##VIDEO ID:6oxA9NyCPCE## [Music] [Music] good evening everyone notice of this meeting St that day place and time has been disseminated as required under the open public meetings app chapter 231 PL 1975 copies of the agenda are also posted on the city's website and Lynden TV for the public this meeting is now called to order Mr clerk can you please conduct a prayer and flag salute I pledge alance to the flag of the United States of America and to the repic for it stands one nation God indivisible with liy and justice for all God of the universe look thou upon look thou with favor upon those here assembled and bestow thy guidance upon the members of the governing body in their decisions this we ask in thy name amen amen in the event of an emergency the proper method of exiting the council chambers is through the three doors of in the rear of the room occupants should proceed down the staircase out the front door and move away from the area of the front steps any member of the public wishing to speak during a public comment session at the end of the meeting please sign in on the weight sheets provided at the front of the room with your name and address please turn off all cell phones or place them a vibrate if you must take a call please leave the council chambers to do so Mr clerk can you please call the roll Mrs Orman here javic excused Caldwell present Mohammad present revas here Roman present Strano here here Armstead here Rodriguez here Hudak here Mrs yakaitis here okay can we have approval of the public session minutes of November 26 2024 please I move for approval of the public meeting minutes of November 26 2024 and I ask for a second second Mrs Orman yes cwell abstain Mohammad yes revas yes Roman yes Strano yes Armstead yes Rodriguez yes Hudak yes Mrs yikas yes okay at this time I'd like to ask uh mayor Armstead and councilman John Roman to uh join me down at the floor [Music] [Music] [Music] good evening everyone good evening okay I I guess if you haven't heard you're going to hear it now uh tonight is our sixth W councilman John Francis Roman his last council meeting now I always say anybody who would serve in his capacity as a council person or elected official is to be given credit because it is probably one of the toughest jobs in the world you're damned if you do you're damned if you don't you know you can't make everybody happy and sometimes you try to make everybody happy but I tell everybody I always equated to you get you get this person a job and the person down the street is angry because they didn't get the job you know it's just a crazy type of business and it's even gotten more crazy in recent years so anybody who throws their hat in the political ring uh is to be commended and and John served with distinction uh he was a good councilman he is a good councilman he responds to his constituents and at and at the end of the day that's what determines what a good counsilman is if and uh and and truth truth be told he kept getting reelected so he must have been doing something right okay that's right so if you get if you're getting reelected that speaks volumes for for your your work that you put in as a council person uh John um everybody doesn't work as hard as you I can tell you that right now I've been doing this with uh Council and mayor I'm in my 30th year and I can guarantee you I can assure you there's some people who don't put in the work and you happen to be one of the people who do put in the work so thank you for your commitment to this town um and uh we wish you the best in your endeavors uh you seem to be doing pretty well I see that pretty little baby girl you got over there and and incidentally I don't know what you did he's a changed man but no um I think the children will change you also children and and a nice wife that that never hurt either okay so so without any further Ado we have a resolution for honoring John Francis Roman for his dedicated Services as a councilman of the Sixth Ward and it reads whereas councilman John Francis Roman will be concluding his seventh year of service as a councilman of the Sixth Ward on January 1st 2022 whereas John Francis Romans was elected councilman in the Sixth Ward in November 7 2017 and began his service to the residents of the six ward in the city of Lyndon on January 1st 2018 and whereas during his tenure John has chaired the negotiations and Labor Relations Committee was a member of the fire and Parks and Recreation committee and served as a leaz onto the board of health environmental commission moris Creek blood Control Commission and the special improvement district and where his dedication and commitment has benefited the citizens of the Sixth Ward and those of the city of Lyndon and many ways has contributed to the efficiency and the operation of Lyon government and to the improving the quality of life for all Lyon residents and whereas John and whereas councilman Roman has discharged his duties with great diligence compassion diplomacy and a faithful dedication to the residents of the Sixth Ward and all of London now therefore it be resolved by the mayor and Council of the city of Lyndon that councilman John Francis Roman be and hereby is thanked and congratulated for his years of distinguished public service to the city of Lyndon and be further resolve that this resolution be entered into the minutes of the Council of the city of Lyndon that a cop copy be presented to six W councilman John Francis Roman in recognition of the forging and signed by myself mayor Derek Armstead Michelle yamakas the council president and the city clerk Joe bodus has attested to it thank you for you sir John we have a plaque here for you acknowledge the dedicated service of John Francis Roman is councilman of the sixth W of the city of Lyon dates of service January 1st 2018 to January 1st 2024 so John again congratulations and best wishes on all your future endeavors thank you Mich the Y rul [Music] while we're waiting for the baby to come up I'd like to also acknowledge mayor jacobe from raway who's here this evening [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] to say yeah please thank you council president I wrote something hopefully I don't take up too much of your time when I was 5 years old or so uh my father brought me to lyen house Diner where he did so often uh I loved that Circle booth in the linen house Diner um it fit our whole family I remember this very tall gentleman uh was there one time who promptly told me that I was in his seat uh turned out that was mayor John T Gregorio I remember looking at him as if he had an aura about him uh and that's when I first became uh interested in electoral process I later at 12 years old remember watching the 200 C results and my mother telling me to go bed but I just refused because I wanted to stay up until until there was a winner called um growing up in St Elizabeth's whose steeple uh cast a shadow over this building uh I was always a c student I continued uh that way through college um where I changed my studies into Political Science and then from there I was uh overnight I was an a student uh it's because I began to study what I was interested in and thus that began my journey into this room it's fitting that today is December 17th 31 years ago today my father my brother my sister and I were involved in a car accident and more than five uh blocks from here uh where my father broke his neck and was forced to medically retire from General Motors which had its home in the sixth FL of Lyndon for nearly 100 years I'm very proud that years later with the help of the traffic committee uh I was able to lead the charge for a four-way stop sign at that very intersection so that that situation that my family endured uh hopefully would never happen to another family in 2012 I assisted uh councilman kbus not knowing his opponent but later watching her win the seat three years later and flourish as one of the best constituent Services Council women uh in the city and um I've been involved in every single election uh since then in this city there were certainly some some brutal ones um but I'm very proud uh to have had an impact on the city P Manning once said uh when you thoroughly exhaust an experience you can't help but to rever it I Revere my service I Revere this room I rever the men up on that wall uh I Revere all those who came before me I revered the public uh so you don't have to wonder if I will miss this I absolutely will Reagan Reagan's small now but uh as she grows up we're going to teach her to appreciate the little things uh because once you make it to the end of the journey like this you realize those little things were actually really big things so here's are some of the little things that now seem like big things at the end of my service I'm going to miss battles with mayor Armstead both policy battles and political battles uh we had some good ones uh he recently said to me listen it's politics it's not like someone's going to sputnick your house at night uh there were some times that I wasn't totally convinced of that over the years uh but I'm going to miss it I'm going to miss um I'm going to miss Emma place I'm Miss s and Mary Joan Rena the M leeks and the rest of the residents over there I'm Miss Diane Wilton coming to this microphone and setting us straight every month I'm going to miss seeing everyone at Wheeler Park every weekend I'm going to miss the campaigns I'm gonna miss the phone calls to bodak Hudak Hart Bishop Martinez Buckley given coflin franela I'm going to miss the families that I grew up with kky Russo old re Joey Rodriguez wager neck vigano vuta Gunther Bachman kusky stanch Clark palano Croc vendido wolrab Saras Holi brol CUO chowski bornstead cabus Hudak hickey Medina who's in the house tonight Cosby sheii minchenko lospinoso and yes CER the senior caser I'll Mis arguing over the city this the direction of the city with Ralph shano I'll especially Miss trying to convince him that he was wrong and that I was right I didn't win often during that war he once told me in a in a room full packed of people that respect was earned and not given sitting here five years later after he said that I think I like to think that I earned his respect to the rest of the council I will miss you uh and I applaud your service to the city and in closing um I made a made a few mistakes along this journey but those missteps made me the man I am and led me to this place there may have been numerous people uh with more money than me in the campaigns more support a bigger Facebook presence or simply just in a better situation than me but there was no one who would outwork me and that's why I sit here with no regrets today uh I leave here knowing the sleepless night the hours of Designing Flyers writing letters mining the data the 3:00 a.m. phone calls the 20-hour days the hundreds of calls to our dispatch and police sorry guys the new signage the lights all the improvements it was all worth wild because I left the six Board of Lyon a better place than I found it so thank you to my family my friends uh who helped me along the way and most importantly thank you to the residents of the Sixth Ward who for your support over the last eight years thank you mayor thank you H [Applause] [Music] Pres for okay once again on behalf of council councilman Roman we want to wish you the best and all your future endeavors thank you so much for all your service okay we'll now move on ordinances on hearing beginning with ordinance 6855 please an ordinance amending chapter 16- 2.5 entitled collection of garbage and refuge be it ordained by the Council of the city of lynon Section 1 that chapter 16- 2.5 entitled collection of garbage and ref Refuge shall be amended to add the following each single family or residential property owner shall be entitled to four scheduled trash pickups per calendar year one additional trash special trash pickup is permitted at no charge to the single family or residential property owner each additional special trash pickup after five shall require a fee of $150 to be paid by the single family or residential property owner this fee must be paid prior to the special trash pickup okay has the ordinance been properly post published and posted yes ma'am has any communication been received no ma'am is there anyone from the public who wishes to be heard on this ordinance okay seeing n can we have a motion please council president i' I'd like to move that the hearing on ordinance number 6855 be close the or adopted and I'll request a second second Mrs Orman yes Caldwell yes mohamet yes Rivas yes Strano yes Armstead yes Rodriguez yes Hudak yes Mrs Yus yes okay ordinance 6856 please Bond ordinance providing an appropriation of $1,375,000 for various Capital Improvements for the division of transportation and properties for and by the city of Lyon and authorizing the issuance of 1, 36,2 bonds or notes of the city for financing part of the appropriation okay has the ordinance been properly published and posted yes ma'am has any written communication been received no ma'am is there anyone from the public who wishes to be heard on this ordinance seeing none can we have a motion please council president I move that ordinance number 6856 hearing be closed the ordinance adopted and I'll request a second second Mrs Orman yes je uh Caldwell yes Mohammed yes Rivas yes Strano yes Armstead yes Rodriguez yes Hudak yes Mrs yamakas yes okay ordinance 6857 please an ordinance to amend an ordinance entitled an ordinance establishing a schedule of titles salary ranges and regulations for maintaining the classification and salary standardization plan of all employees of the city of lynon passed August 15 1995 and approved August 16th 1995 be it ordained by the Council of the city of Lyndon that it adopts salary schedule 4- ss-1 okay um we have an amendment on this council president um point of order I'd like to uh make a motion to amend ordinance 6857 uh to eliminate the position of Chief of Staff part-time and create the position of Chief of Staff which be full-time and establishing the 2024 minimum and maximum and the 25 minimum and maximum uh uh salaries the City attorney has reviewed the change in founded to be the Minimus and I request a second on the amendment second Mrs oron yes call bwell yes Mohammed yes Rivas yes Strano yes Armstead yes Rodriguez yes Hudak yes Mrs Yus yes council president I'd like to make a motion to close the hearing we have to open the hearing yes I'm going to open the hearing as on ordin 6857 as amended okay um is there anyone from the public who wishes to be heard on this ordinance okay seeing none can we have a motion please yes council president I'd like to move the uh hearing on ordinance 6857 as amended be closed and the war adopted request a second second Mrs Orman yes Caldwell yes Mohammed yes Rivas yes Strano yes Armstead yes Rodriguez yes Hudak yes Mrs yamakas yes okay ordinance 6858 please an ordinance to amend and supplement chapter 2 Administration enacting the revised General ordinances of the city of Lindon 1999 passed November 23rd 1999 and approved November 24th 1999 and has amended and supplemented be it ordained by the Council of the city of Lyndon section one that chapter 2 Administration Article 4 Department established section 2-2. n auxiliary priest shall be in the same as here by amend it as follows delete section 2-12 point9 in its entirety has the been properly published and posted yes ma'am has any written communication been received no ma'am is there anyone from the public who wishes to be heard on this ordinance okay seeing none can we have a motion please council president I move for uh the hearing on ordinance 6858 be closed the ordinance adopted and I'll request a second second Mrs oron yes cwell yes Mohammed yes revas yes Strano yes Armstead yes Rodriguez yes Hudak yes Mrs yamus yes ordinance 6859 please an ordinance to amend and supplement chapter 7 traffic enacting the visce general ordinances of the city of Lyndon 1999 passed November 23rd 1999 and approved November 24th 1999 and has amended and supplemented beat ordained by the Council of the city of Lyndon section one that chapter 7 traffic section 7-10 parking prohibited at all times uncertain she shall be and the same is hereby amended as follows chapter 7 traffic 7-10 parking prohibited at all times on certain streets at East lyen Avenue North Side location beginning at a point 1 1, 1580 ft Southwest of Park Avenue to a point 235 ft Southwest lowly there from okay uh has the ordinance been properly published and posted yes ma'am has any written communication beened is there anyone from the public who wishes to be heard on this ordinance saying none can we have a motion please council president I'd like to move that we close the hearing on ordinance 68-59 adopted and ask for a second please second Mrs Orman yes javic yes Caldwell yes Mohammed yes Rivas yes Strano yes Armstead yes Rodriguez yes Hudak yes Mrs yamakas yes ordinance 6860 please in Ord to amend and supplement chapter 7 traffic en enacting the revised General ordinances of the city of Lyon 1999 passed November 23rd 1999 and approved November 24th 1999 has amended and supplemented be it ordained by the Council of the city of Lynden section one that chapter 7 traffic section 7-1 15.1 parking decal shall be in the same is hereby amended as follows chapter 7 traffic 7-15 parking by permit only in designated residential areas 7-1 15.1 parking details 7-1 15.1k the following streets are affected from 8 a to 5:00 pm on Monday through Friday not including um weekends and legal holidays add arudo Street West Side um from St George's Avenue location West Gibbon Street okay has the ordinance been properly published and posted yes ma'am has any written communication been received no ma'am is there anyone from the public who wishes to be heard on this ordinance okay seeing done can we have a motion please council president I move we close the hearing on ordinance 6860 adopted and ask for a second please second Mrs Orman yes Caldwell yes Mohammed yes Rivas yes Strano yes Armstead yes Rodriguez yes Hudak yes Mrs yiis yes ordinance 6 uh 5861 please an ordinance to amend and supplement chapter 7 traffic enacting the revised General ordinances of the city of Lyon 1999 passed November 23rd 1999 approved November 24th 1999 and has amended and supplemented be ordained by the Council of the city of Lyon section one that chapter 7 traffic shall be in the same is hereby amended as follows chapter 7 traffic 7-33 handicap parking regulations 7-33 111a handicap parking on street delete 42 East Mars AV Avenue one spot add 119 East Henry Street one spot 1524 winden's Avenue one spot 40 West 12th Street one spot 12 East Stimson Avenue one spot 933 Baldwin Avenue one spot 1515 winnings Avenue one spot 1210 mcandless Street one spot 412 Lorita Street one spot okay has the ordiance been properly published and posted yes ma'am has any written communication been received no ma'am is there anyone from the public who wishes to be heard on this ordinance seeing none can we have a motion please council president I move we close the hearing on ordinance 5861 adopted and ask for second please second Mrs oron yes Caldwell yes Mohammed yes Rivas yes Strano yes Armstead yes Rodriguez yes Hudak yes Mrs yides yes ordinance 6862 please an ordinance of the city of Lyon authorizing the termination and release of a sore easement over and across certain part properties located on tremle Point Road okay has the ordinance been properly published and posted yes ma'am has any written communication been received no ma'am is there anyone from the public who wishes to be heard on this ordinance I see none can we have a motion please council president I'd like to move that the hearing on ordinance number number 6862 be closed the ordance adopted and I'll request a second second Mrs Orman yes calwell yes Mohammed yes Rivas yes Strano yes Armstead yes Rodriguez yes Hudak yes Mrs yamus yes okay we'll now mov on to consent agenda items all items listed with Aster are considered to be routine by the city council and will be enacted with one motion okay we have items number number 1 through four okay can we have a motion please council president I move we accept consent agenda items one through four and ask for a second please second Mrs Orman yes Caldwell yes Mohammed yes revas yes Strano yes Armstead yes Rodriguez yes Hudak yes Mrs Yus yes okay well now move on to reports for members of the governing body beginning with Council oron in the First Ward please thank you council president I'm going to start off with our budget review and finance approval is requested for the following Finance actions the payment of bills totaling 2,295 29641 bills have been signed by the mayor council president and the finance chairwoman and a detailed check register and vouches are on file in the clerk's office we are in receipt of Investments made by the city treasurer for the month of November at the rate of 3.96% I'm move for approval and ask for a second second Mrs Orman yes Caldwell Mohammed yes Rivas yes Strano yes Armstead yes Rodriguez yes Hudak yes Mrs yamus yes okay the division of transportation and properties I hereby submit the monthly financial report from the division of transportation and parking for the month of November 2024 this report includes the collection of on and off Street parking meters railroad parking lots railroad parking permits and Merchant parking permits Trenton side collections $1,640 New York side collections $1,370 Railroad Credit Card transactions $2,875 railroad permits zero railroad Mobile payment parking $14,888 online railroad permits zero parking meter collections 8,00 , 5924 and zero for merchant permits the grant total $ 52,2 27.99 cents submitted by Tyrone Gibbons the traffic maintenance supervisor okay I'd like to just start with my basic word report first of all I'd like to wish um John Francis Roman uh best wishes and and his future endeavors and to thank him for his dedicated years of service to the Sixth Ward also the Lyndon Heritage and culture committee hosted the tree lighting this year in conjunction with the mayor Town Council and the department of Parks and Recreation we like to thank Mr Keith pressy for his dedication and for everything that he did to make it a success we also like to thank the horse and carriage um company the train company it made it extra special for the children the magicals and the dance troop from Lyndon High School performed flawlessly and it's always wonderful to see the children out there participating this event and it was freezing cold so a special thank you to them our Roc kids never disappoint they're always out there um with the colors anytime we ask they're there to volunteer not only like I said with the um flag but volunteering to make sure that things ran smoothly so we thank Commander for allowing us to use his children to get the community services a special thank you to bani bus company my goodness what a treat that was to see that beautiful bus out there completely decorated blowing snow it was definitely a treat um the city of Lyon has a wonderful and a very close relationship with them so we thank Courtney and crew and the whole entire volani bus bus company for such a spectacular contribution to our tree lighting ceremony our annual holiday decorating contest is going on effective immediately until the 21st keep your lights on let's Light It Up shine a light on it we are going to be out judging houses first of all every council person is going to going to pick three houses three of the top houses that just absolutely stand out we're going to have judges that will judge from those three and on the 28th the winners will be announced and gift cards will be sent to each one of our winners and let me tell you some of the houses are just absolutely spectacular in our Ward water main work is still going on and weather permitting they will be doing repairs to the lawn and to the sidewalks we're going to address it there's gravel there's asphalt sidewalk repairs we're we're not happy but once the weather breaks we will go ahead and make sure that everyone's property is bought back to its beautiful state you'll notice that throughout our sit area and downtown our parking meters are covered during this holiday season it's also to encourage you to come and Shop our em Merchants you don't have to pay to park and it's just our way of just wishing the residents in their Shoppers a very happy holiday and if you get a chance please drive down Wood Avenue at night because it is lit it is so pretty the white lights that the the decorations um along with our hometown hero banners that are still out there it's absolutely beautiful this month we have three holidays to celebrate Hanukkah Christmas and Quanza so I want to wish everybody a wonderful and happy happy holiday just remember they porch Pirates out there if you're expecting a package please track it or ask your neighbor to be on the lookout for it get a signature if you can you know make it mandatory they have to that you have to sign for it but let's look out for one another because the porch Pirates they're just out there more so than they've ever been before another tip large ticket items that come in boxes your 85 in color television that you're getting break that box up fold it into little pieces and stuff it in there please don't just leave it outside because you're letting the whole world know that you just got this big 85 in television they'll come in up break into your house so we just want to be extra careful lock your cars and please bring your packages in right away let's just continue to celebrate and have a wonderful joyous safe and happy holiday and I will see all of you next year that ends my report council president thank you councilwoman oron councilwoman Coldwell thank you council president as the chair of it I just want to give you some um website security updates um there have been hacking attempts however it has observed an increase on uh the website in the website with hacking attempts compared to previous month this trend is typ typically during the holiday season due to heightened online activity uh the city it teams including both in-house staff and external vendors are performing effectively no significant challenges have been reported from the city of Lyndon or the fire department and as for cyber security training the city team members are actively completing their assigned cyber security coursework on time additionally they are successfully passing their fishing simulation exercises as the chair of Social Services um there is a winter termination program and a utility assistance uh program which are available through the DCA website um it's https um nj.gov DCA dhcr offices witer termination. shtml um the social services is also assisting residents in applying for these programs in person during business hours additionally they're helping residents with food assistance and housing assistance you can contact that office at 90847463675645364 https U www.ne jersey.gov DCA dhcr offices energy. shtml and I'm going to read the Cod and construction report um for councilman Jabet uh for the month of November the financial summary is the total permits um are are $234,800 with a grand total of $236,100 jine Judah and my Uncle Kenny bule your kindness and empathy mean so much to me please take time to hug your love loved ones be kind to one another and you never know how much these matter these moments matter I would like to share some updates with you some of my constituents were um informing me that the lights behind two Tony in the ABC parking lot the lights were out well the lights are on um so is not no longer dark so if you have any problems with your lights you know always reach out to me cuz that's the quality of life issue and we want to make every sure make sure everyone is safe to The Neighbors at 10 Northwood Avenue I want to let you know that we're actively investigating the recent movement of the bus stop it appears that there was a discussion between New Jersey Transit and the developer but unfortunately the city was not included in that decision I'm working on Gathering more information and I will update you as soon as I can and as far as the drones when I when they when I find out something you'll know something I know people been asking me questions um looking ahead we're going to be um planning a community meeting in March of 2025 um I will give you that exact date in January I hope you'll join to discuss our ongoing and upcoming initiatives for our neighborhood and finally I want to take a moment to recognized councilman Roman as he prepares for his next chapter of his life councilman you have worked tirelessly for the Sixth Ward Although our working relationship didn't start off on the best note I can now say it has been an honor to get to know you I wish you all the best in your future endeavors Al as as always neighbors I'm here for you if you need me feel free to call me text me 98531 0676 or email me at mwell london-new jersey.gov wishing wishing you a joyful holiday season and a healthy prosperous New Year remember that councilwoman Carwell always follows up and follows through um that concludes my report counc thank you councilwoman um before we move on to councilman Muhammad I just want to um extend holiday wishes merry Christmas happy Hanukkah happy Kwanza and happy New Year from councilman javic he's not feeling well this evening but he wanted me to extend that to everyone in second war in city of Lyon okay councilman Muhammad thank you council president I too want to extend uh happy holidays all and uh a great New Year's uh we have had a great cooperation with the Department of Public Works and cleanups and and uh collecting the leaves I believe most of the work with the Department with the uh water department has concluded so that would make it much easier for us um be careful I was just speaking with the fire chief the month of December is a month of large numbers of fires taking place so be very cautious with your Christmas tree be cautious with your wiring and everything and and another got a good piece of news for you Porsche Bandits uh the police chief just informed me that in fact it is now an indictable crime which means a substantial jail time if it doesn't belong to you don't take it you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law I I I myself have been a victim of porch Bandits someone stole my robes I said man we got nothing I guess they saw a big box it's stolen but God bless you God bless the city Blendon and I wish you all a Happy New thank you thank you councilman mohamd councilman Reas thank you Madame President to our constituents in the fifth world and in the city I also like to Echo the uh best wishes from my Council colleagues and from everybody in the city for a healthy safe and blessed holiday season um let's be careful out there um there a lot of things happening like everybody else is is mentioning out there but the most important part of living in a city that cares about each other is just to be looking out for each other um we're great we're a great City believe it or not we're a great City uh there are many things are happening out there around the world that comparing to the things that happening to a city it makes us look like nothing is happening here we have great employees we have great organizations in the city that look over for all of us and for all of them would like to say on behalf of my family and myself and everybody and my neighbors thank you um my report is short just want to make sure that everybody understand that this is a time when you are to embrace and understand that your loved ones are the most beautiful treasure that we all have be with them enjoy these uh celebrations with them and God bless you all that's all my report for this time thank you councilman revas councilman Strano thank you council president uh somewhere I have the um Personnel report got it so it's a little bit lengthy so bear with me please uh number one the office of the clerk is a approving the title change for Paula solo to an administrative secretary at the annual salary of $775,000 which will be effective December 18th of 2024 B is approving the salary adjustment for Jasmine steel clerk 2 with the annual salary of $ 61,2 effective December 31st of 2024 and our Police Department a is approving a title change for Gina Campion to clerk 3 the annual salary of $ 71,7 43 effective December 31st 2024 B is approving the title change from Melissa Stanley to a clerk to at the annual salary of 45 $ 5,242 effective December 31st of 2024 C is approving a title change for Rose nevas to clerk 2 at the annual salary of $48,000 effective December 18th 2024 th is approving for the posting for a clerk one full-time at the salary range of 37,2 198 to 64,8 87 E's approving the salary adjustment for Britney Carson clerk one with an annual salary of 42,000 $799 effective December 31st of 2024 in the office of the treasury is approving a salary adjustment for Stacy Karen our tax collector with the annual salary of $126,400 effective December 31st 2024 B is approving of salary adjustment for Jessica swinsky our purchasing agent with an annual salary of $9,800 effective December 31st of 2024 C is approving a title change for Laura Lee Wade to clerk 2 at the annual salary of $46,200 [Music] for Denisha badley to a clerk to at the annual salary of $43,500 five is the Municipal Court approving the appointment appointment of Earl Lewis Jr Court attending part-time at the annual rate of $20 per hour effective December 18th of 2024 Mr Lewis has granted a res residency waiver and B is approving the amended start date of Jayla Harris clerkin full-time uh December 16th of 202 4 six in the Department of Community Services approving the appointment of ran Harvard lab rashan Harvard as a labor tier 2 full-time at the annual rate of $19.32 per hour effective December 9th of 2024 uh subject to the successful completion of the city's pre-employment requirements B is approving the recision of employment for ran richon as labor effective no November 26 of 2024 s in the fire department is a approving the appointment of Kimberly sass clerk 2 full-time at the annual sary of $50,000 effective December 31st 2024 subject to the successful completion of the city's pre-employment requirements eight in the office of the mayor approving a salary adjustment for lamari Centron clerk one with the annual salary of $5 54,8 one effective December 31st 2024 B is approving the salary adjustment for Liam white confidential assistant with the annual salary of $6,6 75 of December 31st of 2024 C is approving the transfer of Tyra Chapman to the office of the mayor as a chief of staff department as department head full-time at the annual salary of $72,000 and D is approving the appointment of Natasha Clark a business administrator full-time at a salary of $110,000 effective December 31st 2024 uh with uh no pay and an effective start date of January 6th of 2025 subject to the successful completion of the city's pre-employment requirement Mrs Clark has granted a residency waiver e is approving the appointment of John Watkins as the municipal housing lays on at an annual stien of $3,000 effective December 18th of 2024 nine and the office of construction code approving the appointment of James Kushner construction code enforcement officer part-time to manag to backflow prevention program at the annual rate of $27 an hour and it's not to exceed 192 hours per week 10 in the Board of Health approving the title change for Heather Grillo to clerk 2 with annual salary of $43,500 effective December 31st of 2024 B is approving the amended start date of David amalar housing inspector full time to December 16th of 20124 C is approving the salary adjustment for Anon Pino infectious disease prevention General list with a new salary of $523 21 effective December 31st of 2024 these approving the salary adjustment for Kimberly ulissi infectious disease prevention channel list with the new salary of 52231 effective December 31st of 2024 11 in the Personnel division is approving an FMLA njfla that's on file with the division B approving the attached 2024 vacation carry order to be utilized no later than March 31st of 2024 C is approving a salary adjustment for Dedra Mason Esquire with the annual salary of 83,8 effective December 31st of 2024 these approving the salary adjustment for Edward Cooper Esquire with the annual salary of 38,000 effective December 31st of 24 e is approving a salary adjustment for TR Tracy Cosby Esquire with an annual salary of $83,900 effective December 31st in 2024 and F is approving the salary adustment for April bul night Esquire with the annual salary of $61,500 effective December 31st of 2024 I move for approval and ask for a second second Mrs Orman yes Caldwell yes Mohammad yes revas yes Strano yes Armstead yes Rodriguez yes Hudak yes Mrs yikas yes uh just have a short little BLB here for U my Council report regarding the tree lighting it really was uh pretty fantastic even though it was a little chilly uh but um if I don't do this I'll be in big trouble I'd be I'd be remiss IFI I didn't mention the unsung heroes namely my wife and the cultural and Heritage committee uh these people volunteer countless hours of which I can attest firsthand uh hot chocolate pretzels and bicycles just don't fall out of the sky um my heart heartfelt personal thank you to all those members of that committee um and on that note I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas uh happy Hanukkah happy K Quanza and uh a healthy and prosperous New Year and uh a happy Festivus for the rest of us thank you thank you councilman councilman Armstead yes thank you council president uh first I wanted to start off with the bo of um Bo of Health Report to the city council okay covid activity remains low among all age groups which is really good um flu activity remains low except um well is it it is rising just a small amount and these are for people that are 65 and older RSV activity is moderate uh there continues to be increase in percent of and percent POS uh positivity ER departments visit with RSV diagnosis and Hospital admissions especially among children 0 to four of age okay always the Board of Health urges everyone to observe standard precautions during cold and flu season stay home see your doctors also we have um the opioid uh treatment booklets are provided to the first aid Squad okay as far as um eighth Ward uh Things Are going pretty smooth in the eighth Ward uh we do have our roads that are due to be paved they're going to be paved when the weather breaks um I'm piggybacking off of councilman or orine as well on that one with chanler Avenue and East Baltimore Avenue will be finished when the weather is uh breaks uh we have a few issues in the community as far as the porch Pirates uh which I'm pretty sure everybody knows about they're around and they're getting people's gifts and I would like to say this if you have a car and you leave something in your car lock your doors just um about a week and a half ago on my block somebody just walked past somebody's car opened up the door and took the laptop out that's because your door wasn't locked and it happened so fast it can happen at the blink of an eye um uh then that's basically it on the report but i' also would like to say anybody who would like to get in contact with me you can contact me at Mr Armstead at london-new jersey.gov or you can call me at area code 98463 8986 I prefer phone calls I will take email messages but I prefer phone calls and I will reiterate this one more time I will always call back that's all I have for the eighth War today thank you thank you councilman councilman Rodriguez thank you council president good evening I am pleased to report that in November 2024 our fire prevention Bureau collected $ 5,845 and the Lyndon fire department ambulance billing reached $78,400 25314 these achievements reflect the dedication of our team to our community safety I also want to express my gratitude towards to Mr Roman for his outstanding service in lynon although I haven't known you for long your dedication has set high standard you will be missed and I wish you and your family the best in your future endeavors as holiday season approaches I wish everyone a happy holiday and a joyful New Year's enjoy this special time with your loved ones thank you that concludes my report thank you councilman councilwoman Hudak I'd like to thank everyone who attended our community meeting and there was a productive discussion and as the designs are being formulated for our Parks I will communicate that information with everyone also I encourage everyone to look at your utility bills a little closer and see if there's any discrepancies and I've been asked if Santa is real and I'm here to tell you he is he is real in the sense of Santa inspires us to to be giving and to be caring and to believe in Santa is to realize the greatest opulence and gift is simply a thank you so thank you to all who are serving this great nation have served under the American flag our family and friends for their love and their kindness Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night thank you Council woman okay um I have a report this evening um I'd like to start off first with acknowledging our Sid and our Lindon cultural and Heritage committee for the tree lighting I've been receiving numerous phone calls about how beautiful Wood Avenue looks with the lighting so it looks great thank you um councilwoman Orman had acknowledged many of the performers uh but I believe she missed one it was our marching band under the direction of Anthony Spano they star out new we this is the first year they have eighth graders joining the band so they're struggling a little bit so we want to give them kudos for coming out in that cold also I'd like to also take this opportunity to congratulate OEM Deputy coordinator Joseph saliano are receiving a ltime of service award in OEM at the uh New Jersey OEM association annual holiday party joose Gano has dedicated many years to the city of lynon and OEM operations this is a well-deserved honor congratulations Joe also congratulations to our parking enforcement officer gaale hor hor horc who was recently recognized as a traffic safety Hero by the triaa Northeast in her role as a parking enforcement supervisor she has been a leader in efforts to improve Traffic Safety particularly pedestrian safety throughout the city of Lyndon okay um the mayor's going to mention about the breakfast of Santa I was told to remind you mayor make sure you don't miss that okay um also um I want to make mention the city of lyen is going back to the state health benefits program starting in January as a significant cost uh Savings in the upcoming budget um there are deadlines to be met I would like to take this time to acknowledge our Personnel division just sheii and Mindy kak who have been working endless hours answering phone calls assisting employees and retirees and navigating the state system um people are getting locked out of the state system so of course they're getting very nervous like I won't have benefits for January they have been working hour many hours this past month assisting them so I want to say thank you to them you know many of our seniors don't have access to a computer so they've been having them come in working with them so thank you I'd like to also acknowledge uh councilman Roman for his service as a councilman in the Sixth Ward um as the mayor said he answered his constituents uh he was elected time and time again um whoever FS the seat is going to have some big shoes to fill so I wish him and his family the best in their future endeavors okay and um just want to wish happy holidays to everyone Merry Christmas Happy Hanukkah they're the same night this year beginning Hanukkah begins December 25th also a happy Kwanza and a very Happy New Year to everyone hey mayor you're on yes thank you council president uh my report will be very brief um first of all I just want to wish everyone a happy holiday U happy whether it's Hanukkah or whether it's Christmas or Quanza however you celebrate I just want to wish you all a happy happy um the other thing I'd like to do is congratulate the special improvement district and the Lyon cultural heritage commit committee uh just re reiterate the point uh that some of my some of my other colleagues made what a great job they did this year um it was definitely a different type of event um like to thank um Courtney valani of the bani bus company for uh her efforts uh to make our uh tree lighting ceremony a tremendous success um I'd like to thank um all my council members for working so hard this year uh to see to it that we have a safe City uh and last but certainly not least I'd like to announce that we're having a what we call a party with a purpose toy drive uh and that will be tomorrow night uh it's going to be hosted by Hot 97's DJ RI it will be at the Applebees bar at 60 671 West edar Road uh the admission for the event will be you have you must bring a toy or a gift card that is valued at $10 um there is a cash bar um so um and all the toys that are collected will be given uh to out at our breakfast with Santa that we have every year and I believe that's this Saturday right Michelle and what time does that start 8:00 a.m. to I believe it's 11:30 had the flyer right here yes 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 okay that's this Saturday coming up again and any toys that are left over uh will be giving to um the Marine Co core uh toys for ttch drive so again this is a worthwhile cause please come out if you have an opportunity to donate a toy and remember that there are a lot of children uh who are not that fortunate and we see to it we at least try to see to to it that they have joy on Christmas morning thank you so much and uh once again happy holiday for everyone oh I'd be remissive if I didn't mention this also I want to wish John Roman John Francis Roman councilman six of the Sixth Ward the best um uh we often didn't agree on a lot of things but I will say this uh he was a good councilman he answered his constituents he responded adequately uh and again like I said proof was in put because they reelected him thank you mayor okay we'll now move on to resolutions we have this evening we have resolutions 20124 466 through 2024 491 can we have a motion please Madame President I'm moving for approval of resolution uh 2024 466 to 2024 481 I respectfully ask for a second second Mrs Orman yes called well yes Mohammad yes Rivas yes Strano yes Armstead yes Rodriguez yes Hudak yes Mrs Yus yes okay we have no ordinances on first reading this evening so we'll move on to comments for members of the public in attendance on City business only no personal political derogatory comments please not to exceed three minutes okay we'll start with Frank Hower no this is public Craig H 120 Donaldson place first of all I want to wish everybody in London not just the people present here tonight uh happy and healthy holiday whichever one applies uh my one of my comments is I brought up last night it was about parking so maybe we can get the traffic uh division of the Police Department to start going through different streets and looking at the parking situation I know it's a big job I'm not saying it is it and I certainly don't expect it done by the first week of the year no it's a long job and I do wish that they you know because it doesn't just affect me it doesn't just affect people I know it affects everybody another way to deal with the parking is take a moment and slow down on some of the development of especially of the larger apartment buildings or condo buildings that are going up these are going to do nothing more than add a lot of cars to our streets and you know we all travel the streets we all know that they get crowded and there are certain reasons why some of them are more crowded than others but again don't take this the wrong way I'm not against development but let's sit back and say hey how are are we going to do this you know how does it affect our residents our taxpayers okay we're all in this for one reason because we want to make London the best town the best city in the state of New Jersey and that's what we're all here for that's why I one of many reasons why I attend meetings the way I do so please again I wish everybody a happy and healthy holiday and take my comments as ideas because we want this to be the best city in it that it can be you know one of the things I think about is I know that there are some thoughts of removing the airport and doing some development there I don't know what that's all about you I know that it's certainly an idea but again all of these ideas for development of affect everybody in this our great city thank you very much and again have a great holiday season everyone you to Mr okay uh Daryl Sadler please just State your uh name and address again for the clerk yes ma'am uh Daryl Sadler uh Parkland condominiums on 104 East Elizabeth good evening everyone and happy holidays so I won't forget that um um so uh I'm actually a little ashamed to say out of almost 11 years of living here this is like my third time at a town hall meeting so uh forgive me for that I will do better um and want to thank you all for your service to the community everybody my third war councilwoman miss Monica um but I have two questions and I probably can find these answers out on the website but I have yet to figure out how to navigate all that um but the question that I have um so in parkline Condominiums we have 96 units there and the I'm okay with the trash pickup I'm okay but the recycling is I my question is is it routine throughout the city that paper and cardboard is only picked up once a week and then glass and Bottles the opposite week because they picked up um bottles and glass yesterday but our um cardboard is already overflowing and it's really bad because um you know it's just a bad eyesore the person who cleans up in our in our homeowners association they have to spend a lot of hours trying to you know some of that's our fault because people don't break down their boxes somebody was saying about breaking down boxes but but for the most part it's even with the bottles and everything it's full when they come to pick up one side so I just want because we you know one reason I guess what really forced me out there because my taxes keep going up and I know what we all pay those um that's my neighbor she can attest to what I'm saying she lives in 102 I live in 104 but it's just not enough so I want to know is it is that a a rule or can we get the recycling picked up equally and the second question is um because there's i' had it happen to me last night on Wood Avenue and I have a neighbor that does it leash laws is there a leash law in ly that's my thought I just don't know um because last night was a pitbull and my neighbor has a pitbull and neither have them unleash my brother was bit by pitbull last year in North Carolina so um I just wanted to know that but for the if someone can answer that about the recycling I don't know if that would be time Well's chair I I chair the Department of Community Services I'm not 100% familiar I I'll be speaking um incorrectly if I give you what the status is your particular address because you said it's a condominium um I'm more familiar with residential if there's anybody that has more specific information is there our our city department head is Nick pantina he might be able to elaborate a lot better on this Hi how are you yes sir hi we understand your uh patience and uh stress uh but if you do go on to the website and check out Public Works and I don't know the number off hand because I just know cell phones um you could call up in the morning and you can get a special pickup I'm sure or arrange something I know we just passed something on ordinance uh for single family and res single Residential Properties uh for special pickups and rules and payments after that but if you talk to Dave Martinez he's the assistant superintendent of Public Works okay and he could answer all your questions he'll be there Tom more okay thank you so much appreciate it can I just elaborate a little bit more on this yes sir um right down the street from where you live live I mean it's I know it's not convenient but there's a um recycle center right on Donaldson place okay and if you're in this especially this time of year you might be uh inundated because it's the holiday season you can bring cardboard you could bring your recyclables uh your uh both you know you're co-mingled and even your uh TV sets you know the the old TVs that you want to dispose of so that's available fortunately it's only till 2:00 in the afternoon uh on a weekday but it's also there on Saturdays it's open on Saturday till two so that might help takes a little bit of effort but um but like the department head said if it's gets to be a problem we could always make a phone call and we could help alleviate the problem with a special but that's good to know I can pass that along to our property managers and maybe they can send an announcement to let people know because it's it's this is not just recent this has been going on for a while and several months ago at our homeowners was meeting I brought it up and they said you need to talk to the city about that so that's I said I have that's it's one Avenue of relief okay all right thank you yes okay gotta so so and all all that's everything's on the on on the website what you just told me and okay so please give them the information about the recycling center as well sounds thank you all thank you so much thank you sir okay John kazor okay can I have a motion to close the public comment portion of the meeting please second Mrs yes goldw Mohammed yes Rivas yes Strano yes Armstead yes yes Rodriguez yes Hudak yes Mrs yamakas yes okay comments from members of the governing body anyone from the Das wish to make a comment councilman Strano start with you thank you I just want to uh wish John Roman well is a very bright intelligent young man and I know he'll go far and uh you know like I said earlier um actually I said last meeting you know he I'll miss having him next to me now and uh good luck John and um I know you'll do well thank you councilman councilwoman calwell I want to thank all the city employees for everything that you do without you there's no us we would not be successful um I want to thank uh Chief Hart's Police Department for being a escort for my aunt um on um the day of her funeral I appreciate that and um um thank you again to the city employees thank you for everything you do we appreciate you I I know I do hey councilman Mohamad yes [Music] I your m your microphone yeah I thought my voice was strong enough to project without a mic well what's that date councilman it's Thursday Thursday December 19th School five School five yes 6: PM for uh to go over the park review for the fourth ward okay everyone's invited from the fourth ward okay okay thank you okay is anyone else okay I just want to take this opportunity to wish our Deputy clerk here a happy birthday it's her birthday tomorrow Happy Birthday okay and also if anyone from the public um needs to contact any information on the Sixth Ward or assistance you can reach out to me uh my number is 9908 49488 or anyone Citywide if you have an issue okay um the next Council meetings will be as follows Council conference meeting before the council meeting Tuesday January 7th at 6: PM in the council conference room City Hall Council organization meeting Tuesday January 7th at 7 p.m. in the council meeting room City Hall these meetings are to be held in person um can we have a motion to adjourn please council president I make a motion to adjourn and ask for a second please second Mrs Orman yes Falwell yes Mohammed yes Rivas Strano yes Armstead yes Rodriguez yes Hudak Mrs yikes yes happy holidays everyone EX [Music] [Music]