is it is it time okay adequate notice of this meeting as required by the open public meetings Act was provided through the posting mailing and filing of the annual notice of regularly scheduled meetings of the Town Council on December 12th 2023 the notice was on that date posted on the bulletin board in the municipal building provided to the Westfield leader and the Star Ledger and filed with the clerk of the town of Westfield roll call please mayor Brendle council members have good dardia dagalo here kefir here Saunders here armento here contract here acting mayor M here um please rise for the invocation which will be given by councilman armento and then remain standing for the salute to the flab we meet to serve our community to use our resources wisely and well to represent all members of our community fairly and to make decisions that promote the common good we recognize our responsibility to the past and the future and the rights and needs of both individuals and Community as trusted servants we seek support on our deliberations and our efforts here today may we act wisely and well Al to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all Mr Guild day I have a couple of comments acting mayor thank you um just really updates on Paving um so again just a reminder we have a lot of Paving that's going to be done in the town this year year um some has already been finished by utility companies and by the town uh last meeting we awarded a contract to our Paving contractor at public bid process uh there's a preconstruction meeting happening next week for that entire list of Roads we're doing uh and actually two of the roads uh Elmer Street between East Broad and north and summon Avenue between Park and Clifton uh they've already started some concrete work there pre-work for 88 ramps um and we'll be having more information come out next next week uh on the on the time of ours but it looks like the towns roads which is roughly about 40 different sections of road or or full roads depending on the location uh will likely be done this summer in full the contractor has a free opportunity in his schedule so we're going to try to get in on that right away um the uh Elizabethtown Gas has about 46 roads or sections of Roads they're working on to date 17 of those have been completed and they're currently working on six more right now uh which includes uh coolage Avenue Cranford Stevens Wells Sherman and Benson in War I uh those are some long overdue projects that were where the infrastructure work was done last year and now they're getting to Paving those and the other part of that grid which is other sections of Benson and other parts of that area uh will be done probably in the fall once the trenches they've just done the past few months settle properly uh but that whole grid by end of the year will be actually newly paid for the most part which is great so um again as I always say a lot of uh a lot of inconvenience um but um a lot lot of good infrastructure improvements afterwards and lastly the county did finish uh its Paving of East Broad Street between uid and North Avenue these past week and a half they have a little more striping to do um that's left but um came out very well and uh thanks I want to thank them for coordinating with us and our parking director and the police department at night to make sure the striping got done properly a lot of striping on that stretch parking spots leftand turns rightand turns they even included some of the striping wasn't included in the project refreshing the stripe on either side of Elm Street which was not included in the the project so it looks very clean there so County really did a good job with that so uh that's it a lot more to come uh and I just urge the public to sign up for nixel if you don't have it please sign up for it you'll get daily uh morning alerts on the paving areas that we're working on every single day thanks thank you good evening again and thank you to everyone who is joining us both in person and online tonight I am presiding over tonight's meeting and my role is acting mayor as mayor mayor brindel is unable to be here as a reminder public public comment will be accepted in person only we are streaming live on YouTube and as always the replay will also be available afterwards on Facebook YouTube and tv36 before we get started I'd like to highlight a few items of interest to the community on behalf of the Town Council I'd like to extend our congratulations to all of the recent graduates in our community with special recognition to our high school graduates we wish you all much success in your next chapters and cannot wait to see what your bright future hold it's a very busy time for the downtown Westfield Corporation and we are very much looking forward to the return of sweet sounds which will kick off on July 9th and will be held every Tuesday through the end of August once again we will close Quimby to all vehicles on Tuesday nights for this very popular event the dwc has posted the weekly lineup of bands and additional details on their website the final session of spring into fitness will take place this Saturday morning at 10 a. in Foundation Park featuring a free Fitness class from under wraps and make sure you get your registration in for the first ever cornhole tournament which the dwc will host on Saturday June 29th again in Foundation Park more info is available on the website on the legislative front we have several important items this evening a few of which I would like to highlight we will hear an ordinance on second reading from the Cod review in town property committee to reduce the use of single-use plastic items in restaurants and as councilman contract explains at the last meeting this ordinance will prohibit the distribution of certain single-use food items such as plastic utensils and condiment containers unless specifically requested by a customer known more informally as skip the stuff initiative has been adopted in a number of municipalities it helps reduce waste and Associated costs while also helping to protect the environment in preparing for this ordinance the Green Team conducted more than 25 down uh interviews with downtown restaurants and found that they were very supportive of enacting this legislation also from the to um code Review Committee will vote on a resolution to approve the annual renewal of all alcoholic beverage liquor licenses in Westfield including pler distribution and Club licenses from the public safety transportation and parking committee we have two ordinances on first reading to establish always stops at the intersections of summit and Clifton and Westfield and park this committee reviews many residential requests related to safety and each must go through the appropriate analysis to ensure that the improvements meet the required threshold established by state requirements much like the recent always stop at Clark and Dudley the proposed changes at the inter sections we're discussing are also the result of traffic warrant analysis that determine that they do indeed meet the threshold for the IM implementation of an always stop if adopted the goal is to install both traffic pattern changes in advance of the new school year finally from the public works committee we'll vote on a resolution to authorize the submission of a grant to pay raway Avenue between West Broad and Willow Grove as part of the state a a funding projects for 2025 if approved later this year by the state we would add this to our 2025 or 26 road paving program and with that let's get to work um M ly do we have any advertised hearings yes mayor there's an advertised hearing for General ordinance 20246 ordance to prohibit the distribution of plastic single use Food Service items plastic single use Food Service items for take out or delivery orders unless requested by a customer anyone wishing to be heard on General or 20246 please come to the microphone state your name and address for the record seeing no one Mar May close the hearing this hearing is closed councilman contract please move for the adoption of this ordinance uh thank you acting mayor I'd like to move for the adoption of General ordinance number 20246 an ordinance to prohibit the distribution of plastic single-use food service items and non-plastic single-use Food Service items for takeout or delivery orders unless requested by a customer and I do want to acknowledge Lois Krauss former co-chair of the Green Team she's really spearheaded this on behalf of the green team in the town so thank you Lois for this it's the right thing to do may I have a second second second by Council Miss please call counc M yes keeper yes Saunders yeso yes contract yes mayor M yes the motion is carried may I have a motion to approve the minutes from the Town Council conference and regular meetings on June 11 2024 um motion by councilman contract second second second by councilman Saunders any discussion all in favor yes opposed the motion is carried um now it is time for open discussion by citizens anyone may come up to the microphone and speak to the Council on any subject on which the council has jurisdiction please state your name and address for the record and limit your comments to 5 minutes hearing none I close this portion of the meeting and move to bills and claims councilman contract thank you acting mayor um I'd like to move bills and claims in the amount of 459,000 $37.79 I have a second second second by councilman Saunders any discussion all in favor yes yes opposed the motion is carried now it's time for reports of standing committees uh beginning with the finance policy committee councilman Congress contct thank you acting mayor I have two resolutions to move as a package the first is a resolution authorizing the CFO to draw a warrant for recreation department refunds the second is a resolution requesting permission for dedication by Ryder for the lead Hazard control assistance fund um may I have a second yes second councilman armento any discussion all in favor yes yes yes the motion is carried before we move on I realize I didn't ask if anyone wish to be heard on General ordinance number 202 416 hearing none we move on um uh next is Public Safety transportation and parking committee councilman domagala thank you acting mayor I'd like to also move General ordinance number 224-1 17 on first reading an ordinance to amend the codee of the T of Westfield chapter 13 I have a second second uh seconded by councilman contract any discussion please call the role council members doal yes keeper yes Saunders yes Aro yes contract yes mayor M yes the motion is carried next is code review and town property committee uh councilman contract back to I would like to move a resolution to approve the annual renewal of alcoholic beverage liquor licenses may I have a second second second by councilman armento any discussion all in favor yes motion is carried next is the Public Works committee councilman Saunders thanks mayor I would like to move for the approval to submit a Grant application and execute a grant agreement with the New Jersey Department of Transportation for the 2025 Railway Avenue Improvement project may I have a second second uh seconded by councilman contract any discussion all in favor yes yes the motion is carried may I have a motion to adjourn so move second second second by councilman do magala all in favor yes yes the motion is carried and