Call to order this regular meeting of the township council for Monday the 19th of May 25th. Could you please read the open public meetings act? The notice requirements of the open public meetings act have been satisfied with respect to this meeting of the
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provided at the appropriate time. Thank you for the call. Councilwoman Holland here. I'm sorry. Uh, Councilwoman McGrath here. Councilman Roman here. Deputy Mayor Mackoy present. Mayor
Tambborro here. Mayor also present on tonight is township attorney Brian Aoya. Township manager Kevin O Sullivan. Deputy Township Manager Michael Krauss, myself clerk Jennifer Kinsky. Thank you for letting us please stand.
To the flag of the United States of America to the standy and justice for all begin with the report today. Um first off I had the opportunity to attend the ribbon cutting for the Harley
School Trucks Marketplace. Um this is an annual event where the students practice entrepreneurial skills, meet with local business vendors and so on and then put on a uh it was great to attend. I got to
pick up some nice treats for my dog and and others. Um it was great to see all those young that the I also had the opportunity to attend the Verona Foundation for Educational Excellence Inspiring Excellence Award
ceremony this past Friday. Uh it's always a pleasure to support the uh uh because they support our students and all teachers in schools and congratulations to the seven educators who were chosen to receive those awards
this year. It was really all start. The run environmental commission met last week uh to discuss various things including their upcoming newsletter. There is a cleanup and trail preparation that will be happening next
weekend. So, make sure to visit the environmental commission website for details on all of those. I do encourage everybody to attend uh those events. The planning board will be meeting this Thursday to discuss the to have a
presentation on the fourth round housing element fair share plan. There will be a special meeting on ending on the 19th of June to approve that plan. Our Memorial Day parade and ceremony is coming up on
the week from today this year. John Lasto will be our uh our grand marshal. Mr. was here to receive the vet day proclamation and it's my honor to the
grand marshal. We look forward to that event everybody to come. It's a really great day for the community and wonderful us. Next week also at the end of the week is the school's Asian-American
Pacific Islander celebration. Um I encourage everybody to attend that as well. Um I will not be in the state at that time for me that day and I also encourage everyone to attend uh the township pride
celebration as well. At this time I'll call Mr. Praison. One second. This past weekend, we had the recycling for electronics very very well and good things went into recycling. Um,
coming up May 29th is fishing turkey at the park. That's Wednesday, May 9th. And then June 5th also at Gro in case derby and registration is from 5 to
6 p.m. and fishing starts from 6 to 7 and prizes will be given out. Uh Saturday, June 7th from 8:30 to 12 noon at 99 Bradford Cedar Grove again is
our paper shredding. So if you have documents home, taxes, etc. that you would like to shred it, please make that day June 7:30 a.m. 129 Bradford.
And then we're coming into the summer concert or summer summer music festival which I was looking at the various types of shows that are being but the very first one is it's a fireworks night June
27th. It's a Friday in Branch Park and you will see New Jersey Symphony Orchestra that we put on the show with fireworks and there are other fireworks July 1st week park and in Brookdale Park
there'll be Wednesday July 2nd the Inferno show start at 7:30 but uh there soul Man of soul, there's gospel
music, true soul, big man, Jamaican music. I'm just reading some of the other uh Caribbean festival, international food and music festival. So, we have an array. Uh most likely a lot of the citizens of the town in the
county will receive our annual brochure that goes out to That's about it. Any questions? Thank you, J. Thank you. Right. Next on the agenda is our
proclamation for National EMS week. Before I read the proclamation, I do want to recognize that there are several members of our wrestling squad in the in the gallery tonight for those who can't see me from home. U this is my 24th year
in EMS. Uh and I can say that in those years I've met some of the most intelligent, selfless, driven, and serviceoriented people um probably in the world at this point. Uh it
is what our EMTs and paramedics and nurses and physicians uh first responders and drivers and everybody involved in the system what they do is considered superhuman to others. many could not conceive or
conceptualize that when somebody calls 911 that they would be the one to show up. It is such an important field whether you are a volunteer or career staff member or both uh that is truly making a difference in the lives of others. So from the bottom of my heart
um I thank all of my colleagues in the MS system as somebody who's been patient of the run on at least one occasion. I also thank you guys for that as well. Karen, you were there for the last one, right? But anyway, uh I'm going to
proceed with reading the proclamation and then we'll invite everybody up to receive it. Whereas emergency medical services is a vital public service and whereas the members of emergency medical service teams are ready to provide life-saving
care to those in need 24 hours a day, seven days a week. And whereas access to quality emergency care dramatically improves the survival and recovery of those who experience sudden illness or injury. Whereas emergency medical services has grown to fill a gap by
providing important out of hospital care including preventative medicine follow-up care and access to tele medicine. Whereas the emergency medical services system consists of first responders, emergency medical technicians, paramedics and emergency medical dispatchers, firefighters, police officers, educators,
administrators, prehosp nurses, emergency nurses, emergency physicians, train member of the public and other out of hospital medical care providers. And whereas members of emergency medical service teams with a career volunteer engage in thousands of hours of specialized training and continuing
education to enhance their life-saving skills. Whereas it is appropriate to recognize the value and accomplishments of emergency medical service providers by designating emergency medical services week. Therefore be proclaimed but I Dr. Christopher Tambboro mayor of
townshipa proclaim the week of May 18th through 24th 2025 as a mercy medical services week. the witness where I attempt to set my hand and cause the great seal of the tachon in the county of state of New Jersey to be a fixed on
the 18th day of May 19. All right, let's command. Let's get this organized. We can be in the side.
Let me hide behind you. Hide your behind. Can you just move it a little bit? I'm sorry. I'm trying not to get the You're in trouble. Good. Thank you, everyone.
Sorry, I didn't think you did. Before everybody runs out, if any of the other council members want to say anything, that would be [Music] I I think the only word to use is back. Uh, I know Chris said he's 23, 24 years.
I know there's others that have been on there a lot longer, put many, many hours. When you guys used to do the uh the dinner, I was always amazed at the milestones how many hours you all hit. It's just it's amazing. And people don't realize, but when you have a need for
your services, it's it's a desperate situation. You guys are far and away above anyone anyone in any other field the way you serve. Um that was lovely. Um I do want to
thank everyone on the rescue squad and um not only the long serving members but the youth members. My son uh just is completing his first year on the squad and seeing it from the inside makes me appreciate it even more. And I also love the fact that this is one of our oldest
squads in the state. So you're really carrying on um such a wonderful tradition and in other communities they would love to have a volunteer squad as as excellent as ours. They're really not satisfied with the paid ones. So thank you so much for all of your volunteerism
in I would just echo the words of my colleagues. Thank you so much for everything that you do for our community. I'll also echo my colleagues comments. Thank you very much uh for the spirit of volunteerism. uh for being able to make
your time available to the township and to all of your uh fellow residents and neighbors. Uh we really appreciate what you do for this entire community. Thank you for your dedication. Thank you everybody. Get back to work. All right. Take care. Have a good
night. And we are now moving on to the council members. Thank you, Mayor. Uh just to provide a a quick update on some of the projects we have going on. Uh the main pool rellining is complete. The pool was
relined uh Friday and Saturday. The pool is now filled and being uh being balanced and ready for the opening day this weekend. Um on the wastewater projects, uh we've circulated the draft
sanitary sewer smoke study. We will be putting that into final form uh at the end of the month. Um we have our primary clarifier pump station project that's still marching along that that'll pick up uh in and accelerate uh later this
summer. And um our Derwent Avenue sewer line trunk repairs were complete. Um as a reminder to the council, this was emergency condition that was declared in late 2024 by resolution. So we will need to pass
an additional resolution at a June meeting for the final certification of the additional work uh that was required to address that emergency. Uh for our water wells uh Lind Drive well we have the final
change order on the agenda for this evening. Uh it's primarily an extension of time. There's a minor financial increase on that change order. Fairview Avenue Well is currently out to bid. We have to issue an addendum. So the bids are scheduled to be received June
12th. Clarage Drive pump station. Uh the I bank issued the authorization to advert uh to award earlier today. Uh so we will be able to now schedule that pre-construction meeting in the coming weeks.
Um for some of our road projects, um Boswell Administration and Neighborhood Traffic Safety Committee met to discuss the final design for Lynen Avenue. Bids are being prepared for uh this summer. Uh the final design is largely
reflectable what was presented. The uh only minor addition is some um some temporary breakaway barriers at some of the curb crosswalks that can be removed for the winter months. Some of those extended crosswalks will have little
accentuating features to them more than just the uh the paint that was shown on the plans. Uh the next DOT project that we are moving forward with is also the uh award from last year the dot terrace afterlow way and summit road. That project is
part of the capital budget for uh discussion in a little bit. Uh but we are preparing those with anticipation of having that project out to bid this summer as well. Um county is continuing to move forward with the repaving project of Bloomfield
Avenue. Uh the uh current phase of that is replacement of ADA uh ramps at all the intersections. Uh last item two last items for uh traffic projects. Uh the
next round of DOT grant applications are due July 1st. So, uh, we are reviewing the, uh, road assessment study and we will be preparing a resolution for a June agenda for applying for the 2025 grant application window. And then
lastly, some of the recent traffic concerns that have come up to uh, through administration are regarding intersections of Summit Mount Prospect and Sunset Glenn. Uh we are meeting with uh Boswell's traffic division and Verona
Police Department on Friday morning to discuss those further. Uh pickle ball and tennis courts project was supposed to be moving forward with some additional work earlier today. Uh there's some minor delays in the delivery of the uh the
fence fabric. Uh wasn't delivered to the site today, but we are expecting them to continue with the construction next week. Um there is not a lot of work remaining on the project, but we do need that fence fabric to move on to the remainder of the
project. Uh there is however also an agenda for tonight for a minor increase there for some additional stone and mulch around the perimeter of the site. Um, regarding shade trees, uh, we are
going to be moving forward with the, uh, the recommendation in Mini Park. There were some minor revisions. Uh, primarily that was, uh, the reduction of tree removal in Mini Park to accommodate the new evergreen tree. Uh, it's it's a
reduction down to just two tree removals, which we will look to supplement with tree plantings throughout the town. uh as we do in in every calendar year. Um trying to jump through some of the other projects. The town hall repointing
project is still proceeding. Uh we are expecting window delivery this week. Uh the repointing is nearly wrapping up. Um the grinding out of the the masonry is is nearly wrapping up. uh the window
installation and the repointing will continue over the next four to six weeks. Uh there are some additional uh items that need to be addressed. Uh as the project was proceeding, there were some cracks in the stairs that were uh
exacerbated through the the construction process. So there's some additional stair replacement and some additional minor um trim work that needs to be addressed. So we're negotiating that with the contractor. At this point, we'll have a change order at a future meeting.
Um, and then the last item to report on is uh just a grant update. Uh, we submitted an application for the inclusive healthy communities uh program. the uh the township was uh just received an
announcement that we were awarded $250,000 to advance initiatives regarding inclusive healthy communities. Um so we will wait for further directions from the uh from the state and we'll proceed with moving into that
project at uh as soon as we have the authorization from the state. Um that concludes my my general report, but then we uh need to move into a discussion on the general capital budget. The council had previously received a proposed capital budget in
prior budget discussions. Uh in front of you tonight is an updated capital budget. There were the only changes here are some reductions of a few items in the general capital. Uh there was a
reduction in uh from mason dump trucks from two down to one. Uh there were some minor reductions in fire prevention where there was a slight reduction in the cost of the vehicle. Uh there was
the defer uh deferral of radios. So those will be pushed into a future year. and uh vehicles. We are proceeding with um testing one printer in one vehicle as a pilot program first. So there's a a slight
reduction across the fire prevention and DPW with their truck. There's also reduction uh elimination of the open space trail design that will be shifted into the open space trust.
Um the streetscape design was submitted as uh initially 275 uh 276,000. It was reduced to 175,000 based upon some negotiations with uh
the low or one of the lower biders but they dropped their price for the design of the streetscape project. Uh the solar project has been removed as previously reported on and some of the municipal parking lot designs have been deferred for future years to allow for some of
the other streetscape element projects and some of the other capital projects to move forward. The only other item that was removed was the Polar Polaris Ranger utility vehicle. It was a cost of 52,000 that's being uh deferred uh based on review and discussion with the chief.
Uh altogether it's approximately a reduction of um I believe there was that's 750,000 around that. Uh also previously distributed to the council was a debt impact
um which assessed the potential impact of the total capital projects requested in the initial distribution. The initial list was approximately $10.5 million.
Um the um if the council has that debt sheet in front of them, it it was um it layered in existing debt service, all the existing bond
anticipation notes and the proposed $10.5 million that were uh requested in the original capital budget. The general impact is approximately $174
for the new debt for the new uh $10 and half million dollar capital budget. Uh the that's in the peak year as you're layering on all the existing debt and the potential new debt. The
average impact is approximately $147 or $148 to the average assessed home. Uh again, that projection was based upon a $10.5 million capital budget. Uh we've made some reductions by approximately
750,000. We also are not uh layering in the grants or future grants that we may receive for some of these projects as well. So there are that is a worst case scenario. So it's it's actually come
down uh significantly from the uh previous impact assessment based upon the reductions in some of the grants that exist that we know of clarify the initial request closer to 15
million. Yes. So that was brought down to this and feedback has reduced by another and and we know we have uh over $1 million in grants between our two DOT
projects and the Everfield Greenacres and CDBG for for Everfield as well. So there's significant grants which offset the long-term debt costs. Um and one big ticket item that's on this is the emergency services
building. So that will be a separate that is being financed separately. So that we have not done yet. So just also for public education this is our normal that we're fulfilling and then there was that additional potential
expense for the public complex as well. Thank you. So um those elements. You look at the like our bigger picture to put it into context for the public and you know taking on you know we're doing a lot of projects
which is good. is there and hidden in sight where we're getting through this backlog of engineering things that we have to get through and like there's because again as the mayor already mentioned we we have this big looming thing where we have to replace major
major infrastructure buildings. So what is your take on the big picture our debt situation the future you want to give a little context to that? Sure. The if you're looking at um big picture, obviously there are a number of projects
that are catchup projects um which mostly fall in the category of utility projects. Um as far as general capital, the the Everfield project is a four plus million dollar project which is not a typical project that you'll see
every year. the um more realistic projects that you'll you'll see are regarding facility needs. You'll see one of the bigger ticket items on this year's capital budget is uh roof repairs for the community center and for the tower building right there. That's that's a cost of 1.6 million. That is a
significant cost that is a project that is overdue. Um however, there will be ongoing capital needs. I think those will be the the larger um the larger projects that you see. You'll have you'll still have significant projects
between roads, uh facility needs, uh general recreational needs. Um but um when you're looking at the big projects like a $4 million Everfield project or a $ 1.6 $.6 million root
project. Those are the ones that are are overdue and and having the ripping the band-aid off moment this year. Um, if you're looking at the general uh big picture as far as debt impacts, um, we do have some current uh existing debt
service which is uh set to mature in 2028 and then another debt issuance which is set to mature in 2034. So, as ongoing needs emerge or as we start to come across the the ongoing needs, we'll we'll have some debt that
is coming off the books to help offset some of those other upcoming projects. So, the projects will still keep coming, but they should start to slow down. Yeah. All right. Thank you. Thank you. I would just comment on your last statement regarding kind of like
ripping the band-aid off. The way I kind of see it is that some of these are needed investments that have been necessary for a really long time. And you know, the issue is you're either going to pay now or you're going to pay a whole lot more later. And there have been many many councils before us that
opted for that latter approach of causing us to pay more later. So we're now in the situation where we are paying these things, but they are necessary improvements. Um, so as much as they may seem significant and perhaps it does feel like ripping a band-aid off, it is
a necessary action that we need to take now. Otherwise, it's only going to cost further and be a detriment to our taxers. Any other comments? Especially taking council feedback and going back
and this down. Even though it is a lot of money, it's certainly less than look forward to some of these things happening materializing. We'll we'll prepare the bond ordinance for introduction at the next meeting and adoption of
the Mr. We are still working on Avenue meeting. We are planning on submitting that millennium consult. We are still reviewing ordinance.
for the children and as they were keeping in mind the fees that charge the barber shops and nail salons for licensing the organic fertilizer program at
Veterans Field is ongoing. The first treatment was done. DTW is working to monitor it. They've also the Cedar Grove to
see playable condition. Chief Kan also prepared a draft map of the changes for traffic flow to the community center which we will be working with out publicly and hope to do that in the next week or
so. And then about a week or so later, signs will be installed and individuals will see the new traffic flow where you come in, go to your left between the community center, work around that way instead of being able to go straight
up. Tomorrow night, the recreation committee is meeting they have prepared fees for recreation programs and we have compared current expenses versus current
revenue and we'll be discussing that. There may be an ordinance change for that. The current maximum fee for most of our recreation programs is $100 per program. While most of the fees will still say under $100 under what the
committee is considering to allow for future year increases, you may request permission to charge slightly more than 100 or online platforms. We have a contract spatial data logic. They
allow work with numerous municipalities for online permitting. We're not using them to their full potential at the moment and we'll be meeting with them again in about two and a half weeks to see what permits we can put online and possibly explore accepting
payments online so that checks come in person. We've also requested a proposal from Prime Point who is the township's payroll provider. They have a option to allow applications to be submitted online instead of individuals printing
out a paper application, filling it out, emailing it back to the township and we are still meeting with representatives. Thanks. Thank you. Moving on to council member reports.
Deputy mayor Mr. Mayor, so couple uh historic preservation met last week uh and they're discussing we are actually looking with the clerk uh to find try to find a survey for the freight shed at
top of person. Uh so that is half on one on a neighbor's property and half on town property. So the uh preservation commission has a group that's willing to donate the money to move it. If we can't find a survey, I will be in
uh manager's office requesting a little bit of money just to get a survey done so we can situate in an area where it's 100%. That's really what they're focusing on right now. Uh and then I
also attended the uh Verma Foundation for Educational Excellence uh fundraiser the other night on Friday. Very well done and congratulations to recipients of the council. Sorry, no report this evening. May
there council woman. Thank you, mayor. Um, uh, the multicultural inclusion and accessibility advisory committee is starting, uh, very busy. So, um, they are, uh, they help to organize an event for older Americans month for this
Wednesday, May 21st at 100 p.m. at the Brona Community Center and it's a great partnership with the Brona Police uh talking about home safety discussion. Um so that should be really important and timely and I want to thank uh both the
Verma Police Department and the Multicultural Inclusion Accessibility Advisory Committee and the Senior Club um for co-hosting this event. And as was already mentioned, the uh Lerna Board of Education is putting on a lovely uh
program on Friday, May 30th at 7 p.m. for um a API month. Uh it looks really fantastic. Um I have several conflicting things that night, so I'm not sure I'm going to make it live, but Deputy Mayor, I'm so glad you're going to be there. Um
and the Multicultural Inclusion Accessibility Advisory Committee will be there to any way possible and they are coord coordinating that permanently. Um and their meeting is next Wednesday at u the 28th at 7:30 p.m. on Zoom and then
as was also mentioned with them they're very very busy. Uh Pride is coming up on Sunday June the 1st. Um and you can check out uh the Brona website for more information. The neighborhood traffic and safety committee hit a huge milestone at their last meeting by
voting on a draft of a complete streets policy which they emailed to the entire council. Um that policy was crafted with Mr. O Sullivan and with our engineers. Um and so I'm very excited for that to be discussed and presented to the
council in a future meeting um so that it can be adopted. We Rona is one of the last towns in Essex County to have a complete streets polic. So uh this is incremental progress and it's very very exciting. Um and finally I too attended the Rona Foundation for Educational
Excellence award dinner. Um it was really lovely affair and and it was very poignant for me that my son's uh younger son's music teacher Mr. McClowski was um honored especially coming right off of a very successful uh music in the parks.
Um the music program in this township is just f fabulous and I appreciate all of our educators. Um but to give the gift of music is really a special thing. So congratulations to everyone. Um it was really a lovely and that's my report. Thank you.
Thank you so much. Um I'll keep my report relatively brief. Um I'm looking forward to the Memorial Day festivities this weekend um or this coming weekend. Um and I want to wish everyone a very happy and healthy Memorial Day and the
unofficial start of summer which includes um opening of the Verona Community Pool. So, if you have not registered to be a member of the community pool, I really want to urge you to do so. There will be a concert at
the pool um shortly. Is it May? May 31st. No, it's 30th. 30th. May 30th. So, thank you for correcting me. So on May 30th. So that is coming up um on an upcoming Friday and I really want to encourage residents to attend that event
as well. So thank you for correcting me on the date. Um we do have a recreation parks and recreation advisory committee meeting on Tuesday night. They do have a robust agenda planned um that we'll be discussing among other things the pool
but also recreation fees um and hearing various subcommittee report outs. Um they are doing an exhaustive analysis of the recreation department fees and I know they've had a lot of engagement from the administration and I look forward to hearing um their
recommendations regarding uh those fees going forward. Their next meeting won't be until June 17th. So uh if you have an interest in fees then I very much encourage you to attend to meetings. Thank you. That concludes my report. Thank you. This time I will open for
public comment on any item and wishes to bring forth to the council. Madame clerk, anyone from the public wishing to speak on any matter, please raise your hand if you're by pressing the raise hand button on your monitor. If you're dialing in by
phone, press star 9. If you're attending in person, please raise your hand before approaching the lect turn. Once recognized, clearly state only your name and township of residence for the record. You're not required to provide your street address. However, if you do, please note that these meetings will be posted on the township's YouTube channel
and addresses will not be redacted for any purpose. You'll have four minutes to address the council. There'll be no cross dialogue during this public portion. And after everyone wishing to speak has been heard, the council may address your comments and or questions. It's open.
My name is I was here back in April. And the reason that I'm here before you is because residents of East Lincoln had issues with parking due to the businesses that are on. Um I lived I live in one of the
buildings on East Lincoln and I have a position that I created in 16 of ressed it. Um I need to do so I will come back and get signatures from other residents of east and west. Um the issue is that
during the day and especially in the evening there's difficulty finding parking in East Lincoln and it presents a lot of complications for those of us who who live in East Lincoln. Um I just want to read to you an example of why this is problematic. Um one of the
residents is a critical nurse at Hack um medical and she works there 13 hour days. The last thing she wants to do is park streets away when she really wants to walk. Um we residents of grown up pay
to $75 every year for parking and we are proposing that after 800 p.m. Monday to Friday there is signs posted that only um those with permits can park on our We think it's unfair that having paid
this amount of money every year, we have difficulty finding parking. Um there's ample parking in parking lot for the business on thevenue. We don't want to create any issues for the businesses and traffic, but we do feel like there
should be treatment for those. Thank you. Good evening. I'm Carol Thomas. Um I'm here with a couple of different hats on tonight. Um the shade tree commission. I sorry that I missed the discussion on
the final discussion on the capital budgets. You got what? Well, you haven't gotten anything yet, but there wasn't an objection to what you asked for. No objection to what that Okay. Thank you. And then I I did want to say thank you to that because the um what that will do going forward is
enable us to catch up on the maintenance projects that we started last year and then start a pretty aggressive plan planting project which we're planning out for this year. So that's really exciting. Um the plan for the city center seems to is coming forward. I met
with council Mackoy discuss the options there. So there'll be two trees coming down, a new one going in, and then going forward. And that's not it's not a one and done project. We're then hoping to to work with the township administration
and ci street planners, whatever you would suggest, and then come up with a more refined plan for the city center. And we'll move forward. I think refer to it as that and that's the park
memorials. Um we want to thank you for keeping us involved in planning board and the board of adjustment um has been sending us requests for comments on all the projects and we've been taking advantage
of going out looking at those trees. I was on summit today. We've been at Ever subcommittee to look at Lindon. So we can make some intelligent comments on it. We're not trying to be anything but you know we
can work hand in hand. We really appreciate that. So any questions you have about the shade tree is available to answer those. As for the garden, the garden had a very successful opening this year. We have um about 115
gardeners. We have 12 beds and boxes. This year we've already run two workshops. We have a third one this week committing. So we've been very busy. We had three scout troops, three Girl Scout troops this week come visit and that's been great. Um I I want to tell you and
the public that the the section we call park is always open. That's where the majority of the chicken tables are, the chest tables. We have toddler tables now that have toddler toys. It's not a sand It's a dirt box and you can play the
dirt and the the kids have really been having a good time with that. So, we welcome everybody to come by, take advantage, use the table, use and use the park. Again, any questions or comments you
have, we're always happy to answer. DPW has been amazing uh working with us, Mr. Waterman, Mr. Back and for emails this week. Thirdly, just on a personal note, um I've been trying to watch Zoom when I
can't get here. I'm encouraging all of you to try and use the microphone a little more. Um and I encourage you to try and watch a Zoom or watch a recording and you'll notice that it's very difficult to hear several of the
people on the deas. And so if people have come off with your sauce, I encourage you to try All right. Thank you very much. Thank you. Anybody else? This time I close
comment on the East Lincoln that after you brought up your concern last meeting was referred to administration police department for review on that. We don't at this point don't have another street in town where there is parking for people.
develop community. So this would be change for us. One idea that I brought up at that last video I left at that point was the township, this is something that I tried for a couple
years and Mr. agreed to to do this um is for the township to indemnify owners of parking lots like the former citizens bank against insurance claims. We would ensure the parking lot for municipal parking use
especially in those peak hours. Um and we would also please and protect the lot. So my hope is that if we did that we take some of the burden off the street and actually put some signage up that says public parking is over here at this time. So that's something but all of these things because it's a
negotiation it all takes time. So we did hear we've had another resident of East Lincoln at the mic as well. Um, so I want you to know your concerns are being heard, but the way government works, some we have to be very careful in our approach because anything we do sets a
precedent and we don't want everybody on every street to only want people on their street to be able to park uh because we do have a shortage of parking in town. I can tell you the township has been addressing this parking shortage by buying parking lots and things like
that. But the area of town where you are There is a pretty significant shortage of municipal parking uh and also a lot of apartments the other side of the road that use the car. So it is something we are looking
into but definitely appreciate you coming and bringing that up to make sure everybody is in progress and uh Thomas as always thank you for for coming. um to hear you on the the sound quality thing. The
fortunate piece is is that we are going to be having a whole new system in here. Um that will because right now these mics are really only for the dampened room to record legally. You're actually
picking us up on that device there. So, uh just the way that that is is kind of a problem. But with our new multi00,000 system that is in part offset by funds we've negotiated with contest um should
have a much better quality once that project is fortunate that we have an expert in that field on the township council to assist in making sure that's council in case anybody doesn't know but to make sure that project
is right. We have no um ordinances on the agenda for tonight. At this point, we'll move on to the consent agenda. Does anybody need to call anything? None. Was somebody move because I got it. I just took it took out. Yep.
Okay. Thank you. So motion's made by the deputy mayor. Is there a second? Second by the council. This time we'll open for public comment on the consent agenda only. Comment applies for
comments are limited to the consent agenda. Have anything to add? Anything on the consent agenda? All right. I close public comments on the agenda. Um any council discussion? Um yeah, thank you. Um I just want to
point out that we are recognizing once again gun violence awareness day, which is the first Friday of June. Um and obviously this year it's especially poignant. Um I think we never um hope that you would be in the category of a community that suffered significant gun
violence. Um but here we are. Um, I want to thank once again um all of the advocates uh both in town and around the state that are um you know making sure that we take a moment to recognize this uh local state and national problem. Um
and it was inspired by a young woman whose life was quite too short. Um there will be activities throughout the state. Um you can go to where.com to look them up and there may be some local activities in Verona. But once again I want to applaud the for supporting
awareness um on Councilwoman Holland. Yes. Councilwoman McGrath. Yes. Councilman Roman. Yes. Deputy Mayor Makavoy. Yes. Mayor Tambboro. Yes. Mayor,
resolutions L1 through L10 will be numbered 104 through and including 113. Okay, we do have Thank you. We do have an addendum on two resolutions. The first of authorizing execution of a contract with our arborist. The second
is authorizing the contract with capital supply construction products. Some of these things move those resolutions. I'll second it. Councilman Roman seconds it any this time open for public comment on the
agenda tech. See no public comments. Um any council discussion? Council woman. Uh yes I have a question for the administration. So, can you explain um so Juette is being
added now as a new arborist? Is that what we're voting on? They're being named as the primary arborist. Okay. And for any trees in which there might be a conflict, there are backup arsenal.
Okay. And um is this for the tree permits? When people are um applying to remove a tree, they're going to be reviewing all of those or is this for township shade trees? Yes. Both. For both. Yes. Okay. And and the shade tree
commission was aware of this. Yes. Okay. All right. And what was the visa for moving away from the existing? Uh there were
um there were there were issues uh were trying to go to a primary service provider and there were they raised concerns about the model they they no longer want to be performing the services that were being requested.
Okay. Council question, could you call the vote, please? Councilwoman Holland, yes. Councilwoman McGrath, yes. Councilman Roman, yes. Yes. Deputy Mayor Mackoy,
yes. Mayor Tambbor, yes. Mayor, addendum N1 and N2 will be numbered 114 and 115. Thank you. Any new on the open for public
comments? Same public comment statement applies. This is a comment on anything like Pearson, you're up. Good evening, Jessica Pearson. Verona. Um there is a little bit of mild mannered concern on my behalf having a
regular tree removal service who are licensed in the township uh to remove private trees being uh kind of the judge of which trees are healthy and which trees are not while at the same time
being judged for them wanting to take down same said trees. So there seems to be a slight, in my humble opinion, and I hope you'll all consider this internal conflict of interest with hiring a
company who performs that same service that requires an arborist or a forester to oversee that service within the township. So, I hope you will potentially consider um maybe looking for another forester
who would be unencumbered by that kind of a conflict. And thank you person comment at this time. Do you want respond to the Uh no that I I think that's a good concern. It was one that uh we had
discussed internally. Uh there was um and that's the reason why there are secondary arborists listed in which they will perform as the township arborist if a conflict does in fact exist. Um suggest would be the primary arborist
and then Richview and Caputo brothers can both serve as conflict arous in those instances. Right. At this time, we have passed resolution to go into executive session. Let official action be
taken. No. Right everybody, we'll see you on June 9th. Same stage.