##VIDEO ID:kfcTbyP1ebo## hi everybody um I'm going to call to order the reorganizational meeting of the planning board Township of Springfield for January 9th 2025 adequate notice has been given in accordance with the Sunshine Law notice was published on December 12th in the Star Ledger one of the official newspapers for the township of Springfield for the year 20124 and posted in the Annex Building on December 12th 2024 let's all rise for salute to the flag I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God individual with liberty and justice for all now I'm going to do a roll call e mayor Richard Huber absent committee Alex Kaiser present Mr David here miss Marissa rerio is absent Mr Aaron laugher here Mr Richard Cedar Quist Miss Julie too here Mr Scott wishna is absent M Sharon kessle here and Mr Jeff tiger we have a okay now I need a nomination for chair I would you go no no you please I'd like to nominate second are there any other nominations seeing none um M Castle yes that yeah what other choice do I have fa point I was thinking Comm Kaiser no nice yes Mr laugher Mr cederquist miss too and Jeff tiger yes all right motion passes thanks everyone here's the meeting thanks everyone can we have a nomination for vice chair Mr chairman I'd like to nominate Sharon kessle for vice chair second okay is there any nomination oh sorry okay any any other nominations for vice chair seeing none uh can I have a motion can I uh a roll call Mr Barnett yes chairman tiger yes committ M Kaiser yes Mr laugher Mr cquest miss too and miss kle Congratulations by share thank you congratulations something sitting up here has been very presumptuous yes uh so the sub our last year's planning board meeting in November the subcommittee some met sometime in December had an opportunity to review all of the rfps that came before the board uh that for professionals that were interested in applying we had several one of several uh applicants we had an opportunity to review them Miss kessle do you want to kind of share who the board recommended for board attorney uh we recommend it at uh taras um for the board attorney we did review all of apps and that was the one that we experienceone want to make a motion I move to appoint Matt as the board attorney for 2025 roll call Mr Barnett yes ask any other Nom okay is there any other nominations none go ahead call please Mr Barnett yes chair kessle yes M Kaiser yes Mr laugher Mr cederquist M and chair tiger yes passes so sometimes uh our board attorney sometimes has conflicts just in case anything comes up uh we usually vote for a confli yes any oppos to that any other nominations for uh conflex attorney now then can we have a roll call so who second you need a motion so Sharon I'll so Sharon motion I'll second I'm R I know you're really screwing this up you've been doing this for like 18 years and you're still screwing it up focused that one of my colleagues just voted no no I'm just kidding we have a roll call Vice chair Castle Mr Barnett yes mman Kaiser yes Mr laugher Mr Cedar Quist M too and tiger absolutely motion pass okay number nine calls for nominations for board engineer what did the subcommittee discuss we discussed you several applicants and um Mr disco has been doing a fabulous job anyone want to make any any other calls for any other Engineers nope a motion Mr chairman it's my honor and pleasure to nominate Mike disco as our board engineer for5 go ahead Mr Barnett yes Vice chair kessle commit M Kaiser yes Mr laugher Mr Cedar Quist miss too and chair tiger yes motion passes congratulations we also need to talk about a board planner again we reviewed several applications and we reced Bas any other ones seeing none I have a motion I'm out someone else motion go ahead ahead she said so move go ahead second it second all right roll call M too yes Vice chair Castle mman Kaiser yes Mr Barett yes Mr loer Mr and Cher tiger okay thank you yes I said yes uh number 11 board secretary do we want to go on an executive session to that um we've had a fabulous board secretary for I don't know over a decade was that yeah over a decade now so it's been a long time um and you're still not gray from dealing with aggravation that we all dealt with so uh what did the board uh discussing something one person Miss law all right can we have a motion to uh appoint Miss law board secretary for 2025 any other ones I know Mike's dying for this job um can we have a roll call chair kessle yes Miss too yes mman Kaiser yes Mr Barnett yes Mr laugher Mr cederquist and chair tiger yes motion passes thank you very much okay great and then sometimes you can't fulfill your duties because of something that may happen and um so we would always have an assistant board secretary I know Mr disco loves doing this job anyone was that what the board uh subcommittee said that is consistent with our recommendations asist yes so uh typ in this year any additional ones no seeing none I I think this is a shoing but let's let's do a let's do a motion so mov roll call Vice chair Castle yes M too yes Kaiser yes Barnett yes Mr laugher Mr Cedar and chair tiger great and then the offical then the official newspaper now let's just open that up for discussions every time yeah I know me too me too I totally do the newspaper is we able to do the Star Ledger still they wereing April February I think it's it's the days are numbered so do we just do local so that how does that that's going to be a problem we have to do the local Source yeah well it's definitely only thing left yes I get it but we also need the ability that if we need an emergency meeting or something to be published that some local Source doesn't work but you're going to have to check we're going to have to talk about it as it progresses right now you probably go we have a secondary newspaper already we know for we'll had to have yeah I thought the legislature was working to change the law but I has not so so we'll do the star we'll do the local source and the star lger back up through printing we'll kind of call it but then at the whenever that meeting is Matt you need to kind of talk to some of your colleagues going to New York Times what gotta go New York Times things are going to go up okay so uh can I I think this subcommittee they we just heard was the local source and then With The Star Ledger being the backup until it ceases production sure okay Mr CEST you making that motion okay and and Aaron you seconding that motion okay so can we have a roll call Mr Cedar Quist Mr laugher Comm M Kaiser yes Mr Barnett as an omage to Andrew Schwarz who hates the local Source I vote a redundant yes I mean a resounding yes Miss Tayo Vice chair kessle and chairman tiger yes so we're going to test the board attorney to review and see what other boards are going to do to because that gave us the ability to expedite meetings when the local Source was imp published in time meeting dates number 14 uh I know the board email to copy the meeting dates the board is the same um so everyone had a chance to review it any uh one to want to make a motion to adopt the meeting dates uh so moved second third fourth we have a roll call Comm Kaiser yes Vice chair kle yes Mr Barnette yes Mr laugher Mr Cedar Quist miss too and Shar tiger okay I made up number 15 myself uh just for the record uh Scott wishna and Marissa rerio are excused from absence today they reached out in advance of the meeting sending you and I a note so I just want that for the record that they were excused absence and Mr wish will continue to used until some of the issues get resolved um attendance policy um I I know the board secretary will email attendance policy at the end sometime this week but just reminding for everyone of the board you know we have a strict no Miss three in a row attendance policy if anything comes up people have life people have jobs people have stuff going on just make sure you email Jen and copy me so we're we're just aware of it this way we know if we have a forum or not or or anything so if everyone could please just be aware of that going forward it's the township subcommittee we have two subcommittees one is master plan which and and ordinance um master plan obviously know we're working through adopting that that was David and I last year um that will continue to be David and I because DAV sorry um I was off today um for for the time being we will expand that in the future but just because that's a a joint sub committee right now with the zoning board and so other Township officials so it'll just be the the two folks um Alex uh Mr Kaiser and uh I guess I guess Rich will join that now UNS unless Rich appoints Chris no I think it's staying the same staying the same so yes so it'll be it'll stay the same as last year um and then master plan um we you know from time to time not ordinances from time to time we re ordinances there's going to be application fee Chang things like that so I'd like to see if Julie would be willing to participate in that and all those meetings um Aaron Scott and Marissa will be the four people for that and that will be um Zoom all Zoom meetings if there is it it'll be ad hoc it's nothing shouldn't be too tight so is everyone okay with that those appointments um and then and then the next planning board meeting will be February 10th 2025 In This Very Room at 6:30 we we have uh there'll be a few applications that will be before us at that point in time plus we'll have to redo some of the stuff with the master plan because the deadline's June so a lot will'll have to start with that so I'm going to take unless there's anything any from where the board wants I'm going to take this opportunity to open up to the public a lot of people any questions or concerns that wish to come in before us Mike you're part of the public would you like to see seeing none uh close the matter to the public and and then do a moot motion toour second all in favor I perfect happy see you all on the 10th February 10th so if you could look into those things and then but never