It's Bill Boyce has to sign his next. When I'm next, I sign them all. Good. All right. Well, good evening everyone. Let's get this done. Thanks for coming to our meeting tonight. In compliance with the open public meeting law, notification of this meeting has been
sent to our official newspapers and other publications circulated in the Burough of Alipan and notice posted on the bulletin board at Burough Hall. Please be reminded that all of our meetings are video recorded and posted to our website within the next day or so. Please note the fire exits are at
the rear of the council chambers and the doors that you entered in this evening. Um, roll call, please. Mayor Gallagher here. Councilman Ben here. Councilman Boyce here. Councilman Guan. Councilman Marty. Councilwoman Mero here.
Councilman here. Please rise and join me as soon to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Will you please remain
standing as Councilman Benagi leads us in prayer tonight. Instead of a prayer tonight, I have a couple uh quotes that are relevant as far as um Memorial Day, which is coming up when we remember the people who have died in
our military and service to us. Quote from John F. Kennedy. As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. And another quote by Emily Potter, famous author,
heroes never die. They live on in the hearts and minds of those who would follow in their footsteps. Amen. Amen. Thanks. [Music] Okay. I will entertain a motion to open
the meeting to the public. I was going to say move. Second on that. Second. All in favor? Would anyone from the public like to be heard on any item tonight?
Please, sir. Your name and address. Miles, can I sit down, please? Sure. Miles Kim, 78 Street. Um, I wanted to talk to you today about crossing um before and after school on Central Avenue. And I know
that Councilwoman has brought this up in the past, and I want to thank her for being such an advocate for protection saf. And I wanted to talk today though about enforcement. Um because I from my own experience I walk across the one on her drive and oftentimes five or six
cars just speed right through before I get a chance to pass. Um and I know Nha as well she also uses that crosswalk. Um and I was wondering if we could get police enforcement or some kind of way where people know. Um
do we have a one of the blinking uh lights? We do. You said it's hering and that one does have blink and they still go by by wishers. Sure. Okay. By the tennis courts. So the answer is we'd love to. Um we used to correct me if I'm
wrong. There's no crossing guard there anymore. No. No. There used to be actually. There used to be when there was years ago. I don't know. What happened? That's where that's where Julia used to be and then uh they don't because they started seeing no one
really using everybody. No one was using the crosswalk. That's true. So now I don't know if it's stopped and maybe there's a cross maybe issue. Couldn't we talk to the chief about kind of
monitoring that to see uh I'll ask you another I know you don't all go to school at the same time. How many uh students you think are crossing there when you're crossing? Probably about 10 15. And then also I see that from the elementary school and middle school some of them cut through the tennis courts and go through herring as well. Sure.
Okay. Okay. If you can I'm going to text him right now that we have a record of what we just talked about. Okay. So Ron is the uh Councilman Benagi is our police commissioner or leazison onto the police department. He's in constant
contact with our our chief of police. Um, so he will bring that. He's going to try and reach him now, but I don't know if you got an answer now. We'll he'll we'll certainly uh have the chief take a look at that. Um, I think in our best
day though, daytime hours, uh, we have three officers on, so I'd love to say that we can just put one there and then put one by TBD and put one by C. It's We're having problem getting problem getting crossing guards. Our resources are very short that are under 80 years
old. Um, he was he he was I'm sorry, but when we were there looking at the crosswalks, they did notice how some people just shoot right down their roads. So, they were going to put some police officers
just to Okay. The problem is you put the police officers on, they do their job, and then out of sight, out of mind as soon as they're gone. Yep. or you know since we have three officers on day right they're they show up to the post and then as an emergency call
somebody has a heart attack so they have to leave and that's not uncommon it's a very valid concern so we will look into um if it warrants a crossing guard uh we will we will look into that
um and if it we'll but we'll do everything in our power to make that a safe crossing as every other crossing ing that we're as uh councilwoman Misaro is our is our champion of traffic safety up here. Uh so she'll continue to fight the fight as well. So did you happen to
take a look at who was driving those cars? Were they students getting to school? Students. Yeah, I think the school might have to be warranted too. That that's true. But when I was out there with burough engineer, Scrabble was nice enough to come during the school day when kids were in session and he and I were trying to cross Central
and at that time it was not students, it was adults also. When we were there, it was it may have been one of adults that were I think adults sometimes forget to slow down and stop for pedestrians in
crosswalks. Maybe we can get some cones that have the little sign that say stop for pedestrians in crosswalks and put them on the yellow line. Maybe like the ones in Westwood. Yes, Westwood has a good in advance. A couple cones and a few signs might help. Listen, if you don't know,
well, it's time to slow down. Just saying people maybe do a sting operation like other towns. Well, I was very happy today to see Oldfam Police posted um a reminder about uh slowing down in town and they I don't know if anyone else saw this post, but it was
pretty I saw it. Yeah, it was very impressive. Uh their message was loud and clear that you will be pulled over. It was someone going 60 miles per hour in a in a 35. They had a picture of the radar and the car being pulled over and uh you know
that's we're getting to that point. I mean there's roads in town that you know people just it's everyone they need to slow down and I will be the one out there like slow down. But I am happy to hear that um that you guys are using caution and
not just assuming that cars will stop for you. That's the unfortunate thing is that you know you have to like really wait. But I don't like the thought that you and Nha and other students and as a resident of Herring Drive myself obviously you know I use that crossing too. Um you know it's great to get to the library. It's great to get from the east side of town to the west side of
town. A lot of people, it's not just students, residents use it. It's a great area to walk. It's by Oaks Park and uh you know, when we have the new Oaks House and stuff, I think it's something to look look into also to make sure that we have safety, you know, safety precautions for all of our residents and
pedestrians especially. Slow down people. Okay. Thanks, M. Working on it, too. Okay. Thanks. Would anyone else from the public like to be heard on any matter tonight? Seeing none. Motion to close. Second. All in favor? I. Okay,
we'll move along to our staff appointments. Uh, Councilman Marty, are you uh ready for this? I know you just snuck in. Hi, Councilman Marty. Thank you. Yeah, I can. Okay. All right. We have two staff appointments tonight and those are for Councilman Marty.
Would you like me to start or please? Okay. And we are talking about the same thing. the uh you're uh nominate you're just recommending Oh, I'm sorry. I thought we were talking about the other No, no, no, no. Uh oh, that's right. Cuz Yeah. So, I um make a
recommendation for uh Narita uh Rodriguez uh to be appointed as the accounts payable clerk. I have not met with her, but I'm sure court has done it due diligence. Second on that. Second. Second. any
conversation uh on that. How many um applicants do we have? I understand she's very qualified. Okay. Okay. All right. We have a motion and a second. Uh roll call, please. Councilman Bernard, yes. Council, yes. Councilman Marty, yes. Counciloman, yes.
Councilman, yes. Okay. Next, Councilman Marty with DPW vehicle maintenance billing assistant. Sure. Make that motion. Absolutely. Uh Laura Banano, I'd like to make a motion to uh appoint her as a DPW vehicle
maintenance billing assistant. Second. Okay. Any discussion on this appointment? What doesn't I'm sorry. What does Bruce do? He's tracking the parts. He's working on the mechanic, but he's he's essentially doing this job, is he not? He's doing
everything related because of the Is she already on staff? Yeah. Yes. Right. Didn't she? So, it should department. Right. So, this is including this is an extra stipen is extra money. Extra
stipen. Okay. But the amount of work we're doing billing, it's going to pay it. It's going to Okay. Right. I mean, not just covered. I mean, it's it's it's worth it. We're needed because at the end of the year, we've got to get stuck with a bunch of um accounts receivable. So, we need to get
right. I don't want to be in that position. And Bruce Bruce couldn't handle the volume of all these invoices going back and forth. That's why we needed her. Right. Well, you see, you know Bruce? I do. He's very involved mechanic. He's like
tracking parts, returns, like he put a lot over there. His dad used to be a councilman here and he's cleaned up a lot. Good. I'm sure. All right. Uh, two questions. One, this is uh, this fits comfortably in our budget, I assume. Y. Okay, that's a good answer. That's the most important. Uh, and to this position
is tied to our increase in our shared service with the other towns. It's all falls within the shared service. Yes. It's nothing to do with revenue budget. I mean, it has to do with budget, but has nothing to do with finance. It has to be mechanical. Okay. But we're doing a lot more work in that shared service
agreements with fixing ambulances, police cars, trucks, school buses. I see everything parked down there. We have a mot to Okay. Okay. Good. Uh I think I heard a motion and a second. Yes, you did. Any further discussion? Roll call, please. Councilman Bagi, yes.
Councilman Boyce, yes. Councilman Martin, yes. Counciloman Cyro, yes. Councilman, yes. All right. Okay, next moving on to our consent resolution is for council president voice. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh be it resolved that the following resolution
uh placed on the agenda by consent require no discussion and same having been previously reviewed by each council person be and are hereby adopted in their entirety by the mayor and council. The Burough Old Japan bills and claims
estimated tax bill uh preparation contract award 2025 Ford utility vehicle contract award 2024 Ford F350 Superduty SRW 4x4 regular cab truck contract award
Gallagher field fence removal and installation uh contract uh sorry confirm accounts payable clerk appointment confirm DPW vehicle maintenance billing assistance appointment resolution calling for the restoration of emer energy taxes to
municipalities. Second. Okay. Any discussion on our consent resolution? Uh yeah, I'd like to um I just want to make a a comment on the uh restoration the resolution uh that is calling for the restoration of
energy taxes to municipalities. And I got to say when I saw this um I was very happy that we're doing this. Um, and I did a little bit more research. I just wanted to share with the public so they actually know what we're doing. Yeah. Awesome. Um, so this is straight out of the um, website from the League of
Municipalities. Basically, the history of the um, energy tax receipts in New Jersey. And I'm going to read this. Originally, these these were taxes assessed and collected locally from utilities for the use of public land. And the funds were used for municipal
programs and services. Over time for the convenience of the public utility companies the state became the collection agency on behalf of the municipalities uh with the understanding that the state would remit payment to the municipalities in the same manner uh in
the same manner of municipalities collecting tax revenue you know for the school districts and counties. Ultimately the state rebranded the local municipal revenue as state aid or replacement programs intended to replace property tax relief funding. Over time, this forced municipalities to turn to
property taxes to supplement funding. What does this all mean? The state took control over uh the collection and distribution of the various energy taxes, all previously collected by municipalities and as a result, municipalities became uh began to receive less than 100% of these taxes
collected. So um basically the state is uh now blaming local government for its years of mismanagement at the state level while municipalities have had to eliminate or reduce services, increase fees or
property taxes or a combination of such to offset the diverted revenue. Basically the state took control of it and in typical New Jersey state fashion um we started uh yeah we started what was that Jen? They never gave it back, right? They never gave it back. So, I'm
really happy that we're doing this appropriated. Yep. Um, and that's all I wanted to just comment. I really need I felt like the public really needed to know what we're doing here. But we're fighting to get those tax credits back to old demand 100%. So, and I think I remember maybe five years ago was the
last time I received it or something like that. Two or three years ago, they did increase it a little we did get it and then all of a sudden they got to balance their own money. And do you remember how much that was our rebates? What should have been not in our care? I mean, we don't get that much. It was
supposed to be Oh, if I recall, they were supposed to give us about 7.5 mil or I don't really not million dollars. Yeah, I can't. That's too much. I don't remember what it was. You don't
remember the dollar amount? That's more than our budget. The fact of the matter is they're not giving us a word. Oh, they're not. They're not giving us anything now. Okay. Okay. Well, let's uh hope that this helps. You know, we're nicely asking for it. Okay. All right. So, any any further
discussion on any other uh items on consent? All right. I think you had a motion to second. Roll call, please. Council me? Yes. Councilman Boyce? Yes. Councilman Martin? Yes. Councilwoman Misaro? Yes. Councilman? Yes. All right. Let's move on to council committee reports. We'll start with Councilman Yu.
Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Really not much today. I only have an update for our seniors. Um, almost 50 of them turned out for their meet and greet uh early last week. So, you could really see that interest in our senior programs has been
growing. And uh just a reminder that their annual 50s dance will be on Thursday this week at noon at the firehouse. Be there or be square. That concludes my report. Thank you, Councilman. Uh Councilwoman Rosso. Thank
you, Mr. Mayor. Um, okay. From uh fire, Charles Chaz Anders, chief of department. Since his last report and up till today, the fire department has had 13 calls for service totaling 69 man hours and 55 minutes. Total for the year
thus far is 81 calls for service totaling 555 man hours and 0 minutes. Notable cause on 5825 Oldpan Fire Department was requested into Hillsdale for a working fire in the cafeteria of Passac Valley
High School. 43 squad responded to provide RIT team support for the incident. Training Department drill occurred on 5525 whereby firefighters stretched hose line and deployed portable ground ladders. All apparatus are in service. historical committee met
last Tuesday to discuss our planned movie night for the veterans group this fall. Periscope Down is our suggested movie. Uh yeah, I know. I know. I'm excited. I'm very excited. I know you are, too. I can't wait. We also discussed the historic blue signs. The
committee will work to budget in the future to continue the process of dipping the signs in order to restore them to their original condition. Youth Council met last Thursday to discuss pedestrian safety and their other initiatives. They will meet again this Thursday. And I want to thank our
representatives here tonight, Arav, Niha, and Miles. Your weekly meetings increasing from monthly meetings is duly noted and appreciated, especially with all of your commitments. And lastly, recreation met Tuesday, May 6th. I presented the recently approved capital
budget items for 2025 and we discussed the recreation mission statement which will be finalized next meeting in June. Thank you to Craig Mer for drafting this important mission statement. Special thank you to Mr. Mayor for attending this meeting. There was a discussion about revi uh I'm sorry revisiting the
clay difference for OTBSA. I would be in favor of us again funding some of their cost of clay as we had done in the past. And that is all I have. Mr. there. Thank you. Okay. Uh, Councilman Bang. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh, police department
report. Following activities report, uh, represents calls for service and other initiatives undertaken by the Old Pimp Police Department. And I did get a text from our police chief, so I'll include that. Before I start,
um, uh, he says, I quote, "It's been a a year or two without a guard there. Before we got rid of the guard, we sat there and no one crossed. We can revisit." So, Miles was an eighth grade. Well, right. What he
said was there was a there was a bunch of kids that lived on Lawrence Courtney Street, you know, Seedans for one of them, and they they were just coming, lots of them, you know, and then they all aged out and then they keep. So anyway, um we're going to revisit it. I'll talk to him tomorrow, so we'll figure it out.
Uh total a total of 1327 calls for service. 211 motor vehicle stops, 86 summones were issued, 129 traffic enforcement details were completed. Uh one arrest for outstanding active traffic warrant, one arrest for
contempt of court violation, one arrest for possession of a stolen credit card. uh work for out outside contractors. As far as uh let me give let me give you an update on our um new
hires, tenative new hires. Uh two new hires are expected to be sworn in or hopefully on 6:16 and uh Jean Joe will get back to you on that whether it's definitely that day. They're in their final stages of background checks. Everything is going
well. So that's the story on the new hires. Um, I'm sorry. One or two that night? Two. Both at the same time. Both at the same time. Okay. If unless that's not okay with you, we'll figure it out. Yeah. Okay. Uh, on Thursday 58 May 8th
on the west side of town like uh that side of Birwood, Cedar, Fernwood, that area. Approximately 4:50 a.m. car burglars entered six six unlocked vehicles. There were no losses,
but the suspects were observed taking pictures of residents locked Gwagon. So, he, you know, police chief thinks maybe they're coming back. Um, just a thought. So, don't let your guard down is my my point here. It's We had
that vehicle theft thing going on a couple years ago. It's it's not really done. The police department hosted the fatal vision simulation at NVRHS. Uh students wear goggles to simulate effects of alcohol impairment while operating golf carts. It's every year
it's a big deal at school besides the fact you don't have to go to class, right? You can you go to the football field and hang out and do the fatal vision thing. I get it. Uh but it's wellreceived and people actually get a real hands-on thing. Also, the touch a
truck event is on the 31st at the high school. 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. That is 31st, May 31st. As far as the um detective bureau, the detective bureau located and charged a third
person with conspiracy charges. If you recall a year or so ago, I'm sorry, more than a year or so ago, there was someone who was um they were duped out of almost $200,000 on a real estate deal over the phone. And uh it was a scam.
and uh three suspects had been charged and one corporation belonging to a suspect. These arresties will be responsible for returning $154,000 of the money stolen from our resident victim. One of the defendants was extradited from Georgia to Burton County
Jail. A second flew himself to New Jersey to turn himself in after learning of a warrant. They have completed their court cases and have been making restitution payments. A third defendant whose company is also charged has not been making payments. So they will be
charged. Additionally, uh, also on on May 26, a resident I'm sorry, April 26th, a resident was contacted by a suspect posing as a Bergen County Sheriff's officer. If you're aware, the Bergen County Sheriff's control the jails. They they,
you know, patrol the jail. They they are the uh enforcing agency at our jail. So, the suspect, it was a fake phone call. The suspect stated they had a family member currently in Bergen County Jail, and the family member can be released if they paid $1,000 through the zel app to
the sheriff's department. The victim complied, and after realizing he was scammed, he called the OTPD. The detective bureau was able to freeze the money in the recipient's account and ultimately re arrange the return of the $1,000 of the victim. The suspect was located and information is being
obtained from the bank and zelp to support charges for a criminal attempt to commit theft by deception deception. The matter is under investigation and that is the highlights of our what's going on with our police department.
Okay. So, yes. And they u you said they caught the guy that did that. Which one? The last one that you said about So, it's uh funny. I received a phone call today. Same exact scenario. Really? Yes. Same. They g they gave a name and the thing is the sheriff's officer. It's a
family friend there through my brother-in-law was a state trooper. So they made a phone call like that wasn't me. So keep people need to be aware. That's pretty interesting. Okay. All right. Cool. Okay. Uh Council Morning. Uh thank you, Mr.
Mayor. very brief today cuz I've had quite the day and I don't have all my uh notes but uh it is uh EMS week. So I just wanted to uh congratulate um our first aid core and wish them a happy EMS week. Uh and they are still currently in
uh the process. I know they reached out to um Jesse and they are looking at uh the ambulance that they're going to be getting and they're very happy about that. So that's basically it. Thank you. Um court's not here. here. I don't think you left a finance, library,
or OEM report. I know you did have an OEM meeting regarding the upcoming Memorial Day. Yep. Okay. So, that was uh so that was definitely handled by your OEM committee. Uh Council President Boyce. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. This will be brief. Um the environmental
commission is meeting tomorrow. We were hoping to have a meeting with Orange and Rockland regarding the removal of the towers and understanding their process better and then managing uh the quality of the soil below the towers and
creating some um long-term management review process, but they couldn't make it. They have a scheduling conflict. So, we may have a special meeting in between now and then. Now, and the next meeting um because we want to get this out to residents. They've also posted some
large signs uh indicating what they're doing throughout the town, but still we need to have a face to face with them. Um the golf course we um signed the last invoice I hope for the irrigation
upgrade which includes the big spout that pulls the water out of the pond and puts it through into the system. Um that was uh this week. So that irrigation system will be up and running for this season, which is tremendous news because it's going to start getting dry soon as
our resident farmer will not this weekend. Soon. Yeah. Um don't worry, the banks will have all their sprinklers done or and we've and also we've received our drawings for our bunker renovation uh from our bunker
professionals. Uh we received them on 52. They're dated 52. And we have the bid spec for the bunker renovation. So, that'll be going out to bid soon. It's very well put together. It was done by a professional. That's all they do. Um, and we're just bunkers. This is an
actual job. Yeah, it's their name of their company, Just Bunkers. No. Um, so we'll be putting that out to bit. I'm looking at it now. It's a really tight spec, but we'll have a comment section amongst the golf course. And then lastly, the veterans are prepared to
lead the Memorial Day uh parade as usual. Uh Doc Johnson will be um you know excuse me don't say anything you shouldn't. Oh okay. He'll be at the you know in charge of the parade as usual
and that'll be terrific. And um yeah he knows. Yeah we discussed it. Is it a surprise? Okay. Finish and then I'll have a I'll have Okay. I'll be I'm almost done. Okay. And um we're hoping
They were it was Anna. All the all the all the guys sitting around meeting and and all of a sudden it was like well you know the mayor's going to be and I'm like I thought it was a surprise. Yeah. Anna Anna's like guy it's supposed to be a surprise and
they're like oh oh well so much for that. There you go. Um veterans. All right. A little less exciting. Um, you know, we're hoping to have some rides for some of the veterans and nice
people. I will offer my uh my 1942 Willies Jeep. I'll drive. It's It's not from 1942, but it's based on I will offer to drive the top down in the Jeep. Not yet. I can walk. I'm walking for one of the veterans and I have one
more. Do we need more than two? Well, Councilwoman Misero just opened up. It's a Willys military style uh Jeep. I can fit. Well, we only need one. Should we just take that and not do the golf course? You should have the
golf cart available. Just take I would have one and that one. Somebody might show up. Okay. Okay. So, we're going to have the Jeep and no golf cart. Is it No, we'll have one golf cart and the Jeep. Okay. Well, if we don't need it, we'll just throw music. And they are coming to the high
school. Yes. Tuesday. That is true. Yes, we've responded to that. We're coming up. Thank you very much. We're doing that uh the day after Memorial Day because they have to do one at Deerris Thursday and then or Yeah, the the veterans do know about that. Thank you so much. So far, I think I think
like four of them responded that they What time is it at? It'll be at lunchtime. So, Tuesday will be 11 11ish. Yeah, but it was 11:30. That's the end of lunch. 11. All right, that concludes my report. Okay,
question. Um, so at the end of my comments on Memorial Day, I was going to call up I thought Fred to present, you know, alongside me. Is that off the table? Am I No. See what they would through the whole thing. Okay. So,
after it's done. Okay. What's done? After the ceremony is done. The whole thing. Yes. And before they close it out, he's gonna Duck Johnson will pull you up um because you will have a special presentation and you will
present him with that. So he's going to call me up for a special presentation to him. Yes, I found it out too to be honest with you, but whatever. Well, it works. See? Okay. I was going to do it after my comments. I was going to do it then, but Well, that could be a surprise. He his
that could be a surprise. Yeah, he didn't want it a steal your thunder and b be the center of attention. He wanted it to be after not do it at all. That would be a surprise. Give it a front. I'm going to do this at the end of my comments. Okay. Okay. You don't need to catch him off guard. I'm
not going to change that ceremony because um I'll leave it at this. You do that. Okay. Fair enough. He assured me he said he was going to be watching this meeting. Either way, welld deserved, mayor. It's that veterans are very type A. They want to know everything that's
going on. So, I like it. Okay. All right. Uh just a few comments myself. Uh just to reiterate what Councilman Marty uh special shout out this week to our our EMS personnel. Uh celebrating EMS week, our our
volunteers, the stats that they do, it just it's it's unbelievable that they're all volunteers. So, thank you for that. Uh Memorial Day, we we talked a lot about Memorial Day. I will be attending as mayor the high school um service on that Tuesday the
27th. Um what else? Uh kind of last but not least is myself uh along with our planner, our burough attorney, our burough administrator, our planning board subcommittee uh which includes our chairman will be meeting by teams or zoom or something tomorrow
night in an attempt to hone and create that um um housing element plan that is due to the DCA by June 30th. So, I think we had a productive meeting uh a couple of weeks ago and I think we're going to
continue that conversation. John Sabar, our planner, was going to come back with a little bit more details on certain things and then that would be you know after that's honed in that that'll be uh of course presented to the entire council and to the entire planning board and that might that's all the right
parameters right that's how it'll go. So that's uh that's tomorrow night I think tomorrow 4:00. Yep. I will I will be there and uh that's the end of my report. Let's Mayor Yes sir. So that's a private meeting tomorrow. It is with the committee. It is. So after it's
presented to the council then the planning board that's when public can comment on it or ask questions. So when we when we create when the whole plan is put together and the council endorses it. Okay. How when does the public get involved in Well,
the the it's a public hearing on it on at the planning board. So, there'll be a chance for the public to comment on it there at the planning board. Right. And then after the planning board adopts it, it'll come back here and then you'll endorse it and there'll be an opportunity for the public. Yeah. So,
we're really getting tight on time. Today is May. We're talking about maybe doing a a special meeting if we have to. Okay. Who presents it at the planning board? you or John Zabel. Oh, John Zabel. Okay. But that's uh you know that's the
next step in the process of our uh uh meeting the obligations of uh our fourth round. Will it be on for us on the June 16th meeting? Are we going to be able to that date? Our June meeting is June 16th.
We're probably going to have to do a special meeting just for this. Yeah. Hopefully we button that up tomorrow night. Y pretty close. Okay. Um All right. Actions on the minutes. Council President. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
Action on the minutes. Minutes to be approved. Closed session of April 21st, 2025. Regular meeting April 21st, 2025. Closed meeting May 5th, 2025. Regular and executive meetings May 5th, 2025.
Second. Okay. Uh, any discussion on the minutes? See? None. Roll call, please. Council, yes. Councilman Boyce, yes. Councilman Marty, yes. Council member Sarah, yes. Councilman Le, yes. All right, moving on to old business. I see
proposed nuisance ordinance is listed again. Um, Ryan, your name is next to it. Um I don't know if we've had any further discussion on it. So I unless someone else has something that they want to add to uh as a followup to our
last meeting. I to recap a little bit as we had um uh you know we had some some residents come in and and talk about noise and and things like that. And we had other residents come in and say uh
um they didn't feel it was and we had people quoting decibel levels and things like that. So I think uh we left it at the last meeting that there was um more research to be done before we pass what I felt was kind of an ambiguous uh um
ordinance there that needed a little bit more clarity unless someone did something more. I think we talked about hiring a an expert. Yeah. Aiologist or someone. Uh and I don't know if we went to that. I don't know if we agreed as a
council that we wanted to do that. We did not I mean we talked about it. We talked about it. We didn't come to consensus, right? fun. We had a resident come in that um you know was complaining and then we
had 15 people, 20 people come in that had a completely other side of the story. So I mean is this something maybe we should just table and see where it goes as opposed to spending money on I think so. I think we made a promise to one that one person. Did we did and I
could tell you that uh our B administrator along with our police chief uh met with the resident in question. I'm saying that right. Um that resident said that he or she would do things differently. They would move some equipment around in their backyard.
They'd be a little bit more sensitive to their to their neighbors. Um I haven't heard anything since that. Doesn't mean that something hasn't happened. So, um, so you met with both sides, Anna? We didn't meet. We met with the one that
supposedly does the music. He was very forthright. He played it for us. We went to the other side. We went to the back of that property. Um, you know, it's all the way about sound. When I was there, could I hear
it? Yeah. Did Joe say, "Oh, no. It's not that bad." depends on how you feel about sound. But the thing was if you looked at his backyard, the amount of speakers were unbelievable. And he did he had them facing so that the sound would
travel because he thought that if he had it facing the house, it would bounce off the house and go that way. He was like, "No, well, maybe you should face it towards your." So, he was going to do some changes and keep it at a level that was okay. So, I I think maybe wait and
see how how this works out. Now, I have a question. Uh if because if I remember correctly, when you were there, didn't the gentleman call the police department at that time and complain? And you guys were saying it really wasn't that loud, right? So, I mean, you got to That's the
thing. Yeah, it's a it's you want to be sensitive to all residents. Uh, and I I think I said it pretty eloquently last meeting is that everyone should be able to en enjoy their private space, their backyard, but people want to listen to
nature and the birds and other people want to hear music. And again, I asked I asked I I know I put it in the newsletter that everyone doesn't read, but you know, if you could be sensitive to your neighbors, you know, around you and you can only only hope.
Um, Mr. Mayor, you know, on this council over the years, the things that usually get people tweaked is lack of communication. You know, people saying, "Well, you just could you could have told me, you know, one I mean, remember one time we we put sidewalks in on the street and we didn't
notify the people on the street." People were not happy. They're happy with the sidewalk, but they're not happy that we didn't tell them. And you told that gentleman specifically, give me 30 days. You know, I would say just get back to him and say, "Here's what this conversation we had here. Here's what we
did. Here's what we're we're we're waiting and seeing and if we have to move forward, we will you know time. I don't have to tell you how to Okay. I'm just saying good advice. It's just respectful. Uh I will do that. Get back to the gentleman. Yep. I will do that. Okay. Thank you.
Um so if nothing else there, but right now it's it's tabled and on hold. uh proposed ordinance amendment. Uh Councilwoman Masar, I think you have a comment on this. Yes, thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um I uh spoke with uh Chief Anders about this because he has a
meeting tonight over uh the fire department. He asked that he would uh come speak about this at our next meeting. Um so I would like to make a motion to move that to the next meeting. Any discussion of that? Okay. Fair enough. Thank you. All right. Uh do we
have anything under new business not listed on the agenda? Seeing none, uh, I'll enter a motion to open the, uh, meeting to the public. So moved. Second. Would any, all in favor? I. Would anyone from the public like to
be heard on any matter this evening? See none. Motion to close. Second. Okay. Um, motion to adjurnn. Second. Second. All in favor? We're journ.