e e Mari yeah three two one thank you m all right good evening everyone welcome to the Wednesday March 12 2025 work session for the mayor and council meeting the Burl
Ramsey the meeting is also being conducted telephonically the dial in number is 425-436 6365 access code 213 563 and of course the meeting may also be viewed on the Ramsey YouTube channel which can be
um located via the Burrow's website roll call please mayor Dylan here councilwoman cusk here councilman gutwetter here councilman kilman is not here councilman Papo here councilwoman
poppy here councilwoman wood here thank you flag salute please ask councilwoman Woods to lead us iedge Al to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for it
stands one nation under God and invisible with liy and justice for all the New Jersey open public meeting 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 burken record and the Suburban news on Wednesday January 15 2025 do we have approval of minutes yes Madam mayor I'd like to make a motion to approve the
minutes from February 26th 2025 I would like to Second thank you any comments or changes to the minutes no not hearing any roll call please councilwoman cus yes councilman gutwetter yes councilman
Papo yes councilwoman poppy yes councilwoman Woods yes thank you Communications Madame mayor thank you very much this is Council will MK I'd like to approve the communications from the uh
agenda thank you move that they be accepted and filed and then move that they be accepted and filed thank you madam mayor thank you do we have a second since councilman k I second met okay thank you all right any comments on the
communications I want to thank um Sergeant Sanders for his uh wonderful service to the Ramsey police department and the Ramsey Community and wish him the very best in his retirement roll call please councilman excuse me
councilwoman cusf yes councilman gut weter yes councilman Papo yes councilwoman poppy yes councilwoman yes thank you public comment we'll open it up to public comment at this point anyone wish to address their governing body please give your name spell in the
last D address please speak in audable tone and address your comments to the chair there will be 5 minute time limit for speaker unless reduced because the volume of business on the agenda please note public comment is your time add 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 year use any responses may be given during the governing body's comments later in the meeting or as directed by the chair the bureau clerk is the official timekeeper all right there's no one in council
chambers for public comment anyone on the line first call for comment from anyone on the line Second call for public comment for anyone on the telephone line third and final call for anyone for public comment for anyone on their
telephone line not hearing anyone I will close public comment we have no advertised public hearing for final consideration we have no appointments let's move on to consent resolutions uh thank you madam mayor be
it resolved that resolution z51 2025 through and including 068 2025 having been considered by the governing body of the burough of Ramsey B and are hereby passed and approved there are no special permits or black party requests
I'll second that thank you any comments on the consent resolutions not hearing any will call please councilwoman cus yes councilman gut wer yes councilman Papo yes councilwoman poppy yes councilwoman
Woods yes thank you uh Committee of lead councilman gut thank you again Madam mayor my report for this evening uh for the library board we've met the past Monday
evening uh Winter Fest was run Saturday March 1st was a successful event with 500 plus people in attendance uh the February program highlights include the launching of comics plus a new online digital content platform uh the launching of a homebound
delivery service of the Lunar New Year was held on February 15th of suful event uh the First music Bingo for adults as well as various music programs for kids and a Sunday concert sponsored by friends of the Ramsey Library also place
in the month of February uh the meeting room Renovations are underway uh and director leam presented the 2024 annual report at the library board meeting past Monday which shows General growth in physical item and digital circulation from PR years an
increase in technical assist assist appointments and increase in New York Times and Wall Street Journal Online use the Recreation Commission winter sports basetball and wrestling have concluded their programs and well participated spring Sports registration for adult
Sall is uh open and the season should be beginning in uh early April as well as for volleyball the Easter egg hunt in partnership with the Ramsey fire department will be held on Saturday April 12th in the morning uh more information should follow at our meeting
for the end of the month uh Ramsey Farmers Market is open from 10:00 a.m. to 1: p.m. and continue the scheduled through April there are still uh approximately 50 dedicated farmers and food purveyors each and every Sunday uh director is planning
many interesting events one performer and just want to lastly thank councilwoman poy for organizing to and meet the cop and meet the mayor and counsel uh event we had this past Sunday uh for new residents of the community at
the community center and lastly I want to congratulate Sergeant Sanders on his retirement from Ramy police department and best wishes retirement I also congratulate Kelly Sylvester on her appointment as Deputy bar clerk that's my report for this evening thank you all
right anybody have any comments for councilman kilman no all right then we'll move on to building Planning and Zoning councilwoman Woods thank you Madame mayor I would i' like to start by congratulating Kelly Sylvester on her appointment to Deputy B Clark um she's
invaluable in every position she does but we're so happy to have her um and also congratulations to Eric Saunders on his retirement after 25 years which I think says a lot that he stayed with us 25 years that's amazing um the senior trustee board will meet tomorrow uh
March 13th the zoning Board of adjustment will meet March 19th and design review board will meet March 25th um that concludes my report thank you utilities buildings and grounds councilwoman
cusk thank you Madame mayor congratulations Kelly Sylvester our Deputy Bureau Clerk and congratulations to Sergeant Eric Sanders for your retirement the report tonight will
provide an update regarding our planning board Shater commission and public border works the March 4th meeting for the planning board was cancelled the next meeting will be the 18th of March at the February 4th meeting there was a hearing for the Ramsey Board of Public Works monal the buau of Ramsey is
seeking to use a communication facility that is proposed to be built on property located in MAA and used by our Ramsey Board of Public Works for supervisory control and data acquisition in addition they will be used for our Ramsey Emergency Services Communications the
plan board was charged with reviewing the local ation character and extent of the project and that the public funds being spent fall within the goals of the Bureau of the Ramsey and the master plan there were testimony from members
of the public during the almost 4-Hour long meeting mayor and D mayor Dylan and I were recused the planning board recommended the project to the governing board which is us the mayor and councel the shade tree commission met on
20th of February 2025 the next meeting is scheduled for the 20 20th of March 2025 and our vice chair Jim Lewis will be sworn in at this meeting this year there will be over 40 new trees planted in our buau our shade tree commission
also has a wonderful submission for the Ramsey Journal Spring edition for the Board of Public Works it last met on the 24th of February 2025 the next meeting is on the 17th of March 2025 per and poly fluorinated substances
pasos are a group of chemicals used to make fluoropolymer Coatings and impact our water supply these are products that resist heat oil stains and grease the US EPA has posos water quality limits that
are in effect for our supply h2m our architectural and engineering firm is working with the Ramsey water department for regarding treatment approaches at our well treatment facilities at Arrow Road and at Darlington Brookfield North Central and Spring Street those are
phase two for the lead service line replacement the Board 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 which is ours in the burough Ramsey be replaced by the year 2031 and lastly the water quality accountability act report is due in March and h2m our firm environmental and
Engineering is working to complete it thank you madam mayor thank you want to pass sit back down public and government relation governmental relations excuse me councilwoman poy thank you madam mayor first I'd like to
thank the um the burough mayor and councel and the ram Police Department for their support and attendance on Sunday it's great to have the new residents out and talk to them about our town a lot of them were interested in the uh committees and organizations that
we have in the community and they wanted more information on possibly attending a meeting or joining which is fantastic um I would also like to wish Sergeant sander well in his retirement
thank you for your 25 years of service and congratulations to Deputy burough clerk Kelly Sylvester um I'm sure she's going to be an invaluable asset to the burrow as per usual I um thoroughly enjoy working with
her and this is a welld deserve promotion um the last stigma free meeting was March 3rd they had a fantastic turnout we have a lot of uh professionals from the community um lots
of people who are psychologists and associated with nami or Westburg and mental health are coming out and showing a lot of interest in bringing back stigma free um May 3rd will be the walk and tathan at Ramsey High School so
they're working to get that together the Ramsey Municipal Alliance will meet on the 24th of March and the pool commission will meet on the 19th of March the Ramsey Journal articles the
submissions ended on Friday so we are in editing right now to get those uh journals out the week of April 7th thank you thank you health education Social Services councilman Papo thank you madam
mayor uh also congratulations to Sergeant Sanders on his retirement wish him all the best um congratulations as well to Kelly Sylvester on her promotion and theut bar Clerk and a special thanks to councilwoman poppy for the new
Resident breakfast I too really enjoyed that and it was well attended and had a lot of good discussions with new residents a good mix of residents too which was which was really good so thank you uh for Ramy is for everyone we completed the basketball season launch 8
thank you to everyone that helped out with that season I know it was a lot of work but thanks thank you for all your efforts uh next up will be softball which will probably begin in mate mid to late April and again that will be at Finch Park uh environmental meeting uh
the Ramsey cleanup is being scheduled which is April 5th uh with the rain date of April 6th so they're going as roughly 20 plus areas that will be covered so uh we started to go through that um that scheduling and organization and then
Board of Ed will have our next meeting next week on the 18th that's all I have for tonight thank you thank you um it was a very nice retirement party for Sher Richards on February 27th it was very well attended and I actually
found myself the other day I was reaching out to councilman Papo about a Cub Scouts thing and I almost said to him ask Sher for the CER C certificates I was like no wait you have that Meredith or or Kelly now so anyway she is missed um congratulations to Kelly
Vester and becoming the deputy burough um clerk I think she will do a fabulous job absolutely no doubt in my mind and I also want to recognize Laura klei who went through a lot of um training and certifications to become a tech technical assistant to the construction
official so that was a promotion for Laura and absolutely welld deserved um thank you to councilwoman poppy for organizing the coffee with the mayor and counsil and the ramc police department I thought it was a very nice event well attended and very interesting to meet all the new
residents from like their stories as to why they moved to Ramsey where they move from and it was quite a uh different age groups I was surprised by all the different ages so really a great event thank you and um want to let everybody know the library board voted on Monday
night um that they're going to name the community room the Emily renie community room oh so right now awesome awesome so right now the community room is being painted and then fresh carpeting will be installed so they're doing a lot of
painting in the back area and the old water fountain is going to be replaced by new water fountain that also has a water bot water bottle filling station so that's all good things happening at the library Madam mayor will you let us know when there's a an official ceremony
for Emily oh absolutely we're very excited about that so hopefully Emily will be able to join us for that event okay and um that's all I have or administrator uh thank you Madame mayor comments on a few of their items on the agenda tonight uh resolution
63 was confirming the appointment of Kelly Sylvester's Deputy B clerk prior to the retirement of Deputy clerk Richards Miss Silvester have been taking the requisite courses from the state needed to become a New Jersey registered municipal clerk she now has completed those courses and having work side by
side with Sherry should provide for a smooth transition her salary will be adjusted based on our new position responsibilities also as noted in tonight's resolution upon successful completion of the state burough clerk examination and then having all the requisite training and qualifications to
be a registered municipal clerk would receive an additional adjustment again there's no kind of differential in courses or licensing between Deputy Clerk and clerk so she'll essentially have all of the licenses for clerk as well
resolution uh 64 is authorizing the cancellation of unused balances of a funded ordinance number 12 2019 as the project has now been fully completed uh this was for resurfacing work on Elbert Street and mytle lab the
ordinance is now fully funded there's no debt outstanding on it so canceling this will return the funds to the Burrow's Capital Improvement account in the amount of $167,500 1841 resolution 65 uh author izes a change order approval for the contract
with land Associates related to the engineering work on the Alita Place covert uh we contracted with them last year for Civil Engineering Services on replacing this covert during this work they discovered unforeseen conditions due to cracking on the culbert's
abutments and Wing walls this condition will necessitate additional services and change in the scope of work the change order approves this additional work in an amount not to exceed 21,000 $200 resolution 66 authorizes part-time
nonunion salary adjustments it sets the 2025 salaries for the OEM coordinator the deputy coordinators and the executive administrator in addition our part-time tax collector will see receive a 2% increase for 2025 as well uh
resolution 67 as the governing body has commented on is accepting the retirement of Sergeant Sanders effective June 30th with regret he's been with us for 25 years in dedicated service and we wish thank him for everything he's done for
the community and wish him all the best in his retirement resolution 68 as the mayor mentioned uh is confirming the appointment of Laura kle as technical assistant she's worked in the building department for a number of years in her current position she was the assistant
to the technical assistant but with her work experience in the department and having completed the prerequisites needed and obtained the New Jersey Technical assistant license it's the recommendation of construction official vorini to appoint her as a technical assistant you're allowed to have more
than one so we have Carolyn green as well so we'll have two technical assistants and her salary will be adjusted to reflect your new position um a couple other items uh last meeting we introduced ordinance for
2025 um before this ordinance can have its public hearing and vote on adoption by the mayor and councel it must be reviewed by the planning board for consistency with the master plan it is on the agenda for the next planning board meeting and then the timing for future action by the mayor and Council on this ordinance will be determined
subsequent to that review by the planning board the municipal budget was uh the presentation was February 12th meeting the budget was introduced at our last meeting on February 26th and the public hearing and vote on adoption of the budget is scheduled for the next
meeting on March 26th and that would conclude my comments thank you for attorney just want to join congratulating Kelly as the new Deputy bur clerk excellent bur clerk Miss bendian yes thank you I want to congratulate Kelly Sylvester on her
appointment as Deputy clerk I'm very excited to work with her she's got big shoes to fill but her first two weeks she's already been a superstar excellent glad to hear it thank you all right we'll move on to introduction of
ordinances ordinance 05 2025 uh this is the introduction of ordinance 05 2025 be it resolve in ordinance entitled an ordinance to authorize Capital Improvements for the purpose of 2025 Road surfacing program and
acquisition of vehicle for the office of emergency management in the burough of Ramsey burken County New Jersey and to appropriate the sum of $75,000 to pay the cost thereof pass the first reading by title and that set ordinance be further considered for final passage an adoption on a regular
meeting of the mayor and Council to be held on the 26th day of March 2025 at 700 p.m. prevailing time or as soon after as the matter can be reached at the Minal building in said burrow and be it further resolved that the burrow clerk the and she hereby is instructed to publish in an official newspaper of
the bur in the manner provided by law a copy of set ordinance together with notice of introduction there of a notice when the same will be considered for final passes and adoption I'd like to second that thank you do we have any comments on this ordinance uh yes uh Madame mayor uh this
is a capital Improvement ordinance with funding coming from budgeted funds to the borrows Capital Improvement account and therefore there is no debt incurred the total ordinance is for $275,000 with $200,000 being allocated
to partially fund 2025 annual Road refacing program and 75,000 to a replacement command vehicle for our emergency office of emergency management thank you roll call please councilwoman cusk yes councilman gutwetter yes
councilman Papo yes councilwoman poppy yes councilwoman Woods yes wonderful thank you we'll move on to ordinance 06 2025 thank you Madame mayor this is the introduction of ordinance 06 2025 it
resolved that an ordinance entitled an ordinance amending Chapter 3 of the code of the burough of Ramsey County of Bergen state of New Jersey so as to establish section 3-33 entitled distribution of unsolicited advertising circulars and newspapers 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 26th day of March 2025 7 p.m. prevailing time or as soon after as the matter can be reached at the municipal building in said buau and be it further resolved
that the buau clerk be and she hereby is instructed to publish in an official newspaper of the bureau 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 do we have a second Madame mayor this is Council woman M husk and I second thank you um before we vote do we have any comments on it yes madame mayor this ordinance establishes that any unsolicited advertising circulars and newspapers if delivered or deposited on
private property should be within a 3-ft radius of where the mail is received in addition the solicited the unsolicited material should contain contact information so a resident can provide notice for any future delivery to be cancelled the ordinance also establishes
penalties for violations thank you roll call please councilwoman cusk yes councilman gutwetter yes councilman Papo yes councilwoman poppy yes councilwoman Woods yes thank you I'll say we don't have any
unfinished business or new business and we have a motion to adjourn motion to adjourn second second all in favor I I thank you4 the roll baby