Council agenda. Township precipitate Troy Hills regular township council meeting of July 22nd, 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 the 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, where it has remained posted since that date. A legal notice appeared in the daily record in New York ledger on December 6th, 2024. 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. Ready. Mr. Hernandez here. Mr. McGrath
here. Mr. Marcella here. Mr. Negla here, Mr. Karifi here. Also in attendance are business administrator Jamie Cryan, Mayor James Barbario, Township Attorney Michael Avery, and Municipal Clerk Colette Madden, Council President. We have a quorum. Can we begin? Yes, please.
Okay, fantastic. Upcoming meetings. August 5th, 2025 at 7 p.m. is the agenda meeting. August 19th at 7 p.m. is the regular meeting. Moving along to ordinances. The second reading and public hearing. Ordinance 202510. An ordinance to the township council of the township of precip hills adopting the 169 Lawana A block 136 lot 33
redevelopment plan. The notice for ordinance 202510 was published in the daily record the official newspaper of the township precipit hills on June 24th 2025 and introduced at the June 17 2025 regular meeting. Motion to accept the ordinance 202510 be heard in its second and final reading. Please motion
have to move faster tonight guys. We have a lot on the agenda. So motion made by Mr. Mr. Neglia seconded by Miss um Miss Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Yes. Mr. Mella. Yes. Mr. Neglia. Yes. Mr. Kifi. Yes.
Public hearing. May I please have a motion for the public hearing? Make a motion. Second. Motion made by Mr. Meella. Seconded by Mr. Neglia. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Yes. Mr. Mella. Yes. Mr. Neglia. Mr. Kipi. Yes. Okay. The floor is open to the
public. You have five minutes to speak on this ordinance only. Anyone? Seeing no one, may I please have a motion to close the public hearing. Second. Motion made by Mr. Neglia, seconded by Mr. Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath, Mr. Restella, Mr. Neglia, Mr. K.
Yes. Whereas the above ordinance was read in title on second reading and now and the hearing held thereon. Now therefore be it resolved that set or owners be passed on final reading and that notice of final passage of settled in a newspaper according to law. May I please have a motion to Thank you. Second. Motion made by Mr. Neglia, seconded by
Mr. Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. Mella. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Yes. Mr. Negl. Mr. Karifa. Yes. Motion passes. Ordinance 202511. An ordinance of the township council of township recipient Detroit Hills in the county of Morris, New Jersey, authorizing the acquisition by purpose of properties located in the township through the township open space
recreation flood plan protection and farmland and historic preservation program. The notice for 202511 was published in a daily record, the official newspaper of the township precipy hills on June 24th and introduced at the June 17th, 2025 regular meeting. May I please have a motion to accept
202511? Not that fast, Mr. Neglia. Thank you though. Uh motion made by Mr. Neglia. Can I get a second? Second. Second by Mr. Mousella. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Mr. Mousella. Mr. Neglia. Mr. Karifi. Yes.
Public hearing. May I please have a motion to open up the public hearing to the public? Motion. Second. Motion made by Mr. Neglia. Seconded by Mr. Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes, Mr. Mella, Mr. McGrath, Mr. Ki, and Mr. Neglia. Yes. Floor is open to the public. You have 5
minutes to speak on this ordinance only. Seeing no one, may I please have a motion to close? Motion. Second. Motion made by Mr. Neglia, seconded by Mr. Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Yes. Mr. Mr. Miscella. Yes. Mr. Neglia. Yes. And Mr. Kar. Yes. Thank you. Uh whereas the above
ordinance was read in title on second reading and a hearing held thereon. May therefore be resolved that set owners be passed on final reading that notice of final passage of set owners be published in a newspaper according to law. May I please have a motion to approve the above resolution. Motion second. Motion made by Mr. Neglia, seconded by Mr. Mucella. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez.
Yes. Mr. McGrath. Mr. Mucella. Mr. Neglia. Mr. Ki. Yes. Thank you. Ordinance 202512. An ordinance of the township council of Township Pacific Troy Hills adopting the four gate hall drive redevelopment plan. The notice for ordinance 2512 was published in a daily record of the official news of the township precip
hills on June 24th, 2025 and introduced at the June 17, 2025 regular meeting. Motion to accept orders by 2512. 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. Public hearing. May I please have a motion to open the public hearing for ordinance 2512? Motion. Second. Motion made by Mr. Neglia. Seconded by Mr. McGrath. Roll call. Mr. Nandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Yes. Mr. Musella. Yes. Mr. Neglia. Yes. Mr. Ki.
Whereas the above ordinance was read in title on second reading and hearing held thereon. Now therefore be it resolved that sen be passed on final reading and that settal passage of set ordinance be published in a newspaper according to law. Motion to approve the resolution above ordinance 202512. 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. Kar. Yes. Motion passes. Uh, public session. I'd like to entertain a motion to open up the public hearing. Motion. Second. Motion made by Mr. Enlia, seconded by
Mr. McGrath. Roll call. Mr. Nendez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Mr. Mucella. Mr. Neglia. Yes. Mr. Karifa. Yes. Okay. So, uh, the floor is open to the public. You have 5 minutes to speak on any topic. Please sign in and state your name at the mic before speaking. Thank
you. stomach. My stomach. Hi, my name is Gab. I have a question actually. Hold on, man. We just got to turn the mic on.
There are so few people probably doesn't matter. Okay. Okay. My name is Gabe Bole and I have a question. Um I'd like to know how one initiates the process of um amending an ordinance. Uh specifically the one
concerning the destruction or removal of trees. Lately in town there's been a lot of indiscriminate cutting down of mature healthy trees. Um, we know what happened on Twin Oaks Drive where a lot of the diseased ash trees had to be cut down
and the result is this sunbaked desert like street. Um, but we also have residents cutting down healthy trees which I mean I'm not a tree hugger but the trees beautify our town. And it seems that a lot of these people are cutting down the trees for no good
reason either because there's too much shade on their swimming pool or whatever. Um, most recently this tree cutting happened on Druid Hill Drive, uh, a street known for its beautiful canopy of silver maples. My husband and I spent a lot of time on that street uh,
canvasing for Mr. Musella. Um, anyway, on that occasion, at least one 60-year-old healthy tree beside the road was cut down, leaving a large gap in the canopy. On that day and the next, I encountered neighbors who were really upset by this. Um, in fact, one is a
former member of the environmental committee. Um, they couldn't believe that this was allowed to happen. So, as a result, I looked up the tree removal ordinance and I was shocked to learn that residents can cut down up to four live trees exceeding 3 in in diameter
without the town's permission. Uh, my husband Mark and I have a healthy 250-year-old Lynon tree on our property. It sickens us to think that the next owner could take down this tree under which members of Washington's Continental Army could have rested in
its shade. Uh there's an adage among hikers, leave it better than you found it. Uh considering that the median duration of home ownership in this country is only 13 years according to the National Association of Realators, many residents of our town will move on.
Their only legacy being the destruction of trees that will take generations to repair. Our trees which give Pipan's neighborhood such beauty deserve more protection than the current ordinance can give them. Is is this something that I can initiate a change to this
ordinance or um does it have to go through the environmental committee? You can actually um um make the request what you just did and I'll speak to the um parks and forestry director. Okay. uh we are we like to get insight
from them anytime trees are being removed from um properties and replacing them and stuff like that. So, okay. But we also are in the process of getting that changed because there's a state requirement to change the street ordinance. Oh, good.
For exactly that reason, right? About all municipalities are required to have a replacement portion put into the town's ordinances so people don't cannot just do that
anymore. Too bad because I know exactly what you're talking about, right? Okay. Yeah. Thank you. It's not in place yet, right? Yes. Council President. Yes. So, the uh the draft ordinance is with the uh township engineer uh and the um
superintendent of parks and forestry right now being reviewed. After that, it'll be uh shared with the council and um the uh green team as well. Okay. Thank you. Tough act. I'll try. My name's Mark Filhower.
I'm gay gay foil's husband. Um, I've brought a little reading material. Um, Dr. Seuss often had some words of wisdom. I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees for the
trees have no tongues. Why should we care about our neighborhood trees? Aren't they only the concern of the residents on whose land they're located? In so many ways, trees are a community
good. According to the influential architect and community planner Doug Kelbaugh, one street, one street tree on a block raises the value of every tree on that every house on that block by $2,000
except the house where the street is street tree is located, the value of which is raised by $7,000. If the street is lined with trees, the value of every house is raised by $22,000.
The National Association of Realtors and the US Forest Service are in agreement on those numbers. A street tree lined with trees can be more than 15° cooler than a street without trees. Anyone who's walked along
Druid Hill Road and following that by Twin Oaks Road will testify to that. Properly placed trees reduce air conditioning aids by 30 to 50%. In winter, trees act as wind brakes,
saving 20 to 50% in heating bills. Some home owners worry about trees and severe windstorms, but numerous trees together protect each other and neighbor nearby homes. Trees are
pollution removers in thousands of pounds. It's not a small amount. They block noise. Trees can reduce f noise 5 to 10 dB. That's a 50% reduction in perceived
noise. As I walked along Druit Hill toward home the other day, I looked up at the oaks in the park and along Maplewood Drive and was reminded of the most important reason for protecting our trees.
So much of what we live with every day is so small and so ephemeral. As they loom over us, 80 feet or more in height, they remind us that the world contains great things that span ages.
60, 100, 200 years old. They remind us that the world was here before us and will be here after we're gone. They give us so much. They deserve our protection. Thank you.
Thank you. There'll be we'll we'll be having I hope when we present this lots of pre of presentation to the public on the ordinance and just the very things
that you were talking about the myriad opport um advantages for the trees and their community. Thank you. Anyone else? A little more comfortable. So, I just want to start off with some old business.
Please state your name, sir. Eric Zimmerman, 108 Boulevard. So, some old business. I showed up, I believe it was on the 17th of last month, and one of my major reasons why I was speaking was to sort of enshrine our right to 5 minutes at the microphone.
Obviously today is not an issue but there have been some big issues in the past where we have decided to uh trunicate the time down to 3 minutes or 1 minute. Um unless I'm mistaken I believe that that's against the rules.
So I want to make sure that we can all agree that a we get that and b there's consequence if someone stops that from happening some kind of a remedy. So I'm asking you guys, am I wrong about the first part? Is our
five minutes enshrined to us? So can let's ask after he asked all his questions. So what the council president is saying if you can ask all your questions and then we'll answer all your questions all at once. Okay. Well, if that's the case, then I
would like to ask if there's a way we can put a motion or a conversation together where we can make sure that our 5 minutes is protected, and if you guys overstep that, there's a consequence to you. Uh, number two, um,
it's really cold in here. It's really nice, and I wish I could say the same thing for the Lake Hayawa Library. Uh, I was speaking with uh some people at the library and I found out that the system in place that broke down that Frank and Neglia was kind enough to work with on
the replacement. I hear that's coming in soon. That's wonderful. It was long overdue. It really shouldn't have happened. As a new father, I'm starting to really, really recognize the importance of a functional, working, accessible library.
And to hear that it went basically as hot inside as it was outside for all of summer. It's unacceptable. It's a cooling center. It's a place for seniors. It's a place for me. It's a place for my kids.
And it should be open. Damn, we're paying for it, aren't we? And I haven't heard of any solid plan of us retaining that library for ourselves. I've heard a lot about where are we going to move it? Maybe leasing a place out from a businessman and giving businessmen our
hard-earned money as rent. So we can exist in the right aid or something like that, the form of right aid. That's all well and good. That might get us by in the short term. But are we ready to invest our surplus into real estate, a good library, a gem
for us to be proud of? Or are we going to throw a band-aid on it and throw our hardearned taxpayer dollars into some man's wallet? I don't agree with that. I think we should be looking at some long-term solutions and I think we should invest in ourselves
with the surplus that we've worked so hard to get. And um the last thing I want to say is figuring all of this out was hard. I wasn't able to get any information really from anyone at town hall. So, I'm asking,
did I misstep? Did I by trying to request a meeting with the mayor or by try to request a meeting with someone underneath him who could answer some of my questions directly instead of making me wait until this meeting to get some and some some brief answers cuz we only
got 5 minutes. I think this is worthy of a discussion of a conversation because I have my neighbors who actually have some great ideas, maybe ones you haven't thought of. But you're not going to hear them unless you have a conversation. And then we're never going
to have a conversation if the gate is kept. And if I'm being told the mayor has no appointments seems strange. So that's why I'm here. That's why I have to say and I would really appreciate some answers and
guidance on this. Okay. So I I'll just take the uh the question pertaining to the 5 minutes, Mr. Zimmerman. Uh well, thank you. First of all, uh first let me start by saying the public's right to speak is very important. In fact, it's so important that the state has put it in a state statute saying that the public must be
allowed to speak at all public meetings and it's called a public session. However, what the state has done, it has not put a specific time limit. They left that up to the townships or municipalities. So they're allowed to put whatever time they please. Unfortunately, whether it's 1 minute, 3 minutes, 4 minutes, 5 minutes. And if
you look at other municipalities, you'll see that it varies municipality by municipality. The key is is every person gets the same amount of time. That's the key uh in our bylaws or in that statute. We're not back and forth. I'm answer. You can you can ask me after after the
meeting. Thank you for that. Could put the mic back in. Uh library. Anyone have the library for me? I'm going to I'm going to um respond to Mr. Zimmerman when my report comes. Okay. I'm not going to respond. I'm going to do that with every individual that ask
me questions and scheduling for speaking with uh town officials. Is that going to be that'll be answered in your what's that report too about scheduling at meetings? Scheduling a meeting with town officials. That will be okay.
Thank you for your time. Thank you. Thank you. Oh, I messed up some gramly. I'm sorry about that. So, if you mess up the mic, you can no longer speak on the mic. Anyone else? Okay, seeing no one, uh, may I please have a motion to close the public
session? Second. Who made the initial motion? I apologize. Uh, from Councilman Neglia. Okay, so motion made by Mr. Neglia, seconded by Mr. Mr. Mucella. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Yes.
Mr. Mucella. Yes. Mr. Neglia. Yes. And Mr. Karifi. Yes. Okay. Moving along to the consent agenda. Be it resolved. All items listed with an asterct 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 a council member so requests 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. Neglia, seconded by Mr. Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez, Mr. McGrath, Mr. Mucella, Mr. Neglia, yes. Mr. Karifi, yes.
Motion passes. Um, approval of minutes for the agenda meeting of 620 6325 and the regular meeting of 617. May I please have a motion to approve the minutes? Motion. Second. Motion made by Mr. Neglia, seconded by Mr. Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez.
Yes. Mr. McGrath, Mr. Musella, Mr. Neglia. Yes. And Mr. Karifi. Yes. Motion passes. Uh, moving along to presentations and reports. Mayor, yes. Um, I know we have the, um, affordable housing element planned. Um, I thought you would go earlier, but once
this is over with, to get uh, you know, educate department with regards to the affordable housing element, but, you know, this has been um, going around for a long time here, affordable housing. I did write a different statement from last week um two weeks ago and I'm going
to um reiterate. Affordable housing, excuse me, got to change glasses. Affordable housing is one of the most pressing issues facing communities across New Jersey and Paripony is no exception. But as we work to meet our legal and moral responsibilities, we
must also be honest about the challenges and tradeoffs involved and demand a more thoughtful common sense approach from policy makers in Trenton. Unfortunately, we've seen in recent years anything but thoughtful.
The affordable housing mandates pushed through by Democratic lawmakers in Trenton have placed enormous burdens on suburban municipalities, often with little regard for local infrastructure, school capacity, or community character. These mandates have left towns
scrambling to meet arbitrary quotas with limited flexibility and few resources to do so in a way that works for the people who actually live here in Paripany. And let me be clear. I believe that affordable housing has a place in the
community. It's essential that working families, seniors, and young professionals can afford to live in towns they serve, the towns they grew up in, and the towns they love. We have teachers, police officers, nurses, and small business owners who deserve a
place here. But how we provide that housing and where matters just as much as to why we cannot afford to build blindly or irresponsibility excuse me dumping highdensity housing on already strained neighborhoods with no
regards for traffic school enrollment or local services. It's not progress. It's poor planning by the state of New Jersey. We must be strategic and that means looking at vacant which we've been doing underutilized properties coordinated
with schools and traffic engineerings and showing developers to pay their fair share and listening to the residents in every step of the way. My point is that over the many years I've been mayor and when I was a councilman, the state has imposed these
draconian affordable housing regulations on towns like Porcipany, towns in Morris County. That's why we're one of 27 towns that are suing the state with regards to affordable housing because it's not affordable for our people. It's not affordable for the people that live here
in Paripony. And that's where I have a problem with these laws that they are forcing us to pass. And if we don't pass them, as you see what's gone on throughout all of New Jersey, towns will lose their immunity. And basically what
that means when we lose our immunity, we have no control over zoning and over planning. The courts have control and they will put the housing where they want to put it and how many units they want. So they pretty much tie our hands on to what we have to do and what we can
do for our community cuz it's not for our community. As you know, and I've said this many times, I'm an affordable housing administrator. I know I I know that people need housing, but the people here in Pacany that come up to me on a regular basis
from our seniors to those families that are are finding it very hard to survive, they don't get any of that affordable housing because of these laws and these rules that are made in Trenton that are made in the urban areas and that's where the housing should go because that's what is
needed. We used to have a regional contribution agreement where we could send money down to the urban areas, but I guess they never used it for what it was supposed to be used for, housing. So when you send money down to another district and they don't use it for that,
well, they should be they should get in trouble. But now is going to be facing so many challenges cuz this is for the this 10 years and we still have um affordable housing numbers that are left over from round three. We're in round four now and you're going to get a
presentation very shortly from um these two gentlemen in front of me who do a really good job. Um and the affordable housing crisis when you hear people say you know there's a crisis housing crisis. Yeah, there is a crisis but let
us let us let our residents be the beneficiaries of it. And that's not what's going to happen and that's not what's happening. So, with that being said, you know, I'm going to go on about the library with regards to what's going on with the library. First of all, we do
not use surplus. Um, and it means because that's not what you're supposed to do with your surplus. You don't use surplus to build a new library. You don't use that money. Those are for emergencies. Those are for things like that. That's not what it's used for. Okay? The library, as I've
stated many times, is pretty much the laboratory. It's the one that we have right now. And to put money into something like that, we might have to do it because if we can't get get a get an area where we can build something that, you know, the library as as it is
now, we will be pumping money into a bad bad situation. Okay, let's talk about the air conditioning unit. It's not like you can just go, I'm going to go buy an air conditioner and put it in. It's not how it works. We have a law called procurement.
Everybody knows what procurement is. I would hope so. Procurement is a process that you have to follow legally. You just can't say, "I'm going to go buy a $60,000 air conditioning unit, have somebody install it. A homeowner can do that. Private
industry can do it, but not public. We cannot publicly do that. we have to go on the bid or if we have a co-op, which means the co-op does the bidding for us, then then then it makes it a lot easier. Well, so here's what happened.
Um, excuse me one moment. A lot of people like to say, well, you know, you're not doing nothing about the library. I read some of the comments. First of all, that's poor. we are with regards to the to the library. But I'm not in favor of sinking bad good money
into a bad into a bad building. And I said that all along since day one when we talked about the library. The library was built in 194547 something like that. So what happens is we went to a direct
install. So basically what happens with a direct install, if we were to do it originally, it would take us a lot longer to put the air conditioning route in because we have a process called procurement, which means we have to go through the bidding process and once the bidding process is
done, council has to approve it, goes through ordinance, and then you have two readings. That's 60 maybe more days cuz you have an estoppel period that's have to follow. With direct install, the library does it. They go to they they apply they got the direct install. Got
some good news though for today. I've been in touch with Judge Central Penway because they have to approve the actual direct install um agreement cuz there's money there on the side there. So I got this this morning cuz we've been working on it and this is from our building and
maintenance director. Good evening. The AC equipment is being delivered late tomorrow, which is Wednesday morning. And we should have the air conditioning unit in by Friday, this Friday. So, the Lake Hayawata will have will have um air
conditioning as we speak. Now, Mr. Zimmerman, as you said, you made phone calls to my office, which you did do. Um but you see, you have to understand something about me. when we've had meetings, you screamed
and yelled at me, called me names in your meetings, and now you want to meet with me. And I I really find that hard to meet with somebody that screams and yells and makes derogatory statements to me. Um, I will meet with you, but I'm just
telling you up front, I didn't want to meet with you because the way you were at those meetings and the way you acted, I show a lot of respect for individual that come up to either agree with me or disagree with me. It doesn't matter. You show no respect to myself and to the entire
council. You can have your head all you want, but that's exactly what you did. So, that being said, you had your time to speak. It's my time to speak now. I just want No, this is how the public comment.
So, with that being said, I will meet with you, but under a condition that we respect each other, and I respected you at those meetings, but you do not respect any of us up here. So, that being said, council president, that's my report for tonight.
Thank you. Okay, time for counsel. I I just have one thing to say. I don't have a report, but I did ask twice if I could have a presentation on August 5th. Nobody got back to me.
Yes. Uh that I apologize for. Um we are still in the process of determining whether it's going to be the first or the second meeting. Uh council president, uh do we know yet or we're still going to We'll talk about off record. Okay. We'll talk about off record, but it it's it will either be the first or the second meeting.
Okay. Thank you. I just have one thing uh I wanted to bring up. I had a uh couple meetings ago, we had an individual come to our meeting and make an accusation that our police department racially profiled someone on a motor
vehicle stop. Um then we had it was followed up by numerous residents that were as far as away as 2 hours from here that don't even live anywhere near our town. 2 hours south down the shore. Um, I spoke to the police chief. They
conducted a full thorough investigation. They reviewed every body cam. They reviewed every uh vehicles camera. They reviewed every computer entry. Everything was investigated fully. That
stop never happened by a Pipony police officer. So, if it did occur in Prescipany, don't know who pulled that person over. Um, but it did not occur by a Pipany
police officer. So, I just wanted that out on the record if there was anyone here that was at that meeting. Um, it was fully investigated and the police chief assures that that did not occur by a Pipony police officer in our town.
Thank you, Sinovia. Uh, yes. I just want to give uh just a quick uh update on the PLA. Um, Nick Bronzin is doing an amazing amount of things there. Recently, he held uh wrestler matches, not exactly WWF, but
clean wrestling matches, which are really very family orientated. A lot of kids and a lot of a lot of people attended and it was really good. We attended, we had a great time and um it was just uh it was fun. It really was fun and I just want to compliment all
the good things he's doing. In addition to that, I think he recently had a trip to Yankee Stadium. He's doing a uh in conjunction with the Suns of Italy, a a trip to the Somerset Patriots. And uh also he has uh I think uh Dallas Jet
game uh scheduled for a couple of I think bus rides if I'm not mistaken. But uh I just want to compliment that job he's doing and I'm very impressed and uh it's real happy to see that. um regarding the um library and Mayor Barbara gave a great report and I'm excited to see that the air conditions
going in and um tomorrow and as he said it's a process you know being a facility manager I I know sometimes the process is just getting specking it out then getting a contractor then doing a load test then getting a okay with the grid there's a lot of things that have to go
into it aside from the items that Mayor Barbaro said or in addition to it I should say so it is a long process and I'm just excited that it's going in tomorrow. It'll be done by Friday. Thank you everyone for your hard work on that. I appreciate it. That's it. Any other member from council?
Okay. Uh township attorney. Um just that the uh Glenmont mediation continues. I think we've made some progress and hopefully we'll have something good to report at the next meeting. Thank you. Business administrator Jamie Crry. Thank you. Thank you, Council President. Um
we uh just following up on what mayor talked about with the library. We met with the library uh today with uh the director and the board director uh who were very grateful for the hard work that the township has put in uh in
getting the AC unit up. Um they were uh surprised that they we were able to get it up ahead of schedule and they were very grateful for that. Um I believe we have a worldclass library system. Yes, the uh there's one branch that is
the building has some issues but the main library branch is uh uh incredible and it was open throughout this. The third branch of our library system which most towns our size do not have three branches uh was also open during uh all
of these heat waves. Um, so I congratulate the library staff uh especially the director uh who's doing a great job to maintain uh and provide programs for our community. Um so we're
in good shape with that. The uh ACE unit was delivered today at the main branch. It's going to be installed and um we're good as far as putting money in somebody else's pocket. As one of the residents said, uh the right aid spot that was
talked about or is being, you know, uh thought about uh is the preferred location of the library board and the library director. They want us to look into that. It's brand new um or it's
it's in very good shape. It's not brand new, but it's in very good shape. the owner of that building uh is a gentleman who is I and we met with him today as well all intents and purposes he's a a great guy. He does a lot for other towns. He um
advocates for uh municipalities wants to see a library happen. Now, it may not happen due to the the uh financial impact um and the way that we are able to spend money and um utilize bond
funds. So, we may not be able to do it in the time frame that he hopes to do it, but we're going to give it our best shot. And one of the things that mayor and I talked about today and mayor directed me to do is to uh speak with their council and to do our best to have our council look into this and see how
quickly we can get this going and if it is possible. So I'll be speaking with Mike Avery later on today about this. Um we have uh you know another item that's important to talk about is uh the third
quarter tax bills uh did not go out yet. the state was late in certifying uh their number. They just uh uh approving the number. So they just did that on July 18th, last Friday. So uh after it
goes to the state, then it goes to the county. County is great at doing the due diligence with this stuff, but they just can't flip a switch and do it. So the August 1st deadline will be extended and the grace period will be extended to
August 29th. The bills will be going out this week. Um, and definitely by August 1st, uh, people should be receiving the bills. Uh, but it's important to understand that we will be able to extend that grace period to August 29th.
If a resident or business does not pay in that time frame, they're subject to uh, penalties um, back to August 1st, the statutory deadline. This is not our rule. This is the state code's rule. We
have to follow it because the state code tells us we have to follow it. Um, so we want to make every effort to help the situation by extending this grace period, but we also want to remind residents that the uh August 1 deadline
is hard and fast if you do um forego the August 29th uh period. um the housing. Well, before I I get to the housing and the two gentlemen that are here, uh want to thank the uh council for um adopting the uh corrective action
plan um for the audit. Last meeting we heard uh Valerie Dolan, our independent auditor uh who does this for a whose firm does this for a large number of municipalities in the state um tell us that uh
it was a very clean report particularly for a municipality our size that there were no surprises and we are in good shape which she pointed out that we knew at budget time. It's a good a good audit with just general housekeeping items. Uh as you can see on the corrective action
report, they will be uh addressed definitely the housing uh fourth round housing element and fair share. The planning board as you know uni unanimously adopted the uh part of 2025 housing
element and fair share plan. um that confirmed which confirms our compliance with New Jersey's affordable housing mandates for the next decade. This is a 10-year plan. This isn't a today plan. So, when you look at this plan and you
see seven developments happening and we're uh because we're complying with what is being mandated to us, we have 10 years to do this. So, it's not today that all of these units are going to happen. So, we have Dustin Glass here
who is our uh redevelopment council and our affordable housing council. Uh and Ed Snikis from Burgess Associates who is our planner uh affordable housing planner who um Ed has worked on our third round and now has worked on our fourth round. So, he knows participating
incredibly well. Um they uh these two gentlemen have worked incredibly hard to make sure that we have a compliant plan that uh minimizes our exposure to litigation which really is the most important part of this. Now we had to do
553 units according to DCA. DCA set these rules. We didn't say hey we want to build some as many units as we possibly can. They told us we have to do that. We were able to reduce that by 10 over 10% to uh to about 496 I believe
the number is and that's a very substantial and significant reduction that was also very careful and considered uh to uh uh maintain our uh you know limit our exposure.
DCA and Fairshare Housing sued a large number of municipalities because they did not agree with their numbers. They did not sue us. They agreed that our 10% reduction to 496 was not worthy of contesting. the New Jersey Builders
Association suit, which mayor has talked about many times, how, you know, how blatantly, you know, uh, uh, pigish it is to have the developers, uh, lobbyists sue us for more
development for affordable housing. So, it's almost like, you know, uh, they're coming outright and saying it doesn't matter about affordable housing. We want our money. We want our big developments. So, they sued us. Well, Dustin and Ed uh uh met with us and we put together a
plan. Mayor um and the affordable housing committee made up of individuals including Council President Kriefy and Council Member uh McGrath um came up with a strategy to make sure that we complied. The courts said, "Well, you should settle. You should
settle. You should settle with a higher number." We did this and Ed can talk more about this and Dustin can talk more about this. They did this in a way that was compliant and and and uh uh real. It wasn't just throwing fake numbers out there. So it uh we wound up winning that
case which was great. Um so our number was 496. We were able to utilizing bonus credits with these plans. We were able to utilize uh uh you know the bonus credits to reduce it by another 25%. So
with that um thank you to this council. Thank you to uh uh you know, mayor of course uh these two professionals here who are going to get up and explain this to to everybody. Um but also to members of the public for understanding that this is not something that mayor, the
council, any professional wants to see happen. It's something we have to do. That's really what it's all about. Thank you. So with that, I turn it over to Dustin Glass. Good evening, council. Thank you for uh entertaining the uh brief presentation
tonight. I thought uh Mr. Pine, that was perfect and a lot of my thunder has been stolen. Um but at the same point, I'll provide the council just with a little bit of background. I'll jump past a few things and get into the plan and how the plan came to be and then uh Ed Snikis, the uh planner, will discuss a little
bit more of the I'll say the intricacies of the plan and the the method to the madness. Um so, as uh as we said, the the state law changed in March of 24. Um the affordable housing world, I'll just to say got turned on its head. There were just a lot of new rules. Statute
came out that greatly accelerated the timelines um and put very strict timelines to get things done such as the DCA issuing its report in October. Um municipalities needing to determine whether they agreed with those numbers or disagreed with them and if they
disagreed to explain why and to provide analysis as to why the number was incorrect. they to do that by January of 25. Um, in this case that that's exactly what happened. And as Mr. Crime pointed out, I guess in the simplest way to put it, the DCA was overinclusive, included
parcels of property that should not have been considered as developable vacant land. Um, Mr. Snikus went through the analysis and that's how we arrived at the 496 number which we then submitted as part of the just to simplify part of the process. It was submitted to the
courts, but it's really the the affordable housing dispute program, which is operated by the courts, so I won't get too far into that. But then, yes, to the point the the courts agreed with us and they said 496 is the right number. They in essence found the builder's uh challenge to be without any
merit um and said, "Yes, township, you're right. Go forward with your 496." And what's important about that is that the township retained its immunity. So, by and I'll touch on this at the end, by complying with these deadlines that the statute has put out there that the township retains immunity from builder's
remedy lawsuits, which I'm not saying that's the end all be all, but that's very important because if you lose your immunity, uh you have example of what's going on in West Orange now where you have municipalities being sued by multiple builders, potentially more because they don't have a plan in place.
So, they do not have their immunity. Um, so moving forward with that with that number in hand, it was then left to determine how to develop the plan. And on its face, people may think, well, it's just vacant land that's available. Well, that's not entirely accurate
because the statute in essence says that you also have to take into account what are basically interested parties or or developers that bring property to you that may not being used in a way that's that makes sense, that's obsolete. times
have changed. It just doesn't make sense. There's a better use for it, which maybe is affordable housing. Um, in Paripid's case, there were a great number of, well, I'll just say interested parties. Uh, be it uh commercial office buildings that are no longer viable as the times have changed
and a lot more people work remotely and just the workforce shrink. Um, uh, potential hotels that no longer seem viable or I don't want to say seem viable that could be better repurposed otherwise. um and projects like that which were what were presented and the
statute says although you may not have vacant land if you have land that is developable and could be repurposed you have to take that into account. So where you might see some other towns or read articles about how their towns are pushing their numbers down to try to do it n to I don't want to say negligible
numbers but to something lower. It's unknown whether they had any, you know, interest, how many interested parties they had, kind of what they're doing to try to drive the numbers down, and how I'll say how aggressive an approach uh is being done. And I think what you'll see here, and what Mr. Snikus will talk about is the approach taken is one
that's pragmatic, that's legally defensible, defensible from a planning perspective, and to Mr. Cryan's point, is you can't fully insulate yourself from liability, but it it does that as much as at least we think is reasonable in this case. and and I think that's
something to keep in mind. Um the uh the plan ultimately was uh presented to the planning board and adopted at its June meeting. Uh the statute required that a plan be adopted by June 30th. And again, that's another
deadline. If you don't adopt it by then, you lose your immunity, which is what West Orange is going through now. So the planning board did look at it, found it to be found the plan as proposed to be consistent with the master plan and then unanimously voted to adopt. Uh so that was filed the plan is now on file with
the again the courts or the program whatever you will. Um the council tonight did endorse it by the consent agenda. I the way the statute is and the way housing plans are adopted, the planning board does the heavy lifting. They actually adopt it. Um so tonight is more
about the going through the continuing the process. Um and then just to touch on it again, you know, this the statute was enacted so all the municipalities have to comply or I guess they they're being told you have to comply. Certain
ones cannot comply and they they deal with the consequences. The consequences are the lack of immunity. Another one is the inability to use your development fees. Fees that you collect through developments that are usually utilized by the township. The statute as amended says you can't do that. You're out of
compliance. You don't get to use those fees. So that's another tool that the statute again whether you like it or not the statute made available and puts the onus on the municipalities to comply with these obligations. Um so that's what the plan is. That's what the plan
does. The plan addresses the township's 496 number. And again Ed will get into the the process as to how and it does it from a sensible perspective that's defensible legally. defensible from a planning perspective. And again, that's not to say there's not going to be a challenge. There could be was to say
that it's still a defensible position. Um, and you know, in the long run, plans can be amended. It's not something that's intended. But the reality is to to it's a 10-year plan. Things change. Certain projects come on, certain projects don't come to fruition. You know, this this plan is about projects
that are viable. But as we all know, that's the reality is they don't they don't all come online. times change. So, it's not impossible that the plan is amended. But at this point in time, again, as that we'll discuss, this is the legally defensible plan from a planning perspective and legal
perspective. Good evening. Uh Ed Snikas, just so everybody knows who I am, I'm a professional planner and a licensed landscape architect in New Jersey. I've I have had the opportunity and the privilege to represent Paripany through your third round and fourth round plan
now that we're planning for and we put in place. Um I'll follow through with a lot of the topics and items that were touched on by both the mayor uh the council excuse me the business administrator and Mr. Glass as well. Uh but yet I'll try to touch on the actual
details of the plan to give the public and the the council some of the background behind this. And the reason why we're here is that the June 30th deadline was important because we currently have or had protection from developers remedy lawsuits to June 30th
of this year of 2025. And the reason why we did is because we had a certified plan back from the third round that we adopted back in 2019. um in that 2019 report protected us during that time period from developers remedy lawsuits
because we had actual physical properties and developments and zoning in place for affordable housing and the affordable housing was in fact supported by the court and the court master that we've established. So again, the underlying aspect of the housing plan is
to maintain compliance uh with the mandated affordable housing requirements and we have a mandated affordable housing requirements because about 50 years ago in 1975 there was Mount Law One and that established the requirements that every municipality has
a constitutional obligation to zone for affordable housing. The question became over the years how to do that. What are actually the rules? it's still in a state of flux. Um, and in fact, as Dustin just mentioned, is that in March of last year, the laws were changed
again. They were adjusted a uh probably a fifth time, I think, Mount Laurel 5 or Mount Laurel 6 at this point. So, where we are right now is we're trying to we've submitted a plan to establish a defendable position through that plan
that complies with the rules and complies with the mandate uh that comes from the Fair Housing Act. And the Fair Housing Act is applicable to all municipalities uh with the exception of urban aid municipalities. And our uh township is in fact subject to Fair
Housing Act. So, we're addressing what's called the Fair Housing Act 2, which is then amended by the March uh amendment. In that March amendment, it's just some points to consider is that they abolished COA. COA was the council on affordable housing that previously was the state agency that established all
these rules and allowed municipalities to address certain issues. That has been now removed. And as Dustin mentioned a moment ago is that our submissions are now made to the uh court a specific element of the court and that will be
the entity to review and consider any disputes associated with our housing plan. What was also mentioned as well is the discussion with uh department of community affairs as the business administrator talked about. Um, in that instance, in January of 2025,
uh, prior to that, back in October of last year, DCA submitted and did calculations, and they established a statewide need of 84,000 units, affordable units throughout the entire state based upon certain rules and regulations that were established
through a Jacobson decision, which was a court action down in Mercer County. In that action that established certain rules that established the numbers and how to calculate the numbers it in addition to that it also established the rationale for how the numbers would be
distributed to municipalities and as was mentioned a moment ago the number was much higher was at 553. When we went through the calculations we found that there were several areas that were overcalulated by the state and so we asked for those areas to be omitted and
it reduced our overall need down to 496. The court set that number on uh May 13th of this year and we were then able to establish a plan from thumb to the June deadline. In that uh adjustment there is a
perspective need which is called a new construction need of 496 units. But then there's also what's called the present need. The present need is a need that's associated with rehabilitation of existing units within the municipality.
Parcipany has a long history of rehabilitating existing homes. We have a rehabilitation program and funding that we've been applying to that program. Um, and it's something that we look to advance and actually enhance in this fourth round process. And I'll talk to
that in a moment, but the state has calculated a present need of 138 units. We feel it's probably less than that but for the time being we've accepted that number but we can always debate and and readjust that number just for purposes of the public and and purposes of
people's understanding. Paripany doesn't doesn't just sit here at the 496 units of affordable units. In addition to that there are many other communities such as Denville which has a number of 485 Hanover at 544.
Uh Bonville has 410, Mars Township has 571. So as you can see, there's many other communities that have other numbers, including in Bergen County in Pamis. For those who are familiar, Pamis, they have a number of 1523.
So that's how widely uh varied the numbers are. They have a thousand unit cap, but still that's a staggering number for them to address. Not to say that we don't have a large number. I just wanted everyone to have an understanding and a perspective of
what the overall need is throughout the state. In addition to that, when we looked at the housing plan coming from the third round into the fourth round, in the third round, we saw what was called a vacant land adjustment. And that's a provision that's permitted under the Fair Housing Act and also the
rules that were established earlier in the earlier rounds is that it allows for municipalities that have limited vacant land. And you would think in Paripany, well, we do have some vacant land in some areas, but that when we do our calculations, we we then factor for
certain things like environmental constraints, flood zones, steep slopes, things of that nature. That allowed us in the third round to reduce our number significantly um from it was previously over 1,000 units and we reduced it down to a realistic development potential of
845. When we recalculated that in the fourth round, we found that there was no additional area that we didn't calculate for in the third round that would have raised that number any higher of 845. And the reason why that analysis is important is that we look at that from
the standpoint of what is vacant. and we've affirmatively addressed that prior 845 units and I'll talk to you in a moment uh that prior third round plan requirement. But as Dustin uh Mr. Glass has mentioned a moment ago is that the Fair Housing Act also identifies that if
you have willing developers and willing property conditions whether they be in a state of redevelopment or they're in an underutilized position, you are obligated to consider those. And that's actually in the act. And that's something that when we looked at our plan and we balanced the interests and
the discussions about where uh the interested developers were, we we needed to keep an eye on that factor. We had to keep that in mind in order to have a plan that was defendable. So instead of coming in and just saying, "Oh, we're going to reduce our number down
substantially." We had to consider those conditions because we had so many potential interested parties. I think it was close to 20. uh the township with limited vacant land can in fact adjust that need but yet these willing uh property owners was something that we
had to consider. So we then looked at all the various properties and went through a review process uh with regard to each one. And when we did that we looked at uh areas that were potentially in a state of redevelopment or other
sites that were represented appropriate adaptive reuse of the existing buildings. In addition to that, we also looked at their geographic distribution within the municipality. Uh where were they located in relative context to major highways and things of that
nature. So that was another guiding factor by which we then plan for the potential locations of the affordable housing for plan. We also looked at the Highlands master plan land use capability zones and then factored those into sites for consideration. What we
found is that the sites that we did select for the plan uh all of them were within an existing community zone or what was called a lake community zone. So they were already in a state of current development uh which establishes the current disturbance of the
properties. So therefore from that standpoint when you look at the highlands capability zones the redevelopment of those properties or repurposing of the properties would be appropriate in those situations. No locations were environmentally constrained subzones
and all the locations represented Highland's regional master plan consistency. So I just wanted that to be aware for the public to be aware of that. In addition to that, we also looked at the water supply because in the last round, if those that remember, there was something called a scarce
resource order that because of the conditions of our wells and the well water supply that we had at the time, we needed to appropriately uh rehabilitate our wells. And in fact due to the rehabilitation of the wells uh we then
looked at the overall planned uh aspect of the housing plan as well as the proposals and we found that there was sufficient water supply when we calculated for those areas. We also um
looked at uh from the standpoint of when we were going to be uh selecting certain properties. Obviously, I mentioned a moment ago about the location next to highways. Would they be comparable to existing commercial developments and or could we align appropriate buffers on
the properties to safeguard the future residents that might be at those locations? In addition to that, we then put together draft zoning requirements associated with those individual properties. Those draft zoning requirements are in a state of uh draft
right now. They will be subject to further finalization. Also, there will be also future full site plan review of any sites that were selected as well as a review of off-site impacts and fair share of improvements.
So, we did select to address the full 496 seven individual properties and they are as such uh for gate hall uh which is a development that's an existing office development. Uh that will be a proposed
conventional and stack townhouse project. Uh Park Lannadex uh those that may know of that project uh that project is currently under development under redevelopment but there are still other sections of that project that are available for further redevelopment. And
since that's current an an existing area of redevelopment it seemed appropriate to identify that location for additional development. So we did so. In addition to that, there is on route 46 what's called the Bixmore redevelopment mixeduse location which is the former
movie theater which is across from the municipal building on 46. That represent an opportunity to do a mixeduse development at that location. So we selected that site as well. In addition to that, the Embassy Suites uh also approached the municipality to
adaptively reuse that building. What's unique about that building for those who are aware of the interior is it has a large atrium and it allows itself with that large atrium to be adaptively redeveloped. It's not easy to redevelop an existing hotel building because of
the structural elements that are associated with the various rooms in order to make them living units. But yet that building did in fact allow for that. In addition to that, we looked at another development on interpace 400 interpace. That's also another mixeduse
office multifamily development. Also, one upper pound road. We would also have a stacked and conventional townhouse development at that location. And lastly, number seven would be the Reed development with a small R of the Serbo Lumber uh property where that would be
another location for a multifamily development. And all told, as was mentioned earlier, this total adds up to 372 individual affordable units of credit, but that due to the aspect of adaptively
reusing or redeveloping a property, you're allowed to gain bonus credits associated with that. So, we applied a 25% factor of bonuses, and that's the maximum number of bonuses you can apply based upon the rules. And that would be
124 for the 496 units. So the 124 plus the 372 total brings us to to the 496 number. And so that is affirmatively addressing the entirety of the fourth round need. And that puts us in the best
position to defend our plan. What I do need to talk about as well is that we needed to do also a look back in our plan. Our look back would be looking at the third round to make sure we were compliant. We did so and in fact I'm happy to
report that we are in fact compliant with the third and prior round requirements. Although it did take some adjustment to two locations. uh two locations in that third round plan uh became sites that were not developable
for residential and that was due to the changes at the D level due to the flood plane restrictions and according to the rules you're not allowed to put residential within those areas if in fact you can't prove that at least a car
can enter and exit without entering through a flood zone. And so those were located on Edwards Road. we did replace those units with credits that we had from the park realy location and so we're able to affirmatively address that
deficiency. So that is what the rules call for is for you to re-evaluate those conditions and to make sure you're complying with them. So we did so as well. In addition to that, from the third round, we did address affirmatively the 845 units, but the
remainder of units, and this may sound confusing, is that we had an 845 unit need that was established by the court, but that in addition, if I if I if you recall what I mentioned a moment ago, is that we had over a,000 units required in
that third round period. And after you apply the 845 units, we have an unmet need of 469 units. That unmet need is a need that's uh placed upon a municipality that adjusts its need
number. Uh but you have to put in some effort to address that need. You don't have to address the entirety of that need. It's a little bit more of a open discussion about how to address that. And with the court uh adjudicator, they were called court masters at the time,
we established uh six different locations where we could address that unmet need. And those six different locations are still appropriate locations and some of them actually have been developed. And so we do have credits towards our unmet need. So I
will be uh it's it's important to mention that from the housing plan we have affirmatively addressed a large part of our unmet need requirement. So that is also provided in the plan. And so with that that summarizes the overall housing element and where we are right
now is that we've submitted the document to the the courts for review. We'll be waiting for the challenge period after August 31st. We'll be hearing back if there are any. uh the governing body at this level will be looking to endorse the housing element and fair share plan
in order for that document then to move forward with the court's review. Um and after that point if after challenges are finished uh we would be looking to adopt ordinances by March 31st of 2026.
So that gives you the overview of the overall document. There's a lot more to it, of course, but I hopefully I thank you for bearing with me just hearing it out as far as what's in the housing plan. Thank you, Ed. Thank you. Okay, moving along. Ordinance is first
reading. Ordinance 202513, an ordinance amending chapter 405 vehicles and traffic section 35.B Handicap parking on streets for private residences of the code of the precipitary, New Jersey. Be it resolved that the above ordinance be introduced, read by title, and passed on first reading at a meeting of the township of council of the town of Pip
Troy Hills held on July 22nd, 2025, and that set ordinance be further considered for second reading and final passage at a meeting to be held on August 19th, 2025, at 7 p.m. prevailing time, or soon thereafter, as the matter may be reached, at the municipal building in set which time all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard concerning said ordinance. Be it
further resolved that the clerk be authorized and directed to advertise thoroughess with the notice of introduction thereof being published in the official newspaper according to law. Could I please have a motion to approve the above resolution? Motion. Wow, that was good. Okay.
Uh motion made by Mr. Hernandez, seconded by Mr. Mucella. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Mr. Mucella. Yes. Mr. Neglia. Yes. Mr. Karifi. Yes. Motion passes. Ordinance 202514 an ordinance of the township council of
township precipy Troy Hills count uh county of Morris state of New Jersey amending and supplementing chapter 430 titled zoning to amend section 430-141 title permitted uses to update same to be resolved that the above ordinance be introduced here by title and passed on first reading at a meeting of the town
of council of town preip Troy Hills held on July 22nd 2025 and that ordinance be further considered for second reading and final passage at a meeting to be held on August 19th 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 interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard
concerning said ordinance be it further resolved that the clerk be authorized and directed to advertise the ordinance with the uh with the notice of introduction thereof being published in the official newspaper according to law motion to approve please motion second motion made by Mr. Neglia seconded by
Mr. Mucella roll call Mr. Nandez Mr. McGrath Mr. Mucella Mr. Neglia and Mr. Karifi. Yes. Motion passes. Ordinance 202515. An ordinance of the township council of township precipits amending the township of uh township precipit code of
ordinances to appeal chapter 175 flood hazard protection to adopt a new chapter 175 flood hazard protection to adopt flood hazard maps to designate a flood plane a flood plane administrator and providing for severability and an effective date. Be it resolved that the above ordinance be introduced or by
title and pass on first reading at a meeting of the town of Council of the Township Pro Detroit Hills held on July 22nd, 2025 and that set ordinance be further considered for second reading and final passage at a meeting to be held on August 5th, 2025 at 7 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 interested shall be given opportunity to be heard concerning set ordinance. Be further resolved that the clerk be authorized and directed to advertise their ownness 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 Mr. Neglia, seconded by Miss Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. Neglia. Yes. Mr. Misella. Mr. McGrath. Yes. Mr. Karifi. Yes. Motion passes. Uh non-consent agenda R2025137
authorizing award of contract of uh Metaric Utility Service Incorporated for the meter replacement program phase 2 project. Motion to approve the above resolution. Motion second. Motion made by
Mr. McGrath, seconded by Mr. Meella. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Mr. Recella. Mr. Neglia. Mr. Karifi. Yes. Motion passes. Okay. Approval of payroll and bills list. CFO Angelica Sabatini recommends authorization for payment
number one. authorizes payment of the July 18, 2025 regular miscellaneous payroll estimated at 1,650,000. And number two, payment of bills from voucher list of 7225, which is 1,623,433.7. May I please have a motion to approve the authorization for payment? 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. Can I please have a motion to adjourn the meeting? Second. Motion made by Mr. Enlia, seconded by
Mr. Mucella. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez, Mr. McGrath, Mr. Mucella, Mr. Neglia, and Mr. K. Have a great night, everybody. Thank you guys.