meeting to order for Tuesday, March 24th, 7 p.m. Uh, please uh rise for the flag salute. Brady Busher, would you please lead us? >> Ready salute begin. I aliance 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. >> Please remain standing for invocation. from Father Robert. Robert, >> good to see you.
>> Good to see you. >> In the name of the Father, Son, Holy Spirit. Heavenly Father, we gather here together for this meeting. We ask your wisdom and kindness to lead us through to make decisions that are right and
just according to your laws. We ask this in the name of God the Father. Amen. >> Amen. >> Amen. Thank you, father. >> Thank you so much. Good evening. >> Nancy, please read the Open Public Meeting Act. >> 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 township committee, posted in Memorial Hall by the municipal clerk's office, and sent to at least two newspapers, including the official newspaper of 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 Memorial Town Hall by the municipal clerk's office and posted on the township's website in accordance with the open public meetings act and public law 2025 chapter 72. >> A roll call, please.
>> Miss Bogdansky is absent. Mr. Bonstra >> here. >> Mr. Milkon, >> here. >> Mr. Shepard, >> here. >> And Mayor Lane >> here. Uh, please confirm the township committee has reviewed and signed all vouchers for payment and the mayor and municipal clerk have signed any necessary documents.
>> That is confirmed, Mr. Mayor. >> Can I have a motion to open the meeting to the public, please? >> Motion. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. >> Any opposed? There's none. Motion carries. It's a 20 minute public comment period. Five minutes for speaker public comment on any governmental issues that
a member of the public feels may be of concern to the residents of township. Please step forward to the mic. If you wish to make any comment and state your name for the record hearing and seeing none, I close public comment. >> Second. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I.
>> I. >> Any opposed? No. Motion carries. Okay. Uh review the business agenda. M. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. We have a resolution uh recognizing National Public Health Week, which is
the first week in April. And we have a resolution requested uh that uh we needed to update our cash management plan and depositories uh resolution which was originally resolution 9. So this is 9A. Um as the
GIF has updated their requirements from the JCMI which is the uh the joint cash management uh fund uh and they have uh updated their cash management policies with regard to uh what they are covering
with regard to losses financial losses uh having to do with the municipality. So we had to update and ins insert some wording uh in there. So that that uh is up for read. And then we have one res one ordinance for introduction which if you recall I believe it was two meetings ago we had
uh a couple residents come in and request that we um consider having an honorary and commemorative sign uh added for uh her father her and his father-in-law. Uh there's an ordinance on the books to amend our street and
sidewalks ordinance uh to allow on a limited basis uh for extraordinary circumstances I would call them uh a uh a street and sign a a commemorative street and sign program which would honor
u I'm just getting to that um the line of death a line of death while serving in the armed forces a line of death while serving as a police officer firefighter or EMS. Uh if somebody had uh was P status, somebody had received the Medal of Honor, the Silver Cross,
sorry, the service cross or the Silver Star. Um again, those are uh very honorable uh recognitions by the military. And uh actually what this does is actually
codifies what we already did for uh Dana Hannannah on uh >> well on for Hway >> although we determined that actually when Dan Hannannah lost his life we've been at war for one hour so >> right
>> he lost his he lost his life in in through an act of war. >> Mhm. Um so um >> but the honory would have to be a resident of Woff at the time of their enlistment, commissioning or entry into qualifying service uh either or a resident at the time of discharge or a resident of Whiteoff at the time of
their death. It's very it's very limited as to >> um so many you know so it couldn't just be oh my father was this and he lived in Oakland and he lived here the right uh he lived here >> briefly but didn't pass but didn't live here at the time. >> So the folks on Wory's who inquired
about this would >> would be able to do this. Correct. >> Is this time for discussion on this? >> Uh if you would like to. Yeah. We haven't introduced it yet. So >> I'm the fee. >> Yes. >> I would say at least five times maybe more. >> Five times what's already in here. >> What you have listed there.
>> Okay. So that is the that is our cost >> uh for the sign. Uh I have listed >> whatever. There's ongoing maintenance etc etc. >> Right. I'm I'm open to the fee. The fee that's in here is just the fee for our cost for the sign pretty much. >> Do the signs cost more than that?
>> That's the cost, you know, the cost. Joe confirmed that's the type of cost for a street sign. >> Okay. >> Um and it's for an existing street sign where we're putting it on top of it. It's not a new pole. It's not a new >> It's it's an ancillary sign to the existing street sign. I understand. Understand? >> But I mean I
>> I'm okay with just the cost of it. >> I would say >> there's not much maintenance to it. Well, there's ongoing maintenance. Well, there's I mean, it states in in the or proposed ordinance that will be responsible for removing it and replacing it should there be construction or anything like that. I think it's
>> and >> double 250 >> without saying what I want to say. If you make it too cheap, you encourage more of it. >> Understood. Would you be willing to go to 250? Double two and a half. >> I'd say I'd say five times what you list. >> I'd say I'm up to you guys. It's your
order. Was the BFW consulted with any of this? >> No. >> Originally when this came up, I know they had some comments on it, but >> we could table it. We could table it and not introduce it at this point and come
back. >> Yeah. I mean, there's there's no urgency. >> There's no there's no urgency. >> Table it. >> Okay. >> All right. We need to talk about it. Let's get the >> but I like the idea of consulting with BFW. >> I know through that the previous there was some conversations with Eric who's
down >> with with the recent request that we had >> not recent but probably almost about a year ago actually Jim and I are going to be having committee tomorrow night. So >> all right. >> All right. Continue please. All right.
Uh we have one um request for a 5K um at Russell Park. And there are two ordinances or three ordinances I believe. Correct.
>> Three >> three ordinances for uh adoption. Uh it has to do with our business and insurance registry, our uh cleaning up the uh administrative code chapter 5 and cleaning up the court ordinance uh
removing the salary section of our prosecutor and public defender. Uh just some quick updates. Thank you to Nancy and the staff from the clerk's office for the Reby's clinic this past weekend. Uh there were 145 dogs and 14 cats.
um seemed to move very smoothly, but when I was there, it didn't look like there was an end in sight. And that was after 2:00. So, the line was when I was there, Rudy, there was no end in sight. >> Rudy and Roger, >> but it it it worked itself out like magic. The last car came through right
at 3:00. Nobody had to be denied access. It was perfect. We didn't have to cut off the line or anything. >> Yeah. It was very ran very smoothly. It was the wall. >> Right. So, the county's paving project for Godwin A and Whiteoff A sections 1 and three uh has or will begin. They
they're doing ramp work effect starting on March 30th and once the ramps are complete, they will be paving. Uh that includes um the necessary ramp work. Uh I should say this, we're doing the necessary ramp work. They're doing the paving with
regard to the uh new uh crosswalk at Spring Meadow because that's the area that's getting paved. Okay. Uh there are two letters. Uh one that was sent to the DOT last week with regard to um the condition of the walking paths at
this point I don't even want to call them sidewalks because of how deteriorated they are on Russell A on the overpass to do uh and asking the DOT to take uh action on them. And the second one is a letter drafted by the mayor which will go out tonight or
tomorrow uh with regard to the um establishment of a staging area of state on stateowned property on 208 at Russell A at the southbound side uh by uh the contractor that's working for the state replacing the Maple Avenue bridge in
Fran in Fairlon in Glenrock. Uh we were not consulted. Uh but that project is expected to last three years. And if you drive down 208 and you see these bright red boxes, it's a great welcome sign to Whiteoff, I should say. >> Centennial year. Thank you. Right.
>> All right. And uh last Friday, the last two congressional discretionary spending grants were submitted to both Senators Booker and Kim. Uh all for the same three projects. Um, and I just want to thank uh our 40th district legislators,
uh, Joy Vetero at the Y, uh, Fire Chief uh, Brock and the mayor for helping me get the letters uh, that are need were needed to be submitted with those uh, with those grant applications and we got them in on time. That's all I got. >> Okay, time to committee reports. Rudy,
we'll start with you. >> Okay. I um, the planning board along with the mayor on the 11th. We um as everyone knows, we had a public hearing on the um on the um the proposed
ordinances to fulfill our obligation under round four, fair share housing. So, the planning board uh worked its way through all of that. We heard the um the application or the we continued hearing the application for the shopping center on uh Sir Hill A and we approved the
addition of a um of a uh an additional uh retail pad on the southern end of the parking lot along with a number of restrictions and conditions and everything else. Um and uh we also approved the um the
construction demolition of the existing former veterinary office and a construction of a new dental office at the corner of Clinton and Maine. Should be very nice. >> That's the dental highway. >> Yeah, there's three dentists on that street. >> Dental central over there. Yeah,
exactly. On Clinton app. Um and what was carried or actually postponed it we we postponed it before the meeting because it looked like it would we're going to run too late was the um the public hearing on the um the proposed Cuban
restaurant in the old red barn between the white cleaners and Miller's pharmacy. So that will be heard uh uh at on the uh the April meeting and um attended the um rabies clinic as I just
mentioned um it's great great job done by all um attended the um centennial gala as it were Saturday night and uh what it was a great time. It really was a great time was had by all. A lot of
good energy, a lot of lot of fun and a really good good time. So, thanks everyone. And uh on Sunday, I attended a 100th birthday party for Joe Landy um who was he lived in WOF for I guess uh
92 years or 90ome years. He was a 65 um year member of the Whiteoff Fire Company. one um he was actually married to Carolyn Landy who was our tax assessor for quite quite a number of years and that was a nice and very nice event very well attended about 200 people there and I think that's all I
have mayor >> thank you mayor um environmental commission met there to be a composting workshop this weekend uh Memorial Day parade committee one of my favorite committees to be on uh kicks off the planning tomorrow night as Rudy mentioned we attended we all attended
the gala Saturday night just want to thank the centennial committee and everybody that helped me that happened. It was a a nice event to kick off the centennial for Wyoff. And then just really quick brief um update on the street fair. Uh the street fair will be
the last Saturday in June and it'll be from 11 to 4 with live music, local band uh the uh live hustle along with food vendors, game rides, and the main attraction of 35 ft ferris wheel. And then after the street fair from 6:00 to 9:00, we'll be having our fireworks at
Memorial Field. We will also have local live bands, the band Project and the Long Road Home. Snack stand and beer garden will be open with proceeds benefiting the fire department. So there will be a lot more information coming out next week regarding everything that
will be going on in the end of June. >> Just want to add real briefly that at 10:00 a.m. there'll be a brief service Reformed Church, the oldest church in town. uh appropriate for our centennial. Uh >> J, you're up.
>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. >> Sure. >> Uh the K through8 board of education met last night. They recognized their girls championship basketball team, which was kind of fun to watch. There are 255 kids in our K through8 school system. The K
through2 budget committee and the township committee met. We met last Friday for a conversation just to talk a little about their budget process which we believe is probably a good best practice going forward is for us to continue to meet like that every year. They rolled out their preliminary budget
for county review. Uh they're like everybody else getting hammered by healthc care prescription drugs and chapter 44 are two things that are killing them quite honestly. They're uh healthc care benefits are going up by something in the range of 35 or 36%.
Um the state reduced their aid as much as they're allowed to which is 3%. So we got the maximum reduction from the state. So that's not good. Um so it was a kind of a bumpy process to say the least them trying to there was no
negative comments from the crowd that was there which was good to good to see. Pat Salati does a nice job of >> working the working the system. I I got up and spoke and actually gave her credit for for getting some of that. Uh the department of health may have met met on March 12th. They talked about the
uh new agreement for the mid Bergen Regional Health is being signed. Matt that you got that all done. Thank you for that. Rich Calby from Rididgewood Water spoke to the board about PAS and the drinking water and the steps that Ridge was taking to remedy that and they talked about their free rabies clinic.
Uh Parks and Recreation Board met on March 16th. WCK basketball season and playoffs were all complete. Travel basketball saw three teams win their championships. Uh great news on third and fourth grade baseball signups where over 150 kids are signed up. The good
news is 150 kids. The bad news is finding enough coaches to coach that many teams, but we'll figure it out. Travel baseball is underway. Lacrosse is underway and construction has begun on the on the memorial lacrosse wall at Pulis. Uh historic preservation committee met on March 10th. Uh they
continue to review the next trunch of potential historic homes in Wyoff. They were all listed on the 1982 1983 Bergen County historic site survey. They're now the next step is for each member to go to those houses and from the exterior look to see if there are any reason why they should be disqualified and if so
they will if not they will continue to look at them and ask people if they want to be blue paint blue plate um homes. Design review board did not meet Larkin House I was not available to go there. Utilities and sewer is a Ridgewood Water for town forum on March 26th which I
will be attending. That's Thursday morning and I'll be meeting uh go to the Memorial Day parade uh session with Pete uh tomorrow night. That's the end of my report. >> Okay. Thank you. Uh my report will be brief. Uh first I want to thank Pete uh for the gala all your hard work and uh
and everything that we uh we did to to get this uh event uh up and running. And it was a great night. a lot of energy. Really good. Uh secondly, uh uh I was also there for the 100th birthday party of Joe Landy. We presented him with a
proclamation from the township committee and uh then they had the fly over with the state police helicopter and uh it was very uh very emotional thing. He was tipping his hat as the helicopter was ho hovering over the uh lava truck that
they put him up on and it was so low that all of the leaves and debris were blowing from the ground. So amazing. So really really something. Uh I'm going to read the fire department report real quick. It's it's brief because uh man is down in Florida right now visiting
family. Uh White Fire Department responded to 106 calls for the month of February and totaled 23 70 man hours. Uh they also completed their annual inspection on March 13th. There were five inspectors that inspected all three fire companies. Preparation takes weeks
to prepare. And this year, congratulations go to Sikat company number three on winning the inspection. The inspectors were from Massachusetts, Pay County, Morris County, and Bergen County. Comments left by the inspectors is something every member of the White
Claw Fire Department should be proud of. Pure dedication of this department is why each inspection is a success. That's my report. May I just >> Oh, sure. >> I have one quick uh I just need to mention Denise
Caparelli. Uh Denise, our uh >> she went above and beyond her duties as uh on the centennial committee to really make this gala happen. So, we just really want to thank Denise. >> Thank you. >> So appropriate. Very appropriate. any >> I just wanted to mention if anyone
hasn't heard it it's it's like a week ago that former Saddle River mayor Sam Rya died about a week ago um Sam was a good friend um he was always contributed at the mayor's meetings and he was very involved and he did he he he was a good mayor in Saddle River for the time he
was mayor and the wake is actually tomorrow at St. Gabriel's church tomorrow afternoon in Saddle River. So, >> okay. >> Just wanted to any other comments before we move on to David. >> David. >> Okay. >> Report. >> Sure. Um, affordable housing. I know I
sound like a broken record, but I kind of want to bring it all not a conclusion, but we're getting there. Uh, as you know, not last week, week before, we had a full court press on it. It took a lot of your time, staff's time, my time to kind of bring it to where we needed to be in compliance. Judge Coron,
our affordable housing judge here in Bergen County, did sign off an order. He actually signed this before that week, just basically uh ordering that he was in agreement with the settlement and mediation agreement with Fair Share, thus dismissing their their challenge.
But we were then authorized and informed that we needed to do what we did a week ago was to adopt resolutions, ordinances, and our housing our amended housing plan, which we did on March 13th. I filed all that. I think it was actually like 22 documents that we had
to file to the court and um what will next happen in this process is the court will now schedule a fairness andor compliance hearing to consider the approval which we should get because judge Corus didn't sign an order and we filed that order uh amending everything
and then at that point we should get our certification of compliance and repose from builder's remedy andor exclusionary zoning litigation in the fourth round which is 2025 through 2035. As you all correctly told the public,
failure to do so would have meant that we would have lost that uh immunity and builder's remedy suits could be brought. So, I have to commend you all for doing what you need to do constitutionally, putting up a good fight on the one side, but doing what you had to do and needed to do to protect this town. And I just
wanted to let you know we will have that hearing hopefully in April and this will come to at least a conclusion on that part. >> Sure. Thank you. I I'd just like to add that we uh we did have a full house. Uh we were totally and completely transparent with every single issue
regarding these overlay zones and u uh I think generally speaking the public was very pleased, very informed and they uh they actually some of them actually thanked us for the actions that we took. Uh so we we're protecting White Cop as
best we possibly can under these circumstances. However, the lawsuit continue. We need to discuss, you know, moving forward what steps there may be for that. So, David, if you could check on that, that would be great. >> Yeah, I I expected that there'd be a
little lull because everyone in the municipal attorneys and their elected bodies such as yourselves were busy a week ago trying to come into compliance, but um there there's still followup. So, I would expect in the next week or two to be getting a call, let's rally the troops again, see where we're going on
the litigation side. >> Can't help it. and and Mayor Sally's in good health, but they did buy the farm up there. So, uh that worked out well for Montail. So, >> right, >> good good job on on on his behalf, and
he's been a real uh champion of uh getting this together. Maybe we can get some more towns to join in with us. That would be great. Okay, >> mayor, just before we move away from this, we really should recognize or realize all the time that Dave and Matt put in on this
>> and uh and um um our affordable housing planner as well. So, it was it was a lot of time and a lot of effort >> and uh >> it grew to you as well. >> Well, >> you as well and and you know, we we did that at at the planning board. We did that also at the affordable housing
hearing that we had and now we're going to do that again. David, thank you, Matt. But it worked out as well as I think could be expected. >> Yman's work, hours, untold hours went into it and it's uh it's resolved at this point and uh >> we should be good for 10 years.
>> Mayor, I do have one last thing. >> Oh, you do, do you? >> Yep. Sorry. So, we uh we got the award of the lacrosse wall in under the wire of a new state law that went into effect yesterday that pretty much invalidated all state
and cooperative contracts for public work contracts. So, anything having to do with construction, reconstruction, demolition, alteration, uh painting, maintenance, anything that would be considered a prevailing wage job has been invalidated
by this new state law. Uh pretty much what it where it comes from is the unions fought hard to say that they're not being offered prevailing. They're not being offered as many
government jobs because municipalities and government agencies are going with state contract vendors and not going out to bid for these jobs. So what's been saving us what's been saving municipalities money is being
able to go to these vendors who have state contracts where the engineering is already included in the work and now we would anything that we want to do we have to actually have bid specs for designed by an engineer and go out for
bidding. So this also you know it it's it's going to have a ripple effect. It hasn't totally seen it yet, but we did get under the wire of getting our contract in prior to March 23rd and we will move forward under the state contract, but that'll be the last state
contract for public works that we do in White Coff. >> Anybody else? Are we good? All right, let's move on to the business meeting portion. Dad, please read the consent agenda. >> All matters listed below are considered by the township committee to be routine
in nature. There'll be no separate discussion of these items. If any discussion is desired by the township of committee, that item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered separately. Minutes for approval for March 10th regular meeting. The bill list
resolution for adoption number 26-B5 authorization of vouchers and payment of bills. And then two uh other resolutions in number 88, National Public Health Week 2026 where the theme this year is ready set action and then 09A readoption
and amendment of the 2026 cash management plan deposiitories signitories and petty cash funds. We will table ordinance number 2078. It will not be introduced. And we have one motion to approve a request for special event by resident
Marilyn Leonard to hold a 5K walk for family and friends in memory of her late brother at Russell Farms Community Park on Saturday, June 13th from 10:30 a.m. until approximately 100 p.m. In the event of rain, the walk will be held on Sunday, June 14th at the same time. May
I have a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda? >> Move the consent agenda. >> Second. All those approved. All those in favor? I >> need a roll call. >> We need a roll call. Miss Bogdansky is absent.
>> Mr. Bona. >> Uh, yes. >> Mr. Melion. >> Yes. >> Mr. Shappert. >> Yes. >> And Mayor Lane. >> That's corrected. Yes. >> Thank you. >> Mayor Lane. I have the first of three ordinances on tonight's agenda for public hearing and further
consideration. The first is ordinance number 2075 which is an ordinance to amend and supplement the code of the township of Wolf by adding a new chapter 102 entitled business and insurance registry 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. Uh, I move public hearing on ordinance number 2075. Where am I?
>> Hold on. Oh, >> mayor. >> Oh, right. >> One moment. Reading. >> Yeah. >> This is the time motion to open to the public. >> Yes. >> Nope. Just this is the time. >> This is the time and place for the public hearing on ordinance 2075. And
all persons who wish to be heard, please state your name before making your comment. If you wish to make a comment, please step forward to the microphone. >> Now I move, seeing no one, that the public hearing on ordinance 2075 be closed.
>> Second. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Any oppose? >> No. Motion carries. Be it resolved by the township committee of the township of Woff that ordinance number 2075 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 set ordinance on the municipal website in accordance with public law 2025 chapter 72. >> I move ordinance number 2075 on second reading by title only. >> Second. >> Thank you. Miss Bansky is absent. Mr. Bstra,
>> yes. >> Mr. Melion, >> yes. >> Mr. Chapper. >> Yes. >> And Mayor Lane. >> Yes. >> Thank you. The second ordinance on tonight's agenda for public hearing and further consideration is ordinance number 2076, which is an ordinance amending chapter 5, article 1 of the code of the township of Woff to repeal
subsection 5-5B requiring the township administrator to serve as chief financial officer 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 2076. And all persons who wish to be heard, please state your name before making a comment. If you wish to make a comment, please step forward to the microphone.
>> Seeing none, I move that the public hearing on ordinance 2076 be closed. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. >> Any opposed? No. There being the motion carries. >> Be it resolved by the township committee of the township of Wyoff that ordinance
number 2076 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 on the municipal website in accordance with public law 2025 chapter 72. >> I move ordinance 2076 on second on
second reading by title. >> Second roll call. >> Mr. Bonra. Yes, >> Mr. Melion. >> Yes, >> Mr. Shepard. >> Yes. >> And Mayor Lane. >> I. >> With an affirmative vote, the motion is approved.
>> The third ordinance on tonight's agenda for public hearing and further consideration is ordinance 2077, which is an ordinance amending chapter 22, Court Municipal of the Code of the Township of Woff to repeal the salary provisions for the municipal prosecutor and municipal public defender 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 2077 and all
persons who wish to be heard. Please state your name before making your comment. If you wish to make a comment, please step forward to the microphone. >> Hearing and seeing none, I move that public hearing ordinance 2077 be closed. >> Second. All those in favor say I.
>> I. >> Any opposed? There being none, motion carries. Nancy, >> be it resolved by the township committee of the township of Wolfoff that ordinance number 2077 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 on the municipal website
in accordance with public law 2025 chapter 72. >> I move ordinance 2077 on second reading by title. >> Second. >> Roll call, please. >> Mr. Bonra. >> Yes. >> Mr. Melion. Yes. >> Mr. Shepard. >> Yes. >> And Mayor Lane. >> I. >> With an affirmative vote, the motion is
approved. >> I believe I can ask now for a motion to adjourn. >> That's correct. We do not need close session. >> Motion to adjourn. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. >> Opposed. Being none. We're ajourned. >> Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, in the
audience. >> One person. >> Two. >> Two.