Are we on? Are we live? Good evening everyone. Tonight is the work session of the mayor and council for September 10th, 2025. This meeting is also being conducted telephonically. The dial in number is
4254366365 with an access code of 213563 hashtag and also uh you can view this on our channel on the YouTube uh that you can find on our burough website on the front page and we have roll call please.
Mayor Dylan here. Councilwoman Cusk here. Councilman Gweter here. Councilman Kilman here. Counciloman Pablo here. Councilwoman Ty here. Councilwoman Woods here. We stand for the flag.
I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation 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 Suburban News on Wednesday, January 15th, 2025. First up, may we have approval of minutes? Council President Kilman, I'd like to make a motion to approve the minutes
from 82725. I will second. Any comments on the minutes? Not seeing any yet. Uh, may we have roll call, please? Miss Piawoman, yes. Councilw, yes. Councilman,
yes. Pablo, yes. Councilwoman, yes. Yes. We don't have any communications that came in this week. Is Luke here yet? He's not here. Okay. So, we'll continue on and we'll we'll stop when he comes
in. It's time for 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 fiveminut time limit per speaker unless reduced
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. So at this time if anyone has any public comment in the room or on
the telephone, this is the first call for public comment. Not seeing or hearing anyone. We'll make a second call for public comment. And again, not seeing any or hearing any third call for public comment.
We will close public comment at this time and we will move into since Luke isn't here, we'll continue on to the final consideration of ordinances this evening. Um, and at this time and we
have a motion to go out of order. Oh, is that Luke? It is. All right. Now, we're going to back up a little bit. Okay. May I have a motion to go out of order for the presentations,
please? Yes, council president. I can make a motion to go out of order for special presentations. Second. Thank you very much. Roll call, please. Councilwoman, yes. Councilman,
yes. Councilman, yes. Council Pablo. Yes. Council woman. Yes. Council woman. Yes. So at this time the mayor is going to get in front of the dis and then the four
gentlemen Trevor, Luke, Mason, and Liam. When the mayor calls you up, she may call you up shortly. This is the camera we're going to be looking at the YouTube camera so that we can have that for pictures. Good evening everyone. Thank you so
much. July 16th high school footballers after children as they exchanged text to break the back According to their accounts, the woman
did not immediate moment and decisive actions. Remarkable characters. [Applause] And then we also have a joint
joint legislative resolution from the state assembly and state senate. [Applause] We'll take a picture of all four. [Applause]
Mason. [Applause] Thank you. Get all four up here for a picture, please. this. No.
Thank you. Thank you all for coming. Nice to see you. We're going to continue with our meeting. Way to go, Mason. Oh my goodness. Well done. Congratulations. You're welcome. Have a good night. Thank you.
Thank you. Thanks for your bravery. Nice. Okay, I make a motion to go back. May I have a motion to go back into regular order, please? Yes, council president. Motion to go back into regular order. Second.
Roll call, please. Miss Bendy. Counciloman Cus. Yes. Councilweather. Yes. Council Kman. Yes. Councilman. Yes. Councilwoman Coffee. Yes. Council woman. Yes. Okay. Um we are about to go into final
consideration of ordinances. But before we do that, I'd like to have a motion uh to go out of regular order to provide our bureau administrator, Mr. Jose, uh a chance to provide pertinent. May I have that motion, please? Yes, council president. Make a motion to
go out of order to have burough um administrator explain the ordinances and the information as advertised. Thank you. Second. Second. Roll call, please. Yes. Council, yes. Councilman Coleman, yes.
Councilman Pablo, yes. Councilwoman, yes. Councilwoman, yes. Thank you, Mr. Jose. Thank you, Council President. The first ordinance on for uh public hearing and final consideration tonight
is ordinance 17205. It's amending Burough Code Chapter 34 regarding porches. This ordinance amendment was recommended by the Ramsey Board of Adjustment in residential districts R1, R2, and R3. This ordinance amends the code to provide a six-foot
porch encroachment allowance to the front yard setback for covered steps or covered porches. This allowance will only be allowed where these covered porches are not enclosed, nor have screens, shades, or other coverings installed. This recommendation provides relief to residents in time and money by
eliminating the need to apply for a variance and have a public hearing before the board of adjustment for variances that historically have been granted. Next ordinance on tonight for final hearing is ordinance 18 of 2025
which is establishing section 176 in the burough code entitled lead water service line replacement. This ordinance was recommended by the Ramsey Board of Public Works BPW as Councilwoman Cusk liaison to the BPW has commented on at mayor and council
meetings over the last couple years. The state of New Jersey has mandated that any lead or galvanized water supply lines be replaced by the year 2031. This includes both the portion of the supply line from the water man to the curb stop valve which is owned by the burrow as well as the remaining portion
of the water service line from the curb stop valve to the water meter which is owned by the property owner. This ordinance delineates the responsibility for the cost of the mandated replacement to the burrow for the portion it owns and the property owner for the portion they own. The ordinance provides for
$750 payment to property owners who replace their galvanized or water service line before the later of 270 days from the adoption of this ordinance or 180 days of when the property owner was first notified that they have a line
requiring replacement. This ordinance provides some mitigation to the replacement cost to the property owners for their p portion of the water line they own and maintain. The ordinance also details what is needed for the $750 payment from the Board of Public Works, including the certification from the
Burough Plumbing Inspector that the lead service line was removed and replaced. The next ordinance on the agenda for final hearing is ordinance 19 amending chapter 7 of the Burough Code regarding parking on private property. This ordinance amending the code was
requested by Donbos High School through its director of public safety in consultation with the Ramsey Police Department. This amendment is very basic in that it simply states that vehicles must be parked in designated parking spaces. Many times at events, vehicles are parked everywhere, limiting access
of emergency vehicles should they be needed. Ordinance number 20 is the next one for final hearing tonight. This amends chapter 3 of the Burough Code regarding times for noise prevention section 3-8. This ordinance amends two sections of
the noise prevention section of the burough code extending the prohibited hours for construction and repair as well as music. For construction or repair, section 3-8.2A88 changes the limit uh work on all days to end at 6 pm. We're currently allowed
work until 8:00 p.m. on all days except Sunday. For music, section 3-8.2A1 2 A1 reduces the existing nighttime hour time limit from 11:00 p.m. to 10 p.m. on all evenings other than Friday and Saturday. And for music, it also pushes back the
allowed time from the current ordinance of 7 a.m. in the morning to start at 8:00 a.m. Monday through Friday and 9:00 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. And the last uh ordinance on the agenda tonight for public hearing and final consideration is ordinance 21. It amends
chapter 10 of the burough code regarding retirey insurance benefits. The ordinance this ordinance amends section 10-13 subsection A to further clarify the years of service required to be eligible for retirey insurance benefits and the required employee contribution
requirements. Most of the burough employees are covered under a collective bargaining agreement or an employment contract which detailed these provisions. This ordinance covers only those non-union non-contracted employees. The ordinance was last amended in 2010 and requires
clarification by providing a minimum number years of service to the bureau to be eligible as well as specifying the contributions the employee would be responsible for. This amendment conser confirms a minimum service time of 25 years in the New Jersey pension system
with at least 15 years of those served with the burrow for eligibility and sets the employee contribution rates at those in the collective bargaining union agreements at 54 and a half% of that of an active employee. And those are the ordinances on for final hearing.
Thank you, Mr. Jose. May we have a motion to go back into regular order, please? A motion to go back into regular order. Council President second. Thank you. Roll call, please. Yes. Councilw. Yes. Yes. Councilomano.
Yes. Council woman. Yes. Council woman. Yes. Thank you. We now move to ordinance 17-2025 for final consideration. Thank you, Council President. Uh, final ordinance number 17-2025, an ordinance
amending the code of the burrow of Ramsey, Bergen County, New Jersey, and more particularly chapter 34 to establish section 34.4.29 thereof entitled porches 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 Ramsey. 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 the adoption of said or said ordinance. And do we have a second? This is councilwoman. I second. Thank you. At this time we'll open it up to the public for final hearing. We'll
do three calls. And at this point in time, anyone who has a comment on this ordinance, now is your time. Good evening. Um, Patricia Mace, we live at 32 Martis and um we actually were
about to seek relief for to put a five foot covering over our stoop, existing stoop. Um, ice build up the door gets damaged from the weather. So, I certainly would encourage the council to pass this ordinance in addition to the
fact that just on my drive from my house to here, I probably passed 15 homes that have similar type of work. So, thank you. Thank you. Do we have anyone else who wants to comment on this particular
I'll make a second call and on the phone as well if anyone's there. Not hearing anyone. Third call. We will close public hearing for this particular ordinance and do a roll call.
Yes. Hold on one second. Does any anyone on council have a comment or discussion on this particular ordinance? Commented in the past. Okay. Yeah. Planning board. Yes. Thank you, councelor. Um, Miss Bendan, roll call,
please. Councilwoman, yes. Counciloman, yes. Councilman Kilman, yes. Council, yes. Councilwoman, yes. Yes. This ordinance has passed. We move on to ordinance 182025.
Councilwoman Cus. Thank you, Council President Kilman. This is an ordinance amending the code of the bureau of Ramsey Burton 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 passing by title and that said ordinance be adopted as an ordinance of the Burough of Ramsey and be further resolved that the burough
clerk be and she hereby is directed cause a copy of the said title of said ordinance 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. Thank you councilwoman. I second this ordinance. Thank you. And is there any further comment besides what Mr. Mosai said? I I'm just uh tonight I'll make comments in mine, but
um people with lead service lines um it's the timing is perfect by BPW got notifications in the mail and it does reference the fact that we were working to pass this particular um ordinance. So, thank you.
We'll open it up now for public to comment on this particular ordinance 18-2025. This is our first call from either anyone in the room or on the phone. We'll make a second call for anyone who wishes to comment on this particular
ordinance. And a third call. I will close public hearing for ordinance 18-2025. Anyone else on the dis have any comments or discussion about this particular ordinance? Not seeing any. May we have roll call,
please? Mission. Counciloman. Yes. Council. Yes. Councilman. Yes. Council Pap. Yes. Councilwoman. Yes. Councilwoman Woods. Yes. Thank you very much. Now moving down to
ordinance 19-2025. I pass this off to Councilwoman Sarah Fox. Thank you, Council President Kilman. An ordinance amending chapter 7 of the Code of the Burough of Ramsey, Bergen County, New Jersey, and more
specifically section 7-42 thereof entitled Regulation for the Movement and the Parking of Traffic on all other private property, having been brought up for public hearing, and all persons interested, having been given an opportunity to be heard, past final
reading by title. and that said ordinance be adopted as an ordinance of the Burough of Ramsey. And be it further resolved that the burough clerk be and she she hereby is directed to cause a copy of the title of said ordinance to
be published in official newspaper of the burrow in the manner provided by law together with notice of the date of introduction and adoption of said ordinance. Second. Thank you very much. Um, any additional comment, council woman?
Uh, nothing additional to Mr. Bose's report. Okay. Thank you. At this point in time, I open it up to public hearing for ordinance 19-2025. Any comments on this particular one? Not seeing or hearing anyone, I ask
again for a second call. And one more time, third call for ordinance 192025. I will close public hearing and there's not anyone on the council has anything else to add. We will go right into a vote. Nope. Miss Bendian.
Councilwoman. Yes. Yes. Yes. Council. Yes. Councilwoman. Yes. English. Yes. Passed. We'll now go into ordinance 2025,
an ordinance amending chapter 3 of the code of the bureau of Ramsey, Bergen County, New Jersey, and more specifically section 3-8 there of entitled noise prevention having been brought up for public hearing and all persons interested having been given an
opportunity to be heard as final reading by title and that said ordinance be adopted as an ordinance of the Bureau of Ramsey and be it further resolved, excuse 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. Second. Thank you councilwoman. I don't have anything further beyond what Mr. Jose said. Um, I will now open
it up for public hearing for ordinance 2020 20 uh, excuse me 20-2025. Second call for anyone who would like to comment during this public hearing phase for ordinance 2025. And third call for public hearing of
this ordinance. Not seeing or hearing any. I will close it. Any further discussion from anyone on the dis on this particular ordinance? Not seeing any. Roll call, please. Miss Dundian. Counciloman. Yes. Council. Yes.
Councilman. Yes. Council. Yes. Councilwoman. Yes. Counciloman. Yes. And going to our final ordinance for final consideration, ordinance 20-2025.
I turn it over to Councilman Gwin. Thank you, Council President Kilman. This is the reading of the final ordinance of 21 2025, an ordinance amending chapter 10 of the code of the Burrow of Ramsey, Hen County, New Jersey, and more specifically section
10-13. They have entitled retirey insurance benefits subsection A. because to clarify years of service and employee contribution requirements have been brought up for public hearing and all persons interested having been given an opportunity to be heard cast 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 it and she hereby is directed a copy of the title of said ordinance to be published in the official newspaper of the burrow in the manner provided by law together with the notice of the date of introduction and
adoption of said ordinance. I'll second it. Thank you very much. Uh, any further comment, Councilman, on that? No further comments beyond that. Thank you. I will now open up public hearing for ordinance 20-2025. 21 20
21 rather 2022. I only got to 20 in school. Second call for ordinance 21-2025 and not seeing or hearing anyone. Third call for ordinance 21-2025 and I will close public hearing for this
ordinance. Uh, any further discussion from council on the das? Not seeing or hearing on one. Miss Bendy, roll call, please. Councilwoman, yes. Council Gweter, yes. Councilman, yes. Councilman Pablo, yes.
Yes. Yes. Okay. All ordinance have been passed. There are no appointments this evening. And now we will move right into uh resolutions, consent resolutions from Councilman. Uh thank you, Council President Kilman.
Uh be it resolved that resolutions 157205 through and including 160 2025 having been considered by the governing body of the Burough Ramsey are hereby passed and approved. There are no special permit requests this evening for block parties.
There's a request from Elm Place requesting permission to hold the block party on September 14th, 2025 from 4 to 8:00 p.m. And Poppler Street is requesting permission to hold a block party on October 25th, 2025 from 10:00 a.m. to 10 p.m.
I'll second that. Thank you very much. And we have roll call, please. Yes. Yes. Councilman. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Thank you. It's time now for committee and Lee is on reports once again. Finance and response uh finance and administration. Councilman Gutwer. Okay. Um first off, I would just like to uh congratulate the four Ramsey High
School students who were honored this evening for their heroic actions. uh this past July and go Rams. Uh I'm sure my colleagues also have comments on Ramsey Day, but I would like to acknowledge the efforts of our administrator Bruce Jose for all his
coordination efforts for this event and also acknowledge the efforts of all the emergency services and it was pretty good to see that the inclement weather held out till at least middle of the afternoon. But it was a really really wonderful day. Uh for my report for the
library board, I would like to acknowledge how wonderful the summer reading program is and how much it has grown over the years through the leadership of the library director and the efforts of all the staff involved. They've motivated the kids and the teens in this town to read an unbelievably
high number of minutes. When I looked at the report, we were at the library board on Monday. The number of minutes that were read seemed like it was totally unbelievable to do, but yet it was done. It was unbelievable number of minutes. Correct me. The number of minutes that
this that the teams and the and the uh and the kids read is unbelievable. So that's really really good to see though. Um the program attendance and the circulation has grown u enormously and kudos to all involved and our readers. The library made a presentation to the
residents of the Woodlands on services the library can offer to residents at the end of July and was very well received by the residents. Uh the library is looking into a teen room renovation, updating the space and furniture to make more conducive for the teen group in addition to meeting room
has been freshly painted and the flooring replaced and residents can check the library website for fall programming for the recreation commission. The fall rec soccer registration um I guess is completed because play should be beginning in as we are in the month of September. Winter basketball
registration should be available through team stamp in early early this month. Hollow rain parade uh will be again coordinated with the fire department and registration is open for the 47th Jack McKenon Memorial Ramsey run on Saturday,
September 20th, 2025. Check the the rec details on timing for the run and sponsors for this run are also welcome. The Ram Ramsey Farmers Market. Market is open Sundays from 9:00 a.m. to 2 pm.
There'll be an apple festival on September 21st sponsored by the Women's Club of Ramsey. A home and garden show sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce of Ramsey. On October 5th, a touch a truck event held on October 26, sponsored by the Ramsey Juniors. Uh come and check out all the great vendors that are
attendance at the market each and every Sunday as well as crafts for children and music and a nonprofit organization is usually in attendance. That concludes my report for this evening. Thank you, Councilman. Uh, public safety is my report. First
off, I would like to also um recognize and congratulate um Mr. Bose and his team and the DPW and all involved with Ramsey Day. Um it was well coordinated and well done as usual and um kudos to
all involved. Um also congratulations to Trevor, Luke, Mason, and Liam. taking action when faced with an emergency situation. It's a testament to the character of these young men. And finally, on public safety, the design
team continues to make strong progress on the Ramsey Emergency Services Complex project as they develop a revised comprehensive concept that remains within set budget parameters despite ongoing inflation and rising construction costs. Once the design
phase is completed, it will presented to the full mayor and council as well as to the public. Following an internal review of the proposed plan and bid package, the bureau will submit the materials to the state office of the controller for approval before proceeding to the
bidding phase. At this time, there is no estimated timeline for when these steps will occur. And that is my report. I pass it on to Councilwoman Jane Woods. Thank you, Council President Kilman.
Special thanks to Burough Administrator Rosé for another excellent job on Ramsey Day. Um, thank you to all the other emergency services and various departments within Ramsey that made everything run smoothly, especially at the end of the day for everyone's safety. Um, congratulations to Trevor
Brok Trevor Broking, Luke Filipone, Mason Gonzalez, and Liam Mueller on their outstanding service and receiving the heroic action award. Um, these fine young men were raised right, disciplined through athletics, and stepped up when the help was needed. Um, my heart is bursting with pride and gratitude. And I
just wanted to tell them they're not here, but they will go far. And congratulations. The design review board will meet um on Tuesday, September 23rd. The senior trustees board will meet tomorrow um September 11th. And I just want to say the picnic on Wednesday,
September 3rd, was a huge hit. The weather was lovely. Um, and everyone enjoyed the ice cream truck out front. They were acting like children again. It was great. Um, the zoning board will meet on September 17th, and I hope to see many of you at the 911 ceremony
tomorrow at 6 p.m. to honor those we lost. And that's my report. Thank you. Thank you, Councilwoman. Um, moving on to utilities, buildings, and grounds. Councilwoman Judy Cuser. Thank you, Council President. Trevor Broking, Luke Philip Pony, Mason
Gonzalez, and Liam Miller. It's not every day we come across young individuals who step up with such courage and care, and your actions are a testament to your character and values. And I also thank your parents. Congratulations on a wonderful Ramsey Day to celebrate our burrow. I thank our
burough team, Administrator Mos, and our Department of Public Works for their efforts for this day and always. And tomorrow is September 11th and on this solemn day we honor the memory of those who lost their lives and salute the bravery of first responders and everyday
heroes who stood united in the face of tragedy. I'm grateful for the resilience and patriotism that emerged for reminding me of the strength found in unity and compassion. My report tonight will be an update regarding planning board shade tree commission and public
works. At the planning board meeting on September 2nd, there were three waiver applications which were approved. The next planning board meeting is 16th September. The Shade Tree Commission meeting for 21st of August was cancelled. The next meeting is 18th September. Ramsey is a tree city for 30
years now. The Ramsey Board of Public Works last met on 18th August. The next meeting is the 15th September. Per and poly florinated substances POS are a large group of humanmade chemicals used in various industrial and consumer products. Their persistence in the
environment is a growing concern and the US EPA has set forth PAS water quality limits impacting our wellwater supply. H2RM, our architectural and engineering firm, is collaborating with the Ramsey Water Department on treatment solutions for well facilities at Arrow Road,
Darlington, Brookfield, North Central, and Spring Street. Our bureau's POS projects have been submitted for lowinterest loan considerations from the Ibank. I bank has reviewed and requested additional information which is being compiled by H2M.
the lead service line replacement. As Burough administrator commented, the Board of Public Works continues planning and implementation measures to comply with NJD's lead service line replacement mandate requiring all lead service lines approved in the water system uh all lead
service lines in the water system to be replaced by 2031. Tonight, we've approved ordinance 18-2025 and I'm grateful. Thank you. And lastly, please burrow friends, if you were able to do so, remove and clean the debris
away from the storm water drains because properly maintained storm water drains prevent flooding, protect local roads, and mitigate damage to homes, and ensure that runoff flowing into ponds and streams is free of pollutants. Thank you very much.
Thank you, Councilwoman. We've moved down the line now to public and governmental relations. Councilwoman Sarah P. Thank you, Council President Gilman. Um, first I would like to congratulate
Trevor, Luke, Mason, and Liam. These young men represent a community who comes together for others, taking an action that most adults wouldn't consider. We are all very proud of you. Um, Ramsay Day was fabulous. Thank you,
Bruce, for all of your work that you put forth every year. I'm sure for you it seems like plugandplay because you continuously follow the same steps, but to all of us, it is a heroic effort and we are grateful and thankful to have
you, the DPW, emergency services, and all others involved on um for these great events in our community. Um, Ramsay Stigmafree will hold their next meeting at 7:30 p.m. on September
15th at the Ramsey Library. All are welcome. The pool commission will meet again at Ramsey Burough Hall 7:30 p.m. on the 17th of September. And the Ramsey Municipal Alliance will meet 7:30 p.m. on the 22nd of September. They're
planning a parent presentation in conjunction with Ramsey schools on October 27th. Thank you to Ramsey schools for hosting the Ramsey Municipal Alliance to encourage them to spread their message of substance abuse
prevention and education. And that concludes my report. Thank you very much. Thank you, Councilwoman. Health, Education, and Social Services. Councilman Gl. Thank you, Council President Kilman. Um,
I as well will congratulate the students, Trevor, Luke, Mason, and Liam, on their extraordinary efforts that they did. Very proud of their actions. Um, and really appreciate what they did for them. Uh, thank you to
our administrator, Jose. Wonderful Ramsey Day. I know a lot of work goes into it. Very successful. And again, job well done. It's year after year uh that that event is just extraordinary. I'll talk about three uh groups starting
off with Reife uh soccer to begin 9:13 dater school at 3 p.m. again always weather providing everything looks good for that. We have scheduled art night uh for October 2nd at 6:30 and that will be at the community center. So that is the
second event we will have. For environmental, we have styrofoam recycling uh Saturday 9:13 at the train station from 9 to 11. And then we will be uh be at the children's park planting flowers and plants and also on the 13th
uh beginning at 10:00 a.m. for that. And the next board of ed meeting is 9:30. That's all I have for tonight. Thank you, Councilman. And now our mayor, Dear Drew Dylan. Thank you, Council President, and thank
you for the wonderful remarks recognizing the young men. Um, once again, recognize Mason, Trevor, William, and Luke. Um, for they were so coolheaded that night. It's really amazing that young men still in high
school could stop, take action, and really show a lot of forethought, especially not moving the victim to cause any damage to her. So, or injury, excuse me. So, congratulations to them and they really do reflect wonderfully on both Ramsay and the Ramsey school
system and of course their parents. Um, this past Saturday we had the Ramsey Day and I have to say the parade is great. You really do miss the high school band when they're not there. So, they really do make the parade the parade. So, it was nice to have them back after them
not being here for home for the holidays last December. And of course, thank you to Bur, Mr. Jose, the DPW, the Ramsy police search rescue and everyone who participated and volunteered. It was a
great event. Unfortunately, the weather saw different. Um, you know, started breaking down about 2:00 and the lightning detection system went off at 2:23 which officially ended the event. Um, but thank you for all your hard work. I know you put a lot of time and
effort into it. Um, and also thank you to Councilwoman Husk for bringing coffee to people at 6. That was very nice of you. And for Sarah for helping shut up as well. And Peter for setting up in the morning. Bless you all for being there
at 6:00 a.m. Um, I'd like to welcome Jim Derty as our construction code official, building sub code official, and s fire fire sub code official. Jim has over 30 years of experience. He brings a wealth of knowledge to this position, and his one of his favorite is electricity is
not a hobby. Uh so it's going to be very very hard to leave fill Mr. Ventini's shoes when he retires as of October 1st. He's been simply spectacular for the last 12 years as our construction official. But I know Jim is up to it and
I have full faith in his ability to fill that th those roles. Um, this past Monday at the library, we welcomed a new superintendent alternate to the board and it's the media specialist at Ramsey High School. And I'm happy to say she jumped right in and seemed quite at home
and she was excited to be there. So, we look forward to working with her. And Stigmafree will actually be at all the back to school nights. Um, several of us from Stigma Free will attend each back to school nights because we're trying to revive Stigma Free since it kind of fell
by the wayside for a couple years. So, We're making an effort to re to reinvigorate it. And that's all I have. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Now, Burough Administrator, Mr. Bruce Jose. Thank you, Council President. Um, first
off, I would also comment on Ramsey Day and thank uh first off the governing body for all of their support in this. All of you were there a lot of the day and certainly early and it's a big help to have the support year round for the
event and then actually in pulling it off that day. Sarah's leazison, you've been very helpful. You were running around giving information to people kind of helping where um if I was tied up. So I appreciate all of the work from everybody up here on that. Obviously,
the DPW's day is starts before us, any of us, and ends after all of us went home from the storm. Um, so thank you to them, the police department, and the office of emergency management who spearheaded the efforts to just make
sure everything sa stayed safe, were giving us warnings ahead of time of when they thought, and they were within a couple minutes on when they thought the um lightning detection would go off and knew we would have a little rain before that. So, they were very well prepared and made what could have been a
difficult situation work uh like clockwork. So, appreciate everybody's help on that. And then all of the organizations who participate um the nonprofits and all the chamber businesses and everyone else. Um it
takes a lot of people involved and I'm glad those organizations all can have a successful day. I will comment also on some of the resolutions on tonight's agenda. As the mayor mentioned, welcoming James Doerty
is construction code official, building sub code, and fire sub code. With Ralph Venttorini's upcoming retirement, the burough was in need of a construction code official, building sub code official. Jim Doerty currently serves as Ramsey's fire sub code official, and the assistant construction code official
here. Currently he holds the positions of construction code official, building subcode official, fire subc code official, and electric sub code official in upper subtle river which he has held for well over 20 years. As part of the process, we had interviewed Mr. Dagerty
and another candidate who currently is a construction code official and building sub code official in another Bergen County town as well. It was the committee's unanimous recommendation to appoint Mr. to the position of construction code official and building sub code official,
replacing Ralph in those roles, as well as maintaining his current responsibilities as the burough's fire subcode official. His first day as a full-time Ramsey employee will be Monday, September 29th. We look forward to him joining our team full-time here in Ramsey.
I will not be at the next meeting, at least in person anyway. So, I wanted to just share a few words on Ralph's retirement that comes about on October 1st. I'm very proud of all of our employees and it's especially true of our management team here in the burrow.
Some of that team have preceded my time as administrator. Some we have hired while I've been administrator. Ralph was one who we hired when I was the administrator. All I can say about his time here is that we could not have gotten it any more right than when we brought him in. He's everything we could
have asked for. for his knowledge and experience in the construction and building area are topnotch. Just as important is his ability to communicate with contractors and homeowners to gain compliance with the codes and work through issues is second to none. These coupled with his dedication to the job
and to the burrow to do whatever is needed. You cannot ask for anything more as a manager. It's been an absolute pleasure for me personally to have the opportunity to work with him for the last 12 plus years. The burrow is losing an excellent employee and as his co-workers, we're also losing a friend.
You will be truly missed. Resolution 160 on the agenda tonight is confirming the part-time hourly rate for our certified court administrators. The Ramsey Municipal Court from time to time needs to utilize other certified court administrators who may be retired or
working in other towns to help for court sessions or coverage. It's the recommendation of our curt certified court administrator Ernest that Terresa Ernest that we raise the rate for these part-time certified court administrators to $35 per hour to reflect the current
level of pay for those with this certification. We have one ordinance on the agenda tonight for introduction which is ordinance 22 of 2025. Uh it authorizes capital improvements to replace two culverts on Alita Place and the funding
in the amount of 350,000. This ordinance provides funding for the replacement of the two culverts in Alita Place. These coverts have been failing and impacting the roadway. This project will replace those as well as repair replace as needed the abupments, guide rails, wing
walls, curbs, and other road repair. Land Associates has done the engineering and design work for the burrow. We have received the necessary NJD permits to proceed with the project. The project is currently out to bid with a bid date bid due date later this month. The estimated
cost of the project is 350,000. This funding is from budgeted funds to the bureau's capital improvement fund account and therefore there will be no new debt issued for this project. And that would conclude my report. Thank you, Mr. Ros.
Councelor, any comments? Nothing. Thank you, sir. Um, Miss Bendy, anything tonight? Okay. We'll now move into the introduction of ordinances. And I pass this down to Councilman Glenn Popo.
Thank you, Council President Kilman. Uh, introduction of ordinance 22 2025. be resolved. An ordinance to authorize capital improvements for the purpose of removing and replacing two coverts in Alita placed with associated repair
replacements to abutments, guide rails, curbs, and roads repaving and to appropriate the sum of $350,000 to pay the cost thereof. pass the first reading by title and that said ordinance to be further considered for final passage and
adoption at the regular meeting of the mayor and council to be held the 24th day of September 2025 at 7 p.m. prevailing time or as soon after as the matter can be reached at the municipal building in said burrow. And be it further resolved that the burrow clerk
be and she hereby is instructed to publish in an official newspaper of the burrow in the manner provided by law and a copy of the ordinance together with notice of introduction thereof and notice when the same will be considered for final passage and adoption.
This is Councilwoman Cusk. I second. Thank you. Councilman, any further comment on this? Nothing in what administrator Jose introduction. May we have a roll call, please. Mw. Yes. Yes.
Yes. Yes. Councilwoman, yes. Council woman. Yes. Yes. Thank you. Do we have any unfinished business? Any new business to bring up? Not seeing any. Do we have a motion to
adjurnn? Motion to adjurnn. Anyone to second? I'll second. Thank you all in favor. I thank you everyone. Good night. All right. See you at the 911 tomorrow. See them.