[0:00] All right, I'm going to call the meeting to order at 7:06.

[0:06] Uh, rise everyone to salute the flag. >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the

[0:13] United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation

[0:19] under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. And at this time, the

[0:24] mayor always asks us to remain standing for a moment of silence to honor the men

[0:29] and women who keep us safe around the world. And this meeting, I would like

[0:34] everybody to keep the Shiffron, the um Depro, and the Schmidt families in your

[0:41] hearts because we had big losses in town this week.

[0:47] Okay. Thank you.

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[1:33] broadcasted. On roll call, Mayor Bolan is absent.

[1:39] Council members Bennon >> here.

[1:41] » Herk >> here.

[1:42] » Pavano >> here. Smith is absent. Alman

[1:47] » here. >> Flynn

[1:49] » here. >> Burough attorney Scatino

[1:51] » here. >> Bur administrator Fbre

[1:53] » here. >> Burough clerk despotto here. We have a

[1:56] quorum. >> Okay, first item on the agenda is the

[2:00] presentation and proclamations. The 100 anniversary of the fire police.

[2:04] » So I'd like to call the fire police up to the day, please. And uh Claire, since

[2:09] you're the fire commissioner, would you like to

[2:12] » Oh boy. join. >> I want to get a good picture.

[2:19] [applause]

[2:29] [applause]

[2:36] » Doesn't sound on. [snorts]

[2:49] I don't want I don't want to get yelled at for not being on TV when I'm talking

[2:53] about you guys. So, I'm going to start out by reading this certificate of

[2:57] recognition. for this. Uh, this certificate is proudly presented to the

[3:04] Maywood Fire Police in honor and celebration of 100 years of dedicated

[3:09] service. Since its founding, the Maywood Fire Police has stood as a steadfast

[3:14] guardian of public safety, directing traffic, securing scenes, and protecting

[3:18] both the community and its first responders in their most critical

[3:22] moments. On this milestone centennial

[3:26] anniversary, that's 100 years folks. We pay tribute to the men and women past

[3:31] and present whose commitment, courage, and selfless service have defined this

[3:35] organization for 100 years. May the legacy of those who came before inspire

[3:41] all who follow. And this is given to you all in honor or by the mayor and

[3:47] council. Where is Karen? You're over here. Um, I would just like to say I

[3:51] think everyone in town knows this, but there we [clears throat] have so many

[3:55] people who do different things, who volunteer in different ways,

[3:59] and some people do this event, and some people do this parade, and some people

[4:03] are firefighters and are out all the time. These guys are at all of the

[4:09] things. We all do a little. Some of us do a lot. They do it all. They're

[4:14] everywhere all the time. It's crazy. I don't even understand how they sleep.

[4:19] But I'm always impressed that they're willing to continue to do this because

[4:24] it's a lot. We ask a lot of you. Um, our fun things and our hard things and

[4:29] everything. You're always there. So, you know, on behalf of everybody, I just

[4:34] want to thank you for your just always being there for us and always being

[4:38] there for me. I'm going to make myself cry. I always get myself worked up when

[4:41] I say things like this. >> I thought, [laughter]

[4:44] » well, we all this always happens, right? So, I'd like to let Claire, do you have

[4:49] anything to say as the fire commissioner?

[4:52] » Yeah, I'm crying already, so it's okay. [laughter]

[4:55] » So, do you have anything to add as our fearless leader?

[4:59] » There you go. [laughter] >> On behalf of the mayor of fire, please,

[5:01] we want to thank the council of uh Maywood uh for this recognition. We

[5:05] really appreciate it for 100th service anniversary. So, thank you again so

[5:09] much. We appreciate it. >> Here's to 100 more. [laughter]

[5:13] » Yeah. [applause]

[5:18] » [applause]

[5:23] » Can we squish and shoot? >> Squish and shoot.

[5:32] » Yeah. I want to get a picture of the fire.

[5:37] » Let's get us all in and then we'll get us alone. My husband is rescuing me.

[5:44] » All right, Adrian, you need to organize this.

[5:48] » [laughter] >> left shoulder.

[5:53] » Let's uh >> Yeah, you can't see the guys in the

[5:56] back. >> You guys are right.

[6:07] » Hey Roy, where's Roy? >> Right there. Perfect. Perfect. Let's

[6:15] see if we can do even if that makes sense.

[6:30] » Yes.

[6:37] » Did you say I made that perfect? >> I did. [laughter]

[6:41] said, "Take a perfect picture." Cameron, just move your head to your

[6:45] right a little bit. [laughter] >> That way, that way.

[6:52] » Boom. Thank you. [applause]

[7:04] » Yep. Yep. Yep. >> Face forward. No shoulders.

[7:17] Yeah. Scooch together a little.

[7:24] » Yep. Perfect. >> Come smiling.

[7:30] » Everybody [laughter] say

[7:37] » that looks awesome. It does. >> Sorry.

[7:43] » Thank you. Thank you. [applause]

[7:48] » Thank you. >> So nice.

[7:57] » This is going to be a quick meeting. I have to be this hot.

[7:59] » Okay. >> Nothing wrong with that.

[8:00] » Thank you. >> Thank you very much. Appreciate you.

[8:04] » I can feel it.

[8:12] Thank you. >> Thank you very much. Are you kidding?

[8:14] » Thank you. >> Thank you. You too.

[8:19] » My husband went to the coronet and grabbed me another pair.

[8:21] » That was very nice. >> What did he What did he go?

[8:24] » Very nice. >> Yes, it was very nice. I'm glad you said

[8:26] something because I'm like I was going to say I was going to say something

[8:29] about all the stuff they do. So, I'm glad you said

[8:31] » because every time I start saying those things, I like make my own self cry.

[8:34] » I was very very >> Yeah. Well, you held it in. You were

[8:36] good. You were good. You kept it together. [laughter]

[8:40] » Like I'm really It's like I'm really good at getting myself worked up.

[8:45] » That's why I can't read cards in the hallmark.

[8:51] » So, council president, next item on the agenda is public hearing on pending

[8:54] ordinances. We have ordinance 7-26, an ordinance to amend chapter 52, the

[8:59] burough code of the burough Maywood entitled personal policy.

[9:03] Council President, we need to open the floor.

[9:05] » So, I'll open the floor to public comment on ordinance 726.

[9:11] Do you have any comments, John? [laughter]

[9:17] » Um, does anyone Oh, well, I should close then. Um, seeing none, we'll close the

[9:24] uh public portion. Does anyone in the council have any comments or questions

[9:28] about this? This is the second reading, so we're going to pass it tonight. I

[9:32] will say, Adrian, I did notice the part about training for AI policy. And I do

[9:38] want to make sure that we put a pin in that and that actually happens because

[9:42] AI is confusing to people and employees. And you know, we had a little issue with

[9:46] using a graphic once that we didn't have the permission for. So, I think making

[9:50] sure that the staff really understand what the intention is here is super

[9:55] important. >> I'll talk to Frank and see if we can get

[9:58] uh some of the MSI training, some videos. Yeah,

[10:00] » they usually provide that if there is something available.

[10:03] » Yeah, >> we'll get it.

[10:04] » And just like let them know like we're serious. Like they should read this and

[10:07] acknowledge that they've read the policy change because this is a brand new We're

[10:10] in a strange new world here with AI. Um all right. So, uh I think it's time to

[10:17] take the role. We need a first and a second. Oh, I'm sorry. Can I have a

[10:22] motion? >> I'll make the motion.

[10:24] » I'll second. >> On roll call. Bennon,

[10:28] » yes. >> Herrick,

[10:29] » yes. Padavano, >> yes.

[10:30] » Olman, >> yes.

[10:32] » Flynn, >> yes. Motion carries. Be it resolved by

[10:35] the governing body of the Burl Maywood that ordinance 7-26B and is hereby

[10:39] passed upon second and final reading and that the burough clerk is hereby

[10:42] authorized and directed to advertise the same according to law. Next item on the

[10:47] agenda is the approval of minutes. We have the May 12th, 2026 work session and

[10:51] close session minutes and the May 26, 2026 council meeting minutes.

[10:56] » Okay. Can I have a motion? I'll make the motion.

[11:01] » Second that. Anybody want to second it? >> I'll second.

[11:06] » Can we have the vote on roll call? Bennon,

[11:09] » yes. >> Herrick,

[11:11] » yes. >> Favano,

[11:12] » yes. >> Almond,

[11:13] » yes. >> Flynn,

[11:15] » yes. >> Motion carries. Next thing on the agenda

[11:18] is our engineering report for June.

[11:25] » Thank you, honorable council members. So, we should an engineers report uh

[11:29] dated uh the 16th for tonight's meeting. I'll briefly go through the topics. I'll

[11:33] tie the first two together, which is Memorial Park improvements and the

[11:37] lighting, sports lighting improvements. Projects been completed for a while.

[11:40] We're just uh punch listing uh and requesting documentation from uh the

[11:46] contractor. They'll move forward with close out and then uh be providing uh

[11:50] documents uh to open space so that the bureau can receive its outstanding grant

[11:54] funding for that project. uh the permeable paver projects, there's

[11:59] been no action with respect to it. Uh we're awaiting uh sports seasons and

[12:03] events to end. [snorts] Uh once that occurs in late fall, that project will

[12:09] move forward in the winter. The under drains will be constructed and then

[12:12] you'll be able to use the fields uh in the spring of that year of next year,

[12:16] 2027. uh Taplan and Laughlin. Uh we received

[12:21] uh documents from uh the burrow today which will allow us to make submissions

[12:25] both to uh community development and DOT by the end of the week. Then you'll be

[12:29] in the queue to receive the outstanding grant funds for both of those projects

[12:33] too. Uh next item on the list is uh Dodto. Uh we had a bid opening uh that

[12:40] occurred on uh June 17th. We issued a recommendation package uh just this week

[12:46] on yesterday the 22nd. Once uh funding's available for that project uh the award

[12:52] would occur and we would anticipate that uh piping would be installed August

[12:56] September. You'd let it settle out for two to three months and pave right

[13:00] around October, November. Uh Memorial Park, the Spring Valley uh entrance side

[13:05] improvements project. Uh we've been working uh with the governing body with

[13:10] our office of repair conceptual plan for that. Improvements include three

[13:16] separate items. Uh the base bid is going to be the retaining wall grading

[13:21] improvements near the Spring Valley Road parking lot. Uh what that'll do is

[13:25] eliminate the current condition where you see the slope eroding over and you

[13:29] actually can see some of the the granite that's located there. Uh that wall will

[13:34] allow us to fill over that. You'll have uh top soil there and be able to plant

[13:38] there and uh hold that slope and soil in the alternate bid of that project will

[13:44] include an irrigation system. The irrigation system will ensure that that

[13:48] those plantings are maintained and then the alternate bid B which would be if

[13:53] there's sufficient funding would be to take the pathway where which now ends

[13:59] and begins in the middle of the drive aisle where residents would walk through

[14:03] the parking lot. We're now locating that along the right of way of Spring Valley

[14:08] uh along the frontage. That would require you to eliminate some of the

[14:11] smaller saplings that have been planted there. We will set the bid up so uh we

[14:17] attempt as best as possible to remove those plantings and move them to other

[14:22] locations within the park so that those plantings uh aren't wasted. Uh what we

[14:27] have done if if you've seen the plan is developed an ADA ramp that will come

[14:33] toward I guess the east toward the basketball courts. You'll work your way

[14:37] up at 5%. You'll then bend your way off to the

[14:42] » right >> north that is toward the dog park. We'll

[14:45] have a separate walkway into where the dog park is, which is ADA accessible,

[14:50] and eliminate that stone area, which has kind of been thrown down and is not not

[14:56] clean and needs to be tidied, so you have a clean entrance to the uh dog

[15:00] park. Then you'll loop around with that 5% slope and be able to get uh to the

[15:05] basketball courts. If you don't need to use the ramp and and and don't need the

[15:09] ADA accessible ramp, there's going to be a stairway that will take you up

[15:13] directly to the basketball courts if you want to uh eliminate going to the uh dog

[15:18] park. So, there will be in between there, which I think will be uh

[15:23] something that'll create intra aesthetic interest to the park. There there'll be

[15:27] a small retaining wall that will loop uh in between uh the 88 ramp where you

[15:32] slope 5% to loop around toward the basketball court. It'll be a planter box

[15:36] that you could put trees, decorative plantings in and and create an aesthetic

[15:42] uh as you're either choosing to enter the dog park or choosing to enter the

[15:47] main [clears throat] park. Um I I know we potentially may have a meeting uh

[15:52] this week. All are invited to uh visit and we'll walk through and I can present

[15:58] and show based upon the plan where these separate improvements are going to be

[16:01] located so you can visualize it uh in the field.

[16:06] Next item on the list is the call for DOT municipal aid grant projects. Uh

[16:11] yesterday we submitted a grant application for uh Ham Place. Uh we

[16:16] would anticipate that around Thanksgiving time, end of the year is

[16:20] when the state would be awarding grants and you would construct that either

[16:23] spring or summer of next year based upon uh funding availability. Uh and then the

[16:28] final two items that are listed in the report relate to the municipal storm

[16:32] water management program. Uh, one was the stormwater pollution prevention plan

[16:37] and storm water management plan and also the storm water control ordinance. We've

[16:40] submitted those documents to Bergen County. They're under review. Once

[16:44] they're completed, uh, the burl would upload those to their storm water

[16:47] section of their website. The other is the uh, larger watershed assessment

[16:52] report. We're preparing that report. We'll be issuing a draft by the end of

[16:56] July. Uh, that report's due uh, at the end of uh, this year. And then a final

[17:01] item that's that's off the report, but we had discussed at last month's meeting

[17:05] was the Central Avenue paving that the county is going to undertake. Uh we we

[17:09] received correspondence that they they're not going to be paving that

[17:12] roadway into uh until 2027 based upon their funding and review.

[17:18] Some good aspects of the project though and information that we've acquired. One

[17:22] is that uh the county is going to be implementing a bike path from Hacksac

[17:28] through uh the burrow of Maywood as as part of this project. Now when we asked

[17:33] for the shoulder striping that was requested, the burl has the option and

[17:37] they asked us to pull the governing body uh would you want uh shoulder striping

[17:42] or would you want them to continue the the bike path uh through the burrow? So

[17:46] that's something that you would need to consider. you don't need to take action

[17:50] tonight because it's not going to occur till next year, but they they'd like an

[17:55] answer from the governing body as it relates to that. And then the final

[17:58] item, I know the mayor had asked as it relates to traveling um eastbound on uh

[18:04] Central Avenue toward Hackinack about lengthening that left turn lane because

[18:09] you have some queuing that actually ends up in the straight lane heading east.

[18:14] and they said they will definitely uh implement that, include that in the

[18:17] revised construction documents when it goes out to bid. So, you'll see that

[18:20] lengthening occurring, hopefully less queuing that impacts uh people traveling

[18:25] eastbound on Central Avenue. That concludes our report. Be glad to address

[18:29] any questions or comments the governing body had though.

[18:31] » Can is I guess maybe they won't have this yet, but with that bike path, the

[18:37] shoulder striping question, um it' be good to see a plan. I I would imagine

[18:42] people might be I mean Ryan I know is already like bike

[18:47] path, right? >> I just I have a question about So

[18:49] Hackinack is installing the bike path, correct? So, well, the county is going

[18:54] to paint paint it on the uh c since they're paving all of central avenue

[18:58] from Hackinack through >> my assumption is that Hackinack is

[19:01] paying for no >> it on their So, so that's my next

[19:04] question is the county if we're talking is going to continue if we so choose the

[19:09] bike path will continue paving or painting the bike path at their cost not

[19:15] to the cost of >> No, it's all this is all this is

[19:18] project. >> Yeah, just it's just choice on what to

[19:20] That's going to be very >> I'd love to know is it just paint or are

[19:24] they planning on putting any kind of >> Ballards? I mean Central gets quite

[19:29] narrow between Maywood

[19:33] and uh Rochelle. >> It is. It is.

[19:36] » So >> So I I know that I I I doubt they will

[19:39] put Ballards in because the the >> those little orange thingy bobers

[19:44] » issues with uh vehicles traveling by larger vehicles. I'd be glad to ask the

[19:49] county to supply a striking plan for what they intend to do within the

[19:52] roadway. And I I I could distribute that uh through the administrator of the

[19:56] governing body to take a look at it. >> Those skinny I'm sorry. Those skinny

[20:00] little orange things that aren't quite cones. I don't know what one would.

[20:04] They're not bothered. It's probably not the right word.

[20:06] » Delineators they're called. >> Oh, okay. Traffic delineators.

[20:09] » You did not know that. >> Exactly what I would have called them.

[20:12] » Traffic delineator. They were located I know at uh Maywood A and Spring Valley

[20:17] and they get clipped a lot. >> They absolutely get clipped but it's

[20:20] better that they get clipped than the people on the bikes is. So yeah know

[20:24] into every life a traffic deliminator must fall occasionally.

[20:27] » What is the difference between the shoulder and a bike path? Aren't they

[20:32] are they similar in size? Is it just that they put arrows for the bike path?

[20:37] » They paint it. So I I would envision it and I don't want to speak out of term

[20:42] because I haven't seen the plan myself. I was just asked the question. The the

[20:45] white stripe would be your typical shoulder that you you see that that that

[20:49] you did on Spring Valley. >> Spring Valley, right?

[20:51] » Um your bike path would have the double white with the paint the painted color

[20:56] in the middle with the symbol of the bike bike traveling bike

[21:00] » of which no one would be able to park on said bike path on central on that side.

[21:06] Correct. Well, it depends on where they put it. There's there's only parking on

[21:10] what on the part between Maywood and Rochelle

[21:14] A. There's only parking on one side of the street anyway. So, if the bike path

[21:17] was put on that side, >> hopefully it would be on the other side,

[21:19] but it's so narrow. I mean, I've ridden my bike on that street. And it's

[21:23] » we'll probably be better off with I mean, just for traffic in general to not

[21:28] have cars parked on that road. >> Yeah. Because when you have multiple

[21:32] cars going at the same time, sometimes you go around.

[21:35] » You can't just decide that people can't park on

[21:38] » Well, no. County road. That's a county decision.

[21:40] » It's a county decision to some extent, right? And if that then I mean, if the

[21:45] bike path is up, then you can't park in a bike path that not on that side of the

[21:49] street, but on the other side, you'd be able

[21:51] » to park. >> I just wonder what they're I guess we

[21:54] have to see what they're >> Yeah. I'm sorry, Claire. I didn't mean

[21:57] to speak over you. >> I'm talking to Adrian who's making a bad

[21:59] face. >> Okay. Stop making faces.

[22:01] » I'm I'm making I'm I'm in my bicycle. >> If you're going to make faces, do it on

[22:04] your microphone so it gets on the TV. [laughter]

[22:07] » Um we uh so obviously we need some more information because the idea of a bike

[22:12] path is a great idea. I mean, we remember we we Ryan and Doug had uh sort

[22:18] of champion the idea of putting the bike path along the rail line.

[22:24] You know, if that's still an option, perhaps this bike path they're talking

[22:28] about could be diverted. on to that through Maywood. Um, and then we would

[22:33] avoid people. Why are you looking at me in that tone of voice? [laughter] So,

[22:39] » my tone of voice >> that could that could um I it's just a

[22:42] thought, you know, like to explore. [laughter]

[22:47] » So, can we see a plan, please? >> Yeah, that's it. That's it. That's it.

[22:51] » The uh county traffic engineer announc the more we think about. Does anyone

[22:56] else have any questions for our engineer? Um just one thing I I had

[23:00] brought up to Mr. Peniac before which is and that we discussed we did get the

[23:07] information back from the county saying that they are of course okay with us

[23:11] putting up crosswalk signs. Um I've reached out to our CFO to just check on

[23:16] the funding and I've also asked Mr. PLA if he could look into some possible

[23:20] grant opportunities for that to see how much we would have funding for um if

[23:25] we'd have funding to do all six um across May would have the crosswalk

[23:29] signs already in place from an old bond bond ordinances um andor get some grant

[23:36] money andor if we >> my understanding was we have the money

[23:40] set aside so yes we can get grant money for other crosswalks.

[23:45] » True. You're going to be waiting a year or two then if you

[23:47] » Oh, no. No. These I >> Gav's on the roof.

[23:50] » Great. Did I not just say those girls? >> Is there such a thing as a grant you get

[23:54] immediately? If there is, we would love to have it.

[23:56] » That is the one thing is is is if you are looking for grant money, it will

[23:59] take some. >> It's going to delay.

[24:00] » Okay. Well, I'll let you know what Sher >> It would turn into it would turn into a

[24:04] next year project. >> Yeah, we we've been promising these for

[24:07] a long time. We've been told we have the funding for a long time. It would be

[24:09] really exciting to get crackacking on this situation. So I would uh like

[24:14] » So basically the next step is once I just hear from Sher with everything that

[24:17] everything is a-okay and then uh we just need to official have an official

[24:23] » bid the project >> say for you to start putting together

[24:26] the package. And just so everyone remembers, you did say it's roughly

[24:30] $50,000 a crosswalk, and that is doing the work soup to nuts, but that does

[24:36] also include striping across the street, of which we would not have to do because

[24:40] the striping already exists on Maywood Avenue that the county did do. So,

[24:46] » although we I mean, you never know. It might need a little touch-up.

[24:48] » It might need a little touch-up. I mean, that might be part of what we have to

[24:51] look at, but that would be the >> and and that's not the expensive part of

[24:57] the No, the sign, right? >> I think we need some traffic delineators

[25:01] in the middle of the crosswalk as well. Just going to say

[25:04] » put that in the >> Do you have another

[25:06] » Greg? I have a question. Sure. Um >> the patchwork on Maywood Avenue, now

[25:12] that she brings it up, especially by Burrow Hall, is is horrible. Um is the

[25:17] county coming back? Are they sending their contractors back to address that

[25:21] or is that is that the way it's going to stay?

[25:23] » Yeah, I I I I could reach out. >> I I've actually been meaning to reach

[25:26] out to you about this, but but Katherine just brought up uh what she brought up

[25:29] and just popped into my head right now. >> Which patchwork are you talking about?

[25:33] » I'm sorry. >> Which patchwork are you talking about?

[25:36] » The one on the corner of Park and Well, actually all over, but on Park and uh

[25:40] Maywood A is pretty bad right out front here. Um and and it was done without any

[25:46] I I believe it was done without even talking to the the planning I mean I'm

[25:49] sorry the building department until after like they you know like they

[25:52] generally >> under the cover of night.

[25:54] » Yeah. I mean it's always emergency work >> and and it was the county or was it a

[25:58] utility? It was >> I want to say it was PSEG but I I

[26:03] believe it was PSEG. I think >> Was it the gas leak?

[26:06] » You talking about the GL the gas leak right out here?

[26:09] » If that's what they were calling it. I'm not exactly [laughter] sure what the

[26:11] reason was. >> That's what they were calling it. Yeah.

[26:12] I mean, listen, they have >> purportedly

[26:15] » they've never met an emergency they didn't have a name for. I mean, you

[26:19] know, they just it gives if by calling it an emergency, they can just do as

[26:23] they please. >> You know, you made me think of something

[26:25] else. >> Oh, no.

[26:26] » I'm sorry. >> Sorry. Sorry.

[26:28] » Um there I know I said to you and to Gary, there's a little there's a bit of

[26:34] a sinkhole developing on Orchard Place in front of like fairly close to the

[26:38] end. There's an old patch probably from 152 years ago. So, Gary said he called

[26:43] in a uh a mark out cuz he wanted to see which

[26:48] utility might be in the vicinity. Um I don't know, maybe we don't have a record

[26:52] of who it was, but if you it's in front of nine orchard place and since you're

[26:58] going to be at the aphasia center, you could go just take a little detour. Uh,

[27:03] so right in the corner of the patch there's a hole and it and when you look

[27:07] in it, the a literary agent editor thought it seemed deep and dangerous. So

[27:13] [laughter] I don't know if I mean it looks pretty

[27:16] deep to me and I I don't know. I'm worrying that the whole that whole big

[27:20] block we've been talking about that's already falling apart is like now being

[27:24] undermined. >> Um, so

[27:27] » a >> lot of road discussion today.

[27:29] » Yeah, good stuff. Good stuff. Uh, Greg, if I may, just to

[27:33] » pile on your report, which generated a tremendous amount of discussion tonight

[27:37] to circle back briefly on to the bike uh lane, there's, I'd

[27:44] say, a better chance than not, I will not be on the council when this finally

[27:49] comes to a vote. So I would like my colleagues and for it to be on record

[27:55] thinking uh or saying rather that in my opinion there's no question it

[28:00] should be a bike lane. I've said on this day it's for almost nine years now and

[28:05] I'm sure if you looked at the 90 years before that the county has never offered

[28:09] to put a bike lane in any municipality uh at no cost to the burrow. People are

[28:15] still going to drive their bikes to Saddlebrook Park. Kids are going to

[28:19] continue to drive their bikes to Saddle Brook Park because you could see them

[28:22] every evening playing basketball and pickle ball and tennis there. So, if we

[28:27] could uh do something to make that drive a little safer, I think we would be

[28:32] silly not to. >> Duly noted, sir.

[28:36] » Yeah. >> Thank you.

[28:37] » It would help me make my bike trips longer, which I would appreciate because

[28:42] I would feel safer. It's not safe on Central on a bike. I'm just going to

[28:46] tell you. Um, all right. Is there anything else or have we exhausted the

[28:50] engineers report and can we let Greg scadaddle?

[28:55] » You got anything else, Greg? >> I kind of did it already.

[28:58] » Don't unless anybody has any questions? >> You

[29:01] » sure you don't want to circle back to the bike lane? [laughter]

[29:05] » We do have under new business this concept plan and the grading for

[29:08] Memorial Park, which you did already review. Does any even though that's

[29:13] later on the agenda, does anyone else have any additional questions

[29:16] specifically about that? >> Just you said there's going to be a

[29:19] meeting you're going to show where the >> So I I think uh

[29:24] the burough administrator and I have a meeting 2:30

[29:28] uh for a matter at the uh Peerless Firehouse on Thursday. After that

[29:33] meeting uh we're going to have a meeting at uh the Spring Valley side of Memorial

[29:38] Park just to walk through uh that plan. So we can you can everybody can

[29:42] visualize it in the field and then we can discuss potential revisions if you'd

[29:46] like to revise the plan. >> So you guesstimate like 3:30ish

[29:50] » 330 we should be >> I'm going to the theater. It can't be a

[29:53] lot later than that. >> Definitely would

[29:55] » around 3:30 on Thursday. >> Around 3:30.

[29:57] » Yeah. Because I I'm looking at the the plan you gave, but kind of want to see

[30:02] it in real life. >> We we'll show you in real life and we'll

[30:05] also have a larger scale plan so that you Yeah. Yeah. That's tiny. All right.

[30:08] Well, and if as many of us can get there as possible, then and if anybody else

[30:12] has questions, I'm going to try to get there. If you have questions and you

[30:15] can't get there, feel free to >> ask.

[30:18] » John, is this something since there's going to be no discussion about is this

[30:22] something that we have to worry about a quorum or can we just everybody just

[30:25] show up and look around. It's a park. We're there.

[30:28] » No replying all. >> Well, right. If there's no going to be

[30:31] no discussion and no action taken, you could all go on a site visit.

[30:35] » Okay. Just want to make sure. Thank you. Thank you.

[30:38] » We could speak amongst ourselves. Just not discuss it.

[30:41] » Just just no replying all. >> Just no discussing the pro [laughter]

[30:44] the project. >> Yeah.

[30:45] » You're going to if you're going to discuss the project, then

[30:48] » it's listen only. >> It's listen only.

[30:50] » Listen, take note. Well, it's just an understanding what's going on. We can

[30:54] have the discussions after. All right. So, can we let Mr. Piniac go?

[31:00] » Unless the member of the public has any questions for him, I would say yes.

[31:04] » The member. >> All right. I think we can dispense with

[31:08] you, Mr. Pony. And you may go home to your lovely family.

[31:11] » Thank you so much. >> All right. Have a wonderful night and

[31:14] we'll see you Thursday. >> Bye, Greg.

[31:16] » Have a good night. >> All right. So, on to bills and claims.

[31:21] Uh, so do I just call for a motion or do you

[31:25] have to say anything first? >> Okay. Can I have a motion? Hope

[31:29] everyone's had a chance to take a look. >> Make a motion to pay the bills.

[31:34] » Would anyone else like to pay the bills? I'll second.

[31:37] » There you go. And roll call. >> On roll call. Bennon.

[31:41] » Yes. >> Herrick,

[31:42] » yes. >> Pedavano.

[31:44] » Uh, yes to all recuse from the hour town.

[31:52] » Uh, >> man.

[31:53] » Yes. >> Flynn.

[31:54] » Yes. Motion carries. >> Okay. The next thing is we are going to

[31:58] open the meeting to the public. Uh, does anyone from the public have anything

[32:03] they would say? Oh, surprise surprise. Would you like to come? You have to come

[32:08] to the microphone and speak in clearly. >> Want to sit down?

[32:12] » Name and address, please. >> Do you have a What? Are you giving us

[32:16] your report? He >> has notes.

[32:19] » No, it's something else. >> It's just one page though.

[32:23] » So, you're shocked. >> Let's go. Mr. Brown.

[32:27] » John Brown. Still at 417. >> John, [laughter] is that on? See if it's

[32:31] on. The green light. It wasn't on before.

[32:33] » Hold the green light. I mean, hold the button until the green light.

[32:36] » Can you hear it? >> Oh, John can hear you.

[32:38] » Green light's on. Test. >> Oh, that's better.

[32:41] » Ah, okay. I'm still John Brown at 41 Sterling Avenue. Um, two weeks ago I

[32:48] stood at the same spot after the presentation of of the budget

[32:54] [clears throat] and at that time I had concerns

[33:00] with the stated surplus uh that remained and I stated that it

[33:07] was $1.2 million if you recall. If you don't, you can watch it on the video.

[33:14] It's at 34 minutes and 10 seconds. So, I'll give you the reference

[33:17] » into our minds. Continue. >> At that point, Mr. Wilcox said there is

[33:23] not 1.2 million left. There is really 2.2 million left because of that

[33:29] interfund issue. >> Yeah.

[33:32] » And he stated that at 3450. Um, again, you can verify that

[33:39] we had two weeks in between and there's been discussions

[33:43] and I I gotta commend Adrian for acting as the referee, punching bag and

[33:49] sparring partner at times. Uh, but during those discussions, I decided to

[33:56] ask Mr. Wilcox in a different form and I I propo I posed two questions to him.

[34:04] one was that if he were to fill in or he were to remake the slide which was the

[34:11] last slide in your package okay and it's entitled budget highlights there are two

[34:18] figures that are on that slide the first one I don't have any uh qums with

[34:22] » now you might need to what is the figure just without getting into details say

[34:27] quickly what >> the first figure was the the amount

[34:29] that's used as surplus into revenue >> okay

[34:32] » okay The second figure is the surplus remaining as of the end of the year.

[34:39] That's what I was stating the 1.2. Um so what I asked Mr. Wilcox through

[34:46] through aging um if you were to redo that slide, if you had to redo that

[34:52] slide, what would be the second figure in that? And I yet I did that because on

[34:58] that slide that was presented, there was only one figure. In other words, the

[35:03] remainder was not on the slide. Whereas in the past four maybe five years, that

[35:09] figure had always been shown going back to Chuck Cuchia when he was the CFO

[35:15] through um uh Sherry through Steve even. I think he probably presented it maybe

[35:22] once. Um that was always part of the presentation. That is what I was

[35:27] referring to. Okay. So

[35:32] when I received the answer, which was today, Steve responded in an email

[35:39] saying that he would have put $1.2 million as what was remaining as of the

[35:45] end of 2025. The same number that I said to you.

[35:50] Okay? So it wasn't wrong. It was correct. I know what Steve is saying.

[35:57] The interfund transfer would bring 900. >> Well, it will it will bring it in the

[36:03] future. It's not here. >> It was forwardlooking. Yeah.

[36:06] » Okay. Accountants normally don't talk in terms of you know I hope I wish I pray

[36:12] you know it may be you know it's it's documented in

[36:16] » Isn't that why he wrote the 1.2 because the 900's already gone and it's got to

[36:20] come back in the future. >> Yes.

[36:22] » And I and I expect that. Okay. I in fact I hope it happens and I I I don't have

[36:29] any reason to do believe it. >> He has to do worse happen yet.

[36:33] » Correct. >> And in fact as I stand here right now

[36:36] » all of you you have $1.2 million. >> Correct.

[36:39] » You don't have the amount until that's transferred back until Sher does the

[36:45] transfer and and I don't think any of us know if that was even done yet.

[36:49] » No, it won't be. I think it'll be more like the fall, right?

[36:52] » Yeah, that's that's what I thought. can only be done in November, December, and

[36:56] January. >> It'll be the end of the year

[36:58] » in February. >> So, you can keep asking us about that.

[37:00] » So, you don't have a penny more than what I told you.

[37:03] » Okay? And and once that transfer, I understand it. The transfer is going to

[37:07] happen. Okay? At the end of the year, you'll you'll know exactly depending

[37:12] upon what you spend in the rest of the year,

[37:14] » right? >> Going forward. Okay? So I I just want to

[37:18] clarify that and to make everybody understand and you know it brings to a

[37:24] point something I've been harping on for several years that presentation should

[37:30] be done when the budget is introduced. We wouldn't have to go through all of

[37:36] this. >> It's it's almost like telling me what's

[37:39] in the soup as I'm eating it. I know what you're saying and I know we

[37:43] discussed this and we had all agreed oh yeah let's have it early but then we

[37:47] were told that we were not allowed to do that by am I wrong about or

[37:51] misremembering that >> you can't have the public hearing

[37:54] » you can't have public hearing for the 28 days that was why

[37:58] » but you can have a discussion on the budget you can do the presentations

[38:02] there is plenty of of town >> it's different than public hearing

[38:06] » so we could do the presentation >> but you can't entertain questions or

[38:10] statements So we so so would you be able to control yourself

[38:15] » if we had a presentation >> control myself and not and you were not

[38:19] allowed to speak you would not be allowed to say anything but I mean I

[38:24] think we can take this under advisement. One other thing that I will say happened

[38:29] this year because of the delay with the state getting us their information uh

[38:33] through and also all this crazy business that happened with the insurance and

[38:38] other things. The budget went later than we would have liked. We

[38:42] » Everybody got a delay. >> I know. So, so we could have probably

[38:46] had some additional meetings, but then that would have just put off passing it

[38:50] which was kind of that creates a certain number of problems because you're on the

[38:54] temporary budget. So, we were >> there was two meetings in between which

[38:59] allowed >> but it wasn't the 28 days that's the

[39:01] problem. So, we were aware of what you said and then we got told that what we

[39:06] had thought we could do we couldn't do. But we will take this under advisement

[39:09] and we will try to see if next year will be a more normal year.

[39:13] » All that's all I can ask. >> And you when you have questions, you

[39:15] need to ask them because we're here. Don't wait till the last minute.

[39:19] » Except for on that day if there's a presentation and no one's allowed to

[39:22] speak. >> Yeah. Oh, yeah. No, then don't. Yes. Ex.

[39:25] I take it all back. I retract what I said. And and I just want to address

[39:29] Claire's comment about what I said to her. I don't even remember saying that,

[39:34] but both you and Adrian said I did. >> And I believe you. I believe.

[39:38] » Absolutely. I I almost flew over and I believe I even said, "I'm going to

[39:42] remind you of that at the next meeting." >> And I thought about it. I thought, "Why

[39:45] would I say that?" BECAUSE IT WAS TRUE. >> MY DIARY,

[39:49] » I actually thought about what and and for for those of you who weren't here,

[39:53] uh Claire said I said it was a good budget. And looking back

[40:00] based upon the information I had, I probably thought that for one thing, I

[40:05] didn't find any blatant errors. I didn't find any, you know, holes that could

[40:10] have been used to fill gaps. Uh, other than the um previous suggestions I

[40:17] had in which I was declared the uh what was it?

[40:22] » I don't know. But I've never seen >> Oh, the Grinch.

[40:24] » The Grinch. The Grinch of Maywood. So, >> I don't know. But I've never seen

[40:26] anybody backpedal in the same and not move. [laughter]

[40:29] » You haven't moved a spot, but you've been backpedaling this whole time. I've

[40:32] never seen >> I will remind you that you suggested

[40:34] cancelling Christmas. >> All right. The [laughter] the other

[40:36] point was I I I didn't see anything in the budget that

[40:40] that cleared to being bad. Um and I was looking at the border towns. The

[40:46] information I had at that time, the ones I was concentrating on were the ones

[40:50] that literally border our town. And there were Hackin Sacks which had a

[40:54] 10.7% increase. Elwood Park which had 16.7%

[40:59] increase. >> Third year with 7%.

[41:02] » She lives there. She knows they're double digits.

[41:04] » They're the worst county through through the pain. Um you know all the other

[41:08] towns were higher and that's why I made that statement when I had the full

[41:12] information. >> You know I I have a question.

[41:16] » Yes. >> If you sir you want to go down this

[41:18] road. If the CFO came in in two weeks, >> right,

[41:22] » and did the transfer and now there's 2.2 million in surplus,

[41:26] » right? >> Does the does the C whatever you gave

[41:29] does it go to a B+? >> Yeah, it might. Okay, just question.

[41:33] » And can we serve Crow? >> BUT BUT [laughter] YOU KNOW

[41:37] » YOU KNOW what you can't >> How many black birds were baked?

[41:41] » You can't spell CLA without a C in it. [laughter]

[41:45] » OH, >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. That that was a bit

[41:49] much. Okay, let's uh thank you, Mr. Brown. Um on that note, I will close the

[41:57] public portion and move on to correspondence uh and report of the

[42:01] burough clerk. >> Thank you, Council President. Um I do

[42:05] not have any correspondence for tonight's meeting. Um my report was

[42:10] going to be progress, but then Greg had a bell go off in my head. Um

[42:15] » I hope it didn't hurt. No. Um, did the Shade Tree Commission um, look at that

[42:22] ordinance? >> Not yet. We haven't had a meeting. I

[42:25] know. I know. I know. >> We have to get that done.

[42:27] » Because I think we tried to do this a couple years ago and it kind of got like

[42:31] lost in the mist. >> It didn't get lost.

[42:34] » Just we >> when they first came out with the model

[42:38] ordinance and they kind of said they wanted everyone to do it. It wasn't

[42:41] really clear that you had to do it. >> Yeah. We have to do it and we have to

[42:45] get it. Shade Tree Commission, you know, they're kind of being put in a

[42:50] position where guys, just so you know what this is, they want us to update the

[42:53] shade shade tree ordinance. And you know, our shade tree commission involves

[43:00] our burrow trees, which is that first 10 feet from the curb and the residences

[43:05] and the public grounds, you know, the parks and things like that. They they

[43:09] want us now to pass an ordinance where we're going to start

[43:15] regulating, for lack of a better word, bigger trees on people's private

[43:20] property. So that if you're going to take down a big tree, you have to

[43:24] replace it by a certain number of trees. And if not, you have to put money into a

[43:29] shade tree bank. And the problem with this, in their opinion, and I think they

[43:33] have a point, is who's going to enforce this? because it isn't going to be these

[43:40] resident commissioners who were on the shade tree and so and and they really

[43:46] were concerned I mean look preserving large trees is important but they also

[43:53] don't want to engender any animosity towards the shade tree in you know by

[43:59] telling homeowners that they can't take down trees in their backyard. So they

[44:03] they were supportive of the concept, but they

[44:06] were concerned about the specifics they were being asked to do. So now we're

[44:10] being told we have to pass this or we're not going to be in compliance with the

[44:14] D. And I don't really know what the repercussions of not being in compliance

[44:18] with the D is, but I assume it's not good and not something we're going to

[44:22] do. So uh the shade tree is going to look at it. I I'll you know what? I

[44:25] should also share a copy of it with all of you so you can take a look at it. Um

[44:31] it's just a big it's an ordinance. It's a sample ordinance with red highlights

[44:35] where you can change things. So >> set fees and stuff like that

[44:39] » set fees and things like that. And so one option is to say you can't do this

[44:43] but the fee if you do it is zero. Um but then that might encourage people. So we

[44:48] have to think about it. Um it's a little it's just a little

[44:53] balancing a few things. So anyway, we have to deal with that.

[44:57] » Anything else? >> Progress.

[44:59] » Okay. Thank you. And administrators report from the administrator.

[45:04] » Thank you, madame council president. Um [clears throat]

[45:07] the uh just want to mention something. The the tournament they had the uh the

[45:12] MA had their tournament. >> Yes.

[45:14] » Uh teams from all over the county came and the

[45:20] it was rave reviews for our field. I'm told it's being called the complex.

[45:25] » Nice. >> They call it the complex in quotes. So,

[45:28] with a capital T and a capital C. So, they they said the fields were

[45:32] beautiful. Um, obviously, whatever the conditions are in terms of uh there's a

[45:37] little little bit of weeds in some places. We're working on that right now,

[45:41] but other than that, they just loved it. The lights um baseball on at night uh

[45:46] over there is just something special to see.

[45:48] » Lights are amazing. >> Yeah,

[45:50] » they really are. >> Um, Field of Dreams. There you go. We

[45:55] [laughter] we we've I have an update on one of the

[45:59] situation on Jagger. Um some people I'm sure we all know about. It's been on

[46:04] Facebook. There's a um >> I don't get into detail, but there's

[46:09] there's um >> a house with serious property

[46:12] maintenance issues. >> Yes.

[46:13] » That are very concerning to the neighbors who are very upset.

[46:15] » Yes. Yes. Yes. >> Rightly so.

[46:17] » Um they have been remedied. So I I have >> remedied or we've made proc progress.

[46:25] » They have been remedied. >> Oh my lord.

[46:27] » So the sewer there's there was a sewer there was an issue with the sewer

[46:31] backing up into the basement. Uh I have a receipt from the the the attorney for

[46:38] the trustees sent me a receipt. Um they cleaned the sewer out. They did a they

[46:44] snaked it. So it everything is is working now. And they also have a

[46:48] company coming in or by this point probably came in already to uh clean out

[46:54] the basement completely. Um and with that we the there was a you guys I'm

[47:01] sure you guys were told but the mayor came in and spoke with the building

[47:06] department and also spoke with the um >> social worker the trustees

[47:11] » and the trustees and basically kicked this into gear. got this going uh got

[47:17] them moving uh lit a fire under the butts of the people that he needed to

[47:20] light a fire under the butts from the county and got this moving forward. Um

[47:25] and at that point our building department moved into action and put

[47:29] some colorful stickers on the doors which really got things moving and um

[47:35] there we are. So my my understanding is everything's taken care of and there

[47:41] might be a change going forward. Um, I don't need to get into that, but there

[47:45] might be a change going forward where this doesn't happen again. Hopefully,

[47:48] the the the instigators of this will not be doing this again.

[47:52] » Is there uh >> I'm talking in code. I'm sorry. No, I

[47:56] understand in first of all, the front is just in

[48:01] general disrepair. Is there going to be some, you know, lawnmowing in the front

[48:06] and cleanup of the situation in the backyard, the outside? My understanding

[48:11] is um there might be a new situation over there where the people that that

[48:17] » No, I understand what you're talking about.

[48:19] » They're going to be fixing it up. >> Okay.

[48:21] » But but as it stands now, everything's going to be brought into uh code.

[48:25] » Yeah. So all the stuff outside is going to be removed.

[48:28] » Correct. Everything that's out there will be removed. A company's going to

[48:31] come in and take care of that if they haven't already. Um and everything's

[48:35] working as it should. So there'll be no need to do what was being done.

[48:40] Although I don't know how that could even possibly be the solution, but it

[48:43] was. Um, but anyway, it's taken care of. >> Will there be followup by the building

[48:49] department or property maintenance to ensure that the these things are

[48:55] done? >> Um, we don't have we don't have access

[48:58] to go in there, >> but on the out the things that they were

[49:01] just discussing on the on the >> Yeah, we'll be able to we'll be the the

[49:04] the count the board of health will be able to go the you know, as you know, we

[49:07] use the county for our border of health. we have a a shared service,

[49:10] » they'll be able to go and confirm because there was a notice of violation

[49:14] on that. So, they'll have to know uh go there and double check to make sure that

[49:17] it was remediated. So, they'll be able to tell uh check on that. Uh a lot of

[49:22] the the fines that were going to be racked up were at some point kicked into

[49:27] daily fines. So, there was an incentive for the the attorneys to take care of

[49:31] this and and get everything taking get everything done so that they weren't

[49:35] incurring those daily fines. >> Okay. So, if you could keep us updated

[49:39] about I will >> that we would be very appreciative.

[49:42] » Yep. Um, we got the the camp started on Monday.

[49:48] Um, going well. Uh, >> Barb, do we have the uh I'm sorry. Do we

[49:53] have that resolution? I spaced on that >> for the director.

[49:56] » Yeah. Yes. >> Okay. uh you'll see there's a a

[49:59] resolution to name uh the the >> assistant

[50:03] » assistant director right now as acting director and there will be the pay

[50:07] increase obviously because she's doing the position of that of uh the director.

[50:11] There was an issue a health issue with the the director that would have been

[50:15] there this year. Uh we're praying that he comes back next year, but in the

[50:19] meantime we have somebody also that will be replacing her as the assistant. Just

[50:23] moving everybody's basically just moving up the line. Um, I'm hearing great

[50:27] things so far about the camp. We got a brand new ping pong table because the

[50:30] other two were ratty and older. We got a real sturdy one now. Um, and um,

[50:37] everything that I'm hearing right now, at least in this early stage, people are

[50:41] happy. >> Do you want to talk about the cutting

[50:44] through?

[50:48] » We could. >> I think it might be a good idea.

[50:50] » Okay. Um, maybe. Okay. Yeah. Um, as you guys know, because you guys are

[50:58] the ones who did it, you had the the guts to actually do this. Um, you put

[51:01] the gate on the entrance to Duvier. Unfortunately, I think a couple people

[51:08] came in and complained and it was never closed, so it's just there. Um, we've

[51:13] had several near close calls last year and we've had

[51:19] one that I know for sure since the pool's been open, a close call. And by

[51:23] close call, I mean either a kid, either a child or on a bike or a child walking

[51:29] or an an older adult walking across from one side of the parking lot to the side

[51:35] that's up against the fence and having to either stop or speed up because a car

[51:42] is coming through the drive. Basically, they use the parking lot like a road

[51:46] parking lot as a cut through to not have to go on to Central to get onto Route 17

[51:51] or vice versa. not have to go through Hergusell and all that. They just come

[51:55] through the they just come through um from 17 that way and go into Maywood.

[52:00] They they basically skip they beat traffic. But that's all well and good in

[52:07] the winter, fall, and spring, but in the summer when we have camp and the pool,

[52:13] it's a real hazard. And it's not a matter of when of of if. It's a matter

[52:18] of when somebody actually gets hit by a car. I'm not saying it's going to be a

[52:24] life and death situation. Could be, but I mean, just touching somebody's body

[52:28] with a vehicle is going to do damage, especially if it's a kid. Now, many

[52:32] times these kids are so hopped up on sugar or just happy to go either to the

[52:37] pool or leave the pool. They just had a great time. They're excited. They're on

[52:41] their bike. They just took their bike off the bike rack and they want to go

[52:44] home and they're not thinking. They're talking to their friends and all it

[52:47] takes is that split second and the kids hit by a car. And because these people

[52:51] don't necessarily drive slow through there either, they go

[52:56] at the speed they want to get to. They want to get to Route 17 basically is

[53:01] what they're trying to do or get home. So, they're not exactly going slow. Um,

[53:05] and even if they are, if a kid's not looking, it doesn't matter because

[53:08] they're going to get hit. So, what I would ask you guys to think about, and I

[53:12] know this was the chief's recommendation from day one, which is during the

[53:16] summer, and he could speak to this um if he wants to, but I I have talked to him

[53:20] about it. During the summer when the pool and camp is open, Duvier is just

[53:24] closed. The entrance from Duvier is just closed. We get some kind of signage and

[53:29] we put it on Lennox saying that it's closed so people don't come in traffic

[53:34] cuz once you come in on Duvia, it's a dead end over there. unless you go

[53:37] through. If it's closed, you have to back up. So, if we have some kind of

[53:40] signage on Lennox letting people know that there's no cut through. And then

[53:44] now the only way to get into the pool or out of the pool is uh central Brook

[53:50] Central Hericell Brookke. Uh that's the way to get in and out. Now, you're ahead

[53:56] of time because you guys dealt with this prior uh probably around 2020 2021ish.

[54:03] Um, people on Lennox or people close to Lennox Toma are going to be real angry

[54:08] because they can't drive to the pool now that way. They can walk to the pool.

[54:14] They could ride their bikes to the pool, but they can't drive into the pool that

[54:17] way. Nor can they exit the pool that would they be able to exit the pool to

[54:20] go home. So, they are going to have to go out and it's going to be an

[54:24] imposition. I get it. But the the thought is what's a bigger imposition

[54:30] having to spend the rest of your summer in a cast because you broke your leg cuz

[54:34] you got hit by a car if and that's the best case scenario. You you're you know

[54:38] you're tied up in traction because you're a little kid and now you can't

[54:42] enjoy the rest of the summer because I live on Lennox and I didn't want to have

[54:46] to go all the way around on Central. And I'm not picking on people on Lennox. It

[54:49] could be anywhere in town. It could be Lafayette Avenue. I just didn't want to

[54:52] have to go on central and the long way. >> But that's what we're going to run into.

[54:58] That's the kind of um obstacles push back we're going to get. But I think

[55:02] when people realize that we have had um several that I know of for sure last

[55:07] year two near me miss miss miss miss

[55:08] miss miss miss miss miss miss miss miss

[55:08] miss miss miss miss miss miss miss miss miss miss miss miss miss miss miss miss

[55:08] miss miss miss miss miss miss miss miss miss miss miss miss misses and those are

[55:09] the ones reported not everybody report they don't go back and tell um

[55:14] » I mean one of the reasons that the camp is maybe we we didn't have as many near

[55:21] misses because last year anytime the kids cross we're

[55:27] » you know they it was being blocked by an officer and what we're doing

[55:31] and the direct director. I mean, that's the only reason, but it's specifically

[55:36] we have to do that because of that crazy cut through.

[55:40] » So, now we're doing that with the camp. So, that solves the issue for the camp.

[55:44] It does. >> So, that's an extra. We're bringing an

[55:46] officer, >> the officer comes down and and the w

[55:50] director takes care or or the camp director will take care of closing

[55:53] closing off for those few minutes while the kids walk down or actually some for

[55:57] the most part they get dropped off down there. So they don't have to walk down

[56:00] but they do it for when they walk back. But that does all that does is we are

[56:03] able to protect >> the campers for that one walk. We're not

[56:08] able to protect for the rest of the day. >> We have to institute something like that

[56:12] because of the cut through. Correct. >> Right. I mean, still not that we

[56:14] wouldn't walk the kids, you know, during the time, but you know, it's even more

[56:18] we've got this extra blocking off that's happening just for

[56:22] » I I think and what I'm suggesting is at least for now, I'm just suggesting the

[56:27] council think about just during camp season and pool season. I'm not during

[56:32] that should honestly that should not be a cutthrough for anything because it's

[56:35] just wear and tear, wear and tear. And we also do have uh senior groups that

[56:40] are there. I mean, >> it's not as frequent.

[56:43] » People coming and going to coaches, >> but at the end of the day, that's what's

[56:46] happening. That's a cut through and I can't stand that because it's wear and

[56:51] tear. >> I anytime I've ever been down in the

[56:53] pool, there's always somebody flying through that lot.

[56:56] » Yeah. >> The day we did the Pro Lodge Day of

[56:58] Impact, they were staging out there getting stuff into the into the cars. We

[57:01] almost got hit three times. Yeah. >> And then somebody actually had the

[57:04] audacity to lean on their horn because we were in their way as they were trying

[57:07] to fly through that. People were doing that with the with the truck like the

[57:11] the the tractor thingy. What are those things called? A front loader. Uh when

[57:15] they were putting the mulch in and people were just like this person was

[57:18] honking on the horn. I like walked around. I'm like,

[57:21] » is there a gate at the other end? >> There's there's a there's a it's not the

[57:25] trial gate. It's actually the black gate that matches the fence.

[57:28] » Would it make more sense to maybe close that one as opposed to on Duvier?

[57:35] » Chief, you want to speak to that one? >> Yeah, cuz they'll get all the way

[57:37] through. I'll go through >> the main entrance.

[57:41] It's a wider open

[57:47] [clears throat] >> and the kids play basketball during the

[57:51] summer camp right there as well. I know we use the big blue

[57:55] barriers, but >> they're going back and forth. It's not

[57:59] like they only cross that the one time. >> I think if if if we do close it, um I

[58:06] don't know. We have to definitely let >> we need signage

[58:10] » that that it's being closed. Yeah. So that barrier a barrier cross duty there

[58:14] with a sign saying I I mean we could hit all kinds of I know we make jokes every

[58:20] five minutes like oh put in the hour town but we would put in the hour town.

[58:23] » Um >> the hour town

[58:24] » we joke around like >> the physical signs of

[58:27] » we would and we would put it we would put it on the digital sign. Hey this is

[58:30] closed. um is during this time get you know um they have those signs like that

[58:35] we could put right there on the corner like as of such and such a date this

[58:40] road will be closed. >> Yeah. I think that with the chief uh one

[58:43] of the things I talked about with the chief one of the things that popped up

[58:46] was like that the you know those signs that almost say um uh like wet when the

[58:53] ground's wet you put it up it's like a triangle. Something similar to that. not

[58:57] as flimsy obviously, but something like that that's that's there that just

[59:00] basically speaks to this is closed during this time because I I don't think

[59:05] if you put some and it's right there because if you put something that's like

[59:08] a on a on a pole or something, it's easily missed and you don't

[59:12] » you're talking about ava electronic signed. I think I

[59:16] » Are you talking about electronic sign or a sign?

[59:19] » Electronic sign. I think that's what she's talking about. electronic sign

[59:21] like the ones that say like road work happening here

[59:23] » construction >> like the construction coming

[59:26] » is indicating that's not what he wants >> I think just I think just what I think

[59:30] what do they I forgot what they call those signs

[59:32] » like a warning like a yellow sign or something that says

[59:35] » a sandwich sign you're think >> would you like to

[59:39] » a plastic folding sign >> yeah put it on Lennox Avenue at so you

[59:44] can see it as you're coming down the block can't put it on the side of the

[59:47] road >> gate closed then can and leave.

[59:50] Otherwise, everybody's going to go down beer and now you're going to have

[59:54] » and would you put it also at Lennox and Maywood Avenue

[59:57] » to stop them from >> But I think after you guys make a

[1:00:01] decision to close it, you do a rave, you get the signs made, you give a deadline

[1:00:06] when it's and then that's it. >> And then people that don't know are

[1:00:09] going to cut down Lennox. They're going to see it before they get to do and

[1:00:12] they're going to turn on. >> Yeah.

[1:00:15] » And go around. >> Will help. Sorry.

[1:00:18] » So if we [laughter] The re the reason why we couldn't

[1:00:21] » she just made a scrabble a word of search for that.

[1:00:24] » There's a there's people that live on they live on there. So,

[1:00:26] » right. You can't close that. And will we reopen it at 8:00 once the pool is

[1:00:30] closed or are we keeping it closed? >> No, just it's going to be locked. It

[1:00:33] would just >> for the whole summer season.

[1:00:36] » Yes. Yeah. >> Okay.

[1:00:37] » And then just keep everybody safe. And I would ask that when you send out the

[1:00:40] messaging that the just my opinion as the editor uh the first thing you know

[1:00:47] for you know the utmost safety of of children and pedestrians the decision

[1:00:52] has been made so people understand that this is like a safety issue.

[1:00:55] » Editor for as minute I just thought the newspaper I was like did you

[1:00:58] » No no no I'm not the newspaper editor. I'm just an editor editor.

[1:01:01] » I get it. I get it. But but to put that first that this is about this is you

[1:01:06] know it in you know with the with the children and pedestrian safety being of

[1:01:11] utmost importance the difficult decision has been made toah

[1:01:15] no but in the messaging. >> Yeah. I mean we get listen I I I think

[1:01:18] this >> I think it should have it

[1:01:21] » we should have this is something I would I would have done this when I was the

[1:01:26] mayor. I would have the council we would have put this together. I didn't think

[1:01:29] of it. You guys actually did it. Yeah. >> But then, you know, when people

[1:01:35] » when people complain, >> we have to have the courage of our

[1:01:37] convictions. And I don't think our, you know, it's one thing for a police

[1:01:41] officer who is trained to do traffic control, to

[1:01:47] be stopping traffic, but to have our wreck director down there do, you know,

[1:01:52] holding off mad drivers with her body is like insane. And that we had someone

[1:01:56] doing that. >> Young kids [clears throat] get verbally

[1:01:59] abused. She shouldn't have to do that. It's it's

[1:02:03] » Can we the the pool membership? Don't we have all their

[1:02:06] » Yes, we can. >> Yeah, we have we

[1:02:07] » that's our target audience. >> We have their emails

[1:02:11] » people cutting through >> from community pass.

[1:02:13] » You know who else? >> Well, I don't care.

[1:02:15] » The business I agree with Ryan on that. The businesses on Brook Avenue need to

[1:02:19] be notified too. >> Yeah.

[1:02:22] » Community that and I think we should think about working on Halcraftoft next

[1:02:26] » but I don't want to get ahead of ourselves.

[1:02:28] » Yeah. talk if we're eliminating >> fire tonight, sir. [laughter]

[1:02:34] » All right. Shall we move the things along? I I would like to say the air

[1:02:38] conditioning has come on. So, now we've gotten into

[1:02:40] » Where are we with this? Where do we leave off?

[1:02:43] » It sounds like Well, is everyone in agreement? Do we need a motion or a

[1:02:46] resolution, John, or is it just Does anyone object?

[1:02:49] » I mean, the gates's in place already. It's just a matter of locking

[1:02:51] » to the plan that we have. >> What would the date be that we're giving

[1:02:54] that this thing is closed? >> The camp started already. No, I know.

[1:02:57] But we can't just close it. I mean, we can

[1:02:59] » I don't know how long it takes to make signs up. So, I mean, to get

[1:03:02] » How long does it take you to make a sign?

[1:03:04] » Gary's not here. Um, >> well, then it can be faster.

[1:03:08] » Maybe as of July 1st. It's the 23rd. That gives a week.

[1:03:12] » I I'll find out from Gary tomorrow. >> Okay. I mean, really, as soon as

[1:03:16] possible. >> Do we even need this? I I'm I But I know

[1:03:18] we've bered the sign thing. Can't we do lawn signs which could be printed in

[1:03:23] like two or three days and they're back front and back and we can put them on

[1:03:27] the corners of Maywood still. >> It's a lot easier to say I I missed

[1:03:30] that. I didn't see it. You know, >> we buy 10 of them and line them down.

[1:03:35] » I I think that I I hear what you're saying, but I think to the chief's

[1:03:38] point, it's it's in it's there. You can't miss it in the road. It's a lot

[1:03:42] easier to ignore signs that are on a lawn because I mean they're they're

[1:03:45] ubiquous. They're everywhere. one says, you know,

[1:03:47] » I'm trying to go for expediency and and visual. If you got 10 of these signs

[1:03:51] lined up and it say road closed, you know, duvier closed [clears throat] as

[1:03:56] » could, for the sake of moving things along, c can we is it amanable to

[1:04:02] everybody if the chief and Adrian and Gary put their heads together with the

[1:04:07] understanding that we want everybody to be safe and we want this to happen as

[1:04:10] quickly as possible and you will keep us surprised. And if anyone has a

[1:04:14] completely massive objection, please alert the hounds. Okay. Is that fair?

[1:04:20] Can we do that? All right. Let's move on.

[1:04:22] » Okay. >> Um, so what what are we up to, Barbara?

[1:04:25] » Uh, I was just I was actually >> Oh, you're not done.

[1:04:28] » No, that was a You brought me to >> There's more. Wait,

[1:04:31] » there is there actually isn't more, but I just I was about to say um That's it.

[1:04:36] » Do you want to There was the senior center. You were going to say something

[1:04:38] about that. No, you don't want to. Just say it quickly. Don't look at me in that

[1:04:42] tone. >> The the senior center is uh being

[1:04:46] remodeled the out front, the outside re um

[1:04:50] » something rehabed. Rehabbed >> rehabilitated. We have the samples

[1:04:54] upstairs uh for of the stone of the siding of the colors. So, anybody wants

[1:04:59] to take a look um once we pick a final color, the architect has already done

[1:05:05] the design. He'll put that into the mix. we be he'll spit out one of those things

[1:05:09] where you could look at it on an easel, >> an elevation.

[1:05:12] » There you go. And then from there, >> it's a go.

[1:05:17] » We're going to have to go out to bid obviously

[1:05:20] » and um this money has been bonded for >> uh and it's ready. It'll be ready to go.

[1:05:26] hope is to have this taken place if we can coincide with the the ending of the

[1:05:32] camp and the beginning of the the umenior

[1:05:36] » senior club season >> with the bids with the bid process

[1:05:40] » and if that can fall into place everything works out we might be able to

[1:05:43] do that work in between. >> Yeah.

[1:05:46] » Um >> make sure you unlock the gate. So

[1:05:49] everyone go get up there and look at that if not tonight at some other point

[1:05:53] so you can see it and and yes we needed the designs because it has to go out to

[1:05:59] bed. So that's why that happened. Um all righty then. Um

[1:06:03] » so could we bond for our offices next year

[1:06:06] » so we can have privacy in our offices? >> Getting crazy now.

[1:06:11] » Just throwing that out there. >> Just throw it out there. So, um, on the

[1:06:15] list, >> we're on to committee reports. Should I

[1:06:19] do the mayor's report or >> did he give you a report?

[1:06:23] » He didn't give me his report other than to talk about

[1:06:27] » the thing. I mean, I can just quickly do my report. Um, which isn't that

[1:06:32] complicated. We had an excellent meeting. Uh we actually got a small

[1:06:39] grant from sustainable Jersey for the SJPSG energy efficiency efficiency

[1:06:46] partnership program. It's a $2500 grant program, but it's

[1:06:51] also technical assistance and Tara, Doug, Adrian, and I had a an initial

[1:06:57] like a kickoff meeting. Uh we're going to have a few more meetings and the

[1:07:00] whole point of this is to put together a uh community outreach campaign uh so

[1:07:08] that we can educate the community about existing

[1:07:14] energy efficiency programs that will help them save money on their electric

[1:07:16] bills and make their house more energy efficient. It's there's actually a lot

[1:07:20] of good programs available that people don't know about. And one of the things

[1:07:25] that's besides the $2,500 that's nice is there's actually additional money

[1:07:30] available um like up to 5,000 I think she said for

[1:07:34] other sorts of things like we were talking about tablets to sign people in

[1:07:38] to programs and things like that. Um so there's potentially more money but they

[1:07:42] are also willing to do a mailing for us which a mailing is like $3,000. So

[1:07:50] that's a great, you know, once it's all designed, they're going to give us a

[1:07:54] page, like a desk, a landing page for information about Maywood and energy

[1:08:00] efficiency. So we'll be able to send people to this website. They're also

[1:08:04] going to help us with collateral like door hangers and other sorts of things.

[1:08:07] So, they're bringing a lot of help and we're going to be able to help the

[1:08:10] residents and uh we did sort of figure out in the meeting that we're going to

[1:08:14] be able to use this uh you know once we get this stood up and we have this um

[1:08:21] infrastructure in place to communicate with everybody when prologus gets going

[1:08:25] and their community solar project gets approved we'll be able to use what we've

[1:08:30] created to communicate with the public about that and perhaps other things. So,

[1:08:34] it, you know, it seems like a good program. We have a couple more meetings

[1:08:39] set up and we have an a few assignments and I'm supposed to be sending an email

[1:08:43] reminding everybody about what they're doing and I will do that. Um, I also

[1:08:48] because uh going on with green team would like to thank the uh Green Team

[1:08:53] Maywood Arts Collective and the Maywood Crochet Club for their yarn bomb textile

[1:09:00] art installation on Pleasant Avenue. Um, they do this every year. I believe

[1:09:05] there's actually an international yarn bomb day. Um, but it's just a fun,

[1:09:11] wonderful art project that they bring to the down downtown area. It's very

[1:09:15] whimsical and um, so it's fun to see the work that they've done over the year.

[1:09:20] They who knew, right? They um, they're picking it up tomorrow in case anybody

[1:09:26] is curious about that. It's just a short period of time. Um, and they're still

[1:09:29] looking for people to come to the green fair. So, if you know of any

[1:09:32] organizations that would be appropriate for that, please turn them on to Tara.

[1:09:37] Uh, Shade Tree is still collecting um names for people who are interested in

[1:09:41] getting trees for the fall planting. And the other uh big excitement in the

[1:09:46] Burough of Maywood this week was that the mobile motor vehicle

[1:09:52] commission uh I'm like, what does MVC stand for actually? Motor vehicle

[1:09:56] commission. Uh the mobile unit came to Maywood on Saturday. Uh the you know

[1:10:04] they bring this big trailer. They went to the library. It's always a very last

[1:10:08] minute thing apparently when they do it on a Saturday. They call you on Tuesday

[1:10:12] and you need to stand this up by Saturday. So Caitlyn uh who was very

[1:10:19] helpful and agreeable about doing something seemingly very last minute.

[1:10:24] She jumped into action. And we got Adrian got the flyers updated. We got

[1:10:28] the information out to everybody. Um people were able to get real IDs and

[1:10:34] other things by appointment. You were able to do things walk up. Uh every

[1:10:38] single appointment they had was filled. The uh truck was busy from the minute

[1:10:43] they opened to the minute they closed. Uh it they had uh Spanish speaking staff

[1:10:49] there, so they were able to help people in uh you know who needed that. and we

[1:10:54] serve they served over 106 people over the course of the day. So it was an

[1:10:59] absolute rip roaring success and uh just want to thank Caitlyn and Chris Hillman

[1:11:04] of the DMV for bringing them to us. I asked him to sign us up for future dates

[1:11:10] and he said he would keep us in mind but he's got a lot of people in front of us

[1:11:13] now. Uh and anyway with that concludes my report. Uh so who we got? Katherine

[1:11:20] » progress. >> Okay Doug. progress as well.

[1:11:24] » Oh, you guys. Claire >> progress.

[1:11:27] » Oh, geez. Louise, [laughter] don't you want to talk about

[1:11:32] » Wait, I've got eight things. I apologize. [laughter]

[1:11:34] » No, no. Really? >> No. No.

[1:11:35] » Ryan, >> I just I'm very briefly I I was just

[1:11:39] going to get something on >> talking agenda

[1:11:42] » into your mic. >> Oh, no. Just communicate uh with Barbara

[1:11:47] and Adrian about getting something on our next agenda. There's a group um the

[1:11:52] Northeastern Community Council for the MS Society came and did a mapping

[1:11:56] project of walkability of Maywood. So, they just wanted to come and present

[1:12:02] their findings like 10 15 minute uh thing.

[1:12:06] » Oh, interesting. >> That's cool. Thank you.

[1:12:09] » Ryan, do we have the information to to reach out to them to schedule it?

[1:12:13] » Yes. >> Okay.

[1:12:14] » All right. I'll also copy you. I'll you you'll be the point. I can share that

[1:12:20] information, >> Barbara. Awesome.

[1:12:22] » Perfect. All right. Thank you. >> Thank you, Ryan.

[1:12:25] » Of course, >> for at least having a report unlike the

[1:12:27] rest of these guys. Um, okay. So, now we're on to new business resolutions for

[1:12:33] consideration. Um, does any how does everyone feel

[1:12:37] about this resolution urging the New Jersey state legislature and governor to

[1:12:43] repeal the gas tax escalator and restore accountability to fuel tax increase?

[1:12:50] Does anyone have any thoughts, opinions, any interest?

[1:12:54] » Are there other towns? Obviously, this is

[1:12:56] » why that's why I sent it because a lot of towns are now passing this and

[1:13:01] spreading it around. I have to be honest, I don't know much

[1:13:05] about it or what the implications of it are. So, I don't feel like I'm

[1:13:09] particularly prepared to speak for or against it. Does anyone

[1:13:14] else have any thoughts? >> I think if lots of other towns are doing

[1:13:16] it, we should just hop on the bandwagon. [laughter]

[1:13:21] » Okay. How does everybody feel? >> I definitely feel like we should very

[1:13:25] least put it on the agenda and so we could all look at it and discuss it.

[1:13:29] » All right. So, I'll list it as old business next month. Okay. So, everyone

[1:13:33] take a look, see what there is to see. We can ask

[1:13:38] I don't know. We can ask, you know, maybe it's a good idea to ask Lisa and

[1:13:41] Chris if they can tell us what it's all about. They might be able to give us

[1:13:43] some information. >> And to Cla's point,

[1:13:45] » it's probably self-explanatory. Usually they are when they ask you to support

[1:13:48] something. >> So, please everyone take a look and read

[1:13:50] it and we'll [clears throat] discuss it next meeting.

[1:13:53] » I was just going to say to Cla's point, there's usually um strength in numbers.

[1:13:57] These are the kind of things when you get the whole all the municipalities as

[1:14:01] many as possible at least. >> Well, we have to make sure it's all

[1:14:03] sometimes you get thrown these things and then find out that there's

[1:14:06] » if this assuming that this is something that's good for New Jersey and the

[1:14:09] residents and the more municipalities you get on board.

[1:14:12] » That's when things move. >> So, let's hope it is good after

[1:14:16] reviewing it. Let's hope it is good for the town for the communities.

[1:14:19] » That would be great. And then we have the Bergen County Snow Plow salting

[1:14:22] agreement for 2026 2028. So this is here because it's new. Are there any changes

[1:14:28] here we need to be alarmed about? This is the county.

[1:14:30] » Well, no. This is what we So what this agreement does is the county pays us for

[1:14:36] our workers who all the county roads and >> they supply the salt.

[1:14:41] » They Right. So after snowstorms, Gary provides me with the individuals and the

[1:14:48] hours they worked on what streets and then we submit that and the county pays

[1:14:53] us. >> Okay.

[1:14:54] » For towards the hours going up what they're paying us then. Yeah. Okay.

[1:14:59] » Because of the new contract. >> So do this for the new to for Yeah. for

[1:15:02] two years. >> So what do you need us to do here? Agree

[1:15:04] to put it on the next meeting or do you want to approve at this meeting?

[1:15:07] » No, for the next meeting. We have time. Um,

[1:15:11] then we already discussed the proposal from Neglia. There's a block party

[1:15:15] request for Edel Avenue. Uh, they're having a party on August 8th if anybody

[1:15:19] wants to stop by. No, I'm kidding. Um, shall we uh approve that? Are there any

[1:15:25] objections? >> Oh,

[1:15:28] » does um >> Oh, we we got the response from the

[1:15:31] police chief, the fire chief. They've supplied their um certificate of

[1:15:35] insurance and they've signed the hold harmless.

[1:15:38] » Okay. >> Okay. Okay, thank you. Good question,

[1:15:40] Claire. Um, all right. So then I guess we that is approved and the bylaws. So

[1:15:47] what do we need to do with this? Do we need to p pass

[1:15:50] » a first and a second and a vote? >> Okay, so we've amended the bylaws

[1:15:57] to correct that the municipal alliance was moving

[1:16:02] uh moved from Jackie now Kyla to Doug. Uh that was actually something we agreed

[1:16:07] to in December and got lost in our reorg shuffle. And we are just officially

[1:16:13] stating that all of Jackie's committee assignments or committee positions and

[1:16:19] liaison positions are now going to be taken over by Kyla. Um so I just need a

[1:16:26] first and a second to >> approve. So Doug,

[1:16:30] » I'll second. >> Okay. On roll call. Bennon,

[1:16:33] » yes. >> Herrick,

[1:16:34] » yes. Pavano, >> yes.

[1:16:36] » Almond, >> yes.

[1:16:36] » Flynn, >> yes.

[1:16:38] » Motion carries. >> Okay. So, here we are with garbage, our

[1:16:42] favorite topic. Um, >> garbage.

[1:16:45] » My understanding, and Barbara, you can clarify because you'll know more about

[1:16:50] this probably at this point than I do. This is basically the bid document going

[1:16:54] out. So, you guys got a chance to look at it hopefully. Um, we do need to get

[1:16:58] it out because I believe the contract's up in what, August?

[1:17:02] » It's up in September. We're already in going to be doing a month month with GA

[1:17:06] because I have to advertise it and we cannot accept bids for six months.

[1:17:09] » Yeah. >> Six months.

[1:17:10] » Six months. >> Okay. So, we have to get crack in here.

[1:17:13] Obviously, there was a couple of highlights where the dates were wrong

[1:17:16] and I'm assuming those are going to get fixed.

[1:17:18] » Well, yes, because that right because it depends on me getting the approval

[1:17:22] » that you guys were good with it. So, I'm going to change the date

[1:17:26] » because that's the last >> No.

[1:17:28] » Okay. Well, no, that wasn't the last time.

[1:17:30] » It was highlighted so I knew you caught it already. Um

[1:17:32] » yeah, so um Councilwoman Smith's name is going to be change going to be replaced,

[1:17:39] uh Jackie Demorro. Um the dates of when the bid is going to be available for

[1:17:45] pickup, when the bids are going to be coming back, and then the alternate bids

[1:17:49] include the suggestion for the once a week and for the recycling. um if a

[1:17:56] recycling falls on a major holiday that it would be picked up the following

[1:18:00] Saturday >> and it's clear those are like optional

[1:18:03] options or >> they're alter

[1:18:07] but it but they're optional like are we're not requiring everybody to

[1:18:11] » but what do we decide are they I don't think they're required to bid on all the

[1:18:15] models >> I don't think they're yeah they're not

[1:18:17] required because you don't have to you know if you like garbage from one

[1:18:21] company but you like recycling from another company if you you can do two

[1:18:25] different companies. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

[1:18:27] » And and if they don't want to bid on the once a week, they don't have to. But

[1:18:30] we're not because I want to make sure that we get as many companies bidding as

[1:18:34] possible because that's >> no matter what you do, you're not going

[1:18:36] to get >> you're only going to get one. But, you

[1:18:37] know, I don't want us to do anything to make it worse.

[1:18:40] » If you if you're lucky, you may get two. >> Yeah.

[1:18:44] » Because you only got one last one. >> Yeah. I Well, we don't want to drive the

[1:18:47] one away either. No. [laughter] >> So, if that's the only thing. All right.

[1:18:51] Does anybody have any corrections in addition to the ones that have been

[1:18:55] identified? >> No. So, uh, Barbara, what do we have to

[1:18:59] do tomorrow and get it advertised? >> All right. So, you don't need a vote on

[1:19:03] that. >> No, we already have a resolution for me

[1:19:05] to go out to to advertise. I just wanted to make sure everybody was good with the

[1:19:09] alternates. >> All right. So, now we are on to the

[1:19:12] consent agenda. Um,

[1:19:17] I just I'm sorry. I have to actually check one thing really quickly. Um,

[1:19:26] h hold please. One. Oh, Barbara.

[1:19:32] » Oh, it's me. It's me. And I'm just not being smart. Hold on one second. So, has

[1:19:38] everybody had a chance to look at all of these? And uh do we have to form a block

[1:19:44] and then vote or just vote? >> No, it's a consent agenda. It's a block.

[1:19:48] It's we don't do blocks anymore. >> Okay.

[1:19:50] » It's a consent. >> I always feel like that we should do the

[1:19:52] blocks. Okay. Uh >> consent agenda is the block

[1:19:56] » and then we do motion motion discussion. Is that the order or do we discuss

[1:20:01] first? >> You could do the motions and then

[1:20:03] discuss. >> All right. Um so motion to move ahead

[1:20:08] with the consent agenda. I'll make the motion.

[1:20:10] » Second. >> Second.

[1:20:12] » Okay. I have a question. Um, does anybody else have a question?

[1:20:17] First, let me ask. No, no question. Uh, I just wanted to

[1:20:23] talk about the number that we are doing on the 15626

[1:20:30] and see if are we allowed to talk about this?

[1:20:34] » What do you mean the number? >> The rate. The hourly rate.

[1:20:38] Yeah. Well, Karen's officially an employee that

[1:20:43] hasn't been raced, >> but this is now a new resolution for a

[1:20:46] new position. >> John,

[1:20:49] » wait. >> You're going to discuss an employee

[1:20:51] that's supposed to be raised. >> Wait, wait, one second. One second. I'm

[1:20:53] sorry. Are you asking Are you asking about the rate for the new employee or

[1:20:59] for the current employee that's moving up? a

[1:21:01] » current employee that's moving up >> the Well, it would

[1:21:06] » If you're going to change the compensation down, she has to be right.

[1:21:10] » No, it's going up. >> No, she's getting a raise. It's just how

[1:21:13] » she's going to the same. >> No, but if it's being it's going if it's

[1:21:15] going to be different than what she was told, it has to be discussed.

[1:21:18] » I mean, it has she has to receive a rice notice.

[1:21:20] » Yeah. You just if you're just questioning what she's already going to

[1:21:24] get and you're not going to change what she's already been told, then you're

[1:21:27] fine. >> Correct. It's the same as what the um

[1:21:31] the council approved. It's the same number the council approved for the

[1:21:36] director had that director been able to take over this year.

[1:21:42] » I don't know what I can say. >> I think you need to say that based on

[1:21:45] what then she needs to be raced >> and that you want this taken off of the

[1:21:49] consent >> consent agenda.

[1:21:50] » Wait, I'm not understanding. It's >> Well, we haven't discussed the amount.

[1:21:54] Well, now I mean I can't really talk about this. Is it possible for us? We

[1:21:57] can't go into closed. >> Well, wait. This is the amount that you

[1:22:01] guys approved for the >> or a different person with different

[1:22:03] with different certifications and different qualifications.

[1:22:07] » I don't think we're in a position where we can mess around with with the camp

[1:22:12] director. >> She's already started.

[1:22:14] » Yes. >> Yeah. No, you can't.

[1:22:16] » What are we doing here? >> She's already started. You can't change

[1:22:19] the salary. >> We didn't off We didn't authorize.

[1:22:25] You didn't authorize this. We didn't want this. She the the the

[1:22:30] assistant director >> is had to take over for the director who

[1:22:35] we appointed because the director had health issues with you guys.

[1:22:38] » And did you tell her what her salary was going today?

[1:22:44] » Well, it's on the >> Well, it's on it's on her website.

[1:22:47] » Yeah. >> And And how when did she start?

[1:22:51] » She started Monday. >> Okay.

[1:22:53] » I mean, she she would have started Monday. she would have started working

[1:22:56] Monday anyway as the assistant. >> So, so, right, but then she's got she

[1:23:00] has the other title and she's under the impression that she's getting blank

[1:23:04] dollars. She that's in her mind and if we're going to change that, she has to

[1:23:08] be right because she's a present employee and you may be taking a

[1:23:11] negative action against her. >> Negative action. You reduce her salary.

[1:23:15] That's >> not getting reduced. She's not making

[1:23:17] anything. She's just being paid currently what she was appointed at in

[1:23:21] the beginning of the year. So she ha she hasn't been given any increase. This

[1:23:25] would be the >> I think what John is saying is

[1:23:27] » No, I know what John's saying. This is the

[1:23:28] » from the resolution. She needs to be rice noticed.

[1:23:31] » Correct. >> This So okay. So as long as there's no

[1:23:35] change, there's no issue. >> You're fine.

[1:23:36] » Yeah. >> Well,

[1:23:39] » I don't know that we want to be messing with the camp at this point.

[1:23:43] » It's not about messing with the camp. It's just about that.

[1:23:46] » All right. Well, how does everyone feel about this? Do you want to table this?

[1:23:51] get Bryce notice her and have a quick meeting in two days to discuss it or

[1:23:55] » it's up to you. I'm just saying that that's what we needed to do to take it

[1:23:59] off. That's up to you. >> Well, I I would like to know what each

[1:24:03] of you would like to do. Do you want to wait and do it in two days?

[1:24:05] » We can make a motion, a second to pull the resolution and then we could vote on

[1:24:09] the first and second to pull that resolution off the consent agenda.

[1:24:14] » Right. And then >> and vote on that separately.

[1:24:16] » Vote on it separately. Either yes or no or take

[1:24:18] » Okay. So, let's pull it out of the consent agenda. vote on the rest of the

[1:24:21] agenda. Okay. >> All right. So,

[1:24:23] » you need a motion to pull it out. >> I need a motion and a second to pull

[1:24:29] 15626 off of the consent agenda. >> Oh,

[1:24:36] do you guys want to pull it? >> Yeah, that's fair.

[1:24:38] » I need a first and a second to pull it. >> I was making the motion for the

[1:24:42] decision. If you want to pull it, then make then make the motion.

[1:24:46] » Okay. So we're using So Doug, you're making a first to remove this from the

[1:24:51] consent agenda. >> Sure.

[1:24:54] » And then >> Claire's seconding it to remove it

[1:24:57] » to to remove it from there. Sure. >> Okay. So that's to remove. So on roll

[1:25:02] call, Bennon, >> yes.

[1:25:06] » Heric, >> yes.

[1:25:07] » Pavano, >> yes.

[1:25:09] » Man, >> no.

[1:25:10] » Flynn, >> yes.

[1:25:11] » Okay, motion carries. So now the consent agenda

[1:25:17] that we're voting on is everything that's there minus 156-26.

[1:25:22] » I'll make the motion for the consent. >> Yes. But before we do that, how long can

[1:25:28] uh Topgolf hold on to that? >> So discussion

[1:25:32] » liquor license discussion. >> Discuss. So both of them, the two that

[1:25:36] are inactive because we have Topgolf and we have the UEE. The UEE also has a

[1:25:40] liquor license that's inactive. What's you

[1:25:42] » Urban Edge? >> Oh, okay.

[1:25:44] » Urban Edge bought the liquor license off of the one down here where Amichi is.

[1:25:50] » He bought that one when he saw that the >> the old.

[1:25:55] So he he purchased that when he saw that Top Golf s was bought for a million

[1:25:59] dollars. I guess he figured he was going to make So anyway,

[1:26:02] » the state has now created quartiles. So, the Top Golf, if it is not made

[1:26:10] active by August 1st of next year, either by them or by selling it to

[1:26:16] somebody who's going to make it active by August 1st next year, it's dead.

[1:26:21] » Excellent. Thank you. >> So, that means we'll never get that

[1:26:25] back. >> Never get that back. The Urban Edge one

[1:26:29] because it's based the cortiles are based on how long they've been inactive.

[1:26:33] So the urban edge one is the following August 1st. Now I've notified both

[1:26:39] » 2027 and 2028. >> Yes.

[1:26:42] » Okay. >> So I've notified each of them that I've

[1:26:47] told Topgolf you have until you have to either sell it to somebody or you have

[1:26:54] to make it active or it's dead. There's no bringing it back. I also let them

[1:26:58] know the same with Urban Edge >> incentive for that.

[1:27:02] » If they sell it to somebody and somebody comes into my office to do a transfer of

[1:27:06] these two licenses that they have to be honest with these people and tell them

[1:27:11] it needs to be active by this date or it's dead because I will be telling the

[1:27:17] people when it comes in, are you aware that if you do not have this actively

[1:27:22] working by this date, it's done. So that's where we're at. What is required?

[1:27:28] What is required to have it actively working?

[1:27:30] » It has to be in a location being used. >> And I'm sorry, it's August 1st of 27 and

[1:27:37] » 28. Yes. >> So, Top Golf 27, Urban Edge is 28.

[1:27:41] » Yeah. >> So, that's where we're at. Have you both

[1:27:46] have been told >> and you haven't heard anything from

[1:27:48] them? >> Top Golf says they're trying to find

[1:27:50] somebody to buy it. Nobody wants to buy it. I did get a phone call from somebody

[1:27:55] asking about um how long does it take to do it?

[1:27:59] So, I thought that there might be somebody there, but they didn't want to

[1:28:02] give me any information. So, I don't know what they were asking, what license

[1:28:06] they were asking about. >> Okay. Wow.

[1:28:09] » But yeah. So, yeah. And we'll never get them back because we are over the um the

[1:28:15] allotted amount. Most of our liquor licenses are grandfathered in.

[1:28:21] » Thank you. your question. >> Good question, Ryan. He's on the ball.

[1:28:26] » All right, then. >> Okay, so

[1:28:28] » we need a vote still. >> We have Yeah, we have the first and the

[1:28:31] second for the vote for the consent agenda. So, we have Bennon,

[1:28:34] » yes. >> Herrick,

[1:28:36] » yes. >> Pavano,

[1:28:37] » yes. >> Man,

[1:28:39] » yes. >> And Flynn,

[1:28:41] » yes. >> Motion carries on the consent agenda.

[1:28:44] » Okay, so >> you need a motion to approve, deny, or

[1:28:48] table. Okay. I just would like to pull the council about what you would like to

[1:28:53] do and you know because if everyone's prepared to go ahead then we can go

[1:28:57] ahead and if people would like to rice the employee to have a discussion about

[1:29:02] this topic together um then we can do that and we I we could

[1:29:07] do it quickly. We can have a Zoom meeting in a couple of days. Um

[1:29:11] » there is a 48 hour notice. >> Yeah. Well that's what I meant when I

[1:29:15] said a couple. >> [laughter]

[1:29:16] » So, um, you know, I want you guys, we haven't had an opportunity to discuss

[1:29:21] this, which is a little bit what I'm getting at. So, how does

[1:29:26] » I have no problem leaving it on and approving it as it stands.

[1:29:30] » Okay. Claire, >> I I agree with that.

[1:29:32] » Okay. So, then >> Katherine and Ryan, well,

[1:29:38] » I'm sorry. What What did you both say? I apologize.

[1:29:40] » They said they have no problem going ahead as is.

[1:29:46] Okay. >> Yeah.

[1:29:47] » Right. >> I mean, I don't if you have a big

[1:29:51] objection though. I mean, I >> I I want everyone to have the

[1:29:55] opportunity. Yeah. I understand what you're saying on

[1:29:58] and we didn't discuss. >> I I I'm going to say that I understand

[1:30:03] what you're saying in in the idea of to have the discussion is the only reason I

[1:30:07] would not just to to I don't know. I don't know sort of procedural if you

[1:30:12] will. But I'm okay as it as it stands. But to your point about

[1:30:16] » yourself for future >> not having had the discussion prior, I

[1:30:21] can understand we've we usually have a discussion about something pertaining to

[1:30:25] any employee and >> just as a matter of procedure, I would

[1:30:28] have preferred there had been a rice notice and we'd had a close session and

[1:30:32] we'd had a discussion. I would have preferred that. Um and I think I'm just

[1:30:36] putting a pin in that please for the future. Thank you.

[1:30:38] » I don't disagree. I mean I agree. Okay. There's basically With that,

[1:30:44] um, >> a motion to approve.

[1:30:46] » Can I have a motion to approve on what do I have to say?

[1:30:49] » 156-26. >> I'll make the motion.

[1:30:53] » Second. >> I'll second.

[1:30:55] » Okay. On roll call. Bennon, >> yes.

[1:30:57] » Perrick, >> yes.

[1:30:59] » Havano, >> yes.

[1:31:01] » Man, >> yes.

[1:31:02] » Flynn, >> yes.

[1:31:03] » Motion carries. >> Okay.

[1:31:07] » So, where are we? Departmental reports.

[1:31:11] » Departmental reports are on file for all to read if you are so interested.

[1:31:18] » And we have the Tanic. >> Uh

[1:31:22] Mr. Brown, would you care to give a very very very

[1:31:28] short Tanic report? >> It's on file.

[1:31:30] » It's on file. [laughter] >> Do you want Can you keep it brief

[1:31:34] because we're tired? >> What were John? Unless you have good

[1:31:38] news. Do you have good news? Are they going to stop flying over Maywood?

[1:31:41] » Or is it just the same? >> Do they have a new button?

[1:31:44] » It's not your fault that the tanic is annoying.

[1:31:47] » Yeah, we take it out on you. I So I'm sorry, John. We should only take out the

[1:31:50] budget stuff on you. >> I want you to be able to give your

[1:31:52] report. I just ask that you be, you know, as

[1:31:56] » are quick as possible presentation. [clears throat]

[1:31:59] [laughter] >> Slides.

[1:32:01] » No slides. >> Dim the lights. Um there were three

[1:32:05] three reports to um three meetings to report on. Um normally [clears throat]

[1:32:10] it is one one every quarter. The first was the community open forum which was

[1:32:15] which took place on March 31st. Purpose of it was to give the public more of a

[1:32:21] voice and to give them an opportunity to learn more about it. Surprisingly, there

[1:32:25] were 92 people that attended this online at least. And um

[1:32:33] the actual meeting took place in the middle of the day. Took place at 3:00,

[1:32:37] which I asked why did you do that? You know, I I've never attended a public

[1:32:42] meeting in the middle of the day. People are not home. Um so anyway, one of

[1:32:47] [clears throat] the interesting points was the most cited problem was not

[1:32:51] noise. And it was something I've been harping on for quite some time. It's the

[1:32:55] volume >> of the planes going overhead. Yeah.

[1:32:59] » So other people are hearing the same thing. Um

[1:33:03] there was new voices. One was from Marstown, New Jersey talking about

[1:33:07] planes that were coming over his house heading to Cedar Barrow. Um

[1:33:13] [clears throat] and I asked the question beyond the 3:00

[1:33:16] meeting, why wasn't the consultant group there? and I didn't get a positive

[1:33:21] answer on that. You think they would have been concerned? The second meeting

[1:33:25] was the actual quarterly tanic uh meeting which took place on April 15th.

[1:33:31] There were more um town members not attending than attending. Again, this

[1:33:38] has been a ongoing thing. Um three of the four FAA requests are on hold just

[1:33:45] like I reported last time. It seems like they can't walk and chew gum at the same

[1:33:50] time. Um I asked about uh they reported about FIFA and this the um sale [snorts]

[1:33:58] forth on the 250th anniversary. Uh they expect a lot of extra traffic. Uh and

[1:34:05] the reason why they were preparing to get the the runways and and all the

[1:34:10] projects done. Uh the one project that's that wasn't done completely was the

[1:34:16] beacon relocation and the demolishing of the uh control center. They got a new

[1:34:21] tower up there. Um, one other interesting thing, there was

[1:34:26] one member from the public was from Paramis

[1:34:30] and he gave forth something I've been proposing to this committee which was

[1:34:36] there should be financial incentive to get the pilots to use the alternate

[1:34:43] route. And I didn't know this, but after I got

[1:34:46] the minutes, I looked him up and he was a lawyer. And I'm thinking maybe he's,

[1:34:51] you know, looking for business. Well, actually, he's right in line with the

[1:34:55] runway as I am. So, you know, he's complaining about it, too. There was an

[1:35:00] executive meeting. Oh, I felt honored. Uh May 27th,

[1:35:05] um there was barely a quorum. Um there were only two items. They talked about

[1:35:10] uh an environmental study that's going to be done for two new hangers that are

[1:35:15] going to be coming up. So if you had any thoughts of this airport closing down,

[1:35:20] » I don't think people will be putting money into it. Um

[1:35:24] there was also a talk um uh the second item was um

[1:35:31] something we're we're not really associated with which is the planes

[1:35:34] coming up from the south. And right now they take a direct line as they do

[1:35:40] coming south from the north to the south.

[1:35:45] They're changing that to do a serpentine almost looks like the same thing that's

[1:35:50] being done with Route 4 with Route 17. >> Uh so somebody beat me to the question,

[1:35:56] you know, aren't you just doing the same thing and you you're driving the traffic

[1:36:01] over it turns out to be North Arlington. Um they didn't really have a good answer

[1:36:06] for that. And and I asked about if if there's going to be flyovers for the

[1:36:11] July 4th and for the OP sale. They said there are only going to be four

[1:36:16] helicopters, so we shouldn't hear jets zooming overhead. Uh, actually, there'll

[1:36:22] be jets, but they're going to be coming from a different airport. And that's it.

[1:36:26] » Thank you very much, Mr. Brown. >> Hey, John. I know you have like a hard

[1:36:29] time dealing with those people over there. And and you know, I know you did

[1:36:32] your best on this, but I'm giving that report a C minus, buddy. [laughter]

[1:36:39] » Oh, ouch. [laughter]

[1:36:46] So next we have the introduction of ordinances with ordinance 826.

[1:36:52] Do we have to read this whole thing? So bond ordinance to authorize the making

[1:36:56] of various public improvements and the acquisition of new additional or

[1:37:00] replacement equipment and machinery, new communication and signal system

[1:37:04] equipments, new information technology equipment and new automotive vehicles

[1:37:08] including original apparatus and equipment in buy and for the burough

[1:37:12] Maywood County of Bergen State of New Jersey to appropriate the sum of

[1:37:17] $2,810,000 to pay the cost thereof to appropriate

[1:37:22] various grants to make a down payment. ment to authorize the issuance of bonds

[1:37:26] to finance such appropriations and to provide for the issuance of bond

[1:37:30] anticipation notes in anticipation of the issuance of such bonds.

[1:37:34] » Thank you. Uh may I get a first? >> I'll make the motion.

[1:37:38] » Can I have a second? >> Second.

[1:37:42] » Uh Ryan said second and uh roll call >> on roll call. Benon,

[1:37:47] » yes. >> Harrick,

[1:37:48] » yes. >> Pavano,

[1:37:50] » yes. >> Man,

[1:37:51] » yes. >> Flynn,

[1:37:52] » yes. >> Motion carries. Be it resolved that the

[1:37:54] above stated ordinance 8-26 was passed and adopted or first reading and that a

[1:37:59] final hearing on set ordinance will be heard on Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 7

[1:38:03] p.m. or soon thereafter at which time any person interested in said ordinance

[1:38:07] can be heard be further resolved that the burough clerk be she hears hereby

[1:38:11] authorized to advertise in a legal newspaper a notice of introduction and

[1:38:15] final hearing as required by law. >> Okay. And at this time we're going to

[1:38:19] open the meeting to the public. Uh, does any do you have anything else to say,

[1:38:23] Mr. Brown? Does anyone else have anything to say?

[1:38:27] » I just wanted um I had meant to say this during my quick report.

[1:38:30] » Oh, now you want to have a real report. >> Um, I just wanted to welcome Barbara

[1:38:34] back. We >> Oh, that's a good point. Yes. [applause]

[1:38:38] » Thank you.

[1:38:42] » Was awesome. But we did miss you a lot, Barbara.

[1:38:46] » And we are glad to have you back in the saddle. Thank you for uh thinking of

[1:38:51] that very very important thing, Miss Padavana. Um so with that, I ask if we

[1:38:57] are anybody would like to make a motion to adjurnn.

[1:39:00] » I'll make the motion. >> Would anyone like to second?

[1:39:03] » I'll second. >> Or we can stay here all night. All in

[1:39:05] favor? Let's go. >> I

[1:39:09] [laughter]

June 23, 2026 Council Meeting

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