e e e e e e e e e e president uh councilwoman Hanahan is ABS excused for those who are able please uh rise for the Pledge of Allegiance and remain standing after the pledge I pledge to the flag the United States of America and to the stands one nation under God indivisible liy and justice for all let take a moment to remember members of our extended burrow family and the longtime residents who we lost over the last few weeks Frank Benedict uh formerly of Madison passed away on June 27th age 95 born in New Haven in 1929 graduated from handen high school spent one year at Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and then attended Yale graduating bachelor's degree master's degree and then a doctorate in theoretical physics in 1956 he survived by his wife barbar his daughters Elizabeth Mary CLA and his son Andrew also survived by six grandchildren one great-grandchild predeceased by his son Edward but began his long career at Bell labs in whipy in 1956 as a member of technical staff eventually retired as the department head his work involved research on Military systems for US Government focusing oceanography and nuclear missile defense is as it says in his obituary his work was top secret and he was good at keeping it secret so that's all they're going to say about it he was a resident in Madison for 54 years he began his involvement with a burrow with a charter commission uh which then led to a term on the burrow Council and then 17 years on the pl uh planning board including time as a chair he was also involved with the library where he started a series at college level meeting courses with Drew University professors he organized and ran this for more than 20 years and he and his wife would have celebrated their SE 70th Anniversary this year you also remember Dave Carver who passed away this weekend graduated University of Tennessee with a BS in Accounting in 1983 MBA from fdu 1990 devoted to his wife uh Penny and any sports team wearing the Tennessee uniform he also had 29 years executive experience with pharmaceutical industry with shearing plow Merck and novaris he suffered a spinal cord injury in 2013 and taught us all how to be strong and that fight back although he was originally paralyzed from neck down he eventually learned to stand and walked short distances that profile encourage didn't stop him from serving in his Visionary responsible for the recreational Grill softball program in Madison introduced that sport to thousands of young girls over the years as coach mentor and board member he did whatever it took to give the girls the same opportunity to participate in sports that the boys had taken for granted for years he served on a recreation advisory committee from 2015 until is passing serving his chair for most of that time also served on open space Recreation historic preservation advisory committee from 2008 to 2013 and the Board of Health from 2009 to 2012 his death is a huge blow to those families and M Community as a whole in his honor I will be asking for all the FL burrow Flags be lowered on the day of his funeral I will also encourage Madison residents on that day to wear Tennessee volunteer Orange in his honor so please do so and on July 6 we lost William Bard Stevenson Pew passed away William was born in 1939 Baltimore Jim Bernette is is very proud son-in-law William resided in Lutherville Maryland Maryland and Oxford prior to moving to New Providence he ended up on encamp Norway on Lake Fairley in Vermont 1952 a place that became a central part of life it's where he met his wife janne at a camp dance and the two owned and operated the same summer camp he attended as a child for more than 22 years that's where he enjoyed the final days of his life surrounded by Family it should also be noted that that camp is where Jim Bernett met his future wife SAR Bernett Willam obtained his Bach's degree in education University of Maryland was a member of the 1959 National Champion lacrosse team he was F fiz ed teacher and coach for several years prior to running and directing Camp Norway he was an aid fisherman enjoyed antiquing collecting decoys and boating on to Chesapeake Bay he survived by his wife nearly 63 years janne daughter Sarah Bernett and son-in-law Jim four grandchildren Willam Pew I fourth James Bernett the fth Lisa Pew and Paige Bernett so let's us take a moment to remember Frank Benedict Dave Carver and William Pew and let us now pass our thoughts on the families and friends that they leave behind thank you very much have a motion for the executive minutes of May 29th and executive minutes of July 8th 2024 I moved second second all in favor I I made a motion for the regular minutes of May 29th 24 so moved second any direct uh discussion Corrections or changes all in favor I I and a motion for the regular minutes of July 8th 2024 moved any uh Corrections or changes all in favor I I right welcome all take a break from the humidity outside and the thunderstorms of today I want to thank uh council president Eric range for covering the last two minutes um one in June allowed me to attend the league of conservation voters annual Galla that's I am the chair of the 51 C3 board so I was able to welcome many guests there and then the July 8th meeting I was in Joins RNR uh so thank you very much Eric and um I'll try to live up the standard you have set and see if as I said earlier that see if being a Mayers like riding a bicycle you just get right back on there again um I just want to share my this past Friday which was not necessarily a typical day but it was a classic mayor day so I come in the office around 10:00 and catching up on email at noon I uh join members of the Madison's Colombian community on the Plaza out front for the celebration of Colombia's Independence Day which was Saturday the celebration included dancing which my legs are still recovering in and Brian in the audience I think's got some video of that so uh the check is in the mail to keep that hidden but that was a lot of fun and I'm so glad we were able to celebrate such an important day in our uh Colombian residents uh light lives and then so after the I recovered from the dancing at 2:00 I was at sunrise in Madison to present a proclamation in honor of resident's 100th birthday and this was the uh third 100th birthday celebration in the past last year so uh it's become pretty much a regular thing and then at 3:00 I was back here to officiate a wedding and then a 4:00 another wedding so it was a just a a busy day in the life uh all in a day's work and the uh last thing is just a reminder that this is a five Monday month which means there's going to be extra week in between meetings our next uh council meeting will be in three weeks on August 12th and that will be our only council meeting in August that's all I've got right now so we move on to reports committee Public Safety Council president range thank you mayor just a reminder that in two weeks on Tuesday excuse me on Tuesday August 6th we'll be hosting National Night Out on Waverly Place we have a great night set for our residents and visitors which will Encompass lots of activi activities for children we have many law enforcement and Public Safety partners that will be set up and ready for demonstrations there are also Community Partners that will have sections where they will be presenting their organizations there will be food ice cream and refreshments available the mass and police department looks forward to this night every year and they cannot wait to see residents and speak with them during National Night Out we hope to see everyone there and you can feel free to get a feel of what our department does speak with officers and hear what services uh the department can provide to the community during the month of July uh Madison police department hosts will be hosting two training days where the full department will receive a refresher on Criminal Justice Reform and its processing and procedures the presenters are several assistant prosecutors from the Morris County prosecutor's office Masson Police Department is one of a few departments that will be voluntarily refreshing their entire department on these directives that became effective on January 1st uh 2017 uh Criminal Justice Reform shifted from A system that relies principally on setting monetary bail as condition of release to A risk-based system that is more objective and thus fair for defendants because it is unrelated to their ability to pay monetary bail and from the fire department tonight so far in the month of July the fire department has responded to 153 calls this includes 52 fire calls and 72 EMS calls 76 people have been transported to the hospital so far this month uh the fire department has responded to a total of uh 1,217 incidents this last this last year so far the fire department will be partnering with the police department on National Night Out on August 6 6th so they two uh are looking forward to seeing everybody on Waverly Place the fire department is working closely with the Board of Education uh to help the ongoing construction projects at the school and ensure that fire alarm systems and other critical emergency uh systems are maintained without any Interruption the fire department is finalizing its switch over to a new incident uh reporting system which will be federally mandated for all agencies at the by the end of this year and uh good news on the volunteer front that three new volunteer firefighters will begin their training at Morris County County Public Safety Training Academy next month and just a brief note from The Joint court tonight um we've seen a significant increase in the fees collected year-over-year uh for the month of June while there has been a uh small increase in cases much of the revenue increase continues to be from collecting past due and other delinquent payments that are now being collected after the pandemic era pause of delinquent notices being issued by the State and now that that has come to an end people are actually paying their outstanding uh fines and other fees that's all tonight mayor thank you very much my name is er clerk thank you mayor the tax collector reports that tax bills were mailed out on July 17th if you've not received your tax bill you can call the tax collector's office to request a copy the third quarter grace period is through the end of the business day on Monday August 12th payments received after this will be charged interest back to the due date of August 1st and as a reminder the tax collector cannot accept postmark or post-dated checks in the tax bill mailing taxpayers received the bureau's one-page budget summary it's an informative easyto read snapshot highlighting Municipal Services Grants received and projects in progress around the burough this document can also be found on rosenet a flyer called your tax dollars at work a report from the Board of Ed was also included with the tax bills the the tax collector also reports that the annual tax sale will be held on October 3rd on that day any Property Owners with unpaid 2023 balances on their taxes or utilities will have a lean placed on their property warning letters were sent out last week to properties in danger of going to sale and official tax sale notices will be mailed to the remaining owners in 2 weeks the tax sale process is away from municipalities in New Jersey to obtain the full amount of property taxes and other charges needed to support the annual budget while providing the property owner with additional time to pay off what they owe thank you mayor thank you Public Works and Engineering Mr land thank you mayor for from Public Works the road department assisted the utility electric utility with installing conduit on cook Avenue part of the parking lot project the road department assisted the water utility group with installing a new fire hydr in the cook Avenue parking lot the parks department is continuing working on the rec recreational Fields so they are playable for all sports teams and finally Public Works is working with the environmental committee to remove invasive plants at at gibfield at gibfield Pine Park thank you mayor thank you and utilities and community fairs if you have that Mr H buas yes sir thank you mayor welcome everybody from the public Council uh from the electric utility uh very good news to report that the electric utility is is helping out a lot at the cook Avenue parking lot reconstruction you know that it's currently under construction with the goal being to have all work completed in time for the holiday shopping this fall prior to the start of the holiday shopping season the burough electric Crews have worked long hours to install the underground utility infrastructure to help expedite the work and save taxpayer dollars the short-term inconvenience will be far outweighed by the permanent improvements with an upto-date safer parking lot what the electric utility is doing is they are putting primary and secondary pipe runs concrete ENC casements for wires and a concrete pad Mount concrete pad Mount transformer pad for new for a new Transformer that's going in the parking lot the crews are setting up for new wire PS at the cook Avenue lot and setting the new Transformer in place around the burrow line clearance has been completed in the north section of town and is now commencing towards the West section of town the crews have completed their ninth week of trimming from the water utility the burrow has five Wells to provide drinking water to our residents during the summer months we need all five Wells to keep up with the demand we routinely pump over 3 million gallons daily of water tremendous amount of water one of our wells wellb has been under construction and reconstruction and is in the process of being hopefully finished soon the project is almost completed but the pumping capacity is not back to normal at the last council meeting a contract was approved with a company named subsurface Technologies they're going to scrub the in casings of the well and the screens with a specialized chemical treatment which does not affect water quality but hopefully will increase capacity back to its historic levels during the summer months it's helpful for residents to adhere to the Burrow's voluntary conservation program and limit water water usage for non-essential functions like lawn watering car washing Etc in the coming weeks the burough will be exploring a program to encourage water conservation focused on the high consumption customers lastly our new vendor metertech has started stalling more new water meters throughout the town their representatives will have identification on them and advanced appointments can be scheduled they're off to a great start in addition hydrants throughout the town continue to be given a Fresh coat of paint and have maintenance performed the water department continues to respond to markouts and calls from residents and they started letting copper sampling throughout the town at designated sample locations that's all on the Water and Electric miror from the uh Downtown Development commission we have a few things to report again just to reiterate that we reinvented the Madison Farmers Market for 2024 it's called the Madison farm and Artis market and it's been open for business every Saturday since the beginning of June and it goes through December 14 it's in the Prospect Street parking lot from 9:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. please check out all the great new and returning vendors great music sense of community it's done very well and a lot of residents have thanked us for giving them an opportunity to attend who could not make it in the past during weekdays planning is underway for bottle Hill Day even though it sounds early there's a lot of planning to schedule this major event for the burrow on October 5th this year mark your Calenders more information regarding the vendor applications and event sponsorship is posted on rosenet.org the Downtown Development commission will meet again on July 18th at 75 oh we already did that uh Madison Community Art Center the monthly music open mic is scheduled for I don't know what date sorry here next up for the summer outdoor concert series is the alberata Spanish dance theater I think that happened already too I'm getting old news sorry May that's all right they sent me an old report sorry about that three straight weeks of Youth Theater at the center of ma Madison Arts and Cultural Center uh July 26th which is this week is a work of heart Productions and they will pre present Shrek the musical and then Spotlight kids returns with Alice by heart August 2nd to 4th and events for the entire year can be viewed on the mcac landing page at Madison Arts nj.org mcac thank you mayor and Health Mr Forte thank you mayor uh 92 mosquito pools in New Jersey have tested positive for West Nile Virus in 2024 Which is higher than the 5year average aage and while no human or animal cases of westn virus have been reported in New Jersey this year the health department would like to remind residents to continue to use insect repellent when outdoors and to eliminate conditions that allow for standing water on their property the CDC reports that covid percent positivity is now at 11% we are seeing an increase in covid cases locally and while Hospital hospitalizations in deaths remain low residents should still take steps to protect themselves more information can be found on the health department website thank you thank you Communications petitions none received mayor thank you now we're on to our first of two invitations for public comment this is limited to our agenda discussions and resolutions There Are No Agenda discussions so you can't comp comment on that but you may comment on these resolutions uh resolution 2117 authorizing execution amended uh settlement agreement with Midwest Construction resolution 218 authorized a purchase of police vehicle accessories for the police uh Department through uhop pricing in the amount of 13,000 and change resolution 219 is authorized a renewal of contract with seal power for energy audit Services resolution 220 is uh authorized in the 39th Annual geralda Farms run on Sunday November 10th resolution 221 is granting uh turn the town's grp turn the town's teal permission uh to tie ribbons around trees in streets of Madison from September 1st through September 30th in support of their uh turn to Town's teal campaign to fight ovarian cancer resolution 222 is appointing John Carlson's part-time per DM EMT resolution 223 is appointment uh ratifying the appointment of intern Iris Pula as a part-time unpaid intern for the police department resolution 224 is ratifying the uh appointment of intern Katie M molar as part-time unpaid in turn for the police department resolution 225 is approving raffle license for the application by the PBA local 92 for September 4th through 8th and resolution 226 is approving raffle license uh submitted by the Madison uh Elks Lodge in Madison um to conduct daily instant raffle games including Sundays and resolution 227 is accepting resolution of uh director of Technology James Anderson which is effective immediately so you may comment on any of those resolutions if you wish to comment on those resolutions please step forward state your name and address and write the same in the clipboard and then State the resolution you're speaking to if you want to comment anything else that will be coming up shortly seeing none I close this part of the meeting again there is no agenda discussion so we move on to a ordinances for hearing with the clerk please read the statement the ordinances scheduled for hearing were introduced by title and passed on a first reading at the regular meeting of the council held on July the 8th 2024 they were posted and filed according to law and copies were made available to the general public requesting scene I call up ordinance is for second reading ask the clerk to read that ordinance by title ordinance 21-2024 ordinance of the burrow of Madison appropriating $900,000 from the electric utility Capital fund reserve for sustainability projects uh to particularly fund the MRC solar carport project partially fund partially fund excuse me not particularly I open hearing anyone wish comment on this ordinance please step forward seeing none I close the hearing mayor I move ordinance 21-2024 second any Council discussion call vote Please Mr yes Mr landri yes Mr range yes Mr harm pus yes Mr Forte yes I declare ordinance 21-2024 adopted and finally passed and ask the clerk to publish notice thereof newspaper ify the ordinance accordance of the law ordinance 22-22 24 ordinance of the buau of Madison amending and supplementing chapter 176 of the burough code entitled Towing and storage and repealing and replacing Towing operator application form I open the hearing for ordinance 22 anyone wishing to comment please step forward seeing none I close the hearing mayor I move ordinance 22-22 24 second any Council discussion roll call vote please mrck yes Mr landrian yes Mr range yes Mr harm pus yes Mr Forte yes I declare ordinance 22-22 24 adopted and finally passed and ask the cler to publish notice their newspaper file the ordinance accordance to the law 23- 2024 ordinance of the burrow of Madison amending and supplementing chapter 98 of the burrow code entitled filming and repealing and replacing the filming application form I open hearing on ordinance 23 anyone wish to comment please step forward see N I close the hearing mayor I'd like to move ordinance 23 2024 second any Council discussion roll call vote Please Mr yes Mr Lander yes Mr range yes Mr harm pis yes Mr Forte yes I declare ordinance 23224 adopted and finally passed and ask the clerk to publish notice there the newspaper fin the ORD accordance to the law ordinance 24224 ordinance of the Bureau of Madison appropriating $80,000 from the general Capital Improvement fund for the purchase of a truck and accessories for the Department of Public Works open the hearing on ordinance 24 anyone wish to comment please step forward seeing none I close the hearing mayor I move ordinance 24-22 24 second Council discussion roll call vote please M herlick yes Mr landrian yes Mr range yes Mr har pus yes Mr foron yes I declare ordinance 24-22 24 adopted and finally passed and ask the clerk to publish noce publish notice thereof a newspaper and follow the ordinance accordance to the law ordinance 25 2024 ordinance of the buau of Madison appropriating $695,000 from the reserve for electric utility substation fund for the electric substation repairs and improvements I open the hearing on ordinance 25 anyone wishing to comment please step forward see none I close the hearing mayor I'd like to move ordinance 25 2024 second any Council discussion so can we elaborate a little bit on the repair that we're going to be doing because pretty sounds pretty extensive might not be but Jim you want I get to a microphone and uh outline those repairs I think that'll be helpful 695,000 yes maybe just a few new Outlets some of the buildings thank you mayor and councilman har pus the uh repairs include capacitor Banks they include items that we have to do as a repair for part of our interconnection agreement with jcpnl we have an interconnection agreement that requires that we do certain repairs right away um it is also uh there are other items that are listed on the 5-year Capital plan that this will fund as well um number of uh smaller repairs and and other items that need to be done connectivity between the two substations um is important and needs to be improved and uh that requires a lot of work to be done um on the communication side so those are kind of the main main things that need be done so is this our cruise doing this or we're getting contractors both outside both okay all right I gu that it's important thanks yep thank you any further discussion roll call vote please miss erlick yes Mr landrian yes Mr range yes Mr har and pus yes Mr Forte yes I declare ordinance 25224 adopted and finally passed and ask the clerk to publish notice there of newspaper and finally ORD accordance to the law now on to our section second invitation for public comment this is when you may comment on any topic same uh guidelines of apply come up state your name and address write the same on the clipboard try to keep your comments to three minutes but we do give you a one minute grace we'll stop you at four we don't start till I sign in we don't start until you sign in yep or so after you state your name in case you ended up with a long name we give you Kathy Kaka Valley 82 Central Avenue Madison I'm here to talk about water tonight let's be real Madison gets his water from a soul Source aquifer that means that the EPA has determined that there is no other source for our water than our aquafer of course we can buy water from a purveyor who gets it from reservoirs and other sources but that would be costly in Madison we are proud of our public Wells which draw from the buried Valley aquafer system in order for that system to remain adequate we need to be aware of how it replenishes and how much it can supply without reaching critically low levels at one time we could see the water from the first artisian Wells flowing out of the ground over the years we have had to dig our wells deeper and deeper which means that the aquifer's level is dropping as development pressure grows this will put additional stress on our water system so we can't afford to lose the areas that offer us the best chance of replenishing the aquifer think of it as a seesaw groundwater infiltration from rain replenishes the aquifer overuse depletes it we want the Seesaw to tip in favor of replenishing not in favor of depleting in order for rainwater to replenish this aquifer it has to be able to reach the aquifer where and how can it best infiltrate into the ground and the aquifer where the conditions are favorable and the most favorable conditions can combine Forest cover with Sandy and lomy soils not clay based where can we find these in Madison the highest groundwater recharge rates are in the Drew Forest at summerh Hill Park and at geralda farms there are also high but not highest recharge rates that can be found at St Vincent's Cemetery Bailey Ard Fields the Madison Recreation Complex and portions of Drew University along Madison Avenue what are the least favorable conditions for groundwater recharge of our aquifers impervious cover and storm waterer runoff storm water runoff carries rainwater into our storm drain system which ultimately drains to water bodies such as the pic River and Black Brook little to none of it reaches the aquifer what's so bad about impervious cover well it facilitates storm water runoff and degrades water quality the Rucker Water Resource program has indicated that at 10% impervious cover water quality in our streams begins to degrade excuse me degrade overall Madison is at 35 5% impervious cover that is another reason we cannot afford to lose perious areas with good infiltration such as the Drew Forest one minute oh and by the way Lawns are not much better than impervious cover when it comes to storm water statistics show that Lawns absorb only 10% of the amount of water of a natural landscape such as a forest and often introduce chemicals such as pesticides and fertilizers into our Waters we want to protect our water quality as well as our water quantity let's work hard to preserve the Drew forest and help keep the Seesaw in Balance thank you thank you very much Kathy anyone else wishing a comment please step forward Richard zipper Greenwood Avenue um Kathy I remember what you're saying where the water would percolate right out of the ground across from the soccer field on rosale there used to be a little pipe in the ground and you could go and drink the spring water there when I was a young boy it's dried up a long time ago but it's still a little wet in that spot it's I think it's Town owned property right there a little lot there between the two houses um I I'd like to talk about this proposed uh job they're going to do on Central Avenue they're going to knock down what three or four buildings and put one big building up um it seems to me that every time an old building in the downtown area is replaced with a new building the sidewalk becomes narrower sidewalks are public space and wider sidewalks make the downtown area more inviting because the new building is more imposing the sense of sidewalk space is diminished even if the numbers say otherwise it all looks fine and dandy when the steel is erected but after the brick work stoop cornerstones Planters entranceway benches and light poles are put in the sidewalk space is diminished developers want to maximize the square footage of of the interior of the building only our burough engineer can absolutely determine proper location and I implore him to make a careful study before the foundation and steel are put in on the proposed Central Avenue building project perhaps the planning board can somehow induce the Builder to prioritize sidewalk space Not only will it improve Madison but it could make the building more attractive thank you thank you Richard welcome back great to have you so we've got we've got two members of the planning board here uh Eric range and myself so thank for the message and certainly that was a part of the um discussion at the hearing last week on uh the sidewalk uh with and um we will uh make sure that that that message get delivered but encourage you to also you can attend the planning board meeting virtually if you want to share those uh thoughts directly with the planning board well that was the other thing I wanted to mention um the pandemic's way behind us and the the zoning board and the planning board are still zooming their meetings and um that is probably not good for all residents to maybe they could compromise and maybe have every other meeting as a in-person meeting and then Zoom the other times thank you yeah land use boards have continued to be virtual what we one of the things we have found that the presentations of um plans and all that work very well because the inperson the audience and the planning board would may may not necessarily seen the same thing but now everyone sees the same thing at the same time um certainly the the both boards will be meeting virtually through uh 2024 and we review that on an annual basis thank you any anyone else wishing to comment please step forward seeing none I close this part of the meeting then we move on to uh introduction ordinances will the clerk please read the statement the ordinance is scheduled for first reading have a hearing date set for August the 12th 2024 all will be published in the Madison Eagle posted on the bulletin board and made available to members of the public requesting copies I call up ordinance for first reading ask the burough clerk to read set ordinance by title ordinance 26-22 24 ordinance of the burrow of Madison adopting the Redevelopment plan for certain property located at block 3303 Lot 2 as shown on the official tax map of the Bureau of Madison pursuant to the local Redevelopment and Housing law njsa 48 12 A-1 to- 89 mayor I move ordinance 26224 second Council discussion this this is related related to what is known as geralo 1 um the office buildings on um fais Madison Avenue and the way this U process will go or if the ordinance is introduced uh tonight it will go to the planning board for review with uh to verify it is not inconsistent with the uh um master plan and uh then comes back here for final reading and adoption any any other comments roll call vote please miss hurck yes Mr landrian yes Mr range yes Mr har and pus yes Mr Forte yes ordinance 27-22 24 ordinance of the burrow of Madison appropriating $120,000 from the general Capital Improvement fund for repair and replacement of sewer lift station Valves and accessories it's a lift mayor I move ordinance 27- 2024 second Council discussion Lo call vote please mck yes Mr landrian yes Mr range yes Mr Harin pus yes Mr Forte yes consent to agender resolutions will the clerk please read the statement consent agenda resolutions will be enacted with a single motion any resolution requiring expenditure is supported by a certification of availability of funds any resolution requiring discussion will be removed from the consent agenda all resolutions will be reflected in full in the minutes there I move the consent agenda resolutions uh 217-224 through 227 2024 second any discussion or any of that need to be pulled so I have a question I don't know if you can answer this mayor or Jim but uh resolution 219 2024 seal power LC that's the company that we offer to the community so that they get offs we don't have like a monetary contract with them no it's just a contract that they can come and perform services in the burrow just counter basis to our uh sure so how will we promote that this is going to be finalized after tonight so how do we promote it to the community uh we did have a uh promotion a letter that came from me um actually sharing my experience with seal um um which I I know brought on another round and so periodically we uh remind residents that this uh service is available I've heard good things about the audit but I don't know how you're going to reach 4,000 homes if it's going to be just through the paper hopefully sets paying attention where where report it maybe in the utility bill I I'm just asking the service is also promoted on the um the climate Hub we have a couple of pages on roset dealing with electric vehicles adding solar home Energy Efficiency um so there's a ton of information on there I think we could do more to try to encourage people to explore those resources including the energy audit um so there's really like a wealth of information that the climate action committee has worked to publish on rosenet but uh I agree we you know it's always a struggle to reach people and figure out how to yeah make them aware of of the information that's there yeah okay just asking maybe to help thank you any other discussion all call vote Please Mr herlick yes Mr landrian yes Mr range yes Mr harn pus yes Mr for yes there is no unfinished business approval of vouchers will the clerk please read the voucher totalist from the current fund 4,449 4618 from the electric operating fund $ 29,8 $24.35 from the Electric Capital fund $954,000 the total is 4,759 n290 Mayor I move uh approval of the vouchers second discussion call vote please M herlick yes Mr landrian yes Mr range yes Mr har ctis yes Mr Forte yes new business one I'd like to announce the uh following uh appointment which is the mayor's appointment to the Mass Housing Authority kadad Rees for a five-year term through August 10th 2029 and also would like to make the following appointment requesting Council confirmation also to the Madison Housing Authority mark bride this is also a reappointment for 5year term through August 10th 2029 mayor I move the foregoing appointment second all in favor I with that to adjourn I move to adjourn all in favor