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public meeting of June 22nd, 2026 of the Township Council of the Township of Washington. Adequate notice of meeting was given in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act by the Township Clerk on January 8th, 2026 to at least two newspapers, and this meeting has been posted on the Township bulletin board, electronic message board, WCTV,

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and on the Township website. Please notify the Municipal Clerk for any disability requirements necessary for attendance at Township Council meetings. Fire exits are located through the double doors to your right and through the door on your left. Please silence all cell phones. If you are unable to attend the Council meeting in person, and would like the

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topic to be addressed at a Council meeting, please visit www.twp.washington.us. Contact us tab, click on Mayor and Council, send email to contact all Council members at once. Can everyone please stand for salute to the flag. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

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United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Roll call. >> Councilman Cassio. >> Here. >> Councilman Sears. >> Here. >> Councilwoman Olman. >> Here.

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>> Councilwoman Velez. >> Here. >> Council President Descano. >> Here. >> Let the record reflect also in attendance Township Administrator Mark DeCarlow, Township Administrator Sherri Baily, and Township Clerk Susan Lukaszewski. Payment of bills, resolution number 26-272,

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authorize payment of bills June 3rd to June 18th, 2026. Do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Question. >> Well, we got to get a second, then you can ask. >> Second. >> Question, Mr. Sears. >> Uh yes, on page 107 of the vendor name list,

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there is a Burgess Associated prep of climate change, $12,000. I really would like to know what he did with that. >> And I want to know what the community facility is. >> And the community facility prep for community facilities is $15,000.

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So, I really would like to know what prep work he did. If this was for the master plan, which we're way behind schedule on. >> What What page are we on? >> On page one of uh >> The vendor name list, 107. >> The purchase order listing by PPO, Mr.

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Department. >> Oh, the first page. >> Okay, yes. Those are all uh costs associated with the master plan. It's all work that's been verified, has been done. The draft uh the plan was uh provided

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two weeks ago. We had a subcommittee meeting as well as a follow-up with me personally with Mr. Burgess uh that's Thursday for my corrections that I uh wish to see in the master plan, and then we have

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another subcommittee meeting tomorrow. >> Do we know when the anticipated date of the adoption of the new master plan will be? >> I mean, I don't, but this will be our second group meeting to go over uh the review of any revisions that were needed. So, I would hope that the next

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step, if um everything goes well tomorrow, will be the referral for the plan to go to the whole planning board for their review. >> Thank you. Any other questions on the bonus? Roll call. >> Councilman Cassio? >> Yes.

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>> Councilman Sears? >> No. >> Councilman Noman? >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Velez? >> Yes. >> Council President Sena? >> Yes. >> PSA June 22nd, 2026. Construction has begun on the new DPW building at town hall. With this

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construction, the DPW yard will now remain closed on Tuesdays for household debris and recycling drop-off. Residents may still drop off any items on Saturdays between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Please note during the hours of construction, there'll be limited parking to the east side of Hudson

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Avenue. America's 250th Freedom Fest will be held on Saturday, July 11th from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Memorial Field. Please visit our website for further details. To report power outages, gas leaks, street light outages, or down lines,

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please call PSE&G at 1-800-436-7734, or you can download their app. Starting July 20th, 2026, all e-bike riders in New Jersey need three things: a license, registration, and insurance. Riders have until July 19th to comply with these requirements. During this

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period, all fees for registration and licensing are waived. Please visit the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission for further information and updates. Township of Washington launched its fourth round of Hometown Heroes Banner Program as a living tribute for our community to honor past and present

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members of the armed forces. Please visit our website for further information. 2020 2026 tax bills will be mailed sometime in mid-July after the Township receives its tax rate from Bergen County. The 2026 bills will reflect property tax adjustments from

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the recent reassessment undertaken by the Township. If necessary, depending on when we receive our rate, the grace period will be extended. Township offices will be closed on Friday, July 3rd in observance of the 4th of July. Our next Council meeting

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will be held on Monday, July 13th, 2026. Approval of minutes, none. Report of the administrator. >> Thank you, Council President, and good evening, Council. This is my follow-up from Township Council meeting on June 8th. Uh there was no resident or Council follow-ups. However, I do have uh

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numerous updates. The garbage truck ordered last year is due to be completed in early August with a hopeful delivery soon after. The yellow flashing crossing signs for Ridgewood Road by the high school have been installed. Myself, the recreation supervisor, and

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Glenn Beckmeyer Jr. will be meeting with the representative of MRC recreation at Clark Field and Memorial Field to begin the design work for our ADA improvements. We will also be meeting with families that have children with disabilities in order to gain their input as to what playground equipment

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would support play activities for children with physical and neurological disabilities. MRC recreation is part of a cooperative purchasing program. 2026 capital projects, Beckmeyer engineering is actively working on the designs for the 10 roads being

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resurfaced this year. The field rake for DPW has been ordered. Beckmeyer engineering is actively working on a design for the ESB emergency warning system to present to Bergen County engineering prior to purchasing device. I will present to the council what our plan is

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and what the device will look like. We are awaiting recommendations from Bergen County engineering regarding any safety upgrades to include possible tree removal, signage, and striping to the intersection of Van Emburgh and Washington Avenue. The upgrade and resurfacing of the Clark

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basketball court is going to be included in the bid for the 2026 road projects. This will be done in order to save money on a separate bid process and document and to acquire, hopefully acquire a less expensive cost due to the amount of asphalt being purchased at once.

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Also, emergency management is actively working on the intersection upgrades at Ridgewood and Pascack, which is the generator, and the portable radio upgrades. Tonight, we will be requesting a resolution from the council for the township to engage in another shared service with Bergen County for tree

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removal services within the public right-of-way on county roads. Montana Construction has been hired to video and clean out the sanitary and storm water lines on Fillmore Drive. This service is done prior to the Township resurfacing our roadways. We

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are anticipating the resurfacing of Fillmore Drive in 2027. We are conducting this service now as a courtesy to our residents on Fillmore Drive. They're concerned about the infrastructure and integrity of the sanitary lines due to the construction of 44 units at Franklin Court.

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As a reminder, the developer conducted a capacity analysis on the sanitary line to determine the line can handle the capacity from the 44 units. Additionally, funds from our code developers fee trust can be used to conduct a video and cleaning of the lines.

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It will be necessary to present a resolution to the council to use those funds and that discussion with council will be forthcoming. On June 17th, 2026, the Township conducted our bond our bond anticipation note sale of $10,912,087.

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TD E Financial won the bid with the lowest interest rate of 2.83400%. This interest rate is almost a half point lower than last year's sale. We close on the loan July 1st, 2026. Recreation Supervisor Dan Scudieri has begun his new work schedule on June 1st,

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2026. Mr. Scudieri is now holding office hours Monday 10:00 to 5:00 and Tuesday through Thursday 10:00 to 4:00. He's currently working on new ideas to expand the activities and programs that will be offered to our community. On June 6th, 2026, during the weekend

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thunderstorm, a DPW vehicle was damaged by a large fallen tree branch. The DPW vehicle was parked by the old ambulance building in our lot. The cost to repair the damage is approximately $12,000. Insurance will be reimbursing the Township other than the $2,500

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deductible. And that concludes my report. Thank you. >> Mr. Mr. Concarlo, not to catch you off guard, but >> Yeah. can we have the lightning detection system uh during the same storm event that happened last Friday and Saturday,

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Friday night the massive lightning storm we got? Some of the beacons are not They're flashing, but they're not sounding any alarms at all. >> So, when >> So, like the one at the one at Sherry, cuz I went to all the fields that night

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and I checked them cuz people were calling me complaining and saying they were at Clark. The beacon went off, it lit up, but it's not it never made any sound sounds. >> Was any >> at Sherry The one at Sherry was clearly flashing and, you know, beep you know, I don't know if beep is the right word,

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but it was you know, the siren was going off. The one at Memorial siren was going off. The one at Gardner was going off, but the one at Clark it just it it was flashing, then it stopped flashing, but the rest of them were all flashing. >> I'll have it checked. We just had our yearly maintenance. >> it just it was a weird event cuz the the

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bolt hit the you know, it seemed like it hit BP, but I know it didn't hit BP, but that's how close it was. So, >> Yeah. >> Um but they were all flashing, but they weren't There was no audible >> So, my understanding is the audible is once and it's right at the beginning. It's like an 8 to 10-second burst and

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then from there it's only beacons. There's no There's no continued audible and we actually it's so much information to remember that we put it up on our website on how the lightning detections work. >> Yeah, no, but it's just it's weird cuz some of them are are sounding the whole time and some aren't. That's what's throwing everyone.

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>> I will convey it. >> Is there Is there a way we can talk to cuz we were in River Vale the same night? >> Yeah. >> And their their system is hooked to every resident on Nick's phones. >> Mhm. >> And they actually know when they are all

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clear by their phones. >> So, we >> not allowed to go like so their coach literally had the app on his phone and he's like, "We have 6 minutes left unless another, you know, unless lightning comes back to the area. We have 6 minutes left." And it it literally clears. There's no you don't have to worry about everything cuz it's

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on the app. >> Yes, so we if you remember when we did the upgrade, whether it was last summer or not, it is something we can get. Our system will be compatible. I don't I'd have to look at my notes why we didn't do it at the time. I know there was some discussion. I want to say it was like a

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$2,500 or $3,000 charge, but I'd have to look at the notes why we didn't do it all at once. >> Cuz it it really is a wonderful thing cuz people walking know could happen Basically, he said it's due it's on their app. So, it's like boom, it comes right up. He's like, "Yeah, we got 6 minutes left, 3 minutes." And then and

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then it gives you an all clear. All right. Thank you. >> Mhm. Can May I have a follow-up? >> Sure, Mr. >> Just um on number nine uh for Montana Construction, >> Yes. >> hire to video and clean out,

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do we know if there's actually a blockage at this point or it's just >> No, so it's it's like I guess our best practice is how a couple years ago um when I first came, it was just the sanitary lines that were being done. And then we started including the the

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storm drain lines. So, the the whole concept behind it is make sure the infrastructure is solid before we go and put fresh asphalt over it. So, if any repairs, like last year we did the repairs on Bergen. >> [sighs] >> So, we don't have anticipation of

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anything being damaged, but we want to know prior to us uh resurfacing. And nothing to do with the construction or that the added back and forth on Fillmore because of the construction. Fillmore was already way rated a one,

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which is the worst um you know, the worst rating for pavement. So, regardless of what was going on at Franklin Court, it was due for resurfacing. So, we would be doing the service next year anyway, but But just getting a jump start so we can

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hopefully, you know, um you know, satisfy some of the concerns of the residents on Fillmore. >> Okay. Um and then the next thing you perhaps for your next update I saw uh

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the police vehicle that was outfitted with the license plate reader. >> Yes. >> Uh circulating in town. Um but I don't know about the the fixed >> So >> like a lot of contracts that needed to be negotiated.

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There was additional work that wasn't initially anticipated. >> Yeah, so I I do actually have an an update on that. The project is almost done. We're waiting for PSE&G. Um what I didn't realize in the when we were initiating this project is there's

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going to be cameras at all these intersections as well, not just license plate readers. Like if like God forbid there's an accident or something or something happens, we'll have this stuff on camera. Which I thought was a was pretty interesting cuz I I didn't realize that at the beginning, but >> That's a three location

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>> There's two There's four locations. >> Oh, cool. >> And plus the car. The car is totally done. It's been up and running. Um I don't remember off the top of my head which two intersections are totally up and running, but there's two that PSE&G still needs to do something and not that

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they're not that they're purposely dragging their feet, but that's taking It's like a logistical thing, a formality. So we're hopefully hoping that uh everything will be up and running cuz with the proposals that we needed PSE&G for, we had to have some electrical work done, then our inspectors had to inspect

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it. PSE&G came out, you know, wanted an upgrade onto it, so they're dealing with it. So Everything's almost up and running, but uh two of them definitely >> are running, the two at the corner >> Absolutely, yeah. >> Okay. Yes. Thank you. >> Any other questions for Mr. >> With the the car, the license plate

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reader, >> Yeah. >> can we get an update on what actually that car has established, how many stops, what what was uh what was found. Um >> A report >> A report, yes. >> I guess do we have an APR report of all

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the once they're all running or what's running? >> Yeah, I'll see I'll see what you know what the appropriate type of report is called. But you're basically looking to see if there's any success. The success. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, the quarterly report. That'd be great if we just added it to that. That'd be fine.

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>> Yeah, what that car has >> Not even the car, all four of them or five of them, you know, cuz we have five locations that are Right, cuz the four locations that are standalone >> I was looking mostly for the motor vehicle what is actually stopped. >> So the four the four standalone

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locations, you're sending them an alert. So hopefully they're immediately calling things, too. >> Yeah, I mean hopefully the system does that, you know, I don't know how it's measured, but I understand you're looking for a success rate of some sort. >> Yeah. >> Anything else for Mr. DeCarlo?

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>> So your understanding is that it's actively searching and sending alerts into the police? Cuz that wasn't my >> No, the intersections are not the intersections are not sending alerts to

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the police. The vehicle >> operates that, right? Like I'm making this up, but it might tell you that, you know, an unregistered car just drove by or a stolen car just >> I mean I was caught that way. >> Yeah. >> So that'd be fun to have you expand on what that actually meant, but >> No, hopefully it wasn't a stolen car.

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>> No, but I had a expired registration on a Ford Focus, you know, I was working my way across county and he pulled me over and that's what it was, you know, he read the license and >> Yeah. >> The the intersections are more um

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investigatory. >> Yeah. >> You know what I mean? So maybe even we may have had had her sorry, I I we did help another town, but I want the chief to be the one to kind of tell us that. Um, I think our our ALPR assisted another town in an incident they have. I

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just don't know how a report um gauges that success. We'll find out. >> Thank you. General public comment. Motion to open the public comment period. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Aye. >> Seeing no one in the audience, motion to close the public comment period. >> Second.

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>> All in favor? >> Aye. >> Ordinances adoption second reading none. Introduction first reading ordinance number 26-12. An ordinance amending chapter 433 article 4 entitled street openings and excavations of the ordinances of the Township of Washington. Motion to

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introduce and pass ordinance number 26-12 at first reading by title. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Councilman Cassio? >> Yes. >> Councilman Sears? >> Yes. >> God bless you. >> Thank you. God bless you. >> Councilman Ulmen? >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Velez? >> Yes. >> Council President De Sante? >> Yes.

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>> Resolution number 26-273 authorizing publication of ordinance number 26-12 and schedule of public hearing. Do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Councilman Cassio? >> Yes. >> Councilman Sears? >> Yes. >> Councilman [snorts] Ulmen? >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Velez? >> Yes. >> Council President De Sante? >> Yes.

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>> Ordinance number 26-13 an ordinance amending chapter 580 article 1 entitled title title definitions of the ordinances of the Township of Washington. Motion to introduce and pass ordinance number 26-13 at first reading by title. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call.

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>> Councilman Cassio? >> Yes. >> Councilman Sears? >> Yes. >> Councilman Ulmen? >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Velez? >> Yes. >> Council President De Sante? >> Yes. >> Resolution number 26-274 authorizing publication of ordinance number 26-13 and schedule of public hearing. Do I have a motion? >> So moved.

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>> Second. >> Roll call. >> Councilman Cassio? >> Yes. >> Councilman Sears? >> Yes. >> Councilman Ulmen? >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Velez? >> Yes. >> Council Present? >> Yes. >> Resolutions consent agenda. The following items have been determined to have the unanimous consent of council

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and will be enacted in one motion. Should any item require independent consideration, any council member may have such item removed from the consent agenda. Would anybody like any items removed at this time? >> Yes, please. >> What would you like removed? >> 275 >> Okay.

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>> 279 >> Okay. >> 288 and 289 >> 288 289, any others? We good with the rest of them? >> No, hold on. I'm going to mark these pages.

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I'm okay. >> You're good? Everybody else okay? >> Yep. >> Okay. Resolution number 26-276, authorize refund of road opening escrow to Conquest Construction in the amount not to exceed $265. Resolution number 26-277,

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authorize refund of road opening escrow to Veolia Water in the amount not to exceed $1,268.75. Resolution number 26-278, authorize refund of engineering escrow and/or cash performance guarantees for various projects in the total amount not to exceed $4,762.50.

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Resolution number 26-280, authorize inclusion of affordable housing preferences as condition of land use approvals and developers' agreements. Resolution number 26-281, authorize inclusion in the Bergen County Community Development Program July 1st, 2027 to June 30th, 2023.

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Resolution number 26-282, authorize execution of an agreement with the County of Bergen to supersede the cooperative agreement dated July 1st, 2024 and amendments thereto establishing the BCCD program. Resolution number 26-283,

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authorize renewal of plenary retail consumption license for Amy LLC trading as Dog House Tavern and Grill year 2026-2027. Resolution number 26-284, authorize renewal of plenary retail consumption license for TJ

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TJG Inc. trading as Seasons Catering year 2026-2027. Resolution number 26-285, authorize renewal of plenary retail distribution license for Township Liquors year 2026-2027. Resolution number 26-286,

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authorize renewal of club license for Washington Township Columbian Club year 2026-2027. Resolution number 26-287, authorize renewal of plenary retail consumption license for Island Way trading as Bacari Grill year 2026-2027.

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Do I have a motion? To approve consent agendas. Resolutions as presented. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Councilman Cascio. >> Yes. >> Councilman Sears. >> Yes. >> Councilman Olman. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Belisle. >> Yes. >> Council President Fiscella. >> Yes.

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>> Resolution 26-275, resolution opposing New Jersey Senate Bill S1421 and Assembly Bill 8108. Do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Discussion? >> Yes, so um

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First, did we write this or did we copy it from someone? >> It came from someone. >> It came from the League of Municipalities, didn't >> I don't have a favor of the true source, but it came through the Mayor's Association. >> Okay. Because there well, there are a couple of

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spelling errors. I don't And can you explain what incorporations of recitals are? On page two. >> Yeah, that would mean that everything within the body, the whereas

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clauses, is incorporated into the resolution as if set forth fully and at length because in the state of New Jersey, if you don't do that, those provisions are not part of the resolution. So, where you want certain recitals to be part of the resolution,

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um then that incorporation of recitals is is required. >> Okay. And uh just for number three, we should correct, amend, or a man amend? I'm assuming that's a spelling error.

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>> Let me see. >> Urgent appeal to a man or reject? Should it be amend? Maybe I don't understand it. >> I mean, you know, I looked this up. >> it's again, they have used that word again in the paragraph.

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>> amendment, so >> Oh, um >> number three This is the title. >> Um and threated on page one? >> I don't think I looked at that after that and looked it up myself. >> Cuz it was past tense, I believe.

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>> It was a word. But I couldn't tell you what the definition of what it was right now, but I did look it up. I thought that was very strange. >> It's the past tense of threat. >> Yeah. >> But isn't this the future? Aren't we looking prospectively, not

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retrospectively? I mean, it it just I I don't think the word is correct. >> Which whereas clause, Mr. Holman? >> You know, it's the uh in the bold. >> Oh, okay. >> Second from the bottom. >> That mandates that threated

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threated threated the liability? >> liability I threatened the liability. >> Liability of local volunteer in this community. Should that be threatened, maybe? >> I I think >> We tried to think it would be threatened. It would definitely destroy the

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volunteer average. >> Yeah. Yeah. That's it. And then the I guess the the the second whereas So I fully support what we're saying here.

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I agree. But I think we need I think we should be factual and I don't know if this is a factual statement in our current environment. That we get >> Cuz we have the Bergen County volunteer service. >> No.

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The Washington Township Ambulance Corps is not on site. It's not uh >> 365 24 hours? >> 24/365. >> Anyway. >> So, I mean, I support it. I think we should approve it, but I think we should it should be factual.

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>> Mhm. >> Rather than you know unfactual. >> Do you have a recommendation should we find out exactly what it is? >> I think it's understandable we can pass it tonight and just

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>> Can you just delete the language? >> We just delete the 24 hours a day 365 days a year. Is everybody okay with that? And just go with at no operational cost to the taxpayers or whatever issue with billing the patients in their time of need. >> Local residents who provide emergency

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medical and ambulance services at no additional cost to taxpayers. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> I'm good with that. >> Is everybody okay with deleting the 24 hours a day 365? >> Yes. >> Yep. >> Okay. So, that's a >> And so, three changes. >> Yeah, three changes.

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>> Thank you. >> Roll call. Roll call with the three changes. >> Councilman Calcium. >> Yes. >> Councilman Cieri. >> Yes. >> Councilman Olman. >> Yes. >> Councilman Paladino. >> Yes. Councilman Pradetto decides. >> Yes. Resolution number 26-279 authorize shared service agreement for snow

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plowing, salting with the county of Bergen year 2026 through 2028. Do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Discussion? >> Yes. Um Just going on the right. The compensation

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It lays it out pretty clearly. Uh 125 escalating to 130. And it talks about gas and labor. Do we um This goes into a trust and we use this

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to offset capital expenses and repairs? >> Or essentially, yes. It goes into the snow trust. And out of that sometimes is mostly repairs and equipment. Uh however, sometimes uh we would pay overtime.

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Um you know, I I feel this year council you know, uh budgeted our overtime for DPW quite It's nothing I think that we wanted to do because I think we had to ask for a lot of money. We've already spent a lot of money. But yes, the money that we are reimbursed by the county goes into the

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snow trust and mostly uh it's very costly repairs that we can associate with our winter equipment such as the plows, things like that. >> Okay. But based on your understanding, there's they don't provide for

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capital as it relates. They're just reimbursing our labor and gas. >> Yes. And as I read it, I just came to the realization that they're willing to reimburse us for brine use. >> Yes. >> Which is which is very nice. >> Okay.

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That was it. I just wanted to make sure. >> Thank you. Any other questions on this? Nope. Roll call for 279. >> Councilman Calcium. >> Yes. >> Councilman Cieri. >> Cal from Elman. >> Yes. >> Cal from Glades. >> Yes. Cal from President to Senator. >> Yes. Resolution number 26-288 authorized

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and approved the extension of liquor license 0266-33-001-006 to Kim Kramer, Chapter 7 US Bankruptcy Trustee. Do I have a motion? >> So moved. >> Second? >> Second. >> Discussion?

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>> Yeah, I just for these two new ones, the the question applies to both. Um license held in pocket. I don't know if that applies to 288, but do we have Is there anything that the Township

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could do with regard to those pocket licenses? Is there um any opportunity to put them into uh into play? Can they be

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>> Well, they're not out, right? >> They're not out. >> We don't own them. >> They're not out. >> But Well, >> Perhaps I misunderstood that some uh what I understood that if they were in pocket for an extended period that they

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>> go back >> Well, what happened is 3 years ago, the governor decided that he was going to have this plan that he wanted to make use of a lot of pocket licenses in the state of New Jersey. He wanted to come out with this plan to make them make a decision. Either put

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them back into play, sell them, whatever they going to do. And these are just individuals, you know, whoever owns the licenses. And they put them into put them into what they call quartiles. So, every year depending on how long you were in you know, limbo, depended on where you were going to fall in the quartile. So,

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for instance, this is the Charlie brown one. This one technically was until 2028. They had until 2028 to make something of it. Be it use it, put in place, sell it, whatever they're going to do with it. Those two resolutions are both on the trolley brown license.

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Okay? They both refer to the trolley brown license. >> Okay. >> So, the first one is an extension because it went to bankruptcy, so it had to go from extension to a to a trustee, and then from that it goes to reauthorize the transfer to this gentleman who's purchased it or

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purchasing it, however you like to word that. The other one we have in pocket is August 1st of 2026. And um there's been a lot of I haven't spoken to the gentleman in about 3 weeks, but he really would like to push to get it back into play, and I honestly don't

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know if he's going to have the time to do it. So, I'm waiting >> So, if he doesn't get it back into play, it loses >> It dies, right? It dies. It doesn't Can't sell it. Can't do It goes to no one. Like, that's I think that's what your question is. So, do you reissue it? >> No. It's not ours to reissue. >> ours. It's the state's.

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>> The state's. >> So, if it goes to the state, it dies. >> It dies. It dies on the vine. >> And they said that from one of the woman I spoke to at the ABC, going back like 6 months ago when we were talking about the possibility of these, she said out of the entire state, there are so many that are pocket licenses, only there was

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one that was almost ready to transfer, but not quite. So, it was a plan that was supposed to be good, and it really hasn't lived up to its expectations. >> But, it's getting rid of a lot of licenses that have been dying. >> Hopefully, yes. But, I have a feeling >> That's what's happening in the

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background. Rather than what the effect was is to put these licenses back out in the public. A lot of them are dying because they're >> But, there is talk about one of the the um I don't know who it was, a congressman was going to put up a clean up bill because it's not moving and

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acting the way they wanted it to do. So, they were talking about doing something like that before for Um as of a couple weeks ago, they had not done anything yet. So, there still could be something because it's not doing what they expected. So, they could be cleaning it up, going to get back, you know, bringing it back a little bit, rolling it back a little more, and

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working more with people. I don't know. That That we have to wait and see. >> But, these two these two resolutions are for one particular >> one, and they are not that license would not be in play even based on >> Well, that's why in the resolution it says in pocket because right now that

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that license does not have a home. >> Okay. >> So, it will be in pocket. It will stay in my law office until they have a home. Once they have a home, then he may get it, and he can open up his business. >> Okay. >> Or her business or whatever. >> All right. Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Roll call on 288.

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>> Councilman Cassio. >> Yes. >> Councilman Sears. >> Yes. >> Councilman Olmen. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Velez. >> Yes. >> Council President Citerella. >> Yes. >> Resolution number 26-289 authorized person-to-person transfer of liquor license 0266-33-001-006

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to RK Lax Holdings LLC. License to be held in pocket. Motion. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Councilman Cassio. >> Yes. >> Councilman Sears. >> Yes. >> Councilman Olmen. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Velez. >> Yes. >> Council President Citerella.

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>> Yes. >> Motion to adjourn. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor. >> Aye. >> The next regular meeting of the Township Council will be on Monday, July 13th, 2026, meeting at 7:00 p.m. Sign up for

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Nixle at 07676 to 888-777. Key code TWP Aberdeen. Thank you, everyone. Have a good night.