not seeing anybody motion to close I move do have a second second all favor I
I okay we're up to 25 code 960 M amend burrow code ch27 and 2-9 do have a motion to approve some moved do have a second second s an and Pignatelli yep roll call council president McAn yes
councilman patelli yes councilwoman Rose yes councilman Sally Annie yes councilman slinsky yes councilman talamini yes all right we're up to work session we have no work session does anybody have any new business for the
government not seeing any anybody have any old business yes uh I wanted to bring back so I know that we were monitoring the buring property and they had time to start construction we know where we are we are on that process we have a planning board
meeting on Thursday and we will be bringing it up to their attorney again and I can report back to you to the next council meeting thank you mayor anybody else not seeing any all right we're up to burrow Council and committee Lea's on reports I think we'll start to my left
C thank you mayor uh let's see the Arts committee has met or met on February 26 2025 at 700 p.m. um they they will be doing their outdoor Market it will begin in May and run
through November uh they'll probably do the scheduling a little bit different instead of every Saturday they're going to do probably twice a month um but yeah that's going to be in order should be probably before Mother's Day opening uh they have a mural unveiling with um in
June on June 7th at the rec center I think it goes in line with the fever pitch um there's an open mic night series at real Brave um next one is scheduled for March 28th they have a jured art exhibition
and sale at the Oakland Public Library the spring exhibit verse and visual is April 1st runs through May 18th they have an open reception and poy reading on April ail 3rd um from 5: to 7:00 at the library their next meeting will be
March 17th at 7: at the Oakland Senior Center uh sha tree committee met on March 3rd 2025 at 7:30 p.m. um for ARB day the committee has established an adopt a tree Junior for students res residents can pre-register for a tree
the committee will also provide a tree guard and a stake so far the seven students have signed up and eight residents anyone remaining trees will be given out on Sunday April 27th at the Oakland Public Library from 10:00 a.m. to 2: p.m. the Forester has issued 13
permits in January resulting in 19 trees to be removed with 13 to be replaced and there are 68 inspections their next meeting is Monday April 7th 2025 at 7:30 at the municipal building and that's it thank you so
much ass thank you mayor uh from the Green Team uh the flow green film series will be starting in April also keep an eye on the burough website for Flyers uh about upcoming events the Green Team and the environmental commission have team
team up to clean up April 26 and the styrofoam Drive will be on May 17th uh the group continues to seek volunteers and if you're interested in joining and helping out learning about these upcoming events uh their next meeting is tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. m in the
senior center um from the library over the next few weeks they will have all of their weekly story times for children scheduled as well as children's yoga on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. registration is required on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. they
will have uh the art class with Maddie uh registration is required the toddler dance party is next Friday 3:21 at 11 a.m. uh also uh registration is also required uh for the adults they will host a new
art series on Monday night um at 6:30 p.m. for the rest of the month called Arty time registration is required each week uh students will paint a different subject uh they would also like to remind everyone about freal music the
the new free online uh streaming service that uh not only allows you to stream over 15 million songs um you can uh find out more information uh about this by either calling or looking at the opl website and that's all I have for
tonight thank you thank you councilman mccan uh just uh with regard to the administration committee the burrow again met with the PBA I was not present at that meeting uh we had a full report uh negotiations for a new contract are
ongoing and that's it thank you Council Miss Al thank you so we'll start with the OCC uh mayor as you referenced earlier tonight there are two budget meetings held in burough Council will'll be broadcast live on Oakland TV um
budget meeting 1 will go on at 7:00 a.m. on a daily basis and budget meeting two will go on at 12:30 p.m. and those meetings will run until April 8th all all of the Committees are looking for volunteers anticipate active
year however volunteers are especially needed for the newsletter committee welcome website social media media committee if anyone is interested in joining the OCC for one of these committees television committee bolletin board committee newsletter committee or the welcome website and social media
committee please contact myself councilman salani or email the OCC OCC o-ne jersey. org to learn more the bolon board committee continues to accept original music compositions to
add into the music rotation for the Oakland TV if interested please please email Oakland New Jersey bulton Board atgmailcom with your interest any questions you may have again it's Oakland New Jersey bulleon Board
gmail.com and New Jersey is NJ the television committee would like to remind residents that we have begun to broadcast Bergen County Commissioner meetings in effort to bring additional transparency to government these meetings will Air every day on Oakland TV at 6:30 a.m. and 10 p.m. recordings
of the meeting are received the day after each commissioner's meeting occurs and are usually scheduled by our director program within a few days of receiving it the television committee once again is entering in this year's Jersey access group Jag Awards after coming in first
place for multi camera council meeting last year and winning other Awards of recognition for other submitted programs this year the submitted entries include Memorial Day Parade the April 30th 2024 council meeting and the opening of gr Parks Pavilion and the April 2024 dump update
Oakland TV remembers Fred C Burks in Oakland's Dutch Christmas I want to wish them the best and hope they come back with more certificates and trophies for their committees and commission to the burrow and then also the OCC is starting a nonprofit organization um and is being
established the aim of assisting Communications community in burrow and raising money for projects that enhance our communication to our to our citizens if fundraising Grant sync is something of Interest that you that anyone is worth for this nonprofit friends of Oakland communication will be holding their
inaugural establishing meeting at the Oakland Public Library on Thursday March 27th at 6 p.m. all are welcome to attend the next OCC meeting is May 5th at 7 p.m. for the public for um Public Safety just want to um walk through uh
with St Patrick's Day coming uh the acting Chief Keenan said that they'll be running rolling DW stops this weekend in Oakland so uh everyone be smart be safe and if you are going to drink and drive use Uber or other menes do please do not drink and
drive and from the first aid squad for the February uh the Chief Matt G goodr gave me some statistics to share in February there are 45 calls for the first aid Squad uh 30 were assisting Oakland residents 15 were were assisting non- Oakland residents and the first aid
Squad drove 1,75 miles for public events public events committee met last night and we discussed getting ready for two big events that are coming on in the next month next two months one we will be having our Easter egg Easter egg hunt
on Saturday April 12th at 10: a.m. over um over in Veterans Park and then our Memorial Day Parade will be May Sunday May 25th so anyone interested please contact myself and we can I'll hook you up with the public events committee participate
in those events that's all I have mayor one more quick thing I want to thank I want to thank the police uh the police chief fire chief uh DPW um and also senior service Senior Services uh Senior Center for their budget presentation I thought it was very nice of them to they
did a very good job transmitting what they do for the town that's all I have thank you councilman P yes thank you mayor I just have uh one uh update from the senior center um I had announced their St Patrick's Day party and and they had a peripheral
vascular disease lunch in today uh the last event is going to be intro into genealogy presentation on March the 20th at uh 1 p.m. um you can register by calling 20145
7731 uh this will help you in tracing your family genealogy so if you'd like to participate March the 20th at 1 pm and that's it mayor thank you thank you councilman uh yes uh so Recreation uh
baseball and softball teams are being chosen parents will hear in a couple weeks what teams they have been selected for um that's pretty much it for wreck I want to say uh thank you to the television committee for for doing such
a good job of of recording our meetings I missed the budget meeting and so I was able to watch it and uh get all uh um receive all the information that I needed uh to be informed about this budget um you guys do a really good job
I just want to say thank you uh for that and then thank you to uh rich and David for all the work they do on the budget and and how they keep us informed and keep the uh our administrators informed
on on how to how to proceed with their budget and and keep the keep the taxes down so thank you very much that's it all right we're up to bills to be paid councilman cinsky chairman of
Bill to be paid uh $ 4,668 54 so moved do have a second second which one who's first pelli okay uh roll call council president McAn
yes councilman pelli here yes councilman woman Rose yes councilman sany yes councilman slinsky yes councilman talamini yes all right so this concludes our uh council meeting today our next Pro council meeting will be held on
Tuesday March 25th at 27 p.m. here at council chambers do I have a motion to adjourn so moved do have a second second all favor all right this meeting is adjourned thank you everybody sir sir for