Okay. 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 Rididgewood News. Notice has also been posted on the bulletin board of the administration building. Clerk, please take the role. Sorry. Mayor Gardano
here. Mr. Brennick here. Miss Sarak here. Mr. Martinelloo here. Mr. Roondo here. Mr. Richie here. Everyone kindly rise for the pledge of allegiance. Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. May we have a moment of silence for all our Wald veterans, all veterans across our country who have given the ultimate sacrifice protecting and defending our freedom so that we could assemble the
way we are today. Lord, please do a prayer. We thank you for everyone gathered here now. Thank you that you know each of us by name and have caused us to walk with you. We say that we are dependent on you and our trust is in you completely as we surrender ourselves in adoration. We ask that you would come by the your Holy
Spirit and inspire our hearts today. Come fill our lives with your love. Fill our conversations with your grace and truth. Fill this meeting with your presence. We ask this for your glory and praise. Amen. Amen. Good evening everyone. This chair is not vacant for a reason. Tatiana is here.
I'd like to welcome first of all Tatiana who uh started Monday as our new administrator here in the burrow. We wish her well. We wish her good luck and uh we know that we're in good hands with a Waldick resident that only interested Walwick.
Under my report, I really have nothing to report, so I'll turn it over to everyone else. Financial Administrative Committee, Councilman Richie. Thank you, Mr. Mayor, and good evening, everyone. It's nice to see you. I don't have much this evening uh either. We we took a pause on the finance committee
meetings uh as Tatiana is. I think uh kind of getting herself transitioned into the to the BA role. Uh I think we'll probably resume those in probably mid to late October. Hopefully, our goal is to really start to look at the budget. As you know, we have some uh we already have some challenges ahead of
us. We expect uh an increase in the health uh health benefits from the state. Uh the people in Trenton really just are not doing a great job managing that that budget. So, I think we could see an increase as high as 36% that not only affects the burrow to the tune of
$450,000 or so, but all the employees. So, uh there's some real downward pressure there on the expense side. On the revenue side, uh we talked about energy tax receipts that could also be a potential issue uh moving into the new year. Uh I believe that there are sections of the energy tax receipts that
are not funded in Trenton. So uh again, I think you know part of the problem is with energy tax receipts which are essentially the state collecting uh uh energy taxes on utilities on our behalf. they're supposed to pay those to us, but
uh they've mismanaged those funds and they're potentially a liability. That's a $2.5 million exposure to the burrow. So, uh you know, in essence, the burrow are just marionets on a string, uh beholden to the state. Uh and so, I think on a long-term kind of view, we
should look to fill the gap uh within our budget, but also look to maybe wean ourselves off of the uh off the state aid. Uh and so we'll we'll be meeting to kind of uh look at the budget from a short-term and and also a long-term perspective. Thank you. Thank you.
Fire and police protection committee. Councilman Bren. Oh, thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um in September, the department uh responded to 26 calls of uh varying types. Um,
October is uh fire prevention month and the bureau is going to be uh holding the open house, the annual open house on October 9th company one at 7:00 and we'll invite them to come over and uh allow us to uh show show you what we can
do. Uh also the fire prevention bureau during the month is going to be going to the schools. Um we're giving talks to the students about the fire prevention. It's going to be held on the 6th and on the 7th. They'll be throughout the town
at all the schools. Um I don't have anything else. Mr. Right. Thank you. Public safety committee. Councilwoman Sarah Drake. Thank you. Mayor Wbec doesn't have any updates since our last meeting. Thank you. Thank you. Recreation and Health
Committee, Mr. Councilman Montau. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Just a few updates, some events coming up uh in the very near future here. Starting with the Ragam Muffin Parade on October 25th, that Saturday, 10:00 a.m. Uh rain day is October 26th. It's always exciting to see the little kids walking down the
street in their costumes, and we always do a great job of that. So, looking forward to that. It'll be a great day. Um, also the Taste of Waldwick is our second annual Taste of Waldwick's coming up on Monday, October 13th. Um, great event at the Village School between 6:00 and 9:00 p.m. with tasting between 6:00
and 8:00 p.m. Um, on the health front, we have a few events coming up. Blood pressure screening is October 1st, so tomorrow, um, 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 at the Whites Lane facility. Um, also we have our free radies clinic coming up. I know
Bob is always looking forward to that one out there on November 6th at 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 at the DPW garage. You can visit the website for more details there. And also the Waldick Lions Club is hosting a blood drive on Thursday,
October 16th from 400 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. That's it. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Thank you very much. Public Works Committee Councilman Romano. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh, a couple items. First, I want to thank Tatiana and DGW for allegiance over the weekend
with the failure and quick turnaround to complete it. Uh we were in constant communication with us and again we thank you for that as well as the residents. U spoke with Mike. Basically, he says the fall is set up. They're up and ready for the fall.
Included in the deck is the uh the dates for all the districts. Um snowplow maintenance and all the trucks are being maintained and managed and uh they should be ready for when we hit our first uh
snowstorm. And we did receive our new supervisor's truck to replace the F350 that was on its way out last year. Um we held off to maintain the budget last year, but we we purchased it uh so that we could uh do it this year. H that
truck was on its way out. Um so now we'll be up and running. We won't have any incidents hopefully, knock on wood, with uh the snow plow and the uh water maintenance. That's all I have, Mr. Mayor. Thank you. Thank you very much. Councilwoman Weber is not here tonight. She will report at
the next meeting uh on her committee. Mr. Mayor, uh I neglected to uh to announce uh during my report about the tower ladder. Could I do that then? Sure. Uh I just wanted everybody to understand that our tower ladder is out of service.
Um it's getting uh it's getting repaired. It's an extensive repair. Um it's currently in Pennsylvania, I believe. and um we're being covered by other towns as required until that piece
of apparatus arrives back. When it does, I will inform the public. Thank you. Thank you, Bo. Administrator Tatiana. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh happy to be here for uh my official first meeting as administrator. Um we've had some uh
meetings to start off this week with different department heads and talking about um you know some of the the areas that we'll be focusing on. Um as the councilman mentioned, we did have the water department did have some issues at the booster station this past uh
weekend. Uh but the water department was great in repairing and making the repair quickly, working with our vendors to get the pump back up and running. We did have some loss of pressure in districts four and six as a result, but uh happy to report that the pump's been repaired and uh pressure has remained uh at a
great level. So, um the other work that was being done at that booster station is uh you know continuing and we will be back up full service pretty soon. Uh with that being said, some exciting news. The the Lions playground equipment was delivered yesterday. Installation is
expected to happen this week. Uh so uh I'm sure that there are a lot of a lot of families that are excited to get onto the new playground and enjoy uh enjoy it. So um that will be taking place this week. If you're in and out of the park, you'll notice the work being done. Uh also just in regards to the HVAC
roofing project at the Pistol Range, uh because we have so many members, uh we just wanted to put it out there publicly and I'm sure that you've probably already been made aware that um the range will not be available starting mid November. the work uh by our our our
vendor Way Star will begin around that time. Uh so, you know, if there are uh you know, training sessions that you need to get in before the end of the year, just make sure that you're scheduling that uh prior to the second week of November. And that's all I have this evening. Thanks, Mr. Mayor.
Thank you, B Cler Kelly. Thank you, Mayor. Uh just want to draw your attention to resolution 2025272 which is the annual uh Waldo High School grad ball calendar raffle. Again, all the documents and payments were received and it's in order for your
consideration. Um general election, we're working on that. Uh is November the 4th. October 14th is the last day to register to vote in the November 4th general election. Uh my office will be open till 7:00 p.m. that night for late night voter
registration. Um if residents received a call or email from Melissa to pick up their dog licenses, you can also do that on October 14th. Um during that time, uh the official mail and ballots for the 2025 general election were mailed out to voters in Wald with active votebymail
requests on September 23rd. Um only voters with active vote by mail requests will receive their ballots within those three days. And if they have not, they need to call the county at 2011-3367020. All this information is on our website. Uh the deadline for the county to
receive vote by mail applications uh for this election is um October the 28th. Uh the Bergen County Municipal Clerks Association will meet with the county election officials to discuss the general election procedures during our October 16th um mini conference. Uh
we've already met with PD to go over security issues as well as our um our plan for election returns. Um, I just want to call I know that um, Councilman Raundo just discussed the, uh, curbside leaf collection, uh, which is correct. The the actual schedule is correct, but
on our on our calendar, we did note that there were some corrections that needed to be made. Um, so if you're look, don't, you know, look at the schedule, don't look at the calendar because the calendar has an error for October 30th, which uh, shows the calendar um, that leaf collection is in district 1 when in
fact it's in district three. And the second error was November 1st. Uh November 1st falls on a Saturday. We do not collect leaves on Saturday. So there will be no leaf collection for district three on that date. Um so there's really nothing that you need to do and and we apologize for the error um in the
calendar. And lastly, I just want to congratulate Melissa from my office. Um she passed her uh RMC uh records management course last week. Um and she has a few more classes in the review class to take before she sits for the state exam uh in Trenton. So, she's well
on her way and she's doing a really great job in my office. So, congratulations to her. That's all I have. Mayor, thank you. Brow attorney Craig Bazan. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I just want to let the uh I know the burrow knows, but let the um may uh the public know that we've
received our award letter for the one of the settlement payments for the uh PIFA settlement. This is the settlement with uh 3M. The first payment was received, I believe, last month, in the amount of
$212,293 and change. The payment that would be coming in probably in the next two weeks is in the amount of $484,853. That represents about 65% of what the burrow is entitled to under the 3M
settlement. The following payments, then it gets paid out over the following eight years. So there's, you know, step downs about 6% to 2% over the next uh the next eight years for that payout. This is just for 3M. There's a Dupon
settlement that uh that is being divvied up as we speak. That's going to be a lot less so nobody get excited. And then there's also the Tao and the BASF that the uh litigation council is working on which should hopefully be finalized and
we should know those numbers before the end of the year. So money is starting to roll in in regards to the PAS settlement. Um but I just wanted to let everybody know that the second payment should be here in a couple weeks and that's all. Mr. Mayor, thank you. Thank you. Are we going into close right now? Uh no items for close.
Okay. 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 Walden, are hereby passed and approved. 2025269 approval of consent. 2025270 approval of
minutes September 9th, 2025. Policy vote. Stacy uh Kerichio requests to hold a block party on October 31st from 4:00 to 9:00 with Harrison Avenue to be closed between Frederick Street and Walter Knight andale Place with alcoholic beverages being served. 2025-271
supporting revolution New Jersey crossroads of the American Revolution Walduk's Living History. 2025-272 approved raffle license 2025 07 for the 2025 2026 Waldo High School graduation ball association calendar raffle 2025273
appointment of mun municipal housing leison on Tatiana Tatiana Marque 2025-274 appointment of municipal recycling coordinator Tatiana Marque 2025275 appointment of public agency compliance officer Tatiana Marque 2025-276
appointment of designated ated employee representatives 2025-277 amending the appointment of Jay Putterman as a police officer 2025-278 approval of salary from Melissa Lebrisy clerk 1 2025279 appointment to the Wald Green team
2025280 authorization to cancel and refund taxes for 100% veteran exemption block 149 lot 59 and 2025281 payment of vouchers do I have a motion and a second to accept by Mark second by Joe anyone have a question.
If not, clerk take the role. Mr. Bick, yes. Mr. Sarak, yes. Mr. Martinelloo, yes. Mr. Roando, yes. Mr. Richie, yes. Will the clerk kindly read for public hearing ordinance number 2025-9
2025 uh number 19 an ordinance amending chapter 12 fire department section 9 insurance and compensation protection subsection 2B2 compensation other than insurance and liability to increase monetary portion associated with existing percentages. Anyone from the council would like to
comment on this ordinance that was just read? Am I allowed to comment or no? Okay. What this is is um first of all, two people on the they have to recuse themselves because they are in the fire department. What this is is a couple of beginning of the year. We uh they were
they looked into the the records and found out the fire department has not got raises in quite a long time. So, it was brought to our attention and what we did was we talked about it. At that one point we had to hold off because there was fund issues with funds and now we
are able to give the fire department uh an increase in their salaries and this is what this is all about. Anyone else on the council? Nope. I ask the public anybody I close the council's comments and ask the public anybody from public would like to comment on this ordinance.
If not, I close the public's comments and ask for a motion and a second to pass this ordinance on second reading and that it will be advertised in local legal newspapers as required by law. Do I have a motion in a second? By consider Drake, second by Councilman Mike. Clerk, take the role.
Mr. Bick, I can't vote on that. Oh, okay. Uh, Miss Sarah Drake, yes. Mr. Martinell, yes. Mr. Richie, yes. Okay. Thank you. Clerk, kindly read ordinance number 2025-20.
Ordinance number 2025-20, an ordinance amending ordinance number 202515 fixing the compensation, salaries, and wages of officials and employees of the Burough of Waldik to increase the range for municipal clerk and fire department. Anybody from the council would like to comment this order that we just read?
This is almost the same as what we're doing in the on the first one. And also there are people in the burrow here that are be are getting raises according to their status and according to their performance. Anyone else? If not, I close the p our comments of
the council and ask anybody from the audience would like to comment on this audience that was just read. If not, I close the public's comments and ask for a motion a second to pass this on second reading. and that the clerk be advertised to advertise on a local legal newspaper. That's required
by law. Motion and a second. Motion by Mike, second by Joe. Clerk, please take the role. Mr. Brennan, this is the sal for the salaries. Yes. Yeah. Okay. I'm sorry. Department. I understand. Uh, Miss Sarah Cold. Yes.
Mr. Martinell. Yes. Mr. Richard. Yes. Okay. Right. Would you like to read it? Uh, resolution 2025 282 authorized salaries for municipal clerk and fire department. Do we have a motion?
It was advertised. Advertised. Okay. Anybody from the Would anybody want to comment on this? Nope. Okay. Anybody in the public would like to comment on this? No. This is a resolution. Oh, resolution. All right. Take the role. We need a motion. Do we have a motion by Mike and we have
a second by Katie? Right. Mr. Brennan. Again, I don't think I can move. Miss Sarakry. Yes. Mr. Martinelloo. Yes. Mr. Richie. Yes. Okay. We're pulling ordinance number 202521.
Okay. Introduction of ordinances. Clerk. Kindly read ordinance number 2025-22. Ordinance number 2025 number 22. an ordinance authorizing the burrow of Waldo to enter into a lease agreement with the Waldo High School graduation ball incorporated for use of the old DPW complex.
A motion and second is an order to move and pass this ordinance on first reading and that it be advertised in local legal newspapers as required by law setting a public hearing two weeks from tonight's meeting at 7:30 p.m. or soon thereafter as the matter may be reached. MO motion and a second motion by Andy on the
question. Okay. I So I just want to because we have new council members sometimes. So we do this every year because the grad ball committee changes. So in the past years ago the committee would change and then the new committee wouldn't know what the rules and regulations are. So this is
done every single year so that the committee the new committee knows what the rules and regs are in regards to using the old DPW complex. Right? If they use it or not, they're going to still be paying off the lease. That's up to them to decide what they want to be doing. But the building is
there for them if they need it. Anyone else? Clerk, take the role. Mr. Bren, yes. Mr. Sarah Quadre, yes. Mr. Martinelloo, yes. Mr. Roondo, yes. Mr. Richie, yes. Okay. Any unfinished business from the council?
Mayor, I have just a few few things. So, um I just wanted to follow up on whether we received the H2S readings from the sewer authority that they I think they were doing six to nine months of readings. Nope, not yet. Okay. So, I went because I felt like I was a marionette on a string with the
the silver authority. I went and bought my own H2S reader. It was smelling pretty bad last night. So, I went and took some readings down by that area. It was reading 1 to 2 ppm. So, again, I don't know what objectively a bad smell is, but um I think it would be really good if we press to get that data so we
can, you know, collectively together start to understand what's causing this. So noted. Okay. Um, do we do we have an update from the water committee on kind of what H2 H2M
is? Sure. So, uh, I do know that as of last week, they were working with the DPW to get the data downloaded and into their system. So, we're waiting for an update from them on that. And then, uh, we've also asked them for that fall date for a
public meeting. So, uh, we're continue to communicate with them. Yeah. Awesome. Okay, good. And then one one last topic I thought maybe would be really nice for us to revisit. So, you know, about a year ago, we we purchased a property on Wolf Avenue down by the by the school. Um was a really nice
opportunity for us to take a home and uh large space, potentially keeping it as as open space. As we talk about redevelopment down here, the idea being we can balance out any new structures with more open space. There was a property about six months ago that we passed on. Um, I don't think it's sold.
Uh, which is which means we probably have some pretty good negotiating uh power here. And you know, as I've said, our our capital structure is pretty strong. Our debt service hasn't increased in 10 years, which means what we what we bond out is, I think, under
uh pretty good control. As we talk about potential new redevelopment opportunities, I would like to balance that out with open space. And so I would just I would like to see if we can reach out to whoever the real estate agent is there and see if it's still an opportunity and then potentially come back to the negotiating table and and
see if we can uh purchase that property at at a minimum, right? We're going to own a piece of property that's going to only increase in value over the next couple years. And so if in a pinch we need to sell it, we'll probably do so uh with a profit. So I just wanted to throw that out there to this this council. Would you look into that?
Absolutely, Mr. Mayor. Okay. Thank you very much. Then you'll get back to us when you find anything. Good. Yep. Anyone else? Yes. Yeah. Um so I just had an issue that I wanted to bring up that a recent um resident approach me about. So with the new PAS remediation, a lot of these
water tanks are a lot bigger and some of them are placed right next to residential homes whereas others are by parks or um you know not an issue for a resident. Um, and I was able to talk to the one resident who said that she had approached the burrow and requested planting arrivit green giants to
somewhat conceal those tanks. Um, they're quite an eyesore if you've seen them. Um, so I was thinking, you know, personally, I think that would be a great thing we could do or the least that we could do for these residents that have been um, you know, put in this position. And I believe she said that
she got a quote for somewhere around $1,000. So, you know, in the grand scheme of our budget, I think it'd be something we could figure out. And I wanted to open up a discussion and see what everyone else thought. I I know who you're talking about. The woman that lives near the did it.
Um, what you know, I think we talked I think it was Steve that talked to her or I think it was Patrick. I can't remember which one, but if she wants to revisit this with now Tatiana, okay, she could get ideas and then come back to us with a plan. Okay. And I think that might be the best way
to do it. So instead of everybody just speaking with her, just call her and tell her to make an appointment with Tatiana and she'll discuss everything and then you'll get back to us and everything. But I think Did you want me to I just wanted to add one point. Yeah. But just make reach out to either Steve or Patrick. I think it was
Patrick. It was Steve. It was Steve. Yeah, Steve. Yeah, with Steve. Yeah. Uh, just wanted to mention that in terms of planting near our infrastructure, there is equipment underground which may limit how close we can get to the actual
tanks in terms of screening. So, that is a challenge in some of the areas and what we were looking at. Um, you know, having to be responsible for what's underneath and not preventing any of that, you know, equipment from from not working because of it. But, yeah, please send her our way. Okay. Thank you. Anyone else?
Sir, just a quick question. I know a lot of people around town have been asking and I don't have any answers. Um, has there been any developers or any stores or anything that's come to the town to ask about right aid or the farmers market? You know, supermarkets have been a big
question from people on social media and walking around town. If anybody's had any contact, we've been hearing stories, but right now none of them are coming to be right. I don't think we've received any uh requests for permits from the
building department uh for those two locations and not necessarily may not be required if it's uh same use but nothing that we've been made aware of that's firm. Anyone else? Okay. Any new business from the council? Yes,
sir. Uh this weekend uh the environmental committee had their styrofoam drive for the third one this year. Uh actually went quite well. We were we basically filled the container up by 11:30.
So we were done quite early this year. Uh we did have support from the Boy Scouts on Troop 88 as well as the Allenale green team lead and some of the new green team members were in attendance. Um, one of the other things that since we've moved to uh securing
this with Ridgewood versus uh the company up in Haskell, uh, they actually return the bags. So, we might be saving some money uh, with regards to reusing the bags as many times we can work. I don't know any feedback from your end
how it's been working with Ridgewood, but I believe it's been working out just fine. Okay. Um then to date we're probably up to 20,000 pounds of styrofoam that we've uh not sent to the landfill. So a big plus
for the environmental committee. Uh one of the other items uh that came up in the environmental committee meeting was the Wagner property. uh they would like to have an opportunity to uh walk the property as well as some other groups uh have also shown interest so
that when the proposal goes in for Green Acres uh that we can maybe make an assessment that actually helps the town uh as opposed to selling it. Reach out to Tatiana because she's the the keyeper. She's the key.
Yes. Kelly and I took a a tour of the property last week and uh were able to really take a look at it closely and it's it's a great piece of property for the burough. We have great ideas. Yes. That we will at some point.
That's not true. That's why they have grants. Any anyone else? Yeah, just sorry on that. Just to follow up. I I just want to make sure that we we're all discussing green acres before we actually formally submit. Um, you know, concerned about a grant that
restricts our ability to sell the property in the future if we need to. I think that I look at the property acquisition and it's great for the community, but also potential investment and councils 20 years from now may have different ideas or different needs. Um, and I just think we need to balance uh
kind of taking in grants uh as well as kind of maintaining the investment. Well, how far did we go so far with this? So, we are just waiting for Greenacres application period to open so that we can officially submit what the
collective plans are from the council. So, uh you know, Steve did work with Green Acres to get that moving and all that paperwork has been submitted and has been processed and they all know that we have a new administrator. They do. They've been made aware. Can I ask you a question regarding that?
I thought we were uh we purchased that property with the intent from Mr. Wagner that it would be used for a park, not for us to make a profit because to be honest, if we were in the business to make a profit and we would be just selling the town. I just want to make
sure that that's not what type of business we're in, Mike. Not to make a profit by buying property to outsell someone that we bought it at a reduced price. Yeah. So I I I don't have any intention in selling the property, but I don't want to restrict councils 20 years from
now uh from that intent. You know, we unfortunately we live we live through it ourselves, Mark. Right. Who whoever made the deal with the sewer authority however many years ago probably made a very bad deal, right? We're paying a different scenario. Well, but I'm just saying I think we need to be smart and let's just discuss,
right? I'm not I'm saying we should have an open conversation about it and not rush to take a grant which which would unfortunately restrict councils decades from now from from doing anything. That's all I'm saying. Anyone else
want to I just want to wish our Jewish friends Yam Kapoor coming up this uh took my Dund. Sorry I didn't know if you or had it on your list. Very good. Sorry. I'll save it for you then. No, no, no. You're right. You're right.
Absolutely right. Anyone else from the council? If not, the public, anybody from the public would like to comment, please come up to the podium. Just give us your name so we have it for the record. I still need to give my name. Angela Smith. Um, our access for all committee
met last night. And Tatiana, I know this is going to be another thing on your plate, but since the equipment is coming in for the Lions Club playground, one of the things that we had sent um Jim Lachland is another member of the Access for All Committee and I met with Steve and the Shaun Fiser playground, the
entrance kind of the ramp has gotten very uneven and we had sent him pictures of that. Okay. So, I don't know how much I know you've been concentrating. You forward them to me. Yeah, we have them. We still have them. And I have pictures with Jim Lachland who's in a wheelchair trying to get down there and it's almost impossible. So,
please send them over. I'll send them over since you're working on Lions Club now. It kind of goes hand in hand. I I appreciate it. Absolutely. Okay. Thank you. Anyone else? If not, I have someone from Oh, I'm sorry. Go ahead. Hello. This is Ted Sansaw.
Can you hear me? Yes, we could. How are you, Ted? Very good. Thank you, sir. Um, just so you know, I talked to just a couple of people. Uh, one was Mr. Roando at the
environmental committee. I'm interested in forming something called what I would call a tree bank. Now, it's a situation where uh when a redeveloper does something and
let's just say he has to chop down five trees, then he turns around and plants 20. Now, by which point is it possible that the extra 15 would be quote unquote
put into a tree bank, uh, which I know is, you know, just just records, by which point we would not have to hit a resident owner with the $450 tree replacement charge. Now, I realized
the $450 fee that's charged when a resident is not replacing a tree uh goes for a fund for the town. Now, that is something that maybe we can work out. Um, but I'm just kind of let you know
that I'm going to be going around making inquiries within Burough Hall. uh because where do the records for the tree bank have to be kept and things like that. So uh I'm just giving you a heads up. I'm going to be nosying
around. And this is an idea I've been working on for a short time. And hopefully in a few months I'll have something sensible to present to the committee to the council. I have one other question and that was concerning
in going through the tree ordinance and it did say something along the lines where a resident plants a tree and the town should be notified. Now, my question is,
once the town is notified that a resident planted a tree, does does that in any way cause that resident to have to pay a
$450 fee if that tree has to be removed in the future? Because in how I see it, which I can be corrected, the tree was planted after our stock
was, let's just say, uh, inventoried. So, to me, that tree may be in excess. I don't know if our lawyer has to look into that, but that's something I would be questioning when I finally do come to the council with
something. Thank you. I'm done. Yeah. Um, our attorney will be reviewing all that that you just told him. Also, uh, we'll reach out also to Joe Mistleick, who is the gentleman that goes out when there is a tree situation.
And also, we'll reach out tomorrow night. We have a planning board meeting. reach out with the planning board because I know when people come up to the planning board to to build or something, uh, the tree ordinance kicks in and they have to figure out what they're going to do when they replace the trees. So, we we'll grab you some
information also. Uh, sir, I thank you very much. I will list it in on the planning board meeting tomorrow. Okay. And thank you once again. Yeah, I'll I'll make sure they discuss it a little bit on the new business. Mr. Correct. If I may, Mr. and and Ted,
just I'll look into the or this is correct. I'll look into the ordinance, but I believe the $450 fee only applies if the person cannot replant the tree that they removed on their property. If they can replace the tree on their property, there is no fee for the for
the quote tree replacement fund. But I'll take a look at everything and have a a more comprehensive answer at the next meeting for you. Well, thank you, sir. I do agree with you that it's only a replacement fee and
uh how can I say thank you for listening. Thank you. Anyone else? Just a minute. Another line. I do. Yeah. Go ahead. Good evening, Mr. Mayor. Good evening,
council. This is Joanne Mitchell. I have two things I'd like to bring up. Yes. The first thing is I'd like to congratulate Tatiana on her appointment as burrow administrator. Congratulations. I look forward to a
wonderful tenure. Thank you so much. The second the second thing I have is will Waldwick be establishing a 250th anniversary committee to celebrate the American Revolution? Yes, we're in the process of doing that. We already met with the woman that's
going to be running it for us. Uh she was supposed to be here tonight at the meeting, but things got a little different ideas and we we didn't get her on the agenda. But once we meet with her and she'll be coming to a meeting to let us know her plans and everything for it. I've already reached out to a couple of
the schools. I already reached out to the library about some programs that we're going to do for the 250th. I think what we're going to do is the kickoff will probably be in May and it's going to be geared around the museum. uh even though the country is 250 years old,
we're going to focus more on what Waldwick has been doing in that in the in our period of time that we've been in existence, but we will let everyone know exactly what's going on. Will there be uh will there be room for Waldwick volunteers to help support this
effort? We are going to reach out to the Yes. the the woman that's going to be handling everything. Uh as I said, we met with her. She's going to be sending out information to everybody about how to become an active uh player in to the 250th anniversary.
Outstanding. Thank you very much, sir. Those are all my questions. Thank you. Anyone else? Yes. Hi, Stan Kowalsski. Back in August, the lease expired for the cell towers. Is there any update on that?
We just got an email. Oh, I have to tell you, too. All right. So, we uh we assumed ownership of the uh tower in question. And Peter Lup was here a few meetings ago to give us he's our telecom telecommunications consultant uh and he has notified all
the providers uh that we would be taking the ownership that just uh settled let's say in the past two to three weeks and um we're on track to set up the new agreements with the with the providers and then open up the possibility for new providers to be on the on the tab as
well. Okay. Thank you. Yep. Anyone else in the audience? Yes, Chuck. All right, Chuck Wanmaker of Waldo Community Alliance. We have a maybe you got something in front of you already. We give us some papers out that we have
an opportunity in May of 26 to celebrate something with the war and all that kind of things. It's on the paperwork there for you. It's opening of the semi uh quesentennial celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War in Walup, New Jersey. We would like to do
this and of course we need permission obviously. Are you the woman we spoke with? What's that? This is the same thing. It's one and the same. Yeah. The person that we spoke with I just mentioned she's the one that's working with us to do that. So we are we're moving ahead with that.
All right. So yeah, I just for here I want to make sure we're asking permission of course and we'd love to do it but there's always a couple of guidelines that we ask for some help on. She came with us. She came and met with Tatiana, myself and uh okay
Kelly with Rich Rich Minnelli and they were talking about everything about the history about the the museum and everything and that's the focus of our 250 and when they say about building a little fire there's nothing like that. That's something on the lawn just to make this revolutionary thing be reenactive. They're going to do they're going to
have it looks like it's more serious than it really is but it's going to be kind of cool. It is going to be nice. But we just need a little help on what we're asking and they're kind of get jumping out the bit to give them an answer. So we we've talked to them about it and u okay
you know it's not set in stone right now because this of course has to be approved by the council but it's looks like it'll be all right. Okay. All right. Thank you. Thanks a lot. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else? If not, do I have a motion? Anybody on there at the end?
Nope. We're all set. Okay. Do I have a motion to adjurnn? Motion by Andy. Second by Mark. All in favor? All opposed. Happy Yanka poor.