Okay, our tapes are on. >> I believe so. >> This meeting is being held in conformance with the Sunshine Law. Notice of time, date, and place has been furnished to the Bergen Record and the Ridgewood News. Notice has also been posted on the bulletin board of the administration building. Clerk kindly
take the role. >> Mayor Gardana >> here. >> Mr. Bren >> here. >> Miss Sarakola Drake >> here. Mr. Martinelloo >> here. >> Mr. Roundo >> 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 Wald veterans, all veterans across our country who have given the ultimate sacrifice to serve our country. some not
coming home to make sure that we live in a land that is free so we could assemble the way we are tonight so far. >> Lord, please do the 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. Good evening everyone. Just a couple of items from from myself. I attended two uh grand opening of two businesses here in Waldick. Last week I spoke with our
new administrator at the Golden Club. Last week and on this Friday, the administrator and I have a department head meeting with the department head of the uh the burrow. And uh also we have a request from the
um Walter United Methodist Church. They're having a fish and chip dinner. Fortunately, the request came in now. Uh next meeting is not until the 28th. They would like to know if they could hold a fish and chip dinner at the church. Waiver the fees. We do this every year. We always say yes to them. Uh I guess
we'll follow the same suit. Everybody all right with that? >> Thank you. >> Okay. That and that's all I have to report right now. Um, oh, I'm sorry. On the 28th of this month, we will be honoring our
police chief who's be who will be leaving us. So, he'll be coming here with his family. And we'll I'll say a couple of words to him, present him with his um a gift of going away. Uh, I've asked him if he wanted us to do this. He said yes because he's kind of a a quiet
man that does not like attention, but he said if this is what the town wants, why not? So, he will be here on the 28th. So, if you can make it, hopefully we'll all be here. Uh, we are going to send out uh some uh uh invitations to the department heads and to some of our
professionals to let them know that he's leaving. That's all I have to report. Financial administrative committee, Mr. Richie. >> Uh, thank you, mayor, and good evening, everyone. I no report this evening. Just save a few comments for new business. Thank you. >> Thank you. Fire and police protection committee, Mr. Bernie.
>> Uh, thanks, Mr. Mayor. Um, I just wanted to uh briefly uh go over the uh fire prevention week that just came and went in Waldworth. It was a rousing success. For those that don't know, uh we sent representatives from
the uh department to the schools uh to talk to the kids uh a little facetime one-on-one type of thing. uh primarily to give them a brief understanding of what we try to do, but more importantly, I think to to uh to give them the
feeling that we're not we're not people that you need to run away from. We're there to help you. Now, obviously, when you get dawn when you dawn your your turnout gear with a pack and a mask on, look like something that
uh doesn't come from here. And uh it is quite daunting but uh you know we believe that uh just through repetitiveness um when they see that they'll they'll get a better understanding of the fact that we're not people to run away from
that we are people there to help you. Um, Thursday night was uh was fire prevention night where we had the uh the smokehouse and the kids were able to uh to get a a fire hose and put some uh fake fires out. Went through the
smokehouse once again. Um it's all to uh familiarize the kids with the idea that uh don't run away from us that we're there to help you all the time and it doesn't matter for what we're there to help you. And I think based on that, it was a rousing success. I'd like to thank
everybody that attended that night. It's a lot of work to do and uh it came out wonderfully, >> Mr. Mayor. That's all I have. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Sure. >> Public safety committee, Miss Heracola Drake. >> Thank you, Mayor. Uh no notable updates from WVAC, although I would like to
second Mr. Brennick's remarks about the um open house that we went to from the fire department. That was a great event. And also I heard that the Waldick Chamber of Commerce Taste of Waldick was also a great success. Thank you. >> Thank you. Recreation and Health Committee, Mr. Montello.
>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Just a few reminders this evening. Um we have a blood pressure screening at the Wald Clinic on October 22nd uh from 12:15 to 1:00 p.m. Uh please get out and join us for that. We have a blood drive that's
happening at the American Legion Post 57 on Franklin Turnpike on Thursday uh from 400 pm to 8:00 p.m. Always get out to donate blood and help save a life. We have an upcoming free rabies clinic in Walwick on November 6th from 6:00 p.m.
to 7:30 p.m. It's over by the DPW garage on Industrial Park. Um you can visit the website for more information there. And of course, it's October, so we have some Halloween events coming up. You have the Raga Muffin Parade on October 25th at 10:00 a.m. always a fun day to see the
little kids out and walking down um the street and collecting candy and their trunk or treat. So, it's a it's a really great event. I look forward to seeing all the kids out there. And then I'll save the the mayor's event for for you, Mr. Mayor. I want your thunder.
>> You can say it. Go ahead. Mary Gia Donald's first annual Halloween house decorating contest was announced um after the success that we had with the Christmas decorations. I think this is going to be awesome to see all the decorations around town. I saw some of them driving over tonight. So, all your
entries must be submitted via email by 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 22nd. Um look forward to seeing all the different competition out there. And just a a note, hard to believe we're already halfway through our fall seasons for recreation. Football and soccer are
already halfway through and registrations for wrestling and basketball are underway. So, good luck to all those organizations. And I know football has their um actually first time in a while they've had it. It's their October Fest. They're actually having it at um the brewery in town
here. It's coming up in a couple weeks. You can visit them on WMPJFCA on Facebook for ticket information there. That's it. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. >> Thank you. Public works committee. Mr. Armando. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh, one item. Uh, Department of Public Works was prepared
this weekend for the Nor Easter. Fortunately for us, we did not have any issues with regards to wind, but they were prepared and ready to go. Just want to thank them for always being there for the town and making sure things uh don't get damaged. That's all, Mr. Mayor.
Thank you. >> Thank you. Building and Grounds Committee, Mrs. Weber. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh nothing notable with any of our buildings and grounds, which is uh very good to hear. And um the only update I have is regards to Lions Park. Uh if anyone's been over in
that area, you see that the um renovations are coming coming along quite nicely and uh all the parts are in and u they're just working on getting everything finalized. Thank you. Bye-bye. >> Thank you Administrator.
>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh so on Friday, we had a very uh good meeting with our insurance uh agents here with the employees. We had about uh 20 employees who were able to come in and participate and listen to the changes that are
coming up in 2026 with the rates for the state health benefits. Um, as I had touched on last uh meeting, the rates uh are going up and uh the council has been uh proactive in approving for the second
year in a row the incentive program to try and get some of our employees to move over to a high deductible plan. Uh the reason being for that is that there is a cost savings across uh the the top there for our bureau and then uh for our
employees as well. So the meeting went well. Um you know it was over an hour long. Questions were answered. Uh the presentation was sent out to all employees who were not able to make it and uh given the opportunity to talk about uh you know what what options they
have and what decision they want to make for next year. Their deadline to make that election for next year's um insurance uh plan is October 31st. Um the mayor did mention uh this week we
have a department head meeting on Friday. Looking forward to sitting down and talking to the department heads about a number of issues. Uh in terms of projects around the burrow, the Malcolm Street pump station, uh the rehab was a big project on our capital list for this
year. Uh part one of the construction will take place this Friday. If you're in the area of uh Malcolm Street, you will have received a letter from Boswell explaining that Sovereign uh the contractor will be in town. It's expected to take one one day for this
initial work and then uh down the road when the other components of the pump station have come in, uh they will complete the work. Um earlier this actually last week, uh Kelly and I were uh on a tour with Mr. Mike Lour, our
superintendent of the DPW and our water operator, uh going around to all of the facilities, water and sewer facilities, very helpful in um you know, in our ongoing daily conversations about the system. Um and so thank you to Mr. Lour
for making time in his busy schedule to bring Kelly and I up to speed uh up close and personal with all of our equipment and our our infrastructure to see uh how everything looks and and a firsthand uh update on all the projects that they
have that they're working on every day. So, thank you to the water department. Um and that is it for this evening. >> Thank you, >> Barl Clark. >> Thank you, mayor. Uh just a reminder, the general election is November 4th. Um a couple of important things. Vote by
mail dropboxes located behind the public safety building. Um there are signs posted to uh direct voters to the box on East Prospect Street near the library. The deadline for the county to receive your vote by mail applications for this election is October the 28th. Early
voting begins Saturday, October 25th, and runs through Sunday, November 2nd. The hours are Monday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Um, on our website, we do have um the nine locations where you
can early vote. Um, just so you know, the two closest to us are still the in Woodfl Lake at the Ty Senior Center and in Wyoff at the Wyoff Public Library shot. Um, so you can go to any of those nine locations um and and vote. uh
information will be in our email blast uh Friday. It's also on the website under elections and we have flyers in the lobby in case anyone's interested. November 3rd by 3M is the deadline for in-person mail-in ballot applications to the at the county clerk's office in Hackinack. That's the only place you can
go on November 3rd by 3 p.m. to vote um in person uh via mail uh mail and ballot. Uh general election day is uh Tuesday, November 4th. Like I said, polls are open 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Bring your sample ballot to the polls with you um for a faster check-in. Also,
your sample ballot has your voting district and the location on the front side of the um ballot. Uh switching gears, the curbside leaf collection begins October 23rd uh in district 4. Uh District 6 follows on October 27th and
District 3 October 30th. Uh just as a reminder, we did have a calendar issue. District 1 residents are not to leave their um place their leaves curbside on October 30th. District 1's first pickup is November 7th. And that's all I have. Thank you.
>> Oh, thank you. >> Albert attorney. >> Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um there's two resolutions I just want to speak on. Resolution 2025286 for the easement for the Chase Bank here. What that's about is there's a
small portion of the Chase Bank property that has to be used for the sidewalk. So, it's a public sidewalk. So, they need to give an easement so that the public can uh you know, in theory have will have access to that uh the full width of the sidewalk. It's a very small area right on the the corner. And then
2025 289, the appointment of the temporary qualified purchasing agent. Steve was uh your QPA. He had the qualifications. see the license the um Tatiana is taking the courses. You're allowed to appoint a temporary who
doesn't yet have the qualifications for up to one year to allow them time to uh to get that. So, I'm sure she will have it in plenty of time, but you have to do this so that you have a QPA can take advantage of the QPA under local public contracts law. And Mr. Mayor, that's all
I have. We do have a couple items for close session. Uh should be about 15 minutes, 20 minutes or so. >> No decision. No decisions will be made this evening. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. >> Thank you. >> Consent resolutions and resolutions of the governing body.
>> Be it resolved that the following resolutions herewith listed by consent having been considered by the governing body of the Burough of Wald are hereby passed and approved. 2025-283 approval of consent. 2025-284 approval of minutes regular SE regular meeting
September 30th, 2025. 2025285 resolution of the Burough Council of the Bureau of Wald in the County of Oregon, State of New Jersey, coveting to comply with the provisions of the Internal, excuse me, Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended applicable applicable to the exclusion from gross income for federal
income tax purposes of interest and obligations issued by the Bureau of Wald and authorizing the mayor, municipal clerk, chief financial officer, and other bureau officials to take such action as they may deem necessary or advisable to affect such compliance. 2025-286 authorizing execution of
easement for JP Morgan Chase Bank 53 Franklin Turnpike 2025287 change order number one final and current estimate number one revised to for cleanup for improvements to Schuler Avenue in the amount of 216,568.71 202588
authorized renewal of Walter Volunteer workers accident and health policy 2025 to89 appointment of temporary qualified purchasing agent 2025290 appointment of temporary electrical inspector Michael Delesio. 2025291 appointment of part-time clerk 1 Denise
Broadderick 2025 292 payment of vouchers. >> Do we have a motion in a second to accept? Motion by motion by Andy second by Mike. Anyone have a question? >> Nobody. Clerk, please take the role. >> Mr. Bren, >> yes. >> Miss Sarah,
>> yes. >> Mr. Martinell, >> yes. >> Mr. Roando, >> yes. >> Mr. Richie, >> yes. >> Mrs. Weber. >> Yes. >> Okay. We have one uh public hearing. Would the uh clerk kindly read ordinance number 2025-22? >> Ordinance number 2025-22.
An ordinance authorizing the Burough of Wald to enter into a lease agreement with the Waldo High School graduation ball incorporated for use of the old DPW complex. >> Anybody from the council like to comment on this ordinance that was just read? I talked about this at our last meeting. This is a standard uh lease agreement we
have every year with the uh the grad ball parents. This year they requesting to do it again. If they do not have the grab ball, they'll still be taking care of everything for us. The only thing I ask is if before we give them permission to get in there just to make sure that the locks are all safe and everything is
good there, the windows are not, you know, broken, the area is cleaned up and also just make sure that the uh we we speak to Gator make sure the dumpster they they clean that out when they have to because some last time they didn't have to worry about it. Yes. >> Okay. Anybody else? If not, I close the
public's I'm sorry, I close the council's comments and ask anybody from the public would like to comment on his ordinance. Seeing none, I ask for a motion and a second to pass his ordinance on second reading and that the clerk be advertised authorized to advertise on a local legal newspaper as required by law. Motion and
second. Motion by Joe, second by Michelle. Clerk, please take the role. >> Mr. Bick, >> yes. >> Miss Sarah Cre, >> yes. >> Mr. Marello, >> yes. >> Mr. Roundo, >> yes. >> Mr. Richie, >> yes. >> Mrs. Weber. >> Yes. >> Okay. We have no introduction of ordinances.
>> Okay. The council. Anybody from the council have any unfinished business? >> Nobody. Anybody on the council have new business? >> Yes. >> Just two quick things. I also attended the fire department uh open house. Thought it was really nice. I know my nieces were there. They really had a
great time. So, it was a really nice event. And also want to congratulate the chamber of commerce. I went to the Taste of Waldwick last night. It was really good. A lot of food, too much food, but it was a really great event. I'll definitely be attending next time. That was it. Thank you. >> Thank you. Anyone else?
>> If not, um, anybody from the public would like to comment on anything on the new business? >> I'm sorry. On the public's comments, we did the new business. Anybody would like to, please come up and, um, state your name only for the record. >> Uh, Ted Szo.
or Theodore's hands or whatever you want. Uh in reference to Zoom or the Teams or whatever, uh are you happy with the results you're getting so far? And I know you said you were going to do it for 6 months and do you anticipate
continuing? >> I would like to uh I would like to continue, but it's not up just to me. It's up to the council. >> We don't have that many people on it as we thought, but then again, people are very busy certain times of the month. I we're going to see what happens. >> I understand. Well, if the decision
comes down to not extend it, I would request another six-month trial and or possibly putting it on the email blast as a reminder for people to possibly, you know, and say, "Oh, yeah, I forgot."
You know, I don't know how many times it was on there in the past. Um maybe once more would help please. And one other thing is I saw that in front of Congress something was proposed concerning the play act which is
supposed to help recreational sports after school and whatnot. Uh I don't know if somebody would like to look into it. Okay. I saw it on a Josh Godheimr post by which point it's supposed to have bipartisan support. I don't know if
the council would like to look into it to see if you'd like to express an opinion. I I know that the council does not like to take positions on national policy. I understand that and I've heard it many
times and so be it. Uh but this may be something that's beneficial for the town. >> I I'll look into it. I'll call Josh Guyham. He's the chief of staff I made friends with and I'll see if he could fill me in on some stuff. Uh, thank you very much for listening. >> Thank you. Anyone else from the
audience? Anybody in the public in the TV land? >> Nobody in TV land. Okay. Do we have a motion to go into close? Motion by Mike. Second by Katie. All those in favor? >> All those opposed. We'll be back in 15
minutes. You don't have to stay if you don't want. There's no decisions being made. Thank you very much.