Notice has also been posted on the bulletin board of the administration building. Clerk County take the role. Mayor Gardano here. Mr. Bren here. Mr. Sarak here. Mr. Martinell here. Mr. Roundo. He's on mute.
Uh, Mrs. Weber here. Everyone kindly stand for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and
justice for all. Let us have a moment of silence for all our Wald veterans and all veterans across our country who have given the ultimate sacrifice so that we could assemble the way we are today and live in a free country. Would the clerk please do the prayer? We thank you for everyone gathered here
now. Thank you that you know each of us by name and have caused us to walk with you. We say that we are dependent on you and our trust is in you completely. As we surrender ourselves in adoration, we ask that you would come by your Holy Spirit and inspire our hearts today. Come fill our lives with your love. Fill our conversations with your grace and
truth. Fill this meeting with your presence. We ask this for your glory and praise. Amen. Amen. Tonight we are here to honor two members of our Waldwick DBW who have been giving of more than 30 years of service to our
burrow. We usually start with the um the one that's the longest, but we'll change it around and give it to the man who is here the shortest. by one year or two. Today we are honoring and giving a certificate of recognition to Michael
Lator. I would like to read the certificate and also we'll be given a gift certificate so you could take your lovely wife out to dinner. You might have to put some money in but you can still take her out to dinner. This certificate is awarded with profound gratitude and admiration for your 31
years of employment in the Waldwick Department of Public Works. In March of 1994, Mike began his career in Waldick as a recycler. Picking up yard waste. He realized working for the burrow could turn into a career that he would enjoy
rather than just a job. In July of 1995, Mike was promoted to the position of repairman. Once a repair man, Mike decided to be the best he could be. And within several years of continuing education, Mike earned his licenses for water treatment, wastewater, and water
distribution. All that hard work paid off, and in 2008, Mike was promoted to the position of public works supervisor. Mike did not stop there. He continued his education achieving a CPWM certification which led to the promotion
in 2007 to superintendent of the public works and waste water collection in which I was honored that I was there for that. And then in addition, Mike has been the burrow's wastewater treatment and distribution licency since 2022.
Mike has lived in the burough of Waldo for over 50 years. He is happily married to his wife Cheryl. He told me to say that they raised three daughters in Waldick, Madison, Skyler, and Ree, who are still here in Waldick. Most of them have their homes here in Waldick, which
is a testament to Mike and his wife. Mike has demonstrated in countless ways his love, service, and unselfish dedication to the well-being of our community and residents. You have earned the respect and affection of people from all walks of life and of all ages here in Wick. Now, therefore, be it
proclaimed that I, Thomas A. Jordano, mayor of the Burough Waldick, on behalf of the entire Burough Council and the community do hereby deem it an honor and pleasure to congratulate you and thank you for your tireless efforts and unselfish dedication to the Waldick Department of Public Works. Thank you
for the past 31 years. The next is Mike's sidekick Marcus. This certificate is awarded with profound gratitude and admiration for 30 plus years of employment in the world department of public works. In 1993, Marcus began his career in the water the
world department of public works cutting grass. In 1995, Marcus was hired as a full-time worker in the recycling department. And in 1997, Marcus was promoted to the Department of Public Works road repair man. During his career, Marcus also continued his
education, earning him continued education and certifications. In 2018, Marcus became Wald Department of Public Works road supervisor, a job that Marcus is very proud of and excels in it very much. Marcus grew up in the burough of
Waldick. He has two sons, Logan and Jake. Logan has decided to go into public service working for the for Hocus following in his dad's footsteps and Jake will be and his other son Jake will be graduating from Waldick High School in 2027. Marcus has demonstrated in
countless ways his love, service, and unselfish dedication like Mike has to the well-being of our community and residents. You have earned the respect and affection of all people of all uh walks of life and of all ages here in Walick. Now be therefore be it
proclaimed that I the mayor Bella Waldick on behalf of our entire council and community do hereby deem it an honor and a pleasure to congratulate you and thank you for your tireless efforts and unselfish dedication to W to Wick's Department of Public Works to our burrow
and I thank you for many years and hopefully you stay with us for a very long time. So, how's it feel to be honored? Honored. Well, you do a great job and we want to thank you. And you know, on a personal
note, whenever uh I get into one of my moods, I call you and you just I'll take care of it for you. But I guess when you hang up the phone, you say other things, but thank you very much for for you me when I do call you. You want to take a picture? Sure.
Okay, we'll take a minute break and we can congratulate the our two honories. my report just a couple of items. First of all, the month of May is um mental health awareness month. There's been a proclamation signed by
myself. Kelly will put it outside in the lobby of the vestibule so everyone can see it. Also, last Saturday, I attended our mayor's uh monthly meeting. Uh there was about seven mayors out of 13. Uh we discussed uh the new procedures for
voting. We discussed the budgets of each town. We discussed our police departments and fire departments. Everybody's got the same issues, which is really none, but a lot of uh we all have a lot of things in common, and it's good to meet the way we meet so that we could be able to help each other out if
there's any issues. Other than that, other council people will uh be talking. Financial administrative, anyone have anything for Mr. Rich? Councilman Richie? No. Okay. Fire and Police Protection Committee. Mr. Brennick. Thank you, Mr.
Mayor. Um during the month of May, we had several different types of calls. Um nothing really out of the ordinary. Uh there's multiple fire alarms, carbon monoxide, uh vehicle accidents, etc., etc. Utility accidents.
um all of which were handled very nicely um without uh a need for mutual aid into town. Um as is the tradition in the fire department in May um that is the month of the year when the members get
together and they go and they put um they put flags on the graves of the members who have uh gone before. Um, I'm happy to see that that's a tradition that's kept up every year and
I hope that it'll stay that way for many, many more years to come. Um, fire department went to the academy for training. Uh, that was a live burn live burn training. They're also going up for mass fit test later in the month. And,
uh, there will be a memorial service. That's right. There'll be a memorial service up in the fire academy in Mawa once again for all members who have gone to their reward uh in 2024 and we will have members attending that as well. And
that's all I have Mr. Mayor. Okay. Thank you very much. Public safety committee counciloman Sarah Colola Drake. Thank you. For the month of April, Wbec answered 27 calls including one mutual aid. They with the help of the Allenale Hokus, Midler Park, and Bergen County EMS stood by at the 5K, which is a
fantastic event for our town. All of the EMTs attended an updated scope of practice training of Valley, which will allow them to use a glucometer and administer Albbitural to our patients. Finally, I'd like to congratulate promoted members. April was promoted to
senior EMT and driver, Nicole to an EMT, and Gabe to a senior EMT. Thank you. You're welcome. Recreation and health Committee Councilman Martinelloo. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Just a few items uh for update tonight. Last weekend, we had the
baseball opening day. It was a great day. Weather was perfect. There a lot of people down at the park. Thank you to the members of council who were able to come out and support. Uh thank you to the Wick Fire Department and Police Department for accompanying us on the on the parade route. Uh they did honor
somebody who was retiring this year. He was very touched and surprised by the event. That was Thank you for uh those who were there for it. Um couple of announcements. Well, the pool registration is open. Just a reminder, our early registration price is through
May 22nd and then our regular season pricing opens on uh May 23rd. Opening day is Saturday, May 24th for holidays and weekends and then daily operation begins on Thursday, June 19th. Um reminder that our Waltwick swim team um
is open for registration right now. Um the last day register is Friday, June 20th. And also the Wald Junior football program um is running their annual camp from July 14th through the 17th at the Walwick High School football field. Um so uh those families who are interested
in that should reach out to the program for more information. And uh that's it. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Thank you. Public works committee. Mr. Arundo, you have anything to report? Uh thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh yes. Uh two items. Just want
to thank uh Marcus and Mike for their 30 years of dedicated service to the burrow and congratulate them for all their hard work they've done over the years. Um their dedication has shown through all the education and certification that they've created uh and done to uh make
them a better employee and I want to thank them for that hard work. That's all Mr. Mayor. Thank you. Thank you very much. Building and grounds committee. Councilwoman Weber. Thank you Mr. Mayor. Um, pardon me, my throat's a little dry today. Um, the uh fire suppression
system at the public safety building or the fire police department was uh completed and um we were having a little bit of an issue at the ambulance building. If you notice, the ambulances have been parked outside. There was issue with the door and uh that'll be taken care of uh in the next week or so.
That's all I have. Thank you. Thank you very much Administrator. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, I just want to highlight a few things. We we tonight we do have a a few important resolutions on. One is for the award of our 2025 road paving program, which we're excited to get
started. Um, just to note, the bids for that actually came in under our uh proposed budget, which is good. So, we actually are hoping to add a couple roads or possibly the uh pool parking lot to that list once after tonight. And we talked to the contractor. Um, we have
the award for a new grant writing uh firm um to Bruno Associates so we could get them going this year and try and secure more grant money. Uh, we we're closing out a major project, the water main replacement project on Hemlocked Evergreen and and Bergen to Sheridan. Uh
we also have the authorization to advertise and receive bids for three of our our larger capital project uh which includes the improvements to Schuler AB improvements to Lions Memorial Playground and the roof and HVAC replacement at the pistol range. Um we
also have a resignation of one of our full-time dispatchers and we are appointing a new PDM dispatcher. So on that note, we are still looking for another full-time dispatcher. If anyone's looking or knows someone, please tell them to reach out to Lieutenant Sever. Uh other than that,
I'll hold comments for the ordinances. Thank you. Thank you. Clerk. Thank you, Mayor. I just want to go over some things for elections. Again, um there's a link to the primary election sample ballot on our website. We've also
included it in the Friday email blast um for voters to familiarize themselves with this as it's a new block style where the candidates are grouped by office, not party. So um I encourage everyone to take a look at that either on our website or if you do get the Friday email blast. Um there's also a
video on how to vote on the new voting machines. Um so watching the video is a good way for any voter who hasn't voted on the new machines to familiarize themselves with that new process. Tuesday, May 20th is the last day to register to vote in the June primary. My office will be open till 700 p.m. Um,
there's also a link on our website uh on the under the elections page uh for voting forms if somebody can't get in uh but they can get that uh those forms filled out and sent in to the uh the county or bring them to us and we'll get them to the county. Uh June 3rd is the last day to apply for a mail-in ballot
by mail. Uh June 3rd is June 3rd to June 8th is the early voting period. Monday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Sundays 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Uh the two loc two closest locations s the Ty Senior Center in uh Woodcliffe Lake
and the Wyoff Public Library uh SHAMER room uh in Wyoff, but there is a complete listing of the available sites on our website again under our elections page. Um, starting at the next meeting, hopefully if the state division of taxation gets their act together, we
will have resolutions for the uh ABC renewals for their licenses for uh the alcohol beverage licenses. That's all I have. Thank you. Thank you. A confidential assistant. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. To piggyback on what Councilman Martinelloo was uh mentioning about the pool, our online registration portal
opened on May 1st and um it's been active every day since. Um, so far our revenue that's been collected on the pool side is just over $28,000 and uh close to $2,000 on the swim team side. Just a reminder that
swim team is open to both Waldwick and Midland Park swimmers. Uh so they would love to see their participation numbers go up. We're happy to be able to take on um more swimmers. And so uh so far it's looking good. So please uh spread the
word. our family memberships are really um are I mean the high actually it's about half of what we've brought in so far are just in the form of the family memberships and then of course our senior seasonal tags are high up there. Uh so it's going great. I will be
available until 7:00 p.m. next Tuesday the 20th for anyone who needs their membership validated and their cards printed. So that's step two after you've done your online registration. Happy to help throughout the week with any questions. We have a special email set up uh for the Waldick Pool. Send any of
your questions over to Waldickpool walwicknj.gov. We'll be happy to help you uh be prepared for the first day of the season. Thank you. Thank you. Burough attorney. Uh thank you, Mr. Mayor. I had a pleasant conversation with the attorney that's handling the POS litigation for on behalf of the
burrow. the claims administrator has set the numbers um at least for the 3M and DuPont settlements and the we don't know the how it's going to break down into actual dollar amounts but the the the
settlement amount will be 13.47% of what your adjusted base score is and it's a convoluted formula. I don't want to put any numbers out there because we're waiting to see how that breaks down into actual dollar figures. And then from that dollar figure, there'll be deductions. There's going to
be a 10% hold back by the court for future claims, the attorney's fees, and then class council fees. We're the big issue is we're waiting to find out how they're going to pay it out. The belief is 25% of the settlement funds will be paid out by the
end of the second quarter this year which would be by the uh end of June. 50% approximately 50% will be paid out by the end of the third quarter this year and then the balance gets paid out over like 10 years like the opioid
settlements were. So it'll be small payments for a while. That's just the 3M Dupont settlements. They're still working on the second set of settlements with um the other new companies, Tao and uh whoever the other one was. So, we
should have hopefully by the end of June at least know what our numbers are for the first ones. Uh secondly, I'm work I've been working with your planner and Steve in regards to the housing element fair share plan to effectuate the COA numbers. I think we're going to have
some good news uh once we go through everything. The way this works is the housing element fair share plan once it's finalized will be submitted to the planning board. The planning board will hold a public hearing on that housing element and fair share plan on June 4th.
And then once they uh have their public hearing, it'll come back to the mayor and council for formal adoption at the June 17th meeting. We have to have this adopted under the state guidelines by June 30th. So that's sort of the timeline that uh that we're dealing
with. But other than that, that's it. May, thank you very much. Are we going into close or anything? We have one item for closed session, but there won't be any decision made after closed. Okay, great. Thank you. Consent resolutions and resolutions of the governing body. B's office, the following resolutions
here with listed by consent, having been considered by the governing body of the Burough of Wald, are hereby passed and approved. 2025146 approval of consent. 2025147 approval of minutes regular meeting and close session meeting of April 29th. Policy votes A. Appointment
of Aiden Tenza as junior member of the Waldo Frontier Fire Department. B. The Italian American Social Club of Waldick requests to use the pool parking lot on Saturday, May 17th from 9 to 6 for parking for a club outing. C. The Village School requests to use the Oval
on June 11th from 12:00 to 1 for their eighth grade graduates to gather for yearbook signing. Uh D. Melissa Aguero requests to use to hold a block party on May 25th from 5:00 to 9:00 with Highwood A to be closed between Courtland and Summit with alcoholic beverages being
served. E. Erica Eaggan requests to hold a block party June 28th from 12:00 to 9:00 with Long View Drive to be closed between Pine View Drive and Lindberg Parkway with alcoholic beverages being served. F. Nancy Estelle requests to use Pavilion A on June 1st from 10 to dusk for a birthday party with alcoholic
beverages being served. G. Ashley Hari requests to use pavilion A on June 15th um from 10 to 3 for a birthday party with alcoholic beverages being served. H Angela uh Scravanic requests to use pavilion B on June 21st from 9 to dusk
for soccer end of season party with alcoholic beverages being served. Uh I Steven Depalo request to use pavilion A on July 5th from 12:00 to 7:00 for a birthday party with alcoholic beverages being served. J. Michael Albanese request to use pavilion A on September
20th from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. for a birthday party with alcoholic beverages being served. K. Teresa and Pembbo request to use pavilion B on September 28th from 1 to 6 for family reunion with alcoholic beverages being served. 2025148 award of affair and open
contract to PM Construction Corp. for the 2025 road rehabilitation project in the amount of $395,5187. 2025149 awarded non-fair and open professional service contract to community grants, planning and housing for housing reh rehabilitation administrative services and case
management services in amount not to exceed $55,800. 2025150 award a contract to Bruno Associates, Inc. for grant writing purposes in the amount of $30,000 for a one-year contract. 2025151 change order number one final
and final payment to AJM contractors for Evergreen Street to hemlock street and Bergenav to Sheridan Avenue watermain uh improvements in the amount of $7,71360 2025152 authorizing execution of homeowner program agreement for the
Waldo home improvement program with Sunjin Lee uh for the property located at 109 Lincoln Place 2025153 authorized Annual appointment of municipal representatives to the Bergen County Community Development Regional Committees for
fiscal year 2025 2026 covering period July 1, 2022 through June 30th uh 2026. 2025 uh 154 authorized advertisement of advertisement and receipt of bids for the improvements to Lion's Memorial Playground. 2025 155
authorized advertisement and receipt of bids for improvements to Schuler Avenue. 2025156 authorized advertisement and receipt of bids for police firing range uh roofing and HBAC replacement. 2025-157 accept the resignation of Brian Scatini as full-time telecommunications
officer effective May 31st, 2025. 2025158 appointment of PDM public safety telecommunication uh telecommunications officer Emily Jordan Fontana 2025159 appointment to the board of health. 2025-160 appointment of 2025 pool
lifeguards 2025161 authorized refund uh permit fee 2025162 cancellation of taxes block 162.11 uh lot 18 and 2025163 payment of vouchers do we have a
motion and a second to accept motion by Mr. Bren second by Mr. Martinelloo. Anyone have a question? I just got a couple. 2025-150 Bruno Associates. Do we know of them? I mean, how did we get them? Is that the people you knew? No. So, I
worked with a firm previously, but I did meet with um the staff at Bruno Associates. It's very similar, just a different model of of pricing. So, I feel comfortable going forward with them. And then 2025-159 uh a member of the uh board of
health uh gave the his uh resignation and what we did was we went into our file of people that put their names in to be on boards and there is a woman who works at the Bristol who's a nurse. She'll be taking over his place and she'll be part of the board of health.
Anyone else? Item K. September 28th is my birthday so I'd like an invite. That's your party. Oh, you should have told me. What's your proclamation? Alcoholic beverages being served. And
also um on B the uh the Italian club, I think they canled that trip. So we we should just call them and ask them. I got a recently this morning. Oh, okay. But we'll check. We'll approve it and then we'll just check. If she cancels
it, she cancels it. Anyone else? Also, uh serious note item letter A. item lettering. Uh Aiden Tenza, another one of the boys that I coached when they they were young kids. So that's three now that provided to the fire department, Mr. Black. Um so take credit for
your proclamation is getting bigger. Yeah. With the clerk county take the role. Mr. Brick. Yes. Miss Sarah Cold. Yes. Mr. Martinell. Yes. Mr. Roando. Yes. Mrs. Weber. Yes.
Okay. We have uh two uh public hearings. Would the clerk kindly read Ordinance number 2025-10? Sure. Ordinance number 2025-10, an ordinance by the mayor and council of the Burough of Walwick amending uh the Burick code of ordinances to repeal and
replace chapter 52 entitled flood damage prevention to adopt flood hazard maps to designate a flood plane administrator and providing for severability and an effective date. Anyone from the council like to comment on this ordinance that was just read? Yes. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. This is
updating um your flood control and flood damage prevention ordinance that's on the books due to recent amendments with the D and the uh and FEMA. Anyone else? I close the council's comments and open up to the public. Anybody from the public would like to
comment on this audience that was just read, you could just give us your name for the record. Oh, let me just turn that around for you. Thank you. That's not on wheels. It is the wrong way. Sort of on wheels.
I regret refusing your assistance. Uh, Katherine Hartman. Um, quick question. Will that change insurance for any homeowners uh changing to I mean, does it actually change like the flood areas or does it just call it a new thing? No, that's all
determined by FEMA. FEMA already did all that. This is implementing their new regul their new regulations. So, okay. So, it people would already know and everything. It's not awesome. Thank you. Yep. No problem. Anyone else from the council? If not, I
close the council's comments. I'm sorry, the public's comments and ask for a motion, a second to pass his audience on second reading and that the clerk be authorized to advertise in local legal newspapers required by law. Do I have a motion to second? Motion by Michelle, second by Joe. Clerk, take the
role. Mr. Brener, yes. Mr. Core, yes. Mr. Marello, yes. Mr. Rando, yes. Mrs. Weber, yes. Will the clerk kindly read ordinance number 2025-11? Ordinance number 2025-11 amending chapter 97
entitled Lighting and Sound Systems of the Code of the Bureau of Wald to regulate lighting related residential districts. Anyone from the council would like to comment? This is an ordinance that was passed from a couple of residents that had some complaints about lighting that are shining into their homes. What we did was we tweaked our
ordinance. We made it a little bit more readable and also there's restrictions on what a neighbor uh has to do to make sure that they're not interfering in this the uh the lighting of their neighbors. Uh it it will also be grandfathered in for anybody that has a
problem already. Anyone else? If not, I close the council's comments and open up to the public. Anybody from the public would like to comment. Is this on the lighting? On the lighting of this ordinance? Yes. The lighting or what? The ordinance that we're trying to
pass tonight. Okay. On the lighting. The other day, I have insomnia. I was up at 1:30 in the morning and I noticed that the lights were on in the o in over the track. That has nothing to do with this. Oh, it doesn't. Has nothing to do with this. Okay. You can bring that up on the
new business if you like. All right. Thank you. Anyone else? Okay. I close the public's comments and ask for a motion to second to pass this ordinance on second reading and that the clerk be authorized to advertise in a local legal newspaper as required by law. Motion by
Katie Sarakola Drake and Michelle. Clerk take the role. Mr. Brennan. Yes. Mr. Drake. Yes. Sister Martinelloo. Yes. Mr. Oo, yes. Mrs. Weber, yes. Okay, we have uh four introduction of ordinances. The first one, would the clerk kindly read
ordinance number 2025-12? Ordinance number 2025-12 and ordinance amending chapter 89, towing and storage regulations, section 89-2, number 12, application for placement on emergency duty list to increase the payment of licensing fee to $500. A motion in a
second is in order to move and pass the ordinance on first reading and that it be advertised in local legal newspapers as required by law setting a public hearing two weeks from tonight's meeting at 7:30 p.m. or soon thereafter as the matter may be reached. I have a motion in a second. Motion by Mr. Renick,
second by Mr. Martinelloo on the question. What this is is that we are raising the fees uh that we have already to $500. All we're doing is just increasing it. Anyone else? Clerk take the role. Mr. Mr. Bennick. Yes. Mak. Yes. Mr.
Martinello. Yes. Mr. Rando. Yes. Mrs. Weber. Yes. Clerk Connley readdance number 2025-13. Ordinance number 2025-13 and ordinance to amend chapter 20 police department section for appointment of officers to create the
position of special law enforcement officers and setting forth the qualifications, powers, and duties of the same. A motion and second is an in order to move and pass his ordinance on first reading and that it be advertised in local legal newspapers required by law setting a public hearing two weeks from tonight's meeting at 7:30 p.m. or
soon thereafter the matter may be reached. Do I have a motion in the second? Motion Mr. Brenell. What this was is in the beginning of the year we had a committee set up was called the safety committee. It was set up by the members of the board of ed. Three people from the board of ed were on the committee and three
people from the council were on the committee at which time we discussed about having uh some uh police officer retired police officers in the schools. What happened is we uh brought in our lieutenant lieutenant Seafford who was part of the meetings and this is all set
up so that we could have some safety in the schools. Not that we you know we're just preparing ourselves. You never know what's going to happen. And these officers also could maybe help us out with the traffic situations that we do have in the area. Can't guarantee that, but they will be there in the schools. And they're going to probably be retired
police officers that maybe were from the burrow of Waldwick. Anyone else? Clerk, take the role. Mr. Brennick, yes. Modre, yes. Mr. Marello, yes. Mr. Rando, yes. Mrs. Weber, yes. Okay. Clerk, read ordinance number
2025-14. Ordinance number 2025-14, an ordinance to authorize the vacation of an easement located on block 18.04, lot 2 by the Burough of Waldick and extinguishing any rights that the Burough of Wald may have in said easement. A motion and second is
an order to move this uh ordinance on first reading and it be advertised in local legal newspapers as required by law setting a public hearing two weeks from tonight's meeting at 7:30 p.m. or soon thereafter as the matter may be reached. our attorney will discuss this because he talked about this last time. Yes, this is what Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
This is what I spoke about the last meeting. This is an easement that was uh created a long time ago on the in the rear of property in Richard Drive. The residents looking to sell their house. They this came up on the title search and on the survey. We confirmed with the engineer, we confirmed with Marcus, we
confirmed with Michael that there's nothing there that the burrow never installed anything there. So, uh, the recommendation was just to release this and vacate this easement. So, that's what this ordinance does. Thank you. Anyone else? Clerk, take the role. I need a motion. Oh, I'm Oh, I'm sorry. A
motion by Andy, a second by Michelle. Please take the role. Mr. Bernick, yes. Makola Drake, yes. Mr. Martinelloo, yes. Mr. Roando, yes. Mrs. Weber, yes. Will the clerk read ordinance number 2025-15?
Ordinance number 2025-15 and ordinance amending ordinance number 2024 number five fixing the compensation salaries and wages of the officials and employees of the bureau of Waldworth. A motion and second is in order to pass this ordinance on first reading and that it be advertised on local legal newspapers
are required by law setting up public hearing two weeks from tonight's meeting at 7:30 p.m. or soon thereafter as the matter may be reached. We have a motion and a second. Motion by somebody, please. Motion. Motion by Andy. Second by Michelle. on the question you want it. Uh, sure.
Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh, this really just sets the salaries and the ranges for every position within the bureau that is u not associated with a bargaining agreement. Anyone else? Clerk, take the role. Mr. Brennick, yes. Mr. Drake, yes. Mr.
Marello, yes. Mr. Rando, yes. Mrs. Weber, yes. Okay. Anybody on the council have any unfinished business? new business. I just have one thing. I need your permission, which I know you're not going to say no, to have uh
the American Legion and uh the uh Walter Nightingale's uh W Nightingale's American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Walls War Fried Tag Memorial Post has been has asked us if they could host once again the Memorial Day parade and memorial service. We have no problem
with that. They will be told uh to do whatever they have to do. We will make sure that they meet with the police. Everybody will know what's going on so that they could have their parade kick off and and do a good job like they always do. Thank them for doing that. Yes, absolutely.
Any other business from the council? Uh just one actually two items, Mr. Mayor. Um I don't know, Steve, if you have anything to add. There's a lot of chatter obviously on um Facebook and social media about uh the two businesses in town about their I can answer that. Grant I spoke I spoke with the people
today. Yep. Go ahead. Uh the giant market first of all is um giant market they as I was told they want to keep the market the way it is. They don't want to do any alteration inside the building. So I says there's a lot of stories a lot of you know stuff
going around by people and I told them what some of the ideas were and three times I was told they want to keep everything the way it is. They want to do no alterations in regards to the uh right aid. the right aid gentleman I called uh unfortunately they didn't get back to me
on what that one is about but supposedly what I understand through the mayor's meeting that they got some extra money to stay keep some of their stores open we don't know which ones they are but we're still working on that I've been in contact with uh their realtor and I've also been in contact with their
corporate office I did suggest to um uh Giant Market about reaching out because I got some connections with putting like an Aldi's here They as they said to me they want to keep everything the way it is. So their way of saying it's staying the way
it is. But we don't know. They should take the temperature of the town like do it a little maybe do it a little nicer as they said that they are it's their business. It's not ours. But they you know they want to keep it the way it is. I think that's actually a great point, Mr. May, because a lot of the people on
on you know on Facebook and everything um you know they forget that it's a private business there. We can't tell them what to do. We can only suggest I I did say, you know, I did tell them who I was. I just said, you know, we're concerned concerned uh community and we'd like to see something there that
the residents could all enjoy. So, I did say, you know, please, if you would let me know what goes on, if they do or not, but I did reach out to the realtor, too. Mr. Mayor, wouldn't an Aldi fit there, though? I don't know. I know I know um
Trader Joe won't. Oh, really? Aldi's Aldi will probably fit there, but I I don't you know, I just drew that out there right away because I shop in Aldi's. I I like their potato chips and I like their cereal. So, uh you know, I figured that'd be something cuz I know residents
were you're looking at it that, you know, that's a good store to go and get eggs, uh milk, and all that stuff. So, but you know, unfortunately, I was told the same thing three times, three, four times. But we'll keep an eye on everything with them. Yeah. Anybody
else? Good. Anyone else? If not, public comment. Anybody from the public would like to comment, please come to the podium with just your name. At least Dimmo, wasn't the Maybe I'm confused, but wasn't the farmers market sold to a new owner? I don't know. Oh,
okay. I I I wasn't sure who you were speaking to when you were saying that, you know, they would they were saying they don't want to make any changes. Farmers Market. I know they closed the other one down in uh as I I was told in Oakland and I was told also that they
don't want to change the footprints of the building and they don't want to change the inside of the building. So that to me looks like it's going to be another store. The business owner and the landlord and the owner of the property are two different people. Okay. I see. Yes. Oh, yeah. He's been arguing about changing that footprint for years.
So, anyone else? I don't understand what I was just Kathy Hartman. Um, very exciting about the PAS money coming in. I know that that's like a big win for a lot of communities. Is is there a plan, a blueprint yet about what that money is going to be used
for? Right, Mr. Mayor. Um, so we don't have a solid plan just because we don't know what we're looking at solid amount, but um, you know, my recommendation, we have discussed this before, is to kind of your market for the media, the filter
media change out, which we know is a significant expense. Again, we don't know exactly what that entails. There's a couple different models out there, you know, which would affect the cost whether it's, you know, a full swap out or you can actually send it out, rinse it, they hold it for a year, it comes
back, replaces it. Um, so it all kind of matters, but I think that would probably be the the best use for it is kind of kind of reserve it for, you know, for water related activities. Okay. and and is it earmarked in the settlement that it has to be used just related to
the PAS or can the bureau choose to allocate it? I don't think there are those restrictions. Yeah, I don't I I don't believe this has any restrictions on it. Okay. Okay. Um I mean that's exciting though. Maybe
even more water repairs considering the other expenditures with the engineer and whatnot. Um, and then will the safety officer for the schools be carrying a firearm? Uh, yeah. The way it's proposed right now that that is the plan that they
would be armed. Okay. And and would that only be when they're in the school or on the campus or would that also be when managing traffic and such? What would happen? Well, we don't know exactly about the managing of the traffic. Okay. But what what we would we're being told and if I if I say something, let me know. They um they have to come here
first. They have to come here first and pick up everything, their equipment. I see. So they don't drive with the gun in the car and they come here, everything's locked up here, they pick it up, they go to their their site that they have to be at. Okay. In the Yeah, sure. Sure. Um, okay. I
just wanted to make sure I didn't have any other questions. Awesome. Okay. Thank you so much. Okay. Thank you. Anyone else? Hi, I want um Joan Vitalson and I'm representing the friends of the library.
We made um we put together small um li freestanding libraries that we would like to put up in the town and we need a vote from you to approve this. So, it has to go before the mayor and council. What's that for? Yeah,
sorry. Little library. They're little libraries. They're very cute. They're We worked on them. They're in shape of a bird house. And then um approved already. It was approved. It was It was approved already. Yeah. Explain to us what's going on. They were approved. We
approved that already. Oh, I didn't know that. Yeah. Yeah. Just to follow up. So, actually, I met with the DPW Super um yesterday and we actually went out and marked some locations. Um, so we took pictures of them, too. So, you will all be seeing that in my memo this week just
to finalize the exact locations where they are. Um, but basically it's, you know, Veterans Park, Bur Park, um, the pool. So, we just want to zero in like exactly where the post Are you doing Bell Park, too? And to Bell Park. Yes.
Oh, okay. We were under We thought you had to vote on this at a meeting. So, we didn't know this. No, we should have known that. So, you'll tell Mike you can do it. Yeah, the the installation was approved, but now we just want to zero in on the exact location, make sure everyone's comfortable, and you know
that it makes sense where we want to put. So, you don't have to vote on it again? No. Oh, okay. What he'll do is he'll send the locations to to Lori Quinn and then she'll get back to Steve and say, "Fine, that's Well, okay. Thank you for your Thank you." You're welcome. You're welcome. Anyone else?
First, I want to congratulate Joe for getting three junior members of the fire department. He was my son son's baseball coach and he's a great coach and great leader. So, thanks Joe. Um, my question was just about the safety officers. Is that three at the middle school high school or is it going to
be elementary schools as well? Yeah, sure. Um so it's actually two to start um this this school year in September. That's the proposal. Um and basically running it as a pilot program. So it'll be two officers committed to all the schools um and then we'll re-evaluate
you know with there's kind of an evaluation committee with the police department um to see the need for any additional in the future. Okay. So they might be switched around between the elementary schools and the high school. I don't want to go into too much detail on how they will shuffle throughout but Sure. Sure. But there's a plan to maybe
rotate them if that's the case. Correct. Okay. Everything's being designed by the police department. Thank you. Thank you, mayor. Thank you. Anyone else? If not, do I have a motion to go in to close? Motion by Joe, second by
Michelle. All in favor?