Motion to close the executive and come back to a regular session. We have a motion. >> It is second. >> Thank you. We have a first by Frank. >> Thank you. >> All in favor? >> Great. Great. If there's any more questions, there more questions. >> Go ahead.
>> Okay. 157. That's the water. Is it full open now? >> Yes. So it's opening system
>> and the 167 we are holding an in clock. When is our clock supposed to come back? >> 167. >> There's a 167. >> No 161. >> 161. >> So when is the clock coming back?
>> Roberta, please answer council. Oh, what's the question? When is the club coming back? How come? She is due back on May. >> Oh, then why do we appoint internship?
>> Because we did not have a clerk for the last four weeks. >> We cannot function without a clerk. >> Okay, understand. So, so this is only to cover that period. No, she is right now we she is going on as an interim clerk
and she will stay on until such time as we no longer need her. >> Who will decide once the club is coming back then? >> Well, we have to we have to see this this I mean I don't think we want to
spend the money to hire additional club is coming to do the right thing for the town. >> Okay, now you're talking about jobs. wrong place to do it. Chris, >> I'm sorry. >> If I may, just I have we have no guarantee when when when the people in
that office are coming back. >> And you person too. You down another person. >> I talk about someone else's job in public. >> Yeah, we're down. All we can say is we're down. We have two office. >> Okay. And also I have a question on 162
office. any is there anyone who resigned? >> Well, we had a full-time resation of Jack who's in the finance office. So, Maria who works in mayor part time with
my because she has both licenses now is helping with certain other functions. So, the tax office because uh our tax collector uh is out quite often. We don't have
enough coverage in that department. So, yes, we needed a part-time clerk. We had a part-time clerk. We let her go and the way things are working out, we do need a part-time clerk there to cover the office. >> Yes. So, so we have a one person in
finance department is residing. Then, isn't that make more sense to replace that position? >> It might, but we're in it. We're in interim time. We're trying to see if part time works before we put on another fulltime person. But also I don't want
to talk about personnel. >> Please. >> No question. >> Excuse me. I >> I'm so sorry. to say but how come he even she's speaking like the newsroom even at the station
you know you could have asked us an executive >> Christ Charlie council member is asking you could have asked that question the executive anyways council council man go ahead question >> so um finance department uh we have
officially resigned one single uh employee Okay. >> Now, why can we put someone in the uh higher property appointing right in a finance office, not the tax office? >> Okay, this is what I want to do right
now. Now, I'm going to draw the line for every council member. I allowed the discussion about consent agenda because we did not have a work session. I want you guys to ask questions, not recommend insinuate what we should do concerning management procedures. Not here. Not
right now. This is a regular session. So, please ask questions about the resolution. >> Do not recommend as to this and that an open discussion, especially when you're talking about personnel. >> The recommendation council mayor council, the resolution
stands as is the recommendation of the business administrator, the borrow administrator is to um appoint someone in the tax office. So, can she explain why we need it there? whether we want to do additional hiring. It's not right now before the council.
>> You vote yes or no. That's it. >> So based upon the resolution, um we can move forward. We can have a conversation. You can have a conversation with the business administrator administrator. >> I'm just saying if if this person, you know, this specific person is, you know,
residing from certain department, then that department has to bring someone in or appoint someone in not different department. That's what that's what Right. But she's making a recommendation >> on this on this resolution council. That's all. >> Any more questions about the consent
agenda? >> So 152, what happened with that resolution? >> I don't have everybody's done with questions other than 154.
>> Wait, wait. What's your question? That's >> We want to know what's going on there. So if we're pulling it, there were two that we pulled tonight, right? Yeah, we pulled 154 and then the other one >> is I'm about to pull 160. >> 160. Yeah. No,
>> it's not. >> No, no, it's 164. >> Yeah. So, we got two. >> Yeah. Two. No. >> No. Only two poles. 160's got to go. >> 160. >> Got to go forward. >> Okay. That's That's not full.
>> So, we got 150. >> 15. Okay. I may just put it so we can hear 154 is pulled. The reason it was pulled is that the uh other party uh requested a change in the contract. They
requested that change at 5:15 this evening. I don't have a contract. >> It's 10 to 6. >> 10 to 6. I didn't have time to I wouldn't have time to present it. I didn't time to edit it. We didn't have time to negotiate it. So that's going to be on the agenda for next meeting. And I
know council council woman likes to have the contract in front of her for review and I will have a contract in front of you all for review. Um I not talking it right for the words >> and the other one that's being pulled is
2026 164 just spoke to the the attorney for the lency is there's a lot of confusion right now they're not going to pass something that's a recommendation of the clerk my recommendation um to pull it uh
because there's too many questions right now we can bring it back for the next >> yeah it's not a recommendation as a mayor pull it out. >> Mayor will pull it out. >> I ask a question on that. Is that still being investigated the background? >> That's Well, that's the question. I don't The answer is we're not really
sure what the how many open issues there are right now. >> We we're going to get it all. I I the attorney for the um the the new uh owner of the license
contacted me today. I just was speaking to the out in the hallway. I will get everybody's information questions or strike that I will get everyone answers as soon as I um the attorney what's going on on their
side and from the clerk what's going on with the state. Thank you. >> There's no time deadline for this application. So I think it's safe. >> All right, Chrissy, why don't you go ahead? >> Yeah. So regarding 164, which is I guess it's a license. >> We just said it was ma'am. It was just
cold. >> What kind of you said because of a contract is not doesn't exist. That's why >> no not one for 164. That was for TRIA. That was for the waste disposal. >> Oh, I see. Then >> that's 154.
>> What are you saying to 164? >> 164. >> Okay. 164 is the liquor license. >> The state is saying one thing. The attorney who I spoke to provided me information that what we have is not accurate
information. So, I'm going to speak to him first, find out what's going on. There's a whole bankruptcy issue which which we have discussed in the past. This bankruptcy issue is a little novel thing we have to try to figure it out. We've got information from the state.
Now, we're finding out that the state is telling us that the bank we have to check with the bankruptcy trustee. The trustee has been discharged. I just found out just now. I got to figure it all out. I'm not going to ask you to pass a resolution that you're going to have to resend next time >> and there's no so it's all right
>> better to better to do it right once than twice or three times if it's wrong. >> Agreed. >> Council any more questions concerning consent agenda. >> So, so for 164 even though we pass this resolution there's no way okay to take
this procedure I mean transport right >> but should you repeat that question please? No, there is no way. >> There is no way >> until until we have another resolution and it's all straightened out and then it will be done. >> This is just identifying who the interest is.
>> You know why I'm asking this question, right? >> Yeah, I understand. There's no transfer. It's not a transfer council. We were trying to attempt identify and designate the the the uh >> trustee of the liquor.
>> We're now we're being told it's been discharged a year ago, which doesn't make any sense because that's not what the state's requiring of us. So, we have to figure out what's going on. >> And also, if it's a year old resolution, don't you think council we have to do this all over again? >> No. What
>> the point is he was never named by resolution. That's what the state saying to that person should have been named somewhere in between because he was named 11 federal court. We never
accepted that or did a resolution for it. That's what Laura was told by the state ABC. >> Now, now we're being advised that the trustee was discharged a year ago. So now we got to find out what how to deal with that because again we're following
what the state told us, >> right? But at the end of the day, What I wanted to make clear okay in the town there is a rumor dispersing that uh the council as a like political revenge
>> does not make this kind of like what I'll do is I'll make it clear it's the procedure problems the state is telling us one thing >> we were doing something else until the
state came in and told us that we needed to do a certain thing. So, we were doing that certain thing. Now, the attorney representing the new owner of the of the liquor license is saying, "No, the information that you have in this on on
in this resolution is inaccurate. So, we got to straighten it out." >> So, it's not political. I got the state. I got the attorney. I got the clerk. We got to figure it out. before even we we talk about what happened in in that
I got a lot of calls. Okay. >> Right. But now you can explain that the state is saying one thing that the the uh owner of the property is saying the owner of the liquor license is saying something else and we're stuck in the middle. So we have to straighten that out. That that's make it as easy as pos.
We're stuck in the middle. We're being told one thing. We're both being told something else. We got to get all three things together. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Any more questions on this consent agenda? >> Thank you. >> Seeing none. So on the consent agenda,
we have 147, 148, 149, 150, 151. >> Just one more. >> Sure. >> Sure. So when we change when if there is any case we change the position of that uh
new guy the parttime guy in tax department to the fin accounting or financial still should we we should pass the resolution right >> okay he is hired as a part okay I'm sorry she but If there is any
case she moves from to financing or accounting department still shouldn't pass that resolution. Right. >> Yes. But if we don't continue to need her in that she's only part time. So we have to see how it works out. If it's not working out that we would take
further action. The proceed the specific question council shin is which I want to hear from our attorney labor attorney who specializes is that if we hire a part right we put her in for example finance department right then we find you know what she has better to go up to
the DBW >> do you need a resolution for that or not council >> in this form of government now >> no you don't need a resolution >> the business ad the borrow same business I'm sorry borrow administrator it's all
the borrow administrator can can can move move her if the council does not like it then the council could take action in put on a resolution to vote to terminate the appointment but that's a different issue >> in this form of government for instance
when we move somebody from one department to another part-time person it's a function of the CFO because he has to take the money from a different line >> right but but you don't need council approval In a civil service jurisdiction, you have to move. >> You have to vote, right?
>> Even for a full-time, >> even for a full-time, it's just only for part. >> No, unless you're dropping them in my my position. Unless you're drive be making them become a u a constitutional officer or in the police department as a sworn
person, then you'd have to vote. Other than that, it's a it's a basically it's a mechanism of the of the burough administrator making a termination on how to run run it. You don't have individual departments per se like you
that you have to answer to civil service and outside jurisdiction. The only thing that the administrator has to uh answer to is the staff. >> If that's if that's the case, why don't we appoint the department? She is she would work
>> because right now the the administrator is saying that the place that we need her right now is >> she's a certified tax collector. >> Yeah, we we know Yeah, we know that she's needed in the tax department. >> Yes, that's Yeah, that's why.
>> But uh Okay. But she can move the any departments by the >> VA >> by the by the VA with the exception of again a form officer or a constitutional officer. So let's say you you made her >> the tax collector collector. That's a
that is that or a tax assessor. Those are constitutional officers that you would have to be Yeah. If you made her the clerk I was just making it easy for the tax assessor tax collector. That's a constitutional officer. There'd have to be an official appointment for that. But
if she's gonna if the the the VA wants to move someone from clerk in here to a clerk there in another department, she could she could do the clerk here and in DPW. That's up to her. >> She go ahead.
>> She's a certified tax collector license. >> Can you can you when you appoint someone, right? Can you please put resume or It's not in the packet. >> It was emailed. >> It was in the original email that you got for the work.
>> And maybe it just wasn't on this, >> but if not, we certainly have it for you, but we have a lot going on in the post office and Laura isn't exactly sure about processes here. So, we did >> We're working our way through it. >> We're working our way through.
>> Yep. >> And this is why work session is so important for us. Any more questions concerning consent agenda? All right. Good. May I have a motion? Would you do the motion, please? >> Sure. May I have a motion uh council members uh to adopt the consent agenda
as modified? which is 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160,
161, 162, and 163. That's the consent agenda. I'm the mayor asked me to move this forward. So, I'm asking to a motion, second to adopt the consent agenda as modified. >> I'll make a motion. Thank you. Thank you, >> Chris.
>> And Frank, >> roll call. >> No, no, hold on. No, no, no. We have to adopt the consent agenda. >> Okay. We accept I'm sorry. >> No, that was to accept the consent. So, we have to accept the consent. There was a motion to accept
>> the modified consent agenda. >> Whatever. >> All right. Well, roll call. >> Member Donnie. >> Yes. >> Member Yes, >> member Lee. >> I'm sorry, >> member men. >> I'm just gonna I'm just going to call
the uh the resolution number. I'm voting yes on it. Uh 147 151 152 156 158
159. >> Yeah, that's it. >> That's what you're voting against. Yes. >> So for the record, no for uh remaining resolution. >> Yes. >> Member member >> men.
>> Yes. >> I'll say 147. >> One second. One second. Just for the record, are you voting? These numbers you're reading off. Yes. Okay. Go ahead. 147 and 152
and 153 and 156 159 8 and 159 and I'll abain 151 >> abstain on which one ma'am >> 151 >> 151 >> right
>> okay and then no for the remainder >> no >> did you say 159 you're going to say Yes. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> All right. >> Before we move on, >> we're in action right now.
>> Let's let's finish this thing. >> So, we have it's three on. So, it's let's um do this. You have five votes for 147, five vote, four votes for 151,
>> five. They all pass. They all passed. You want to just say they all pass? >> Okay. >> But for record, you got >> That's fine. Go ahead. >> Okay. >> All right. Go ahead. That's fine. >> For the u the adoption, right? That was
for modification, wasn't it? >> Well, no, they want to do it all. They said they want to do it all. So, they adopted they they approved it as modified and they voted on >> what they were. >> Yep. Right. They voted on. That's why they broke it down by >> as long as you know what they said,
>> right? So, we have all that. >> Good. >> Good. It passed. All right. So, everything's passed. >> Everything's passed. Thank you. >> All right. Yeah, that was that was a little >> complex. Now, time for reports. Council
report. Let's start with Charlie Shin. uh DPW right two weeks ago we put the uh all the pl on the plow beds and plow parts on Broad Avenue uh DBW did all
that work if we use like the landscaping company would cost like more than $10,000 but DBW bought like the flowers by themselves and put the flowers so we put like the semi
plow parts and eight plow beds and three big ones. So total we put 81 the proud beds like this. >> Charlie, didn't we use a a special uh
professional to do that? This year the DPW >> DPW did yeah instead of landscaping company we used before it cost a lot of money but DPW did and saved a lot of money. Okay. This is the before. Okay.
And uh we did this like like this. So the front side is getting more beautiful. >> Nice job. You didn't get the color we wanted, but
we got >> it. Well, well, I want everybody to understand this is a threeseason work. If DP is going to take care of it, we got spring, summer, and fall. And sometimes we put small trees for winter as well. So, you know, it's a lot of
work. So, I hope you take care of it. And thank you very much for taking the uh responsibility. Thank you, Chuck. Go ahead, Councilman. >> No report. >> All right, Council F. >> Hi. Good evening, everybody. How you doing? Um, so first off, we had a
wonderful Memorial Day weekend. I hope you all did, too. We had a great parade. I want to thank uh the mayor, Roberto Stern, David Terteranova, our director, for helping coordinate and get all this together. Roberto also was able to help find some great sponsors who are local in town.
United Healthcare and Shopright and Sarah. I want to thank them as well for their support. Um we had a great turnout despite the rain, despite everything. Also for the police department, fire department, DPW, all of you, thank you for showing up. Thank you for all of the great gifts for everybody. Uh especially for the police and fire department.
Thank you so much for giving that out for kids. Uh Chief, Captain Ratundo, Director Mike Gardner. Uh, thank you so much for everything that you've done here for the Memorial Day and I hope we were able to honor you guys as well correctly and and serve you well. Um, so
that was just one thing for the Memorial Day. I also want to thank also uh Councilman Frank Donghue and Mayor uh Kim also for donating the cheerleaders banner for our school. They were actually instrumental if kids are unfortunately um the cheer team and extracurriculars
were lacking some things. They were able to help provide. So thank you Thank you. >> I also just want to make a note. We have some great events going on. Summer's ramping up. So, regarding the recreation, we have a family swim day coming up. Family swim night. It's going
to be on Monday, June 29th, 5:30 to 8:30, 8:00 over at the pool. We're going to have some free entry. It's free entry from Palisades Park residents only park residents for this event. Free ice cream, free food. We got some inflatable water slides. We have the new spray park that Robera helped build. Thank you so
much. It's going to be amazing. Um, and bring your own bathing suits. You know, we'll have some really good fun. That's that's one event. We also have the uh World Cup watch party that we're going to be doing. We have a few days here locked up. So, we're going to do the
18th from 9:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. at the high school. It's going to be outdoors, weather permitting. Uh we'll have a great event. We're going to put up the inflatable projector, do some great uh things. We'll have some giveaways or some contests and things like that. We'll also have another day that's 18th
from 9 to 11 for the 11:30, I'm sorry, for the Korea versus Mexico game which is a huge one. >> I also thought that would be a great for our Latin community in our town to also have a great event for them as well. So June 27th 7:30 to 10:00 Colombia versus
Portugal is going to be a huge game. Uh we also have as well I'm going to work on perspective. Yeah. So that for now and then also we have um The library, the library has also started some great things and events as well. I want to thank their
participation for participation as well. But they also have a lot of great events. I want you to please check out their website. Our director LD is really working hard and over back there is with the library board as well. We have a lot of things. For instance, uh we also have
a Korean class that we're teaching as well, English as well, ASL, things like that. So, Please be aware of all these things. We have great resources and our team works extremely hard over at the library recreation. All of our departments work so hard. I think you guys all just as residents please take
note of it. Please go through it. Thank you so much. >> Thank you very much. Council Franku, please. >> Okay. Um, a couple Charlie Shin second in line to Charlie Shin with the police committee. I just want to compliment them. I'm so impressed with the police
leadership and the department. I just just can't believe like how real how solid they are and their decision making and uh the way they come across to the community is very admirable. So nice going to to the entire police department. Um, I just found out now
that the June 17th at 6 PM at Over Peek Ridgefield Park amphitheater will be the high school graduation and uh all six members of the council and the mayor will attend and uh hopefully others from the community. It's going to be a
fantastic event. Uh I don't know for sure when the scholarship night is at the high school, but uh that's a very worthwhile event if anybody wants to contribute. Um in regards to yesterday, congratulations for the preparation of
the parade and the ceremony that followed. Nice work by everyone involved. I was I apologize I couldn't attend because I had a case of sciatica. And um I understand you honored Ela Baton. I can tell you he was a great student
and athlete back in the day. Um, a good man and he was my 110 meter hurdler. One of the toughest events going so I'm glad you honored him. >> Thank you. Thank you. How's >> you report?
>> Sure. Welcome back to you. Go ahead. >> Okay. See the display. Okay. Uh, we didn't do any lobby. Mayor did neither. Okay. But let me read this article. The parasite park ranked number one in America for small business startups.
According to an official research report released by ON deck, zip code 07650 in Pariside park has been ranked the number one location in the United States for starting the small business. The
study analyzed approximately 9,700 jeep codes nationwide using data from the US Census Bureau, the FCC and MIT. Researchers evaluated 13 different
factors related to the business success and economic potential including business growth rate, average business revenue, workforce size and tax environments, broadband internet speed and overall startup conditions. So this
is kind of celebrating things we could do. Thank you. >> Number one. >> Yes, number one. We got Wow. It's amazing. Amazing. Go ahead, Chris. >> I apologize. Just last thing, uh I want to announce uh I want to thank Robera
and mayor and Lisa Ar who started this. Uh we are finally actually in the process of creating the hometown heroes program for our town. So, we will honor our service members whether you're here, even if you're Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force. But I also want to extend beyond
that, our police officers, our our EMTs, anybody who has previously worked in our town emergency services as well. Um, these are hometown hero banners, so we're going to be working on posting them up all throughout Avenue to honor people who are residents of Palace Park
who are service members. So, I really want to thank you guys for helping bring this along and and everything soon. >> Yes, it's going to be available and also we'll have hard copies in the clerk's office in the next week or so. If anybody didn't hear that, it's going to
be as our administrator has stated the sign up if you wish to as a family member wish to contribute to for this uh great event or great program there will be online on the website the burough website as well as hard copies if you wish to fill it out over there from the
bur clerk at the clerk's office. >> Chris that would be to offset the charge in case somebody can't afford to honor a worthwhile person that deserves to be on that we could contribute to that that would be great. >> Absolutely. I will work too. Yeah.
>> Yes. And we also thank you for that councilman because we actually do are working on creating this as a self-sustaining program. Hopefully we have some great sponsorships that can help also uh donate and honor some service members who may like you're saying have unfortunately
missed the mark so financially but we still want to honor them and they deserve to be honored truly. So thank you for that. >> Thank you. you guys. It's a great project. Other towns are doing it. >> Yep. It looks really good. Y our heroes are local heroes. Great job, you guys.
>> And um I don't know if you guys seen it on my report. I just want to show you what's visible out there. Broad Avenue is becoming cleaner, safer thanks to the police uh presence over there. because of the numerous accidents that we've been having in Broad Avenue, the police are taking their own hands um and
and making sure that they're guarding the the pedestrian walks, the crosswalks of Broad Avenue, the most prone areas. And the people residents enjoy seeing their police presence there. It shows safety. It shows concern. Not only that,
I've noticed that other other cars in other intersections beside Broad Avenue got used to what's happened to Broad Avenue and they are start to pull and stop at the pedestrian sidewalks. That's a very good sign. So, everyone appreciate the police department for doing that. Also, if you go to
Belleview, it's finally almost done. We created a parking spot, a green parking lot that uses LED solar panel uh street lights um parking lights and there's a lot of office spaces. We also have two EV charging stations to track um other
local uh you know you know patriots or even the residents who have electric vehicles. I want to remind you guys there's there there's multiple um now soon to be parking lots around Broad Avenue. But most important that people don't really utilize and know is the
parking lot behind Anthony Pharmacy. That is a burrow parking lot with meters. So, don't forget that we're getting one Belleview. Now, we have another one, I believe, at the supermarket where we go to the back. So, we're trying to increase the parking
spaces. Also, if you go to Colombia, uh you'll see the groundbreaking where it starts breaking ground for our first and ever doggy park. Some people don't like it, but I believe it's something that exemplifies towns reform and things are getting better and catching up with
others. So, I think it's a very good idea. And not only that, Roberto is working on grants, I believe, to facilitate outdoor outdoor exercising, recreation, exercising equipment at Columbus Park as well. So, I think that's a good thing as well. The other
thing is you'll notice that on first, second, fourth, and the Highland streets, we are trying to address and remedy the prone flood floods that happens on even normal amounts of rain. I think the the
residents enjoy seeing that they see that we care and that is a first step of a 10-year plan that we're all thinking about upstairs trying to remediate enough up you bring up the code bring it up to the amount of water that we have there's
a lot of constructions there's a lot of duplexes here it's not the same as before so we have a 10-year plan to make sure that we will reduce flooding all around Palace Park especially with the $1 million grant that Josh gave us. We're going to revamp the collection uh
water drain line on Grand Avenue from 12 in to 24 in. It will increase the capacity. I think we're moving along, gentlemen. I think we're I think we're doing a good job and we have to continue this and I really thank the council members, the BA, the police officers, and everybody here to make things a
little bit better for Palisades Park. That's about it for me. Uh, attorney you have anything to say to me. Burl burl administrator. >> I I think everything that was done tonight and finally coming to the end
game of our affordable housing situation >> is it's like the fact that we got everything done. We're going to be in court when we're supposed to. And um I'm just very happy that that part of things is over. Uh we had a very contentious
relationship with fair share housing for a long time. But in the last few months that kind of work to our advantage because they started seeing things a little bit more our way and uh so I'm just very happy that that's getting done for this town. >> You're proud of the success.
>> That's all I have tonight. >> Great. Police chief director captain Kab Kabo. Your price is right. Can I just make a public comment about something? >> You're you're you're soon will be having an opportunity after we're done with this.
>> Good evening, mayor. Good evening, council members. Uh very busy at the police department. A lot of good things going on. Our April distracted driver campaign was uh very successful. It resulted in 235 motor vehicle stops. During these interactions, they were all
focused on anything that could uh distract a driver and potentially hit a pedestrian or hurt a resident or cause an accident. So again, that resulted in 235 motor vehicle stops during the month of April. That was a grant that we
received uh from the state highway uh division and uh it was all paid through that grant. Excellent. Um, our director and officer Bob Lee conducted a very informative scam presentation for our seniors. Um, it was it was a nice event.
They had a lot of questions and they were treated to a lot of uh informative stuff on how to avoid scams. Yesterday, our Memorial Day parade was a success. Um, I've worked here for quarter century and I've never seen any Memorial Day
with over 90% attendance by our police officers. Good job, Chief. >> So, I think it was important that we had over 90% of the police officers here. Um, I think it was more important that they were here to show respect for the uh for those who made the ultimate sacrifice and respect for our community.
I think they're doing a tremendous job, these officers, and I'm honored to be their chief. Um, on June 5th, you'll hear the things that they're doing, these initiatives that they're doing, uh, to continue our reform objectives, but also to continue, um, cultural shift
inside the police department where uh kindness is a is an important aspect of the Palisades Park Police Department. So on June 5th, our officers will be participating in the annual torch run. This is for the New Jersey Special Olympics, June 5th. Um
>> what's that? >> It comes through town around 10:00. I'll get you the exact time. It's usually around 10:00 a.m. depending on depending on it's a long it's a long relay. So there's usually around here arrive around 10:00 and they grab the from the
Leon Police Department. Uh they'll run past the students at Lindberg School who will cheer them on. Our high school students will also participate with it and it'll result with the torch being passed down in Richfield. Um on June 6, the following day on Saturday, we'll be
sending officer Loai, Officer Will Dwarte, and Officer Julio Mancia will attend the New Jersey Special Olympics Games. This is at the College of New Jersey in Euing, New Jersey, and they'll be to present the athletes with their medals. On June 12th, our community
policing unit will participate in chief for a day. Uh we selected a child with special needs from the Lindberg Elementary School >> and that child will be the chief for the day. That child will come to the police department. Uh will be provided with a uniform
>> uh and uh hopefully mayor is going to ask you if you can swear them into that day. Absolutely. >> Your creative ideas >> and uh They'll be treated to a tour of the uh police facility. Uh we'll have a lunch. They'll go out to the courthouse.
>> Uh it'll be uh well, I'll have to step aside because we'll have a new >> on June 12th. That's it. On June 18th, um we're having Thank you, Miss Stern, for um forwarding this to me and we booked it. This is the New Jersey DMV. They'll be coming to our parking lot
from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 8:30 to 1. This is June 18th. So, for all the residents, if your inspection stickers expired, you don't have to go out to uh the DMV. We have a mobile unit that can come here on that day. Uh last time it was licensing and whatever you needed.
But if your car's license, if your car's inspection is close to inspection or it's already been uh expired, just come to our police headquarters parking lot between 8:30 and 1:30 and you can go right through there and you can basically DMV is coming to you and
they'll handle all that for you. It's just no just there's no enforcement aspect of it. There's no the police are not there to do anything. It's basically we're just utilizing our facility for DMV to come here and get that done for everybody. Let's see. So, this year is a very a lot
of interest in our junior police academy, which will be June 22nd to June 26th. Uh it was a lot of fun. Last year, we had state police helicopters, uh K9 dogs, all types of stuff. I know today I spoke with the officers and they're
they're working on a a video. It's going to kind of be like an investigation video of who done it. And they have to the students have to they'll watch the video. They'll some important sort of role playinging about it and decide who investigated so they'll get some experience in that. Uh it's a whole
week. It's a lot of fun. Um and then I'll be in touch with you, mayor, because we have to set up the graduation for that. We're hoping to host it here inside this facility. Um anytime after the 26 when that ends, but we're at capacity. We have 35 uh cadetses this
year. That's the most we can handle. That's the most we've ever had. 35. Um, as of this morning, uh, we have 10,537 incidences that our offices have handled in these first five months. Uh, there's
an increase in activity to about 72 incidences per day. Uh, this it's usually the average is around 64. Um, this might just be the arc that's happening now that the weather's breaking. It might also be that the officers are, you know, we do have
officers every single day uh checking for pedestrian safety. Um they're they're at you, you'll notice there's also there's been some concern about sixth and homestead. There's very limited that we can do about sixth and homestead because it's an off-ramp of a state highway, but we can enforce the
stop sign. We can enforce if they don't make the uh appropriate turn in the marked turning course. So you'll see uh you'll see the officers over there. It's not It's not a matter of giving out tickets. It might just be a matter of informing them and telling them that, you know, you got to be careful. One of
the things that we identified is that the students going to the high school often travel that way through Temple Terrace. So, we're we're ahead of it. We also put our speed radar sign on Seventh Street before Homestead Avenue there to also slow them down because that's a very uh it's a it's a difficult
intersection because the cars are coming down Route Five at a higher rate of speed. So, uh, slow everybody down, get everybody aware, try to take a preemptive step in that area to address some of those concerns. Um, as far as our arrests go, we've had many arrests
this month. Five of them were domestic violence related. Three were for trespassing and criminal mischief. Um, Detective Cunns included an investigation that involved an assault, an assault at a local bar that turned into a subsequent death. He closed that
through arrest by making arrest on those who were involved. And we had an interesting one with a terroristic threat that detective Sergeant Michael Lee handled. Uh we identified the person who made this uh terroristic threat. He's serving a life sentence in the Florida prison system uh for a very
serious crime. Uh I he won't be coming here soon to face it, but he was placed in as an absentee defendant and if anytime he did get out, he would face that. Uh that's all I have for. Anybody have any questions? Yes, I actually do. Um, first thing is
you say you talk about speed hubs. >> I didn't there, but I'm glad we will if you like. >> Yes, please talk about speed up. >> M Stern, you have them installed. They're installed. Uh, they're working. Um, Fifth Street is a and Sixth Street
is a very it's a unique area in town. Uh, one of the concerns with Fifth and Sixth Street is that you have highways, especially coming off of Fifth Street. You're coming on Route 46 westbound. You're traveling at a high rate of speed. You're coming down a ramp that
has a stop sign at the end of the ramp and then you're into suburbia. You're into a speed of 25 miles an hour and all of a sudden it's you're you're on go and then boom, you're in the middle of Palisades Park, Fifth Street. You're like literally in the middle of Palisades Park. So we have a tremendous
amount of accidents at the intersections that parallel Route 46 and Route 46 West. So the idea was and the traffic study how pivoted was to try to have a way for people to at least be more aware and one of the uh because you're coming up to
many stop signs. You'll come to Palisades, you'll come to Central, you'll come to Brinkah. Our code enforcement officer was hit in one of those intersections. Uh and our car was total. So, we know we know that those intersections are very dangerous. So, the idea is to try to do something to
stop that. We tried enforcement. It didn't stop it. we put those flashing lights on, the accident still continued. So now that little physical um reminder to stop pretty soon. One of the other problems that I I believe the speed bumps are necessary is because as soon
as the highway backs up, which we know it backs up a lot because of the George Washington Bridge once the cross Bronx gets backed up, it flows all the way back flows all the way up to the New Jersey Turnpike and beyond all the way into Richville Park. And what happens is
the maps, the ways and whatever maps the people are using, it reroutes them through Palisades Park. So now you have somebody who says from Cape May traveling through to George Washington Bridge has no idea that you have to stop at Homestead Breakoff Central Palisades
before you get even get to soul if you decide to go back onto the onto the highway. So that's and they're very short roads. So that little speed bump in there was the idea that came up. traffic engineer checked the study on it and determined that we don't know what the final results are going to be, but
we're hopeful that that would at least stop because the people that are getting into the accidents, right, statistically, the people who get into the accidents are the residents. Most of most of your accidents, your insurance companies will tell you is if you're they usually happen within the radius of your community because that's where you drive the most. So, it's just another
way to try to protect our residents. That's all it is. Anything else, mayor? >> Yes, actually, one more. Um I'm concerned with the subject matter of carjacking grand theft auto in Palace Park. I know that Palis Park is not the only town that is suffering right now.
It's because of the logistic location that we are in including Ford Richfield and Leonia. My first question to you is has it been increasing? >> Let me finish. >> Go ahead. >> Second thing is if second thing is has it been increasing or not? Second thing
is um because you're very proactive and I I captain is proactive and the director is proactive. What what do you have in mind to create some kind of program to reduce our own carjacking grand theft auto? What are the procedures? Let's say I get I lose my car. I call the police. What happens?
>> Okay. So, let's start with the terminology. I know it's like it's like everybody says their house was robbed but it was burglarized. Carjacking in this terms means means that you were that somebody stole items from your car or stole your car.
>> Legally, carjacking means somebody grabbed you out of the car and so just none of that happened in Palisad Park. Nobody's >> nobody's there's zero cases of anybody being pulled from vehicles and the vehicles being sold. There have been no carjackings, but but there have been um
thefts of vehicles and there have been uh items stolen uh from vehicles. Uh there never ones that lose items inside the vehicle, change or whatnot. Uh it's a something they call car hopping where people walk up and down the street in the middle of the night. If you leave your car open, they pull the handle. If
it's open, they'll grab some change or something like that. That's not it's not just an something that happens in Palisades Park. It happens in all of these communities in this area. Now, as far as the vehicle thefts go, uh there has been a reduction in them. Um but
that's also all these areas here. People from different counties, a lot of times they're younger people come into town and they they look for vehicles that are um you know, something that they can either take or send to overseas or something and they're looking to take
those vehicles. We don't have a high frequency of that, but it is recommended that you please do not leave your key fobs inside the vehicle. Uh, a lot of these high-end vehicles, they can tell the they drive the down the side street and if the mirrors are collapsed in, they know that the key fob is inside the vehicle and then they open up the door
and they just take it. So, try to take a little bit of uh, you know, just take any measure to to not make yourself so vulnerable. You know, most of all the cars that are stolen, the keys are are inside. the logistics of cars being uh you know
stolen is it in certain areas is all over the place. >> No, it's there's there's no there's no certain area. It could be anywhere. >> Another thing is um concerning the new parking meters. Some of the council members here um you know are are
suggesting that we are charging for the parking meter after 6 p.m. I think that's absolutely false. I think the residents or wherever patrons are using the parking meters think it's still payable so they pay. There's a big difference between
you know the the person who paying the parking meter not knowing that you know after 6 p.m. it's free right and and and versus the governing body lying saying that it's free but we're
charging them. There is a strict with the with the with the uh emblem of the world says free parking after 6 p.m. Please go ahead, director. >> Yeah, thank you. We have on on each
kiosk, the first thing you see when you come up to the kiosk that there's no park that there's no no fee being charged between 6 and 900 p.m. every kiosk. So if you go to kios to pay
that's the first thing if you once you hit enter and that's the first thing you're going to see. So there's not much we can do about forcing someone to read that. Um we contacted the company about
possibly shutting them down and find shutting them down and firing them up is going to be a wear and tear on these and we really it's going to be it's not going to be cost effective. I mean, >> do you believe, director, that with time people will get used to it? >> Excuse me.
>> With time, the people, the patrons will get used to it. >> Yeah, I mean, they have to see it. They >> It is not I'm almost done. I know. I know you're a And you're wasting your hands right now. So, I see it. But at the end, I want to make sure because there's two council members that are
stating here that we are taking money purposely. were lying to the public that after 6:00 p.m. um that we're still collecting money. Is that true or false? >> The machines will still collect money if people put it in there. >> We're not purposely doing that.
>> We're purposely we're not lying. We're not we're not falsifying. We're not frauding the people. >> No. That's why we we made sure that there was a notice post on each kiosk that there was no there's no charge for parking between 6 and 9.
We made sure every kage I drove by every kage to look at them and everyone had it. >> It was just I mean by coincidence I was getting pizza and I was waiting for my pizza and I saw three women coming up to visit us and it
was very close to So I went over to them because they were having trouble three of them figuring out what they were doing and deciding where they were going. I said, "Oh, you don't have to put money in." They said, "Oh, that's okay. We did it already." And we would just look to see if we can get a receipt. So, and then I pointed it out
to them. I mean, these are just average people that don't live in town. They happen to say they're coming with only one of our restaurants. And I said, "Well, the next time you come, if you look at that, there's good parking for right now. But I mean they kind of
>> okay no deal >> mayor the key the key to all that too is not just that the kioses say that there's no charge for parking between that period there's no enforcement. So no one's getting tickets written during
that time period. I'm telling you, I guarantee that it's no one's getting a ticket a parking. >> Thank you. >> For for not paying a fee between >> what about app and the uh the text message parking payment. It doesn't
actually have the notice that after six is free. right now I'm in it right now and it's still there's no notice saying that it's free after 6 and still taking the money. So if you were to actually
put up those signs in the each restaurant, right, if the uh whoever comes in from out of town or or in town, right, if they wanted to actually feed the meter, right, without knowing any notice from the phone, then you're going
to end up paying it. announcement. If you put a sign in a restaurant, chances are they already paid because they've already parked their car and gone to that restaurant. So, they've already paid before they got to that restaurant.
There's a lot of people actually right there complain saying that, "Oh, I didn't know it was a free parking." Now, the why can't do we have a system where we could actually limit the who has been interacting with both
companies to reach it out to them to see if they can put some type of notice regarding the um online payments and so on so forth that there's there's no charge requirement but have no one brought it to our
attention. >> Yes. Yes. Captain, please go ahead. You're you're in charge of that. Mayor, what happened? Um, just so we're all clear, uh, I get the financial statements and if you'd like, I can show you. Um, the the amount of money being
spent after 6:00 is minimum. And I can show you the I can show you the the amount of money. If you ever like me to see it, I can I can send it to you in an email. U, I can show you exactly the amount of money that people are spending in the meters or through the app after 6:00 between 6 and and 9:00.
>> It's minimal. My point is right it's not about the minimum minimum uh income that whose people are actually at the six I'm not talking about the uh the amount of money I'm talking about we have just adopted highest uh technology
meter recently paying $500,000 right do we have a option where we could actually limit or they giving up the notice saying that wait a minute right is is not on fear fee time. So you can take your money car or money back into your
pocket. Is is there a way we could actually >> So there there is of course uh but the issue becomes that with software updates and everything else like the the police was saying about turning off the meters. We don't want to do that. If we do want to switch the hours that takes some time
to do which is it's in the process of doing um but it's not something that just happens overnight. Um, and if I'm want to be frank, uh, the the notices are out. They're on the meters. They're on our websites. They're on our social
medias. They're they're everywhere. Uh, and I'm sure the business owners are telling the patrons that they don't have to pay because like I said, any payments that are coming in, it's very minimal. So, uh, I get what you're saying and, uh, we've been working with the the meter company and TZ Park and in in the
meantime, we're also in the process of Park Mobile, which should be within the next week or so, but we're just waiting for the signs. Uh, it's already been tested and it's working. Um, so all that together, once once that's all together, we can then go ahead and do that where it's after six o'clock, there's no
charges in the system. >> We're actually, you know, getting into the end of that. >> I understand. Thank you very much. Go ahead. >> No, I was thinking I wasn't sure it looked like I was going to say, but I was
thinking we only have another month of the trial. If it's working, then we will definitely make all these arrangements to make sure nobody. So, since it is a trial, that's the whole point. I don't see any point
rearranging already trial. >> We agree. We didn't want to spend a lot of extra extra money time and money on something that it's a it's a two month, >> right? >> It's like the mayor council comes back and say, you know what,
>> we want to make this permanent or whatever the case may be. We'll show to the company. We'll do whatever we possibly can to make sure people don't pay or can't pay. So the two month two month period is accurate. Whatever the
data is, is that what you're saying? >> Three months. >> Three months. >> Whatever months that has been accumulated, that's accurate. You're saying, >> excuse me. >> Three months trial, right? Whatever that we collected as a data from the meter
parking, right? So you're saying is accurate. >> Do we think it our our information is accurate? Yeah. >> Yeah. >> All right. Good. All right. Thank you very much, guys. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Engineer, there's no engineer here. Finally, for public participation,
we have a motion to close it open to the public. >> I make that motion. >> Have a second. All in favor? I. Public, thanks for your patience. Please come up. Talk about whatever you want, anything you want. You guys got three minutes each. >> Of course. Come on. Come on over. >> A 329 East. I have some wonderful news.
>> There are no more bumps on Fifth Street. >> No more what? >> Bumps on the road. >> It's paved. >> I was away. I was away. I come back. It's done. >> Just for you
about years. Thank you. >> Um, but on a serious note, uh, the pool, >> I took a visit there the other night. The door was open.
I could have walked in there, vandalized the place. And it's a safety issue, too. What if some kids go in there? >> Who is responsible? >> Which door was open? >> The main door. The main
>> the main gate. >> And what time was that? >> 6:00 7:00. >> You remember the date? Because I just want to check. >> Yeah. >> In the morning or in the >> No, it was it was after dinner. >> How many weeks ago?
>> Last week. >> Yeah, last week. >> There was a lot going on and a lot of work being done. But >> mayor, if I may, I'll I'll I'll institute a property check at the pool nightly. Thank you very much. >> I did spot two people in there, so I
don't know if they were authorized to be there. And there were also some bic three bicycles on the outside and a car was there. >> Probably my lifeguards who were working at night, but I'll find out. >> And then I saw
these guys were coming into doing a lot of the female work. So I would assume that's who it was. >> One car. >> Yes, one car. M s just if I may, I just spoke with officer and officer child. They confirmed it was they they did check it out and it was the maintenance
workers two nights ago. >> Yes, sir. >> No, it was last week. >> Okay. Well, >> it's been on one for a few days. >> Okay. >> We'll have every security go in there. >> Yeah.
>> We have security cameras in the pools. >> All right. Consider that. >> Go ahead. Go ahead. What else? >> And the other thing I I looked in there, I'm nosy. I looked in there and the kitty pool is under construction.
>> Did he approve that? Did the council approve it? Did people need to vote for that? >> Yes. >> This was approved last year. Actually, it was a it was a something that happened two years ago when the former council decided to put a straight park
there instead of the kitty pool. Right. And then last year it was approved by this council. >> Must have been out. >> Oh, you're slipping. >> You're slipping Ernie. What else? >> That's it. >> Thank you very much. Anybody else? Thank you. I have a motion to close and open.
>> Oh, of course. Sorry about that. >> Of course. Of course. Go ahead, Mayor. >> I would need four minutes. >> Just want to make a couple points for the record. I understand the name of >> Christopher 316 peace movie.
>> Um with the election right around the corner I am in receipt of numerous flyers and everything else. Um again it can't all be truth right so somebody's lying so many accusations fingerpointings and
so on. But you know what? As a duly elected officials serving the town of Pal's part, I think each and every one of you have responsibility to be honest and tell the truth. And it's all about
integrity, guys. So, I just want to uh make a point in saying that. And by saying that, I want to just point out a couple of things. uh in September 23 when the trailer was um instituted. Um
you made statements saying that the disclosure of a disconnect fee was never disclosed in the contract, but would you mind telling me who signed the contract and how many people reviewed? >> Who said the contract is the governing
body did a vote? You know that mayor as I know that there were a weak mayor and strong council government. We asked we propose the council members for their votes. So none of the council members the police officer who got it the chief
who proposed the contract may counsel uh business administrator and even the attorney. You mean to tell me none of you saw that disclosure the contract? >> There was a disclosure about additional fees. Really? That's why that's why Alan
and and the former uh attorney Scott Crumbl fought that and we actually saved how much from the contract 300 >> 365,000 over that. >> So So we actually save some money. >> It was a two-year contract, right? >> It was it was a No, it was less than
>> 26 cycles. >> 18 18 months. I I recall >> your contract was for 18 not 24 months. >> Months. It was a 26 cycles that you signed the contract for. >> Correct. Well, it was supposed to be around. Anyways, go ahead, sir. We're splitting hands right now. I don't think that's what you want to talk about. Go ahead.
>> And I want to know how many payments were made because I'm asking these questions because I opra requested and I'm still waiting >> because you can't see the >> No, that's fine. That's why I'm asking that's why I'm asking the question. Does anybody know except for Mr. Du and Mr.
P? >> I wasn't on that. >> Right. Right. Except for you two. >> Okay. >> Right. Rest of you are on it. Does anybody know how many payments were made? >> Well, we didn't prepare for that question. >> Okay. >> Yeah, we we should go find it.
>> So, when you negot uh um start when you started negotiating for the u the settlement, do you know how many payments were made before that? >> Off the top of my head, no. What we did
was we worked off of total amount of the contract >> and then >> which is 26 cycles correct >> tell you what I can to answer your question is >> what we did was we took the amount of the contract
>> the amount of the differential between cutting off the contract and we stopped paying for the trailers. >> Okay. Um, and then we added in the contractual fees that were associated with that.
>> And basically we I remember off the top of my head, I think it's four payments of $20,000. I don't remember what it was, >> but we took that total amount >> off that off the total amount of the
contract and then the fees that were associated with that and it was at minimum we say 365,000. One of the reason why I asked the question how many payments uh were made was as in the contract after 17th cycle
you had the you you could have canceled it without any penalties. I don't know if anybody was aware of that. So, so when you go ahead, >> so when you say you save potentially town 300 some thousand, I failed to I
couldn't figure out how you came across that number and um you last month's meeting you you had stated that the settlement was for 64,000 um and um I think it was council M who raised a question as to who accepted
that settlement and I didn't any clear answer >> and the only response I got I'm sorry let me just quickly finish >> and the comment was that the borough attorney has the right to make the u
settlement you're right you are negotiating the settlement but without mayor uh mayor and council's approval of the settlement amount you cannot accept that >> the amount I I didn't accept anything the payment what I'm said what we said sir was that the payment
ofever whatever whatever it was. I don't think maybe it was 64. I don't remember off the top of my head. So that number was less than what we had to pay in the contract and therefore it didn't need any mayor and council approval. There was no settlement
>> per se. They walked away from the contract. We walked away from the contract and we paid monies that were less than the total amount of contract which had already been approved by the council. So you don't to settle
something that you've not expending any more monies then the council already approved. >> So next time can you just give me a summary or um through Oprah request maybe give me a number of the payments that was made. >> Yeah sure the length of the uh contract
so I can figure out the because I think it's important >> I can do one myself the other one I have to find out. Okay, that's fine. That's just one of the >> You have to understand that, right? Is is that the negotiation is not about, you know, um trying to
>> Yeah. With all due respect, I know. >> So, >> so you're not allowing me to speak right now, but go ahead. You got you got one more minute, sir. Go ahead. >> Go ahead. >> And um on October 9th, 25 in North Jersey article, you stated that
um the remediation could be completed less than a year and there could be no penalties to end the trailer lease, but that wasn't the case. So, I want to make sure I get the numbers correctly before
I say anything else. So, if the cost was too high for you to install the hookup and that's the reason why the trailers were used, what about all the money that was wasted >> from the beginning? And okay,
>> and let's say wait, okay, if you buy a Tesla, right, you bring it home, >> okay, and uh you have to uh pay additional money for the hookup. >> Do you pay for that or do you just let the car sit there and pay the contracting fee and just because it cost
$2,000 to install it? >> You're just going to let the car sit there without charging? Okay, this is not a couple of thousand dollars. You're talking about 1.4, four I think it don't quote me on the exact number but close to $1.4 million contract.
Okay. So I think it's very important for people to know what is going on. You're going around talking about savings and so on but it's not really savings. Okay. Another thing you make accusation but one more point. >> You make an accusation
>> sir. I received this uh official letter ahead from the town today in the mail. >> Okay. >> An official capacity. >> You're running out of time right now. >> You're using public tax monies to do your election >> campaigning. This is wrong. You're using
taxpayers money. >> That is not >> Is this not an official letter? Sir, >> you are out of line right now. >> It says office of mayor sir and the postage was paid. Please don't make me. Please don't make me cut.
It's a very simple rules. Please I know the rules. I never section. That's all I ask. Please don't be disrupted. Please. Thank you. Have a good day. Thank you. It was it was it was nice meeting you. >> Thank you. Go ahead. >> It's okay.
>> When the over request comes, there'll be more to come. All right. Uh, any more questions? Any concerns? Public. All right. Good. I have a motion to close the public. Come back to our regular session. I have a motion. >> I'll make a motion. >> I have a second. >> I have a second. >> Great. All in favor? I. We have a motion
to close and adjurnn. I have a motion. >> I'll make a motion. >> I have a second. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Thank you very much.