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comma c72 was also posted on our official burough website. Clerk, please take the role. >> Mayor Grodana >> here. >> Mr. Bren, >> Miss Sarah, >> here. >> Mr. Martinell, >> here. >> Mr. Richie, >> here. Miss Smith >> here.
>> Miss Winggate >> here. >> Everyone kindly rise for the pledge of >> allegiance. Pledge >> algiance 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 Waldwick veterans and all veterans across our country who have served given up their lives some so that we could live in a land that is free that we could assemble the way we are tonight. >> Would the clerk please do the prayer?
>> Dear Lord, we start this meeting asking for your guidance and wisdom. May we find unity and fairness. The outcome should reflect our wishes to assist the burrow in all their endeavors. We thank you in his name. Amen. >> Amen. There is no proclamations or presentations tonight, but we will have
uh a little discussion and update on our municipal budget by our uh chair of the finance committee. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um just a few updates. We want to start doing this at every council meeting just to uh bring the council up to date on where we are
in terms of um pro progression on the budget actuals versus uh plan. Uh so Tatiana's I think uh handing some stuff out. Um, and also we want to talk about any pending um grants, excuse me. Thank you. Any
pending grants, any contracts that are coming up for, uh, renewal that we can start talking about and, uh, general will give the council any opportunities to ask questions or to make suggestions on things. So, to date, um, around our water budget, we have used or expended
about 35% of the the budgeted dollars. So, we're in good shape so far as we're about halfway through the year. Um, and also along the municipal budget side, we're about 47% expended. You'll see certain lines uh that we haven't expended anything yet because those
payments aren't aren't due yet. Things like uh principle on bonds and things like that which pay out later in the year. Um really there's only one line if you look at it where we're kind of over budget at this point and that obviously says snow snow removal. um as we look at
what we faced toward the end of last winter >> and councilman just want to mention on the snow budget what we do have uh some funds available in the snow trust account which would cover the overage so our plan is to transfer that over um it would pretty much deplete our trust uh
which we try to replenish every few years but it'll leave us um looking okay for this year until the until the winter comes again. >> Yeah. Hopefully we don't have as many many snow storms as we did last year. But um you can see that the lines are relatively healthy going into six months
within the year. Um we're in good shape according to what we had planned out earlier this year. So I don't know um as we go through if you guys have any questions on any of those lines, happy to uh advise them. And also just taking into note that some of these lines there
will be reclasses and things like as we go through the year. So everything is not not finalized um until we get toward later in the year when a solid review is done. Um, as you're looking through that, just a couple of updates on grants. We did
get a good approval on $700,000 grant opportunity for a matching grant on the funds that we use to purchase the 197 White Avenue property. Uh, that's pending final congressional approval. U, but that's great. Uh, Kelly did a tremendous job and a lot of work on on
the paperwork to get that all squared away. and that'll be a nice set of funds that we'll use to pay down the principal on that um property. We also have the $1.2 million on the appropriations from um Senators Godheimr and Booker that we're hoping to get funding on later
this year if we get approved. And there's a few other pending grants that we have for the Erie Railroad Station, Burl Park and Pool Paving, Veterans um Park and Basketball Path, and Zeni Street improvements. So, all told, we have uh grant applications submitted and
pending for $2.3 million. Um, which is definitely a help to um to the burrow. Does anyone have any questions about grants um or anything else that we want to have Bruno and Associates take a look at?
And we do have a couple others that are uh in pending in grant process. So, the uh uh FY27 straight safe streets to transit, which is the Hopper Avenue sidewalk. We're trying to look into um also the FY27 municipal aid for West Prospect Street resurfacing and
pedestrian safety. So, u things that the folks in town have asked us for. >> So, Bruno Associates does a great job of letting us know all of the grant opportunities as they come up and then they set a timeline for us internally to get all our paperwork and applications together. where we work closely with them and then they submit on our behalf
and then they track the status of the application. So, um they're they they catch everything, but if there's ever any other grant that pops up that anybody is interested in us pursuing, we can give it over to Bruno and they could explore it for us as well.
>> New elevator at the school. >> It's on the list. >> Yes, >> it's on the list, sir. >> Good. >> Any other council members? Any questions or anything we want to bring up? We have no contracts to discuss at this time. We do have a contract that will be uh on the approval for PBA tonight. Um which
we'll talk about in a few minutes, but nothing else pending at this current time which we can talk about in terms of any kind of shared services or any kind of uh reductions that we're looking at. >> Yes. Just want to mention the question comes up often on our um garbage collection uh contract with GADA. That
contract is good through the end of 2027. Uh so um you know we're we're going to get there quickly and um it is an opportunity for the burr to start looking at um what options might be available and uh you know services in general. >> Uh Tatiana, one request for the next
council meeting. Can we get an update from our consultant on the cell towers to see where we're at in terms of missing and stuff like that? >> Yes, Peter Lup uh was in uh not too long ago to meet with us. Uh there are some some of the polls and the agreements are
expiring in town. So uh he and his and uh his office are looking into opportunities to uh bid those um polls and see what other income we can get on on them. >> Fantastic.
Any other council members questions? >> Right. Uh Mr. Mayor, that's it for tonight. >> Okay. Thank you. The my report will be very brief. I attended the ECLC and whole Hocus graduation. I also attended the promotion to middle school graduation and also the high school
graduation. And I want to thank the council members that were there with us. It was a very touching ceremony at the uh the high school first time in a long time the valictorian. Their speech was a very interesting and very good.
If you have a if you go online if I don't know if they have it uh recorded but uh one of them spoke about how your life is like a sandwich and you're the bread and the people and the meat and everything is the people that are in your life. It's really interesting to to
hear and it made you think. Uh that's all I have to report. Financial administrative committee Mr. Mike. >> Thank you Mr. Mayor. Under my report tonight, we have uh just an update that the finance committee continues to work with our professionals on uh pilot negotiations. We'll be meeting with uh
the committee from the board of education on Monday. Uh we have an appointment set with them to discuss what a pilot means for um the board of ed. Um tonight you'll see approval for the PBA contract. I want to thank
personally Tatiana, Kelly, Colleen for all their work on on that contract negotiation as well as the uh the officers from the PBA. Uh I think we we worked well together to find compromises and create a good contract which will
will keep us um stable through 2030, I believe. So that's a great accomplishment and happy to have worked on that with um with everyone on that. And you also see tonight uh the purchase of our cat loader and snowplow attachment which was part of our capital budget for 2026 as we can always commit
to providing our our our utilities and our services and our DPW and our police the most updated equipment to do their jobs. So uh that purchase is on the agenda for tonight. Uh that's it for my report. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. >> Thank you. Fire police protection committee. Mr. Bernick.
>> Uh thanks Mr. Mayor. Uh once again I'll be brief as well. Uh today we've had 15 uh responses for the fire department. Uh Saturday we're going to be covering white call for a portion of the day. Uh our chief is involved in uh in the World
Cup fire protection task force. Uh he's one of several people uh throughout the county um that has been approached and asked if they would uh devote their time and expertise uh to the games in uh in Rutherford.
Uh as far as the uh police department is concerned, the police department has gotten uh several calls that have been very busy with DUIs, MVAs, uh some domestic disputes, unfortunately, a few juvenile incidents,
and uh a few warrants that were served. Um that's about all I have tonight and I'll keep you a breast of what's going on with the World Cup. >> Thank you very much. Public safety committee, M. Wingate. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I attended the
WVAC meeting last Monday and there's a lot of new faces. So, it was great to see all those new volunteers. Um the um WVAC they were at the junior PD as I had said they would be last time and as well as the the high school graduation on
standby and they just coming up they're planning to be at the Wyoff fireworks. Um and that's all. Thank you. >> Thank you. Recreation health committee Miss Smith. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Well, happy summer and as everybody is trying
to figure out what to do with their kids, I'm just going to go through a couple of opportunities that are always listed in our Friday newsletter, but I know not everybody gets it. So, obviously the swim team at the Wald pool, there is a registration open for
that. And there is actually Wald summer tennis that's going on um at Veterans Park and you can um this information I think is all downstairs too in the flyers, right? So, if you're interested, soccer association for the fall registration for the rec program is um
open. It's all grades K through 12. And um the information again is on our newsletter and downstairs I think as well if anybody wants to grab it. So, that's summer um activities for kids and people looking for things for their kids to do for the summer. The other thing I
always want to highlight is at least one really really cool thing. They're always doing cool things at the library, but I thought this one was great. So, starting June 29th, which is right around the corner, they're going to be having a guess that dinosaur contest for the kids. So, I'm going to read exactly what this says. Guess the dinosaur from the
picture hung near the entrance of the children's room. Place your best guess in the jar. One winner picked each week, moving the pass to the Crayola Experience or a dino in an egg, whatever that is. So, so that was uh my report
there. Can I give a update as well? >> Sure. And so anyway, um, Axis for all had their, uh, quarterly meeting uh, down at Veterans Park on a nice night. Unfortunately, I was unable to be there, but I did get a few updates from Michelle Weber, who is now the Rafa
chair, and most of the things are kind of ongoing projects that we're working on with Tatiana. So Tatiana, Michelle, and I are going to sit down and um work on things like the buttons that are still on order from the county, the repairs to the Shan Fisher playground
entrance, as well as some other projects that are ongoing. So we'll talk about that. >> And that's all, Mr. >> Thank you. public works committee, Mr. Richie. >> Uh thank you, Mr. Mayor, and good evening, everyone. Apologies for for uh
my absence for this, but Mr. Mayor, one thing I wanted to bring up today was the um the update on the sewer authority. Uh I I'll maybe say a few words and then if you wouldn't mind elaborating or not elaborating. Uh maybe maybe it's hard to
hear me. Um but but uh we we did uh learn that last week um the civil authority uh passed a resolution that they will be moving forward with the study to uh determine the cause of the
odor down there and potentially um look for mitigation strategies um look for you know potentially other hazardous odors as well. So, uh, this I think comes after our meeting with them, Mr.
Mayor, a few months ago, some followup work. Um, it does look like, uh, all the work put in over the years and and recently is paying off and they're taking that seriously. So, we had a lot of work ahead of us, but I I felt like this was good progress. Uh, something
that we should I think happy and proud of and uh, we'll continue to to prosper for resolution. Okay, thank you. Anything else? >> No, Mr. Mayor. >> Okay, thank you. Go to the grounds committee, Miss Erica Drake.
>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. The only thing to report is another issue with the upstairs HVAC unit at the administration building where we're working on getting a second quote since it will be a costly repair. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you, administrator. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. uh wanted to start
off uh we've gotten some questions from our Hudson A uh residents regarding paving as um residents may have heard or uh may have been a a part of the meetings um when we were discussing the capital projects for 2026. Uh the
council kept uh Hudson a as a priority for the paving. Um the bureau has received or did receive 2025 and 2026 NG DOT municipal aid grants um which will be used to uh towards the cost of the
project. It is it is a costly project. Uh it's a it's a long stretch of road. Uh the remainder of that cost was included in the 2026 capital budget which was approved by the council. Um at the May 26th council meeting, there was a resolution authorizing the
advertisement and the receipt of the bids for the paving or resurfacing project. Um that project is currently being uh surveyed right now and being designed and then it'll be scheduled to be bid later this summer um or early
fall depending on when we get our approval from the NJ DOT. given that we are using funds uh from the NJ dot they to take take a few extra weeks to look at all the plans and the design uh before they're approved and we can move forward with them. So um finally uh we
are making some progress in in uh in getting that project underway. Uh the other big project in town uh Harrison A. Um you may have noticed that the demo of the uh houses on the property has um happened at this point. So, um, you
you'll see that it's it's really clear at this point. Um, and then we have a meeting scheduled with the board of education this coming Monday, June 29th. Uh, so that'll that's on the schedule. Um, and any other questions, happy to answer them in regards to to that
project. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. >> Thank you, B Clark. >> Thank you, Mayor. Um just want to draw your attention to 2026197 which is our final liquor license that um has met all the state and local requirements for renewal and that's RBK or liquor land. Um with regards to the
pool, I just wanted to let the council know that Pat Harold was in today uh to renew her pool pass and wanted to thank you all for the shed located near where the seniors sit. They're very happy about it. So she wanted to say thank you and just wishing everybody a happy summer. That's it.
>> Thank you, Angel. Um, our attorney, please. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. No report this evening. Okay. >> Consent resolutions and resolutions of the governing body. Be it resolved that the following resolutions here listed by consent
having been considered by the governing body of the Burough of Boulder, are hereby passed and approved. 2026190 approval of consent. 2026191 approval of minutes. Regular meeting and close session meeting June 9th. Policy votes. Warriors uh football club requests to use pavilion A on June 26
from 5:30 to dusk for a urine party with alcoholic beverages being served. B. Dana uh Wakarsski requests to use pavilion A on Saturday uh July 11th from 2 to 8:00 p.m. for a graduation party with alcoholic beverages being served. C. Michelle Weber requests to use
pavilion A on uh July 26 from 2 to 8 for a graduation party with alcoholic beverages being served. D. Nicole Clawberg requests to use pavilion A on September 26 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 for a picnic with alcohol beverages being served. 2026192 authorized shared
service agreement with the Bergen County for snow plow and salting of county roadways within the burl for 2026 to 2028. 2026193 authorizing inclusion in the Bergen County Community Development Program. 2026194 authorizing the execution of an
agreement with the county of Bergen to supersede the cooperative agreement dated July 1st, 2024 and amendments there to establishing the Bergen County Community Development Program. 2026195 authorize execution of collective bargaining agreement with the Waldo PBA local 217. 2026 196 award a fair and
open contract to fully for uh a cat loader and snowplow attachment. in the amount of $354,878.60 60s 2026197 authoriz renewal 2026 and 2027 for RVK uh aka liquor land 202618
appointment of a part-time clerk run recreation for the department of public works 2026199 cancellation and refund of taxes block 25 lot 19 2026 200 authorized redemption tax sale tax lean 25-00643
2026 2011 authorized redemption of tax title lean 24-00639 2026202 payment of vouchers. >> Do you have a motion to second to accept by Joe? Second by Angela. Anyone have a question? Could >> you just make a comment? >> Sure. >> Just wanted to uh point out that
tonight's uh resolutions are a good highlight of the opportunities that we take on with the county for shared service agreements. And um we're always taking them on because uh there you know there are opportunities that as a small
municipality benefit us tremendously and uh Bergen County is you know always looking to include all the uh municipalities on on these agreements. So happy to be able to um put through a few of them this evening which will be of benefit to the burough.
>> Anyone else clerk please take the role. >> Mr. Bernick here. >> Miss Coldry. Yes, Mr. >> Martinelloo. >> Yes, >> Mr. Di. >> Yes. >> Uh, Miss Smith. >> Yes. >> Miss Wingate. >> Yes. >> Okay. We have no introduction of ordinances. We I'm sorry. We have no
public hearings. We have one introduction of ordinance. Clerk Con kindly read ordinance number 2026-10. >> Ordinance number 202610. An ordinance amending ordinance number 2022-01 fixing the compensation, salaries, and wages of the official and employees of
the bureau of Waldo for the police. A motion and a second is in order to move and pass the ordinance on first reading and that it be advertised in a local legal newspapers 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.
Do I have a motion in a second? Motion by Joe, second by Sportney. Anyone have a question with this? >> So this public hearing will be Tuesday, July 14th. >> July 14th. Anybody else? Take the role. >> Mr. Bernick Makola Drake. >> Yes. >> Mr. Mr. Marello,
>> yes. >> Mr. Richie, >> yes. >> Miss Smith, >> yes. >> Miss Wing, yes. >> Okay. >> Any unfinished business from the council? >> Yes, sir. >> Um, Mr. Mayor, I just like to uh thank yourself and uh Councilman Richie for
the work you've done uh with the sewer authority and getting some movement down there. Um it's uh nice to see them moving in the right direction. Hopefully, their test results will come back and and give us something to look forward to. Thank you both for your work. >> Okay,
>> anyone else? Any new business? >> I just want to address uh what happened this week. Um so when I heard of the the Pride flag was vandalized twice last
week. I was uh really disappointed and hurt and frustrated and sad in a lot of emotions. Um, but I wasn't scared for my life and I wasn't scared to bring my kids out or to raise my kids here. And
unfortunately, people of the LGBTQ plus community, I can't say the same about them. They deserve to be part of this community and to feel safe. And having that pride flag
up is more than just some fabric or a rainbow. It means a a welcoming and accepting and most importantly safe place for those for the members of that community. Um
I just want to share something I heard. I was speaking to a trans person this week and they said they have a to-go bag ready. And if you talk to any trans person or parents of trans people, they have a to go bag ready not to just leave
their town or their home, but to leave the country. And that breaks my heart to think that any family here in town would feel like they might need to use that to go back or students at the high school. It breaks my heart to think that the
youth might have to leave their home at any moment. And um so I just want to thank um the mayor and the police and the DPW to by acting so quickly to um get the
pride flag back up. And um you know, I think the best thing in life is to be able to help other people. And I think the easiest thing you can do to help somebody else is to just accept them for
who they are. And I really want to live in a town where we are accepting and welcoming to all people. And um with that, I want to um say that I was at the um
the high school graduation this past week and speaking to a board of education um member and there is a she had pointed out that there is a pride flag um up on a flag pole because there was some discussion about having up on a flag
pole. So, there is a pride flag um at the high school on a flag pole and um I just wanted to bring to the council possibly working together with the board of education to maintain it to possibly get a new one, a brighter one, maybe even a bigger one and um just show that
our town is um a welcoming and accepting place for all. >> The board president about that. Him and I will be meeting a little bit later on this year. >> Okay. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. >> But we're going to meet. >> Thank you. Thank you, Mr. there. I'd also want to thank um the residents and
how they reacted to this situation. Um in particular, I want to call out Jamie Stanton who was surprised uh got a surprise visit from NBC News, but did a wonderful job in portraying that this town is not accepting of that kind of
behavior and it does not represent our town. And there were a lot of people who felt the same way that that is not a representation, including the mayor and our um chief of police. And this council is not accepting of that behavior. And the residents shined on that interview.
And we actually made the news, New York City, NBC, literal Weldick for something good that we did in response to something that was really disturbing. So, thank you to the residents. >> Yeah. Thank you, River and Cassie.
>> Anyone else? and for getting those uh love is love signs as well and distributing them. >> Um just like to add one thing to that. Random acts of stupidity or biased or anger or prejudice against people don't
represent the entire community in any way against any faith, any race, any sex or gender. It it does not represent all of Waldwick. Doesn't represent members of council. uh random acts of of violence and hate do happen. Um people
should always feel safe. I think Waldo is a very safe community. We've always been a safe community. We're always been a welcoming community. So um random acts. I wish we knew who it was. If it was just a a kid looking for some fun or if it was really someone with a hate
crime. Um it it doesn't color the rest of the town in that in that light. So just like to say that. And uh just for the record, uh I did not take it down and my henchmen didn't take it down either. And I really don't like the fact
that I'm being accused of things I didn't do or the council of being accused of things I didn't do it. What happened happened. We move forward with it. We respect it and we do what we have to do. Anyone else? Okay. Public comments. Anybody from the
public would like to comment, please put uh please come to the podium here. should give us your name. >> Hi, I'm Bert Hartman. Um, firstly, I want to say uh thanks for giving an update on the uh budget. Will that be included with the minutes or anywhere
that uh the public can review the uh >> there'll just be a summary in the minutes? >> Right. There'll be a summary of the minutes, but not the actual printout of the budget lines. Uh those are specific to what we use internally. >> Okay. Y >> um all right. Uh and then um just
following along with the the flag situation, I know uh there were comments about you know cameras and flag poles and I know there's restrictions on what can and can happen uh in town. And so I'm just wondering if there's uh any
comment that uh we you know the council could make as to uh uh what what could happen. And I do appreciate the the quick response and moving it to somewhere that's more uh protected. Um uh I'm just uh wondering if uh there's
any comment or of what could potentially be changed. >> Why don't why don't we wait till I speak with the board of >> Okay, perfect. >> And then we'll you know, as we all do here on the council, whatever we do, we always share it with with the residents at meetings. So once I do meet right now, more important is the pilot program
with the board of veteran council. Right. After that, summer is here, but we will see what we can do. >> All right. >> We will let the public be aware of everything, every move that we do. >> Right. Right. And yeah, I appreciate that. So, thank you. >> Thank you.
>> Anyone else? >> Nice legs. >> John Revort. Uh question about that the redevelopment the you said that the um demolition had begun on that. Does that
mean that we're no longer collecting property tax on that property? >> No, it does not mean that. Just the dental has started. It's part of pre-construction. So, we haven't gotten into the construction phase. Um until a pilot is agreed upon or put into effect,
there would be regular text. So will will the taxes that we are collecting now let's say in the worst case scenario this fails this redevelopment and we're left with these properties no development have we
foregone by beginning that de uh demolition have we lessened our tax revenue because of that or potential do you understand what I'm saying >> there there will be mayor if I Sure. >> There'll be an adjustment for the lack
of the structures that were on those properties next year because the improvements will have to be removed from the tax rule. So, there will be a slight decrease, but from my understanding is there wasn't much value in those improvements to begin with. >> Do you have an order of magnitude? Are
we talking 5,000 100,000? As I say, I have no idea what the improvement values were on those those >> because wouldn't it just I I was thinking, wouldn't it have made sense to wait until you had a signed contract and a deal? And >> you can't you can't stop a property owner from removing structures from
their house. They have the right to to do that. >> And John, the max tax I think we we collect from those four or five properties right now is 60,000. So that's total. >> So we're not talking about, you know, >> Okay. >> hundreds of thousands of money. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Anyone else? If not, do I have a motion to go into close? Motion by Katie, second by Joe. Uh, this is about pilot, so I'll be recusing myself and Joey. Thank you. Thank you.