Northfield City Council Meeting

good evening this is the work session
for Northfield city council September
12th of 2023. this meeting was properly
advertised in accordance with public law
1975 chapter 231 and in the Press of
Atlantic City on January 7th of this
year may have a flag salute led by mayor
Chow please
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
Republic for which stands one nation
under God indivisible with liberty and
justice full please remain standing
ladies and gentlemen let us remember and
keep in our prayers for those serving in
our nation's armed forces
especially our troops away from home
our First Responders and all public
officials
I would also like to announce
that one year ago
was today is the anniversary of the
death of patrolman John skulls
let me just say that when we interview
Chief Newman and myself interviewed John
we solved the potential the motivation
and the potential of achievement that
this young man
had
he was surely missed and I know that he
would as I said have been a wonderful
police officer to represent the city of
Northfield
thank you please be seated
roll call Mrs Bucci here Mrs corfano
here Mr DeWees here Mr Leeds Mr Notaro
here Mr Smith
Mr Palestina here Mr Chow here
Mr President thank you
I guess we have a full house what a
wonderful event and uh
Mr Mayor I'd like to turn it over to you
for the uh office thank you
Madam clerk yes good evening our first
um oath of office will be for lieutenant
of police Scott Pollock
Scott would you like to come forward and
Scott is your family here with you
please have them come forward and
introduce them to us if you don't mind
please
two weeks ago for the first year so
hopefully she can watch online please
would you all like to come and join
Scott
please repeat after me I just I call it
I stop following your family swear to
solemnly swear that I will support the
Constitution of the United States and I
will support the Constitution of the
United States and the constitution of
the state of New Jersey the constitution
of the state of New Jersey that I will
bear true faith that I will bear true
faith and allegiance to the same and
allegiance to the thing and to the
government's established and to the
government established in the United
States and the United States head into
the state and in this state Under The
authoritical People Under The Authority
of the people and I will faithfully and
I will faithfully and forcefully and
partially and just be informed and
gently perform all the duties of all the
duties of Lieutenant of the city of
Northfield Lieutenant of the city of
Northfield New Jersey New Jersey
according to the best of my bill
according to the best of my ability to
help me God so help me God
congratulations sir
um
good outside a big related official
here it is
I thank you guys
um I know you're all thirsty but I'm
going to be a few minutes
oh the last time I got promoted was the
sergeant in 2007 and my daughter Eva was
three years old and she held the Bible
for me my wife Laura was holding her we
have a great picture of that
he was so small now he was 18 and away
at College in South Carolina and can't
be here which makes me sad but I'm happy
that my beautiful and sweet but Amaya
held the Bible for me tonight maybe if I
get promoted again Lord you will get the
honor
mayor Chao and all members of the city
council I thank you for this opportunity
and for the trust you have put into me
to perform all the duties and
responsibilities of this position I
understand how important it is and I
promise you that I will not let you down
I will make you extremely happy that you
promoted me to this position I will
accept nothing less than that I will do
everything that I could do with Chief
Von Collins and all the members of our
police departments to deliver the best
police services we can deliver
to the citizens of Northfield I have the
utmost confidence that all of you and
the people in the Northfield Community
are going to be very happy with what we
accomplished again thank you guys so
much
Rob Dever congratulations on your
promotional lieutenant you're a good man
and a good friend we've worked together
for a long time I'm happy for you and
your family and I'm happy your daughters
and your wife get to see you have this
moment which is truly expensive
thank you for this opportunity thank you
for the trust and confidence your place
again need to walk alongside of you to
perform
the important duty is that running this
police department calls for
Steve Von Collins I hired like seven
months before I did
when I first started we were on
different shifts but on the same side of
the week which basically means if one of
us was on days the other one was on
midnights but there was an hour at shift
change where an early man comes in a
handle call through shift that is going
off so they hopefully don't get tied up
on any calls before they leave
and Mark will come in at six in the
morning when I had worked the midnight
shift and we used to talk about
investing in stocks
what stocks we had and all that and we
would have the Press of Atlantic City
dropped off at the back steps every
morning back when people actually read
newspapers you probably know where this
is going
this guy bought a stock called Baja
sorry Chief I got to tell the story it
was crazy the stock was going up like 20
a day and split I don't know how many
times do you remember how many times it
split
so I would just be looking at the stock
section of the newspaper and Mark would
come in at six a.m and see me looking at
it and just have a big grin on his face
the point of this story mayor and
council is that the chief doesn't need
that Chief salary he's got that Qualcomm
stock
but in all serious issues I forgive you
for not tipping me off on Qualcomm and
I'll give you everything I have to raise
the bar at the Northfield Police
Department in your vision
things happen for a reason and I now
truly believe that it wasn't promoted
early in my career for a reason I know
you know what I mean thank you thank you
for this opportunity our friendship and
your trust in me to walk alongside of
you to accomplish the great things for
this to please yeah Police Department
that I know we will
I want to recognize and show
appreciation for a couple of people that
I worked with a lot early on in my law
enforcement career that are here tonight
it may help me become much better at my
job first of all our baby
you're one of the weirdest dudes I have
ever known
man you had past tense a lot of law
enforcement law enforcement knowledge in
that weird brain of yours I'm not gonna
lie you weren't always the easiest
person to work with but I learned so
much for working with you when I say he
wasn't easy to work with I'm not a
morning person
and it takes me a little longer to get
my motor running at full speed and I
would walk into the detective Bureau at
8am and art would be like why isn't this
guy arrested yet
and I would say seriously okay he will
be sued
what you taught me so many of the
intricate nuances of Investigations made
me think outside of the box and to never
give up on a case I was fortunate to
have worked with you for all those years
and I thank you for everything you
thought was
you could have given me a few minutes in
the morning but it's all good
Steve stonica Captain Steve where are
you at there he is
they also have a few other nicknames for
him that I can't say here
but I started here as a cop in
Northfield when I just turned 22 years
old I didn't know anything about
anything I came from being a special
police officer at Seaside Heights
breaking up Hotel parties and fights on
the boardwalk to working with you
for those of you that don't know Steve
was a cop in New York City for 11 years
I believe and got assigned to the DEA
passports in his time there before
coming to work in Northfield
so you can only imagine what kind of
experience that brings
she
you taught me how to be a real cop when
I was just a young man you taught me how
to get it I was able to help so many
people much more solve much more crime
and arrest a whole bunch of people that
deserve to be arrested because I had the
Good Fortune of getting assigned to work
with you when I was just a young man I
couldn't help but be better at my job by
being around
you also told me a bunch of other stuff
that I'm not going to mention here it
would be inappropriate but I appreciate
all that too that mouth of yours has had
me dying laugh in the past 24 years my
career in law enforcement is so much
better because I worked with you
and we killed it in the detective your
body
if I'm fortunate enough to become an old
man I'll look back on our times working
together and smile and laugh about all
the good things we did in the hilarious
times we had thank you
his job is filled with great people who
want to do great things I remember when
I first started working here in 1999 I
would hear older officers like Ronnie
Collins
talking about things that were changing
and how it wasn't going to be easy to
deal with and they were right it wasn't
easy the fact of the matter is this job
keeps getting harder and harder more is
continually expected of you nevertheless
but what coincides with that is the
people in this job keep getting better
and better and the reason for that is
because like I said this job is filled
with great people people who continually
need the challenge
all my younger co-workers out there
which is pretty much all of you now it
is an honor and a privilege to work with
you I know you will continue to adapt
and overcome
when my daughters were little and we
would go somewhere and they were playing
with stuff we're eating I would tell
them leave it like you found it meaning
clean up after yourself
but I'm not going to leave this Police
Department like I'm like I found it I'm
going to leave it better and I know you
guys will do the same
speaking of my daughters
that brings me to my family
the reason I'm speaking here right now
is because of my dad
he saw this in me when I was a boy
I wasn't a bad kid but I never
definitely needed some direction my dad
came to me my senior year of high school
and said they had a program in Seaside
where you worked through the summer the
special police officer and then they
sent you to the police academy
you get trained and then it's easier if
you get a job as a topic because you're
already trained and that's the reason
I'm standing here right now
unfortunately my dad passed away on
August 4th and isn't here to witness
this
my mother also passed away on Christmas
Eve in 2019. I hope somehow they're
saying this and they're making them
proud
my daughter's even Maya like I said Eva
isn't here
but I hope she watches this online thank
you for being the kids of a cop
I know you have heard the comments at
school about being the kid of a cop and
I wasn't a very good detective too my
interrogation skills are on point so I'm
sorry I didn't fall for your BS
actually I'm not you're better off for
it
I love you girls so much go do good
things in life I love you guys I will
always be here for you no matter what my
wife Laura
we started dating in high school
you have been with me from being an
idiotic high school boy to being a meter
made special police officer and so on
I'm sure you still think I'm an idiot
but now we're here
you're the backbone of our family I
truly Finance for a better wife and
mother of my children thank you for
staying by my side through the trials
and tribulations of this job in life I
love you and I'm blessed that you came
into my life
and I wanted to end this by talking to
my co-workers that were involved in this
most recent promotional process
if you were selected to be promoted
congratulations I'm happy for you if you
didn't get promoted I've been there
what I can tell you about that from my
personal experience is that looking at
it now I couldn't be happier about the
way it has worked out take these
experiences and learn from them make
yourself better and improve your chances
the next time and most importantly don't
forget why you wanted to be a cop in the
first place
okay sorry it took so much time but this
is really important to me
thank you to everyone that is here to
support me means more to me than you
know I love this job I love being a cop
and I love being a Northfield cop I'm
gonna cry like a baby when I walk out of
that door for the last time but until
then let's get some great work done and
have fun along the way thank you
everyone
okay next we have the oath of office for
lieutenant of police Robert Dever
your family's here as well would you
call them forward and introduce them for
us please
both of you know speeches
and the constitution of the state of New
Jersey and the constitution of the state
of New Jersey yeah I know what we are
true but I will bear through faith and
Allegiance and a Lincoln to the same for
the same and to the government
established to the government's balance
in the United States and the United
States and in this state and the state
under the authority of the people under
the authority of the people and that I
will faithfully and I will faithfully
and partially embarkly and Justice
perform and got to perform all the
duties of Lieutenant all the duties of
Lieutenant of the city of Northfield and
the City of Northfield New Jersey New
Jersey according to that's my ability
according to the best of my ability so
help me out though congratulations
okay
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that's a few words
can endeavor
technically
because I did was my honor to administer
the old rank of repetitive
I give you the charge
as lieutenant
to form all the duties and
responsibilities of the of this
department
I know that you have demonstrated
wisdom
leadership
motivation
and dedication to this city and to your
department
and I know in the Years become
both of you will help mode
and continue the outstanding performance
and work of our Northfield Police
Department
congratulations gentlemen
we'll get a motion for free recess
motion second all in favor
aye we'll take a brief reset if any of
you all would like to take some photos
with your families uh we'll take some
time and then we'll resume our meeting
Janet
all right
yeah I heard that uh
that he's coming back to teach I don't
know maybe that's a misunderstanding
system yeah
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there was a 93 EMS calls for service for
the last month and always 15 times we
had to have him avoid them in
you know 45 44. that the fire department
responded to and everybody maybe
interested he also emergency
this Thursday at 7 pm downstairs at the
French operation Center
and we've put in Australia's new process
working at the details to start
a start training patch for England and
volunteering and done so yeah
thank you councilman Louise yes
everything I have is I'm happy to report
that the columns have been replaced out
front
that's all that I have they look good
yeah me too
thank you I just wanted to say I
attended the Absecon
absolutely
um beautiful beautiful well-attended
Memorial we always think it's very
important for us to memorialize that
um as far as my committee report
Economic Development Triumph and
submitted to me either at their draft
economic element
so I'll be getting hard copy final
stress of that week which will go to
plan board engineer
and then we'll I'm sure we'll see some
discussion and that'll be adopted into
the uh
that's it for me
thank you councilman Smith
president
first of all that's my part is this
evening
my coach girls cross country Mainland
Regional and we had our senior day today
and
it went a little bit over and everything
up so I do apologize for being a little
bit Hardy this evening and I certainly
uh like I said my congratulations to the
officers and the promotions and consider
the best that they perceived
Northfield we I received a
text from with mcfarthy to Babe Ruth I
think that would be well right for the
schedule for Beirut for the for the fall
season so that's on the books on the
calendar and uh yesterday the mayor
myself and council president policy and
understand today meeting at the
Northfield Community School for our
super components administrator
gave us a
introduction I guess we would say to a
proposal that they're about to
referendum for improvement for the
school facility and they've been
are in the process of getting that
together and filing the application in
the state
but uh I wanted to
you know send my appreciation to the
board and to the superintendent for
calling us in keeping us in the loop
that's been an issue in the past but
sometimes we haven't been in the loop so
they did reach out to us they didn't
invite us to them and let us know what
they were planning on doing we
briefly an idea they're still working
out details but um I did want to you
know extend thanks and appreciation for
bringing us in and having that meeting
and sharing what their food stamps have
gone up coming in this year
thank you councilman thank you Captain
president
um congratulations to Lieutenant Pollock
and Independence ever
um I really the only thing I have is
mainland got off to a great start the
next board meeting for Mainland is
September 18th at 6 p.m pretty good
uh thank you Mr President uh also
congratulations to uh Lieutenant Pollock
and Lieutenant Dever on their uh
promotions uh well deserved
um from a fan uh the Cardinals had their
home opener this weekend uh on Sunday
aside from a little B issue in the heat
uh it was a great day and uh they even
squeaked out a few wins at the end of JV
and varsity both won uh we're looking
for a good season and uh that's all I
have thank you how the fields hold up
with the ringing uh they're not bad
um and with that said I'd like to thank
uh councilman DeWees for for uh stepping
up and getting the seed seed job out
there and some fertilizer uh to help aid
in the maintenance of the fields to keep
it going throughout the season so uh
that's going to help help us a lot
also um I'd like to thank EMS uh our
Inspira
and our fire department and our also our
Police Department for the presence out
there over the weekend it was uh it was
great and uh it was actually needed at
one point so
thank you
I'd like to extend my congratulations
and thanks to the uh to attendance of
course and uh
I know we have on the agenda tonight uh
a resolution for some motions of
Sergeants so again uh Diva's
appreciation for the folks that choose
that career for us
I have nothing from my committee to
report
moving on to the ad hoc committees
I do we have an update on the is there a
food truck anyone with that
um
all right yeah we don't have anything we
have another meeting on the on the
e-vehicles
um affordable housing I believe we have
a closed session tonight so we don't
have anything to report at this time
um or for the insurance requirements
on these stormware uh that you may not
come back yet
and the
on the sale of the land that we have a
statement uh
Federal resource off to um
habitat okay how much we'll do uh and
hopefully it'll come back
and the other line is not oh wow
okay and if I could add to that I talked
to Lex from habitat today on the
um
phase one environmental study for the
three properties came in there are there
appear to be no issues um I will tell
you I've never seen one and there's like
16 appendices and the second one was 600
pages long and there's three of them so
um
a lot apparently
um so she and I will touch base tomorrow
and set up a time for she Chris and I to
have a call so hopefully we'll have a
better update for you at the next
meeting
thank you very much
um
the new grants uh they're oh
okay
and and we did have a special meeting on
Monday that
um for another grant for a pre-winning
and a sewer Grant so we're moving
forward on that as well
uh we'll see how where that little uh
comes out
the next item we have an attachment
for
um information
uh you may not
the
photocopy didn't work so well uh that's
in Birch Grove Park
so all of you received that in your
agenda packets in color so if you've had
a chance to look at it that is
that shouldn't be part of the agenda so
sorry about that that page
uh so that someone is uh seeking to add
a tower
um but it's in Birch Grove Park which
would lead to the restricted news so
um
it's a little further other locations
City Hall yeah yeah that was one of the
suggestions
um but uh
so
Butcher Park esteed restricted Chris and
I looked at the language and we believe
the Restriction would impede this sort
of development that of course is up to
all of you
we do have a telecommunications
ordinance on the books and it does
provide that if an interested developer
comes to town city land has to be given
first priority
so not that we need another committee
but um it would be my suggestion that
someone contact in range
Solutions let them know that development
in the park is not possible and ask them
if they'd be interested we had
previously looked at City Hall I don't
know if that's still an option
but city land does get first priority in
our ordinance which is probably why they
reached out to us
okay thank you
I could do that if you want yeah thank
you
for your volunteerism
no there's no Tower yeah it's not there
anymore
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that's a privately owned Tower
no that carved that piece of land there
that's
no somebody else owns it
yes that other Tower is
probably
oh yes
Birch Grove is is only only restricted
to parks and and Parks and Recreation
Recreation yeah right
acre parcel of land that's privately
held
so either that Tower is full they're
competing I don't know why they did not
in range Solutions or maybe they did
approach them and they said no I don't
know yeah
well most kids are out there playing on
their phone for recreation so maybe
increase the coverage
and a need yeah right there is a boy
plenty of dead spots in town so I don't
know if this would help yeah
yeah
yes
oh there's room there
isn't there another Tower somewhere
around
Ridgewood where
uh Tilton Tower House and Garden
behind there yeah and there's one and
there's one behind
Bank of America yes
we have three of them
thank you
reach out to them let them know where so
that location
about five acres
similarly five
dollars enough
yeah yeah
don't you have a guide
yeah they have guide cables on that
Tower too by the volunteer
so that's going to prohibit how you put
something up as well how close
yeah
no it's not adjacent to their property
get this one yes yeah they're Volunteer
Fire companies
Zion or Zion
and this is that that
location that they're looking at is
getting closer to Hilton Road as well
hopefully the one that's over there is a
cell phone
it is beautiful in the Comcast because
yeah
check that deed restriction
um
put a towel over the lights on it for
the football field let's make it look
like a shirt
that's what's working
further but
um
okay
if everyone can see refer to your agenda
for approval of the minutes the
councilwoman carpeno councilman leads
resolutions uh is there anyone that
would want any of those pulled
from the consent agenda
and if you have any questions uh dawn
has come in tonight on resolution 168
regarding the uh upgrades to
uh this building
it's got a long list of items
thank you
deer heading that that's a great
uh a great savings for the city and
Improvement for the building
um
so for consent agenda councilman lead
and councilman Smith
the ordinance councilman Louise
councilman councilwoman Bucci
payment of bills councilman acharo and
then councilwoman Carfagno and meeting
notices councilman DeWees
here's the second order
on the ordinance is councilman Bucci
in second
right
um
resolutions
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thank you
material for family
at this time we'll open a meeting to the
public anyone from the public would you
speak on any topic we have second please
step forward and state your name and
address for the record and observe a
five minute limit per speaker
and if there's anyone in Zoom please uh
raise your hand
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New York City New Jersey
um I haven't been here for a while so I
don't know if anything has been
discussed or not about this about Japan
we live in a wonderful City I love the
city uh we have a nice path we have
wonderful schools we have wonderful
Council people uh we just have a truly
you know ninth ninth scam uh
and one thing that we have which most
parents don't have is a farm
and Birch Grove Park has always been a
near and dear to my heart we used to
have we used to have friends in first
place of course but we've kind of uh
dissolved that a little bit it's still
going but it's it's uh very spores
I heard that there was an incident out
there the other day where there was more
than just mischief to me it was uh
destruction of property a uh park bench
I I and if I'm wrong with my information
just let me know what a park bench was
thrown into the lake
um I've been there a few times this
summer even with the heat and once in a
while I would see a policeman drive
through but as we as maybe you know as
kids uh playing in the parking going in
the park there's a lot of entrances to
get into before there's a world right
off of in fact I think there's two roads
right off of Burton Avenue I can also
come in from uh Mill Road uh so uh a lot
of children or young adults or adults uh
can get into the park uh without the
police scoring the park knowing about it
my one suggestion would be to have some
cameras put up I don't know how
expensive they are but I think that that
would be a good idea
I also am discarded about the lovely
building we have there that you know was
one of the snack water now it's huge and
not in use and I would like to see uh
that opened up especially in the spring
summer and fall months and
I don't know how much
Valerie would be involved to have one or
two people and even have volunteers come
out and do a couple hours a day out
and I think that this would cut down on
uh any Mischief or uh
bad things happening so I would just
like you to uh think about that thank
you thank you
um yes you are right there was a bench
that was drugged into one of the lakes
and it has been taken out wasn't too
short it was just drugging and built in
one of the uh relates back by the uh
campus Road by where the Rings are
if you're familiar with the park you
probably know where that is the first
Bend coming out of campers Road that it
was an isolated incident
um
to your point about cameras we have
several cameras that are out there and
they are active and they do work uh they
do not feed directly into the police
department nor are the police department
personnel watching them 24 7. but they
uh if an incident happens we can capture
some of the um the recordings
your other point about the uh the snack
bar or what used to be the snack bar
that is closed you may or may not know
that we have a lot of things that are
planned this upcoming year for Birch
Grove Park specifically uh we're going
to do some upgrades to the picnic area
handicap accessibility
um Pathways and some gazebos hopefully
we're going to do some upgrades to the
Bandstand area
as you know we upgraded the playground
equipment so once all that is done you
know we're looking to other options for
the um what used to be the snack Park
Center we call it
yeah to uh to utilize that better than
certainly better than what it is being
used we have looked at in the past of
having some other an outside entity come
in and lease it and do sales out of it
but it didn't really work out so that's
kind of where we're at
is there anyone in the zoo
there has been no answer
me yeah anyone else
seeing no one the conversation is now
closed
we have motion to adjourn
motion second all in favor
aye
swords give me three
thank you because as a result of these
promotions that these deficit in the in
demand good evening this is the regular
meeting of Northfield city council
September 12th of 2023 this meeting was
properly advertised in accordance with
public law 1975 chapter 231 and in the
Press of Atlantic City on January 7th of
this year
may have a flag salute led by mayor Chao
please please rise
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
Republic for which stands one nation
under God indivisible with liberty and
justice for all thank you please be
seated
okay
Mrs Bucci here Mrs Carfagno here Mr
Deweese here
Mr Leeds Mr Notaro here Mr Smith here Mr
palestino here Mr Chow here Mr President
thank you
may have a motion for approval of the
minutes I would like to make necessary
motion for the approval of minutes for
August 15 2023 and September 5th 2023
they have been properly advertised in
the first and their copy has been made
available for Clerk's Office
sorry all in favor
aye any opposed
Mr Mayor thank you council president
members of council at our meeting with
um school officials the other night uh
we learned that the business
administrator Linda Albright who has
served the community and served the
school for many many years
will be retiring uh I know that from my
work with her which she will sorely be
missed she was an excellent business
administrator and looked out not only
for the school and also for the
community and taxpayers so I
congratulate Linda Albright and wish her
well on her retirement
uh tonight you have three resolutions to
support and I excuse me the promotion of
Sergeants positioned in the police
department and I asked an urge Council
to support this this was something that
has been long needed uh as we moved and
modified the department in uh the
Manpower and so forth
and the oath of office will be
administered as council president stated
at our next city council meeting
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let me just give you the chief's report
for the month of June
there were three sex crimes
two criminal mischief
three burglaries
three thefts from vehicles
nine other thefts
three bald
fifteen for failure to wear their seat
belts
one for cell phone while driving
11 adult arrests
332
motor vehicle stops
314 other officer initiated
three pedestrian contacts
757 property checks
441 requests by phone
11 requests by walk-in
which gives us a grand total to 1 755
there were five cases assigned to
detectives
159 citations
35 crash reports
10 gun permit applications
636 hours spent on calls and reports
and 774 names attached to calls
any questions on the Chiefs report
what's the time frame on that
this was for the June
any other questions
okay
I would like to suggest the city council
that
if there are
any events
or something that should be put on the
City calendar
please contact Shannon Shannon I know
and Mary works hard
to
put together the monthly schedule
and sometimes things get by uh for
whatever reason
but I suggest that it's Council notices
something that or something that they
want to put on this calendar
please contact Shannon or Mary don't
wait to the last minute it just makes
things harder for the logistics in
planning some of these events
um I am going to appoint
our on the police negotiation committee
council president policina
councilman Leeds
and councilman Deweese we will be
meeting and I have set your names to our
uh labor attorney so she's aware and as
soon as she can get some dates with the
PBA uh we'll get back to you and let you
know what's going on
and now for my last report
a cycle program this is the end of the
summer my last one
and the winner is Michelle Tomlinson at
6 17 First Street here in Northfield and
she thinks and she says that uh she
thinks that recycling is very important
for our environment so congratulations
Michelle
and that's the end of my report council
president uh thank you mayor will we
meet in committee first I'm sorry on the
um
PBA negotiations will meet in committee
first and then oh yeah yeah definitely
as soon as we get some dates that we'll
meet ahead of time to meet with our
labor attorney thank you
and of course Council if you have any uh
suggestions or you wish to give input to
the committee please contact any of the
three or myself the committee members
thank you mayor
uh Mr and Nasir
the
on Oak Avenue what's the time frame for
that Paving
foreign
I was hoping it would be a different
time frame
okay uh and any other questions
okay
foreign
thank you
any other questions
okay at this time we'll open this
meeting to the public anywhere from the
public wishing to speak on any topic we
have to please step forward and state
your name and address for the record and
observe a five minute per speaker and if
anyone is in Zoom please raise your Zoom
hand
foreign
on resolutions all matters can listed
under the consent agenda are considered
to be routine in nature and having been
been reviewed by Council will be enacted
by one motion any item may be removed
from the consent agenda at the request
of any council member and if so removed
it will be treated as a separate matter
any items requiring an expenditure are
supported by a certificate of
availability of bonds
there's an executive session at the end
of this meeting and we'll come back in
the public session and make comment for
the record after the executive session
has included any vote made on Sergeant
Smith's dust will be made in public
motion to the World by consent agenda
you're welcome to adopt resolution 163
through 176 2023
second
okay
all in favor
um
we have motion to adopt is there
anything any questions on any on any of
the items
we have motion to adopt the consent
agenda they're gonna make the motion to
adopt the content agenda for resolution
exactly
roll call
Mrs Bucci Mrs corfenio yes Mr DeWees yes
Mr Leeds yes Mr Notaro yes Mr Smith yeah
Mr Palestina yes motion carriage for the
adoption of the consent agenda
yes
late this afternoon
um it was after four actually we
received a call from Mr Botticelli with
Triad there was an error in the
resolution that was adopted during the
special meeting
for the to authorize the Grant
application we did two resolutions that
day
so because this resolution has to be
submitted to the USDA it's cleaner to
rescind that resolution and re-adopt it
in its corrected form instead of
amending it if that makes sense however
since neither of those resolutions was
on the prepared agenda that does mean
the solicitor has to read those
resolutions in full
so that they are added to the to the
meeting and Spread spread in the minutes
so those are resolutions 177 and 178 you
should all have them at your positions
when 77 rescinds
resolution 162.
and then 178 makes the correction
um Mr Botticelli said um its timing is
okay I I told him I would get him this
first thing in the morning he said
Friday is fine so we're we're certainly
well in terms of time okay so Mr Facenda
uh resolution 177 of 2014
period whereas resolution of council
number 162 2003 authorized an
application for the USDA water and waste
disposal pre-development planning great
programs to study assessment Senator and
Civil War systems to evaluate and repair
and appointing authorized representative
for matters involving documentation for
the same it was adopted at a special
meeting of the governing body which is
25 2023 and whereas the resolution 162
we need to be modified however in the
interest of clarity of the governing
body wishes to rescind Revolution 162
2043 and it's entirety and replace it
upon consideration and adoption with
resolution 178 2023 scheduled to be
considered by Council on September 12th
2023.
uh paid it resolved by the common
Council of the city of Northfield that
resolution number 162 2023 adopted his
special meeting in
2013 Revolution was adopted at a regular
meeting with the common Council of the
city of North the hotel in the 12th day
of September 2023 uh signature month
the resolution
178 2023 the revolution authorizing an
application for the USDA and waste water
and waste disposal pre-development
planning grant program for studying
factors of the sanitary assumer systems
we evaluate needed repair and appointing
authorized representatives for matters
involving documentation for this thing
where the whereas forces of the city of
Northfield sanitary School sewer are in
need of repair
to better serve the residents and
businesses of the city and where is the
common Council of the city of Northfield
desire to engage in engineer to evaluate
the sanitary sewer system and developer
plan to complete repairs where needed to
better meet the needs of the city and
whereas the common Council of the city
of Northfield desires to pursue funding
from the United States Department of
Agriculture water and waste disposal
pre-development planning grants program
to assist with the cost of developing
this plan
now therefore be your developed by your
common Council of the city of the city
of Northfield uh that the city of
Northern will apply to the USDA water
and waste disposal pre-development
planning Grant in the amount of
seventeen thousand dollars for execution
of this study and the results
for repair and be it further resolved
that the city council commits to a local
share in the amount of six thousand
dollars to match the requested funding
should the USDA award this grant request
and be it further resolved but the
persons of that the person they should
names and titles and signatures appear
below are authorized to sign the
application in that day or their
successors we vital are authorized to
sign the agreement and any other
documentary connecting there with
signature lines for Irma child mayor
Mary Casey municipal clerk primary
kniskey Municipal Court in the city of
Northfield are nearby certified with the
Oregon resolution was adopted at a
regular meeting the McDonald's Council
of the city of Louisville fell on the
12th day of September 2020 three
and there's a clarification I'm Aaron
Canadian Ministry part of the city of
Northfield in the county Atlantic and
state of New Jersey do hereby certify
that before going resolutions the true
copy of the original resolution passed
in adopted by regarding the full
membership of the common council at its
meeting on September 12 2023.80
thank you
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may have a motion to approve resolution
177 2022
motion to improve resolution 177-20.3
second
roll call
Mrs Bucci yes Mrs Carfagno yes Mr DeWees
Mr Leeds yes Mr Notaro yes Mr Smith Mr
Palestina yes Mission carries for the
adoption of resolution 177.
motion for resolution 178 2020. this is
Introduction right
these are the top resolutions okay
um
resolutions that we had to do separate
love it
thank you to adopt resolution
178-2023 exactly
roll calls
yes
Mrs Bucci yes Mrs Carfagno yeah Mr
Deweese Mr Leeds yeah Mr Notaro yes Mr
Smith yeah Mr Palestina yes commission
carries for the adoption of resolution
178.
um now may I please have a motion to
adopt resolution or ordinance
my turn now
yeah
the necessary motion to but Bob Jordan
is 12 that's 20 20 through the great
white title alone second
what is 12 of 2023 amends Ordinance one
of 2023 which provides for and
establishes the salary ranges of
officers and employees of the city of
Northfield in Atlantic County is this
the second reading there will be a
public hearing after which the matter
will be considered for final adoption
since introduction the ordinance has
been posted in full in the lobby of City
Hall as well as on the municipal website
any member of the public who would
request a copy of the ordinance would
have been provided with one free of
charge in the office of the municipal
clerk during regular business hours if
approved this evening the ordinance will
be published the final time in the Press
of Atlantic City on September 20th
thank you at this time we'll open the
meeting to the public for ordinance
12-2023 and that ordinance alone anyone
wishing to speak on that topic please
step forward and state your name and
address for the record and if you're in
Zoom please raise your hand and zoom
in here
seeing no on the public session forward
it's 12-2023 is now closed
uh roll call Mrs Bucci here Mrs Carfagno
here Mr DeWees yes Mr Leeds yes Mr
Notaro yes Mr Smith yes Mr Palestina yes
we had a couple years in there sorry you
can say here I thought motion carries
for the adoption of ordinance well
Brian was here thank you
to pay my bills please I hear you
oh
um sorry I'd like to make a motion for
the payment of bills in the amount of 2
million 825 000
816.98 second
roll call
Mrs Bucci yes Mrs corefagno yes sir Mrs
core fanuel I'm so sorry Mr DeWees yes
Mr Leeds yes
Mr nadero here Mr Smith Mr Palestina yes
motion carries for payment of Bill
Amino assistant
next city council meeting is September
26th 6 p.m work session regular session
immediately follow
and at this time we'll we'll be develop
the executive session
resolution 176 2023
Revolution 176 of 2023 was just approved
earlier as part of the consent agenda
this is a resolution providing for an
executive session not open to the public
in accordance with the provisions of the
New Jersey open public meetings Act njsa
10 colon 4-12 B in this case 7 which
includes matters covered under the
attorney-client privilege for those of
you participating via Zoom Council will
remain in council chambers but the audio
and video portions of this meeting will
be paused during the executive session
and for those of you who are here and
publicly would ask you to please excuse
yourselves from the meeting during the
closed session and once the closed
session concludes the doors will be
opened the zoom
participants as well as the members of
the public will be welcomed back in and
a statement will be made by the
solicitor for the record
until the before that we are required to
set forth as much information as
possible for you as to the subject
matter to be discussed as well as
provide the amount of time that you can
expect to elapse before the subject
matter
um in the minutes can be disclosed and
for that I will just defer to the
solicitor for comment
2003 City account city council for the
city of North
Executives
with the provisions in the nuclear View
at the public meetings that uh matters
to be still or a uh update from
speculative Council to the city of
Miller Field specifically including
potential future affordable housing
developments uh all matters requiring
confidentiality for falling within the
repairing client privilege Council will
keep minutes of this executive session
as required by law which will be
approved by Council and made available
for public inspection what is required
and permitted by the law at this time
the time for the release of this minute
are known
um it is not anticipated that any
official action will be taken tonight
and we will return for a statement for
the record uh after the conclusion of
the resolution and then for a low-income
level
thank you
well you got to open a door
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you gotta open the sunshine open the
door
thank you my name is
yes
2023 uh
that executive assessment was not open
in general form of the things act
um Council
privilege and required confidentiality
uh council did Keep minnes
but
second
one oh I did all right all in favor bye
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