[0:47] Good evening everybody. Can we please uh stand for the flag salute?

[0:54] » Pledge algiance to the flag. of the United States of America and to the

[0:58] republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[1:04] justice for all.

[1:11] » In compliance with the open public meetings act of the state of New Jersey,

[1:14] notification of this meeting has been sent to our official newspapers, posted

[1:18] on the burough website, and notice posted at Burough Hall and filed with

[1:22] the Bureau of Dumont. Council members Apanti is excused. Kelly

[1:27] » here. >> Rillo. Armalino

[1:30] » here. >> Shino

[1:31] » here. >> Petri

[1:32] » here. >> Mayor Russell

[1:33] » here. >> Uh, can I have a motion to accept the

[1:36] agenda as presented? >> Motion.

[1:39] » All in favor? >> I.

[1:43] » Okay. Can I have a motion to approve the June 9th, 2026 close session minutes?

[1:47] » Motion. >> Second.

[1:51] » Council members Kelly. Yes. >> Rillo,

[1:53] » yes. >> Armalino,

[1:55] » yes. >> Shino,

[1:56] » yes. >> Petri,

[1:57] » yes. >> Okay. Can I have a motion to accept the

[2:01] July 7th, 2026 close session meeting minutes?

[2:05] » Second.

[2:08] » Council members Kelly, >> yes.

[2:10] » Rillo, >> yes.

[2:11] » Armalino, >> yes.

[2:12] » Shino, >> yes.

[2:13] » Petri, >> abstain.

[2:20] » Okay. And our last set of minutes. Can I have a motion to approve the August

[2:23] 11th, 2026 public meeting minutes? >> Motion.

[2:26] » Second.

[2:30] » Council members Kelly, >> yes.

[2:32] » Yes. >> Armalino,

[2:34] » yes. >> Shino,

[2:35] » yes. >> Petri,

[2:36] » yes.

[2:39] » Okay, we're going to move on to our reports. Uh, I don't really have much to

[2:43] report this month. Uh other than I was uh Sunday afternoon, Sunday morning, we

[2:48] were at the uh Liberty Wheels and Wellness event over on West Shore A. Uh

[2:52] it was a very nice turnout that Stefan did and uh had a few cars and had a

[2:57] bunch of uh fitness stuff going on. It was uh it was pretty cool. Ice baths and

[3:01] all kinds of pretty uh interesting stuff and uh it was a good event. Uh hopefully

[3:06] next year's better. The rain it got cancelled the week before so hopefully

[3:11] next year can be better turnout. So, uh, that's it for me. Uh, move on to council

[3:16] committee reports. Councilman Kelly, >> uh, just a short report. Um, earlier,

[3:22] uh, uh, first version of our meeting agenda tonight, we were investigating

[3:27] or, uh, uh, possibly going to have three resolutions regarding, uh, housing

[3:32] development, uh, that have been, um, in various, uh, stages of, uh, committee at

[3:38] the New Jersey Assembly and Senate. Uh some of them uh have

[3:47] um their provisions where if uh religious institutions uh were to

[3:54] close and sell their property that uh they would be uh they would be able to

[3:59] bypass local zoning uh to some degree to allow for the provision of housing. they

[4:04] would be able to exceed u height limits uh and some other local zoning uh in

[4:11] order to uh step up housing production. Uh there's also um bills that are being

[4:18] considered that would uh if there were commercial properties that were

[4:23] underutilized that they would also be granted some uh exceptions to our local

[4:29] zoning uh along with uh some others. And uh the the resolutions would be to uh

[4:36] express our concern uh with with how some of them are uh worded and how they

[4:41] would impact our burrow. Uh we did uh Councilwoman Petri did um put some edits

[4:49] together to uh more accurately reflect how they might impact Dumont versus uh

[4:54] the the the model town that we used was Bagota had recently uh in June or July

[5:00] passed uh three resolutions that we were using as a model. Um, I also uh wanted

[5:06] to uh pause that myself because uh on August 27th

[5:12] um Governor of New Jersey signed off on uh Assembly Bill 3877.

[5:18] Uh its companion bill is uh 2960 in the Senate and that one uh allows the

[5:27] opportunity for towns to expand their density, allow housing uh multifamily

[5:33] housing in areas that currently only allow single family to expand the use of

[5:39] accessory homes. um to change a substantial portion of

[5:45] their zoning to allow for um multif family. Um and in um in turn, if towns

[5:53] that re-examine their master plans and make recommendations and increase their

[5:59] supply of housing, uh they will be in a better position for certain types of

[6:04] state aid. And uh so we are still dissecting that and there are still uh

[6:10] rules being made around this uh this new law. It does not um it would not affect

[6:18] the school aid, but uh we're not clear on exactly all the different types of

[6:24] state aid that would be um towns that participate will be given preference. So

[6:30] we're watching that one. We're seeing how that may that may actually be a

[6:35] substitute for some of the other bills that were being considered. So, um, as

[6:39] we find out more, there may be resolutions and further discussion on

[6:43] those items. So, um, that's all for my report. Thank you.

[6:49] » Thank you, Councilman Kelly. Councilwoman Marcelo.

[6:51] » Thank you, Mr. Mayor. U, on September 7th will be our next multicultural

[6:56] affairs committee meeting. The last one was cancelled, so there's nothing to

[7:00] report on that. And on September 17th will be the next uh Dumont Board of

[7:04] Education meeting. If you're unable to attend, it is livereamed. If you go on

[7:08] the school website, you can view through there. As of right now, Thank you.

[7:15] » Thank you, Councilwoman. Uh Councilman Armalino.

[7:18] » Yes. Good evening, everyone. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um just the library reminder,

[7:22] it'll be closed Monday, uh Labor Day, no uh on September 7th. Uh their summer

[7:27] hours are ending and they'll start uh reopening on Saturdays beginning

[7:31] September 12th. Don't forget there's Tai Chi in Memorial Park on Tuesdays at 10

[7:35] a.m. and they've got a a concert indoors on the 16th at 6:30 p.m. Mark Burgerer

[7:41] and you can register for that on the website. DPW uh they basically uh have

[7:47] ongoing collection from the parks, the streets, etc. vegetation collection. Uh

[7:52] they did another six and a half tons worth of potholes and uh responding to

[7:56] tree issues. Also the last month they've had a good focus on sewer and storm

[8:01] water basin cleanings and they cleared a few blockages. Um they had the uh one

[8:08] sewer um blockage they had to get some support from New Milford in their DVW

[8:13] camera truck and uh they've actually begun training on Dumont's new sewer

[8:16] truck. So that's uh that'll help us with those cleanouts. And then just the land

[8:21] use board. Uh there was no meeting in August due to the lack of applications.

[8:25] And our next meeting is September 29th. That concludes my reports.

[8:29] » Thank you, Councilman Armalino. Councilman Tino.

[8:36] » Uh Councilwoman Petri. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Through August

[8:40] 31st, the Dumont Fire Department responded to 347 emergency calls. 218

[8:46] were daytime and 129 were at nighttime. Uh totaling 6,695

[8:54] man hours total services um hours of service. In addition to emergency

[8:59] responses, our firefighter participated in 50 drills and training events

[9:04] totaling 456 hours and 69 special assignments and meetings totaling 463

[9:10] hours. Although altogether our fire department participated in 468

[9:17] events and dedicated 7,616 hours of service to the burrow of Dumont

[9:23] in the first eight months of the year. Those numbers deserve recognition

[9:28] because they represent more than statistics. They show our volunteer

[9:31] firefighters leaving their homes, families, jobs, and whatever else they

[9:36] are doing when the call comes in. I also want to recognize and thank the

[9:41] dedicated volunteers of the Dumont Volunteer Ambulance Corpse. Our

[9:44] firefighters and EMS members share something very special.

[9:49] They have committed to being there for this community when people need them the

[9:53] most. They answer the call on the good days and more importantly the bad days.

[9:59] When someone in Dumont faces a fire, medical emergency, accident, or one of

[10:04] the worst moments of their life, our volunteers show up. It does not matter

[10:09] the time, the weather, or what is happening in their own lives, they are

[10:13] there. As fire commissioner, I am incredibly proud of the men and women of

[10:17] the Dumont Fire Department and the commitment they demonstrate to the

[10:21] community every day. And to both our fire department and our ambulance

[10:25] corpse, thank you for your time. this that you sacrifice for the training and

[10:31] preparation that happens behind the scenes and most importantly for always

[10:35] answering the call when Dumont needs you. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

[10:40] » Thank you, Councilwoman Petri. Next up, we have our administrator report.

[10:43] Administrator seek. >> Thank you, Mayor. Um, I'm going to start

[10:47] off with the arts beautifification and economic development committee report.

[10:53] The second annual trolley pizza crawl history tour will be held on October 2nd

[10:58] from 12 noon to 4 pm. Tickets will go on sale starting next week. Additional

[11:04] information will be posted on Facebook in local businesses and on the burough

[11:09] website. The first annual Build a Scarecrow

[11:14] event. Um let's have some fun. Build one with a friend, a group, a club, a

[11:19] business, or an individual. drop off at Burl Hall parking lot on Saturday,

[11:24] September 19th, Sunday, September 20th, Saturday, September 26th, or Sunday,

[11:33] September 27th between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 12 noon. The scarecrows will be

[11:39] displayed outside Burough Hall, and additional information will follow.

[11:44] Also, come visit Abed on Dumonte and say hello. And their next meeting will be

[11:50] September 16th, 700 PM in the third floor here at Burough Hall.

[11:56] And then my report, um, our new Burrow um, recreation director, David Roman,

[12:03] started today. Um, he's hit the ground running, stepping into our very busy

[12:07] recreation department. I hope everyone will join me in giving Dave a warm

[12:12] welcome to the Burrow of Dumont. Preparations for Dumont Day are almost

[12:16] complete. We have a lot of fun and exciting things planned for Saturday,

[12:20] September 12th from 12 noon until 5:00 p.m. at Memorial Park. Um everything

[12:27] again was planned inhouse this year. Um, we just want to make one note. There

[12:33] will be a few less attractions this year because a majority of the rides and

[12:40] blowups were put on our Babe Ruth fields last year since we were renovating it.

[12:45] And now that the field has been um redone, we've lost a lot of real estate

[12:50] where those rides can go um because we don't want to jeopardize ruining the

[12:54] field. But we still have a lot of things for everyone to do. Um there'll be

[12:59] rides, there'll be blowups, lots of shows, entertainment. Um we have a great

[13:04] band performing. Um so I hope everybody can uh join us and the rain date will be

[13:11] Sunday, September 13th. Hopefully we don't have to use that date.

[13:16] The burrow will hold a 911 remembrance ceremony on Friday, September 11th at

[13:22] 6:30 p.m. at Memorial Park. I would like to thank Matt Bant and the Dumont Fire

[13:28] Department for once again organizing this service for our community to

[13:32] remember all those affected by the tragic events of that day.

[13:37] We had our precon meeting for CDBG funded Sunnyside and Shady Side

[13:41] Resurfacing Project. The pro projected start date for the work to begin is

[13:46] September 14th, weather permitting. The precon meeting for our NJ dot funded

[13:52] Dew Street roadway improvement project is scheduled for this Thursday,

[13:57] September 3rd, and more information in the schedule will follow that meeting.

[14:02] Um tonight's oh on tonight's agenda we are

[14:07] adding East Lynen Avenue from Hillrest Avenue to Howard Street to our Riverside

[14:13] Co-op road paving program which already includes Wandot Onida and Concord. Other

[14:20] high priority roads were considered but unfortunately when compared against the

[14:25] list for upcoming utility projects we could not pave those other roads at this

[14:29] time. The CFO and I met with our department heads to re review our

[14:34] bureau's funded capital bond ordinances which have remaining balances. Um CFO

[14:40] Rut will report more on that tonight. And the bureau continues to meet with

[14:45] our risk manager to discuss our health insurance options for next year due to

[14:50] another expected increase in the state health benefit plan.

[14:55] for our Celebrate 250. Our next committee meeting will be on Tuesday,

[15:00] September 8th to finalize the details for our street festival on Grant Avenue,

[15:05] which will be on Sunday, October 18th from 12 noon until 5:00 p.m.

[15:11] And we were also notified by the county that they have plans to pave New Milford

[15:16] Avenue next year. So the burough engineers, Neglia, have provided the

[15:20] design and construction inspection services for the ADA curb ramps, which

[15:25] the county will reimburse the burrow for a portion of those expenses. Um, that

[15:30] concludes my report. Thank you, mayor. >> Thank you, Janine. Next up, we have our

[15:35] CFO report. Mr. Rutch, >> thank you, mayor. Uh, as stated in our

[15:38] administrator report, we are crafting what is called a capital ordinance. We

[15:45] went through our improvement authorization balances based off of our

[15:48] 2025 audit and we noticed that there were several fully funded ordinances

[15:55] that haven't had a purchase order drawn down upon them in several years. So

[16:01] Jannine and myself had a initial uh phone call with our auditor and

[16:06] sustainable communities which is a third party which provides uh certain

[16:11] financial support systems to the bureau. Uh and we identified these ordinances

[16:16] that can be cancelled. The next step in the process will be the finance office

[16:22] locating the final purchase orders that tie into these ordinances just to make

[16:27] sure um that no more uh I guess nothing has to be drawn down against these

[16:33] ordinances before we cancel them. So what what what does this mean? [snorts]

[16:38] This means that these were capital ordinances, older ordinances that were

[16:43] passed anywhere from 5 to 15 years ago.

[16:48] These were fully funded ordinances that were put forth towards capital projects

[16:52] and the balances in these funded ordinances have not been completely

[16:56] exhausted. At our last meeting, we had spoken about

[16:59] authorizing debt to the tune of $250,000 for a sewer repair. Doing this will

[17:06] allow the bureau to complete these repairs and perhaps some additional

[17:10] projects without having to go out for any new debt. The purpose of this is to

[17:15] cancel the remaining balances of these funded ordinances to what is called

[17:20] general capital surplus. It's kind of like a fund balance that we have in our

[17:25] regular budget. It's just a pot of money that sits there when older balances or

[17:29] balances in the budget have not been expended. So once this resolution is

[17:34] passed, hopefully we're aiming for the September 22nd executive meeting. So

[17:39] once these funded ordinances are canceled, it goes into general surplus.

[17:43] Then a capital ordinance will be crafted which will reappropriate the funding in

[17:48] this surplus and we would be able to go and fund these projects through older

[17:54] funded ordinance money as opposed to the town having to go out and issue new

[17:59] debt. Because it's a capital ordinance and not a bond ordinance, it will have

[18:04] to be the ordinance will be up for introduction at the next meeting. we

[18:08] will go for adoption at the October 20th meeting. Because we're not issuing new

[18:12] debt, there is no estoppel period on capital ordinance. So once the ordinance

[18:17] is adopted at the October meeting, we're good to go. I don't have a number yet,

[18:23] nor will I commit to a number yet. Uh we have to do our due diligence in the

[18:27] finance department and uh and look at whatever remaining balances are in these

[18:32] ordinances. And we just want to make sure we're not drawing down on some of

[18:36] these balances still. We want to make sure that if we're cancelelling them,

[18:39] we're looking at about a shelf life of 5 years. Anything from 5 years prior, if

[18:45] we haven't drawn down a purchase order against that, we're going to cancel it.

[18:49] So, we're we're again, we're we're shooting to have this introduced at the

[18:53] September 22nd meeting adopted at the October 20th meeting. I think this is a

[18:58] big deal for the town. um it could turn out to be quite a bit of money and if

[19:05] we're able to fund some of these projects that we need without having to

[19:09] go out and issue new debt, I think it's a tremendous win for the town. So, thank

[19:14] you to our administrator and the department heads that assisted with this

[19:17] and sustainable communities and our auditor. Uh this could turn out to be a

[19:21] great thing. More details to come at the next meeting.

[19:27] » Thank you, Mr. Rut. Thank you for your great work. That was excellent.

[19:30] » Just a second. I I'd like to also commend Mr. Rut and the administrator

[19:34] for, you know, doing that due diligence and uh thinking a little bit outside the

[19:38] box to try and help out the situation we're in. So, thank you and great job.

[19:44] » Okay, next up we have our engineer report. Mr. Dunley,

[19:54] » how's everybody doing? Uh, so good evening, uh, honorable mayor and

[19:57] counsel. um here tonight to run through some updates uh in our uh in our report

[20:02] which we did issue in advance of the meeting. Uh Janine did steal some of my

[20:06] thunder unfortunately but so I may be a little repetitive but I but so I

[20:09] apologize in advance but um so real quick. So the 2026 Riverside uh

[20:15] cooperative roadway paving program uh Janine spoke about earlier we are adding

[20:19] East Lindon Avenue uh and I believe there's a there's an item on the consent

[20:23] agenda with respect to that this evening. uh that roadway is being added

[20:26] to the Riverside Cooperative uh roadway paving program. Um and just as it

[20:31] relates to timing, uh these were roadways that were encumbered uh with

[20:36] PSENG work. Um so that work was completed in July and we're currently uh

[20:40] awaiting the 90-day trench settlement period uh for those roads. So as far as

[20:45] timeline to complete that work, I think we're looking at an Octoberish

[20:49] um October or November time frame to do the the milling and resurfacing of those

[20:53] roadways. Uh speaking um about Sunnyside and uh Shady Side Avenue, uh Janine

[21:01] mentioned we did have the uh the pre-construction meeting on on August

[21:05] 6th uh 2026 and and construction is uh proceeding on September 14, 2026. Again,

[21:13] weather permitting. Regarding the keeping on the theme of

[21:18] paving here, the 2026 PSEG uh roadway paving the the bulk of that work is

[21:24] complete as of this date with the exception of uh I would you know a

[21:28] fairly extensive punch list item we have running with them uh regarding you know

[21:33] cleaning up neighbors grass, irrigation systems, driveways so forth and so on.

[21:37] So that remains somewhat ongoing although I would say it's you know in

[21:40] terms of paving it's substantially complete um as of this date.

[21:47] And then some final items. I do just want to quickly touch on the uh the

[21:51] sewer emergency at uh 30 Dakota Avenue. Uh that is work that is pro is uh slated

[21:57] to begin any day. Now there was a back order with respect to the pipe that was

[22:02] spec as well as the manhole. Uh it's it's kind of an irregular shaped

[22:06] elliptical shaped pipe in that area. Uh in order to match capacity between

[22:11] pipes, uh we had to specify a certain pipe and it has been on back order. Uh

[22:15] the contractor did indicate that he was going to start this week. Uh you know,

[22:19] given the weather, I think it's probably unlikely. Uh so I'm thinking it's

[22:22] probably either later this week or next week that that weather is going to that

[22:25] that work will will start, although I will get a more definitive answer as

[22:29] soon as I can. And then lastly, uh Janine mentioned it and I'll just

[22:33] reiterate it. Uh Bergen County will be paving to Milford Avenue. Uh and in

[22:37] conjunction with that, we will be designing all of the uh access ADA

[22:40] accessible ramps on Milford Avenue, which is a requirement of the county

[22:44] before they pave uh the roadways. So, uh we will look to complete that

[22:48] expeditiously, make sure we're on the the county's contract so that New

[22:51] Milford Avenue is paved as soon as possible. So, that is what I have this

[22:56] evening. Uh if there's any questions, comments, concerns, uh here I am. Thank

[23:01] you so much. >> Thank you, John.

[23:04] » Thank you. Okay, next up we have our attorney's

[23:08] report. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, I will uh

[23:13] drafted a tree removal ordinance. It will only apply to private property that

[23:18] has been submitted to the ordinance committee. So, you can expect to see

[23:23] that in an upcoming meeting on first reading. And um just want to briefly

[23:28] just thank the Sha Tree Commission. They did submit some suggestions and comments

[23:33] regarding the ordinance. So, I thank them for their input. And that is the

[23:39] that's all I have to share. Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

[23:42] » Thank you, Dina. All right. Next up, we're on to our consent agenda items.

[23:48] » All items with an asterisk are considered to be non-controversial by

[23:52] the council and will be approved by one motion. There may be further discussion

[23:56] prior to the vote upon request of a council member or member of the public.

[24:00] Any item may be removed for further discussion or roll call vote in which

[24:04] case the item will be removed and considered in its normal sequence as

[24:08] part of the general order of business. Resolutions 26-295

[24:14] revised appoint acting municipal court prosecutor and alternate acting

[24:19] municipal court prosecutor. 297 bills list. 298 approval of Andrew Reeba's

[24:25] internship with Dumont DPW. 299 Authorized contract for lead testing LEW

[24:33] Environmental Services LLC. 300 refund overpayment of taxes due to veteran tax

[24:41] exempt status block 820 lot 2. 301 Approval of amended Westshore Avenue

[24:47] block party request. 302 Authorized redemption of tax sales certificate

[24:53] number 25-00007

[24:59] 303 authorized redemption of tax sale certificate number 24-00005

[25:08] 304 2026 to 2028 snowplow agreement with

[25:14] county of Bergen 305 accept Aiden McKenna's firefighter application

[25:20] retroactively. 306 accept Christian Dansback Danbach's

[25:26] firefighter application retroactively. 307 approve Emily Riley's internship

[25:33] with Dumont Police Department. 308 increase 2026 Riverside Cooperative Road

[25:40] Improvement Program award amount to 475,000

[25:45] $214.74.

[25:49] 309 Approval of Bergen County ADA Ramp Program Engineering Design Services

[25:55] Costimmitate New Milford Avenue.

[26:00] » Okay. Do we have any comments from the council?

[26:05] Okay, seeing none, can I have a motion to open to public on consent agenda

[26:08] items only? >> All in favor?

[26:13] » Okay, so we're open up on consent agenda items only.

[26:30] Hi Jones. um 299.

[26:36] Where is the lead testing being done and how do we find out about it?

[26:47] » Can anybody tell me? >> So, this is for the building department.

[26:51] Um it's a private company and with rental units, they have to get lead

[26:56] testing done. >> Oh, okay.

[26:57] » And it's the uh homeowner's responsibility.

[27:00] » Okay. All right. Um 304,

[27:06] the snow removal, snowplow agreement. Did we

[27:10] ever have one with the county of Bergen before for for that? I never remember

[27:15] seeing that on the agenda. >> Every year we always do that.

[27:18] » Is that like a backup for us or >> No, we plow the roads and they reimburse

[27:24] the town for plowing the county roads. >> Oh, okay. Okay.

[27:29] All right. And then um 309 is the ramps on New Milford the

[27:36] center of New Milford or how far they going up and down

[27:43] cuz didn't we do part of New Milford? >> Typically it's typically it's going to

[27:46] be the entire stretch in >> Okay.

[27:49] » So I don't know exactly off hand I don't recall the limits but it's they're going

[27:52] to do the entire stretch. >> All right. So from the circle down to

[27:58] Prospect R. Didn't we do

[28:02] » New Milford goes from Washington? >> Yeah. From Washington down to

[28:10] » M. Okay. Okay. Sorry, I got confused. Okay. All right.

[28:16] Thank you.

[28:36] Okay, seeing no one else, can I have a motion to close the public on consent

[28:40] agenda items? >> All in favor?

[28:44] » I

[29:04] Okay. Can I have a motion to adopt uh adopt the consent agenda?

[29:08] » Second.

[29:12] » Me.

[29:18] » Council members. Kelly. >> Yes.

[29:19] » Rillo. >> Yes.

[29:21] » Armalino. >> Yes.

[29:22] » Shino. >> Yes.

[29:23] » Petri. >> Yes.

[29:44] Okay. So, we're going to move on to our ordinances. Uh we're going to do them

[29:49] all together since none of them are really that controversial and we'll have

[29:53] uh public comment at the end. So, we're going to read them all. I'm

[29:57] going to read them all out now. So, we have ordinance second reading of

[30:02] ordinance number 1673 and ordinance amending chapter 98-26 of the Dumont

[30:08] Burough code development fees. We have 1674 bond ordinance to authorize

[30:15] acquisition of a new ladder truck in buy and for the burough of Dumont in the

[30:19] county of Bergen, state of New Jersey the to the appropriate sum of 1,940,000

[30:26] to pay the cost thereof to make a down payment and to authorize the issuance of

[30:30] bonds to finance such appropriation and to provide the issuance of a bond

[30:35] anticipation notes in the anticipation of the issuance of such bonds.

[30:42] Number 1675, an ordinance amending chapter 21-34

[30:48] of the Dumont Burough Code uh applicable parking lots and parking areas permit

[30:53] fees and chapter 21-35 of the Dumont Bough Code parking regulations.

[30:59] And the last one is number 1676, an ordinance amending chapter 317-3

[31:06] of the Dumont Burough Code, parking of trailer amended to include registered

[31:11] owner or operator.

[31:18] » Can I have a motion to wave the formal reading?

[31:22] » All in favor? >> I.

[31:24] » We have any discussions from the council?

[31:28] Mayor, I can just give um an overview of each real quick.

[31:32] » Okay. >> Um so, ordinance 1673, which amends uh

[31:39] chapter 98-26 of the Dumont Burough Code. Um this is

[31:46] regarding development fees. Um it's increasing the fee to 1.5%

[31:52] from 1%. Um, this is something that's required uh

[31:57] within all burough zoning districts. Residential developers except for

[32:02] developers of the types of development specifically exempted shall pay a fee of

[32:08] 1.5% of the equalized assessed value for

[32:12] residential development provided no increased density is permitted.

[32:18] Um so again that's ordinance 1673 for um ordinance 1674

[32:26] that's the authorization of bond ordinance for the acquisition of the new

[32:31] ladder fire truck uh for 1,940,000.

[32:38] This is to um for the burrow's ladder truck um to appropriate that amount for

[32:46] the issuance of bonds to finance the appropriation

[32:51] um to buy the new ladder truck for the Dumont Fire Department.

[32:59] Ordinance 1675 is to amend chapter 2134

[33:06] and 21-35 which is the permit fees for applicable

[33:11] parking lots and areas as well as parking regulations.

[33:17] Um 2134

[33:21] um all we're changing in that section is the commuter parking fees. The resident

[33:28] fee will remain the same at $120 per year. The non-resident commuter

[33:35] parking fee is being changed from $180 annually to $240

[33:43] annually. um the parking regulations section, uh

[33:48] chapter 21-35. We just had to change some of the

[33:52] wording within that section because, um the chapter had that it had the sticker

[34:00] had to be displayed in the rear window of a of the parked vehicle, which we

[34:06] have not used stickers in many years. So, we changed it from that to say that

[34:11] the paid confirmation receipt from P PD links um needs to be displayed in the

[34:18] front dashboard for the current year.

[34:23] And then lastly, ordinance 1676 is to amend chapter 37 317-3,

[34:34] which is um parking of a trailer on your property. And this is just to amend um

[34:40] to include the registered owner or operator um within the wording of the

[34:46] ordinance so that um summones or tickets can be written appropriately.

[34:55] » And that's it. >> Okay. Thank you, Janine. Um can I have a

[35:00] motion to open to the public? >> Second.

[35:02] » All in favor? I >> So, we're open to the public on any of

[35:08] these ordinances if anyone has any questions.

[35:19] Okay, seeing no one, can I have a motion to close to the public?

[35:22] » Motion. >> All in favor? I

[35:29] » Okay. Okay.

[35:43] Okay. So, can I have a motion to adopt ordinance number 1673?

[35:47] » Motion.

[35:53] » Council members Kelly, >> yes.

[35:56] » Yes. >> Armalino,

[35:57] » yes. >> Shireeno,

[35:58] » yes. >> Petri,

[35:59] » yes.

[36:03] Okay. Can I have a motion to adopt ordinance number 1674?

[36:07] » Motion. >> Second.

[36:11] » Council members Kelly. >> Yes.

[36:13] » Rillo. >> Yes.

[36:14] » Armalino. >> Yes.

[36:15] » Shino. >> Yes.

[36:17] » Petri. >> Yes.

[36:21] » Okay. Can I have a motion to adopt ordinance number 1675?

[36:25] » Motion. >> Second.

[36:30] Council members Kelly, >> yes.

[36:33] » Rillo, >> yes.

[36:34] » Armalino, >> yes.

[36:35] » Shino, >> yes.

[36:36] » Petri, >> yes.

[36:39] » Okay. And lastly, can I have a motion to adopt on the second reading ordinance

[36:43] number 1676? >> Motion.

[36:46] » Second.

[36:50] » Council members Kelly, >> yes.

[36:53] » Yes. >> Armalino,

[36:55] » yes. >> Shino,

[36:56] » yes. >> Petri,

[36:57] » yes.

[37:01] Okay. Can I have a motion to open to the public for general comments?

[37:06] » Second. >> All in favor?

[37:08] » I. >> Okay. So, we're open for general

[37:10] comments.

[37:24] » Good evening. Thanks for hearing me. So, I'm the assistant baseball coach for the

[37:28] 10U baseball team here in town. Um, I'm asking for approval to do a fundraiser

[37:33] in Washington and Madison. >> Can you just state your name, please?

[37:36] » Paul Babulis, 31 Blanch Court,

[37:41] » BAB O Lis.

[37:49] So, we uh we're a young team and we've been doing a lot of work this year and

[37:55] played 46 games and we need to play a few more. So, couple tournaments left.

[37:59] So, wonder if we could shake the can or do a fundraiser in the middle of town

[38:03] there. Asking for the date of September 13th.

[38:42] So typically you would have sent Hi. >> We already we spoke to the chief about

[38:46] it. He told me to come here. >> Did you submit a letter.

[38:49] » Uh, not to my knowledge. No. >> Okay. So, we'll confer with

[38:55] » um it was um Todd Weiner spoke to somebody about it. He said he spoke to

[39:00] the chief about it and he told him to come down here today.

[39:04] [laughter] >> Okay. Well, here's what I'm going to

[39:07] recommend. >> Sure.

[39:08] » Because you want to do this on September 13th and we don't have um we don't have

[39:13] a meeting between now and then. So, in the morning, you're going to send the

[39:18] chief a letter requesting it. Um, chief will let us know if there's any concerns

[39:25] with it. What we will do tonight is um adopt an authorization subject to the

[39:31] chief's approval. So, if we don't get the chief's approval, then it it won't

[39:35] be approved. But if if he reviews what you submit and gives us the okay, then

[39:39] you'll have tonight's vote will count. Okay.

[39:42] » Thank you so much. >> Okay.

[39:45] I make a motion for the resolution for the fundraiser on September 13th subject

[39:51] to the chief's approval. >> Second.

[40:00] » Council members Kelly, >> yes.

[40:03] » Rillo, >> yes.

[40:04] » Armalino, >> yes.

[40:05] » Shino, >> yes.

[40:06] » Petri, >> yes.

[40:17] » [laughter] >> That's

[40:54] Just I'm just going to note for the record uh that'll be resolution uh

[40:58] pending resolution 26-310.

[41:15] Okay, we have anybody else general comments?

[41:22] Okay, so can I uh

[41:27] » I have a motion to close to the public. motion.

[41:29] » Second.

[41:34] » All in favor?

[41:38] » All right. Uh, any comments from the council?

[41:42] » All right. So, can I have a motion to adjurnn?

[41:46] » All right. Good night, everybody. >> Second.

[41:49] » Good night. >> God bless everybody.

[41:51] » Enjoy the rest of the summer. >> Yes. It's going to be a nice weekend.

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