Pinewood on Friday, May 23rd at 6 p.m. at the corner of Alicia in Pinewood. Our annual Memorial Day ceremony will be here outside or inside if it's raining. On Monday, May 26 at 11:00 a.m. Also, this Monday will be a taste of Tene sponsored by the chamber at the
Glenpoint Hotel. Council met in close session to discuss the following. Potential sale of township property personnel contracts, noise, cannabis, legal issues or opinions regarding any items on the open session agenda, litigation updates, and Oprah. And I'd
like to have a moment of silence for Wendy Kelly, a Tene resident and a Sha Tree advisory board who left us last week. Thank you. And we thank her for her service to the town. Okay, with that, Mr. Clerk, I think we are ready to
begin. And we're going to start with uh presentations. Um and first will be a certificate of recognition for a neighborhood compost. Um Counciloman Gober, do you want to step down and um discuss I believe both of them actually the cleanup and you don't mind? Thank you.
So, um, sorry, Hildy, do you want to come up also? Um, sorry, having issues. Um, so we're presenting, um, some I'm going to hold this for Yseph. um some certificates to
the environmental uh commission for the neighborhood compost program that just came out if everyone saw um they got a 100 families and I'll explain it in a second and also for the incredible um cleanup day events. How many have we had now last uh four? Yeah, it's it's
amazing. So, I'm going to first present this to you as as chair for bringing composting to Tene. Um, so I'm just going to say a really quick thing. So, uh, as the council liazison, I want to recognize the commission for the successful launch of
TX first municipal, um, compost pilot program. This really reflects years um and I remember watching meetings of behind the-scenes work led by Yseph and Hildy and they've really brought this amazing unmatched energy to this project
coordinating with the departments and the residents and really keeping the momentum going. Um, and it it could have stalled, but Ysef really brings the technical knowledge and the deep environmental expertise and Hildy brings the the passion and the energy and together they built something
operational that helps everybody and it's it wasn't just an aspirational project. So, thanks to their leadership, more than a hundred residents are now participating. Um they've everyone's got in starter kits which have the buckets and the liners instructions and everyone has access to the secure drop site at
the ROA center uh overflow lot. Um and also the environmental commission ensured that there was clear communications with neighborhood compost and the DPW. Um and this is really about being community-led, evidence-based, scalable for TAC. and we're really proud
to support this work and we're grateful to the EC for making Tina a leader in uh municipal sustainability. So, thank you. I don't know if you want to say anything about that before we the night for the EC. Um and then this is for the cleanup day.
Um so also, so the April 27th was the fourth cleanup day and this people love it actually. Like you if you look at the comments and the feedback, people really they love it. It brings residents together. the township staff, volunteers with a shared commitment to taking care
of the town that we all call home. So, this wasn't symbolic. It was real and on the ground effort. We removed litter, public spaces. We were able to make some recommendations and really show that, you know, town pride and civic pride is something that we can practice. Um and the collaboration again Hildy with the
DPW is seamless and it really just reflects how many people in Tene care about their neighborhood and really want to do the work and we talk about policy but days like the cleanup day and the compost that's action and once again thank you for for your environmental
leadership. So this is also for that and I don't know if you're going to see them. This is This is for Yseph. This is for neighborhood compost. So, I don't know if if you want me to mail if you wish we mail it to them or Okay. What's that? Can you mail your
Yeah, I'll get Thank you. Thank you. Do you want to say anything? Yeah. Thank you, Councilman. Did you want to say Do you want to say? I just want to say a few word. First of all, thank you to Hillary because she is our uh council liaison. We have um really a terrific group of people on the environmental
commission and I want to uh just tell you that we're all volunteers. Everybody brings their own expertise and and passion about making T-neck a green community and we couldn't do that without the support of the council and
especially uh Jacqueline and Jacqueline Hashmmet as our town manager. She oversees the operations of the EC and Hillary is our liaison to the council. So the cleanup and the compost pilot program are just some of the things that
this great group of people are doing. So it really is uh their collective minds that are making these things happen in TX. So I want to thank them and I want to mention them because these are your neighbors. um Ysef Gillers who is our vice chair, Peter Goldman, Judy Green,
Tamara Browning, Rosyn Turner, David Spielman, Yehuda Conn who also serves as our planning board representative and Michael Klatsky. Um those are your volunteers on the Tene Environmental Commission. but mostly for both the
compost program and for the town cleanup. I want to thank the residents of T-neck because it they are really the volunteers that are making this happen. We had over a hundred people sign up for the cleanup this time for this spring.
And the first one that we did uh with the DPW, which I think goes back to spring of 2020 or fall of 2023, it was raining. We had about 30 people sign up. We had about 20 people come. And now it
has grown. The momentum has grown because neighbors are talking to neighbors about how much fun they have with their kids and what a great need we have in Tene to keep clean keep our roadways and our open spaces clean and cleared of litter. So, um, I want to
thank all the residents of T-neck and our pioneers for composting are fantastic that we had our first pickup today and Jacqueline, I don't know if it's good or bad news, but they picked up three out of the three totes that were there at compost. So, we think
that's a lot of enthusiasm for the first week of getting started and we'll see how it goes moving forward. We will be collecting data on the um on the amount uh by weight of organic waste that we are collecting um and how much compost
it will be it will be transitioned to and um and also how how much we're actually connect collecting based on the number of people in the program and that will help Jacqueline and the council to to decide when they can roll it out to the entire town. So, I'm sure it will be
a success because of the residents of Tina because we're they're fabulous. So, and I thank you so much for this recognition, but really it's the residents that that have participated that deserve the our cert our appreciation. So, thank you. Thank you
very much. Um, mayor, uh, first off, thank you for composting as well as cleanup, but I I wanted to note that you guys are proving to be an inspiration because several of my friends who serve on governing bodies in two different towns are asking how we're
doing it. And when they are ready to move forward, I'm going to put them in touch with you, Jacqueline, as well as Councilwoman Goldberg. So, I'm sure you already know that, but other towns are watching and they're very impressed and they want to start doing it as well. So, thank you for that. Thank you. Um, Mayor Katz,
I just wanted to say thank you very much for all your great work and all and and thank you for mentioning all the others that volunteer as well. We really appreciate it. Thank you. We're we're very lucky to have in this town a lot of volunteers and a lot of talented people that want to give back to the community
and we count you as one of them. I sat on the environmental commission back in the day and you seem to have brought this energy to it and excitement and I wasn't able to make this cleanup, but I do love the cleanup. Um, and I hope I can make the next one. I was
going to say maybe it was all the potato peels post Passover or Easter, but no, you didn't start until after. So, I I don't know what it was. Um, but yeah, that's great. Fantastic. So, thank you so much. Um, two comments. one which I made at the event as it relates to compost and we discussed how few towns
in the country do composting. I think it was literally a handful and the other ones were mainly multi-million person cities. So again, Tenick leads the way thanks to you in your committee. Uh as it relates to the garbage, I think it would I'd be remiss if I didn't um thank you for the pizza. That was the
highlight for me. It was the pizza afterwards. Um, also I think there was one uh comment that someone made afterwards that I forwarded on about um doing more events or not necessarily more events but ongoing clean up with the with the baseball leagues and the soccer leagues who primarily use the
fields that we need the parks that we need to clean up in. Um, and I think a lot of them leave the mess behind and I had that problem when I was a coach. So, we'll work on that. Again, thank you very much and uh we thank your your your family for lending you as well. Mr. Can I ask the attorney a question that Hildy
just made me think of on that? Sure. Um, so part of this in the discussions for the the plans was the um the food compost. Uh, and I know you were working with the DPW to for the weight. Do we
need to update the code for us to accept food waste for the recycling tonnage grant? Is that was part of the reason? like our code doesn't have food waste and I know other towns do and I think the DPW is asking and she just made me think of that. You don't have to have that in the ordinance but you can if you
want to. If it doesn't I just wanted to know. No, you you can so we can we're good increasing your programs or decreasing them as you see fit. It doesn't have to be in the ordinance. Thank you. Okay. Thank you very I'm really sorry because I left out the DPW. They we could not do either one of these
programs without the DPW. They're f and they we really the whole town really needs to appreciate all the work they do. But we worked hand in hand to to make these things happen. So I thank them. Absolutely. Okay. And then in Mr. Mr. Mayor, I'm sorry I had to call you.
I Yeah, I did. No, I just wanted to uh chime in as well to say thank you uh to the environmental commission for all the hard work that they do and uh with composting. Uh I think it's a stellar job. But certainly we are leader in the field in terms of m municipalities that
are actually doing this type of work and I love how you're engaging young people who have a heart to um toward environmental concerns. So um kudos to um to all the work that you all are doing. Thank you. Okay. Thank you very much. Okay. Heading
into work session items. Does anyone have anything on miscellaneous? Old business new business. Communications Committee reports by council leaison. Yep.
Yep. Um quickly, the library met last week and they are looking for a new ADA compliant website. Um there was a presentation and they are looking through um a bunch of options, but they have one
in particular that they're hoping to go with. Uh they are looking to reopen in um September if the municipal um if the budget is passed and they're able to order furniture barring any problems
with shipments and tariffs and um they can order furniture and get it in in time. So we're looking at a September timeline hopefully. Cross your fingers. Um the manager and I had a meeting today with board of ed president Ed Ha and superintendent Dr. Spencer and they
asked us to remind the public that they are going through a strategic planning process for the uh schools that they hope to kick off in September. And they're looking for members of the public to participate. You don't need to have children in the school. You don't
even need to have children or school age children to participate. They're looking um to have people um action steps would be taken through the month of May and this would be completed in time for school to open in September. They're
looking for people to join five different steering committees, uh personnel, finance, special education, academic achievement, and communications. Um and um they've hired a consulting company to
help them with the process and um you can get more information by visiting their website, scanning a QR code if you're interested in signing up. uh they will once their um steering
committees meet they will open it up to public to uh feedback from the board from the public and bring that to the board of education. Um but they would like the whole community to be involved in this. Thank you. Thank you, Deputy Mayor. Anyone else for community for um
council leazison? Okay, I just have one I'm sorry. M I Yes, that's okay. That's our No, I just want to let the public know that the ADU community meeting has been confirmed um for June 26 from 7 to 9:00 p.m. And
we'll have we'll send out more notification about that. That's for to educate the public on um the ADU um ordinance and how they can how they can apply for it, build on it, etc., etc. That'll be an open community session. And I'm sure that there'll be a flyer
and it'll be on the website as well. Correct. Council listed items, open space and recreation, OSRP recognitions. Councilman Goldberg. Thanks, Mr. Mayor. Um, I thought I had asked for a certificate, so if we can get that after, but we saw the the grant notice.
Um, and I just wanted to take the moment to recognize um two uh individuals who are long with their long-standing commitment to TX environment and governance that really helped deliver this town what it really desperately needed. So, I would like to recognize
Dr. Charles Powers and former Councilman Alan Son. So, they weren't just advocates, they were educators, and if it weren't for the little newsletter we started together, um I probably wouldn't be sitting here. Um but they really demonstrate what it means to st uh stand
firm even when it's unpopular. And for TX open space recreation plan, it sat in limbo. The version expired in 2017. It was completed in 19 um with review and it wasn't passed and it finally got
passed at the June 23rd uh planning board meeting. Uh thank you uh Mayor Schwarz for for leading that. Um and it was said that there was concerns about restricting land over it. Um but honestly because we didn't have an OSRP
and a reconciled Rossi we were we were locked out of Greenacres funding for over a decade. Um, in 2023 alone, we were at risk of losing $1.9 million from PSCG and $750,000 from grants from Heric Park. So that's $2.65 million alone that
literally Councilman S and Dr. Powers uh saved so it didn't slip away. Um, they never stopped pushing. They worked with others. They worked with um you know former chair Ken Hoffman who was also a huge advocate for this Jim Vch um and
they stayed focused. They connected the dots. They brought the facts and they showed up and their advocacy is really what moved the uh OSRP from draft to approval. They understood that this wasn't about paperwork or restrictions. since this was about parks like Heric
and Sagamore, Andreas, Brett, flooding, equity, Phelps, um, and really preserving what never should have been left vulnerable. So, thanks to their efforts, PEK is now once again eligible for the millions in state grants. And we just heard that we got another 1.5
million. So, that brings the total that we have to thank Chuck and Allen for $4.1 million thanks to their advocacy. I don't know how many text point that is, but we're really beginning to reclaim our identity as a town that protects the land and values its green space and
plans responsibly for the generations of a ahead. So, Councilman Zone, Dr. Powers, if you're on Zoom, um I know you didn't do this for the credit. You did it for K's future and the trust and every resident in every corner um has you to thank uh for that money. Um and I
look forward to seeing everyone at the ribbon cutings. Thank you very much. Bergen County Review of Tene Road and thank you for everyone uh who brought the grants to fruition. Um Bergen County Review of Ten Road Ball Knicks. Mayor Gats. Yeah. Uh a resident reached out to me about asking if we can have the
county uh just take a look at some of the as the weather gets better take a look at some of the uh small spots in on Tene Road that that have bottlenecked areas i.e. Forest and Tene Road. and they mentioned something about um by
holy name and by F possibly Tina R and F. So I'm just conveying that message. I don't know if if this is something the county does regularly if there's any recommendations. Maybe everything's great. Obviously we did a streetscape just recently within the last seven
years. So they probably did do a review at that time but that was just my convey. I'll jump in. F is actually has a red light. Um I I believe you're you're not wrong. They're not wrong. Forest Avenue because when you go north, it goes down from two lanes to one with the cars parked on east um on the east
side of the road. If we can maybe have the county take a look at it. Unfortunately, they we may be stuck because there's no other place for those cars to park, but that creates the bottleneck. And then going south, I think there may be a green arrow situation, but I'm going to Yeah. I mean, um so I work for the county
planning and engineering department. Okay. Um and this is something that they do do indeed do. Um, as long as they get an email from the mayor or the manager, uh, you can send it to the county executive, you can send it to Joe Femia andor Joe Bott or Nancy Darges, but if you just send it to the county executive
and Melissa Camid, her his assistant, it'll trickle down in Tommy Dutch and it'll get to the right people in planning and engineering. Perfect. Um, and on behalf of the the merch committee, myself and your you show some county. Yeah. Large next time. Yep. And extra large. Got it. Okay. Both mediums
can't flash that in our own minds. Um, okay. Township managers report and I believe you have a lot of updates, especially from the last meeting. There was some action taken, especially with some parking issues. Thank you, mayor. Good evening, council and township
residents. Um, our recent pedestrian safety kickoff event was a huge success. We are now scheduling a community engagement meeting at the Rotus Center in the coming weeks. We hope you can join us with our traffic bureau, Easy Ride, and NJTPA. Our police department has also recently
installed orange pedestrian pedestrian crossing flags at 402 Cedar Lane and 503 Cedar Lane to increase visibility and alert drivers of pedestrian crossing pedestrians crossing the roadway. The BLM mural is scheduled to
be repainted on June 1st um in the overflow parking lot of the Rotus of the Rotus Center. So, it will be closed for our composters. We will um also send a nixel as a reminder. The Sagamore Park detention tank community meeting is scheduled for
May 12th from 7 to 9:00 p.m. in council chambers. Zoom option will be available for viewing only. Baron Terrace um is has a water mane installation that is underway for the next two to three weeks. So you will see Violia in this area. May is mental health awareness
month. This month, the Township of Tene supports raising public awareness about mental illness, reducing stigma, and promoting mental well-being. The Garden Club of Tene plant sale is scheduled for May 9th through 11th from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Tene Greenhouse, 300
Lindberg Boulevard. Reminder, we have a bin set up at Township Hall until May 15th for the Never Alone Resource Center. Please bring non-p perishables only. They are also looking for volunteers for a spring cleanup project. So, if you're
interested, please um sign up. Our Memorial Day ceremony is scheduled for May 26th at 11:00 a.m. on the municipal green, and all are welcome to attend. Uh the Motor Vehicle Commission mobile unit will be on site at Township Hall on August 18th. Online appointments
will be available 30 days prior on our website. Registration for the Tina Community Pool continues at the Roa Center. We now have over 500 TX residents registered for the season. Some recent upgrades include repainting all three pools. Landscaping, concrete
slabs have been leveled, sod installation, renovations to our pool house, parking lot gravel has been added and leveled, installation of new entrance stairs, lifeguard chairs, fencing replacements, and much more.
Don't miss our openhouse ribbon cutting ceremony that is scheduled for May 21st from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the new pool location on Commander Walk. We hope to see you there. The TK Farmers Market will begin this Thursday and will take place on Thursdays through October at
the Garrison and Beverly lot. The Rotary Club of Tene is hosting their 11th annual Taste of Tene event at the Glenpoint Marriott on Monday, May 12th from 5:00 p. p.m. to 9:30 p.m. You'll enjoy a sampling of the best restaurants in the area. Please see our the flyer on
our website on how to register and purchase tickets. Our next shredding event is June 6th from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Township Hall parking lot. A zoning subcommittee meeting is scheduled for May 30th at 9:00 am. The
ADU community meeting, which I know um Deputy Mayor Belchure did mention, is scheduled for June 26 from 9 7 to 9:00 p.m. in council chambers for anyone who'd like to attend. This will be anformational meformational meeting to go over the specifics of our ADU ordinance and what that means for our
community. Social media will have postings on additional information. Uh the Tene Police Department is now accepting applications for the 2025 Junior Police Academy. It starts on Friday, June 27th, then from Monday, June 30th through Thursday, July 3rd.
This exciting program is open to Tene residents ages 11 to 13. Applications must be submitted by Friday, May 30th. A friendly reminder that um township offices will be observing Junth. So, Township Hall offices will be
closed with the exception of DPW, police, and fire and that's Thursday, June 19th. Also, another reminder that in June, our only council meeting will be on June 17th. So, please update your calendars. Um, a grant update for you.
If you did not see our recent press release, the township was awarded 1.125 million in NJD grant funds for major park improvements. $750,000 was for in our inclusive playground improvements at Boutique Park
aimed at expanding accessibility and inclusiv inclusivity for children of all abilities. Another 375,000 is for restroom and splash pad improvements at Argon Park, enhancing facilities to better serve families and park
visitors. I would like to acknowledge the exceptional efforts of township engineer Farah Galani for working so hard on all of our recent um grant applications. She works very hard to make sure all these applications are put in on time and is is very responsible
about getting us these fundings for improvements. For our project updates, Heric Park improvements continue. The playground safety installation is now complete. The electrical work for the splash pad and restrooms are underway. Bike lane improvements. The
paving is scheduled for August, but prior to the paving project, the drainage improvements and concrete work will be done prior. Argon Park tennis courts um have a precon meeting that is scheduled for tomorrow. Phelps Park splash pad is
scheduled to go out to bid after finalizing the plans. And the Phelps Park tennis courts are in the final stages of repair. We do have some weather delays, so by mid to late May, they will reopen. the Andreas Park pickle ball courts. Uh the surface painting and stripe is scheduled for
next week. And we are making progress with our Windsor Road walking bridge repairs. We plan to submit an updated plan to CSX and finalize the agreement to make those necessary repairs. The Bellev drainage project, the design work is complete and we have
submitted everything to D and EPA on time. The Blev Garden uh rain garden, the geotech testing was done last week and the design will be finalized based on those results. The 2024 road resurfacing will commence once our bond ordinance is
adopted. The list of streets will also be posted to our websites under our projects page. Last meeting, Miss Baker addressed the council regarding some parking signage that was faded and illegal um and illegal parking that is taking place on Decar Avenue. We had our traffic
divi, our traffic bureau report to this area. They inspected it and our DPW has successfully installed new signage and there will they will be doing a um a designated patrol in that area to ensure that enforcement is is um is underway.
Um I would now like to provide a brief update in reference to our 2025 municipal budget that is on our agenda for introduction this evening. As we all know, this has been a challenging budget year to prepare. With many hours and calculations with our CFO, Issa Abasi,
and our auditor, Dan Daganchi, we have provided the council with the options to which I report the following. D. No, no problem. It's just my progress. I can start. The adjustments totaling 1,891,57926 were made from utilizing
additional revenues. The tax rate increase has been reduced from 9.97% to 6.98%. The budget maintains with all township services. Hiring freeze remains in place unless replacing vacant positions due to
resignations or retirements. Our 2025 municipal tax on average on an average home valued at 627,54959 will see an increase of 3 $323.93 from 2024 which is equal to $26.99 per month. 20. Our 2026 budget
remains a challenge with current forecast at another double-digit increase. I would now um I would now just like to wish all the mom the teen moms a happy Mother's Day with this upcoming weekend. Mayor, that's all I have for you this evening. Thank you very much. Very comprehensive report. If possible, if maybe you want to put send
out that report to the public if you don't mind if it's Yeah. Yeah, I think there's so many informative things on there, especially with all the parks. We are constantly getting questions about when's this park happening, when's this park's happening. So, if we And just so you know, mayor, we do have an actual project update tab now that lists every
project that FastTech has. So, I'll make sure that I um actually put a blurb on the front page so they could just click on that to see all the all the project updates. Um wait, really quickly on the manager's report, he was first. Okay, Larry, go first and then then I have a question. Go ahead. Just on the
manager's report for um Sagamore Park, I got uh summer's uh request and so did um PP about um making sure that we have enough benches at the parks for the parents with the young kids. So if we can have like three or four benches around um if we can just make sure that
while we're doing that, we include those in the plans. Okay, I'll let a far now. Thank you. Just a quick question, Mr. Mayor, for either Jacqueline or Issa. Probably Issa. What is the total budget for this year added up with capital and you know operating because I think last year it
was 85 right and if you need time to come back it's okay I was just curious should we wait on the yeah take your time take while we do that um Mr. Attorney, I'm Do you have anything to report in public or whatever you gave in close session? Whatever I
gave in close. Thank you very much. I have nothing further. Okay. Excellent. Okay. Um we have no Give me a second. We have no um no ordinances. We have um we'll go right into good and welfare after we get the answer after we we'll do good and
welfare after we get the answer from you, Mr. CFO. And then from there, we'll we'll introduce the budgets after. So we we have an answer. So generally speaking, you do not lump the two together because they are separate. So the total budget for this year is
86,579,319.85. Your capital is separate because you don't tax everyone for the full amount. You tax the 5% down payment which this year comes to I believe 537,000 off. Um last year the budget was84,917826 uh and
61. So that's what the two years are combined. And what's capital this year total? I believe it's 523 or 537. I could pull it up. Capital this year is I believe 12 million in the low 12 millions. It was higher, but it was reduced uh thanks to
Councilman Goldberg finding us Phelps Park for 400,000 that we were able to and last year capital was around 8 million, right? 8.8, I believe, roughly off the top of my head. Thank you. Okay, thank you very much. And with that, we'll turn it over to Good and Welfare. Uh please raise your hands.
We'll take everyone in the audience first and from there we'll go on to uh to Zoom. When I call you up, please come up, state your name. Three minutes. Miss Silverberg, you know the drill. This is anything you like as it relates to council. I believe the words are council relates to council. It's not the
met score, not to the score, not about the library. It's not about the library. Go. What was that one? Good evening. I'm Sandy Silverberg, Teneck resident. I just want to first of all
start off with a commercial. If you haven't seen the PBS, well, you still can see PBS. If you haven't seen the PBS special on libraries, you still have one more chance. It was aired this week on
PBS, but you still have one more chance. If you go to the Tene International Film Festival's website, the tiff.org organic. There's a link to a recorded
presentation of this tremendous documentary. But the great part is it's followed by a Q&A that features our own library director, a wonderful assembly person from New Jersey who was very
instrumental in making sure that libraries in the state of New Jersey are protected. It's a terrific documentary. those of us who've seen it and I know you're out there because I know some of the people in the audience. I hope you'll take the opportunity to do that.
That's mostly for the folks out there. If you haven't seen it, uh please do try that. I also wanted to comment some about the budget. This is a a a fraught year and I attended some of the budget
hearings on specific areas. One of them was the something with an L uh life something uh had to do with books. And I know the tremendous job that the town manager has undertaken here in this
terribly short fiscal space. I only hope that the town will pass the budget sooner rather than later because for example at the library
renovation we can't order materials until the budget is officially adopted. And of course with all of the things that are going on internationally, the money that we have to spend, we don't know if that money
would even be sufficient going forward because tariffs may raise the price of some of the things that would have been ordered. So I hope that when we fight over the budget, and I for one uh think that it was fabulously
prepared. It's a hard pill to swallow for some folks. But listen, despite everything I tried, literally and figuratively, the chickens have come home to roost in T-neck and we have to be realistic about raising capital. So,
I hope we can do that because it will be more expensive in the short run not to do it. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Mrs. Silverberg. Anybody else in the public like to speak? got a short one of these. I am Lynn Clauss. I'm on the Friends of the
Library and I've been a T-neck resident for 50 years. And um as a um an active member of the the library in the Friends of the Library, I'd like to urge you to uh pass the um pass the allocation so
that we can move forward on opening the the library even earlier than proposed. So that's it for me. Thank you very much. Am uh Emirate Ramit 10en TK resident. So I'd like to speak about uh green building and sustainable construction
and I'd like to ask this council to adopt a code for our township. I know we've been talking about bill build and I don't have any problems with that but if we are here here's a fun slogan for you. Build better, build smarter, build greener. Now, in the township, we don't
actually have a code or standard that we formalize or follow. We just say build green. It's part of our uh it's part of our uh I'm blanking on this. Uh but it would be nice to adopt a code that follows some kind of standard
or criteria. Something like the NGBS, a national green building standard. That's an ANIE approved green building standard or lead leadership in energy and envir environmental design standards overseen by the US green building council. Now why adopt a code that covers items like
lot design and development, resource efficiency, water efficiency, energy efficiency, indoor environmental quality and operations and maintenance. It's just a better way to do business and enforces cleaner construction to help the community and environment health
keep healthy. It's always easier to design and build and also enforce if you have requirements to meet. You won't have any arguments from developers since they won't be mind readading, which as an engineer I can assure you is a nightmare. It doesn't have to be perfect. It just needs to let developers
know how we as a township want our buildings. There's an old saying, those who plant trees, knowing that only others will enjoy the shade, are public benefactors. This doesn't need to be about trees, but it can also be about buildings and how we go about our
township business in the future. So remember, build better, build smarter, build green. Thank you. Thank you, Armory. Anybody else in the audience? Mr. Burman and then Mr. Dr. Young after Mr. Burman. Elliot Burman, resident of Tene for
almost 30 years. My primary purpose for speaking tonight is to thank the council for passing the ordinance regarding time, place, and manner restrictions concerning special events such as demonstrations. I am especially happy that it passed seven to nothing on the first reading four weeks ago. While I
would have liked to see it passed seven to nothing two weeks ago, at least it passed 5 to two, and for that I am thankful. One further note on the new ordinance, and this is perhaps directed more to the township manager and the town's council and maybe the constitutional lawyer
retained by the township. I could foresee an argument down the road regarding section 31B9H relating to when the place restriction of 100 ft from the property line of a religious establishment is in effect. Let's say for example the KKK wants to demonstrate outside a church
because the KKK contends something that is not a religious program or activity is taking place at the church during that time. In that case I believe one first looks to the information provided the township manager in the application to conduct a demonstration pursuant to section
31B2 which includes under subsection G the quote hours the demonstration will quote commence and terminate. At that point, I believe it is incumbent on the township manager to inquire from the church whether the church will be having what the church contends as a religious
program or activity around that time. Under the church autonomy doctrine, it is not for the demonstrators or indeed anyone other than the church to determine what is considered a religious program or activity, but for the church itself to decide that issue. Thus, for
example, if if if the application is for a demonstration in front of a church from 100 pm to 4 pm on a Sunday, since a demonstration within 100 ft of the property line of the church is prohibited from 1 hour before any religious program or activity commences
until 1 hour after it concludes, the question that should be posed to the church is whether between the hours of 2 and 3 p.m. on that Sunday. It is having in its opinion any religious program or activity. Church autonomy protects the right of religious institutions to
decide for themselves free from state interference matters of faith and doctrine. Thank you, Dr. Y. Good evening, Phil TC president. I first want to thank um Hildy, I think she left, but the environmental commission
for their work because it's wonderful. Um, and um, I did not volunteer because I volunteer every day when I walk my dog. And I think Deputy Mayor Organ saw me carrying a whole bunch of junk that I picked up by Sagamore Park last week
while I was walking my little dog. I pick up I pick up litter almost every single day at Sagamore Park and Books Park. Those parks, people play basketball there and throw their water bottles on the grass when there's a garbage can right nearby. Um, and then
the DPW comes and I think they do a great job. I love the DPW. They were there cleaning our uh our um storm drains just the other day. Um, but they often mow the grass and mow right over the plastic and then the plastic is like strewn and broken glass. I pick up
pieces of broken glass and I think, you know, maybe the DPW can do a better job of going through those parks before they um mow the grass to clean up all that all that stuff. But I do as much of it as I can. The other the other thing I wanted to talk about is Cedar Lane.
Cedar Lane doesn't look very good and uh you know the sidewalks don't look great. I mean they look nice when they were first put in, but it's been many years and that needs to be dealt with. But but more important than that, there are somewhere between seven and eight
lamposts on Cedar Lane, Windsor Road, and in the Garrison Avenue parking lot. I have spoken to um our former manager. I've spoken to to uh uh the current manager about it. She knows about it. Um and it's been several years for since
those have come down and it's it's a safety hazard. The parking lot on Garrison and Garrison and and Beverly um uh has two lamposts missing and a lampost on Beverly Road missing. On Windsor Road uh walking down from Cedar
Lane, there's a lampost missing. And along Cedar Lane between Windsor and Garrison, there are lamposts missing, several of them. Uh, that's a safety hazard. Uh, I think it should be looked at and corrected. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Dr. Y. Anybody
else? Um, Councilman Son, sure you'll be next. Nick, uh, former Councilman S and current resident. Uh the budget increase of 7% this year uh which was achieved by mostly kicking the can down to the next couple of years is merely the tip of the
iceberg. Uh as reported by the chief financial officer, the projections for the next two years were 14% and 16%. Uh a compounded rate increase over those three years of nearly 40% over the 2024 base.
For the average homeowner, as the township manager reported this evening, that's $323 in an increase uh this year. Uh it could be $600 or more next year. Uh it could be $700 or $800 the following year. That compounded increase
hits very very difficultly. And again, it is a it is a huge increase. It is a gigantic pill to swallow. As a microcosm, we can look at the swim club. uh we really don't have data on the basics of what the revenue
the expenses and capital expenditures will be not just this year but over the next couple of years. It looks like based on the data available from the swim club in past years based on the data that's on the website and based on additional information that there will be a much much larger loss than the swim
club had incurred in previous years and that there was also a delay in capital expenditures which will have to be done at the swim club. that's going to be on top of everything else. Again, the tiny part of that is in the budget. The 11.5 million dollars to be borrowed, as the
CFO reported, is not merely one of the largest ever, but far larger than the $3.5 million of debt that's being paid off in this budget. As anyone who has a credit card knows, uh if you are paying if you are adding more in debt than what
you're paying off, your debt is going to be increasing and those costs are going to be increasing. Total debt service is the highest ever in township history. There's $22 million in old debt that has been rolled over on a regular basis and
for which we're paying short-term rates. The next five years of the Banager's capital budget has nearly $90 million in expenditures. There's $15 million for parks and this current budget it looks like will use virtually every penny that's available in open space trust
funds. I try to generate grant funds but again there's only so much that could be generated and the question is not what should be removed. The question is how will we pay for that? Taxpayers are already being hit hard and will be hit
hard and the question of what we have in this budget and what the priorities are. As former as mayor for life began said, budgets are about priorities. And what are our priorities? We need to go through this budget and we need to ask
ourselves how can we hit our taxpayers this hard? How can we justify how can we pay for these things? Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Sun. And um who next. Hello everyone. Uh my name is Raymond Moore. I'm a resident of Tene. Okay, two
minutes. Resident of Tene. Um oh, three minutes. Resident of Tene. And my dad used to come here a lot. Um so give a shout out to him. He fortunately graduated from the earth a long time ago and u thank you for the public. Thank you for your guys service. The reason why I'm here today and I'm making an
making this announcement is that um I think Miss Scoberg or Miss Hmet um emailed me. It was about 7 o'clock a.m. in the morning last week or two and there was a loud noise outside and when I looked outside um they were cutting down the trees for the power lines which
is a very positive thing to do but it was just like literally extra early at like really early in the morning and for people who were um off that day in the morning it was like a big alarm clock. So, I know that's very important to make sure the trees don't interfere with the power lines, but if something can be
done to not have that happen again, we most appreciate it. Like maybe like later on in the day, maybe 8 or something like that. So, I'm not sure if that was ever talked about or discussed, but that'll help in the future for residents of Tene to not have an alarm that early in the morning with the power lines being cut or the trees being cut.
Thank you. That's my time. Thank you very much. We'll address it afterwards. And yes, we did discuss it. Oh, thank my name is Hartwell Cornelius. I live at 29 West Develop Place in Tene. I've been in Tene for approximately over like 50 years. Um, I used to work for
this town one time as a director youth services back when Ronnie Schmidt was here. And I like to also say that I actually know know some of your council people, you know, your know your your parents and everything too as well. But I have to say that I'm having a problem
right now with with your with your building department. I built the home. I had it torn down on 29 West Place and I had it rebuilt. It started in 2003 and I've had some bad contractors. I
know that they just was not doing their job. So I had to fire them. But then then after that when everything was running smoothly um just recently as of January 2004 2000 January I mean 2005
um I've been trying to get a permanent a seal. I was given a temporary seal understanding that they have to be a co a what they call a cex put in the backyard. So we did that $8,000 was out was to pay for that. Um just recently I
was told um about a week and a half ago, maybe a week and a half, they said if you get your surf, if you get your architect to give us a um a a survey, which is this right here, we will give you your co. Well, I called
them this week, last week, and this week. No one wants to answer a phone or give me anything. Okay, this is ridiculous. Okay. Um and it's legit. I mean, this I have it upside down. Excuse me. But um it's it's
um it has been done and all it has to do is look at it and see that it's it's been u properly filled out and I believe that I should receive my se my seal. But what they've done because you get a temporary seal, you got to pay 30. but
have me pay $30 each month that you do not um have you don't have you'll have a co um I've learned that that's not true for other people. I have someone on on um another street in TAC
um who I spoke with and he says I they're bothering him for $30 a month. That's kind of ridiculous. Why I'm being targeted for this kind of money? I don't understand. We Well, thank you very much. We'll address that. M the manager will address that shortly. Thank you very much. Thank
you very much. Anybody else in the public would like to speak? Okay, Mr. Clerk, head to you on Zoom. DJ that Benji Bernett S Benji Bernett TK. Three minutes, sir, we hear you. Hi, Benji
Bernett Tene. As Sandy and Lynn said, um it would be very helpful to the library. Um the faster the capital budget is passed, um we need some of that capital to buy some furniture which will be used for the library to reopen. Um and hopefully it'll be a very nice library
once it reopens and we're all looking forward to it. Hopefully sooner. Thank you. Thank you, Benji. We now have Leila Graham. Um, hi Leila Graham, Tina President. Um, can you hear me? Yes, loud and clear.
Miss, you have three minutes. Okay. Um, I would like to read out a letter that was sent to China Council um on April 22nd um of 2025 by the Coalition for Civil Freedoms based in Washington DC
regarding the um the special events ordinance that was just passed a couple of weeks ago. Um, and it reads, "Dear council members, I am the legal director of the co coalition of civil freedoms, and I understand that this council is
considering an ordinance which has several problematic and unconstitutional sections which would inhibit and shill first amendment first amendment protected activity. First, the requirement that a group of any size obtain a permit before engaging in, for
example, a protest on a public sidewalk or other non-roadway public property is clearly unconstitutional in violation of the First Amendment. Permits or advanced notice requirements are only upheld when the when they apply to large groups and not to small groups. Worldly versus
United States, DOI 615F3D508 520 DC um circa 2010 American Arab Anti-Discrimination um Commission versus City of Dearbornne um uh
F3D600 608 six circuit 2005 and Gman versus City of Portland 33 F3 3D 1200 1206 9th circuit 1994 and Burke versus August Augusta Richmond
County um as well as people versus Barrett in New York 2006. This is because when there are large group gatherings the municipality often expends resources during crowd control dealing with interference with v vehicular and or pedestrian traffic and
generally protecting the public welfare. Grassman versus city of Portman emphasizes in original some type of permit requirement may be justified in the case of large groups where the burden placed on park facilities and
possibility of interference with other park users is more substantial. Borley versus United States uh states the potential need to arrange for additional parking, traffic control, sanitary facilities, mount water fountains, andor first aid stations will arise much more
frequently when a large group plans to hold an event. Um, American Arab Anti-Discrimination Commission versus City of Dearbornne uh states the city of Dearborn's significant interest in crowd and travel control, property man maintenance, and the protection of the
public welfare is not advanced by the application of the ordinance to small groups. Um, this keeps this goes on. Um, I just wanted to say this on the record so that people of Tene know that civil rights groups have reached out to council to try and stop this
unconstitutional ordinance. Thank you, Miss Graham. Your three minutes were up. We are bringing in Rebecca Fineberg. You are Good afternoon, council members. My name is Rebecca Fineberg. I am a resident at uh Bell Avenue and Beverly where the flooding
has occurred. As you can imagine, over the last few days, we've had some very wet basements and spent a lot of time plumbing and uh sping up our basement and trying to deal with the water that's coming in. So, I just wanted to express
my appreciation for the fact that next Monday you will be having a conversation with us about the Sagamore detention tanks. And I wanted to confirm that this project was moving forward and that we would get details of when we would break ground and when this project would be
complete. at the Monday night meeting. We have Keith Kaplan. Hello. Can you hear me loud and clear? Three minutes. Hi. Uh Keith Kaplan, Tenic resident. I've had uh a lot of experience chatting with, you know, our various departments and helping them
with various things when I was on council. But today I had uh a lot of uh meetings with several of them. One of our uh smoke detectors failed and went off. TFD was at our house within seconds. I want to thank them for you
know excellent work. Uh we had a kid who was scared of the noise. They worked uh you know to find the problem, help fix it, and uh show the kids their little cameras that see through walls uh to keep them busy while the alarms were
going off. Excellent. Just absolutely fantastic. And uh to the comment the uh other gentleman was making about the survey, I had a chance to use the SDL system that we brought. Uh for those that remember, it's an electronic online system that lets you work with the
building department. I scheduled uh picked, you know, three available days for a electrical inspection. They called me a couple hours later, told me which one was available and uh scheduled to come, you know, within a couple days. Uh it's working great. Uh there are a
couple little tweaks here and there that you know now that I actually used the system I think we uh could benefit by uh making a few more categories available but you know things around the edges. I think uh if residents knew that they didn't have to come down to the building
department in order to submit things like a survey and they could do that online. It would save the resident a lot of calls. It would save the person answering the phone a lot of you know uh tag back and forth and most importantly
it saves the clerk answering the calls from finding the sub code official who they need to go through and puts everybody in touch with each other. So uh from a customer service standpoint it saves everybody a whole lot of time if we can get more systems like this
working. I know that, you know, there's sometimes a little uh push back to getting new systems in place, but uh if there's anybody that wants to take up the mantle and get more of these things running, I think it would uh do a lot of good. The workers are doing a great job from, you know, the services I got to
use this week and uh just wanted to say thanks and give it up. Mr. Clerk, do you see anybody else? Okay, that being said, good welfare is now closed. Um Mr. Manager, before we get to council, did you want
to uh address um you'll take the Sorry. Yes. Did I want to address what? I'm sorry. You address the gentleman with Westerville. Oh, yes. Um I just wanted to get your address. I'll check in with the construction official and see if I could help you with that. The CEO, if you could just give me the number on
Westerville. 20 29 Westerville. 29. Okay. So, it's 29. So, okay. Lisa, before you leave, if you could just leave me your number, I'll I'll touch base with them tomorrow and get that figured out for you. Okay. Yeah, we're going to handle that right
now. Okay. Wonderful. Okay. And Mr. M, I know you took some action after after Councilwoman Goldberg brought the attention with the early um early alarm clock matter with the utility company or the trees. You remind us what action we took on that? Um, yes, we reached out to
our PSENG um, our rep, that was actually a tree trimming um, project that they were doing. It was not a township job. So, we reached out to our PSEG rep. We explained the situation, the early tree trimming um, and they're going to start within the noise ordinance um, confines. So, it it does it does permit them to
start by 8 a.m. We're now looking at our noise ordinance and making amendments and doing certain things, but they did start a little bit earlier and we brought it to their attention. Thank you. Thank you, Council Gilbert. Thanks. So, uh, Mr. Moore, so I just want to thank you for coming tonight and
saying again what residents experience, but don't always put it into words. Getting blasted at 7:30 in the morning by equipment or a gas powered leaf blower or a bullhorn shouting hate speech isn't just frustrating, it's discourteous. And in my view, it's a violation of the your peace and your
rights. So, that's exactly why I spent weeks researching, drafting, revising a stronger ordinance. And in fact, I was up till 3:00 a.m. this morning finalizing the latest version. Um, one that speaks directly to your rights to peace and quiet in your hometown and
complies with NJD model ordinance on noise. But let's call it what it is. It's not a noise ordinance. It's a nuisance ordinance just like Hackinack, Anglewood, Fort Lee, Carlstead, Brotherford. It would have been prohibited to have that nuisance you experience before 8 a.m. on a weekday and 9:00 a.m. on a weekends. and it
recognizes the truth that noise at the wrong time is a residential neighborhood harm. It's responsible. Um, I want to thank Deputy Mayor Katz and Mayor Pagan for standing with me on that. Uh, Mr. Moore, your concern is real and I'm not letting it go. So, I really hope that
the rest of council hears you because I do and I'm going to try to bring this ordinance back. Um, Reit. Um, thank you for raising the uh the green building. Um, so the new master plan that was adopted sets sustainability goals
including uh promoting energy efficient design, green materials, and smarter land use. And the plan does state that while lead certification isn't necessary anymore um since a lot of them are part of the building code, we should be incorporating sustainable practices into
both new and uh you know develop uh development retrofit. So whether it's energy efficiency, green roofs, recycling, etc. But you're right. So the master plan is a social contract. So we do need to update our development and zoning codes now that it's passed. So I
do support moving in that direction and exploring what the language would look like to codify that piece of the master plan um with the sustainable sustainability goals um that it mentions and you mentioned. Um and that's the the that's it. Thank you. Thank you, Council
Mayor Von. Just one quick thing, Mr. Mayor. Mr. Artwell Canelius, it is so good to see you. I hope you don't mind. I gave your cell number to the manager because I know that you've been having some issues for quite some time with this property and hopefully the manager in the building department can help you address all those and streamline it.
Good to see you. Mayor Cats, Deputy Mayor W. Oh, sorry. Deputy I apologize. Uh no, I'm good. Mayor, thank you. Um just one thing that might have gotten
overlooked in the manager's uh very long report of all the things that she's doing and all of the events that we're having in the next two weeks. Um she did mention that CSX finally got back to us and they are allowing us to proceed with work on the bridge going uh between
Windsor Road and Vot Park. So for everybody that's been asking for the last couple of years, they are allowing us to finally do the repairs to open up that bridge. um which is in the capital budget uh tonight that's up for introduction. So um again for everybody
that has been asking for the last couple of years, the holdup was that CSX was not allowing us onto the tracks. We could not get um permission to start to do the work to first open up the bridge. And that's not redoing the whole bridge. That's millions of dollars away and
making it ADA compliant with either a full ramp to get on there or an elevator. Um, and that's a long way off, but to do the repairs to open the bridge, um, we are able to do that once we approve the funding for that. So,
stay tuned. Thank you very much. Um, a few comments. Uh, as it relates to lamposts, we are aware the lamposts matter and I believe those are being addressed on order and we're hoping for installation soon. Uh, definitely schooled out longer than it should. Miss Fineberg, um, over the last few minutes, we've cued some of your neighbors. We
are not aware of any flooding that occurred and no neighbors who um reported it uh either in the past or or in the last hour. In general, if there's any flooding or any concerns, you can reach out to us, email us, you can call me 917929303. Um again, we're hoping to
move this matter forward, but um just wanted to say that um I'm sorry, but we didn't hear about any any flooding. um as it relates to green building and we spoke about this excellent ideas. Our buildings aren't big enough to make that possible without bonuses, grants, and
incentives to our developers. So, what I'll do is we have a subzoning committee on May 30th. Um I I'll cue them. I I'll query them and see what their thoughts are on this. But to put um unfunded mandates on developers will have to cost somebody somewhere. we're already doing
15% affordable and this council has pushed back and increased the affordability as part of the negotiation. So, if we're going to request something that costs additional money, it's got to come from somewhere. So, I'll speak with them and see what thoughts and ideas they had. Um, as it
relates to our budget, I will address the matters that were discussed under the budget when we have our budget conversations. And with that, I'll turn it over to the introduction of the 2025. Deputy Mayor want Deputy Mayor Belure want to speak? Yeah, I spoke. We spoke. Oh, okay. She was fine. With that, I'll
turn over to the introduction of the 2025 cost of living allowance ordinance. Mr. Clerk, can you run that show? Yes, [Music] sir. We have this one particular ordinance earlier in the agenda because the
auditor told us it had to be done that way. Ordinance number 21-2025, an authorization, annual authorization to exceed the municipal budget cost of living allowance, otherwise known as COLA, and to establish a can a cap bank for year 2025.
You're looking for a motion and then to introduce I'll make that motion to introduce the annual cap bank ordinance. Second. The clerk will call that, please. Councilwoman Goldberg, yes. Councilman Councilman Pagan, apologies.
No. Councilwoman G. Sorry. Councilman Catz, no. Deputy Mayor Belchure. Yes. Deputy Mayor Oregon. Yes. Mayor Schwarz. Yes. Approved. We'll see it again on May 20th. Okay. And Mr. Clerk, introduction
of the 2020 budget. I'll actually turn it over to the manager or what would be the um how would we roll this out? Is this straight up ordinance introduction? We will be seeing this again on June 17th should it be introduced this
evening. Um unless council has any discussion. I I think you are ready to introduce and I'm sorry we're seeing this June 17th not in two weeks. The uh state budget law NJSA 48 colon 4 stites that you need 28 days to
curate between the budget introduction adoption to allow sufficient time for advertising. Any input from the public that will happen at the hearing. So that's why June 17th is our next available crack for adoption. Okay. So we're looking for the introduction and then I guess comments of the next meetings and whatnot. Is that what we're looking for? Yes, correct. Okay. You
have a public hearing for adoption. Excellent. Thank you. Just a comment about the uh the end of May meeting. Do we still need that meeting if we're not going to be having this uh um budget? Yes, unfortunately. I mean um well
actually there so I will say this the the calf bank ordinance. So you if you were to the bond ordinance if you were to choose to cancel the May 20th meeting the bond ordinance adoption the calf bank ordinance adoption would be held on June
17th. So that's a policy decision, but then it would affect when funds would be available for the bond ordinance for the department's projects because then you have to advertise the bond ordinance adoption. Then you need 20 days after that adoption, the stop period. So you're talking now into July that funds
be to purchase police cars, etc., etc. Okay. I I think we I'm sorry. Are we able to budgeted? And what about the bond? Yeah. Okay. That's important. So you're saying you want that meeting but that's needed for
the bond up funds but the township tax. Understood. Okay. I think the I think the deputy I think deputy mayor Cash was Mayor Cash was concerned about every two weeks we're having meeting after meeting after meeting after meeting but the agendas are small but in this case we cannot spread it out. We are hitting the part the second half of the of the
series where we our meetings get more spread out. Um, this is a very interesting this is an interesting situation too though because we had to pull that June 10th council meeting to accommodate the primary election too, right? So, this is we got backed into a corner a little bit here with this.
Okay. So, with that, I'll introduce I'll make a motion for the introduction of a 2025 municipal budget uh 149 of 2025 as presented by the manager. Second. Okay.
Mr. Clerk, roll call, please. Yes, sir. C. This is to introduce the budget again. We will see this resolution to adopt the budget on June 17th. Councilwoman Goldberg, no. Councilman Bean,
no. Councilman Catz, yes. Deputy Mayor Belchure, yes. Deputy Mayor Oregon, yes. Mayor Schwarz. Yes. Approved. We'll see it again in June. Thank you very much. And with this, the next step is the introduction
of the 2025 Celerene Special Improvement District. I'll make a motion number one of two 150 2025 to introduce the 2025 Cedar Lane Special Improvement District budget. Second. It was seconded by Mayor Brown. Thank you, sir. Councilwoman Goldberg.
Yes. Councilman Gan. Yes. Councilwoman G. Sorry. Councilman Catz, yes. Deputy Mayor Belure, yes. Deputy Mayor Oregon, yes. Mayor Schwarz, yes. Same thing as the budget seen in June. Um, Mr. Clerk,
consent agenda. Yep. Consent agenda and the bills list in the amount of 10,779,73347. Mr. Mayor. Yes, sir. Can I pull 151, please? 151 being pulled. Anybody else? Okay, that being said, I'll make a
motion to approve the raffles, the minutes, the resolutions, all in the bill list, all with the exception of 151 of 2025. And the bill is in the amount of 10,779,73347. Second. Second. Second roll call. Oh,
no. Sorry. Yes, roll. Sorry. Councilwoman Goldberg minus resolution 151. Yes to all with an abstension on the bills list. Councilman began. Yes. Councilman Catz. Yes to all with an abstension on the bills list and
abstension on 148 2025. Thank you sir. Deputy Mayor Belchure. Yes. Deputy Mayorggan. Yes. Mayor Schwarz. Yes. Adopted. Mayor, please. I was just hoping if someone could please remind me what we are rescending. I have
that. Give me one second. Yeah. Sorry, Doug. I stayed in the packet. It's all good. It's all good. Um, this this came in very last minute. Uh, changes to the layout of the furniture. This is the library
renovation and this was a portion of a purchase for some furniture and some other stuff. And thank you, Mr. Clerk. Thank you. In that case, Mr. Mayor, I make a motion to approve 151. Why are we why are we rescending it? Because do you want me to answer that?
the the layout if if you have a funding if you have a funding clarification, but the clarification I was given was that the plan changed because they had to run cabling through the floor which changed some of the furniture situation in part of the area. Uh they got the work taken
care of by a contractor for much less money. Okay. Something else you wanted to add, Issa? My fault. Nope. Done. Thank you. Second. Roll call, please. Councilwoman Goldberg, yes. Councilman
Pagan, yes. Councilman Catz, yes. Deputy Mayor Belchure, yes. Deputy Mayor Oregon, yes. Mayor Schwarz, yes. Rescended. And Mr. Clerk, introduction of ordinances, please. Yes. Just regular ordinances. Nothing
special. Oh, sorry. This is the bond ordinance. This is very special. Sorry. This is very special actually. Uh ordinance number 22-20225 the bond ordinance providing for various 2025 capital improvements by and in the township of teen in the
county of Bergen appropriating for 12,350 thou 315,000 therefore and authorizing the issuance of 11,687,100 of bonds or notes for the township to finance part of the cost.
Uh I'll make a motion for introduction, please. Second. This one, this one will be seen again in May. Okay. And this requires four in the introduction, but five on the pass. Indeed. Four on intro, five on pass.
Okay. Roll call, please. Councilwoman Goldberg. No, it's two responsible. Councilman began. No. Councilman Catz, Debbie Mayor Belchure. Yes. Deputy Mayor Oregon. Yes. Mayor
Schwarz. Yes. To the library introduced. And we'll see that again on May 20. That's May 20. Indeed. Okay. Is there a motion for adjournment? Motion to adjurnn.
Second.