##VIDEO ID:hc1rjbOMvJ4## [Music] e e e e e e oh yeah yes [Applause] [Music] is everybody ready all right looks like we're on the air meeting call to order this is the January 25th 2025 for a vland council meeting at this time would the clerk read the statement of compliance this meeting is being held in accordance with the open public meetings law duly announced advertised and posted in the municipal building the meeting will adjourn at 10 P p.m. unless the majority of the council members that are present vote to extend the time thank you all rise for the pledgeable meeting Council P Telly would you Le us pledge allegiance yes thank you I Al to the flag of the United States America and to the repic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all you stay standing for just a moment for a moment of silence thank you pleas SE would the clerk please call the role mayor Camala present councilman mccan here councilman Pig nelli here councilman councilwoman Rose here councilman saliani here councilman linski here councilman talamini here okay now that we've called the rooll we have a special presentation today uh we've got some students here from Mano and uh before we bring them up and miss boomhower her their teacher uh I just want to just make a quick statement realize you know these young these all these students are being you know honored here at the council meeting you know a lot of times we bring up a lot of sports teams and everything else like that the first time we're bringing academics up here and I think it's important to honor these individuals because Oakland is Oakland with all the schools and everything else so we're one Community to really then this is what really makes Oakland Great Valley Valley I'm sorry Valley Middle so right now we have uh the students of Valley Middle School sixth grade gifted and talented class participate in the fall 2024 thinking cap Bowl quiz students took an online computer test of 100 multiple choice questions and areas covered included math geography government Sports spelling science literature English History general information and fun trivia it is the team activity with all the participants around one computer points are awarded based on how fast they answer and as well as their accuracy the sixth graders from Oakland New Jersey won first place in the country so at this time I'd like to ask Mrs boom to come forward with the students right up over here M Bomar would you want to just explain to the audience and the residents what this program was all about and how you got involved with it sure the camera is right there okay so um well during Co I was looking for quiz um competitions online because we weren't allowed to travel I came across this one and thought this would be right off our alley um the students actually started practicing back in the fall and um as I said they answer questions on a variety of topics and then we figure out who's best at certain topics and um we also have a keyboardist who is has the pressure job of having to um quickly click on the answer without getting yelled at too much by everyone else um but last year this group actually came fourth in the country and they were trying hard to top that and we were actually a little surprised when we got the announcement that they won first but they're a diverse group of students who have different um strengths and they were able to um really show off for us and approximately how many schools participated during this um around a 100 okay thre over all over the country terrific yes well thank you so much for that well let's let's get the certificates okay Jillian Sheen [Applause] congratulations next we have aliyas stini did I say that how do you say your name Alia Sani al Alia Sani congratulations good job I should have opened these ahead of time kersa kapor good [Applause] job Kayla Ulus [Applause] right Timothy how do you say last name dlan Timothy dadian congratulations [Applause] timy Jackson Deon Deon here not here take it for thank you Leo [Applause] Beck last but least Samuel Cohen job what grade is is everybody in the same grade or is all sixth graders they're all sixth graders okay every want to come in for a picture okay everybody squish in all set let's give one more round of applause thank you every [Applause] Good Hope was very proud of all of you you thank you so much we'll do we'll take a quick one minute break if you guys want to leave have to go do homework something for to give after leaving early two you stay there just get by sit down there you go [Music] to do the mayor's report uh I only have uh two pieces here one is I attended the uh Recreation wrestling tournament last weekend uh was I'm not sure how many towns they had there but they had the lower gym the upper gym and it was really a a truly pretty incredible experience and I think it ran all day so that was a wonderful wonderful event to attend and also I just want to acknowledge the fact that uh uh yeser today was the swearing in of our new president of the United States it was a a wonderful day just watching the ceremony across the board and it was a nice transfer of power and and I think it's you know happens every four eight years and and I hope everybody just takes a moment and realizes you know what a lucky un fortunate country we live in at this time and with that uh we're moving up to the election of the council president do I have a motion for some I'd i' like to make a motion to nominate uh councilman McAn do I have a second second roll call actually we'll just do it the all in favor I I I good congratulations council president McAn thank you at this point we have uh appointment of council leison council president uh yes uh mayor um like to report the the committee assignments uh for the burrow uh bylaws there six uh committees in in our town and I'll read the committee's names and then in the in the first name of the council person that I state will be the chair of the committee first is uh Public Works Pat figg telli and Russ telini will be the member Finance is Kevin sininsky and Steve salani Administration is myself and Kevin cisinski Lyn uses Russ talamini and carolan Rose uh Public Safety is Steve salani and John mccan water and sore is carolan Rose and Pat piggley Telly I just want to make sure that it says Rose and not Ross um the committee assignments um are as are as follows uh Arts committee is Carolyn Rose access for all Carol Anne Rose Board of Health path bigle telly communic ation commission Steve cinski and Steve Salan I'm sorry community and public events Steve salani Emergency Management John mccan environmental commission Pat bigelli flood commission Steve salani historic preservation Steve salani Library Kevin cinski local and Regional Schools Russ talamini Municipal Alliance dram Recreation Commission Rush talini senior citizens Patrick Telly sustainable Oakland Green Team Kevin sulinski Shay Tre commission Caroline Rose it it should do it thank you council president at this point do have a motion open to public I move second all in favor I I anybody from the public Council not seeing anybody do a motion to close move second all in favor I this time we have the approval of minutes we have the approval of minutes of January 7th 20202 so move have a second roll call does anybody have any changes or delet Corrections not seeing any any roll call council president Manan abstain councilman patelli yes councilwoman Rose yes councilman saliani yes councilman linski yes councilman talamini yes all we have several raffle licenses I'll read them out we'll do it as a consent I got authorized raffle license RL 1529 for Indian High School pack for a 5050 on February 208th 2025 support the athletic programs of the at the Nights of Columbus 7 fur Court Oakland New Jersey second one is author raffle license rl1 1530 for the Oakland PBA number 164 civic association for a poker night on January 25th for the support of local families and organizations at the American Legion 65 Oak Street Oakland New Jersey 07436 next one is authorized social Affairs permit for the Oakland PBA 164 civic association for poker night on January 25th 2025 to support local families organizations at the American Legion 65 Oak Street next one is authorized Raffa license rl1 1531 for the Oakland Rebuilding Together North Jersey for a 5050 on June 9th 2025 to support the rehabilitation of homes in Bergen and pic County low-income homeowners Rebuilding Together at 341 rampo Valley Road Oakland New Jersey do I have a motion to approve so moved second all in favor I hi okay at this time we have some appointments uh first for the Arts commission I have Natasha Navid hoen she's going to be a member one-year term I've got April El man Mansfield for a one-year term Amir eer for a one-year term Peter marus for a one-year term Brenda Wallace for a one-year term joyan delandro for a one-ear term and Teresa D Simone for a oneyear term do I have a motion from the council to approve so moved second all in favor I okay the next one I have is for public events this is for mayor and Council for Jerry unel for a three-year term expiring in 2027 do I have motion to approve move have a second second all favor I next we have communications forame for Michelle Rosa rbec alternate one expiring in 2027 this for mayor and Council a motion to approve so moved have a second second all favor the next are mayor all appointments for Green Team I'm appoint Brian Le Foria and for Access of all all I'm appointing Ashley Barrett for one-year term that's all I have for now okay moving on to the resolutions mayor before we do that uh I I I think we skipped Lenard's request yes which which one lard L's request continue working Saturday okay I'm sorry about that thank you okay we have once again as we spoken about it a couple meetings ago it was uh the decision of the council to bring it up monthly to allow lard to work uh once again they are now requesting to work in February for Saturdays in February do I have uh any discussion on this from the council have we had any complaints have as as it been going well has it been you know I my office has not received any complaints I haven't heard of anybody else receiving any as well I don't know if any of of you have heard from residents about it I've heard from residents you were the Boy Scout one of the residents of the Boy Scout ER when we were together brought up the the noise anybody else we have complain to you yeah f discussion no further discussion does anybody wish to make a motion to allow lard to work Saturdays in the month of February makeing motions second I'll make a motion sure all right got a second from Mr McAn all in favor I I no no all right let's do roll call when council president McAn yes councilman Pignatelli no councilman Sani no councilman slinsky yes councilman talamini yes councilwoman Rose yes okay so we've given lar permission to work for on Saturdays for the month of February uh this will be and I I assume that that carries the same condition with it as the prior approvals work hours between 9:00 and 4 correct yeah okay thank you okay all right moving on to the resolutions do this is a consent agenda uh before we do that I just want to pull out uh 2573 and 2574 we're going to carry those for the next Meer may I I have a request to pull out some other ones as well what do you got uh 2555 2555 y 2556 56 2556 7 57 2563 63 2566 66 2571 2571 anything else um no that's it all right so I'm going to read the ones that we have not pulled out we have 2558 authorized contract for tax appeal attorney we have 25 memorialized uh 2559 authorized contract for Bond counsel 2560 authorized cont contract with Burl engineer 2560 authorized contract with water and sewer engineer 2562 authorized contract for the Brower auditor 2564 authorized contract for risk management property and liability 2565 authorized contract risk manager health benefits 2567 authorized contract public defender 2568 authorized contract integr tax appeal 2569 authorized contract affordable housing administrative agent housing rehabilitation program 2570 authorized Grant submitt to Bergen Municipal Employees benefits fund for the 2025 wellness program 2572 authorized hire temporary water sewer clerk 2575 authorized ACO vapor recovery system 2576 authorized contract vapor recovery system upgrades 2577 authorized tax refund procap 811 LLC 2578 appoint environmental commissioner secretary 2579 authorized tax assessment contract civil Solutions and 2580 authorized reassessment program Services contract appraisal systems we have a motion to approve the following resolutions want me to read them out the numbers or no no we just did it so moved have a second second roll call please council president McAn yes councilman Pig nelli yes councilwoman Rose yes councilman Sally an yes councilman slinsky yes councilman talamini yes all right circling back to 2555 authorized contract for bro attorney we have 2556 authorized contract for affordable housing attorney 2557 authorized contract for labor attorney 2563 authorized contract for burough planner 2566 authorized contract for burough prosecutor 2571 award contract to clear jacobe Alfred Jacobs LLC for war sewer special council do I have a motion to approve so so move any discussion not seeing it do we have a second second roll call council president mccan obstain councilman Pignatelli yes councilwoman Rose yes councilman saliani yes councilman slinsky yes councilman talamini yes okay moving on ordinance we have none uh work session Mr CO's Recreation fees thank you uh so this is to address a few items uh that the uh Rec committee uh you know would like to see handled here in the early part of the year uh didn't quite make it in for the end of the year when we did the general fee uh adjustment ordinance so uh there's a few different elements to this one the committee has been working on a formalizing their refund policy uh and we provided a copy of that in the packet uh it establishes firm dates for refund requests uh for each of the Sports Seasons uh it also exempts from refund certain uh Sports programs where uh money is used to buy personalized gear that cannot be returned or reused somewhere else uh that's sort of the nuts and the bolts of it uh the second part is as we uh even though it's very very cold out right now we're already thinking about spring uh and the upcoming uh reopening of the tennis courts and pickle ball courts um and we'd like to adjust the uh fees for tennis badges for the use of the facility it's been some number of years uh I can't remember the last time it was that we adjusted that uh currently the fees are $25 for a resident uh $50 for a non-resident uh that's fairly typical by the way if you look at other towns too 2X or more uh up charge for non-residents uh we offer a senior discount of $20 uh and anybody under 18 years is free uh Rec committee is proposing $40 per resident $80 for a non-resident $30 for seniors and uh children under 18 would remain uh free of charge and then lastly there were a number of small program adjustments for uh some of the uh sport Clinic programs as well uh some information came in again after we did the uh ordinance in December uh that we would just like to get in place before we open up registrations for those programs and if anybody has any questions Mike happens to be here and I'm sure he'd be more than happy to uh provide you with additional information anybody have questions from the council are you happy mik yeah I I just want you know the commission they go they they go through the the whole thing they did a a lot of a lot of work they realized that that that uh the the the cancellation po the our the you know when the people want their money to refund policy um it was getting a little hectic and we needed it to be a little more uh codified and um and then the personalized stuff we're we're we're paying for for for things that we can't take back because it has the kids's name on it so so um uh and then the people want refunds and so we're making they pro-rated kind of refunds and things like that and then um the and then the tennis fees and the and even all all of these the the committee goes through a a big process and and just uh go going through what they think is fair for for the town and what's what happens in in other towns around us and we're just trying to uh keep keep the the the wck the the W uh fees you know reasonable but but also within within the the the the the scope of other areas in town so uh in the neighboring towns so and just thank you to to Mike and the rest of the committee any further discussion not saying it may Mr Crim would you have the St oppos resolution for next meeting uh it'll be an ordinance ordinance yep okay all right uh anybody have any new business not seeing it anybody have any old business not seeing any uh since we didn't have committees I don't believe we have any Council committee leaz on reports unless somebody has something yeah I actually did attend the OCC meeting just uh just I think you asked me to Mayor Y and um they had the reorganization U Ryan schwizer is President um they they they put their schedule out their next meeting it will be March 13th I believe and um they are so that that's where they they met I have some Council Pig tell yes uh Board of Health is going to meet this Tuesday January 27th at 6:30 uh in the basement of the library um unfortunately the last senior citizen meeting I could not attend I had a doctor's appointment uh environmental commission um we met and uh they discussed the uh noxious weed ordinance uh goals for 2025 uh members are going to bring the to the next meeting we briefly discussed uh Town cleanup uh for this year participation uh also disc a brief discussion on open space and uh a brief discussion on a uh deer ordinance I know many or some of us have been approached by residents about uh destruction to their ornamentals Etc on their property uh Mawa does have an ordinance that does permit uh calling uh they're going to take a look at that also and that's it mayor thank you ises anybody else yeah I just want to add to my report I forgot um the OC is working on an app an Oakland TV app and that's in the trial mode oh I'm sorry the OC is working on open TV app okay and let me just uh just to remind everyone uh there's baseball and softball signups for correct and don't miss the cut offs their um the the stes are a hard hard cuddle so if you miss it you miss it um all the information could be found on the the recreation website thank you councilman mccan do you have anything uh just the labor negotiations are ongoing as we we're still waiting on some insurance information uh and uh I believe we're going to be um doing some new rfqs at the next meeting correct and that's it and congratulations um to uh the president uh coming back into office uh it was a nice day yesterday and I like what we're seeing so far thank you Council Linsky do you have anything to report on um no not at this time there's no councilman Rose do you have anything no I do not okay we just getting some organized here real quick we'll be yes you set yes all right uh that's leaz on reports bills to be paid uh councilman cinsky bills to be paid 1,264 269 and 91 cents so moved second roll call any discussion no gooll call council president mccan yes councilman patelli yes councilwoman Rose yes councilman Sani yes councilman linski yes councilman talamini yes okay do we have a motion to adjourn some second all in favor all right this meeting is adjourned the next burough council meeting will be held on Tuesday February 11th 2025 at 700 p.m. at the bur of Oakland Municipal Court Chambers 10 Lawler Drive o New Jersey this concludes this tonight's meeting yes one e e