Good. Thank you. Good evening, Burough Ramsey. Welcome to Mayor and Council meeting Wednesday, May 28, 2025. This meeting is also being conducted telephonically. Dial in number is 425-436 6365. Access code
213563. And the meeting may also be viewed on the Ramsey YouTube channel which you can access from the burough website. Can we please have roll call? Mayor Dylan here. Councilwoman Cusk here. Councilman Gutwer here. Councilman
Kilman here. Councilman Pablo here. Councilwoman Poppy is not here. Councilwoman Woods here. Thank you. Flag salute. I'll ask Chief Longman to please lead us 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. The New Jersey open public meetings law was enacted to ensure the right of all citizens to have advanced notice of and to attend all meetings of public bodies
at which any business affecting the public is discussed or acted upon in accordance with the provisions of this act. Notice of this meeting of the mayor and council was published in the Bergen record and the spur news on Wednesday, January 15, 2025. May I please have approval of
minutes? Madame Mayor, this is Councilwoman Cusk and I would like to approve the minutes from the work session on the 14th of May, 2025. Thank you. Do I have a second? Second. Are there any comments on the minutes? Not hearing any. Roll call, please.
Councilwoman Kusk, yes. Councilman Gutwer, yes. Councilman Kilman, yes. Councilman Papo, yes. Councilwoman Woods, yes. Thank you. Communications. Yes, Madame Mayor. I make a motion to receive and file the communications as
on our agenda tonight for May 28th. Thank you. Do we have a second? Yes. Second. All right. Any comments on the communications? Madame Mayor, I would like to just congratulate uh Eagle Scout Dylan Hunt. He was finally awarded not finally awarded the deal the Eagle Scout
um award and we're very thrilled for him and I'm looking forward to going to his Court of Honor on July 20th. Thank you. And I'm very proud of Dylan as well. He did a great job on his Eagle Scout project. Right. Any other comments? Not hearing any. Roll call, please.
Councilwoman Cusk, yes. Councilman Gutwer, yes. Councilman Kilman, yes. Councilman Papo, yes. Councilwoman Woods, yes. Thank you. At this point, can we please have a motion to go out of order for the special presentations? Yes, Madame Mayor. I make a motion to go
out of order to move tonight's special presentations to now. Thank you. Do we have a second? Madame Mayor, I second. Thank you. All in favor? I Thank you. Okay, chief. Sure. Let's do it first. I was going to say walking over there. I
was like, "Wait. You supposed to be here. You can come up perfect Joseph faithfully and justly perform all the duties of the
office of probationary police officer of the office of probationary police offic I true faith and allegiance true faith allegiance to the same to the the government established the government established in the United States in the United States and in this state
authority of people There's always paper. You want to say anything? Sure. Um, just real quick, we'd like from the from the moment he walked in for the interviews just stood out from the rest of the candidates in the pool obviously came from law enforcement
background uh Hardings loss is our game um we picked up a number of really good officers from other departments recently and I'd just like to attribute that to they come here they see the kind of department we run the kind of uh friendship and camaraderie that we have
here very supportive mayor and counsel Um, and Joe just came in and said the right things. He wants to come here to work. He's got great credentials. Um, and we look forward to coming on board. So, congratulations. Uh, also I want to thank the mayor and
council for for taking time out of their meeting tonight. We u we'd like to acknowledge several officers that have done outstanding work uh this year and a lot of part of last year. Uh so what we're going to do is we're going to have our public information officer, Detective Satelli. She's going to read
the citations. our life medal first and our civilian service they go hand in hand. So I'm just read a little bit about the awards. The life is awarded for an act performed in the line of duty which disregard a
person alert action. The civilian service award is awarded to a civilian that assists the police department with the apprehension of a criminal in any emergency. This award also be prepared when the civilian provides services which may be deemed
beneficial to the department or the municipalities. Our late medal is patrol woman and our civilian service award is on Saturday August 10th 2024 at approximately 150
hours was dispatched to uncle respond of a male party Russell Marana experiencing a medical emergency. Upon the arrival of woman, she notified Ramy communications that Mr. Marana was unresponsive and not breathing. Control
woman immediately began CPR with the assistance of a customer later identified as William Kelly. Control woman applied the AED, set up oxygen, applied an airway, and continued with lifeaving measures with the assistance of William. The administered two shocks
prior to Marana being transported to the hospital. The paramedics later contacted Ramsey police headquarters after transport to advised that due to a life-saving effort by patrol and William Kelly had regained a pulse and was during transport. The medics advised the
actions of women and William Kelly were instrumental in saving life. Mr. made a complete recovery and his story was on August 16th.
Okay. But he's also civilian is here uh today. So um hopefully we can get him here time. Thank you very much for stepping up and doing what you did.
So we have a few more awards that we're going to give out tonight. Our next award is our exceptional duty medal is awarded for a highly credible accomplishment bringing public to themselves their department or police profession as a result of training
devotion to duty service to the public. And this award nominated detective sergeant Garcia for this award. Detective Sergeant Garcia has proven himself year after year as an asset to the Randy Police Department. Detective
Sergeant Garcia possesses many sought after traits distinguishing himself as an excellent officer and supervisor. These traits include leadership, diligence, pride, and accountability. Sergeant Garcia is a mentor for the number of officers and a resource when assistance is requested. As a result of
this, Detective Sergeant Garcia was promoted to the rank of sergeant in November of 2024 and is now in charge of the detective bureau. As a new supervisor, he was able to make strides in the face of challenges all while making decisions and assigning tasks. His end product remained consistent with
command staff expectations. Since taking over the detective bureau in January of 2025, officers under his supervision have successfully charged 30 suspects. Under his leadership, the detective bureau transition to a proactive force and continues to be on the forefront of
the intelligence gathering. Lastly, Detective Sergeant Garcia is selfless with his time and effort. He continues to take on additional departmental roles which he is more than capable to handle. As a result, the department continues to operate efficiently and effectively.
Congratulations. Our next is the honorable service medal is awarded for a credible act in the line of duty which meets some but not all requirements for other medals unusual nature showing initiative and accomplishment. We have four tonight. We have
Finn Riley and Zaki Patrolman Finn. Patrolman Finn is consistently at the top of the patrol division through exceptional performance and dedication. He led the patrol division in arrest and was top two in
patrol division is his leadership extends beyond his daily duties as he is one of the department's firearm instructors defensive tactics instructors and field training officers serving as a mentor to younger officers and he's viewed as a leader within the
department has also received numerous commendations and recognition by his supervisor for his pro proactive police work and crime prevention initiatives Riley, on November 11th, 2024, at approximately 9:35 hours, transit police
were responding to 450 Island Road for a report of a motor vehicle into the into an apartment building. Riley was the first officer on scene and located the vehicle that had crashed through the exterior brick wall, entering the kitchen of the bottom floor apartment.
Riley immediately noticed the strong odor of natural gas as the vehicle had ruptured the gas line to the kitchen appliances. Patrolman Riley ignored the possibility of a spark from the vehicle or falling bricks and was able to successfully extract the driver from the passenger side compartment and move him
to safety. Controlman Riley then re-entered the building and began evacuating residents from surrounding apartments. Riley is to be recognized for his actions in assisting the driver while ignoring the potential danger to himself. His actions exemplify the best characteristics of law enforcement and a
commitment to preserve life and assist those in need. Deal and patrolman Zindaki on January 28th, 2025 at approximately 1453 hours. Patrolman Zindaki conducted a motor vehicle
stop on a vehicle exceeding the posted speed limit and failure to maintain. assisted as the backup officer while interacting with the occupants observed a handgun in the glove box of the vehicle and immediately gave verbal
command for the proper use of force. The occupants were safely removed and placed under arrest as neither of the occupants had a lawful justification for possession of the handi and are commended for removing an illegal firearm from the street and
safely resolving a potentially dangerous situation whileing the arrest. Congratulations to you all. We also um have accommodation for our K9. Unfortunately, they not be here
tonight. Um but I would like to read this because it's actually very important. He's a very important part of our police department. So I think um K9 Hammer and K9 Jack have assisted with several fallouts resulting in arrest.
They have responded to multiple different surrounding agencies with tracks of burgies and to suspects Jack has attended multiple community outreach programs within the schools in the borrow to include other schools within the county to educate students and staff on the responsibilities and daily
functions of had numerous drug related arrests combined with that includes narcotics and over2 million US police department continues to build relationships and trust with
the community our surrounding municipalities and federal law enforcement partners. This award is in recognition of their exemplary teamwork and service. Unfortunately, um it would have been nice to have him
here, but um I just want to commend the officers that did receive awards tonight. Thank you, Detective Satelli, for doing a great job doing that. And thank you, Mayor and Council, for your continued support and uh and taking a break out of your meeting to allow us to do this
tonight. Our absolute pleasure to honor the officers and their exemplary service and to recognize their achievements. All right, folks. Um, we're going to go back into the regular order. We'd love to have you staying, you know, be here with us, but we will not be offended if
you decide to call in tonight. Don't worry. All right. Have a nice tour. Home safely. Take care. Thank you. So, excellent. Is she here? Oh wow. So you want to do the appointments
first? Right. So we have to do appointments and the resolutions and then do public. Okay. Right folks. Um we have Samantha Aerson here.
Bye. Thank you. So what I'd like to do is Let's go back into the meeting, but let's start with appointments and then do the resolutions so I can swear her in and then we'll do the or the public hearings. Okay. Both appointments.
Meredith, did you get that? I did. Did you? I don't think she Okay. Back into order. Public comment public comments and then go into um Actually, you know, let's go go back
in and let's start with appointments, okay? And resolutions because that way it'll just flip it on its head before public comment. Yeah, we'll do public comment after. Good night. Thank you. Thank you. Congratulations. Thank you, sir. appreciate you.
Hi, Samantha. We're gonna just real we're going to jump around the order of the meeting so we can um go through everything we need to do to appoint you, do the resolutions, approving it, and then I'll swear you in and then you can go. So, I don't want to make you wait
around. Okay. I like your sweater. Okay. Can I please have a motion to go back into the meeting and jump directly to appointments? Madame Mayor, I make a motion to go back into order and then jump to appointments. Madame Mayor, I second.
Thank you. All in favor? I. Thank you. Okay. I hereby make the following appointments. Kevin Morris, Ramsey Rescue Squad, and Samantha Aerson, the Junior Fire Brigade. Can we please go to consent resolutions? Yes. Thank you, Madame Mayor. Uh, be it
resolved that resolutions 100 2025 through and including 106 2025 having been considered by the governing body of the Burrow of Ramy B and are hereby passed and approved. We do have a block party request this evening. Marica Davis of North Street is
requesting permission to hold a block party on Saturday, August 9th, 2025 from 3 to 10 p.m. I'll second that. Thank you. Any comments on the consent resolutions? I know Mr. Ros will have a lot of information during his report. Okay. All in favor? Oh, actually, no.
Roll call. Councilwoman, yes. Councilman Gutwer, yes. Councilman Kilman, yes. Councilman Papo, yes. Councilwoman Woods, yes. Thank you. All right, Samantha, let's get you sworn in. That's okay. By the camera.
I do solemnly swear to that I will support the Constitution of the United States of the United States of the state of New to the same to the same until the government established the government
established in the United States United States under authority people faithfully and all faithfully impartially And perform and justice all the duties all the duties of the office of the
office of Ramsey Jun. Yes. My very special pen lifted from the sheridan. I'm gonna bring it back when it's out of ink. Thank you. Hey, can I have a please have a motion
to go back into the regular order? So, we actually start go back to public comment. Madame Mayor, I make a motion to go back into regular order and we will begin and where we left off with public comment. Thank you. Do I have a second? Second. Thank you. All in favor?
I. Perfect. Thank you. All right. We'll open it up to public comment. Anyone wishing to address the governing body, please give your name spelling the last name and address. Please speak in an audible tone and address your comments to the chair. There will be a fiveminute time limit per speaker. I must reduce
because of the volume of business on the agenda. Please note public comment is your time. Out of respect and fairness to all, there will be no interruptions or questions answered during your time. No time shall be seated to anyone else and no time shall be saved for later use. Any responses may be given during
the governing body's comments later in the meeting or as directed by the chair. The burough clerk is the official timekeeper. Okay, there's no one in chambers for public comment. Is there anyone on the line? Second call for public comment for anyone on the
line. Third and final call for public comment for anyone on the line. Okay, not hearing anyone, I will close public comment. Let's move on to public hearings. The advertised public hearing for final consideration of ordinances,
ordinance 11 hyphen 2025. Thank you, Madame Mayor. Final ordinance number 11, 2025, an ordinance amending chapter 7 of the code of Burough of Ramsey, uh, Bergen County, New Jersey, and more specifically section 7-14 thereof entitled parking
prohibited during certain hours on certain streets, having been brought up for public hearing and all persons interested, having been given an opportunity to be heard, pass final reading by title, and that said ordinance be adopted as an ordinance of the Burough of Ramsay, and be it further resolved that the burough clerk be and
she hereby is directed to cause a copy of the title of said ordinance to be published in an official newspaper of the bureau in the manner provided by law together with a notice of the date of introduction and adoption of said ordinance. I'll second that. Thank you. Any
comments on this ordinance? Yes, Madame Mayor. Um, this ordinance prohibits street parking um from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. from May 15th through September 15th in three areas. on Shadyside Road from Darlington A to Drum Court, on Drum Court and on Darlington Avenue from
Ridge Road to Alita Place. In recent years, we have seen an influx of cars and patrons of Darlington Parking in this area and causing congestion and issues with the residents on those streets. As noted, this ordinance prohibits street parking in these areas during the summer park season.
Thank you. I appreciate it. I'll now open this up for public comment for public hearing. Is there anyone in the public that would like to comment comment on ordinance 11 2025? No one in chambers. Is there anyone on the line that would like to
comment on ordinance 11 hyphen 2025? Second call for comments on 112025. Third and final call for comments on 11 2025. Okay, no comments. I will now close the public hearing. May we please have a roll call. Councilwoman Cusk, yes. Councilman Gutwer, yes.
Councilman Kilman, yes. Councilman Papo, yes. Councilwoman Woods, yes. Thank you. And I just want to mention that ordinance 12 hyphen 2025 was originally scheduled for final consideration at the June 25th council meeting. It will now be heard on
Thursday, June 12, 2025. It will be advertised in the Bergen record on Thursday, May 29th and noticed via regular and certified mail to property owners within 200 feet. And the reason why we are doing it at the earlier meeting is because it was approved by and recommended by the planning board at
their meeting last week. And this is the ordinance that relates to the redevelopment of Constantine Drive. Right, we've done appointments, we've done consent resolutions and block party requests, we've done special presentations. So let's now move on to committee and leazison reports finance
and administration. Here we go. Oops. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Uh my report for this evening, the library board, the annual summer reading program will begin with the summer reading kickoff event on June 29th. program will last through August
and will provide fund incentives for all participants, whether they are kids, teens, or adults. The library has held a writing contest for fourth to fifth grade students over the past few months. A townwide mailer with help from the friends of the Ramsey Library will be
going out from the library in early June discussing some of these events. Um, the library will also be is now launching a new sensory kit that can be borrowed and designed for individuals with special needs for cognitive motor skill issues. For the recreation commission, the home
room derby is Saturday, June 14th. Registration is 9:30 in the morning and at 10:00 a.m. start time. Uh, registration is now open for the Ramsy Run on September 20th, looking for sponsors, recognition for sponsors, but I don't think we want to think that far
ahead to September 20th. No. No. Yes. Summer camp registration open till the end of the month with and there are still counts for spots still available. And men's and women's softball leagues are running from now into August. And
fall soccer registration is open. I think you can see signs around town advertising that. For the farmers market, uh, it's open daily from 9 till 2 p.m. There was a nice crowd this past Sunday, including an author visit. There was an author who wrote a book on his
time in Vietnam. There are blood pressure checks. And this Sunday coming up, the Women's Club of Ramsey will host at the farmers market at the train station their annual strawberry festival. I'm
sure you'll see Councilman Gutwer there in his share of the strawberry treats. And lastly, congrats to all the police officers that were honored this evening and also to the uh to the two appointees. Thank you for their service to the burough. Sorry for this evening.
Thank you. Public safety Councilman Kilman. Thank you, Madam Mayor. First off, I'd like to say congratulations to all those uh who were recognized during our special presentation, all the the
detective and patrol um men and women as well as our civilian William Kelly for outstanding service. Um, also congratulations to Samantha Aerson to her appointment to the Junior Fire Brigade. Um, I want to say thanks to the
VFW and all those involved in the bureau who helped orchestrate um, Ramsay's Memorial Day remembrance. is always an event that uh I truly like to attend and recognize those who have
served our country and paid the highest price. Um for public safety um the currently the Ramsey Emergency Services Complex project has been undergoing further review and assessment. The objective is to stay within feasible budget parameters initially estimated
notwithstanding the current rise in inflation and construction costs. When completed, it will be presented to the full mayor and council and the public once the proposed plan and bid package is completed and reviewed within the bureau. It will need to be submitted to
the state office of controller for their review prior to going out to bid. And currently there are no estimated dates for these steps to occur. And that is my report this evening. Madam Mayor, thank you. Building planning and zoning
Councilwoman Woods. Thank you, Madame Mayor. Um, congratulations to probationary police officer Joseph Cante. We are so fortunate to have you and all of the wonderful members of the Ramsey Police Department. Congratulations to all of tonight's award recipients. Very impressive. Uh,
also congratulations to Kevin Morris on his appointment to the Ramsay Rescue Squad and to Samantha Aerson on her appointment to the Junior Fire Brigade. Thank you for your service. The Memorial Day parade and service was absolutely beautiful. It was moving to see such a wonderful large attendance as well. Um,
thank you to our service members that sacrificed so much for us. Uh, the design review board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, May 20, uh, is scheduled for Tuesday, I'm sorry, excuse me, the last design review board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, May
27th. Yesterday, was cancelled uh, as there were no applications. The next design review board meeting is Tuesday, June 27th. The senior trustees board will meet Thursday, June 12th. uh the zoning board of adjustment meeting um they met May 21st her two residential
applications and the next meeting will be Wednesday June 18th and that concludes my report. Thank you utilities buildings and grounds. Councilwoman Cusk. Thank you Madame Mayor. Congratulations and thank you to Kevin Morris and Samantha Aerson for
your future commitments to our Ramsey Rescue Squad and Junior Fire Brigade respectively. Congratulations to our Ramsey Police Department new officer and award recipients this evening. I want to thank Mr. Boz, our Ramsey VFW, our
public works, our emergency services, and our burrow for your demonstration of gratitude on Memorial Day, coming together to honor and remember those who have served. This report will be an update regarding our planning board, shade tree commission, and board of
public works. For the Ramsey planning board, at the May 20th meeting, there were five waiver applications that were presented and approved. A summary of ordinance 12-2025 was provided, and the planning board recommended that the ordinance be
uh be recommended to the mayor and council. And this is ordinance 12-2025 which madame mayor just discussed at the planning board. There was one public hearing for Titan Development Group for soil movement application which was approved and there
was an executive session to discuss the draft of the housing element and fair share plan. Our next planning board meeting will occur on June 17, 2025. The Shade Tree Commission plays a vital role in maintaining and preserving our
community's trees. The Shade Tree Commission last met on the 15th of May. The next meeting is scheduled for June 19th. The commission is planning an Arbor Day event planting ceremony in our bureau. Details will be shared. The Ramsey Board of Public Works
last met on the 19th of May 2025. The next meeting is six of 16th of June 2025. per and poly florinated substances. POS are a group of chemicals used to make fluoropolymer coatings and products that resist heat oil stains, grease and
water. There are US EPA POS water quality limits which impact our water quality supply. H2M, our architectural and engineering firm, is working with the Ramsey Water Department regarding treatment approaches at our well treatment facilities at Arrow Road and
at Darlington, Brookfield, North Central, and Spring Street. The I Bank in New Jersey is the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank and it is involved in funding projects related to PAS contamination and drinking water through the New Jersey Water Bank. This program
provides lowinterest loans to municipalities and to water systems for environmental infrastructure improvements including PAS treatment. We continue to work for the value of our burrow and I want to mention that the
Arrow Road project was submitted to the IANK for consideration in August of 2024 and Darlington, Brookfield, North Central and Spring Street projects were submitted to the I Bank this past February of 2025. The I bank indicated that they are still reviewing our
environmental planning documents for the lead service line replacement. The Bureau of Public Works continues planning and implementing regarding the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protections lead service line replacement legislation. This project requires that all lead service
lines served by the water system be replaced by the year 2031. And finally for the board of public works, our consumer confidence report. H2M is working on completing the 2025 CCR which summarizes the results of our
2024 drinking water quality data. The report documents that there were no water quality violations during the 2024 calendar year. The CCR postcard will be mailed to our customers in June and will indicate that the entire report will be
available for viewing on the Ramsey website starting July 1, meeting our NJD requirements. Thank you, Madame Mayor. Thank you. Hey, does anybody have any comments for Councilwoman Poppy? Yes. Um, thank you,
Madame Mayor. Councilwoman Poppy did email me her report. Congratulations to Kevin Morris, Ramsey Rescue Squad, and Samantha Aerson Junior Fire Brigade on their appointments and to all those receiving awards this evening. Thank you for your service and
your dedication to our community. Sarah would also like to congratulate all the participants of the Leads Got Talent Show held on May 17th. It was wonderfully run. It was a wonderfully run competition and all the students did a phenomenal job with their
performances. She would also like to extend her thanks to Officer Bean and all of the lead volunteers for a job well done on that. The Ramsey Municipal Alliance met on May 20th. They will be sponsoring presentations in the high
school and middle school leading up to the end of the school year. They will also be hosting Narcam training at the community center on June 23rd at 8:00 p.m. which will be free and open to the public. The next meeting will be held just prior to that training. Also in the
community center, Ramsay Stigma Free did a great job this May with their walkathon, walk and talkathon, their signage, and their programming. Sarah would like to thank all the vibrant volunteers who stepped up for the for the high energy to make this month a
success to help support breaking the stigma around the struggles of mental health. They will meet again on June 16th. The Ramsey Chamber of Commerce held a networking event at TD Bank on May 20th. It was well attended and included instructions from local
business owners and a presentation by SCORE, who offers a free mentor program to all small business owners. Memorial Day weekend kicked off with the opening of our beautiful municipal pool. It was chilly, but people still came out to celebrate the start of the summer months
ahead. As a reminder, the pool will be open only on weekends through June 20th and will open for daily operation beginning June 21st. The pool commission will meet again on June 18th. And lastly, the Ramsey new resident mixer
will be held at the pool on June 6th. We are expecting over 150 individual new residents and 20 local organizations to be in attendance. David Copek and friends will perform while residents enjoy mingling, swimming, refreshments,
and pizza generously donated by Shopright. Anyone who is new to town since 2023 is encouraged to register. And that is Councilwoman Poppy's report. Madam, thank you. I appreciate that. Health, Education, Social Services,
Councilman Popp. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Congratulations to Kevin and Samantha on their appointments and as well congratulations to all the recipients tonight on their special presentations and thank you for their service. Very
very brief update tonight. I just have right that was off for uh this weekend memorial day for softball but that picks back up next uh this Saturday with roughly two to three more weeks remaining with the season. Environmental and board of ed have meetings in June.
That's it. That was short and sweet. Very short. Thank you. Hey, for my remarks, um I also want to echo what Councilwoman um Poppy in her report regarding this stigmafree. They're part of the Ramstery Municipal
Alliance and they took on the job of rein reinvigorating stigmafree which had kind of fallen by the wayside. So, they've done a really great job and I want to commend everybody who stepped up to it. The walk and talkathon, even though it was a terribly miserable day
weatherwise, was very well attended and was very successful. They were at the farmers market um of the following week. So, they've done a really great job and I want to commend them for that. And thank you to everyone who was involved in the Memorial Day service. I was very
pleased how well attended it was. Um it was a great turnout and I just appreciate everybody coming out to pay honor to those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Um this Saturday is the pride event from 6:30 to 8 at the Ramsey High
School front lawn. And congratulations to Samantha and Kevin and thank you for joining and volunteering in town. And of course I'd like to congratulate Officer Senate for joining the Ramsay Police Department which I consider to be the finest police department in Bergen
County. and the entire state of New Jersey. So, it's great to have another wonderful officer that is Frank has a really great law enforcement background and he's knows what he's doing. And also, I'd like to recognize and thank all the officers who were accommodated
this evening. It's really wonderful to hear their stories of what they do in this community to keep people safe um and step in where there truly are emergencies without thinking about their own safety. And that's all I have for administrator, Mr. Bose. Thank you,
Madam Mayor. A few comments on some of our resolutions tonight. Uh resolutions 103 and 104. We're authorizing the approval of preparation and submission of a grant application to the New Jersey Department of Transportation for Shady
Shady Side Road project uh section two. These two resolutions authorize the preparation by capital alternatives and the submission of this grant application for municipal aid program for section two of Shadyside road project. Last year the burough was
able to obtain a municipal aid grant under the same program for section one of Shadyside which was West Oak to Woodland in an amount of $190,50. This application is the remaining section of Shadyside from Woodland to
Darlington. Resolution 105 uh authorize the issuance of estimated third quarter tax bills. Each year the governing body does a resolution authorizing the preparation of estimated property tax bills in advance of the third quarter billing which will be due
August 1st. This is ne necessitated by the fact that the county of Bergen must certify all four components of the property tax rate, board of education, municipal, county, and library prior to the final 2025 property tax rates being
certified. The law requires that property tax bills be issued a minimum of 30 days before they're due. In this case, as mentioned, August 1st. Since the county certification has not occurred yet and it's not anticipated in the next few weeks, the bureau will be
sending out bills later in June to meet the 30-day advance deadline. Once the county certification process is complete, the final 2025 rate will be implemented and reflected in the fourth quarter property tax billing. The board of education municipal and
library portion of the 2025 property tax rate have all been set pending certification and along with an estimate for the county component. These are reflected in the total estimated 2025 property tax rate of $239 which overall is a 2.67 increase
from 2024. As a reminder, the burrow revaluation becomes effective with third quarter property tax bills with the new property valuations in aggregate increasing by the same percentage as the property tax rate was decreased prior to
the 2025 budget increases over last year. Last year, the certified rate was 2.822 as opposed to this year's 2.039 reflecting the reevaluation.
We have uh an ordinance on the agenda tonight for introduction which is ordinance 13205. This ordinance modifies the current code regarding the tennis and pickle ball courts on East Oak Street and the pickle ball courts at Finch Park. Summary of those modifications are
we're modifying the hours of play on the East Oak Street Courts from the current 8:00 am to 900 pm each day to now be Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday and Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 700 p.m. Saturday from
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. There will be Ramsey resident exclusive time slots uh of use for Wednesday and Friday from 400 pm to 6 pm as well as Saturday and Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Uh
for the pickle ball courts on Finch Park, we're modifying the hours of play from the current 8:00 a.m. to 900 p p.m. each day to now be each day Monday through Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Uh Ramsey resident exclusive use
for the Finch Park pickle ball courts would be Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 9:00 am to 10:30 a.m. and also from 400 pm to 6:00 p.m. as well as Saturday and Sunday 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The new ordinance
also modifies some and includes some good neighbor provisions precluding excessive noise, offensive behavior, and music. Uh we do in the next couple meetings we'll have a couple ordinances which I mentioned last time and I'll just quickly go through again uh but we
will have a lead service line ordinance that the board of public works uh has drafted and recommended to the governing body. The board and the burrow own the water service line from the water man up to the curb stop valve. The property owner then owns the line from the curb
stop valve into the property. This ordinance will provide an economic incentive for residents to replace their portion of the service line if it has been determined to be a lead service line under the statemandated replacement program that Councilwoman Cusk spoke of
earlier. Uh we will look at updating the current burough code on a retiree health insurance to be more consistent uh with the collective bargaining agreements that have been negotiated with the unions. Uh we're looking at a parking ordinance for private property. While we
do not have authority per se on private property as the burrow, there are parking provision. There are provisions in state title 39 which will allow for requiring such things as parking within mark stalls etc. to prevent uh fire line
hazards with people parking in those um on private property. We will have an upcoming bond ordinance which will include uh for the board of public works funding for the next phase of the statemandated lead service line replacements which are scheduled for
2025 water main upgrade on Snyder Avenue. And it'll also include some of the mandated lead service line replacements as well as the third component of funding for the PAS water treatment design work and also the PAS
um treatment project. uh to be bid later in the year for our road. The bond ordinance uh we would have one for burough projects as well which would include funding for burough projects which will be the initial phase of the upgrade to the burough's emergency communications network system and radios
as part of a planned upgrade. Also the upgrade to the Finch Park basketball and pickle ball courts which would include reservicing and lighting. Finch Park court funding will be offset with open space grants which we have previously obtained for approximately 50% of the
cost and that would conclude my comments. Thank you. Appreciate that. Bur attorney. Nothing matter. Thank you. Bor clerk. Uh the only thing I wanted to mention was that our next council meeting will be maybe you were going to say this on June 12th, Thursday, June
12th instead of June 11th because because election day is Tuesday, June 10th. Yes. So, thank you. We'll have a little break from there. Oh yeah, that's always very busy time for you. Okay, then we have introduction of one
ordinance. Ordinance 132025. Thank you, Madame Mayor. This is Councilwoman Cusk. Be it resolved that an ordinance entitled an ordinance amending chapter 11 of the code of the burough of Ramsey Bergen County, New Jersey and more specifically section 11-2 therefore entitled tennis courts
pass the first reading by title and that said ordinance be further considered for final passage and adoption at a regular meeting of the mayor and council to be held on the 12th day of June 2025 700 p.m. prevailing time or as soon after as the matter can be reached at the
municipal building. And said burrow and be further resolved that the burough clerk be and she hereby is instructed to publish in an official newspaper of the burrow in the manner provided by law a copy of said ordinance together with notice of introduction thereof and
notice when the same will be considered for final passage and adoption. We have a second. Oh, I second it, Madam Mayor. Sorry, I was looking at the wrong thing. I thought Glenn was gonna second. No worries. Not me. Not you. Okay. Any um
comments in addition to Mr. Vose's comments. No. Okay. Thought he did a beautiful job explaining it. He nailed it. Thank you. All right. Roll call, please. Councilwoman Cusk, yes. Councilman Gutwer, yes. Councilman Kilman, yes. Councilman Pablo, yes.
Councilwoman Woods, yes. Okay. Thank you. Any unfinished business or new business? Not knowing of any. Do we have a motion to adjurnn? Motion to adjurnn. Second. Second. All in favor? I. Thank you. 1050.