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e e e e e e in this chamber we stand to remember those who are protecting our freedoms both here and abroad for our First Responders and for those who have made
the ultimate sacrifice a moment of silence please our prayer Mr Pas gidy dear Lord bless thy servants in the ministry of public affairs who serve you in this chamber give us quiet minds and hearts that we may hear your voice help
us to know when to speak when to be silent give us strength to oppose the wrong and uphold the right grant that we have a good conscience and Soul at peace with thee and with one another amen amen thank you please be
seated good evening and welcome to the meeting roll call councilman auli here councilwoman dearo here councilman dama here councilman Desai is absent councilman Garcia present councilman
Murphy here councilman pasky pres Council vice president Dr Greenberg belli here council president soar here this meeting is being held in conformance with the open public meetings act notice has been given to the official newspapers of the township on December 16 2024 and has been posted
in public places next open public meeting of the township Council will be held on Tuesday March 25th 2025 at 7:30 p.m. thank you and everyone welcome to the meeting uh we're going to start this evening I'm just going to flip it we're going to start with introduction
promotion of police officers good evening Chief Montagna and mayor I want to welcome everybody tonight and thank you for being here this is another great night for the obpd I am proud and honored to stand before you and
introduce our newly promoted lieutenant and newly promoted Sergeant I will also introduce one of our newly sworn police officers we'll be swearing in three new police officers I like I would like to thank mayor Debbie Walker our business administrator the council and the
residents Al birds for your continued support additionally I ask that we keep the norc officer who tragically lost his life the other day along with his family in our thoughts and prayers please also keep all of our officers in your thoughts and
prayers and wish them the safety in their service thank you and now I'll start with the introduction of our newly promoted lieutenant Richard Mustachio badge 205 on January 19th 2001 Richard Mustachio took his Alta office with the
orridge police department he served as a patrol officer a school resource officer and a field training officer he has been a member of the middlex County Special Operations Response Team since 2011 Rich was a military police officer with the United States Air Force from 1995 to
2003 he served as a staff sergeant and is a veteran of operation Southern watch and enduring freedom on June 18th 2018 Richard sworn in a sergeant with with the department and then and on March 4th 2025 he was promoted to the
rank of Lieutenant is currently and currently is a supervisor in the Patrol Division it's my pleasure to introduce to you lieutenant Richard masach congratulations
[Applause] Brian Keller B 226 Brian CER was sworn in with the orge police department on June 26th 2006 he attended the M the County Police Academy and upon completion of his training began his
career as a as a patrol officer Brian holds a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from St Peter's College as a lifelong resident of Oldbridge Brian has served as a volunteer with the Chiefs Quake first aid Squad and is an instructor at the mammoth County Police
Academy Brian was promoted to the rank of Sergeant on March 4th 2025 and currently is a supervisor in the patrol Bureau it's my privilege tonight to introduce to you Sergeant Brian Kelly Thomas Hamill badge number 309 Thomas
Hammer was sworn in with the Department on March 5th 2025 prior to joining the Oldbridge Police Department Tom was a patrol officer with the Spotswood Police Department he also served as a Sheriff officer with the middlex county Sheriff Department Tom was a member of the oldridge first aid and rescue squad and
the South obridge volunteer fire department the department is proud to welcome Thomas Hamill to Oldbridge police [Applause]
department now we're going to swear in our three officers uh Alexander po poz badge number 310 you that is the time for that they yes everybody Gregorio solo Ortega
that's up [Applause] Christopher beer turn it on okay good is it on okay okay repeat
after me I state your name I Christopher beer do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that will support the Constitution of the United States that all support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of New Jersey and the constitution of New Jersey that will bear true faith and allegiance to the same that will bear true faith and
allegiance to the same and to the governments established in the United States and to the governments established in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people that I will faithfully impartially and justly perform and that I will faithfully and
partially and justly perform all the duties of my position of all the duties of my Poli position of Oldbridge Township police officer Oldbridge Township police officer to the best of my ability to the best of my ability so help me God so help me God [Applause]
good evening congratulations to all the promotions and also the new officers I want to thank the council for their support always for the to help build our Police Department I want to thank Chief Montagna and our Administration we want to make Oldbridge one of the safest
communities in uh America and I think we're well on our way there thank you [Applause] okay well thank you very much everyone we're very proud very old bridge proud this was a very very great night for us
and we really do appreciate all that you do chief Montagna and your whole police force thank you all so much [Applause] all right our next will be a recognizing
SEPTA as the recipient of the 2025 National PTA Jan harp doen diversity and inclusion award so we'll just take a minute to say good evening to those that are leaving and have a great night and
again congratulations to all the families lots of luck to the new offic take care bye now e now I can I couldn't find you before I was looking I'm like where are
they your hair Kimmy e all right okay we're coming back into session so to speak and tonight we have presentations we have um recognizing SEPTA so good evening mayor and ladies from the
SEPTA good evening SEPTA was awarded the 20125 national PTA Jan harp DOI award for their work on diversity equity and and inclusion as it pertains to their specific mission mission of the special
education PTA this award truly reflects the hard work and dedication their team puts forth for disabilities in our community the award comes with $1,000 Grant and they look forward to building more accessible classrooms they strive to level the playing field for
exceptional children and will continue to Advocate as best they can this award was a reflection of SEPTA's Mission translated material in Hindu Hindi and Spanish their Community communication boards throughout all the parks in Albridge Equitable accessibility for all
building accessible classrooms for multi-disabled children our SEPTA members are Kim ventrola Diane Michael coling colik and push C I'll tell a little about what they do special education PTA of
Oldbridge focuses on supporting students of abilities striving to create a Level Playing Field where every student feels a sense of belonging and inclusiveness across their Community the PTA has invited diverse speakers to engage with their student population Foster an
understanding and encourag in meaningful relationships they have also hosted inclusive events such as their fall festival for which they partner with their Education Association school btas and Community organizations to bring together families and communities members from various backgrounds and
abilities for an accessible day of fun additionally they have translated through membership forms informational flyers and documents into multiple languages including Spanish and Hindi to ensure they are reading reaching all families this effort has enabled the PTA
to connect with families who may have otherwise been unable to engage or access the tools necessary to advocate for their children so tonight I'd like to PR present them with a certificate it's in um to Comm amend the SEPTA of Oldbridge the 2025 Jan harp doy
diversity and inclusion award this national award recognizes PT that best demonstrate exemplary work in the area of Divi diversity equity and inclusion as well as efforts to end discriminatory practices this certificate is presented
on behalf of the mayor business administrator of orridge Township did you want to say a few words I take a picture we're taking a picture okay come all closer together you want me to go on the other
side thank you I just want to say first they do amazing work um OB which has one of the best uh special needs Community I think in the country we try to do a lot do you want to say something sure thank we just really want to thank you guys if it wasn't for our Old Bridge
community and our Our Town Council our mayor the business administrator our Board of Ed our district our community wouldn't be what it is we're only four Special Needs Moms and we don't get paid for what we do we do it from the heart and we do it because it's right and we
just want everybody to make sure that our kids feel belonged and welcomed everywhere that is and we're really really excited for the inclusive playground and we can't wait cannot wait right Darren I know yes yes we are really excited and thank you guys so much for honoring us it really means a
lot to us um and it makes us put back our grant back into the community and really just keep going and moving forward thank you thank [Applause] you right thank you very much ladies
that was really really a wonderful presentation and you say honor we honor you because of all that you all do for the town you make us so again old proud it's just amazing the amount of work that you do and we just we're just so
happy to be supportive thank you so much ladies for everything we really mean [Applause] that all right next will be um public hearing H1 performance bond release Wawa
trash inclosure 177 Route 34 Matan store number 934 block 4230 lot 3 application number 32-15 Z little bit different we're in Chihuahua
okay good evening Mrs Shapiro that's okay yeah good evening and just state your name for good evening my name is Steve slaven I'm an attorney with Prime toel s we represent Wawa Inc um they have recently I guess uh completed a trash enclosure which
required an performance bond um in accordance with the letter I have I guess it was dated um actually January 14 2025 from your uh Township engineer um they're recommending release of the bond and that's the only reason why I'm
here okay Mrs Shapiro I agree okay that was before us in 2015 so it's been a while um since the trash closure was completed if everybody remembers the waa is at the intersection of 34 and contrell SL steam
booat Landing Road if everybody's familiar with that location yes um very popular Wawa they came they got approvals from us in 1999 so that they can construct the building lo and behold years later um they wanted to enclose the the trash area they did so um if you
look at the memo dated January 14 2025 that I had prepared some of you might notice a very high number for bonding on a trash enclosure um the performance guarantee that was posted was 8,178 of which in form of bond was
$43,900 the 10% cash portion was $487 188 um this was was under the old um bonding requirements that the state had had um it certainly isn't this High um but they are requesting release we
have inspected the trash enclosures back in 2015 and everything was acceptable back then and still is acceptable today um we recommend release of the performance guarantee subject to the applicant paying any outstanding escro fees um and just note that with the new bonding or with a new performance
guarantee requirements there is no maintenance guarantee subject for the site because it is private okay well thank you is do you need to add anything else so you're good okay is there anyone in the public who wishes to be heard on this seeing no hands I'll close public
Council any questions or comments okay then I'll ask for a motion move it yeah yeah that exactly okay yep so motion was made by mred by okay and
second Dr Greenberg Bell and then by Council yes right she moved it roll call councilman auli yes councilwoman dearo yes councilman dama yes councilman Desai yes councilman
Garcia yes councilman Murphy yes councilman pasti yes Council vice president dror Greenberg Bell yes and council president soart yes motion carries have a good evening and thank you very much thank you Mrs Shapiro okay next
will be Bill list I'm sorry excuse me approval of minutes resolution approving executive session minutes um of September 10th 2024 January 28th 2025 special meeting minutes of November
14th 2024 and the regular combined council meeting minutes of January 28th 2025 and February 11th 2025 okay mov by Dr Greenberg belly
second by second yeah Mr Assi roll call councilman auli yes councilwoman dearo no because um the comments um from the special meeting minutes of November 14 2024 um
my comments and councilman toze comments are not there [Music] right which one was it was the problem okay so so um what councilman de car councilwoman dearo is saying is her
comments opposing the um project the the resolution were not put into the minutes along with councilman de size I felt that um they really didn't have any
basis in other words we were supposed to be voting on the content of what um our attorney was discussing as well as um based on the fact of of the documents put in front of them so I did not
include them but they were marked on the resolution and in the minutes as voting no so Council councilwoman dearo either wishes to abstain or say no or have her comments added so
do what do you want her what what day was this meeting which one special meeting I would be fine with having them added so we can I can amend them to include um their comments everyone's
comments were included who M everybody's comments that were yeah them them add them okay I will add them and then okay well that was yeah I think not that
but the reasoning was that you weren't here in the be in the beginning for it I understand that but it no no but that's what it was I think that was driving it I I don't think it was done in any way other than that you know because like Dr Greenberg said you know we were in here
for the beginning portion that was I think the reason why it was done that way I mean I wasn't you know consulted about but that I believe that was the reasoning for it it wasn't anything you know other than that okay I just want to make sure that you know I words did come
out of my mouth so no no and and there was a transcript done so yeah that's an exact wording of everything I will I just like it to be reflected in a minute thank you councilman dep yes councilman Desai no I
have a same problem on that November 14 meeting I made some comment which is not reflecting and on January 28th for the discussion we had about establishing the F flag display policy I
have extensive remark back and forth nothing is recorded there okay so I think this both minutes should be table minutes are not meant to be an exact an exact of everything that was said minutes are really supposed to be
recording the votes that are taken at the meeting so I mean you're more than welcome to vote no on those minutes I'm voting no okay councilman Garcia yes councilman
Murphy abstain councilman Pas gidy yes Council vice president Dr Greenberg Bell yes council president soar yes motion carries all right Bill list Mr Garcia I yes thank you a bill list as of March 11
2025 accounts payable March 11 2025 24 m924 29887 payroll February 28 2025 1,215 30235 payroll overtime February 28 2025
$69,950 57 and that completes my report thank you okay move it hold on okay um can we have a payroll overtime please thank you yeah just one
moment okay thank you our major upake in the last payroll was the two snow storms that we had the one on February 8th and 9th and the uh storm on February 12th uh 2025 so winter was kind to us not too crazy but uh hopefully that was the last
of them um our police overtime for this pay period pay period was $22,600 188 deduct grants $653 7.92 deduct etto
$3,255 40 for a total of $1,887 56 I am excited to welcome all of our new officers today and um look forward to working with them and uh congratulations to our promotions as well thank you very much does anyone
have motion moved by Council vice president Dr Greenberg B second by councilman Murphy roll call councilman aset yes councilwoman dearo yes councilman dama yes councilman Desai yes councilman
Garcia yes councilman Murphy yes councilman Piddy yes Council vice president Dr Greenberg belli yes and council president soart yes nine yes next will be public hearing ordinances for second reading H1 ordinance adopting
the C Crossroads Redevelopment plan amended dated February 10th 2025 specifically block 210 0 lot 6.11 lot 6.12 and
13.12 good evening Vina good evening um good evening Council as I have explained uh in the past in detail with the crossroad uh Redevelopment plan this is an amendment to the 2006 Crossroad
Redevelopment plan at as it pertains to only three properties that cover roughly 275 acres of land and uh essentially what this does is um it uh does not allow for residential development on
this property and uh proposes new non-residential development uh on the parcel so if you have any question specific questions I everybody's good anyone if I could
just to make clear uh currently uh housing's permitted on in the in the zone right currently the it's zoned for Planned retirement residential Community which is which was part of the original uh Redevelopment plan and then regarding the other Amendment
the the the uses there's no new use added um other than that no the data centers were permitted right right and then there were new uh users added because in the last uh 20 years we haven't seen any development on this uh
site so we have amended the plan and replaced it with non-residential development okay thank you did anyone count anyone have a question councilman tode microphone yeah your mic please yeah thank you it's
275 acres of land between the many acres are vlands so I'll I'll reverse the answer almost 89 to 90 acres of land is developable but it is not contiguous it
is spread out throughout the 275 this is going from 20 years back there were some resolution somebody wants to develop as a data Center and due to the weight lens I think they back up that is great so
this is going on so keep in mind that there a big portion is a wetland yes that is correct y That's only I have to say okay thank you anyone else on this side how about on this side okay I'll open up to the public anyone have a
question or a comment good evening good evening Council and Vina thank you for the information um Vina I'm trying to understand so about 80 80 acres of the 275 non-contiguous are wetlands which
means that no um almost 89 what I said is almost 89 Acres of that 275 acres is developable but it is uh not contagious okay so 89 Acres of that and so roughly
200 acres is uh covered by Wetlands or environmental constraints so with the change that you're proposing what type of building can be done on those 89
Acres so uh um the the proposed plan has warehousing light industrial uses uh Flex uh type of uses uh non-residential activity data centers
Etc okay so more warehouses more Flex space right okay how many how many square feet can be squeezed into 89 Acres of Ware house and typically
typically I mean I'm not asking you for a ballpark how's that ballpark it's it's very hard for me to uh give out a number however these warehouses are not the the type of
warehouses that were proposed uh in other locations these are smaller because they're the flex type so none of the warehouse I don't think any of the contiguous land would be able to accommodate more than uh 200 220 or 225,000 Square ft of Warehouse so these
are smaller in scale much smaller so 225,000 square feet which an average house is maybe 2,000 square feet so you're talking about what is that you know 100 10 times 100 times the size of houses in
area I don't understand the question so it it still seems like a lot of square feet of warehousing that could still be done in flexible small smaller units so one unit how much fits onto a the
largest buildable piece of property and by the way what's there Trees Animals Wildlife we have orchids in this town that are wild orchids that are rare and and getting even rarer um we're losing our our square footage to
to the to the box turtles are being destroyed in over on Texas Road and so I'm just kind of wondering what how much land will be destroyed in this this and I I understand you're trying to save stuff so so I'm not I'm not trying to be
adversarial please excuse me if it stands so I ask questions about the ordinance though you're you're basically making comments in general so right what questions do you have on this particular okay so how many square feet how many how many how many acres of land will have to be cleared in order to build
whatever it is that you're giving an opportunity for the builders to build how many acres of land the developable portion is roughly 89 to 90 Acres obviously I have not gotten an Loi so my numbers are a guesstimate Based on ndp's
data and that land can is is already Woodlands right so animals live there right now Wildlife live there right probably I'm just I mean I mean is more land I'm no I'm Sorry Miss Council woman so hard
wakened I'm just trying get to what you know the basis is I'm not trying to be anything but you know I just want I just want to try to figure out what's going to happen because we cleared you know 4 million square feet of Warehouse was put in and cleared already in this town
we're losing land every day to building and building and building and so I'm just trying to figure out how much of this land is going to be cleared for more animals to be lost to it I get calls every day I got four calls today for wildlife so again let's focus on the ordinance so if I have to I have to
respond based on the ordinance that is written none of the warehouses would be more than 225,000 Square ft uh and uh the associated parking or loading space that is required but again you have to
remember of the 275 only less than 200 is developable and plus it is not so if it was contiguous probably you could be able to put in a half half a million Square ft of Warehouse I'm saying potentially but because it is scattered
it's not even a possibility and the ordinance is crafted such that we don't allow for a fulfillment center or a distribution center that is large enough okay I hate to ask one final question when is this town or this
Council going to start so again the questions about the ordinance about this ordinance it's again again I guess I'll I'll the public hearing on the ordinance question about the ordinance question about the ordinance right is there any way to to change the ordinance to have
no building how's that can you do that can the township Council find a way to save the land and not allow it to be built protect the animals protect the wetlands I think we all could agree that's a nice thing to
do thank you okay thank you is there anyone else in the public who wishes question maybe Miss Sant or Council can answer this you were talking about W councilman let me just close the public portion
first all right thank you just yeah is there anyone else no no just anyone else in the public who wishes to be heard this evening okay seeing no hands I'll close the public and now councilman deide yeah my question you were just mentioning about
Warehouse so is this Warehouse oh got because this Warehouse will be a regular tax rable or we are going to go same way as before pilot Revenue which we don't see
yet Council can answer me on that but is it definitely a warehouse I mean is that no that is what I want to clarify the plan is written to allow an array of uses so it could be a warehouse it could
be a light industrial use it could be a flex space it could be a solar farm right so there are multiple uses that are permitted by the plan um but uh again this is a Redevelopment plan so
obviously there could be a pilot if that's the question you're asking Okay the reason yeah I raised this question last year we budgeted $947,000 from different pilot
program I will ask that later on at the budget time or budget Workshop how much we received right because we don't have a clear picture I have a leiste provided by finance
department 8 n months ago that there was 9474 what budgeted in last budget from different like Lutheran Church Mah man or Co Costello homes Kennedy
International ritan Bay segme AC power okay so this is a list I want to see how much we saw okay in our treasury all right yeah that's fine because those pilot program I don't like it should be better for
us helping taking a regular rable that will be maybe more all right well that's your opinion and your entitled yeah absolutely but I just want to make it clear that it's not definitely a warehouse there is a lot of
different options that are available in this particular type of zoning so I don't want it to be said out there that immediately this is going to be a warehouse honestly you have to be fair this is just what the Zone encompasses
does not say anything about a definite on what usage it's going to be yes yeah who owns Who currently owns the property we own the property yeah we do we do MH okay have we considered keeping it as
open space well again finances I'm sorry we can I mean we can explore it absolutely but in the meantime we have to designate you know the Zoning for it and then if we want to have a discussion we could have a discussion about it absolutely because
I'd like to I'd like to explore that if we can just maintain it especially if nobody if there's been no activity on it in 20 years nobody really wants it you know I mean I understand that the zoning was residential prior to this but that was I would rather I would rather if it
hasn't have any have had any activity in 20 years I'd rather explore the uh being that we own it it's not like we have to buy it you know and use that as open space anybody else Mr pcti yeah did you say what did
you say about data the data warehouse is that permitted or data centers are also permitted okay great because that's becoming a hot commodity you see a big one going up South Jersey okay anyone
else no okay seeing No Hands then I will ask for a motion motion second second okay motion by Mr auli second by Mr Deon roll call councilman auli yes councilwoman dearo
no councilman dep yes councilman Desai councilman Garcia yes councilman Murphy stain so we've got councilman pasky yes Council vice president Dr Greenberg
belli yes council president soar yes one two three four five six we have six yeses okay H2 ordinance establishing the municipal budget I'm sorry
oh good lord um H2 ordinance establishing the budget uh the municipal budget appropriation limits and a cap Bank njsa 440a colon
4-44 for uh calendar year 2025 is Council casy second councilman auli call councilman ASI yes councilwoman dearo yes councilman dep yes councilman Desai yes councilman
Garcia yes councilman Murphy yes councilman Pas gidy yes Council vice president Dr Greenberg Bell yes council president soar yes H3 ordinance of the township of Oldbridge County of middlex state of New
Jersey amending chapter 5 Article 13 Department of police of the code of the township of Oldbridge by amending 5-19 D 1B extra Duty assignments
yeah oh the public for the bank yeah is there anyone in the audience that would like to speak on the cap Bank ordinance so could could just procedurally right I yeah through I kind of thought you missed that so let's let's uh let's motion to bring it back
on the table and and to uh to reopen the public hearing and then have a vote after the public hearing motion second okay Motion in second Dr Greenberg belly Mr pesky yeah I'm opening to it's a motion to bring it you have to bring the ordinance back on the table for
consideration of public hearing so that's the first motion right you got to vote first yes councilman auli yes councilman councilwoman dearo yes councilman dama councilman
Desai this is we councilman Garcia yes councilman Murphy yes councilman pass giddy yes Council vice president Dr Greenberg B council president soar yes is there anyone in the public who wishes to speak on the cap that no okay seeing no hands I'll close
the public portion any coun have a question on the no made a motion oh you have a you made a motion motion to adopt motion councilman pasky yep I need a second
second Council councilman dep roll call councilman a yes councilwoman dearo yes councilman dama yes councilman Desai councilman Garcia yes councilman Murphy yes councilman Pas giddy yes Council vice president Dr Greenberg B yes
council president soar yes nine yes okay ordinance of the township of Oldbridge County of middlex state of New Jersey amending chapter 5 Article 13 Department of police of the code of the township of Oldbridge by amending 5-10
9 D 1B extra Duty assignments make a motion oh you got to go public sorry no we're gonna open it to the public everybody calm down we're gonna open it to the public is there anybody in the public who wishes to be
heard okay we're going to close the public and we're going to go to council councel anybody questions okay now I need a motion I'll take a motion second motion by councilman Pas gidy second by Council vice president Dr Greenberg belli councilman auli yes councilwoman
dearo yes councilman dama yes councilman Desai yes councilman Garcia yes councilman Murphy yes councilman pasidi yes Council vice president Dr Greenberg Bell yes council president soart yes nine yeses consent agenda I will ask for
a motion in second and bring it back for separation move it second move by Dr Greenberg second by Mr pascetti councilman auli any items for removal no thank you councilwoman dearo
no thank you councilman dep none thank you councilman Desai councilman Garcia no separations thank you councilman Murphy no thank you councilman Pas gidy no separations thank you Council vice president Dr Greenberg belli no thank you council president
soar no thank you roll call for the full consent agenda councilman auli yes councilwoman dearo yes councilman dama yes councilman Desai councilman Garcia yes councilman Murphy yes councilman Pas giddy yes
Council vice president Dr Greenberg B yes council president so yes nine yeses report of the Township Clerk no report report of the township attorney uh nothing report Madam president administrative report Anna yes thank you
full day summer camp registration full day summer camp registration started online today tiny turtles registration began today March 11th for children entering first and second grade for next school year great white white sharks registration will be tomorrow March 12th
for children entering 3rd to 5ifth grade next year Middle School registration will be on Thursday March 13th for children entering 6th to 8th grade next year registration starts at 6:00 p.m. online on each of these dates for more information please visit or .c daycare
and clck click on the link for the full day summer camp middlex county paper shredding event middlex County will host a peer paper shredding event at the Oldbridge Municipal complex on Sunday March 23rd 2025 from 9 a.m. to 12: p.m.
this event is open to all middlex County residents and will be head held rain or shine a maximum of five file boxes of paper will be accepted per car paper from businesses will not be accepted for more information please visit o bridge.com paperred or email recycling
obd.com finally 2025 budget subcommittee meetings the township Council has scheduled Council budget subcommittee meetings for March 13th March 19th and March 26 2025 to review the proposed budget in more detail the budget
subcommittee meetings will start at 6: PM it will be held in room 2011 located on the second floor of the Thomas J English administration building which is this building a formal presentation and public hearing on the municipal budget is scheduled for the April 8 2025 council meeting and this concludes my
report okay thank you does any council member have a comment or a question no seeing no hands I ask for a motion to accept move it second yes yes yes
yes yes yes yes yesc yes yes public comment on any subject matter for a maximum period of three minutes the public comment portion
of our meeting is to allow the public to bring to the council's attention their concerns or comments this s section is open for any topic or items on the consent agenda in accordance with njsa 10 col 4-12 in the Oldbridge rules of council the council ask the public to limit their comments to three minutes or
less only one member of the public shall approach to speak to council at a time the council respect the Public's Time by refraining from any comment until the speaker has finished with their allotted time should be further noted that the public comment portion of our meeting is not structured as a question and answer session if a member of the public has
questions they seek answers to an appointment can be made with the corresponding Department's office during regular business hours Township Clerk will regulate the time during the comment portion of our meeting okay good evening good evening thank you council president on November 2022
Oldbridge voted over one second can you just state your name for the record oh we're back to names again I apologize nah am I supposed to State my full name I know you're okay Albridge voted overwhelmingly with nearly 65% support
to create an amendment to the Township Code and create an energy aggregation program the council had initially deferred action to by a petition signed by thousands of residents in 2021 deciding instead to put the ballot to a ballot vote to the vote to to a ballot
put they put it on the ballot and the community voted to approve the amendment to the township code to establish a program aimed in purchasing clean energy at bulk rates and providing 100% renewable energy option by 2030 we've been waiting a long time for this action
well over four years the town manager hamhu in 2023 said he would have a person hired after the finalization of the budget he's since retired Mr roli our Township lawyer when questioned again another at another council meeting the same thing no traction that was in
2024 I think that was in February I'd like to remind the entire Council and the mayor that this initiative supports a procurement of clean renewable electricity at discounted bulk rates this program is designed to save money for every resident with a significant
projected cost savings for our household our 68 ,000 residents are currently paying too much for energy and I'm sure every one of our residents would greatly appreciate direct Financial savings there's no better way for our Township to assist the residents by following
through on this and completing the initiative again we've been very patient with the township but there's been no transparency or proof of action and if there's been action can you provide us with the name of the consultant and when the person was hired so it's 2025 a
dozen eggs is nearly $10 a shopr families are consistently complaining about food prices being excessive and also energy charges it's truly if you truly care about our community please take action on this environmental and
cost-saving measure that can save our residents money that we re need right now to help feed our families Mr roli council president and mayor we can can we anticipate a timeline with clear metrics at the next next council meeting
or will topic continued to be postponed affecting Comm our community further due to the lack of follow through by the way happy holy Ramadan and St Patrick's Day to everybody thank you anyone else wish to be
heard good evening we supposed to give our name now my name is Carol I'm a resident here at Oldbridge and I was here uh in December I was told prosecutor McNichols instructed the Oldbridge Court last
summer they are no longer permitted to process noise complaints from citizens only an Oldbridge police officer trained in the use of a deciel meter designated as a noise officer is allowed to do so he cites noise
ordinance chapter 300-10 however only chapter 300 sections 1 through 5 are available those mention audible noise p pass the property line and for going on 5 years the Grand
Marquee has been violating this parameter police officers have honestly and rightly acknowledged hearing the noise on our property across Route 9 but the officers directly refuse to issue
any citation to the Grand Marquee even having even after having been called back a second time the same night for the same issue which leads one to wonder if there is some type of favoritism going on
towards the Grand Marquee five years of I will ask them to turn it down is not enough our quality of life is being disrupted this is a genuine
intrusion ongoing until midnight or 1 a.m. in the morning I do not believe that anyone here nor the owners of the Grand Marquee would tolerate this ongoing intrusion into
their homes and lives to conclude I have some questions when was ordinance chapter 300-10 cited by Timothy McNichols implemented why is it not on the
website how was it implemented when the ability to to comply was not set up as the police departments apparently do not know anything about this there is no police officer no one
has been trained there is no deciel meter owned by the police department here why was the police department unaware and why is the Grand Marquee allowed to continue non-compliance
and not be held responsible or accountable for their actions and what they are inflicting upon their neighbors thank you thank you Mrs soor council president yes I
I've met with the chief on this subject and him and Captain Boda are working on it and they have a plan okay that's that's a good thing I appreciate you coming we we received all of your emails and we've been working I also question where that ordinance was
as you know I only came on board about a year and a half ago so we've been looking into it and as mayor Walker says she's met with the chief he's going to be obtaining a deciel reader and then we're going to see how we're going to be able to enforce this so I know it's a bit of a process but we have not
forgotten and we are working on it all right good evening hi uh good evening I'm a resident of Oldbridge uh so I'm here can you just state your name for us please Naomi Naomi Naomi and
your T TZ and Tom Au ASM boy hi so it's regarding the uh ongoing noise violation so I am very uh happy to hear that there's some uh communication going on uh I do feel a bit frustrated that it
had to come down to me calling pretty much everybody imaginable um I I had to leave a message with the chief of police to get this uh looked at I've every police officer that we've met with about
this issue they don't really seem to want to follow through with it for example on March 8th an officer came by he said that he was parked out front of the Grand Marquee for an hour that he didn't hear any music which was
contradictory to what we had been hearing so he just didn't really seem to want to believe us I directed him to the back where he acknowledged that he could hear the base so I said okay well now that you can hear it can uh a citation be issued he said no uh speak to code
enforcement I said I have spoken to code enforcement they said it's a police matter he said that code enforcement was lying so I'm not really sure how to proceed from there um you know I do have a case number for this as
well uh according to uh subsection uh chapter 304 subsection I you know the grar has been violating a music or Sound appication that uh can't be operated in such a manner to be plainly audible at a residential property and pl plainly
audible is detection of rhythmic bass component to the music is sufficient to verify plain the audible sound so this is something that we've been reporting for the past five years that we can hear the bass so according to the chapter the noise ordinance that already applies um
we're just not really sure why citations aren't being issued according to chapter 300-3 the township of Oldbridge police are responsible for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter so uh again just some confusion as to the
hesitancy to uh follow through and enforce this um thank you so much for hearing me about this matter my mom uh we really appreciate it because uh you know it's um yeah just when we when it happens
we'll we'll call the police and we just know that even if we do call the police it's not going to stop until the Grand Marquee wants it to stop so uh thank you again for hearing uh us about this matter we really do appreciate uh your help with this thank you so
much is there anyone else in the public seeing no hands I'll close I'll close the public portion and go to council comments councilman auli yes I just want to say congratulations to all the new police officers in town and all the
promotions be safe and may God continue to look over all of you SEPTA listen I love to see our community coming together for our special needs children of Oldbridge I hope you really know that I want to thank you really for all that you do I
know 100% how you guys make a difference it's not an impact for today it's it's a huge lasting impact and I know I see it every day and I'm so thankful that we can just have a little small p in it and about that Park I I I really I mean it I live
around the corner I know I get excited right I'm like I am because to come to the park around the corner and I will be there make no mistake I live right there and watch the parents right and and the children just they just smile they're always happy always I don't I don't think they
know anything else except to be happy and it's so nice to watch them smile and when the special needes Park goes and running around I'm I'm really looking forward to it and I truly mean that so thank you so much for for everything yep woman de Carol thank you um also I
think you know it's going to be a a unanimous congratulations to the new officers and the new promotions um you know always always always happy to see that um we have a great police department and I'm I'm very happy to see
them grow um and on that note I'm happy that you know mayor and uh our business administrator is going to work with them to help you guys on the on the noise ordinance um also of course my SEPTA friends I really you guys are the best
you know that and um I've known you guys for a long time and you are really you give 100% of everything you do and uh your projects every year are getting bigger and bigger and uh you guys just have the you have the desire to do it and and you're
awesome so congratulations on your award very well deserved um and um really that's all I have I just want to you know the weather's starting to get nice so I want everyone to have a wonderful spring it is going to get cold again so don't pack
your coats away but um but that's it everyone have a wonderful start to the spring thank you councilman deama thank you well congratulations to um Lieutenant Mustachio and Sergeant Keller and also congratulations to our four new
officers congratulations SEPTA not only for this award but thank you for everything you guys do for all the children not just the special needs children for all of them so thank you very much finally um St Patrick's Day um this coming well it's Monday but it's
unfortunately it's a weekend so please everyone just be careful have a great time but also be safe thank you councilman Desai my congratulation goes to those officer who are promoted today and also
those three new hiring welcome to the great town of pbridge as I say all the time I think the winter is behind since last few days it looks like we are in
spring so please enjoy the spring and I wish everybody a good weather nothing more to say we will see again I ran out of thoughts councilman Garcia hello yes
good evening all hi I know I sound like a broken record but it's welld deserved everybody police officers uh promotions the new police officers we wish them safe safety and of course uh and SEPTA for you know for getting the awards it's much welld deserved so we appreciate all
you guys doing the community very much appreciated uh St Patty's Day I know everybody's saying it's a big big weekend no drinking this weekend please uh keep it safe like councilman Department said keep it safe uh
I think that's all I have thank you have a good night thank you councilman Murphy uh yes I just want to congratulate all the um officers that got promoted and all the newly hired ones I also want to thank the three of
you I just feel like I'm getting so old I used to babysit Diane McCauley wasn't even a cop now he's a captain so I don't know how much more time I have left just get older all just want to thank everybody all
right councilman pasky all right well congratulations to all the police always exciting to see us adding to the ranks um I've been getting uh some real
positive comments about our Recreation Department in town uh that they uh just offer some real good quality programs um a number of people have told me this week so it's kind of nice um thank you
and congratulations to SEPTA appreciate you a great job um we have a noise ordinance um and I do get complaints a lot but I really
haven't communicated them uh but people complaining about you know loud exhaust and loud music hey think uh it's tough I don't know how you would even
uh you know try to make it stop um but you know we have an ordinance that says it is prohibited to willfully make or cause to be made any audible noise which is deemed objectionable because of
volume frequency beat and or which creates a noise disturbance and then it it says specifically between the hours of 8 o'clock at night and 10 uh 800 am and 10
p.m so um yeah I would definitely uh would like to forward my comments to you mayor uh of what I'm getting from the residents cars yeah the cars noise coming from Cars exhausts and and music
okay okay that's all I have thank thank you guys I forgot to I want to make another announcement we lost an officer as you guys know in newk couple days ago so I really want to offer my condolences to the officer in newk it's a tough job out
there so please offer your condolences to the to the family of the officer thank you I just want to make a statement that councilman Murphy um is leaving the de he will be uh absent for the rest of the meeting meeting
counc Greenberg B yes we're so happy to add new officers and congratulations to those with the um promotions and yes Kevin at the time when you think in Newark that uh detective Joseph asona
was tragically killed by a 14-year-old that's unconscionable and it's it's I just can't even imagine so please keep your his family in your heart and your prayers and may our please Department all of you be safe
always um it is tragic I did want to also say when you you know people come up and they talk about money you can't isolate things you have to look at the big picture and the big picture is once again our governor has taken away 700 more than
$700,000 from our Board of Ed at the same time giving 70 million more dollars to Newark how is that fair for the hardworking families of Oldbridge and the taxpayers we are affected by it in every aspect and when you think of that
I want you to think that he has raised the budget is now near nearing $60 million that's unconscionable when he took over it was thir 60 billion when he took over it was 36 billion is anyone's life here better with these increases
have you felt it you're working so hard everyone on Septa for money why why when what is what is he doing with this money how has it gotten any better and when you think of taking away more money that's going for taxes and programs cut
and everything else how does the board of Ved relate to this but yet they've supported them honestly I didn't so I can't be responsible for that because I saw the trajectory that we were on all these years and it's just unfair how hard you work for every dollar with all
the things that you do and this goes on and we try to work with you not only did he take 700 um million away from the Board of Ed he's cut money to the township at the same time they have this program that's called for affordable
housing that's not affordable housing so let me tell you what that does that takes away open space that takes away land where they're mandating to us that we have to build x amount of units and if we don't go along with it or there
was 26 towns Democrat and Republican in this state that fought it and they didn't even bring it up a judge wouldn't even hear it that is disgusting so you're forcing us to build more you know what that does without this is a state mandate which nonf funded it doesn't
fund road infrastructure it doesn't f f um fund water and sewer it doesn't fund the schools it doesn't fund police it doesn't fund fire so when you look at the big picture about way money spent think about what's happening in the in
the state and so this is an absolute travesty and it affects all of us but also at the same time can you imagine they get money from Lottery they get money from offline beding now marijana all these other things so why you
promote these things are so wonderful that you're getting money from and what are you doing does anyone know what he's done with this money over the years so if he's in office eight years and the budget's gone over 20 up $20 billion
that's more than $2 billion a year think about what's happened at the Parkway and the people who commute and the people who take the turnpike the tolls how they've gone up I I mean it's just uncontable living in New Jersey is rough but it's a new day it's going to be a
new day so I wish you me blessings out I hope your blessings outnumber the shamro that grow and may trouble avoid you wherever you go happy P St Patrick's Day very and enjoy council president soart okay thank
you well that's a hard act to follow but anyway I just want to say thank you again to all of you for SEPTA and thank you for for coming here and sharing with us cuz I think the biggest thing is that we do have that communication
and there's no you know we can talk to each other we have a common goal which is the children and all of us here also support I'm sure of that all of us support the children so thank you again for coming and it really was so exciting
to see this award it was great and for the officers of course good luck be careful naturally and hopefully the promoted ones as well and we really have been dedicated to the town to increasing our number of offic officers and making
sure that the town is safe hopefully there is communication the business minist said about the noise ordinance so hopefully there's going to be some relief for you as well and uh again you know happy St Patrick's Day this Mary Moran will say have have a good holiday
as far as the non- drinking I don't know about that c but anyway thank you so much and everyone have a really safe and good evening thank you and we're going to go into closed session we're gonna yes we go into closed session and we will be
returning um back into Open session so uh it's a resolution to exclude the public uh regarding collective bargaining agreements moas for ifpte dispatcher local number 196 and the crossing guard Association and
litigation matters in regards to affordable housing updates what's happening do I have a motion to go into close move it second second move seconded you got that yep got it roll call culi off the Das councilman dearo
councilwoman dearo yes councilman dama yes councilman Desai councilman Garcia yes councilman Pas gidy yes Council vice president Dr Greenberg Bell everybody jumps in I'm like yes did you say yes yes okay and
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e e e e e e a motion by Dr Greenberg belli to reenter a public session can I have a second second second by councilman Pas
gidy roll call councilman auli yes councilwoman dearo yes councilman dama yes councilman Desai yes councilman Garcia yes councilman Pas giddy yes Council vice president Dr Greenberg Bell yes council president soar yes eight
yeses now resolution so we need to take it need a motion in a second on resolution ratifying and approving the me approving the memorandum of agreement between the township of Oldbridge and ifpte dispatcher local number one96 for
20 years 2025 through 2028 can I have a motion move it sor moved by Dr Greenberg Bell second by councilman dama roll call councilman auli yes councilwoman dearo yes councilman dama yes councilman Desai
councilman Garcia yes councilman pasky yes Council vice president Dr Greenberg Bell yes and council president soar yes yeses a resolution ratifying and approving memorandum agreement between the township of oldridge and crossing
guards Association for 2025 through 20 28 May I have a motion second mooved by Dr Greenberg Bell second by councilman dep dep roll call councilman as satuli yes councilwoman dearo yes councilman dep
yes councilman Desai yes councilman Garcia yes councilman Pas giddy yes Council vice president Dr Greenberg belly yes council president soar yes eight yeses now we just need a motion to adjourn move it second move by Dr Greenberg belly second by councilman
dama roll call councilman EST Tuli yes councilwoman dearo yes councilman dama yes councilman Desai councilman Garcia yes councilman pasidi yes Council vice president Dr Greenberg Bell yes council president soar yes have a good evening
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