called to order the meeting in the mayor and council of the Burough of River Edge, April 9th, 2026 at 705 Kim Kamak Road, Council Chambers, as well as on Zoom. I ask for a moment of silent prayer and reflection for all the innocent people in war zones and all
the families of military at home who um worry about the innocent as well as those involved. Council in Fugit Salute to the United States and to the republic
for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> All right. Statement of compliance with the open public meeting act. This meeting complies with the open public media act by meeting act by notification
on January 9th, 2026 when January 16, 2026 of the location date, time and access information to the town news in the Bergen record and by not u by posting of the same on the municipal bulletin board and burough website and following notice of the same with
municipal clerk. Madam clerk, roll call, please. >> Sure. Councilwoman Montasano Cohen is absent with prior notice. Council President Canella >> here. >> Councilwoman Malari is currently absent. Councilman Glass >> here. >> Councilwoman Darwal >> here. >> Councilman Feffer >> here.
>> Mayor Folio >> here. Okay. Could I have a motion and second to approve the minutes of the mayor and council special meeting of March 7th, 2026. Special meeting and close session of March 30th, 2026. >> So moved. >> Second.
>> All in favor, please say I. >> I. Any opposed? Any abstension? Hearing none, it is unanimous. Presentation Verizon Wireless proposed small wireless facility in the public right of way. Is there someone present
uh to do so? I see that we appeared too. Uh >> yes. >> Very good. Uh please state your name uh and your affiliation for us for the public record. >> Sure. My name is Kevin Jones from Zublatin Jones and I am the outside
counsel for Verizon Wireless. Uh Verizon met with the council uh back in September of 2025 to talk about um deploying a small wireless facility in a public rightway. Uh just as a recap,
these types of facilities in the public rights way are permitted pursuant to the recent FCC order which is 18-133 uh which allows these types of small wireless facilities in the public rights of way provided the certain uh conditions are met in terms of the
height. I think maximum height for these is 50 ft. Uh Verizon is not proposing anything that tall. uh but in compliance with the federal law, we wanted to uh first work with the burrow uh because the goal here is to provide additional
coverage and capacity, improve coverage and capacity if you will uh between the two schools. So between the high school and the middle school. Uh originally we had a site selected at 921 Willow uh Avenue which was in front of some
residential homes and the mayor and council requested that we look at a few other sites and see if we can find a a location a little further away from the homes uh but still able to cover our gap in coverage and capacity. Uh one of the targeted areas was near the Grace
Lutheran Church. So, uh Verizon's radio frequency experts and site act site acquisition team uh were able to design a site uh and I did share this with um with the uh the clerk ahead of time uh right around 925 Fth Avenue uh near
Grace Lutheran Church uh further away from the uh residence. uh we took the direction of the council and uh we we chose a site same height 38 and a half ft uh with antennas installed on the top uh to uh this again will facilitate not
only the 5G coverage but also the burrow of river edge is a one talk customer with Verizon. So the one tough network uh creates a personal network if you will uh for the burrow and uh in times of uh emergencies uh the township the
bureau has select folks who are on this network uh in addition to the first responders. So the fire, police and EMS services also benefit from this sort of robust coverage uh because in times of emergency everyone nowadays uh uses their wireless devices and rightfully
so. And a lot of times this saturates the network. So it uh when everyone's using their wireless devices, it often creates an issue uh where the the you know the network becomes overloaded and capacity um becomes an issue here. So this site uh given its strategic
location between the two schools uh will help uh bolster uh Verizon's existing coverage uh in the area. So really I I were you able to see that um the um the exhibits? So, we just had uh some lease exhibits and uh almost like a Google
Earth sketch with the location highlighted. Uh I do have Nate Slack from SDG Design who can maybe screen share it if if you weren't able to review it. >> I did not receive a copy of it. Did anyone council receive a copy of it? >> It was It was linked to the agenda.
>> Oh, it was in the uh >> the agenda. >> The agenda >> link. Yeah, >> that's why I didn't see it because it was simply a link. >> Uh okay. >> Is it in here? No, it's in the link. The electronic link that you received in the electronic um >> that you get via email.
>> I don't uh always check it out. Um as the electronic I tend to No worries. No worries. >> Yeah, not to worry. We we'd be happy to share. >> Did you say Nate? Uh why don't we do that? And if you can make Nate a panelist so that he can share, give him presentation rights.
>> I believe he is a panelist. Uh Nate. >> Ah, very good. There he comes. >> Yeah, I got and uh yeah, please walk us through it. Talk us through it. >> Sorry, I had to find the unmute. Um yeah, so here's the new location of
where we're looking to go. It's going to be in front of the church property. Um the church is more to the north here. Um this sits on Fifth Avenue in between the two schools. Um,
we're looking to do a similar design was proposed before where there'll be a cabinet on the side of the pole with an antenna at the top and an antenna below. Uh the overall height will be about 42
1/2 ft tall. >> I believe this is exactly what you presented last time, correct? >> Yes, just in a different correct. >> Keep going. >> Okay. Um there will be the same equipment in Let me pull up Google
Earth. Looking to go right in the area right here in front. And if I remember right, it was the recommendation of the council because uh before the poll would have been in front of a residential home. Now the poll is
going to be in front of the church parking lot and it was deemed that it was a bit more um respectful of of residential homes and we believed at that time that there would be less objection uh from the church and to my
knowledge the church has never objected. Did you have any conversations with the um church uh about the location? >> Uh not to my knowledge because of the location in the right ofway. We kept it as far away from the building, you know, as possible and they they put the site
in the public right away. So away from the church property. >> Okay, great. Keep going. >> Nate, did you have more? >> I think I'm good. Yeah, we're just looking to move it. It's pretty much just a block over from where it originally was, just in front of the church property instead of the
residential as the council had requested. >> Right. And one of the reasons we had to be pretty close to the the the prior um area is because this is a smaller uh site. So these antennas are small. So to eliminate the need for additional small
cell facilities, we we wanted to stay pretty close to the original area but stay within the search ring in between the two schools. And this uh should do the trick in terms of what Verizon needs in terms of uh added capacity and improved coverage.
>> Yes, I I believe you you did share with the council that it would be a micro site and that it's a location uh the reason you only moved it over one block is because you wanted to be between Riverdale High School and Riverdale Junior High where the demand becomes great because of the student body.
>> That's correct. And even though I think the schools uh banned cell phone use, we know before you know drop off and pickup times and you know postpractice and school events and all that time are huge uh usage you know moments in terms of of uh you know cell phone usage and uh I'm
in in the event of an emergency also you know it improves the first responders uh connectivity you know with each other. >> Yes. Uh that also if recollection uh is good uh that was also a discussion the council did have at the time. I'm saying
this because not everybody in the council was here with us, right? >> And uh we we had said, well, why would we need this? Because they have a phone ban, but uh uh during the conversation, it became apparent that we were talking about preschool, post school, and of course, all events uh and that this
could uh this does create a draw on the um on the I guess the uh bandwidth, >> right? And not just the school, it's really for the entire community because Verizon's just lacking coverage in that area. So again, the school is going to certainly benefit and that's a primary location because there's heavy usage,
but also seamless coverage as you're driving through that area, walking through that area, riding a bike through that area, you know, so your device will maintain connected to network and you'll have access to the 5G services and any of the other uh, you know, Verizon wireless um, services. I do know from
the residents in the town that that area is known for dropping off. And uh when I first heard this long ago, I I just didn't know why. But now uh it was apparent when you first came that the drop off in service had a lot to do with uh the bandwidth being created by the
schools. >> Correct. >> Cool. Uh I do you have more to present or should I open it to the council? >> Uh I think that's it. One other thing that was mentioned was uh just traffic because this an unmanned facility there
would be little to no probably no effect in traffic whatsoever. Uh and I know that was one of the things that uh you wanted us to comment on. Uh and we could provide you know a certification from a traffic engineer just you know saying that because it's an unmanned facility.
So once it's built uh it's remotely monitored 24/7. Uh Verizon has what's called a knock center. That's an acronym for network operation center. And they monitor these sites. So if something should happen, it should go off air or or storm or something like that. A local
technician would be dispatched right away in, you know, an SUV type vehicle to be able to service it. But other than that, it's not going to generate any foot traffic or vehicular traffic other than routine maintenance and servicing. >> Okay. And I think you said at the beginning just for the council's benefit
that this is the right that uh you have due to u uh statute >> federal >> federal statute. So uh the council is not uh does not have the authority to approve it or disapprove it. council
simply is uh has has the ability to uh if I if it may be possible, which it has been in this case, um draw attention to better locations or occas locations that are good for the town. Is that correct?
>> Yeah, that's correct. And one other thing, if I may add, I'm sorry, did I interrupt someone? >> No, you did not. Go ahead. Oh. Um, the so in New Jersey, uh, what the carriers usually do is get what what's called municipal consent. So, usually, and I could send your attorney a draft
resolution. It's a pretty simple resolution that just identifies the area and what Verizon's proposed uses in the public right of way. And typically, that's a resolution that would be, you know, presented or passed by your council. Uh, but it's pretty your straightforward process, and I can
easily work with your attorney. uh you know to move forward with it. >> I I think that that would probably be that process is is a good process. Um so uh I'm gonna open to the council now. Is there any member of council would like to ask a question?
>> I don't have any comments. I just have a question. What's the diameter? And I know you might not know exactly but typical diameter of the foundation underground. I'm just wondering because
I see that tree there. Usually the roots extend to the drip line. Um I don't know how what the diameter of the foundation is. And maybe if you need to scooch that a little bit >> because of the diameter
of the foundation, it's just a standard utility pole. So it'll just be the diameter of the pole itself. >> Oh, great. Okay. Thank you. Also to add on to that, I I forgot to mention that earlier. The mayor or some one of the council members mentioned last time that
they wanted us to make sure that we would not harm or jeopardize or even move any trees. So, this was carefully designed keeping that in mind as well. And as Nate said, this is similar to the, you know, same foundation as existing wood poles in the rightway.
>> Thank you. >> Any other member of council question, comment? >> I just have a question. How long um how long is this going to take? >> You mean to call it or what? >> Could you answer that one? >> Call the poll and like
>> you mean just the installation process? >> Yep. >> I'll defer to Nate for that one. >> I I believe it's usually just a a few days. >> Okay. >> And what are you um what are you what is your planned installation date if do you
have any idea? I don't believe we have a date yet. Um, we could >> Yeah. And we would certainly alert the town and and and there would also be we would work with your local construction officials or public works department. Uh, I think that's and they that's typically the process, right? When when
the new poll goes in >> typically. Yes. >> Okay. >> Um, well, this is uh a privilege that you guys have by statute. We're we're grateful that you have consulted with council. I think the council has made
every effort to have the smallest impact on the public. Um, and this will have a positive impact by way of phone service on those where the poll is nearest. Any other member of council have a comment or a thought?
All right. Um, Kevin and Nate, thank you. Unless Do you have a closing comment before we uh thank you for being here? >> Uh, no. Thank you again for having us. I hope we answered all your questions and hopefully we addressed uh your con previous concerns. Uh but that's it. I think uh in a nutshell we that's what
we're proposing to do and we thank you again for your time. >> Great. Nate, if you could return the pres uh close the presentation and return the um >> No problem. >> Great. >> Um uh Mr. Jones and Nate, I don't know what your name is, but thank you for
coming and we appreciate it. And I'm sure you'll uh be in uh contact with Mr. and our burough attorney >> will do. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> Take care everyone. >> Take care. >> Take care. >> Thank you. >> Uh could I have a motion and a second to
open the public on any item on the agenda or any item at all? This is the only time we're opening to the public for comments. >> Second. >> It's been moved and seconded. All in favor, please say I. >> I. I. >> I. I. >> All right. It is unanimous. Any member of the public would like to Yeah. Come
on up. Uh sit in the seat. Turn on the uh microphone by touching the center until the green light comes on at the mic. >> Is it? >> Yep. And green light is on and off. Try it one more time. Just touch it once.
There you go. You're on. Name, full name, and address for the public record, please. >> Um my name is Katherine Bound, 753 Summit Avenue. Um, I'm I'm here to express my appreciation and compliments
to the council now that I know where I came from of that uh 250th anniversary cultural event at the library. >> Was wonderful, wasn't it? >> On March 28th, >> that's the same thing. >> Yeah, it was lovely. It was informative. Uh, it was nice to meet new neighbors. I
mean, I don't have I'm I don't have children in school anymore. I'm not really involved around town that much. So, um, I I just wanted to come to say that to you. I'm sure you hear negative things, so I thought it'd be a good idea to come here with a positive. And then
on that note, I I'd like to ask, I think it was the reccomission Junior Women's Club, how did Easter get removed as an adjective to the
Easter egg hunt and Easter bunny picture taking thing? Does anyone know why? This is comment time and we'll you get your three minutes and then we'll ask somebody else and then when we're done we'll close to the public and we'll have certain addressing addressing those
issues that seem pertinent. >> Okay. >> So say what you want to say and then we'll go to the next person and then we'll close and we'll answer. >> So I wait around for you to just >> minutes. Okay. Um, and then my my last question is the purpose of two flag
poles outside of town hall is >> what? >> Poles. >> I mean, was it for architectural balance? Was it for some designated purpose? Seems like >> Okay. Anything else?
>> Any other questions? Um, >> any other comment? >> Well, I happened to >> You have about a minute. >> I'm sorry. >> You have one more minute. >> Okay. Uh, I happened to just look um at your last council meeting about uh
symbols, religious symbols, and uh I just have my own comment that I think religious symbols do not belong on town hall property. And I think our memorial field is an ideal place to have such
symbols and cereultural ceremonies, political ceremonies, anything of that nature. >> Okay. Anything else? >> Nope. >> Thank you for coming. >> Thank you. >> Anybody else would like to come and speak? Please come forward. State your
name for the record and your address. You both can come up if you want. Don't make There we go. >> And whoever's speaking is the only one who has to identify themselves. >> Okay. Jane Selain 653 Bogurt Road. And
hope >> you sent us an email. We all got it. >> Okay. That's what I >> We would read it into the record, but you're here, so it will be preserved to the record, but you can speak to it. Your three minutes begin. >> Okay. Uh we do, my neighbors and I did meet with the police chief about 20
years ago regarding a parking issue where we live. I live on the corner of Bogurt and Jefferson and the parking ordinances that we have now simply push all the traffic from the parkers from
Kinder Kamak to Bogurt to Bogurt and to my road um to to the side streets. Uh it has caused an issue over the years and a few months ago my neighbor called me uh to come out and the police had to get involved because he had asked someone
not to park there. It turned into an whole issue. The problem is that no parking between 9 and 11 causes a huge problem around my house. We have constantly parked cars around our house. Not just our house, our neighbors. And
it's not parking. It's storage. It has it's I don't like people can park on the street that's not a problem. But it is literally storage. And I know if I put out like a um one of those pods on the street to store my extra stuff, that
would never fly. Uh we have neighbors that come just shuffle their cars back and forth from the side of my house to the front of my house. We've had um we don't get our street cleaned. We don't get the street plowed. This year we had
two major blizzards and there still were cars parked there. Um when when I come out of my driveway, there's cars parked right behind it on either side. It's a danger for the children walking to school. It just uh I
would ask that the council consider either doing a townwide permit system or getting rid of the 9 to 11. I know that's for uh so that you don't get commuters there. However, there are people that drive back west to park at
my house and then walk back to take the bus into the city because they can't park at their own house. >> Um, I've had people park drive one block to my house and park to take the bus. I've had my my recycling I've been out
in the street in the middle of the night picking up my newspapers because people drive over them >> 30 seconds. And uh so it really is um created an unsafe very unnavorably and since we can't um enforce or legislate
neighborly behavior I think we need to change the rules because it really is creating a problem and nuisance in my neighborhood. >> Okay. Uh 10 more seconds. Anything else? >> Um no that's it. Thank you for coming. >> That um I really would it's just the
ordinance like if we can just change that to to fix this problem. >> All right. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Is there anyone remote since these are the people who are present? Uh please raise your hand. Seeing none, could I have a motion and
second to close to the public? >> Some second. >> All right. Uh why don't we deal with first things first? Um, so, uh, the question was, uh, two polls, Easter egg to egg hunt or whatever it was called and religious symbols. I'm going to go
to you first when we go to religious symbols. >> Easter egg. >> Yeah. Well, the polls, >> right? >> I'm going to deal with the polls. >> Okay. >> So, um, there were two polls placed here for both architectural ballots as well as, uh, we put out the United States
flag and state of New Jersey flag. And we also have the United States flag in front. We also have uh state of New uh river edge flag. Um but uh so it was for balance as well as to allow us to put up a flag in the main entrance that was
other than the American flag. Now there is uh permission. Uh you can always put a flag below the American flag. Um but uh it was it was deemed for since we were making a a change that was hopefully going to last for 50 to 100 years it was deemed that uh by the
council that it was worth the minor minor expenditure extra expenditure to put a second pole. Uh so that's thing about poll Easter egg and religious symbols. Mr. Shiden >> thank you mayor. Um, so, uh, the
I didn't know that this was taken off the the title, um, of what I guess was traditionally called, I guess, the Easter egg hunt or >> I don't remember. >> Can I just make a comment about the Easter egg? Um I heard from the uh Joe who's the rec w rec director what ever
since he's been here it was not it was always the egg hunt and he inadvertently put it on in 2024 Easter egg hunt and he was asked to remove it. So >> and how long has he been you five years? Uh, >> no.
>> Four. >> It's either three or four. >> Three. Yeah. >> Yeah. >> And and that's consistent with the current burough policy, which is that there is no um religious uh connotations
to any of the displays or other naming things that are named. Um, you know, Easter is a religious holiday. So, it's there's supposed to be a separation of church and state. And so the policy of the of the burrow has always been in my t tenure as the burough attorney that we
don't have religious symbols that the Supreme Court of the United States this is not John Shadenian telling you what the what the rules are. The Supreme Court of the United States has said that things that are like the term holiday tree is okay but it can't be called a
Christmas tree. So, so, uh, that that I think that's consistent with not having it called the Easter egg hunt. It's the egg hunt. Uh, and it's also why there are no religious symbols displayed by the burrow at any of the events or that we don't have officially sanctioned burrow events involving religious
holidays. >> No, but we do have, just uh, for FYI, we have had groups come and say that they would like to do certain religious events. They can get a permit just like anybody else and they can do it in Veteran Memorial Park. they can do it in
the library. And so um this but government sponsored um river edge municipality sponsored religious events do not occur according to our current policy. So uh let's now go to uh the second uh
speaker. uh parking, storage, street cleaning, plowing, visibility unsafe, uh unnavorably, as well as other things. I did read uh the letter. Um and uh so a couple of things we can say to that. The chief of police and the um and the
police officer in charge of traffic and safety, uh Sergeant Diamond, will be coming to the council in May. Ann, is it the first meeting or the second meeting? I think it's the first. >> I wasn't aware they were coming to >> Okay. They're going to be coming to talk to us about ordinances
uh regarding the 9 to11 and regarding um uh snow parking statistics. Uh they've all this has already been a conversation at traffic and safety which is a subcommittee. We've had at least two meetings on it, maybe three. I'm trying
to remember now. um that so uh uh ticketing as well as clearing of the road and stuff like that as well as uh there has been a discussion about non-emergency uh parking on the roadway for extended
period. So there is an ordinance about this. Um I believe it's a 48 hour ordinance. If your car is uh then all a resident needs to do is call the police department on the non-emergency line. they will come out mark the tires
without informing the public and if after 48 hours that that vehicle can be ticketed or towed uh according to the ordinance and statutes set forth. So uh an ordinance is a a law and local municipality and statutes a law on state
level. If you want to talk to the council about this at greater length um the meeting I don't know how much more the meeting is going to go. Usually with a light agenda like this, the meeting should be over in about 15 minutes. If you want to stick around and talk to us before we go into close session, we will
be glad to do that. But um during the official part, we only have the three minutes and then we move on. Okay. So um so that is um addresses the comments. Uh there will be there are public reports, a tax collector report and the library
board of trustees report for March both. Uh if a member of the public would like a copy of that, please see the clerk or call the clerk's office or email the clerk. Uh could I have in a moment a motion and second? Uh we're going to be moving three ordinances uh for opening
to the public and then we will have three separate votes for adoption. Um so in a moment could I have a motion and second I'll read all three ordinances into the record. The following ordinance published here within was first read by title only on March 26, 2026. Posted on
the municipal bulletin board outside the clerk's a office. Ordinance 26-07 calendar year 2026 ordinance to extend to exceed the municipal budget appropriation limits and to establish a
cap bank. Ordinance I thought there were three. There's only two. No, there is. Oh. Uh, ordinance 2608, bond ordinance to authorize the improvement of Bogurt Road section 10 in and by and for the burrowed river edge in the county of Bergen, state of New
Jersey to appropriate the sum of $327,528 to pay the cost thereof and to appropriate a state grant and to authorize the issuance of bonds to finance such appropriation and to provide for the issuance of bond
anticipation notes in anticipation of such bonds. issuance of such bonds. An ordinance 26-09 bond ordinance to authorize the making of various public improvements and the acquisition of new additional or replacement equipment and machinery. New
information technology equipment uh new communication and signal system equipment and new automotive vehicle. Sorry about that. It's all in capital letters so it's kind of hard for me to follow. new automobile vehicles and a new firet truck partial funding
including original apparatus and equipment in and by and for the burough river edge in the county of Bergen state of New Jersey to appropriate the sum of $1,938,240 to pay the cost thereof and to appropriate a federal grant to make a day a down payment to authorize the
issuance of bonds to finance such appropriations and to provide for the issuance of bonds anticipation note in anticipation of issuing such bonds as and that's R3 so We got to make these things shorter though. So moved. >> Second. >> Okay, they've been moved and all in
favor of opening to the public on all three ordinances. >> I I >> Okay, any opposed? Any abstension? Hearing none. It is so moved. Any member of public who would like to ask a question? Uh actually not. It's technically uh make a statement uh about
the ordinances uh you may come forward now or raise your hand remotely. You have to come up and say the same thing as last time. Your first name, your last name, and your address. Sorry. >> Katherine Bound, 753 Summit Avenue. Um,
the question is because he spoke too quickly for me. Does that include paving Bogurt Road? Any of those ordinances that you were reading? >> Okay. Uh, we'll >> because it's awful. >> Uh, paving Bogurt Road. Yes. Anything
else? You have three minutes. >> No, no, that that was my first. >> Okay. Anybody else wish to make a statement or ask a question >> regarding those three words? >> Yes. It's only during those times. Okay. Can I have a motion and second to close to the public?
>> So, second. >> I'm sorry. Did you ask if anyone online? >> Yes. But did you watch the screen? She's >> Nobody. Oh, over there. Yeah. Nobody. Um. >> Okay. In favor? Hi >> everybody. >> I Yes. I >> All right. Any opposed? Any abstension?
Okay. We are closed to the public. Okay. Well, this will uh this will be a little bit difficult for me, but um so yes, Bogurt Road is a part of our plan. The problem is
that we are not going to pave the road and then have PSEJ dig it up again. And the problem with that is PSEG is PSENG. They were supposed to finish the uh improvements, high pressure line
improvements this year. As it is, they've informed us that they don't know when they're going to finish it. They were last year supposed to do phase two, which was broken into parts A, B, C, and D. And I believe they only did A. And
this year they were supposed to do B, C, and D without even touching phase three. And if they did that, then Bogurt Road, if they had actually done it last year, Bogurt Road would have been paved this year. So we have a responsibility to the public
not to spend their money in a wasteful way. So, we are currently looking at our legal options as well as speaking to PSCG on a regular basis about trying to get them to
fulfill their obligation to the town. Board Road is terrible. It's annoying and it's unfair. But it's not because we haven't put the money aside. We have put the money aside, but to rip up the road, to pave the road, and PSEG to inform us
in August, oh, by the way, we're going to come in and finish Bogurt Road. So, we're going to now put 37 separate holes in our brand new street is just wrong and irresponsible on our part. So, we are aware of this. We are
frustrated with this and we want this done as quickly as possible and hopefully we will be able to work out some sort of arrangement with them. And in the future, we will not allow them to rip up a street unless they give us some sort of guarantee that they're going to finish that street the year they rip it
up. If you want to talk to us about it, we should be over in about 15 minutes and we can have unofficial conversation. Okay. Um, did I leave anything out? >> Okay. Okay. So now, um, could I have a
motion and a second to approve ordinance 2607 as read in the record? >> So moved. >> Second. >> It is open for debate. Is there debate, comment, or inquiry? Hearing none. Madame clerk, I call the question. >> Council President,
>> yes. >> Councilman Glass, >> yes. Councilwoman Darw. >> Yes. >> Oh. Oh, sorry. Go ahead. >> Okay. Councilman Befford. >> Yes. >> And normally at before I would have done this, I would have asked the BA to uh explain what we're hoping to achieve.
She does much better the job than me. But let me simply say a cap bank is kind of just an insurance policy. It doesn't affect anything unless there is some natural disaster that causes the bureau to have to go outside of our limitations
to fund an emergency repair. Uh cap bank allows us to go extend the amount that we can tax the public only in emergency uh for the following year. And uh but we've to my knowledge rarely or never
used it. Uh um but don't hold me to that. Uh the the burough administrator would know that better. Um as I said, it's just an insurance policy and it falls off. So in two years, if we don't use the bank, the bank is erased so that
it's not a perpetual and accumulating uh option to levy taxes. Okay. Uh the next one we're about to I'm about to ask for a motion second. What what this one is is Koga Road section 10 which is what we're doing is we're getting grants from
the DOT department of transportation. We have to put the money up front and then the state reimbures the town and so hopefully um so that's what that money is and that's both hard cost and soft costs and the state only reimburses us the hard cost. Hard cost means the
actual paving. Soft cost are the engineering cost and the police security uh safety patrol costs. Um so could I have a motion and second to uh adopt ordinance 2608 as read into the record?
>> So move. >> Second. >> We are open to debate. Is there debate, comment or uh inquiry? Hearing none. Madam clerk, I call the question. >> Council President Canella, >> yes. >> Councilman Glass, >> yes.
>> Councilwoman Dariwall, >> yes. >> Councilman Feffer, >> yes. >> Okay. Our next ordinance is 2609. This ordinance is our capital fund. And in our capital fund, we have to we do things like buy new police vests because they are only safe for a certain period
of time. police cars uh equipment for the fire department including replacing 20-y old hoses so that the uh they they can function well. We also capital improvement would include some repairs of the road as well as some paving of the roads that we'd be doing outside a
grant. Um so anything that uh is necessary by way of apparatus or any other capital fund and capital funds have to be used what is it for 10 years. >> Okay. >> Uh they have to have a minimum life of 10 years. uh if not it goes in the operating fund and we only we only
borrow on that when we have to. So if uh if it if we're not able to do the capital improvement this year but we have for next year and we can take it out of our uh surplus or our re uh our revenue uh then we do that. But if we do have to um borrow then we only borrow
for the amount we need to pay for whatever it is. But we do have to pass a bond ordinance prior because unlike the public who buys things and then figures out how to pay them by state law, we have to we have to get a line of credit, prove that we can pay for it before we
can actually buy things or do things. Okay. Could I have a motion and second to adopt ordinance 2609 as read into the record? >> So moved. >> Second. >> It is open for debate, comment, or inquiry. Hearing
none. Madam clerk, I call the question. >> Council President Canella? >> Yes. >> Councilman Glass? >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Dario? >> Yes. >> Councilman Beer? >> Yes. >> Okay. We have resolutions 26119 through 26126. Does any member of the council have a
question or a comment or ask for a separate vote for any of these resolutions? Okay, we're going to read we're going to move all uh all of them, but we will only read into the record 26-126 for sake of um
uh what's the word >> transparency? >> No, didn't ask for it. Okay. >> Okay. So, uh could I have a motion second uh for resolution 26-119 through 26126? So moved. >> Second.
>> It has been moved and seconded. Before we vote on it, would just for the sake of transparency, would we read 26-125? >> Thank 126. >> 126. Thank you. Payment of the bills. >> Thank you, mayor. At a regular meeting of the mayor and council of the burrow of river, county of Bergen, state of New
Jersey, held on April 9th, 2026. Be it resolved that the mayor and council of the burough of Riveridge approve the following expenditures. Current fund 2,79 thou $79,850.81 general capital fund 17,31563 grant fund $1,570.
Trust other $2,2920. Payroll $25,9278. Developers escrow $2378.75. Recreation trust $6,899.79. Okay. Could I have It's been moved and seconded. Madam Cler, roll call, please. >> Council President Gonzella. >> Yes. Councilman Glass.
>> Yeah. >> Councilwoman Darw. >> Yes. But I would like to recuse myself from anything pertaining to recreation department. >> Councilman Beer. >> Yes. >> Okay. That has been unanimously approved. Is there any new business that
the council wishes to raise? >> Is there any old business, council? No, I don't know if it comes. >> Is there any reports uh council comments or reports from liaison? >> Yes, mayor. Uh old business. Um two
things. One, the uh like um our one of our residents mentioned the event which was the kickoff event for River 250. Um it had a lot of positive feedback and uh all the uh different um ethnic groups
which were which had presented uh they there was a positive feedback not only from the public but from the county commissioners as well and it was very well taken. So um >> and kudos to you and to Eric Modell uh who headed up and who's the third person
who headed up the uh committee? Tina >> Tina Maras. Tina Marios. >> Yes. uh for organizing that with the other departments as well as other committees and and organizations. Uh we really appreciate that. I was there. I
think uh somebody were there too, Councilman Feffer and others. Uh it was a great experience and we're glad to be a part of it. >> And uh one more I don't know if it comes under old business, but the River Edge run we know is coming up on April 25th.
uh the the one mile the one mile fun run. Um the the second event which river 250 is uh doing it with with the uh regular 5k is during the onem fun run they are encouraging residents to dress
up as and in a histo be wear bearing a historical costume there is a historic costume contest for the residents uh adults kids anybody. We already have uh four signups or four or more probably. Um so there are ribbons that would be
given and uh photo opportunities. So please come dress up. >> Excellent. Excellent. Any other member of council wish to make a liaison report or make a comment? >> Just to add one thing to the uh fun run um just for clarification, it doesn't have to be that you dress up in
revolutionary or colonial times. Any kind of American history. So, some people talk about dressing up as astronauts or sports figures. Use your imagination and creativity. >> Who are you going to be? >> Uh, I'm going to be a lawyer. I'm
dressing up as John Shahadian. >> Any other leazison? >> Okay. Um, I would just like to again thank uh, Councilwoman Darwell uh for uh the 250 as well as Eric and Tina. Uh I received an email I believe the entire
council did uh listing all the different uh events that are occurring. I did put it on the Facebook page of the mayor of River Edge. We have Arbor Day on the 24th. That should be great with Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. It's both boys and Girl Scouts this year. It's usually just Girl Scouts. That's awesome. That
uh that will be happening at Brookside Park at 4M, I think. Right. You mentioned that one yet. >> I didn't mention it. >> You did? I just want to underline it. And um so uh it's really great. And then the farmer market opens in May, right? May >> fourth of July. Uh, of course at all the
events we hope to see the council as well as the public. Um, annual fourth of July parade uh will be happening and the 250 committee was or who was instrumental in working at uh augmenting that and >> there would be a declaration. Yeah. Which be >> read. So and then also in July there
will be the River Edge car show. So lots of great things happening in River Edge. Um, we want to also also very much thank the library for its cooperation and and Joe uh Ra and our rec director and um Dan, what's Dan's last name? >> Jablonsky.
>> Dan Jablonsky for all the hard work they do. >> And also um our newly appointed tw town crier from Riverdale uh high school, Caitlyn. >> Oh, she was >> she was she was appointed by the Bergen County uh crier Tim Muscalis. And she's
our town crier now. She would be there at the river edge run too. >> Yeah. Yeah. And I want to thank all the departments that support all these activities, the police department, the auxuri, the fire department, uh, as well as the DPW, uh, to make these events both
possible and safe. So, that's great. All right. So, could I have a motion in second to go into close session resolution? >> The council comments. >> Oh, that that's what we were just doing. >> Sorry. >> I thought you were off. Sorry. >> Old business. There's one more council comment. This is um not pertaining only
to River Edge but to Bergen County. Uh there is a Bergen County service week which uh starts from April 18th till 26th. There are many many opportunities to volunteer to serve. So I would highly um encourage the residents uh to come
volunteer go on to uh bergenount.org and uh or or just write bergenount service week and it should pop up. So even if you give 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hour, there are many opportunities, giving out food, uh packing food, uh making uh the first one, the kickoff
event on April 18th is at Bergen County Technical Schools, uh which is one of them is community cooking. So if you would like to cook together, everything will be provided. So come and help as best as you can. >> And I believe a shout out goes to
Commissioner Trace >> uh for spearheading this. >> Excellent. Very good. Thank you for bringing it to uh the meeting. >> Anything else? >> Okay. Uh so could I have a motion and second and minute for resolution 26-127
resolution to go into close session exclude the public attorney client privilege construction eviction and insurance coverage based on state statute 104-12B7. >> Second. >> All in favor please say I. >> I. I. >> We will not be returning to public
session. So this will be uh the enjoyment of the meeting. Could I have a motion second to adjurnn the meeting? >> So >> I'll count that as a motion and second. All in favor, please say I. >> I. We are journed and let's have a conversation if any