call the meeting to order Roll call Councilman Simaluca here Councilman Akamando here Councilwoman Sanchez here Councilwoman Maer here Council President Garrick here Uh please rise for the salute to the flag and remain standing for a moment of silence in memory of
former recreation director Manny Scanderella Uh former recreation coach Richard Diana uh former board of education trustee John Mcgrron and Nicholas Caperado father-in-law of Councilman Andrew Simaluca
Adequate notice of this meeting has been sent to all council members and to all legal newspapers in accordance with the provisions of the open public meeting act chapter 231 public law 1975 The public is hereby advised that any statements made during a meeting of the
township council of the township of Saddlebrook may not be privileged or protected and our persons or entities who take issue with such comments or are offended by saying may have in the past sought legal redress through the courts Any member of the public who addresses
the council speaks for themselves and not for the council Mayor presentations please Good evening everyone We have a very special evening tonight Uh we're celebrating and recognizing township women um women who have made a
significant contribution to our community Um we started doing this when I first became mayor Um we categorize um into certain categories uh one of them being outstanding citizen
uh others community service advocate public safety volunteer business leader and education leader So uh that helps us a little bit in narrowing it down because we have so many good women in this town and and others are deserving
as well But we try to keep it at five and and these five are certainly worthy of being recognized here tonight Um so without further ado I'm going to start off I'm going to go in alphabetical order
Um first is uh Angela Del Casau Angela why don't you come up I have a proclamation I'm going to read first So and if you want to say a few words after it's up to you But I'm going to read this proclamation first I'm
going to read the proclamation first and then if you want to say something you can If you don't want to that's I don't want to put pressure on you I have a feeling you will speak though I know you too well So this is a proclamation from the
office of the mayor Whereas Angela was born in Brooklyn New York to Lewis and Antinet Mastriani and she has one brother named Lewis who lives in Morris Plains New Jersey Angela graduated from Bay Ridge High School in
1956 Then in 1959 Angela married Ernest Elcasal They have lived in Saddlebrook since 1962 and they have four children Thomas Regina Robin and Kevin Did I get them right
Okay Angela was a member of the parent teacher association where her children attended Saddlebrook schools Once her children graduated college I did not know this but Angela went to school and received her associate degree in arts
associate in arts degree from Bergen Community College And then she wasn't done In 1994 she received her bachelor's degree from Ruckers University And then in 1997 she received her master's degree in English literature Throughout the
years Angela worked as a parallegal and as a freshman composition adjunct teacher at Ruckers University Currently Angela is a parishioner at St Philip the Apostle Church and volunteers as a CCD and
RCIA teacher What's RCIA Okay Okay Thank you Adults that want to become Catholic I didn't know that Angela is a lector and eukaristic minister at mass She brings communion to
homebound weekly and assist with funeral masses at Bethany Ministry She also offers grief support and is a member of the alter society So uh that the bringing the communion to the homebound I know that
it's somebody very dear to both of us She goes weekly and she's not the woman's not doing well but I know she appreciates seeing Angela come there and Yes Yes So um so anyway that's uh that's that's about Angela and thank you so
much and you're so deserving Little story when Angela received the letter Was the letter well written by the way If it not you gota you got to blame her English composite I know it was signed by me but she she typed it So I hope she did she
do okay I thought it was first Oh no I know But Angela she didn't feel she want at church We we spoke and she didn't feel like she deserved it and I had to tell her she does deserve it and with all
this and believe me you're you're uh welld deserving and God bless you Oh yeah Up to you Go ahead Okay I did beg Mr Mayor to pick someone else and he said no So I think I won't vote for him
next time Just Just kidding Um but uh anyway I just want to say really briefly I've been here since ' 62 So so that's longer than most of you have not even been born yet Uh but uh I just find the people I'm really proud of our our
community The people have been so helpful The people that I've met in all my different ministries which is primarily through the church uh uh and I find that they were so helpful so compassionate doing so many things to help other people So I'm really proud of
this town I'm proud of our mayor Thank you Okay next we have Faith Fitz Simmons Hey come on up So Faith was born in Hoboken New Jersey
to a family with a long line in law enforcement and firefighters Faith is married to Phil and together they have three children Dylan Philip and Sophia Faith is the human resource manager at Hoboken Library where she has
worked for 26 years In 20 in 2012 the Fitz Simmons family moved to Saddlebrook Faith is currently in her third year serving on the Saddleberg Library Board as trustees And this year she is her first year as the
library board president So Faith thank you for all you do your community service We really appreciate it And uh I got to say that the library uh under under your uh leadership along with the director um you're doing
amazing things there You really are And uh I've seen such a such a a big outstanding uh phenomenal job you are doing So you're very very welcome
Thank you Do you want to have if you don't want to speak Okay So public speaking is not really my thing So I apologize in advance But um you know I'm born and raised in Hoboken so I thought I was pretty well rooted Um then my family outgrew the space because Hoboken is that way And I really didn't think
I'd find another place that made me feel so comfortable Um so from the day that we went to see this house on Wilson Street and we met Anne Brower this wonderful lady we felt nothing but welcomed and comfortable So I want to thank all of you That being said um I I
thought what can I do to help this great town And you know being at a library for 26 years I thought hey let me stop in the library So um I've gone over there and with Katherine's help um we're just trying to do everything we can to make it the best little library in town um
you know only library best little library in Bergen County Let's go for that one We think big So um yeah we're doing great things and um we want to make it good for all of you So thank you Okay next we have uh Cecilia Seal Lear
Okay I'm going to call you Seal because that's what everybody calls you right Seal was born to Joseph and Mary Fumalar in Jersey City New Jersey and raised in Jefferson Township Seal has four sisters and one brother
Seal is married to Bob Learry and they have two daughters Gabriella and Victoria Bob is a longtime firefighter in town here So I just want to shout out to Bob and though Victoria is too I know that now Seal attended County
College of Morris and William Patterson University She started her teaching career in Jefferson Township Middle School and then moved to Saddlebrook where until her retirement she taught at Heleni Smith School Saddle Brook Middle School and Franklin School Uh currently
Seal was involved with the Saddle Brook Senior Club where she served as president When her children were young she was active with soccer basketball softball and cheerleading programs Additionally she was involved with Girl Scouts and the school PTA Seal enjoys
spending free time with her family friends traveling and going to the beach Thank you Seal Oh Ste you wanted Oh thank you It's an honor and I was very lucky to marry a Saddlebrookian and um
raising my kids here It it's great community and I'm proud to be a part of it Okay we next we have Ella Lino Okay Ella was born to Arthur and Anna Manger Manger in Syracuse New York and
was raised in Loi New Jersey Ella has one brother Dr Harold Manger Ella is married to Jack Lacino and their children are Sandra Tracy Lorraine Danica and Nicholas Ella is a grandmother to Shawn Ruthie
Jessica David Ashley Briana Brian Dylan and McKenzie and she is also a great-g grandandmother to Sha Jack Riley and JP Ella attended Bergen Community College for dental assistant the stud
the Sandy Hammonds School of Micro Pigmentation I don't know what that is Oh makeup Okay Cosm cosmetology or whatever And the Burkwood School of Electrolysis for 25 years Ella has
worked as an electrolysis She also works as a dental assistant for Dr Sapienza in Pamis and previously worked as a dental assistant for Dr Hopman in Fort Lee Ella is a part-time employee with the township of
Saddlebrook as a crossing guard and notably a volunteer of the Saddlebrook uh volunteer ambulance core for 30 years Ella enjoys spending free time with her family and walking So congratulations Ella
Yes I just would be remissed if I didn't thank everybody for this honor It truly means a heart to me I'd like to thank my captain Lou my president Joe all the
officers and of course the new members that are joining You're going to have good times and you're going to have tough times but you know at the end it's all well worth it To save a life to help somebody means the world Good luck to
all of you Thank you Okay last but not least Flo you want to come up Why don't you come up We have We're honoring Melanie Maser Okay Okay go ahead Melanie was born in Saddlebook New
Jersey to James and Florence Maer Melanie has three brothers James Jason and John Melanie has three sons Anthony Joseph and Enzo She is looking forward to the arrival of their first grandson Lot of sons in this family
Melody Melanie graduated from Saddle Brook High School studied at Ramapo College and received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Phoenix Since 2023 Melanie is the owner and president of TLC Plus Child Care
Center As the owner Melanie enjoys giving back to the community by donating to local food pantries collecting gifts for Toys for Tots and donating to the local sports teams and hospitals Melanie enjoys spending her free time with her
family exercising gardening fishing woman after my own heart and of course shopping and traveling So Melanie congratulations Oh let's do this picture Love it Hi
everyone Thank you Thank you This is such an honor to be recognized This rec this recognition is not just a personal achievement It is a celebration of the countless women who have paved
the way for us all One in particular who has influenced my journey is my mother She has always been my greatest inspiration She has been my guide and light teaching me the values of
perseverance compassion and integrity always reminding me always reminding me the strength is to li is lifting up others and sorry her sacri her sacrifices and dedication to
our family have shown me the power of love and commitment She will forever be my inspiration and I will carry her lessons with me in everything I do My family too has played a crucial role
in shaping me who I am today I am they have always been my cheerleaders my confidants and my greatest inspiration Thank you all for this incredible honor Together let let us all
celebrate the power of women and continue to pave for a brighter future Thank you I did not write that Well stay here We got something for you
too We got some flowers for you too Sarah come on up Councilwoman Flo Major Well it's been 20 25 years she's been on the council Lucky to have her Thank you
so much And Sarah's the newcomer here She'll be here for another 24 years too We hope But congratulations by themselves and all the ladies with the mayor Okay
All right that'd be nice That's the comment down there Yeah All right Thank you Yeah don't worry I want to try to get center So you guys are center with the
flags Ready One two three We're good Uh we're going to take a five minute break if anybody wants to take I got one other thing for I'm sorry just one thing while Just want everybody just remain seated I have one more
uh presentation to make Um Ed Sudo Ed Sudo uh just celebrated Ed Sudo was a member of the volunteer ambulance corps and he just celebrated his 50th year on the ambulance corp Uh we had a
the ambulance corps had a dinner for him at the VFW a couple of weeks ago but uh we thought 50 years and we thought it would be fitting to have Ed We knew he'd be here for Ella So we we wanted to uh recognize him as well So Ed here's a
certificate 50 years certificate of recognition presented to Ed Sudo Saddleberg Volunteer Ambulance Corps for 50 years of service Thank you Want to say something Go ahead Oh just say that Yeah
Right I know 50 years I know it's a forever I know I thought I had it last year but I forgot probation so we had to wait till this year but it was a great ride I had a I mean I'm still going but I'm still going I know I know I'm still
going You got to keep taking the the EMT course I know But um we have youth squatters in the room Some new youth squatters And uh it's a great thing to learn I mean to take you know save a life That was my first thing I ever did I went to Holy Name uh hospital take my
EMT It was holy name in Englewood And uh first person we went at that time we went to the emergency room for six hours and six hours in intensive care The first person I talked to was a guy that coded and was in the hospital It was just phenomenal Talk to the man after
the fact So and I've been doing it for years and uh it's been great It's great bunch of people and I wouldn't have it any other way Thank you very much Thank you mayor Um I see some people with flowers Is there anybody that would
like to present flowers or anything else Standing the honor the honores Okay Um we're going to take like a fivem minute break Congratulations to all the honores I know there may be some people that want to take pictures and so forth Um so we're going to give
everybody about five minutes to do that We're going to resume the meeting Roll call Councilman Suca here Councilman Akamando here Councilman Sanchez here Counciloman Maser Council President Garrick here Uh motion to open
the meeting to the public Second All in favor I Anyone wishing to address the council please step up to the podium State your name and address for the record Okay I think you all know who I am by now All right Tom Vanl 128 Lincoln
Avenue Saddle Brook mayor's youth group leaison Just going to give you the monthly update as usual Um we've we had our most recent meeting on March the 1st It was held right here in the council chambers Um just coming up with a lot of great ideas for the future We're going
to be um participating in our Earth Day activity um as we usually do every year Um that's going to be on Saturday April the 26th We're just finalizing some details as to what we're going to do Um but it will entail of course going to try Centennial Park doing the annual
cleanup and planting flowers once again Um so that's that We're also going to be helping out at the annual Easter celebration on April the 19th um here in the municipal complex and we'll be there for that Of course I also want to take
the opportunity to thank our youth group secretary Eleanor who made such a beautiful flyer to to help us advertise the mayor's youth group I emailed it to all you guys I don't know if you guys got a chance to saw it I I sent it about a couple hours ago Um it had it tells
like what we do like we have community service how we we have fun together We put a couple photos on the flyer if you see and also we have a QR code that if you scan it with um on your phone it will go straight to our online
registration form And as as I always say we're open to everyone all Saddleberg residents who are in grades 4 through 12 um this year So I hope you guys take a look at the flyer if you um it like I said I emailed it to you guys We posted
it on the mayor's youth group Facebook page I know the mayor shared it to uh the Srook Township page So please spread the word Um get the word out there that that about the mayor's youth group Um we've already gotten a couple new signups since that flyer went out So it it's working and we want to hopefully
get more people to join us Thank you Thank you Thomas Thank you Uh Fad Malik 270 Hillside Avenue Saddle Brook New Jersey Uh we on Saddle right 07663 Street Now uh hey I just want to personally come out and thank uh the
mayor uh David uh and Todd for uh for the for joining us in the Ramadan celebration for the moonlight moon the crescent lighting that we had I really appreciate what you guys do and we invited you guys for FAR dinner Uh if you guys could join us next year maybe uh would be great for you guys to break
fast with us I actually broke fast here because I want to make sure I came out to say thank you from all of us because they're all home breaking their fast So thank you again and uh thanks for recognizing us guys Appreciate it Happy to do it Thank you Anyone else Seeing no one else Motion to close
the meeting to the public Motion Second All in favor I I um mayor comments Thank you Council President I first want to congratulate all the women in history and uh it's
always a pleasure to to recognize them and we really do have uh a lot of wonderful phenomenal women people in this town And so uh I really liked their remarks after when they spoke They all spoke and they
all had such nice things to say about the town which is always nice to hear Um I want to start out talking about the capital budget Um we have to complete uh a couple of roads from the 2024 road program that were left over Um we have
to do the 2025 road program We have to pick the roads Um I don't believe Bob we we haven't picked them out yet right Um I don't think we're going to do as many this year Um we got public service doing doing the paving as part of the gas main
projects that they're finishing up So uh I think we're going to take a little bit of a breather Uh this is going to be a tough budget this year capital budget especially Um we basically have a million dollars to spend And uh we do
have parks that we need to uh that that we have grants for and that we need to renovate Uh Mayo Street uh Mayo Street Park Uh we're going to be doing the um pave um the surface over for the
basketball and for the um the tennis courts And actually the tennis courts Mr Simaluca is going to like this Um we're looking into making two of them uh also pickle ball courts They just have to be lined uh have to have lines for the
pickle ball as well Um also uh the splash park at veterans that looks like it's going forward and we got good news We got a lot of money in the state state grant uh for that So it looks like that may cover so we don't
have to take money out of the out of the capital budget for that Um so uh we also have Fifth Street and Kern Street Park that we want to that we have received grant money for and that we're hoping I I don't know we're going to get to it this year Uh we have to see
how it works out again with the budget We have one uh the force main as we we voted on it last last uh month Uh we got the bids in for we're replacing the air valve on the uh sewer force main on West Minister
It's a big job and we actually do we need to we need to start thinking about the main pump station uh that's going to need eventually the pumps are going to be need need to be replaced uh on on uh that pump station on May Street Um
grants uh we do have to submit for the CDBG community development block grant and open space grants Uh we got commun the clean communities grant uh do which is uh for a road project and uh some others that our grant writer is helping
us with um committees uh the mayor's youth group Thomas gave an update on that the community partnership committee um we're looking forward to building building that membership up the last meeting we had probably about 30 30
residents in uh from all you know walks of uh life in in uh that came to that meeting Um Dave I know you're probably gonna talk about uh a flood committee meeting We're gonna merge the flood and the
green team team environmental committees and I I know Dave's been working on on a date and I want to advertise that to get especially people I I was going to mention you and I are going to sit down come up with a date and then we're going to publicize the date but we are coordinating those two groups together
Right So I just want to let the residents know that we're we're working on that because we've been talking about it and really haven't moved forward but now we're moving forward which is a good thing Um also I wanted to mention uh that um I
ran into the county executive at at another event and he was telling me that within a couple of weeks he wants to have a meeting and it's about the Otto Paley Lake restoration the county received a million dollars to uh to do restoration dn snagging cleaning out the
the lake the auto paley lake So hopefully we'll I'll have some more news about that in a couple of weeks They look they'll want to jump on that right away Um we had a school liaison meeting Dave and I met with the board head members and uh superintendent and
business administrator on February 5th Uh some of the things that came out of that um the stadium turf field and lights uh at the time we met it was they had just pretty much started with the foundation and uh at this time they're just about complete and the lights are
in and the turf is has been laid down Um we're looking for grant money Um the school is also going to try to see if they can apply for grant money for that Kohsburg Creek For those who don't know what that is that's the creek that runs along Route 80 that goes all the way to
the river Um we had the DBW in there They cleaned it up as much as they could as far as brush and some some logs some tree logs Uh but it needs a lot further and there's some areas that are hard to get to We might need special equipment
But uh that that creek is it's Saddleber property Uh Pete remembers years ago when uh we actually they the town cleaned it out I don't know if they got a grant but uh they did do some extensive work there and looks like
we're going to need to do that now because uh there are parts of it that are in in pretty rough shape I mean old tires and looks like things before there was a wall people throwing stuff off of Route 80 because Route 80 is right above
That's why we we I thought it was I thought it was DOT property but it's not Um ReadAcross America uh two weeks ago Um I went into the schools I think some of the council members may have as well Um I want to thank the teachers the
sports staff the administration It's always fun to go in there I always like the really small kids the you know kindergarten first grade second grade So they ask some pretty interesting questions Um Saddleberrook High School play was
last weekend It was Once Upon a Mattress Uh our videographer um back there Raphael taped it and he's probably editing it as we speak Not right now right Not right this second but he's That'll be on Facebook and
YouTube Thomas also was there took a lot of photos We haven't got around to posting them Thomas but we'll get to that soon So but it was a really really good good play We have a lot of uh very talented uh young uh high school students I think middle school too I
think they middle school did they also are they involved as well I think some of some of them as well So um recreation and uh high school sports I just want to congratulate all the winter sports athletes and the teams uh
both in wreck and high school basketball wrestling cheerleading Thank all the volunteer coaches parents for all that they do Um we had some uh I know we had we had some uh some winners there some people that won that know the high school cheerleading I think they they
won every tournament they were in So want to mention that And wrestling we had a they had the states last weekend I had I think two girls two or three girls of our girls won they came out first We had one I think one boy that came out
first and a bunch of people a bunch of them placed about eight eight of them placed in the state which is uh quite a feat Uh senior activities uh we're all moved in to the municipal complex of the previous location at a cold well is
still being used and we're not we haven't decided what we're going to do with that but there meetings are being held there Um I know the women's club uses it the Democrat and Republican club use it uh on occasion and I know some of
the uh town houses um use it Victor Street the uh over 55 and and the one uh across from uh St Phillips they have meetings there So we're we're still allowing them to do so
Um the senior freeze an anchor in the New Jersey state programs This is important for the seniors Uh apparently uh they changed the application process I don't know if they're combining them all together I really don't know what they're doing
Pete may have a little more information than I do as well as our uh tax collector but uh if you go to new jersey.gov Division of Taxation um their website or you can call there's a number um
1-8008826597 if you call that number 1 8008826597 but uh you definitely have to take advantage of that seniors um the senior freeze I run into people all the time that uh that weren't even aware that it existed and they could have been
they could have had their taxes frozen 10 years ago but they didn't realize And I think it's it's quite a bit of money now I think for uh for a married couple it's you got to be 65 or older but a married couple it's up to $160,000
income you know between the two individuals So that's uh I think I think a lot of our seniors are in that in that group where they can apply and they can get their taxes frozen So please take advantage of that Uh chicken bingo was
we had it That was the last time we used the old building was February 23rd Sunday February 23rd It was a nice event that that's always a crowd favorite Um also too this is for the seniors AP is doing free tax returns at the Saddle
Brook Library So um that's another program that the library offers But uh for more information uh you can call the library at 2011843-33287 That's 20118433287 or go to the library website
uh for details So that's uh take advantage of that That's a that's another program that's uh that we offer Um I want to John I want to put you on a spot and I didn't mention to you but can you just We don't have anybody in the
audience here that's I I think that's concerned I shouldn't say that that would come up and speak about it but this Karuchi we've had a lot of buzz on social media Maybe you could just explain where the town's at with it now right From a legal
standpoint So and that's so as everyone I think in that neighborhood knows if not throughout the uh township that property has not been maintained and it's not occupied It was obtained uh by the present owner through
a tax foreclosure and he has not unfortunately been maintaining the property So uh our construction official and our property maintenance code official have now been issuing violations against the property owner for failing to maintain the property And
we're also going to uh attempt by getting a search warrant to get into the property itself the building to see if it constitutes an unsafe hazard If it constitutes a an unsafe hazard then we can take action with respect to the
building itself But that we're in the process of doing that That has not taken place But as of now violations have been issued and we're hoping that through the enforcement of these uh violations that we'll have the property owner's attention and at the very least he'll
start maintaining it uh in an acceptable manner Thank you John uh some events that we had uh previous events uh as Fawad came up and spoke about we had the Ramadan uh crescent
lighting on Saturday February 22nd Um I want to thank Sahara Salem and the ID committee of Saddlebrook for organizing all that Uh I also want to thank a lot of local businesses There's too many to mention but that contributed uh food and and and different uh things to that to
that event Uh upcoming events the Little League uh opening day and parade is uh is Saturday April the 12th at uh Liberty Field uh which is uh on on Saddle River
Road by the uh engine company number one Um the ambulance uh core fish and chips is on Friday April the 18th here at the municipal complex Uh Easter celebration is Saturday April the 19th the day
before Easter Um Easter spring celebration we call it Um our veterans banners they're still available I think to the end of the month Um there's a flyer that's out there um on social media on both
uh on both u Facebook and uh Instagram Uh with that I hope everyone had a a happy St Patrick's Day and St Joseph's Day And I wish our Muslim friends a happy Ramadan Jewish friends happy Passover which is on April 12th
And our next regular meeting is Thursday April 17th So be able to wish everyone a happy Easter and at that time So Easter is Sunday April the 20th Thank you Thank you Mayor Councilman Akamando
Um I'm not going to be as long as the mayor was I just want to congratulate the seven women that were uh honored tonight Um they all do something special for the township and for the community Also like to congratulate Mr Sudo 50 years Unfortunately I wasn't able to make it
that night It was my birthday So um unfortunately he lost that that part of the deal So we went out instead Um and as far as the losses uh I I my sympathies go out to all the people that lost a special loved one um that we mentioned Uh Andrew sorry for the loss
of your father-in-law One guy I I knew and and was was a great guy I got to coach under him was Manny Scarella Um when he was the uh rec director he brought so much enthusiasm to to the to the rec division
and not only did he he do that he got his kids involved and he introduced lacrosse to the township that we never had before And it it was such a success that it was shown when um unfortunately he had to move to Florida And when he
moved his son stayed up here for a little while to coach lacrosse but unfortunately Manny got sick and his son moved down to Florida and the program just almost fell off But thank God for some of the kids that he coached the
students that are now old enough to coach came back and are giving back So he was definitely a uh definitely felt in the in the in the wreck community for parents of my age and our kids He was definitely and he will definitely um
be missed and that that's all I have Thank you Councilwoman Maser Thank you Council President Uh I too would like to congratulate all the women that were honored here tonight Uh thank you for your commitment and dedication to our
township Um you all are truly an inspiration to everyone Once again thank you Um also I'd like to extend my sympathy to um all the families that uh experienced loss that the council president mentioned and of course Andrew
to your to your uh regarding your father-in-law Sorry for your loss Um we will be having a uh the townwide garage sale Uh it is scheduled for May 16th
17th and 18th Um you can register and uh you know uh put the times that you'd like to uh be open for business and um you know give you some time to get your things together And
um what else Happy spring Today's first day of spring Yes Yes Thank you Thank you Councilwoman Sanchez Um yes Um my condolences to all the families who lost a loved one this path this past month Um my thoughts and
prayers are with you Um congrats to all the women who were recognized this evening Thank you for all that you do for the town for all your service and hard work Um and you
know thank you to all of the other outstanding women in town who were not mentioned this evening Um you know we we really do appreciate everything that you guys do Um congratulations to Ed Sudo on his 50
years of service Um that's a big accomplishment So good job And he's still going Thank you to him Um I wanted to recognize the Saddlebrook
spirit leaders I got to attend their nationals in the beginning of this month Um they worked so hard all season and they really brought their best game every time they stepped
out onto that mat Um and all these girls were really really dedicated and they just put a lot of hard work and time into what they do and they really love what they do and each team did so well during nationals and they may not have come out first but they really did an
amazing job Um I'm so proud of each and every one of them and um of course the program wouldn't be possible without the hard work and dedication and passion of all the coaches that were there too Um the Saddlebrook High School cheer
team I want to congratulate them They just won first in their division at the Amera Cheer International Competition down in Florida You know that is an amazing accomplishment They were also um high point winners So that's awesome
Congratulations girls Um sorry it's a little longer than I usually talk Um congrats to the wrestlers who won states and all the wrestlers this season
Um I know each wrestler parent and coach put a lot of time and effort into making that program a success Um my son did it for a little bit but it just wasn't for him But I know it takes a lot to go out on that mat one-on-one with another
person So you know it's definitely not an easy sport and all of the wrestlers should be very very proud of themselves for every single time they get out there and they just put their all into that sport Um and I don't want to miss any other
sports So you know basketball and any other sport I didn't mention it's the same thing You know a lot of hard work goes into sports that you really love So um congratulations to everybody Um you should all be proud of
yourselves Um the ambulance corps fish and chips is April 18th this year um from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m The last day to order tickets is April 10th Um you can
either contact Tracy her phone number is 201193750 She told me it was okay to let everybody know her phone number to get the tickets So you know I got permission first Um or if you happen to know an ambulance corps member you could always purchase a ticket through them
and that's about it Got it all Yeah I think so All right Councilman Simaluca how much are the tickets Uh they're $20 a ticket So I've been going forever and uh that's the best bargain you're ever going to get
because it's delicious and uh you come out and support the community because it's a it's just a big gathering and everyone's having a good time The mayor mentioned and and other council members have mentioned a number of a great number of events and somehow
the mayor seems to get to all of them I don't know how he does it Um he must have a a double someplace that somehow goes because sometimes these are at the same time but uh I know speaking on behalf speaking for the council I guess um we try and make as many as possible
it's it's it's hard to get to all of them but if we're not there believe me uh you know it's because we can't be there because we like to do that We like part of our job is to give back and uh you know we like to contribute in just
sometimes just by attendance So if I do miss a meeting and we somehow miss uh I'm sorry an event it's not because we didn't want to be there Um I'm glad to hear about the parks We've got a number of parks in town and they are seems like
they're all getting an upgrade including the county park It's a county park but again I've said this many times it's our park It's Saddle Brook Park People know it as Saddle Brook Park It's a long time coming They got a million dollars Um and uh I'm sure they're going to put it to
good use to get this uh park which I've said over and over again I I I feel personally and people have um you know I kind of get yelled at sometimes behind the scenes but I think we're the redheaded stepchild of uh the county
park system and I it's about time that we got some money or they got some money and are going to use it for for our park because it is our park Um in terms of town business uh I said last meeting that I would report on the
speed table or speed hump uh requests There was requests made by uh residents on Katherine Aav They actually had a petition uh and also people came up and speaking about u getting us another
speed table or speed hump on Lanza uh spoke to Captain Haberman and unfortunately we put up the speed box which we had purchased Great investment uh for the town Uh unfortunately when they went to check it um it had
malfunctioned at some point So it's now back up It took them a while to get it running Hopefully we'll get the data Um and if it malfunctions again we'll have to send it out for repair Uh hopefully I will be able to report on Katherine and
possibly Lanza by the next meeting right before Easter Unfortunately uh we did not were not aware that it was not picking up I think it stopped working after a couple hundred cars and you know usually there's a couple thousand that come through during our our period but it's
back up and running Uh and hopefully we'll have the data for you In terms of the ordinances tonight uh Sterling Place Uh the parking on Sterling has been uh contentious We've had a number of meetings uh public council meetings and special
sessions for the residents and uh through the help of our engineer Uh we believe that this uh parking on the one side and limiting the parking to one side of the street is the best idea to uh keep everyone happy I
mean listen uh not everyone's going to be happy That's just the way it is But uh to keep most people happy and it's the most judicious use of what whatever we can do to alleviate the sometimes difficult parking situation on a narrow
road Um the uh towing fees we talked about that All we're doing is bringing them up to the state standards We're bringing the fees up to what the state police would charge uh should a vehicle be towed And um the last one is a first
reading and we've had people come here for years basically but more recently about issues at Saddle Brook Mall And this is a first reading to require uh 24-hour 7-day a week security service at
that mall And hopefully that will alleviate again I I can't say eliminate but alleviate uh the condition uh that the people behind the mall uh have suffered for for quite some time So hopefully that that'll work for them Um
in terms of the woman today I think the common theme from everyone was their love for Saddlebrook You have got I think everyone except Melanie uh came from out of town and some came from out of state
to come here The one woman uh Faith had lived in another town for 26 years and made the move to Saddlebrook Solder Brook's a great place to live and thanks to women like like them it continues to be uh a great place and and they contribute to that and make it even
greater In terms of the people um that we spoke of we had a moment of silence Of the of the four people mentioned I knew three of them pretty closely Um Manny Scarella um went his son went to school with my son I see somebody in the
audience played sports with um Manny was a coach a rec director and uh he was a great guy He didn't play daddy ball unlike a lot of people Um and people who coach know what I'm talking about when I
say daddy ball Um he did as as Todd said uh start the lacrosse program He there wasn't an event that was in town recreationwise or for the kids that he was not involved in And I was amazed by how quickly he organized things He was a
great organizer Um and he'll be missed He married Karen Goldstein the former Goldstein Karen Goldstein who uh family has been in this town forever Um so my condolences to Karen
uh Adam Jeffrey and Dominic three sons Um Richie Diana is the father-in-law of one of our longtime DPW workers Vinnie Liberty Um I never saw the guy not smile Uh he was a client of mine but he was more than that He was a friend and uh
he'll be missed And lastly and I'm going to choke up I knew I was going to do this Um my father-in-law okay uh he passed away He was 95 going on 96 Um luckily he did not suffer He had
broken his hip a couple years ago Everything seems like when you're at that age you break your hip and everything starts going down Um he was taken to the hospital on a Monday He passed away on Friday Um but everyone was around him My sister-in-law flew up from Florida We
had another uh my niece flew up from Florida Another niece came in from um from New York And uh my three kids and we're all around him And he just wanted he said goodbye to everyone He said "It's time That's my time I had a great life Um I can say he was a gentleman and a gentle man Um he worked in the rough
and tumble world of uh he was a union mason Worked with his hands built things for the union and also for all the families I mean the foundation of my house If you see it a little tilted maybe it's because he he did it with me We did it together That's probably my fault My part of it I screwed up But uh
all the family members built fireplaces He he was out there worked with his hands all all his life Never heard the man swear And you know when people use the f-word as a as an art form it's a verb a noun a pronoun everything Never heard him say I mean the same forget
about the f- word He didn't swear at all Uh he loved a couple of things He loved his family more than anything Um but he was proud of his Italian heritage and he was proud of his service in the uh in the Korean War Um he's buried with the American flag um and medals and uh uh
he'll be sorely rested Thank you Thank you Councilman I'm going to be a little redundant Um that's the nature of going last So um sincere condolences to everyone that lost a loved one Uh Councilman Simaluca I'm sorry your
father-in-law Um congratulations to all the women in history that we honored Great honores Mayor thank you um Christine Jenuario as well for all that you guys do Um seems like every year you find great candidates and we had five uh
great honores this year Uh I did make the uh Ed Sudo uh uh dinner They had a beef steak dinner for his 50th year to celebrate Uh great guy Uh part of the reason why Saddlebrook is such a great community We have such great volunteers
Our first responders are second to none Um so we have a lot of great people here Um between the women and our volunteers for sure Uh the mayor did mention about the flood committee and the green team
joining Um and we'll we're going to be scheduling a meeting meeting for the end of April I'll sit down with you mayor We'll come up with a date Hopefully we can get some volunteers to participate and get it off the ground and and really start heading in the right direction Uh
with that uh I do want to mention something that the mayor mentioned about the senior freeze Um my mom some 18 years ago when she turned 65 she had her taxes frozen She lives primarily on social security She's been able to stay
in her house Um her taxes were frozen at 6,500 They would be over 10,000 now So she's been able to stay there plus she gets the rebate So she's somewhere around $5,000 which is manageable for someone on a fixed income If she was paying the 10
plus,000 she probably couldn't stay there So please consider the senior freeze It's a very very important program Look into it Like the mayor said for a married couple it's 160,000 And I think if you're single it would be like 80,000 And most people aren't at those
thresholds So if you can make sure that you um you look into it if you're eligible Um finally happy holidays to all and a happy spring Thank you Ordinances We have second reading
Ordinance 1773-25 an ordinance amending and supplementing chapter 196 of the code of the township of Saddlebrook entitled vehicles and traffic And this uh is for Sterling Place for a second reading Motion
Second All in favor I I An ordinance amending and supplementing chapter 196 of the code of the township of Sandbrook entitled vehicles and traffic Motion to open the meeting to the public on this ordinance Motion
Second All in favor I Anyone wishing to address the council on this ordinance Seeing no one motion to close on this ordinance Motion second All in favor I be resolved by the township council of
the township of Saddlebrook that the ordinance entitled an ordinance amending and supplementing chapter 196 of the code of the township of Saddlebrook entitled vehicles and traffic does now pass on second and final reading and that the township clerk be directed to
set ordinance or title thereof in the press together with the notice of the date of passage of set ordinance according to law Motion Motion Second Roll call Council Mr Maluca Yes Councilman
Alamando Yes Councilwoman Sanchez Yes Counciloman Baser Yes Council President Garrick Yes Next ordinance for final reading Ordinance 1774-25 An ordinance to amend chapter 191 of the township code of the township
of Saddlebrook entitled towing And this refers to the towing fees Motion Motion Second All in favor I I an ordinance to amend chapter 191 of the township code of the township of Sbrook
title Motion to open the meeting to the public on this ordinance Motion Second All in favor I I Anyone wishing to address the council on this ordinance Motion to close Second All in favor I
I resolved by the township council of the township of Saddlebrook that the ordinance entitled an ordinance to amend chapter 191 of the township code of the township of Saddlebrook entitled towing is now passed on second and final reading and that the township clerk be
directed to advertise set ordinance or title thereof in the press together with the notice of the date of passage of said ordinance according to law Motion Motion Second Roll call Councilman Simuka Yes Councilman
Okamando Yes Councilwoman Sanchez Yes Council Maer Yes Council President Garrick Yes Ordinance 1775 for first reading An ordinance amending and supplementing chapter 159 of the code of the township of Saddlebrook entitled
security service for first reading Motion Motion Second All in favor I I Now therefore be resolved by the township council that the ordinance amending and supplementing chapter 159
of the code of the township of Saddlebrook entitled security service here to4 passed on first reading and further considered for a final passage at a meeting to be held on April 175 at 7:00 p.m or soon thereafter as
the matter can be reached at the municipal complex 55 Mayill Street As such time and place all persons interested be given an opportunity to be heard concerning said ordinance according to law Notice of its introduction of passage on first reading
of time and place one where said ordinance consider final passage Motion motion Second Roll call Councilman Suca Yes Councilman Amando Yes Councilman Sanchez yes Council me yes Council
President Garrett yes Ordinance first reading Ordinance 1776-25 an ordinance repealing and deleting chapter 133 title noise of the code of the township of Saddlebrook and amending and
supplementing chapter 17 147 of the code the township of Saddlebrook entitled peace of order for first reading Motion second All in favor I Now therefore be resolved by the
township council that an ordinance repealing and deleting chapter 133 entitled noise of the code of the township of Saddlebrook and amending and supplementing chapter 147 of the code of township of Saddle Brook title piece in
order here to for pass our first reading to be further considered for final passage at a meeting to be held on April 17 2025 at 7:00 p.m or sooner after is the matter can be reached at the municipal complex 55 Mayill Street and
at such time and place all persons interested be given an opportunity to be heard concerning set ordinance according to law with the notice of its introduction and passage on first reading and of a time and place when aware set ordinance will be further considered for final pass Motion motion
roll call Councilman Suca yes Councilman Okamando yes Councilwoman Sanchez yes Counciloman Maser Yes Council President Garrick Yes All items listed with an asterric are considered to be routine and non-controversial by the township
council and will be approved by one motion And there will be no separate discussion on these items unless a council member so requests it in which case the items or items will be removed from the consent agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda The one motion signifies adoption of all
resolutions receive and file letters correspondence reports and approval of minutes and applications Resolution number eight will not be a part of the consent agenda And if the council has no objections we do have a new resolution from our attorney uh entitled the
resolution authorizing transfer of property and it's uh the affordable housing If we could actually resolution tonight just to effectuate the transfer of the actual property and authorizes the mayor to
sign uh the documents A second resolution would be to acknowledge they changed the ownership interest in urban renewal and they're required uh for the council not to approve it because it doesn't require approval but to acknowledge it and the ownership
interest of urban renewal will now be 90% Ingram as the managing member 5% rebuild which is Metro Scot Scotland Commons 5% Premier Saddlebrook non-managing
member so if we can just add those two to the consent Okay No objection Just need a motion Motion Motion Second Roll call Councilman Suca Yes Councilman Alamando
Yes Councilwoman Sanchez Yes Counciloman Mer Yes Council President Garrick Yes We do have resolution number eight Extension of the cannabis cultivation license for Lyd Motion Motion Second Roll call Councilman Samuca Yes
Council Alamando No Councilwoman Sanchez Yes Counciloman Maser Yes Council President Garrick Yes Okay Thank you Old business New
business Anyone Seeing none uh let's open the meeting to the public for agenda items only Motion Second All in favor I Anyone wish to address the council on agenda items
Seeing no one motion to close the meeting Motion On agenda items Second Anyone Second Sorry All in favor I Uh final comments Anyone have any final comments No
Well I'm sorry I just want to commentate why why I voted no I just I without bad mouthing or getting into it I just feel like we're we're bending over backwards for the same company over and over and over I wish we would do more for some of the residents that come up here and ask
for the minimal stuff And that's my reason for voting no on that Yeah Anyone else Any other comments We don't need to close Okay Um motion to adjurnn Motion Second All in favor I I
Thank you Have a good evening