##VIDEO ID:qTSGAsIuOi0## e e e e e e e e e e e order councilman simuka here councilman Garrick here councilwoman Sanchez here Council Maser here council president Aram here please rise for salute of the flag and remain standing in solemn remembrance of December 7th 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and in remembrance of Mary Dickman mother of firefighter Richard Dickman and OEM coordinator firefighter and ex-chief Tom Dickman and retired police Sergeant Frank ropi to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands God indivisible and justice for all adequate notice that this meeting has been sent to All council members and to all legal newspapers in accordance with the provisions of open public meetings act chapter 231 Public Law 1975 the public is hereby advised and any statements made during the meeting of the township Council of the township of sandlebrook may not be privileged or protected and that persons or entities who take issue with such comments or are offended by same May in have in a pass or legal redress through the courts any member of the public who addresses the council speaks for themselves and not for the councel mayor thank you council president I want want to introduce uh Keith ver Mila who is the little league president and also the coach of the um Babe Ruth I guess Babe Ruth um team that's gone backto back championships in the districts which has never been done um they were here last year and uh that was the first time in over 10 years that a Saddlebrook baseball team Little League team won the districts so Keith you want to come up and talk about your team hey everybody thank you for having us I didn't expect such a big audience but I appreciate you all being here thank you mayor white and council members councilman Garrick councilman samuca councilman alamando councilwoman Maser councilwoman Sanchez town clerk Leo thank you for having us here we appreciate it uh thank you to Christine januario for helping us out for anything we need I'm not sure if she's here uh shout out to John Tui he was the last one to win districts uh so that's nice uh footsteps to follow and we appreciate you leading the way former president as well I'm a lucky coach I get to be standing here for the second year in a row but it's only because of these boys standing right here may white said it last year that winning districts is really is a really big deal winning District means you're one of the 20 best teams in the state of New Jersey these these kids had a great run this year and one of the and each and every one of them contributed to the wins we had great pitching great hitting some really good defense you guys really came together when it cting most of these boys play for Coach Mike in the summertime and Pat and they put a lot of work in and it really showed when it came time for All-Star season Joe and I have coached most of these kids since they were really young about nine years old we remember coaching them in the very first district districts ever they've come a really long way since their very first district game we're really proud of all of you and I know you guys are going to continue your base careers and I can't wait to watch you all in high school most of you going to s b high school and you guys are really lucky because you have a great coach coach Luna joined us here today he's a great High School coach you guys are really lucky and for the guys who aren't going to Saddlebrook good luck in your baseball careers I'm going to follow up with you guys make sure you guys are doing good I want to thank Andy Gallow for being here tonight also S Brook little league has their two Fields but this group age group plays on the bigger field and there's only one of those in S Brook this field is shared with many other sports in town and we have a great work and relationship with Andy and the recreation department so thank you Andy for always being accommodating and making sure the boys have a field to play on and thanks for all the work you do with all the sports and youth of S Brook it's much appreciated thank you thank you to the parents who all here as well for signing the boys up for baseball year after year thank you for washing those dirty uniforms at 11 o'clock at night so they'd be ready for a 9:00 game the next morning thank you for getting into practices into games which means running from S Brook to many other towns all over Bergen County and Beyond which also means eating dinner in the car or a very late night dinner at the diner and for you boys I want you to thank your parents for that closet full of cleats bats and gloves you all have and every other piece of equipment we can all attest that it's not cheap especially when you you don't need that new bat that you saw on Instagram last week uh thank you parents for giving up over time and having to rush out of work early so they can come to their games having to rush all over the place to pick up and drop off your siblings so they can be at your games as well and I would say that you better thank you thank your parents for sacrificing Al was in a car of traveling from place to place but here's a little secret boys that time spent in theity boys is our pleasure it's one of the biggest joys in all of our lives uh this year you mostly you be on the bus headed to your games enjoy those times because they go really fast some people don't like baseball most average kids don't like baseball but you know why cuz it's really hard and you're all here today because you have proven that you not only play baseball but you can excel at one of the hardest Sports ever is to play I just like to take this time to uh honor the kids mention their names you could just uh stand up we had two seventh graders on the team this year we're going to counting on you guys that really lead the team next year we have Sean spato and Alex Garcia you stand forward and our wraith graders we had Mikey saboli Savon Lee Jordan Ken Jason kovich Luca petelo and Sean Cullen I talked earli about how lucky I was to be up here for the second year in a row these next three kids are up up here for the second in a row it's amazing accomplishment to win districts but even bigger accomplishment to win back-to-back districts so congratulations to the next three Logan O'Brien TJ filin and Christopher vermilia from all of us coaches coach Mike Coach Pat Joe and myself thank you guys for an amazing experience I hope you all remember these times forever cherish those Rings you got stay friends forever and enjoy high school I'm going to quote the great dere Jeter there may be people who have more Talent than you but there's no excuse for anyone who work harder than you remember that not only in sports but in everything you guys do for the rest of your life I just want a little gift to you guys I know we did it last year we had all the boys sign a baseball so it's a gift for the town for mayor white so I hope you put this somewhere nice and um and that's it thank you mayor thank you guys for being here thanks bu appreciate it get them out here let me get one more signature on here thank you thank you guys congratulations congratulations thank you everybody have a great night good luck to everybody congratulations everybody conat congratulations congratulations congratulations guys good job great job congratulations congratulations may congratulations congratulations congratulations congratulations congratulations congrats congratulations congratulations congratulations congratulations coach okay we have another special event here tonight and uh it's really an honor for me to promote two of our police officers to the rank of Captain uh a promotion ceremony is a very very special event and one of my favorite responsibilities as the mayor these promotions are the result of years and years of hard work and commitment by through office is being promoted the promotion of Chief Sato back in October and these two captains tonight will strengthen the Department's Command Staff helping us recover from a difficult and uneasy period in period in the Department's history the difficulties mentioned stem from outside influences and were not the fault of any individual or the department as a whole we have always had a dedicated and skilled group of officers who have achieved great success despite the challenges that they have faced and they will continue to succeed in the future we are also hiring not tonight but three recruits for the police department who will be will begin their training at the police academy next month this will increase the total number of officers to 34 which is the designated number in the table of organ organization I appreciate the council members for prioritizing Public Safety supporting the police department during difficult times and providing much needed funding to reach optimal Staffing levels so moving forward we will look for ways to enhance safety in the township and improve the Department's ability to fulfill its Mission by using advanced technology such as townwide video camera systems we will also examine whether it's necessary to restructure the organizational chart to increase the number of police officers patrolling on the streets which is important this directly affects response times to service calls and enables more proactive community policing which is also needed Chief cougler um Chief koug was in the audience see little mistake there Chiefs at allo our new Chief well I will introduce him in a minute to the community and he will discuss the officers who are being promoted a little bit about Chiefs zala's background Chiefs zah has a bachelor's degree in education from Tulum University he was hired back in 1985 he was assigned to the detective Bureau three years later in 1998 promoted to sgon in 2006 lieutenant in 2012 and Captain in 2016 he was promoted to Chief October 1st this year and uh just as um to show how intelligent and how well-deserving this promotion is uh the chief scored number one in the entire State on the on the New Jersey civil service Chief's exam which is very difficult to do so congratulations chief on that assignments he was our accreditation manager back in 2006 uh he was the internal affairs officer in 2011 um the computer administrator in 2014 he was Patrol Commander 2016 investigations in 2018 and administrative in 2021 he was made OIC officer in charge back in 2022 he's had numerous Awards and accommodations including officer of the year in 2003 New Jersey state accreditation award in 20 2006 um national accreditation recognition also in 2006 recognition award by the New Jersey Public Safety accreditation Coalition in 2007 uh three life- saving Awards during his career and he's had numerous training courses and memberships which are too too many to mention but at this time I want to introduce to the town chief John at all thank you mayor good evening everyone thank you for being here tonight current officers retired officer section behind me the fire department ambulance Corps members of the dpwc all Township employees family and friends everyone thank you it's truly a privilege to stand before you as the new chief of police for the Saddlebrook Police Department first and foremost I thank mayor White and the township Council for this opportunity I'm honored and I'm humbled to be given an opportunity to serve as our eighth chief of our department I'm sincerely grateful for the opportunity and I won't take it for granted thank you I want to thank my family I want to recognize my family that's here my wife Brooke somewhere my boys Tommy and Jake my dad my stepmom Roseanne and some other family I think should be here also I appreciate you being here and um thank you for all your support along the way as I work to reach this point you supported me you pushed me you put up with me and I appreciate it thank you a very special thank you to our retired police chief chief Robert cougler Chief served as police chief for 30 years and actually when I was sworn in and hired the chief was sworn in as Chief back in 19 whatever uh on a personal note though I'm incredibly grateful for the foundation you've laid for us and your mentorship and guidance during this transition and throughout the years has been invaluable to me and I appreciate it thank you and I feel privileged to follow in the footsteps of such an accomplished Chief thank you very much but please join me in thanking chief cougler for his service please thank you to the officers of the Saddlebrook Police Department for all your hard work the job of a police officer isn't as easy as it sometimes appears from the outside and we're fortunate to have men and women in our Police Department that for the most part do a phenomenal job and I believe in each and every one of them and as they continue to serve our community with dedication and integrity I will always always support them I've discussed with many of our officers already the past couple months um that right now this is a new chapter for a Saddlebrook Police Department it's sort of like a like a blank canvas I'd use that that expression that represents a new beginning for us and as we move forward we can paint that canvas together with a goal to enhance our strengths and embrace some new ideas and as the mayor uh mentioned tonight we will he will be promoting two officers to uh Captain Lieutenant Doug Haberman and lieutenant JPI califano both are extremely competent and accomplished officers they work very hard to put themselves in a position to be promoted tonight and they've certainly earned it and I I congratulate them and I'm very fortunate to have them we are very fortunate to have them as part of our Command Staff because they're going to play an important role in our agency moving forward as the new Chief my mission is clear for our Police Department to protect and serve the citizens of Saddlebrook with the highest levels of Integrity professionalism and dedication in today's complex crazy world the role of law enforcement is even more important than ever it's our duty not only to enforce the law but to build trust Foster relationships and create Partnerships with our community my goal as Chief is to lead a police department that Embraces these principles several key areas I'm going to focus on excellence and service our officers will continue to receive the best training and resources to be able to serve our community to the best of their ability Public Safety Innovation now even though sometimes some of our younger officers remind me that I'm one of the oldest members of our Police Department I certainly understand the importance of evolving with new and fresh ideas so we'll Embrace that Forward Thinking with new strategies and Technologies to improve what we already do well strengthening Community Partnerships is also extremely important Public Safety is not just the work of the police it's a partnership between law enforcement and the people we protect and I feel that successful Public Safety Partnerships are achieved when the police and Community work together and last but not least transparency and accountability I believe that trust is earned from our community with just that transparency and accountability we'll continue to remain transparent in our decisions and our actions while being accountable to the citizens that we serve in uh in closing I I just like to say that um I'm aware that I didn't get here alone I look out and I see officers of our Police Department many I've worked with for a long time I see the retired officers behind me and all of you in your own way have helped to shape me and prepare me for my position that I have now I'm very grateful for the experiences that we shared the challenges that we fac together and uh I've learned uh lessons from each of you and to all the members of our Police Department thank you for your trust for your support and for your hard work every single day I look forward to continuing to work alongside each of you as we build on our foundation and start to fill in that blank canvas so everyone please have a safe and healthy healthy holiday season thank you not moving that well Doug come on up who do you want to hold the Bible for you my wife my I got to stand here I got a Le yeah just so yeah it's more important they see you okay okay okay Doug raise your right hand left hand on the Bible okay this is the oath of office for police captain so I I Douglas do solemnly swear do solemnly swear and affirm and affirm that I will support and comply I'll support and comply with the Constitution with the Constitution of the United States states of the United States and the Constitution and the Constitution and the laws and the laws of the state of New Jersey of the state of New Jersey and the ordinances and the ordinances of the township of Saddlebrook of the township of Saddlebrook the rules and regulations the rules and regulations of the Department of police of the Department of police I lost my space the department of police and the law enforcement code of ethics and the law enforcement code of ethics and that I will bear true faith and that I will bear true fath faith and Allegiance and allegiance to the same to the same and to the government established and to the government established in the united states in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people and will perform my duties and will perform my duties of police captain of police captain for the township of Saddlebrook for the township of Saddlebrook Faithfully faithfully and partially and partially and justly and justly to the best of my ability to the best of my ability so help me God so help me God congratulations t let's pictures we can do it now let e spe okay next we have jeppi califano better known as Joe okay step up left hand on the Bible right hand raised I I jepi Calo you solemnly swear you Solly swear and affirm and affirm that I will support that I will support and comply with and comply with the Constitution the Constitution of the United States of the United States the Constitution Constitution and the laws and the laws of the state of New Jersey the state of New Jersey and the ordinances and the ordinances of the township of Saddlebrook the township of Saddlebrook the rules and regulations rules and regulations of the police department of the police department and the law enforcement code of ethics and the law enforcement code of ethics and that I will bear and I will bear true Faith true faith and allegiance to the same and allegiance to the same and to the government established and the government established in the united states in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people and I will perform I'll perform the duties the duties of police captain of police captain for the township of Saddlebrook the township of Saddlebrook Faithfully faithfully and partially and partially and justly and justly for the best of my ability the best of my ability so help me God so help me God congratulations Captain for go you exra congratulations to the two captains and their families best of luck you know you know it's not anyone from the uh Council would like to uh make comments at this moment anyone Council M Sanchez um I just want to congratulate the newly promoted captains you know you guys worked hard and it's well well deserved congratulations I'd like to also uh congratulate Chief Sato for his promotion and uh Joe and Doug on your promotions welld deserved I'm I'm proud to call your friends I too would like to take this opportunity to congratulate captain califano captain habberman Chief Sato ready ready to paint that canvas for with you congratulations best of L I I too would like to congratulate everybody a lot of years there 30 years 25 to right 25s it it doesn't happen overnight so congratulations it's welld deserved please just make Saddlebrook proud I'm sure you will thank you very much also I'd like to congratulate you guys in your new role good luck best of luck and wish you all the best and congratulations to the Little League uh team as well recess we'll take a short recess if anyone wants to go out and take pictures or or hang out for a council meeting we'll take a short recess e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e real call councilman simuka I am here councilman Garrick here councilwoman Sanchez here councilwoman Maser here council president alamando here motion open the uh meeting to the public motion second all in favor I meeting is now open to the public anyone wishing to speak anyone a motion to close the meeting to the public Mot second all in favor I mayor thank you to so I don't have too many things um the holiday tree lighting I I wanted to mention that we had I want to thank Father Bruce from St Phillips the high school middle school band uh fire department ambulance Corps DPW Police Department Andy Gallow Diane Bonner from the recreation Shannon hamund and Christine jario from the community projects and activities and uh Santa and Mrs Claus for taking the time out of their busy schedule um the home decorating contest the winners will be posted on Christmas day thanks to all those that participated in the mayor's you youth group for judging we're going out tomorrow night to do the judging uh also Thomas vanwinkle for taking photos um Santa letters thanks to Andy Gallow and Diane boner for organizing and getting Santa to write letters back um I want to thank Dollar General Dollar General for their generous donation of toys this holiday season they've done it for the last three years they collect toys at the store uh and then the toys are distributed to needy families in the town by Christine jario and the recreation department um Toys for Tots uh was was done again this year I want to thank Vince Montagna and Ed eil of the S Marine Corps Detachment um and they turned over the toys to Toys for Tots program uh Vince has been doing that for the last several years uh the VFW Veterans Day ceremony I want to thank the VFW and the American Legion for organizing the service honoring those who have served in our Armed Forces on Veterans Day uh the Township offices in DPW will be closed um on Christmas day um for the Christmas holiday December 24th Christmas Eve and the 25th for Christmas they are also closed New Year's Day uh there's no trash pickup on Christmas day which falls on a Wednesday uh December 25th the next pickup is Saturday December 28th uh that week the leaf pickup for section two and three will be on Friday December 27th we posted this on on our Facebook page and we already getting a lot of complaints um you know I understand the complaints uh especially with the problem we've had with the rodents but um there really wasn't anything we could do about it it happens once every seven years when when Christmas and New Year's fall fall on Wednesday and uh really it's it's it's the same thing because Christmas day you know when they don't pick up okay but normally let's just say Christmas falls on on uh on a Thursday you know they still got to wait till Saturday to pick up the the problem's going to be the pre the previous Saturday that's going to be the last pickup so they're going to accumulate garbage between Saturday and Saturday and then with the holiday some people have people over for dinner but what what uh there's no way we could do because gat you know they have other they have other other towns that they pick up for and they couldn't they couldn't do it so um what I recommend is just try to sort as best you can the food garbage in one area and everything else in another area and uh you know they should be doing that anyway with the with the with the paper and the gifts with the with the boxes they should be separating that for recycling and they are picking up recycling uh on Friday so again there's no trash pick up on New Year's Day either uh the next schedule will be Saturday January 4th and the leaf pickup for section three will be on Friday January 3rd um Christmas tree pickup the Christmas tree pickup will be on the same schedule as the leaf grass schedule depending on what section of town you're you're in Merry Christmas happy Hanukkah happy K Quanza and happy healthy New Year and I just want to congratulate again the uh the baseball team and of course the two captains that got promoted um Captain Doug Haberman and Captain jeppe califano and best of luck to them also the chief it was nice to have him we we we um promoted him informally and I figured tonight was a good night rather than swear him in just have him come and introduce himself and talk about his his uh Mission and what he's hoping to accomplish and I think he did a great job thanks we'll continue with Council comments Council MC Eric uh good evening everybody um the flood committee is going to be meeting the end of January uh we don't have an exact date I know there's a few things going on I just don't want the date to conflict so we're going to reach out to the committee members and we're going to come up with a date probably the last week of January um I just wanted to congratulate the um sbook baseball team on their repeat um District Championship uh it's great to see good things happening with the Athletics uh also congratulations to our two Captain promotions as well as uh the new Chief uh best of luck uh starting 2025 with uh a new Command Staff um at the police department and uh finally I just want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas happy holiday and a healthy and happy New Year to all of our residents thank you coun Amer I'd like to take this opportunity to First offer my condolences to the Dickman family the passing of your mom sorry um and also congratulations to our little league uh District Five Champions uh they always make our us proud and again congratulations to our two captains and Chiefs SATA we look forward to working with each and every one of you and uh best of luck and and stay safe merry Christmas happy New Year everyone counil Sanchez um so I too want to congratulate the Little League um I know they had left before so I didn't do it earlier but congratulations to them um I'll congratulate the two new captains again again and congratulations to officer Chief Sato um I think he gave us a nice speech um his promotion like the mayor said earlier was welld deserved as well um my condolences to the Dickman family as well um and I just hope that everybody has a happy holiday Merry Christmas Happy New Year stay safe Andrew luga thank you wait for my name to be n uh what they said plus um we didn't mentioned uh I don't think anyone mentioned the rasop family Frank was was a friend he he's a great guy it was a lot of fun to talk to uh uh I always enjoyed being with him so uh my condolences to his family um at the last meeting I mentioned that the three uh candidates for Council that did not win um that that they had not contacted any of us um to say congratulations and you know whatever it was a good race uh I did afterwards I did get contacted by Andrew and I asked the correct pronunciation his name it's gig's so Mr gig's called me we played phone tag for quite a while we'd had a very nice conversation uh he's a good guy I knew him before um and uh he's going to be around so uh he did he uh we had a very pleasant conversation um with that I'll cut it short Merry Christmas Hanukkah we found out today falls on Christmas Day it starts on Christmas Day and ends on January 2nd so to all our Jewish friends happy hanuka and happy New Year to everyone be safe all right uh also my condolences to Dickman family um congratulations Doug jeppe and John um a lot goes into a promotion it's not just filling out an application and it's it it takes a lot of time away from your family studying hitting the books in the basement usually by yourself away from everyone so um congratulations to those guys for scoring as well as they did uh again congratulations to the Little League um the coaches are second to none uh I've worked with some of those guys I've coached with uh some of those guys so kudos to them um Merry Christmas and happy New Year that's next on the agenda are the ordinances and I learned a very good fact from our Township attorney that we could do the hearings all one time correct correct thank you so if you could guide me just on the procedure we would um make a motion to have a second reading or do you could just read off this the the uh second reading ordinances read them all and then have a motion to open those ordinances to the public for and then vote on each one sear and vote on each one separ okay we have ordinances for second reading an ordinance of the township of Sor County of Bergen state of New Jersey adopting the Redevelopment plan for 9395 Market Street second reading of ordinance 1761 d24 an ordinance of the township of Satur County of Bergen state of New Jersey to fix the salary and wages of employees servant or professional staff for the year 2425 that would be for the white collar hell sir we have ordinance 1762 d24 second reading an ordinance to amend chapter 34 entitled police escorts of the Township Code of the township of sbook state of New Jersey ordinance Jersey ordinance 1764 d24 second reading an ordinance to amend chapter 106 entitled handicap parking of the Township Code of the township of selber state of New Jersey ordinance 1765 d24 second reading in ordinance to amend chapter 133 entitled noise of the Township Code of the township of sbook state of New Jersey has amended ordinance 1766 d24 second reading an ordinance to amend chapter 149 entitled pedaling and soliciting of the Township Code of the township of Saddlebrook state of New Jersey and ordinance 1767 d24 an ordinance to amend chapter 157 entitled sanitation of the Township Code of the township of sandbrook all presented for a second reading before we continue if anyone has any uh questions regarding ordinance uh 17604 Nick Dickerson is here if anyone has any questions from the council which one is that that's the uh adopting the Redevelopment plan no one okay we'll continue motion for motion motion open the public second all in favor hi I meetings now open to the public on agenda items only anyone wishing to speak on the on these ordinances the ordinance what did I say agenda I'm sorry on the ordinance I apologize like me motion to close see none motion close motion motion close all in favor I now we do the adoption of each one okay a final adoption and ordinance to amend chapter 100 entitled garbage collection of the Township Code of the township of SBR does now pass on second and final reading and at the Township Clerk um directed to adverage set ordinance or title thereof in the Press together with the notice of date of passage of set ordinance according to approve motion motion 22 all in favor hi hioll call actually that was I'm sorry that was typo Redevelopment ordinance next ordinance an ordinance of the township of sbur County of Bergen state of New Jersey for final reading an ordinance to fix the salary wages of employees servants or professional staff for white CER for the year 2425 motion motion to approve all in favor I I next ordinance is ordinance 1762 d24 final reading an ordinance to amend chapter 34 entitled police escorts Township Code of the township of sbook does now pass on second and final reading and at the Township Clerk be directed to advertise that ordinance or title thereof in the Press together with the notice of the date of passage of set ordinance according to law moot approve second all in favor I next next is uh ordinance to amend chapter 67 entitled brush grass and weeds of the Township Code of the Township of sant Brook State of New Jersey does now pass on second and final reading and at the Township Clerk be directed to advertise said ordinance or title thereof and the Press together with the notice of the date of passage of set ordinance according to law motion to approve motion second all favor I ordinance 1764 d24 in ordinance to amend chapter 106 entitled hindic cat parking of the town ship code of the township of sbook state of New Jersey do now pass on second and final reading and at the Township Clerk be directed to advertise set ordinance title thereof in the Press together with the notice of the date of passage of set ordinance according to law motion to approve motion to approve second all in favor I I ordinance 17 65-24 an ordinance to amend chapter 133 entitled noise of the Township Code of the township of selbrook state of New Jersey as amended does now pass on second and final reading and that the Township Clerk be directed to advertise set ordinance for title thereof in the Press together with the notice of the date of passage of set ordinance according to La motion to approve motion second all in favor I ordinance 1766 d24 in ordinance to amend chapter 149 entitled pedling and soliciting of the Township Code of the township of sbook state of New Jersey is now pass on second and final reading at 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 set ordinance according to law motion to approve second all in favor I ordinance 1767 d24 in ordinance to amend chapter 15 57 entitled sanitation of the Township Code of the township of sbook state of New Jersey does now pass on second and final reading and at the Township Clerk be directed to advertise set ordinance or title thereof and the Press together with the notice of the date of passage of set ordinance according to law motion to approve motion second all in favor hi hi and that's it for the ordinances thank you all items listed with an asterik are considered routine and non-controversial by the township Council and will be approved by one motion there will be no separate discussion on these items unless a council member or member so requests it in which case the item or items will be removed from the consent agenda and considered 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 the minutes of November 7th 2024 is not part of the consent agenda motion to approve second I'll do a motion motion all in favor I I I we have the minutes of the November 7th 2024 regular public meeting motion second roll call councilman samuca yes councilman Garrick yes councilwoman Sanchez obain Council Maser yes Council president arando yes we have under new business a um resolution um concerning a cannabis distributor uh in the township who requested uh an extension for payment of fees and the resolution would deny that request if I'm correct Sor I repeat that last part the resolution is to deny the request no the resolution is to approve a a payment schedule okay which would be the one that was presented by the applicant no it's the it's 50 yeah the two installment two installments two installments what what are the numbers it would be because we have two uh for the ordinance there are two fees um so one fee would be paid in full um in January by the end of January and the second fee would be paid in full by the end of February each fee is 15,000 each for each application ordinarily would be in one lump sum yeah and just the timing because the um the one fee is annual the other is a one-time fee and given the timing of opening and kind of the last week and him and that the business obtaining their uh their state permit at the end of the this year we we felt it was appropriate to to count uh consider that in 2025 motion to approve second all in favor through the council there there is one item for old business if I may when when appropriate for uh Sterling uh place to um through the mayor through you uh to through the engineer to see the recommendation how to proceed among the council for further discussion yes excuse me I spoke to Chief Sato and he feels that we definitely need to do something with no parking there um on the entire Street on one side but uh our engineer uh Bob Klein he came up with an idea to make it no parking on one side for a certain distance and no parking on the other side for uh the remain of the street um also there was discussion about the area at the dead end possibly there's a town-owned property that we could also make additional parking but Bob why don't you explain the what what the your proposal so in in doing it on one side up to a certain point and then switching to the other side just maximizes the number of parking spaces you could fit on the street while still maintaining only one side of the street parking uh as far as the end of the uh as far as the property owned by the town at the end of the street you know looking at things like turn around you know turn around for vehicles it wouldn't work for fire trucks might work for ambulances but the end of the day you're going to you could fit six spots along that curb line up there to convert it to a turnaround you're going to lose the six spots only to gain four or five to have both sides of the street parking so it doesn't really make any sense to do that um the only other thing you you might be able to bump it in a little bit and make more parking spaces up there which is something you can consider only if it's really a problem but at the end of the day it's as far as a turnaround it's not really it wouldn't really help I think that could be something in the future if need be but uh the chief was was very uh adamant that he felt that because it's a because it's a dead end that when you have parking on both side it's going to be a problem I know and some of the residents from you know from Sterling did come and say that they're you know they had some some research and the uh other streets that are also 20 24t wide uh in town and that but those but those aren't dead ends and we really haven't had the same problems with complaints there so I mean once in a while I know years ago the fire department but the worst thing that ever happened was a couple of couple of side view mirrors got clipped and but they can get through there it just seems to be a problem I don't know why it is it is uh by putting the curbs in we did lengthen it you know a little bit the distance is more than it was but when there were no Cur curbs there you know I know some residents had Belgium Block or they put uh pieces of uh railroad ties but it were 4 Ines you know four six Ines was easy for a car so cars when it snowed or or uh you know at times when there was a car parked along on the other side of the street they would pull up on they would pull up on the uh That Sidewalk area or the grass the of the prop of their property so they can't do that now it curbs too high unless they have a truck so yeah I know there's you we're not going to make everybody happy but I I think the majority of the neighbors over there do do think it's needed to have to not allow parking on both sides of the street because it's just dangerous they showed us pictures that one with the bus I mean there just not enough room so I think that's the bet I personally feel we should take the recommendation of the chief and the Eng ER and uh and make it no parking we got to we got to settle we've been talking this been going back and forth for months and we've heard both sides of the issue just with the with the parking at the End of the Street the six the six spots who's to say those same people that commute every day that park on the street for four or five days at a time don't now park at the end of this block in the dead end for weeks at a time and leave their cars there is there any way you could do like a permit for Sterling only or it's something we can do yeah there just something else you got to worry about but I think what Bob's saying is we don't really maybe we don't want them parking there because then there's no turnaround now they use that at the end because it's wider they turn around there a bigger vehicle we'll go down to the end and and use that property to make a k turn yeah so I mean I I think that's something we can think about in the in the future if there is a problem parking yeah I don't know I don't know what's I think we got to try it and you know we could always we could always amend it if it's not working okay that's the way I look at it I mean we could fit some parallel some parallel parking in that area uh it's a good spot to fit in the area what we could do if parking still becomes a problem is extend the curb inward on the town property and have head in parking and that would allow for additional parking spaces but I would only do that if it's really a problem otherwise I'm going to need you to send me the description for the parking so exactly from what point to what point I'll uh I'll do it on a plan I'm going to do I'm going to sketch out the spots on a plan okay but I need it verbally for the ordinance sure you know because that has to be the ordinance for that street has to be revised to reflect whatever these changes are so you'll have to put whatever the changes are in writing so I can incorporate it into the ordinance sure no problem okay thank you through the chair yes um if you and I had spoken before before the meeting if you were going to do or we were going to do one side parking only as opposed to what you're now presenting which is one side up to a certain spot and then switch it over to the other side for a couple of spaces how many space how many Extra Spaces does that Arrangement generate if we did if we did parking on the North side only nine I came up with nine spaces if we did the Southside only I came up with 10 and if we did my idea of up to a certain point in switching I came up with 12 okay so we're gaining two or three spot two to three spots which apparently is is very important and we also talked about the the other thing you didn't mention or don't think has been mentioned is about the striping we'll stripe the spots in the street and and locate them as best we can away from driveways and and stuff like that so that people can get out of their driveways a little easier as opposed to if a car is parked right up against their driveway and what that would also do would be stop someone from space hogging right you've got a space between driveways for two people for two vehicles but instead somebody Parks like my wife does right in the middle of the two spaces um so now you'll stripe it so this way you know you're parking in a correct designated spot just striping it might gain you that way it might gain you one or two extra spots really which is on that street is very very important yeah also while we're on this while we're on uh it's still an old business Bob is is AGM done that with the paving because I I saw them over by Dire they they did dire today they're not going to do any more Paving this year the only other streets they have to do are ash and Elm which was held up by PSG and they still have to do some utility and concrete work there they may do the utility work in the winter um it's not a lot it's extending the water main on each Street to to te into chapus um probably do the concrete work in in March when spring hits and then pave in in the spring Orchard also uh needs to be milled and paved yeah because that's that's the part of the 2024 Road program right yes okay but but nothing and no more this no more this year it's getting too late yeah through the chair if I may just for uh the audience purposes relating back to Sterling uh for the ordinance that would take place between January and February between introduction and adoption and hearing period so just so everyone's aware of when that would take place John that is that accurate Janu January Fe just so everyone's aware uh just open comments in a moment if you want to um so so we're good with old business new business you know just to answer your question we are going to there's going to be more discussion on it there's going to be a first reading so you can come back then and if if you're not happy with the apparently you're not happy with the parking on you know making making it prohibited on on both sides of the street certain certain section but you you could talk about that you know there's there's still time we have to we have to do the ordinance the attorney's got to prepare the ordinance along with the engineer and the and the police chief and then it's got to be introduced so there's going to be time plenty of time for discussion of of it and we can yeah we we'll be open to the public in a minute yeah okay so yeah we're going to open the meeting to for okay for agenda items right agenda items only anybody wishing to speak on agenda items only make a motion second all in favor I meeting is now open for agenda items anyone wishing to speak Richard lowski 18 please um do you have a diagram or anything of spaces that you're referring to I I sketched something out real real quick but yeah I do have something I'm going to create something more formal can you uh elaborate on what part of what side of the street you're considering parking spots the north side from south from sou River Road up to I I don't remember the address but there's several there's a couple driveways right there so when we would switch to the side there would be it wouldn't be right away there's driveways and then there's then we would switch so there would be a gap between the switching so I believe there would be plenty of space to go in you know to still drive on the road in between but but that's basically where we were at originally because you can't the the um the the left side when you're going up Sterling Place on the left side is all driveways for the first three houses and on the on the right side is where the uh 17 Sterling Place has his four family that's listed on a uh on a sadle River Road address I'm not sure exactly what that address is but those are the available spots then in front of 17 Sterling Place is the one spot that is the problem why the school bus can't get through when somebody parks on the other side of the street then when you come up to 18 and and between uh 15 and and 17 St in place and 18's on the opposite we have a handicap sign there now people park on the 15 17 side then we then we go up to um 20 is um um Will's address 20 when you get up to 25 there there's two spots in front of his house you can't park opposite there because there's a driveway it it's too us and what what you're trying to propose we we're right back to the original scenario correct exactly I believe I believe those at the end those spots will be inset right a little bit they won't be on the right on the street yeah there'll be a well they all the spots would be right along the Curve oh on the curve the driveway is too close up against the 80 wall line the man can't back out of his driveway through the chair that that's something the engineer said I don't know if you misunderstood but that that's something that in the future we want to try the I guess alternate side of the street no parking whatever you want to call it MH but yeah get 10 nothing's WR written in stone so what you're saying is you know we'll consider it we wouldn't go we wouldn't go that far but the six cars at the end you know he He also mentioned to maybe we can make parallel maybe two of them but you know that's that we're going to try we're going to try to make the no parking and then see how it goes because you know what there may not be a problem with parking there really there really isn't a problem as a far as right now it's been working for since you put up the sign and we went to one side of the street parking and it's been work working very well so to change it at this point is we're only going back to to a problem that you're going to have to amend in the future what what we have now is actually working and and and the in the gentleman Jose Patron that Liv that uh resides at 15 Sterling Place he has between his four family on the corner and his single family home on Sterling Place there's a total of 15 plus parking spots he has has the driveway that's on St on Saddle River Road he has the the the fourcc car parking spot on the gravel in front of the four family and he has a fourcc car driveway plus a two-car garage there there's more than adequate enough space that he has her parking it isn't my problem that he converted his garage into living space and he can't fit two vehicles in his garage he's trying to take the burden and put it on the residence of Sterling Place and I don't feel like like his problem should be my problem my problem is is I don't have a parking issue I have a school bus issue I need to get a school bus for a disabled autistic child in and out of Sterling Place so through chair how would this proposal hurt your your way there there's not going to be two side of the street parking at any spot one side is going to end when the other side starts so they're not going to be side by side all along how about we do this when the engineer gets his drawings yes he presents those easier and we look at those to see what the options are instead of doing the not saying that he said she said but I think it'll be easier if we have something visual to look at instead of I can talk better to so I can see what he's referring to because what he's explaining no we take what you say positively but I I think if without it being in front of us it's just going to be a back and forth so I think something Vis look at but but I see what this gentleman is saying we've been discussing this a long time and all of a sudden now we and I understand Bob we're trying to get as much parking there as possible but it does seem to be working and it's kind of like a curveball now that we're talking about making it the way you said so you know I'm not against it I but I too would like to see right let's let's evaluate it a little bit more so thank you but only when it switches there would be a wouldn't be quite like that yeah9 Sterling Place um like rich said this isn't going to work it's been beautiful with one side street parking everything's getting picked up everybody comes up and down the street no problems no issues what I noticed too is all the Neighbors on the other side of the street where the no parking is not one of them parks in the street they never did their cars are always in their driveway never out front so there's never an issue with any of them there's nobody but and Greg ainson of course is not here tonight but uh he can't get out of his driveway you can't there's no way six cars can go from 30 Sterling driveway to the end there's no way it's impossible and with a turnaround my driveway is the turnaround I have the biggest driveway on the street I get everybody in my driveway Amazon UPS FedEx anybody that comes up the street is in my driveway so I think I don't I think it should stay the same it's been working great the only other thing is we've been losing all the signs on the polls if the police department can come back and reattach because a lot of the polls are missing all the signs there we got maybe one or two polls with the emergency signs but otherwise I hope you guys keep it the same it's well we'll have them come and and repost those signs thank you my name is Jonathan over at 414 s River Road um I was a little confused in regards to the ordinance readings and how fast it was going and what's passed and what's not passed this is my first time second time coming to a meeting so I'm still kind of trying to understand it um so my main concern is with the chickens um and back in 2021 I had called the office to attempt to get a license and I was then rejected um I'm trying to get the date and time when I physically called so I can give that proof I don't know if you guys record um phone calls when people do call into uh the town hall that through to chair that that really wasn't the issue the ordinance that was adopted prohibiting chicken coops was well before 2021 okay what was the year 1999 1999 so you shouldn't have gotten a license in 2021 okay and your chicken coup would have had a predate in 1999 in order for you to request to be grandfathered in okay so I'm not requesting question anything I'm just according to the code I'm not going to go back and forth but according to the code it basically said you must get the license pre doing it when I called I was declined right because the ordinance that they can't issue a license as of 1999 the town was prohibited from issuing licenses for Chicken cops there was a confusion yes cuz there was a very there was a very very old ordinance that 1937 that went back to 1937 but that was repealed by the 1999 ordinance okay but because the 1939 one was still in place they kind of bumped no it was there but it was repealed okay I don't know what that means it means that the ordinance that was adopted in 1999 sueded the one in 1937 you could still get that ordinance because it's it existed it's a part of the burrow the Township's records okay but it was repealed by the 1999 ordinance that prohibited it so even if someone were to see it and they say okay well I'm going to go get with whatever license if someone would see the 1937 ordinance then and if they went we're talking about today today they could not get they could not get a license if if somebody anyone coming in after 1999 could not get a license even if it was physically there is what you're telling me even though on if it's there before 1999 they could have an argument but anyone coming in after 1999 could not get a license and is not permitted to have a a chicken coup in there on their property thank you very much I appreciate that okay thank you yeah this is my name is Maria and this is back to Starling Place uh parking Spa um as we mentioned for the past two meetings um one of the time that um one of the residents that we are against about one side parking only due to that we have less parking than what it was before was mentioned that if it's safety I totally understand been there for 27 years and I don't think there was ever a complaint that a ambulance couldn't get through or fire Tru wouldn't been through and if that happens we're talking maybe once twice a year to comparing eliminating parking that we need every single day not only that keep in mind that we also have the bus in the corner that goes directly to New York and we have people that parks in there in our street um when it comes to parking even though it was mentioned that we have like 15 parkings in my property which is four family tenants and that's the parking that we're providing for our tenants so they don't have to park on the street we have a park we have a driveway that we park four cars in our street in our parking as well the whole thing about this I really agree with um the engineer he could actually fix it where striping and get more parking space that's what we asking for it's just not to eliminate parking it was not initial before now you did a beautiful tree and is becoming a show I don't know why the only thing that I'm asking is that again if you're doing the whole you you're not going to compromise everyone and I totally understand that but if we going to make a decision for safety see I understand that but please do not make a decision for convenience not because somebody has a plow business that need to get out of the driveway or because somebody can't do a kid return and not going into the driveway we have convenience in our parking spot all the time we face it all the time everywhere we go this is where we signed up when we actually lived there that's all I'm asking just look at the big picture and if it's the going if the decision and safety by so mean you're smart you know what you're doing this is why you make the decision but please do not make a decision because of convenience that's all thank thank you thank you what else motion to close meeting to the public motion second all in favor is now closed chair I just have a a question a procedural question to the attorne attorney uh we're going to come back on December 29th do our our wrapup can we are we going to take action on not on this I'm saying on anything there there'll be action taken well that would be up to the B clerk you can if you regular it's a regularly scheduled meeting so you can take action but not on this you're you're right because an ordinance cannot be an ordinance has to be introduced and adopted in the same year sure okay but there will be action we're going to go into uh close session go CL session for negotiations yes but we're going to go to the close session if you want a motion second explain what we're doing oh okay I'm just trying I'm hungry yeah unfortunately have to step out of the room and when we're done probably take uh I don't know 20 minutes half hour 20 minutes 20 minutes you're more than welcome to come back but we're probably going to journ the meeting afterwards just speak second all in favor all down close session Christmas good merry Christmas everybody Merry Christmas