Thank you. [Music] >> Sorry about that. >> When you're ready. I am ready. We are on and we're recording. >> This meeting is being held in conformance with the Sunshine Law. Notice of time, date, and place has been
furnished to the Bergen record in the Ridgewood News. Notice has also been posted on the bulletin board of the administration building. Clerk, please take the role. >> Mayor Girardano here. >> Mr. Bren >> here. >> Uh, Mr. Martell >> here. >> Mr. Roondo here. >> Mr. Richie >> here. >> Mrs. Weber
>> here. Everyone kindly rise for the pledge of >> 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, all veterans across our country who have given the ultimate sacrifice so that we could assemble the way we are tonight and live in a free country. Let us also remember uh on 1111 the the Veterans Day parade here that
will be honoring all our veterans. >> Clark, please do a prayer. >> Dear Lord, we start this meeting asking for your guidance and wisdom. May we find unity and fairness the outcome to reflect our wishes to assist the burrow in all their endeavors. Thank you in his name. Amen. Amen.
When we were setting up this program to honor our going out police chief, I asked Mark to give me a little bit of information about him, which he did. And he sent me a bio about every position he held and then a little bit
of everything he did with it. I looked at it and I decided if I read everything, you'll never be retiring on the 31st. So, I figured that what I'm going to do is I'm going to read something to you from the heart. Tonight, I am both privileged and
honored to stand before you to speak about Chief Mark Mesnner, who is retiring from the Walt Police Department after 36 years of dedicated service to our residents and community. Mark is here tonight with his wife Patty who I was told to say she works north of here
in the the next town. We're not going to say it's a florist, but there's where she works with her three kids, Joseph, Matthew, and Carie. I want to thank Patty for sharing her husband with us for all these years. I know it must have been hard since Mark was always busy at
doing roadwick business and you had to be both mother and father at times. At the end of the day, Patty, you did a great job and we want to thank you. When I first was elected to the burough council back in 2005, which was years ago,
Mark just beca was appointed the acting chief and soon after became chief in 2006. From the very beginning, it was clear that Mark's leadership, integrity, and compassion would define his tenure. Over the past 19 years, I've had the pleasure of working closely with Mark.
Time and again, he had demonstrated his love for this community, his unwavering services, and his selfless dedication to the well-being of Waldik's residents and his fellow officers. His decisions might not always been the most popular one,
but they were always the right ones, grounded in the safety and best interest of our town. In 2016 interview with New Jersey.com, Mark said, and I quote, "Sometimes it sounds kind of corny, but you want to be a cop because you want to help people.
That's what all kids say on their interview." And that's pretty much what I said. He went on to say, "You want to do something positive and make something bigger than yourself to help people who need your help. There is no S on your chest. You must treat people with
respect and hopefully they will treat you with the same respect as well. Every day, police officers live by that calling driven by honor, courage, and a deep sense of duty to their communities. Law enforcement isn't just a career.
It's a lifetime commitment to being there no matter what the challenges are. Mark, you have earned your you have worn your uniform and badge with pride and with steadfast dedication to Waldick and all its residents. As you retire, you
can look back on your years of service with the knowledge that you truly made a difference and accomplished so much for this community that we all love and we all call home. Mark, cheers to your second act. May it be even more rewarding than the first. Enjoy your new
7-day weekend. Congratulations on your retirement and best wishes as you be begin the next chapter of your life. I'd like to ask everyone to kindly stand and congratulate Chief Mark Meer. And I was told to give you a badge,
the official retired badge. >> And I know Mark is not a man for words, but I'd like to just to say on behalf of Mark that he thanks everybody for being here. And he uh at a later date, he'll thank everybody personally. But Mark is a genuinely nice man. And if you get to
know Mark, you get to know a good person. We're going to take about a two-minute break to thank Mark and his family. >> Thank you. >> If you want Take
back tonight. That's what we're going to have. [Music] Okay. Under my report, just a couple of items. On Saturday, um I performed the wedding a wedding for two residents of the burrow uh here in the chambers.
Also, yesterday we did the um Halloween judging contest. I I just want to just say one thing about what went on about that. There's a lot of misinformation that was given out. And if you want to know what is going on, talk to me. Don't
go on Facebook. I keep on telling you this. I did not judge the contest. I drove around in the car, made sure that people got in the car. The the people that judged this were two a man and a woman that happened to be husband and wife that won a raffle with the Golden
Club. Uh Tatiana and I went to talk to the Golden Club and while we were there, we talked about the the uh event and we we pulled two tickets and his husband and wife won and uh they were they came they met us last night and then we picked a younger person and they were
also she was also here with us. We drove around the town. We looked at the homes. I asked if I could mention their names and they said they're afraid to do that. That's a shame. >> Amen. But then again, you learn from your mistakes. Um, in the future, you want to
know anything, please call me. I have no problem calling you back. I have no problem meeting with you. I do a lot of my meetings in Burough Park. A lot of people know that. So, please, you know, you can I can't tell you not to go on Facebook, but get it from the horse's
mouth. That's all I have to report. Financial administrative committee, Mr. Richie. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh good evening everyone. No report this evening. >> Thank you. Fire and police protection committee. Mr. Bren, >> just very short uh had a conversation
with the uh with the fire chief and um we're starting to get some uh some concrete dates as to when we can expect delivery of our new uh apparatus. And uh if all goes well, uh we should have uh a
new piece of equipment in the driveway approximately 1 year from right now, which is really kind of cool because it was 18 months, 20 months down the road and the chief was able to shrink that down to
>> I have nothing else. >> Thank you very much. >> Recreation health committee, Mr. Monelloo. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. just be uh very brief tonight. Uh with Halloween coming up, there's a couple of events going on at the library. On Thursday, October
30th, uh there's a um Jack the Ripper um event at 7:00 p.m. And also on Halloween, there's Hey Grandma, the House is Bleeding. Um there's a event at 2:00 p.m. at the uh library. Also, there's a upcoming rabies clinic in
Waldwick on November 6th from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 at the DPW garage. So, uh, get your pets out there for their annual rabies shots. Um, on the recreation front, I know the Walwick 12U baseball team has their annual Coopertown drive
going, so there's a sponsorship drive out there right now. Um, you can see that on Facebook or on WBSA website um, for more information there. and we're looking forward for the the winter season of sports to get started here with basketball and wrestling. Um so good luck to all the winter athletes and
a note for um the high school teams who are entering into their fall sports playoff season. Good luck to the uh soccer and football teams as they go into the state playoffs. Thank you. >> Thank you. Public works committee. Mr. Roondo.
>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I have nothing to report tonight. >> Thank you. building the grounds committee. Miss Weber. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh, first I'd like to uh thank the Waldo Community Alliance for the Ragmuffin parade over the weekend. It was a big success and uh the kids had a lot of fun and they got a lot
of candy and uh I really appreciate pulling that together every year. Um, as everyone has been able to see, the Lions Park is coming along swimmingly. It should be done on time. Uh, I believe the end of November is the target date. Uh, we did a upgrade at the ambulance
building. They had the key fobs installed for the U membership to enter on the side of the building and there's been some intermittent issues with their garage door looking into. That's all I have to report. Thank you. >> Thank you. In regards to the ambulance court on Saturday, I I spoke with Lucas.
Is he still here? He must have left. Uh Lucas is the captain. I thanked him very much for being out there the following Saturday. Uh and also could we speak with him or call him in? It seems that he's paying for oxygen out of their own
pockets when they go to a home and they also use that oxygen for the police when they need it too and they have to go pick it up and it's not closed. So maybe we could work something out that it could get delivered and you know we should be paying for the oxygen for our residents. >> Okay. >> All right. And if we could just send him
an email telling him that we're going to look into this. >> Yes. >> All right. Thank you. >> Our attorney Uh thank you, Mr. Mayor. There is no legal report uh this evening. However, we do need to briefly go into executive session to discuss contract negotiations. Uh I don't expect that to
take very long. Approximately 15 to 20 minutes. >> Any decisions to be made? >> Uh no. >> Thank you. I'll borrow administrator. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Congratulations to Chief Messer. Thank you for everyone who came out to recognize him and and his years of service. Uh we certainly uh
didn't want him to get away without uh saying thank you and uh thank you again for coming out. The Lions playground as uh Councilwoman Weber uh noted is uh coming along well and we actually as of today were given an update. We think in the next two weeks it could be a good
chance it could be complete. So, uh, to be determined on a, um, on a ribbon cutting. Um, but that'll be a fantastic new addition to Burough Park for all of our residents and families. Uh, the Hudson Avenue curb ramp improvements, uh, were just about finalized at the end
of last week. Uh, that is part one of the improvements to Hudson AB, uh, in terms of the paving uh, that it's is being anticipated for next year. So, this is phase one. uh happy to see that the work went along really well and uh
Boswell is uh assisting on that project. Um with that, that's that's all I have for this evening. Thank you. >> Thank you. In regard to the park, are we having Waffle go over there and look at it? >> I'm sorry. >> Are we going to have Waffer go and look at it? >> Uh they were part of the process leading to the design uh I believe with Steve.
>> Okay, good. Great. >> Miss Kelly. >> Thank you, mayor. Um, general election is Tuesday, November 4th. Um, vote by mail dropbox is located behind the public safety building. There are signs posted uh to direct voters to that uh
box on East Prospect Street. It's behind uh it's behind the public safety building. Um early voting begins be already began October 25th through Sunday, November 2nd. The hours are Monday through Saturday 10 to 8 and Sundays 10 uh 10:00 a.m. to 6 pm. Um
voters can go to any one of the nine locations throughout the county. The two closest to Waldwick are the uh Woodcliff Lake uh Ty Senior Center at 411 Chestnut Ridge Road and the Wyoff Public Library, Shotmy Room, 200 Woodland Avenue. Um
November 3rd by 3M is a deadline for anyone to go to the county clerk's office in person to fill out a a vote by mail ballot. Um, general election day is again Tuesday, November 4th. The polls are open 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 pm. If you bring your sample ballot with you, it's
it's quicker. It's a quicker check-in. So, if you can do that, that would be great. Um, also the sample ballot has your voting uh district and the location on the front. Um, so if everybody can take a look at that. Also, just a reminder that uh October 30th uh shift
night uh curfew is in effect. Uh, we have that posted and put in the email blast. I believe it's 900 p.m. for 18 and younger uh until 6:00 a.m. the next day unless they are with a parent. That's all I have.
>> Thank you very much. >> I just wanted to note that uh this evening on the uh online at home option to watch the the program uh we are having an issue with the video but the audio is working. >> Thank you. Consent resolutions and
resolutions of the governing body. >> Be resolved that the following resolutions here with listed by consent having been considered by the governing body of the Burough of Wick are hereby passed and approved as amended to include resolution 2025303 2025 294 approval of consent. Policy
votes A. Waldo Chamber of Commerce requests permission to hold the 18th annual Waldo Chamber of Commerce 5K run on Sunday, May 3rd, 2026 from 7:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. B. The Walter Chamber of Commerce request to hang the uh W5K banner on the fence located at the end
of uh East Prospect beginning April 1st as well as mounting a 3x5 American flag over the Hopper Avenue bridge across from the Burough Pool beginning May 1st and to be removed by May 4th. Walter Chamber of Commerce requests uh assistance of the police DPWR
and Fire Department with the Chamber of Commerce 5K run and onem walk on Sunday May 3rd. Angela Gold request to use Pavilion B on November 29th from 10 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. for a birthday party with alcoholic beverages being served 2025 295. Amended non-fair and open
professional service contact contract with DRG Architects for roofing and HVAC replacement at the Walga Police fire range for additional services in the amount of $6,000. 2025 296 Appointment of Lieutenant Troy Seafford as acting chief of the Wal Police Department. 2025
297 accept resignation of George Peterson as part-time electrical inspector. 2025 2298 approval of submission of the local government service best practices inventory for 2025. 2025299 authorizing uh the reaffirmation of the
employee handbook and personnel policy manual and the policy addressing additions to the American with disabilities policy additions to the policy against harassment change in language to vacation leave policy and addition of an acknowledgement of receipt page 202530 authorized
discretionary property tax grace period extension during prolonged federal government shutdown 2025301 payment of vouchers and 20253 303 accept the resignation of April Vanish at as full-time keyboarding clerk one.
>> Do I have a motion and a second to accept? Motion by Andy, second by Mike. Anyone have a question? If not, clerk, please take the role. >> Mr. Bren, >> yes. >> Mr. Martinelloo, >> yes. >> Mr. Roundo, >> yes. >> Mr. Richie, >> yes. >> Mrs. Weber, >> yes.
>> Okay. We have no adoption of ordinances. We have no introduction of ordinances on the unfinished business. the unfinished business of the council. Chuck, I'll be at your place either tomorrow or probably Thursday or Yeah, Wednesday or Thursday. I'll come to you to sign the letter we'll send out to the company that gave us the pumpkins. Okay. Thank
you. Any new business from the council? >> Yes. >> Uh the environmental committee met ago Thursday. Um they're planning on doing some events for next year. Sorry again.
uh environmental committee met a couple weeks ago. Uh they're planning on four events for next year uh to do some cleanups throughout the year. Um they're going to reach out to Tatiana to give the dates. Um then they also wanted to
ask the burrow if they could look into possibly stocking the pond with some warm water fish from the Pquest fish hatchery up in uh I think it's out in outside. and the state um see if that's
something that's an option uh because they would like to possibly do some type of fish uh catch and release program there uh at the pond, but they think that the trout would be a problem because it's not very deep and it's very warm in the summer months. Um, they also would like
to go back to another no summer again and they would like to see if the burough would uh revisit looking into a water conservation plan with regards to uh watering during the summer months so that we don't put ourselves in a
predicament with the wells. >> That's all I have. Mr. Mayor, >> how about turtles? >> Turtles? >> I don't know. I'll ask him about turtles. >> Like turtles. >> Any other new business? >> Yes. Just going to congratulate acting chief sever uh on that resolution.
That's an exciting night. There's a new policy that the new chief and acting chief have to come to all the meetings. Your wife's going to love it. She get you out of the house. Any other new business? If not, comments from the public. Anybody from the public would like to comment, please come to
the podium uh and state your name only for the record. Let me just turn the podium around. Oh, thank you. >> Thank you. I just fell the other day. So, hi. I'm Elise Dimma, 162 West
Prospect Street. Um, I just would like to read a comment that I wrote regarding the No Kings uh rally that we had on October 18th. So, I'd like to offer my perspective on the events in Waldwick, which took place
on October 18th. National No Kings protest. Excuse me. >> Is somebody >> I felt immense pride seeing our town and nearby communities come together during the rally. The spirit and camaraderity were palpable and contrary to some
reports everyone showed respect for public safety by staying out of the street. A fact I can demonst that can be demonstrated with video or pictures. In truth, I didn't witness any disorder among those gathered. If anything, the
only disturbances came from a few individuals. An angry driver burning rubber down the middle of the street and a woman recklessly driving with no hands on the wheel while making obscene gestures. These isolated moments stand out apart from the peaceful, cooperative
atmosphere of the rally. I was especially moved by a wonderful exchange between someone protesting the protest and a participant which exemplified uh civil uh dialogue and genuine understanding. And let me reiterate the streets were left clean
demonstrating care and respect for our community. So I must ask and the person that I would ask is not here tonight. What was so abhorent about people lawfully coming together in support of their beliefs? The Constitution, undeniably conservative in its
foundation, protects the rights to assemble and speak freely. And the No King's Protest embodied these constitutional rights in a respectful and responsible manner. As we reflect, let us ensure our judgments remain fair
and true, even if we disagree with messages. That's what I had to say. I'd also like to thank the um local police who did a wonderful job that day as well as the fire department who came out and put the truck although it wasn't really
necessary in my opinion but that might you know have been other other decisions to be made but everybody did a wonderful job making sure everybody was safe and protected so thank you. Okay, thank you.
[Applause] Hi, Dolores Connealy, 7 Kennedy Drive in Waldwick. To write this down because I couldn't remember everything. My husband and I moved here almost 30 years ago to start our family because we
enjoyed the um Waldwick's smalish town feel while still being close to many larger and divi diverse cultural um experiences. It has been nice to pass neighbors and fellow Wald Wikians um to say hello even if you don't know them.
I was proud that our small town was generally welcoming and accommodating in hosting a peaceful rally for locals as well as folks from our neighboring communities to exercise their First Amendment right to peacefully assemble
and express their concerns. As I walked around and heard many uh people thanking the police for ensuring the rally participants as well as the residents maintain were remained safe and even thanking the DPW who put out
cones along the road to further ensure safety for all. Overall, I found the rally to be a positive reflection on the town and the town's people. I observed an orderly unifying expression of disscent,
not a spectacle or a circus. I do have a question that was kind of brought up there um that during the rally, one of our fire trucks was pulled out blocking a main thoroughfare which happened to be the road the rally was on. So for our understanding, we would
like an understanding of why that happened and who made that decision. So, uh, the police department, um, temporary or I'm sorry, acting chief, um, Lieutenant Seafford is here and he can answer that question on behalf of the PD.
>> Sorry. >> No, you can stay here. You can stay here. >> So, that that decision was made by our officer in charge at the scene. Uh, the volume of uh of spectators on both sides of the road was getting a little dangerous. It was kind of encroaching into the street. So he felt it was the best to close the road at that point in
case somebody got into the road for traffic safety. So that decision was made at the time by the the officer in charges at the scene. >> Okay. All right. >> Well, he chose to block it with the firetruck. I I can't question that looking back on it. At the time we were stretched a little thin with the amount
of people that were there. >> So I would make the assumption that the fire truck was the best apparatus to use to block the road at that point. >> Okay. Thank you. >> You're welcome. And so if so you so you know during during all this stuff we had different elements coming together. Uh
our administrator was here in town hall. Uh the lieutenant that was in charge was on the road. I was asked to stay home and don't come out. So I stood home in my garage and every half an hour I like my garage. Every half an hour uh I was getting updates of what was going on and
they said if we need to call you or get you here we'll come and get you. It never happened. I was told about the truck. I asked the same question why and I was told the same answer. And the main thing is as our acting chief said it was a caution for safety. No, nothing else.
Okay. >> We did not want to do anything to stop anything because that's not our place to do. >> Just like a lot of people said that we should have stopped it. We should have the limited amount of people were there. We cannot do that. You don't need a permit. You This is a free country. When
I when I talked this this uh beginning of the night about veterans, our veterans are the ones that died so that we could live in a free country. >> Correct. >> And that's what we are doing. Angela Smith. I just wanted to speak as a citizen, not as a um somebody running
for town council. First, I wanted to thank um the fact that I live in a town that protected our first amendment rights on both sides to be there and to hold uh a peaceful protest and which is part of the constitution and part of our constitutional rights. So, thank you
very much. I'm grateful to live in a town that does that. I'm also grateful to live in a town >> You Could you talk louder? Sorry, I'm using really loud, so sorry about that. Um, I'm also grateful to live in a town, and this has been repeated several times, that keeps the protesters and the
county protesters safe. And I want to thank the Rald Police Department, the Rald Fire Department, and the DPW for doing so. And so, I'm grateful on both sides. Public safety is very important, but so is protecting First Amendment rights. So, thank you very much. >> Thank you.
Anyone [Applause] else? >> Hello, Hawkstarter. Um, recently a council member posted a letter on the official Facebook page of the World of Republicans where she made a number of claims about the No Kings protest that
occurred on October 18th. These claims included saying that the normally quiet town that echoes with friendly chatter was turned into a circus by radical leftists and that it was loud, overcrowded, and forced road closures. She also stated that the protest was a
mask for disorder, businesses were disrupted, and public spaces were left in disarray. Uh, finally, she called the protest an abhorent display of extremism. Mr. Mayor, um, since you are the leader of the community, if you don't mind, I would like to address my
questions to you. Um, did businesses inform you that they were negatively impacted by the protest? >> Nope. Did you hear you anything? >> Uh, in terms of businesses directly contacting us, we were not contacted by any businesses. >> Okay. >> We know the Burger King got busy. We
know that the uh, coffee shop right opposite to the right of gi of right A was busy. Okay. >> Other than that, uh we just heard from one gentleman that owns a store here near uh the Dunkin Donuts says that at 2:00 his business stopped.
>> Okay. Was that because of the Nixel announcement? I'm not so familiar with the Nixl. >> What happened is he's claims that he he I guess he posted it somewhere that at 2:00 his business stopped because of what went on. >> Okay. >> That's the only thing we heard. No one else ever came forward. Matter of fact,
I got a lot of emails um that next day, which would be Sunday, thanking us for making it peaceful, making it not a problem, not uh bringing attention to anything >> and and giving everyone a right to uh speak. >> Okay, great. Uh were things left in
disarray? Was there Did they leave a mess? Did the protester leave a mess? >> I wasn't there, but our administrator, she she drove around and you didn't see any problems? >> No. you know, our police department, our fire department, WVAC, and myself,
administration were all present on the day of. There was nothing that needed to be addressed after uh just the cleanup of um barricades and combs that the burrow had put out for safety. >> Okay. So, basically um were the protesters acting within the law? Were they allowed to protest?
>> Not a question that we can answer, but if the PD would like to respond, they can. [Music] What was your question again ma'am? I'm sorry. >> They were acting Were they allowed to protest? >> Oh, absolutely. >> Absolutely. Yes. Yeah. And we just had a we had a pretty elaborate cone system
set up just to keep them on the sidewalks. That was the most important part. Just not to get involved into the into the traffic flow. They're not good. >> Really? I'm like, >> okay, I'll try to I don't know. I'm not used to microphones. Can you hear me now?
>> Um, would you say the protesters caused any more disruption than, let's say, a Fourth of if if you know, Walter go to hold a Fourth of July or Memorial Day parade? >> I don't know what what you're trying to get out of me. >> Yeah. Yeah. No, I'm just like I'm just I know that >> because she made all these claims and
I'm trying to >> that wrote it. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Person wrote it. I don't know. >> Yeah. >> The best thing for you to do and I'm being very honest with you. >> Send that person an email see it to the mayor, the administrator, and ask for
your answers to be answered. If they're not answered by the next meeting, which is November 13th, >> then we will make sure that the they're answered for you. >> Okay. >> I mean, I I wasn't there. I was, as I said, at home, >> right? >> But what I was told by everybody was it was peaceful,
>> right? I I honestly I'm asking these questions to get on public record that, you know, she made all these claims that I'm wondering if they were true. >> I can't speak for someone else why he did what they did. >> Sure. Um before we wrap up, if I may say, um I don't know, I wasn't there at the protest, but I would have been
there. Uh, regarding the road closures, I would like to mention that my husband and two sons had not one but two close calls with cars on the corner of uh, Franklin Turnpike and East Prospect. So, I I understand why they would have put some sort of closure there. It's kind of
like dangerous. Um, also last thing, when I had the opportunity to meet Senator Cy Booker 10 years ago, the only thing I said to him was that I appreciated that he made an effort to work across the aisle with Republicans. Mr. Mayor, I would like to say the same
thing to you. You've shown a willingness to work across the aisle with Democrats. Um, you and I might not agree on anything, but I appreciate you um doing that. >> I think it's well, it's overdue. >> Yeah. And um I do hope that the
information we just discussed dispels the notion that people like me are a bunch of radical leftists who attended the Americans protest on October 18th. Thank you. I know you've been waiting, sir. >> You must be Italian. I am
>> Monsanto 31 Kennedy Drive, Waldwick, New Jersey. >> So, the first thing I'm here to talk about is the same thing that the other people were here to talk about, the Kings uh the King's March. Okay, my in my experience and what I've heard and
seen and happened to a family member is not that. Let's just say that my experience is that somebody in my family turned off of North Street. By the way, I have video
of them being in the street, not on a sidewalk. As the as the excuse me, I expect the same respect. >> You got to you got to address us, please. >> I'd like the same respect. Keep your comments to yourself
as it as the vehicle was turning off of North Street. Okay, on the prospect uh Frank turn the vehicle experienced with two children in the backseat of the car. Windows were down that day. It was a very nice day.
There were two children in the rear of the car, windows down, with a woman screaming who was partially off the sidewalk into the car saying,
"Does your husband treat you right?" talking to the driver. Does your husband treat you like he should treat you or is he a man like some other person
that they were protesting? The children in the back of the car who were three and five asked the question, "Mommy, why are they yelling at us? Why are they saying bad things about the
man who's our president? It is our right to protest. It is our right to peacefully protest. Okay? It's not our right to get children involved in politics.
their children. They have enough of their life left to learn about that, which I'm sad to say is horrible because politics these days have gotten toxic. As we can see, okay,
like Tom said, there's things being said on Facebook about our mayor that are inappropriate. They're wrong. You know guys, I'm a I'm a parishioner of St.
Luke's Church. I'm a Eucharistic minister. I believe in peace for all mankind, for everybody, and their right to speak, talk, and protest. Where it ends is where you get children who have no idea what's going on
and basically terrorize them with your voice. They don't understand. That's not right. In addition, I've known Tom since my kids were little playing soccer together.
This man is an honorable man. He wants what's best for Waldwick and the people of Waldwick. That's why he's reaching across party lines doing what he's doing to make the town a better town, to
improve on the town. not to go backwards. My next question is, is there an ordinance in place for the amount of people who are allowed to protest in our town?
>> There is no ordinance in place. >> Okay. Do other towns have ordinances in place? >> Yes, we've done some research and there are ordinances in other towns >> like Woff, right? I don't have that information in front of me.
>> Okay. How do I get something proposed to move this march if you're going to have a march to limit it to limit it to a certain amount of people? Okay. And then to move it off a thoroughare where some of the people have claimed
there was almost an incident. And I thank the Wald Wick PD immensely for doing a great job that day. But this is a travesty that this happened. Okay? Because you know why? This shouldn't happen in our small town.
These marches happen in other places. They don't happen in Waldwick. So please, I would like to put forth something in any way or means possible to limit the amount of people
and to make sure that it is safe again if we have a march again. Second thing, I hear stories about new things being brought up about, you know, new developments and things of
that nature in town. >> Excuse me. Is this about the redevelopment projects that we're working on? >> Yes, it is. Tom, >> I have to recuse myself. >> Okay. Did you sit? So >> just >> sure
let me know when I can continue. >> Okay. Also being said, Facebook, whatever you may call, social media, talking to people in town, you know that Tom knows something. He doesn't want things to go forward,
things of that nature. Okay? I don't believe a word of it. I think Tom wants to make sure that everything is secure, that we have the financing to do these things, and that they're appropriately done. I'm really getting tired of people
slandering our mayor's name, to be honest. It has to stop. You know what? I think people have to take a second look. And if you don't go to church, start going to church. Start believing in Jesus Christ. And when you
want to pray, pray to him to fix something. You have a right to speak. You don't have a right to do certain things in life like that, which is take a man's name who has served us greatly over the years and
destroy it or try to destroy it. That's not what Waldwick's about. I would like to thank you all for letting me speak today. God bless you and may the Lord always be with you. Thank you.
>> This about redevelopment >> partially. You go have a seat. Yes sir. >> Uh basically I'm just making an inquiry. Has progress been made on this here whole pilot thing that's been talked about because I'm wondering has anything
been agreed upon between the parties so far? >> We're not at that point in the process. Okay. Uh, I would like to make a request if possible that this pilot thing go to a referendum.
Okay. We did it for Whites Pond was $3.5 million at the time, which is probably six now. But I think if you've got close to 10,000 people in this town, okay, and all right, maybe the voting
population, and I'm guessing is 6,000, okay, at that point, instead of putting six or seven people on the spot to make the decision, I believe that the residents of this town should have access to the information, the
agreement, and everything that's been proposed because there is a lot of speculation that the money is going to wind up if it doesn't go to the schools and and I know there's a lot of verbiage out there. I see it also. Okay. So, I
just sit back and think and come and ask a question and I'd like to know uh if the lawyer gentleman, Mr. Bosang's replacement, I'm sorry I don't know your name. Uh, is it feasible to have a
referendum on a pilot? >> Um, yeah. Yes, the board can or I'm sorry, the council can take up a referendum on, you know, just about any topic that they wish. So, you know, if that's something that the council wishes to do, that's certainly permissible.
>> Okay, I I understand. Uh, thank you very much. Have a great day. >> You want me to wait? If anybody's going to talk about redevelopment, please do it now so I can all >> go on. Take your seat, Mr. Mayor.
>> I'm sitting down. Okay. Thank you, >> Mr. Raundo. Good evening everybody. Joanne Mitchell. In July, we had an excellent meeting that was on YouTube regarding the situation with our water system. And as I recollect from previous
discussions, we had discussed having another meeting in October. as it is in very late in October and I recognize that we've had a a change of uh headcount here. Congratulations, Miss Marquee. When will we have an update
meeting? Because I will be quite honest, ladies and gentlemen, at random times during the weekend most frequently and I have reported it on the website. I turn on my water and it's still coming out with a lovely caramel tinge to it.
Can I please have an update where we are with our hydraulic engineering? Do we have a root cause analysis and what action has been taken since July? >> So, we're waiting still the results of that phase and that's part of the the agreement that we signed on to with uh
with H2M. So, I've reached out to them during this transition and uh have asked for a follow-up meeting so we can get a little bit more information on when this next meeting could happen. >> Do we have a time frame for that? >> I don't. Uh I'm I'm a month in. It was
um multiple inquiries to them. But but it's not just about the meeting. Um I just need a little time to catch up on where we were with with the agreement and check all the boxes and and follow the progress that they've made so far. So uh just ask your patience as we as we
get them to commit to a date. Do we have do we know if we have any further information on the root cause of this problem and a remediation process for it? Of course, it was mentioned there were several steps mentioned in the July video, which I'm very grateful
for, but do we have any further information, any more recent reports? >> We don't. And that's the deliverable that we're waiting on as part of this phase with their agreement. >> All right. Thank you very much. >> Should I go up?
>> You can go up. >> Nope. Another five. >> Hi, Jim Schultz, 52 Harrison Avenue. Uh, just a question on the redevelopment project again. I know we had an attorney that we were going to hire full-time. Has she been hired? >> Yes, she was here for a meeting a few
months ago. Anna Manfort, she's our redevelopment attorney. >> Okay. Has she done anything yet or has there been any progress with what she's doing? >> Yes. So she she's hired and she's our redevelopment attorney overseeing the process and uh you know everything related to Harrison Nev.
>> Uh will she give a presentation anytime soon what she's been doing? >> Uh she gave the presentation. Uh the purpose of that was the education part to inform council and public of what the process is related to redevelopment. Uh we don't have her scheduled for a for
any sort of progress uh report. Uh what she's doing is standard in terms of So what what will the next steps be after she gets done whatever she's doing? >> So there's uh formalities and paperwork that the bureau is reviewing in relation to the redevelopment uh you know entity
that's that's taking over that property. Uh so just a a lot of formalities that go back and forth with anything related to building and to uh redevelopment. >> Okay. Are we sure it's going to be a pilot now or we're not sure of that yet? >> We're not at that point. >> Okay. Do we know when we'll be at that
point? >> We know and we've been made aware that they have requested a pilot, but we're not at the point where we've evaluated a pilot, put a pilot has not been put together yet. Uh again, that that's putting the horse uh before the car at this point. >> Would it be possible, as the one
gentleman brought up about a referendum, which is a good idea, would it be possible to have somebody come into the town and speak how the pilot programs work and educate the people and give everybody an idea of the good and the bad of the pilot programs? that was part of Anna's presentation when she was here and that is uh available online if
anybody wanted to go back and and look at it. >> So my I'm going to beat the broken record again every other month. I just want to make sure we all understand the ramifications of a pilot program. I want to understand that you if we have
to go this route you get as many people in the community involved as you can because if we don't we may end up like Hackinack or other towns that sign these and now looking to get out of them and I think the entire town especially the board of education needs to be involved
to understand where we may be if we enlist one of these pilot programs. Thank you. [Applause] Can I get up? >> I have a question about the redevelopment. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. [Laughter]
>> I have a question. >> Katherine Hartman, 17 Cleveland. A >> uh uh as I've said in meetings before, I'm a social worker and I used to be the director of a uh food security agency in Rididgewood that served Waldwick. uh about a third of the clientele that the
agency in Ridgewood served were Waldwick residents despite the fact that we were only a sixth of the total town served. Given the uh upcoming food stamp uh lack of money SNAP uh halt, I'm wondering if
there's been any uh either preparations by the town for food security for more vulnerable residents or if anyone would be willing to uh work with me or other people that are interested in food security to create some sort of uh
temporary plan and maybe facility for collections, anything so that we can support our our more vulnerable residents. >> That's a very good idea. Why don't you set up a committee with some of the residents? >> Yeah. >> So, we have a year round collection in
the foyer when you come downstairs >> for CFA. >> Um, so center for food action. Um, we also give to um Whiteoff >> Families for Families. We rotate who we donate that to. It is a very successful
program. We call for pickup of that bin almost every other week. >> I think my concern is actually access. So, uh the the guess is is that the current established facilities are going to be beyond overrun to their capacity.
Um Center for Food Action is incredibly difficult to get to. It's not accessible by public transportation. Uh Families to Families is a little closer, but it's a much smaller organization. Um, so I was just hoping that maybe we could have something a little more accessible for our older adults, our kids, uh, our
people on disability, um, things of that nature for our local, you know, our residents without the transportation. >> Yeah. Um, I know that the county was actually quite surprised that we didn't have that. Um, and I'd be happy to to spearhead something given the the
emergency coming. Why don't you reach out to uh either Tatiana or Kelly and set up a meeting to come and talk to them about >> and see what we have and what we could offer and how we could do it. >> Great. Thank you so much. Thank you. [Applause]
>> I have to say my name again, Angela Smith. Um something I saw that um involves students at high school. I don't know what town did it, but they did a food drive and they covered their high school field with the bags of food that they collected. So, it brought the
high school kids involved in a civically minded community oriented way for Waldwick residents. So, if the discussions start, that's something that I would suggest if we can get our young people involved and do something fun like that. >> Thank you. >> Why don't we talk to the board a bit?
>> Sure. I'll reach out to Mr. tomorrow um >> tomorrow and see if he's interested. Good stuff like that. >> Thanks. Anyone else? >> Uh we're going to have to go into close, but the thing is I know a lot of people are talking about this title program and talking about the referendum. I think
the council should look into this very seriously. This is a lot of problems going might come up or might not come up and I want to have make sure the residents, board of ed, everybody is knowing what's going on. Uh, I know it's all over Facebook that this is going on.
This is going on once again. Everybody talks before they think, but I think we should talk about with the with the attorney with Craig about maybe you want a referendum about this. I think a referendum is the best way. The last time as uh one of the residents said uh
a referendum was put through by Mr. Bren Whites Pond and I and the residents had an opportunity to voice their opinion. the residents had an opportunity to tell us what they felt and even though we're seven of us, you know, listening and
doing the best we could for you, you're the ones that live here also. Do I have a motion to go into close? Motion by Mark, second by Joe. All in favor? Opposed? Good night, everyone. Have a safe and happy