e e call the meeting to order roll call councilman simuka here councilman Aram here councilwoman Sanchez here councilwoman Masa here council president Garrick here uh please rise for a salute
to the flag and remain standing for a moment of silence in memory of our senior citizens director Joe leie former Township engineer Joe Joseph maradan former planning board and Zoning Board member Joseph raro and past commander of
the VFW Post 3 484 Charles sfani father of police officer Joseph sfani also firefighter Kevin kustra's brother Henry a former firefighter I pledge Ali the United States of
America stand na indivisible andice for all adequate notice of this meeting has been sent to All council members and to all all legal newspapers in accordance with the provisions of the open public
meetings act chapter 231 Public Law 1975 the public is hereby advised that any statements made during the meeting of the township Council of the township of sandbrook may not be privileged or protected and that persons or entities who take issue with such comments or are
offended by same May and having the pass or legal redress through the courts any member of the public who addresses the council speaks for themselves and not for the councel before we open the meeting to the public mayor you have some presentation thank you council president
yes we have um three presentations that I'd like to make tonight uh three individuals from town who have uh done a lot of service for the town and have uh we want to recognize them for that uh
they've been a tremendous asset to this Township over the many years that um they've worked here and they've been involved in Saddlebrook uh I want to first through Dr Michael weiner I don't see him Mike you
here okay all right so we'll do we'll do him uh sure I hope he's gonna be here oh okay I know I know I saw you that's his brother um okay we're going to start
with um then with uh letter carrier uh in Saddlebrook renie Esau um reny you want to come up so renie um pretty much did a heroic event back
on September 28th 2024 uh renie was delivering mail on Market Street in the area of Saddle River Road when he observed a mail driving driver experiencing some kind of medical episode um the driver was kind
of slumped over his head was down but uh the vehicle was kind of moving slowly and then it would come to a stop and it would go again and the the person was having trouble controlling the the vehicle um so like I said the car would
stop and then it would Lurch forward so reny uh approached the vehicle and tried to open the driver's door but it was locked so the window on that door was open just enough so he's got he's got
long long skinny arms and he was able to reach in and this is all why the vehicle was you know moving not moving and uh but he was able to go in reach the grab the lever and open the door uh so and once inside he was able to get with the
gear shift get it into park and uh some bystanders had already called the police and EMS and they arrived and but if it wasn't for renny's courageous and uh decisive action uh that incident could have turned out a lot worse and uh could
have turned into a tragedy So Randy congratulations thank you [Applause] have this plaque for you it says presented to renie is it Esau Esau renie
Esau in recognition of your selfless Act of Courage with appreciation mayor Robert White in the township Council dated February 20th 2025 thank you [Applause]
you want to say a couple words or anything go ahead good evening everyone I'm not good at this but nevertheless here we are um first of all I want to give all glory to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ that nobody was hurt uh there was no property
damages andbody walked away so praise God um secondly I would like to thank our honorable mayor robertt White and the prestigious council members uh president each each one of you thank you so much for this kind gesture it has
truly touched me I want to thank uh my family my wife Annie my son Ruben and my daughter Isabella for being my support system I want to thank my other family members who are here my best friends my extended sbook family and also I got to
give a shout out to uh saddle Brooks mom's uh there's a Facebook so I want to give a shout out to them too thank you so much uh it's truly an honor um I've been working for Saddlebrook post office for 26 years and
this August it'll be 27th year and this is definitely one of the highlights of my career and what makes it great is about this town is its people they are kind loving and caring and and I'm blessed so on behalf of my
family and I just want to thank each and every one of you who are out here and I really appreciate this thank you God bless you have a good [Applause]
night okay next we have uh someone that I think everybody in this room probably knows um Howard Moulder come on up [Applause]
Howe so face that way how we let everybody get a good look at you handsome guy my son made me dress up for this well how you've done a lot a lot
for this town and uh most recently you were the president of the Saddlebrook Library board for a few few years right years I know you're there 10 but president 2014 to 2020 right so we there
10 years in the last I guess four or five you were the president so uh and you sered for 10 years uh you also have 60 years of service with the Saddlebrook fire department uh 15 years you were on the
Saddlebrook Zone in Board of adjustment that must have been fun uh 14 years driving a school bus for the S Board of Education go it and uh you were also three years as a trustee for the board of education so
you spent one term on the board of education well you probably told you probably told them the things they didn't want to hear but you always told the truth I bet right I believe if I knew more about the schools because I was there for 14 years than they did you also I didn't know this you
drove the senior bus when the regular driver I guess uh either my friend Peto called me up he said he needed help he got it so you've done a lot for the town and we appreciate you so I do have a
plaque for you you can sit there it says presented to hoe J Moulder recognition of dedicating over 60 years of service to the township of sadur with great appreciation mayor Robert White and the township [Applause]
Council he wants me to get a little closer to you I think the fire chief wants to come up and also make a presentation fire chief Dave m Howe uh we just wanted to give you a small U certificate of recognition for
your 60 60 plus years of service to the fire departments thank you I I know how he's going I want to say a few words right okay I like my family that came I like the people from the library that came
and I thank the fire department for showing up you don't know how much I appreciate you people coming out for me thank you very much thank you God bless you how [Applause]
oh okay last but not least we have Dr Michael weiner DOC come on up [Applause] he's why a lot of people are here he he's he he's done a great job so uh
Mike's my my doctor too so in fact that's where I I met him Mike's been practicing in town for 44 years so 42 years ago I was hired by the police department and back then you didn't have to go through all that you
know go now we got to send them they got to get stress test and all kinds of things but I was a young I was 21 I was in pretty good shape you know he looked the same me not so much little gray hair but you look good keep your weight down he's always yelling at
me but uh Mike's uh he's a great doctor and uh I'm sure a lot of a lot of you in here used used Mike and used him over the years he's a great guy along with a great doctor and uh I I know that you uh you care about people and uh I mean I
know even myself there's times you know you gave me you gave me your cell number and I probably annoyed the hell out of you calling you on a weekend or something but you were always there you always picked up and it was always you always able to get a hold of you and uh you know when I was nervous about something or I needed to talk to you you
were always there for me so and I'm sure you were there for Mo most of your patience but uh I hope you treated me a little bit special little bit what since I a little I notic a little different have to take care of the
mayor but uh Mike uh you I want you when you speak I want you to I want you to uh tell the public because we have it on camera that Mike recently moved out of Saddlebrook which uh he'll explain but
he'll explain but he's he's got a new office in in uh in Ridgewood um on Ridgewood a is it on Ridgewood Avenue and uh so he's still available to to us but you know the the way it happened he wasn't able to really get the
information out um so he had a he had had to call all had to call the mayor right to set this up so anyway presented to Dr Michael weiner Township physician I didn't mention that too he Mike is he's been on
and off over those 44 years the township physician as well so he is now and he he will will M only only 5 miles away Mike that's you're a Saddlebrook guy so 5.2 miles and I'm a Saddlebrook guy 100% so in appreciation of your service as the
township physician and for providing exemplary Medical Care to the residents in our community for 44 years mayor Robert White in the township Council thank you Mom like that jacket too oh yeah I didn't get one of
them so go ahead Mike yeah I want to thank mayor white and uh the council I I've been in Saddlebrook uh like he was saying for 44 years I have special place of my heart for all the people in
Saddlebrook I you I really dedicated myself to the township over the years and because the circumstances of my contract when it was was over I had to uh move uh at least three miles away so
that's how I wound up at 1124 East Ridgewood Avenue in Ridgewood and um I'm very fortunate to be with a nice Medical Group and and the office is um more the style that I
always aspir to have in Saddlebrook just like an oldfashioned uh lowkey medical office and what happened over in uh 299 where I was it became very corporate and the whole atmosphere
changed so I'm very blessed to now be able to go back and practice the way I I always enjoyed practicing and very fortunate to have a Kelly saber nurse practitioner who I'm sure a lot of you
know as well and she came along with me so you know my heart like I said is still always in Saddlebrook it's only five miles away and I really appreciate this [Applause]
honor how you doing good high five let's give a big round of applause for all three got thank you thank you mayor congratulations to all the honores um we're going to take a
short recess if anybody wants to take a photo with anybody or say hello and then we're going to resume the meeting in in in a minute or two so feel free to um say hello take a photo and then if you want to stay for the remainder of the meeting you're more than welcome if not
you could be on your way this evening e e e e e e e e
e e e e e e e e roll call councilman Sima I am here councilman aam here councilwoman Sanchez
here Council Maser here council president Garrick here uh just for the record I'd like to remind the public that we have a three minute time limit for public comment uh motion to open the meeting to the public motion second second a roll
call councilman Simca yes councilman alamando yes councilwoman Sanchez yes councilwoman Maser yes council president Garrick yes anyone wishing to address the council please step up to the microphone and state your name and address for the
record good evening everyone Thomas vanwinkle 128 Lincoln Avenue Saddlebrook um just as usual I'm here to speak about the mayor's youth group um we had our first meeting of 2025 on on January the 22nd it was well attended we had the
meeting in here in the council chambers um we went over the upcoming events coming up for this year we also brainstormed ideas for really getting the word out about the mayor's youth group and having getting more members to join our mayor's youth group we're
always looking for new members in grades 4 through 12 I do want to shout out our youth group secretary Elanor who is working actually on creating a flyer for the mayor's youth group to to spread the word about the marriage youth group it's going to have a QR code on it that will go straight to our registration form
it'll be easy access you could just sign up um for the youth group again it's Fourth through 12th grade Saddlebrook residence as long as you live in selber you could join the youth group um we're going to have our next meeting on Saturday March the 1st so um one week
from from the Saturday so not the Saturday the next Saturday March the 1st it'll be at 10:30 in this room new members are welcome to come um at 10:30 again uh we'll discuss probably more about our spring activities including our Earth Day activities and the Easter
celebration thank you everyone have a good night thank you Thomas anyone else seeing no one else motion to close to the public motion second all in favor I I uh comments mayor yes thank you I I
have two Proclamation I'm going to read uh February is Black History Month and is also heart health month so I'll read the the black history one first whereas Black History Month is an annual celebration which recognizes the
significant contributions of African-Americans throughout our nation's history through their contributions in arts entertainment law politics Sciences Sports and so much more Black History Month of Fords special opportunity to become more
knowledgeable about black Heritage and to honor the many black leaders who have contributed to the progress of our nation such knowledge can strengthen the Insight of all our citizens regarding the issues of Human Rights the great strides that have been made in the
Crusade to eliminate the barriers of equality for minority groups and the continuing struggle against racis racial discrimination and poverty so now therefore on this 20th day of February we urge our residents to join in making this a period of
rededication to the principles of justice and equality for all okay February is also heart health month whereas February is designated as heart health month the nation unites beginning the first Friday by wearing
red and with the common goal to eradicate heart disease I guess I forgot to wear the red got the memo and I forgot so whereas it is important not to ignore early warning signs like chest pain
palpitation shortness of breath and sudden dizziness heart attack symptom symptoms can be different for men and women everyone should consult with their primary physicians for life-saving information whereas to raise awareness I encourage everyone to check their
cholesterol blood pressure blood pressure and make healthy food choices as well as well as stay active and know your risk so now therefore on the 20th day of February I do hereby Proclaim February as hard health month and encourage all residents to make the
commitment to help fight cardiovascular disease okay so I have a few other things um first we're moving the uh Senior Center to this new Municipal complex um so we're moving it where it is now at 8
cold well to the rec center side of the building here uh we're going to start moving next week uh so there'll be no daily activities at the senior center next week while we move so we will begin at the municipal complex hopefully the
first week of March we should be on course to do that um we're still grieving the loss of our uh Senior Center Director Joe leie um he dedicated him self he passed away uh about a week
week ago um so he dedicated himself to our seniors he was a very caring compassionate person very welcoming and he did a great job uh with the seniors making sure that they were all taken care of and if they needed anything he would always uh refer them to the right
service so we're going to miss Joe I want to thank Rose Patek who's uh a part-time employee for the Senior Center for filling in uh for Joe during his he had a long illness he was out for seven
months uh before he passed so Rose did a great job really stepping up and and making sure that the center uh ran uh effectively so um we do believe this move uh will benefit our seniors in the township as a whole
um look you know anytime has change especially you know I'm getting older myself I don't like change either but we're not doing this to hurt anyone we're doing it because we do believe that it's going to be a good move um
coming here we're upgrading newer facility with with more space than what's there um many seniors already use the facility uh during the day um especially when it's when it's cold out they come they walk around the gym to
get their laps in uh so we got about 30 35 people a day seniors that come here as it is now um and there's a cost savings involved because we're Le less spent on the old building uh you know utilities uh Building Maintenance and
repairs and such um eventually down the line we're going to look to reuse or sell that property at a Coldwell but we're not even close to that yet so the building's going to be there for a while um so we're going to get same level of
service here uh with plans to expand programs and that's really what we want we want more programs we want to try to get more residents uh seniors 55 and older to come actually it's 50 ARP is 50 but uh 55 and older
can come to this new building and hopefully find you know socialize and find some activities that they can they can do here and enjoy the place uh the sbook library uh change their hours uh
so now they're Monday through Thursday 10: a.m. to 8:00 pm uh Friday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday 10: a.m. to 5:00 P p.m. uh Monday through Thursday they used to be open till 900 p.m. but uh
they to they took those hours and now it's uh Saturday used to close at 3 p.m. and now they're closing at 5:00 p.m. uh they've done a great job there expand programs uh under the leadership of Katherine hson um and they're really
they're really uh progressing and doing a lot of great things please go to their website and their Facebook page and you'll see uh you'll be pleased at all they have to offer um and they've been recently coordinating with the rec center and hopefully soon the senior
center uh to provide new programs and activities to share services and do things together um the library this is important the library has teamed up with AARP Foundation tax Aid there's a
flyer you're not going to be able to see it I'm not going to show it to you but if you go to their website or to um the library Facebook page or the town Facebook page so it's AR Foundation tax Aid get your taxes done for free at the
Satur Library 340 Mayhill Street it's a phone number here Thursdays and Fridays beginning Fe February 6th until April 11th appointments can be made by scanning there's a QR code on this form ra I don't know if you're going to be able to zoom in on that but probably
it's too small right you know I'll have you take a picture of it later so uh anyway this is a this is a good program get you taxes done for free uh tonight we have uh ordinances
for second reading there five what I would call outdated ordinances that need to be revised uh one p pertains to emergency no parking during snow storms uh snowfalls uh the ordinance uh will now read no parking in the roadway
whenever the roads are snow covered um years ago there was and actually I think it's written differently in in in two different places one says 2 in the other one says 3 in uh I think that's you know people that's it's misle bleading you know
really it's when the the streets need to be plowed and I know there has to be a certain amount of snow down but you know it varies depending on the storm so I think snow covered covers it all not going to issue tickets if if it snows and they don't plow they're not going to issue summons
so uh we have a couple of events I want to talk about uh Saturday February 22nd 5 pm. here at the municipal complex we have Ramadan lighting uh you can come and learn about Ramadan experience their culture um and there's going to be some
light Refreshments it's going to be from 5: to 7:00 p.m. also the senior center has chicken Bingo uh at the old the old building it's the last the last harah I guess Sunday February 23rd 12 noon uh
again that's the last event that's going to be held at the old building at 8 calwell uh next month is women in history month uh we're going to be honoring five women for their service to the community and lastly just my condolences to all the families who lost
loved ones there was quite a few uh this this month this past month and again uh Joe Joe leas he was a was a fabulous guy he's going to be sorely missed thank you thank you mayor councilman
aam um yeah I would just like to congratulate the three uh individuals that got awarded tonight here uh with heroism just being involved and it's it's it's good to see a
somebody actually help someone in distress instead of standing behind the the camera and videoing it until somebody else comes so to see somebody do that's a breath of fresh air so kudos to uh Mr Esau um I'd like to uh Joe lii
was a really nice guy I met him probably 12 years ago just a a real sweetheart of a person I just would like to wish his family uh my deepest condolences um and for Black History
Month I always say we should say I say some we should say something but we have in the police department we have our first and only African-American Sergeant Robert Little John and I always tell them I'm going to mention and mention and I always forget
so that's my fault so this time I just like uh in honor of black history mon just mentioned his name and the the good things that he does for the uh department and the the town and uh and that's it thank you
councilman councilwoman FL Maser thank you council president um I'd like to take this opportunity also to extend my condolences to uh Joe Le's family um Joe mer Mer's family also Joe rar and
Charles kafani are heartfelt prayers and sympathy go out to all the families um and also I'd like to congratulate the three honores uh Remy was actually my mailman for many many years when I lived on Miller and then when I went on clar
he was there too um I really miss him as as my mailman because he he was always so personal and uh it doesn't surprise me for his act of uh courage that he did and how he uh helped that gentleman uh Mr molder Al um
served on L uh zoning board um the library board with him um very dedicated individual as well and of course last but not least Dr Wier uh he was my first doctor when I moved into town in early 70s and um great guy had him for many
many many years I wish him all the luck in his new uh in his new office um I think that's it right now thank you very much you're welcome councilwoman Sanchez um my heart goes out to all the families who lost a loved one as the
mayor stated there was quite a few of them um congratulations flow stated to the honores um as for renie you know every second counts during a medical emergency so he definitely helped in Saving a life and
that's awesome um Howe thank you for all your years of service to the town and everything that you've done and um Dr Weiner as well thank you for all the service that you provided to the town thank you councilman
simuka first I want to congratulate Thomas vanwinkle on winning a 50/50 of many many dollars and the more most important thing is that he won it with the mayor's ticket okay mayor had to leave early say
th take my losing tickets and he won one of the bigger one of the bigger 50-50s I've ever seen so good for him and he wore a wonderful tie you had a very good tie on that night I um the uh Mr Esau want to congratulate obviously all three
uh recipients tonight I got a little bit uh Mr Esau said something which which I wholeheartedly agree about the people of Saddlebrook and that's why we live here because the people are so good A lot of people say I'm a Cheerleader and blind when it comes to Saddlebrook I love the
town wasn't born here but uh pretty much I raised my family here and there are good people um it's full of good people that's why uh people want to come here and that's why you see multi-generations staying in town uh you see people in
their grand they're living in their granddad's house or grandmother's house uh it's a great place to live and anyone from out of town who wants to move here call my wife she's a realtor and buy a house in Saddlebrook uh Dr Weiner I know
what he's talking about about the smalltime practice and it becomes like a corporation and um I I don't like that but I got to tell you I was going on a trip overseas to a country that required vaccines and I didn't have them and they
were able to accom odate me and I was able to uh go on an anniversary celebration so thanks that's my uh my involvement with him and Mr Moulder I I guess the town has him to blame for my
being here because I was running for Board of Education to fill an un you know an unfulfilled slot somebody had left and he voted against me and I lost and then I ran for Council and won so thank thank you Harry I don't know if
the people uh the people like that or not but but you're the reason I'm here to tell you the truth um condolences to all the families uh obviously Kevin KRA who's a vital part of our community he lost his brother
um Mr scrafan Charlie was a fixture with the VFW and through his efforts and the other members of the of the VFW um donated so much money and gave so much to this town so he he will be missed he's a he's he's a was a great guy and
uh he remains in our hearts and Joe Lei always had a smile on his face it was a pleasure every time we went to the senior center and did anything over there he he was a pleasure to uh to see um heart healthy month we're talking about that um I probably tell the story
every year but my dad died when he was 39 from heart disease so please if you have any kind of symptoms go get them checked because especially those with with kids I mean my father left a six-year-old me and two three-year-olds my my twin brothers so um it's very
important to to keep that and I believe that heart disease is the number one killer of woman in in the country not not cancer or anything like that it's heart disease um I I got to give a shout out now Mr Esau was very brave to do what he did but there's a lady in town
who got shot in the face with a crossbow I mean and she went after the guy and disarmed him I I I just find that amazing that's something on that should be on Ripley Believe it or not but uh I'm going to suggest that we bring her in here because I want to see
her I got to meet this person because that's just amazing that what what she did that that's bravery and I don't if you ever get shot in the face with a crossbow I don't advise to go after the person uh but but she did and and he was
caught uh so just amazed by her actions uh we have a petition in our our packet here from the residents of Katherine Avenue that would like a speed hump uh so I'm going to ask the mayor to contact the chief Zolo or if you want me to I
will to run the uh run our Speed box up on Katherine Avenue to see what kind of uh speeds were we're generating over there we got we got Captain Haberman here you can relay that message right he's our traffic guy too so okay well he's officially he's now officially
the member of the speed uh speed control committee whether you want it or not that's that's you uh we mentioned uh sergeant little John now I believe it was yesterday uh that at the St Elizabeth
University Police Studies Institute that uh sergeant little John was provided with uh black H History Month law enforcement award so congratulations to him and thank you for all your service uh to the town to the community and to
everyone here and lastly uh I want to congratulate uh my daughter Nicole and her husband Joel on her new grandson who was named Andrew so he automatically becomes my favorite grandchild thank you thank you councilman uh I just have
a couple of short things uh congratulations to all the honores tonight mayor thank you for uh doing the presentations that was great thank you condolences to all the families and loved ones who lost somebody special in their lives um we had a few this month
so over the past couple months so uh your thoughts and prayers are with us and with you so um I just want to piggyback on something that the mayor was talking about earlier and that's the library uh a lot of great things are happening happening at the
library uh the upstairs area was just renovated for teens to use um there's also Museum passes that are available to be borrowed you can go to different museums in the area uh they're doing line dancing there uh there's book clubs
in story time uh there's chair yoga there's a Lego Club uh they're bringing in a therapy dog so there's something for everyone there um also there's a seed library for the springtime if you
want to plant herbs and vegetables they have over 2,000 different seed packets um they're starting a chess club uh there's going to be a sensory story time for children ages 2 to 5 uh there's a bilingual story time as well that'll be
in April and then like the mayor said free tax help for AARP from AARP and you can make your appointments now to get help with your taxes so that's very important that people realize that the library is moving aggressively in a
great direction there's a lot of programs being offered there and I would like our residents to take advantage of those programs so please get to the library get on the website and there's something for everyone there okay uh we had a flood committee meeting on
Wednesday January 29th at 6:30 uh we had Gail Sikorski Chief Herman Wetzel uh Bob White was there uh Pete Leo and myself some of the areas uh that we disc discussed we discussed the community
rating system we also discussed the insurance companies and rate increases we've been very fortunate here um with the storms but as if you're watching the news certain areas like Kentucky and other areas are really getting hit
pretty hard and uh some insurance companies are dropping um people so uh you know it's a difficult time with the weather and what's going on in different parts of the country uh also we discussed the ruter program for
Sustainable New Jersey um and if you get involved with that there's certain points if you do certain things and there's grants that you could be awarded um to improve the township so we're looking into that uh we are also looking into creating a green team here in
Saddlebrook and uh we spoke about that with the mayor that's something that the mayor's been uh pushing we we need volunteers we need people from the community that want to get involved um because we can't do it on our own there's so many different things going on we do need people to get
involved and to spearhead different initiatives and to um like I said get involved okay um and then we also spoke about uh Pake Valley doing a d snagging along the Saddle River um which is important that we keep up with that and
uh and get them here uh as soon as we can okay uh that's all I have thank you than you all right we'll begin with ordinances we uh do have a number of ordinances for second reading uh councilman simuka has
asked that uh ordinance 1771-ife [Music] we will be able to do the public hearing and um the first part for all the ordinances so first we have uh for second reading an ordinance to amend chapter five entitled administration of
government of the Township Code of the township of selbrook we have ordinance 1769-aentr 25 an ordinance to amend chapter 108 entitled hunting and Firearms of the Township Code of the township of SBR state of New Jersey ordinance
[Music] [Music] 1771-ife entitled property tax refunds for disabled veterans in by for the township of Sor County of Bergen state of New Jersey or presented for a second
reading motion motion second roll call councilman samuka yes councilman alamando yes Council woman Sanchez yes Council Maser yes council president Garrick yes motion to open a meeting to the
public on these items second all in favor I I anyone wishing to ask any questions comments on these ordinances seeing no one motion to close motion second all the favor I
I okay U other than the two ordinances previously mentioned we will now adopt the following ordinances be resolve by the township Council of the township of Saddlebrook that the following ordinances ordinance 1768 d25 an ordinance to amend chapter 5
entitled administration of government of the Township Code of the township of selbrook state of New Jersey ordinance 17692 in ordinance to amend chapter 29 entitled Personnel policies of the Township Code of the township of sbook
state of New Jersey ordinance 17702 in ordinance to amend chapter 108 entitled and Firearms of the Township Code of the township of SBR state of New Jersey uh for second and final reading and at the Township Clerk be directed to
advertise set ordinance or title thereof in a press together with the notice of the date of passage of set ordinance according to law motion to approve second roll call councilman simuka yes councilman alamando yes councilwoman Sanchez yes
Council yes council president Garrick yes be resolved by the township Council of the township of selbrook that the following ordinance an ordinance to amend chapter 196 entitled vehicles and traffic of the Township Code of the township of SBR
state of New Jersey does now pass on second and final reading and at the Township Clerk be directed to adverage set ordinance or title thereof in the Press together with the notice of date of passage of set ordinance according to law motion second roll
call councilman samuka yes councilman akamondo yes Council Sanchez yes Council Maser yes council president Garrick yes we resolve the township Council of the township of sandbrook that the
ordinance entitled an ordinance to establish a new chapter of the Township Code entitled property tax refunds for disabled veterans in by fora Township of sbur County of Bergen 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 in the Press together with the notice of date of passage of set ordinance according to law motion motion second roll call just a point of order I'm just is this to
give it the second reading or is this to this is the second reading yes right to give it the second reading this is not the vote ad to adop to adop I'm going to retract my yes vote on the other one I was I was confed confused I vote no on the other one on the first one um and
this one would also be a no vote which ones which ones Mr vehicle and traffic 1771 and 1772 I vote no on both of those we're going to do the roll call
for 1772 d25 Council Muka no councilman alamando yes Council W Sanchez yes Council Maser yes council president Gary yes okay we have for first reading the
following ordinances ordinance 1773 d25 in ordinance amending and supplementing chapter 196 of the code of the Township in Saddlebrook entitled vehicles and traffic and 1774 d25 in
ordinance to amend chapter 91 of the Township Code of the township of Saddlebrook entitled Towing for first reading motion second roll call councilman Sima yes Council mamando
yes councilwoman Sanchez yes councilwoman Maser yes council president Garrick yes okay now therefore be resolved by the township Council that ordinance amending and suppl men ing chapter 196 of the code of
the township of sber entitled vehicles and traffic and ordinance uh to amend chapter 191 of the Township Code of the township of sbook entitled Towing here to for passed on first reading be further considered for final passage at a meeting to be held on
March 20th 2025 at 7:00 p.m. or soon there after is the matter can be reached at the municipal complex 55 Mayhill Street and as 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 where set ordinance will be further considered for final passage motion Mo second roll
call councilman samuka yes councilman alamando yes councilwoman Sanchez yes Council Maser yes council president president Garrick yes all items listed with an aster are considered routine and noncontroversial
by the township Council and will be approved by one motion there will be no separate discussion on these items unless a council member member so requests it in which case the item or items will be removed from the consent agenda considered and 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 appli ations the following minutes of December 5th 2024 and December 19 2024 are not part of consent agenda okay
motion motion second roll call councilman samuca abstain as to December 5th we're doing that separately oh I'm sorry yes Council marando yes councilwoman
Sanchez yes councilwoman Maser yes Council president grick yes we have the minutes of the December 5th 2024 special public meeting motion second roll call councilman samura
abstain councilman alamando yes councilwoman Sanchez yes Council woman Maser yes council president Garrick yes December 19th 2024 regular public meeting motion motion second roll call
councilman samuka yes Council mamando yes councilman Sanchez obain Council Maser yes council president gar yes mayor's appointment we have the mayor's appointment uh for advice and consent
it's for Michelle Kim uh to be reappointed to the library board trustees motion to give advice consent motion second roll call councilman simuka yes councilman
alamando yes councilwoman Sanchez yes councilwoman Maser yes council president Garrick yes okay uh old business or new business anyone I know we're getting to the time of the
year with um uh yard sales and so forth I know councilwoman merer uh you like to do one in the spring right and fall possibly so we're getting to that point so maybe we start considering some dates dates yeah yeah
since we're in February by April right when do we normally do it may may may okay so I think we got a little bit of time so yeah to start considering some dates maybe for the next meeting or so mayor do you have anything no I just
wanted to uh congratulate I guess congratulate congratulations is in order the police department did a great job uh along with the prosecutor's office on that attempted murder at the uh the bird store um they had that had solved they
they knew who did it right away through good police work good investigations and uh they they made an arrest within 24 hours so um they really excellent job excellent job by police depart yes
y anyone else you want final comments uh we can do final comments yeah sure okay councilman Aram anything no I'm good okay anyone else councilman Sima I it's just U I forgot en about Joe
raro who passed away uh some people um keep a copy of the Bible on their nightstand he kept a copy of the M Municipal land use law on his nightstand he knew it in and out and every time I saw him the first thing he said was the
ml he was uh the consumate uh professional when it came to land use he loved being on the board and he he was a valued member and a fun guy to talk to he had a lot of lot of good stories and lastly uh Mr Garrick had brought up the
library and all those programs that uh new programs and new areas that they're doing and you don't think about a library in terms of line dancing and Legos and things like that but like everything else the library is is uh rolling with the times and I remember
wasn't that long ago that we had a frequent contributor to our public comment section of the council meetings that came in and said who goes to a libr Library anymore what do you need that for who reads books well apparently that person didn't but uh the library is a
great place uh and they're doing a lot for the community and it's just getting better and better so uh you know please uh patronize our our library it's like I said it's it's great and getting uh getting better thanks thank you a motion to open a meeting to the public sure
mention something uh I see Mr and Mrs Manos in the audience um I just want to make um mention to the public that they uh coordinate a awesome car show um this year will be on be held on uh September
7th um and with a rain date of October 5th uh come on out it's a great event and so well organized and uh lot of fun much Su success to you guys thank you thank you councilwoman
welcome a uh motion to open the meeting to the public for agenda items only motion second all in favor I I anyone wish to speak to agenda items only at this time
Stephen what's that Steve Maric 24 Harrison Avenue um just in regard to like sustainable Jersey and the Green Team being set up I think that's awesome and I'll definitely volunteer my time for that so well we would we would love to have you we you just going to have to pick a date for a meeting and see if we're going to
coordinate that maybe with the flood committee um but we'll reach out to you Stephen we appreciate that thank you all right you got it than okay thank you I think we got to put something out some kind of yeah for sure message or whatever what we're looking for members
we could even put it on the uh on the the TV on ourtown TV so okay yeah okay I I know we have other than Steve at least one other person that that's for
sure interested right so so we'll get some people out for sure yeah if we can get a a nice handful yeah five or six yeah maybe we could even get some trees on the tree streets that'll be a good thing so by the way you know what I want to mention
too I'm glad you said that um Columbia Bank which is the bank one of our primary Banks um for Arbor they they purchased the tree for the township and they're going to to hire someone to
actually plant the tree I think we're going to put it out in the front of the municipal complex but it's going to be a flowering tree like a weeping cherry or something like that okay so it was nice to them to to donate that very nice okay
anyone else wish to address the Council on agenda items seeing no one motion to close the meeting no second all in favor I I any final comments before we adjourn the meeting okay motion to adjourn motion
second all in favor I thank you