it's like the longest two minutes cuz you're looking you know my was that was on a Wednesday so that year was celebrated the 17th and she was born right at Beth Israel which is parade most of my kids are born on holidays the odds were high I know you being that M when you put a little authority it do look a girl most of the time too much time I D you ready all right I'd like to call the regular meeting of the Y Township committee order please rise for the flag salute I pledge aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all please remain standing we just have a brief moment of silence for Kim MC Williams our court administrator that passed away last week thank you now I'd like to bring uh Reverend Fred pringer up from Cornerstone for our invocation let's pray father we do pray for Kim's family pray that you would comfort them in this time we pray that the community would come around you we thank you for this community which is so tight and so supportive father we thank you for the change of seasons for the beautiful weather we pray for your protection for all the families that might be vacationing with the schools out but father I pray for these men and women who give their time who give their um their abilities to lead this place we pray that you would give them great wisdom we pray that they would be ruled by fairness the common good and uh Lord May the town flourish because of their leadership so I thank you for them and I pray your blessing upon them in your name amen amen amen thank you okay take care all right Nancy can you please read the open public meetings act yes Mr Mayor the notice requirements of the open public meetings act have been satisfied with respect to this meeting specific specifically the time date and location were included in the annual notice of meetings adopted by the governing body hosted 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 post it on our Municipal website in accordance with the open public meetings Act thank you roll call please Mr boa here Mr Lane here Mr Madigan here Mr Shanley here and mayor mó here Mr Mayor may may I address real quick yes just uh before we move on to the meeting uh there will be just for the public there will be several public comment session meetings dur we'll have the general public comment on any governmental matter then we'll have a second one on the public hearing for the budget then we'll have one on the uh ordinance with regard to Leed service lines and then one on the ordinance with regard to speed limit so there'll be four different public comment periods this meeting thank you Matt for clarifying that I have a motion to open public comment period public comment period 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 wof so moved second Mr B yes Mr Lane I Mr madakin yes Mr Shanley yes and mayor Melone yes with affirmative vote the motion is approved please step forward to the microphone if you wish to make a comment there being none move to close second Mr B yes Mr Lane I Mr Madigan yes Mr Shanley yes and mayor Melone yes with an affirmative vote the motion is approved thank you could I please have a motion for the approval of the April 2nd 2024 work session and business meeting uh meeting minutes so move second Mr B abstain Mr Lane hi Mr Madigan yes Mr Shanley yes and mayor mó yes with an affirmative vote the motion is approved okay I please have a motion for resolution 160 authorizing the budget to be read by title only so Mo second Mr blit yes Mr Lane hi Mr Madigan uh yes Mr Shanley yes mayor mó yes with an affirmative vote the motion is approved thank you all right uh moving on to public hearing for the 2024 Municipal budget uh motion to open the public hearing and further consideration of the 2024 Municipal budget this is the time for the public hearing period for the 2024 Municipal budget 2 minutes per speaker for public comment on the 2024 Municipal budget so moved second Mr B yes Mr Lane I Mr Madigan yes Mr Shanley yes and mayor Mone yes in the affirmative vote the motion is approved there being none move to close second Mr BTO yes Mr Lane I Mr Madigan yes Mr Shanley yes and mayor mó yes with an affirmative vote the motion is approved thank you can I please have a motion to adopt the 2024 Municipal budget via resolution 23 155 so moved second Mr B yes Mr Lane I Mr Madigan yes Mr Shanley yes and mayor mó yes with an affirmative vote the motion is approved thank moving on to the 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 consent agenda and considered separately several resolutions the first authorizing vouches and payment of bills authorizing the execution of a shared service agreement with the village of Ridgewood and connection with the LED service line replacement project May is designated as honor and remember month road closures for Memorial Day Parade authorizing tax appeal Council to file stipulations of settlement appointment of zisy house trustee Mark Santoro contract award for number 2024 202 24-3 summer football camp change order number one for contract number 20221 uh flow cpg solid waste disposal we have five ordinances for introduction number 2009 an ordinance authorizing the appropriation of $634,500 for improvements or purposes authorized to be undertaken by the township of wof County of Bergen state of New Jersey and providing the necessary funds therefore number 2010 an ordinance amending ordinance number 1934 number 1961 and number 1980 entitled an ordinance appropriating funds for major vehicle repairs and appropriating additional funds for the said purpose number 2011 amending ordinances number 1619 1646 1688 1738 1773 1829 1853 1933 1960 and 1981 entitled an ordinance appropriating funds for future Field improvements and safety enhancements and appropriating additional funds for said purpose number 2012 Bond ordinance authorizing various improvements in Acquisitions including road resurfacing Town Hall roof replacement acquisition of a vehicle lift acquisition of a single axle Packer truck acquisition of a single axle jedar vac truck and acquisition of a records management system in by and for the township of wof in the county of Bergen New Jersey appropriating 2,937 th100 therefore and authorizing the issuance of $2 million4 $2,776 of bonds or notes of the township to finance part of the cost thereof and ordinance number 23 an ordinance authorizing the appropriation not to exceed 272,000 towards the purchase of a 2024 926 fley cat wheel loader to be undertaken by the township of wof County of Bergen state of New Jersey and providing the necessary funds therefore we have quite a few motions as well the first is to approve and memorialize the application of Mike Vander plat as a junior firefighter with company number two effective April 22nd 2024 one Michael Vander plat is Company 2 okay okay um second to approve and memorialize the application of Ryan Brock as a junior firefighter with company number one effective April 25th 2024 those are the occasions of their 17th birthday when they will be allowed to sign the book authorize the application of St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church to to hold their Annual Festival fundraiser on September 20th 21st and 22nd of 2024 the festival will take place outdoors in 210 authorize the application of St Nicholas Greek Orthodox church for posting of temporary signage promoting their Annual Festival fundraiser for the 10-day period beginning on September 10th 2024 approved Temple Beth Ron's request to post a temporary 3ot by 8ot Banner sign from April 18th to the 28th to promote their 2024 openhouse event approve the PT economy shops request to hold their annual townwide garage sale fundraiser event on Saturday May 18th from 9:30 a.m. to 400 p.m. approved requests by Howard Felix broad of Blue Moon to hold a Cinco Deo event on May 5th and Dueling Piano Nights from 600 P p.m. to 10 p.m. in the parking area directly in front of Blue Moon 20 tables and chairs will be set up for outdoor dining these events will take place on Thursday evenings May 16th June 20th July 18th August 15th and September 19th Jersey barriers will be in place prior to each event and taken down after the event ends at 11:00 p.m. on the day of each event May I have a motion and a second to approve the consent agenda so moveed second Mr bura yes before I vote I would like to welcome Mark sorro to the zisy house Board of Trustees and thank Mark de Jero for his service on the same board and with that I will yes okay thank you Mr B Mr Lane I Mr Madigan yes Mr Shanley yes and mayor mó um I obain on resolution 161 and yes on the rest of the consign agenda thank you we have two ordinances for public hearing and further consideration on tonight's agenda the first is ordinance number 2007 which is an ordinance of the township of wof in the county of Bergen New Jersey providing for the special assessment of all or a portion of the cost relating to Le service line replacement 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 a time and place for the public hearing on ordinance 2007 and 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 this hi I have a request could you speak up when we go through this um you know this is new to us and I can hardly hear you okay okay thanks so passing it now so do you have a specific question about yes you can pass yeah just to state your name first my name is Kathy Peterson um we received this letter a couple of weeks ago um when would we know the dollar amount that we will incur I called Ridgewood waterer I asked them to come out and show me what's going to have to happen and they said they couldn't do that so before I decide or we decide that we're going to be part of this plan as opposed to going on our own when do we find out how much it's going to cost we actually have um the rep representatives from Ridgewood here Ridgewood water here tonight to answer your questions they're right behind come on come forward please thank you for your question um my name is Yolanda McCullum I'm with Ridgewood water and um I can answer this one we also have our consultant here who's helping us through this whole process um so um we are going to be doing a uh public bidding process putting together construction documents so we've estimated the cost very conservatively at this point but we will give you the numbers before you have to decide so that's first thing to know you'll be able to see numbers you'll be able to say do I want to do this or do I do want to do on my own the second part that we haven't really broadcasted yet is going to be we're calling option one um joining our program and your part of that is to be able to finance it over 30 years so it's a couple hundred dollars a year uh depending on the final cost too but another kind of 1B will be you can go through us and pay it off upfront so you don't have to finance it so you wouldn't have to pay the extra cost to finance it so um either one of those would be available so you won't go into it blind you'll be able to see the numbers before you decide um we've been working with contractors since since people have been getting these notifications they've been signing up and the prices have been ranging for just to do you know your private side from 1,500 to I don't know 5,000 something so it depends on the scope of the part of the scope of the work um and so it could be very reasonable in you know your eyes or it could be so much you might want to finance it um you might want to wait and think about it you'll be plenty you'll have plenty of time to think about it when do you think it's gonna happen um it depends if we we're trying to get various types of funding so yoff only has now 18 left it was 20 there's 18 um properties in woff um if we can get um different types of funding we're doing ibank funding for the large you know thou you know 2,000 properties throughout our our customer service or our service center but if we can get more interim funding to start doing some of the you know to make maybe take care of wof that could be something we could fund more quickly we're looking into that um if we do the official um New Jersey you know ibic funding which is all public it's a it's a longer process we're thinking um beginning of 2025 we'll be starting to do the work so it'll be there's a little waiting period but it's better um like your home I see is we have a lead service line on our side too so it's better to wait um and leave it in place whe rather than disturb your side and wait for us to do our side it's just um you're not getting Le lead levels right now because we have we treat the water for corrosion control you know there's no emergency so better just wait till you know we do we can do our side and meet you halfway we might be able to do that very soon because our you know our you notify us or does the town um well what do you if you want to do some if you want to say you want to replace yours um on your own we we can because there's a limited number we can handle um we can meet you on the same day and and our crew can do our side if you want to do yours privately but if you want to join our program sorry go ahead Matt I believe what she's asking is yeah who's going to be the contact for the residents going forward is it going to be the township or Ridgewood water and in this case it's Ridgewood water yes I and I don't know who you talk to but um yeah we can what did you ask when you called and they said no oh that you wanted them to come out and see right so I mean I guess yours is not an unknown usually when someone calls and they have it one there's none in woff that are unknown anymore but if there's a line that you don't know the material we'll come out right you know within a week or so and verify what it is so that we can you know at least get you that knowledge yeah so so I'll wait to hear from yes and and now that I know you're you know interested in more information yeah we'll we'll have you on the list yeah so all right you're welc okay thank you does that answer your question kind of all right hearing no one else I move that the public hearing on ordinance 2007 be closed second Mr boa yes Mr Lane yes Mr Madigan yes Mr Shanley yes mó yes with an affirmative vote the motion is approved be it resolved by the township Committee of the township of wof that ordinance number 2007 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 2007 on second reading by title only second Mr B yes Mr Lane I Mr Madigan yes Mr Shanley yes and mayor melon yes with an affirmative vote the motion is approved I have a second ordinance for public hearing and further consideration on tonight's agenda this is ordinance number 2008 which is an ordinance to amend and supplement chapter 177 vehicles and traffic article 12 schedules section 17751 schedule s speed limits of the code of the township of whitea for second reading by title only and a copy of this ordinance has been posted on our Municipal website on the bulton board in 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 public hearing on ordinance 2008 and 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 seeing no one I move that the public hearing on ordinance 2008 be closed second Mr boa yes Mr Lane I Mr Madigan yes Mr Shanley yes and mayor melon yes with an affirmative vote the motion is approved be it resolved by the township Committee of the township of wof that ordinance number 2008 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 2008 on second reading by title only second Mr VRA yes Mr Lane I Mr Madigan yes Mr Shanley yes and mayor Melone yes with an affirmative vote the motion is approved thank you please have a motion to adjourn so moved second second Mr boa yes Mr Lane I Mr Madigan yes Mr Shan yes and mayor M yes with an affirmative vote the motion is approved all right thank you --------- welcome back thank you Janet is it you we never got any postcards sorry what happened you got no complaint nice to see you ladies one minute warning there mayor I got it put my phone on St you need any help with any of that got it covers no problem I didn't mean to whack you that I didn't know it was that many ready n you should have seen was here over the weekend I S yeah I saw that that's what happens when they don't have one a week before you guys ready y I would like to call the 7M work session meeting to order vote call please Nancy Mr G here Mr Lane here Mr Madigan I here Mr Shanley here and mayor melon here can you please read the open work session statement yes Mr Mayor this regular work session meeting of the wov 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 on the bulletin board in Memorial Town Hall the 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 Ridgewood news and the north Jersey Harald news all newspapers having a general circulation throughout the township of wof at least 48 hours prior to this meeting the agenda thereof was similarly posted filed and emailed to said newspapers thank you can you please confirm finance committee has reviewed and signed VES they are nearly completed Mr Mayor thank you if I please have a motion to open in the 10-minute public comment period 10minute public comment Period 2 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 wof so moved second Mr boa yes Mr Lane hi Mr Madigan hi yes Mr Shanley yes and mayor mó yes with an affirmative vote the motion is approved please step forward to the microphone if you wish to make a comment seeing and hearing no one I move to close public comment second Mr bua yes Mr Lane hi Mr Madigan hi yes Mr Shanley yes and mayor mó yes with an affirmative vote the motion is approved thank you Matt could we please have our uh business meeting agenda report sure so first uh just uh item on this meet on the 7 o'cl meeting uh you'll see item number 10 we do have the public hearing with regard to of the Bergen County open space trust fund Grant That'll occur towards the end of this meeting and then moving on to 8 o' uh we have a funfilled meeting I would say um we're going to start off with our 2024 Municipal budget public hearing um and then the the necessary resolution solutions to adopt the uh 2020 uh 4 Municipal budget we'll be introducing five ordinances um all having to do with uh Capital Improvements uh that were uh that are being approved as part of the municipal budget approval of two firefighters coming from Junior Firefighters to uh full firefighters and uh um a whole bunch of other special events and then we have our finally we have our public hearings on two ordinances um the first one has to do with the uh special assessment for the lead service line replacement program that will be conducted by Ridgewood water uh we'll have representatives from Ridgewood water and their um environmental engineering Consultants um at our eight o'clock meeting as well and if there's any questions and then finally uh an ordinance to amend the speed limits on several roadways in the township that were outlined at the last meeting moving on to some status updates first off it's with a heavy heart that I have to announce that uh our court administrator Kim MC Williams passed away uh about 10 days ago from a after a very Valiant battle with cancer uh just I want to ask you to keep uh her family and children in your prayers um the mayor and I attended the meeting uh last Friday with regard to guide rails on Route 208 I'll let him speak more to that during his report um we're currently working or have worked on several grants uh the grant writer submitted the federal appropriation requests to both Senators Booker and Menendez uh with regard to um I should say and we are finishing up the application to Congressman God heimer's office which is due on April 19th for the installation for the funding for the installation of a sanitary store trunk line uh between Franklin a and Russell Avenue along whiteoff a uh this Project's goal was to extend the sanitary trunk store that we have the ability to expand Source service into the area uh adjacent to woff Avenue which will feed approximately 196 additional residential homes uh will open up I should say will open up the sewage uh connection to about 196 additional residential homes our gr Rider also worked with the fire department and we were able to to submit a grant related to the Recruitment and Retention of volunteer firefighters through the fem or safer Grant safer stands for the staffing for adequate fire and emergency response we submitted for $400,000 covering a broad range of categories including per um uh personal protective equipment incentives for operational activities and tuition assistance for higher education um this is the first time that we've submitted for the safer Grant so this is now we've submitted for two FEMA fire grants this year uh this and FG we also submitted to Firehouse Sub Public Safety foundation for their first responder grant program we applied for the acquisition of a Lucas automatic CPR device for the police department around $20,700 we applied for along with the New Jersey law on Public Safety clicket or ticket Grant opportunity for the seat belt enforcement campaign that they sponsor we finally we've also submitted our Declaration of intent to submit the Bergen County open space Grant uh to submit for the 2024 open space grant for work at polis field uh tonight is the public hearing for the submission of this grant we're uh we're applying to take back some of the Bergen County open space dollars to our residents to assist in constructing a lacrosse practice area at polis field next to the playground where the current adults exercise equipment is located our plan will then be to relocate the adult exercise equipment that can be reused to a more suitable location we're talking possibly moving it to Russell Farm um we are applying for $82,400 of which there is is a 100% cash match uh which would come from donations uh through our Municipal donations account uh trust fund and our Municipal open space trust fund if we need to make up any of the difference and and those that have expressed the interest in doing that in memory of correct so the combination of all of those correct just just to be just to be clear yeah the only issue that needs to come is any donations for that actually have to come through our trust account so that it could be forward not to interrupt you but just to make sure that's clear cuz yes they're participating and they want to do this dearly y all right as was mentioned at the last meeting we ran into an issue with the depth of the gas main on Grand View Avenue uh specifically between the rout 208 North ramp and St Nicholas church entrance I want to thank the Reps from psng who met with us about 10 days ago and then met with us again today and have uh agreed to get on site quickly uh meaning starting next Monday to lower that gas main between the route 208 North ramp and St Nicholas church unfortunately this will require the full closure of that section of the roadway starting at 6: a.m. next Monday 24/7 for about two weeks uh everyone needing to access the church Ravine any of the cool uh the side streets across from coolage school or coolage School itself will need to access it from either Ravine or for whiteoff Avenue uh the coolage school principal was notified today by the police department and we'll be following up with a letter to the parents that'll go out um before they come back from spring break hopefully get that out on Thursday uh and Al as always we'll keep everyone posted through social media and on our E news uh you might have also noticed that while it's spring break uh there has been a lot of work on Grand View Bridgewood water uh has begun the installation and is making excellent progress on their raw water la um that needs to run through the cooler school property um or around the cooler school property um that project has been planned for a while but they do have a hard stop at Friday they know that whatever they don't get done by Friday uh they need to wait until school is done and they come back in July because we can't have working directly in front of the school so they do know that and will be um um we will be uh working with them to get them back uh towards the end of June early July Bergen County Department of Public Works mosquito control division will begin its mosquito control program on April 30th which runs through October 31st uh more information can be found on the County Department of Public Works website upgrades began yesterday to the gas pumps located behind our DPW garage they are expected to be down this week and probably next week upgrades include new pumps and computerized access control and logging that the gas for the gas that's being dispensed uh which will help us uh with uh our billing to the Board of Education who uses our gas pumps as well um the first year of lead which is the law enforcement against drug program has concluded at Eisenhower school by the police department um I'll let the police department talk the police committee we met last week um but that's the program that used to be dare and look forward to that moving forward next year and I want to thank Mr Madigan and Mr Boonstra for red uh for green lighting that last year when they were the police committee uh it was brought up at our last meeting about the fireworks and looking into the possibility of having a rain date on Sunday the 29th of September uh the fireworks committee will be meeting on May 1st and I'll report back at the next Township committee meeting and finally just a reminder that Thursday morning is the Burgen County joint Insurance Fund safety awards breakfast I think that's my report for today that's it all right thank you Matt uh Township committee reports Tim you want to start yeah I'll be very quick um the fire as the fire commissioner I was at the firehouse um for their monthly meetings except the monthly meetings didn't really happen because the chief was at the uh ladder truck uh meeting where they were figuring out all the controls where they were going to go in the truck so that the driver and the co-pilot you know would have their controls and the amount of time they spend to make sure that it it's placed in the right place on the truck was just amazing like listening to all the different opinions of all these experienced firefighters was just am amazing including uh Bill Brock's uh son Tim which was great I see Bill's in the in the audience so I got to give his son some credit to being part of it and uh the fire chief was also there so it was a good meeting and it's just amazing how much time they spend to make sure this gets done right and that's all I got tonight so thank you uh Roger uh yes thank you mayor uh our administrator does such a fine job it leaves little to be discussed but I I uh would like to say that uh with regard to Grand View there is a lot of progress and yes it's going to be disruptive but I think we can work with the uh parents students and uh and uh Brian zip to uh ensure that there's safety uh throughout the time when the schools open and work is in progress uh you mentioned fireworks having a rain date uh after we have the meeting on the 1 I'm sure we'll confirm that but I believe that uh uh that it's already been checked with the fireworks company and they're available to do that correct that is correct okay thank you uh quick well we the speed limit changes will be done tonight I think that's something that uh anybody that rides around town uh would think that we need to slow down so I think it's a great thing and uh hopefully we can even expand upon that in the future uh I just want to thank Tom and Rudy uh for the lead program law enforcement against drugs I uh I happen to have a place in my heart for that because the uh person that started the Dare program was from Milford he was a patrolman named Nick dearo and uh he ran D for many many years and and when I was the mayor in New Milford we instituted the first program of dare in the entire tri-state area so Nick is now the CEO of law enforcement against drugs the program and to see it here so many years later with the iteration with lead is just uh really great the thousands of kids that uh not only do they get an education about staying away from drugs but it be it builds a relationship with those those young uh kids and the police department which I think is just a fabulous thing so thanks guys for for kicking that off and uh that's it Mr Mayor thank you Roger yep Tom okay uh sadly I attended Kim McWilliams week you know Matt told us she uh she passed away she lost a valiant battle um she was our court administrator and um she was definitely revered by all and we're going to miss her and um we all send condolences to her family I attended the Chamber of Commerce meeting this morning they was well attended was over the Len house and they got a good group of people in the chamber and uh I think to me one of the hits was uhan lit was there extending how excited they are at Partners in Pride the weather's cracking we need people to water parts so a lot of people help out with the parts throughout the town the flowers so if anybody can help out out there uh parts and pride Susan lit and uh attended the recck board meeting a week ago Monday night um it was pretty uneventful although we did talk about the grant that we're going to be officially applying for and talk about the LaCrosse wall and all the positives with the uh the youth uh over at pulis so that was one of our positive it was good group of guys I think everybody was there about one and uh finally this one I note on the uh agenda this evening as my tradition I'd like to congratulate Michael vanderplatt and Ryan Brock who will both be memorialized tonight as Junior Firefighters and I think it's uh nice I recognize someone in the audience as well it's a celebrated a nice family tradition of volunteer firefighters so I can't believe those kids are 17 but uh it's a nice event and we always like to congratulate our uh volunteer fire department that's all I have generation wow that's fantastic God bless stay safe gentlemen thank you uh Rudy thank you mayor on Saturday um April 6th I attended the compost Workshop compost container workshop at um Russell Farms Park uh Roger Lane was there the mayor was there as well it was a pretty good group it was a cold windy morning but there were maybe what maybe 30 people there guys something like that and I understand from Beth Fischer that the sales are um generated some sales of compost uh um containers so that was a worthwhile exercise um Tom Durkin was there the DPW to assist appreciate his help um on Tuesday the 9th we had a historic preservation commission and um uh chairman swensson was not there um so we we moved ahead anyway and um we approved moving forward with listing about 30 more structures in town um which will go on our local list of of historic or significant structures including Town Hall just so you know that was on that list and it's moving forward so we there's more discussion we need to have we can have that um on Wednesday I attended the planning board along with the mayor uh I can run through the agenda real quickly uh we memorialized two resolutions one was Harker's Jewelers for their expansion program there the other was a home on the corner of Crest Haven um and uh Crest Haven and and I forget the other Street um anyway for an addition oh no for a fence a fence in the front yard um we gave an extension to um Tracy eyes their um their variants had expired um for their um addition they want to put on the building at the corner of Franklin and wof and um the board granted an extension through September um so they can get their their plans together and get some financing in place and moving head with it um there was an application for public hearing was Cornerstone Christian Church it was for a uh a handicap ramp to the home that's on the site and also um an auxiliary generator and there was an extended discussion about um with the generator would whether it would be gas or diesel powered and um and there was also some discussion about the plantings and the screening between the church property and the neighbors and it was agreed to carry the application until the um the May meeting um I too attended Kim MC Williams wake on Thursday with Tom addan um very sad to lose her um she she really fought her cancer valiantly um she did a great job as our court administrator she generated a lot of Revenue and saved us a lot of money so she really did a great job and she will clearly be missed uh this morning I to ATT in the Chamber of Commerce meeting and that was a good meeting I spoke to the woman who uh from um uh goer Brook P re form who actually wrote the grant that they receiv received from the federal government for their expansion and I asked her how it was going there and she said the applications are ready to come into the planning board for site plan approval uh and she believes that Mark de janiro already has been given the engineering report so that's moving forward which is good uh mayor I think that's all I have all right thank you Rudy um as Rudy mentioned I uh was at the planning board with Rudy which you just covered uh before also at the composting Workshop uh Library board meets tomorrow night Memorial Day Parade committee meets next week um just a reminder the military tribute Banners are still on sale for reorder or new orders till the end of next week find the information on our website and our email blast and then just lastly uh Matt Matt um mentioned this and if I missed anything just jump in Matt we attended a uh a meeting about guide rails along 208 our district 40 representative Senator curado assemblyman the Phillips and assemblyman baras put that together with the uh acting commissioner and Chief of Staff of the dot uh was very informative we were there along with uh mayor Franklin Lakes and administrator from Ridgewood who's part of District 40 in Bergen and um there's a few different ideas that were floated to help with not just the safety but also some of the screening some of the Privacy along 208 uh one of them was about BMS and trees um but we are going to I believe in a few weeks all meet again and we're going to do a ride along down 208 with the dot to see what some what some of the best options we could uh we could deliver along 208 did I cover everything I think so all right good pet if I may I missed one thing I had it on my phone I'm so used to reading my scratchy notes not used to this anyway um just a reminder that team up to tidy up is April 27th we will not be meeting before then so I'm putting a reminder out now it's on our website it's everywhere we we'll get the word out but uh if you can make it that would be great and to reinforce um what Tom said about partners and pride they need people to order these flower pots the flower pots are beautiful I I do do flower pots every summer on Main Street and um they're looking for volunteers so if you know of anyone or get the word out that contact Susan lit because they need some folks to help or ours that's it thank you all right uh Township attorney report Dave yeah the only thing I have is uh you may recall last meeting uh I mentioned that we had entered into an agreement with Franklin Lakes about one of their residents uh connecting into our sewer system uh and I think it was um Mr Lane mentioned do we have other interested residents and Matt mentioned I think on Wayfair while the attorney from Resident on Wayfair got a hold of me and we're in the process their Engineers is going to talk to Mark D Jer or already has just to talk about the specifics of the hookup but we've got a good forum in place uh agreement wise we've got the procedures down with Franklin Lakes so I expect we'll probably have a few more that'll start looking to do that but already we've got some that are reaching out to do it so's a good thing good thank you good thank you Dave all right could I have a motion to open the public hearing on the submission of the 2024 Bergen County trust fund Grant application this proposed project will consist of constructing a concrete wall for the purposes of adding an additional area for lacrosse practice serving the 250 plus youth lacrosse players in town uh before we open that did Matt or Tom do you have any comment on it no that's one of the ones we reported on we're totally in favor of it it's very positive and uh it's a great thing for our kids any anything Matt no I think that's good perfect I like to move the motion if I may yes second Mr boa yes Mr Lane I Mr Madigan yes Mr Shanley yes and mayor mó yes with an affirmative vote the motion is approved want to close seeing no one I move to close a public comment just it it's just a public hearing if anybody wanted to talk yeah just public hearing all right you a motion to CL second Roger Mr boa yes Mr Lane hi Mr Madigan yes Mr Shanley yes and mayor mó yes with an affirmative vote the motion is approved all right I have a motion to adjourn I move second all right Mr B yes Mr Mr Lane I Mr Madigan I yes Mr Shanley yes and mayor mó yes with an affirmative vote the motion is approved thank you Nancy