##VIDEO ID:zPQx_O4Gc6g## just saw now it's funny Pearson did original okay yeah so my daughter works there and she showed me the invitation she's going and I said oh I didn't get invited I'm I was invited a couple years ago I didn't check my email um and she's like are you gonna go because now you know she's gonna be she took her bringing her boyfriend as a date and she's going to be hanging out with all her friends she's like you're not coming to the Christmas party are you Mom how old is she she's 18 she's a LIF guard at that's may call meeting cler please read the meeting statement I regular me provided to the at the municipal bill with the open public meetings Act njsa 10 4- thank you would you please all rise and join me our flag I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation God indivisible Li liberty and justice for all here here Florida president preso here delighted this evening to have number of positive and very wonderful uh presentations to be made uh we have the number of our finest who who sworn in and uh recognized for meritorious action so at this point I'd like to turn this over to the chief of police young thank you C president rido good evening everyone as always it's a pleasure for us to come in front of the community have some of our officers here um this summer we we had one of our sergeants retired in early August and with the retirement comes a promotion and also comes a new hire so we're excited tonight to swear one of our newest officers who just graduated the academy I'd like to ask officer Robert Balman please step forward parents here yes sir you guys like to come forward to stand with officer Balman was born and raised in susus County he uh was raised in Vernon Township I'm sorry graduated Vernon High School he went on to get his associates degree at suss County Community College he was hired as a part-time Public Safety telecommunicator with the Vernon Police Department in April of 2024 and right after that he was accepted by the Morris County Police Academy into their alternate root program in July of 24 so we quickly swept in and we scooped him up and uh he graduated on November 27th and uh he's currently ass signed with the patrol divion and the field training program so one of the things I I remember uh meeting meeting you in a hallway I think when you were I think you just starting to dispatch right you applying and uh the one of the first things I I when I met him I say me you could just see I don't mean to call him a kid so I do apologize I'm getting old but you know as you get older they they tend to uh younger and younger and I said wow this is this is uh awesome uh on on how much Public Service you know and interest you have into into this field so uh and so thank you for signing on um and uh and I'll read your o in a second but I just want to say may God bless you and protect you and shield you throughout your police thank you all right Mom hold the Bible for so Mom will hold the Bible uh you hold up your right put your hand on the Bible your left hand on the Bible right hand up okay just repeat after me I Robert Bowman I Robert Bowman do solemnly affirm do solemnly affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution the constitution of the state of New Jersey of the state of New Jersey and I will bear and I will bear true Faith true faith and Allegiance and allegiance to the same to the same and to the governments and to the governments established in the United States established in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people I do further I do further solemnly affirm solemnly affirm that I will that I will Faithfully faithfully impartially impartially and justly and justly perform all the duties perform all the duties as a police officer as a police officer of the Vernon Township Police Department of the Vernon Township Police Department according according to the best of my ability to the best of my ability so help me God so help me God congratulations congratulations thank sir thank you congratulations thank you ma' congratulations thank you sir congratulations thank you sir congratulations thank you hey guys at the at the end of this service we we're actually going to take a recess so we want to you know you guys want to take pictures or anything like that be more than happy to next I'd like to call up Sergeant Harry Russo she I'm sure she's here there she is maybe serier Russo was raised in Burton County and he graduated from Little Ferry High School School upon graduation he enlisted in the US Army and he attended basic training at Fort S in lton Oklahoma after basic training he was station in Germany for two years then he returned Stateside he completed his service and received an honorable discharge in 1994 and moved back to Burton County in 2000 Sergeant Russell moved to Vernon Township and in 2003 he was hired by the Vernon Township Police Department and attended the Morris County Police Academy upon graduation of the police AC Academy he also completed his three-month field training program at Vernon Police Department was assigned to the Patrol Division division Sergeant Russo has now served 20 years in our Patrol Division and one of his assignments include all the purchasing and restocking of all our medical supplies for the police department he's promoted to the rank of Sergeant and he is assigned to manage one of our Patrol squads congratulations Harry um I've known Harry for for quite some time and uh I just want to say thank you thank you for your service to our country into our community she that's okay to read no I [Laughter] will I I Harry a Russo Jr Harry a Russo Jr you solemnly affirm you solemnly affirm that I will support the Constitution I United States support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and that I will bear true faith and I will bear true faith and Allegiance and allegiance to the same to the same and to the governments established and to the governments established in the united states in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people I do further I do further solemnly affirm solemnly affirm that I will Faithfully I will faithfully impartially and partially and justly and justly perform all the duties perform all the duties as a sergeant a sergeant of the Vernon Township Police Department of the Vernon Township Police Department according according to the best of my ability to the best of my ability so help me God so help me God congratulations thank you congratulations thank you congratulations thank you now one of the one of the things that I and I I've spoked about it dur the past um is that what I expect you know from from the police department is is uh respect to our community um and uh you know support and to to follow the Constitution and it's uh you guys have my unwavering uh support uh at at my office um again do your job don't worry about anything else do your job that's all I ever ask um don't worry about the administration part of it I don't mean I don't want to step on your toes Chief in anyway but you know you're out there doing such a dangerous job focus on your job that's all that's all that you should focus on and care about so uh thank you guys again for for everything and and for the service that you provide to our town so thank you thank you have one Police Department award tonight i' would like to recognize officer actually in connection with that the mayor has a civilian award for St te hear this evening like to step forward also well on the afternoon of September 16th um on canister steer Road near the intersection of Al tourus road we had a serious motor vehicle accident involving a motorcycle uh versus car and uh Mr Ortiz came out uh rendered Aid to one of the motorcycle occupants that was ejected um he made a makeshift tourniquet out of rope um and subsequently officer lens was the first to arrive on scene when she arrived on scene she took our uh police issued tourniquet and she um put that on the gentleman's leg so I'm happy to report uh as recent as last week we learned that his BL was reattached appears to be taking back so that's that's a good sign so we're uh especially proud of the of the work and obviously of a resident come to a gentleman's Aid on the side of the road that potentially sounds like they saved his life so congratulations on that to present officer lens with a life saving medal certificate we're not done with you yet so is uh I know we we can't provide you with uh with with with a nice you know award like that but it's important know appreciation we have upstairs as well um so I I just have the certificate of appreciation recognition of your life- saving actions on September 16 2024 when initi initiating emergency Ser Medical Services to a victim of a motor vehicle crash and uh with life-threatening injuries Vernon Township commands officer Abigail lens for utilizing her police training and knowledge to save a life so now part of that same accident um as the chief was uh explaining uh you know it's it's from time to time I I talk about the heroes in in our for our police and our fire department the heroes in our DPW clear the roads at the breze and and plow those those roads for us um it it's not often that we actually have um civilians that are not in emergency services actually do these these AC of uh of kindness and and uh being you know a true hero so um one of the things I did speak with with Sergeant Russo about was I guess upon the scene they they didn't know that this woman was in the ditch and I guess you were there with her so uh you being there was you know probably you know again I think it saved her life because she was pretty deep in there and uh and and you applying that tourniquet so again thank you uh again in recognition of life- saving actions on September 16th 2024 when initiating emergency Medical Services the victims of a motor vehicle crash with life-threatening injuries Vernon Township commends Mr Ortiz for the willingness and exceptional actions to save the victim's lives during the serious incident so bernon Township thanks you very much for your your actions okay so um going forward um there's been another uh bicycle accident um that happen on October 12th 2024 again like I said it's it's the the acts of people who are not in emergency services who who've come to the rescue uh of a of a minor of an individual and and helped him and applied medical attention to him until Emergency Services has uh came and and and was able to I believe airlift the gentleman out of there so um it's again not every day that we find people outside emergency services that are that are running to to the needs of of the people um so it's it's it's awesome to see that we have people in our community that's that steps up to things like this so um I want to call up Candace Lightner as sergeant uh Russo wrote up this uh recommendation for a civilian award um and I wanted every one of them is actually a little different of to what they have what they've done during this situation so um wouldn't be fair if I just read off that she helped someone in a motorcycle uh in a in a bicycle accident but I just I I want to just touch base a little bit on what what she's done um for aing the Verna police department at the scene of a serious bicycle accident Miss lner assisted uh Mr mcy in attempting to control the bleeding on the juvenile juvenile male's leg injury after juvenile fell to the ground impelled uh by the bicycle handlebars in the groin area Miss liter uh was able to assist in controlling the bleeding on the the juvenile Miss was able to contact her cousin Tiffany buros a critical care nurse to come to the scene and assist in controlling the bleeding Miss litner litner was assisted by her friend Robert niss I believe that the quick thinking and decisive actions of Miss lner helped saved the juvenile medist life that day um so thank you very much um if you don't mind just hanging here for a second so I do apologize I won't have him in in the order of the emergency event that had happened so um I also like to have Robert niss is he here he's not here today okay m n was able to assist by bringing the medical supply bag from his vehicle to use the medical supplies to control the bleeding I believe that the quick thinking and decisive actions from Mr neelon helped save the juveniles male lives uh that day so um we'll we'll have our certificate of appreciation for him um and we'll either send it out to him or we will uh he can come in the office and pick it up and I I want to just thank Serge Russo for taking the time to actually write these up I think it's important to recognize when people people do these these access services so um it means a lot to know that a great amount of people out there doing that do we have uh Jennifer mcy Jenna jna is being recommended uh for civilian award for aiding the Vernon Township Police Department at the scene of the the serious bicycle accident miss Ma mcy was on the scene that helped to assist Mr maaz is he here too my brother okay sir would you mind com me up uh also helped uh Miss burs and Mr neelson niss and Miss litner while they attempted to control the bleeding on the juvenile's leg injury after the juvenile fell to the ground and was impelled by the bicycle for his handlebars Miss Miss mcky uh was able to assist by supplying ice packs and medical supplies to the others on scene while they attempted to control the bleeding on the juvenile I believe that the quick thinking and assistance provided by Miss mcky helped save the juveniles the the juvenile M's life that day so thank you thank you very much thank you thank you thank you Tyler Tiffany Tiffany there she is hi Tiffany Tiffany Bros um baros uh is been awarded uh for aiding the Vernon Town Police Department at the scene of the bicycle accident um this is obviously the same incident that we're all talking about uh that that uh the juvenile with the bicycle little bars of the groin area Burrows was able to assist by applying direct pressure to the upper leg and groin area of the juvenile to control the bleeding I believe that the quick thinking and decisive actions of Miss burrow help save the juvenile male's life in that day so I have someone here um that I think would um would like to say thank you um Dominic juvenile mail that uh needed assistance and uh and thank you to you guys for for helping out and saving this young man's life it looks so okay I've know for years and I really didn't put the t two together at the time when this happened but uh let's see you ring bmore you um you like to I'd like to thank you guys my life and letting me see my 15 birthday thank mayor we just have them stand here so the people at home can actually see who they are oh yeah really wait you're at home here's the the Dream Team can you grab a picture all right excuse me can you hold that and we'll have the council stand behind you oh okay standing up I have just one other thing I there's one individual i' like to I like to thank he's not here today uh he's he's been super supportive of buron Township uh he's been super supportive I think $500 a month he donates to our Animal Control he's donated to our pound facelift project and one of the the latest donations that he's given um is some ballistic shields uh to the Veron police department and one of the things that ni I I hope we never have to um but one of the things that when I doing the budget last year's budget with to know that you know it's unfortunate that uh we've come to a time when we may need that at at some point and to know that there's another layer of protection for our offices so that they can go home at night uh it was was a no-brainer uh and I want to just I want to thank no Albert um for his I believe he purchased two Shields I mean these things are I think there was almost $10,000 in in Shields okay they're very very expensive and and again uh thank you no I know he's he's watching I don't think he's I don't think he's here though I don't think he can make it no Albert thank you again for your continuous donations uh and love for this town so thanks again I I appreciate it so thank you know right that's right she pushing the pen you don't out to get back said J yeah this thing is heavy guys all yeah good [Laughter] luck anyway we'd like to thank everybody for this opportunity and for coming out tonight obviously not only for our civilian Awards but obviously for the recognition of our officers we continue to thank the council and the mayor uh for your continued support of our mission in providing safety to the community and also for the recognition so thank you very much recess the meeting for 101 15 minutes for pictures and general mert and thank you meeting is recessed mayor may we have your comments um so we just um had our I don't have much any comments other than this week we had our quiet time with Sam which was which is very successful along with the holiday tree lighting which is seems to be growing bigger and bigger every year um so I was I was happy to uh be part of that I actually met Miss Miss Vernon who going to be a she going in a boot camp for the Army in January uh but was interesting that today I actually found um I was signing a blue light um authorization paperwork for as well um and it comes to find out she she's on our Ian our emergency services medical uh team as well um and one of the things she did tell me she was actually going to be a combat vet um a yeah combat a medical combat vet U so when that's one of the areas that she wants to uh do when she gets in there um so uh she will continue that um Emergency Services uh during her I guess her time off and and so on and so forth so uh it was it was a large crowd I don't know how many people actually attended but it was it was a good crowd of people it turns out it's getting bigger and bigger every year um tomorrow we actually have the senior holiday party uh KAS Bianca um I'll be there with the seniors and they will uh nominate I guess senior of the year what as well and this uh Operation toy train which is on uh Saturday December 14th 4 o' so you don't want to miss that that's a really uh really nice event um and Then followed by that is the celebration celebration of lights December 26th so uh that's kind of all I have um I will be this is our last meeting until till the riog meeting in January 15th um I think from now until then I do have a list of accomplishments that that I've done with with the administration that I'll be releasing um maybe I'll have another little Q&A um with that um but also in February sometime I think maybe towards the end of February I will will host a state of the township address um and we'll go over the the accomplishments of the entire town and where we are um from a financial perspective and so looking for to that and that's it so I just wish everyone a happy holiday Merry Christmas and happy New Year so January 15th will be our Rog and I'll be out one year then I'll be it seems like it's only been a few weeks so time is time has gone pretty fast and I I just I want to thank all the staff who uh who's worked with me they got behind me supported me one of the things that everyone knows that I don't have I'm not have all this government experience but one of the things I said you know I always said I'm just G to go forward you just tell me when I can and we've been doing that we've got a lot of stuff done lot of stuff done so but that is because of the relationship I have with the council I have uh and I have a phenomenal staff uh without the staff you can't get nothing done so um so thank you again everybody for for all your your hard work and and support uh so and happy New Year we'll see you uh on the 15th so so then I'll turn it back over to you thank you mayor presid time I'd like to open up the floor for public comment may I have a motion move move by m seconded by Mrs bueri all in favor please signify by saying I I OS motion carries floor is open for comment on agenda items only limited to 3 minutes for anyone wishing to come forward see no one coming forward May motion to close the floor to the public by Mr Mr Higgins is there a second second seconded by all in favor signify by saying I I opposed motion carries all members have received copies of the bill list you have any questions or comments on this I had a question uh teex 6 2841 two Factor authentication I'm just curious for which systems okay thank you no thank you all members have received copies of the minutes of our executive session of October 28th A4 may I have a motion to put that on the floor for consider motion motion motion made by Mr SP is there a second second second by Mrs are there any questions I'm sorry additions or deletion comment on the if not I'll ask for a uh call pleas member yesc yes council member Sparta yes council president yes Carri all members have received copy minutes of our regular meeting of October 28th 2024 may I have a motion to place consideration move by Mr Sparta is there a second second second by Mr Higgins any questions or comments on on this additions or deletions hearing none all in favor signify by saying I I I opposed motion carries consent agenda you have any desire to have any of the s separated and voted on se you know separately I please advise me at the end of the reading of the uh the agenda's notices um resolution 24- 280 uh with the business administrator the an employment contract is going to be withdrawn um it was placed on the agenda uh from the tabling at our previous meeting we'll place this on a future date resolution 24- 287 an appointment of office of emergency management coordinator Keith W Clark resolution 24- 288 appointment of office of emergency management Deputy coordinator Daniel B Young resolution 24-28 89 appointment of office of emergency management Deputy coordinator Ken kefir resolution 24-290 resolution of the township of Vernon County of Sussex state of New Jersey awarding bid number 10- 224 air air Filling Station bid resolution 24- 291 transfer resolution balance transfer resolution 24- 292 temporary budget next s resolution 24293 a resolution amending resolution number 24- 252 for Award of contract to vendor with national Cooperative count contracts hgac C VY resolution 24294 refund overp payment block 257 lot 15 we resolution 24- 295 refund for totally disabled veteran block 73 Lot 4 Williams resolution 24- 296 block 73 Lot 4 Williams cancelling taxes for total disabled veteran resolution 2 4- 297 block 73 Lot 4 Williams cancelling taxes for to disabled veteran resolution 24- 298 resolution requesting authorization to purchase five cardiac science automatic externally defibrillators aeds from the Newton Medical Center Foundation resolution 24- 299 resolution authorizing the award of CC number -224 resolution I'm sorry Financial advisory and Management Consulting Services loap Program through the competitive Contracting process resolution 24- 300 resolution accepting bid of Hunter truck sales for 2023 Kenworth t880 or equivalent bid 11- 2024 resolution 20 4-31 authorizing the agreement with county of Sussex Department of Human Services Division of public I'm sorry Social Services for transportation service for senior citizens and people with disabilities who reside in Vernon Township for the year 2025 in the amount of $50,000 per Year resolution 24-302 approving active volunteer firefighter for membership in the New Jersey state fir Fighters Association fuchi resolution 24- 303 proving a solicitors permit archtop fiber resolution 24-34 approving a solicitors permit wvt fighter resolution 24-35 resolution authorizing leas certain vehicles for the Department of fire prevention through sourcewell National Cooperative number 06 6618 dfm through Enterprise Fleet Management Services Incorporated quote number 845 2213 one Vermillion red resolution 24-36 authorizing the collective bargaining agreement with UAW Local 23-2 26 and Vernon Township may I have a motion to approve the consent agenda I was going to pull three of them out for question go ahead which ones uh 24299 24- 299 24 301 31 and 24306 2 4306 are there any others I don't want to pull I I do have a question about one okay can ask a question once and put on the floor right okay yes seeing no one may have a motion to place these on the floor moved I'm sorry moved moved by Mrs de benedetto second seconded by Mrs feri questions comments I had a question about 24303 the Sol service permit AR top fiber when are they allowed to start soliciting is it once we approve or once they pay for the app these two solicitors permits will be for 2025 so they'll start like January 1st because they're a yearly permit so um they will be able to to start then and if they've started already before oh well I haven't if they started already yeah I mean that would be a phone call to the town they they shouldn't they did oh okay okay that was it thank you you're welcome top yeah okay all right let him know was a bed yeah wag your finger at them thank you yeah I I just want to say something that case um I I don't have to issue the permit so yeah yeah to um I'll speak and tomorrow and see what they want to do I haven't I haven't received any other phone calls or or um complaints yeah so okay uh roll call buer yeah yes council member D benetto yes council member Higgins yes Council Spa yes council president rudo yes motion carries resolution 24- 299 a resolution authorizing the award of CC number -224 Financial advisory and Management Consulting Services loap Program competitive Contracting process may I have a motion to place this on the floor for consideration move move by Mr second seconded by Mrs yes sir so the question is probably to know what uh is this over and above what we approved in the budget for losap $80,000 is just an explanation of what these consulting services are the competitive Contracting process for this is actually to manage um those accounts for them so we do not the only payment we make is forte it's for managing I didn't managing their individual investment accounts so that's not we're not paying for that we only put the contribution in for the volunteers oh okay and they're paying in order to do that because we are because the township makes the payment to them for the volunteers we have to use the Contracting process to CH okay and Lincoln just you know Lincoln does the majority of the state loap programs right any update on how loow saap's going in terms of number of people improvements we going get an update from most we would not have numbers until next year this year's oh okay total number so I guess we'll put that on the agenda because we were talking about it giving them a year to see if they generated more members what the cost is and and what help they need from us to keep the program going thank you okay I do know that the the fire department I believe had I think the most amount of members joined uh this cor good um public um public comments maybe maybe the commissioner would will maybe talk about it stuff any other comments questions well roll call please counc yes Council yes council member yes yes council president rudo yes hares resolution authorizing an agreement with the county of Sussex Department of Human Services divion of Social Services with transportation services for senior citizens and people with disabilities who reside in Vernon Township for the year 2025 in the amount of $50,000 per year may I have a motion place this on the floor Mo second motion May Mr Higgins seconded by Mrs bueri just a simple question what's what's the difference between this year that last is it the same amount is it more same contract the same contract no no change okay that's the easy one R call please yes council member D benetta yes council member Higgin yes Sparta yes yes 24-36 authorizing the collective bargaining agreement United Auto Workers Local Number 2326 and Vernon Township may I have this motion a resolution uh on the floor for consideration moved moved by Mr Higgins is there a second second seconded by Mrs bueri Mr Higgins yes Dell we've uh gotten back up on on the negotiations and and the details of it so my question is what's the cost of the township per year for the duration of the contract well it varies per year so it goes from 1.6 million to9 million so the increase is 1.6 or it's it going from 1.6 toost Sal so the increase would be $300,000 from 16 to 1 n five the so the total cost divided by five is only $60,000 a year and with no other no other surprises in there that everything every change to the contracts in the M uhuh okay the uh even that includes the step changes because there's some significant changes people are going from Step Zero to step three they're going from one to six which create uh level oneel talking about level one level one level two steps one through five so um we the township decided to use a starting salary of about $440,000 that's what a level um One Step six is right now um that is an entry level no experienced position in the state of New Jersey the average for an entry level experience no experienc position for administrative assistant work is anywhere from 42 to 44,000 okay and uh it's a four-year contract you're saying five year contract are there any openings in any of those positions right now are there any opening um not Union cover positions no okay so they're all covered have you lost any people in those in those positions there's there's turnover um and just based on the years of service that we have for the employees that are currently under the contract we're looking anywhere from four to six people um reaching retirement age retirement eligibility um that I'm anticipating over the next five years over the course of the contract so that up another question doesn't have to do with this has the one on the uh DPW that we approved a couple months ago you have a total cost that one can we can we hold that okay that's a different subject thank you no that's do you answer my questions are there any other questions I guess I just had a question so we're doing this to stay competitive but it seems like all the wrecks are filled so we we don't have trouble finding people right we don't have any open open positions right so their attention's pretty good right then um yeah I mean I would say right now the retention is is good concern for the is over the next five years when we see that those retirements come we're also breakage during that time so your your 16 to One n is assuming all that they're all staff stays so kind like the worst case council member fer yes council member D yes member Higgins yes member Sparta yes council president res yes moving to option of ordinance public hearing an ordinance ordinance 24-16 an ordinance of the mayor in the Council of the township of Vernon the county of Sussex state of New Jersey providing for the municipal consent of the township for violia water New Jersey Incorporated to provide water service to certain properties identified on exit a Ann next year two in the township of Vernon and for the laying of pipes and the installation of other utility facilities as may be required may I have a motion to open this up to the public I'll make that motion motion made by Mrs bueri is there a second second seconded by Mr Higgins uh this or the floor is open for public comment on this for the adoption of this ordinance if anyone has any questions come forward and please raise them or make your comment to the councel seeing no one coming forward I ask for a motion to close to the public so move by Sparta seconded by Mrs buir uh all in favor signify by saying I I uh may I have a motion to place ordinance 24-16 on the floor for consideration I'll make that motion motion made by no I'm not gonna make that motion sorry motion made by is there a second I'll I'll make the motion I have obain certainly I understand or 24- 16 motion made for passage made by Mr Sparta is there a second second second by Mrs de benedetto do you have any questions or comments on this roll call please council member buer abstain benetta yes council member Higgins yes council member Sparta yes council president rudo yes cavar okay just as a quick aside that's we're Mrs Right um we're putting this on the agenda it's pass now as an ordinance um when do we start making holes in the gr um so the has actually already already started prary work um for the third well so what will be happening is the installing a third during the third well um just up past like Mountain Creek Southside so they will start that and then they'll also have to do some hydraulic uh calculations Way Beyond what I understand um to determine what type what type of loop piping they need to put in and what type of prepar uh pressurization they need to reach in order to bring additional water into town center so the only pipe that's really getting laid is that um Loop bring in the pressure of town center and then we should be good all funds have to be expended by the end of 2026 thank you so that well will be down by South then come all the way up4 yeah it's up on the mountain so it provides obviously gravity fed it's currently being held so um the issue with the amount of pressure using right now is that it wouldn't hold for fire suppression oh okay um public comment oh I'm sorry you're right um public comment uh me may have motion to open the floor to the public for oh five minutes on any subject move by Mr Higgins is there a second second second by Mrs de benad anyone wishing coming forward wishes to come before the council to uh speak on any subject please do so good evening here this she Township commissioner you spoke about the losap program that was voted by the citizens last year so far everything seems to be on track I don't have any complaints that it's going to go over or under program is working well at least in my company in poock and what I see on the fire scenes we're getting more members than ever out at calls we're getting still getting more calls I think we might come close to Breaking 500 calls this year um we've also I think think we must have put through about 15 new members at least out of the fire academy so we're getting young guys joining some of the older guys are coming out more to support them as well as getting uh their low set points and once again I appreciate your support and have a good holiday good thank question true when we have when we bring on new members do we bring them on for a new specific house or are they um majority of the members join the closest uh fire department to the residents um I think Lakes is the only one left that has that you have to live within the bounds in high and lakes to join okay otherwise you just have to be a me you know resident of the council Vernon all right thank you no problem anyone else wishing to come adjust the council okay may I have a motion to close the for of the public moved second Sparta seconded y second Mrs bueri favor please signify by saying I I motion carries Council comments Dell I'll follow up on the question you answered for the current contract going back to the DPW contract probably an unfair question you might not have those answers what was the cost of that contract I need to get you those I don't have the pair on my on my laptop okay yeah I'd appreciate when you can thank you Mr de I have no comments just part you know we got to witness here a lot of people who receive civilian appreciation tonight you know in a time where nobody wants to get involved in anything especially some of the things that we heard here tonight about an amputation and some other gruesome things you know there there are still a lot of good people uh in this world and and a lot of great people in this town and I just appreciate the mayor and and um Chief young taking a time to recognize all the good things that happened in this town uh because there are a lot of great things that happen by great people and too often we I was talking to uh Mr D young before for I served many years on the board of education with and we were talking about the news and how the news is so depressing to watch anymore people getting shot and stabbed and this and that and everything else to spend a half hour here to recognize the good that happens in this town is time well spent and we should do more of it thank you very much again thank you Sergeant for for bringing uh for reporting this to us I and any any member of the emergency service police with these acts of Val just bring it to our attention we want to recognize these people you know I grew up in uh New York City as many of you may or may not know and we kind of reminded me of the good fell scene you know where uh the guy shot he's he's got you know guy grabs all the aprons and it's like you wasted eight aprons on that guy you know it's like it's kind of like where where I kind of grew up and it's uh so we come to Vernon and just see the people who are just you know just doing so many acts of great stuff it's just it's another world and it's so it's so great to be part of it it's a great honor to to to be able to acknowledge these people so kudos to them and again thanks to those guys so I apologize no problem thank you this richeri um well since this is our last meeting um I just want to uh wish everyone a Merry Christmas Happy New Year Year enjoy the rest of December looks like it's going to be a good snow season Mountain Creek is open already this time last year they were not it rained like I think all of winter so I hope Mountain Creek has a great season and um I enjoy serving with each and every one of you and I just want to uh wish Natalie I do some days less maybe I do I do and uh you all a Merry Christmas and happy New Year and hope you have some uh make some great memories with your family and um I'll be thinking about all of you and finally one last thing sorry the uh Hometown Heroes program we just launched that so uh if you're a veteran know someone's veteran uh please go to the website and uh support those veterans acknowledge those veterans and uh I will fill mine out I haven't done it yet but I will my list looking forward to those banners uhing time I guess the uh goes out P one more comment if I can I tuned into the mayor's uh podcast with Christian hanski I thought uh the information that I got out of it was the best yet she's very good at clearly defining the questions the answers and putting it in perspective and uh she did a good job with that so it was that was a good thought to do it and I guess now that assessment letters are out I haven't gotten mine yet if people have questions about the assess the assessment not get your information on Facebook please contact assessor's office she's she's more than welcome to welcome more than happy to answer any questions you may have about the and your assessment and the program and so on and so I got five calls today three good two bad two went up quite a bit and the other three actually went down a little bit so I don't know what to make of it I I'll let you know how I do and then I'll be knocking on your [Laughter] door I don't have that problem yeah U thank you um it was wonderful to see the turnout to recognize and give testimony to people that we hear and that perform these voluntary acts of service to help an injured resident uh and what took place brings me back to comments that Mr Sparta made about Vernon being a caring town I don't know how far back it was some of you may not have been here think man gentleman to my right is somebody that was probably still in school uh but we had a very critical situation back when when one of our residents needed a transplant and the township you know went all out and providing funds for that person to meet the financial requirements and not only that but the the the simple requirements of meals for the family because she that person was so sick um a simple requirement of having somebody accompany that person to Pittsburgh where the transplant was done the the simple requirement of having somebody sit with that person uh during the uh the period following the transplant giving them assistance and Aid so this is not certainly not new to Vernon but it's certainly nice to see I think we have situations now where you know if you all remember the name Kitty geneves when poor girl was calling for help and no one chose to help her and she was I think she was killed at that time and uh uh here we have a situation where people are helping uh you know accidents off the road so many people might be willing to just bypass situation continue down the road and maybe just fall it in and let the police take care of it but this is something that's really really nice and it makes you proud to be a resident of Vernon and I think perhaps it's one of the reasons why I've been involved so long with the township uh and also uh uh I would like to wish everybody a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year uh I I think that these are the happiest times of the year uh certainly when I was down with the mayor at the tree lighting the kids were having a wonderful time Mrs de benedetto down there with her son and uh they looked like they were having a very nice time as well and uh he L like he was having a good time too going up to sit with Santa Claus it was his first time not crying for Santa I was so happy a yeah was the Santa because it wasn't Brad no he wasn't last year last year okay sorry lost too much weight they didn't ask me well that's a good problem yeah so again I just wanted to wish the township a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to my f fellow counsel and Council women I want to thank you for the cooperation and the help and the dedication and time you've given to the township while we may not always agree I think we all look at it from a perspective that means we feel this might be better for the township and that's why there are five of us not just one because the perspectives do change Y and uh so enjoy the holiday uh if anything comes up I will try and get a hold of you I will try and avoid calling an emergency meeting but 30 days is pretty good so let's uh let's keep our fingers crossed and have a good time and just to go back a little bit further was a time when I was on the board when I would have my fellow uh and I was board president I would have all nine people over to my home along with the administrators and we always had a nice time drinking eggnog and soft drinks and that's about where we left it most of the time but then of course the state felt that we were not to be trusted with loose lips because they could sometimes syn ships so we now can only do it if it's done for the public and I can't afford that all of you have a very nice time and a very very uh big thank you to our staff our Administration certainly our clerk Chief uh Financial Officer you do outstanding work I I makes me so happy and so much more confident to face the public knowing that the information that you've given me gives me something that I can uh use to support a particular position that's uh favorable to the town or any one of it employees or residents thank you so much and I'll ask for a motion to adjourn mov move Sparta seconded by Mrs bueri y all in favor signify by saying I close motion happy holidays everybody happy holidays y'all on the road again my favorite part of by the way guys you guys want to talk to anything comes up yeah okay call you individually to okay I share your con oh that thing that's the only thing tomorrow Merry chasing honly and you know Jeff's had many tin little a big long story but we and um I think Vernon was in our private chat have a good night oh I was good night okay yeah exactly oh no I'm not going I got T have a SE on my okay so did you spell your house yet you did oh awesome okay that one quck no feel I I just feel like got backed out no