##VIDEO ID:A8FAHjUxO7o## e e e we were Now call to order the township of scway council meeting of January 23rd 2025 adequate notice of this meeting has been provided as required under chapter 231 pl1 1975 specifying the time date location login or D in information and to the extent known the agenda by posting a copy of the notice of the municipal building municipal court and two Municipal Library bulletin boards Municipal website providing a copy to the official newspapers of of the township and by filing a copy in the office of the Town Township Clerk in accordance with this a certification by the clerk which will be entered in the minutes there will be a there will be public comment periods for both remote and in-person attendees separately each member of the public shall only have one opportunity to speak during each public portion as technology does not allow us to know if there are multiple callers on an individual phone line or logged in user account we ask that if if you wish to speak that you log in or dial in separately so that way we can recognize you as a separate individual should have should you have any further comments or questions the township council is always available by email and phone and you can always call the mayor's office during normal operating hours roll call please council member kahill here council member carmichel here council member libowitz council member Lombardi here council member Rasheed here council member Eran here council president Espinosa here please join me in saluting the flag I pled Al to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all good evening everybody um we would like we would like uh we would now like to present the awards to the winners of the holiday house decorating contest council person if I can have um both you and councilwoman Lombardi down here and then Paul's going to read the names off and we're gonna have the folks come up here and taking a look at your houses so oh pleas got okay so we will do the presentation of plaques at this time now so we'll start first with the most traditional third place goes to 53 Lehigh Avenue and that's Danielle russamano so if you're here here please come on up and if you have any family members with you bring them up we did it for you yeah we did it for you [Applause] second place is 8 Fountain Avenue Tyrone Grando [Applause] [Applause] and first place for most traditional is 51 hedro Street Michelle rol [Applause] con [Applause] so now we'll move on to most creative third place in the most creative uh category is 110 Netherwood Avenue Dawn and Shan [Applause] sitler they're not here second place was 43 aelia Place Joe wtz [Applause] [Applause] and first place in the most creative category is 2808 Hudson Street Michael Cruz he didn't want to come out in the cold weather so the best overall category third place 37 Crestwood Street Bob campanero [Applause] second place in best overall 117 McKinnon Street Melissa Nez [Applause] in first place in the best overall was 122 Pine Avenue Janina and Jonathan Bolam congratulations [Applause] [Music] [Applause] you Christmas all right we'll remember that thank you everyone okay thank you mayor um mayor we have a proclamation that we want to present tonight absolutely council president and then when I'm finished uh reading this Proclamation I'll have you and Sarah rashed come up for a photo and then we're going to have the Iman and the m congregation Comm on bcat is proud of its Rich cultural history and diversity and whereas the township of bisca is home to a significant Muslim American population from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds is home to the Muslim Center of middlex County and inor Academy and whereas Muslim Heritage Month highlights the achievements and contributions of Muslim Americans in various Fields including science medicine education Arts business and more and whereas strong commitment to Family Faith hard work and service has enriched and enhanced our community and whereas piscat Township strives to Foster understanding appreciation and unity among our our diverse community and whereas Muslim Heritage Month highlights the rich histories cultures and shared principles of Muslim Americans now therefore I Brian Waller mayor Township of escat County of middle state of New Jersey along with the township Council recognized the contributions of Muslim American community that deare the month of January as Muslim heritage month and encourage all residents to celebrate the strength found in our community's diversity and support efforts that promote respect inclusion and cultural awareness so with that if I could have Iman Smith come on up and White [Applause] watch e um may I say something sure I just wanted to thank the mayor and the council this is really an honor uh for honoring uh Muslim heritage month so thank you for the community coming out in the cold weather I know it's not easy so thank you for coming out and thank you mayor and the councel thank you thank [Applause] you okay thanks everyone I'm going back to business here okay are there any comments from the administration and Council regarding thej adjournment of any matters on this agenda none none thank you okay we're going to open to the public comments I'm sorry comments regarding uh item number 11 consent agenda items open to the um remote attendees first if you speak at this time please raise your hand either on Zoom app or if by phone by pressing star n when it's your turn to speak you will receive or hear a request to unmute yourself please click on the prompt or press star six on your phone to unmute yourself at that time please state your name and address and know that you will have 3 minutes in which to make your comments the council or Administration will respond if necessary after you have completed any comments or questions Cedar do we have anybody in Q council president there are no uh attendees with their hand raised for this agenda item thank you very much Miss CER opening up to the inperson attendees if you wish to speak at this time please come to the podium state your name and address and know that you have three minutes in which to make your comments you may take a seat after completion of your comments or questions and the council or Administration will then respond if necessary yeah hi uh pratique 29 redb Road just a question on number e which is adopting Township affordable housing share obligation program and I just have a fundamental question when I came to this Township in 1998 I know we were not doing that great um however I didn't hear all this stuff about affordable housing I mean people were still able to do their jobs um get their merry way of free markets and and able to find a housing based on the mortgage rates and whatnot now if you're are talking about that this Township has become prosperous why do we need affordable housing and to be more precise um this is nothing more than just creating u a welfare state and they call it affordable housing I just call it affordable Hearts which in the long run it promotes more welfare than the benefits that anybody in the council can promise thank you and I would just like to understand what is this about because if you if you're doing this for everyone let me just give you an u a a good story one of my tenant who graduated from padway high school was not able to pay the rent he had to find a job in Colorado for whatever reason and his wife is here and he has to go up and down so I don't I know how your programs work but they are not working for the citizens or whatever for the township of this this uh County thank you mandated by the state it's a new um Council of affordable housing law that's in effect every town that had a submitted plan uh we uh they gave us a GIS map of where they think there was developable property um the problem was we had to go through the map they had this complex the municipal complex here in Public Work yard for affordable housing they had the ecological park for affordable housing they actually had the mosque as affordable housing houses of worship as affordable housing parts of school district's property affordable housing uh it it was discombobulated to say the least uh I'm not too thrilled with this uh right now and I'll be honest with you because we're lumped in with uh Somerset County and hunterton County and those towns that did not have a zero obligation means that the towns that are left have to pick up more of the burden we did the calculation of the about 60 Acres that allegedly is supposedly available for affordable housing we would have to build 50 units per acre 50 units per acre that means it would have to would have to be at least six floors High six floors high now I know when these get sighted in certain neighborhoods the neighborhoods are going to go through the roof on that and I don't blame them but this is being mandated by the state and you have uh housing Advocates around the state that are salivating with this um they don't care you know proper planning goes out the window with this um it's just I I like to think that all along we've been uh having affordable homes here meaning Our obligation we've always met Our obligation and we'll continue to do so but this time around it's not fair that piscato is shouldering the burden uh of of of the region not not this area of the region the Somerset County you had towns in middlex County three or four towns that had zero obligation zero obligation Mr Mayor if I could ask why aren't uh those counties being held accountable because it is mandated by the state right it's a law question I I I just when they passed this law and the state legislation signed by the governor they didn't bother to tell anybody about the affordability debt the other towns that were left that you're going to be shouldering the obligation of all the other towns I mean normally you'd have uh M you you're you're finished with your comments so but that was one of the big deals I mean we came up with the plan we're we're going to contest this number because it's just not logistically feasible to have that many Because by the time you add in the storm water management regulations the D regulations the roads and this side you're going to have 70 units per acre which is which is crazy and there will be no room for parking or anything so the question it was it was not a well thought out for for every community in the state of un and the fact that they were using GIS maps that they had the DPW Yard and this building this property right here our entire Municipal complex the community center was on the property in their calculation in their calculation everything it's just question I have is uh can we find out who um anybody or our residents can call um regarding this issue well uh I I think what it is contact this is too early the deadlines the 31st of this month for for all 565 towns to submit their plans uh you can either agree with it or contest it obviously we're contesting it because you can't include this building yeah you can't it's just it's just absurd so can give uh people a a name that they can contact with so it'll be the department of Department of Community Affairs that's what that's what I'm saying by the way when they passed this law back over the summer we only got the GIS maps I think I think Raj what about two weeks ago if that two weeks ago and the staff was scrambling going through line by line so we're going to submit what we propose based upon taking out these locations correct yes but we figured it out there's all once it's you got so then the looking at could you I think we'll send their comp development thank you mayor anyone else open to the public just one more question close to the public we have an ordinance second reading uh designating a qualified purchasing agent let be it resolved by the township Council of Piscataway Township New Jersey that an ordinance entitled an ordinance of the township of piscatway County of middlex state of New Jersey designating a qualified purchasing agent pursuant to njsa 48 11-9 was introduced on the second day of January 2025 and had passed the first reading and was published on the 8th day of January 2025 now therefore be it resolved that the offers had ordinance having had a second reading on Janu January 23rd 20 2025 be adopted past and after passage be published together with a notice of the date of Passage or approval in the official newspaper we have further resolved that this ordinance shall be assigned number 20 25-01 thank you misser we're going to open this to the public for the remote attendees if you wish to speak at this time please raise your hand either on Zoom app or by phone by pressing star 9 when it's your turn to speak you will receive or hear a request to unmute yourself please click on The Prompt or press star six on your phone to unmute yourself at that time please state your name and address and know that you have 3 minutes in which to make your comments the council or Administration will respond if necessary after you have completed any comments or questions Miss Cedar do we have anybody in Q council president there are no individuals with their hand raised regarding this agenda item thank you Miss CER opening up to the inperson attendees if you wish if you wish to speak at this time please come to the podium state your name and address and know that you have 3 minutes in which to make your comments you may take a seat after completion of your comments or questions and the council or Administration will then respond if necessary do we have any inperson attendees I see none close to the public Sor may I have a motion please motion councilwoman kahill second second councilwoman Lombardi thank you misser roll call Council me member kahill yes council member carmichel yes council member Lombardi yes council member rashed yes council member Anin yes council president Espinosa yes second reading pass okay we have a first reading amending chapter 7 traffic Section 8 resolution adopting ordinance misser be resolved by the township Council of pway Township New Jersey that an ordinance entitled ordinance to amend and supplement the revised General ordinances of the township of Piscataway County of middlex stadi of New Jersey amending and supplementing chapter 7 traffic Section 8 B and is hereby adopted on the first reading that it be published in the official newspaper and that a second reading and public hearing be held at 7:30 p.m. prevailing time I'm sorry at 7:00 p.m. prevailing time at the Piscataway Municipal Building 455 Hosley Piscataway New Jersey on the 11th day of February 2025 be it further resolve that a copy of this ordinance shall be posted in at least two public places within the township prior to the day of the second reading and final passage and a copy of this ordinance shall be made available at the office of the Township Clerk for any interested member of the public thank you Miss heer May I have a motion um council president I'll make a motion but I also want to make a comment that um I'm glad to see this but I'm guessing we had some problems with people parking in the electric stations um okay so that makes good sense right we want to make sure that electric vehicles have those spots to charge so I'll make that motion thank you thank you c k we have a second second councilwoman Lombardi thank you roll call please council member kahill yes council member carmichel yes council member Lombardi yes council member Rasheed yes council member uran yes council president Espinosa yes first reading passes thank you going down to the consent agenda where efficiency items have been Consolidated into a consent agenda to be V voted on together the materials for these items have been distributed to the council in advance of the meeting at this time are there any items that the council would like removed from the consent agenda to be discussed or voted on separately I see none thank you so much got it have may a motion please motion second car Michael thank you roll call please council member Cahill yes council member carmichel yes council member Lombardi yes council member Rasheed yes council member Eran yes council president espanosa yes okay announcements and comments from the our officials councilwoman Gabrielle K thank you council president um I would just uh like to remind folks of some events that are coming up this Saturday at noon there'll be the India Republic Day flag raising at the community center at the Y there and then at 1 pm. at Kennedy Library will be the Muslim Heritage Month event and that is all for me thank thank you very much thank you I'm sorry C councilwoman Sharon carmichel thank you Mr President uh yes I would like to congratulate uh the winners of the holiday decorating contest that was so fun even though I didn't do it and uh Happy Muslim heritage month I think it's great that the town does that kind of recognition uh the third thing I want to uh remind everyone one uh this Saturday at 9:30 a.m. we will having the Piscataway civil rights advisory commission's annual Martin Luther King Jr breakfast and we will have a as a guest speaker Mr Mark moral who is the president of the National Urban League and uh we'll have other guests from the community speaking and we'll also have uh Mr Reggie Johnson from the NAACP and myself will be co-host and so we're going to have a wonderful time we're going to have food we're going to have a great band Valley Adams and the dimension band will be there again everyone loves them I've always and so we're looking for a great time so come on out bring you oh if you haven't RSVP no it's it's closed Sean yeah it's closed I'm sorry I was gonna say I don't even know if there's any room invite you but if you didn't RSVP is it on Zoom I think it might be no oh yeah yeah but it might be so we'll take pictures and we'll share so looking forward to it thank you Council uh councilwoman uh Michelle Lombardi thank you president I would like to uh thank our DPW for their first uh snowstorm job uh they did a very very good job we were out and about um on the roads that evening watching some of them um doing what they were doing and we we feel they were doing a good job um the first storm down hopefully not many others um but uh thank you to the DPW for their work in our first snowstorm of the Season thank you councilwoman Lombardi councilwoman Sarah Rashid hi um so the only thing I want to say is thank you again Muslim Heritage man's very excited looking forward to the weekend events um I do want to wish uh Happy Chinese New Year gangai it's the year of the snake and so you know gangai to everyone that's celebrating the year of what the year of the snake it's the year snake that's the I was born in the year of the snake I know it's the year it's a good thing actually snake thank you woman sah red uh councilman franker no comment at this time council president thank you sir um mayor uh council president we weren't able to a of house on tonight but we're expected yeah we should have it on for February 11th okay and Al there's going to be an amendment to the 10 Norm Drive Redevelopment plan evidently the owner bought uh thej the small adjacent house next door so it has to be amended by the Council on that so that should be on for the next next meeting uh also I want to let the council members know um there's been a lot of talk down in Washington um about the elimination of municipal bonds tax remal bonds which would be devastating uh to all local government entities throughout the whole country that um basically they want to take the taxfree entity off right now uh counties and towns account for almost 90% of the infrastructure work that's done in this country whereas the federal government's uh probably 10% if you take the availability of us to borrow and get the rates like that that means the costs are going to be passed on to the to the local rate payers here if they if they do that um I think that would be devastating uh the other issue is is that our solar project that's underway they're talking about eliminating the um the tax credits which we fought very hard to get so which which could have financial implications for this town and many other towns across the country so um stay tuned on this one there's going to be a blood bath going on in Washington there will be a tax by how soon is that supposed to be well they're I'm expecting that they're going to be proposing a tax bill something sometime in the next three three months so I'm expecting sometime over the summer that they'll they'll pass some Bill but you know some of the things that are being proposed there could be quite devastating to us loc locally oh yeah thank you mayor by the way can we council president before we go into the next session one of the other is here okay so we have our most creative first place winner Michael Cruz for 2808 h Street [Applause] thank you mayor um business administrator uh Paula yes thank you thank you so I just want to bring attention to one of the resolutions that are on the agenda it's for the local Recreation Improvement grant that is done by the uh state of New Jersey it's I think the third or fourth year that the state have done this and we are applying for the maximum of $100,000 hopefully we'll get a little bit more if I can write a very convincing narrative but the the point of the uh what our ask is for is to continue the uh goal of the mayor and the council here to continue our sustainability efforts and what we're doing is we're replacing the uh metal Halli lighting at the Riverside Softball park with LEDs and to put that in perspective um a metal Hali light has a 3,000 hour Lifetime and led has a 100,000 hour lifetime we are already at over 5,000 hours of use so it's time to replace uh the LED lights are also um there they control uh spillage so in other words you're not spilling light in areas you don't want it and uh the glare so that's that's on the agenda as well as the uh application approval for the um ecological Park it's the a HD srf uh the township is asking for grant money to uh remediate that property so you know if you don't ask you don't get so uh that's what we're doing and I just uh wanted to put a reminder out that the rabies clinic is uh January 25th this Saturday from 9:00 am. to noon for last names beginning a through K and then Saturday February 1st 900 a.m. to noon last names beginning with L to Z and this is uh held at the Public Works garage and that's all I have to say thank you and as a reminder those lights that on all the ball fields that were installed in 2005 so they 20 years old 20 years old I can't believe it thank you Township attorney Raj Kumar no comment thank you thank you um this Paula St my thunder I was going to mention the vaccine but it's okay now that's fine uh I love that event by the way it is a freeze rabes Clinic um uh our residents should definitely take advantage of that um please take care your your pets especially um your your dogs your cats um it's it's it's a great event uh just go there and it's a drive-thru by the way so you get to stay in your car uh the dogs stay in the car with you you have to hold them and then they'll give the shot you don't really necessarily have to get out of the car so that's how convenient this is it's freezing out there put on the heater and just you know wait online and that's pretty much it so please please come take advantage of that um I would also like to uh you know uh to uh a shout out to Jen Johnson she actually ran uh our first U Piscataway Business Partnership event um last I think it was what a week and a half ago and um it was a huge success I was there um councilwoman Sharon carmichel was there councilman ER was there and also councilwoman um Sarah rashed was there and we met so many local um uh local businesses that I wasn't even even aware of and it was just a night full of networking meeting people um having conversations um the mayor uh took some time to speak to the res uh to the uh business owners inlining them of what's going on with the township which is crucial to some businesses roads um uh commute travels through the through the roads and streets um and upcoming uh construction and road work so you know it was very important for them not just for the residents but local businesses so that way they can also communicate or prepare for for any events that are happening road closures or anything like that so it was it was a great night I'm looking forward to every month attending to these um I know they're you know I'm not sure of the schedule I know it's out but um if you have any questions uh pertaining that then just please call the township office and they'll gladly give you a schedule and update on how you can join the networking and those happen at the Y correct that's correct it happened in the community center uh we had some refreshments I know I had a wrap or two so but yes it was again um it was very social um and um I got to we got to meet a lot of great people but I don't believe they're going to be at the Y every time that it's going to move around yeah the next time is different businesses are going to host at the people at than yep different this that's right yeah different businesses are going to be sponsoring um each event so um that's why I said I don't know exactly where uh where it is but but if you call the township you can definitely get that information or it should be on the website as well thank you okay agenda session for February 11 2025 ordinance second reading amending chapter 7 traffic SE section um eight open open to public resolution adopting ordinance ordinance resolution authorizing contract Amendment data collection and inspection services for tax assessor office realy Data Systems LLC not to exceed $5,080 resolution authorizing return of Sterling Village security deposit and payment of areas uh to Township Piscataway Apartments 141 and 550 resolution authorizing return of escrow block 5701 Lot 2 16 1690 south Washington Avenue 22- pb-3 blocked 12801 Lot 4 1421 River Road uh 20- Z as in zebra Bri as in bravo -38 SL 39 V as in Victor block 303 lot 42.1 1790 West 7th Street 22- Zab Bravo 07/23 Victor resolution authorizing return of safety and stabilization guarantee block 1513 Lots 15 and 16 233 Stelton Road 18 uh 18- Z Bravo d39 55 Victor resolution authorizing return of temporary certificate of occupancy guarantee block 4701 lot 5 5.05 330 South randville Road 19 p-430 return of soil erosion sediment control and driveway bonds block 1401 L 15707 8 what this terer toi toi toiri Court uh block 1401 l505 059 to courts block 10901 lot 2.02 710 River Road okay we're going to open this to the public for in for remote attendees if you wish to speak at this time please raise your hand either on Zoom app or by phone by pressing star 9 when it's your turn to speak you will receive or hear a request to unmute yourself please click the prompt or press uh star six on your phone to unmute yourself at that time please state your name and address and know that you have 3 minutes in which to make your comments the council or Administration will respond if necessary after you have completed any comments or questions Miss CER do we have anybody in que council president there are no remote attendees with their hand rais regarding this agenda item thank you Miss Cedar opening up for the inperson attendees if you wish to speak at this time please come to the podium state your name and address and know that you had 3 minutes in which to make your comments you may take a seat after completion of your comments or questions and the council or Administration will then respond if necessary please state your name and address gas EOS 58 Curtis good evening this 77 year old grunt is out in the street with his garbage can in a rake picking up your trash he cuts the long along the walkway along the curb for 100 m and he trims bushes and he's across the street trimming cherry trees as well he helps his neighbors as best he can in every way some of them who defy ordinance think that he's crazy crazy dirty old man I went to the senior citizen's office looking for some support I went to property maintenance looking for support they summoned me and find mean $300 for nothing I went to the veterans looking for support oh they're not involved with politics come to this Council looking for support this man is crazy the neighborhood people who think I am crazy are the ones who violating ordinance that Oak treat on Washington Avenue and why wance have still getting hit that goes to show you what kind of work ethic you got it's nothing but a finagle job ethics is non-existence if they have no voice L for you uh uh just let the council know South Washington Avenue is a County Road Road thank you prel 29 r Road congratulations of and first time coming to the council and uh I hope uh the change is on the way with that said um there are a few things that I would like to raise there were a lot of because obviously the past Council it was just a rubber stem for me that's my perception I could be wrong but everybody has their right to their perception there were a lot of rules and regulations that I went and looked into the ecode um this is a task that I would like to give it to you look over through a fine to com and see which one of them are constitutional and which one are not and which one are basically now becoming government overreach um last year I got something from Township which was 16- 111.2 uh which was some land Lo registration um look I didn't apply for srap or anything I believe in free markets and for that if if tenants have any complaints they have right to complain in pisca courts um and file whatever motion that they have or issues that they have right now what they are saying is I have to submit this registration and every year I have to pay another $100 to the township and for what services by the way when they inspected the stuff there were few things they didn't even check so they come in and they just sign these papers nearly willly do they do I have a fire extinguisher do I have this or do I have that look I can do that myself I don't need to pay somebody 100 bucks for that okay I think to me that money I can spend for repairs or do something else in my own home that I own and by the way over 100 years for the house that I'm living in they're going to charge me $700,000 in taxes now if you're going to tell me that the equity of the house is going to cross $700,000 in 100 years then I'll understand that but right now what government is doing is they're stripping out Equity then the same May or the government or the state is to conveni need affordable housing that's not how it works if you're going to pay the loans and if you're are paying fair share of taxes then they got to figure out a way to look at this new equation in terms of how the taxing is working because you know what taxing is now nothing more than a glorified form of leeching and extortion and it's distorting and they're writing laws which are not even constitutional and and the the the other thing that I would like to talk about is how many of the businesses in this Township or even in state are now just running because of legis ation and how many are free markets what I mean is a person going a willing buyer working with a willing seller on a business agreement in terms and if they disagree they can go to the court that hey this is what this is what we agreed upon if we didn't but now we have laws on the books that I didn't consent for they become laws there were no petitions that were passed and all of a sudden they are becoming laws and I'm obligated to pay for it worth at at a negative cost to me and people call this as Government I don't think so the government should work like this um the other aspect of it that I wanted to talk about was in in general what I've seen is most of the meetings that I see in this agenda I would like to propose a change where if they are putting any ordinances that are upcoming I would like to get at least a month advance notice or it should be written here these are up a separate line item which called upcoming ordinance and I would like to have a hearing on this that people are objecting or people are supporting those ordinances and why because nowadays what I've seen in last five years they have passed ordinance we didn't even know what were there what were they talked about and they were just rubber stamped and for which we I have to pay for this thank you I just want to let the record reflect I can't let this pass Mr Batel is an ultra nationalist he hates government at all levels he he says this all the time he gives plethora of arguments every day he's sending some crazy anti-nationalist uh thing to the council and you know this is he just he just doesn't think the rules should apply to him everybody else complies he just doesn't think the rules should apply to him well council president if I may more importantly is some of those things are on the books to protect renters and it's not to protect the the um the land owners or the landlords it's there to protect people who are renting who don't have the financial wherewithal if something should go south and you can just look at towns next door where people have no heat you know I don't know what their governments are doing with those buildings but I can tell you in our town we do protect the renters and the people who can't afford to necessarily pay for attorneys to defend themselves government is not helping I'm sorry true but I think we should respect everybody's opinions and he does have the right to his opinion so that's true councilwoman but the fact is you don't get the the emails the crazy nonsense that he's been sending for the last four years he's he it's all right if he want to be an ultral anti-government but let's like the refected you know what it's it's not democracy anymore it's mayor's thank because he when he talks tionalist and this is this supporter a key supporter of the person who ran against me an anti-nationalist he's a thank you um anyone else please step to the podium I'm please state your name and address thank you Tyrone gonado 8av uh I just have a general question in the past um on the Township's website we used to be able to see uh upcoming plans for Road servicing and general uh infrastructure improvements uh I when we get the list we normally put it up when we when we adopt the budget so I haven't seen it in the last couple years or we have it introduced our budget yet no it's been up there we haven't introduced our been able to see it in a uh obvious place without at least I haven't seen it and the reason why I'm asking this is that living on Fountain have know that the Enbridge lines cause a different uh level of complications to it but Fountain have is in dire need of resurfacing and the sidewalks need repairing you have a very unique Street and I'll tell you the reason why just for those folks there there was a lawsuit 20 plus years ago that the homeowners filed against uh Duke Duke Energy not to touch the trees and everything like and that includes the town so therefore we may not be able to fix the street so I am I homeowners out there now but the law yes I so having lived there since 2017 I came to know this by talking to the neighbors I wasn't aware of this lawsuit until maybe two three years ago and I still don't think it um warrants that at least the street doesn't get reserved um I know some of the sidewalks are presenting now a trip Hazard there's I see elderly people young mothers walking their kids and almost every other sidewalk section is either elevated dipped and I don't see anything being done to ultimately the sidewalks are the homeowners respons responsibility not when the tree between the sidewalk but you got a situation where there is a la the one that's causing I know but there is a lawsuit normally we would go as a courtesy to take care of that but because of the lawsuit we can't take care of it okay then the second thing that I have is that uh a couple years ago I can't remember if it's two or three years ago now they resurface Bey which is I live on a corner of Bei and Fountain and the curb drain that runs down from the top of the crest of the fountain going down Bey when they resurface it the steamroller the kbon as adjacent to my property was steamrolled and it essentially degraded the curb drain and now every time the street sweeper passes it takes that those stones and puts them into the middle of the street especially in the summer it becomes a serious Hazard because then cars driving up and down the street launch those little rocks like missiles and my kids play in the yard I've been in the yard I've heard this rocks hit my siding is some is there something that going be done about why don't you just come up here and give Paul your address and we'll have the engineering department go out and take a look at it okay so thank you thank you mayor I do have a question on this um I know so the lawsuit was was to what in in very try 20 seconds are left the um Duke Energy wanted to come in and clear out all the trees because it's where the pipeline is you have three major pipelines the one that was in Edison that blew up uh they wanted to go into clear they have every right to do that so uh the former councilman Steve Comm was doing pro bono work for the street uh ended up in the um the uh the state supreme court they ruled in favor of the residents and therefore the trees stayed and so now the towns are the the can't touch the trees which means you can't fix the sidewalks because if you touch the sidewalks you're cutting the roots of the trees and denigrate in the trees and to come down so it's it's a catch 22 the the trees are causing a problem with the sidewalks you can't talk because of the so because OFW right and so what this is one of the drawbacks so consequently you have now more than probably half the homes or more have all changed hands and the homeowners who bought in on that street didn't know about the lawsuit is there a time limit on that oh boy like but the trees at this point in time are starting to and some of them every time we have a snow storm or wind storm there's huge branches that no one even trims the trees I I I we would love to go in and go of like any other street but because that suit we we'll go and take a look I'll have the engineering department Public Works go out there we got your number okay thank you all right thank you what else good evening Curtis good evening Curtis grubs 1750 West Third um few of my neighbors didn't show up I guess it's like councilman um Council woman lardi say too cold they didn't come out um one of them had an issue they received a I don't know if I mentioned it to Frank they received a certified or registered letter reference to some soil um about their yard or the houses on third on Hazelwood M sorry um I didn't get one so I'm assuming it's just the ones over there I'm trying to figure out and maybe the mayor or Frank could help me understand I need we need to know what's going on with the two properties which is 1776 South Second and the fence company that's across the street our knowledge is they're being sold Curtis you're talking about the de End of the Street to the left that backs up to where the new town houses are in Den mhm well the property no application has been filed yet um the I guess the the the property's been uh I guess is on the market from what I understand and then obviously so whoever is looking to buy that property they probably put letters out to find out where the delineation and where the wetlands are I'm assuming that's what it is so whoever potentially is buying the property which you know know of whoever is buying the property we don't get formal confirmation here until an application's been filed and no application has B for quite frankly I wish the property would get cleaned up because it's causing us a major headache over there for the residents right Curtis yeah kind of that's why we we you know I was surprised that the people like she said all the illegal dumping going on there and everything else you could think of it's going on out there well with their legal dumping no disrespect may we have cameras why why haven't we caught them we have we don't we don't have the cameras on the private property public rights away they're dumping down on them two pieces of property camer on that's private property down the end okay I don't think it is but I'll have to do my homework and I'll talk to Frank the other issue they was talking about the um when the weather got before it got bad the park and across the street from the park when do they spray for the bugs and mosquitoes when or when do they do you talking about the Mosquito Control Commission whoever was supposed to spray is it us or them well be the Control Commission they take samples of water standing water throughout our community and on other areas of middlex County on a regular basis obviously they're not taking it during the winter time because mosquitoes aren't breeding during the winter time mayor that's run through the through middle sex correct Control Commission what we trying to F is there a date or the time that they do this because I have my neighbor here they haven't been there that's what I'm trying to find out when if they supposed to they they've done some in pasc way they do those aerial spraying but they're ALS so looking at standing water so if they're going to target areas it's based upon an issue that exists which does exist but they would so it wouldn't be so um I should clarify so then you wouldn't have like a standard schedule right they're going to start coming out when the weather's I get the I get them all the time because I have the park right down the street for me so we get the notices like at least once a year that they're going to be spraying over by the Johnson Park area um I'm assuming that's because we do not if we receive notice we put it on our Township uh website of and and a map of the area where they're right right right right I see it because know that we have over in that Park puddles that remain do my homework thank you very much thank you Curtis thank you Curtis anyone else Mr Atkins okay good evening Council good evening David aens androse Valley Lang item 11 Alpha that's from the consent agenda I know you have addressed that I know that the township is requesting a uh $100,000 for uh for a grant once that's finalized will you make notice of what the results were we would do a resolution accepting whatever the dollar amount would be if we're successful with the grant to incorporate it into our budget okay okay item number 11 Delta still the consent to judge uh agenda the $275,000 for the uh gasoline is that for one year yes okay item 11 f for foxtrot what was the amount before change number one right now it's so David this change orders to uh PG want an additional money uh to run uh the power lines to the towers um when they overestimate it we actually have a a subcontractor doing this which is PSG wanted a quarter million dollars to run that so we have somebody else running the line at a cheaper rate to do that what's the rate well it's it's more than half of what PSC was going to charge us I am 11j for Juliet um I don't understand that statement can you clarify that for me that's pertaining to the tax collector I I I I didn't understand that that's for its software so Shi is a reseller for uh on the state contract for edmin software that's the financial name of the software that the tax collector's office uses in order for to collect taxes for our utilities and and your property taxes so it's it's just software to allow us to purchase that how often does that change as far as the software do you do it every year do you how I don't know what the town had prior to if this is a new purchase but Edmonds typically will be the software that'll be used by the tax collector's office going forward any any particular reason why you're switching up David pretty much 90% of the towns in the state of of the New Jersey have Edmonds okay it's it's a good program I've used it before it's it's user friendly not not that anything else is bad it's just a different program and it and it helps you know calculate lean redemptions and a lot of other things that the tax collector's office needs to do 11 Mike the Hazardous discharge is this something that's been approved or it's a you're just waiting for authorization and uh will you f elaborate on that so that's just that's just the that's the governing body approval that's needed in order to submit the Grant application to ask for funding from the state de New Jersey DP to provide funding for the remediation so the township is hoping to get uh the remediation we're we're eligible for is up to $3 million okay so hopefully we can uh get that money okay I see the lot in Block what's the address is the eological park right it's South Washington isn't it oh okay um 11 November something else I don't quite understand the compensation for the uh Fire District Number Four what's that all about so David what typically is every fire district has to submit their compensation on what they they received meaning the five fire Commissioners in each district we have four four districts five Commissioners that's 20 commissioners throughout the town each district has to submit to the council what their compensation is and we have to vote on it you said that they get where do they get from okay third third Saturday of uh February sorry folks get mail in ballots for those now too mayor so you'll see it if you do mail in ballot you'll get it in the mail but you'll also get a notice to go vote and that's when you as the taxpayer can go either vote yes or no on the Fire District budget okay thank you that's all I have thank you Mr aens motion to adjourn offer second all those favor sorry all in favor I I thank you have a good night e e