ladies and gentlemen I'd like to officially call this meeting in the mayor and Council to order right now we ask everyone to please rise for a moment of Silent prayer and a reflection as we think about all the people who have been affected by the storm that came up the east coast and particularly our residents from today please salute the flag I [Music] Unk the New Jersey open public meetings law was enacted to ensure the right of the public to have advanced notice of and attend any meetings of public bodies at which any business affecting their interest and discuss their active upon in accordance with this act the mayor and Council the B mford have caused notice of this meeting to be published by having the day time in place thereof posted in the burough Hall and notices have been sent to the record and the rig news the mission of this governing body is to provide essential Services through the establishment and implementation of public policy that will safeguard infrastructure provide Fair honest courteous and Professional Services establish a sense of trust and accomplishment between all residents and through research and prudent planning seek to minimize risk while improving our services we are sensitive to the need and satisfaction of our taxpayers while realizing that this governing body cannot be all things to all people within the revenue constraints imposed by state mandates economic conditions and prevailing attitudes about taxation at this time I would ask the CL please call the RO councilman San pres councilwoman sari Hurley pres council president Duffy here councilman gry here councilman Seymour here councilwoman Grant here mayor Pino here at this time I would ask for a motion to appoint Joseph cook to the historic preservation alternate 2 position second all in favor I any opposed I would ask for a motion to appoint Pablo Rivera to the rent leveling board all in favor any opposed congratulations Joseph and Pablo and thank you very much for serving the B Joseph congratulations conr thank you we want to complete history under unfinished business may get approval of the minutes from the November 27th 2023 public and Clos session meetings all favor all favor I any opposed one Obion y there a few ordinances for adoption tonight the first one is ordinance 2023 column 38 and the clerk has the opportunity I would ask you please read the ordinance an ordinance to amend chapter bh4 of the revised General ordinances of the Board of Health of the bird and of Milford entitled nuisances thereby amending subsection BH 4-5 entitled specific nuisances enumerated purpose of this ordinance is to revise chapter bh4 the revised General ordinances of the B milord to add the prohibition of outdoor feeding to section bh4 D5 motion to adop I motion to open to the public for a public hearing on this second all in favor any opposed ladies and gentlemen of the public if anyone has any questions regarding this ordinance now would be the opportunity seeing that there's no member in the public that wish to discuss this for a motion to close all in favor any oppos motion to adopt second negative O yes councilman San yes councilwoman s Hurley uh yes council president Duppy yes councilman gry yes councilman seart yes councilwoman Grant yes the next ordinance for tonight is 2023 col 39 and when you when the clerk has the opportunity I would ask you please read the ordinance an ordinance to amend chapter 7 of the revised General ordinances of the bar of and Milford entitled traffic thereby amending subsection 7- 3.5 entitled exceptions to overnight parking regulations okay the purpose of this ordinance is to amend chapter 7 entitled traffic under the revised General ordinances of Milford to modify the exemptions to overnight parking regulations to include the period from Memorial Day through Labor Day week of Thanksgiving and from December 15th through January 15th at this time I would ask for a motion to open up to the public for a public hearing on this ordinance motion to open in public all in favor I any opposed ladies and gentlemen the public if anyone has any questions regarding this ordinance now is the opportunity seeing that there is no member of the public wishes to discuss this ordinance at this time I would ask for a motion to close to public second all in favor I any opposed making a motion to adopt this ordinance final reading second a roll call councilman San yes councilman sty Hurley yes council president Duffy yes councilman gry yes councilman Seymour yes councilwoman Grant yes okay ordinance number 2023 call 40 and the m has the opportunity and ask please read the ordinance an ordinance to amend chapter 22 of the revised General ordinances of the bar Milford entitled trailers to rename the chapter Camp cars trailers boats and watercraft and to replace sections 22-1 through 22-3 purp of this ordinance is to rename and amend chapter 22 the rised General ordinances of B Milford to identify specific vehicles that are prohibited from parking on the street or on public property at this time I get a motion to open up to the public for a public hearing on this ordinance motion second all in favor hi any opposed ladies and gentlemen of the public if anyone has any questions regarding this ordinance now would leave your opportunity seeing that there's no member of the public that wishes to discuss this ordinance I would ask for a motion to close to the public motion CL second all favor any opposed may get a motion to adopt this ordinance on Final reading motion second make a roll call please councilwoman sanus yes councilwoman sari Hurley yes council president ducky yes councilman gry yes councilman Seymour yes councilwoman Grant yes ordinance number 202 3 call 41 when the clerk has the opportunity I would ask you please read the ordinance an ordinance to amend chapter 7 of the revised General ordinances of the Barb and mford entitled traffic thereby amending subsection 7-33 entitled parking prohibited at all times on certain streets purpose of this ordinance is to prohibit parking on the west side of River Road north of Grant Avenue may get a motion to open to the public for a public hearing on this ordinance motion second all in favor I any opposed ladies and gentlemen of the public if anyone has any questions or comments regarding this ordinance now this is the opportunity seeing that there's no member of the public that wishes a comment on this ordinance I would ask for motion to close to the public second all in favor I any opposed may get a motion to adopt this ordinance on its final reading second please Council Miss yes Council Miss Rocky yes council president duy yes councilman Grodsky yes councilman Seymour yes councilwoman Grant yes right the final one for tonight is ordinance 2023 col 42 when the clerk has the opportunity I would ask you to please read the ordinance an ordinance to amend the revised General ordinances of the B of New Milford entitled salary adopted as ordinance 9101 and amended Ann ually by ordinance up to and including ordinance 20239 purpose of this ordinance is to establish the salary arrangers for all fulltime and part-time positions uh we do this on an annual basis may get a motion to open to the public for a public hearing on this ordinance second all in favor I any opposed ladies and gentlemen of of the public if you have any questions or comments regarding this ordinance now is the opportunity seeing that there's no the public that wishes to make a comment I would ask your motion to close to the public motion second all favor any opposed may get a motion to adopt this ordinance on its final reading second councilman s music yes councilman s Hurley yes council president Duffy yes councilman gry yes councilman Seymour yes Council Grant yes moving on to new business under schedule updates the only update for tonight is I just want to remind everyone that our next meeting is our reorg meeting it will take place on Wednesday um January 3rd at 700 p.m right here in the council chambers and we'll it's already on the website the schedule for next year okay item number two is the administrator's report thank you mayor you're welcome I have the engineering update for the month the njdot laif Grant application for the milling and Paving on stuen Clinton lywood Rosevelt and Maple in the amount of $379,450 was submitted to the do on October 30th and we are awaiting a response from the do the NJ dot Boulevard and graphic traffic signal there's been no change in this project we have the equipment delivery delays that have put push the installation of the traffic light back to the spring of 2024 uh Prospect Park basketall Court lighting which was a bird County open space Grant Quality Electric met with public service at the site on Friday to energize the new electrical service and commission the system NJ doot Main Street Street skate project the project is in design and on schedule for construction to begin in the spring the French Brook Channel remediation a pre-application request was sent to the D on November 16th and we're awaiting our response NJ do 2024 Municipal aid for the milling and Paving of the Boulevard North Bley uh we are awaiting a revised scope and estimate from the engineer um the only other thing that I have on M is that the B Hall will be closed Monday December 25th and Monday January 1st in observance of the Christmas and New Year and New Year's Day and um again the priority is scheduled for Wednesday January 3rd at 7 p.m. that's it for me thank you thank you does anyone have any questions for the administrator resolutions has everyone had a chance to look at the resolutions are there any that need to be pulled for further discussion Andor vote moving on to council committee reports can I get a motion to file committee reports with the bur clerk to be spread in full upon the minutes so all in favor any clst okay we're going to go through real quick and see if there's any uh anything you need to know CC Grant nothing just to wish everybody a happy holiday and a happy New Year counc likewise just want to wish everyone happy holidays I'd like to excuse me thank the uh police department and the BBW for hard working effort today and tomorrow in the next several days uh we're facing again another major situation that being said I wish everybody happy holiday well thank you council president thank you mayor um I would Echo the sentiments of uh counc Brodsky uh as always we have been shown that we can count on our emergency service Services the OEM PD and fire and DPW always comes through for us so uh for our residents um I wish them well and as well as a quick recovery to all the um the uh residents and most of all uh the fire department on liaison this year and uh a big thank you to them for the years were of work especially emergencies like these so thank you councilwoman saki H thank you may this time I have no new events or anything to discuss and just would like to say thank our services res the best difficult time thank you are all I have nothing new to report I want to just uh Echo uh my colleagues uh appreciations for our emergency uh personnel and how hard they've all been working today and how much they've served for the Year and thank you to our volunteers on our committees as well for their service this year and uh wishing everyone happy holidays and all the best to everyone affected by the weather today thank you and um you know I Echo the same sentiments I just wanted to mention that um you know we we we've been as we were getting information we've been briefing residents about the uh weather event that we experienced at 10:30 this morning I called a emergency Public Safety Committee meeting it was attended by the administrator council president Duffy Council msky Police Chief Fire Chief OEM coordinator our DPW director our DPW superintendent and the superintendent and the business administrator from our no Public School District purpose of that meeting was to talk about where we were and how we were going to respond to what was coming uh we kept the line of communication open and I think it worked very well everyone works very well together and this was another event where our Emergency Services professional and volunteer came together and you know really it was a really challenging day between the the branches and the wires and the trees and then the water G and we were able to handle everything uh so I really really have to thank them for everything that they do um as the water recedes and there's no and there's no water we will be having dumpsters and rolloffs in our flooded areas um so people can continue the uh recovery um we also are will be giving out the uh Salvation Army uh cleaning kits so anyone who's in the flood area that wants a kit uh we are going to be handing some out or they can come to the DBW and pick one up not a problem at all uh anything else that um our residents need do not hesitate to contact us uh if we cannot provide something we will we will find out who can and we will put you in the right you know we'll get you to the right person um and once again you know happy holidays everyone um unfortunate situation today um and we will continue we do not know exactly what tomorrow will bring we do not know how much water is still up north that may trickle down our way but hopefully I think we are past the worst part of it and we can uh we can recover and be stronger at this time I would ask for a motion to open up to the public for public comment motion second all in favor anyos ladies and gentlemen in the public if anyone has any public comment regarding the good welfare The Bu we ask you to come up give us your name and you will be with five minutes seeing that there's no one for the public that wishes to s orless for motion to close the public second all in favor any oppos make a motion to adopt resolutions 2023 col 258 through 2023 col 267 motion to adopt second all in favor I any opposed are there any is there any other business before this Council if not I would ask for a motion to ad second all favor CL thank you ladies and gentlemen thank you gentlemen