Okay. Council agenda. Township of Pacific Troy Hills regular township council meeting of March 17, 2026. Introduction. Posting of notice. adequate notice that this meeting has been provided in accordance with the requirements of the open public meetings law by filing notice in the office of the township clerk and by posting the meeting notice on the bot
board at the municipal building on December 4th, 2025 where it's remained posted since that date. A legal notice appeared in the daily record in New York ledger on December 17, 2025. May I please ask everyone to stand for the flag salute >> 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. >> Okay, roll call. Mr. Kipi >> here, >> Mr. Kavanagh >> here, >> Mr. McGrath >> here, >> Miss Patel
>> here, >> Mr. Hernandez >> here. >> Also in attendance are Mayor uh Padet Desai, business administrator Mark Seaman. We have Township Attorney Joe DeMarco, Miss Clerk Ked Madden. Uh, Council President, we have a quorum. Can I begin? >> Yes, please. >> Upcoming meetings. Uh, April 7th, 2026
at 7 p.m. agenda meeting. April 21st at 7 p.m. regular meeting. Ordinances, there are none. Uh, presentations. So, right now we have a presentation. We're going to do the uh can we do the presentation for the um community hope for an application on uh Morris County
Home Grant and then we have a presentation on global initiative safe soil. So, uh, the save the soil the do you you want to do it after the, uh, the budget or do you want to do it now cuz since you have the budget already set up. So, we'll do it after the budget.
>> Is going to be long. So, >> yeah. >> Okay. So, then they'll just have to connect to you guys can connect to the uh to the projector at this time. >> Oh, boy. Stacy just has to unplug your hers.
>> Oh, actually, we may have an issue if you disconnect and reconnect. So, could you wait till after the budget? >> Is that the goal? >> Yeah. >> Yeah, we'll do that just so it doesn't >> Yes. All right. Thank you.
>> Okay, then we're going to move along to the public session. I'd like to entertain a motion to open up the public session. >> Motion to go home. >> Second. Motion made by Mr. Hernandez, seconded by Mr. Patau. Roll call. >> Are you the home grant? >> The community.
>> Do you want to do that now? >> Well, the home the home. Do you need a uh >> Do you need a projector? You don't need a projector. Then go for it. >> No. Up front, >> please. Do we need a mic? >> Do you have a mic? I don't know. Give it
one second. All right. Uh, my name is Janette Vanderhof and I'm the property director with Community Hope. We are >> I think you should face us, right? >> I'm sorry. >> You should face us. >> Sure, you can face me. >> Sure. Um, my name is Janette Vanderhuff.
I'm the property director with Community Hope. We are a nonprofit organization that houses uh individuals with severe mental illness and homeless veterans in the community. Uh we have a property that's located at 639 Taber Road uh in Corsipany and we are looking to apply
for the home grant fund for the 2026 year in the amount of $197,000. That grant uh would substantially help our organization by giving it uh a lot of renovations that are needed outside.
We need a new retaining wall, a handicap accessible. Sorry, >> speaking of the mic, >> a handicap accessible unit. Um, we need some kitchen renovations, a bathroom renovation. Um, and this would really impact uh the five individuals we have
living at that property. >> Okay. Okay. So, are you presenting that you're going to submit the grant for us? >> It's already been submitted. Yeah, the grant has been submitted. We are just here for the approval for the town.
Um, I don't have a problem with that. What's the protocol for somebody in town for submitting a a grant? >> So, I mean, >> who's the the the grant is submitted with the town or with the county? >> With the county? Mars County. >> And you're just looking for a an
endorsement from the township, >> correct? >> Of that. >> Correct. >> Okay. >> Yes. >> And have you submitted the whole package to the township? >> Correct. I think the last part we need is uh the
these forms filled out by you guys. >> Okay. >> Okay. When do you need that by? >> Uh the sooner the better would be great. >> Okay. Did they also want a resolution in from the township? >> No, just these papers need to be signed. Okay. >> Okay.
>> Do you want to hand them to us? >> Sure. >> What was the address again? uh 639 Taber Road >> and it's an existing >> that's an existing three family unit. Uh there's two two-bedroom units and a single one-bedroom unit upstairs.
>> So just cuz you weren't talking into the mic at the beginning. >> Oh, sorry. >> So just for the people in the back. So it's it's essentially a rehab of that building. >> That's correct. >> Right. It's not building a brand new building or doing it. >> Nope. It's just renovations to the existing unit. >> Can you just say the renovations again
for everyone? Uh it is a uh foundation injection, a railing and retaining wall, a repair for the stone wall in the front, uh siding replacement, window replacement, and a kitchen renovation. >> So it'll clean the house up. It'll correct. It'll look better. >> Absolutely.
>> It' be benefit to the neighborhood. >> Correct. >> And the existing neighbors. >> Absolutely. Okay. >> Which side of the is that on chamber? I'm trying to >> um if you're heading towards Mars Plains, it's on the lefth hand side. >> Okay. And you had said something about uh the handicap accessibility. Is it to
bring you guys up to ADA standards or >> We are currently the unit itself um one of the two-bedroom units is uh up to ADA standards now. The parking lot in the back that we have is not up to ADA standards. >> Okay. Okay. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Would you want to hand those forms to
clerk? >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> All right. And we know where to send this back to. >> I >> just email the clerk. >> Yeah, >> I will email the clerk. >> Thank you. >> Thank you.
>> Have some flyers. You guys want any about our agency? >> Uh one you want to leave them here. I will. >> Here you go. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Any other member from the public? Come on up, Tony. >> We didn't get the public session that
she has to open it. >> Oh. Oh, let me open up the public session, Tony, real quick, cuz they they stay right there. >> We were all interested. >> We didn't public session. >> Yeah, we're it's coming. Uh, we had a a motion by um, Miss Hernandez and a second by Miss Patel. Roll call. Um, Mr.
Karifi. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kavanagh. >> Yes. >> Mr. McGrath. >> Yes. >> Mr. Hernand. Uh, Miss Patel. >> Yes. >> And Mr. Hernandez. Come on up, Mr. Fazana. >> Hold on. Tony, 41 Robin Hood Road, Mars Plains, New Jersey. Couple subjects tonight. Uh,
one was about the affordable housing. Newark is issuing and rebuilding hotels. There's copies of it. And there's also the 69 towns that were exempt from it. Maybe we ought to talk to our governor about making and forcing everybody to comply.
uh that say they're claiming nothing can uh be exempt and the issue is uh never failure. Well, here's some documentation of the same thing that was done in 2008. It's $300 billion worth of failure.
So, if these houses and affordable houses were supposed to be all occupied by now, what is going on? It seems like we just talk about the affordable housing numbers, but nobody realizes I've been to four public speeches and pe people are talking about
the 400. Nobody's talking about the other 2,000 behind it. What are you going to do? You know, is this an epicanel routine? I make 713s equal 28 or do we start issuing Pinocchio awards?
Like I said, this is 300 billion. It's actually on the books now for federal from five major auditing firms. The property is valued now at $750 billion. >> Thank you.
>> Any other member from public? >> Come on up, Nick. I know you're I know you want to come up. And you know what? Why is everyone parcipany voting for a pilot is one of the most consequential decisions that a council
member must make. For example, the park pilot alone cost Paripony taxpayers $117 million in future tax revenue. On several occasions, including the last two pilots that were rushed through the
system, I believe that the council members were not given enough time to review the legal ease contained in the pilot agreements before having to vote. So I would like to make the following suggestion.
Included as part of the pilot application package, Paripony should require the developer to submit a plain English version of the pilot agreement in addition to the standard legal version.
Easy request. No, it doesn't cost anybody anything. Also, um I have a second suggestion for the governing body to consider. Last December, the developer of the park project threatened to discontinue the
project unless he was granted a pilot. This threat was strategically timed to occur a few a few weeks before the state the state was scheduled to review Paripid's affordable housing plan.
Without 120 affordable units from park, the state would have undoubtedly rejected the township's plan and that would have likely led to builders remedy lawsuits. I believe that the timing of the developer's threat to abandon the park
project was deliberate and extortionary at the end at at the end. Um and the end result was just that as the developer intended for simply granted park a $17 million
long-term pilot tax abatement. So, my second suggestion to the governing body is intended to prevent a developer from doing what Park did, leveraging an upcoming state affordable housing review to pressure symphony into
granting a pilot. I propose that the governing body should adopt an unstated policy of scheduling a vote on a pilot on pilot ordinances after not before the next scheduled review of PCPy's
affordable housing plan by the state. You know, kind of take that extortion out of out of play. When it comes to pilots, Precipany always seems to have to react to the demands of the developers. These suggestions are just two ways the
township can exercise a little more control over the pilot process. I'd like to hear your comments on these suggestions and I urge you to adopt both of them. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> I love it. Bob make a few comments,
right? What do you want to make a few comments? You sure can. >> I think there were good suggestions. We're taking everything that comes in to paripony now in a different manner. >> So, so one of the things too, mayor, that maybe we should start to think
about, you know, we've heard with all these affordable housing pieces coming up that there more than likely will be offers for pilots. Maybe we should build out a committee of yourself, the BA, maybe one of the council members here, and someone from the public so that we
can achieve what Bob just discussed. So, make this a little more formalized and allow them to then have a a clearer voice and vision in terms of what the impact of this is because $17 million is now to be made up with it by the residents. I want to make sure the residents fully understand what they're
what we're doing up here that's going to impact them over the next 30 years. Yeah, absolutely. We'll uh >> come on up and see what we can do. >> Doesn't have to be. >> Yeah. >> You have any suggestions?
>> All right. Microphone work. >> That works. Should work. >> Nope. Doesn't. Oh, yeah. Come on, Nick. You doubting me, man. >> You okay? >> Um, just a short uh comment on um what Bob said. We're in the fix now because
the the United States of America doesn't exist anymore. We don't give to the States of the United States. So, these developers are going to use the excuse because we're headed for bad economic times. They're going to say, "We have to have
the affordable housing and we just don't have the money, so we're going to have to have a pilot." Thank you, President Trump, and your gangster capitalist war criminals. Um,
the polar vortex came back and it's time to blame the wind. Today on North Bever Lake Avenue between 118 and 144
there was medical waste spread along the avenue. I made a uh concern to the health department and the sanitation department. Both look closed down. Now, the medical race
wasn't real muddy and gory, but it still had body fluids on it. Uh there was some uh mucus and tissues, gauze, uh tubes you stick down your nose with, uh some
uh uh stuff on it. This address 118 has been practicing improper sanitation for years now. for years and I've made several
concerns over the years and the same thing is going on now today. They had to get a street cleaner out there and Chad that the inspector said it was taken care of. It wasn't taken care of because it was all the way down. I got pictures.
It was not taken care of. But here's what's going on. How many people do we have in the health department? How many people do we have in the housing department? We have one sanitation inspector
in a town that leaves the garbage out two days two days a week. Now, I I saw an article they're hiring police officers. Why don't they hire another sanitation officer? Because to me, the fact that we only
have one, it's just gaslighting. We've given up on trying to do better for for a community. Uh uh we're we live in a complex system.
I just want to read this. We all live in a complex system. The mitochondria and the cell, the cell in the organism, the organism in the ecosystem, the ecosystem and the biosphere. It's the same in
nature as it is for mankind. We're part of nature. We're not working together. The department of this town are off on their own linear courses. They don't work together. They pass things up. When
is it time for a town employee to make a concern? Why does the citizen always have to make a a concern? If somebody drives by or sees something or degraded area, for example, that's so trashed, if
a citizen doesn't report it, it doesn't get reported. So, we got to we we we have to start working together as a community cuz as far as I'm concerned, 2026, community is
just a word. It's just a word. But this um both departments close it out and I doubt whether this address will be remedied. It's ongoing and our sanitation workers shouldn't have to
come out because somebody can't put a bag out and tie it right or leave the lid on a garbage can and then the wind blows it and where does it wind up? winds up in your community, winds up in the Rockaway River, winds up in Troy
Meadows. We got to start doing better as a community. >> Thank you. And this is a bag here. Some of the evidence with the >> the medical stuff I picked up. >> Okay, >> Nick, can I have the address again, please?
>> 118 >> North Beverwood Road. >> Okay. >> And it's been ongoing for years. Mayor, >> what is that? >> Well, I'm hearing for the first time, so >> it's a a temple. >> Okay. >> But they leave the bags out. They don't
tie them. It opens in the wind and it's, you know, blame the wind. >> All right. Thanks. >> Thank you. Thank you, Nick. >> Mr. Suarez. Nick, if I might if I may add real quick, over the years, I have seen
where, you know, when it's very windy like this and and garbage gets blown around, I have seen some of our sanitation workers go out of their way, walk across the street to pick up some garbage that's been blown out and throw it in the truck. So, but if you're saying it was spread all over Beverick
Road, I mean, you know, they can only pick up so much. But I have seen our guys go out of their way with the exception of picking up just regular garbage in front of someone's house and going across the street to get stuff that's blown around. >> Put a lid on the can. >> No, I know. But it was very windy last
night, so the lid probably blew off and then whatever. But >> good evening. Before I start um comment all red all medical waste is supposed to be red bag waste. Just the fact that it wasn't in a red bag is a violation as we
all know. I hope we all know. Before I start, I want to make clear I'm not picking on any individual that may or may not be in the room. I'm just stating a fact here. Okay. We've all heard of the deal that was struck between the son of a former councilman
and the barbario administration. To make a deal at the very end of the former mayor's term cannot be allowed to happen again. Richard, >> can you speak? >> Cannot be allowed to happen again. So rather than bestow such a sweetheart
deal to the politically connected, I'd like to put forward an alternate plan. Should another lease agreement of this kind become available in the future. There are scores of veterans that have fallen on hard times. And this type of
lease agreement that was agreed to by barbarian owned friends could be a lifeline to someone that served our country. No doubt living rentree for a year could help some deserved veteran get his or her life back on track. I
know a gentleman that works for the American Legion who serves as a liaison between the VA and veterans. I am confident he would be able to find and recommend someone that could use a leg up during these times of increasingly
high prices. Are there any residents residency requirements for this type of lease? I cannot imagine anyone would oppose helping someone that has sacrificed for our country.
Should another should another such lease opening become available. I hope my suggestion would be considered. I wonder if there are any other sweetheart deals that were swept under the rug
in Mayor, former mayor Barbario's last days. The residents of Parcipany can't afford another term with mayor, former mayor Barbario and his wingman Johnino pulling the strings
behind the scenes to the detriment of Paripony residents. I'm now going to shift to one of my favorite subjects. >> Labyrinth >> ice Christy Gnome did a bangup. Did Did Christine Gnome do a bangup job
before she was moved from her position? I mean, even Donald Trump could not put up with her antics any longer, which included a $220 million no bid camp ad campaign, which her longtime
friends just happened to be selected for. These ads starring none other than Christy known. I believe the $220 million would make it onto the list of the top
12 most costly movie budgets of all times. And exactly what are we going to do with the billions upon billions of dollars worth of warehouses that are buil being built for ICE once this
country comes to its senses and stops the madness. I suspect the well-connected entity will purchase them for pennies on the dollar. This money could have and should have been spent on health care assistance for
the needy, many of which are children. To simply deport people that have ties to their communities, some of which are business owners and have employees dependent upon them for their livelihood, makes no sense. This is
exactly what is happening. just so ICE agents can achieve the arbitrary number of 3,000 souls a day simply because Steven Miller picked that number right out of his head
is insane. Has any progress been made on the Lake Hayawa library situation? And when will road resurfacing uh be? >> You have 30 seconds.
>> When will road surfacing be uh started again on Lake Hayawa? The road's just a horror show. I thank you for your time. I thank everyone here. Good night. >> Thank you.
Anyone else? >> Do we have anything on the library? Do you want to mention? >> Uh, not negro, are you coming up? >> Nothing new. >> Nothing new, but there is something with the library being worked out and we hope to make an announcement in the near future. >> Okay, thanks.
>> Yeah, there is positive progress. I can report that. And on uh just on end the comment for Mr. Suarez on the uh veterans uh thing. Uh I'll take that. >> Mayor, can you just speak into the mic?
>> Oh, Mr. Suarez, your recommendation on something to do with the veterans. Uh as a veteran myself, I would definitely take that into consideration. Thank you. >> Good evening everyone. My name is Frank Neglia and I want to address some
comments that were made by Mr. Sorz. I want to set the record straight. For starters, there is no sweetheart. There are two two there's a resolution in the ordinance that give the mayor the authority to do what he did. Now, regarding the person who got the lease,
there is currently a person with the same exact lease living in Craftsman Farm and his coworker also got a lease for the other house there to be the the caretakers of the facility. Now, caretakers of facility don't live free.
They have to put in 64 hours a month. They have to also pay for all other expenses with the home. Unfortunately, when someone reported it, they didn't report all the truth. They didn't report the resolution, which which supports
this, and they didn't report the ordinance that supports this. Now, that's a shame because they put a young man's name out there who's starting a family, has worked diligently in town for 10 years, long before I was a councilman, made his own mark in the
town. I had nothing to do with it. I always stood out of his way. I never got involved. Anyone who thinks to the contrary either doesn't know me or is just blowing smoke. Now, regarding the facility, uh the person that was spoken about this
evening was not the first person asked. He only took it after several people turned it down. So, for the record, it was not a sweetheart deal. And for the record, it's it was done the right way under the ordinances number 2016-08
and 2020 resolution 158. If you look them up, you'll see the mayor had every right to do it and he acted within the jurisdiction of his position. Anything he said to the contrary is false and a lie. And if someone's going to do research on it, they should get all the facts straight,
instead of trying to put a person's name in the newspaper that really is innocent in this, starting out in life, has had some hardship trying to have children, and finally has a little girl, and it's just despicable that people would act in that manner. Not asking for anything,
just follow the rules and regulations and give a person a chance that was asked for the opportunity and not by me. Thank you. Any other member of the public wish to speak? >> Okay, seeing no one, I'd like to entertain a motion to close the public
session. >> Motion second. >> Motion made by Miss Pat Mattel, seconded by Miss Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Karifi. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kavanaaugh. >> Yes. >> Mr. McGrath. >> Yes. >> Miss Patel. >> Yes. >> And Miss Hernandez? >> Yes. >> Okay. Okay, the public session is
closed. At this time, we're going to be moving along to our budget presentation where I'll call uh our business administrator uh Mark Seaman up and our CFO and Junka Sabitini along with our auditors to uh do a short budget presentation.
Hello. Hey, there it is. All right. Can everybody hear me? Okay. All right. That was great. >> First, I'd like to take a quick opportunity to say happy St. Patrick's Day to everybody and thank you for coming out to listen to our fun presentation uh on a night that you could be doing something else. Um, right
now we have the Parney Troy Hills 2026 budget introduction. Uh, we have Mayor Pulit Desai, business administrator myself Mark Seaman, chief financial officer Angelica Seabatino. Next slide. The finance committee uh consists of myself, our CFO, uh Mayor Pa Desai,
Council President Judy Hernandez, Council Vice President Dia Patel, Misable Clerk Ked Mitten, and Township Auditors PFK O' Conor Davies. Next slide. >> Okay. The goals and objectives of our
budget is to improve and protect township infrastructure, create long-term fiscal stability. >> Excuse me, Mark. Is there a mic on? It just sounds low to me. >> Low. >> Okay. >> Can everybody hear? >> Everything all right? >> Cass, can you hear him speaking? Oh, you can
>> everything. All right, perfect. If it is, just let me know. >> Again, to create long-term fiscal stability, cultivate collaborative decision-m, review and assess all outstanding capital projects, invest in township employees, and provide residents with quality services.
As you can see on the 2026 property tax level breakdown, 60% of your taxes are the school, 26% is municipal, and then 9% is the county, 5% making up the remaining uh municipal and county open space, fire districts, and library.
Right now, we are looking at a 9.5% increase on the municipal taxes for 2026. Okay. So, for the general budget increases, it's a 6.75% increase or 6.35 million. The remaining uh 2.75% is associated
with our utilities, which will be presented uh when the departments come in to speak. As of right now, we're looking at $130,000 increases in department operational budgets. We've asked most department all departments to come in flat where they
can and departments who have the highest increases will be presenting uh their budgets separately at the April 14th special meeting that is going to be held. We're looking at a $2 million increase in budget corrections. What these are in our capital
improvement fund. Um our reserves have been drawn down to cover the cost of going out to bond each year. So, we're increasing this by $1 million to allow us to cover normal capital costs and expenses and start the process of rebuilding our capital improvement fund. We also are putting another uh million
aside for accumulated absences. This is another increase of $1 million, which allows us to cover normal absences and payouts while avoiding special emergencies, which is how it's been handled in the past. Then we have $2 million in increases to salaries, which is a 5.75% increase from
2025. Roughly $1 million of that is uh a result of new positions within the municipality. As you know, through um the newspapers, we'll be budgeting for 10 new police officers as well as various other entry- level positions throughout the township.
One of the things that's been brought up uh to me throughout the short time that I've been here is having attention on vacancies and new hires. Uh a part of this administration is that I will be providing a report on a monthly basis at our regular meetings that will pretty much break down how many vacancies we
have and how many we've filled. Uh tomorrow morning we have a department head meeting where I will be instructing all department heads to have all of their vacancies and requests uh for new hires when this is ultimately approved to be able to immediately go out. um for advertisement for all of our open
positions. And as I said, every every month at our regular uh council meeting, I'll be providing stats on where we are within those hires. And then uh we have a $2.5 million increase to set costs. This is a 5.22%
increase um which is about a quarter of a percent more than the 7-year average of roughly just under 5%. Next slide. Now, we're going to discuss some of the budget challenges. Uh the accumulated absences I had just discussed. Uh health
insurance rates have gone up by $2 million. Capital improvement fund as mentioned as well. We're increasing that by $1 million. Other insuranceances which include the sorry uh liability insurance, auto
insurance, what am I missing here? Sorry. uh unemployment and I think I missed the slide. >> That's it. Okay, that was it. Okay. And then for reserve for debt service, I'm
going to hand it over to our CFO. >> Um for this one, uh this is an anticipated revenue in the budget. Uh that draws down on the reserve that we have. Uh the reserve has been drawn down significantly over the last few years
and all that remains is $3,000. So it's a revenue that we had at 26 264,000 last year. We can only uh anticipate 3,000 in this budget. Um and then the next one, the fund balance. Um we'll explain a
little bit more later on, but this is reduction in the revenue source of 2.5 million. >> Thank you. And then finally, we have the reserve for uncollected taxes, which is a $200,000 increase. Um, essentially, our tax rate dropped below what we normally anticipate, and we are able to
use an average of the last 3 years. There's a resolution on as well um to allow us to do that. Um, but again, that will result in a $200,000 increase. Next slide. So, we discussed earlier the uh budget set costs.
Essentially, uh, we are looking at, again, it's a 5.22 increase from 2025, which is about a quarter of a percent over the 7-year average, which is roughly just under 5%. Uh, which comes out to about $2.5 million. Um, last year
it was 49 roughly $49 million. So, just to quickly go through that again, it's employee benefits, municipal insuranceances, utilities, gas, electric, and water, which this is what the municipality pays for what for what we use. For solid waste, we have a sanitation department. We pick up the
garbage and then we have to pay to dump it somewhere else. Uh pension contributions, which is an annual uh cost to the municipality. Social security costs, uh library appropriations, which again is an annual cost that we provide our libraries. Uh debt service payments is essentially when we go out to bond for our major
projects. This is what we have to pay back um on a schedule. single emergency costs, which is what we are trying to avoid doing. What has been done in the past um for single emergency costs, we have ways that we are able to pay for emergencies and the way that it's been done is bonding for things that we
shouldn't. So, we're working hard to change that process. And then again, we have reserve for uncollected taxes, which we just discussed. And I'll turn it back over to our CFO for the next slide. >> Okay. Um so, this chart is showing how our fund balance has tracked since 2021.
Uh as you can see the amount generated in fund balance at the year end of 2025 was 3.9 million um which is significantly lower than it was the prior year. Uh in New Jersey budgeting it's recommended to only use the amount
generated in the prior year in the budget as a revenue. Uh so that's why that revenue has been reduced. Um the fund balance is down primarily due to a lower collection rate
in taxes and a higher budget utilization. Uh we do expect a higher fund balance generation in this year due to new and growing revenue sources. Um to that note, these are some of our other notable revenue sources. Uh you
can see what we collected and what we're planning on using in this budget. uh we can budget more we cannot budget more than what was collected in the prior year. Uh we do anticipate uh some of these revenues coming in higher because we've uh adjusted the rates. Um
some other new revenues we anticipate in 2026 that would contribute at fund balance are the Avalon and District 1515 pilot revenues. Uh some of the other approved pilots are under construction, so we may see some of those revenues come in later this year as well. Uh and
then the cannabis license fees and sales tax. Uh we are conducting a townwide review of all of our revenue sources and looking to make changes uh to generate additional funds. Uh outside of the general budget, we did modify our
connection fees for water and sewer. So these should benefit those budgets. Additionally, we're looking to do a study of our water and sewer rates later in this year. >> And what to look forward to? The goal is for us to correct the mistakes of the past within this first
year. Bringing multiple splash pads into our community, having a resolution to the Lake Hayawa Library, which has been discussed a lot since I've been here. Um, having better communication and collaboration between the township and the board of education. We've already started meeting and we intend to meet on
a monthly basis. Uh major investments into the null and upgrades there. Uh we're going to be putting in um bays at the driving range with heat as well as lighting. Uh then we have ro uh road reservicing, traffic and lighting upgrades. The Glenmont Commons
resolution is going to be on the way. We're hoping uh sometime this spring to have an answer there. And again, the celebration of 250 years of our country. In the final slide, uh on the April 14th meeting, we will have the water department, sewer department, department of public works, which is going to
consist of engineering, uh buildings and grounds, parks and forestry, and road, streets and roads, and then our police department as well. Um I believe at the 7th and at the 14th and at the 21st, the public is going to have opportunities to
ask any questions that they have on the budget as we're putting this all together. Um, and I would just like to thank everybody for the opportunity to put this together. Um, obviously I haven't been here very long, but I've been working very hard to try and put this together within the last month and
a half with our team, and I want to thank our team for being able to put this together within such a short amount of time. Um, I know it's a big number. Um, but we're going to do everything that we can to make sure that the services that you are receiving within this township are quality services and we're going to correct the financial mistakes of the past. That is my goal.
That is our goal. No, thank you. >> Thank you. >> Questions. >> I just in reference to the uncollected taxes, when these people do pay, and I'm I'm assuming we're going to eventually
go after these people for not paying, and I know that's a large amount of money. When that money comes in now, then what does that do? Because, you know, let's say $2 million are owed in taxes. We get that money. we going to give that back to the residents as part of their a reduction in the increase
because we finally got that money or how's that going to work? >> Um, unfortunately it it we will get the money eventually um and with interest and penalties on it because it is delinquent. Um but
unfortunately because if we didn't receive it by 1231 2025 it affects our overall collection rate for that year and by law we can only our reserve for uncollected taxes is calculated based on your collection rate from the prior year. So
assuming they pay and they pay current for 2026, >> our collection rate should go up and we shouldn't be in the same position next year. But we need to make sure that they're they're coming in, they're paying on time. So um
but there are mechanisms to for that money to come in. If they don't pay by the time we have tax, they would a lean would be put on their property. So, >> right. But if that influx of money does come in, let's say in the next 3 months they do pay that >> and this budget goes through and they
now they pay and we collect another $2 million that we didn't have. >> I'm just throwing that number out. I don't know >> ultimately that would that >> where would that go >> to find balance, >> right? So that >> so that would that would benefit our next year's budget. Unfortunately, it doesn't benefit this budget. >> It's the same concept with the revenues
because we know that we're going to be we've already made increases to fees that we're going to see throughout this year. Um it's just because of the timing of the increases, we're not going to be able to anticipate it to this year. >> Exactly. So next year, we know we're going to be in a better situation just because of the fact that we've had increases and we're doing fee studies to
make sure that we're up to par with where we should be in other areas because there's a lot of different um fees that we provide that just haven't been updated in a while. And Councilman, just so you know, we asked the tax collector to run a report today. Um for anyone that was delinquent
over 15,000, we use that as a threshold. Uh there was um the report came back with 860,000 that was delinquent. It was a majority of one property uh was 600,000 that
almost which was two gate hall. Um so um you know the collector has done a very good job. I mean you noted that in December that number was higher. There was like five properties. The collector has done a great job collecting that money from a bunch of them. Um there is
of that 800,000. One like I said was 560,000. Another one was 100,000. Everybody else is you know smaller you know 15 20,000. So there's really >> two bad boys out there that that we're going to go after. >> Okay.
Um, can I ask a question of you to to explain a little bit if you could speak to the mic? Yeah. >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Could you explain a little bit about the capital improvement fund for people that might not understand why it seems like
such a big increase this year happened before? >> So, uh, the capital improvement fund is essentially sort of like a trust. So every year we budget what we budget. It gets moved over to the trust and then that's used
to either purchase capital with cash or to for the 5% down payment on bond ordinances. Every year with all the normal capital that we put out, our 5% down payment on
bond ordinances is close to $800,000. So, we've only been budgeting 10,000 the last 3 years. It was well well over several million before that. >> You mean we've only budgeted 10,000 for >> Sorry, 100,000. >> Okay. 100,000 for that whole fund.
>> Yeah. Okay. >> Thank you. >> So, we're budgeting 100,000, but then we're spending close to 800,000 out of the fund. So, it's drawn down. So, we're at a point where it needs to be replenished at the very minimum. and
and kind of kept strong going forward. So, >> thank you. That makes a big difference. Thank you. >> Was the same thing occurred for the accumulated absences? It was budgeted low and we had to >> that that one was the 10,000 >> that on that a little bit more.
>> Yes. So, the accumulated absence absences uh are payouts for retirements for second vacation time. uh our payouts consistently have been around the $1 million mark. We've only been budgeting
$10,000. So, in order to make up for that 990,000, we've been doing a special emergency every year. >> Okay. >> Uh and then going and selling those as special emergency notes. So, we're paying interest on that
money as as well. So we knowing that we're expected to be paying out a million dollars every year, we should be consistently keeping that in the budget so that we're not paying extra on that million dollar. >> Okay. How many years have we been doing that?
>> Since 2015. >> Okay. So $10,000 every year has been budgeted >> and special payments every single year. >> Wow. >> For more than 10 years. Okay. So, I guess we'll be doing a reset. So, this
next year we'll it'll be a lot our baseline will be we'll be in better shape. I'm hoping. Yes. >> Okay. >> Thank you. Can you guys just We had spoken Can you guys hear me in the back? We had spoken um in our meetings just briefly about how last year's budget is
affecting this year's budget. Could you just go into a little bit about why we're at a 9 and a half% increase and what kind of led us here? Um, so those two items that we just discussed, uh, probably a port at least a portion of them should have been added back into the budget last year and they weren't.
So that's why there it's this is this budget is sort of a correction for the future. Um, additionally, we did use more in fund balance last year to offset tax revenue. >> Just need you to speak up >> cuz I don't think you can't hear Mr. Schuarez over there. Okay. Can't hear
back there. I just need you to speak up a little bit. >> Um, M Mike Mike is working. You just got to you just got to kind of yell. >> Sorry. We're putting this in a new budget. I promise we're going to get all new stuff. >> We've been having issues. >> Mike's We'll get it. I promise. I mean,
this is going in the budget. So, I do apologize. >> Um >> got to yell out a little bit. >> So, last year we did use more fund balance as a revenue in the budget, which offset a tax increase. So
we use more we draw drew down more on our fund balance then we didn't generate that back. So that is the major driver here is we have to budget half of what we budgeted last year >> and and our approach moving forward
again it's about being more conservative with how we're anticipating our fund balance and our revenues. So just because there's a spike in revenue doesn't mean that we have to go to the maximum anticipation. we can make smarter, you know, business decisions in the future. Um, it just this is a tough year coming off of a major decrease in
fund balance that wasn't regenerated. >> And some you did say also in our meetings that some of the departments had tariffs made a difference in some of their bills. >> Yes. Yes. Um I we actually a lot of our bills come in and they actually spell
out at the bottom the additional charge for the tariff. So we've seen that. We've seen the energy bills have gone up significantly. Um >> yeah, one one more thing that I did forget to mention is that with our um health benefit increase of 15% the state if you were on the state health benefit,
you're looking at over 30% increase. So it's uh we are very fortunate that we're not on the state health benefits plan and that we are self-insured, but we would have been looking at a significantly higher number had we been not been self-insured. So that's also important to note. We're talking millions of differences right there.
So, can you just would you mind going back to the fund balance slide, slide eight, real quick? Sure. >> Would you mind? Yeah. One more. There we go. Would you mind walking through that, Angelica? Just because again, I'm I'm not following how we >> Mr. Graph, if you could just speak into the mic.
>> I'm not following how we went from uh >> We really do need new mics. >> Uh how we went from 9 million to 7 million to 3 million. Can you just walk through that because I I believe you said the amount generated would be the amount used the following year but it doesn't seem to line up that way. Can you just walk through what was done
previously? >> Okay. So the amount used in the budget, so for 2021 it was $0. In 2022 was $0 and then >> um so the last column is the amount that was generated by that budget. >> Got it?
>> So in 2022 they generated 5.4 million. They used 5.4 4 million in the 2023 budget. >> Got it. >> So it's that's the the principle there. So 2025 we generated 3.9. So we're using 3.8.
>> Right. But I guess the years in between why are they why do they not do what you said? Right. Cuz if I generated 9 in 2023, in 2024 I'm using 5.4. I generate 7.1 I'm using 6.3. What what's the difference there? Why? Like what am I'm
not following? Um, so you don't have to use >> So where's that money? >> It it's still in our fund balance. So our fund balance at the year end of 2025 is 9.4 million. >> Okay. >> So we're using 3.8 of that in this >> of that.
>> Why why was it so low in the amount generated? Because I see that the fund balance is due to lower tax collection rate and higher budget utilization. >> Mhm. >> So what what was the lower tax? So, we didn't collect all of the taxes. So, we
went from a 99% collection rate to a 98%. >> What's that number though? Is it a hundred million? Is it $2 million? >> It's over a million. >> Over a million dollars was uncollected. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> And is that is that specifically from like commercial properties or is that res like where is that from?
>> It was primarily those larger taxpayers that we spoke about before. >> So, so how do tax appeals affect that number? Do they? >> Yes, they do. >> How do >> So that's why you will never see a one even if pretty much all of your taxpayers paid,
>> you would never have a 100% tax collection rate because appeals are backed out of that. >> Sure. What about pilots? When we remove them from the ratables, how does that affect that? >> It it affects your your tax collection rate as well. Yes. >> Thank you.
>> And one more thing, you said we have we currently have 9.4 4 million in fund balance, but because we only generated 3.9 last year, that's all we're allowed to use towards the budget. >> It's all that's recommended that you use because you never know what's going to
happen. So we like a war could happen, a global pandemic could happen, and then if you spend down all your fund balance, then what do we do in the next year? >> Right. And and if you'd like our auditors to earn their checks today, they can talk
about best practices. Well, >> before the auditor goes, one of the smart things you had recommended is not to bond out for everything. We're still paying for vehicles that have they're out of the system, you know. Uh so you
prefer to buy things in cash, you know, so we don't bond things for 20 years and the vehicle's life expectancy is done at 10 and we're still paying for the next 10 years. >> Yes. >> So we're going to improve on some of these smart strategies. >> Yes. So, that's worked into my capital
plan for this year is paying for those vehicles and smaller um um smaller purchases of that that have a useful life that's that's shorter uh in cash and then only going to bond for
larger projects like roads and building improvements and things of that nature. >> Okay. I know because I'm going to get asked a lot uh about the mistakes of the past. Can you briefly summarize either one of you on what they were? I know we covered
some of these already, but anything that uh that's missed? >> Um I think I could touch back on the vacancies. I know that there might have been some playing around in the past about how you know employment and positions were held on to. um which is why we're putting in the check and
balance of making sure that whatever employees are asking for we are immediately um advertising for those positions and in the event that they are sitting you know dormant for a significant amount of time we will reassess to determine whether or not they'll be included in future years. Uh
we did a lot of that during the process this year um with a couple other with a couple of departments losing uh a vacancy or a request. uh what we have in the in the budget right now we feel is appropriate for the staffing levels that are needed in a growing municipality and the largest municipality in the county.
Um that that's one of them. Again, the two the two biggest ones is how budgeting for um accumulated absences in the capital infrastructure that you know if if I'm being diplomatic about it, it's more of a gimmick to keep your your interest low. uh it's how it was done in
the past and the proper way to do it is to actually anticipate what the true cost is and have that within your budget. So that's a major correction that we shouldn't have had to do but we have to do it now. And then like again we're going to be doing significantly more strategic um breakdowns of how we're putting our capital budgets
together moving forward and what we're choosing picking and choosing what we go after bond and what we build. And one of the the biggest things you learn in finance is that you do not put short-term solutions on long-term problems. So, even though those $2 million lines look big, you know, quite
frankly, it should be bigger to help us move forward, but we're keeping it in a way that we're going to be able to slowly make things better for the township from a fit school standpoint. >> Okay. Can auditors jump in now? >> Yeah, I would just uh add regarding fund
balance, you know, you never want to have zero. Just like having a savings account, you never want to have a zero in your savings account, especially when you're operating on $100 million budget, you know. So the years where you had zero fund balance, you know, obviously you were in somewhat of fiscal distress at that point, you know, and then that
next year you generated some but almost utilized all of it. You really don't want to be in that position because you're going to have emergencies. You're going to have spikes in spending that you want to help pay for that in in times of emergency. Uh, also when you go out to the bond market, when you have
such razor thin fund balance amounts or and you're utilizing the whole amount, you're you're going to get a lower rating, you're most likely have to pay more interest expense on your outstanding debt. Uh, you know, but the other thing, one of the common questions is, you know, how much is how much fund balance should you have? And there's
really no hard and fast rule as to how much fund balance you have. uh the government finance officer association of of the United States you know they put out a number 17% basically of operating expenses which is basically two months of two months of your operating expenses so for a budget your
size you know you know ballpark would be $13.5 million would be an ideal amount of fund balance to have on hand again not a hard and fast rule but just to give you some kind of measure of what would be considered a healthy fund balance given the size of it $13.5
million compared to where you are uh and then you know as again as you you know you the the tax collection rate hurts you uh year-over-year interest rates aren't as high so you're not earning as much on on your investments and your idle cash you know so all those things contributed to a year in which you
generated uh less surplus year-over-year >> I have a question for you four or five years ago our fund balance was pretty much down to nothing correct >> yes we were like living paycheck to paycheck four or five years ago.
>> Yes. Thank you. >> That was after CO, right? >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Part of CO. >> So, >> okay. Uh >> I have a couple questions. So on the what to look forward to, do we have
expectations of like cost on those projects or what we're allocating out of the budget towards them? So splash pads, library resolution, education, all those things. Do we do we know what those >> Yeah, I I can give you like a ballpark.
So for the for the splash pads, we're going to be trying to seek grants for those. We also have open space funding uh that was is within our that wouldn't we wouldn't have to pull out of our current budget. >> Awesome. Um, so that's what we'll be looking at there for the library. Uh, brief history and it's my new history of
um, they had a in the past they had gone out for a grant for a knockdown rebuild um, which was a matching grant and the the way that the grant is built on is you get more money if it's a knockdown rebuild and it's based off of square footage. At the time um, it was a $3 million that was matched. Um, so a $6
million total, but I think the total cost at the time, um, correct me on the date of how far along that was in the past. It was already, it was not, you didn't have enough money back then to do that. Um, so I think the project remained relatively dormant at the time. Um, since I've been here, I've gone back
and forth with the state uh, to try and open up all of our options to see as to whether or not we can make an amendment for remodel of the building. And that remodel uh, would be a lower cost grant. Um but it would still, you know, we still have that 3 million sitting there and we also have no matter what, we
would have to re repurpose that bond because of the way that the original bond was written. >> Yeah. >> Um but there's also other opportunities that we've been looking at as well to see what can be done. But the goal is to be in collaboration with the library every step of the way and try to make costs uh significantly better any way
that we can. >> So just to be clear, those funds were already allocated for this. So we wouldn't be taking >> Yeah. This is not included in this budget. They were already correct. Just want to make sure. Yeah. Mhm. And then um for the null investments, I think some of them might have been put together through previous capital ordinances. I'm not 100% sure on that.
>> They're uh included in this capital budget. >> Okay. In this capital. And then um for township and board of education collaboration as we discussed when we met as well. It's really about trying to see if there's there's shared service opportunities between us and the board of education uh to be able to find ways
that we can cut costs um you know by sharing responsibilities. um road reservicing traffic and lighting upgrades. As much as we do have them in our capital, we'd also be looking at grants. >> Okay. >> Uh to do that in any way, shape, or form. >> In the past, I want to say, Paul, keep me honest. Was that up to 7 million for
road improvements? I want to say it was very low and then went very high. >> Do you remember by chance? >> Gone down. >> Or Judy, do you remember? >> It had years ago it had gone way down and then it was brought back up the amount that was budgeted for that. And then it looks like you might be
looking at and then the Glenmont comments piece. Where are we at with the lawsuit and then are they paying for it through the lawsuit or how's that going to work? >> So I would turn it over to our attorney at this time, but I know that we're in the process of settlement. >> Correct. So there is a proposed settlement that has not been finalized
yet. So it's still an active lawsuit. >> So I'll leave it at that. Got it. Um but that is something that should be uh presented to the uh council for review to sign off probably in the next four or five weeks. >> Understood.
>> Okay. >> Any other questions from council? >> Yeah. >> For the roads, it was uh $2.5 million for uh road resurfacing and pavement markers and I think it was what was it? Yeah. Uh 250,000 for No, that's
sidewalks. Oh, sidewalk uh curb sidewalk repair projects are $250,000. >> Thank you. >> And then >> Okay. And the Glenmont Road, we have a request of $1.5 million to start putting that aside. >> Okay. >> Glenmont Commons.
>> Yeah. Yeah. And that's that's >> and whatever Yeah. Whatever it comes down to, it's going to be a phase project. It's not something that we're going to be able to do in one shot. And then do we know so that's probably one of the biggest complaints I get is our roads and obviously coming out of snow season they're pretty rough. Do we know how much we spent over the last four or
five years let's say on roads versus this? >> So one of the main reasons that I wanted to have uh we consolidated um the departments coming in for public works to include engineering um and I want engineering to be able to explain to public how roads are selected and how the funding gets distributed. Um, so
they're going to be able to explain that portion of things, but from the long term, >> um, I can get you exact numbers on it. Okay, that's all. >> Just I just want to know, are we improving? Are we staying the same? Like again, be good to know. Thank you.
>> So, uh, two things. Look, we underbudgeted two things. Absences for over 10 years. What was the other thing we under budgeted last year? >> Uh, capital improvement. >> Capital. Okay. Yeah, the capital improvement was $100,000 that was budgeted and the accumulated absences I think you said
since 2015 it's been $10,000. >> Any further questions? >> I don't Do you have any questions? Good to know about that. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Okay. At this time, uh we can call up
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>> I appreciate it. >> Mayor, do you want to do that now? So part of what we are going to do is make this proclamation that the mayor is going to read >> BJ here.
>> Is B? Yeah. Great. >> I love it. >> Speak loud. >> Yes. Speak loud. Samir, >> can you guys hear?
>> You have to stand up too, >> Samir too, right? >> The mic should be working now. >> Yeah, >> come on up. >> Behind the stairs.
>> It's a long deck. It's a long deck. I have a special meeting tomorrow. >> Uhoh. >> Love it. >> Guys came prepared. >> Okay. >> Picture frame. Anybody wants pictures after the council meeting? We can take
some. All right. I'm going to read this. Everybody can hear me. >> All right. Township for Paripony Troy Hills proclamation save day March 21st. Whereas save soil is a global movement launched by Sudguru to raise awareness
and unite leaders and citizen in protest in protecting and restoring the world's soil and healthy soil is essential to sustaining life supporting food production protecting biodiversity conserving water and helping address
climate change and Pipony resident Puja Panchala has brought attention to save soil movement and its mission to promote support soil health and sustainability. Raising awareness and encouraging policies that support soil restoration
and increase organic matter in agricultural soil are important steps towards protecting the planet for future generations. Now therefore, I, Pukit Desai, mayor of Township of Precipany, Troy Hills, do hereby proclaim March 21
as save soil day in Township of Precipany Troy Hills and encourage all residents to recognize the importance of soil health and support efforts to protect this vital natural resource. >> Thank you. Dated today, 17th day of
March, 2026. change. >> It's great. >> Yeah, that's a great photo. >> Y >> Samir, thank you. Write the article. Wait. >> Thank you, Mayor.
>> I know. >> Ready? >> Yes. Please. >> You're on the ordinance. >> Okay. Uh moving along to the uh budget ordinance introductions for the budget ordinance 202615 ordinance to exceed the municipal budget appropriation limits and to establish a cap bank for calendar
year 20 uh 2026 pursuant to NJSA48.44. Okay. Be it resolved that the above ordinance be introduced for by title and pass on first reading of a meeting of the township of council at Township of Pacific Troy Hills on March 17th and that set ordinance be further considered for second reading and the final passage at a meeting to be held on April 21st, May 26 at 7:00 p.m. Proponenting timer
soon thereafter as the matter may be reached at the municipal building in set township at which time all persons interested shall be given the opportunity to be heard concerning set ordinance. Be further resolved that the clerk be authorized and directed to advertise set ordinance at with notice of introduction thereof being published in the official newspaper according to law. Can I please have a motion to
approve the above resolution? Motion second. >> Motion made by Miss Pat Mattel, seconded by Miss Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Karifi. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kavanagh. >> Yes. >> Mr. McGrath. >> Yes. >> Miss Patel. >> Yes. >> Mr. Hernandez. >> Yes. Motion passes. Resolutions R 202664
approving the utilization of the three-year average method in computing the township's fiscal 2026 reserve for uncollected taxes budget appropriation. May I please have a motion to approve the resolution above? >> Motion. Second
>> motion made by Mr. Hernandez, seconded by Miss Patel. Roll call. Mr. Ky, >> yes. >> Mr. Kavanagh, >> yes. >> Mr. McGrath, >> yes. >> Miss Patel, >> yes. >> And um Mr. Hernandez, >> yes. >> Motion passes. R 202681
authorize the 2026 municipal budget to be read by title only. Motion to approve the resolution above. >> Motion second. Motion made by Miss Mattel, seconded by Miss Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Karen,
>> yes. >> Mr. Kavanagh, >> yes. >> Mr. McGrath, >> yes. >> Miss Patel, >> yes. >> Mr. Hernandez, >> yes. >> Motion passes. R 202682 uh 2026 municipal budget introduction. Motion to approve the resolution above.
>> Motion second. >> Motion made by Miss Hernandez, seconded by Miss Patel. Roll call. Mr. Karifi, >> yes. >> Mr. Kavanagh, >> yes. >> Mr. McGrath, >> yes. >> Miss Patel, >> yes. >> And um Miss Hernandez,
>> yes. >> Motion passes. >> Moving along to the consent agenda. Be it resolved, all items listed in an ASC are considered routine and non-controversial by the town of council be approved by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless the council member so request in which case the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered in its
normal sequence on the agenda. May I please have a motion to approve the consent agenda? >> Motion. >> Second. >> Motion made by Mr. Karifi, seconded by Miss Patel. Roll call. Mr. Karifi. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kavanagh? >> Yes.
>> Mr. McGrath? >> Yes. >> Miss Patel? >> Yes. >> Mr. Hernandez? >> Yes. >> Okay. Um, moving along to approval of minutes. Motion to approve the minutes above for February 3rd, 2026 and February 17, 2026. May I please have a motion to approve? >> Motion. >> Second.
>> Motion made by Mr. Hernandez, seconded by Mr. Karifi. Roll call. >> Mr. Karifi, >> yes. >> Mr. Kavanagh, >> yes. >> Mr. McGrath, >> yes. >> Miss Patel, >> yes. >> Mr. Hernandez, >> yes. >> Motion passes. Moving along to presentations and reports. Mayor,
>> I have a report. I had the privilege of issuing proclamations recognizing two centen centen centinarians. There you go. In Paripony, Marie Perfanic and Renee Shocket. It's truly inspiring to
celebrate lives that have spanned a century and continue to enrich our community. I also have to I also tour the newest edge facility in Paripony which stands for end discrimination gain equity. Edge provides critical services
to HIV positive and LGBTQ communities including public health programs, housing support, behavioral health care, and education. Paripony continues to be the place that embraces diversity in both its people and its organization.
Last Friday evening, I attended the Cestville Civic Association annual meeting, one of Paran's oldest and most established community organizations. It was a great opportunity to connect the residents and hear directly from the community and the councilman Paul Kurifi was in attendance.
This past Saturday, I met with one of our I met with many of our crossing guards. It was a long overdue meeting. They take great pride in their work, know the children and families that they serve and are deeply committed to safety. I appreciated the opportunity to
listen to their concerns and we will be meeting them regularly moving forward. Finally, my first pilot request came in last week for a proposed warehouse project at 169 Lacawana Avenue. As promised, I shared the proposal with the
council and personally delivered it to the board of education within days. The review process is now underway. We will take the time to evaluate the details, listen to all stakeholders, and have a thoughtful, productive discussion before making any decisions. Everyone deserves
a fair and transparent process. Thank you, >> Attention Council. >> Um, I have something. Do you want to go? >> I have two very long things. >> Thank you. Two >> very long. >> Okay, I'll just I'm short. The Paripony Arts Center will be performing a play
that is apppropo of the times. It's quite appropriate. It's called lifespan of a fact. Um it will be there's shows at from 3:20 to the 22nd at 8:00 p.m. with a 3 p.m. matinea on 3:21. So this
is our in our own P symphony theater and then you can go out meet on North Beverick in one of our fine establishments. Stay in Pipony. You can look online at ticket leapvents live or you can email lowotion live
atgmail.com and then I just want to alert you to another event on the public library on Holly Road on April 9th. The PCI environmental advisory committee with the Whippony River Water Action Coalition will be hosting a lecture on
light pollution and the topic is how to protect our natural environment, how it affects um the light pollution at night, how it affects our ecosystem, health issues that human beings suffer that we might not know about and what we can do
about it. It'll be delivered by Dark Sky New Jersey chapter and it is a big deal even when we're in planning boards and in board of education I mean board of education board of adjustment we talk about white and trying to minimize the
light infiltration. So that's on April 9th and that's all I have. >> Thank you Mr. Hernandez. M Patel. >> All right. Okay. I have two things. One is uh from me as a council woman. the others from the economic development committee. Uh so please bear with me. So
starting with my council report. Um so I reported on this last week. We have a bigger crowd this week, so I just thought I'd take the opportunity to spread more awareness. Um so last week I had a resident stop by town hall during my office hours. And she came to me with a very human and honestly heart-wrenching request. Um it was to
spread the word about a local teen who is in urgent need of a life-saving treatment. Uh, so Wu Rube recently shared a video about his son, you might have seen it on social media or on the news. Um, his son Max, who is a dedicated student and a talented pianist
with big dreams, um, was recently diagnosed with a serious blood disorder. And so now Max's future depends on finding a match for a stem cell donor. Um, so for the Arub family, they're up against the clock. It's a race to against time. And Max is of mixed
ancestry, which makes match uh finding a match even more difficult. So he's of Latino ancestry, which makes finding a a match difficult as it is, but being of mixed ancestry makes it even more difficult. So Latino patients have less than a 50% chance of finding a fully
matched donor. And for people of mixed ancestry, it's even lower than that. So, if you are between the ages of 18 and 35, you can register online at nmdp.org. I just sent my swab in this morning. So,
please, it's a quick little envelope they send you. There's two swabs in there. You swab your cheek, put it back in the envelope. It's prepaid uh postage. Little work for you to do. Uh get swabbed and you'll be in the database in case anyone like Max, any of your neighbors, family, friends ever
need a stem cell donor. you might be the life-saving treatment that they need. >> Say that again. It's nm. >> Yeah, it's nmdp.org. >> Okay. >> Quick, painless, easy cheek swab. Literally no needles, no nothing. Just swab your cheek. That's it. It could
save someone's life. Um, and then so economic development. So, the Parcanany Troy Hills Economic Development Committee joined by Mayor Poca Desai celebrated the grand opening of Orura Studio and Cafe owned by Paola and Juan Pablo Domingue Dominguez with a ribbon
cutting ceremony on Saturday, February 28th at 83 North Beverwick Road, Lake Haywa. Aura Studio and Cafe offers a unique blend of Pilates, yoga, aesthetics, aesthetics, >> aesthetics,
>> aesthetics, service. Yeah, beauty services >> and a cafe providing residents with a warm and welcoming space dedicated to wellness and community. The committee then celebrated the grand opening of Porzio, Bramberg, and Newman's new PC
headquarters with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday, March 11th located at 5 Silven Way, Sweet 110. Porio, Bramberg, and Newman is a prominent New Jersey law and government affairs firm and their decision to establish a Precipany headquarters reflects the township's continued growth
as a premier destination for professional services and corporate investment. The economic development committee welcomed Porio to the community and looks forward to the positive impact their presence will bring to the area. The Pipony Troy Hills economic development committee together with Mayor Pulitai and members of the
township council will celebrate the grand opening of two new local businesses with ribbon cutting ribbon cutting ceremonies. Um the first is Brucato Foot and Ankle Surgery owned and operated by Dr. Mary Ellen P. Brucato, a boardcertified foot and ankle surgeon.
Uh, it will be held on Saturday, March 21st at 12:00 p.m. noon at 181 New Road. Suprei Suprei will celebrate its grand opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Sunday, March 29th at 11:30 a.m. at 176 Peripony Road.
Shortly after its ribbon cutting, they will hold they will be offering free signature chicken sandwiches to the public. So, get a freaking free chicken sandwich. Um residents, business owners, and members of the community are invited to attend these ceremonies and help welcome these new businesses to Peripany. The
economic development team continues its commitment to supporting local entrepreneurs and strengthening the township's business community. The economic development committee is also pleased to announce that Acashore, a leading global insurance and financial services firm, is planning a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony at
their new Precipany office at 3 Silven Way. The ceremony is anticipated to take place in late April or early May. The new location is expected to bring nearly 200 employees, a significant addition to Pipan's workforce. Details will be announced as they are confirmed. The
economic development committee's next meeting will be held on Thursday, April 16th at 6:30 p.m. in the third floor conference room at 90 East Hollyy Road. The public is welcome to attend. Please RSVP with chairman Frank Cahill at 973-5596000.
Thank you. >> Thank you. Any other member from council? >> Okay. Uh moving along to township attorney, Mr. DeMarco. >> Nothing for me. >> Thank you. Uh moving along to our business administrator, Mark Seaman. >> Thank you. Uh just wanted to remind residents that this presentation will be
on the website tomorrow. Um encourage anybody with any questions, uh please feel free to reach out. It is encouraging to see residents attending meetings and having questions. So, I do appreciate seeing that. And again, thank you to the team for helping put this together as fast as they were able to.
And thank you. >> Okay. I don't have a report. Moving along to ordinances first reading. Ordinance 202616, an ordinance of the township of Pacific Troy Hills, Morris County, New Jersey, amending and modifying chapter 4, administration of government section 4-81, third party
payment plan for emergency medical services provided by Part Troy EMS. Chapter A445 fees compilation section A445-91 emergency medical services of the code of the township of Pipony Troy Hills in the county of Morris, New Jersey. Be resolved that the above ordinance be
introduced for by title and passed on first reading at a meeting of the township of council of the town of Pacific Troy Hills held on March 17, 2026 and that said ordinance be further considered for second reading and a final passage of the meeting to be held on April 21st, 2026 at 7 p.m. prevailing time or thereafter as the matter may be reached at the municipal building in set township by which time all persons
interested shall be given the opportunity to be heard concerning set ordinance. Be further resolved that the clerk be authorized and directed to advertise settlements with the notice of introduction thereof being published in the official newspaper according to law. Motion to approve the above resolution, please. Motion >> second. >> Motion made by Miss Patel, seconded by
Mr. Karifi. Roll call. >> Mr. Karifi. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kavanagh. >> Yes. >> Mr. McGrath. >> Yes. >> M. Patel? >> Yes. >> Mr. Hernandez? >> Yes. >> Motion passes. Moving along to ordinance 2026, ordinance amending chapter 430 zoning section 430-8A of the township municipal code expanding
the definition of personal services to include tattoo establishments. Be it resolved that the above ordinance is being introduced for by title and passed on first reading at the meeting of the town of Council of Troy Hills on March 17, 2026 and that sold be further considered for second reading and final passage meeting to be held on April 21st, 2026 at 7 p.m. prevailing time or
soon thereafter as the man may be reached at the municipal building and set down at which time all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard concerning set ordinance. Be further resolved that the clerk be authorized and directed to advertise setness with the notice of introduction thereof being published in the official newspaper according to law. May I please have a motion to approve the above
resolution? >> Motion. >> Second. >> Motion made by Miss Patel, seconded by Mr. Karifi. Roll call. Mr. Karifi. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kavanagh. >> Yes. >> Mr. McGrath. >> Yes. >> Miss Patel.
>> Yes. >> And Mr. Hernandez. >> Yes. >> Okay. Motion passes. Moving along. Ordinance 202618. or notice and attach council attachment for Pacific Troy Hills, Morris County, New Jersey, amending and supplementing chapter 290 parks and recreation areas and public lands at chapter 4 A445 peace compilation of the code of Pacific Troy
Hills be further be further resolved that the ordinance be introduced read by title and passed on first reading and a meeting of the township council of town of Pacific Troy Hills held on March 17, 2026 and as ordinance be further considered for second reading and final passage in a meeting to be held on April 21st, 2026 at 7 p.m. prevailing time or soon thereafter as the matter may be
reached at the mal building a set at which time all persons interested shall be given the opportunity to be heard concerning said ordinance be further resolved that the clerk be authorized and directed to advertise said ordinance with the notice of introduction thereof being published in the official newspaper according to law can I please have a motion to pass the above resolution
>> motion >> second >> motion made by Mr. Karifi second by Mr. Hernandez roll call Mr. Karifi >> yes >> Mr. Kavanaaugh >> yes >> Mr. McGrath, >> yes. >> Miss Mattel, >> yes. >> And Mr. Hernandez, >> yes.
>> Motion passes. Moving along to the non-consent agenda. R202674, authorizing the execution of an agreement with William A. Gluckman Deal, who practices at Faster Urgent Care LLC for EMS medical director and clinical oversight services. Motion to approve the above resolution. >> Motion
>> seconded. >> Motion made by Mr. Karifi. Seconded by Miss Patel. Roll call. Mr. Karifi. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kavanagh. >> Yes. >> Mr. McGrath. Yes, >> Miss Pat Mattel. >> Yes, >> Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Motion passes R 22675 authorizing a contract for the
repair upgrade of a 10-in valve located at the Route 53 in Ridgewood Avenue. Motion to approve the above resolution. >> Motion >> second. >> Motion made by Miss Patel, seconded by Mr. Karifi. Roll call. Mr. Karifi. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kavanaaugh. >> Yes. >> Mr. McGrath.
>> Yes. >> Miss Patel. >> Yes. >> Mr. Hernandez. >> Yes. >> Motion passes. R 202676 authorizing the settlement of Revax Contracting Court versus Tatcha Precipany docket number MRS-L-1021-25. May I please have a motion to approve
the above resolution? >> Motion. >> Second. Motion made by Miss Patel, seconded by Mr. Karifi. Roll call. >> Mr. Karifi. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kavanagh. >> Yes. >> Mr. McGrath. >> Yes. >> Miss Patel. >> Yes. >> M. Hernandez.
>> Yes. Motion passes. R 2022677 authorizing the settlement of Rosanna versus Township of Forcipany uh docket number MRSL-1021-25. May I please have a motion to approve the above resolution. >> Motion
>> seconded. >> Motion made by Miss Patel, seconded by Mr. Hernandez. >> Roll call. Mr. Karifi. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kavanaaugh. >> Yes. >> Mr. McGrath. >> Yes. >> Miss Patel. >> Yes. >> Mr. Hernandez. Motion passes.
>> R 202678 endorsing the fourth round housing element and fair share plan. Motion to approve the resolution above. >> Hey Colette, how is this different than what we've done a few times here? >> Very good question. >> So it was one of the things that um the
affordable planner advised me that we missed to do which is just the planning board adopted the um fourth round plan at their last meeting. This is just the council saying they endorsed the plan that was adopted. So is the action It's
just reaffirming the action taken by the planning board. >> Are we going to share what the planning board did? >> It's on the website already. The plan was uploaded >> for the public. I mean just so the public. >> Yep. It was it's already published and and put up on the website already. >> So but again, we haven't really talked about that. We've added sites to the
plan. >> Is that correct? >> The plan was presented at the planning board meeting. The planner was there. The public was invited. It was noticed. The plan is now available online for the public to read. >> Thank you.
>> Our 2026 78 endorsing the fourth hound rousing element and fair share plan. Can I have a motion to approve the resolution above? >> Motion. >> Second. >> Motion made by Miss um Miss Hernandez,
seconded by Mr. Kavanaaugh. >> Roll call. Mr. Karifi, >> yes. >> Mr. Kavanagh, >> yes. >> Mr. McGrath, >> no. >> Miss uh Patel, >> yes. >> And Mr. Hernandez, >> yes. >> Okay, the motion passes 4 to one.
R 202679 approving an affordable housing trust fund spending plan. Can I please have a motion to approve the resolution above? >> Colette, can you explain what that means, please? >> Mr. De Marco. >> Sure. So you have a affordable housing trust fund that the town maintains. Um
anytime a building is built uh with a commercial component to it. 2 and a2% of that assessed value upon its CO is collected. It's assessed by our assessor and then collected placed in the affordable housing trust fund. There is
a plan that was developed with the planning board in conjunction with the affordable housing uh planner on how that money uh will be spent. It's pretty much a guideline. There is money that needs to be spent on rehab. There's a rehab component. Um it could be for
acquisition. It could be for um support of additional housing or things of that nature. >> And to be clear, that money is given to the town. >> The money is held in trust. It's given to the town held in trust for affordable housing purposes. >> All right. Thank you.
>> So R 2026 uh 79 approving the affordable housing trust fund spending plan. Can I please have a motion to approve the resolution above? >> Motion. >> Second. >> Motion made by Mr. Hernandez. Seconded by Mr. Karifi. >> Roll call. Mr. Karifi. >> Yes.
>> Mr. Kavanagh. >> Yes. >> Mr. McGrath. >> Abstain. >> Miss uh Patel. Yes. >> And um Mr. Nandez. >> Yes. >> Motion passes 4 to one. >> R 202680 authorizing a six-month
extension of the contract with Alpha Dog Solutions for Website Services. Could I please have a motion to approve the resolution above? We could be here all night, guys. Can I get a motion? >> Motion. >> Second. Okay. Motion made by Miss Patel,
seconded by Mr. Karifi. Roll call. Mr. Karifi, >> yes. >> Mr. Kavanaaugh, >> yes. >> Mr. McGrath, >> yes. >> Miss Patel, >> yes. >> And Mr. Hernandez, >> yes. >> Motion passes. Approval of payroll and bills list. CFO and Jo Sabatini
recommends authorization for payment number one authorizes payment of the March 26, 2026 regular miscellaneous payroll estimated at $1,650,000. And number two, payment of bills from voucher list of March 27, 2026, which is 2,17171,12149. Can I please have a motion to approve
the authorization for payment? >> Motion second. >> Motion made by Miss Patel, seconded by Miss Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Karifi, >> yes. >> Mr. Kavanagh, >> yes. >> Mr. McGrath, >> yes. >> Miss Patel, >> yes. >> And um Miss Hernandez,
>> yes. >> Okay. Uh before I go into adjournment, I just want to speak to the council for one second with regards to the special uh budget hearing that we're looking to set. So uh we are looking to set that meeting at this point in time. Um I
believe it's April Can I have a 14th? >> Sorry. >> Tuesday, April 14th. >> Tuesday, April 14th. I just want to ensure that the council is available for that day. >> What time >> it's will we can start? We should start. Well, it's Tuesday, April 14th, to give
the public an opportunity to get out of work and get here. So, we we would start at about 6:00. 6:00, we would say 6:00. >> 6 fine. >> Yes. >> Yes. Yes. >> That works for all council. >> Fantastic. That meeting will be noticed. Keep an eye out. It will be on April
14th at 6 p.m. to allow enough time for the public to get here. Uh, thank you. Uh, may I please have a motion to adjourn the meeting? >> Motion. >> Second. Motion made by Miss Patel, seconded by Mr. Karifi. Roll call. Mr. Karifi? >> Yes.
>> Mr. Kavanagh? >> Yes. >> Uh, Mr. McGrath? >> Yes. >> Miss Patel? >> Yes. >> Mr. Hernandez? >> Yes. >> We're adjourned. Have a great night, everyone. Oh, it's going to