##VIDEO ID:Tcyh2Gnv_88## a call to order uh the uh regular session for December 4th 2024 Township of L pacan um prayer please stand up sorry about [Music] that flag the United States of America the Republic for which it stands one nation indivisible jice adequate notice of this meeting has been provided indicating the time and place of the meeting in accordance with chapter 231 of public laws of 1975 by advertising a notice in the Star Ledger and The Express Times Warren County Zone and by posting a copy on the bulton board and the municip building roll call be please councilman here councilman Marinelli here Council M here council president here mayor here U Mr Ley would you summarize the executive session please uh sure mayor uh we had one Personnel matter dealing with the police department a personel Personnel matter dealing with civil service determination a Personnel matter dealing with a perk matter Personnel matter dealing with plumbing inspector contractual matter dealing with EMS update and attorney client privilege matter dealing with resal of affordable housing no official action was taken copies of these minutes will be available at such time as the council determines there is no harm to the public interest and then mayor I think uh we need a if the council so inclined a motion to authorize the hire of three police officers to begin the academy on January 1 at the rate set forth in the contract okay I'll make that motion second roll call B councilman Bo yes councilman Marin Al yes councilman MC yes council president yes may yes okay public comment on agenda item all right see now we'll move on to Old business uh minutes approved executive and regular session of minutes for November 6 2024 I have a motion in second motion second roll call vote please councilman yes counc mayell yes counc yes council president yes mayor yes all right consent agenda 1 through 13 have a motion in second please make a motion second all in favor say no okay F here announcement you're in council meeting is scheduled for December 30th 2024 um I believe we also have one for special one will be January 15th correct uh yes so we have December 30th which is a Monday evening that's our last meeting of the year we'll have our reorg on January 7th which is a Tuesday and then an upcoming meeting on the 15th of January as well so just a look ahead all right Council reports rich I don't have anything for you ma'am Lou um I just the leaf pick up Brian when is the last uh week the Lea pickup we us to stop um either first heavy snow or the 11th of December okay was com Scott no I just have a question off for B Ryan these were late fall on this year because of the warm weather and all will that be extended I'm sorry it's not you my hearing going the leaves were late falling this year because of the warm weather and all will that be extended then I mean there's a lot of people have the trees are still there's always trees that got on okay so certain trees be on most okay but they're always welcome to bring them down until the pil okay just stop winner nothing J um yes um Santa Claus is coming to town he will be at the Speers Road fire station on December 21st from 1 to 3 the fire department of recreation committee are working on that event know that all right uh want to thank the PD stopping trucks all over like crazy I love it they're uh they're out there every day um I see that Squad building's shaping up it's been cleaned up doing a good job guys are working on it um I know we got some repairs to do over there but looks like moving ahead fine so thank you uh that all I have Engineers report yes thanks Mr Mayor um excuse me just give give everyone an update uh the pickle ball courts project um I've been working with the contractor to get that work scheduled and waiting on some paperwork for him to file uh with us and with Beth uh so we can get him started on the project but likely schedule preconstruction meeting in the next month um he is looking to get the work started work through the winter so that in the spring he's ready to pave which we talked about I know last month uh the Jade Lane improvements project uh we have a purchase order lined up and and the contractors lined up but at this point you know certainly the weather turned more quickly than we expected and you we're waiting on the springtime construction season to get that road resurfaced um given an update on the pool demolition the demolition plans are are fairly uh complete probably in the next week will be complete on the plans with the intention of bidding out the demolition of the pool um before Christmas this year so we should see that starting sort of in the uh in the early early next year for the demolition on the next Road job that we have lined up that's a DOT funded project to Stonehenge drive and those are improvements from Buckley Hill to Red School Lane um so we have a proposal that we submitted to Kim we're working with Kim on getting the survey and design effort started uh you know sometime in January likely so that we can get that bid and then uh hopefully constructed in the spring um we're also working on Fox Farm Road the repairs from the storm in July of 2023 working with FEMA we expect the survey designed permitting work to start in the next month and then shortly thereafter we have to meet with DP and work through all that to get that road stabilized get the bank stabilized I was up there this week with our uh with our permanent permitting uh group that that I work with as well as the structural engineers that will be working on the walls there so we're we're getting you know getting that process started and then we'll have to coordinate with FEMA on it as well since they're providing funding for that work um so that's all I have right now do you know if L's Hollow Road is on our radar for repairing roads and redoing up that way L's Hollow I know we paved it a few years ago but that's goes back to co uh I don't know it's not on our list otherwise that the one that branches off to like the bottom of the dam that's Reservoir Road resir road that I I don't have that on on a list you might want to take a look at that I had a few neighbors up there they're saying it's like all broken up really bad okay yeah yeah I know L's Hollow we resurfaced cuz it was broken up we did we did some stabilization work on that road and then we paved it I think it was during Co 2020 2021 so okay I'll put that on the list then to look at good all right anything else that's all I have okay chief please your rep thank you mayor um the only thing I have is um our monthly traffic report so for the uh the month month of November we had a total of 206 traffic stops of those stops 41% of the drivers were issued a citation and of those uh the 41% um 55% of those uh were overweight tractor trailer drivers were um overweight restricted vehicles um and again we were able to put some uh dedicated uh manpower to to that specific issue um a total of 53 hours for for the month we were able to dedicate extra to that that's my report thank you DPW right yeah back to like you saying there Scott U the leaves and we've been picking up leaves uh we're coming to an end but if they put them out you know we're going to pick them up all right we're just asking people to work with us at that point because eventually we will get snow heavy snow all right so there's got to coming in it all right but uh we'll work with them and do our best with them it's always open for them to come down all right um and uh you know we getting ready for equipment the new pieces are coming in the sidewalk equipment's in all right U we're doing some training on that all right um you know I'm getting everybody ready for how to work and coming down through that new sidewalk all right without wrecking it and all that um one thing for Adam here Adam that road if you're looking at more road is three towns not one okay all right screen w low pack and then Harmony uh we've been potholing them all it seems like we're the only ones that do but it's not all ours and there's no is there an agreement in place do we I don't know we a maintenance agreement we we've done some things where they plow a little for us we plow a little for them but when it comes to Paving I don't know how you want to address that issue where's scam on that road uh in the in the middle the middle of it pretty much and Harmony is is well yeah the yeah and it splits up in all different kind of scenarios there I know was green going to L Hollow going in and then we split left and right right that Reservoir splits to the right and then Reservoir is uh U I don't know exactly without looking at the maps it don't hold me to it but it goes uh you know I believe it's it's uh then green witch and then L pacon and then horm ring all right in that fashion so I don't know what your plans are and how you want to do it but it would be a thing to get together with all towns and put it together as one instead of one expense on the whole town of us right you know what I mean so yeah um just wanted to throw that out good all right so um but yeah everything else is going well um we're just you know got everything all the plows all the sauce rers everything else are you know and ready to roll cool so all right all right thank you fire chief report May counil low Paco fire department responded to 20 calls of service for the month of November uh also want to take the time real quick to thank you for the last five years of working with me as assistant chief at Del Park my term will be at the end at the end of this year I look forward to working with you in a new role next year as firefighter in the town it's been a pleasure thank you very much thank you thank you thank you all right EMS report anybody hear from them no okay approved Department uh report any motion second please motion second all in favor I I approv of payment of bills motion second please motion second roll call vote please Council yes counc Marinelli yes counc yes yes yes okay public comment anyone Mr [Music] cers uh John Kon J Lane I just have a question regarding the uh the warehouse on the warehouse that the planes are submitted for um on the field behind the uh the bburg mall uh the highlands Council heard that on the 17th and I didn't attend the last counc meeting but I watched the video and um I think Mr L you said that they have 45 days to Pon would have 45 days to appeal that decision um what's the status of that if you don't mind will you have't appealed it Haven appealed it so the 45 was that 45 days or 45 business days it's usually 45 calendar I'm sure it's 45 calendar days okay so and then I don't you know sometimes it runs from the public a of the resolution I got to take a look at the Highland rules they may be a little different but you know like with the land use thing it's when it's published that starts the 45 days so I'm not sure I could go back and check my notes just are there any plans to to appe that decision I don't think we'll not by us well we we submitted it right so we would be the people to to appeal that decision right I have no idea I yeah I I think other parties could appeal decision if they wanted to but on behalf of the well no no on behalf of interested part you know they could file an appeal on behalf of themselves not on behalf of the township it was the it was the pong though that originally submitted all those plans right correct yep okay thank you all right anyone else right seeing none um motion for adjournment motion second second all in favor I thank you for coming out