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Councilwoman on your ice? Here. Councilman Chorts. Councilman Sone? Here. Deputy Mayor

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Pruitt? Yes. Deputy Mayor Katz. Here. Mayor Humidideen. Out of quick notice of this meeting has been provided by

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resolution number 2-7-2017, sending a copy to newspapers, officially designated for 2018, by a

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So we have Resolution No. 238-2017 following the copy in touch with Court's Office.

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I'm porting on the Miss Bull Building Bolton Board and the Mayor here by directs to the statement.

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We couldn't ask.

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Thank you very much and good evening and welcome to this regular Council meeting, May 29th.

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Also for the record, on my left is our Township Manager, William Brown, on my right.

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The gentleman with the beard at the table is our Deputy Township Manager, Dean Kaczynski.

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We just heard from Esa Basi and with, okay, and we have with Esa sitting at the table with him is Omar Stavall.

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And for the first time ever, here publicly at Council Meeting, we have one of our newest additions to the clerk's office, the famous, the one and only, Doug Russione, welcome.

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Doug, we've been hearing some wonderful things about you, I know it's only been 57 days.

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but the words have gone out there already.

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So keep up the great work.

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All right, this is where all the funding magic happens.

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And we have Jennifer Jackson outside it.

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All right, Jennifer Jackson, our senior clerk,

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she's actually the one setting up all the cake for you

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that we brought you.

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So, all right, also the person keeping this building

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so beautiful and sparkly clean, Clarence Barnes,

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he's in the hallway, so please thank him when you see him.

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Oh, glad! Great work.

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Ron Goodman behind the TV, the one who's helping us get our message

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out to the whole community, our volunteer cablecaster. Thank you, Ron. And I

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like this.

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Is there a little sign of applause down there? Is I like it? I'm having an...

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All right. And on my right, you have to give them the same applause, even though he's an attorney,

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please. On my right we have from the law firm of Chodanian, Chazen, Laperello,

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I'm alone in Capuzzo. We have the famous John Shedanian.

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Okay. Upcoming events. Counselor me. Next

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hella vice. Counselor me will take place on Tuesday, June 19th, with public input at

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APM. The primary election market calendars will be held on Tuesday, June 5th.

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Poles will open 6 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Council met in closed session to discuss personnel,

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legal representation, legal issues concerning any open agenda items and litigation

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updates. I see that we have in the audience, Janice Prishal, who is also the volunteer director

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for the Tinaq Food Pantry, and myself and Council Member Rice went and took a look

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at your new location downstairs. You're doing a great job at the Food Pantry helping

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the whole community, and now you're over here.

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And one more applause is tonight is also Jason

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and Castle Knight, Jason just graduated from law school last week.

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So there is no negative about Jason Castle during good and welfare that is forbidden

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tonight, save it for the last meeting.

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Let's go for the first presentation, which is the 2018 Matthew Feldman Award from, and I'd

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like to ask Councilman Sond to join me down below as we give the Matthew Feldman

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Award.

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All right.

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Councilman Sond, wow.

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You really came back and with a lot of, a lot of goodies.

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All right, you want to come on up and make the presentation?

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Sure.

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I'd like to ask the other advisory board members to come up.

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Pat, Mickey, Lilian,

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good evening.

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My name is Wendy Weinberg-Dizanti.

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I'm co-chair along with David Langford, who is here

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for the T-neck advisory board on community relations.

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The advisory board is one of many boards appointed by the town council comprised of resident

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volunteers.

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This is a great group of people who share varied ideas and thoughts and serve as the

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eyes and ears of the community to encourage positive relations across diverse groups,

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which is so dearly needed in our current times.

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I think we all can agree on that.

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We are responsible for initiatives such as racial, cultural and religious dialogue sessions

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in the community, opportunities to collaborate with other town advisory boards, and the

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occasion we are celebrating tonight, the Matthew Feldman Community Award.

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The annual award is named and memory-intribute to former State Senator and Tineck Mayer, Matthew

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New Feldman, who was mayor during the 60s and did so much to help further integration

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in our town, which is truly a hallmark of our great town.

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With the assistance of the town clerk's office, the award is publicized online and in

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local publications.

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The criteria for the award include, Musliver Work and Tineck, has worked to improve intergroup

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and community relations and has promoted a spirit of community and exemplifies the spirit

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of volunteerism. This year, the individual who meets all requirements and embodies

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these qualities is Haley and Wanamaker. It's

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one of the longest of clauses we've had

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in this chamber.

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Haley has provided an invaluable instruction in guidance to our children and

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and to their parents as an educator and as a volunteer.

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She joined the Tnex School System as an alternate root teacher.

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She was a pre-K teacher for over six years in the even start literacy program for

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children and their mothers who needed to learn English since they weren't native speakers.

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She then became a kindergarten teacher and after that a gifted and talented teacher.

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She created and implemented a fourth grade curriculum, which taught students TNIC's unique

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and courageous fight to voluntarily and segregation.

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Too many of our students, and my guess is even people in our community, do not know the

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amazing history of TNIC.

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How wonderful, Halley communicated this.

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Another important contribution Halley has made to our community to encourage acceptance

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and appreciation of our diversity was the building bridges project for middle school students which I'm smiling about because I personally had the opportunity to work with Halley and other parents and volunteers.

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It was quite moving to witness our students of different backgrounds walk with one another from one house of worship to another and share in that experience something I will never forget or my daughter.

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Additionally, Halle has been very involved in civic life, including voter registration

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drives and issues regarding the education and well-being of our students.

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It is my pleasure, at the behalf of the Advisory Board and Community Relations, to present

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the 2018 Matthew Felman Award to Halle Ann Wanamink.

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Congratulations and wait, we have more.

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You brought some crowd with you tonight.

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Are they available every Tuesday?

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We have Councilman Sone would like to redo this special clock that we got you.

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This is, again, our Honorary Clock battery included.

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I want to thank the clerk for his work on that.

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The Matthew Feldman, by the way, a lot of community relations award is presented to

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Halley Ann Wanda-Maker, who has demonstrated an ongoing commitment to intergroup

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of community relations, fosters the spirit of the community, and exemplifies

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volunteerism.

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By the TNIC Advisory Board on Community Relations, this May 29, 2018 against my pleasure to

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bestow this upon you.

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And there's more, we have a proclamation from our state senator,

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evening.

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On behalf of Senator Weinberg, who regrettably cannot be with us this evening, ask that I present

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this proclamation to you on behalf of the Senate and general assembly.

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Joint Legislative Resolution by Senator Weinberg, Assemblyman Johnson, and Assemblywoman Valerie Huddl.

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Whereas the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey are pleased to acknowledge

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Kelly and Wanamaka, a highly esteemed member of her garden state community who will be honored by the township of TNAC as the recipient of the Matthew

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new film and community relations award, and whereas within all the spheres of her life and work,

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Halle and Wanamaker has established a model to emulate and has set a standard of excellence

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toward which others might strive.

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Now, therefore, be it resolved by the State and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey

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that this legislator held hereby joins in saluting Halle and Wanna Maker,

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pays tribute to her notorious record of service, leadership, and commitment,

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and extends sincere best wishes and continued success in all her future endeavors.

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And be it further resolve that a duly authenticated copy of this resolution signed by the Senate President

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and assembly speaker and attested by the State Secretary and the Assembly clerk

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by transmitting to Halley and Wanda. Make a sign, Steven Sweeney, and Craig

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Kaumlin. Halley, Wanda, make a congratulations.

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Furthermore, this you do not get to keep, but again, you are the last on this plaque

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and again, it's always a pleasure privilege to look back at all those honorees who

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you join and again follow in that legacy. This has been put up on the wall here, and

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again, I look forward to seeing a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth plaque filled

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up with other honorees, and again, congratulate you. This is a perpetual, those stay at home.

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This you can come and visit with your crowd and any council meeting you so desire.

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Congratulations again.

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So, let me see, woo, I'll go this way. Okay. First of all, thank all of you for coming.

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I so appreciate you being here, and I just want to say a few words.

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When I got the phone call from Pat White that I was being chosen to receive the 2018

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Matthew Feldman Community Award, I was deeply humbled and honored, actually was speechless,

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and I had to call her back, and apologize for being in articulate.

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I said I'm sorry.

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When I resourced the other individuals and organizations that are on that plaque that

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I have received this award I was even more humbled and honored.

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And when I researched the history of Matthew Feldman and his role in the T-NEX Voluntary

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Decegregation of the Public School System, I was humbled and honored beyond words.

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Receiving this award has a deep personal meaning for me.

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Though I was raised in liberal Minnesota, I'm the daughter of parents from the South.

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I spent my whole childhood visiting the small home towns of my parents, where I witnessed

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ugly division, racism, and oppression.

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Even as a small child, I knew this was deeply wrong and I made a vow to myself to try

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to create a different kind of community when I grew up.

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When my husband was here and I married in 1990 and we're looking for a town in which

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to settle, we knew Tineck was the right place for us.

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Its emphasis on multiculturalism, diversity and activism was where we could start our family

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and live the values we hold dear.

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And indeed, Tina gave us this wonderful environment in which to raise our two daughters,

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Halliama and Anna, who are sitting there, so proud of them.

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Tina also gave me the opportunity to lead projects such as Building Bridges and the

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Even Start Family Literacy Program, by the way of which there are some of my wonderful

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moms and children that are here.

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It also gave me a chance to teach in my kindergarten and other classes the unique history of TNX role in the fight for equity and education. It gave me the chance to meet and learn from other dedicated community activists who encouraged me to be involved in many aspects of TNX civic life, including voter registration drives election campaigns and other issues. I'm thankful to have spent 28 years in this unique and wonderful community. I'm honored to receive this award, the 2018 Matthew Feldman

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community award, and I'm very thankful to the township, the TNEC Advisory Board, community

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relations, my friends, my family, my students who are here tonight, and who have supported

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me.

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Thank you for giving me the opportunity to come full circle.

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I hope to continue serving TNEC as a volunteer and giving back to the town that has given me

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so much.

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Thank you so much everybody for coming.

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Haley certainly a very well-deserved award, they can hang out, because we have a lot more

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cloppin' map to do tonight.

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We have to work for our cake.

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I don't know if you remember the first time that I had got the opportunity to meet you.

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There was about 200 students that used to walk on West Anglewood Avenue and cross three

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bridges to go to school.

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And they do that on the way back as well.

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And you came in front of the council and you said, this is crazy.

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This is an accident waiting to happen to have 200 students every single day going this way

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in that way over the railroad tracks, and sometimes the trains were there so they go under the train or through the train.

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And it was a very, very dangerous situation and we were able to get a fence put in.

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Remember that?

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And because of that fence, so we were told, why are we wasting our money on a fence?

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It was going to get ripped down. I think we're 15 years later. The fence is still there. Lots of ivy

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But the students are not going down the tunnel. So that was a major contribution that you that you had towards

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Tinack and to the youth and

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Honestly to the safety of our of our young ones. So thank you. That was my my first introduction to you. All right

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Councilman castle. It's your night

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After Hayley leaves

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I want to first say congratulations, but also thank you, because the Matthew Feldman award

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is presented to the individual or group who best exemplifies the efforts to improve community

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relations in T-nec, and I view that as being T-nec's own Nobel Peace Prize, that we live in

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You know, polarizing time and, you know, elections often show how polarizing our community can get, but you, in this award, remind us of the unity, and that there are people who are working behind the cameras who are working, you know, behind the poles who are working within the communities and not the outdoors and meeting their neighbors and making this community a place that is a shining star in not just the state but the country. So I want to, I want to thank you.

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And, you know, there are no other words I can say other than congratulations to thank you so thank you for everything you've done.

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I'm so excited for this for you.

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And because you're so with unassuming and because you do, what you do, just because you just think that everybody should do that, is why you are the person to receive such an award.

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Halley, I met Halley when my youngest was three, who's now 20, and that was

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assuming grace for me at the time because I had two kids 18 months apart, my

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youngest having special needs, and even start was a place of refuge and sanity

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for me. And so I see some of the moms back there from even start and reunions at

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Halley would still open her home and have the families come back. And that was just

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such a safe place for so many families and welcoming and the languages and

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And what a great play start to have an even opportunity here in TNAC.

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First, so many times of being in your home of Christmas, we just have open house, open in and out.

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I'm sure many of you have seen it, Halle's Christmas, where we had guest appearances by Santa.

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So just always the community person opening up her home, the witnessing President Obama becoming our president,

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being in your home and just screaming and just hugging and laughing with so many of you, I'm sure.

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Just exemplifies to me the type of person that you are.

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Get out the vote working with myself, my campaigns, always just opening your home.

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Here's the keys, whatever you need.

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Just a model representative to our community.

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I love you so much.

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You and your family.

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You're amazing daughters.

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So as you said, it's so proud and just wonderful students, representatives of you and your husband.

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So, yes, you're so unassuming, but this is so well-deserved for such a person as you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you very much.

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Okay.

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There's so many wonderful people in TNAC, and to be selected for this award in this community

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is indeed a great tribute.

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I also want to mention the fact that the rumors follow people.

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That's fantastic.

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I really appreciate the fact that all of you have come out, she must be a great lady.

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And of course, she is, but what I'm most impressed about is whenever a teacher gets an award, I have a special warm spot in my heart for that.

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Let's give her a round of applause.

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Councilman Schwarz.

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I'll make a brief congratulations, and maybe you can answer this one question about TNIC, I have not found the answer to.

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In that tunnel, there is a room that doors locked.

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Does anyone know what is in that room?

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It's a sum pump.

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God.

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I thought this could have gotten a lot better.

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All right.

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All right.

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Let's have some cake.

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Oh, I'm sorry.

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I don't know.

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In my, for more than ten years, I have served as a member of the advisory board of community relations for the past four years.

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I've been proud to serve as liaison from the council.

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For the past ten years, as an advisory board, we have sat down and tried to figure out

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How can we get TNX residents together?

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How can we take advantage of our diversity

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and turn it into our greatest asset

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rather than our greatest challenge?

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And there are a few people who personify that effort

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to do that in person, indeed,

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by through building bridges,

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through even start, through your efforts as a teacher,

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and again, in inculcating those issues

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and inculcating those ideals into our children

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who grow up in this township,

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You truly personify that goal and objective.

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It is an honor and a privilege to be here this evening

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as my final act as liaison sharing that with the community

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and sharing that with you and your family.

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Again, it's a pleasure and a privilege.

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Now, LGFK, well said, Councilman, so all right, let's see.

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Okay. Do

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you know how to work for the library

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for Mayor Lizette Parker, myself, Council Member

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Rice, and Dr. Pruitt, correct? And we want to just run this by you.

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Okay. Mayor Lizette,

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P. Phillips, Parker, a passionate trailblazer dedicated, whose dedicated leadership and service left the lasting impression on the heart of our Tina community gone, but never forgotten, and then it will be signed by the manager and the council members.

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That's okay with everyone?

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Yes, any objection?

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Okay, let the record reflect, sit there until he comes.

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It was just a presentation.

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Let the record reflect that all council members are in favor of that.

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Okay, the next is we're going to have a budget presentation.

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Can you do the budget presentation without the clerk or you need the clerk for that one?

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Yeah, we're just going to get it started.

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Old-wise outside help.

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Can you give me that community?

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I'm not going to be able to start that.

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Doug, you can bonus points for this one.

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Overhead.

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Communication.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, you want to just do the communication, is there a new business?

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We were going to do the water line.

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I was just going to wait till after the presentation by the manager.

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While Doug warms up the presentation, do we not turn it on?

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Here's some remotes somewhere there.

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Right, behind your hands, go.

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Thank you.

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You got to go on to them.

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Councilman Kassel, are you familiar with this gun violence awareness where orange

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date requests, oh, you request it?

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Okay.

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Go ahead.

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Councilmember Rice, you want to just mention it while we warmen up the projectors?

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Sure.

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do it.

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Obviously, the correspondence from Robin Platismore and with the request, it was actually her

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and David Hersfield.

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The wear-arrange movement was started by friends of 15-year-old Chicago High School student

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Heidi Pendleton, who was shot and killed in a neighborhood playground, weeks after returning

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from marching at President Obama's second inaugural parade.

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So since 2015, the movement has become a national and landmark buildings and monuments across the nation turn orange to commemorate gun violence awareness, including the Empire State Building Niagara Falls and the Superdome in New Orleans to name a few.

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Last year, we had 14 municipalities in Bergen County, passive resolution, and

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inclinations, decorating their townholds, libraries, and police stations and orange

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ribbons.

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This year, the gun violence awareness day is Friday, June 1st, and we are hoping to

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cover Bergen County in orange, and this is especially because Robin played us more

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from mom's demand action.

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So, your action that you're looking for counsel is just a pot for inclination request?

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Correct.

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Any objection from counsel?

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No.

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Let the record show no objection, yes, Councilman Castle.

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I just think it's important to read the resolution and to know that the reason that the color orange was selected is because that is the safety color that hunters use, that is true.

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So, and that's actually written in the resolution as well, but that's the reason for the color orange.

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Yes.

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Sounds good.

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And I think especially in this timely, the timely portion of current events is why I think it's also important for us to join

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and be a part of this resolution and I actually am going to forward this information

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over to our superintendent of schools and I know it's short notice because it is this Friday

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but to see if they could also join us in commemorating Friday June 1st as National Gun Violence Awareness Day.

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Excellent.

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Okay.

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Next is we're going to go over the summary of actions for the proposed budget.

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We'll turn the meeting over to the manager.

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Okay.

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You ready?

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Council may discuss it.

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Yeah.

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Okay, first slide.

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Because this is the summary of actions on the budget that I initially proposed, and the budget that was introduced on May 15th.

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on May 15th. The original budget that I proposed, the total budget was $70,296,000.

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The original proposed levy was $56,729,000. The original proposed levy increase was 3.41%,

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which would make an average increase of $128.25.

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Annually, to a homeowner assessed at 382,295. I met with the Budget Subcommittee after my initial proposal to council. And we worked on bringing that number down significantly.

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Okay, next slide.

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Oh, was that the next slide?

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I go back, I go back.

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All right, so the current proposed budget is 70,579 and change.

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The current proposed levy is approximately 55 million, is actually 55,955 and change.

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The levy increase is 1.99%, which would mean a $67.43 annual increase on property valued assessed at $382,295.

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And these are the various items we adjusted to bring the budget down.

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So parentheses, when you see something in parentheses, it's a subtraction, it brought it down.

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If it's not in parentheses, it's an addition.

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So one of the things we did was we took out the police cars, $220,000 for police cars,

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and we put the police cars in the capital budget, since we're going to be buying SUVs.

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tree planting, we took out the tree planting and tree trimming of $125,000.

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In my initial proposal, we had proposed going into permanent financing so that we would

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not have to make a payment on debt of $506,228.

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After reviewing that with the bond council and the auditor,

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we decided against that, and we didn't move forward with that.

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However, we are working on a plan to evaluate the township's debt

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That the same way we did in 2012 so that we can properly ladder the debt so that it could

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be paid off in a manner that does not spike our debt service capital improvement fund.

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We added $213,161 to capital improvement fund and my original proposal, that number was

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was kind of unsettled because we didn't know exactly how much was left in the capital

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improvement fund that would be available for capital improvement fund down payment.

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So that number was a little unsettled and now it's firm.

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Court salary and wages were removed $50,000 from court salary and wages.

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Public works, other expenses.

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We removed $50,000, there were three positions that we had a full year salary in.

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We had one police officer position, firefighter position, executive assistant position.

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We figured that we wouldn't be hiring or doing any hiring before June.

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So we took out half of their salary, which was a reduction of 75,000.

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Social security contributions, the amount of town has to pay towards Social Security.

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We had to increase that number, but we had a 10,500.

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The reserve for uncollected taxes, we were able to bring that down a little bit more as a result of the adjustments made within the budget.

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That was a reduction of 117,312 in change.

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We added the grants, the known grants that we would be receiving, which the grants really don't have any impact on the budget.

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The grants are in the budget and they go out the exact same amount, so they really don't have any impact on the budget.

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Mr. Manager, just for the benefit of the public, there was some confusion as to why the tax,

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The budget went up while the tax levy was going down, and again, I know that that's related to the grants being added in,

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even though there are pass-through, but just to explain that for the benefit of the public.

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So I have to say that, again, I'm sorry, when you looked at the data, the total budget amount increased.

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Yes, okay.

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And there was some confusion about how that quarter would happen.

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I know, and I understand that that was due to the grants that you were describing,

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These are a pass through the money comes in, so it has to be counted as revenue and spent.

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And that's why we're going to see that two sides of this, and we're going to see it on the next slide as well.

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But that's one of the things that was added to the budget, even though it was really not an increase in our expenditures.

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Right, so there's really two different things that we're looking at.

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One is we're looking at the total budget, which is approximately $7 million.

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dollars and another we're looking at the levy, the amount that we're actually getting

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from taxpayers. So there's other sources of revenue that we may have that don't come

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from taxpayers that would have no impact on the levy. So you might see the total amount

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increase but the levy not increase and that's what you've seen here with the grants, the

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the total amount of spending increased, and the levy didn't increase as a result of the grants.

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Well, the second item down is tree planting, and I know that we have adopted a policy in the town that we are replacing trees that are being cut down or so on and so forth.

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Why is in tree planting, since we're simply replacing part of our community, why couldn't that number be shifted into the capital budget?

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I guess we could shift it into the capital budget.

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We could shift it into capital, we may be able to shift it into open space.

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I would say both of those things are possible, yes.

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Because I know that last year's budget, we had 75,000 set aside.

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If this is something that is part of our tree city, right, the underlying community, that seems like it would be an obvious fit for to go with police cars under the capital.

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And then we just replenish that every and let me just add I mean police cars isn't something that I want to do

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I mean I don't really I think we have a point that we're trying to get to I

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Don't want to put police cars in capital. I think police cars should be in our operating budget

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Whether they're able to be capitalized legally or not. They should be in our operating budget

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tree planting I

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I have no issue with taking the tree planting funds out of open space if, after I review that with the attorney, we have over $1.2 million there, if we want to use $75,000 or $100,000 on trees, I think that's perfect.

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I would have checked to make them take trees out of capital.

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If it could be in most grade for capital, I'd rather say that for more capital-related projects.

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We've got a major, I understand we're at Trees City, USA, but we're at Trees collapsing and causing damage all over the town city, USA.

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And I think we really need to get a better idea of where we're putting trees.

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You know, we take down trees and it's very nice people cold, they want a nice tree put on the front yard.

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Flash for 50 years, that tree's falling down and our sidewalks are crumbling.

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And I think we need to have a bigger plan on our long-term trees.

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Trees are real estate in the units, multi-generational, and we just had some major tree damage occurred two weeks ago, I believe.

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So if it's put in most, and that's fine, but from a capital point of view, I think we have other stuff on that we need to do.

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One offer, they're not too suggestions that we don't have to trim trees.

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Okay, we can move to the next slide.

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So

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we had, we also canceled, we had cancellation of improvement authorizations which added 739,000 to the budget, this is, this is an addition.

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We went back and we looked at completed projects and open contracts and anything that was there, we were able to cancel it.

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And this really is, you know, adding a revenue to the budget of $739,000.

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We anticipated additional construction revenue since there's a couple things that we know are going to occur in 2018 at a positive.

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We're okay with anticipating just a little bit more in revenue.

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So we anticipated additional delinquent taxes, we increased that number to 487, and as I said in the past, we added the grants.

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So that makes the total budget at this point, $70 million, $579, and change the levy, which is what the tax payers are going to pay for municipal services and

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in the library is included in that $55,955 in change.

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It's a 1.99% increase on the levy.

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When you calculate that increase, it's on the levy, not on the total $70 million.

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And it's $67,043 on the average home assessed at $382.95.

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That's $67,43 annually.

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And next one.

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And that's it.

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I have two questions.

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First of all, how much is in the reserve for the uncollected taxes?

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I see that you took out 117.

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So it is the reserve for uncollected taxes is an amount that we have to budget.

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But how much do we budget?

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The new number, I think it's somewhere around a million five possibly.

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My question is, why do we have to budget so much when we had a surge this year of pre-pay taxes which we've never had and where does that show up?

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Okay. The two things.

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The reserve is a formula that the state has for calculating a reserve. You can use a three-year average of the amounts that you've been reserving.

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It's really, I mean, really, it's a number that we have to reserve for people who don't pay their taxes.

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Right, but what happened in the past I was told that we have this reserve because we need to make our pay roll, right?

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No, no, this is a reserve that we have every single year required by the state.

437
00:42:11,490 --> 00:42:17,910
And sometimes it's used, like in years where we had to make the refunds.

438
00:42:18,450 --> 00:42:27,090
We had to go into that reserve in order to cover the refunds on the tax appeals.

439
00:42:27,310 --> 00:42:30,250
This money goes into our surplus if it's not used.

440
00:42:30,550 --> 00:42:33,670
Then there was a second, I just want to answer this, second question that you asked.

441
00:42:33,670 --> 00:42:38,270
I don't know if it looks like Councilor Son has something to add to that one, and then I'll come back to it, yeah.

442
00:42:38,490 --> 00:42:43,050
I think there are two separate issues, and I just want to get a clarification from the manager.

443
00:42:44,910 --> 00:42:47,770
We have 155 million in assessed taxes.

444
00:42:48,310 --> 00:42:51,510
We know that we don't collect 155 million in taxes.

445
00:42:51,830 --> 00:42:54,790
If we did, we'd have 100% and there would be zero in that reserve.

446
00:42:55,310 --> 00:43:01,150
The reason we have a reserve on collect taxes is because we know that year after year after year, there is some percentage.

447
00:43:01,150 --> 00:43:05,910
So we take the percentages from three previous years, we calculate that reserve.

448
00:43:06,290 --> 00:43:12,330
One of the reasons that this has gone down is because of the shift on the date of the tax sale.

449
00:43:12,810 --> 00:43:15,010
So that caused the spike in payments.

450
00:43:15,470 --> 00:43:19,310
And again, those payments were made for prior years so that we had that spike and

451
00:43:19,310 --> 00:43:20,130
we could lower that amount.

452
00:43:21,030 --> 00:43:27,870
The, any payments that were made for 2018 that were made in 2017, those pre-paid taxes.

453
00:43:27,870 --> 00:43:33,390
is in it, we have to set that aside because that's not 2017 revenue, that's 18 revenue.

454
00:43:34,030 --> 00:43:40,270
We got that a little bit earlier, we got a few million dollars earlier in 17, but we had to set that aside for 18 tax.

455
00:43:40,450 --> 00:43:47,870
So if we take into consideration number one that we have a reserve now, number two, is that we should be accruing some type of interest on that.

456
00:43:48,090 --> 00:43:51,810
So we actually don't have a reserve.

457
00:43:51,810 --> 00:43:58,050
reserve, the reserve that we're talking about in the budget, it is a amount that you have

458
00:43:58,050 --> 00:44:01,970
to budget to reserve, not an actual reserve.

459
00:44:02,210 --> 00:44:09,810
And the second thing that you ask, the prepaid taxes go on our books as a liability.

460
00:44:11,070 --> 00:44:12,090
They are a liability.

461
00:44:12,350 --> 00:44:13,930
That money cannot be used.

462
00:44:14,250 --> 00:44:17,590
It is money that the taxpayers have given us.

463
00:44:17,590 --> 00:44:27,570
We hold it as a liability to be paid to their tax bills, so it can't be used for anything else.

464
00:44:27,690 --> 00:44:33,010
It's a liability that we assume it's used to pay our pranks, isn't it?

465
00:44:33,110 --> 00:44:33,910
No, no, no, no.

466
00:44:33,910 --> 00:44:36,290
There's a bill out there.

467
00:44:36,650 --> 00:44:39,730
There's a bill that the taxpayer has, okay?

468
00:44:40,170 --> 00:44:42,430
And they sent us the money early, right?

469
00:44:42,430 --> 00:44:50,430
So we have a it's our liability to use that money to pay their bill to get interest on that advance money. Yeah

470
00:44:51,230 --> 00:44:53,450
It's small. It's what is it?

471
00:44:53,450 --> 00:44:55,370
What is that? How much do you get?

472
00:44:55,750 --> 00:44:58,430
I don't know. That's $200,000.

473
00:44:58,450 --> 00:44:58,770
No.

474
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:29,820
No, nothing. Do you know how much we've collected in advance? It's about $5,000 a month. Over $14,000 million. I know we collected in advance. The last number that I had checked was $14,000 a month. It's $12,000 a month. It's $12,000 a month. It's $12,000 a month. So can we take that in consideration and take off more money from the budget based on that additional revenue? It's about three months of the pre- pre-payment. So it's about $30,000 a month. Why not? That's interest. I'm not saying talk to that.

475
00:45:29,820 --> 00:45:30,400
That's the principle.

476
00:45:31,360 --> 00:45:36,500
And remember, we had to credit that, and as February 1st was the first tax belt.

477
00:45:36,740 --> 00:45:40,420
Somebody paid this December 31st, and we basically had to credit that to our account.

478
00:45:40,580 --> 00:45:42,100
We would have gotten it in February anyway.

479
00:45:42,760 --> 00:45:46,280
So it's not like it's 14 million that's going to be sitting here at Infinitom.

480
00:45:47,160 --> 00:45:52,900
All right, and the other question I have is the anticipated construction revenue.

481
00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:58,560
You only listed as $30,000 shouldn't it be?

482
00:45:58,560 --> 00:46:01,240
We had initially proposed, so-

483
00:46:01,240 --> 00:46:09,780
Does that take into consideration the permits that were paid in the last 90 days, like Avalon Bay, et cetera, since the budget was originally put up?

484
00:46:10,140 --> 00:46:18,640
Yes, so what we did is you're allowed to budget up to what you received in the previous year.

485
00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:25,260
So we received about $1.1 million in 2017, so we could budget up.

486
00:46:25,260 --> 00:46:28,680
We could anticipate up to 1.1 million.

487
00:46:29,180 --> 00:46:31,460
We don't recommend it and we don't do that.

488
00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:40,420
That is what got us into a budget issue because we anticipated 1.7 and a year where we had

489
00:46:40,420 --> 00:46:48,500
received a lot of construction revenue and it didn't materialize in 2017 the way we thought

490
00:46:48,500 --> 00:46:50,060
it would materialize.

491
00:46:50,060 --> 00:46:52,940
So, Avalon Bay didn't come on until 2018.

492
00:46:53,580 --> 00:46:59,620
We thought it was coming on in 2017, 1500 TNAC Road didn't come on at all.

493
00:47:00,100 --> 00:47:05,260
So we received basically less revenue and construction revenue.

494
00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:14,640
So from what we initially proposed, we added additional 30,000 to that number, okay?

495
00:47:14,820 --> 00:47:18,280
And that included the Avalon Bay anticipated because you said you anticipated?

496
00:47:18,280 --> 00:47:26,260
No. So, no, it did not. We can't, so is it fair to say because I think Avalon Bay was what about 300, 400 grand?

497
00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:29,800
No, I think it was, I think it was 300,000.

498
00:47:30,140 --> 00:47:31,540
I think it was 700,000.

499
00:47:32,040 --> 00:47:39,240
On the other hand, was it fair to say that maybe we can up that number from 30,000 to 100,000?

500
00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:45,100
Well, no, you're saying can we update 70,000 dollars more?

501
00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:45,520
Right.

502
00:47:46,620 --> 00:47:50,260
Well, can I actually, did we get 1,500 Tne Grotto, we didn't get that yet?

503
00:47:50,520 --> 00:47:52,700
No, we did not give 1,500 in the road.

504
00:47:53,140 --> 00:47:55,880
But it wasn't anticipated and it's that N18, it was anticipated.

505
00:47:56,440 --> 00:48:04,680
So, I mean, I've discussed this with the auditor and I think that we are trying to find

506
00:48:04,680 --> 00:48:09,280
a bunch of little pockets in order to try to get to this gap that we have from 0 to 1.99.

507
00:48:09,280 --> 00:48:15,740
So, there's a couple of dollars that are around from the interest for the 14 million.

508
00:48:15,780 --> 00:48:21,880
There's a couple of dollars that we didn't anticipate for the permits, you know.

509
00:48:22,400 --> 00:48:26,840
Yeah, but I think that, I think that, I think maybe our reserve front collected, maybe

510
00:48:26,840 --> 00:48:28,940
you're talking about the formula, but what if we break the formula?

511
00:48:29,120 --> 00:48:29,960
Maybe you don't know the answer.

512
00:48:30,380 --> 00:48:32,160
What if you can't break the formula?

513
00:48:32,560 --> 00:48:37,020
But I think that there's other things that we need to be concerned about.

514
00:48:37,020 --> 00:48:45,480
we need to try to leave the budget the way it is when you talk about some legal expenses

515
00:48:46,020 --> 00:48:52,360
that we've seen this year that are higher and we're going to probably need transfers

516
00:48:53,280 --> 00:48:59,720
at the end of the year when you talk about overtime there's a lot of issues coming up that

517
00:49:01,100 --> 00:49:06,020
we really need to be concerned about this budget. I mean this isn't, I mean I don't even recommend

518
00:49:06,020 --> 00:49:12,320
that we go to 1.9 million. We should be at 3.41, huh? Either do I. I'm not recommend

519
00:49:12,320 --> 00:49:17,320
we go to 1.99. Councilman so and then deputy mayor. So again, I just want to get an explanation

520
00:49:17,320 --> 00:49:21,320
was we'd we'd always been told this is something that Councilman Castle and I had discussed

521
00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:26,380
as that is that the Reserve for Uncollected Taxes was a rigidly defined formula that was

522
00:49:26,380 --> 00:49:30,120
inviolable that we couldn't touch it. It could never be changed. It was no way we could

523
00:49:30,120 --> 00:49:35,540
we could get anything out of it. So while I'm glad to see 117,000 that we can take out of

524
00:49:35,540 --> 00:49:38,780
In the budget, again, I'm not saying that we can bust that.

525
00:49:38,860 --> 00:49:41,760
I just want to understand how, number one, how we were able to do that.

526
00:49:42,260 --> 00:49:47,040
The second just for clarification, in terms of building permit fees.

527
00:49:47,220 --> 00:49:52,120
In 16, we budgeted 900,000 and we received 1.7 million.

528
00:49:52,600 --> 00:49:58,280
That was an extra 800,000, which we were able to put into surplus, which covered other expenditures.

529
00:49:58,900 --> 00:50:04,460
In 17, we budgeted that same revenue from 16 of 1.7 million.

530
00:50:04,460 --> 00:50:15,880
And we came in short by 1.1 million, and that's a double whammy, because not only we were 600,000 short but we're taking out of surplus rather than putting back in.

531
00:50:16,460 --> 00:50:24,000
We can't budget more than 1.1 million, because that's what we received last year, even if we know we're going to receive it.

532
00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:30,400
what we could possibly do is possibly, is they look, if we know, if the actual receipts

533
00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:34,400
are higher, we can, we can't go any higher than the 1.1 million, again, other than

534
00:50:34,400 --> 00:50:38,460
that adjustment, but just say, look, you know, if we know or are confident that we're

535
00:50:38,460 --> 00:50:41,880
going to have that much more of a question, maybe we can go after the question.

536
00:50:42,340 --> 00:50:46,720
And again, the question is whether that's the, so what we could do, but we would need

537
00:50:46,720 --> 00:50:51,160
to know what the estimate and what the target would be for that revenue.

538
00:50:51,920 --> 00:50:57,460
Those projects, as you said, in this mostly 1500-tonic road, and the Verizon Building

539
00:50:57,460 --> 00:51:00,400
and 7075 World of Wings, what is that revenue?

540
00:51:00,600 --> 00:51:01,840
Where will we be for this year?

541
00:51:02,260 --> 00:51:07,360
We heard from the manager in terms of the 1-inch lines that there is a plethora of activity.

542
00:51:07,580 --> 00:51:10,620
I'm doing project during the winter time.

543
00:51:11,600 --> 00:51:15,280
I'm doing the project where I know I will be hit with an added assessment.

544
00:51:15,440 --> 00:51:16,900
There is added money coming in.

545
00:51:16,900 --> 00:51:20,800
and can we dip into that? Should we dip into that? How much is available?

546
00:51:21,640 --> 00:51:27,140
There's no way we should dip into it. I think we've got to be careful because if we say

547
00:51:27,140 --> 00:51:30,240
this too loud about dipping in, the mayor is going to come and shootin' through the window.

548
00:51:32,460 --> 00:51:37,840
So just when we're ready to vote, we'll mention it. All right, Devin Mayor for it.

549
00:51:37,840 --> 00:51:45,280
We had a zero tax increase for three years,

550
00:51:47,440 --> 00:51:53,480
but we didn't have a zero spending decrease

551
00:51:54,340 --> 00:51:55,360
for three years.

552
00:51:56,400 --> 00:52:06,480
We found out money in surplus, so it looked like a zero tax increase, but we still had

553
00:52:06,480 --> 00:52:08,000
to spend money to fill the gap.

554
00:52:09,420 --> 00:52:12,180
And when we take the surplus down to a certain level,

555
00:52:13,520 --> 00:52:17,520
the AA-2 rating the Moody's has is threatened.

556
00:52:18,760 --> 00:52:22,040
So we had a couple of good years and we got by.

557
00:52:22,900 --> 00:52:27,620
We don't have that money right now to plan that way.

558
00:52:28,280 --> 00:52:34,600
The other way is we starved the capital.

559
00:52:34,600 --> 00:52:42,820
So the road center had rain inside last month because we didn't fix the roof.

560
00:52:43,860 --> 00:52:51,140
This building is falling down because we have an allocated capital necessary to repair

561
00:52:51,140 --> 00:52:51,480
it.

562
00:52:51,900 --> 00:52:54,520
Don't even begin to talk about BVW.

563
00:52:55,120 --> 00:53:00,760
We need to provide the money necessary to run the town.

564
00:53:00,760 --> 00:53:10,860
And I'm not advocating for spending a dollar more than necessary, but to land on zero because it sounds good.

565
00:53:11,800 --> 00:53:12,820
It's just every possible.

566
00:53:14,020 --> 00:53:15,800
I want to land on zero because it looks good.

567
00:53:16,660 --> 00:53:18,640
Okay. Well, that just sounds good, and it is good.

568
00:53:19,740 --> 00:53:20,840
Any other council members?

569
00:53:21,720 --> 00:53:21,800
No?

570
00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:23,140
All right, yes, council members.

571
00:53:23,160 --> 00:53:29,760
If I just, just again, we have kept our spending the same.

572
00:53:29,760 --> 00:53:31,260
Again, the spending has been pretty consistent.

573
00:53:31,400 --> 00:53:32,940
We have not gone over 71 million.

574
00:53:33,160 --> 00:53:34,280
We have kept it consistent.

575
00:53:34,400 --> 00:53:39,140
The question is that one of the things that we can count as revenue is the money that

576
00:53:39,140 --> 00:53:39,800
we take from surplus.

577
00:53:40,680 --> 00:53:44,180
We started 2017 with a little bit over 8 million in surplus.

578
00:53:44,840 --> 00:53:49,660
We were able to use 80% of that, so we put in 6.4 million into our budget, and we count

579
00:53:49,660 --> 00:53:51,320
that as revenue.

580
00:53:51,820 --> 00:53:52,580
It's not revenue.

581
00:53:52,680 --> 00:53:55,100
It's money that we took from ourselves from our bank account.

582
00:53:55,100 --> 00:54:00,440
Now, when we put back less than that, and we started this year, Mr.

583
00:54:00,520 --> 00:54:05,020
Magitz would be of 6.3 million, just a little bit over 6 million.

584
00:54:05,480 --> 00:54:10,120
So we could only, based on the order of guidance, use 80% of that, that's 4.8 million.

585
00:54:10,340 --> 00:54:11,660
That's where that big change is.

586
00:54:12,300 --> 00:54:21,900
It's some of the increases in, as you said, the loss of revenue, because we lost $600,000 in building permit fees, that's 1%.

587
00:54:22,580 --> 00:54:28,340
If we had kept that $1.7 million, we would have been able to budget the $1.7 million again,

588
00:54:28,840 --> 00:54:33,620
and we would have had $600,000 in surplus, which meant we could have used $480,000 of that money.

589
00:54:34,420 --> 00:54:36,200
So, again, it's a double whammy.

590
00:54:37,280 --> 00:54:41,140
We have been able to keep spending pretty level, which I think is pretty remarkable,

591
00:54:41,620 --> 00:54:44,200
but the question is, are we dipping into surplus?

592
00:54:44,980 --> 00:54:50,400
And one of the things that I always wanted to see, it is one of my failures over these past four years,

593
00:54:50,400 --> 00:54:55,880
is that as we go along to hear the manager saying, okay, if the year ends based on

594
00:54:55,880 --> 00:55:01,260
my projections, if the year ends now, surplus will be up a million, down a million,

595
00:55:01,420 --> 00:55:07,800
down 500,000, and unless we start, unless this new council starts actively managing

596
00:55:07,800 --> 00:55:10,840
that surplus number, we really don't know where we are.

597
00:55:11,500 --> 00:55:15,420
And you're right, Mr. Deputy Mayor, that in previous years, and Councilman Counselor

598
00:55:15,420 --> 00:55:19,020
said this before, you know, we've heard these dire projections that if we go down,

599
00:55:19,020 --> 00:55:22,480
that the sky is going to collapse, and it hasn't.

600
00:55:22,600 --> 00:55:23,860
So why can't we go down lower?

601
00:55:23,960 --> 00:55:29,520
The question is, we are eating into surplus, and we either need to make changes in

602
00:55:29,520 --> 00:55:34,840
what we spend, not what we budget, what we spend, or, you know, we're going to keep

603
00:55:34,840 --> 00:55:36,140
on dipping into that surplus.

604
00:55:36,460 --> 00:55:41,400
And I, you know, the question is, what, what spending items can we, can we dip into?

605
00:55:41,700 --> 00:55:43,560
You know, are we going to cut over time?

606
00:55:43,920 --> 00:55:46,300
We've used a lot of it as the manager has indicated.

607
00:55:46,800 --> 00:55:48,340
Are we going to put money back in?

608
00:55:48,340 --> 00:55:56,840
I would love, I would love to tell our tree, shade tree advisory board members that we're putting that money back in because it really is a shame that we're not doing it.

609
00:55:57,260 --> 00:56:10,240
It's a, you know, we really can't capitalize that, but you can capitalize trees, even though they do last more than three years, but again, we should find mechanisms to do that, but should it be done in the budget, and that's a question of how to do that.

610
00:56:10,640 --> 00:56:16,560
I would love to eliminate things, again, for four years, we've spoken about council paid health care. I would love to eliminate that.

611
00:56:17,140 --> 00:56:25,120
We've discussed and I would have been happy to make it on April 24th when there was still a prayer maybe that it would be here on July 1st to eliminate council pay salaries.

612
00:56:25,560 --> 00:56:27,540
Maybe now is the time to take that back.

613
00:56:28,280 --> 00:56:35,020
Those are things that would be real reductions in spending and we have to ask ourselves are we willing to do that?

614
00:56:35,940 --> 00:56:39,760
Where is our surplus target now and what changes are we willing to make?

615
00:56:39,760 --> 00:56:49,560
because if we don't make changes tonight, if we don't have a budget in place that could be passed on June 19th, we're passing on 1.99% budget because it will be the only thing that we will have as an option.

616
00:56:49,980 --> 00:56:57,620
If you don't have a budget that's in state format that can be put in for adoption, we can't possibly pass it.

617
00:56:58,580 --> 00:57:04,340
I just want to add, I mean, I agree with a lot of what Councilman Sones said.

618
00:57:04,820 --> 00:57:10,300
My only concern is this issue of Council managing the surplus and what the target should

619
00:57:10,300 --> 00:57:10,520
be.

620
00:57:10,920 --> 00:57:12,920
I would be very concerned about that.

621
00:57:12,980 --> 00:57:17,120
I think that Council has professionals here.

622
00:57:17,640 --> 00:57:21,040
We usually have a CFO to manage that process of surplus.

623
00:57:22,640 --> 00:57:26,020
I think our surplus target should be zero.

624
00:57:26,020 --> 00:57:30,160
So, our target should be to get off of surplus.

625
00:57:30,820 --> 00:57:35,960
When I first started here, we were using $3 million a year of surplus.

626
00:57:36,160 --> 00:57:37,640
Surplus is our savings.

627
00:57:38,940 --> 00:57:43,360
Now we're using 4.7, 4.8.

628
00:57:44,060 --> 00:57:49,140
Last year, we used 5.7, we're going the wrong way.

629
00:57:49,340 --> 00:57:53,680
We should be trying to get ourselves off of using surplus.

630
00:57:54,380 --> 00:57:58,040
I'm just going to quote Councilman Castell, you're using the wrong pronoun.

631
00:57:58,320 --> 00:58:05,480
It's not ours, it's the taxpayers, so by using it now, which we precollected for,

632
00:58:05,600 --> 00:58:09,740
I believe that's the term that the Councilman Castell used, by precollecting for it.

633
00:58:09,760 --> 00:58:16,760
Now we want to return it back as a payment towards that levy that we're now reducing because of the surplus.

634
00:58:17,060 --> 00:58:23,660
So I understand we want to keep something, but we have other venues available if you're

635
00:58:23,660 --> 00:58:52,200
In case we need money, now I'm not saying we're going to have to zero, but I think we're still at a healthy number, especially with all our additional new one offs coming in, the three and a 30, 40 houses under construction, I have on Bay 1500, I thought they submitted it, but they should be submitting it soon, and of course we have our hotel coming online in August and our 127 unit building coming online, hopefully the next few weeks, so I'm very comfortable with this, but we should use all of these things we have coming online,

636
00:58:52,200 --> 00:58:57,580
or the things we should use to get us into a better financial solution.

637
00:58:57,580 --> 00:59:01,400
But no, absolutely, zero percent next year, and sockaway surplus.

638
00:59:01,760 --> 00:59:05,000
You know, looking at some rough back in African myth, we're heading to a very,

639
00:59:05,060 --> 00:59:09,300
very good position in TNIC, and the only reason to, you know, what Councilman

640
00:59:09,300 --> 00:59:11,780
Sonlay out there, one of the really reasons we're only here right now at this

641
00:59:11,780 --> 00:59:16,100
number, is because that missed with Avalon 1500 that we thought were coming in

642
00:59:16,100 --> 00:59:21,380
last year, and we had that, that number, we'd be at 1.4 at a most, if not zero,

643
00:59:22,480 --> 00:59:25,760
So I think we're doing, I think we're doing really good, and I also think, and

644
00:59:25,760 --> 00:59:30,260
I made this comment earlier on, on social media, if we have to go to our taxpayers

645
00:59:30,260 --> 00:59:35,380
after three years of zero and say, I need $67 after four, and by the fourth year,

646
00:59:35,500 --> 00:59:37,940
I need $67, I'm proud of that number.

647
00:59:38,160 --> 00:59:39,120
And I think you should be as well.

648
00:59:39,840 --> 00:59:43,410
Sotomayor, you should be 100%.

649
00:59:43,410 --> 00:59:47,730
So, you know, I'll make it $101, so I think the average tax bill of $15,000, that comes

650
00:59:47,730 --> 00:59:51,090
out to about 110 after four years, also fine with that.

651
00:59:51,090 --> 00:59:56,750
No, no, no, I'm saying I'm saying we're we're the three to number average assessed value I think come up with a number

652
00:59:56,750 --> 00:59:59,970
I'm sure there's a formula for it, but again, again, make that an

653
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:07,520
The average bill of $15,000, and it's $100,000. What are we going to do tonight? Do we have suggested cuts?

654
01:00:07,880 --> 01:00:11,260
So I do wait till next meeting to do the suggested cuts.

655
01:00:11,380 --> 01:00:12,680
We can't. Okay.

656
01:00:13,220 --> 01:00:20,980
But I did want to just a quick question from our attorney because we're budgeting about a quarter million dollars for negotiations.

657
01:00:21,800 --> 01:00:29,940
And I know that we've been doing negotiations, but I'd kind of like to have a forecast of what negotiations are going to put us at that number of a quarter million dollars.

658
01:00:29,940 --> 01:00:31,160
We really can't tell.

659
01:00:31,820 --> 01:00:36,340
We're budgeting a total amount for legal of a million twenty.

660
01:00:36,740 --> 01:00:37,300
No, no.

661
01:00:37,900 --> 01:00:41,340
Okay, so that's the question I really wanted to ask, but I was going to piecemeal it.

662
01:00:41,640 --> 01:00:47,120
But since you brought the big number, we sent, you know, we took measures years ago,

663
01:00:47,500 --> 01:00:53,440
a couple of years ago, to try to curtail our legal budget, but it doesn't seem to be curtailing.

664
01:00:53,880 --> 01:00:55,020
I think it's curtailing.

665
01:00:55,020 --> 01:01:00,840
I think we use last year we spent something like 980 or something like that.

666
01:01:01,020 --> 01:01:13,440
I mean, for a town of this size, we have a million, 20, and we only have $40,000 left in legal, I mean, to me, that's cutting it very, very close.

667
01:01:13,880 --> 01:01:23,040
My question was just, we've been in closed session and even in open session talking about some of the negotiations that we are expecting to incur, you know,

668
01:01:23,040 --> 01:01:28,440
expenses for, it was my understanding at this point, particularly based on what we're

669
01:01:28,440 --> 01:01:32,860
building out, or what we're being charged $175,000 an hour, that we were really, really

670
01:01:32,860 --> 01:01:33,220
close.

671
01:01:33,860 --> 01:01:37,360
I'm just asking what negotiations are in the pipeline that are going to get us to that

672
01:01:37,360 --> 01:01:41,800
quarter-million-dollar number that we've allocated specifically and explicitly in our budget

673
01:01:41,800 --> 01:01:42,880
for negotiations.

674
01:01:44,200 --> 01:01:48,180
I'd have to say what the attorney had talked about that if we were to come up with a target

675
01:01:48,180 --> 01:01:48,580
number.

676
01:01:49,720 --> 01:01:52,340
What other contracts are we negotiating with them asking?

677
01:01:52,440 --> 01:01:58,460
I know that we are pretty close to ending police negotiation contract for the police department.

678
01:01:59,440 --> 01:02:00,860
Do we have fire, do we have-

679
01:02:00,860 --> 01:02:03,540
Yes, we have police, fire, and DPW?

680
01:02:04,000 --> 01:02:06,460
Yeah, DPW, right, and file.

681
01:02:06,980 --> 01:02:07,140
Okay.

682
01:02:07,680 --> 01:02:15,040
And as we've been having these conversations and discussing these, we've exhausted very few hours in these negotiations.

683
01:02:15,040 --> 01:02:18,680
So I'm trying to understand how we get to the quarter million dollar number.

684
01:02:18,920 --> 01:02:24,480
If we're only meeting with these unions and these groups for, you know, two hours at most years.

685
01:02:24,480 --> 01:02:31,740
Right, that is, so the quarter million dollar number is just a number we break out on.

686
01:02:32,760 --> 01:02:39,800
Labor expenses for legal work period when it comes to labor, okay?

687
01:02:39,800 --> 01:02:48,680
Okay, the whole million-twenty is really one budget of money that we're using for various items.

688
01:02:48,700 --> 01:02:55,780
Even some settlements come out of the million-twenty as well, so no, no, okay.

689
01:02:56,360 --> 01:02:58,160
Here's my, this is very specific to me.

690
01:02:58,500 --> 01:03:00,280
We have a million-twenty for legal.

691
01:03:00,640 --> 01:03:05,380
We have in our budget allocated a quarter million dollars for negotiations.

692
01:03:06,040 --> 01:03:07,840
We arrived at that number somehow.

693
01:03:08,560 --> 01:03:29,620
So when we, and the reason I asked this question, and the reason it's so important to me is because when we decide that we want to tell our rank and file that we're going to hold them to a certain percentage, and then that $250,000 that we budgeted for negotiations can exceed the amount that they're asking for for, you know, one provision or another.

694
01:03:29,620 --> 01:03:34,700
I'd like to know what negotiations we're budgeting for, because it would seem

695
01:03:34,700 --> 01:03:40,700
odd to spend more on negotiations than to spend what they're asking for.

696
01:03:41,000 --> 01:03:46,280
So my question very specifically is, if we're spending the $1,000,000 negotiations,

697
01:03:47,480 --> 01:03:52,120
what negotiations are we anticipating that are going to cost us a $1,000,000?

698
01:03:52,120 --> 01:04:00,920
I'm going to address that because Dr. Probe, Deputy Mayor Probe, before you jump in if I could just address Councilman Castell's question.

699
01:04:01,240 --> 01:04:07,840
It's not, it's probably misnamed negotiations, that's a holdover from years before I was here.

700
01:04:07,980 --> 01:04:14,240
It really should be designated as labor council, not negotiations because that number is inclusive of negotiations,

701
01:04:14,980 --> 01:04:20,640
disciplinary matters, agreements as consultations, workers compensation.

702
01:04:21,780 --> 01:04:24,900
There's a whole list of items that go into that budget item.

703
01:04:25,660 --> 01:04:30,140
All right, so I guess the question is, let's just wrap it this up and see if we're

704
01:04:30,140 --> 01:04:31,600
as consensus here.

705
01:04:32,140 --> 01:04:38,580
Well, I just got one follow-up because I've got to go, just on labor, because Mr.

706
01:04:38,640 --> 01:04:42,900
Schedini used to be our labor counsel, so if that's our labor number, how does that

707
01:04:42,900 --> 01:04:45,220
number compare to our previous labor contract?

708
01:04:46,620 --> 01:04:52,980
I believe the budgeted number is the same number, but we definitely have spent less last year.

709
01:04:53,420 --> 01:04:59,060
The calculation was close to $100,000 less on labor than we spent in the year before our firm became labor counsel.

710
01:05:00,240 --> 01:05:00,400
Okay.

711
01:05:00,980 --> 01:05:01,960
Okay, I have a question.

712
01:05:02,020 --> 01:05:02,720
Yes, Deputy Mayor.

713
01:05:05,740 --> 01:05:07,200
I'm a maintenance person.

714
01:05:08,000 --> 01:05:15,680
It bothers me to go upstairs and have the wall covered with a four by eight foot piece

715
01:05:15,680 --> 01:05:22,020
of plywood, unbothered by going down the hallway and having the door blocked to downstairs

716
01:05:22,020 --> 01:05:29,500
with a board, unbothered going down to the ramp and having a sixty foot crack in the wall,

717
01:05:30,060 --> 01:05:36,200
unbothered by looking at the windows around the base of the building when they're held

718
01:05:36,200 --> 01:05:45,300
up by 4x8s or 2x4s if you pull those out the wall falls down. We're so focused on not

719
01:05:45,300 --> 01:05:52,520
spending any money that we're adding to a possibility of having to spend more money.

720
01:05:53,340 --> 01:06:01,240
So my question is, how do we get a capital discussion where we can maintain the facilities

721
01:06:01,240 --> 01:06:08,160
is that we have, I'm not even talking about DPW, that's a separate issue. But the facilities

722
01:06:08,160 --> 01:06:17,800
here is mold downstairs, that's not satisfactory to me. This building is in bad shape. The

723
01:06:17,800 --> 01:06:22,780
rotors center roof has been needed to be repaired for a long time and people who had to use

724
01:06:22,780 --> 01:06:31,760
their umbrellas when one of the rainstorms recently we cannot run the township and not spend

725
01:06:31,760 --> 01:06:38,700
money. So I want to know where are we with the capital for things that we need to do and

726
01:06:38,700 --> 01:06:44,060
I know we spend some money on roads because that's politically popular. But we need to spend

727
01:06:44,060 --> 01:06:48,800
some money on some other things so that nobody gets hit in the head by a falling ceiling

728
01:06:48,800 --> 01:06:50,920
And, and, and, and walls come in down.

729
01:06:51,180 --> 01:06:51,640
Councilor Smith.

730
01:06:51,660 --> 01:06:52,880
Anybody can answer that they like?

731
01:06:54,100 --> 01:06:58,720
There are no houses at 382, 295 because we round to the nearest 100.

732
01:06:58,940 --> 01:07:03,800
But there are two houses, and I can give the exact addresses that are exactly at 382, 300.

733
01:07:04,780 --> 01:07:11,420
The majority of houses, there are 76, 86 houses out of about 11,000 that are below that number.

734
01:07:11,600 --> 01:07:16,000
Again, because we have, that's 382, 295 is the average value.

735
01:07:16,000 --> 01:07:19,920
the more houses far above that number than far below that number.

736
01:07:20,640 --> 01:07:25,540
Going back, and again, this is just an essence to reiterate what the Councilman

737
01:07:25,540 --> 01:07:30,940
Schwartz was indicating, by following Schwartz 600,000 in revenue from permits,

738
01:07:31,560 --> 01:07:33,140
we were Schwartz 600,000.

739
01:07:33,520 --> 01:07:38,400
We also decreased surplus by 600,000, and we would have used 80% of that of 480.

740
01:07:38,680 --> 01:07:39,620
That's a million 80.

741
01:07:40,020 --> 01:07:42,200
That is almost exactly two points on the rate.

742
01:07:43,240 --> 01:07:47,480
It is that shortfall that basically is why we're here.

743
01:07:48,620 --> 01:07:52,580
I would like to see if we can have some further suggestions, but I don't think we're going

744
01:07:52,580 --> 01:07:53,340
to resolve this.

745
01:07:53,560 --> 01:07:59,040
What I'd like to suggest is that we do have some additional meetings of the Budget Subcommittee

746
01:07:59,040 --> 01:08:05,900
that we do sit down with the manager that perhaps we can come up with an alternative budget

747
01:08:05,900 --> 01:08:11,760
other than the 1.99, and again, I already see that you're looking at the clock and let's

748
01:08:11,760 --> 01:08:14,000
Let's hear what the residents have to say.

749
01:08:14,340 --> 01:08:21,120
Let's see if anyone wants to run down what we should add in or take out, again, if we have any other discussion and then open good and welfare and take the soft line.

750
01:08:21,920 --> 01:08:32,980
I just wanted to add one point is that, especially in terms of revenue, why it's important to look at this more than just one year because of the fact that that one year difference that Mr.

751
01:08:32,980 --> 01:08:39,920
to councilman's own just mentioned, I think we were to look at this even out of five year analysis,

752
01:08:40,220 --> 01:08:44,540
especially over these next few years where we're anticipating new income which we haven't in the past received.

753
01:08:45,040 --> 01:08:47,760
I think that would help us in terms of moving forward.

754
01:08:47,900 --> 01:08:49,660
I was, we look at this instead of just year over year.

755
01:08:49,760 --> 01:08:50,940
I just wanted to make that comment.

756
01:08:51,520 --> 01:08:56,480
And also to second councilman's own, if the subcommittee would be interested,

757
01:08:56,620 --> 01:09:01,880
but I also want to appreciate and appreciate the manager for at least demonstrating

758
01:09:01,880 --> 01:09:23,840
where we went from the three point initially, down to the one nine nine, and thank you very much for just, you know, sharpening the pencil and looking at opportunities for additional savings, but I also want to reiterate Dr. Pruitt's point of in terms of capital and infrastructure, we really can't afford to short change our residents and create hazardous conditions.

759
01:09:24,400 --> 01:09:27,320
Okay. Okay. Just, once I can count some of the first.

760
01:09:27,320 --> 01:09:27,600
So first.

761
01:09:27,620 --> 01:09:29,940
He's just very quickly, I agree 100 percent.

762
01:09:30,100 --> 01:09:34,260
I also want to emphasize that, again, the manager didn't start at 3.41.

763
01:09:34,800 --> 01:09:36,920
What he started with was closer to 6.

764
01:09:37,660 --> 01:09:41,580
Again, I think we were all benefit from seeing what was changed in that from going

765
01:09:41,580 --> 01:09:42,660
6 to 3.41.

766
01:09:43,100 --> 01:09:47,380
The 3.41 was what was first presented to us, that this was not the first budget that he

767
01:09:47,380 --> 01:09:50,640
started with, but I think we would benefit from seeing that as well.

768
01:09:50,640 --> 01:09:55,800
I just want to add, Dr. Pruitt raised some questions about capital.

769
01:09:56,620 --> 01:10:09,020
We have a 2018 capital budget that we need to, council needs to approve or authorize spending for those capital projects.

770
01:10:09,400 --> 01:10:11,620
That needs to be done like yesterday.

771
01:10:12,300 --> 01:10:14,800
One of the items in there is the road ascent of roof.

772
01:10:14,800 --> 01:10:27,340
So, if I was to bring counsel the capital ordinance on June 19th, and counsel introduced

773
01:10:27,340 --> 01:10:35,060
it on June 19th, then the next meeting, at least 10 days has to go by, then counsel

774
01:10:35,060 --> 01:10:42,820
can adopt it, then 20 days have to go by, the Estoppel period, then it becomes law.

775
01:10:42,820 --> 01:10:51,920
So you're talking about August for the capital ordinances to be in place where we could spend on them.

776
01:10:52,440 --> 01:10:58,980
If we don't get that in place, we're not going to be able to fix the roof on the road of Santa, and we're going to go through another year.

777
01:11:01,000 --> 01:11:07,160
Does anyone on council have any objection to councilman's son's suggestion that they meet once again and see if they can sharpen?

778
01:11:08,220 --> 01:11:09,380
Are we good? Everyone's a yes?

779
01:11:09,380 --> 01:11:22,140
Yes, but I do have one request and I want to, I want to end this term in the same way I started it and that like for the budget subcommittee to also meet with our legal team to look at that budget as well.

780
01:11:22,860 --> 01:11:28,020
Because last year we budgeted a quarter million dollars for labor and we spent 14,000, right?

781
01:11:29,000 --> 01:11:32,840
We budgeted 1,000,000, 20,000 and we spent 936.

782
01:11:36,440 --> 01:11:43,920
I just want to better understand where we're allocating certain dollars and since when it comes to our legal bills.

783
01:11:44,160 --> 01:11:51,840
Because one of the very first things that we did, if not the first thing that we did after being elected before being sworn in was sat with legal.

784
01:11:52,160 --> 01:11:58,000
Because that number was hovering around a million and we expanded the retainer agreement and we did all these different things.

785
01:11:58,000 --> 01:12:01,800
But now we have, we're talking about large expenditures that we want to cut.

786
01:12:02,160 --> 01:12:06,040
If we budgeted a quarter million for labor negotiations last year in labor council,

787
01:12:06,040 --> 01:12:09,940
and we spent 14,000, and when I go back and I look at 2017 was 20,

788
01:12:11,260 --> 01:12:17,760
2050, 2016 was 300,000, 2014, or 2015 was 200,000, and then 2014 was 300.

789
01:12:18,280 --> 01:12:22,180
There are fluctuations there that mean that we're either not.

790
01:12:22,840 --> 01:12:25,420
All right, so I think you can't cut from there.

791
01:12:25,420 --> 01:12:29,520
I'm going to end this part because we're going to start good amount for in seven minutes.

792
01:12:29,660 --> 01:12:33,500
I just want to go into the one-inch line quickly, and that's it.

793
01:12:33,620 --> 01:12:35,880
But would I just say that one's on tiny thing?

794
01:12:36,240 --> 01:12:40,240
Tiny, like to go along with the budget subcommittee.

795
01:12:40,440 --> 01:12:47,820
Is it okay if we come back with the capital items that need to, to, to, to, to me,

796
01:12:47,920 --> 01:12:51,020
to be able to go, I'm going to go to the bank and come back with as long as it's a zero.

797
01:12:51,180 --> 01:12:55,360
I mean, you know, and again, my only question is, again, I would love to

798
01:12:55,360 --> 01:13:03,220
I'm happy to go into details on any budget line, again, with Councilman Castle, but if any other council member has any suggestion, what we should be looking into, absolutely, would be my right.

799
01:13:03,440 --> 01:13:03,900
I think it's okay.

800
01:13:04,200 --> 01:13:05,780
I'll find next another guy, Mayber.

801
01:13:05,880 --> 01:13:07,880
I have to go to Bill Muffler in seven minutes.

802
01:13:08,420 --> 01:13:09,440
All right, one inch water line.

803
01:13:09,940 --> 01:13:15,900
I saw the report as everyone knows from seeing my frustration.

804
01:13:16,100 --> 01:13:21,880
This is the first time in 20 years that I've gotten so many complaints about this one inch water line.

805
01:13:21,880 --> 01:13:30,260
I understand that the law might have been changed a few years ago, but still this bulk of the complaints have been in the last few months.

806
01:13:31,300 --> 01:13:36,920
So what I would like to request is that I'm not going to try to fight City Hall on this.

807
01:13:37,380 --> 01:13:43,760
I would like to say that especially when someone's not building a house, when they're adding a toilet, and it throws them over,

808
01:13:43,820 --> 01:13:51,160
it adds a sink and it throws them over, that they're given the ability to sign a waiver that will be

809
01:13:51,160 --> 01:13:57,380
They stored with the fire department so that when they sell their house, that waiver is presented

810
01:13:57,380 --> 01:14:00,620
with the fire certificate that they're given.

811
01:14:01,060 --> 01:14:06,660
But this way, it is known to whoever buys it, that this is what the story is with,

812
01:14:06,860 --> 01:14:13,640
that the waiver was signed, and whoever's living there will know that they, you know,

813
01:14:13,920 --> 01:14:15,600
absolve the township of any responsibility.

814
01:14:16,300 --> 01:14:17,400
That is my request.

815
01:14:18,340 --> 01:14:19,100
Yes, jump on.

816
01:14:21,920 --> 01:14:23,200
Well, no, no.

817
01:14:24,040 --> 01:14:32,400
Okay, me on the same thing that when a new person buys a house, they're not responsible for a one-inch war line either.

818
01:14:32,800 --> 01:14:40,240
The answer is the new person may or may not buy the house because the old person who's selling it has to give them a fire certificate

819
01:14:40,240 --> 01:14:44,960
and the certificate stating that they signed a waiver that it's not a one-inch line.

820
01:14:45,540 --> 01:14:52,540
I don't know. I'm trying to understand it. You're giving a waiver for not having a one-inch line to the people who live in the house.

821
01:14:52,840 --> 01:14:57,680
Correct. And that waiver will be placed in a permanent place with the fire department.

822
01:14:58,440 --> 01:14:59,980
Are you saying you give a...

823
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:27,980
The next set of people also? If the next set of people choose to buy the house, knowing that this waiver has been signed, then yes, it's on them. But the bottom line is that the counter is not now no longer responsible, no longer liable, a waiver has been signed, and buyer beware for the next person so that it's not, oh, I didn't know about it, because they're regiven it when they get the fire certificate. Can we get the way in on that? Mr. Manager.

824
01:15:27,980 --> 01:15:48,300
I mean, I understand your frustration and concern about this issue but unfortunately it's state law and the construction official would not be able to issue a certificate of occupancy if he does not follow the state law.

825
01:15:49,880 --> 01:15:53,800
I mean, I don't know of any way that you can get around estates.

826
01:15:54,800 --> 01:16:05,660
Somehow out of 70 towns in Bergen County, we are the glaring example in Suez of the ones who enforce the state law.

827
01:16:05,900 --> 01:16:10,260
And I'm sure there's, or maybe I'm not looking for anyone not to enforce the law, but

828
01:16:10,260 --> 01:16:17,500
I'm saying is that we have gone a waiver that were protected as a town.

829
01:16:17,500 --> 01:16:22,500
And the homeowner decides if they want to run two sinks, two dishwashers, three bathrooms,

830
01:16:23,020 --> 01:16:28,980
an outside garden hose in their grass sprinkles all at the same time.

831
01:16:30,240 --> 01:16:32,240
Mr. Epidemiara, I fully support your change.

832
01:16:32,240 --> 01:16:36,200
I understand the manager's concerns, and can we ask now that the attorney is fully

833
01:16:36,200 --> 01:16:42,720
caffeinated, that we get him working on this and see if there are any avenues that are available

834
01:16:42,720 --> 01:16:44,040
as options to-

835
01:16:44,040 --> 01:16:48,280
And the other thing can add, if other municipalities aren't bound by this could be also

836
01:16:48,280 --> 01:16:51,400
inquired with other municipalities, how they're getting around it, if we're the only

837
01:16:51,400 --> 01:16:54,480
ones that are holding the law, there's going to be some, perhaps, some other option.

838
01:16:54,480 --> 01:16:58,800
Well, I mean, our construction official is check what anger would, is check what hack and

839
01:16:58,800 --> 01:17:01,760
sack, and they're enforcing the law.

840
01:17:02,180 --> 01:17:05,820
If I can just comment on that, I just want to let you know the way all contractors talk is what

841
01:17:05,820 --> 01:17:07,180
they, I mean, they speak to you in TNIC.

842
01:17:07,500 --> 01:17:11,040
TNIC is, is the worst, no, I don't take jobs in TNIC, it's still a worse town.

843
01:17:11,040 --> 01:17:13,180
Now, then you go to Bergerfield, the Bergerfield is awful.

844
01:17:13,600 --> 01:17:15,000
I don't want to work in Bergerfield for the worst.

845
01:17:15,600 --> 01:17:20,160
And I've caught the same guy saying it, like, it's just, that's what they all say a lot of that's why.

846
01:17:20,620 --> 01:17:24,520
So, just so I can make sure I'm fully understanding this argument.

847
01:17:25,720 --> 01:17:28,960
So, let's say you have a, and just sort of take the public as well.

848
01:17:29,520 --> 01:17:34,600
So let's say I've got a master bathroom, and it has one basin with one sink.

849
01:17:35,440 --> 01:17:39,900
And my wife and I say, you know what, you need yours, I need mine, and we expand it.

850
01:17:39,900 --> 01:17:46,340
And then we find out that we need this one-inch water pipe, and that one-inch water pipe adds $16,000 in cost.

851
01:17:46,960 --> 01:17:54,720
This one basin that we've decided to add is going to inflate the cost by thousands of dollars.

852
01:17:54,820 --> 01:17:57,600
That's exactly what's happening. You can decide that you don't want the basin.

853
01:17:58,760 --> 01:18:03,100
But my question, and I think this kind of dovetails what the Deputy Mayor is asking is,

854
01:18:03,640 --> 01:18:11,320
If I simply decide that the minuscule decrease in water pressure is going to occur

855
01:18:11,320 --> 01:18:14,500
by having those two faucet on at the same time is something I can live with.

856
01:18:14,540 --> 01:18:16,000
Broshes their teeth with their spouse.

857
01:18:17,280 --> 01:18:18,260
That's your little thing.

858
01:18:19,180 --> 01:18:19,960
Let's take real life.

859
01:18:20,260 --> 01:18:26,960
No, I don't think it is that, actually, if you read it, it's complicated.

860
01:18:26,960 --> 01:18:33,960
It involves user groups, and it involves the total number of fixtures and the types

861
01:18:33,960 --> 01:18:35,120
of fixtures.

862
01:18:35,300 --> 01:18:39,740
It involves the type of service delivery pipe.

863
01:18:40,200 --> 01:18:46,140
If you have a copper pipe versus that plastic answer question, is it the equation?

864
01:18:46,400 --> 01:18:49,180
If you look at the amount numbers, that could possibly throw you over.

865
01:18:50,740 --> 01:18:55,180
So what you're suggesting is a change that would allow them to sign a waiver that's

866
01:18:55,180 --> 01:18:57,780
that they are okay with the reduction in water pressure,

867
01:18:58,240 --> 01:19:00,280
so they don't incur that additional thousands of them.

868
01:19:00,300 --> 01:19:02,220
And what the argument's going to be, well,

869
01:19:02,440 --> 01:19:04,720
we have a responsibility to the next homeowner

870
01:19:05,200 --> 01:19:07,820
to alert them to make sure that it's done right

871
01:19:07,820 --> 01:19:11,660
that we respect, yes, and the next homeowner will be alerted,

872
01:19:11,920 --> 01:19:13,080
and they may lose the deal.

873
01:19:13,320 --> 01:19:15,520
Listen, I may lose the sale of my house

874
01:19:15,520 --> 01:19:17,800
because the next person sees that I signed a waiver,

875
01:19:18,280 --> 01:19:19,900
and then they say, you know what, I don't want to buy the house.

876
01:19:20,160 --> 01:19:23,000
Or I may have to take the $10,000 decrease on my house

877
01:19:24,460 --> 01:19:28,100
to the next buyer, so that they can increase the line, you know, because that's,

878
01:19:28,620 --> 01:19:29,380
but that's my option.

879
01:19:29,700 --> 01:19:31,260
But couldn't we just draw the rational conclusion?

880
01:19:31,360 --> 01:19:32,900
And there's high-priced lawyer in the room.

881
01:19:32,960 --> 01:19:36,500
And their house, they wouldn't be able to get a legal opinion on whether Elie Katz could write

882
01:19:36,500 --> 01:19:37,880
legislation or not.

883
01:19:38,520 --> 01:19:40,360
Well, again, just get counsel and castle.

884
01:19:40,680 --> 01:19:42,940
I was exact, I could have been exactly in that vote.

885
01:19:43,080 --> 01:19:46,080
I convert, we're in the process of converting a half-bath to a full-bath.

886
01:19:46,600 --> 01:19:50,820
And that calculation could have turned out that it just put us over the edge because if

887
01:19:50,820 --> 01:19:55,720
If we run all of our showers simultaneously and all of our sinks and flush all of our toilets and

888
01:19:56,250 --> 01:20:00,660
wash all of our dishes and run the washing machine, we might not have enough capacity.

889
01:20:01,260 --> 01:20:03,440
Now, I think the suggestion makes sense.

890
01:20:03,680 --> 01:20:09,080
If it put me over and I said, look, I understand that I might not be able to have that capacity.

891
01:20:09,560 --> 01:20:16,140
I'm willing to live with that and I will let the next buyer know that there may not be adequate water pressure and water capacity.

892
01:20:16,140 --> 01:20:20,920
I think that's appropriate. I understand the manager's concerns, and I think that's why I think

893
01:20:20,920 --> 01:20:23,300
asking the attorney, so I know to investigate it as well.

894
01:20:23,300 --> 01:20:24,200
I'll come back with the next meeting.

895
01:20:24,820 --> 01:20:28,140
You want to come back with it will be billed under negotiation.

896
01:20:29,400 --> 01:20:33,580
All right. Now, ladies and gentlemen, we've come to the best part of the council meeting.

897
01:20:33,720 --> 01:20:38,300
This is a good and welfare proportion. First of all, can I get a motion from the council

898
01:20:38,300 --> 01:20:39,220
to move to welfare?

899
01:20:40,280 --> 01:20:40,540
Second.

900
01:20:40,900 --> 01:20:41,380
All in favor?

901
01:20:41,680 --> 01:20:41,860
Aye.

902
01:20:41,860 --> 01:20:47,200
Okay, there's an opportunity for any residents to come, state your name, you have three minutes.

903
01:20:48,040 --> 01:20:51,940
If Council responds to you, it's not going to be till after everybody speaks.

904
01:20:52,700 --> 01:20:55,660
If you do not get the response that you want at tonight, don't worry.

905
01:20:56,060 --> 01:21:02,400
All of our emails and phone numbers are on the website, as well as you can take the manager of the clerk's card.

906
01:21:04,120 --> 01:21:06,760
Or maybe Doug has cards, he can give them out tonight also.

907
01:21:07,420 --> 01:21:11,240
All right, so I now open up a good and welfare, come on up.

908
01:21:17,040 --> 01:21:32,420
Good evening, I'm Sandy Silverberg-Teneck, a quick court of appreciation to all those who ran for council this year, congratulations to the winners, and many thanks to Jason and Allen for their service you have made a difference.

909
01:21:33,220 --> 01:21:45,680
I'm here tonight in the capacity of President of the Friends of the Library with an invitation to all of you and to the entire township of Teneck to attend a brief celebration this coming Sunday June 4th.

910
01:21:45,680 --> 01:21:49,560
at 1 p.m. in the library honoring the service of Elizabeth

911
01:21:49,560 --> 01:21:53,140
Sure, longtime member and president of the Friends.

912
01:21:54,060 --> 01:21:55,880
Last Thursday, I attended the meeting

913
01:21:55,880 --> 01:21:57,960
about the Garden of Human Understanding.

914
01:21:58,500 --> 01:22:02,060
It was striking that this important project did not include

915
01:22:02,060 --> 01:22:05,900
any input from the Friends, who, while the community

916
01:22:05,900 --> 01:22:08,920
waits perhaps years for the project to be realized,

917
01:22:09,780 --> 01:22:12,380
already served the community in precisely

918
01:22:12,380 --> 01:22:15,180
Nicely, the spirit of the proposed monuments.

919
01:22:15,840 --> 01:22:21,760
The Friends was formed almost 40 years ago by a few folks in some bibliophiles house,

920
01:22:22,320 --> 01:22:29,560
and now it is a federally recognized 501c3 charity of close to 500 members and sponsors.

921
01:22:30,060 --> 01:22:36,140
The purpose of the Friends is to promote and enhance the offerings of the library, which we

922
01:22:36,140 --> 01:22:39,620
all acknowledge is the jewel in the crown of Tineck.

923
01:22:39,620 --> 01:22:53,460
As the mission of libraries evolves into cultural and intellectual centers, serving diverse populations by providing service that only begin with books, the friends raise money to expand this evolution.

924
01:22:54,200 --> 01:23:02,100
One of the highlights of the years are annual book DVD and CD sale. Sadly, I did not see any of you there.

925
01:23:02,100 --> 01:23:09,380
The money's raised allow us to sponsor activities such as monthly concerts, films, and discussions

926
01:23:09,380 --> 01:23:15,080
from the four corners of the earth in every language, museum passes, internet access to

927
01:23:15,080 --> 01:23:21,620
learning and testing software, children's programs, reading programs, yoga, and a TNAC

928
01:23:21,620 --> 01:23:24,420
merchant share program among other initiatives.

929
01:23:25,140 --> 01:23:29,580
Our annual membership drive in the fall completes our fundraising cycle.

930
01:23:29,580 --> 01:23:33,760
How many members of the council are friends of the library?

931
01:23:34,540 --> 01:23:38,860
How many members of the library board of trustees are friends?

932
01:23:39,700 --> 01:23:42,840
How many members of the monuments committee are friends?

933
01:23:43,420 --> 01:23:48,900
I can tell you, but I don't want to embarrass some of you tonight.

934
01:23:50,160 --> 01:23:52,220
We should all be supporting each other.

935
01:23:52,800 --> 01:23:55,040
We are natural allies.

936
01:23:55,040 --> 01:24:02,980
The friends give back to the library without putting any strain on the town budget.

937
01:24:03,840 --> 01:24:09,340
The friends is an all-volunteer organization funded exclusively by donation.

938
01:24:10,120 --> 01:24:11,780
But we need your support.

939
01:24:12,620 --> 01:24:14,900
Help us increase our visibility.

940
01:24:15,620 --> 01:24:21,420
We hope that you will recognize the friends contribution to the library and to the intersectional

941
01:24:21,420 --> 01:24:28,580
communities we serve, by joining the friends and by attending and promoting our events where everybody wins.

942
01:24:29,120 --> 01:24:32,980
I look forward to seeing you when you drop by the library with your chat.

943
01:24:33,240 --> 01:24:33,780
Thank you, Sandy.

944
01:24:33,960 --> 01:24:36,700
And here is your personal invitation.

945
01:24:36,760 --> 01:24:37,520
Give it to our clerk.

946
01:24:38,200 --> 01:24:39,260
To our-

947
01:24:39,260 --> 01:24:40,200
I'll give it to Doug.

948
01:24:40,780 --> 01:24:42,680
Our personal invitation to our event.

949
01:24:43,260 --> 01:24:43,840
And thank you.

950
01:24:44,220 --> 01:24:48,080
Sandy, thanks for all the great work you and your entire committee does for our library.

951
01:24:49,040 --> 01:24:49,560
Yes?

952
01:24:49,560 --> 01:24:49,680
Yes.

953
01:24:50,260 --> 01:24:51,500
I'll get you next, ma'am.

954
01:24:56,320 --> 01:24:56,740
Good evening.

955
01:24:57,040 --> 01:24:57,380
Council.

956
01:24:58,460 --> 01:25:06,060
Mr. Broughton, I just came to stay this evening to say thank you to the clerk's office for

957
01:25:06,060 --> 01:25:12,160
your assistance, for your level of professionalism, and for your efficiency.

958
01:25:12,700 --> 01:25:15,040
And I just want to say thank you for all that you do.

959
01:25:15,520 --> 01:25:19,740
And on behalf of the community, I say thank you, and we appreciate you.

960
01:25:20,340 --> 01:25:21,340
Thank you very much.

961
01:25:23,240 --> 01:25:23,680
Yes,

962
01:25:30,620 --> 01:25:33,100
if you can come to the mic, just state your name.

963
01:25:33,320 --> 01:25:34,740
The Shoddy Experiment, T-neck.

964
01:25:35,640 --> 01:25:36,280
You got that?

965
01:25:37,460 --> 01:25:37,540
Yeah.

966
01:25:37,920 --> 01:25:40,300
So I recently went to...

967
01:25:40,300 --> 01:25:41,000
Can you just raise a mic?

968
01:25:41,160 --> 01:25:41,440
I'm sorry.

969
01:25:41,620 --> 01:25:42,140
The rotors.

970
01:25:43,240 --> 01:25:45,080
And my daughter was in dance class.

971
01:25:45,380 --> 01:25:46,840
There's no dance class for her now.

972
01:25:47,120 --> 01:25:49,060
So I thought maybe her and a group of her,

973
01:25:49,300 --> 01:25:50,800
three-year-old friends, maybe five,

974
01:25:50,940 --> 01:25:53,680
could use the theater.

975
01:25:54,680 --> 01:25:57,860
And it's $80 for two hours each time.

976
01:25:57,860 --> 01:26:05,080
And I think that's kind of outrageous because when I haven't a party or a charge and anything and I feel that we should be able to use it

977
01:26:05,080 --> 01:26:10,280
even if we have to go into the rotors center and sign up each maybe Wednesday after school.

978
01:26:11,300 --> 01:26:23,540
So I'm asking for a review on those fees so that kids can enjoy the partner and not just the one section that we're kind of stuck to at the school and that's like the playground area.

979
01:26:24,320 --> 01:26:25,240
So that's on here.

980
01:26:25,240 --> 01:26:28,160
Thank you very much, and we'll respond after we close the program.

981
01:26:28,160 --> 01:26:31,200
Oh yeah, and I'd like to know who to get in contact with, like personal.

982
01:26:31,400 --> 01:26:32,580
You can take the manager's card.

983
01:26:32,900 --> 01:26:34,660
Thank you.

984
01:26:34,860 --> 01:26:35,040
Perfect.

985
01:26:35,700 --> 01:26:36,020
Yes, sir.

986
01:26:36,980 --> 01:26:37,780
And you'll go next.

987
01:26:37,980 --> 01:26:39,060
Let me just come up.

988
01:26:40,780 --> 01:26:41,960
I would have to, I have to.

989
01:26:51,010 --> 01:26:51,810
I'm sorry.

990
01:26:52,290 --> 01:26:54,030
Oh Richardson of TNIC.

991
01:26:54,230 --> 01:26:55,090
Can you hear me alright?

992
01:26:55,350 --> 01:26:56,210
Yes, Mr. Richardson.

993
01:26:58,590 --> 01:27:00,150
My timing couldn't be better.

994
01:27:00,150 --> 01:27:01,690
I can see that right now.

995
01:27:01,950 --> 01:27:08,310
I'm here as the Chair of the Social Services Advisory Board that our recent meeting came

996
01:27:08,310 --> 01:27:13,590
to our attention that there is a need at the rotissette for a social worker.

997
01:27:14,050 --> 01:27:18,250
Apparently, there used to be one there a full time and there no longer is.

998
01:27:19,110 --> 01:27:23,990
I did send an email out for distribution to all of you.

999
01:27:24,330 --> 01:27:25,090
It was short notice.

1000
01:27:25,570 --> 01:27:27,010
You may not have gotten it, I don't know.

1001
01:27:27,010 --> 01:27:35,370
But the question is whether there's, whether this request can be considered since the budget is still not yet frozen,

1002
01:27:35,790 --> 01:27:37,810
but it's pretty darn close to being frozen.

1003
01:27:38,370 --> 01:27:38,990
I hear it.

1004
01:27:39,870 --> 01:27:40,650
Thank you, Mr. Richardson.

1005
01:27:41,250 --> 01:27:41,890
All right, come on up.

1006
01:27:45,490 --> 01:27:46,630
I'm ma'am, you'll be next, okay?

1007
01:27:47,870 --> 01:27:49,230
The one with the beautiful yellow shirt.

1008
01:27:50,690 --> 01:27:51,470
That's not me.

1009
01:27:51,930 --> 01:27:53,670
Art Vatsky, Teneck.

1010
01:27:55,960 --> 01:27:59,780
I wanted to talk about a potentially serious problem.

1011
01:27:59,780 --> 01:28:01,900
It's been more than 10 years.

1012
01:28:02,180 --> 01:28:04,860
It's a came forward to talk about this.

1013
01:28:05,200 --> 01:28:07,220
It has to do with the CSX line.

1014
01:28:07,620 --> 01:28:10,840
At the beginning of July, it will be five years.

1015
01:28:11,160 --> 01:28:14,660
It's the terrible disaster at McGantic,

1016
01:28:15,060 --> 01:28:20,120
Black McGantic in Quebec, Canada,

1017
01:28:20,900 --> 01:28:24,540
and which 47 people were incinerated.

1018
01:28:25,940 --> 01:28:27,920
And I've been looking at pictures

1019
01:28:27,920 --> 01:28:31,520
and I've been in contact with people who went through that experience.

1020
01:28:32,600 --> 01:28:40,320
TNEC can do more to prepare for this possible, regrettable event.

1021
01:28:40,980 --> 01:28:47,740
All the towns along the CSX line in Bergen County should do the same.

1022
01:28:48,620 --> 01:28:55,240
So what I'd like to ask, I don't want to burden our council and our town extra.

1023
01:28:55,240 --> 01:28:57,820
I would like to have a

1024
01:28:59,870 --> 01:29:10,770
drill and evacuation drill to see how citizens and police could work together to get people out of the neighborhoods adjacent to the rail line.

1025
01:29:11,010 --> 01:29:18,690
You know there's a half mile radius evacuation zone. I'm in the zone. I think a lot of you are in the zone.

1026
01:29:18,690 --> 01:29:27,890
So it would be a good exercise, it won't require a lot of money, but as an option of TNAF not doing it,

1027
01:29:28,210 --> 01:29:35,230
can we ask the county executive to get all the towns together and work this through?

1028
01:29:35,390 --> 01:29:37,770
They're just as likely to have a problem as we are.

1029
01:29:39,470 --> 01:29:42,450
I'll send you some material on it at a future date.

1030
01:29:44,250 --> 01:29:52,150
Regarding the road center, which I will begin to use more frequently, it's regrettable

1031
01:29:52,730 --> 01:29:56,110
that we talk about leaks in the roof and then replacing the roof.

1032
01:29:57,570 --> 01:29:59,970
Engineers should have been looking at that building, I guess.

1033
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:29,900
That was built when I first moved to town. Its life was over. It should have been looked at in anticipation of this problem. So it could have been in this. And we've seen this over. I don't remember the exact things, but TNAC doesn't anticipate buildings falling into this repair, including this one. I thought the money for this old building was included in the budget for the extended TNAC municipal

1034
01:30:30,900 --> 01:30:37,140
We are, you know, we're running around on, we have a car on milk crates here.

1035
01:30:37,880 --> 01:30:44,240
We need to anticipate maintenance problems because, of course, more, as Dr. Prue

1036
01:30:44,240 --> 01:30:48,520
would say, of course, more to wait until it's too late to

1037
01:30:50,890 --> 01:30:51,630
get the repairs.

1038
01:30:55,680 --> 01:30:57,780
The perfect timing, yes, ma'am.

1039
01:30:58,840 --> 01:30:59,980
How are we going to go next?

1040
01:30:59,980 --> 01:31:01,000
I'm

1041
01:31:07,400 --> 01:31:13,000
Ellen Schwartz, I'm a member of the GeneXe A. Tree Advisory Board, and I speak as a member of the board.

1042
01:31:14,820 --> 01:31:20,560
There is no way that I can adequately express my disappointment and yes,

1043
01:31:20,900 --> 01:31:27,660
discussed with your decision to cut money, the promise money from the budget for tree planting and maintenance.

1044
01:31:28,700 --> 01:31:34,640
You already know how much trees add to the beauty and house value of the community.

1045
01:31:34,640 --> 01:31:40,600
their importance in flood and climate control and the role they play in the overall health

1046
01:31:40,600 --> 01:31:45,520
of the citizens of our community and yet you have chosen to ignore all of these facts.

1047
01:31:46,320 --> 01:31:51,180
Perhaps even more egregious is the cut of tree maintenance from the budget.

1048
01:31:51,520 --> 01:31:54,600
This directly impacts on the safety of our residents.

1049
01:31:55,260 --> 01:32:02,260
If the trees are not maintained and there is little or no budget for pruning people are

1050
01:32:02,260 --> 01:32:09,920
placed at a terrible risk. This week, I happened to have been in Turhun Park, a huge bow from a tree

1051
01:32:09,920 --> 01:32:18,220
fell just inches from the children's playground. A very, very heavy branch. Are you prepared to offer

1052
01:32:18,220 --> 01:32:27,820
condolences to a family of a child killed by a branch falling on them? How much is a human life

1053
01:32:27,820 --> 01:32:38,520
forth to you. I could offer many, many, many examples as I am in the parks of trees that

1054
01:32:38,520 --> 01:32:46,360
need pruning and are very dangerous to all of our citizens. We are losing our gorgeous

1055
01:32:46,360 --> 01:32:51,920
London plain trees because they are covered with ivy which stops the trees from photosynthesizing

1056
01:32:51,920 --> 01:32:59,440
and leads to the death of the tree, a totally avoidable situation if a proper tree maintenance program was in place.

1057
01:33:00,060 --> 01:33:07,120
The beautiful canopy these trees provide takes years and years, and with your short-sighted

1058
01:33:07,120 --> 01:33:13,200
counterproductive lack of leadership, these trees will absolutely be lost to our community.

1059
01:33:13,600 --> 01:33:16,400
I say shame on you.

1060
01:33:17,440 --> 01:33:20,000
Thank you, Mr. Schwartz, and thank you for your hard work as well.

1061
01:33:20,100 --> 01:33:24,640
And I think you heard tonight that Council was looking to find the funds in a different

1062
01:33:24,640 --> 01:33:27,300
area, different form of funding.

1063
01:33:28,940 --> 01:33:31,340
How are rows, I'm sorry, I can't have back on for dialogue.

1064
01:33:33,570 --> 01:33:34,870
Janice, I have good news for you.

1065
01:33:35,010 --> 01:33:38,410
Tonight, you get the coveted Alex Rushing last speaker role.

1066
01:33:39,450 --> 01:33:40,690
All right, go ahead.

1067
01:33:41,170 --> 01:33:42,350
Good evening, how it rows.

1068
01:33:42,810 --> 01:33:45,910
I'm not speaking as a member of the Board of Education, but as a resident of TNEC.

1069
01:33:45,910 --> 01:33:50,010
And I'm a little confused, maybe I haven't been paying enough attention these last couple

1070
01:33:50,010 --> 01:33:50,310
of years.

1071
01:33:50,910 --> 01:33:55,090
I think I'm here all the time, and I think I do listen, but what ever happened to the

1072
01:33:55,090 --> 01:33:59,250
statement I used to hear of, let's get this budget done in the fall, in the late fall,

1073
01:33:59,410 --> 01:34:01,530
and get all of this done, and be ahead of the game.

1074
01:34:02,170 --> 01:34:06,690
And here we are today at the very tail end of May discussing budget.

1075
01:34:07,490 --> 01:34:09,810
And it sounds as if it's going into June as well.

1076
01:34:10,350 --> 01:34:15,010
I can't believe anyone's happy with this, and I don't understand how it can happen year

1077
01:34:15,010 --> 01:34:22,170
year after year on such a delayed basis debt. If you're bad to pay down option, how much

1078
01:34:22,170 --> 01:34:29,390
money does it cost the township in additional cost incurred for that debt as a consequence

1079
01:34:29,390 --> 01:34:34,530
over how many years, as soon as you have a couple of thousand a year and extra twenty thousand

1080
01:34:34,530 --> 01:34:40,830
a year, there's a cost to delaying, and I don't know if that's the best situation. A half-year

1081
01:34:40,830 --> 01:34:48,190
salary $75,000? Well, if you're not funding that salary for a half year, are you going

1082
01:34:48,190 --> 01:34:53,230
to be utilizing over time to fill the responsibilities that that position would have covered? Or is

1083
01:34:53,230 --> 01:34:56,930
it really something we don't need to do because that position isn't necessary in the first

1084
01:34:56,930 --> 01:35:00,530
place? I would think if it's necessary, we have to cover it. And what's the expense?

1085
01:35:03,780 --> 01:35:04,320
I can't

1086
01:35:04,320 --> 01:35:09,780
agree more with Henry with Henry Pruitt as saying regarding infrastructure and use. We all

1087
01:35:09,780 --> 01:35:13,840
I don't know that on a house, if you don't maintain it, it costs more to replace it.

1088
01:35:16,380 --> 01:35:22,900
The best example I can think of is a capola of the township, where it deteriorated over

1089
01:35:22,900 --> 01:35:27,460
decades so badly that it had to replace with a piece of plastic, unfortunately.

1090
01:35:28,020 --> 01:35:33,660
I mean, that's just, what poor maintenance practice and how do we get around doing that?

1091
01:35:33,840 --> 01:35:37,540
I mean, it just, something has to be done, and it's within your capability, you're the

1092
01:35:37,540 --> 01:35:37,920
council.

1093
01:35:37,920 --> 01:35:39,120
get something done.

1094
01:35:41,320 --> 01:35:45,700
CSX, I hate to say this, but you know when it comes to a catastrophic

1095
01:35:45,700 --> 01:35:54,220
situation, I think this evacuation drills is nonsense. You don't need evacuation. You

1096
01:35:54,220 --> 01:35:59,220
need rescue. And that's what we should be thinking about because when something happens,

1097
01:35:59,560 --> 01:36:03,820
that gas is all around immediately. The problem with, there's a fireball that's around

1098
01:36:04,360 --> 01:36:11,000
You're not escaping that, but you have to respond and react to it, and that's what my concern is.

1099
01:36:13,810 --> 01:36:16,090
Last storm we had in this test, we do a three maintenance.

1100
01:36:16,410 --> 01:36:18,170
Across the street, limb fell down.

1101
01:36:18,290 --> 01:36:19,850
We lost our electricity for several hours.

1102
01:36:20,230 --> 01:36:23,150
It hit the exact spot where my wife parked her car.

1103
01:36:23,570 --> 01:36:29,170
Thank goodness she parked it on a driveway in anticipation of his storm, just so that street cleaning of the test area could be done.

1104
01:36:30,250 --> 01:36:32,970
And let me give a plug to everyone here, including the audience.

1105
01:36:32,970 --> 01:36:35,790
We have a newly formed TNIC historic society.

1106
01:36:36,670 --> 01:36:38,770
It is a fledgling organization.

1107
01:36:39,210 --> 01:36:42,970
They had a discussion, I had a board meeting for the board of ed that I couldn't attend,

1108
01:36:43,430 --> 01:36:45,530
about the streets of TNIC that I understand what's very important.

1109
01:36:45,530 --> 01:36:45,730
Thank you.

1110
01:36:46,410 --> 01:36:48,190
And I urge all of you to join.

1111
01:36:48,630 --> 01:36:49,330
Thank you very much.

1112
01:36:49,370 --> 01:36:49,830
A short number.

1113
01:36:51,550 --> 01:36:51,910
Yes.

1114
01:36:52,510 --> 01:36:53,590
And then Louis, you'll go after.

1115
01:36:54,330 --> 01:36:55,790
And then by show of hands, anyone else?

1116
01:36:57,230 --> 01:36:57,470
Okay.

1117
01:36:58,410 --> 01:37:03,270
We'll go to Dr. Coffler, and then we'll have Janice go to your good.

1118
01:37:05,660 --> 01:37:08,360
Nancy Cochran, Shay, to advisory board member.

1119
01:37:09,080 --> 01:37:14,540
I'm here to speak about the cut in the tree budget.

1120
01:37:15,060 --> 01:37:20,320
And mainly our concern is not just planting the trees, replanting trees, but the maintenance of it.

1121
01:37:20,800 --> 01:37:26,760
And once again, that tree planting line seems to be one of the first areas where you go and you cut.

1122
01:37:26,760 --> 01:37:29,460
And this has happened year after year after year.

1123
01:37:29,780 --> 01:37:34,400
But I'm also here to speak about the fact that we weren't even aware of what was going

1124
01:37:34,400 --> 01:37:41,420
on and part of our problem is we have not had an active council liaison person for probably

1125
01:37:41,420 --> 01:37:43,260
the last 15 years.

1126
01:37:44,120 --> 01:37:45,780
And that's really unacceptable.

1127
01:37:46,660 --> 01:37:51,960
There is so much that we want to do as a board but we don't know what's going on.

1128
01:37:52,080 --> 01:37:56,260
I sit here at meeting sometimes and I'll stay to the end and I hear committee reports

1129
01:37:56,260 --> 01:38:00,320
liaison reports, and there's never anything for the Shatri Advice report.

1130
01:38:00,820 --> 01:38:06,640
We feel like we're just being, we're there just to serve to be a tree city, U.S.A. to

1131
01:38:06,640 --> 01:38:09,760
do your Arbor Day celebration and things of that nature.

1132
01:38:09,940 --> 01:38:14,500
So we're hoping with the reorganization that you, that becomes, you know, July 1st, that

1133
01:38:14,500 --> 01:38:19,820
we will finally get somebody who is interested in it and who can keep us up to date as to what's

1134
01:38:19,820 --> 01:38:22,000
going on, what can we do, what we can't do.

1135
01:38:22,220 --> 01:38:23,700
We have a lot of good ideas here.

1136
01:38:23,700 --> 01:38:27,580
and we have people who really want to do a lot,

1137
01:38:27,820 --> 01:38:29,400
we don't even know when our terms end.

1138
01:38:30,200 --> 01:38:32,000
We haven't been able to get that information.

1139
01:38:32,620 --> 01:38:33,720
We've asked for that.

1140
01:38:34,340 --> 01:38:35,820
And you know, we have people that want my term ends.

1141
01:38:35,860 --> 01:38:38,740
I'm not going to continue, but I don't know when that is.

1142
01:38:38,880 --> 01:38:40,580
Maybe it's this year, maybe it's next year.

1143
01:38:41,040 --> 01:38:43,980
So I hope that you realize that we really want to be

1144
01:38:43,980 --> 01:38:48,340
an active advisory board, but we also need your help to do this.

1145
01:38:49,080 --> 01:38:51,160
And on May 16th, we had our burden.

1146
01:38:51,160 --> 01:38:56,000
This is a good example of our disappointment in our council members.

1147
01:38:56,140 --> 01:39:03,920
Everyone received an invitation to it, nobody responded, nobody RSVP, yes, no, whatever.

1148
01:39:04,540 --> 01:39:10,280
So we had nobody from council, no mayor representation at the ceremony.

1149
01:39:10,760 --> 01:39:13,360
Yes, it was pouring rain, but we can live with that.

1150
01:39:14,140 --> 01:39:19,100
We can trees need the water to grow, so we were really upset about that.

1151
01:39:19,100 --> 01:39:21,780
And that was just something else that made us very frustrated.

1152
01:39:22,800 --> 01:39:24,900
And we hope that this will change in the future.

1153
01:39:25,300 --> 01:39:27,540
I have pictures from Arbor Day, if anybody's interested.

1154
01:39:27,880 --> 01:39:28,320
I'll give it to Doug.

1155
01:39:29,040 --> 01:39:31,420
In seeing what you missed.

1156
01:39:31,780 --> 01:39:34,360
And we hope that going forward, that we can work together,

1157
01:39:34,700 --> 01:39:39,500
so that we could do better ways of helping you look for the grants,

1158
01:39:39,740 --> 01:39:42,700
looking for things like that to help the budget process.

1159
01:39:43,220 --> 01:39:45,280
I don't want to see my taxes go up.

1160
01:39:45,280 --> 01:39:51,280
But we still need our trees, you know, despite what some of you think yet is.

1161
01:39:51,720 --> 01:39:56,420
So hopefully July 1st we have a liaison that will come to our meetings.

1162
01:39:57,080 --> 01:39:57,400
Thank you.

1163
01:39:57,420 --> 01:39:59,000
Thank you for all your hard work and dedication.

1164
01:39:59,440 --> 01:40:02,760
And by the way, dedicated volunteers like you, your term doesn't end or you're on forever.

1165
01:40:03,200 --> 01:40:06,860
I feel like I've been on for that so I have been 23 years.

1166
01:40:07,320 --> 01:40:07,720
Lillian,

1167
01:40:10,980 --> 01:40:11,880
and by the way, we didn't cut.

1168
01:40:12,080 --> 01:40:15,040
We re-aligned, we're reviewing.

1169
01:40:15,040 --> 01:40:15,940
Good

1170
01:40:26,180 --> 01:40:27,420
evening, Liliana Lewis, Tina.

1171
01:40:27,920 --> 01:40:30,220
I'm just here to invite the entire community

1172
01:40:30,220 --> 01:40:31,620
to our Juneteenth celebration,

1173
01:40:32,000 --> 01:40:34,840
which will be June 16th at Overpec Park,

1174
01:40:35,200 --> 01:40:36,760
from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

1175
01:40:37,820 --> 01:40:39,560
If you're not familiar with Juneteenth,

1176
01:40:39,700 --> 01:40:43,400
it's the celebration from the enslavement

1177
01:40:43,400 --> 01:40:45,500
that took place in this country for 400 years

1178
01:40:46,720 --> 01:40:49,780
where the enslave, the Africans were in bondage.

1179
01:40:50,300 --> 01:40:52,240
So as a kin to the revolution of war,

1180
01:40:52,420 --> 01:40:54,400
would you like for, would you celebrate that?

1181
01:40:54,400 --> 01:40:58,040
So we celebrate June 10th and just being celebrated now all across the nation.

1182
01:40:58,820 --> 01:41:04,520
And this year, we are honoring all our African-American soldiers in Bergen County.

1183
01:41:04,940 --> 01:41:10,980
So if anyone out there listening audience is African-American soldier as a veteran or

1184
01:41:12,000 --> 01:41:18,740
currently serving, we are honoring you on June 16th.

1185
01:41:18,960 --> 01:41:23,380
And you can contact me and I'll give my email address which is Lillian Lewis

1186
01:41:23,380 --> 01:41:26,860
is 740 at gmail.com.

1187
01:41:27,060 --> 01:41:29,800
We want all the African-American veterans

1188
01:41:29,800 --> 01:41:33,020
and currently serving soldiers.

1189
01:41:34,320 --> 01:41:34,920
Overpacked park.

1190
01:41:35,800 --> 01:41:38,580
OK, if you live in Tina, can go straight down Tina's road.

1191
01:41:39,280 --> 01:41:41,120
And you make that left way, it says overpacked park.

1192
01:41:41,780 --> 01:41:42,560
All right, you'll see tents.

1193
01:41:42,760 --> 01:41:45,480
You'll see musaments for the children.

1194
01:41:45,860 --> 01:41:49,280
We have historical tents, giving a lot of history.

1195
01:41:49,280 --> 01:41:51,480
And it's going to be an excellent program.

1196
01:41:51,540 --> 01:41:52,560
We always have excellent program.

1197
01:41:52,560 --> 01:41:57,940
And then at 6 p.m. from 6 to 8, we have jazz under the stars.

1198
01:41:58,240 --> 01:42:01,220
So you can come out in a joy and even if your time is over,

1199
01:42:01,340 --> 01:42:03,900
or for your Sabbath, I don't know when it ends,

1200
01:42:04,020 --> 01:42:07,940
but if it ends, we have from 6 to 8 jazz under the stars.

1201
01:42:08,280 --> 01:42:09,580
Okay, so everyone is invited.

1202
01:42:09,800 --> 01:42:10,860
We have a great time every year.

1203
01:42:11,420 --> 01:42:12,360
So let's see all of you.

1204
01:42:12,560 --> 01:42:13,580
Sounds like a great event.

1205
01:42:13,740 --> 01:42:14,560
Thank you for letting us know.

1206
01:42:14,640 --> 01:42:16,220
If you can send us a flyer also, that'd be great.

1207
01:42:17,080 --> 01:42:19,800
Dr. Toffler and then Mickey, you'll, I think Mickey,

1208
01:42:20,040 --> 01:42:20,940
you get clean up tonight.

1209
01:42:20,940 --> 01:42:24,560
Let's see, get that coveted position, it doesn't look like.

1210
01:42:28,740 --> 01:42:40,360
Barbara Laytoffler, TNEC, good evening, despite every candidate signing a pledge to uphold fair campaign practices

1211
01:42:41,000 --> 01:42:51,560
and to repudiate those who do not, some candidates in the 2018 TNEC municipal campaign, as they have

1212
01:42:51,560 --> 01:42:55,660
have in the past resorted to lies to deceive the voters,

1213
01:42:56,380 --> 01:43:01,400
to slander, libel, and to cause harm to other candidates

1214
01:43:01,920 --> 01:43:03,780
and to town residents.

1215
01:43:05,360 --> 01:43:09,860
Since issues of religion have been tossed into this toxic mix,

1216
01:43:10,500 --> 01:43:15,780
I wish to use my time here to quote from religious leaders

1217
01:43:16,640 --> 01:43:17,860
about truth.

1218
01:43:17,860 --> 01:43:27,820
The first set of comments that I will read are adapted from a new, really quite new effort

1219
01:43:27,820 --> 01:43:32,620
called Reclaiming Jesus, a confession of faith in a time of crisis.

1220
01:43:33,320 --> 01:43:41,580
And the second set, from a book, The Jewish Religion, A Companion, Truth and Lies in the

1221
01:43:41,580 --> 01:43:46,800
Jewish Tradition by Rabbi Lewis Jacobs, from the first set.

1222
01:43:46,800 --> 01:43:54,180
It is our duty as leaders to speak truth in humility and love, but when politics undermine

1223
01:43:54,180 --> 01:43:58,000
our theology, we must examine those politics.

1224
01:43:58,840 --> 01:44:02,500
We believe that truth is morally central to our lives.

1225
01:44:03,280 --> 01:44:09,720
Therefore we reject the lies that have invaded our political and civil lives.

1226
01:44:09,720 --> 01:44:17,080
The normalization of lying presents a profound moral danger to the fabric of society.

1227
01:44:17,660 --> 01:44:27,120
We reject any move toward autocratic political leadership and authoritarian rule with which,

1228
01:44:27,160 --> 01:44:31,900
with the lies that support them, threaten democracy and the common good.

1229
01:44:33,160 --> 01:44:39,080
these next comments come from the chapter truth and lies in the Jewish tradition

1230
01:44:39,080 --> 01:44:47,680
by Rabbi Jacobs deceiving others is strictly forbidden quote the holy one

1231
01:44:47,680 --> 01:44:55,020
blessed be he hates a person which says one thing with his mouth and another within

1232
01:44:55,020 --> 01:44:59,860
in his heart." There are other matters which

1233
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:27,860
All under the heading of falsehood. For example, when a man praises himself for having virtues, he does not really possess. It sometimes happens that a man may persuade his friend into believing that he has spoken well of him or done him a good turn when, in fact, he's done nothing of the kind. In this connection, our rabbis teach that it is forbidden to mislead others.

1234
01:45:29,420 --> 01:45:34,960
Even when nothing iniquitous is involved, they shall not have a deceitful tongue in

1235
01:45:34,960 --> 01:45:38,120
their mouths, but all their words should be truthful.

1236
01:45:38,980 --> 01:45:43,760
Other liars have their eyes on future benefits and tell lies and orders to pay their

1237
01:45:43,760 --> 01:45:44,000
name.

1238
01:45:45,100 --> 01:45:46,580
No, I will finish.

1239
01:45:47,080 --> 01:45:48,240
I'm sorry, Dr. Hopper.

1240
01:45:48,480 --> 01:45:51,580
Is the seal of the Court on Blessed Be Be Be Be?

1241
01:45:51,580 --> 01:46:05,080
And finally, from the original reclaiming Jesus, we believe we are one body and we reject the silence of those who know the sins and thus allow them to endure.

1242
01:46:05,180 --> 01:46:06,200
Thank you, Dr. Kaufland.

1243
01:46:06,600 --> 01:46:12,940
Thank you. All right, Mickey, come on up, close us up, close us down with the batting cleanup.

1244
01:46:14,480 --> 01:46:19,820
You get to bring the batter's home, or the, I don't know, a sports person, so someone has to help me with that one.

1245
01:46:20,860 --> 01:46:22,640
Bring the runners home.

1246
01:46:23,100 --> 01:46:24,300
Thank you, Shiland Teneck.

1247
01:46:25,560 --> 01:46:30,340
Just in case there's no more council meetings before the installation.

1248
01:46:30,980 --> 01:46:37,740
I would just really like to thank Councilman Sone and Councilman Castle for the last four years

1249
01:46:37,740 --> 01:46:42,020
that they put their time and energy into helping Teneck.

1250
01:46:42,660 --> 01:46:45,460
I've worked many hours with Councilman Sone.

1251
01:46:45,460 --> 01:46:49,620
I'm on a few boards, but he's on all of them, I believe.

1252
01:46:50,400 --> 01:46:56,800
And he's worked so hard, I think he puts tremendous time and energy and making TNIC into

1253
01:46:56,800 --> 01:46:58,200
a better town.

1254
01:46:58,920 --> 01:47:03,560
And I'm very proud to be working with him.

1255
01:47:03,880 --> 01:47:09,220
And I know that Jason, you also put in your time, but I wasn't with you that much.

1256
01:47:09,220 --> 01:47:20,200
So, I just want to say that I will be sorry when you leave and I'm happy to be sitting here

1257
01:47:20,200 --> 01:47:25,880
and then to many council meetings and just looking up at you and seeing how hard you

1258
01:47:25,880 --> 01:47:30,720
work for this town, both of you, and that's all I have to say tonight.

1259
01:47:31,160 --> 01:47:31,760
Thank you, Mickey.

1260
01:47:31,880 --> 01:47:32,260
Well said.

1261
01:47:33,260 --> 01:47:34,100
Motion to close.

1262
01:47:34,260 --> 01:47:34,800
Good and well, fair.

1263
01:47:35,180 --> 01:47:35,560
Second.

1264
01:47:36,780 --> 01:47:37,260
Roll call.

1265
01:47:37,420 --> 01:47:37,900
All favor?

1266
01:47:37,900 --> 01:47:38,780
Aye.

1267
01:47:39,280 --> 01:47:39,760
Are you opposed?

1268
01:47:40,760 --> 01:47:41,520
Motion is carried.

1269
01:47:41,760 --> 01:47:42,080
All right.

1270
01:47:44,000 --> 01:47:44,880
Councilman Schwartz.

1271
01:47:46,120 --> 01:47:47,160
I'll be opening more.

1272
01:47:47,160 --> 01:47:47,840
I'll be opening now.

1273
01:47:47,960 --> 01:47:48,520
I'll make it quick.

1274
01:47:49,000 --> 01:47:54,820
Mr. Rose, in the last three years, we've been successful in passing the budgets because there are zero.

1275
01:47:55,120 --> 01:47:57,140
So when we get down to zero, we pass it.

1276
01:47:57,600 --> 01:48:02,340
As much as I understand your frustration with the delay in the budget, it's only because we're deliberating,

1277
01:48:02,500 --> 01:48:03,700
trying to get to that best number.

1278
01:48:03,700 --> 01:48:07,160
You know, we could easily said 3.41 was a manager's proposal.

1279
01:48:07,680 --> 01:48:09,020
Heck, Englewood did seven in change.

1280
01:48:09,460 --> 01:48:12,840
We could have had this done months ago, but we're really taking the time to make sure

1281
01:48:12,840 --> 01:48:14,940
that we get to the best possible number.

1282
01:48:15,220 --> 01:48:17,140
There really isn't a prize for racing to the first.

1283
01:48:17,420 --> 01:48:19,440
Englewood proposed it again months ago.

1284
01:48:20,020 --> 01:48:23,400
I'll go through December 31st so I can get this to the best number possible.

1285
01:48:23,720 --> 01:48:26,140
So that's really the consideration for everyone's dollars.

1286
01:48:26,620 --> 01:48:26,880
Thank you.

1287
01:48:27,820 --> 01:48:29,320
Councillor Kassel, it's your night.

1288
01:48:32,620 --> 01:48:34,060
A couple of things.

1289
01:48:34,060 --> 01:48:42,600
One, I thank you, Ms. Lewis, for the announcement about, as it relates to June 10th, I hope that the full complement of council will be there.

1290
01:48:43,360 --> 01:48:48,200
As it relates to Arbor Day, I was so sad that I missed Arbor Day this year.

1291
01:48:49,700 --> 01:48:58,100
I was at the one previous to this year, and I'm so sorry I couldn't be there, but I'm even more sad to hear that no one was there.

1292
01:48:59,380 --> 01:49:02,040
So, there is a liaison.

1293
01:49:03,140 --> 01:49:04,100
Can I have my time back?

1294
01:49:04,280 --> 01:49:04,540
Sorry.

1295
01:49:05,640 --> 01:49:06,980
We were just looking for the pictures.

1296
01:49:07,520 --> 01:49:08,660
John, I get that time back.

1297
01:49:09,340 --> 01:49:10,040
Yeah, that's positive.

1298
01:49:10,140 --> 01:49:10,360
All right.

1299
01:49:11,020 --> 01:49:17,080
I know that you do have a liaison, if I'm correct, it is Mayor Medidine.

1300
01:49:18,480 --> 01:49:20,460
Well, I'm sorry, I can't have back on board.

1301
01:49:21,300 --> 01:49:23,320
But your message is heard loud and clear.

1302
01:49:24,040 --> 01:49:25,640
I'm sorry, I couldn't be there myself this year.

1303
01:49:26,140 --> 01:49:32,540
As it relates to, Tina can do more to prevent tragedies as it relates to CSX.

1304
01:49:33,300 --> 01:49:40,380
Mr. Vatsky, we can, we can stop putting residential buildings next to the tracks.

1305
01:49:40,940 --> 01:49:48,660
And that was something that we attempted, at least the minority that was tried to attempt to do, but, you know, that's not a fight that we want.

1306
01:49:49,320 --> 01:49:53,720
And we have less control over CSX than we'd like to have if any at all.

1307
01:49:54,260 --> 01:49:57,660
But it is a fight that I'm confident that Council will continue to fight.

1308
01:49:57,780 --> 01:50:01,640
But I think one of the places that we can start is not putting additional

1309
01:50:01,640 --> 01:50:05,840
residences near the tracks so that we're not creating a potential harm.

1310
01:50:07,140 --> 01:50:11,400
Lastly, and this was something that was not brought up, well actually before I get to that,

1311
01:50:11,580 --> 01:50:12,900
breakage from retired employees.

1312
01:50:13,360 --> 01:50:19,180
Just this year alone, we have discussed hiring new employees because other employees were retiring.

1313
01:50:19,180 --> 01:50:23,680
And I'd like to make sure that the breakage from those retired employees is

1314
01:50:23,680 --> 01:50:28,900
This factored into this year's budget, if it hasn't already been, because I know that we were budgeting four people who were retiring.

1315
01:50:29,460 --> 01:50:36,080
But since we have agreed to hire people at, you know, a fraction of the salary that we make those calculations in the budget.

1316
01:50:36,200 --> 01:50:42,380
And lastly, he wasn't brought up, but at 227 T-neck road, there's a new construction that's going up.

1317
01:50:42,800 --> 01:50:44,140
And I would be remiss if I didn't say this.

1318
01:50:44,260 --> 01:50:50,120
I've gone through the construction sites of all of our developments, particularly the ones where there are parking structures below.

1319
01:50:50,120 --> 01:50:54,760
And they all have these massively wide columns that are holding up the building.

1320
01:50:55,060 --> 01:51:01,540
And every day I drive by what the structure and the columns look like stilts.

1321
01:51:02,200 --> 01:51:06,780
And my nine year old said, daddy, that when they build that, isn't going to topple over it out by nine year old,

1322
01:51:06,780 --> 01:51:08,140
it's after the buttons, not an engineer.

1323
01:51:08,660 --> 01:51:12,600
Is it possible that we can just get someone to 227 to inspect that?

1324
01:51:12,980 --> 01:51:18,300
Because those columns that are holding up this structure that is going to be condos are so

1325
01:51:18,300 --> 01:51:24,540
So much narrower than all the other developments, and I just want to make sure that that isn't something that a, you know, good stiff

1326
01:51:24,540 --> 01:51:27,560
wind comes by and doesn't topple it over onto the residents of Ohio.

1327
01:51:27,680 --> 01:51:31,140
So we can just get an inspection of that site. Peace of mind, please.

1328
01:51:32,100 --> 01:51:32,400
Thank you.

1329
01:51:32,500 --> 01:51:33,760
Mr. Reconnaissance, question about that comment?

1330
01:51:34,040 --> 01:51:34,120
Yeah.

1331
01:51:34,220 --> 01:51:36,840
You're nine-year-old that made that question a future engineer.

1332
01:51:37,040 --> 01:51:37,840
Where did she go to school?

1333
01:51:38,440 --> 01:51:39,880
I said she is not an engineer.

1334
01:51:40,060 --> 01:51:40,980
Sorry, where did she go to school?

1335
01:51:41,100 --> 01:51:41,380
Uh-huh.

1336
01:51:41,520 --> 01:51:42,920
She goes to the Tina community charter school.

1337
01:51:43,080 --> 01:51:43,620
Where is that located?

1338
01:51:44,060 --> 01:51:45,880
Unfortunately, it's right next to the tracks.

1339
01:51:45,880 --> 01:51:49,320
Where did you put forth a motion to expand the enrollment there?

1340
01:51:49,760 --> 01:51:50,480
I definitely did.

1341
01:51:50,820 --> 01:51:51,300
Right on the tracks.

1342
01:51:51,620 --> 01:51:53,280
No, expand the enrollment of the school.

1343
01:51:53,560 --> 01:51:53,940
All right,

1344
01:51:56,000 --> 01:51:57,080
so please go ahead.

1345
01:51:57,080 --> 01:51:58,980
I wasn't sure where the Trotters Councilman's on.

1346
01:51:59,880 --> 01:52:00,700
Adversarial, always.

1347
01:52:00,760 --> 01:52:02,260
You get the next one, Councilman's on.

1348
01:52:02,600 --> 01:52:07,660
If there is anybody here who's ever traveled on an airplane, you know you go through

1349
01:52:07,660 --> 01:52:12,040
a instruction, a series of safety instructions, or you're told that in the event

1350
01:52:12,040 --> 01:52:17,580
of loss of cabin pressure, take the mask, put it over your mouth and know.

1351
01:52:17,580 --> 01:52:28,160
There was an explosive decompression on flight southwest 1380 a few months ago and there was a photograph where almost none of the people had that mask over their nose, they had it over their mouth.

1352
01:52:29,260 --> 01:52:32,620
Every single person who has ever been on an airplane has heard that safety drill.

1353
01:52:33,280 --> 01:52:36,800
No one in this township has ever gone through a CSX safety drill.

1354
01:52:37,020 --> 01:52:38,700
No one has any idea what to do.

1355
01:52:39,100 --> 01:52:41,840
Even the people who have read the book would have no idea what to do.

1356
01:52:41,840 --> 01:52:46,860
I don't think that in the event of an emergency that we're going to have all of our emergency

1357
01:52:46,860 --> 01:52:50,500
services personnel going from door to door to door to door, telling people that they

1358
01:52:50,500 --> 01:52:51,960
should evacuate or where they should go.

1359
01:52:52,420 --> 01:52:56,720
The least we should do is to make sure that residents know what to do in case of emergency.

1360
01:52:57,460 --> 01:53:01,560
Mr. Rose, where I do agree with you, I don't know that it's even possible to start working

1361
01:53:01,560 --> 01:53:08,900
on a budget in October, November, December, but when we came on board in 2014, we were presented

1362
01:53:08,900 --> 01:53:12,320
did in July with the process of introducing the budget.

1363
01:53:12,800 --> 01:53:17,020
You can, meaningfully, craft a budget when half the year is over.

1364
01:53:17,500 --> 01:53:20,720
I've asked for, we're supposed to get monthly budget reports.

1365
01:53:20,800 --> 01:53:22,440
We're supposed to get quarterly budget reports.

1366
01:53:22,820 --> 01:53:23,880
I still haven't seen those.

1367
01:53:24,360 --> 01:53:25,680
I don't know where we are.

1368
01:53:26,020 --> 01:53:27,560
Should Council be managing surplus?

1369
01:53:28,200 --> 01:53:29,380
Maybe, maybe not.

1370
01:53:29,800 --> 01:53:31,740
But we don't have any idea where we are.

1371
01:53:31,900 --> 01:53:33,060
Are we overspending?

1372
01:53:33,260 --> 01:53:34,260
Are we underspending?

1373
01:53:34,420 --> 01:53:36,680
Is income higher than expected or lower expected?

1374
01:53:37,200 --> 01:53:38,040
I don't know.

1375
01:53:38,040 --> 01:53:42,600
And I don't know how I can responsibly craft a budget without having that information.

1376
01:53:43,440 --> 01:53:48,740
In terms of a capital budget, we asked you, as a member of the planning board, to go

1377
01:53:48,740 --> 01:53:51,780
through that capital budget and to provide us with advice and guidance.

1378
01:53:52,220 --> 01:53:56,720
I think it would help us tremendously to have that input and to be able to see, are we

1379
01:53:56,720 --> 01:54:01,020
meaning our capital budget needs because we don't have those resources we need?

1380
01:54:01,560 --> 01:54:06,660
One of the things that I was proud of stuff that I did on council was to inadvertently,

1381
01:54:06,660 --> 01:54:11,640
in March 2016, walk into a meeting with the Shatree Advisory Board, and see the board

1382
01:54:11,640 --> 01:54:14,360
sitting there in consternation, not knowing what to do.

1383
01:54:14,960 --> 01:54:20,500
We lost a tremendous number of trees in those preceding years, and I said, my advice,

1384
01:54:21,460 --> 01:54:26,500
advocate on behalf, come to a budget meeting, make a specific request, let's keep it in this budget,

1385
01:54:26,600 --> 01:54:31,500
let's not have it whipsaw from year to year to year, because then it becomes hard to put it back in.

1386
01:54:31,500 --> 01:54:35,300
$50,000 is nowhere near enough to maintain our trees.

1387
01:54:35,520 --> 01:54:39,940
It covers probably maybe five, maybe 10% of what should be spent.

1388
01:54:40,340 --> 01:54:45,320
And the average tree will grow and fall about a dozen times before we maintain it.

1389
01:54:45,460 --> 01:54:46,480
We're nowhere near enough.

1390
01:54:46,880 --> 01:54:51,920
Maybe we can get some money from open space, but I think that that should be put back in.

1391
01:54:52,620 --> 01:54:57,460
Ms. Silverberg, I have been perhaps, I've lapsed as a member of the Friends of the Library,

1392
01:54:57,560 --> 01:54:59,020
but I have been a consistent friend.

1393
01:54:59,640 --> 01:55:01,000
I've been a consistent supporter.

1394
01:55:01,000 --> 01:55:06,560
I appreciate all the work that's being done, I hope, and I wish that you pushed us a little bit harder and

1395
01:55:06,560 --> 01:55:15,800
shamed us into becoming friends of the library, other than I have pretty much two rules for my wife, never, ever, ever again run for council, and you've already bought too many books.

1396
01:55:16,360 --> 01:55:19,580
So I don't know if there is any particular order in either of those.

1397
01:55:20,360 --> 01:55:23,180
Dr. Toffler, I will certainly be addressing your issues a little bit later.

1398
01:55:23,440 --> 01:55:24,220
Thank you, Councilman.

1399
01:55:24,560 --> 01:55:27,360
And we're all friends, by the way, just sometimes we don't call each other.

1400
01:55:27,560 --> 01:55:28,100
It's not painful.

1401
01:55:28,100 --> 01:55:31,320
You know, all right, got some member rice.

1402
01:55:33,920 --> 01:55:40,400
Thank you so much, and I was happy to see you guys on Cedar Lane on Monday so that I was happy to see that you guys were

1403
01:55:40,400 --> 01:55:45,020
out there active in the community and hopefully other residents so I will continue to participate.

1404
01:55:45,760 --> 01:55:50,560
That being my first job, I will always be a friend of the library but I need to make sure I become more active.

1405
01:55:51,980 --> 01:55:56,040
I want to know if there's anything we can do to address the woman's question about the amphitheater

1406
01:55:56,040 --> 01:56:00,580
I guess hopefully maybe we didn't get her, I don't know if she took your card or anything

1407
01:56:00,580 --> 01:56:00,820
way in place.

1408
01:56:01,760 --> 01:56:02,120
Okay, great.

1409
01:56:02,280 --> 01:56:05,760
Just in terms of it, it's not in use, if there's anything we can do to address her concerns.

1410
01:56:06,320 --> 01:56:11,460
I thought that Mr. Vasky's idea would be a great, in terms of collaborating with other

1411
01:56:11,460 --> 01:56:15,620
communities, in terms of doing some type of drill, I think that that would be, you know, a

1412
01:56:15,620 --> 01:56:20,500
great exercise just to ensure that everyone is at least available to the information.

1413
01:56:20,500 --> 01:56:21,560
I know that it's on our website.

1414
01:56:21,740 --> 01:56:25,080
I know it's in our Township Guide that we get.

1415
01:56:25,080 --> 01:56:31,440
I reviewed it, and if God forbid anything happened, I wouldn't really know what to do myself, so I appreciate that.

1416
01:56:33,160 --> 01:56:43,680
I appreciate the trade trees mention of, you know, trying to look for grants and other opportunities because perhaps that would be a way to meet that gap.

1417
01:56:44,200 --> 01:56:54,980
And also, we did discuss at some point in time having a better relationship with not just the shade tree but other advisory boards so that we do have, that they are given better direction as well as the

1418
01:56:54,980 --> 01:57:00,820
fact that we have indeed ensure that there is liaison to each of the advisory boards and

1419
01:57:00,820 --> 01:57:04,020
to ensure that they don't feel that their labor is in vain, but they are indeed being heard

1420
01:57:04,020 --> 01:57:07,120
and given direction, specific direction from us as a council.

1421
01:57:08,360 --> 01:57:13,420
Ms. Lewis, thank you very much for mentioning June 10th, the celebration, and I did be

1422
01:57:13,420 --> 01:57:14,080
seeing flyers.

1423
01:57:14,200 --> 01:57:17,360
I know you guys were out in the community giving out flyers yesterday, so thanks for that.

1424
01:57:17,360 --> 01:57:22,200
But Mr. Doppler has mentioned, I think that's one of agenda fair housing.

1425
01:57:22,640 --> 01:57:24,480
I'm sorry, fair campaign practices.

1426
01:57:25,600 --> 01:57:27,080
I think that's everyone, thanks.

1427
01:57:27,520 --> 01:57:29,300
Dr. Pruitt, that'd be mayor.

1428
01:57:33,630 --> 01:57:43,170
Before we're still using money that hasn't been allocated for 2018, Mr. Manager.

1429
01:57:43,890 --> 01:57:46,190
Would you have somebody look at that tree on the green?

1430
01:57:46,750 --> 01:57:50,970
There's a great big tree that needs to be trimmed before branches begin to fall down,

1431
01:57:50,970 --> 01:57:53,010
so let's look at that as a priority.

1432
01:57:53,790 --> 01:57:57,790
I understand that the other trees are needed, but since we play on the green,

1433
01:57:58,010 --> 01:58:00,790
let's make sure that that one does become a nightmare.

1434
01:58:02,510 --> 01:58:06,610
I'm disappointed in the election process tonight.

1435
01:58:07,490 --> 01:58:11,350
I think that we have a lot of things in our town that we are very proud of,

1436
01:58:11,350 --> 01:58:19,730
But the last many elections, we could not represent the township.

1437
01:58:20,030 --> 01:58:24,370
We are not representing the township that we try to be in the election process.

1438
01:58:24,850 --> 01:58:26,670
All kinds of wild things happen.

1439
01:58:27,630 --> 01:58:31,910
And we ought to be embarrassed about it enough to cut it out.

1440
01:58:32,990 --> 01:58:38,450
The objective of the election, I believe, is for candidate to tell everybody how great

1441
01:58:38,450 --> 01:58:38,930
they are.

1442
01:58:38,930 --> 01:58:44,270
And why they should elect that person, not to criticize other people.

1443
01:58:44,870 --> 01:58:55,070
I hope that soon, with the next election or so, we figure out how to cut out that misbehavior.

1444
01:58:55,530 --> 01:59:00,370
It's childish and it's also destructive, and I'm very embarrassed by it.

1445
01:59:01,810 --> 01:59:02,570
Thank you, Dr. Brewer.

1446
01:59:02,710 --> 01:59:05,190
Okay, committee reports, anyway, committee reports.

1447
01:59:05,190 --> 01:59:09,990
No? Council listed items. A affordable housing page on website. Councilman Schwartz.

1448
01:59:10,170 --> 01:59:13,750
Yes, I'm just, I'm just coming about from our affordable housing seminar, which was great.

1449
01:59:14,090 --> 01:59:18,490
I'll be working with the clerk just to kind of general idea of how we can upload information

1450
01:59:18,490 --> 01:59:19,530
on our upcoming projects.

1451
01:59:19,530 --> 01:59:21,090
Your objection? We're good?

1452
01:59:21,430 --> 01:59:22,950
No, I just wanted to add to that.

1453
01:59:22,970 --> 01:59:23,470
Yes, Councilman.

1454
01:59:23,470 --> 01:59:26,850
Thank you very much to Dean, who's here, and I think it was well attended by the community.

1455
01:59:27,230 --> 01:59:31,230
And I appreciate Mark mentioning that because clearly by the attendance, residents are very

1456
01:59:31,230 --> 01:59:38,510
interested in knowing more about it, and I had asked Dean if we could put the presentation on the website, I think that that would be very, very helpful to the community.

1457
01:59:38,990 --> 01:59:41,490
Perfect. Preservation of Route 4 Greenbell, Councilman Sone.

1458
01:59:42,810 --> 01:59:52,530
Mr. Attorney, you can, we, we, your first day as a township attorney, we passed Resolution 162-017, we passed another resolution.

1459
01:59:53,110 --> 01:59:59,870
It's one of the things that I would love to see addressed before, before I leave office, it's one of the things that I think that there is strong community.

1460
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:29,760
Any consensus that we should be doing? I have had an opportunity to take a look through the closed session minutes. We've taken no action, no formal action by resolution, by motion to undermine or subvert or overturn the terms of those resolutions other than in the limited context of whatever litigation may be related to all vision. What steps are we going to be taking place to ensure that we are putting the appropriate properties on the recreation

1461
02:00:29,760 --> 02:00:33,680
open space inventory, what steps are going to be taken to ensure that the room for

1462
02:00:33,680 --> 02:00:38,700
green belt is protected in keeping with both of those resolutions which dictate both to

1463
02:00:38,700 --> 02:00:41,860
you and to the manager to take action towards that goal.

1464
02:00:45,540 --> 02:00:52,440
As we've said at multiple meetings because of the threat of litigation that's out there

1465
02:00:52,440 --> 02:00:59,740
right now by all vision and the potential negotiations that are going on between all vision

1466
02:00:59,740 --> 02:01:29,460
or that have happened already, and are continuing to happen between all patient and the township to try to resolve the situation, it's not, it's my counsel, it's been my guidance that we should not take action on those resolutions until such time as you heard me say at more than one meeting that we should not do that until it's resolved because I don't want to do anything that would injure our opportunity to resolve that potential litigation

1467
02:01:29,460 --> 02:01:30,140
That's out there.

1468
02:01:31,100 --> 02:01:38,400
You have indicated that you felt that a township ordinance was as good or better than any of

1469
02:01:38,400 --> 02:01:39,780
the alternatives proposed in there.

1470
02:01:39,920 --> 02:01:45,280
Have you moved forward in crafting an ordinance for the township to protect the move forward

1471
02:01:45,280 --> 02:01:45,600
rainbow?

1472
02:01:46,940 --> 02:01:49,920
We have not submitted it to the council yet.

1473
02:01:50,220 --> 02:01:50,300
No.

1474
02:01:51,620 --> 02:01:52,820
Have we moved forward with it?

1475
02:01:53,380 --> 02:01:54,560
We have drafted an ordinance.

1476
02:01:54,720 --> 02:01:55,980
We have not submitted it to the council yet.

1477
02:01:55,980 --> 02:02:01,580
Okay, next steps to prevent continuing violation of the fair campaign practice

1478
02:02:01,580 --> 02:02:03,860
pledge and hold perpetrators responsible.

1479
02:02:04,200 --> 02:02:04,800
Councilman Sullivan.

1480
02:02:05,260 --> 02:02:18,180
I really would be hard pressed to either add to Dr. Toffler the statements that you made the issue of the slander,

1481
02:02:18,340 --> 02:02:21,240
the efforts to trash people, the efforts to destroy people.

1482
02:02:21,240 --> 02:02:29,940
I really couldn't add to the statements that Dr. Pruitt made, you know, this has to end, it's enough.

1483
02:02:31,060 --> 02:02:39,440
I still owe, and I'm still apologizing to my wife for putting her through this process, and again what she's had to endure.

1484
02:02:40,020 --> 02:02:45,700
Either I or people that I know have reached out to all the individuals who have been involved.

1485
02:02:45,700 --> 02:02:52,960
And none of whom feel any sense that there was something wrong.

1486
02:02:53,400 --> 02:02:59,140
I spoke with one member who's sitting up here who rang for a election who said he

1487
02:02:59,140 --> 02:03:02,660
thought it was justified because of who was running for office.

1488
02:03:03,200 --> 02:03:07,680
Someone signed a fair campaign pledge saying that he felt that he was entitled to retaliate

1489
02:03:07,680 --> 02:03:11,540
if there was anything against him.

1490
02:03:12,020 --> 02:03:14,300
I still haven't seen what's appropriate.

1491
02:03:14,760 --> 02:03:20,340
Someone spoke to one of the folks who's not here this evening who said if you think that's bad,

1492
02:03:20,440 --> 02:03:25,540
I have even more trash that I could have or might still dish out.

1493
02:03:26,160 --> 02:03:30,780
I have reached out to the chairs of the advisory board and community relations.

1494
02:03:31,320 --> 02:03:35,760
I will be working with those chairs to come up with a resolution for the June 19th meeting.

1495
02:03:36,500 --> 02:03:41,060
And I invite any council member who's interested, Dr. Pruitt, if you'd like to join me to work with them,

1496
02:03:41,060 --> 02:03:45,300
to draft a resolution, Councilman Romney Rice, anyone else would like to join me?

1497
02:03:45,460 --> 02:03:50,460
I'd like to move ahead with them and to be able, on June 19th, to be able to put in,

1498
02:03:50,560 --> 02:03:54,760
to put forth yet another resolution that says, let's put an end to this.

1499
02:03:54,900 --> 02:03:59,180
I think that we lose what we lose is not only our innocence.

1500
02:03:59,740 --> 02:04:06,420
It's not only, we're not just harming the truth, and I wish that was merely the only problem that we had.

1501
02:04:06,980 --> 02:04:10,520
We're losing huge numbers of people who say, I'm not running for office.

1502
02:04:10,520 --> 02:04:16,200
I think I could serve, but I would not endure that, I would not put myself, I would not put my family through that.

1503
02:04:16,660 --> 02:04:22,620
And I think that we only harm ourselves as a township if we don't put this to an end, once and for all.

1504
02:04:22,780 --> 02:04:27,960
I don't know that a resolution is going to stop it, but again, I think it puts us on the record.

1505
02:04:28,360 --> 02:04:33,400
It puts those who have been involved on the record are saying, are we going to stop this, are we not going to?

1506
02:04:35,740 --> 02:04:37,960
Yes, Councilmember Rice, and then I'll get.

1507
02:04:40,280 --> 02:04:45,940
Say thank you to Alan for bringing that issue up, putting it on the agenda and also for Dr. Toffler's statement.

1508
02:04:46,720 --> 02:04:52,700
And I think to the point that Alan mentioned that, you know, that we have so many qualified,

1509
02:04:53,060 --> 02:04:59,220
capable, such a rich wealth of human capital in our community that would not dare to engage simply

1510
02:04:59,220 --> 02:05:01,100
because of the negative campaigning.

1511
02:05:01,100 --> 02:05:07,040
And I think that that is a travesty and a loss to us of active community members by that demonstration.

1512
02:05:07,240 --> 02:05:13,900
Having just gone through that process, I know that I spoke to many of my colleagues on a number of occasions about trying to make sure that we kept it positive.

1513
02:05:14,780 --> 02:05:19,840
I know that that was my mission, I know I did repudiate and have conversations to try to keep it positive.

1514
02:05:20,440 --> 02:05:31,040
I know that it's challenging to do so, but I think that it speaks to the fact that the caliber of people that running that there's so many good qualities and so much positive energy that could be used.

1515
02:05:31,040 --> 02:05:36,940
to the betterment of this community, that it's not necessary to stoop to the levels I believe that some of us did.

1516
02:05:37,180 --> 02:05:43,340
Because there's so many positive things to focus on, and I know that that's something that we tried I did with my campaign.

1517
02:05:43,820 --> 02:05:52,200
And I just think that again, Alan Stone's point that it doesn't set a good precedent, you know, moving forward.

1518
02:05:52,400 --> 02:05:54,140
It causes us to have less engaged community.

1519
02:05:54,240 --> 02:05:59,100
I think the voter turnout was an indication of the fact that so many people are disengaged,

1520
02:05:59,100 --> 02:06:01,740
because they don't like what they see.

1521
02:06:02,280 --> 02:06:13,480
And I think that there's so much more that we could be doing to engage our community by being held accountable to the facts, stick to the issues, and not the personalities and tear apart the personalities.

1522
02:06:13,900 --> 02:06:20,800
And I would just like to personally express my, in my sorrow, to what Mr.

1523
02:06:20,960 --> 02:06:23,300
Sohn endured, Chuck Powers endured.

1524
02:06:23,300 --> 02:06:28,720
And I know that it was back and forth, some things that Ellie endured in terms of, you know, just back and forth

1525
02:06:28,720 --> 02:06:34,040
mudsling that was so unnecessary and not addressing the facts.

1526
02:06:35,300 --> 02:06:42,040
I saw pages of campaign literature dedicated to other people, instead of spending that money

1527
02:06:42,040 --> 02:06:46,240
touting the positives, it was used to degrade another candidate.

1528
02:06:46,620 --> 02:06:49,460
And I did see that on both sides, I still have those pieces of literature.

1529
02:06:49,460 --> 02:06:54,420
So I'm just speaking to the fact that if everyone could stick to the issues, I think we

1530
02:06:54,420 --> 02:06:55,360
would all be better served.

1531
02:06:55,620 --> 02:06:56,740
Thank you, Council Member Rice.

1532
02:06:57,020 --> 02:07:00,500
And by the way, there was a piece about me negative how to great picture of me.

1533
02:07:00,580 --> 02:07:02,300
I was very impressed with the author of that.

1534
02:07:02,500 --> 02:07:04,180
So, unfortunately, it was anonymous.

1535
02:07:05,980 --> 02:07:06,700
Councilman Castle.

1536
02:07:08,080 --> 02:07:14,670
So I just on this issue, every day I send out a motivational quote in it.

1537
02:07:14,830 --> 02:07:17,590
I think that the one I sent out this morning is a bit of an opportunity.

1538
02:07:17,590 --> 02:07:20,690
It says, on good teams, coaches hold players accountable.

1539
02:07:20,890 --> 02:07:23,190
On great teams, players hold players accountable.

1540
02:07:23,750 --> 02:07:26,530
However, the reality is that you can't hold another player accountable

1541
02:07:26,530 --> 02:07:28,330
if you haven't held yourself accountable first.

1542
02:07:29,590 --> 02:07:35,930
I think that's relevant because everyone has a degree of accountability

1543
02:07:35,930 --> 02:07:40,710
for their own actions to speak the truth, to have truthful actions.

1544
02:07:42,050 --> 02:07:44,410
And I really, I watched this campaign from the sideline

1545
02:07:44,410 --> 02:07:46,230
and I saw some really despicable things.

1546
02:07:47,410 --> 02:07:49,850
And it was shameful, it really, really was.

1547
02:07:51,110 --> 02:07:56,630
The concern I have as it relates to moving forward is, you know,

1548
02:07:56,970 --> 02:08:02,270
in holding individuals accountable, there's no ordinance that requires someone to sign the campaign pledge.

1549
02:08:03,570 --> 02:08:09,870
There's also no consequence if you violate the pledge, and I don't even think that you could, you know,

1550
02:08:10,150 --> 02:08:14,450
force someone to sign something as it relates to running for publicly elected office,

1551
02:08:15,310 --> 02:08:19,610
that would infringe upon their right to do so otherwise, because I don't think that the

1552
02:08:19,610 --> 02:08:22,430
municipality would have that power, and maybe they do, but I don't think they would.

1553
02:08:24,330 --> 02:08:29,170
But if we endorse a resolution, it is merely a feel good resolution.

1554
02:08:29,330 --> 02:08:32,210
As I said, the classic bag resolution was a feel good resolution.

1555
02:08:32,310 --> 02:08:33,230
It doesn't really do anything.

1556
02:08:34,030 --> 02:08:35,830
It just makes us feel good for passing it.

1557
02:08:36,150 --> 02:08:39,590
Then it becomes one more thing that doesn't actually solve the problem.

1558
02:08:39,990 --> 02:08:43,510
It just makes us all feel good as if we've taken a step in the right direction.

1559
02:08:43,510 --> 02:08:45,830
when people were just going to turn their backs on it anyway.

1560
02:08:46,870 --> 02:08:54,570
I think Dr. Toffler for coming up, because what she reminded me of were two other quotes.

1561
02:08:54,590 --> 02:08:58,570
One is that by Martin Luther King, the Ark of the Morrow University's long, and it

1562
02:08:58,570 --> 02:09:03,790
has been towards justice, and for those who have spoken so negatively and so deplorable about

1563
02:09:03,790 --> 02:09:10,670
others, there's a force called Karma, there's another force called Prayer, and both seem to

1564
02:09:10,670 --> 02:09:14,790
work, maybe not in the timing that we want them, but they do work.

1565
02:09:15,350 --> 02:09:18,910
And the other thing is this, it's won by President Obama.

1566
02:09:19,070 --> 02:09:22,990
And he said that people make big elections about small issues.

1567
02:09:24,190 --> 02:09:29,330
And I saw a lot of small issues being hurled back and forth in this election.

1568
02:09:29,530 --> 02:09:35,490
Personal, petty, small issues, and some of the much larger issues didn't get the air time that they should have.

1569
02:09:35,950 --> 02:09:49,630
So, if maybe people aren't talking about the big issues because they don't have big issues to stand behind and the people who are sitting on anonymous messages don't have anything to stand upon.

1570
02:09:49,830 --> 02:09:59,530
So, I think that the change really has to come from the candidates and I think that we need to recruit younger, older, middle-aged,

1571
02:09:59,530 --> 02:10:06,590
Just individuals who want to change and somehow find the way to insulate them from the negativity and maybe that is

1572
02:10:06,590 --> 02:10:09,950
You know putting a cap on the amount of money that you could spend on can I don't know what it is

1573
02:10:09,950 --> 02:10:16,830
But whatever it is, this has got to change because this this really fractured and polarized some people in the community and

1574
02:10:17,730 --> 02:10:23,550
I'm sorry to see something in nastiness. I am thankful to have watched this from the sidelines, but

1575
02:10:24,530 --> 02:10:26,170
We can do much better than that

1576
02:10:26,170 --> 02:10:32,330
Okay, subcommittee for prosecutor and clerk interviews, including council elect.

1577
02:10:33,050 --> 02:10:35,250
This is by Deputy Mayor Lee Whitecats.

1578
02:10:36,680 --> 02:10:47,550
We have a swearing in July second, and that that opportunity we want to swear in our prosecutors.

1579
02:10:48,230 --> 02:10:51,250
In addition, we started looking for a new clerk.

1580
02:10:51,250 --> 02:10:58,530
What I would like to request is we have a subcommittee for the prosecutor from the past,

1581
02:10:58,710 --> 02:11:03,010
which I believe was myself, the mayor, and Deputy Mayor Pruitt.

1582
02:11:03,610 --> 02:11:09,210
I would like to ask the council to continue that subcommittee, and if we need a formal vote.

1583
02:11:09,730 --> 02:11:17,150
And to also do the clerk interviews as well, but since we have the opportunity to have the

1584
02:11:17,990 --> 02:11:23,010
We can invite both the lex to participate since ultimately it's going to be their vote as well.

1585
02:11:23,570 --> 02:11:28,090
But this way we can have, this way A, we can go through the process properly.

1586
02:11:28,410 --> 02:11:36,510
And B, we can, at the right time, swear in the prosecutor and so is any objection to myself,

1587
02:11:37,090 --> 02:11:40,570
Deputy Mayor Pruitt and the mayor, the mayor, Mohamed.

1588
02:11:40,890 --> 02:11:41,190
Yes.

1589
02:11:41,190 --> 02:11:51,410
I would actually, I'd like to sit on that subcommittee for the prosecutor since the prosecutor is going to be named on July 1st.

1590
02:11:51,910 --> 02:11:53,730
I'd very much like to sit on that subcommittee.

1591
02:11:55,270 --> 02:11:57,410
There's a little piece of information right now.

1592
02:11:58,530 --> 02:12:06,250
We have three prosecutors functioned somehow to cover that particular activity.

1593
02:12:06,250 --> 02:12:08,910
So it's not a prosecutor.

1594
02:12:09,390 --> 02:12:13,590
We have had three prosecutors that have functioned fairly well.

1595
02:12:14,290 --> 02:12:15,710
I'm not sure we're clear about that.

1596
02:12:15,970 --> 02:12:18,090
So let me explain why I'd like to tell in the committee.

1597
02:12:18,170 --> 02:12:19,590
And I want to be really, really frank about this.

1598
02:12:20,110 --> 02:12:22,230
We had three, but we started out with four.

1599
02:12:22,810 --> 02:12:25,710
Our fourth is now the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State.

1600
02:12:26,210 --> 02:12:29,390
And that was a prosecutor that was never utilized.

1601
02:12:29,390 --> 02:12:37,690
So it is – it was absolutely absurd to me to have – to have heard a conversation

1602
02:12:37,690 --> 02:12:44,170
that ensued between the now deputy assistant secretary of state and the reason why she

1603
02:12:44,170 --> 02:12:45,390
was not added to the rotation.

1604
02:12:45,830 --> 02:12:50,290
And the reason I want to sit in on that subcommittee is because I'd like to have an opportunity

1605
02:12:50,290 --> 02:12:58,090
to discuss with the lead prosecutor who makes the schedule why we had such a valuable asset

1606
02:12:58,090 --> 02:13:02,690
that in someone who was also a former administrative law judge who was never utilized in her time

1607
02:13:02,690 --> 02:13:03,650
in serving for T-nec.

1608
02:13:04,170 --> 02:13:09,790
Because that in and of itself, Deputy Mayor Dr. Pruitt in my opinion was a travesty.

1609
02:13:10,170 --> 02:13:14,730
And having had the exit interview with the now Deputy Assistant Secretary of State who

1610
02:13:14,730 --> 02:13:18,890
worked for T-nec and was never utilized, I think that we need to get to the bottom of that

1611
02:13:18,890 --> 02:13:23,550
because there are some messages that were sent in that particular individual never being utilized.

1612
02:13:24,270 --> 02:13:27,530
That might reverberate for years to come.

1613
02:13:27,530 --> 02:13:36,270
So I'm going to say, and I know it's Jason Castle Knight, I'm okay with myself, Councilman Castle and

1614
02:13:36,270 --> 02:13:42,990
Deputy Mayor Pruitt, and adding the two elects as well as long as, as long as my colleagues that are going

1615
02:13:42,990 --> 02:13:49,530
to continue are okay with that concept, if it's just a matter of trying to get clarification,

1616
02:13:50,230 --> 02:13:54,090
maybe that's not the meeting, but maybe it is the meeting, you know, to the, you can-

1617
02:13:54,090 --> 02:13:58,130
Well, no, no. The ultimately the ones that are going to vote in the new prosecutors,

1618
02:13:58,470 --> 02:14:01,450
they're just going to be have to be a recommendation from the subcommittee,

1619
02:14:01,770 --> 02:14:05,390
and obviously you're going to have to go to the full council.

1620
02:14:05,990 --> 02:14:08,510
So is council okay with myself?

1621
02:14:09,150 --> 02:14:18,590
Deputy Mayor Pruitt, Councilman Castle, and inviting the two elects for both the interviews.

1622
02:14:19,150 --> 02:14:20,490
Once again, it's just the interviews.

1623
02:14:20,490 --> 02:14:26,630
It's just interviews and not even no formal election, no formal action, so I have no problem with this.

1624
02:14:26,730 --> 02:14:27,910
Okay, so can I get a formal vote?

1625
02:14:28,130 --> 02:14:30,430
And since they're not elected, it's not a quorum issue.

1626
02:14:32,590 --> 02:14:36,450
Can I get a formal vote on that Mr. Clerk?

1627
02:14:37,190 --> 02:14:37,610
I'll make a motion.

1628
02:14:38,110 --> 02:14:38,610
I'll ask a second.

1629
02:14:39,230 --> 02:14:40,290
Okay, so who's going to be the motion?

1630
02:14:41,150 --> 02:14:41,750
Councilman Castle.

1631
02:14:41,870 --> 02:14:42,270
It's his night.

1632
02:14:43,110 --> 02:14:44,030
Second is yourself?

1633
02:14:44,230 --> 02:14:44,650
Death in your cat?

1634
02:14:45,210 --> 02:14:45,610
Yes.

1635
02:14:46,030 --> 02:14:46,270
Okay.

1636
02:14:46,770 --> 02:14:48,290
Rule call, Councilman Castle.

1637
02:14:48,490 --> 02:14:48,630
Yes.

1638
02:14:49,410 --> 02:14:55,710
Councilwoman Ramirez. Yes. Councilman Schwartz. Yes. Councilman Tau. Yes.

1639
02:14:55,710 --> 02:14:57,310
Yes, definitely remember it.

1640
02:14:57,530 --> 02:14:57,770
Yes.

1641
02:14:58,110 --> 02:14:58,790
Definitely the cats.

1642
02:14:59,050 --> 02:14:59,190
Yes.

1643
02:14:59,470 --> 02:14:59,850
Ocean pass.

1644
02:15:00,080 --> 02:15:31,560
Okay. Yes. We don't have work now. So now, now we have the subcommittee in place. Now, the next 45 days, we're going to be aggressive. Or maybe it's 30 something days. Be aggressive to try to focus on both of these items. Unveiling a mayor. Can I just say one thing? When it comes to the prosecutor, it was two main prosecutors and others potentially rotating when they

1645
02:15:31,560 --> 02:15:32,580
They were not available.

1646
02:15:33,360 --> 02:15:40,320
It was never meant to be three or any, it was two main prosecutors and others rotating

1647
02:15:40,320 --> 02:15:41,600
fully in when they were absent.

1648
02:15:42,200 --> 02:15:43,300
So, thank you.

1649
02:15:43,820 --> 02:15:44,180
That's clear.

1650
02:15:44,380 --> 02:15:44,500
Okay.

1651
02:15:45,380 --> 02:15:48,300
Unveiling of Maryland, is that P. Parker photo and council chambers?

1652
02:15:48,440 --> 02:15:56,200
This is different from what we did earlier, which is a plaque in the library, which I gave the plaque

1653
02:15:56,200 --> 02:15:58,800
information to the clerk.

1654
02:15:59,500 --> 02:16:00,020
Okay.

1655
02:16:00,020 --> 02:16:03,200
Okay, so this is a council member, Romney Rice.

1656
02:16:03,540 --> 02:16:03,680
Yes.

1657
02:16:04,560 --> 02:16:05,040
Thank you, Mayor.

1658
02:16:05,560 --> 02:16:28,060
Deputy Mayor, I wanted to say thank you to Issa for his diligence and hard work in making sure that we were able to obtain a picture that was approved by the family, and that we will be able to post and unveil that picture at our next meeting, 619, and really excited to be able to mention that I remember my the first night I took office here or the first time seating.

1659
02:16:28,640 --> 02:16:35,100
the council chambers from this purview and noticing the absence of Lizette's picture at that time.

1660
02:16:35,100 --> 02:16:39,700
So I'm really happy that we'll be able to do that at our next meeting on the 19th.

1661
02:16:39,800 --> 02:16:46,280
And hopefully, I know that we discussed this that we could invite the family and then just give notice to the community

1662
02:16:46,280 --> 02:16:49,000
to have that as a commemorative night. Thanks.

1663
02:16:49,520 --> 02:16:50,460
Okay, excellent.

1664
02:16:57,660 --> 02:16:58,820
I have

1665
02:17:04,490 --> 02:17:05,850
a copy if you want.

1666
02:17:06,830 --> 02:17:09,630
Mr. Madden, there's a copy if you want.

1667
02:17:10,290 --> 02:17:12,110
You could just give me that. That would be good.

1668
02:17:13,330 --> 02:17:14,390
Thank you.

1669
02:17:15,250 --> 02:17:16,850
Just a couple items.

1670
02:17:18,930 --> 02:17:22,390
I prepared some flyers for council.

1671
02:17:23,110 --> 02:17:28,470
We've been having serious issues and receiving a lot of complaints about grass cutting,

1672
02:17:28,470 --> 02:17:37,450
especially in the parks. Today I went to with DPW and visited Amman Park. The grass was probably

1673
02:17:38,370 --> 02:17:46,130
eight inches high. Someone had went out with their lawn mower and cut themselves, cut a path.

1674
02:17:46,730 --> 02:17:53,950
It's really difficult. It's been very challenging for DPW staff to keep up with the grass cutting

1675
02:17:54,810 --> 02:17:57,350
and to hire seasonal workers.

1676
02:17:58,190 --> 02:18:01,210
We used to have over, we used to have about 30

1677
02:18:02,250 --> 02:18:04,990
seasonals and we have the funding for about 30

1678
02:18:04,990 --> 02:18:07,990
seasonals and we, I think we only have about eight.

1679
02:18:09,350 --> 02:18:10,630
We only have about eight.

1680
02:18:11,530 --> 02:18:15,030
So in order to get the grass cuts on the parks

1681
02:18:15,030 --> 02:18:18,750
are usable, we're going to have to expand

1682
02:18:19,510 --> 02:18:23,070
and try to go a different round, try to get some younger kids

1683
02:18:23,710 --> 02:18:27,310
out there to help cut lawn and help cut grass.

1684
02:18:27,570 --> 02:18:32,150
Counseling castles, nine-year-old, are intact and grass cutter.

1685
02:18:33,730 --> 02:18:39,670
As long as there are 18 years old, I just want to get that early.

1686
02:18:39,910 --> 02:18:40,790
Do you have to have a flyer?

1687
02:18:40,870 --> 02:18:41,830
Oh, I got the flyer.

1688
02:18:42,610 --> 02:18:48,290
If you could circulate the flyer, and I'll try to promote it as well, but I'll circulate the flyer.

1689
02:18:48,510 --> 02:18:49,330
Can you email us?

1690
02:18:49,830 --> 02:18:50,030
Yes.

1691
02:18:50,570 --> 02:18:50,970
We can email.

1692
02:18:50,970 --> 02:18:53,370
We looked into the high school, is that informative to us?

1693
02:18:53,370 --> 02:18:57,130
We're going to, we just did it today, and we just came up with this today, so we'll be

1694
02:18:57,130 --> 02:18:58,050
contacted, Mr. Williams.

1695
02:18:58,050 --> 02:18:59,830
What else do we got on the list, Mr. Manager?

1696
02:18:59,970 --> 02:19:01,790
So we have that, that's going out.

1697
02:19:05,150 --> 02:19:14,850
The other item I have is items that came from May 15th meeting, traffic calming on

1698
02:19:14,850 --> 02:19:26,110
Garrison Avenue, right now we're doing a study on Garrison Avenue to determine what the extent of the issue, if there actually is a speeding problem there.

1699
02:19:26,290 --> 02:19:38,490
So working on that issue, the issue of the dog park and the owner of the company that comes to visit with 20 dogs.

1700
02:19:38,490 --> 02:19:43,070
And so I'm working with the attorney on that to come up with some sort of way to

1701
02:19:44,130 --> 02:19:47,470
possibly license the use of the park when working on that issue.

1702
02:19:47,710 --> 02:19:49,650
Can I imagine, can I add something to that?

1703
02:19:49,830 --> 02:19:57,290
Okay, I have the opportunity to visit the park recently on two occasions and met Bob.

1704
02:19:57,650 --> 02:20:02,250
I met Bobby and the residents there actually took my dog there to the park.

1705
02:20:02,710 --> 02:20:04,570
And he really does have a great operation.

1706
02:20:04,570 --> 02:20:09,350
And he knows a lot about dogs, and first upon hearing about it,

1707
02:20:09,570 --> 02:20:12,030
it sounded awfully strange, so I went to investigate myself,

1708
02:20:12,310 --> 02:20:16,030
and it really is an improvement and an asset.

1709
02:20:16,270 --> 02:20:19,050
So I hope that we can find some measure to include him.

1710
02:20:19,410 --> 02:20:22,470
The residents really love him, and it seems like the dogs do too.

1711
02:20:23,130 --> 02:20:23,590
Yeah, I agree.

1712
02:20:23,790 --> 02:20:24,950
It's a real asset to the park.

1713
02:20:25,070 --> 02:20:27,350
It's almost like the kids going swimming, swimming,

1714
02:20:27,470 --> 02:20:28,870
or bringing a professional life card.

1715
02:20:29,370 --> 02:20:30,850
And that's what's being done here.

1716
02:20:30,850 --> 02:20:35,690
You've got residents, dogs, bringing this professional to oversee and to help.

1717
02:20:36,230 --> 02:20:39,750
So I think the attorney and the manager came up with that one just now.

1718
02:20:40,330 --> 02:20:46,410
So you've got the attorney and the manager working on a resolution and we're going to try to speak to Bobby.

1719
02:20:46,530 --> 02:20:52,450
Maybe we even want to think about maybe widening that door walk a little bit.

1720
02:20:53,050 --> 02:20:53,890
So we have some discussion.

1721
02:20:54,070 --> 02:20:57,170
That by step, I don't think it's, I don't think it would be expensive to do with that.

1722
02:20:58,290 --> 02:21:04,870
If I may, that when I went and there were about 20, 25 dogs there, there is a lot of room in there.

1723
02:21:05,130 --> 02:21:12,350
Also, they tend to use the larger area and leave the smaller area closer to the parking lot unused.

1724
02:21:13,050 --> 02:21:19,790
Again, I think it is a benefit, but I think let's, you know, let's go, let's go, we have working right before we're done.

1725
02:21:23,310 --> 02:21:26,330
I'm sorry, I can't attend, I'm sorry.

1726
02:21:26,630 --> 02:21:28,650
Can we just let the manager finish the work?

1727
02:21:29,970 --> 02:21:36,150
Also, we're working on, I'm working with the attorney on a resolution for the FDU alliance,

1728
02:21:37,390 --> 02:21:44,430
so that they're able to become an official township organization where they

1729
02:21:44,430 --> 02:21:49,530
We'd be covered on our insurance when they offer programs at F.D.U.

1730
02:21:52,430 --> 02:21:58,610
There was an issue about the signs on Maple Street and the DPW looking at that.

1731
02:21:59,070 --> 02:21:59,890
Thank you.

1732
02:22:01,010 --> 02:22:05,740
The budget action summary is on the website.

1733
02:22:06,440 --> 02:22:15,920
We canceled the workshop meeting and we put the presentation for affordable housing, the PowerPoint that's on the website.

1734
02:22:15,920 --> 02:22:16,620
Thank you.

1735
02:22:16,760 --> 02:22:16,980
Perfect.

1736
02:22:17,960 --> 02:22:18,960
But we're very good.

1737
02:22:19,140 --> 02:22:19,720
Something to ask.

1738
02:22:19,840 --> 02:22:20,000
Yeah.

1739
02:22:20,180 --> 02:22:26,760
I'm going to add an item that we had a councilman castles leaving.

1740
02:22:27,360 --> 02:22:29,360
Enjoy the rest of your councilman castles tonight.

1741
02:22:29,520 --> 02:22:31,360
If you get pulled over, somebody's in a tiniq.

1742
02:22:31,700 --> 02:22:33,800
Just let them know it's councilman castles tonight tonight.

1743
02:22:35,440 --> 02:22:40,560
I have someone complained about a store on C-Lane.

1744
02:22:40,560 --> 02:22:50,300
The story is kind of, it has an open window with nothing showing and pallets for material

1745
02:22:50,300 --> 02:22:54,900
to be brought in left outside the store.

1746
02:22:56,420 --> 02:23:02,640
And I inquired as to what it was that was going on inside the store and they told me

1747
02:23:02,640 --> 02:23:11,740
that was a a a a a you an appliance store. It's got you know wash machines. It's got

1748
02:23:11,740 --> 02:23:20,060
a wash I mean refrigerators and stoves and so I went and I spoke to them yesterday and

1749
02:23:20,060 --> 02:23:24,820
I spoke to them again today. And since you don't have a compliance officer. I want to

1750
02:23:24,820 --> 02:23:30,700
install Mr. Cats is the local appliance officer to check on them the next couple of days and

1751
02:23:30,700 --> 02:23:32,880
make sure they move the pallets off the front of the bill.

1752
02:23:33,160 --> 02:23:35,400
Did you see a client's officer or a kind of client's officer?

1753
02:23:35,520 --> 02:23:39,500
So Mr. Manager, can you just have the department send a letter?

1754
02:23:39,920 --> 02:23:43,320
I will have to tell you, I really like their sign in the window.

1755
02:23:44,000 --> 02:23:46,600
But I went there today, very decorative.

1756
02:23:46,900 --> 02:23:48,220
But they do, but it is a nice sign.

1757
02:23:48,400 --> 02:23:49,820
So I went there today.

1758
02:23:50,180 --> 02:23:54,800
I met with one of the workers inside.

1759
02:23:55,380 --> 02:23:58,180
They really have nice appliances too, really nice stuff.

1760
02:23:58,180 --> 02:24:13,600
So I met with, I met with them, I talked to them about the palace in front and he said he'd have them out of there by tomorrow, so we'll follow up to make sure that we addressed that because I too was there at Cedar Lane, you know, yesterday it was a major

1761
02:24:14,560 --> 02:24:23,880
great event thanks to all involved and promoting that but I thought it was a hazard, you know, in the fact that that's a liability for the township and hopefully tomorrow they will be removed.

1762
02:24:23,880 --> 02:24:30,960
And I think it was some other concerns about signage and other things when we're talking about trying to attract our businesses.

1763
02:24:31,420 --> 02:24:36,500
And I know that our senator and resident made a complaint in butter to our attention.

1764
02:24:36,740 --> 02:24:41,240
That we want to make sure that we are ensuring, especially if they're new to the community,

1765
02:24:41,820 --> 02:24:45,980
that they're in compliance and upholding the standard that we would expect for

1766
02:24:45,980 --> 02:24:48,580
a store on a seat of lane in any other business district.

1767
02:24:48,580 --> 02:24:53,120
All right, and let me just have one last thing to my report, the loose watch room.

1768
02:24:54,000 --> 02:24:55,820
I'm having a plaque designed.

1769
02:24:57,100 --> 02:24:58,720
Could we see the proof of council friends?

1770
02:24:59,060 --> 02:24:59,160
Yes.

1771
02:24:59,540 --> 02:24:59,740
Okay.

1772
02:25:00,020 --> 02:25:05,600
So once I get that done and council approves it, you know, we'll get the water to plaque,

1773
02:25:05,880 --> 02:25:11,780
water on a real nice plaque, and then we'll schedule that date once I get that done.

1774
02:25:12,340 --> 02:25:12,600
We're good.

1775
02:25:12,740 --> 02:25:12,980
Okay.

1776
02:25:13,120 --> 02:25:14,740
Public hearing and adoption of ordinances.

1777
02:25:18,370 --> 02:25:18,910
What do we see?

1778
02:25:18,910 --> 02:25:23,830
There's a public hearing on Burden County Open Space Recreation Flood Plant Protection

1779
02:25:23,830 --> 02:25:28,630
Farmland and Historic Preservation Trust for a municipal parking improvement program

1780
02:25:28,630 --> 02:25:31,350
for resurfacing of tennis courts at Hawthorne Park.

1781
02:25:31,810 --> 02:25:36,850
So this is a public hearing and it's in connection with resolution number.

1782
02:25:39,150 --> 02:25:41,010
So do I have to open up this?

1783
02:25:41,390 --> 02:25:46,410
Yes, that's me on public, is resolution number 88-2018.

1784
02:25:46,410 --> 02:25:51,130
Okay, this is the public here on what he said, if anyone wishes to comment, please raise your hand.

1785
02:25:51,210 --> 02:25:53,430
Wait to recognize Dr. Powers.

1786
02:25:53,930 --> 02:25:54,190
It

1787
02:26:00,460 --> 02:26:10,820
is a good idea to get the Hawthorne courts finally, finally addressed that they've been waiting for a very long time.

1788
02:26:11,940 --> 02:26:19,440
And the fact that we're putting forth such a sort of small piddly piece of request from the county,

1789
02:26:19,440 --> 02:26:30,940
That entire capability has been quadrupled in the last year and the amount of money to

1790
02:26:30,940 --> 02:26:36,400
be available through green acres for a wide range of things we should know because we

1791
02:26:36,400 --> 02:26:38,420
got $750,000 for the sportsplex.

1792
02:26:39,300 --> 02:26:46,300
It's crazy for this township to be sending as much money to the county and to the state

1793
02:26:46,300 --> 02:26:51,700
as we are and getting back, I believe, something like about a 10th of what it is that we

1794
02:26:51,700 --> 02:26:58,640
said. Something has to be done for the township to figure out how to get access to what

1795
02:26:58,640 --> 02:27:03,840
it should be getting just on a fair, fair basis, not just not taking to count anything else

1796
02:27:03,840 --> 02:27:08,380
about the demographics of this town. It's obviously we should go ahead and do it. It's

1797
02:27:08,380 --> 02:27:11,740
so light and it's so tiny we've got to do better.

1798
02:27:11,740 --> 02:27:12,920
Thank you, Dr. Powers.

1799
02:27:13,480 --> 02:27:14,360
Hearing is now closed.

1800
02:27:15,200 --> 02:27:16,400
Do we take a roll call on this?

1801
02:27:16,940 --> 02:27:19,600
Mr. Deputy Mayor, just to elaborate on that.

1802
02:27:20,340 --> 02:27:22,160
Do we do a roll call before we, do we?

1803
02:27:22,320 --> 02:27:23,360
No, it's part of the concept of that.

1804
02:27:23,480 --> 02:27:23,700
Yeah.

1805
02:27:23,860 --> 02:27:24,180
Okay, fine.

1806
02:27:24,340 --> 02:27:24,420
Good.

1807
02:27:24,660 --> 02:27:30,140
A Congressman Gottheimer speaks about mooture states, states that are, you know, we send money

1808
02:27:30,140 --> 02:27:33,520
to the federal government, they get money back and we get nothing in return.

1809
02:27:34,560 --> 02:27:35,660
Dr. Powers is right.

1810
02:27:35,660 --> 02:27:42,940
We, the county passed its own open space trust fund, which quite loopled from a quarter

1811
02:27:42,940 --> 02:27:48,360
of a cent to match the same one cent that we collect for our open space trust fund.

1812
02:27:48,640 --> 02:27:51,800
We contribute $500,000 a year.

1813
02:27:52,120 --> 02:27:56,460
We get back a fraction of that, as Dr. Powell said, and I've seen the same numbers.

1814
02:27:56,680 --> 02:27:58,820
We get back about ten cents on the dollar.

1815
02:27:59,160 --> 02:28:02,800
If there are any county employees here, we should be yelling and screaming at them saying,

1816
02:28:02,800 --> 02:28:07,960
And why aren't you making sure that we get our fair share of county aid?

1817
02:28:08,300 --> 02:28:10,020
And we should be lobbying on our behalf.

1818
02:28:10,140 --> 02:28:14,020
We should be pushing to ensure that we get that open space money.

1819
02:28:14,120 --> 02:28:18,340
And one of the things that we are systematically short-changed on is acquiring open space.

1820
02:28:18,480 --> 02:28:21,920
Not just its recreation where we get a tiny, everybody gets a little bit.

1821
02:28:22,520 --> 02:28:25,420
It's open space, because we're not acquiring open space.

1822
02:28:25,540 --> 02:28:28,080
Because it's places like Franklin Lakes and Alpine and

1823
02:28:28,080 --> 02:28:30,800
who knows what, that have lots of open land to acquire.

1824
02:28:31,580 --> 02:28:35,620
We don't have that, we're not using that, we don't have historic sites, we're not getting historic money.

1825
02:28:36,060 --> 02:28:43,860
We need to be lobbying far, far far more effectively to make sure that we are seeing a fair share return on our tax dollars and

1826
02:28:43,860 --> 02:28:45,660
what goes into the county that we get it back.

1827
02:28:46,320 --> 02:28:53,340
I just want to address what was said at the mic, we don't just put in one item, okay.

1828
02:28:53,340 --> 02:29:06,800
We put in three items, they called us back and told us choose one of the three items that you would, you know, like to potentially receive an award on.

1829
02:29:07,720 --> 02:29:17,340
So they know how much they have to divide amongst the municipalities and we prioritize the projects and that's the one that we submitted.

1830
02:29:17,340 --> 02:29:26,300
But we initially submitted more than that and we always do, we always try to submit as much as we can.

1831
02:29:27,480 --> 02:29:33,740
But there's, I guess there's a formula they used to split up the money between everyone in our region.

1832
02:29:34,180 --> 02:29:36,260
Public area and adoption on order says.

1833
02:29:36,260 --> 02:29:37,620
ordinance

1834
02:29:40,410 --> 02:29:59,970
number 12-2018 and ordinance amending section 36-11.2 of the Vision 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 36 entitled Traffic of a touch of code deleting restricted on street parking spaces for handicapped from 315 Beach Street and ordinance 13-2018 and ordinance amending appendix 4

1835
02:30:00,000 --> 02:30:14,260
Section 2-24, Article 3 of Chapter 2, the code of the township of Tineck to provide for the mandatory direct deposit of net pay for all employees of the township of Tineck and its board, commissions, bureaus, departments, or other public agencies thereof.

1836
02:30:15,360 --> 02:30:23,340
Can we ask and we discuss this, can we ask the manager to explain because 132018 I think people are very, very confused by this.

1837
02:30:23,820 --> 02:30:26,100
122018 is an ordinance that adds handicap 13.

1838
02:30:26,500 --> 02:30:29,240
I'm going to say both, so we have an mandate in elaborate.

1839
02:30:30,780 --> 02:30:35,080
122018 is the ordinance adds handicap restrictive parking along a portion of beach street.

1840
02:30:35,780 --> 02:30:36,600
place away.

1841
02:30:37,040 --> 02:30:37,960
Where's that one spot?

1842
02:30:38,060 --> 02:30:38,980
Oh, you know what?

1843
02:30:39,300 --> 02:30:42,460
My scripts has ads, but Dileets.

1844
02:30:44,240 --> 02:30:51,600
Ordnance 132018 is an ordinance that amends appendix to Section 224.3 of Chapter 2 of

1845
02:30:51,600 --> 02:30:55,860
the Township Code to provide for mandatory direct deposit of net pay for all employees

1846
02:30:55,860 --> 02:31:01,700
of the Township of Tnec, which will mean that the Tnec taxpayers will save how much money

1847
02:31:01,700 --> 02:31:02,020
count.

1848
02:31:02,020 --> 02:31:04,860
That's about 30,000, but I'm sorry, about 30,000.

1849
02:31:05,140 --> 02:31:08,320
30,000 for a direct deposit.

1850
02:31:09,140 --> 02:31:11,540
Okay, do I have to open the hearing?

1851
02:31:11,720 --> 02:31:14,740
Yes, here is now open and which comment please raise your hand.

1852
02:31:14,840 --> 02:31:17,680
We recognize most close clearing.

1853
02:31:18,180 --> 02:31:19,560
Do I have a second?

1854
02:31:20,140 --> 02:31:20,520
Second.

1855
02:31:20,780 --> 02:31:21,200
On a favor?

1856
02:31:22,060 --> 02:31:22,580
Okay.

1857
02:31:23,140 --> 02:31:25,840
Motion on the adoption of ordinances 12 and 13?

1858
02:31:26,560 --> 02:31:26,760
Yes.

1859
02:31:27,980 --> 02:31:28,500
Second.

1860
02:31:29,120 --> 02:31:29,260
Yeah.

1861
02:31:30,540 --> 02:31:31,600
Councillor Omanami-Rais?

1862
02:31:31,860 --> 02:31:32,060
Yes.

1863
02:31:32,880 --> 02:31:33,840
Councillor Schorch?

1864
02:31:34,080 --> 02:31:34,240
Yes.

1865
02:31:34,700 --> 02:31:35,400
Councillor Ossohn?

1866
02:31:35,540 --> 02:31:35,840
Yes.

1867
02:31:36,500 --> 02:31:37,440
Definitely approve it?

1868
02:31:37,620 --> 02:31:37,800
Yeah.

1869
02:31:38,180 --> 02:31:38,900
Definitely merit counts.

1870
02:31:39,340 --> 02:31:39,540
Yes.

1871
02:31:39,780 --> 02:31:40,400
Orances are adopted.

1872
02:31:40,780 --> 02:31:41,060
Okay.

1873
02:31:41,680 --> 02:31:43,400
Can I have someone move the consent agenda?

1874
02:31:43,980 --> 02:31:46,360
There's a motion to move the consent agenda in the bill amount of.

1875
02:31:47,300 --> 02:31:54,460
The bill is the amount of $5,662,335 and 39 cents.

1876
02:31:54,720 --> 02:31:55,060
So moved.

1877
02:31:55,720 --> 02:31:56,080
Second.

1878
02:31:57,180 --> 02:32:05,880
Mr. Clerk, may I pull the minutes and resolution is 85, 2018, 87.

1879
02:32:09,640 --> 02:32:13,200
And I'm just going to ask for an explanation of 107, but I'll pull that as well.

1880
02:32:14,240 --> 02:32:15,240
I was just going to ask.

1881
02:32:15,640 --> 02:32:20,900
I was going to ask for a further elaboration of 286 as well, just for which one?

1882
02:32:22,360 --> 02:32:23,240
86, 2018.

1883
02:32:25,500 --> 02:32:28,640
Just explanation, because I think it's something great in terms of shifts.

1884
02:32:28,640 --> 02:32:32,340
The services will pass everything, vote on everything else.

1885
02:32:32,340 --> 02:32:33,900
I think it should be, just discuss it.

1886
02:32:34,580 --> 02:32:34,900
I mentioned

1887
02:32:37,780 --> 02:32:47,980
motion 8407, with the exception of 85, 86, 87, and 107.

1888
02:32:48,720 --> 02:32:54,580
And as you had mentioned, Deputy Mayor Katz, the resolution to confirm the start and date,

1889
02:32:54,780 --> 02:32:59,120
start time and date of the organization meeting is listed as resolution 104.

1890
02:33:00,100 --> 02:33:07,360
I think we know what the choreography isn't what this is going to mean, but again, just to explain for the benefit of the public.

1891
02:33:07,700 --> 02:33:09,340
There's only 104 as well.

1892
02:33:09,620 --> 02:33:09,680
Yes.

1893
02:33:10,220 --> 02:33:10,400
Okay.

1894
02:33:10,660 --> 02:33:12,000
One other quick council member.

1895
02:33:12,280 --> 02:33:13,560
Exponation 106.

1896
02:33:14,040 --> 02:33:15,400
Pulling 106 as well.

1897
02:33:17,600 --> 02:33:18,080
Okay.

1898
02:33:19,700 --> 02:33:26,460
So we have the motion in a second with the exception of 85, 86, 87, 104, 106, and 107.

1899
02:33:28,730 --> 02:33:37,650
roll call. Okay. Council, I'm your ice. Yes. Council, whose words? Yes. Council, I'm sorry. I know on the bill list. Yes, I'm everything else.

1900
02:33:40,730 --> 02:33:42,250
Let me approve it. Yes.

1901
02:33:42,990 --> 02:33:56,250
Let me recap. I'm saying on the bill list and I'm saying on 91 to 102 and 105 and 106. I want to six people. Okay. Well, I'll be

1902
02:33:56,250 --> 02:33:57,250
of standing on that one week.

1903
02:33:57,690 --> 02:33:58,650
Everything else passes?

1904
02:34:00,150 --> 02:34:00,930
Okay, next.

1905
02:34:01,830 --> 02:34:03,590
Councilmember Sohn, you did 85?

1906
02:34:03,830 --> 02:34:06,590
Yeah, well, again, just going to ask the manager again.

1907
02:34:07,090 --> 02:34:09,590
Mr. Manager, Deputy Mayor, I know that this is a concern,

1908
02:34:09,830 --> 02:34:12,410
but whether we do want to fill or not for these positions,

1909
02:34:13,010 --> 02:34:14,790
an issue, the issue was raised.

1910
02:34:15,770 --> 02:34:18,710
Mr. Rose spoke about, you know, if we haven't filled it,

1911
02:34:18,830 --> 02:34:20,550
should we fill it, maybe we don't need to fill it?

1912
02:34:20,890 --> 02:34:22,450
Or as we discussed at the last minute,

1913
02:34:22,650 --> 02:34:23,390
if it was your circumstances.

1914
02:34:23,390 --> 02:34:28,010
Whether it's right or wrong, you guys are about to go to in more intense negotiations and conversations

1915
02:34:28,010 --> 02:34:29,030
regarding the budget.

1916
02:34:29,450 --> 02:34:29,870
Why?

1917
02:34:30,250 --> 02:34:35,150
Well, correct, although, for example, I think, you know, a circumstance that Mr.

1918
02:34:35,290 --> 02:34:41,390
Rose described that we might be hiring someone that keeps us from using over time that saves us money

1919
02:34:41,390 --> 02:34:46,250
as I think we argued with the police officer we hired, where there was significant breakage.

1920
02:34:46,370 --> 02:34:50,950
It might be justified to do with now, even without the budget, but I do think it is appropriate.

1921
02:34:54,190 --> 02:34:58,530
The first item on 85 is technical assistant.

1922
02:34:59,490 --> 02:35:06,770
We have a technical assistant who's resigning to take another position close to this.

1923
02:35:07,050 --> 02:35:10,790
This is building department, this is building department.

1924
02:35:11,010 --> 02:35:17,710
So we have, we normally would have three technical assistants, this will bring us down to two.

1925
02:35:17,710 --> 02:35:26,130
And these are very, very important positions in processing of paperwork, scheduling, inspections,

1926
02:35:26,730 --> 02:35:33,770
and that's a position that you have to fill in order for building the department to run appropriately.

1927
02:35:34,490 --> 02:35:38,470
Is there savings with hiring a new person over what the old person made?

1928
02:35:38,970 --> 02:35:40,150
It should be a savings.

1929
02:35:40,370 --> 02:35:46,670
The other person who's resigning their final salary, where you'll be about 55,000,

1930
02:35:46,670 --> 02:35:57,470
The salary range for the new person begins at $41, so it's all determined by that person's experience.

1931
02:35:57,970 --> 02:36:01,110
But you've got to have those positions. We don't really have two.

1932
02:36:02,030 --> 02:36:03,890
Okay, Councillor Neill, are you?

1933
02:36:04,170 --> 02:36:05,290
Oh, did you want the last one?

1934
02:36:05,650 --> 02:36:07,730
Yeah, the second one is the police officer.

1935
02:36:08,230 --> 02:36:15,510
We have a police officer who's resigning and the person's moving to another state.

1936
02:36:17,450 --> 02:36:30,310
And his salary at resignation is 1.13 and the new salary will be 33, 4.46, that'll be significant.

1937
02:36:30,630 --> 02:36:38,050
Also, we should fill this position because of the time it's going to take to get another officer in place.

1938
02:36:38,450 --> 02:36:42,650
Is okay if we get some more explanations and then we'll do votes on all of them at the same time.

1939
02:36:42,830 --> 02:36:43,410
Is that okay, council?

1940
02:36:43,410 --> 02:36:48,050
86, 86,

1941
02:36:50,290 --> 02:36:57,670
the shared services agreement, Tina Kingwood Hackensack, is a piece of

1942
02:36:57,670 --> 02:37:07,570
swathware that's used to program their gear for receiving oxygen.

1943
02:37:07,570 --> 02:37:09,310
I forgot the name of it, I can't.

1944
02:37:11,630 --> 02:37:34,670
Scott Pax, to program that, there's Scott Pax, the TNAC is going to serve as the lead agency, they're going to purchase it, we're going to purchase it, and then the other towns are going to reimburse a portion of that, and we'll all get to use the software, because they use the same work with it.

1945
02:37:34,670 --> 02:37:40,350
7. My question, Mr. Manager, is, you know, can I see what it is, but is this an increase

1946
02:37:40,350 --> 02:37:44,910
a decrease? What will the, what will the impact be on the township role in this two years?

1947
02:37:49,880 --> 02:37:58,520
I believe that the disposal costs are about the same. I don't have the exact number.

1948
02:37:58,720 --> 02:38:03,720
I didn't, I just didn't, I don't remember what the number is exactly on the amount

1949
02:38:03,720 --> 02:38:10,780
of disposal, of course, but the impact should be the same locations that will be going

1950
02:38:10,780 --> 02:38:18,480
to travel to, you know, trucks will be traveling to to dispose of the material.

1951
02:38:18,720 --> 02:38:21,360
So there's not going to be any material impact.

1952
02:38:22,220 --> 02:38:24,280
Councillor Minnish Horace and the volunteer firefighter.

1953
02:38:24,740 --> 02:38:25,900
Yes, well, I'm sorry.

1954
02:38:26,140 --> 02:38:27,460
I'm back to the BCU, sorry.

1955
02:38:27,820 --> 02:38:28,600
I can't wait.

1956
02:38:28,860 --> 02:38:30,600
We thought you were giving up some insight on this.

1957
02:38:30,600 --> 02:38:35,780
I'm sure you would just, you're sure you could, you just say that you're talking about me, see you in the way.

1958
02:38:36,180 --> 02:38:37,240
Craig, sorry, 87.

1959
02:38:37,800 --> 02:38:38,560
That's what I want to talk about.

1960
02:38:38,900 --> 02:38:45,140
The B.C.A., is it, do we have options here, are there other, anything, I mean, why would we discuss it as options?

1961
02:38:45,400 --> 02:38:48,020
I'm not going to have, no, we don't really have options.

1962
02:38:48,580 --> 02:38:49,280
We don't really have.

1963
02:38:49,780 --> 02:38:52,740
So whatever price they say, we just say bring it, right?

1964
02:38:53,660 --> 02:38:54,620
Yeah, this is not the day.

1965
02:38:55,140 --> 02:39:00,440
Yeah, I mean, I don't think we have a, you know, a tremendous amount of stuff that would

1966
02:39:00,440 --> 02:39:10,860
dealing with, I mean, we're not the town that is, you know, doing trash disposal for the whole town, you know, empty and garbage cans.

1967
02:39:11,480 --> 02:39:12,180
How much are we talking about?

1968
02:39:12,220 --> 02:39:12,920
How much are we talking about?

1969
02:39:13,860 --> 02:39:14,760
That's my question.

1970
02:39:15,280 --> 02:39:19,660
I don't remember this specific budget number, but it's not a significant amount of money.

1971
02:39:19,720 --> 02:39:20,180
But you'll get it.

1972
02:39:20,200 --> 02:39:21,400
I have to just circulate that.

1973
02:39:21,560 --> 02:39:22,760
Shocking my budget for here.

1974
02:39:23,080 --> 02:39:23,320
Okay.

1975
02:39:23,720 --> 02:39:25,500
1-0-4-201-8.

1976
02:39:26,160 --> 02:39:36,920
So I'm happy to say it looks like I get another day in office, but Mr. Attorney, if you could just explain for the benefit of the public what the choreography is and why it's shifted from the first to the second and how this is going to work.

1977
02:39:38,600 --> 02:39:46,080
Well, there are, there were a number of religious issues with the, we're talking about the reorganization meeting.

1978
02:39:47,180 --> 02:39:52,140
So the reorganization meeting, which by statute is supposed to be on July 1st,

1979
02:39:52,140 --> 02:39:54,420
It falls on a Sunday.

1980
02:39:55,180 --> 02:39:58,220
It's my understanding from certain members of the council

1981
02:39:58,220 --> 02:40:00,980
and some incoming members, that's a fast day for them.

1982
02:40:01,580 --> 02:40:04,380
Other members, it's a religious day, observant's day.

1983
02:40:05,800 --> 02:40:13,080
And in order to in order to effectuate the statute,

1984
02:40:13,600 --> 02:40:15,040
all the council members who were,

1985
02:40:15,280 --> 02:40:17,800
do we elect it, it will be sworn in,

1986
02:40:18,200 --> 02:40:19,900
will sign the Roth of Office cards on the first,

1987
02:40:19,900 --> 02:40:22,580
so they will formally take office on the first,

1988
02:40:23,100 --> 02:40:25,360
but the reorganization meeting will take place on the second.

1989
02:40:26,600 --> 02:40:29,240
There are any number of statues out there

1990
02:40:29,240 --> 02:40:32,640
that say with a number of cases,

1991
02:40:32,640 --> 02:40:36,380
they say that when something falls on a Sunday

1992
02:40:36,380 --> 02:40:39,760
or a holiday that you're allowed to move to the next day,

1993
02:40:40,140 --> 02:40:42,500
and there's no detriment to the township

1994
02:40:42,500 --> 02:40:44,760
by moving the meeting to the first.

1995
02:40:44,820 --> 02:40:45,740
I think actually it's a benefit

1996
02:40:45,740 --> 02:40:48,100
because it's gonna allow probably more members

1997
02:40:48,100 --> 02:40:53,100
of the public to be present because of the non-religious conflicts and other conflicts

1998
02:40:53,100 --> 02:40:54,640
that will occur on that Sunday.

1999
02:40:55,040 --> 02:40:56,360
So I don't get an extra day in office.

2000
02:40:56,900 --> 02:40:57,540
No, okay.

2001
02:40:57,720 --> 02:40:58,420
So it's 630.

2002
02:40:59,380 --> 02:41:04,340
106-201-8, Mr. Mandra, can you, it just, I think I'll tell him the right thing.

2003
02:41:04,380 --> 02:41:05,320
Yeah, I just asked the question.

2004
02:41:05,500 --> 02:41:09,680
I'm like, care, one needs a liquor license, but I just want to know what that would refer to.

2005
02:41:10,480 --> 02:41:14,820
No, when it was inward manner, when it was inward manner, there was a liquor license.

2006
02:41:14,960 --> 02:41:16,320
This was called a pocket license.

2007
02:41:16,320 --> 02:41:21,660
So they own the license, they just don't use it, but it has to be renewed otherwise otherwise.

2008
02:41:21,900 --> 02:41:24,400
I mean, it's an incredibly valuable asset that they have.

2009
02:41:25,240 --> 02:41:28,420
I think they do use it actually for seniors during the holidays season.

2010
02:41:28,460 --> 02:41:29,260
Oh, oh, correct.

2011
02:41:29,440 --> 02:41:31,340
But it's not on a regular basis, they're not.

2012
02:41:32,180 --> 02:41:38,500
It allows the premises to sell license to serve you.

2013
02:41:39,000 --> 02:41:40,980
You know, alcohol and glass are open containers.

2014
02:41:41,420 --> 02:41:43,460
But they're not like a wine depot or anything like that.

2015
02:41:43,460 --> 02:41:47,080
I'll instruct my care health care provider, send me there, that's what you're saying.

2016
02:41:47,480 --> 02:41:51,060
Okay, 107-2018, Mr. Manager.

2017
02:41:52,680 --> 02:41:54,760
Honours, is there a particular question?

2018
02:41:54,980 --> 02:41:59,700
We just have one item, we just have to explain what that one item is for the amended budget.

2019
02:42:02,020 --> 02:42:04,160
You've got to give me a second, I guess, sorry.

2020
02:42:04,620 --> 02:42:10,160
It's a page of $137, an edition of $150,000 to self-insurance.

2021
02:42:13,400 --> 02:42:14,820
Is this workers' count?

2022
02:42:15,500 --> 02:42:15,760
Yes.

2023
02:42:15,760 --> 02:42:15,880
Yes.

2024
02:42:16,740 --> 02:42:17,180
Okay.

2025
02:42:17,420 --> 02:42:18,180
You can explain it again.

2026
02:42:18,240 --> 02:42:22,040
So there is, when I checked with the manager today and the accountant, there was a little bit

2027
02:42:22,040 --> 02:42:27,800
of an overage and this fund it's made for paying a claim for self-insurance purposes.

2028
02:42:28,400 --> 02:42:33,940
And this money needs to be put into the temporary budget to get us back out of the red and into

2029
02:42:33,940 --> 02:42:38,640
the black and give us a little bit of cushion and the event that claims to be paid before the

2030
02:42:38,640 --> 02:42:39,540
budget's adopted.

2031
02:42:39,540 --> 02:42:45,600
whenever that may be, hopefully on June 19th and you know that should resolve the matter.

2032
02:42:45,740 --> 02:42:46,780
This is an underage.

2033
02:42:46,940 --> 02:42:48,960
This is an underage in the right not overage.

2034
02:42:49,100 --> 02:42:49,160
Yes.

2035
02:42:49,640 --> 02:42:49,740
Okay.

2036
02:42:49,920 --> 02:42:58,460
It is, we usually budget around $800,000 to pay those claims and we've been you know

2037
02:42:58,460 --> 02:43:03,240
putting money in there slowly and we just want to make sure not only to bring up that

2038
02:43:05,480 --> 02:43:10,080
amount in the account, we want to make sure there's enough in that account to plan

2039
02:43:10,080 --> 02:43:12,000
and he claims that that may come up as well.

2040
02:43:12,100 --> 02:43:14,300
Leave your also like 60,000 in the red right now.

2041
02:43:14,440 --> 02:43:15,280
Last check, so.

2042
02:43:15,740 --> 02:43:21,500
Okay, roll call in 104, 106, 107, 85, 86, and 87.

2043
02:43:22,000 --> 02:43:23,760
I think there's also minutes and councilments on that.

2044
02:43:23,960 --> 02:43:26,380
If we leave the minutes separately.

2045
02:43:27,540 --> 02:43:27,720
Okay.

2046
02:43:28,280 --> 02:43:30,320
All right, so motion with Ellie, the mayor, council.

2047
02:43:30,320 --> 02:43:30,800
I'll second.

2048
02:43:31,220 --> 02:43:32,540
Second, council, council.

2049
02:43:32,660 --> 02:43:33,120
Councilman, on your rights?

2050
02:43:33,580 --> 02:43:33,720
Yes.

2051
02:43:34,560 --> 02:43:35,200
Councilman Schwartz?

2052
02:43:35,480 --> 02:43:35,660
Yes.

2053
02:43:36,240 --> 02:43:36,740
Councilman, so.

2054
02:43:36,980 --> 02:43:37,180
Yes.

2055
02:43:37,840 --> 02:43:38,560
Do you approve it?

2056
02:43:38,740 --> 02:43:38,880
Yep.

2057
02:43:38,880 --> 02:43:43,600
Yes, with an abstention on 106-201-8.

2058
02:43:44,680 --> 02:43:47,040
Okay, move the minutes.

2059
02:43:49,740 --> 02:43:53,540
The minutes, so let's say the missing move, just for discussion.

2060
02:43:54,520 --> 02:44:07,740
The January 11th minutes is the only meeting that is on for the entire 2018 that is on the website.

2061
02:44:07,740 --> 02:44:09,280
And again, we haven't even approved that yet.

2062
02:44:10,020 --> 02:44:19,960
So we've also had meetings on January 19th, 30th, February 13th, 15th, 22nd, 27th, March 1st, 18th, 13th, April 10th, and May 15th already.

2063
02:44:20,460 --> 02:44:23,820
That's 11 meetings where we don't have minutes.

2064
02:44:25,180 --> 02:44:30,160
For those of budget meetings where we don't know what we agreed upon and what we discussed or what happened there.

2065
02:44:30,800 --> 02:44:34,920
And there were seven closed sessions where we are in danger.

2066
02:44:34,920 --> 02:44:44,160
Again, the open session, I'll be able to see what those minutes are, and I'll be able to tell you in July or August, you know what, you know, Mr. Abbasi, you made a mistake.

2067
02:44:44,560 --> 02:44:57,620
But there's a significant likelihood that if we don't get those closed session minutes before the next meeting, that I will not have an opportunity to councilman castle not have an opportunity to review those minutes and confirm their accuracy.

2068
02:44:57,620 --> 02:44:59,980
And I think that there is a real

2069
02:45:00,000 --> 02:45:25,680
I mean, it's not just that the ten days is not just, you know, let's whip a number out of the hat. It really is important that we should be walking into, you know, meeting X and having the minutes from meeting X minus one. And I know, you know, I raised the issue. Do you have the resources, you know, is this, you know, we are not getting catching up and that we're not approving them. We just don't seem to have the minutes. And I just want to express my concern about this issue.

2070
02:45:25,680 --> 02:45:32,020
For my benefit and for the benefit of all those in the public who actually look forward to reading the minutes of our meetings sure

2071
02:45:32,020 --> 02:45:39,260
So there are three sets of closed session minutes. I've gotten approved by the attorney. They'll be circulated tomorrow and then we put on the next

2072
02:45:40,700 --> 02:45:41,100
Next

2073
02:45:41,960 --> 02:45:51,060
Meeting for the 19th I was going to circulate them on Thursday, but because there's a holiday you don't have three days to curate so I figured let's just get them out this week

2074
02:45:51,060 --> 02:45:55,920
And those cover, I believe it's the March meeting, the April meeting and the last meeting of May.

2075
02:45:56,360 --> 02:45:58,940
So you'd be caught up essentially by the next meeting on closed session.

2076
02:45:59,280 --> 02:46:03,040
For open session, we are endeavoring, you know, as fast as we can to get those going.

2077
02:46:03,440 --> 02:46:07,000
We have election next Tuesday, we have 308 opres, that's 308 opres.

2078
02:46:07,360 --> 02:46:11,140
When we were caught up with the minutes back in September of 2016, we had four opres.

2079
02:46:11,800 --> 02:46:15,320
So, you know, it waxes and it wanes, and we're doing our level best.

2080
02:46:15,560 --> 02:46:16,760
Can I just add something to that?

2081
02:46:16,760 --> 02:46:29,080
The reason he said is behind the reason that the minutes are late, the reason items aren't on the website and things like that, we don't have the staff.

2082
02:46:30,040 --> 02:46:45,740
I mean, it is so glaring, some of the things that are being complained about, we just don't have to say he cannot do 308 operas and sit in the room for eight hours or six.

2083
02:46:45,740 --> 02:46:48,240
We have four-hour meetings, four-five-hour meetings.

2084
02:46:48,580 --> 02:46:51,200
He has to watch the entire meeting and do the minutes.

2085
02:46:51,660 --> 02:46:54,460
That's one of his most important responsibilities

2086
02:46:55,020 --> 02:46:58,400
that to me, he shouldn't delegate, he should do it.

2087
02:46:59,160 --> 02:47:01,520
So if he's tied up in the room doing that,

2088
02:47:02,080 --> 02:47:04,640
there's not enough staff to do the opus.

2089
02:47:04,980 --> 02:47:06,260
He needs more people.

2090
02:47:06,980 --> 02:47:10,220
And the only way for him to get more people is more money

2091
02:47:10,700 --> 02:47:12,600
so that we could hire those people.

2092
02:47:12,600 --> 02:47:18,780
Well, if we want a website that's robust and has all the information on that website

2093
02:47:18,780 --> 02:47:26,040
for the public to see that we need to dedicate someone to that and say that that's important

2094
02:47:26,040 --> 02:47:31,720
and we have to fund it and hire somebody if we think that that's very important, that's

2095
02:47:31,720 --> 02:47:32,480
what's occurring here.

2096
02:47:32,720 --> 02:47:37,740
We're talking about the parks, the grass isn't being cut, the number of complaints we're

2097
02:47:37,740 --> 02:47:38,260
receiving.

2098
02:47:39,220 --> 02:47:42,760
It's because we don't have enough people to cut the grass.

2099
02:47:44,040 --> 02:47:47,000
Those are the issues that we're facing.

2100
02:47:47,340 --> 02:47:49,700
Councilman Schwartz, do you have a motion to do that?

2101
02:47:49,700 --> 02:47:52,980
We always have the video available, so I think we're fine.

2102
02:47:53,140 --> 02:47:54,380
I think I'll survive.

2103
02:47:55,100 --> 02:47:57,760
We also know that if we get caught up on the minutes next week,

2104
02:47:58,060 --> 02:48:00,780
you can have 150 more opus followed by noon tomorrow.

2105
02:48:01,080 --> 02:48:02,560
So this over game's not going to go.

2106
02:48:02,840 --> 02:48:04,880
If you got an issue, you want to know what happened to me

2107
02:48:04,880 --> 02:48:07,400
and watch on the video because you're not going to get caught

2108
02:48:07,400 --> 02:48:11,200
up these minutes. There are forces that are working against you, so if you think you're

2109
02:48:11,200 --> 02:48:14,020
going to get, you can get 48 more hours in a day, they're just going to file more

2110
02:48:14,020 --> 02:48:20,160
opus. Okay, and about 99.99% of every opa that's filed is absolutely meaningless,

2111
02:48:20,400 --> 02:48:24,720
and no action has ever been taken in the six, in the six years, almost of the day

2112
02:48:24,720 --> 02:48:28,700
that I've been up here. I think about four times something was used to say, look what

2113
02:48:28,700 --> 02:48:34,020
I found. I found thousands of opaers in six years. So, you know, you're doing a great

2114
02:48:34,020 --> 02:48:38,180
It's a great job, and Mr. Manager, as it relates to the progress, the township

2115
02:48:38,920 --> 02:48:40,520
residents will want to see that zero.

2116
02:48:40,960 --> 02:48:44,900
We had some progress issues that were cut, they were behind because of the rain.

2117
02:48:45,280 --> 02:48:47,340
They're doing a great job, everyone's doing a great job.

2118
02:48:47,580 --> 02:48:51,820
I understand we can throw money at this problem and just hire out the wazoo, but I think

2119
02:48:51,820 --> 02:48:53,440
we're doing a great job.

2120
02:48:53,640 --> 02:48:55,360
But I just, let me just say one last thing.

2121
02:48:56,020 --> 02:48:58,480
Let me just extend the meeting to 1110, any questions?

2122
02:48:58,480 --> 02:49:00,280
I'll make a motion to extend the meeting to 1110.

2123
02:49:00,280 --> 02:49:12,320
So all of this does not obviate ESA's responsibility as the clerk to respond to the

2124
02:49:12,320 --> 02:49:18,960
opus. Even if we believe their frivolous, nothing's been done, he still has a

2125
02:49:18,960 --> 02:49:23,840
responsibility and he's falling short in that responsibility because he didn't

2126
02:49:23,840 --> 02:49:26,140
have the staff to do it.

2127
02:49:26,140 --> 02:49:27,600
He's in a race for it.

2128
02:49:27,600 --> 02:49:31,560
Don't you see, this is a trial, I will, I will stop responding to all of them.

2129
02:49:31,620 --> 02:49:34,240
You don't want to hear that, but I'm going to stop responding to all of them.

2130
02:49:34,240 --> 02:49:37,080
I have two of them in there said, I'll respond to all of them.

2131
02:49:37,080 --> 02:49:43,020
No, no, I agree with what you said, but he still has a legal responsibility.

2132
02:49:44,060 --> 02:49:48,440
We're not able to just say, let me, let me, let me have a moment.

2133
02:49:48,440 --> 02:50:01,160
I think that what can happen is Mr. Issa could create a template with the

2134
02:50:01,160 --> 02:50:06,900
components that we have in every meeting and as he's sitting there filling

2135
02:50:06,900 --> 02:50:11,780
the template in the meeting and be done at the end of the meeting without

2136
02:50:11,780 --> 02:50:13,380
having to go through all this nonsense.

2137
02:50:16,180 --> 02:50:20,060
I think there's a possibility of doing that if you get really creative.

2138
02:50:20,320 --> 02:50:26,300
When you fill in the template, we had ordnance number 2000, whatever it is,

2139
02:50:26,820 --> 02:50:29,060
5.4 or 5.3.

2140
02:50:29,820 --> 02:50:34,500
And move on, because we try to do too good a job, and it's impossible.

2141
02:50:35,000 --> 02:50:39,080
If you want to watch the meeting, somebody can give you a tape, you can go watch it.

2142
02:50:39,080 --> 02:50:45,680
But as far as the minutes are concerned, I think that there's a way to do it that doesn't overwhelm anybody.

2143
02:50:45,820 --> 02:50:51,540
If you sit there and fill in the answers to the question and move on to the next thing at the end of the meeting, you're done.

2144
02:50:51,920 --> 02:50:54,980
Or just call Doug. He'll jump into the seat and take care of business.

2145
02:50:55,240 --> 02:50:56,720
You should have seen what he did while you were out.

2146
02:50:56,900 --> 02:51:01,820
I mean, I don't know if we've been recording for the last three hours, but he did a great job improvising.

2147
02:51:02,320 --> 02:51:03,640
Council is so quick as to go with.

2148
02:51:03,640 --> 02:51:04,300
Yeah, very good.

2149
02:51:04,460 --> 02:51:11,380
Just so with with lawn mowing, we have in the budget, as the manager said, enough to fill 30 positions.

2150
02:51:11,680 --> 02:51:15,440
We have been able to fill them, but we do have the resources built into the budget.

2151
02:51:16,960 --> 02:51:19,880
Section 231, which covers the duties of the clerk.

2152
02:51:20,400 --> 02:51:25,380
A, the first item in there says that you have a responsibility to prepare minutes.

2153
02:51:26,000 --> 02:51:30,060
And these minutes are required to be prepared detailed written minutes and made them available

2154
02:51:30,060 --> 02:51:31,820
to the council within 10 business days.

2155
02:51:31,820 --> 02:51:39,220
Now, there is a catch-all penalty with, I think, it's $500 per day per incident.

2156
02:51:39,660 --> 02:51:41,360
I don't know that we use it too often.

2157
02:51:41,740 --> 02:51:44,240
So there is an obligation to produce those minutes.

2158
02:51:44,640 --> 02:51:48,860
And I think the one question I have, again, to the manager's issue is, I dig raise

2159
02:51:48,860 --> 02:51:49,300
that issue.

2160
02:51:49,420 --> 02:51:54,340
I said, Mr. Clerk, if this is the new normal, if you are getting the same number of open

2161
02:51:54,340 --> 02:51:58,920
requests and you're not catching up on those minutes, do you have the resources you need?

2162
02:51:58,920 --> 02:52:02,500
You do not have the resources you need to be able to do this.

2163
02:52:02,920 --> 02:52:07,020
And I think the question that I have at this point is, is, again, if you need that,

2164
02:52:07,640 --> 02:52:11,240
you know, this is the time to ask for it, because my concern is that we're going to keep

2165
02:52:11,240 --> 02:52:13,200
on falling further and further and further behind.

2166
02:52:13,620 --> 02:52:18,180
The only consolation is that meetings are front-loaded in the first half of the year.

2167
02:52:18,280 --> 02:52:22,020
There are a lot fewer, you have a, hopefully, a quiet summer, and then you have fewer

2168
02:52:22,020 --> 02:52:25,440
meetings in the second half of the year, but, you know, again, will you be able to catch

2169
02:52:25,440 --> 02:52:27,660
up? And that's my question, and that's my concern.

2170
02:52:27,660 --> 02:52:30,260
And I'm not doing this because this is a gotcha.

2171
02:52:30,360 --> 02:52:35,200
I just think this is something that we should have, that we should be able, every meeting that a new council

2172
02:52:35,200 --> 02:52:40,960
walks in and says, ah, the meeting, the minutes from the previous session are up there for review and

2173
02:52:40,960 --> 02:52:44,640
discussion. And you know, what happened? You know, and it's not a question. Wait a second.

2174
02:52:44,780 --> 02:52:48,840
Is that what happened in January? Did we do that? Did we discuss that? Did we miss something?

2175
02:52:48,940 --> 02:52:54,260
And I hope that we can catch up with this. And this is not a gotcha. This is what we should be doing.

2176
02:52:54,260 --> 02:52:57,780
And there's a reason for it, and I hope that we can resolve the session going forward.

2177
02:52:58,040 --> 02:52:59,580
And I thank you, and I thank you again.

2178
02:52:59,700 --> 02:53:03,820
I didn't know that there were progress on that, and I look forward to seeing this resolved.

2179
02:53:04,200 --> 02:53:04,800
For all call.

2180
02:53:05,660 --> 02:53:06,440
I need a motion to second.

2181
02:53:07,180 --> 02:53:07,580
Motion.

2182
02:53:08,560 --> 02:53:08,960
Second.

2183
02:53:10,340 --> 02:53:11,960
Dr. Prue, are you going to second the minutes?

2184
02:53:12,880 --> 02:53:13,280
Absolutely.

2185
02:53:13,580 --> 02:53:13,740
Yep.

2186
02:53:14,060 --> 02:53:14,280
We got.

2187
02:53:14,720 --> 02:53:15,000
Okay.

2188
02:53:15,620 --> 02:53:16,360
Councilwoman Ramirez.

2189
02:53:16,640 --> 02:53:16,780
Yes.

2190
02:53:17,700 --> 02:53:18,320
Councilman Schwartz.

2191
02:53:18,800 --> 02:53:19,000
Yes.

2192
02:53:20,020 --> 02:53:20,700
Councilman Salton.

2193
02:53:20,840 --> 02:53:21,020
No.

2194
02:53:21,920 --> 02:53:22,900
Definitely approve it.

2195
02:53:22,900 --> 02:53:24,640
Yeah, that may recount.

2196
02:53:24,940 --> 02:53:25,080
No.

2197
02:53:25,600 --> 02:53:26,180
Minute pass.

2198
02:53:26,660 --> 02:53:26,920
Okay.

2199
02:53:27,100 --> 02:53:30,280
Next, we have introduction of ordinances.

2200
02:53:32,840 --> 02:53:33,320
Yes.

2201
02:53:33,480 --> 02:53:36,900
These are all ordinances that the public might have seen before.

2202
02:53:37,320 --> 02:53:38,460
They were all passed.

2203
02:53:38,980 --> 02:53:42,900
But because of a technical glitch of some sort,

2204
02:53:43,460 --> 02:53:48,220
we have to reintroduce and just finalize the process as it goes to the planning board,

2205
02:53:48,380 --> 02:53:50,100
then as it goes to the county, then as it comes back to us.

2206
02:53:50,100 --> 02:54:20,080
So, so ordinance 14-2018 formerly and still ordinance 25-2017 and ordinance amending section 33-28 of Article 5 of chapter 33 of the code of the touch of a tineck, respecting driveway width within the RS residential single family attached district ordinance 15-2018, also known as ordinance 26-2017 and ordinance amending section 33-24 of Article 5 of chapter 33 of the code of the touch with tineck, respecting side yard paving within the

2207
02:54:20,080 --> 02:54:22,400
in the R.S. residential single-family tax district,

2208
02:54:22,940 --> 02:54:27,340
ordained 16-2018, also ordained 27-2017,

2209
02:54:27,900 --> 02:54:30,800
an ordinance amending section 33-24 of Article 5

2210
02:54:30,800 --> 02:54:33,140
of Chapter 33 of the Code of Tantra and Tena,

2211
02:54:33,140 --> 02:54:34,860
respecting accessory temporary tents

2212
02:54:34,860 --> 02:54:37,620
within the R.S. residential single-family tax district,

2213
02:54:38,080 --> 02:54:42,320
and ordained 17-2018, also known as ordained 33-2017,

2214
02:54:43,160 --> 02:54:46,780
an ordinance to amend the provisions of subsection C5E.6

2215
02:54:46,780 --> 02:54:51,400
of Section 33-18 of Article 3 of Chapter 33 of the Code attached to Petitek,

2216
02:54:51,700 --> 02:54:53,980
the leading of the uniformity requirement for business science.

2217
02:54:54,720 --> 02:54:58,840
Could I just get an explanation of this technical difficulties and what this,

2218
02:54:59,160 --> 02:55:03,560
and what is the status, I mean, were they passed or the effect of what is used to be?

2219
02:55:03,640 --> 02:55:10,000
Well, they were all passed, but in order to make sure that it's 100% bulletproof,

2220
02:55:10,360 --> 02:55:15,100
we want to make sure that it goes to the planning board and goes to the county and

2221
02:55:15,100 --> 02:55:19,200
And then comes back to us, and there was one or two of them that might not have had

2222
02:55:19,200 --> 02:55:20,640
that process completed.

2223
02:55:21,160 --> 02:55:26,640
So, therefore, we're putting them all forward again, introduce them and adopt them

2224
02:55:26,640 --> 02:55:26,860
on that.

2225
02:55:27,340 --> 02:55:33,980
So, for example, there, I've seen applications in front of the Board of Adjustment

2226
02:55:33,980 --> 02:55:40,060
that refer to some of these ordinances, or they are they in effect, they are live,

2227
02:55:40,200 --> 02:55:44,380
they are live, this is suspenders in the belt, they've passed, and they're valid,

2228
02:55:45,400 --> 02:55:49,440
It's like anything else, if they're live, they've been working under the premise

2229
02:55:49,440 --> 02:55:53,440
that they're live, but if they're challenged, like I said, you know, that's what's

2230
02:55:53,440 --> 02:55:54,580
why it makes something bulletproof.

2231
02:55:54,740 --> 02:55:58,220
They want to make sure that every single INT with dotted and crossed is spendered and

2232
02:55:58,220 --> 02:55:59,380
belted and whatever it is.

2233
02:55:59,900 --> 02:56:01,500
But that is the process here.

2234
02:56:03,710 --> 02:56:06,990
Mr. Attorney, you had that, that meets your arrest standard.

2235
02:56:10,580 --> 02:56:15,940
Sorry, the process has, that the Americans indicated had some flaws in it in terms of

2236
02:56:15,940 --> 02:56:19,320
the post passage by the Mayor's Council.

2237
02:56:19,820 --> 02:56:22,300
Nothing at the Mayor's Council did that was done improperly.

2238
02:56:22,660 --> 02:56:26,300
There was nothing that was done at this level that was done improperly.

2239
02:56:26,520 --> 02:56:31,300
It was when after any ordinances passed related to a zoning change,

2240
02:56:31,420 --> 02:56:36,620
it's supposed to go to the planning board and the county deputy mayor has indicated for approval.

2241
02:56:37,220 --> 02:56:40,980
And then come back after the re-first reading for adoption here.

2242
02:56:41,980 --> 02:56:44,120
This is built in suspenders is a good term.

2243
02:56:45,100 --> 02:56:57,340
It's more, it's almost like a ratification of sorts, if they're challenged, they're going to be challenged and will be, you know, the planning board will deal with that at the time that that happens.

2244
02:56:58,600 --> 02:57:03,580
You know, this is, this needs to be done for these ordinances to be enforceable in my opinion.

2245
02:57:03,580 --> 02:57:05,000
All right.

2246
02:57:05,140 --> 02:57:05,720
Rule call.

2247
02:57:06,560 --> 02:57:07,080
Motion.

2248
02:57:07,560 --> 02:57:08,080
Motion.

2249
02:57:08,080 --> 02:57:08,700
I'll make the motion.

2250
02:57:08,820 --> 02:57:08,980
All right.

2251
02:57:09,020 --> 02:57:09,400
Why cats?

2252
02:57:10,120 --> 02:57:11,480
Did it be Mayor Pruitt's second?

2253
02:57:13,480 --> 02:57:14,340
Councilman Arminaris?

2254
02:57:15,240 --> 02:57:15,520
Yes.

2255
02:57:16,220 --> 02:57:16,980
Councilman Schwartz?

2256
02:57:17,240 --> 02:57:17,400
Yes.

2257
02:57:18,240 --> 02:57:18,700
Councilman Sone?

2258
02:57:19,020 --> 02:57:19,220
Yes.

2259
02:57:20,280 --> 02:57:20,960
Deputy Mayor Pruitt?

2260
02:57:21,220 --> 02:57:21,380
Yes.

2261
02:57:21,800 --> 02:57:22,540
Deputy Mayor Katz?

2262
02:57:22,760 --> 02:57:22,960
Yes.

2263
02:57:23,740 --> 02:57:24,780
Orders are doing to introduce.

2264
02:57:25,080 --> 02:57:25,340
All right.

2265
02:57:25,440 --> 02:57:31,060
I just want to thank the TNIC police for being here and taking watching over us and thank Doug for coming.

2266
02:57:31,060 --> 02:57:33,900
I hope you're ever going to come back motion to adjourn