--------- three minutes mayor a lot of scrap paper here today where are our friends they have uh they're coloring Easter eggs are you joking Tom don't you know him by now no I can't
tell i can never tell when you're joking yeah the same with me all right especially when you have a straight face believe that voice tells you this problem come on will you the keys you got to save with confidence she called it's strange that both of
them are not here maybe they have like a board mess maybe your phone is on you know that right no it's not no it's I can still hear it it's It's Roger watching a video it's Roger not me oh
he was telling Rudy to shut his phone off he and he's like I still hear it i have impeccable hearing i can tell okay just don't know where it's coming from wasn't me had to kill time oh I was I
was watching a Easter egg coloring video ready 8 okay the um Tuesday April 15th 2025 8:00 p.m regular business meeting of the White Oak Township Committee is now in
session rise for a flag salute please i 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 reverend West Kenyon has joined us tonight for our invocation thank you Reverend always good to see you proceed please it's good to be seen not viewed that's a payback
gracious heavenly father we thank you that this is a celebratory week we thank you for all the many blessings you have poured out upon this city over the years lord I thank you for this team that we have here it's an incredible team god
you put it together in so many different ways and forms lord I sat here listening to all sorts of things going on and Lord there's a lot of things that are still jelling together that will be working out in in so many different ways but Lord there's a group of people that
oftentimes don't get mentioned and that's a group of volunteers that bring this city together lord I thank you that there's so many volunteers in this town that that literally pull together in all sorts of ways i saw a team working on a
cemetery the other day i've watched others do other things and and Lord I thank you for every single volunteer that puts their mind to to giving back to this city lord I ask that you will bless them strengthen them Lord even
bring out more and Lord as they invest in our kids also this time of year with the sports just begin to skyrocket and do all sorts of things that they will be a blessing to each one of them and invest in them in a special way we ask
this in your name we pray amen amen amen thank you thank you Reverend happy Easter happy Easter the notice requirements of the Open Public Meetings Act have been satisfied with respect to this meeting specifically the time date and location were included in the annual notice of meetings adopted by the governing body
posted in the municipal building by the township clerk's office and sent to at least two newspapers including the official newspaper of the township the Ridgewood News and the Bergen Record additionally to the extent known the agenda for this meeting and whether formal action will be taken was posted in the municipal building by the township clerk's office and sent to at
least two newspapers including the official newspaper of the township the Ridgewood News and posted on our municipal website in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act thank you Nancy roll call please miss Bugdansky here mr lane here mr madigan
here mr milkon here and Mayor Bonaw uh here okay i'll take a motion to open the um meeting for public comment so moved second ms bogdansky yes mr lane i mr madigan
yes mr melion yes and Mayor Bona uh yes with an affirmative vote the motion is approved thank you okay the meeting is now open for public comment five minutes per speaker for comment on any governmental issue that a member of the public feels may be of concern to the
residents of the township of Wolf seeing none I make a motion to close to the public second miss Bdanski yes mr lane hi mr madigan yes mr milkon yes mayor Bonra yes with an affirmative vote the motion is
approved okay i take a motion to approve the um April 1st 2025 work session and business meeting minutes so move second
miss Bdansky yes mr lane hi mr madigan yes mr milkon yes and Mayor Bern uh yes an affirmative vote the motion is approved thank you moving on to the consent agenda nancy please
need some water i think I need some water okay take your time we're early drink all all matters listed below are considered by the township committee to be routine in nature there will be no separate discussion of these items if any
discussion is desired by the township committee that item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered separately resolutions declaring support for the preservation of the federal tax exemption of municipal bonds authorization of vouchers and payment of
bills chapter 159 recycling tonnage grant authorize agreement with visual computer solutions known as jobs for blue award contract special council tax appeals provide for the combination of certain issues of general improvement
bonds series 2025 into a single issue of bonds aggregating $9,215,000 in principal amount determining the form and other details of $9,215,000 of general improvement bonds
series 2025 and providing for their sale no ordinances for introduction but we have four motions approve requests by Zabriski House Board of Trustees to participate in Bergen County History Day and to open the Zabriski House for public tours on
Saturday April 26 from 10:00 a.m to 4 p.m this request includes the placement of yard signs at designated locations around town for the 10-day period immediately prior to the event beginning on April 16th 2025 approve requests by Blue Moon Mexican Cafe to utilize their
parking lot area in front of their location for outdoor music events starting for Sin with Cinco de Mayo on May 5th and then for dueling piano nights on May 15th June 19th July 17th August 21st and September 18th approve
requests by Temple Beth Rashan to post a temporary banner sign promoting their open house event which will be held on April 27th 2025 from 10:30 a.m to noon the sign will be posted from April 17th until the 27th approve appointment of
Jackie Yakavetsky to the open position on the Historic Preservation Commission created by the resignation of Joseph Haptech may I have a motion and a second to approve this consent agenda so moved second thank you Miss Buckansky yes mr lane i
mr madigan yes mr melion um I abstain on the U resolution 25-133 and yes on the civil consent agenda okay and Mayor Bona uh yes okay with an affirmative vote the motion is approved i have three ordinances for
public hearing and further consideration on tonight's agenda the first is ordinance number 2037 which is an ordinance authorizing 825,000 for various improvements in capital expenditures in the township of White for second reading by title only and a copy of this ordinance has been posted
on our municipal website on the bulletin board and town hall where public notices are customarily posted and copies have been made available to members of the general public of the township who have requested the same this is the time and place for the public hearing on ordinance number 2037 all persons who wish to be heard
please state your name before making your statement if you wish to make a comment please step forward to the microphone uh there being none I move the public hearing on ordinance 2037 be closed second
miss Bdansky here i mean yes sorry Mr lane i Mr madigan yes mr milkon yes and Mayor Bono uh yes it resolved by the township committee of the township of Woff that ordinance 2037 after public hearing and further consideration is hereby adopted and the
municipal clerk is hereby authorized and directed to publish the notice of final passage of said ordinance in the official newspaper for the township as provided by law i move uh ordinance 2037 on second reading by title only second
thank you miss Bdansky yes mr lane hi mr madigan yes mr milkon yes and Mayor Bloom uh yes with an affirmative vote the motion is approved the second ordinance for public hearing further consideration on tonight's agenda is ordinance number 2038 which is an ordinance appropriating funds for major
vehicle repairs for second reading by title only and a copy of this ordinance has been posted on our municipal website on the Bolton board and town hall where public notices are customarily posted and copies have been made available to members of the general public of the township who have requested the same this is the time and place for the
public hearing on ordinance number 2038 all persons who wish to be heard please state your name before making your statement if you wish to make a comment please step forward through the microphone uh there being none I move that the public hearing on ordinance 2038 be
closed second second miss Bdansky yes mr lane hi mr madigan yes mr melion yes and Mayor Bonra yes be it resolved by the township committee of the township of Wyoff that ordinance number 2038 after public hearing and
further consideration is hereby adopted and the municipal clerk is hereby authorized and directed to publish the notice of final passage of said ordinance in the official newspaper for the township as provided by law i move ordinance 2038 on second reading by title only
and me second second Miss Bogdansky yes mr lane hi mr madigan I'm here to vote yes mr milkon yes and Mayor Bonra yes with an affirmative vote the motion is approved the third ordinance for public hearing further
consideration on tonight's agenda is ordinance number 2039 which is an ordinance appropriating funds for future field improvements and safety enhancements for second reading by title only and a copy of this ordinance has been posted on our municipal website on the bulletin board and town hall where public notices are customarily posted
and copies have been made available to members of the general public of the township who requested the same this is the time and place for the public hearing on ordinance number 2039 all persons who wish to be heard please state your name before making your statement if you wish to make a comment
please step forward to the microphone there being none I move the public hearing on an ordinance 2039 be closed second thanks thanks guys thank you Miss Bugdansky yes mr lane hi mr madigan yes
mr melion yes and Mayor Bonstra yes be it resolved by the township committee of the township of Woff that ordinance number 2039 after public hearing and further consideration is hereby adopted and the municipal clerk is hereby authorized and directed to publish the notice of final passage of said ordinance in the official newspaper for
the township as provided by law tom you want to do that sure i move that ordinance 2039 on second reading by title only second thank you miss Bogdansky yes mr lane i mr madigan yes mr milkon yes and
Mayor Bootstrap yes affirmative vote the motion is approved mercifully I'll ask for a motion to adjurnn so moved miss Bansky yes mr lane hi mr madigan mr melon yes mayor Bon had this much yes
mayor silly i just wanted everybody to know I was awake i said here yes that was good she was affirming her presence and her vote Part: 2
week projects That was the night That's actually a beautiful dog Yeah that's that's how the size No that's medium That's like four pounds Yeah Oh my gosh Yesterday cops on one street
up to 65 should be walking in any moment right We're going to look at dates going We can do that in the break of the work session Sure Okay Yeah that's fine Hey if you're coming back grab me a
water I would have got you one if I didn't hear Oh you were talking to Joe when I said water Never thought I'd see you press the up button Well I saw it was cold Oh yeah Blame it on me I'm not I'm fine Oh thanks Pete
This building has been a sauna for us too That's why we have to conserve energy Nice Feels good Right now it's like seems like it's burning They fixed the blower on the boiler today Yeah we heard it was a runaway furnace
Call the fire department What does a runaway boiler mean That's that's PSG code word for we don't have anyone to send Call the fire department So the main reason for that whole thing came down There was an issue It wasn't
PSG was another utility But it has to do with a real boiler And pretty much what happens is the boiler the boiler gets so hot that it can blow Oh okay But PSEG you know there's very little residential boilers out there anymore
Everybody has furnaces So you get all these fires for PSEG for possible runaway boilers They all really are stuck zone valves Right Right Which you go in you nap you tap on the zone valve or you kill the Hit the hit the red
switch Turn us off The house cools down right Just slide something down Burn up 20 20 gallons of diesel fuel in the detector valve Yeah in the ladder truck Yeah it's in the ladder truck As
long as the ladder truck gets to go Black gutters We're on So Nancy we're on Okay Rajit The
um 7 PM work session meeting of the Wyoff Township Committee is now in session Tuesday April 15 2025 Roll call please Miss Bogdansky here Mr Lane here Mr Madigan here Mr
Milkon here And Mayor Bonaw here Here The open work session This regular work session meeting of the Woff Township Committee is now in session In accordance with the open public meetings act notice of this meeting appears on our annual schedule of meetings A copy of said annual schedule has been posted on the bulletin board in memorial town hall Copy has been filed with the
municipal clerk and has been posted on our municipal website Copy has also been emailed to the record the Rididgewood News and the North Jersey Herald News All newspapers having a general circulation throughout the township of Wyoff At least 48 hours prior to this meeting The agenda there was similarly posted filed and emailed to said
newspapers Thank you Nancy Can we confirm that the uh finance committee has reviewed and signed the vouchers that were all ready to go and the clerk has uh the necessary documents signed and ready to go They have Mr Mayor So we're good Thank you Take a motion to
open the minute the meeting for 10 minutes public comment period So moved Second Miss Bdansky Yes Mr Lane Hi Mr Madigan Yes Mr Milkon yes And Mayor Bonto yes With an affirmative vote we are open for
public comment Okay 10 minute Uh we're open now 10-minute public comment period Two minutes per speaker for public comment on any governmental issue that a member of the public feels may be of concern to the residents of the township of Wor There uh literally being none a motion
to close the public section Second Miss Bdansky Yes Mr Lane I Mr Madigan Yes Mr Milkon Yes And Mayor Bloom Yes An affirmative vote The motion is approved Okay Matt uh do we have a review of the
um 8:00 PM business meeting agenda Sure There's no or no ordinances for introduction this evening Um sorry I was reading something wrong Uh there are no ordinances for instruction uh this evening We do have several resolutions The first is a resolution uh declaring our municipal
support for the preservation of federal tax exempt municipal bonds which it'll be uh a little interesting with uh as I as we've mentioned before we're having our first bond sale in uh approximately 30 years here Um we have a chapter 159 resolution
which is just a resolution authorizing the insertion of a special item of revenue into the budget And this is our 2025 recycling tonnage grant Um 132 authorizes an agreement with Jobs
for Blue Uh Jobs for Blue is a company that will be taking on the um financial billing and financial risk associated with our outside duty police department uh police officers um as it currently is
now somebody has to pay the town upfront in escrow or the township um is not supposed to hire uh is not supposed to provide um police officers for outside details What this does is allows these officers
to uh pay a company The company pays us uh and the financial risk of collections actually goes to this company So the only uh issue the only um additional cost is a service charge an 8% service charge that gets added to uh our bill uh
which gets kept by the company but on the day of payroll or two days before payroll we will receive the money that is required to pay these officers So every payroll the township will act will be financially whole and the financial again the financial risk is on the third party vendor Can I ask a quick question
Sure So I understand the monetary aspect but who's actually hiring the officers We are Well so the outside person because I remember years ago here there was there was a question about officers working So the
outside they're covered in the outside person is still hiring them but hiring them might not be the right word because they are still considered employees of the municipality They're contracting contracting for them leasing them leasing them Um but we are they are we
are the employer Okay And the advantage is the advantage is we get we become uh whole financially We're we're we're one financially whole and two um we become compliant with the
um newly revised regulations of the local finance board with regard to making sure the money is received prior to the work being done Okay Thank you Any other questions Yeah the 8% because it says that no cost to the township
What is that So it's no cost to the township So it's 8% and that is the uh that 8% is paid for by the person hiring the police off company or resident hiring the police officer and that's kept by Jobs for Blue as their fee for
managing the financial risk Okay $4,000 That's $320 All right Money So it's not out of our pocket Uh 133 authorizes a contract for special counsel for tax appeals
Uh 134 and 135 are two resolutions uh authorizing uh the combination of our bonds into one general issue u uh one general issue and the second is authorizing the sale of our uh authorizing us to participate in a bond
sale Uh there are several resolution sorry several um motions for approval and then we have three ordinances for public consideration and further sorry public hearing and further consideration An ordinance for 825,000 for various
improvements in capital expenses Again these are fully funded cash that we have budgeted uh in our budget that was adopted last meeting Uh we have an ordinance appropriating funds for major vehicle repairs and an ordinance appropriating funds for future field improvements and safety
enhancements And that's all I have on the agenda Uh and then just a couple action items Uh first off tomorrow is the deadline for party changes to vote in the 2025 primary election that will be held on June 10th Note that that
election day is one week later than normal due to the Jewish holiday that re that the state rescheduled the uh the election for For those that are affiliated with a political party and are looking to change you must do so by tomorrow If you're an unaffiliated voter
or an independent voter and you want to vote in the primary you do not need to declare You can declare at the polls that day by by voting that this deadline is specifically for those that have declare already previously declared a political party and either want to
change it or go unaffiliated Thank you mayor The town hall roof replacement punch list items uh were identified yesterday uh on the municipal building roof I expect those items will be completed in the next week or so uh so that that project can be closed out
As I mentioned at the last meeting the Department of Public Works has taken delivery of our new sore truck A drone video was released today or yesterday Today uh to show the residents the investments that this town is making
towards storm water and um uh sore compliance Um I want to thank Nancy for coordinating that and Kyle for putting it all together for us Very good Um an application has been made to this township committee to com complete a
person-toperson liquor license transfer which Gearhead Liquors currently holds This is a pocket license Um so a public hearing will be held on this application at our next meeting uh on May 6th
Uh Diana March uh Marchio Marchio Marchio uh has started as the new finance assistant uh in the in the finance department replacing Peggy Keen who is retiring at the end of this month after more than 35 years of service with the township So now we have two Diana in
the finance department Uh as I mentioned also our affordable housing planner is currently drafting our fourth round housing plan and I expect within the next three weeks or so we'll have a draft of that Uh reminder that Thursday at 8 a.m is the Bergen County GIF safety awards
breakfast Town hall on DPW will be closed on Friday in observance of Good Friday And happy Passover to those of the Jewish faith who are c currently celebrating And happy Easter to those of the Christian faith who will be celebrating on Sunday And that's my report Thank you
Matt Township committee reports May could you start tonight Sure Um not that much to report Planning board we had one application to hear that was for commercial development at Cedar Hill Shopping Center However we did not hear
the application because we had asked them for um certain items to be provided 10 days before such as like the landscaping and traffic analysis and they did not have that So we said we would um shoot for next month's meeting
and they have they're required to submit it 10 days before the meeting Um K through eight EMS students were recognized at the April board of ed meeting Um there were about 15 kids uh students that were that participated at the model UN conference and two students
were um qualified um for the National Geographic B competition They had passed the regional and now they're going to the national which I thought was impressive Um and then this past Saturday the environmental commission um hosted a shredfest and there were 230
vehicles that participated I think the weather was kind of Yeah cold and dreary so it was nice to see 230 vehicles pass by And that's all I have Very good Thanks mate Roger Okay Um I'll start off with
the fire department Uh they responded to 68 calls for service To date uh the White Fire Department is at 201 calls for service Uh to date the volunteer manh hours logged are 6,75 hours tremendous amount of time for
those folks to be away from their families in service to all of us Uh Woff fire received mutual aid twice Once was for a house fire on Mountain A The crews did an excellent job keeping the fire contained to the basement The house was
struck by lightning Fire department also handled an overturned box truck on Cedar Hill A uh that was carrying milk but hopefully not yours Uh the driver had to be extricated using a hearse tool uh and power tech support
jacks to stabilize the box truck truck Uh and Whiteoff fire responded to three out of town requests Uh under Shade Tree uh Friday April 25th is Arbor Day and it'll be 900 a.m at Lincoln School for
those of you who would like to attend question Uh under the Department of Public Works we had uh Jim Schaefer a 25-y year employee that uh is retiring uh from the DPW so we wish him the best of health and happiness in his
retirement Uh DPW is also wrapping up the spring cleaning All of the baseball fields are set to go The bathrooms will be open shortly not just yet but very soon They're waiting on a part Uh and as mentioned uh the new sewer jet truck
there's a a a video which is awesome that's on Instagram And uh additionally uh cameras for surveillance uh have been ordered for uh Russell Farm uh park So I believe and I also attended the uh the
shredfest and uh the fire department meetings last night That's it Mr Mayor Thank you Roger Sure Tom three quick things rec board meeting last week Rec board's very busy Our sports in town are thriving We're busy We're in the spring
season So between uh lacrosse baseball softball and all the spring sports uh the fields are ready to go The uh the wreck uh kids are ready to go And uh it's it's great time of year Uh
Shredfest I stopped in a shredfest on Saturday in the rain Kudos to the people that put it together and organized everything It was going very very very smoothly And then I attended the Chamber of Commerce meeting this morning which was held at the library It was a panel
discussion on uh uh medical and health and physicians It was very good That's it Thank you Tom Pete All right Thank you Mayor Um I also attended the shredfest the second half of it it Thanks all the volunteers and DPW
workers because it was cold and uh cold and rainy out there Um I also assume this probably be the last year for styrofoam being brought there since we do have the container right across the street now So and we were going to analyze that after the the shredfest to see how much was
actually brought Yeah there was like a quarter maybe and they were handing out flyers actually telling people that you can now bring it across the street So yeah that's we didn't want to just cancel it wanted to see how how the uh how the turnout was and then have to analyze it going forward Yeah But um
yeah I don't remember a shredfest where it was snowing raining and cold out So definitely all the weather on there Um also attended a grand opening with the township committee Rudy's probably going to report on that for the for the new Juice Place Um police committee met Rudy
and I Um you know business as usual some updates the chief's filling us in on the uh township committee Uh Centennial Centennial uh committee met Um planning is ongoing A lot of work to do but we're all working very hard on it as a committee and
volunteers Um and fireworks committee met Monday morning Uh fireworks will be September 27th Um and looking forward to that Hopefully the weather holds out on us this year We had some bad luck last year with the parade and the fireworks
So crossing our fingers for good weather Get all the rain out right now It's been pretty rainy So uh and then just lastly happy Passover and happy Easter to everyone Thank you Pete very much Okay On uh
Saturday um the 5th as Pete mentioned I uh attended a uh ribbon cutting for the smoothie juice bar at 8:00 in the morning in Boulder Run Shopping Center Several of us were there Um what struck
me when I arrived was that there was a line of people all the way down in front of the Boulder Run building and around the corner by uh Willow and Whisk It's because Did I do I get They were giving away a free smoothie a day for a year Did I have that right here Yeah To 50 which is pretty extraordinary That that
explains the line really So uh it was it was a kind of a neat event actually But there were so many people there for free smoothies we didn't get anything So anyway um as Pete mentioned we attended the police committee meeting Um there wasn't much to report We do however have
an officer out with a back injury for indefinite an indefinite period of time So uh we wish that officer well and a speedy recovery Um I attended along with May and her husband Tom the educational WEF
fundraiser on the 8th at the Brick House for the Taste of Italy uh event and uh free lemon jello kits to make your own lemon jello to take home I haven't tried mine yet but I'll uh it's in the refrigerator Cello Lemon cello Lemon
cello Yeahello Yeah lemon cello right I'm not you know come on So um but uh it was a nice event And it was well attended It was really well attended It was really really a nice event Lively event A lot of people there Really really good time So
um uh the planning board as May said was kind of non-eventful The biggest event of the night was that it was Joe Vanderplat's birthday and we sang Joe we sang happy birthday to Joe Embarrassed the daylights out of but it was fun That was the most fun part of the whole night And uh as we uh I also attended the I
attended the first shift of the Shredfest The weather wasn't any better during the first shift either So um but yeah the styrofoam it was busy but nothing I think we couldn't handle just on a regular business um with with at the uh at the recycling
yard Um and this morning I attended along with Tom and Pete the uh Chamber of Commerce meeting They had a Q&A with Dr Yi and Dr DeFao and there was really some really good good discussion you actually learned something um about a few things and
what's going on and everything It's really pretty good And uh I too offer a happy Passover to our Jewish friends and happy Easter to our Christian friends coming up this weekend And that's all I
have So and if we we have no executive session that we're looking I just have a couple comments mayor if I may Oh go right ahead Sorry I just want to follow up on that with affordable housing Uh as soon as our planner does get that plan or at least a draft of together we
should have a meeting because uh June June 30th is when we have to actually have everything into the program which means you have to adopt resolutions ordinances just like we did before for our number and we have to have those uh filed within 48 hours and all that has
to be done by June 30th I know it seems like it's a ways off but it'll get here before we know it So once we know that she's got a draft we probably should get a meeting together and start looking at this because probably there'll be some revisions and all of you I'm sure are going want to be fully aware of what
you're looking at what you're approving because of the town people are going to wonder what's going on Uh the other thing is uh we're about ready in our litigation group the Montville litigation group to file our federal complaint Uh it may have actually been filed this afternoon I read through the
draft He'll probably be filed if it wasn't this afternoon tomorrow we're making an equal protection clause claim under the 14th amendment of our US Constitution in that under the program they're not treating the municipalities the same So we'll see what happens It's
tough It's a little bit tough because federal courts don't like to get involved in state issues but I think it's worth making the claim because they're not treating the municipalities the same And there's some rules issues as well but it's a 14th amendment claim Is there only one court that it can go
to Well they're filing it in the in district of New Jersey because it sits here in New Jersey So they're going to Well I I Yeah I understand I just thinking of you know court shopping the way it's been lately Well you can't Well you can't really Everything's here in New Jersey so that's that's federal
court in Newark Yeah Yes Yeah Okay Y So that's it That's great Thank you Dave Now we have no request for an executive session So I will take a motion to adjourn the work session Motion to adjourn Second
Miss Bogdansky Yes Mr Lane I Mr Madigan Yes Mr Melion Yes And Mayor Bonaf Yes With an affirmative vote We are adjourned Is ajourned Thank you all Quick Yeah After
Yeah 40 minutes Right A dairy