##VIDEO ID:47ET5pOpE5c## good evening it's now I guess 6:02 p.m. on Tuesday January 7th 2025 this meeting will come to order welcome to the 285th annual reorganization meeting of the plan Township Council in accordance with the requirements of New Jersey's open public meetings act notice of this reorganization meeting was filed in the office of the Township Clerk posted on the bulletin board in the municipal building and on the township we website and transmitted to the Suburban Trends and Daily Record newspapers and the record please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance and remain standing for a prayer and a moment of silence in honor of those who serve our nation I pled ALG to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation God indivisible liy and justice for all most gracious Providence we ask that you bless this governing body with an abundance of wisdom and understanding so that every deliberation will result in actions which will promote the common good and the general welfare for all of the people of panic Township amen amen amen so before we get started we have some visiting dignitaries to welcome we have I'm sorry we have a curve we're coming in I always make mistakes on the these parts assemblyman Brian Bergen hello Mars County surrogate Heather darling we have Ronaldo Morales representing congresswoman Sher Mikey Cheryl's office County Commissioners Thomas dangelo and Steve straw Senator Joe pachio Mars County Commissioner taan Salon whatever you like you like to say anything andon show up yep we forward to working with you congratulations and say that was really quick we have time said a few that was a few words proceeding with the agenda the following is a statement of determination issued by the board of County Commissioners relative to an election held in the township of panic County of Mars and state of New Jersey for the election of certain Municipal officers on the 5th day of November 2024 said board does determine that at said election David Cole and Vincent syracusa were duly elected to the office of Township Council for terms of four years this statement dated the 18th day of November 2024 Bears the signature of the chairman of the board of County canvers and has been signed and sealed by ANF grai Esquire Mars County Clerk the oath of office will now be administered to the newly elected and reelected council members Mr Cole being sworn in by assembly Woman Brian Bergen promised he would trip and thank you I state your name I David Cole do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and that I will build true faith and that I will bear truth faith and allegiance to the same and allegiance to the same and to the governments established in the United States and to the governments established in the United States and in the state and in the state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people and that I will faithfully and that I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly perform and justly perform all the duties all the duties of the office of of the office of qu Township council member app Township council member according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability so help you go so help you go congratulations just to say a couple quick words so I just wanted to thank everyone for being here thank you for the confidence of uh voting for me uh and Vince in the last election I look truly look forward to working with this Council uh again for another four years I truly look forward to working with our new councilman Mr sakusa uh we're a great Bunch um for those of you that know me I mean I'm a you know I'm a people person I'd rather be doing things for people than doing things for myself so I had the privilege of uh being at that life this morning um where uh young banic resident Henry strubel received the Steve D Gregorio award Young Man Award uh there was 140 uh initial uh applicants they got it down to seven Henry was one of the seven uh all seven uh were tremendous young men um it's not about footballs about what they do outside of football and Henry Henry won that award this morning uh two Super Bowl tickets $5,000 scholarship so Henry and his dad are going to be going as as you heard I like doing things for other people so I just want to let you know that Quantic PBA is March 24th I have Flyers here there's many ways you can support it it's going to be right at the castle uh it's a great it's going to be a great event and uh you know uh the Aquatic police department does a great job and aquantic for its residents all of our volunteers first a squad fire departments they all do a great job uh but you know let's let's show our our support for the blue and and uh let's pack the house I think that they uh they can hold a th people without us a dance floor so hopefully we'll see you there all right thank you again very [Music] much congratulations thank you thank you Mr [Music] [Music] syracusa this is you how are you I think da intro he need all the time for himself before before I swear guy I just want to say one one quick second he's an army guy we share that in common and he's such a great dude I'm so proud of him he did I you need to know this as a constituent so he did spend a couple years in the Navy all perfect I have I state your name Vin s j do Sol me swear you sol me swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States that I'll support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and that I will bear true faith and I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and allegiance to the same and to the governments established in the United States and to the government's establish in the United States and in the state and in the state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people and I will faithfully and I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly and justly perform the duties of perform the duties of the office of the Quantic Township council member the office of the Quant Council council member Accord to the best of my ability Accord to the best of my ability be go congratulations all right so I guess I got like a couple minutes um it's always tough to follow Dave so we're going to do my best right so I'll just keep the less short um I just want to thank everyone you know you came back to go for um this is a big deal you this is something that I don't take L and I'm going do the best that I've very me the best that I can all right especially want to thank you know my family my wife my children full support going through this uh collecting signs putting signs out knocking on doors there's a lot of people here who who have supported me along the way and who have made this possible so my family my friends PBA State Poli that are here appreciate you guys Frankie Anthony thank you guys very much for being here thank sir welcome welcome you slow down man thank [Music] sir now the Roll Call of the township Council Mr Dy presid Mrs Florence Lynch here Mr Cole here Mrs Russell here Mr syracusa here quum the required Quorum being present to conduct formal action the first order of businesses evening is the selection of a member of the township Council to serve as mayor for the year 2025 is there a motion from the council I'd like to make a nomination of John D for mayor for 2025 is there a second I'd like the second are there any other nominations for mayor hearing none is there any discussion there being no discussion on the motion to elect councilman drei as mayor for the year 2 Mr Dy yes Mrs Florence Lynch yes Mr Cole yes Mrs Russell yes Mr cusa yes congratulations we'll now administer the sorry I'm hoing little bit yet I st your name hi John greasy you solemly swear you Solly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and that I will bear true faith and I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same allegiance to the same and to the governments established in the United States and to the governments established in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people and that I will faithfully and that I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly perform and justly perform all the duties all the duties of the office of the office of panic Township mayor of panic Township mayor according to the best of my abilities according to the best of my abilities so me so help me God so I got to say a few words so once again thank you thank you all for coming thank you for letting me do this I think it's going to beique um I do love this town it is a it is a it is truly a great town we're buried in the middle of a lot of stuff but it is truly a great town I was talking to somebody today and they said you're going to be mayor and that phrase came to mind in fact in F future in the the diner so the guy goes mayor I like the sound of that so it just popped into my mind so it was it's pretty cool but I look forward to helping serving and working with these all and especially Mr Vince up there who's new so thank thank you for coming although I do like sitting in the corner though yeah cuz you're blocked by front and center Johnny let's go get it done page all right here we go buckle up uh I don't think any other officials came in anybody out there in the hallway Senator Bach on the back oh senator Noto yeah I think I think they recognized you before thank you for coming thank you the next order of business is is the selection of a member of the township C Council to serve as deputy mayor for the year 2025 is there a motion I'd like to nominate Council woman Russell to serve as Deputy Mayor is there a second I'll second that any other nominations is there any discussion not hearing any the Kirk will please call the role on the motion to select councilwoman Russell as Deputy Mayor Mrs Florence Lynch yes Mr Cole yes Mrs Russell yes Mr syracusa yes mayor Dy oh there we go I get to say I like the sound of that um yes absolutely motion carries please administer the oath of office to the deputy mayor Brian B just want say I want to say one before the very first person to ever ever invite me to s anybody in with Kyle Russell and it was when she ran for mayor back in 2021 I was just some unknown assemblyman not much more know now dville and uh I was didn't even represent this District so it caused a whole uproar political uproar that I was even coming out here so she was the first person I ever did I want I st your I Kyle Russell do Solly swear do solemly swear that I'll support the Constitution of the United States that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and that I will bear true faith and that I will bear true faith and Allegiance and allegiance to the same to the same and to the government's established in the United States and to the governments established in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people and that I will faithfully and I will faithfully and partially and partially and justly perform and justly perform all the duties of the office all the duties of the office of the qu Township Deputy Mayor aonic coun Deputy Mayor according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability so help me God so help me God congratulations if you ever want to follow somebody who like to fire under everybody's butt in the assembly feel free to follow any one of his Pages he certainly fights for all of us as do the other Commissioners and I want to thank you all for coming out and Senator Joe thank you for being here my voice is a little horse so I'll make this short yeah you guys are probably happy we couldn't do this without all of you without all of the volunteers all of our wonderful police officers our first aid our volunteers and of course our Comm commers who help us every step of the way and our assembly people and our Senators it takes a lot to keep this town running Adam he kind of helps a little bit too all of us working together that's why it works that's why we run so well um Governor once said Morris County runs like a top it does because of towns like Panic um we all run well together and we couldn't do it without everybody and I look forward to working with everybody I look forward to working with Vince for the first time I think it's going to go very well and I appreciate everybody coming out here today thank you ready all right moving on with the agenda the next order of business is appointments by the township Council the appointments are listed on the agenda as items 9-a through 9- QQ is there any discussion on the appointments from town uh from Council Members hearing none is there a motion from the council to approve these appointments I'll make a motion to approve the appointments I'll second roll call please Mrs Lawrence Lynch yes Mr Cole yes Mrs Russell yes Mr Dy yes M Mr syracusa yes not yet never could get through meeting without doing that wrong so soon it's gone Mr syracusa yes mayor Dy yes still Yes item number 10 the next order of business is the designation of the council Liaisons for 20 2 the proposed liaison assignments are listed on the agenda as items 10- a through 10-j is there any discussion from on the designations from Council Members hearing done is there a motion to approve these designations I'll make a motion to approve those designations there a second a second roll call please this lawence Lynch yes Mr Cole yes Mrs Russell yes Mr syracusa yes mayor Dy yes yes carries moving along item number 11 the next item on the agenda is additional resolutions the proposed resolutions are listed on the agenda as items 11- A through 11- Z is there any questions or comments on the resolutions from Council hearing none is there a motion I'll make a motion to adopt to approve the resolutions all right is there a second I'll second roll call please Mrs Florence Lynch yes Mr Cole yes Mrs Russell yes Mr syracusa yes mayor Dy yes number 12 we're rolling along the next item on the agenda is the announcements of the mayor's appointments the following appointments are made to the library Board of Trustees the May mayor design as councilwoman Russell and trustee Robert fre fredman thank you to the planning board um class two member is Eugene maowen environmental commission regular members Thomas Andrea Linda porpora and Karen Randolph youth advisory member we need more of them youth advisory member youth as part of this uh Jake Marie Roby and environmental commission chair Thomas L Newman and to the Mars County cdrs a regular member is councilman s ususa and Alternate is councilwoman Florence Lynch item 13 next item on the agenda is the announcements of the manager's appointments these appointments are listed on the agenda as item number 13 for your reference um the next item on the agenda is public comment individuals are requested to limit their comments to 3 minutes if anyone wishes to address the council please wait to be recognized to come to the microphone and provide your name for the record is there anybody there somebody in the okay come on up oh you're hiding behind the pole that's it I like hiding behind the poles it's nice you know uh good evening everyone Brian Sanic I just want to come up and congratulate uh Mr Cole and Mr cusa for their election Victory and I want congratulate you uh Mr Dy on being elected mayor and also you on being Deputy Mayor thank you so congratulations all and hopefully have a very good year could you I'm sorry could you spell your last name sure it's s n y okay thank you thank you is there anyone else seeing none going once going twice there being no further business is there a motion to adjourn I'll make that motion I'll second all in favor I opposed meeting adjourned at 622 [Music]