--------- How are you? We good, Nancy? Yes, sir. Okay. The Tuesday, July 15th, 2025, 700 p.m. work session meeting of the White Township Committee is now in session. Roll call, please. Nancy answered. Miss Bugdansky here. Mr. Lane, here. Mr. Madigan,
here. Mr. Milkon, here. and Mayor Bonstrom here. This regular work session meeting of the Wolf 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. Copy of said annual schedule has been posted on the bulletin
board at Memorial Town Hall. Copy has been filed with the municipal clerk and has been posted on our municipal website and a copy has also been emailed to the record the Ridgewood News and the North Jersey Herald News. All newspapers having a general circulation throughout the township of Whiteall. At least 48 hours prior to this meeting, the agenda thereof was similarly posted, filed, and
emailed to said newspapers. Take a motion to Oh, everything been signed. I saw some emails going back and forth that we had a lot of vouchers. Everything has been signed. Oh my goodness. Okay. Thank you everyone. Thank you everyone for taking care of that. Um, I'll take a motion to open the
meeting for a 10-minute public comment period. So moved. Second. Miss Bogdansky, yes. Mr. Lane, hi. Mr. Madigan, yes. Mr. Melion, yes. And Mayor Bonto, yes. With an affirmative vote, the motion is approved.
Okay. The meeting is open for public comment. Two uh for a total of 10 minutes, two minutes per speaker for public account on any government governmental issue that a member of the public feels may be of concern to the residents of White. If you wish to make a comment, please step forward to the
microphone and state your name. Good evening, Janet Tumi from Spring Meadow and uh good evening to all of you. And um this is a question that someone had in our development and it
happens to be um they thought that uh the pond the spring meadow and zabriski pond um was clean by the town and I thought I'll I'll find out about that if
if possible. So um do you know uh anything Matt? So the Spring Lake. Well, I should say this. So, the the pond at Spring Meadow is owned by
Spring Meadow. Zabriski Pond is owned by the town. We We maintain the area around Zabriski Pond. We maintain the dam at Zabriski Pond. We cannot clean out the lake
because D regulations, but we can maintain it. But the pond at Spring Meadow is owned by Spring Meadow. Spring Meadow. And I believe the property line starts somewhere around the dam
at the end of the Y property. Okay. At the end of the Y property. Okay. But it is our pond. Yes. Okay. It is your pond. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Do you want it? No. Sh. Sorry. We could share.
Sure. But okay. And Okay. But thank you. Um I appreciate that. I had no clue about that, but uh some people are asking about it. Apparently it must be dirty and they're looking for a cleaner or something. U but I'll find out. And um
they they are having a meeting tomorrow night uh Franklin Lakes uh about um a division of the property. And um I was um I have been interested in that that
issue and I would not be able to go tomorrow night but um I'm wondering if anybody um I know you too are on the u you know you're in into the school system but that's a different issue and
um so um are we getting some kind of updates about that? um of Franklin Lakes Parson's Ponds here. Oh, good. Thank you. Sure. Uh so tomorrow there is a public
hearing. We received notice. We forwarded to the township committee. Um there is no uh the part property at 400 Parson's Pond um is up for uh minor subdivision approval as
part of their settlement agreement with the owners of the property under the third round of affordable housing. Um, so they're looking to subdivide the property into two properties, a 85.2
acre piece of property and a 3.5 acre piece of property. Um, the township has no standing in their case. Um, but we are keeping an eye on it. Uh unfortunate, you know, fortunately for us, the way it's all supposed to go out is
all supposed to go out to part to uh uh to Woff A out out Parsons Pond Road. Uh but you do have that section that comes off of the back of Lawlands out by the farm. Um so we are keeping an eye on it. Okay. Well, that's that's good to know and thank you very much.
Thank you, Janet. Anyone else? There being no other comments, a motion to close public session. Second. Miss Bdansky. Yes. Mr. Lane. I. Mr. Madigan. Yes. Mr. Milkon. Yes.
And Mayor Bla. Uh, yes. With the affirmative vote. The motion is approved. Okay. We now have the one of the finalists, a Wyoff resident in the New Jersey State League of
Municipalities 31st annual Louis Bay II Future Mun Municipal Leader Scholarship Competition for 2025. And uh we have with us here Elizabeth Burgess and her mom and her sister. So welcome. Thank you for joining us. Congratulations, Elizabeth.
Thank you. and Elizabeth is gonna going to read um to us her her uh championship essay. Yes. So, thank you for having me here today. Thank you for thank you for participating of course and uh becoming a a notable finalist here.
It's my pleasure. Okay. So, I have lived in Woff my whole life and my childhood was a blast. I owe this to Woff's municipal leaders. I cherish the summer night bike rides around town and sprinting through the playgrounds with my hands open trying to catch the
blinking fireflies. I remember picking out a red, white, and blue headband with a matching outfit to watch the bursting Labor Day fireworks on the Memorial Field. I can see myself jumping up and down trying to get the most candy at the Memorial Day parade. I can still feel
the excitement of putting on an ugly Christmas sweater, jingle bells and all, for the annual town tree lighting. Each of these moments, small but unforgettable, are a testament to the dedication the Woff municipal government has in order to ensure the happiness of
its citizens. Woff's mun municipal government of Rex and um of recreation and parks has been especially influential throughout my childhood, but also now. I participated in many different sports throughout my youth. I played wreck softball, soccer,
lacrosse, did summer volleyball camps, and even tried out cheerleading for a little short time. No matter what sport I played, I loved the feeling of being on a team and being surrounded by my town peers. My family got so into the town sports that every
team I was on, my dad would coach. As we practiced on Pulis or St. Elizabeth Field, I developed a strong sense of team camaraderie and a drive to do my best, not just to win games, but to represent Whiteoff the best I could. I think that WOF's recreational sports
programs have helped shape a positive mindset and a strong drive to always push myself to do my best. Rex sports are incredibly important for young kids to let out energy, have fun with kids, and experience sportsman's trip that promotes teamwork. Most recently, I have
been going to the town tennis courts. By no means am I gifted in this sport, but I find joy in playing with my friends and family at the courts. I enjoy moving my body and appreciative that Woff takes the time to maintain this area so
residents have a designated space for exercise. In addition to town sports, I have also been connected to the Wyoff Free Public Library. I've been going since I was a kid and continue to go. I remember going to the children's story time, playing with the puppets, and getting the one
large orange fish to follow my finger around its tank. In the summer, I would go up and down the rows of books, seeing where I my imagination could wander next. I would track how many books I read so I would get the most points in the summer reading program to try and
get the most the best prizes. Once I became a teen, I was sad that my summer reading prize days were over. However, I su soon discovered the teen summer reading program with even better prizes. Throughout high school, I have spent many hours in the library using it as a
haven to quietly study or clear my mind. I believe that whiteoff the Whiteoff library does an exceptional job of engaging readers of all ages in order to spread imagination and knowledge. I am also very passionate about volunteering and taking care of the world around me. As a kid, I
participated in Teddy Up. I remember driving around with my family to different locations and scouting for any trash that I could find. We scoured and scoured to see which family member could pick up the most trash. I think that Whiteoff is setting a meaningful example
by taking an important step to get the youth excited about taking care of the environment. After all, we only have one earth and need to make the changes so future generations can thrive. I've also recently volunteered at Eisenhower Middle School to pick weeds in their garden. This garden is sustainably
growing different fruits and vegetables that are donated to a food bank to feed the hungry. Picking me weeds may seem like a small menial task, but helping a garden flourish can reach communities that were not first considered. Lastly, for the first time, I was able to
exercise my civic duties of voting in the 2024 election. I voted at the Wyoff Library and I'm deeply appreciative of Woff's dedication to making voting accessible to all people so they are able to exercise their rights. Woff has been a very nurturing town to grow up
in, and I've had countless fond memories with teammates, friends, family, and even kind-hearted acquaintances that has made an impact on me. What makes WOFF so special is its strong sense of community where everyone has each other's backs
and is encouraged to reach their fullest potential. This is all possible because the Woff municipal government works so hard to represent and support their citizens. Thank you so much. Very nice.
Nicely done. Very nice. Very good. You make us proud. You really do. So, and uh and uh don't don't give up on your quest for public service. Community service is really a good thing to do. That's why we're all here. We're all here to serve White Coff
and um and community service is a wonderful thing and um it's just it's rewarding and there are so many avenues to participate in community service. It's almost endless. you can get involved at any level. Uh, you know, from running for office to volunteering, which you've been doing already, and
it's just, uh, keep it up. We're so proud of you. Thank you so much. Now, we have a, um, two presentations for you. One is a certificate of, uh, participation um from the presented to Elizabeth Burgess from the White um, the White
Township State Finalist from the um, New Jersey State League of Municipalities. We'll give this to you. And then we also have one from um certificate of recognition from the township of White which is signed by myself as mayor under the names also of Mayansky, Roger Lane,
Tom Madigan and Peter Milion. So let me present these to you and if everyone will come down here with me. So they both look the same. Okay. Don't be bashful. This is your certificate.
[Music] Okay, congratulations. And here's the other one, which from the camera looks the same, but we'll do it anyway. All right, get your mom and your sister up here, too, for a picture. Come on,
don't be sister here. My son-in-law is from Tyler, Texas. really congratulations. Thank you for every [Music] Okay,
we need it for Rabbi Wax. Take care. Byebye now. Sweet. Very nice. Thank you everyone. Thank you Nancy especially. Okay, moving right along. Uh Matt, um review of the 8:00 PM business agenda,
please. Seems like it was a month ago we were here. Looks like we can get used to this. Uh several resolutions. Uh first is uh as uh Mr. Lane mentioned a couple months ago, the fire department will be
accepting or has accepted a donation of the one of the old ambulances from the Whiteoff Ambulance Corps uh to the uh White Fire Department for use as an auxiliary vehicle. So, there's a resolution here authorizing the acceptance of the donation and authorizing us to register and title the
vehicle. Uh 183 authorizes us to close a uh open receivable from a unused grant uh unused portion of the uh drive sober grant from 2024. Uh 184 authorizes an amend authorizes
the increase of our bid threshold. Every 5 years the governor um and this treasury are allowed or as in consultation with the treasury is allowed to increase the bid threshold. So, we were at 44,000 uh and the state has raised the bid
threshold to 53,000. Uh so, uh that does help us out uh considerably with uh quotes and stuff. 186 adds a registered nurse to our list of nurses who assist the police department with uh pronouncements when
needed. 187 uh authorizes current year tax deductions uh for veterans and seniors to be um administer to be authorized by the tax collector.
188 is a resolution that we've spoken about for a while, but that is the official resol or that is the resolution officially endorsing the fourth round housing element that the planning board already approved and adopted. 189 authorizes the repair of engine 231
and 190 is a uh atypical sore connection at 490 Highland. This authorizes the execution of the agreement with the homeowner. There are two ordinances for introduction. Both of them are for Land Road. One is for phase one, one's for phase two. Both will be completed at the
same time, but this is the uh appropriation of the grants that we received from NJ DOT which authorizes us to uh spend the money. Several motions which will be read into the record at our next meeting. And then there's one uh separate resolution number nine um
for the extension of health benefits for the tax assessor. Matt, yes. Engine 234. 234. Yes. I revised it in my memo and it's fixed in the computer but was not on here. Sorry. 234. Thank you about that. Yep. I got the whole world
today. Um we're going to do a presentation with regard to um other items. Reminder again save the date for our fireworks is September
27th. Um the uh due judge tree service started working in town this week. This is for our bid that we put out last month. They'll be here for a couple weeks as we had an extensive list of trees to be removed and pruned.
Uh we have submitted our grant for NJ DOT for Crescent Avenue phase 1 rehabilitation. We've also submitted a grant that was uh due on October uh due July 1st to US uh Department of Justice COPS grant cops grant uh in hopes of
receiving funding uh for the police department. That just reminds me. Yes. Wasn't there a resolution for the cops in the folder maybe on the last meeting?
Okay. Um, the planning board held its public hearing on the fourth round of a of uh the housing element and fair share plan and received a public presentation on Tuesday, June 25th. Tonight, the
township committee is required to now endorse that plan in accordance with the new law signed by the governor. Our new sanitation truck was ordered last year uh which was ordered last year has been delivered. It will help us immensely with leaf collection and other tasks
throughout the year. It will be lettered shortly and then we will get pictures up to show it off. As you may have seen, there's been a lot of road work going on in town either by the DPW, Ridgewood Water, Bergen County. Uh I believe today we started utilizing
NIXL to push out road closures in addition to our social media so residents can sign up for Nixl on our website. Third quarter estimated tax bills have been mailed for properties connected to the sanitary source system. The second half of their sore bills and your
estimated tax bills are due August 1st. Um just a reminder that Whiteoff is observing still observing two-day water uh two day per week water lawn watering uh schedules. Um this is permanent as per our ordinance. even numbered homes on Wednesdays and Sundays, odd numbers
of uh homes and and and properties on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Uh even though we've had a recent rainfall and especially the rain last night, New Jersey does remain under a drought uh warning. Um and then I mentioned this several times uh about our drought war,
our uh two-day a week watering. Uh but Ridgewood Water does have inspectors that go out all different hours almost every day of the week. We receive a report from them every Monday. Uh and it is cumulative. Uh so once somebody does receive two violations,
they get a note uh from me advising them of that they've uh re reached two uh water violations uh which are both warnings under our ordinance and advising them um of the possibility of fines for for subsequent uh violations.
Uh this week was our first notice that I had to send out of the year. So, the first one went out uh yesterday. Uh reminder that the state property tax relief programs, Ankor, Senior Freeze, and StayJ are all due October 31st.
Applications are online. As you may have heard, the New Jersey State Health Benefits Commission has released their premium recommendations for 2026. They are they are recommending a 36% increase for local governments in the premiums
and just where everyone is aware this equates to a 145% increase in rates for local government under the state health benefits program since 2021. Unbelievable. We are exploring our options.
Uh the new public notice law signed last week uh sorry there was a new public notice law signed last week by the governor which eliminates the need and the requirement to publish notices in the newspaper effective March 2026.
This will take some implementation as the state department has to promagate a new website in which each municipality will be listed to a link to their website um specific link to their website where residents can go with one click to get to public notices. Um more
to come on that. Nancy and I went to our first webinar today on that. We've been receiving some notices on that. Um, it can be implemented early. Um, but it requires notice in the newspaper.
[Laughter] So, you really can't make this up. We're still waiting on some um guidance from the attorney general's office with regard to this is supposed to remove all public notice requirements uh that go in
the newspaper with regard to local public contracts law, redevelopment law, liquor law, land and buildings law, local p um municipal land use law, every notice that has to be put out by a municipality. The question is what about
the notices that have to be put out by the applicants and that is still what's being questioned um meaning applicants under the municipal land use law. So more to come on that. It very surprising that it went through.
You know, for years the league of municipalities and the uh professional agencies uh that have been dealing that deal with municipal governments have been lobbying to get rid of the newspaper publication
requirements mostly because of the decrease in publication uh and the decrease in circulation. and the newspaper lobby always won out and it was very surprising to see the newspaper lobby lost. That's all I have to say. All right. Yes, mayor.
Any guesstimate as to what the savings to the municipality might be and not paying for all those newspaper ads? I'm sure it's not a lot. You'd be very surprised. It's pretty substantial. I'm going to say in our case
probably 20 plus thousand a year. I would guess 20,000. I don't think it was that high. I had to do a survey for the league. Oh, that might include Okay. So, so let me go with this. That might include, if I'm going to say that, that might include public notices for land use
applications, which we don't pay for. They go, they're paid for directly by the applicants. Um, which are a lot. But when we did our survey, it was it was probably like $3,000 to $5,000 a year. Really? That's all.
I would have thought more because simple simple notices for bids are $23 a piece somewhere around there. That's all I got. Okay. Committee reports. Pete, you want to start?
Sure, Mayor. Um got a brief report tonight. Um Centennial Committee um we met actually this morning and uh we got a lot of stuff done. Um there's a lot of work still to be done. We're a little less than a year out and there's going
to be a lot of information coming out probably towards the end of the summer, beginning of fall about all the activities and how to be involved in the centennial for next year. Um Tom and I have also been working on the calendar. I know Tom's gonna report on that in a
little bit. And that's all I have tonight. Thank you, Pete. Tom. Okay. So, uh just let me thank uh everybody for the condolences for my brother Jimmy and uh looking forward to a celebration of his life next Friday,
July 25th up in Plymouth, Mass. Uh the centennial calendar we're working on. Uh we're making great progress, a lot of work, a lot of patience by a lot of lot of us. It's come together pretty
well. We made a few changes, but um we kind of anticipate being in pretty good shape early to middle of September. We'll share with people, get some comments, get some input, but we think we're going to be in pretty good shape. And I think we're all going to really uh
really like what the end product I guess we're going to say. Um rec board meeting I had the other night. Uh full amount. I think there's only one person that was not there. A lot of activity going on. All positive news. Everybody's happy.
Everybody's getting field time. you know, sometimes, you know, we lost some of the time in the baseball season with all the rain, but um overall people are pretty happy. Uh seniors had a meeting July 1. Uh they met to meet twice a
month and this month's second meeting July 22nd. Uh guest speakers will be members of the volunteer fire department. So, they had set this up so far ago that even we all had to be reminded of, but it should be a good event. are invited from the governing
body, Matt and police officers and whomever would like to come. It's a good event. Uh next Monday there'll be a lacrosse uh wall tribute uh meeting at uh talk about
what's going on at Pulis mostly with the lacrosse people that are raising funds for that wall and everything and drawings are coming together memorial coming together. So since we're meeting on the 21st we'll probably have everything by the
17th or 18th. So we're ready for the 21st. was coming along pretty well. And uh the last thing I had was Rudy and I he'll he'll take over where it was. I had to leave early, but we had the pleasure to go to three different boy scouts at Bethany Church Eagle Scout
projects and it was as always just great. That's all I have to report. Thank you, Tom. Roger. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh on the fire department, Matt mentioned the ambulance and uh that's going to be used for water
rescue equipment and also if you think about it, if there's a fire in January, February in the middle of the winter, uh they can use this vehicle to keep the firefighters warm for warmth and in uh in inclement weather. So, uh it's great
that we can, you know, revitalize that ambulance and use it for the fire department. Uh unfortunately we had a an engine failure in engine 234. We'll be taking action tonight to get that repaired. Hopefully we can get that
back in service before the end of the year. Uh it takes a certain amount of time to get uh the uh the materials to do the job. Uh again, fireworks September 27th. Just as a reminder, uh,
the DPW, as Matt mentioned, the new sanitation truck is in. I saw Tom had a had a great picture with it. I I saw it today when I was dropping some stuff off. They wanted to put me in the back, but I uh not the back seat, the backpack, you know. There you go.
See how that worked. Yeah. Uh, and I'm also very happy and Matt, thank you for for the action to put us on Nixl. Apparently, there's a a number of residents that uh uh utilize that feature and uh it will notify them
uh right to their cell phone with regard to any road work that's going on. And as you can see, uh uh you know, it is uh it's hard to get it done. It does block roads. uh you know Franklin was was closed today but at the end of the day
the work that's being done has to be done so that the following year a lot of these roads are going to be resurfaced and I think everybody will be very very pleased and these those are the county roads. So we're uh we're excited about that and looking forward into the future
about that. Uh that's that's all I have Mr. Mayor. Thank you. Roger. May um at our last meeting Ro um Mayor uh Boonstra mentioned that Eisenhower was going to have their um commencement um the following day actually. Um so I was
there because my daughter graduated. Um and it was nice. It was really nice because I went to Eisenhower myself and I I it was interesting the changes from, you know, many years ago where we all wore the girls wore lace dresses below the knee down to the ankle and we also
wore white gloves. Um and it's not like that anymore. So, um and we wore a small class. The gym was packed and it was really hot. But it was a great h um um presentation. They had the chorus, the Eisenhower chorus sing. You know, everybody had the programs fanning, but
it was really nice. Um, so I wanted to mention that they did a great job. Um, June 23rd was the K through8 board of ed meeting. Nothing to really report. It's the usual business. Um, ending the year. Um like um Matt mentioned on um June
25th, the planning board had a special meeting regarding the um fourth round housing and fair share plan. Um and Elizabeth McManus, who's the planner, gave us a presentation. Um we had time to discuss the presentation, ask
questions, and she did a great job explaining it to everybody. Um just to show what our present obligation of 40 homes and our fourth round obligation of 344 um affordable homes um is is part of the
plan. And just to let you know that there was nobody from the public there there at the um meeting and it was unanimous vote. We all uh supported the plan. Um and then uh we had our regular planning
board meeting on July 9th um for this 525 Cedar Hill project um application. They we were supposed to hear continue hearing their application but they asked to postpone it to August um because they want to re-evaluate the design um
pertaining to Blum Court or the Street BL. It's a court, right? Is it? Yeah. Um, so they will be coming in August. And then we just heard the application from uh for Cafe Mii, which is um they put an application in to put outdoor
dining. So they're going to and we supported that and passed that. And they're going to have 22 extra seats outdoor. Um so they have a really nice design. It'll be very pretty. It'll add nicely to the landscape. And that's it. Thank you, May.
You're welcome. Okay. Um, I attended a library board meeting on June 18th, which was uneventful. Um, on the 25th, um, I just just let you know, I was there. Nothing.
Um, it was over early. That was the best part. Um, as May uh mentioned, on the 25th, we attended the special planning board meeting to approve our fourth round affordable housing plan. And um I want to thank the planning board for their
support. Uh they had some questions and uh they looked at it uh uh very uh um seriously and they they approved it. So I want to thank the planning board um on that. Um Roger and I attended the Junior Police
Academy graduation on the 27th which was very nice. It was2 118 I think. It was amazing. Yeah, really great. Uh, really great. Really great. On the 7th, I met our new planner. I'm a municipal planner. We had a little meeting with her and, uh, welcoming her
aboard, uh, Ms. Miss Knight. Um, on the 8th, um, I attended a get together at Christian Healthc Care Center for a memorial plaque they dedicated, um, to the late, uh, Hawthorne Mayor, Rich Goldberg, who was who was a very good mayor, very, uh,
very interested in Hawthorne. He he and I got along pretty well and uh he did a great job and we miss him and it was nice of Doug and um and the rest of the um Christian Health uh group to dedicate a dedicate a plate to him. Mayor Lane
from Hawthorne was there. Uh county executive Tedesco was there. Um the um Tom Dutch from Woff from the and the county were also there and several other folks. So, uh, as Tom mentioned, we attended a three-for Eagle Scout Court
of Honor, um, ceremony up at Bethany Church. Two of whom were brothers from Wyoff. Um, the Bellainus brothers, and that was very, very well done. And Eagle Scout Courts of Honor are always, always fun to attend, and I thank Tom for
joining me there. Um, may cover the planning board meeting of the 9th. Um, and um, I just want to mention the um, repair of 234.
It's a pricey repair. Uh, I see we have the funds in our repair account, but there's I want to tie it into something else. There's been some discussion of late about the deployment
of ladder 242 which is on hold waiting for retirement and I think with the large expenditure to repair uh 234 it makes it and Roger you can pass this on and blame it on me if you want that it's extremely important that the
leadership of the department especially when it comes to deployment for mutual aid to be judicious very judic judicious on when and where they deploy to 41. Um, mayor, if I could just add to that, uh,
if you like, they they uh they got the message extremely clearly. I'm just and, uh, we'll be following up to make sure that, uh, all of these agreements are honored by them as they as they should be. I'm reinforcing it tonight because this
is a very large, um, ticket to repair 234 and it's necessary. I get that and it, you know, the case we were presented with here tonight um lays out the uh the arguments for it. But I'm tying it into 234 and the
deployment thereof, especially in mutual aid operations. Understood. Um sympathy from all of us, Tom, on the passing of your brother, Jimmy. Um I didn't know him, but if he was a
Madigan, he was worth knowing. So, we appreciate uh I'm sure you appreciate his love and and companionship all these years and uh we'll keep you in our prayers. Also, sympathy to Laura Leonard, our library director, who I understand whose sister passed away recently. So, we extend Laura our
deepest sympathy. And I also want to mention the passing of former mayor Dan Oonnell, whose plaque is back there. He was mayor in 1972 and 1973 consecutively. and
he was a doctor. He was a man of he was a doctor of letters, not of medicine. And uh he did contribute a lot to the town. Um he ran initially with a fellow named Jerry Van Decker. It's always good to run an Irish name or a Dutch name in white. So that worked. And he's the only
mayor. He he lived on Sycam a um across just about from the market basket in that cobblestone house on the corner of what is now Daniel Court. That was all his property. So he's the only mayor he then he sold the property for development. He's the only mayor that left and named the street after himself.
Think about that. So um Dan was 94. I actually didn't know he was still alive. And Gordon Stanley informed me of his passing and uh we his his wife Ailen is still alive and we'll keep that in our prayers as well. And that is all I have. Dave.
Yes. Uh number of people have mentioned already tonight that our planning board uh adopted the housing element fair share plan back on June 25th. I filed it with the program the next day. So we're in compliance with all the rules and regulations for this fourth round. Uh
tonight you're going to be endorsing that plan. It's another one of the requirements. And once you do that or pass that resolution, I will file that as well. Um the objection period runs to the end of August. We haven't had any objections yet, but as what usually
happens exactly, uh they come at the end of the objection period. I hope there won't be any, but I'll keep you informed. But as of this date, we haven't had any objections yet to the plan. Um and I think as you know, if there are no objections, that will be our plan. We'll start working on the
ordinances uh with that. If there are, then we'll go through some negotiations in the fall. Um but that's the status on our fair share plan as of right now. That's all I have tonight. Thank you. Thank you, Dave. Are we doing a private
session tonight? Yes, we are. Okay, then I will uh if there's no other business for the work session, I'll take a motion to adopt uh resolution 25 C11 to enter a close session. So moved.
Second. Miss Bdansky. Yes. Mr. Lane. Hi. Mr. Madigan. Yes. Mr. Milkon. Yes. and Mayor Bloom. Yes. With an affirmative vote, the motion is approved. Thank you. We'll be back in 20 minutes. We'll be back in 20 minutes, folks. Yeah.
Oh, you're over here. Okay. The house clearly. Yeah. 1922. Did you really know you didn't go to French? What's
going into the window. building. You can't see. Well, when you're coming down the street, you make the turn. got to be careful right here. At the very least ambulance
And now You look well prepared. to sing the national dress up. Police offic Be brave like in the middle. So another day people
have only no they have to whenever you do any work you have to call Right. Not necessarily. I don't know what to do.
Put a pump and then if you sell the house, you have to change any because the engineer had done So the roof was at the house from yesterday, huh? A week from yesterday,
the master bathroom was coming where the vent pipe goes through the roof. There's a rubber seal there. So that's the good fixed clove. He said the roof is the end of it.
I said, Peter, thank you very much. Give me a When we bought the house, they told us that because they used only they did I cleaned the gutters in the front of
the house. I didn't get the back stuff. But we sealed everything. It didn't go in. Did you see from work last night? Oh, I know. I saw you. I was trying to The water was rocking the truck.
No, when I was pulling my driveway, the water was so forceful pushing the back tire. Yeah, like you're going through the street. Not that Oh, at least I think the golf course yesterday.
And so at 1:30 yesterday, we have a lightning alert. radar goes out 10 miles. If there's a radar, a lightning strike there, a lightning alarm goes off and everybody has to come off the course. So, we had to get the kids off the course at 1:30.
We just went to work at 1 and then the lightning alert was on until we left at 5:30. Wow. And we never did that or they just miss out. They just miss out. went to cousins
everybody inside the school and then people were ready to sit downbody. weeks ago. Some guy in Central Park was walking in the middle of the field got struck by lightning. When you're on the field, you're the tallest object out there. So
when you're fishing, you're out there. Plus, you've got foot It's like lightning. That's exactly what it is. So, you're supposed to hold it while you're fly. I got to You just hear a cheer.
to see Tracy the other day. There it is. I sent her a little text. I'm sorry. I'm coming over. Yeah, they don't come until Thursday. That's why Hello. How are you? Good. How are
you? Let me get a minute. too tight. supposed to contentious The signs a couple times. Maybe somebody said something or
something. Somebody did right there by the bushes. I always say don't apply to illiterates. course even people I don't like Relaxation. It's good for you. or something. So there you can
last time usually 6:45 and the first te time is 6 a.m. Morning shift starts at 5:30 evening start by 9:30. You already have a flashlight. Do you have a lot of people only 50%
res. without washing. So I walk usually four miles. It's probably twice the size of the school. That's where
Okay. Welcome back. Long time no see. Good to see you. Spring at Part: 2
Okay, good. We're all set. Yep. Okay. The uh Tuesday, July 15th, 2025, 8:00m regular meeting of the Wyoff Township Committee is now in session. If everyone will rise for a flag salute.
Ready? Salute begin. 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. Remain standing, please.
Rabbi Joshua Waxman from Temple Beth Rashan is with us tonight to deliver our invocation. Rabbi, thank you for joining us. Good to see you again. Thank you so much. So good to be here again. Ribon Shalom, God of the universe, we pray for your guidance and
wisdom for our commissioners. May they have discernment to understand how to act and the courage to put the public needs first. Guide them with your light to act with compassion, insight, and resolve that they may serve as a model
for leadership in the common interest. In the words of the book of Psalms, may Woff behatim like a tree planted beside streams of water which yields its fruit in its season whose foliage never fades
and whatever it produces thrives. Amen. Amen. Very nice. Thank you. Good to see you as always. Okay. 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 Burden 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 it was also posted on our municipal website in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act. Thank you, Nancy. I will take a motion
to open the meeting for public comment. May I do a roll call, please? Oh, yes. Do the roll call by all means. Miss Bogdansky, here. Mr. Lane, here. Mr. Mr. Madigan here. Mr. Melion here. And Mayor Bonto here. Now I'll take the motion to open
for public comment. So moved. Second. Miss Bdansky. Yes. Mr. Lane. I. Mr. Madigan. Yes. Mr. Milkon. Yes. And Mayor Bonra. Yes. With an affirmative vote. The motion is approved.
Thank you. Okay. The meeting the meeting is now open for public comment. Five 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 White. Uh please step forward to the microphone and state your name if you have a comment.
Us please step forward to the microphone. Just say your name, sir. William Toad to OD 415 Highland Avenue. First of all, I'd like to thank you people. I think you're doing a very good job running this town. I've only lived here for seven years, but I'm very
impressed with everything that goes on here. We're here tonight with my neighbors, or I'm here tonight with my neighbors. We have a parking problem on Highland Avenue. Uh it's a small street. There's only four houses there. People have been parking on both sides of the
street. The garbage truck can't get through. Fire trucks would never be able to get through. Ambulances have come and had to wait and people have to be wheeled up the street. We would like the parking to be eliminated from the end of the street up to where the the the parking lot is right before the strip
mall. Uh the police have been called and came over and put temporary emergency parking signs there. They've been up for two weeks. I don't think we've had any problems or any complaints from anybody. At least nothing that I know about. But we feel it's necessary to have this
because a lot of times we can't get in and out of our street. And I don't think that that's fair because people just don't understand. You can't park next to each other because the street's not wide enough. So that's what I'm here to talk about. I have a couple other things that I would
like to mention, too. Um, do you think there's any plans in the future to get an air raator for Zriski Pond? Uh, there's a lot of algae that's continually on that. I know that the town has several other air raators, but I would just like to ask that question.
Uh, next question I have too is geese and we have a catch basin at the end of the street which is too small. The torrential downpour that we had yesterday, the water was about this high running down the street because we get
water from Woff Avenue, the strip mall, the back of the strip mall as well as Highland Avenue. Now this morning the street was dry and there was no water in in the cash bases. Everybody's told me that you can't put a new pipe in. It was only a 6-in pipe and which should be at
least a 12 or 18inch pipe. I've spoken to the DPW several times about that and they've told me that it's on the list to be replaced, but it's going on two years now and I'd like to know how long the list is. So, if anybody could help us with these things, we would really
appreciate that. I also would like to say that the the police sergeant that came out to help us a few weeks ago, you should be proud of this man and I I can't remember his name because I'm getting elderly and I can't remember everything, but he he was proud to have him out there. He did a good job. He
talked to the chief. He came back. He was extremely nice to us. He is a good guy. So, I'd like to say thank you for having somebody like that on your payroll. Thank you. That's all I have to say. Quick question. Why and I'll I'll then defer it to other my colleagues here.
What time what time of the day or night do these does this parking occur? Uh it starts in the morning. Uh and then the TSM restaurant has gets busy in the afternoon. We have double parking on the street up by the corner. Uh some of their employees park down as
far as we our houses are. Uh and nobody pays attention. They park up both sides of the street. Was it employee parking from the It's not I don't It could be employee parking. I don't know. I never Yeah. I never took a a survey of the whole thing, but Okay. All right. Okay.
We've called the police numerous times and they've come out and they said that we have to come to you folks to to straighten this issue out. All right. We can we're sure we know who the sergeant is of whom you speak highly. It was Sergeant Flynn. H. It was Sergeant Flynn.
Oh. Oh, okay. that that now I'm even more not surprised. Yeah. Thank you for the comments. Well, it's good, isn't it? It's good. It's very good. It was great. Okay. Um, the air raator Pete, would you want to comment on that? I don't know if there's any comment to make.
You're our air raator expert right here. Actually, I I actually I did present a design for an air raator system for Zabriski Pond, but um I know we were going back and forth a little bit because we just have to bring some um electric down there to make it work, but
we it is on our list and we do have a preliminary design for it's the only pond that we actually have. The rest of the ponds in town where there are air raators, they're privately owned, right? Yeah. How about the catch basing? We fix the pipe so the every time it rains the
catch basin is an issue. Um and it's an issue all over town. Um the line for there starts at Everett and comes down
to the end of uh comes down Highland past Panavino crosses over Woff A and then ends uh at the outfall to Zriski Pond. No, I don't believe that that's accurate because I've looked at it. There's a catch basin at the end of Highland
Avenue where the dead end sign is. Right. There is no pipe coming into that. There's only a 6-in pipe which is really really undized which runs out to a manhole and then into Zriski Pond. I have a storm line that runs on Highland
A that comes that comes down from Woff A and it looks like it can't zoom the map in any closer unless it it definitely flows in the direction of Zriski Pond but how it gets from the catch basin to the outfall I'm not so
sure because there's no line in between it. So I uh I'd just like to comment that I I highly trust his capabilities with regard to pipes. Okay. I was in the business for 44 years for myself. I know that. And you you did some work
for a place. I'll have to look at that into that a little bit more. But I I do have a line that runs down Highland AB and starts at the catch basins at the corner of Ever running in that direction. So I I don't know. I'm DPW, so I'll work and
we'll get we'll get the we'll get the proper information, figure this out, find out. And if we can help you any way, we'd be more than happy to do that. Thank you. Thank you very much. Comments. You're related to somebody on Shade Tree, right? Excuse me. You're related to somebody on the Shade Tree Commission.
Uh my son, Michael. Oh, yes. I was going to ask the question. Yeah. Pleased to meet him. Can I just ask a clarification on the parking? So, you're looking for no parking from the parking from the entrance to the rear parking lot of the shopping center.
No, the I guess that's the McNamera parking lot. The gravel parking lot. Which side is it? You want the no parking on that side? It's on the It's on the south side of the road. South side. That's where you want no parking. We want no parking on either side because
if somebody parks there and they don't park close enough to the side, you're not going to get a fire truck down there. You're not going to get an ambulance down there. I don't know if you guys are familiar with that or you either. Please, if you come take a look, it would you could really see what's going on. Yeah. So, you're not talking about
you're talking Highland a on the Zabriski Pond side of Woff, correct? Not on the Aldo side. Okay. Correct. So, there's the you have the build that Dr. Sharice is on the corner. The the chiropractor. Yes. And then you have a parking lot that's right beyond it. Correct.
That's the parking lot you're talking about. From there to the end of the street, we would like no parking at all. On both sides. On both sides. Yeah. And if I may, you have to have to identify yourself. So, my name is Leslie Coronado and my
husband and I reside at 412 Highland Avenue and we moved onto um Highland Avenue in 1990. And in 1995, the street uh we realized that there was a parking problem as well as um a lot of traffic
coming down to our street. So, we came to one of these meetings in 1995 and we met and we discussed it and we met with a planning board member, a zoning board member and they told us to meet with the traffic officer which we did and we had
some other issues with the shopping center and those were um somewhat uh worked on. probably in 2000 we c we we approached again because at this point we had the parking the the people who um own those
stores and who work in those stores are not parking in the parking lot and um they were lining up on the street and we had then had a meeting with the man from the zoning board in 2000 and with uh Senator McNamera and we had signs placed
on our street. We had two-hour parking signs in front of what was the Wyoff Hardware store. There were three signs on that side of the street. Across the street was a private residence. There were also three twohour parking signs
over there. The next there's a tiny little strip that had a two-hour parking um limit. And then where we're talking about this next park strip where the parking lot is, my husband and our property actually is part of that and
they put no parking on that side. We had no parking in front of our house and at the end of the street and those signs were put up in 2000. Now the problem is there are only two signs that are now remaining and those are the two signs by TSM. The rest of
the signs have disappeared. So, we have had signs and according to um officer Flynn, he said that it's it's known that it's it should be two-hour parking. Those it was on the books as it's still on the books, right? So, the problem is it's not
enforced. Okay. So, the signs were there and they had been there and then all of a sudden they're they're gone except for the the two-hour parking is not going to help you any parking. But we had those signs, the
no parking signs in in that shop, that little strip in front of our house and at the end. So I don't know whether at that time did they tick it? I mean, was it functional? Did it work? It did. Be it did. It did work. And we also the other reason it worked was
because there were two ladies on the street who would constantly call. So that's why. Now you guys you guys had asked us about um the fishing derby, correct? Correct. So, how was that? Because we tried really hard to make sure people didn't No, was no.
People in the fishing dinner were very good. Yeah, we told we told everybody. It was only a few hours. So, it wasn't a problem. And then as soon as that then we got the people back because Yeah. Because we finished, right? We have this problem every day until they put these temporary emergency
not the two hour the twohour both sides no parking except Sundays and holidays was put into place January of 1995. Okay. So your point your point and the problem is one of these one of
the new businesses the house was a was a um it was a single family home and apparently it became a commercial property and person who now um has that commercial property has three or four
cleaning service and those for what I'm sorry oh clean and they have about six cars and so when the ladies and gentlemen come that whole side of the street is is backed up all
the way down and when they arrive at work they come at 6:30 in the morning 7 in the morning they have extremely long And there are nights that they don't come back until 9:45, 10:00 at night, but they don't utilize their own drive.
Now, I've noticed that there's two or three, but most of the time the the ladies and gentlemen go and they go all the way down the street. We didn't have our leaves collected because the leaf can't come down. We didn't have our
garbage taken sometimes, you know, and they spend the whole day on the street. Okay. And which property is that that the maids are in? That's the yellow one. That's now white. It's now It was yellow. It was yellow. It's like 406. Was it Baris the old Gotcha. Okay. So,
if I recall, there were at least three, maybe four stacked parking front to back uh spots on the right side of that house when that application was approved. And you say they don't use them? But they very rarely use it. Interesting. Well, they're gone. They they haven't
been there for the past two weeks since the temporary science. Okay. I don't think anybody's complained. Okay. Okay. By the way, just real quick, and I don't want to belabor it, but I never get down there. I went there today to check something else out and I didn't
understand the temporary signs, but I'm glad you explained it and hopefully we'll do get something done. Yeah. Okay. We'll work on it. My name is Charles Coronado. I'm also 412 Highland. Uh and just just want to reiterate what they're saying because that's okay. Back it up. You know this uh it it is a
problem. Uh it's a dead end street and you know that whole situation with the with the strip mall over there. Uh even when you come down the street um you don't see the people that whip around that parking lot and then they turn and you know and one of the problems is that
that last kind of spot next to the end of where TSM is. That would be if you're coming on to Highland Aval Woth and on your right hand side, you know, when people park right there, maybe it's a truck right now there's a there's a large huge generator or something right there and and it blocks the view. So now
you you can't even see very clearly the people that come come around the corner. So it's it's a bad spot, you know, and I just think that uh I don't like to see the businesses putting it on the residents when a business, like I said, they they have parking and they should be using it for them and their
employees. Yeah. Yeah, you know that's what's happening. So, okay. Thanks for your comments. Thank you. On a separate note, if I might mayor, are you all connected to sewer or septic? I have se you have sore. Were there two of us that stole or on septic and then everybody
else? No, the only reason I asked is because you're going to hear it in a moment if you stay. 409 Highland Aav is on the res is on a resolution tonight to connect to to connect to the store. Okay. Okay. Okay. And there's one other thing.
I'm sorry. Years ago, we used to have double yellow lines going down the street. And it's important because when the people are pulling out of the front part of the White Shopping Center, they're not pulling out. They have to they have to
pull out, cross one side, and go to the other side of the street. But because those those stripes are now gone, are just pulling out and they're on the wrong side of the street. So when we go to make our there's nowhere for us to go, right? And it's very difficult because
they're just at an angle. Yeah. It's okay. So that would be helpful. Okay. Okay. Thank you for your comments. One more. Going once, going twice. Okay. Please rise.
35 years. Uh when we first moved in and we had the first meeting um The traffic officer did ask that the person who owned the shopping center at that time was senior when you're coming
out of the back of the shopping center if he could please write the word stop which might sound small but it helped us and it worked except you know at night but it worked. So when when he redid the parking lot
years ago Um, and they did the stripes. I saw the man who does the painting, he was leaving. And I said, "Can you aren't you going to put the word stop in the back and stop in the front?" And he goes, "No, that didn't pay for it." So, they're not going to write the word
stops down. So, I think that would even be helpful if there's a way that, you know, somebody can talk to Mr. and say to him, "Exactly." Is there a stop sign there, ma'am? There was. It was taken out. Okay. because I know a couple other business on island that have stop signs
coming out of their property. So, I'm surprised it doesn't to be honest with you. It did car took it out. I'll check the site plan. It might actually be required. It might be required by the site plan which we can make. It's a blind blind spot. It is.
It is. I mean, let's fix. Is that your final answer? What's that? All right. Well, thank you for coming out. You're very pleasant to uh state. You've stated your case very well and uh Matt, you got all that? Yep.
We'll we'll check into it, but thank you. Thank you very much. I'd also like to say sorry unfortunately's mom a couple years ago was fantastic then the treatment, the humanity doing his job.
We're blessed. Thank you for your kind comments. We agree. So, thank you. Okay. Okay. Anyone else? All right. Seeing no one else from the public, I make a motion to close to the public. Second. Thank you. That was good.
Miss Bdanski? Yes. Mr. Lane? Hi. Mr. Madigan. Yes. Mr. Milkon? Yes. And Mayor Bonto? Yes. For an affirmative vote, the motion is approved. All right. Okay. We're on to the minutes.
I'll take a motion to approve the June 17th, 2025 work session and business business meeting minutes. Second, Miss Bogdansky, yes. Mr. Lane, hi. Mr. Madigan, yes. Mr. Milkon, yes. Mayor Bonstra, yes. With an affirmative vote, the motion is
approved. Thank you, Nancy. On to the consent agenda. Consent agenda. 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 cont consent agenda and
considered separately. Resolutions number 180, release landscaping cash shy 161 coolage terrace. 181 authorization of vouchers and payment of bills. 182 accept donation of ambulance. 183 close
2024 unused drive sober program. 184 amending bid quote and window contract thresholds per state adjustments. 185 refund landscaping cashity 710 High View Drive. 186 Amend resolution number 25-25
to add a registered nurse. 187 Processing current year tax deductions. 189 authorizing repair of Wolf Volunteer Fire Department engine 234. 190 authorized atypical sewer connection
409 Highland Avenue. Two ordinances for introduction. Ordinance number 2042, a capital ordinance appropriating $166,168 for Land's Road Improvements Phase 1 to be funded entirely by a grant from the New Jersey Department of Transportation
fiscal year 2024 municipal aid program. 188. No, because we're moving that to be a separate vote. That's a separate motion. Yeah. Mr. Madigan asked for it to be moved off the consent being taken off the consent.
Sorry, I didn't I only told the chair. Ordinance number 2043, capital ordinance appropriating 209055 for Lands Road improvements phase 2 to be funded entirely by a grant from the New Jersey Department of Transportation fiscal year 2025 municipal aid program.
I also have three motions. The first is to memorials approve memorialize the approval for a special event at ShopRight of Woff 4:30 Greenwood Avenue held on Thursday, July 10th, a customer appreciation event which included tents and vendors took place from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Memorialize approval for special
event at Christian Health, 299 Second Avenue, held on Tuesday, July 8th. A plaque dedication and employee appreciation event which included tents and food vendors took place from 11 to 1. And third, to approve special event at Hope Christian Services as they celebrate the Bushman building's
residents all moving into group homes. The event will take place from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 21st, and the building's lights will be ceremoniously turned off. May I have a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda? So moved. Second.
Thank you, Miss Bdansky. Um, yes to all, I'm going to abstain on 25-191. We didn't get to that yet. Oh, so just it's a separate vote. It'll be separate. Thank you. Um, Mr. Lane. I, Mr. Madigan. Uh, yes.
Mr. Melion, yes. And Mayor Bonra, yes. With an affirmative vote, the motion is approved. So now we're looking for a separate motion to adopt resolution number 25-18 endorsing the fourth round housing
element and fair share plan. All right. So moved. Does everyone? We're on to number nine, which is the motion to adopt the fourth round um
housing element and fair share plan 188. We're endorsing it. Yeah. Endorsing the planning board's action. You're right. Yeah. 25. I did. Yeah. Pete made the motion. Second. Thank you, Roger.
Yep. Miss Bugdansky. Yes, Mr. Lane. Hi, Mr. Madigan. I abstain and I still object to the process, especially as an elected member of the governing body.
Mr. Madigan, Miss Sorry, excuse me, Mr. Melion. Yes. And Mayor Boon, yes. Thank you. With an affirmative vote, the motion is approved. Okay. You want me to do this one or you going to do this one, Mr. You want me to read it? Yeah, please. Okay. May I have a motion to adopt
resolution number 25-191, amendment to resolution number 25-164, extension of health benefits for assessor. Take a motion. So moved. Second.
I'll I'll second it. Thank you. Miss Bugdansky. Abstain. Mr. Lane. I vote I reluctantly. Mr. Madigan, no. Mr. Milkon,
stay and Mayor Bonra. Uh, yes. Thank you. With an affirmative vote, the motion is approved. We have no ordinances for public hearing and further consideration tonight. Motion to adjurnn.
Motion to adjurnn. Second. Those in favor. I miss. Yes. Mr. Lane. Hi, Mr. Madigan. Yes, Mr. Milk. Yes. Mayor Bloom.