Council agenda Township of Precipity, Troy Hills, regular township of council meeting of May 20th, 2025. Introduction, posting of notice. Adequate notice of this meeting has been provided in accordance with the requirements of the open public meetings law by following notice in the office of the township clerk and by posting the meeting notice on the bulletin board at the municipal
building on December 2nd, 2024, which remained posted since that date. A legal notice appeared in the daily record in the star in the New York Star ledger on December 6, 2024. May I please ask everyone to stand for the flag? 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. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez here. Mr. McGrath here, Mr. Miscella here, Mr. Negria, Mr. Ki here. Also in attendance are Mayor James Barbario, uh business
administrator Jamie Cryan, Township Attorney Michael Levery, CFO Angelica Sabatini, and the municipal clerk Colet Madden. Uh council president, uh we have a quorum. Uh so we can begin, please. Thank you. Uh upcoming meetings, June
3rd, 2025 at 7 p.m. is the agenda meeting. June 17th at um 7:00 p.m. is the regular meeting. Um, moving along to ordinances, second reading and public hearing. Ordinance 202504, bond ordinance amending bond ordinance amending bond ordinance number
202318, finally adopted on September 19th, 2023 by the township council of the township of Pacific Troy Hills in the county of Morris, state of New Jersey to amend section 5 therein. The notice of ordinance uh 202504 was published in a daily record, the official newspaper of the township of PCI Troy Hills on April 21st, 2025 and
introduced at the April 15th, 2025 regular meeting. Motion to accept ordinance 202504 be heard in their second and final reading by the by title only. Motion second. Motion made by Mr. Neglia. Seconded by Miss Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath.
Yes. Mr. Mucella. Mr. Neglia. Mr. Karifi. Yes. Public hearing. Could I have a motion to open a public hearing for ordinance 202504? Make a motion. Motion by Mr. Mucella. Seconded by Mr. Neglia. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Yes. Mr. Mela. Yes. Mr.
Neglia, Mr. Karifi. Yes. Okay. Uh, the public hearing is open on this ordinance only. You have 5 minutes to speak only on this ordinance. Okay. Seeing no one, motion to close. Motion. Second. Motion made by Mr.
Neglia. Seconded by Mr. Mucella. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Mr. Mucella. Mr. Neglia. Mr. Kari. Yes. Whereas the above ordinance was read in title on second reading and hearing held thereon. And now therefore be it resolved that set ordinance be passed on final reading and that notice of final passage of set orders be published in a newspaper according to law. Motion to
approve the resolution above for 2024. Motion second. Motion made by Mr. Neglia. Seconded by Mr. Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Mr. Mella. Mr. Neglia. Yes. Mr. Karif. Yes. Motion passes. Ordinance 2025 bond
ordinance providing for the construction of a treatment facility for public well 20R by and in the township for symphony Troy Hills in the county of Morris state of New Jersey appropriating 5,200,000 therefore and authorizing the issuance of 5,200,000 bonds or notes to finance the cost thereof. The notice of the ordinance 202505 was published in a
daily record the official script of the township of Detroit Hills on April 21st 2025 and introduced at the April 15 2025 regular meeting. Motion to accept orders 202505 to be heard in its second and final reading. Motion second. Motion made by Mr. Neglia. Seconded by Mr. Mucella. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes.
Mr. McGrath. Mr. Mucella. Mr. Neglia. Mr. K. Yes. Motion passes. Public hearing. Could I please have a motion to open up the public hearing? Make a motion. Second. Motion made by Mr. Mucella. Seconded by Mr. Neglia. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Mr. Mucella. Mr. Neglia. Yes. Mr. K.
Yes. Okay. Uh, the floor is open to the public to speak on this ordinance only. You have five minutes to speak. Okay. Seeing no one. Motion to close the public hearing. Motion. Second. Motion made by Mr. Neglia, seconded by Mr. Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Yes. Mella. Yes.
Neglia. Yes. Mr. Karifi. Yes. Floor is closed. Whereas the above ordinance was read in title on second reading and hearing held thereon. Now therefore be it resolved that set ordinance be passed on its final reading and that the notice of final passage of set ordinance be published in a newspaper according to law. Motion to approve the resolution above for ordinance 202505. Please.
Motion. Second. Motion made by Mr. Neglia. Seconded by Mr. Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Mr. Mell. Yes. Mr. Neglia. Yes. Mr. Karifi. Yes. Motion passes. 20256. Northern Township Council of the Township
Precipia Troy Hills, County of Morris, State of New Jersey, authorizing the township to acquire sanitary sewer access easements on portions of block 698, lot 15.02. The notice of uh the notice for ordinance 252506 was published in the daily record the official newspaper of
the township precipit hills on April 21st 2025 and introduced at the April 15 2025 regular meeting. Motion to accept ordinance 202506 to be heard in second and final reading. Motion second. Motion made by Mr. Neglia. Seconded by Mr. Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez.
Yes. Mr. McGrath. Yes. Mell. Mr. Neglia. Mr. Kipi. Yes. Can I please have a motion to open up the public hearing for ordinance 12506? Motion. Second. Motion made by Mr. Neglia, seconded by Mr. McGrath. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes.
Mr. McGrath. Mr. Mella. Yes. Neglia. Yes. Mr. Karifi. Yes. Okay. The floor's open to the public to speak on this ordinance only. You have 5 minutes to speak. Okay. Seeing no one, may I please have a motion to close the public hearing for ordinance 202506. Motion.
Second. Motion made by Mr. Neglia, seconded by Mr. Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Yes. Mr. Mella. Yes. Mr. Neglia. Yes. Mr. Karifi. Yes. Okay. Um floor is closed. Whereas the above ordinance was read entitled on second reading and hearing held there on there. Therefore be it resolved that said
ordinance be passed on final reading and that notice of final passage of said ordinance be published in newspaper according to law. May I please have a motion to approve the resolution above ordinance 202506. Motion. Second. Motion made by Mr. Neglia. Seconded by
Mr. Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Yes. Mr. Marcelo. Yes. Neglia. Yes. Mr. Karpi. Yes. Motion passes. Ordinance 20257. An ordinance of the township council of township for symphony Troy Hills County Morris state of New Jersey amending and supplementing chapter 329
entitled sewer to amend sections 5 public sewers and connections. The notice for ordinance 202507 was published in a daily record of the official newspaper of the township for Symphony Troy Hills on April 21st, 2025 and introduced at the April 15, 2025 regular meeting. Motion to accept ordinance 202507 be heard in the second
and final reading. Motion second. Motion made by Mr. Neglia, seconded by Miss Hernandez. Roll call. Miss Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Yes. Mr. Mela? Yes. Mr. Neglia? Yes. Mr. Karifi? Yes. May I please have a motion open up the public hearing for ordinance 2020 202507? Motion. Second. Motion made
by Mr. McGrath. Seconded by Mr. Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Yes. Mr. Mella. Yes. Mr. Neglia. Yes. Mr. Karifi. Yes. Okay. The floor is open to the public. You have five minutes to speak on this ordinance only. Okay. Seeing no one, can I please have a motion to close the
public hearing? Motion. Second. Motion made by Mr. Neglia. Seconded by Miss Hernandez. Roll call. Miss Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Yes. Mr. Marcella. Yes. Mr. Neglia. Yes. Mr. Kifi. Yes. Is closed. Whereas the above ordinance was read in title on
second reading and hearing held thereon. Now therefore be it resolved that s ordinance be passed on final reading and that notice of final passage of set orders be published in newspaper according to law. Motion to approve the resolution above for ordinance 202507. Please motion. Second. Motion made by Mr. Hernandez, seconded by Mr. Mucella.
Roll call. Mr. Hernandez, Mr. McGrath, Mr. Mucella, Mr. Neglia, Mr. Kipi. Yes. Motion passes. Ordinance 202508, an ordinance to the town of Pacific, Troy Hills, Morris County, New Jersey, amending chapter 430, zoning of the code of the township of Pacific Troy Hills. The notice for ordinance 20258 was
published on daily record the official newspaper of the township of precip hills on April 21st 2025 and introduced at the April 15th 2025 regular meeting. Motion to accept ordinance 2025 to be heard in the second and final reading. Motion second. Motion made by Mr. Neglia. Seconded by Mr. Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath.
Yes. Mr. Mella. Mr. Neglia. Mr. Karifi. Yes. May I please have a motion to open up the public hearing for ordinance 20250? Make a motion. Second. Motion made by Mr. Misella. Seconded by Mr. McGrath. Um, roll call. Mr. Hernandez.
Yes. Mr. McGrath. Mr. Mr. Neglia. Yes. Mr. Kipi. Yes. Okay. So, the floor's open on ordinance 20250. You have 5 minutes to speak only on this ordinance. Good evening, council. Oh, hold on. That's my
apologies. Don't worry. I'm going to be putting all this in the budget. Hello. Hello. Hi. Hello. There you go. Thank you. Okay. Good evening, council members. Um, I appreciate your time. I'll I'll make it quick. Um, on section 5F number 11. Um, it just goes over a
class 5 cannabis retailer. It's specifically speaking about a building or building lease area within 100 ft. I just wanted to ask, say you had seven people in a plaza, like a shared space. Would would you measure from the corner of that whole building or are you talking about a building lease area of
like a single dispensary? Um, I've seen dispensaries in like a like a you know what I mean like a plaza. So they're united alone from a residential or is it from the building itself? I just wanted to to clarify what you meant by that. Is that your only question? Yes, it is. Yeah, it's from the the building it the
So if it's multi-unit, the retailer itself. If it's multi-unit and you got it's 1,000 ft beyond that doesn't get counted. It's from 100 ft from the actual the unit within the building area but not the if we didn't own the rest of the area. If the storefront's 100 by 100
let's say it's from that 100 by 100 that building not if it's in the wall or you know for me to rent. Appreciate it. Thank you. That's uh that's all tonight. Thank you. You can come up, Nick. That was one of the things that you wanted for the Yes,
just for the ordinance. The last person did not state their name. And did they sign the Did you sign the book? I did not. Oh, wow. You broke some serious laws here. I don't know if we Thank you, Nick. No, no, no. You just state your name. Date. No, no. We just need You don't need to state. You can just You
can sign the book. Thank you, Nick. We appreciate it. Anybody want to issue a summon here? Uh, okay. Thank you, ma'am. Nick, we got a job for you. So, no one else. Seeing no one else. Okay. Motion to close the public hearing for ordinance 20258. Motion. Second. Motion
made by Mr. Neglia. I'm sorry, who seconded that? I did. Yeah. Mr. Mela. Okay. So, uh, motion made by Mr. Neglia, seconded by Mr. Recell. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Mr. Recellum. Yes. Mr. Neglia. Mr. Kari.
Yes. Whereas the above ordinance was read in title on second reading in a hearing held thereon. Now therefore be it resolved that set ordinance be passed on final reading that notice the final passage of set orders be published in newspaper according to law. May I please have a motion to approve the resolution ordinance 202508.
Motion second. Motion made by Mr. Neglia, seconded by Mr. Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez, Mr. McGrath, Mr. Mella, Mr. Neglia, Mr. Kari. Yes. Motion passes. I'd like to entertain a motion uh to open up the
public session, please. Motion. Second. Second. Motion made by Mr. Neglia, seconded by Mr. Mella. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez? Yes. Mr. McGrath? Yes. Mr. Mela? Yes. Mr. Neglia? Yes. Mr. Karifi? Yes. Okay. The floor is open to the
public. You can speak on any matter. You have 5 minutes to speak. Please state your name and uh sign uh the book. I guess we have no one coming up. Okay, we start. Okay, there you go. [Music] Good evening, mayor, council members,
and township residents. My name is Gina Wintermuth. I am here tonight as a mother with a heart that has been heavy and a voice that I can't keep silent. I'm speaking for my son, Anthony Wintermute. Anthony has worked for this township sanitation department for over 15 years. It's more than a job to him.
It's a legacy. A department partly built by his grandfather, Pete Kuzo, a man who devoted his life to this town and served with pride until the day he passed. Anthony followed in his footsteps, dedicating nearly half of his life to serving this community with the same sense of duty. Recently, Anthony found
himself caught in the middle of a political firestorm through no fault of his own. Many of you likely seen the video. It shows Anthony, unaware he's being recorded, picking up a discarded campaign sign for Justin Misella that was lying next to a resident's garbage can. He gave a thumbs down and tossed it
in the truck. That moment, harmless, even silly, wasn't political. It wasn't personal. The truth, Anthony isn't even registered to vote. He doesn't know who Justin Misella was. He was simply reacting to what looked like trash and to the disrespect of someone discarding
a campaign sign. But instead of handling it privately, Mr. Miscella chose to post the video publicly. The Parcipony Patch and Parcipony Focus then picked it up, printing misleading and damaging claims. They accused my son, without factual support, of stealing a sign from
someone's lawn. They called him a thief and a thug. They printed his name and his salary. They claimed the sign was on the lawn at 8:00 a.m., but Ring camera footage later approved that the sign was gone by 6:52 a.m. and the sanitation truck did not arrive till 8:30 a.m. Some
say, "What's the difference?" The difference is truth. The difference is character, and it shows the haste of wild accusations. The impact of these false accusations has been devastating. My son has been vilified by strangers and members of his very community. The
comments have been cruel. One even suggested putting bear traps in garbage cans. Something so violent and absurd and shockingly came from Mr. Mella himself. This is bullying. This is dangerous. And to accuse Anthony of wasting taxpayer money, he is a taxpayer. He pays into the same system
he serves. Where was the Paripany blue collar workers union when this happened? The parcipany focus quoted them saying, "They're here to serve township residents, but you serve your members, the very people who pay dues for your protection. It's your members who serve this community. Yet in their moment of
need, you stayed silent. Now my son's name is out there online forever. Anyone who searches his name sees this story. A moment of levity turned into public shame and the toll has been heartbreaking. Since the incident, Anthony has suffered severe anxiety. He's been to the emergency room twice in
a township ambulance. His mental health is destroyed. I want to thank Mayor Barbario and Anony's coworker Mike who stood by him during one of these episodes. You saw firsthand the pain this has caused. Anthony has always been a man of discipline and heart. He's a
secondderee black belt in taekwondo and competed in two junior Olympics. He served as a volunteer firefighter for over a decade running into danger to save lives. He's worked tireless tirelessly for this town even though it took a toll on his body. After years of
lifting heavy trash cans, he underwent spinal fusion surgery. He can't even hold his 2-year-old daughter without constant pain. He can't play hockey or skate, things he once loved. And yet, when lying on the bathroom floor, shaking, unable to breathe, he looked up at Mayor Barbario and said, "I need to
go to work tomorrow." That is who Anthony is. I am employed at the largest sanitation company in the state for over two decades. Anthony could have come work there for higher pay, better hours, but he stayed in Paripany because he believed in serving this town. Because he believed in Paripany. No mother wants
to see her suffer her child suffer for something so trivial, so twisted. I don't wish that anybody goes through this, a friend or foe. Parcipany is better than this. You don't have to be part of the national trend of outrage, bullying, and petty politics. But
someone needs to be held accountable. Not just for the harm done to Anony's reputation, but for the damage to his health, his peace of mind, and his future. Maybe he made a silly gesture while picking up your dirty diapers, dog waste, and spoiled leftovers. Can anyone here honestly say that they'd never done
something silly to survive a hard day at work? People of courage and character own their mistakes. Tonight, I ask, is there anyone here with the courage and character to offer my son the apology he deserves? Thank you for your time. Any other member from the public?
[Music] Um, Bernie Clark. Uh, good evening. I've spoken before with the council. I'm here tonight uh to discuss some budget concerns that I have from the uh au uh
April 29th budget hearing as well as the May 6th council meeting. As you know, I'm a retired certified public accountant and regularly look at the budgets. So during the April 26 budget hearing,
the sewer superintendent stated that the only big change in his budget, and I hope you can hear me, uh is that the uh health insurance cost went up a,500,000 compared to the prior year. When Councilman Mucella questioned
this, the superintendent repeated it. zone. Separately, the uh township's CFO stated that the cost of health insurance went up about 6% in 20125. Then at the um May 6th council
meeting, Councilwoman Hernandez addressed the sewer utility issue again. She said that the uh budget package showed a sewer utility health insurance cost going up by a,ion500,000 to a total of 4.2 million
which is a 55% increase. This confirmed that the increase that the superintendent mentioned was true. Uh C councilwoman Hernandez added that the uh water utility health insurance costs went up
by a similar percentage although from a lower base because they have less employees. Then then she went on to say that the total cost of health insurance for the sewer and water utilities in
2025 came to $6.7 million in round numbers in the 2025 budget. Now, that's r and she added it's roughly half of the $13 million cost of insurance that's shown on the
userfriendly 20 uh 25 budget. All right, this is absurd. The 2025 detailed budget on the town's website shows that the sewer department salaries and wages amount to about $5
million. So, the health insurance cost of 4.2 22 million is almost as much as payroll. That's crazy. The $4.2 million is not shown on the town's detail budget
because it's hidden in a bucket of 13 million of other expenses. So, I can't show that to you, but that's where it must be. A similar pattern shows up on the water budget. Another way to look if of looking at
this is that there's about 49 or 50 sewer employees in town which represents about 10% excuse me allergies 10% of the uh t town's workforce. So if you took that 4.2
million and multiplied it by 10, you'd come to $42 million for the entire cost of health insurance for the town. That number is absurdly high. There's no way that's the cost. It's got to be something in the neighborhood of
13 million for the town's health insurance true cost. So, this is another way to raise the sewer and water utilities to benefit the general fund. This year, these utilities are being charged an extra 2 million in my
estimation for health insurance that should be in the general fund expense area. In the past, utility budgets, excuse me, utility budgets showed this money as a separate line item in the budget, but now it's hidden under
overcharging for health insurance in the So again, it just doesn't make sense. And for $5 million of salary to have $4.2 million of health insurance cost in in sewer is absurd.
I'm going to add the the lack of transparency on this is only exceeded by the lack of integrity involved. The administration has 30 seconds, sir. What? 30 seconds has actually bragged that the sewer and water departments are not being rated. The
administration will try to spin this differently, but there's no good reason for the sewer and water utilities to be charged 6.7 million for health insurance. So my question is I'm asking the other council members if they looked into this and if so how do they justify
it? Thank you. [Music] Can I uh jump in there? Yes, please. So it's not actually a $ 1.5 million increase. It's actually a um
$276,000 increase in sewer and $174,000 in water. Uh the total health insurance for water is 3,74,000 and the total for sewer is 4,876,000. Thank you. So it was a just council president quickly. Go ahead. So this is
uh um it's a difference. It's cleaning up sub accounts, putting them all into one account. There's printing issues with admins. As far as the transparency goes, we have uh um our auditors, independent auditors who take a look at this budget before it goes out and are
very um clear uh and you know, straight with us to make sure that we don't do anything wrong. After that, it goes down to DCA. DCA takes a look at this and there they DCA right now is actually considering a bill uh regarding sewer
and water utilities. So this is an issue that is top of their mind right now. If they found any issue at all with our uh way of doing things, they would have 100% flagged it. And Ry, if if you don't mind, did they mention anything about
this? No, the division completed their review without any comment. Okay, thank you. So, this is not an issue that was on their radar as something wrong. Um, it was a mistake on
our part with the printing and the way that we did it. Um, and we're sorry for that. Uh, but it's not an issue where $4.2 million is being raided from any uh utility or anything along those lines. These budgets have been online, have
been submitted to the state, have been independently reviewed by auditors multiple times. So if there was an issue that egregious, it would have been flagged. Thank you. Any other member from public?
Excuse me. Uh Nick from Lake Hayawaka. Um I'm here uh to bring your attention and uh uh and in hopes of supporting a resolution for a
uh I'll read it. It's a reduce plastic pollution. Uh we need companies not individuals and communities to take responsibility for the packaging they produce. Uh reducing
excessive packaging waste, banning toxic materials like PEOS lead and vinyl chloride. They actually should have added mercury. Mercury and vinyl chloride are used in plastic
production. uh saving taxpayers dollars and supporting municipal uh recycle programs is the condense of the bills. But right now in the United States of America, we
have very little if any at all producer responsibility and the efficient cause of all this plastic pollution, which is really an ongoing crime. They say crimes are down, not in single-use plastics.
It's it's all it's all over the place in those pictures I showed you and everything. And I believe our tax in tipping fees was is approaching $3 million. So if you have good practices
and you source separate, you're dragged down with everybody else. You look in any trash can on the avenue, everything is all all mixed up. There's no dis. It's totally out of control. The the only way to get a
handle on it is to have these producers pay and to eventually reduce the production of these senseless singleuse plastic products. So I made a copy of
the Senate bill which is 3398 and the assembly bill is uh 50009. Wrote a letter to all the appropriate uh people and I'm asking uh you to look into it and support the
legislation. Can you give Colette a copy of that? Uh I certainly will. But uh we all know that we've created um an abnormal norm and it's it's just not right. People see
this all the time and they accept it and they shouldn't accept it. It's a terrible thing. It's actually a form of ecasicide. It's it we even have the microlastics they're finding in our body and everything. It's a less affair thing
that just got out of control and the the only hope is to get it under control and New Jersey is wise enough to be one of the states to address the issue because the federal government that we have right now is, you know, you can do just
about anything you want, but if you got a lawyer to pay the money, you can interpret the Constitution. So, um I'm going to leave it with Colette and uh maybe we can give it to the environmental committee and uh the sooner the a resolution the better.
Yeah, thanks. You're giving it to Colette. I'm going to bring it over to I had seen that and I think it's a good idea especially since we're spending like what tens of millions of dollars in pipany reducing pas
but I mean the water treatment we're red we're we have to remove it so they're redoing a lot of the water treatment in paripony and it's very expensive and we're going to be paying for it so if we could in the future reduce it like you're saying that would be pretty good
so uh all right it's necess s. Yeah, thank you for bringing that up. Thank you. Thank you, Nick. Any other member from public? [Music] Tony Fano, 41 Robin Hood Road, Mars Plains. I'm here tonight uh for the
disgrace that was placed against one of our public workers and our extremely investigative precipany focus. This gentleman, Mr. Murcella, has claimed issues against every person on the council and the mayor. Now he does
it against a public employee who can't defend himself. So I have a present for both of them since they're two pieces of shouldn't say. Any other member from public? Okay, seeing no, I like to entertain a motion to close the public
session. Motion second. Motion made by uh Mr. Mr. Neglia. Neglia. Seconded by Mr. Hernandez. Uh roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Yes.
[Music] Mr. Mucella. Yes. Mr. Neglia. Yes. Mr. Karifi. Yes. Motion passes. The floor is closed. Moving along to the budget.
Resolutions are 2025 101 authorizing the 2025 municipal budget to be read by title only. Motion to approve the resolution above. You just Sure. No. really quick. Um I I had sent over some cost-saving measures to the council um
before and I wanted to see if you know there was any willingness to entertain some of the ones that I had proposed. So um you want to have that discussion for the second one for the adoption? Sure. Yeah, let's do that. So um can I get a
motion in a second for this please? Motion cuz we're just reading this one in. So that's Judy U Miss Hernandez and then second it. Sure. Okay, Mr. Mella. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. uh McGrath, Mr. Mella, Mr. Neglia, Mr.
Karifi. Yes. Okay. Moving along. Uh R2025102 for this. We'll get a motion, then a second, and then we'll get into the discussion. Motion. Uh okay, fantastic. We'll go ahead. Resolution the Terra Council of Pipany uh on the Terra Pacifies adoption of 2025 budget.
Motion made by Mr. Neglia and seconded by Miss Hernandez. Wait before I wanted to Yeah. I just wanted to talk about the email I had sent with some of the at this time is when we're going to do a discussion. We're not going to So this is the time for discussion. Uh so go ahead, Mr.
Misella. Yeah. No, I just uh I had sent over uh we you know to rewind the tape, I had a a great meeting with BA Cryan and and CFO uh Sabatini. Um and uh you know I put forth some of the suggestions
that came out of that meeting. Um, and for the the merit that I feel, uh, they should be introduced as a means to actually lower the size and the scope of the increase, um, to get us closer to a balanced budget while being mindful of
any impact it would have on township services. I mean, I'll I'll I'll start. I I reviewed your list. I talked to Mr. Cryan about it. I just me personally I don't feel that that would be beneficial. One one of your items was you wanted to use $600,000 in surplus to
bring the budget down which we've gotten away from. Um which I know Mr. Venezio loves. Um another thing was the uh the tax assessors, his legal funds. I mean right now last year we got hit with what was it again? A billion dollars. It was
the township attorney, not the tax. Okay. The attorney. Um, again, this money just because we didn't, it was great, we didn't have to use it one year, the following year, if we get more uh legal matters in, we're not going to
have that money in there. Um, I think this budget is rock solid. If you ask me my opinion, it's $4 and change a month. I've spoken to our auditors about it. Um, they said everything is is on great, you know, great. the town's in a good
place. We're working. Our surplus is continuing to grow. Um, I just think that, you know, every I brought up every matter I I discussed every matter with Mr. Bryan and every answer he gave me satisfied my questions that I had in
addition to your questions. And um, so I I just think it's good the way it is. Yeah, I have to uh agree with President Karifi. um using the 600,000 in surplus. Uh I don't I don't think that's a good idea. Um you know, we remember what
happened before when we started using surplus. We used all our, you know, all our surplus and then we wound up with $8 million deficit and I don't think we want to go down that path again. I think it's a sound budget and I don't think we need to use the 600,000. Um looking at some of the other items you you mentioned, um elimin
eliminating the the u the vacant positions in the mayor's office. Personally, I think the mayor needs needs some assistance in there and he's a very busy office. I I know everyone that's in there does an outstanding job, but a little bit of extra help, I don't think would would be a bad thing. And those are things that have been in the
mayor's office prior. And uh I wouldn't agree with that either. Looking at the uh vacant position of communication specialist and keyboard clerk in the BA's office, we all know how overwhelming the BA has and all the the amount of work he has in there. just go
in there and look at how much he has going on, the different piles in his office. So, I I would recommend to the BABA BA that he hires someone to give him some assistance with all the overwhelming amount of work he has. Now, this one kind of kind of troubled me because I'm involved with a lot of parks
and and uh fields and everything else. Eliminating $63,000 for the park attendance. Um I I I don't agree with that. um they don't just check the parks or check, you know, the bathrooms and observe and they do a
lot more than that. Um they uh and we've done some improvements on our our parks as you you should know. Um I would expect that that we we hire these people to assist with the with the parks. It's been the history of the
parks and the recreation department to have these people employed. So, I mean, not too long ago, one of our new turf fields, um, somebody pounded a bunch of 2x4s into it, uh, to utilize it for, uh, one of the sports and it caused an immensely amount of damage. On top of
that, uh, Volunteers Park, uh, a lot of the playground equipment was put ablaze a while ago. In addition to that, the bathrooms, the gazebo, damage to more turf, it's been a lot of vandalism. So, I I think uh you know, it would be a
good idea to have a park attendant come back because we've had it for 20 plus years prior and I think it worked out pretty well. Um so, maybe you're not aware of all the damage we incurred and all the things that they do, but they do a lot more than just check the bathrooms. Um, you know, they uh they
watch for out of town people using our our fields who caused damage. Um, in out oftowners are constantly showing up to use our fields. I know that for a fact. Not too long ago, I was down at Lake Park and a group of people from out of town showed up at one of the at the field down there as we had a little
T-ball game going on and uh they brought out tents, they brought out music, they brought out barbecue grills that, you know, we had just about finished the game and left the field, but I saw what they were doing. and they made a mess. This is a problem. This takes income away from the town and it chases the residents off the fields, not to
mention, you know, all the damage they can cause. And um I think that's something we we need to be concerned about. Um for many years, we did have park attendants and it lessened the vandalism and misuse of our parks and fields. The park attendant compliments the police and are trained to notify
management in the event of any maintenance issues or any field use issues. In the past, the police knew when an attendant was on duty and correspondent, they corresponded with the attendant. The park attendant has a record of who has the permits for the fields and for the parks and for the
picnic grounds and they they stay on top of that. So that, you know, it's not misused by people who don't belong there. So I I I think that's a benefit to the residents and to the town. I think that I feel very strongly about that, especially being involved in all the things I've been involved with on the parks and fields. Um, looking at the
administrative cost, I mean, consulting fees, I saw you we had 367.85 and was a $50,000 budget. Uh, that's really not much to to think about taking. A budget is it gives you a ceiling and a guideline not to exceed. I don't really think that's much that we really need to
cut a grant writer. We only spent uh 198 or we had 40,000. Well, I would hope we exceed the 40,000 and get a lot of grants. That's my personal opinion on that and I wouldn't touch that either. But um you know it's there's a lot of different opinions out there and we both have different ones. I respect yours and
I hope you respect mine. Um the uh tax assessor. Okay. We had $256,000 in legal fees. I'm aware of that. But uh I'm also aware that we have $1 billion in tax appeals, you know. So uh just so we're clear, it's a township attorney. Nothing. It's not about the tax
assessor. Well, it says All right. Well, in any event, and that's my mistake. I thought you meant tax assessor. No. No. Okay. It was a township attorney. Uh, no offense. Okay, that's fine. That's fine. Um, but in any event, um, you know, we do have a lot of tax appeals and I I
think we need to be care be cognizant of that because we are going to spend some money in there. Um, regarding the master plan, I mean, I think that's something we need to look into. $5,000 is pretty much a minute number. So, you know, I think, uh, the administration looks needs to look at that. And uh I'm sure
you know with all we have coming on in this town with uh all the different things happening I think that's something we need to look at and I think 5,000 is sufficient. So just my opinion I respect yours and I that's mine but I I think uh you know costing the
taxpayers less than $5 a month for everything we have in in the budget and uh not forget the public safety of the 10 new officers and you know all the other things we have going on with the rising cost of benefits and everything else and settlement of contracts. I think it's a solid rockolid budget and
I'm uh I'm pretty proud to say that I worked on it with the with the finance committee. [Music] Okay. I think you guys finished discussing this or cuz I do want to talk but I I want to kind of move on to my
comments. You uh not not about the budget. Is it about the budget? It's about the budget. Then you're more than welcome. It's discussion. This is discussion. So you know so thank you Bernie for coming up. I did speak with um Miss Adatini and Mr. Cryan and it is
confusing to me too a little bit how it how just looking at the budget is very confusing and I think I'm pretty smart but I understand and I understand your point as well. So, I just have a a kind of a statement that I wrote and I'm just
going to read it, okay? Because there's just been a lot of back and forth on debates on things that have been written. People like keep saying certain numbers over and over again. So, and I might not be that popular at the end of this meeting, but
for the record, I would like to comment on statements made time and again here in writing in public on how we got here in 2025. There has been a lot of conversations about the state of Corpony in
2021. How does a town grow a surplus? It grows from the money coming in. revenue is the hotel and retail, municipal court fees, traffic, summones coming in. Um monies that come in maybe under the
anticipated budgets that were allowed allotted such as job vacancies that have might might have been there in the budget for a long time, changes in costs, taxes, etc. or your taxes. Over the last three years, the overall tax
bill for Paripony has increased upwards of about 22% for Paripony residents surplus. In many years past, budgets were balanced on the use of water and sewer surpluses. Many years past, those apartments were once at risk
of deficit. Then the interest on those loans became due. Mayor Soriano weaned Percipany off the practice. didn't say he didn't do it either, but weaned off the practice and the town made emergency sewer repairs that were needed in cash,
not bonded. And then it was 2020 and it was co so it decimated revenues. Just putting it out there because we keep forgetting that. And the things keep talking people keep talking about $8 million. There wasn't $8 million in 2021. And there was not the surplus
there was in 2018, but the deficits were not as large as has been stated. But this is 2025. There are so many troubling national issues and reckless federal actions that may affect us that we cannot underestimate the financial impact on our residents and it might not
be from parcipany. It just might be Medicaid or whatever. These are things are happening to people in par might be happening to people in paripony. In this budget though, there is a bit of shuffling of funds, I admit, and funded vacancies that have been
long-standing. As you pointed out, this budget does have a surplus, though, and I think passing this municipal municipal budget at this time is in the best interest of the town for security and quality of life and for us to continue
to work us for the residents of Poor Sipony. So, although I had a mouthful to say about some of the things that I wasn't thrilled about, I do think I am going I am going to vote for this budget. Any uh other
discussion? Okay. Um Mr. McGrath, I don't know you moved up like you were going to discuss something. No, I would I would just comment that uh you know, I appreciate Councilman Meella always putting thought into the budget. So certainly he and I have talked many many many times over the last two years around budgets. Um with regards to this
budget, you know, one of the biggest issues I heard from everybody we talked to when I asked them the same question across the board is what's the number one thing you need? More people. So I would be very hesitant to pull more people out of the budget. Um and I also
do have a big concern around surplus. Last year when we talked about it, one of my big thought process was we need to increase surplus so that we can get better bond ratings. We reissued $76 million in bonds. BA was it? Was it that much? Remember the number? I don't have
the number. I don't remember. But we reissued it by increasing our surplus and getting favorable bond ratings. So we've proven that having a surplus is of value to our town regardless of who is the mayor in a year and a half, right? Whoever sits there needs to have a surplus so that we can have the right
bond rating. So, for me, I think it's a great budget. Uh, I'm concerned that some of the people said they still need more people and we don't have enough people to satisfy those needs. And, uh, like I said before and and and I'll offer it again, we have great kids in town who can help fill those roles. If
they are vacant and continue to remain vacant, we should look how can we help as a council go and work with the schools to get those roles filled. So, that's just my thoughts on it. Okay. just to yeah just to be explicit on a couple of things because um the
proposed um utilization of the surplus is coming from the general general fund. So, we're not taking from any utilities, which I know has been controversial in the past, but um I I would, you know, and I do agree with uh Councilman
McGrath, that uh we do have significant amount of positions to fill and if we can at least redirect this money for for better use, um is, you know, where I would like to see the money go or provide some modicum uh relief to
taxpayers because, you when I talk to people, they are hurting right now. Um, you know, people are trying their best to make ends meets just like every homeowner. So, you know, I I will agree that uh this is the best budget I have seen since I've been on on council, but
we've gone through a course of almost 25% in the last 4 years to get here. Um, and that's led to this situation that we're in. Um, so I just wanted to clear up that. Uh, but the park attendance is a new expense. It was an expense that
was here last year and it wasn't in previous budgets. And then when it comes to the vacant positions that I highlighted, these are positions that are going on three or sometimes four years. And I'm not I don't want the mayor to think I'm picking on him, you know.
Um, but you know, the confidential aid or the the chief of staff uh position is going on four years and that's almost $400,000 over that course of time that we could have redirected to equipment, personnel, and so forth.
Okay. Um, now that we've had all Can I just make one comment if I may? Nothing real big, but with regards to a comment that was made tonight with regards to the 2020 the you know the co era and uh all that stuff. Um we got to where we
got because of special dispensation that the local finance board will never ever give a township. Very rarely will you see a township and Ry you can tell me if I'm right or wrong will get special dispensation. And what that basically means is the former
administration didn't have to follow the local finance laws for that year. They could estimate the costs. And how do we get to 8 1/2 million? By estimating over estimating revenues over anticipating over under anticipating expenses. That's
how they got to the um to that portion. Now we had the American Rescue money that the township received. It really should have been used for capital improvements. It should have been used for things like that. Instead, it was used for revenue, which when I became the mayor in 22, once it was used for revenue, we had to use it for revenue
again. So, to sit here and say that um our surpluses were healthy, but understand when I took surplus from the sew utility, we replenished it. Um I always monitored it, always made sure, but over anticipation of revenues is what gets you to the $8.5 million
deficit. And that's how we got there. Why wouldn't you use the revenue during CO if there was no revenue coming in? My point is that it was used for revenue. Since it was used for revenue and not for capital improvements, we're behind. Number one, you overanticipated
on hotels. Uh they anticipated $2 million in revenue to come from hotels and only 1 million came in. So right there you're a million down which means that when you come under your anticipated revenues you got to make it up in the following year. But don't we
have that in our budget now? No anticipating some of the budget before they come. Obviously we're not obviously we have a budget that's balanced. We have all those things. Remember in order for him to balance it he had to get special dispensation. That was the only
way to do it. As you know, the that went all the way into like what the fall almost the budget being uh being approved because the council did not want to approve that and then they wanted to bond $3.3 million to pay expenses. So to sit here and say that it wasn't over anticipated. It sure was cuz
you had to go to the DCA, you have to go to the local finance board to get those things approved because it's not allowed and they got special dispensation. I come in if we ask for dis special dispensation. The answer was no. So we had to tighten our belts. So that 14%
increase the first year was due to the fact that 21 and 22 was over anticipated under and underticipated in expenses. Any other discussion? Okay. I'll change my mind. Okay. No. So at this time we're going to
go ahead and go into roll call. Miss Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath, yes. Mr. Mucella, no. Mr. Neglia, yes. Mr. Karifi, yes. Okay. The motion passes 4 to one. Uh, moving
along to the consent agenda. Be it resolved. All items listed with an NSC are considered routine and non-controversial by the township council will be approved by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless council members so requests in which case it will be removed from the consent agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda. Motion to approve the consent
agenda. Please. Motion second. Motion made by Mr. Negria, seconded by Mr. McGrath. Roll call. Mr. um M. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Yes. Mr. Miscella. Yes. Mr. Neglia. Yes. Mr. Karif. Yes. Okay. Moving along to the approval of minutes. Can I please
have a motion to approve the minutes above? Make a motion. Can I get a second? Second. Second. Motion made by Mr. Meella, seconded by Mr. Negria. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez, yes. Mr. McGrath, yes. Mr. Mella, yes.
Mr. Neglia, yes. Mr. Karifi, yes. Motion passes. Presentation reports. Mayor, yeah. I don't have my real good glasses on, so excuse me if I Well, first, spring is in full um spring in full swing and participating. There's so much to celebrate this month,
and I would like to start with the 2025 budget. It's my obligation as mayor to ensure the township is spending every dollar we have towards the need for participating residents in a responsible, efficient, and effective way. This year present a both a challenge and an opportunity to
methodically review how we do things for our residents and their future. This budget continues my commitment to tightening our belts and being mindful of your hard-earned dollars. I'm excited about this budget, not only because it is the lowest increase in years and much lower than the rate of inflation in the
cost of living, also because it's an excellent reflection of the conservative fiscal acumen and responsibility we have demonstrated for you over the past 3 years. It shows our demonstrated commitment to fixing the township's finances and position our finances very well, not only for 2025, but into the
future. This year budget reflects a modest 2.13 overall increase in the tax rate. The municipal portion increase is 2.22% which is $4.95 a month, $5941 a year impact to the average
residential home. We understand that any tax increase is a burden and that is why we have worked diligently to keep this increase as low as possible. I work hard and my administration works hard to engage with the community, gather feedback, and ensure that this
budget reflects the values and needs of our residents. I appreciate the time and effort that so many of you have taken to share your thoughts with myself and the township council, and I'm grateful for your continued support as we navigate these difficult times. This budget comes
at a time of rising financial pressure, not only on our township government, but also on our residents. Like many of you, we are facing increased utility costs, higher health care expenses, and other fixed costs affected by inflation and recent market uncertainty. We know these
pressures are real and they are being felt throughout our community. Despite these challenges, we have worked hard to craft a fiscally responsible budget that keeps our township on path of safety and sustainability. Our goal is to maintain the service that matter most to you
while keeping the taxes as low as possible. When you gave me the honor of returning as your mayor in 2022, I spoke frankly. The dire straits the town's finances were under in the past administration. Prior budgets were underfunded, as I just explained, overly
tight and not realistic portrayals what was necessary to run the day-to-day operations of the of the town. Fixing our financial position allows us the flexibility to not only make significant and strategic investments in the areas most requested by resident
public safety, public works and paving, parks and recreation, but also offers us the opportunity to fill vacant positions to provide our employees with the backing to support enhanced customer service efforts for our residents now and in the future. The 2025 municipal
budget continues to face economic challenges similar to those all households and businesses are facing, but we have been preparing and planning. I'm enthusiastic about the 2025 budget and I appreciate those members um approving the budget tonight because it shows our demonstrated commitment to
fixing the township's finances and stopping the kick the can down their own mentality. It positions our finances very well, not only for 2025, but for years to come. We have made difficult choices to ensure that the budget remains balanced, prioritizing essential services while foregoing new major
additions to the operating budget. The one exception is public safety. We must continue to invest in the safety and security of our community. And as such, we are expanding our commitment to public safety with investments in equipment, software, and most
importantly, manpower by adding 10 new police officers. This year, we are continuing our $300,000 investment in our volunteer volunteer squads, ambulance, and rescue recovery, and we are committed to expanding our open space, parks, and recreation facilities.
It is crucial that we continue to prioritize public safety. These additions will help ensure that we maintain response times, and services for our resident. Public safety remains a cornerstone of our thriving community, and we are committed to investing in it despite the pressures we face. Together
with the finance committee and our professionals, we have worked hard to provide our residents with a responsible budget that is responsive to the needs. I'm grateful for all your hard work on this and I look forward to your partnership and moving forward. Now, our fight against the New
Jersey Builders Association. I'm excited to announce that a major milestone has been reached in our fight against the New Jersey Builders Association with the court siding with the township on our numbers. This is critical step forward for the township and a great result combating the special interest of the
developers. Accordingly, the decision and order fixes the township's present need obligation at 130 affordable housing units and the township's prospective need at 496 affordable housing units, which represents 57 unit
reduction in the DCA calculation of 553 housing units. I always felt lawsuits from New Jersey Builders Association was outrageous and unacceptable. The sad irony of the unfunded state mandate of affordable housing or highdensity
housing I like to call it in New Jersey is that this lawsuit is further proof that developers have and continue to drive the affordable housing agenda. Builders should not have a place at the table when deciding how many affordable housing units should be constructed or where those units should be located. And
I'm grateful to the courts that they agreed. PD promotions for symphony truly has the most outstanding police force in Morris County, if not the state of New Jersey, and it was an honor and privilege to celebrate six officers who have tirelessly served our communities as they step into their new leadership
roles this week. I know Lieutenant Tom Glasniaak, Lieutenant Earl Kinsey, Sergeant Ryan Taylor, Sergeant Gregory Blade, Sergeant James Seager, and Sergeant John Kaling will all continue to make us proud. Mayors in Morris County, I had the great
honor of participating on a panel about local government issues put on by the Morris County Economic Development Corporation and the Morris County Chamber earlier this week regarding redevelopment pilots and affordable housing. The mayors in Morris County, regardless of party, are doing a great
job of coming together to exchange ideas and work together. And I'm grateful to be part of that as we tackle the important issues for somebody's Memorial Day parade. Let's come together as a community to honor and courage the courage and commitment of all who made
the ultimate sacrifice defending our nation at Precipany's Memorial Day parade on May 26, 2025 uh at 10:00 a.m. That's where um I'll be having the ceremony and the parade will be at 12:00 starting on Civil Way in
202. Summer concert series is back. I'm excited about the return of our favorite summer tradition, including the upcoming summer series. Gov pilot numbers. We've had 1,141 uh calls into the Gov Pilot. 95% of them
have been closed. That's 1,083. 1% open. That's 11. 4% in progress, which is 47. Tonight, I'm excited to add to the amount of open space that we've preserved since I've been mayor. Uh, of course, with the
council's approval, I am pleased to announce that the township of Pimina Toronto has come to terms on a price of 2.5 million to purchase excess property at St. Christopher's Church. This approximate 10 acres of land has been the subject of
numerous applications before the township board that frankly have traumatized residents in that area. The time has come for Paripony to acquire this property by using its open space trust fund to ensure that this land will stay preserved in forever. These open
space trust funds have been approved by the voters to use for purposes like this. I want to thank Father Luis Hernandez for being a good partner and a pillar of faith for our community. These funds will be used to improve the structure of his church in accordance with the applicable law. For those
residents who live in the surrounding area, this means you will never ever need to worry about a development on this piece of property. Once the township purchases the property with open space funds, it can never be sold to a developer. I will be asking the council to introduce an ordinance to acquire this property and prove the
contract as early as next month with a closing to occur short after the property is subdivided. Acquiring this open space is consistent with my policy of redeveloping existent underutilized and vacant commercial buildings while seeking to preserve as much green space
as we can. My time as mayor, I preserved approximately 70 acres of land. I think 130 is the forge pond where Whole Foods is another 11 acres. Um 17 acres over on Null Road and
this there's 10 acres here and I can't remember the other one. Coet Coset property in closing and this is important. I would like to take a moment during National Public Works Week to recognize and thank the incredible men
and women of our public works department. Their dedication to keeping our town running smoothly. Whether it's maintaining our roads, managing snow removal, ensuring clean parks, or responding quickly during storms often goes unseen, but it's always essential. This year's
theme, advancing quality of life, perfectly reflects the impact public works professionals have on our daily lives. They work tirelessly behind the scenes to build, maintain, and improve the infrastructure that allows our community to thrive. To all our public work employees, thank you so very much
for your commitment, your hard work, and your pride in serving Parcanany. Thank you. I could keep going, but I don't want to counsel. Okay. Nobody from council wants to speak. All right, we'll move on. Go ahead. You go first. You got Yep. So,
economic development team alongside mayor Barbario will celebrate the one-year anniversary and welcome new management of the Goddard School located at 311 Smith Road with a ribbon cutting celebration on Friday, May 30th at 3:00. We invite the community to join us in recognizing this local business and it
continued investment in Paripany and its commitment to serving our residents. The economic development committee welcomed AB Marketing Group located at 10 Landedex Plaza West with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, May 15th. And the economic development committee is excited to announce that the grant
opportunities to support local businesses with critical funding will continue through 2025. Eligible businesses may qualify for grants ranging from 5,000 to 50,000 to reimburse costs associated with interior and exterior enhancements and the purchase and installation of new
furniture and fixtures and equipment. Economic development committee's next meeting is on Wednesday, June 2nd at 6:30 in the third floor conference room at 90 East Haly Road. Public is invited. Please RSVP with Chairman Frank Cahill at 9735596000.
Yeah, I was just going to follow up um a few residents on Brooklyn uh to BA crime about the uh DOT sign that's been there right on the corner of Route 53 in Brooklyn. I had emailed you about it. I just wanted to see if you've heard
anything from DOT yet. Yeah. No, I'm sorry, Council Member. I have not. Um I did see that they had contacted they contacted it and so uh uh I'll follow up to see if there's any different answer than they've received. Okay. Um but
yeah, no, I would actually now this will shock a lot of people. I would actually like to thank the mayor and BA Cryan over the weekend. We were uh babysitting our in-laws uh dog who got away um and uh ended up at the Paripony Animal
Shelter. though to the uh the credit of the mayor and BA Cryan and Tom Carney and uh Kim uh they uh they rescued her and uh you know made my in-laws happy, my wife happy who for a moment was worried. So thank you for uh your help
that night. I I appreciate it and I know Courtney feels the same way. You're welcome. Okay. Um counci, no report this evening, council president. Mr. Administrator, thank you council president. Uh just real quickly I wanted to thank this
council um for their assistance and leadership in uh the budget process. Um your input was incredibly helpful and council president, thank you and council vice president Neglia for your roles on the uh finance committee. Um when we
started this process, the budget was uh a lot different than it is now. uh each step of the way. Uh we were able to um fight and claw to get it a little bit lower and get it a little bit lower. And when we brought it to the finance committee, it was it was a really tight
budget at that point, but council president and council vice president both had some uh uh important input that allowed us to reduce it even further. Uh so we got to this point where at 2.22 and uh 2.13 overall.
Um it's uh you know it's the importance of this is not just numbers because it goes beyond numbers. It's not just a static document that stays the same and then all of a sudden tomorrow it's like you know uh everybody gets to cash checks and stuff like that. There's a a
real importance that the township uh administration that our CFO Angelica Sabatini that this council and especially our mayor and our department heads take in making sure we're doing our absolute best for our residents. You know, I I've had the
great opportunity of of being in multiple municipalities as as an administrator and uh an executive director for uh uh subboards and in different counties. um uh throughout the state. And I say it
um maybe it it gets people upset when I say it, but there's really no other town that has the same level of services offered to residents that than Paripony. It's it's amazing the amount of services that are offered. And it's it's amazing the quality of services that are
offered. And I know that there's complaints and many of those complaints are justified. um were not perfect, but you could see the uh uh attention to detail uh from a lot of our sanitation department, from our parks department,
from our police. There's just care and concern when you come in. You know, you may not always get uh the beautiful smiling face every single time, but you're going to get it most of the time. And if you don't get it uh uh every time, uh if you call my office, we try
to correct it. Um so I just want to thank everybody uh for being involved in this process uh to help with this budget. The um you know particularly I'd also like to thank Angelica because Angelica came
in halfway through the process. It's not easy if she started uh and had plenty of time to to adjust but she we threw her right into it and she was able to pick it up perfectly and and she worked really hard. she came in on weekends and
did everything she was supposed to do to make sure that this budget was as as good as possible for you. Um and um that's where we're at. So I again I appreciate all the input from the residents um and all the input from the council and uh department heads. Thank you.
Thank you. I have no report. Moving along ordinances first reading ordinance 202509 bond ordinance providing for various 2025 capital improvements for the township precipit hills in the county of Morris state of New Jersey appropriating 3,570,000 therefore and authorizing the issuance of
3,391,500 in bonds or notes of the township to finance part of the cost thereof. Be it resolved that the above ordinance be introduced for by title and passed on first reading at a meeting of the township council of township precipit hills held on May 20th 2025 and that setness be further considered for second reading and final passage at a meeting to be held on June 3rd 2025 at
7:00 p.m. prevailing time or soon thereafter as the matter may be reached at the municipal building in set township at which time all persons all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard concerning set ordinance. Be it further resolved that the clerk be authorized and directed to advertise settlers with the notice of introduction thereof being published in the official newspaper according to law.
Motion to approve the above resolution. Motion second. Motion made by Mr. Neglia, seconded by Mr. Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath, Mr. Mella, Mr. Neglia, Mr. Kip. Yes. Motion passes. Non-consent
agenda R20511 authorizing change order number three final for the Mount Taper phase 1 motor main replacement project. Motion to approve the resolution above. Yes. Make a motion. Second. Motion made by Mr. Mucella, seconded by Mr. Neglia. Ken, I have a quick question regarding this one. You sure can. Uh, we had a
family here who had made some statements that that we didn't finish work during phase one. I see it says final. Do we have an update on that? And Judy, I apologize. Do the name of the family again? The Anderson. Anderson. Anderson. I think it's been resolved. We have an update on that. You want to take that mic? Yeah. They've been moved to the
second phase. Perfect. All right. Thank you. I'm very happy. Good. Motion passes. Um, did I did I do roll call on this one? No, I didn't. Mr. McGrath, thank you for messing up my groove here, bro. Uh, roll
call. Uh, Mr. Hernandez, yes. Mr. McGrath, yes. Mr. Recell, yes. Mr. Neglia, Mr. Karifi, yes. Okay, motion passes. R202512 authorizing the purchase of Microsoft SQL licenses for the precipit. Motion to approve the resolution above, please. Motion.
Second. Motion made by Mr. Hernandez. Seconded by Mr. Neglia. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Mr. Meella. Mr. Neglia. Mr. Kurifi. Yes. Okay. Moving along. Approval of payroll and bills list. CFO
Angelica Sabatini recommends authorization for payment. One, authorizes payment of the May 23rd, 2025 regular miscellaneous payroll estimated at $1,650,000. And two, payment of bills from bachelor list of 52025, which is $1,942,936.91.
Motion to approve the authorization for payment, please. Motion. Second. Motion made by Mr. Neglia. Seconded by Mr. Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath, Mr. Melo, Mr. Neglia, Mr. Kas. Yes. Motion
passes. I was waiting for someone to look over. Motion to adjourn the meeting. Make a motion. Second. Motion made by Mr. Mella, seconded by Miss Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. M. McGrath, Mr. Yes. Mr. Mella, Mr. Neglia, Mr. Creepy. Yes.
Mr. Ngler, you're going to say yes. All right. We're adjourned. Everybody, have a great night. Thank you. They gave it up. They got some more. Yeah, they did. It's a thing.