At 8:00 p.m., join us for the honorary street renaming of Sterling Place to Rabbi David M. Felman Way on Sunday, March 29th, 10 a.m. at the Tenic Jewish Center Pressburgger Sanctuary. At 10:30 a.m., we'll walk outside to the corner of Broad and Sterling to do the unveiling. Council did not meet in close
session. And now we will jump right into our regular agenda. Uh, with that, we'll go right to the township manager report. >> Yes. Thank you, mayor, and good evening, council and township residents. Uh, since we do not have a council meeting on March 31st, I'm going to give some
updates um that will apply from now until then. Um, our upcoming townwide cleanup day is scheduled for Sunday, April 19th from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Sign up and additional details will be posted for your convenience. Don't
forget our townwide garage sale is also scheduled for the weekend of April 18th and 19th. So, please be look on the lookout for our flyer for sign up details. Our next shredding event is scheduled in our Township Chapel parking lot on April 11th and 12th from 9:00
a.m. to 1:00 p.m. or until the truck is full. I do encourage you to come early um if you do have shredding so that you get it in before we possibly have to shut down early. Our recycling depot will be open on Wednesday, April 1st
from 7:00 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. But please note that our recycling depot will be closed on Friday, April 3rd and Sunday, April 5th. >> Seven Sorry, your hours again were >> um uh 7:00 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. >> Instead of Friday, we should
>> the normal hours. >> It's the normal hours. We just um are opening on a weekday due to the holiday. Um, friendly reminder that our potholes can now be reported directly through our SDL portal avail um available by link QR code and or by clicking the yellow bar
at the top of our web page. Don't forget that registration is now open for the Tina community pool. In addition, you can also register for badges for pickle ball and tennis courts at our recreation department. Please refer to the flyer as a list of items will be there for proof.
Holy name Medical Center will be hosting a file of life event at the DK Township Hall parking lot on Tuesday, April 21st from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Residents are welcome to join and no registration required. Our teen clean program that runs through
our health department will begin on March 28th. So you may see our team cleaning up litter and beautifying different areas of Tene during spring and summer weekend. The friends of the Tene Public Library are hosting a book sale in May.
Donations of books are being accepted starting May 6th to May 10th. Members only sale is May 14th and the general public is May 15th through May 17th. Please refer to the flyer on our website for additional details. And I also
encourage you to check out the libraryies spring brochure that features a a variety of upcoming events. Neighborhood Compost recently updated us on our township participation and what that means. To date, we have 130
residents in our program and we have diverted 19,438 pounds or 9.7 tons composting material has been diverted from landfills. So, great job by our composters. We are currently uh preparing an
application for the LEAP grant with Anglewood and Hackinac to further explore shared fire services and we have also submitted a letter of intent for a playground upgrade at Mackle Park. So those details will be forthcoming. Some project updates I have for you this
evening. Our 2024 road resurfacing project will resume work by midappril so we can complete the eight remaining streets no later than May 2026. A total of 28 roads will be paved at the completion of this project. Sir Hune
Park safety surface resolution is on the agenda this evening. So it will be replaced before summer and the park will be reopened. Bell Avenue Bios Falls, the construction is underway underway and will we will soon start to see landscaping area.
Um Brooks Park exercise station, the safety surfacing has been installed and the asphalt walkways are next. the Sagamore Park improvements. The scope of the project will consist of two main amenities. First, it will be the playground, the removal of the existing playground equipment with the
installation of new playground equipment. And it will feature two areas, one for 2 to 5 year olds and the other for 5 to 12 year olds. The new restroom will also um consist of a new prefab restroom structure, construction of a concrete pad, and all relevant
plumbing, electrical, and drainage. General site improvements will include walkways, landscaping, asphalt surfacing, site restoration, braiding, and draining. The design is now in the final review phase. The Phelps Park splash pad. The
equipment has arrived and we are just awaiting for some parts to continue installation. Uh the Builtin Street, Livingston Place, and Clinton Place improvements. The project will is out to bid and we will be um having the bid opening on April 7th. Briggs, Van Beern, and Heric Avenue
improvements. The contract was awarded to DLS Contracting and our pre-construction meeting will be on April 8th. To all of those celebrating, happy Passover and happy Easter to you and your family. Mayor, that's all I have for my report.
>> Thank you very much. Okay, thank you very much. And now we'll head on to the budget discussion. Um, do we want to have Issa start it? Do you want the sub the budget subcommittee to jump in? What do you What do you >> Um, I could start with just an intro and then I'll answer. >> That's okay. >> Okay. And he's on, right? I mean, he is
on Zoom. >> He'll maybe do the recap of our meeting after you go. Correct. To see what we wanted. >> Okay. So, um, moving on to our 2026 municipal budget discussion. On March 16th, I presented our budget at a 9.78 tax rate increase. Our budget
subcommittee meeting uh was scheduled on March 17th to discuss our path to decreasing this percentage and what options we could explore. We were reminded today that our budget must be introduced no later than March 31st or our next scheduled council meeting. If
we fail to introduce um at our next council meeting, which will be April 14th, um we we will um incur fines per council person. So, I will let Issa explain that a little bit um more in detail. That being said, um we did have discussions
last meeting about sewer billing. Our 2022 sewer billing will not be build in time for this deadline, but I am pleased to report that the 2022 sewer billing is currently in the final approval phase with our tax collector's office. So, those bills will be out no later than
May 1st. I would also like to share that we have solicited a quote to have the 2023, 2024, and 2025 store billing completed by May by July 2026. Once the proposal is received and reviewed, we will plan to have the
resolution on the April 14th meeting according. In response to this budget introduction and adoption deadline information, we have come up with an alternative path to decreasing our budget to 6.99%. Um, I would now ask for Issa to explain the areas in which we were able to
revise the current budget. Issa, >> thank you. Um, Madame Manager, I just want to go back to the law change. So, at the end of December, Governor Murphy signed into law session bill A-5240
and S-3941. This is what amended the budget timeline. Historically, the budget was to be statutoily introduced by February um 10th and then adopted by March 20th.
Yet, every year, the local finance board would issue what's known as a local finance notice, which has the weight of law and would extend that deadline to March 31st or your next meeting for introduction, and then April 30th or your next meeting for adoption. Um there
have previously been um fines levied individually on each member of the governing body of $25 a day. This legislation made that now a $100 fine payable from personal funds of council members. The township cannot pay that
fine, otherwise it will also be fined. And because um the state really wants to have teeth into this, my understanding is that they will be looking to levy those fines. There are 564 municipalities in New Jersey. Some of them have adopted their
budget that I'm aware of as late as um the weekend prior to Labor Day last year. And they have fined those governing body members. And so to a make sure every member of council is not subject to that fine. We have an alternate path to get the tax levy down
or the tax rate down to 6.99%. um similar to prior years that would include the utilization of really increasing several revenue items. I can go through that uh right now. So to get
down um to basically three percentage points to 6.99, the required amount was $1,875,000. What we are recommending is, as much as it was a good idea, and it pains me to do this, uh, but there may be a way to
get it back later on, is we are reducing um the budget um for ter for terminal leave by the 100,000 to start that trust fund or continue to start funding the trust fund. We are reducing the reserve for tax appeal that we budgeted by 100,000.
On the revenue side, we will be increasing revenues as follows. There is a line item which is on the screen. The third one down. LEA fire fees. Those are fire fees we received from the state. Um so we'll be increasing that revenue line
by $50,000. We will be offsetting as we did last year health salary and wages by $200,000 from grant funds that our health officer so diligently has acquired. There's a current balance in that account of $317,000.
I checked today. We will be increasing revenues by 50,000 for sewer connection fees, 40,000 for engineering fees. Uh this next one I was able to locate and work with the auditor to correct in the financial statement. We had a pilot
payment or several pilot payments classified as miscellaneous revenue, but I had clarified to him that that is actually a reoccurring uh revenue item. and he uh approved us moving that out to a separate line item. So that's $380,000
that we get back in revenue. We have a line item typically also categorized under miscellaneous revenue that we are allowed to bring in um as a brokenout item. So these are admin fees for police offduty services. So, anytime there's
PSEG or Violia work, we are increasing reserve for payment of debt by $80,000 and we're increasing the interest and cost on taxes by $5,000. Finally, we did have to add back into the budget $30,000. That is for the
hiring of the 10th um fireman. uh in the budget book as pointed out by Councilwoman Goldberg, there were nine firefighters where hiring costs were broken out for, but that um I thank her for that catch. So, we have to put back the $30,000 for the hiring cost for that
10th fireman. And all of that breaks down to the 1,875 needed to get the tax rate down to 6.99%. Is that Can I >> ask are we going to get an updated budget book to see this the detail? It's so we can see it.
>> So we've never historically updated the book because that book is really a snapshot in time and it changes literally the next day. But this is without exaggeration that update. What we plan to do is what the manager did last year and we can represent this but in a PowerPoint form that we post post on the website as well.
>> Can we can we have it sent to the council members? Um I think it's been sent in the past to us. Um just so we see where it's actually going. >> Yeah, we can do that. >> I think >> I mean this the same thing in the PowerPoint can be sent to the council members as well. >> Right. But there's pro I I want to see
it by the um department number please. >> Okay. Um okay. So we basically the committee met and we said we want to take this down to under 7%. Um excuse me. We also um briefly discussed or not so briefly discussed next year's which unlike last
year where last year we were in a position where oh my god doomsday is coming and coming and coming now to be quite honest this is actually a very conservative budget because we do have a bond rating um meeting or evaluation that's coming up and we wanted to not say the Mark Schwarz special let's go
down to the last last possible second that you and I can fight about now we can't and kind of uh work on our budget rating and then save a lot of this new money coming in. Thankfully, there's a lot of one-offs of 500 grand at a clip to look to get between a zero and a 3%
for next year. Um, which is where it looks like at this time. So, um, I think, um, Deputy Mayor, you had spoken to a few people that around the county were all looking between six and 10%. Is that what you had mentioned in conversations? No. Okay. Spoke to someone. >> Oh, that that was me. Sorry. I know. I
know it's been a busy day. Yes. Uh, our neighboring town, Leone, is at 6% and what I heard was close to eight. The county CFO advised me though that other other colleagues are where we are between six and 10%. Just health benefits alone is up 26% for us. Um if you look at pension that's up as well.
So just those two things and really staving that off and getting to this point and having two sewer bills you know um that are going out for this year to be recognized for next year having additional pilots that will be billing this year that goes into next year. You know the future does look pretty bright
for us. the question. >> Uh, yes. U Mr. CFO, I I just wanted to get a handle on those the sewer um bills that are going out. I know that they they can impact um this budget, but what do you project it to look like um for for next year?
>> So, the 22 bill I'm actually it's on my other screen um is actually roughly closer to about $600,000. Um so, there's that. I don't know what 23 looks like because we are still evaluating that data. But even that's say another $600,000. It's another 1.2
now that you can recognize as revenue. The pilot bills, I have one pilot bill alone that's roughly 380. Uh I believe the estimates for one of the other pilots is about $700,000. So you're right there already north of 1.1 million. So you're sitting at another
2.4 million in revenue right there. Just between and that's between only two pilots. There's actually uh five we have before online um for this year that I'm billing quarterly that will go into next year. >> Thank you. >> So roughly $2 million.
>> Do you believe we should roll any of that into this year and bring it down below 6.99 >> unfortunately? Um it would have to be that first quarter um has to go out. I mean, depends how fast they can get it back to me, but 380 divide by four, we
could possibly bring in another 100,000 depending on how fast they send back the the check. >> So, it's out of our hands in theory. >> Correct. I mean, I would say, look, this is a win at 6.99. Let's just bank that for next year as much as possible and save off next year.
>> So, can you say loud and proud how excited you are for next year being very low because we don't usually get that out of you. >> Oh, I just said that. I said the future looks very bright for for next year. You don't normally hear me say that. >> Oh, sorry. I actually I heard that, but I didn't realize it was coming from you. I uh >> I'm sorry. I I just broke my fast and
I've been all morning. So, yes, looks, very bright for next year with pilot payments, sewer billing. Um I did tell the manager I still plan to do this. I might get a 3D printed temporary tattoo that says I finished the 2022 sewer billing um for one day. Let's see how
that happens. >> Got it. Um okay. Um >> wait, Mr. Mr. Mayor, I have a question for the CFO. Can you uh you mentioned uh five pilots that are coming online. Can you just list what properties we're talking about? >> So five in total. Absolutely. Cuz I'm very familiar with this now thanks to the assessors who work with me. We
currently have two on the books. We have five Dogwood Lane which is the senior housing. We have 60 Bergen. Uh those we have been billing for and what's helped us bring out that 380,000. You have 329 Alfred Avenue which this is the first year we'll be building that. You have
1425 which is also the first full year we'll be building that Teneck Road and then you have still to come 350 on Alfred Avenue. So those are all five pilots. >> See, Mr. Mayor, I've been doing my homework. >> That's um excellent. Um pilots P I L O
T, not a fourletter word. Mr. Clerk, >> I have a question. Originally, when the subcommittee met, we were hoping to use the the sewer bills and then take the pilot money and use that to pay down debt. Now that we're using pilot money
um to lower the budget once we send out the billing even though it'll be after the budget is passed, can we still use that to pay down debt this year or does it have to wait until next year? >> That's a good question. I can follow up with the auditor on that. I've never
seen that happen. Again, no no debt. We'll say don't pay more debt so we always can. Um yeah, let me let me get back to the subcommittee on that. >> Please. And one other question. Oh, did I you finish? One other question. Um all
this money that is coming in um that we're not using right now will of course help our surplus, our fund balance, and our bond rating. Is that correct? >> That is absolutely correct. I just want one caveat. Don't forget on the pilot payments, uh, 5% is owed to the county.
Um, and, uh, I'm not losing my CFO license over that. So, we are diligent. >> I don't have one, so they can come get it from me. >> Oh, they're they're not getting it for me. So, I work too hard for that. But, yes, we are we are also on top of that. So, it's the pilot funds net 5% Bergen County.
>> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Anyone else before we go on to capital? Is there any we kind of know what we were saying here because I don't want to feel like we Okay, perfect. Okay, >> just wait one more. Sorry, two more
questions on what was just presented. >> Um, so I just want to be clear. So the $100,000 of terminal leave uh that was just put in means that we're borrowing 100% of those via special emergency. And then the reserve for tax appeal, even though that we know there's, you know, Glenpoint coming back again to us, we're
we're stripping that out. I just wanted to confirm, >> Mr. No, >> no, I will say this. Uh, that isn't correct. Now, this is why I'm willing to do that. Um, come, let's say January, February next year, during what's called AFS time, the auditor and I provided their additional funds around the
budget, I can uh move funding into those two to build them up. After all, um, the former manager and I did build up the reserve uncollected taxes to at least 1% of what the Glenpoint 2021 settlement was. uh and the local finance board
without exaggeration on this very platform on Zoom gave us approval in one minute of finding out that we had a down payment. I'm very big on that. I really recommend we have some sort of down payment because it will be the manager and myself who have to appear before the director should we have to borrow any money uh that's exorbitant to pay that
down when that comes due. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Okay. Um Mrs. Manager or Mr. CFO, you want to take us into the capital, please, and maybe start with what the subcommittee discussed and bring everyone else on board and see where we cut, trimmed, ready to roll.
>> Um, sure. Um, I could start, uh, we started our capital budget at 19,732,000. We were able to revisit some of the line items to bring it down to 12,812,000. Um, some of the items that we did
revisit was our 2026 road resurfacing. Um we did decrease that a little bit. Um the Vote Fieldhouse renovations um and the Phelps Park exercise station uh we've um omitted those from our capital right now. Um the DPW facility
was now uh it was 500,000. We did remove that um since we've obtained uh the property. Yeah, we no longer need that in our capital. As well as our municipal facilities upgrade. um we decreased it to 250,000 since we have since been able
to make the repairs that we needed um in terms of the HVAC the south entrance building. So we were able to decrease many of these items. I do feel confident the other items in there um especially our DPW fleet that we're in desperate need
of kind of rebuilding kind of getting back to uh maintaining that fleet is important. Um, as well as we are going to still be paving a lot of roadways, but I do want to mention asphalt costs did rise. So, we may see a little decrease in the amount of roads that we
are going to be able to pave this year. Um, so our township engineer is watching as possible. So, I'll keep everyone up to date on that. Um, if you have any questions um on any certain items that you feel um we should kind of discuss, now would be the time. We are looking to
obviously um get this um introduced on April 14th um so we can adopt in a responsible amount of time so we can start our next project which is our next road project as a weather. >> I I do have a question if I if I may. Um
the question I have has to do with um the severe snowstorms um that we had and and many many of our uh residents um felt the impact of that with a lot of down trucks and snow plows and salters
and so forth. So, if you could explain um how the capital budget addresses that from the standpoint of making sure I mean, God forbid hopefully snows storms are behind us, but if there were
in April, let's say I mean, I've been known it's been known to snow on Easter. So, um, if that were to happen, and I know it's not impacted by currently now, but the budget going looking forward, how do we address the the problematic, um, issues with the trucks and salters
and so on. >> Um, I did speak with our DPW director and we did speak about different ways that we can kind of tackle storms. As you know, the last storm was a blizzard. So, I think there was complications on all levels that, you know, we did have discussions about. Obviously, these
items in our capital budget at this point will take us probably a year and a half before we actually see these trucks, you know, operating township. So, we did solicit some outside contractors to entertain coming in and assisting us with some of our county
roads and things like that because we don't have the equipment to kind of take care of all of the county roads as well as our our side streets when we have a storm of that caliber. So, we're going to do a little bit more pre-planning. Um, we have entertained pre-saltting as you know the last couple storms which I
do think is a responsible way for us to kind of get on top of our side streets while we do concentrate on the primary roads to begin with. But, um, we are having very, uh, real conversations to to make sure that, um, our response is even better to get everything back up. And
>> if we have a snowstorm in Easter, you I'm you can use the the rest of my salary for the year towards overtime because I'm out. Can can we clarify what the capital budget number is now because is I know in the in the you know we had heard that it was coming down by $2 million but the
manager just said that it sounded like um road paving is back in. So can we just clarify what's in and what's out? >> I'm sorry. The number for road repaving you'd like to know or >> so well is road repaving staying in the capital budget at the moment? >> Yes. road resurfacing. Originally, we
did have 3 million in um our capital budget and we did decrease that down um to 2,250,000 this year. Um being that we've paved many roads, we do need to scale back a little bit this year so we can concentrate on some other areas. We also
did concentrate on our parks. Um, and being that we have quite a few parks projects in the works, um, we really kept those to our grant-f funded projects. Um, I know we are looking to do some other projects, but we are
concentrating on those and finalizing those before we kind of concentrate on parks this year where we are we can put a little more concentration on our DPW fleet and some other areas that we have to take care of. >> The road resurfacing didn't come out at all. No, no, no. It didn't come out. We
just decreased. >> It was lower. No, no. From from the original, but I thought I'd saw something where uh it was proposed to come out and I just wanted to clarify. My other question is is there's a $2 million line that there's been multiple
emails about where the auditor was clear, and I want to thank again uh former Councilman Son for putting this money away. Ordinance 16-206. Uh there's $530,000 in appropriations explicitly for the um
all-inclusive playground sitting in cash that the auditor has now said twice in an email. What we were supposed to do is um amend that specific ordinance to do it in one night and then the balance due would only be about $250,000 which we
could do via 0% green acres loan. Sorry, 220. I'm looking at the email right now. $220,000 versus paying the interest on the market for $2 million. I'm not sure why that wouldn't be done. That seems like a huge savings there. So, the email was sent
May 7th, 2025. And then I sent it again December 9th, 2025. Um, just as a reminder. >> So, I did see that. I can speak to that briefly. I'm not as familiar with the program, but when I've asked around um
especially um to the auditor, when we take if we were to take advantage of the Green Acres loan, while it is at 0%, there are strings attached, meaning Green Acres um can as the state condition the project
contingent to giving you funds. So, just warning everyone, there are strings attached to that funds. As nice as 0% sounds, it would have to be a policy decision of, you know, an an engagement with Green Acres as to what we're willing to give up control over. There
is actually a DISC DISC Park in Borhees that um was conditioned for saving based on the Green Acres loan of 0%. Um that was back in March of 2025, actually exactly a year ago. So again, I can do a
little more research on that and give council the benefits and the pros and cons, but it's not as um just as much of a gimme as I know it sounds. There's more to it. >> If we can have our legal >> My point the loan amount the loan amount would be less. I mean, there's $530,000
cash from most from ordinance 16-206 and we also have the Greenacres grant coming in. So I realize that it's a matching grant, but I'm sure there's strings attached to that one as well. And right now seems that every penny of interest would be a savings to
our residents down the line. We've had 20-year Greenacres loans at 0%. I'm pretty sure that's um wasn't that the uh the municipal Oh my gosh. The uh the vote someone correct. You know what I'm talking about. The um >> field. >> Yes. Thank you.
>> I couldn't think of the word. I apologize. Um, it just seems that that was that seems like a no-brainer to bring the uh capital budget down significantly and save our residents interest going forward, especially considering how high our interest payments are up this year,
>> even with strings. >> So, you'll have our attorneys look at that also, please, because I know we've had a lot of issues with green uh green acres in the past. Nothing is ever free from them. Oh yeah, we have no money. It's free until it takes and it's a decade to wait.
>> Okay. Um manager, did you want to uh if we do when are you looking for us to pass the capital will be the same time in April? The same and that needs five votes. Mr. CFO, >> you need four introduction on April 14th and then for adoption on April 28th. You need five affirmative votes.
>> And when we're this is both for capital as well, correct? And when do we want when are we looking? I'm sorry. >> So the budget is simple majority. So it would be April 14th for introduction and then May 18th 19th for adoption. That's a simple majority. But then sorry I misunderstood your question. The bond
ordinance is yes. Four for introduction and then on adoption it's five for uh four for introduction, five for adoption. >> And you're looking to hold it the same both those same dates. April intro May approval >> and if and if it doesn't get approved I know a lot of times there's some deadlines and grants >> um because can can you talk about that
for a second if you don't mind? >> Um well our goal it the earlier we adopt our capital um gives us more time for road resurfacing as you can see we were eight roads behind. There were some other issues associated but it just gives us more weather permitting time to start some of these projects and get
them done in a timely manner. So for us adopting the capital would just be more beneficial. So I, you know, as townshipwide, um, as far as the budget goes, um, we are trying to avoid any kind of fines that are unnecessary. So that is, uh, the timeline we are our
budget. So I'd like to, if we can conse like do them together, that would be >> Oh, and I hope we do have a unanimous approval for both, that would that would be very important. >> That would be great. >> Um, okay. So if there's nothing else, I'm just a budget discussions and, um, thank you, Mr. Civo, for bringing it
down. And I look forward to the zero next year as you mentioned. Um do uh good Mr. Clerk we'll open up for good of welfare. Anybody in the audience ma'am would you like to speak? Okay notes. Excellent. Um Mr. Clerk what do you have for us? Any hands up for
good and welfare? Bring it in. >> No hands. >> Seeing no hands we'll close the meeting to good and welfare and we'll go to resolutions. Please talk to us about the resolutions. >> So, we have
because it's not listed as a consent agenda, the proper way to do this is to read the title and number by each one. So, please bear with me quickly. Just a few resolutions because like our manager mentioned, our meeting next week got cancelled. So, we don't have another council meeting, another agenda for a few weeks. So, we wanted to get some
business done if we could. So we have resolution 155 this evening awarding Kier's engineering and design a contract for professional engineering services for block 102 lot 2 and lot 3 in the burough Leonia. We have resolution 157-2026
accepting a bequest a bequest sorry to the box 54 canteen unit. We have 158-2026 authorizing award of a source swell national cooperative contract for the purchase of pool chases through the Pitney Global Industrial Omnia Partners
contract. We have resolution 159-26 authorizing the purchase and installation of playground surface at the Tahune Park playground through the Ben Schaefer Recreation ECJ contract. 160-2026 is ratifying payments.
161 bless you. 161-126 authorizing an application to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Local Efficiency Achievement Program for shared fire department services. We have resolution 162-2026 awarding fast consulting engineers a contract for
professional engineering inspection services the 2025 road resurfacing program. 163-2026 authorizing cancellation of there's actually a correction to this resolution. Um oh no next resolution
sorry 163-2026 is authorizing cancellation of 2025 budget appropriations and 164 is supposed to read 164-126 adopt 2026 emergency temporary appropriations. And I just want to direct council's attention into the body
of that resolution. Uh I had a scribner's error in there of the amount of money that we are actually adopting here. And I just want to read that amount of money into the record. It is it's in the third whereas clause and it
is the amount of $43,564,171 cent money spent. I'll make is there anyone that wants to pull anything please >> to if you would be so kind as to speak to the bequest and with the canteen of
54s. >> Absolutely. So this is a uh not an uncommon resolution. We just don't get things like this all the time. And this has to do with uh I'll be very specific about it. This is a donation from
the Bergen County Sergeant's office has probated the last will and testament of a Lorraine Goalan and she charitably includes a bequest of $15,000 to the township of TX box 54 canteen unit and with the box would you like to speak on that mayor?
>> Uh well sorry our our past president of Tina ambulance corp would like to speak on what box >> they can speak on what box 54 is. which is a good thing. >> Department or the ambulance corps are outside either on a freezing night or um when it's very very hot out, box 54
volunteers come and they make hot chocolate. Um they feed them. They they give you what to drink. So um and they've been in service for decades. They're volunteers that have been doing this for years and years. So I don't know what the relationship is, but that's really beautiful that somebody
thought to leave a money. >> Yeah. 15K. That's really cool. It's it's responders. First responders responded to the first responders almost is how I call it. >> Mr. Mayor, >> it was so good. >> Yes, Councilwoman Goldberg. Sorry. >> I wanted to Sorry. I wanted to just not
before it's moved. I wanted to pull um 158 2026, please. >> 158. One minute. >> Oh, well actually it's not a consent agenda. So you don't need to pull anything. You're welcome to
>> pose a question on it. >> That's a that's a pull. >> Well, we can still So we can pull that and we'll vote on everything else. So with that being pulled, I'll make the motion that we approve 15579 1601 162 163 164 in the billless in the
amount that you listed for. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Roll call on that, Mr. Clair, please. And then we'll go back to 158. Councilwoman Goldberg, >> I'm abstaining on 155. That's um Collier's.
I'm a no on 163 and an abstain on 164, abstain on the bills list, and yes to the rest. We had an abstension on the bills list. A no on 164. A no on 163.
[clears throat] >> Abstain on 164. No on 163. >> Abstain on 164. You got it, >> Mr. And then there was an abstension on 155. >> Yes. >> Cool. >> So, just as a reminder for the governing
body, uh sorry, may I'm gonna interject because I need to say this. Uh 164 is a term of art by the state legislature. There's no emergency. We are just increasing the temporary budget to 50% uh because we're past that third of the
year point at this point. Um and that is really to continue to operate. So resolution 164 does need five affirmative votes. Okay. >> Let's see if our members do the draw. >> So let's keep the roll call, please.
Alice beagon. >> Yes. Councilwoman G. >> Yes. >> Councilman Catz, sorry. Deputy Mayor Belchure, >> yes. >> Deputy Mayor Organ, >> yes. >> Mayor Schwarz, >> yes. And all >> except 158. >> And 158. Councilwoman Goldberg.
>> Yeah. I had sent an email uh clarifying this and I did speak to the auditor and he seemed to agree. Um so we're using capital for these lounge chairs. Um, according to the uh manufacturer itself, the useful life of this is only three
years, which means it doesn't qualify to be capital. So, I'd like to know why it's hitting a capital account. >> So, I could explain that. And um, >> can can I ask a question? Is it that the useful life is less than three years because then we wouldn't be purchasing them or is there a warranty that expires
after three years? Because those are two very, very different things. The chairs that we have there now were purchased when I was a child and they're still there, but I'm sure they do not have a warranty anymore. >> The useful life um for bond law says that the useful life has to be 5 years
and over 25,000, but the useful life is generally also how long until we're going to probably re uh repurchase them. Uh but it's under five years for bond law. So, it's it's supposed to be five years and over $25,000
manufacturer's own warranty. Even with a one-year additional, it's still under five years. I don't think these qualify for capital under bond. >> That's a warranty. That's that's not the life expectance the chairs. >> But I asked the auditor and he agreed and I'd sent the email before and I
haven't heard back. So, that's why I was clarifying now. >> So, it's been a very busy day. But I will say this, the local bond law under NJSA4A2-22 discusses useful life and maximum bond terms. It's not specific to every single thing that mentions things like pool
chairs. However, furnishings and I did speak with bond council today who prepares the bond ordinance and useful life made that determination as was and was comfortable making the determination that the swim chairs which I specifically asked last year would be
eligible under the bond law. >> Okay. Is that your license as speaking correct? >> Yeah. Yes, absolutely. >> Okay. Would you like to make a motion council Goldberg? >> Um I would just want to follow up for a second. So, bond council is saying that the useful life of this is more than
five years. >> They're saying qualifies to be in the bond ordinance, >> right? But I'm asking I'm asking about the useful life. >> Yes, that's their opinion and I'm not going to, you know, double guess the attorney. >> Okay. Well, I'm not going to risk my license. So, um I'll move it, but I'm going to be
>> You actually don't have licenses as council people. I'm just >> I know >> pointing out there. Okay. Okay. So, there was a motion on by go council Goldberg and seconded by Schwarz. Roll girl. Who was the first? I'm sorry. >> I moved it. I pulled it.
>> Awesome. Who was the second? >> Mayor Schwarz. >> Incredible. Councilwoman Goldberg. >> No. >> Councilman Pagan. >> Yes. >> Councilman G. >> Yes. >> Councilman Catz. Oh, I'm so sorry. I just feel like he's
always behind me. >> Deputy Mayor Belure. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Oregon. >> Yes. >> Mayor Schwarz. >> Yes. To hundreds of people having new chairs to sit on >> them for many years to come in fun and good health. >> Okay. With that being said, I see
nothing else. I'll make a to entertain a motion. I'll make the motion to adjurnn. >> Second. >> My meeting is adjourned. at 7:49