is a self- enforcing management approach that forces motorist to alter their speed of direction. The goal is to use a combination of mainly physical measures that reduce the negative effects of motor vehicle use on the local roadway.
The benefits enhances safety by reducing the frequency and severity of motor vehicle crashes. Speed and volume control. It slows vehicle travel speeds and minimizes cutthrough traffic. The community impact increases access for all modes of travel
and enhances the overall street environment and reduces enforcement needs. Self- enforcing designs can lower the constant of police monitor. So some ideas which I know lieutenant um did a lot of digging on this but there's
a lot of good ideas that at least they sound good but in practice they they've shown up quite lines. Um so these are these ideas have been implemented in the surrounding towns which had mentioned a couple Redwood
Franklin. So, uh, speed bumps, they they are hard to maintain for DPWs, especially with snow, uh, conditions that we get up here in the, uh, the Rocky Mountains, I call them. They only temporary slow down, the only temporary slowdown vehicle, and the
vehicles are observed speeding in between those speed bumps. So, uh, they're kind of, uh, they're not best run strips. So, the raised grooves in the roadway that are only effective due to the noise and vibrations of the driver. needs to create more noise in the residential areas, especially at
night. Uh, more signage. Drivers don't comply with the current signage because we have plenty of signage, at least what we think so far. Um, and we still have just elaborate on speed bumps.
Talked to the DPW superintendent lately is adant that DPW does not want the speed bumps mainly for planning purposes. So, a lot of times, especially with the last two big storms that we got in New Jersey where it's a foot or two feet of snow, you're not seeing that speed bump and that's going to break the
plow. It's going to damage the trucks. Uh, it's a maintenance issue on a lot of the trucks. So, that's one of the big reasons for DPW not doing it. Uh, one of the big things also with speed bumps is in Franklin Lakes, there's one notoriously on Woodside in front of one
of their schools. uh until recently they had a huge pub on the other side of the speed bump which was damaging a lot of cars. They were getting a lot of complaints, make a lot of noise and as their traffic sergeant has mentioned many times is that people speed up to the speed bump, slow down to 10 miles an
hour to get over it and then they take off and do 40 again on that side. So it's everyone's hyperfocused on the speed bump and not the surroundings around it. So, especially, you know, where there's kids walking by the park at Finch Park, you don't want people to hyperfocus on a speedboat and not focus
on the residents walking along the road. The rumble strips wipe off. Uh, Township PD has also received a bunch of complaints. They have them on the Lafayette in wipe off. Um, the rumble strips make a lot of noise, especially at night. So you all you're doing all night long is you know the vibration of
the cars going over the speed bumps kind of takes away from the atmosphere of the residential neighborhood and obviously the signs by there's there's more than enough signs out there. So going on to the next page we have some traffic calming recommendations for
Island Road one pavement parking. So there are some pavement markings currently on Island Road. There are two, one at 5 inch park going northbound and one coming off of the highway going southbound. We'd like to have a couple more closer to the Addison. So people
get numb to it as they come off the highway. They see the flashing speed line sign, but they're not looking at the roadway. So if we have another one closer to Island where they speed back up, we maybe have a little bit more compliance on that. And it would be the same thing going northbound, throw another one just north of Addison in
that general vicinity. Kind of helps a little bit. The second one would be lane narrowing. Add white fog lines to make the driver believe the roadway is narrower than it really is. Currently that southbound lane coming from the highway is 13 ft wide. So it already
feels tight as it is. We can legally minimize that lane anywhere. There's no truck traffic allowed over four tons. So it's not like we're pushing tractor trailers on the long side of the road here. Um, we can narrow it just I would say about a foot narrow it. It brings
everyone's driver's eyes to those narrow roadways. So, if you're thinking they're squeezing through in their large SUVs, but really they're not. It's the same lane, but it's a uh driver focused thing where they'll hyper focus on those lines
a little bit more and slow down. Um, parking stalls. So, I know that there was parking stalls right in front of 450 Island Road, the apartment complex. That was a measure used. Not exactly sure when they added those, but maybe quite some quite some time. That
that was a measure of creating a a narrow roadway uh to to reduce speeds. We our idea was to just add them right as it bends around. I have approximate address location at 454 to 492 island.
That's just when that bend starts. Uh the residents there are already parking on their front lawn. Uh this would provide them uh a better aesthetic. They could park in the actual roadway in a marked stall, but also would uh would narrow that roadway even further. And I
think it'll give them a great street view. Yeah. So if you look at that top picture is what it currently is, that general vicinity that Officer Gilly has mentioned. Below that is a good old artificial intelligence picture that added the parking space. is wide enough
to add parking stalls. So, it's not like you have to re re-engineer the street. It is It should help with that northbound that's well there on the 85th or something. >> You do parking stalls with essentially a fog line on >> correct
>> as well. >> Yep. >> Yeah. So, it'll completely narrow that and change that that area, especially northbound area section. Uh there again it is wide enough and what we have noticed in our years of traffic enforcement on island road when people get past Adam 450 island they get around
that bend and they just I'm getting to 17 or I'm going spring street to Franklin turnp bike so they just speed back up and get to 40 miles an hour sitting there with our radar guns and you know field day but um I don't want
to be there out out there as much and neither does he. we want to focus on other streets and then I think that this would help us significantly at least in that section. So um last but not least, it's a little bit of a reiteration, but um after you
know our combined experience and as your uh technical experts uh for this this event, uh we humbly and respectfully this is our proposed changes uh which is extend those exist existing fog lines that for the entire length of the
northbound side, add the fog lines on the southbound side, uh add the additional parking stalls, add the slow 25 mph that are already in place right around that bend is right before I think it's right before the bend just add additional ones closer to
Addison. Uh and then last but not least we'll put that additional digital speed sign on the northbound side just like the one that's on the southbound side. >> Where would the um the lines come down to towards the park?
How far down would you are you >> go down the church street? >> So you're talking about the fog lines. >> What >> the f? Yeah. Going at church street. Keep that flow going. You can probably end it at the north parking lot of pitch park because it's
already that tighter bend with guard rails. So you don't need them going around there. So basically down to >> correct all these proposed changes um are fiscally responsible compared to other changes that we've seen in other
jurisdictions in this area. So another big one that White has done in the past which hasn't really worked out too well for is Cedar Hill going down the hill is red pavement. It's a stickier, spongier pavement, but it cost the tune of 250
grand to do that small section of cedar hill to help slow people down. >> It didn't work. It failed. Now there's paddles in it. They had to repaint it anyway because it can't be red to the county now. So they have to now change it to fly. So now did it twice over the
course of those many years and it's still not working to the way they thought it would. But that's another thing. Another raised intersections you could do raised walkways, but again you're looking at 50 to 100 grand to do a raised crosswalk. Say whether it's bricks, cobblestone, etc. or even just
more asphalt, it still cost a ton of money to add these things where the painted line should be more than enough to help slow everything down. But again, that's our I don't know if anybody has questions here. >> Yeah, please. Any questions, folks? You said you saw you see them after they
pass going out to the highway speed. >> Yes. >> But you're talking about putting the speed sign prior to Addison. >> Yes. >> There's an existing one. >> So there's one existing going south coming off the highway, right? Is >> right. >> So we want to put one on the straightway
before Addison. >> The pro the reasoning is if we put beyond Addison, you have all the street parking at 450. It's not going to capture anything, which we've had issues with our portfol. So, you have all the street parking there. When you're on a bend, it won't capture very well.
>> Yeah. >> And then when you're north of that, as official said, residents are already parking half on the road, half on the sidewalk. >> There's not going to be any room for that sign. It's going to get blocked by those cars, too. So, you're going to be dancing, >> right? >> Decent penny into one of these. You want
to work. >> How far up will parking stalls be going up north? it would go up to 492 I believe they had it written down right approximate 4924 so just after that so there's there's parking stalls in front of 450 you have
that second 454 so you have the second entry parking lot that they have that auxiliary parking lot it's 450 parks just past that is the beginning of the end so we can start that again at that st there's no reason to put a car
>> right parking there anyway, but at least we have marks stalls. It'll look more appealing to the eyes as well versus people park it on half on the sidewalk, half on the front. >> Does that essentially go to the end of that row of houses there? >> They will go basically to >> not >> Yeah, it's just about two houses shy of
that spring street over because if you put them too close then they get slow down over again to go to that highway. >> Okay. >> You have two digital signs there now, correct? I think I saw one. >> We have portable ones. >> Okay, the portable. >> Yes. Yeah, we have portable two portable digital signs, but we have one permanent
one that's hardwired in. We can use one that's similar to the air mount signs that we have that are using solar. So, we have two signs on air mount that are permanent using solar power instead of having to run wires and electricity below an arm to get solar panels and they work just fine.
Especially if we're out with Addison, there's plenty of something there. We don't have to worry about cutting turkeys or anything like that like we had there. >> Any other questions? So, I really want to thank the public safety committee lieutenant and patrol
officer. And I I just like to to I think it's the recommendation of the public safety committee to go ahead with these five proposed changes that are in the the presentation. >> Seeing some nods, do I need to make a roll call on this? Madam
>> council person has a question. >> So So the the solar signs, do you actually get tickets? >> No, we can't be New Jersey. We cannot. So you can't do speeding enforcement or turn enforcement in the state of New
Jersey anymore. They had a pilot program for uh stop lightss and intersections for about five years. They deemed it unconstitutional in the state of New Jersey where other states are still using it. Uh our border state New York and PA are both using speed cameras, but
New Jersey it's not. >> We get we still think those cameras came. >> Yeah. They think the sensors on the camera on the traffic lights on cameras, they're not, but it works in our cameras sometimes where people stop because they think they're going to film. Um, the
speed signs do have the capability of taking pictures, which we do get. Um, if someone hits them by accident, you have the headscapers nudge them with the weed whackers by accident, excessive speeds, uh, we do get pictures alerts of vehicles. We can't act up first thing,
but I can call you and be like, "Counc, you were doing 92 on the >> maybe slow down." >> That's it. >> Um, is there any need to check in with our burrow engineer on these items?
>> Uh, we certainly can u Yes, bring him a copy of this. >> Thank you. Thank you. So, what what I'd like to do now, since there are no other questions, is to um make a motion, please, to uh approve the the proposed changes as outlined in the Ramsey Police
Department presentation, traffic, principles, and techniques for Island Road. Um on the second to last page of the presentation, please someone make a motion. >> You just made a motion. >> I made the motion. Thank you. I am making a motion. May I please have a second?
>> I'll second. >> Thank you. Roll call, please. >> Councilwoman Cusk, >> yes. >> Councilman Gerson, >> yes. >> Councilman Gutwer, >> yes. >> Councilman Kilman, >> yes. >> Counciloman Pablo, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Poppy, >> yes.
>> Gentlemen, thank you. Thank you so much for the presentation and your time. Appreciate it. Thanks for discussing. Thanks. Take care. >> Mike Dane, where were your traffic counts? >> Where were the traffic counts taken? Uh they were
>> northbound >> northbound was just south of that. >> So it >> anybody who was just going to like interstate would be in that count but not necessarily in the drag where you thought they were speeding. >> Yeah. Because we can't put the signs.
We've done the past and we know it but >> it's still crazy that before Addison there's that much speed too, >> right? because >> which is probably why they're that's higher too because you have all the people going around to inter >> higher than south. >> Yeah. >> It's a it's a little hot but
>> I wish we could record better on the other end but it's just possible. >> Understood. >> All right. >> Thank you so much. Appreciate >> May I please make a motion uh get a motion? May I please get a motion from someone to go back into order? >> Yes. to make a motion to go back into
regular order. >> I'll second that. >> Thank you. Going back to our agenda. >> Oh, all in favor, please. >> I um the advertised public hearing for final consideration of ordinances. Our f first ordinance is an ordinance amending
the code of the Burough of Ramsey, Bergen County, New Jersey, and more specifically chapter 17 thereof so as to establish section 17-6 entitled lead water service line replacement 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 Ramsey and be it further resolved that the burough Clerk B, and she hereby is directed to cause a copy of the title of said ordinance to be
published in an official newspaper of the burrow in the manner provided by law together with a notice of the date of introduction and adoption of said ordinance. >> I'll second it. >> Thank you, Councilwoman. Um, I'd like to open this uh ordinance um for final um
for public comment, please. Hearing >> for a public hearing. Thank you. Having seen no one approach the um podium, um would anybody on the phone like to comment on ordinance 08-2026? Having heard no one on the telephone, I
will ask the burough clerk. I would ask um >> Thank you, Peter. Um I would ask if there's any comments or questions from the council on this particular ordinance. >> Do you want Mr. Ros to comment on it? >> I can actually comment on this one,
Madam Mayor. Um this one is an extension to our lead service line replacement in incentive timing until December 31st, 2026 for property owners who have been noticed that they have either a galvanized or a lead service line. Um this is intended to encourage a
proactive lead service line replacement. Uh the um there would be a $750 rebate from the BPW for replacing the customerowned portion from the curb box to the house. Previously, the deadline
to apply was the later of 180 days from the property owner receiving notice of the lead service line or 270 days of the ordinance's adoption, which was September 10th, 2025 when we had this. So, um, the rebate opportunity would
have expired in June of this year. This amendment extends the deadline to the end of this calendar year or 180 days from when the property owner is first notified of the lead service line. All other section of the ordinance are as is.
Questions. >> Thank you, Miss Bendy. Can I please have a roll call? >> Sure. Councilwoman Cusk, >> yes. >> Councilman Gerson, >> yes. >> Councilman Gutwer, >> yes. >> Councilman Kilman, >> yes. Councilman Papo. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Poppy, >> yes.
>> Thank you. Um, ordinance 09-2026, please. >> Yep. Final ordinance uh number 092026 an ordinance amending chapter 7 of the code of the burough Ramsey Bergen County New Jersey and more particularly section
7-32 thereof entitled midblock crosswalks have 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 Burrow
of Ramsey And be it further resolved that the burrow 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 burrow in the manner provided by law together with the notice of the date of the introduction
and adoption of said ordinance. >> Thank you very much. Um I'd like to >> Oh yes, please. May I please have a second? >> I'll second. >> Thank you, Councilwoman. Um, I'd like to open this ordinance up for public hearing.
>> So, just a comment that I would bring up. So, ordinance 920. Oh, I'm sorry. >> May I please open it up for public? >> Oh, public. >> Thank you very much, Councilman. >> Good evening. Uh, Chance Parker, Brk, Ramsey, New Jersey. Uh, I was just
looking for perhaps uh the councilman's summary of this ordinance, please. >> Okay. Um, Councilman Pablo, can you please provide the summary? >> So, the ordinance 092026 amends section
7-32 of the midblock crosswalk of Main Street. Ordinance 23-2025 created a new midblock crosswalk on Main Street across from the high school by Veterans Park. Main Street is a county road and in the county review of its
ordinance, they asked that the burrow slightly modify the distances in the ordinances of where the crosswalk would be located. This is the only change in this amendment ordinance and required to comply with the county. >> Great. Thank you for that. Yeah, I fully
support this ordinance. Of course, uh my work on the uh environmental commission. The green team is orientated around a lot of uh pedestrian safety um crosswalks, uh bike trails, uh equitable access for all modes of transportation
in around the bureau. Um, I'm in the process of developing a a map to identify different areas. Unfortunately, I missed the the traffic presentation for Island Road. Um, I'm not sure if it was brought up, but I would suggest or
um propose that we actually go to a 25 mph burrow wide speed limit. um that would, you know, kind of address a lot of issues uh that the community has has raised legitimately about uh traffic speeds and uh pedestrian safety. Um if
they can do it in New York City, we can certainly do it in Ramsey, um Boston, Washington DC, um major metropolitan areas as well as uh smaller cities and and towns and buroughs all across the country are moving in this direction. Um
I think there's also uh just in addition to you know midb block crosswalks on this particular um application I think there's uh areas that we should probably look at in in general right so fully support uh increasing pedestrian access
uh to safely um you know trans transport uh across the bus busy busy throw affairs busy roads uh from uh you know key key in points of interest, schools, uh, um, towns, uh, the the community center, right? There's a lot
of signage issues that we're working with. So, um, in in general, I'm I'm in support of this and, uh, thank you for your your time and attention to it. >> Thank you, Mr. Parker. Appreciate it. Um, any other comments from the council, please?
>> Thank you. I'd like to close this public hearing andbody on the phone. Um, thank you, Madam Mayor. Is there anybody on the telephone that would like to comment on zero ordinance 09-2026? >> Not hearing any. I would like a roll call, please. And thank you very much, Miss Mag.
>> Councilwoman Cusk, >> yes. >> Councilman Gerson, >> yes. >> Councilman Gutwer, >> yes. >> Councilman Kilman, >> yes. >> Councilman Papo, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Poppy, >> yes. >> Thank you very much. The final ordinance for this evening, ordinance 10-2026, please.
>> Thank you, Council President. An ordinance amending chapter 7 of the revised general ordinances of the Bureau of Ramsey, 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 Branson. 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 burrow in the manner provided by law, together with a notice of the date of introduction and adoption of said ordinance. I second that. >> Thank you very much, gentlemen. Thank
you. I'd like to open ordinance 10-2026, please, to public hearing. Not seeing anybody approach the podium. I'd like to ask if there is anybody on the phone who would like to comment on ordinance 10-2026, please.
Second call 10-2026. Third and final for the telephone. Thank you very much. Uh any comments please regarding ordinance 10-2026 from the council? >> Yes, council president. This ordinance clarifies the current code that there is
no overnight parking at all on the streets in the burough, seven days a week other than on federal holidays. The previous language in the code created some confusion in its interpretation and this amendment will clear that up and make it easier for residents to
understand for compliance and police enforcement if needed. >> Thank you very much. Any other comments please from members of the council on ordinance 10-206?
say this is meant to address the issues parking issues on air mark that um were commented on during February and March. Yes, madam before send out. Thank you very much. Yes, I appreciate that madam mayor.
Okay, I would like to um close the public hearing for ordinance 10-2026. And Miss Benian, may I please get a roll call? >> Councilwoman Cusk. Yes. >> Councilman Grone, >> yes. Councilman Gutwer, >> yes. >> Councilman Kilman, >> yes. >> Councilman Pablo,
>> yes. >> Councilwoman Poppy, >> yes. >> Thank you very much. There are no appointments for tonight. >> Consent resolutions, please. >> Uh, thank you, Council President. Uh, Cus, uh, be it resolved that resolution
086 2026 through and including 091 2026 having been considered by the governing body of the Burough of Ramsey B and are hereby passed and approved. There are no special permit request. The block party request is on uh the ticket for tonight. Uh Popular Street is requesting
permission to hold a block party on April 3rd, 2026 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30. >> Um non what that means in the past. Somebody can tell me >> that was very
in Spanish. That's all I >> Oh my gosh. >> I'll second that. >> Thank you very much. May I please have a roll call? >> Councilwoman Cusk. Yes. >> Councilman Gerson, >> yes. >> Councilman Gutwer, >> yes. >> Councilman Kilman, >> yes. >> Councilman Papo, >> yes.
>> Councilwoman Poppy, >> yes. >> Great. If you're following on the agenda, we've already had our special presentation for the traffic unit uh from our Ramsey Police traffic unit on the Island Road traffic study. Um, can we please go to committee in liaison
reports finance and administration councilman Michael Gutwe. Thank you. >> Shall I pass the phone down to you? >> You know if you want to lean forward >> unplug it. >> My report for this evening, the friends,
this is on the library board. Uh the friends of the Ramsey Library spring used book and jewelry fair taking place next week from Wednesday 15th to Sunday the 19th. Uh the friends of the Ramsey Library sponsor the library museum pass program, Sunday afternoon concert series
and summer reading program. Uh the library will be running a glow-in-the-dark egg hunt. Interested families can register for a time slot on the library website. There are 200 participants expected for this event. Uh on April 24th, the library is hosting members of the Ramsey High School
robotics team. They'll give an introduction to engineering at collectives and clubs off at Smith School provide a and provide a robotics demonstration. Residents can check the library's website for spring programming. Uh recreation commission registration for spring sports available
on the recreation website. Uh there are links for the various sports. Summer day camp at Finch Park registration for campers and employment is open and spring men's and women's adult softball league registration and play begins this month. The farmers market is open from
10 to 1 to the end of this month in May. The hours change from 9 to 2. The touch the truck event uh will be scheduled for April 26 sponsored by Ramsey Juniors. And in May 3rd, the Ramsey area garden club plant sale at the Masonic Lodge uh
will take place sponsored by the Ramsey Women's Club. That's my report for this evening. >> Thank you, Councilman. Will you pass the phone down to the state? >> Thank you. Public safety councilman Peter Kelman.
>> Thank you, Council President. Um, first off, the board of health will be meeting tomorrow um at 8:00 p.m. So once we have that meeting, I'll report on anything of interest to our community. Also, tomorrow um at 11:00 a.m. the senior
trustees uh the senior center trustees will be meeting and that's open to all seniors uh who would like to attend. There is an event that I want to point out on April 16th at 100 p.m. the Ramsey Police Department will do a presentation
on fraud and scams. I highly recommend that presentation to anyone who is interested because there's plenty of it going around. Um, and regarding our newest emergency services complex, in February, Neta
Architects and Ramsey Emergency Services Building Committee presented an overview of the project design. At this time, the design is nearing completion. Members of the burough's emergency services building committee have worked hard to develop a highly functional state-of-the-art complex while keeping
the cost within real realistic parameters. Our new emergency services complex is intended to serve our community for many years to come. Once completed, reviewed, and approved by the mayor and council, we expect to go out for bid sometime in the second quarter
of 2026. We will also showcase the new emergency services building drawings at a future mayor and council meeting to be determined. And that is my report from the city president. >> Thank you very much, Councilman.
>> Building planning and zoning. Councilman Chris Cone, please. >> Thank you, Council President. Um, I do not have anything to report on the design review board this month. Our meeting is not until April 28th and I
also do not have anything to report on the zoning board as our meeting is not until April 15th next week. So um that concludes my report. >> Thank you very much. Thank you.
>> Utilities buildings and grounds. Councilwoman Judy Cusk. Uh, I thank our Ramsey Police Department and the public safety committee chaired by Council McKillan for their follow through the island road traffic safety um presentation this evening and also for
ordinance 1021 regarding the overnight parking. Thank you. My report will update regarding our planning board commission and the board of public works. The Ramsey planning board the next plan the planning board met on the 7th of April last night. The next
meeting is April 21st, 2026, but I believe that that has been cancelled. There's no April 21st. >> Thank you. So, that meeting has been cancelled. The next meeting will be the first Tuesday in May. At the meeting yesterday, there was one public hearing for the Okonite Cable Company and the uh
project to build a laboratory building was approved. The no knock registry. The bureau maintains a no knock registry that allows residents to opt out of door-to-door commercial solicitation. Addresses on this list may not be approached by licensed commercial
solicitors. It covers commercial and door-to-door solicitation by licensed businesses. It does not cover nonprofit groups, charities, religious organizations, or political organizations. Enroll by visiting the Burough website and complete the online
application. You can search no knock list. Our shade tree commission last met on the 19th of March. However, there was no forum, so the meeting was cancelled. The next meeting is confirmed to be now, the 23rd of April, which is a date change. Ramsey has been a tree city for
30 years now. Spring planting preparation and starter spring planting is ongoing. For the board of public works, it last met on the 16th of March. The next meeting is 20th of April. The BPW continues planning and implementing measures to comply with NJDP's lead
service line replacement mandate requiring all lead service lines in the water system be replaced by 2031. The bureau will cover the cost of replacing the portion of the water service line it owns while property owners are responsible for the portion they own.
And we talked about ordinance 08 2026 this evening. And finally, hydrant flushing. The Ramsey Public Works is conducting fire hydrant flushing which started this week and will d have a duration through the end of this month. Please check the burough website for
details and dates. That's my report for this evening. Now I would like to ask Councilwoman Sarah Poppy for public and governmental relations. Wait till I pass the phone with you, please. >> Thank you, Council President Cus.
Okay. Um, the Ramsey Municipal Pool has opened their early bird registration. Residents are encouraged to register early. Early registration is open until May 1st, and
you will save $100 on your registration if you register by May 1st. Um they will be meeting again next Wednesday um April 15th at 7:30 p.m. at Burrow Hall. Uh
we are currently planning America's 250th birthday celebration. We have a committee formed of local organizations and uh we have a great weekend of events in process. So stay tuned for
communications on um what those are and the timing of those as we get a little closer. Thank you. That concludes my report. Thank you very much, Councilwoman Poppy. Health, Education, and Social Services.
Councilman Glenn Popa. >> Thank you, Council President Cusk. Uh I will begin with Reife. Just two updates. Uh opening day softball will be April 18th 3 PM Finch Park Field One. Uh and
to the spring fling dance is which is May 1st at 7 p.m. at St. Paul's Cafeteria. So exciting events for Reich that are coming up for those two events. Uh environmental commission. So Ramsey Cleanup Day 4:18 that's at 9:00 am. So,
if you can volunteer and help uh keep the great town clean, that would be great. Uh the EV car show is the following day, Sunday, 4:19. Uh and the plastic uh toy collection is also the 19th and that's at the farmers
market. The next meeting for environmental is April 14th. uh for Ramsey Municipal Alliance. Uh just a reminder, Ramfest uh event is on Friday, May 1st at Ramsey High School on the front lawn and the board of ed the next
meeting is on 428. So that concludes my report tonight. >> Thank you very much, Councilman. >> Madame Mayor Dylan, please. >> Yes. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. is uh council PPO mentioned the Ramfest which start
means Ramsay agrees mental health matters festival is on May 1st and um a lot of people are working on it so we hope it's a successful event and that the weather cooperates because it's on the front lawn. So there we go. Um like to thank the public safety committee and
officer uh Lieutenant Konico and officer Gilly for the presentation regarding trafficcoming solutions for Island Road. Um the ideas seem very doable and cost-effective. So I'm glad that they're going to move forward with them. Um I also want to say thank you to
Councilwoman Poppy, Burl Clerk Benian, and Deputy Burough Clerk Sylvester for the Ramsy Journal. Another successful issue. So thank you. Appreciate it. I got mic today. >> Thank you very much. Um and regarding Okanite, I just you know their
headquarters is in Ramsay right up off the hilltop and Okanite is a employeeowned company that makes cables for the electric industry. And this is like Rockland Electric, public service. You're not going to find them at Home Depot. >> Industrial. >> Yeah, they make real big industrial. And
it's really, I think, looks very well upon Ramsay that Okon Knight wants to move its lab and testing facility from Patterson into Ramsey and construct a multi multi-million dollar building to to house this new facility.
So last night we were so thankful. It was a long hearing. You know, we didn't finish until 9:30 last night, but it was so worth it and everybody I felt on the planning board was so happy that it passed unanimously and excited that Okanite is investing in Ramsey. So, and
they're like, you know, they look 50 years ahead and so they're really investing with us. So, very happy. >> Where will that be? >> Up on Hilltop. It's right. It's going to be right adjacent to their existing headquarters. >> Incredible. Yeah, you can find information on them on on the web, but
it was fascinating. It's a fascinating read and what a great it was a wonderful presentation. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> So anyway, and also thank you to Mike McMahon. Last night was his first night on the planning board, his first hearing. I'm like, okay, it was a good one.
There was a lot of expert testimony last night. Um, so anyway, that's all I have to everybody and have a good night. >> Thank you, Madam Mayor. Burough administrator Bose. Oh, sorry, Bruce. >> That's okay. >> Uh, thank you, Council President. I'll
just comment, uh, one of the resolutions number 91 on the agenda. Uh, we currently belong to the Bergen County Utility Authorities Waste Cooperative Marketing Program. There was a two-year contract expires at the end of May. Uh, Bergen County Utility Authority has
extended their contract with Waste Management for one more year through May 31st of 2027. So we're extending our participation in the program for another year co- terminus with the expiration of their agreement with waste management
and pricing for the one-year extension be a couple dollars per ton more than the prior two-year agreement but under a about a 4% increase. an or we have an ordinance on for
introduction tonight. Ordinance 11 of 2026. This bond ordinance addresses capital need capital improvements in four different areas. It provides supplemental funding for the resurfacing and new lighting for the pickle ball and
basketball courts at Finch Park for 320,000. This ordinance provides supplemental funding for the project upgrades on the Finch Park pickle ball and basketball courts with the removal of the court service and full resurfacing of all the courts. Subsequent to the original
design and funding, the burrow has added two additional pickle ball courts to the project uh which also extends the lighting aspect of the project. And in addition, after reviewing the options of asphalt courts versus post-tension concrete, the recommendations of the
engineer and the contractors in this field was to go with the post-tension concrete for better long-term value and durability of the playing surface, which and it includes a 50-year warranty on cracking, which is certainly a lot longer than asphalt would be. Over the
last few years, uh, the burrow has sought out and received three different grants for this project work, which cumulatively total 312,775, which will reduce the burrow's net cost of the project. Second aspect of this ordinance is
resurfacing of Shadyside Road, uh, allocated 515,000. The burrow will be resurfacing Shady Side Road later this year. The burrow had over the last two years applied for and received two different municipal aid grants from the state totaling $427,528.
These grants are reimbursements to the burrow after project completion will cover over 80% of the project cost for shady side. Uh the next aspect is safety improvements in the vicinity of Tisdale school around three estimated project
335,000. This project will consist of sidewalk and curb replacements in the area of Tisdale School along with some pedestrian crossing signals. The burrow again on this project sought out, applied for and receive grant funding in the amount of $250,000.
The grant again will reimburse the burrow upon project completion and again will cover about 75% of the project cost. Uh the fourth component is our annual 2026 road resurfacing. The ordinance provides 290,000 for that.
That will be partial funding. Uh we have some uh leftover funds in some of our road resurfacing ordinance previous. So our total uh will be more than the 290,000 for the streets this year probably in
the 400 to 450 uh range. Um and that's for roads not in addition to Shady Side Road. Um the only other thing I would mention uh is the municipal budget timeline. We had at the last meeting March 25th done
the budget presentation and introduction of the budget. Both of the the budget presentation document and the municipal budget are posted on the burough website. April 22nd is the uh is advertised. It will be the public hearing on the budget and the vote on
the adoption of the 2026 budget. And I would also mention the burrow is continuing also to do its annual budget brochure uh which has been completed is at the printers and will be mailed out in advance of the April 22nd meeting. And that would conclude my comments.
>> Thank you very much Mr. Bose >> for attorney. >> Thank you. >> Thank you for clerk. >> Nothing. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. Introduction of ordinances, please. >> Yes, sir. >> Thank you, Council President Cusk. This
is the introduction of ordinance uh 11, 2026. be resolved an ordinance entitled by an ordinance to authorize the making of various public improvements in and by and for the burrow of Ramsey in the sum of in the county of Bergen State of New
Jersey to appropriate the sum of $1,460,000 to pay the cost thereof to make a down payment to authorize issuance of bonds to finance such appropriations and provide for the issuance of bond anticipation notes in anticipation of the issuance of such bonds pass the first reading by title and that s
ordinance be further considered for patent Final pass and adoption at a regular meeting of the mayor and council to be held on the 22nd day of April, 2026, 7 p.m. prevailing time or as soon after as the matter can be reached at the municipal building in said burrow and be further resolved that the burden
to publish an official newspaper of the burrow in the manner provided by law a copy of said ordinance together with notice of the introduction thereof and notice when the same will be considered for final passage and adoption. >> I'll second that.
Thank you very much. >> This is a This is a roll call. Thank you. May >> I just If I could just make one more. I would just say that um I did in my comments about it, I didn't >> total up the cumulative which I had done and I forgot to mention
>> cumulatively we have grants of approximately $990,000 for the projects that in this grant that um will offset the cost. So that's a pretty significant amount when you look through >> very significant. Thank you.
>> Thank you very much for that. Thank you. >> Um, ordinance 11-2026. May I please have a roll call? >> Councilwoman Cusk. >> Yes. >> Councilman Gerson, >> yes. >> Councilman Gutwer, >> yes. >> Councilman Kilman, >> yes. >> Councilman Papo, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Pap, >> yes.
>> Thank you very much, Council members. Is there any unfinished business for this evening? Any new business? I'm not sure if Mr. Councilman Gutwer mentioned it, but April 18th is also the RBSA
baseball softball parade um at 9:00 a.m. So, it will be a very busy day in Ramsey on Saturday the 18th. We hope for good weather. May I please have a motion to adjourn? >> I'll make that motion. >> A second.
>> Thank you very much, gentlemen. All in favor? All in favor?