mayor like there we go mayor I like to call to order the regular meeting of the El Park mayor and Council for January 18th 2024 to order at 7:00 p.m. on roll call we have council members Dennis here FAO here gobec here pelen here Troy here council president Sheridan here mayor kti here we have a quorum thank you good evening ladies and gentlemen how's everybody doing out there all right good we have a nice uh night lined up besides our normal doing business Town business uh we have as you can see a huge contingency of firefighters here and uh we will be swearing them in and their new Chief uh but first I would like to have everybody please rise for prayer and flag salute oh God God our Father we ask you to bless our meeting which we entrust to your fatherly care and protection please remove all selfishness and Prejudice from our hearts and implant therein a keen sense of justice and a greater love for you and our neighbors guide us in our deliberations so that our decisions will always please you and bring your peace and happiness to our community amen amen I pledge allegiance to flag of the United States of [Music] America nation indivisible and Justice all God and Country love those words whereas chapter 231 of the public laws of the state of New Jersey require at the commencement of every meeting a statement of compliance be read by the presiding officer now therefore be advised that the meeting requirements of this meeting have been met by publishing a special meeting notice in the record in Herald news and by posting such notice in the office of the burough clerk as well as in a public place within the municipal building and also by notifying interested citizens said notice was posted and transmitted on January 6th 2024 and published on January 10th 2024 Miss Maris yes first on the agenda we we have approval amendes we have July 6 2023 work session July 6 2023 executive session July 20th 2023 regular meeting July 20th 2023 executive session August 3rd 2023 special executive session August 3rd 2023 work session August 3rd 2023 executive session motion to approve the minutes so second any discussion all in favor all right on roll call we have council members Dennis yes put yes go yes peline yes choicy yes council president Sheridan yes motion carries at this time we have the installation of our fire department officers the first batch we have are our lieutenants we have Steven Garcia from Company 2 Eric Videl company 3 Justin Hunter company 4 to be sworn in by mayor Rober kti alongside fire commissioner Terry Sheridan if those three lieutenants can please come forward to be sworn in at this time some I we swear that I will support the Constitution I will support theti of the United States United States and the Constitution and of the state of New Jersey of the St that I will bear true faith that I will bear fa in Allegiance Al to the same the and to the governments established in the United States EST in the United States and in this state in this state Under The Authority Under the authority of the people of the people and that I will faithfully and partially and justly and perform all the duties perform all the duties of the office of of the office of Lieutenant Lieutenant according ACC to the best ability so help me God [Applause] congratulations at this time we will have our fire captains Steven kek company 1 alesandro calibri Company 2 Matthew Perez company 3 Samantha chesta company 4 if you could please come forward to be sworn in by mayor kti alongside fire commissioner Teresa Sheran anybody else else I to solemly swear swear that I will support that I will support the Constitution the Constitution of the United States of the United States and the Constitution and the constition of the state of New Jersey state of New Jersey that I will bear true Faith true faith and Allegiance and allegiance to the same to the same and to the governments and to the government established established in the United States in the United States and in this state and in this state Under The Authority Under the authority of the people of the people and that I will faithfully and that I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly perform and justly perform all the duties all the of the office of of the office of C very good they kind of knew [Applause] that we're not even finishing they got according to the best according to the best of my ability of my ability so help me God so help me God [Applause] congratulations at this time we're going to have our Battalion Chiefs we have Tyler Lewinsky second Battalion Chief and Mike Jones first battalion chief please if you could please come forward to be sworn in by mayor klei and fire commissioner councilwoman [Music] Sheridan everyone please rise for the honor guard [Music] family members yeah are they twins uh you got you can have a seat I do Solly swear that I will support support the Constitution theti of the United States of the United States and the Constitution and of the state of New Jersey of the state of newers that I will bear true faith I true faith and Allegiance and Ali to the Saint and to the governments established estblished in the United un states in the United States and in this state in this state Under The Authority Under the authority of the people of the people and that I will faithfully and partially and justly perform all the duties of the office of Balian Chief according to the best of my ability so help me God congratulations we want to thank the twins too right [Applause] please rise brother H guard room remain standing while they reenter the please at this time we would like assistant chief Gregory Thompson to please come forward to be sworn in by mayor Ki alongside fire commissioner councilwoman Sheridan you maybe see it else on the other thank you I thly swear Solly swear that I will support the Constitution that I will support the Constitution of the United States of the United States and the Constitution and the constition of the state of New Jersey of the state of New Jersey that I will be faith in allegiance aliance to the Saints to the government the government established in the united states in the United States and in this state and in this state Under The Authority Under the authority of the people of the people and that I will and I will Faithfully faithfully and partially partially and justly and justly perform all the duties all the duties of the office of of the office of assistant chief assistant chief according to the best of my abilities so help me [Applause] congratulations please rise while the honor guard leav is the room to get the chief at this time we will have Chief Edward majovski to come forward to be sworn in by mayor klei alongside fire commissioner councilwoman Sheridan right you may be seated hey Mike we usually get on the chair for we need a 10 L on this one I I you Solly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and to the governments established in the United States stes and in this state Under The Authority Under the authority of the people people of people and that I will that I will Faithfully faithfully and partially and justly andly perform all the duties of the office of Chief okay good according to the best of my ability best of my ability so help me God help me God congratulations [Applause] yeah the Mills sit down yeah I'm May please stand while off you can uh please be seated at this time we have two Standalone resolutions the first Standalone resolution is resolution r- 54-24 and through e mayor I will be read reading this resolution by title only authorizing the hiring of entry-level police officer Bryant sache at this time we will ask everyone oh sorry need a motion may I have a motion on the resolution so move second any discussion call the roll please first by peligre second by folo on roll call we have council members Dennis yes folo yes GOC yes pelen yes choicy yes council president Sheridan yes motion carries now at this time I will ask everybody to please rise as we welcome in Brian shab who's being escorted in by the Elwood Park honor guard at this time Brian St check will be sworn in by mayor kti alongside police commissioner councilwoman peline if his family can please join him on the you may be seated aspirations he likes to fix things so we told there be plenty of things around the can fix I you solemnly swear you Solly swear that I will support that I will support the Constitution the Constitution of the United States of the United States and the Constitution and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the state of New Jersey and that I will bear true faith and and allegiance to the same and to the governments the established estblished in the united states in the United States and in this state and in this St Under The Authority Under the authority of the people of the people and that I will and that I will faithfully and partially and partially and justly and justly perform all the duties perform all the duties of the office of of your office of police officer police officer according according to the best of my ability to the best of my ability so help me God so help me God congratulations so Brian this is Brian's [Applause] fiance got do coun okay please rise while come with room and thank you to the honor guard for coming in for us we really appreciate please be seated okay our next Standalone resolution is resolution r- 55-24 resolution appointing municipal clerk whereas njsa 48 col 9133 requires that every municipality have a municipal clerk appointed for three-year term by the governing body and whereas the VAC vacancy exists in the municipal Clerk's position currently being filled by an acting Clerk and whereas the Burl's acting clerk sh Mars has obtained the requisite registered municipal clerk certificate for appointment as clerk may I have and sorry it's pretty long sorry and whereas the governing body desires to appoint Chen marz as municipal clerk for a three-year term as governed by law now therefore it be resolved by the mayor and Council of the B of Ood Park in the county of Bergen state of New Jersey as follows number one Chen moris is hereby appointed to the position of municipal clerk of the bur of Ood park for a three-year term commencing Friday January 19 2024 two Chen marz as municipal clerk shall perform all the duties of the municipal clerk as imposed by applicable laws regulations and ordinances three compensation for the position of municipal clerk during this term shall be $82,400 retroactive to October 11 2023 with an intent to increase her compensation to $93,000 effective January 1st 2025 subject to Amendment of the Burrow's applicable salary ordinance permitting the same before that date May I have a motion on the resolution so move second any discussion call the roll please first by folo second by peline on roll call we have council members Dennis um Chen congratulations on getting your certificate for register clerk I know it was a long road for you but I'm very proud of you I'm sure you're going to do very well in your position um but I'm voting no on this resolution I do not agree with the compensation okay thank you felo yes GOC abstain peligre yes choicy yes council president Sheridan yes motion carries at this time Chen marus will go forward with her family to be sworn in by mayor klei uh before we do that though can we have Council comments on on the evening's event let's wear her she got to become the clerk no okay okay yeah go ahead all right we're going to change things around a little bit family please come forward mayor are you going s me in are you going to S abely okay first little certificate we are invad success so I I commend you on and we had many discussions about this about never giving up we keep pursuing and if you do that you're going to achieve your [Applause] goals you want to tell who your names are what's your name right okay there we go I we swear I'm going to say no to that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and to the governments established in the United States and in this state under the authority of the people and that I will Faithfully and partially and justly perform all the duties of the office of the office of municipal clerk muner according ACC to the best of my ability [Applause] so get a picture with the whole Council if they will start ladies and gentlemen we're going to have the council and some comments on uh this evening's events we'll start off with uh Mrs Dennis at the end thank you mayor I just want to congratulate all of our fire department offic ERS and your promotions congratulations you know continue doing great work for our community and I just wish you guys a safe career and your new positions um to our newly appointed officer you know we got a chance to speak with you and I I thank you for choosing Elmer Park I know you're excited to serve the community in which you live in with your family and I wish you a lot of success in your new career um and again chenet congratulations wishing you much success progress mayor thank you councilman F solo thank you mayor uh i' like to congratulate all of the newly installed officers tonight thank you for your countless uh efforts in keeping our resident countless hours of dedication to keeping our residents safe and thank you to your families who support your service may you always stay safe and God bless congratulations to officer Sab in his interview officer sa showed a true commitment and passion to our community so I'm wishing you a long and successful career here in Elwood Park also congratulations to our clerk Miss Morris we we have uh watched you grow in your role and I um I'm looking forward to your cons continued success here in Elwood Park thank you mayor thank you councilman gobec thank you mayor it's nice to see so many familiar faces here tonight um I'd like to start off by congratulating our clerk Miss Morris on her appointment and wish you all the best uh as the permanent municipal clerk for the burrow wish you all the best um to our new officer uh officer Sab welome to the police department I've done my fair share of interviews over the years and um you know genuine doesn't come out of you know you don't get that feeling from many people um but you that certainly emanated from you um which was great um and I have another personal point of Pride because as a fellow Polish American and in a town where there's over 2,000 polish Americans Mr sa is our fifth polish speaking officer and that means something to me and I know uh to our community um and so I'm very proud of that and I just want to finish with something that I always say that you know being a police officer is a rewarding career um it's also a a a lucrative career in a sense um so please serve every day with Integrity every single day because one bad case of judgment and that's the next time we see you so you know you never you never want to do that so I I I wish you all the best uh in terms of the fire department I think we've done a lot of good progress with the fire department in the last couple of years I wish the new Fire commissioner luck in continuing that progress um we in a lot of very highly qualified officers um I'd like to wish Chief Ed mvi all the very best um the chief is the chief is the chief he has my support I believe he has the support of this entire Council um and that's the way we're going to operate into the new year um supporting our leadership of all our departments and making sure that we keep moving the burrow forward thank you mayor thank you councilman councilwoman pelig uh yes congratulations to all of our newly appointed fire department officers wishing you much success in your new roles thank you for all your continued service to our community may God bless you all and always keep you safe congratulations to officer Brian may you have a long safe and successful career here in Elwood Park wishing you all the best Welcome to our team and to chenet uh congratulations on your appointment to municipal clerk it's Now official no more acting clerk on the agendas I'm so very happy for you I wish you a long and successful career here in our community enjoy this special moment you worked very hard for it and on a personal note we've cried together we've prayed together we've laughed together and I'm so happy for this moment for you and your family it's very welld deserved and I look forward to working with you thank you progress thank you councilwoman councilwoman Troy um first I'd like to extend my congratulations to the newly installed Chiefs and officers of the fire department your dedication commitment and expertise have earned you the trust and confidence of your fellow firefighters and the community today we celebrate your welld deserved promotions I'd like to congratulate officer Brian oops I'm confident sorry not it's got messed up that's those smartphones yeah I'd like to congratulate officer Brian soap I'm confident you will serve our community with integrity and professionalism we're grateful for your willingness to serve and we have full confidence in your abilities congratulations and I wish you well chenet congratulation on passing your clerk certification and your official appointment tonight I wish you the best and I hope you have a wonderful career here in Elmo Park thank you thank you councilwoman council president chevan thank you mayor first of all I'd like to congratulate the fire department um all the officers congratulations stay safe so the police officer God bless let's hope you have a long career in our town welcome if you have any problems I'm sure the chief will take care of it with that a doubt chenet congratulations you finally made it and I'm happy for you and much success for the next three years good luck thank you mayor thank you councilwoman uh Brian where are you over there okay I just have one thing to say to you I'm going to make it short and sweet Yak shash welcome uh to our clerk short and sweet our clerk welcome thank you uh the fire department as you could see they come out and force here this evening um there's not enough we can say or thank them uh for what they do each and every day for us uh they're all volunteers uh there's no money to speak of here involved that they're all doing out of there the the base of their heart uh and this uh this establishment has been around a long time from what I understand company 1 and correct me somebody if I'm wrong it's 110 years company one has been in existence well I got to be close it's a I I know we're over a century and think about that the a coordination and the effort to keep that efficiency each and every year for over a hundred years in this town um you know sometimes we take it for granted and uh it should not be the case uh so uh what do you say a nice round of applause for this fire department to the Chiefs Balian Chief and the chief were there for you 100% safety of your organization is is number one with us we make sure that you have the finest equipment available uh and we're there on other situations and I'm sure you'll you'll get to realize how the U importance of our ba here who is is spontaneous you'll be able to reach him day or night me only during a day maybe at night all right thank you very much I'm I'm so glad we had so many people here tonight it's it's really good to have an ordinance uh we're going to take a short break so some pictures can be taken and uh you can stick around if you want if not whatever thank [Applause] you okay mayor I'd like to reestablish a quorum for the regular meeting of the Elwood Park mayor and Council for January 18th 2024 on roll call we have council members Dennis here pelo here cbec here peligre here choicy here council president presid Sheridan here mayor klei here we have reestablish a quum next on the agenda we have ordinances on first reading we have resolution r- 56-24 introduce ordinance number 24-1 on first reading be resolved at an ordinance entitled an ordinance to amend an ordinance entitled an ordinance to establish the water department of the bar of elw Park Bergen County New Jersey to fix the rates and prices to be charged for the use of water and establish rules and regulations for the distribution Supply use and protection of said water and penalties for the violation of certain said rules and regulations be passed and adopted on first reading and be it resolved that a final hearing on said ordinance will be heard in the municipal building on Thursday February 15 2024 at 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as same can be heard at which time any person's interested in said ordinance can be heard be it further resolved that the bur clerk be and she is hereby authorized to advertised in illegal newspaper a notice of introduction in final hearing as required by law Mr fno would you be so kind to break this down for us mayor in uh the CFO recommended we increase the rates for water uh as our rate increased for the burrow thank you may I have a motion on the ordinance so moved second any discussion call the roll please first by pelig second by folo on roll call we have council members Dennis yes folo yes gobec yes pelen yes choicy yes council president Sheridan yes motion carries next we have resolution r57 d24 introduce ordinance number 24-02 on first reading be resolved that an ordinance entitled an ordinance amending section 7- 8.3 temporary parking oh sorry temporary parking prohibit prohibition for snow plowing and removal and 73.1 parking prohibited at all times on certain streets to permit additional parking on Chestnut Street be pass and adopted on first reading and be it resolved that a final hearing on said ordinance will be heard in the municipal building on Thursday February 15th 2024 at 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as same can be heard at which time any person's interested in said ordinance can be heard be it further resolved that the bur clerk being she is hereby authorized to advertise in illegal newspaper a notice of introduction and final hearing as requ by law thank you Mr Figo please yes mayor uh Chestnut Street the dead end portion a resident uh called to complain about a spot that was no parking we had the Traffic Division evaluated along with the DPW and they felt that it was reasonable to relieve that um no parking there for it's basically one parking space to give an additional spot to the residents so uh that's what you have before you thank you may have a motion on the ordinance so move second any discussion call the roll please first by peline second by folo and roll call we have council members Dennis yes folo yes GOC yes peline yes Troy yes council president Sheridan yes motion carries resolution r- 58-24 introduce ordinance number 24-3 on first reading be resolved that an ordinance entitled an ordinance amending and supplementing ordinance 21-15 entitled an ordinance to fix the salary wage and compensation of the officers employees and Servants of the B of enwood Park County of Bergen state of New Jersey for the year 2023 regarding revised compensation in the clerk's office be passed and adopted on first reading and be it resolved that a final hearing on said ordinance will be heard in the municipal building on Thursday February 15th 20124 at 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as same can be heard at which time any person's interested in said order ordinance can be heard be it further resolved that the B clerk be and she is hereby authorized to advertise in a legal newspaper a notice of introduction and final hearing as required by law Mr fno once again please mayor I'm going to have Mr tibo uh speak on this uh mayor the uh ordinance will add the deputy municipal clerk to the salary ordinance and we also expand the range uh salary for the registered municipal clerk thank you may I have a mo motion on the ordinance please Some Mo second any discussion call the roll first by pelig second by F solo on roll call we have council members Dennis no F solo yes GOC abstain pelen yes choicy yes council president Sheridan yes motion carries next we have resolution r- 59-24 introduce ordinance number 2 4-04 on first reading they resolved that an ordinance entitled an ordinance amending and supplementing ordinance 21-15 entitled an ordinance to fix the salary wage and compensation of the officers employees and Servants of the bar V Park County of Bergen state of New Jersey for the year 2023 regarding revised compensation sorry in the clerk's office sorry I read the wrong title regarding revised minimum hourly rage Mr fno one more time keep mrbo is going to handle this I'm sorry Mike yeah I got it mayor uh so this ordinance uh amends a salary ordinance as relates to part-time employees uh to meet the New Jersey minimum wage uh requirements for 2024 so Arty what does this mean that we are actually complying with the minimum wage yeah you're you're increasing the starting rate to 1525 minimum wage in New Jersey today is $15.13 so we're increasing that starting salary to meet the New Jersey minimum wage requirement thank you may I have a motion on the ordinance so move second any discussion call roll please first by peline second by GOC on roll call we have council members Dennis yes Bello yes POC yes pelen yes choicy yes council president Sheridan yes motion carries for our consent agenda we have resolution r-60 d23 approval of payroll r- 6124 I'm sorry r- 60-24 approval of payroll r- 6124 approval of bills list r- 62-24 authorized retirement compensation Police Department r- 6324 resolution to change monetary amount Rec recation Department r- 6424 appointment of recreation department staff for the 2023 2024 school year after Care Program r- 65-24 resolution appointing hearing officer r- 6624 authorized current estimate number six change orders number 1 and two FY 2021 andj dot m Boulevard improvements r- 6724 award proposal for Professional Services Mercury environmental r- 68-4 grantee authorizing resol ution Bergen County open space r- 6924 authorized execution of contract with Bergen County Department of Health Services EAP r- 70-24 appoint full-time labor dep Department of Public Works r- 7124 appoint crossing guards for the 2023 2024 school year Police Department r- 7224 approve the 2023 fire department clothing allowance r-73 d24 approv El Park fire department cing program fourth quarter compensation r74 d24 resolution to adopt rules of procedure r- 75-24 resend appointment resolution r76 d24 resend appointment resolution r-77 d24 appointment of firefighter r78 d24 transfer firefighter r79 d24 revision to appointment of veror LLC to conduct Personnel investigations in the fire department r-8 d24 appointment of manager Professional Insurance Associates r- 8124 resolution to approve the consent agenda may I have a motion on the consent agenda we need a second second any discussion any discussion did she make a mistake there okay you are the second though right yeah okay um I have a question yes on r- 6424 um did anybody come up with the list that I mentioned last week oh be careful she what's the question could you repeat it the the list the list that I asked for last week for the rec center on everybody that they hired for after school CL do we have an answer for her on that request Michael do we have a I I don't recall the that I don't recall that was that asked for me to look into 60 what's what's the resolution that your uh agenda 6424 what is it 6424 6424 appointment of recreation department staff yes for the 23 and 24 okay and your your request once again please I requested a list of after school um employees okay obviously we don't have that no and uh shenet can we get that list for her yes any other discussion would you like to table that council president yes please I'll motion to table that 64-4 second thank you we take a roll call on that or roll call okay call the roll please resolution r- 6424 appointment of recreation department staff for the 2023 2024 school year after CARE program has been tabled motion by councilman gobec second by councilman M tryy on roll call we have council members Dennis uh no I think this leaves our Recreation Department short staff until the next time we meet for solo yes GOC yes pel green no choicy yes council president Sheridan yes motion carries resolution r- 6424 has been removed from the consent agenda and is tabled thank you you're welcome I need to call the RO for the remainder of the consent agenda it was motioned by councilwoman pelen second by councilwoman Dennis on roll call we have council members Dennis no no to R 8-24 yes to Pella no to r- 8024 yes to the rest go no to 8024 yes to the rest pelen yes choicy I'm going to um abstain from r- 72-4 r734 and r79 d24 yes everything else okay give me one minute okay council president Sheridan yes okay so resolution r-8 d24 has a split vote mayor it is to you to make the deciding vote on resolution r-8 d24 appointment of risk manager Professional Insurance Associates I want to understand exactly what uh we're doing here okay what is the issue with this uh this situation r r 7424 is that correct no 80 84 oh 8024 to Insurance Associates absolutely yes okay motion carries next we have departmental reports we have the Board of Health meeting minutes from December 11th 2023 Library board meeting minutes from November 20th 2023 Recreation Advisory board meeting minutes from November 13th 2023 and Zoning Board of adjustment meeting minutes from November 20th 2023 motion on the uh to accept the the departmental reports any discussion caller roll all in favor I I I departmental reports have been accepted as this time mayor I'm going to turn the meeting over to you for Council reports okay uh we'll start with Mrs Dennis again for to the far left thank you mayor for staying in order that is a a privilege to go first I know when you miess it up I get all confused okay it's like not so much a privilege when you come down the line like this but you're second in any case um well congratulations again to all the newly installed fire department officers also to Chen on her appointment as registered Clerk of el Park uh congratulations again to our new appointed officer um S I cannot say his last names Sab but wishing him well um I just have two things mayor um one I have a concern about the approval of minutes portion that we're approving minutes back from July and August I would like to see the council catch up to date with these minutes hopefully from all of last year so we can focus on what's happening this year um and then also earlier today I voted no to r- 55-24 which is the appointment of chenet and I just wanted to clarify that um the compensation listed on the ordinance on the resolution um does not reflect the importance of the role as a burrow cannot operate without a burrow Clerk and this makes our burrow clerk the lowest paid department head in our burrow um for the amount of years she's been with the burrow and the amount of education required to hold this position I think the proposed salary is actually insulting and I did not support the resolution for that but that does not mean that I don't support Chen in her Endeavors and in her career Chen I wish you a long happy successful career I really do and this is no way against you I just believe that you should be compensated properly um with that mayor progress thank you councilman for solo progress mayor I like that Mr gobec progress mayor councilwoman peligre yes a couple things Board of Health update they had their reorganization meeting on January 8th the 2024 officers are President John Zario vice president Luchia ener Treasurer Janette Randazzo Board of Health secretary and local registar shenet Morris Deputy registar Angela fa their next meeting will be held February 12th at 700 p.m. and the Public's always welcome to attend my police update yesterday our Police Department spoke at our senior center educating our seniors about elderly scams they were informed on the most current scams so they are able to protect themselves and not become a victim also on January 24th at 7M and councilwoman Sheridan will go into this a little more they will speaking at the homeowners meeting also about scams I want to thank our elen Park PD for educating our residents to help keep everybody safe that's it progress mayor thank you councilwoman tryy it does now it's on um okay for the wreck the two um Pro the two stem programs that they're running they had the first class and it went really well um they are almost closed for registration for their crafty cats that's the uh six week arts and crafts class um they're almost at capacity uh basketball program is uh going well the next Rec board meeting is on the 23rd um Board of Ed nothing new there uh really the next meeting is also January 23rd so have a conflict there um and then I met um earlier today with um Rory ratan I met with him this morning and he um reviewed the current um state of the Burrow's Financial Health with me um so I have a better understanding of that now and other than that progress mayor thank you councilwoman council president Sheridan thank you mayor um as councilwoman peline U mentioned in January 24th at 7:00 the homeowners are going to have um a night on how not to get scammed um it's over at the senior center it's at 7:00 all is welcome and I just want to give a special uh great job out to our DPW for the snowstorm Monday Tuesday into Wednesday on a holiday weekend I mean they did a great job as far as the ice and snow and everything went and I just want to say to Scott and his staff good job progress mayor thank you yeah it seemed uh there weren't too many complaints that came in um and uh we handled the problem and that was a very strange type of a of a freezing we had snow about an inch or two uh and then it started to rain and we're salting in between and plowing in between and then that froze very difficult to navigate through and uh they did did a good job uh had the opportunity I believe it was last Saturday night we were at the installation for the fire firemen and I I believe Pam try chevan and pel were there along with myself um it was a good moment uh they had the food was good and uh it was a great night for the fire department and this topped it off here this evening when we swore those uh officers in and yesterday uh I had the opportunity to go along with the police department and they were at the um Senior Center and what they were doing there was they were advising uh the seniors on how not to get scammed uh and our police chief was there with a great personal story that was very gripping and I think it worked very well um and they're going to going to be doing something for the February 14th so everybody here is going to be notified uh to come naturally and uh it's a good thing and you know the other strange thing about that day was that the turnout with with that storm and the and the remnants on the ground those seniors got into that facility they they didn't it didn't hold them back you know and that was good to see all right uh with that I'm going to uh close the proceedings here mayor can we mayor me hi yes yes yes yes before you close it I just kind of wanted to go back for a second I I know that we tabled a resolution in regards to a recreation employee but I just wanted to let the council know that this employee has already started working and my concern is if this employee is going to be able to be compensated that they're not going to be compensated if you pull the resolution is that going to affect their compensation um let's see uh Arty you have anything uh I I have a question why do we have employees start inting before their position is even approved why is that happening this is a practice I don't this is a practice always been done we never had to wait for the resolution to be um approved it's just the way that we've always done it so if the employees already started working is this going to affect their compensation it's it's common in situations where if there's not no anticipated controversy we only have two meetings a month there's only one public session that's the only time action can be taken so quite often the need arises the person starts and the resolution gets backdated um I I didn't you know we didn't anticipate a a a problem here and and and now we have one so and as we discussed this employee was being hired because we have staff that's out on leave and this employee was going to help fill that void so so is this position temporary it's not a temporary position you got to turn your mics on people our mics are not working my keeps work my mic is going on and off so thank you for letting me use yours um it's not a temporary position we can get the list over to council president chevan so she can see all the employees um but this particular employee was hired because we are short staff thank you okay no issues mayor if you're going to allow the the person to work you're going to have to pay them okay so and then you can at the next meeting address the resolution and backd it to the date that the employee started okay okay if if it doesn't pass the next time then we have a different you still have to make a payment but we'll have a different situation thank you okay everybody's kind of satisfied y yeah are moving along I'm going to open the floor to the public is there any uh objections I will open the floor to the public any objections no moving along anyone from the public here to speak on any issue whatsoever motion to open I motion to open to the public thank you I slow move it what' you do fall Mike turn your mic on me now I could there you go all right first off before I start anything I just want to say congratulations to the newly elected reelected council members and to chenet for getting her certification congratulations all uh I'd like to ask the council if they would consider something in town a moratorium on two family homes with the new construction or taking one family and turning it into a two with all of these homes on my block alone I have 12 two families one illegal two family one illegal three family okay with that there's no parking on the street all these two families according to B ordinance have to supply off street parking for two vehicles per unit they don't Supply parking to any of their tenants they're all on the street I check borrow ordinances state regulations nothing says that there's anything that has to have so much space between a driveway apron and the car so they parked within an inch of everybody's driveway apron and it's almost impossible to get out of your driveway without getting into an accident these homes are going up like crazy you go up two blocks from my house it looks like an office building right off the corner of the Boulevard on Philip there's one looks like an office building and another one going up on the other side of the street which is going to look like an office building they don't fit the Cosmetics of Elwood Park we're getting so many of them we're becoming a city not a burrow before long we're going to be a metropolis with all these two families coming in brings more students more students affects the infrastructure of the school system the schools have to build they have to find property to build on and who pays for that the people in town that are doing things on the up and up there's got to be some stopping of this the one house on my block it's registered with the county as a one family it was advertised and sold as a two family cuz there's an illegal kitchen on the second floor how did that house get a CO doesn't the building inspector know what's in his town doesn't he have this paperwork they got a CO the people are in there the house next door to me I've been fighting that one 30 years with the illegal apartment in the basement when the new owners took it over I watched them RI the ceiling down rewire the house put all new Plumbing I called nobody stopped them I contact one council member privately a cease and desist was issued 2 days later they had the uh permit however according to B ordinance they were supposed to take the wall open so you could see if the electric was done right was never done there's so many violations on that block and I'm sure there's just as many throughout the rest of the Town can't we consider something like that well Mike let me say this as far as if you live in a two family Zone there's no way you can be prohibited from having a two family house well I remember years ago there was a ordinance was probably tabled that if you wanted to do it to family supposed to be 75 Frontage 100 deep correct they're doing them on 50 by 100 still that one never passed can't we do something like that to make sure they have enough property well may mayor if I may that that passed but one thing we can never do is take away the zoning board's power anybody on any 50 by 100 25 by 100 can come before the zoning board and if they go gobble together the votes through the presentation but if it's a 7 if it's 75 by 100 right now okay new construction I could see 75 by 100 but homes that have been torn down and being rebuilt like there's one on Philip right off the boulevard it burned down took the house down completely was condemned it's now considered new construction shouldn't that be 75 by 100 it's 50 by 100 it still has to be 75 by 100 what's happening though is that in some cases that the the zoning board is giving variances and allowing them to build on less than 75 by right that's the problem and that's where if there's going to be any dislike of that that's where should be vented at at the zoning board okay what about the uh parking situations none of these people give their 10in parking it's two vehicles per unit it's in a b ordinance I got it right here yep yep it's it's a it's a problem Force which would take me right back to Mr theori resident parking permits he was an advocate for that for years that would take some of the Out of Towners or the illegals illegal Apartments get rid of them if they have to register the car well we've uh over the years we've discussed it and Mike could you give us some of the negative on the on the uh aspect that he's uh bringing forth as far as resident parking stickers sticking sticker parking yeah I we did a survey on this of other towns that have it and they all said it's a nightmare to manage um you need more staff you get the people that think they want it uh end up getting tickets because they have guests they have company they forget to move a car they don't have a sticker and you get in influx of people complaining that now they got a ticket for an ordinance that they wanted so it it's it's too difficult of a situation to manage there's a huge cost associated with it and I I personally don't think it's a good idea and I don't recommend it and that's based on Research that I have done how about some sort of ordinance that would uh put maybe two to three feet away from a driveway apron so people can cut their wheels to get well that should be in place well no there's no there's no parking as it is so you're going to take spaces away where are we going to put the cars you in the driveway where they belong with two my neighbor has uh eight cars a two family house you know where they Park on my side it's just something we got to deal with you're not going to fix that you're not going to solve that you're not going to get rid of cars you're not going to reduce parking in town it's just something we have to deal with it's not going anywhere you would have you're not going to eliminated but you would have fewer vehicles on the street if the owners of the two families allowed their to park on the property where they're supposed to the house next door to me is owned by a company LL some company in Paramus all right it's just an investment property they have the two family with that illegal apartment still in the basement three I was always told bring in concrete proof I brought it in three years ago it's still there I have a client of mine that's a pay County Judge I showed him everything he said those people should have been out long time ago he said I I see see why the town can't get them out of there okay it's in the waste Watchers handbook the mayor and council is actively seeking that and taking care of it well Mike and weint the reprint the handbook Mike we've we've talked about this and we're well aware of the situation here but we have to be able to prove it that's the problem I gave you I gave you the realtor's listing for an apartment for 1,200 a month who's going to rent someplace for 1,200 a month if you don't have cooking facilities you got to take out take out over day the pictures I showed have a kitchen in it it's got a bedroom it's got a bathroom everything that constitutes living quarters by borrow ordinance or state ordinance and we're only in a two family Zone well if that's the case then when our officers go there why are they not seeing what you're saying Steve coaches filed a complaint on them the fire inspector three years ago like and it still hasn't gone anywhere it does this happen to be 10 Phillip yes okay um Chief this this was the one that I had seen the uh Facebook Adon that you had checked out didn't you say it was a legal three family is what you came back with I'm not I'm not sure if we're talking about the same property the one that Mr buus is referencing our building Department's been there our fire officials been there it's not what you think you know it's what you can prove like the mayor said and they don't our professionals don't feel like they could prove a case against that and that's what we're stuck with people have rights we can't just walk into someone's home and call for an inspection at any time according to the borrow code you can according to a Bor ordinance you can all right well our professionals disagree with you and well then somebody better rewrite the ordinance cuz I got it in black and white that says you can go in you can which came right off the borrow website okay I think you're misinterpreting it well yeah I had I had one of my clients who's a p County judge read him and he told me what I'm doing is right what I have to say is right that's why I came here because I had to do my homework first plus because there's nobody living in that house that owns it in the 36 years I'm living in that house I now have the worst people in that house your department is at the first floor what six seven times a week plus the people on the first floor now when they throw their garbage out they open up the bathroom window and drop it to the garbage can and hope it hits that's going to breed rodents and whatnot do you report that did I report that yes to who to the police department you reported that to the police department yes I probably should have reported it to the uh Health Department but if the misses the garbage what's there you got that out there you got people claim that they see coyotes in town I haven't seen one yet but that's going to attract them that's going to attract uh River Rats now we don't want that Mike so that I mean this this is disgusting this house ever since there's nobody living in that house that owns it it's gotten worse legally do you think that we wouldn't want to alleviate ourselves of this problem if legally we could legally wouldn't the town want all the fines they could collect on it if if it's finable I mean we you've come here often and and we we're not closing our ears to you we react but we and I forget what the last email was from uh from the fire uh Chief there not the chief but it was something that he had to wait on in order to get in see what they do is and I'm sure you're aware of it they're smart enough to do whatever they have to do so that when the officer does come in it doesn't appear like it's a an additional apartment yeah they're StreetWise they don't don't have books much they're StreetWise there's only 2 meters on the house so they link the basement apartment with the first floor so so long as there's 2 meters it looks like a two family house yeah I could do that too yeah now we want them as bad as you do Mike but we we got to do it within the law otherwise it gets thrown out of the court and then and then they can sue for for for damages so then what do we do we wait till this house goes on fire because the house was wied illegally let's get in they may not have had uh certified or licensed electricians doing this no I don't care about the plumbing cuz if it breaks they flood themselves but if the wiring is bad I'm living right next door to that yeah no it's concerning um Mike can we get an update on what's going on in this situation I'm not sure what the complaint is illegal electrical work is that what you're saying well the electrical work was done without a permit I know that was 3 years ago how do you know that because I was in that apartment before the house was sold he used that flest so you're going to you're going to say that you know there was no permits pulled for that electrical work put your name to yes we okay we'll investigate there was no permit 10 there was no 10 Philip there was no permit in the window while the electrical work was done it wasn't until I called a council person on my own that a ceas and desist was issued two days later there was a perit I did they didn't do anything and you know that for sure I did I know that for sure they did nothing they did nothing and I know when I did my addition guarantee you're wrong I'll I'll take that guarantee because I know when I did my addition they broke my chops the electrical inspector took his clipboard went like this and made the electrician Move the Box eight of an inch right and that was three years ago a little more than three years ago maybe three and a half I touching on U the sonoko station how we doing with getting all those Vehicles out he's still got them he's got construction equipment in there he got rid of some brought more in and now a friend of mine told me he's selling used cars does he have a used car dealer license again you're you're you know this for a fact fact evidence my buddy needed a car his car was non reparable he says I got cars out here you want to buy one have to investig you know there's a ton of cars there with no plates so with no plates that's an easy way to look for them right repair shop right repair shops don't have cars with plates on it you bring your car to the repair shop you got a plate on it don't you not all time why not somebody could have a car that making if it's sitting there for three months well what about the construction equipment that's still sitting there action doesn't get taken on an assumption action gets taken on a fact okay what about all the construction equipment that's still sitting there that he never got rid of I know the building department is actively working with them he had 30 days and that was n that was 30 days and that was 6 months ago and that same piece of equipment is still sitting in the same spot they you know somebody's I'm I'm trying to light a fire under somebody's butt because you know what I'm getting tired of me having to do the right thing and other people getting away with whatever they want our Department's doing an outstanding job and they got a lot on their plate and they're doing the best with the short STS that they have so a little bit okay uh just one suggestion I know they did a good job with the snow this time but usually when the snow is even higher maybe somebody can go back the following day where cause War Park on the right side where they should which is the north side of the street go back with a plow push that snow away because when it's there you got two-way streets you got to try and get over that hump to let somebody else get through it's the next day of the cars will be parked on that side correct well they there everybody parks on the North side there's no parking on the south side right all right so the southide they clean whenever there's a car no car there but everything is on the North side people shovel themselves out so now you got that Ridge where they were yeah let we Yeah clean that up so that they can park closer to the curb again and when you got two cars going over somebody's not trying to battle that Ridge to make room the coordination is very difficult Mike because what happens there people will leave their car on the legal side of the street and to send the plows out there and in and out in and out doesn't make any sense it's just a thought trying to make more room for people yeah okay all right all right Michael anyone else care to speak quick dou me tell you I'm just here as the Schoolboard official half day tomorrow for school and all the activities tomorrow afternoon or tomorrow night are canceled so I just figured I would out there right just got the alert so so everything's tomorrow day tomorrow and then all the activities here at night what are they expecting how many how many you see you know didn't say everybody everybody's a little different everybody's a little different but half day and no activities after school thank you Doug thank you Doug anyone else could speak my buddy Kenny all right Kenny give it to us okay chief your name name and address first Kia yeah 31 M Street ke I got a question if we want hour parking do you supposed to check the what people park there for 1 hour there's a there's a sign for 1 hour parking so we don't routinely drive around and Mark tires for 1 hour parking unless we get a complaint cuz there's a lot of timed parking in town but we don't we don't we don't proactively address it right I'm just saying to you that is an old sign it's been there for years and nobody there was there because it was the rest was a haircut place around the bend you know around the block from local Street where are you talking about local street so the sign is on Locust yes and and and that b never there anymore and nobody so you don't think it should be there anymore right all right we'll take a look at it what about what address 31 34 Locus Street right in front of it is like a tree right in front of after the tree it's before the tree right there and that's sign there now I just want to ask you do we need that sign there because it's been like that for years we'll take a look at it all right that's one question hey Mia why we bought two we bought another sh ass truck why we did that because we had one big one before and and what happened to it but now we got a new one yeah I think the old one was giv US problems typical of something that gets old like us when we get older we because I seen the front is white and it used to be green the front of the truck and that's why I know was a new truck and I said that's strange cuz I know we just bought that truck no long ago the town de yeah well and and they said I can't believe it it broke down already well I I'm not sure I'd have to investigate because that it was like maybe we bought about five six years ago yeah and now and then they just now we bought another one I'm not quite sure but I could say it is ma I seen it I'm not on you I seen it in front of my house he passed to my house and I saw him and it's a big big same one like we had and was only one thing it was different was Green in the front this one has white okay a front I'll check into it and I'll I'll be glad to U give you a report and another thing to ask you I have a 14 14 thing to ask you we need the kids back to clean the yard to clean the streets they the are the streets are like a mess the kids did it when they did it it was good but now the kids are not doing no more you're talking about the res assistam yes they did last no no I'm not talk about snow I'm talking about garbage oh garbage right they do a clean up usually twice a year Kenny yeah bring four but we need it again because it was after December everything look like a junkyard in the whole Market Street it look like a junkyard I mean I'm walking on the street and I say all the bottles everything and I said where the kids we need the kids back they can clean this street they they will do it again they usually do it in the spring but I dare tell you we need it back okay we'll work we'll work on that we'll work on that all just why to tell you about that that too thank you mhm but I want to tell you guys I'm happy we're all back and I want to tell you I want to work with you guys and I want to tell you what I think about the town is what I want to get done what I think we need done you know what I mean I want to be on your side and help you out I'm just trying to tell you with things that that really need to be looked at because this way you know and I got no news but little more one charge has dropped so now it's only one charge left that she has be maybe he may be back soon then later she's going to she's going to beat that charge too Kenny huh she's going to beat that charge too yeah yeah but right now they said they didn't beat it yet it's nothing today but in Florida it is in Florida oh Florida still I heard notal it's on YouTube a lot all right all right can we we do appreciate you keeping the eye on the I just want to tell you I'm watching the town and watching everything going on I'm tell you I'm still working I just want to tell you that I'm doing my best and I just see things in front of me and I see he me another thing to ask you when you have a meeting with the fire department did any really park in front of my house I don't think they did it on purpose Kenny I I mean that's how I know there's a meeting because I see them time in the buck in front of my house uh well you know what we'll make a note of that and we'll make sure they don't do that again oh it's okay I just tell you that Thank You Kenny yeah okay anyone else care to speak mayor Anisha again I'm going to start saying that it's me again just a quick update our Aftercare program is closed tomorrow recreation building is closing early and there are no Recreation games as well okay very good thank you for that info um anyone else not no one else uh then I will uh close the public portion um and before I call for a motion to adjourn because there is no executive am I correct with that Ry no executive right Chief I know okay um I understand there's uh somebody who was born on this day a little while back I don't know how many years no not on the days no they're all looking around same with it but uh our good friend and resident and Buddy uh Pete peline uh Pete you K to tell us how old you are I identify 39 39 thank you Pete enjoy your day and uh we we're blessed to have you so it was a good good thing he did bringing you here in tou Park all right uh any other comments or requests or we're done okay motion to go to adjourn so all in favor good night ladies and gentlemen