Yes. Where'd you go? >> I'm ready. >> She's ready. >> I'm ready. >> I'm ready. >> Good. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the Burough of Ramsey Mayor and Council work section agenda, Wednesday, June 10th,
2026. This meeting is also being conducted telephonically. Dial in number 425436 6365, access code 213563. This meeting may also be viewed on the
Ramsey YouTube channel. Please see the agenda for the YouTube website. Miss Bey, may I please have a roll call? >> Mayor Dylan >> here. >> Councilwoman Cusk >> here. >> Councilman Gerson >> here.
>> Councilman Gutwer >> here. >> Councilman Kilman is not here. Councilman Popp >> here. >> Councilwoman Poppy >> here. >> Thank you very much. Um, may I please ask everyone to stand? And I would like
to have Councilman Popp please lead us in a salute to our flag. >> To the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice
for all. Thank you. 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 bur record and the suburban news on Wednesday, January 15, 2026 and is posted on our legals not legal notices pages on at Ramsey
www.rramseyj.com. Back to our agenda. May I please have an approval of the minutes from our May 27th meeting? I make a motion to approve the minutes. >> Thank you very much, Mr. Gerson. And I will second those. Roll call, please. >> Councilwoman Cusk,
>> yes. >> Councilman Gerson, >> yes. >> Councilman Gutwer, >> yes. >> Councilman Papo, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Poppy, >> yes. >> Thank you very much. Communications, there are none listed on the agenda, so I will go to item number four, 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 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 bodies comments later in the meeting or as directed by the chair. The burough clerk is the official timekeeper. Not seeing anyone in council chambers.
I will ask on the telephone. Is there anyone on the phone line please for public comment? Second call on the phone line for public comment. Third and final call on the telephone for public comment.
Not hearing any. I will close our public comment session. I'll go on to our advertised public hearing for final consideration of ordinances. Uh thank you council president. This is the re final reading of ordinance number
132026. An ordinance to authorize capital improvements for the purch purpose of purchasing equipment and vehicles for the various departments in the burrow and to appropriate the sum of $540,000 to pay the cost thereof having been brought up for public hearing and all
person interested having been given an opportunity to be heard cast reading by title and that set ordinance be adopted as an ordinance of the burough Ramsey and be it further resolved that the burl be and she hereby is directed to cause a title copy of the title of set ordinance be published in an official newspaper of
the burrow in the matter provided by law together with the notice of the date of the production and adoption of said ordinance. >> I'll second. >> Thank you very much, council people. Um, are there any comments from the public
on ordinance 13-2026? >> Public doesn't comment on >> Oh, I'm sorry. Not yet. You would take council comments first. Council, are there any comments from the council on ordinance 13-2026? >> Burrow administrator Jose, do you have some
>> sure >> comments on the specific ordinance? >> This is a capital improvement fund ordinance for equipment and various improvements from the different burough departments as det as I will detail. The funds total 584,000. They are allocated in the 2026 budget. So there's no debt
incurred from these items. Uh the first item is replacement of the electric message board at Finch Park which is 13 years old. It can no longer be updated and needs to be replaced. The estimated cost is 43,000 including installation. Uh for the Burough Police Department
volunteer emergency services communication project, there are additional electric service upgrades and HVAC improvements required at the DPW shelter location for the communication equipment. Uh the cost of these are estimated at 40,000.
The ordinance includes equipment for the Ramsey Volunteer Fire Department for the purchase of SCBA or self-contained breathing apparatus cylinders, personal protective equipment, PPE, and also SCBA
universal emergency breathing safety systems at an estimated cost of $91,000. equipment for the Ramsey Rescue Squad for the purchase of SCBA cylinders, again PPE, and high-pressure rescue lifting bags at an estimated total cost
of $70,000. Purchase of two vehicles without the equipment upfitting for the Ramsey Police Department with an estimated cost of $100,000. And for the Department of Public Works, the purchase of a Bobcat loader with accessory attachments, including those
for snow removal, and an estimated cost of $75,000. And for the burrow to do the design and installation of a guide rail in Abbey Court at an estimated total cost of $65,000. That would conclude. >> Thank you very much. Thank you very
much. Administrator, any comments from the public at this time? No, we don't do comments from the public. No, you did open it for Yeah. >> Okay. I would like to open for public comment. >> Any further council comments, please? >> Thank you. Um I would like to open it
for public comment. >> For the public hearing. This is not the public hearing. this open to public hearing. >> Sure. >> Thank you. So there I'm not seeing anybody in council chambers. Would anybody on the tele is there anybody on
the telephone that would like to make um comments to our public hearing? I will close public hearing. Miss Bendy and please have a roll call. >> Councilwoman Cusk. >> Yes. >> Councilman Grown. >> Yes. Councilman Gutwer, >> yes. >> Councilman Papo,
>> yes. >> Councilwoman Poppy, >> yes. >> Thank you very much. >> There are no appointments this evening. I'd like to move on to consent resolutions, please. Counciloman Gweber. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Council President Cusk. Uh be resolved that resolutions 122 2026 including 129 2026 having been considered by the governing body of the burrow of Ramsey B and are hereby passed and approved. Uh there are no special permit requests. There's a block party
request from Ferguson Place requesting permission to hold the block party on August 1st 2026 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. >> I'll second that. >> Thank you very much. Roll call, please. >> Councilwoman Cusk. Yes, >> Councilman Brason.
>> Yes, >> Councilman Gweter. >> Yes, >> Councilman Papo. >> Yes, >> Councilwoman. >> Yes. >> Thank you. Uh, there are no special presentations for this evening. I'd like to go to the committee and liaison
reports, please. Finance and Administration, Councilman Michael Gutwager. Please hold for a second and we'll get you the telephone. Thank you. Thank you, council president. My report for this evening, the library
board library attended uh recent meetings of the town's 250 celebration committee and are excited to participate anyway they can or are planning about a dozen events throughout the summer with this 250 clean promotional promotional brochure will be out shortly. Uh, music
bingo was very well attended on May 29th with $2,300 approximately raised to be used for library and library programs and friends library. Uh, the library is finalizing grants for their summer reading program with the kick event to
be held 2 p.m. and June 24th. Library is working on obtaining a procurement required for use with various vendor payments. Library board is working on finalizing the employee handbook to be implemented throughout the library and residents can check the library website for summer programming. The recreation
commission registration for fall sports are available on the recreation website where there are links to the various sports. Summer day camp at Finch. Registration ends June 15th. That would be for campers unemployment. Camp will
run from June 22nd to July 4th. Uh spring men's and women's adult football uh softball leagues are in full swing and home run derby is scheduled for Saturday, June 20th at Finch Park. Boys and girls ages 7 to 12 and registration
begins at 9:30 a.m. Ramsey Farmers Market. The market is open on Sundays from 9:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. through November. Uh this past Sunday, there was a strawberry festival that was sponsored by the women's Ramsey. Was very well attended.
And Ramsey Farmers Market celebrates the nation's 250th anniversary on July 5th. Uh the best apple pie dessert contest, scavenger hunt at the market and children's photo booth. And lastly, just
want to say go Rams as the high school boys baseball and girls softball teams are playing this weekend or later on this week for state championships. Uh they won their sectionals and Frost team also won their sectional and we
wish them all good luck and bring home some championships to Ramsey. Thank you. >> Thank you very much Councilman. I would like to go to public safety please and Miss Bendy and we'll read Mr. Kelman's
report. >> Thank you. regarding our new emergency services complex. In February, Neta Architects and the Ramsey and Emergency Services Building Committee presented an overview of the project's design. The Burough's
emergency services building committee as well as the Burough officials continue to work toward a state-of-the-art complex while keeping the cost within realistic budget parameters. Once completed and approved by the mayor and council, we expect to go out for bid
sometime this summer. We will also showcase the new emergency services buildings final drawings at a future mayor and council meeting. >> Thank you, Miss Bendy. >> Building planning and zoning. Councilman
Chris. >> Thank you. Council president um the May design review board meeting was cancelled. The next meeting is June 23rd. So that has not happened yet. And
the May zoning board meeting did not have any applications just two resolutions and the June meeting is the 17th. >> Thank you. >> That's all I have. >> Thank you. utilities, buildings and grounds. That
is me, Councilwoman Judy Cusk. So, I had the pleasure of attending the new resident mixer on the 5th of June. It was so wonderful to meet our new residents and friends. Welcome to Ramsay and thank you, Councilwoman Poppy.
Congratulations also to our Ramsay is for everyone challenger softball team as we won the championship game against Mawa Access for All on the 6th of June. and we got the game in before the skies opened up with rain. It was a fantastic evening. My report tonight will be an
update regarding our planning board, Shri Commission, and the board of public works, the Ramsey Planning Board. The next meeting is the 21st of July as the meeting scheduled for June 16th was canled because the applicant did not make a public notice properly.
The no knock registry. The Burough Ramsey maintains one that allows for residents to opt out a door-to-d dooror commercial solicitation. Enroll by visiting the burough website and complete the online application. Search no knock list. Har tree commission's next meeting is June 18th. Ramsey has
been a tree city for 31 years. The board of public works last met on the 18th of May. The next meeting is June 15th. The BPW cons continues planning and implementation measures to comply with the NJGP's lead service line replacement
mandate requiring all lead service lines in the water system to be replaced by the year 2031. The burough 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. Please go to the
burough's website for more information. I would like now for public and governmental relations, Councilwoman Sarah Poppy. >> Thank you, Council President. We held the new resident mixer on June 5th. I'd like to thank the mayor and
council for sponsoring this successful event. It was a beautiful evening um with plenty of attendees, many walkups. I think noticed that the weather was so gorgeous and and they came to meet some uh meet some of their fellow new
neighbors. Um, thank you to everyone on the mayor and council who assisted with this event and all the volunteers and all of the organizations for setting up um, tables with information and activities. This is really a great event
and it is contingent upon everybody's participation and um, I'm just so thankful to everyone for participating every single year. Um, the Ramsey Municipal Pool is holding
their pool commission meeting on the 17th at at the pool location at 7:30 p.m. As a reminder, the pool will open Monday through Friday beginning June 20th once school is out of session. Um,
I'd like to give a report on the Ramsey Celebrates America and go through our program this evening. The flyer program and all available links are available on the burough website as well as
Facebook.comy250. Um, so you can go to those two locations to get all of the information you need. Also, the flyer includes the full program of events, which kicks off on Friday, July 3rd. Um, at 10:30 a.m.,
we'll be uh holding a parade. We invite people to dress up for a costume competition, a patriotic costume competition, um, and decorate strollers and wagons.
We will march to Finch and there we will have a um judging of the costumes with prizes donated by the VFW and some of those prizes are pretty good gift cards
to um restaurant of choice in town. Um we're also doing a banner competition as well. So participants, groups, and organizations are invited to decorate a banner um for Ramsay 250th, and the
winning banner will be displayed in the Ramsay Library. I'd like to thank the uh Ramsey Library for offering up the space. Um at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, July 3rd, the VFW will be hosting a barbecue. This is not just hamburgers and hot
dogs. It is a wonderful spread um inclusive of pulled meats and sides and they really have an impressive menu that they're they're planning. Um at that time we'll also be judging that
costume competition. At noon a bounce house will be going up, a patriotic bounce house on the upper field for everyone to enjoy and the hometown hero softball games will begin. and we will have heroes from our local emergency
services um playing ball and in between innings there will be relay races and we will judge our banner competition as well. Um
the those festivities will end at 400 pm so we can turn over for the Independence Day program which will feature live music by Good Company, the Counterfeits and Ramsay Wind Symphony and our annual fireworks display at 9:00 p.m. On
Saturday, July 4th, we um will have the Old Stonehouse open from 1 to 4:00 p.m. So, go and see a little bit about Ramsay's history at the Old Stonehouse. And at 7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., the
Ramsey Municipal Pool will um have an a pool party for America's 250th with DJ and their um Independence Day setup. All residents are invited to attend for $5
per person. Um and all pool members are also invited to attend. Um the link to register is available on the Facebook page as well as the burough website. Um
on Sunday, July 5th and >> your input has invalid. >> Thank you. >> Of course. Um, on Sunday, July 5th, from 9:00 am to 2 PM, the Ramsay Farmers Market will be hosting their apple pie baking competition, plus sale of books
on the history of Ramsay. And they will also have a photo booth for the children. Um, at 2 p.m. you can go over to the Ramsey Library for a concert, Joel and Francine, our country 250th celebration.
And in advance of these um these events, we have a popup shop uh open through June 14th if you would like to get some cuffs, t-shirts, Ramsay swag to wear for the Independence Day celebration. Order
by June 14th and then the store will be closing and then opening again so that we can order for more fun on Ramsay Day. So, thank you for your patience listening to my lengthy report this evening. Um, that that concludes it.
Thank you. >> Sounds incredible. Fantastic. Thank you very much. Health, Education, and Social Services. Councilman Glen Pa. >> Thank you, Council President Cusk. Um, I'll begin with Ramsey is for everyone.
They completed their their their undefeated season, >> as we always say. Uh, this Saturday night in Ma Championship game. Sorry I wasn't there, but I heard it was excellent. >> Excellent. Excellent game. Thank you to all the volunteers, including the mayor
and council here on their helping these um Rams for everyone challengers out and for the whole season. Uh next up will be the Rice Gala night which is on 6:20 right after the graduation and begins at
6:30. Environmental committee we met last night. There was a good presentation uh provided by Michael Johnson who's from Easy Ride Organization on sustainable Jersey and really to complete the green streets. Um I have the presentation. I'll send it
out to everyone here and we could take a look at it and see and discuss if there's any potential options uh that we might want to do here in Ramsey for. There was a lot of good information. Uh board of ed the next meeting is 6:23 and just a reminder graduation night is 6:19
and that's at 6:30 and municipal alliance uh the next meeting is 6:22 they will be at the farmers market this Sunday uh promoting mental health but also the drug takeback that would be this and that's all I have time >> thank you very much and happy birthday
>> thank you >> madam mayor dear Dylan >> thank you pleasure Right. Happy birthday, Councilman Pablo. >> Thank you. >> Um, I'd like to congratulate all the Knights of Columbus Shield Awards. The Shield Awards will last Thursday night. So, congratulations to all the
recipients. And thank you to the Knights of Columbus for hosting that event. Um, thanks to Councilwoman Poppy for organizing the new resident mixer. It was a great success and the weather gods cooperated. Um, and also thanks to pool manager Gary Bach and his team for
making the pool available. I'd like to wish a very special happy 70th wedding anniversary to Fred and Joan Wearing. Yesterday was their 70th 70th wedding anniversary. So congratulations to Joan and Fred. >> All right. I want to remind everybody
that the FIFA tournament starts tomorrow. Metife is hosting its first game of the tournament this Saturday at six o'clock. So, expect traffic delays on the Route 17 corridor because it is at Midlife in East Rutherford. And thank
you to the Ramsey Women's Club for hosting the strawberry festival this past s Sunday at the farmers market. And of course, go Rams. Best wishes for much success at the state championships. That's all I have. >> Thank you, Madame Mayor. Brew Administrator.
>> Thank you, Council President. Uh just a couple comments on resolutions on tonight's agenda. Uh resolution 124 authorizes the bureau to participate in the state local cooperative housing uh inspection program with the New Jersey Department of Consumer Affairs. It's for
a one-year period of this July 1st to June 30th of 2027. We've entered into this agreement previously whereby we directly contract with inspectors to provide the necessary inspections required by the state for cooperative housing locations in Ramsey. and then
the state will provide specific funding for those inspections due to be conducted in the upcoming contract period. Resolution 126 approves a collective bargaining agreement with Teamsters Local 125. Uh this is for a 4-year collectively
bargain labor agreement with Teamsters 125 who represent the workers in the Department of Public Works and the divisions of roads, buildings, and grounds and vehicle maintenance. The agreement includes annual salary increases of 2.75% for each year of the contract. Also in
working to mitigate the high annual excessive increases in health insurance costs nationwide. Over the last two years, the bureau has introduced some lowerc cost highdeductible health plans coupled with health reimbursement accounts to mitigate some of these increases. Uh and those again are
incorporated in this agreement. Uh resolutions 127 and 128 on the agenda award contracts to PM construction for paving. Uh Ramsey's the lead agent in the Northwest Bergen Shared Service
Group and annually coordinates a shared service bid for road reservicing. This year we have four municipalities included in the bid, allowing us to have additional paving quantities achieve a more attractive bid package. The public bid was advertised and bids were opened on June 4th. It was very competitive
process with eight firms bidding on the contract. PM Construction was the low bid. PM Construction has successfully performed under contracts for similar scope of work in the past for the burrow. After both technical and legal review of the bids by the burough engineer and burough attorney
respectively, the recommendations toward the contract to PM construction. This resolution awards the contract uh as the lead agent under resolution 127 collectively for all four towns with a total amount of a million219743.
Resolution 128 awards a subsidiary contract only including Ramsay's portion of the work totaling 343,21667. Resolution 129 on the agenda approve change orders two and three to Motorola Solutions under the contract we have for
the burough's emergency service communications upgrade project. Um, for that project, we're approving uh change order number two, which includes a small credit for equipment and police headquarters, which is no longer needed. And change order number three is a
charge for additional electrical service upgrades and inkback improvements required to the DPW communication communication shelter site for the equipment with the net cost of the change orders being just under $140,000. Uh we do have one ordinance on the
coming up for introduction tonight. Uh ordinance 12 2026 which had previously been tabled. This ordinance is again amending uh ordinance 9 of 2026 uh for midblock crosswalks for the new crosswalk between Ramsey High School and
Veterans Park. This is a followup uh change that the county of Bergens requested to the ordinance which was not included in the original modification they had asked for that had been previously adopted. The new ordinance here has language change which also includes in this ordinance not only the
new proposed one crosswalk um from Veterans Park to the high school but also the existing uh East Main Street midblock crosswalk uh the area near uh the east end of St. John's Church. Uh the county does not have a record of
this. Even though they have paved the road and reinstalled the crosswalk, they don't seem to have record of it. So, they've asked us to include it in uh in this amended ordinance, including the other crosswalk. That would conclude my comments.
>> Thank you very much, B administrator, >> Burough Attorney. >> Yes, we expect the contracts repeated draft tomorrow. Thank you very much, >> Miss Bendy and Bur clerk. >> Thank you. >> Thank you very much.
>> So, we have an introduction of ordinances and I would like to make a motion to take 12-2026 from the status of table. I'll second it. >> Thank you, Mr. Pony. >> All in favor?
>> All in favor? >> I. >> Thank you. Uh introduction ordinance 12-2026 be it resolved that an ordinance entitled ordinance amending chapter 7 of the codes of the burough of Ramsey Burton County, New Jersey and more
particularly section 732 thereof entitled mid block crosswalks passed the first reading by title and said ordinance be further considered for final passage and adoption at a regular meeting of the mayor and council to be held on the 24th day of June. June 2026,
7 p.m. the veiling 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 burough clerk be and she hereby is instructed to publish an official newspaper of the burrow in the manner provided by law a
copy of said ordinance together with ordinance of introduction thereof and notice when the same will be considered for final passage and adoption. >> I'll second. Thank you very much, Miss Bendy. May I please have a roll call?
>> Councilwoman Cusk, >> yes. >> Councilman Gerson, >> yes. >> Councilman Gutwer, >> yes. >> Councilman Papo, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Papy, >> yes. >> Thank you. Any unfinished business? >> Thank you. Any new business?
Thank you. May I please have a motion to adjourn? >> Motion to adjourn. >> Thank you. May I please have a second? Thank you, Mr. Popp. All in favor? >> I. >> Good night, everybody. Thank you.