Northfield City Council Meeting

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good evening this is the work session
for Northfield city council October 10th
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
Chia please pleas please rise I pledge
allegiance to the flag for the United
States of America and to the Republic
for which it stands one nation under God
indivisible with liberty and justice for
all thank you please be
seated roll call Mrs fi here Mrs carfano
here Mr deiz here Mr Leeds here Mr
Notaro here Mr Smith here Mr Palestina
here Mr Chow here Mr President thank you
guess we'll start
I'll hand the floor over to you mayor
cha uh and we can begin with our yes of
office thank you Council everyone's here
for right except Mr
boy well good evening ladies and
gentlemen and Council um tonight I have
the honor and privilege of administering
the oath for three off officers for the
rank of Sergeant and let me say
gentlemen on behalf of city council
myself we are very honored and we are
very happy to see this
promotion we know that you are making
your family your friends relatives very
happy for this very special moment and I
know that you've worked hard for this
promotion and deservedly you have served
the city of Northfield to honor to
protect our citizens and the residents
of
Northfield so without further Ado who
would like to be the
first for the record this is Sergeant
Jeffrey B and his wife Jill and
Jordan
afternoon please take your name
to Solly swear to Solly swear that I
will support the Constitution of the
United States that I will support the
Constitution ofed stes and the
constitution of the state of New Jersey
that I will bear true
faith and Allegiance and to the Saints
to the Saint and to the governments
established in the United States
government established in the United
States and in the state in the state
under the authority of the people under
the authority of the people and that I
will Faithfully I will equ impartially
partially and perform all the duties of
perform all the duties of Sergeant of
the city of norfield Sergeant of the
city of North New Jersey New Jersey
according to the best of my ability
so
helpy go so help
congratulations
um just obviously to Quick thanks to my
wife my beautiful wife and my son Jordan
thank you for your love and support and
putting up with me for three month study
city council the chief and obviously the
mayor thank you for this opportunity and
I can assure you I'm not let you down
all my other co-workers and the rest of
administration you know thank you thank
you for the support and a lot of the new
faes I look forward to
working I obiously want to recognize my
direct supervisor for the last eight
years uh detective burning you told me
what it was to be how to be a detective
and there's no doubt in my mind you
think off
today
do we have Sergeant William Van Pelt who
is here with his wife Jamie anybody
else will what's your mom's
name hi
Lori
like
swear I will support the Constitution of
the United States that I will support
theit and the constitution of the state
of New
Jersey that I will bear true
faith and allegiance to the same and to
the governments
established in the united states in the
United States and in the states and
under the authority of the
people and I will
faithfully
impartially and justly
perform all the duties of Sergeant of
the city of Northfield all the duties of
theant of the city of norfield New
Jersey new according to the best of my
ability to
the
congratulations
oh my wife for putting up
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so we have Sergeant Justin
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heler
over all right here we go I appreciate
your name I toly swear swear that I will
support the Constitution of the United
States and the constitution of the state
of New
Jersey that I will bear true
faith and allegiance to the things and
to the governments
established in the United States United
States and in the state under the
authority of the
people and that will
Faithfully and partially and justly
perform justly perform all the duties of
Sergeant of the city of norfield all the
sergeant New Jersey according to the
best of my
ability to help me go
congratulations
um like said I than am my wife my kids
were up for the testing process being a
single parent bit
time work with great group
people glad that you Tred me in this
position coun same um I will not let you
guys down
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yeah yeah thank yeah just take a few
minutes if everyone wants to get
photographs and
uh have a motion for recess
motion all in favor I any
okay
it's happen for the
record thank you for the record
councilman DZ left during the recess and
he will not be returning is that correct
he will
not
thank you I will move right into the
committee reports councilman
leads
sit so
everybody I lot of
people off
didn't
thank thank you
Council so want to congratulate on the
officers that I think
that's thing for our um I want to thank
10 no Police Department in Miss Alliance
everyone who came everyone who
participated everybody well with stre is
absolutely amazing never ending line of
kids hasn't been aout that it was a
really fun weather was perfect
not as far as economic development um
meeting the planning board to discuss in
of the economic element into the master
plan Ecom
commission is also going to be meeting
with other Economic Development
commissions from other
municipalities ways and services that we
could provide to our community in
Atlantic County as a whole so we work
together to to better our economy here
um um I just I left everybody a card on
offshore
win since we're talking about Economic
Development um there's been some studies
done that it's going to have a 15%
reduction in
tourism and I also read another article
today in the newspaper that said that
the tour are spending anding for early
so it has it does have potential to um
affect adversely affect our economy I'm
not going to talk about the whales and
dolphins because that's what
everybody um I'm very much for renewable
energy this is enough this is and green
energy but this is in my opinion is one
what I've
researched so what I'd like Council to
consider is um a
referendum work in opposition of all
SCH no that's not what I meant
resolution
so um I know lywood has done it um a
number of
the
done doing that I can get a copy of the
lywood one that
we and that is it
for thank you
Council M
Smith thank you Mr President I also want
to extend my congratulations to the
sergeant they will serve faithfully and
represent the city well so it's just
cheap there now but we want to wish them
well and this new role for them and uh
we know they we in good
hands the northw med school the next
meeting will be October 23rd Monday
night uh prior to our next meeting up to
report there little league and and B
Ruth that little league is fing for
baseball is coming to the end of their
fall season we wish them well as they
come to the end of The Fall season uh
ask some questions about F juice and and
some work of there but council deise is
not here but um I'll reach out to him
with that I know the president has a
question about that so I'll reach out to
council and D on that and the central
municipal courts there was a a meeting
with the county court I wasn't able to
attend but Council Le was able to attend
and I I appreciate Council Le stepping
in there and reaching out to me
following that meeting to to kind of
share some information
the question comes is you know we're
supposed to be exiting the courts and
and emerge with or shared service with
uh Hamilton
is supposed to take effect beginning of
the year questions I know send to jump
in to get some answers for some
questions
from Rapid transition I don't know if
there update I haven't received anything
since we spoke there okay I know there
actually there was one letter sent to
judge Lee by Mike msky summarizing what
we all spoke about
and he heard yet if he did I would think
I would know we're awaiting words to
hear that just a full go ahead there
there's some questions that be answered
approval from people in positions of
power above us so we're hopeful that
comes through in short order but uh
we'll let you know
that
we that's all I
have as it stands if
the uh Fe Court doesn't approve us then
we we've
already voted to exit from corre the
municipal court
from Court
so your options would be to open a court
or get back into that which sounds to me
like they want us to stay in the temp I
don't know that I indication otherwise
so I don't know that that would be a
problem
but thank that our fees would be raised
if we
would yeah why why was it but did you is
that a spanking or is that there the
cost of crunching of the
numbers one thing be
Elin on security
company you should have your off you're
they do not have restant
because
that off off the
street AR are the sheriffs still in the
building
no uh is that Council Smith
yeah councilwoman Kang thank you C
president um congratulations to Sergeant
Ben Ben and heler um for your continued
service for cultural committee um they
received this medal I just want to tell
Council about this this kind of cool um
there was a medal that was given to
cultural committee along with a savings
bond and it's from the family of CLA
critz which dates back to 1951 or
1952 and Claire received it was through
the school and she received medal for
the naming of birch gr Park and at that
point in time Birch gr Park I guess had
a bunch of birch trees but then right
after several years after there was a
birch blight and I guess it's like a
dick and it affected all the trees and
so there's no more birch trees and every
time they tried to plant a birch tree um
it wouldn't be that's fun fact about
Birch growth that I didn't know so um
they have this metal and they're working
to put some display together for that um
November 18th cultural committee is
going to be hosting fall flea market um
table the tables are $25 each and the
paperwork will be coming shortly through
our City website um look out for that um
mainland all I have is the next meeting
is October 16th at
6m and I wanted to just give a big thank
you to everybody who was involved both
with the classic car show that was an
awesome turnout and it was a great day
and it was gorgeous out and also for the
um trunk attry because as everybody else
said just Echo that it was it was
awesome there was a lot of people we
thought we were going to run out of
hand great job for everybody involved
all ah have thank you councilman thank
you Mr President I um I don't have
anything you know specific in my uh
committees to report but um I'd just
like to congratulate uh Chief vonin and
his new team and uh the newly sworn uh
sergeants um congratulations all you I'm
sure you're going to do a great job as
you as you have been um also um
unfortunately I had to miss the trunk
retreat but again uh well done you know
our clerk's office and and Shannon
organizing that uh our police department
and everybody else involed um it's a
it's a great event and um I think uh
maybe the shore local news magazine next
year may do a little something in their
magazine about so uh that would be uh
good for the event as well so that's all
I have thank
you I for my committees I we have a
library committee meeting this Thursday
so uh I'll something more to report at
the next meeting um and again I I'd like
to extend my sincere gratitude for with
um the service from the Department
police department and uh especially like
to congratulate uh Jeff fence
and dtin her and thank them specifically
their service and studying
hard
Chief that's all I have for my
committee U moving on did we have some
discussion for the committee um
regarding
the we want any discussion trucks
or
um nothing else on the other AD
hwks ongoing storm water nothing back
from the
county all
right and we are still in process with
development uh that went the paperwork's
on out
to yeah I think Ramy you're in the
process of getting those two habitat lot
surveys so that's for 6611 9
1.02 yes so we got the title report back
for Jackson
Avenue and turns out that we don't
actually own it even though it's on our
tax rols uh as City exempt uh the last
date of record is from
1992 and it goes into an entity called
JP rail
Incorporated um so I sent an email I
just got the title report over the
weekend Sun Sunday um so
uh we have a couple options I want to I
want to find out from Nancy and Tiffany
how that affects our Co-op plan since it
is in our Co-op plan uh we need to find
out from the tax acceptor and collector
what that means because the property has
been exempt for years uh so see what
what the
taxation uh options are uh and I guess
the one thing I could do is to try to
reach out to try to find JP rail Inc and
see if they'd like to Quick Claim feed
it to us uh maybe was missed in their
prior Deeds where they convey a bunch of
those railroad Parcels uh to the variant
cities but with your permission I'm
happy to do that just wanted to see if
that's something you wanted me to look
into is that something first we should
check with uh Tiffany and yeah yeah I
guess we'll find out from Tiffany and
Nancy whether it matters maybe it
doesn't matter um yeah may do an overlay
same as any other other proper we don't
own and I think you know to get it back
on the pack BS is important too because
not on that right
now thank you
sure anything with the new
brands
you want to mention the the federal
funding aspect where it's like a
fiveyear thing
well
the federal re them that they pay for
for design phase yeah they will what
they will
do they'll do
yeah that puts the project back what our
normal course be when is this when is
the
grant
November deadline how long did it take
for them
to we can use the grant to pay for the
design
phase we can't okay Grant just okay and
do we have to match anything for the
grant no match
okay 100% reimb okay so we would just so
same difference so we instead for
keep
okay so do you need anything else from
us or move
forward
can take care of it or if Brian would
prefer to as uh leaz onto the
school at the next meeting I can bring
it up to them or I can approach they
they provided us with a template that
has sort of the sort of the the tone of
the information that they're looking for
so I can share that with you yes um and
they also suggested that we do
a uh School travel plan with cross
country Cross County
Connection
I'll forward you the template
tonight okay uh everyone can please
refer to to
the regular meeting
agenda approval of the minutes
councilman Naro and councilman
Smith
resolutions councilwoman bchi and
councilman
Naro ordinance
13 councilman Leeds and councilwoman
Carano payment of bills uh councilwoman
Carano and councilwoman Rie and me
notices councilman
Smith okay at this time we'll open the
meeting to the public anyone from the
public wishing to speak on any topic may
do so at this time we ask you please
step forward and state your name and
address for the
record just name or just your name and
if anyone's in Zoom that wish to speak
please raise your hand
your Zoom
hand okay seeing no one the public
session is now
closed have a second second all in favor
I I any
oppos we'll start the regular meeting
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momentarily
good evening this is the regular session
for Northfield city council October 10th
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 I have a flag salute led by
mayor Chow please please
rise I pledge allegiance to the flag of
the United States of America and to the
Republic for which it stands one nation
under God indivisible with liberty and
justice for all ladies and gentlemen
council members let us remember and keep
in our prayers those serving their
nation's armed forces especially our
troops away from home thank you please
be
seated
roll call Mrs GUI here Mrs corano here
Mr deiz Mr Leeds here Mr Notaro here Mr
Smith here Mr Palestina here Mr
President thank you may have a motion
for approval minut uh Mr President I'd
like to make a motions for the approval
minut the minutes from September 26 2023
they um were dist distributed to council
and or on file in the clerk's
office all in favor I hi any
oppose Mr Mayor thank you council
president again I would like to Echo my
thanks and appreciation for all the hard
work for our trunk of treat it was again
a successful event and I want to
recognize our uh organizer uh Shannon
Campbell who did an outstanding job um
so again thank you so very much to
everyone who participated I want to
announce that Shannon and I will be
working on a uh event for the Veterans
Day it will be on a Saturday we haven't
gotten all the particulars as far as
time uh but there will be a an event to
uh observe Veterans Day uh I will be
attending through the mayor's
conference uh of New Jersey uh a meeting
on the excuse me H housing the next
housing round
um and let me just give you just a
little brief idea of what's going on
here uh through the Mayors Association
New Jersey the mayor has established a
mayor's working group to identify
challenges and ideas of common interest
and develop concrete constructive
proposals for legislative and
administrative consideration especially
in light of the upcoming 2025 reportal
hous fourth round as part of this
important initiative the working group
will convene two uh inperson mayor round
taes and conduct a third Forum via St
excuse me Zoom to fully engage in hear
from the League's membership and
solicitor ideas for or solicit ideas for
the reforms so I'll get back to council
when that meeting does
occur I do also have from Atlanta County
Department of Public Safety uh regarding
the Atlanta County local Road Safety
plan in cooperation with the South
Jersey Transportation Planning
organization requests from the city of
Northfield participation in our upcoming
local Road Safety plan Workshop in early
November the Atlanta County local road
safety program will plan to identify and
prioritize strategies and actions to
reduce fatal and serious injuries
crashes on County and Municipal roads
strategies may include infrastructure
measures as well as strategies related
to improve education enforcement and
emergency response um so it doesn't cost
anything to participate do we want who
do we want to give it to um our engineer
or you have someone else in mind for
something to attend this meeting council
president um I guess makes makes most
sense is that something you'd be able to
attend
okay big
paron um the date
is I don't see the date here but it does
have a phone number to uh to contact
indicate your interest in the attending
I'll give it to you and then you can
contact them
okay is there anyone from safety that
you might be might be able to attend
that
or thank
you uh also there's will be no planning
board meeting for the month of October I
believe we have several applicants for
November uh you all have received a
email from me regarding I know it's not
on the agenda but an email about some
concerns from vendors with our proposed
ordinance on the food uh trucks so uh we
can you can take it from there Mr
President in that respect there
okay and finally by the northfi police
department stats for September of this
year uh there were two
robberies three thefts 12 adult arrests
juvenile arrests there were 18 motor
vehicle stops were
285 summonses we gave out 20 212 crash
reports 17 gun permits are 11 uh of
Officer initiated calls were
1,7 and hours spent on calls and reports
for four excuse me
545 so total calls for service were
2020 uh that's the end of my report if
Council anybody have any questions for
me thank you council president than
you uh Engineers
report
that the and on o are we still looking
at doing some slip lining there is
yes is that going to be the same section
where we're doing the manhole
or yeah I meant the manhole
place um quick question the the
settlement period how how long before we
finish the
paving 45
days
so we're looking at like being out of
that area in about two
months
right thank
you at this time we'll open this meeing
to the public anyone from the public
wishing to speak on any topic please
that you step please ask that you step
forward and state your name for the
record and if anyone's in Zoom please
raise your
hand no hands on
okay see no one public session is now
closed on resolution say all matters
listed under the consent agenda
considered be routine in nature and
having 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 will be treated as a separate
matter all items requiring an
expenditure are supported by a
certificate of availability of
funds is there any of those three
resolutions anyone would like to
pull may have a motion to vote by
consent agenda move to vote by consent
agenda for Resolutions 186 2023 to 188
2020 second all in favor I I any
oppos have a motion to adopt the concept
agenda I like Mo to adopt the consent
agenda for Resolutions 186 2023 through
188 2023 second we
call Mrs bchi yes Mrs carfano Mr DZ Mr
Leeds Mr Notaro yes Mr Smith yes Mr
Palestina yes motion carries for the
adoption of the consent
agenda we have motion for the
introduction of ordinance
12223 roll call nope nope not
yet uh ordinance 13 of 20123 is an
ordinance amending chapter 2115 of the
city of Northfield code specifically
land use and development
this is the introduction there will be
no public input and the ordinance will
be published in full in the Press of
Atlantic City on over October 19th um
there will be a second reading the
matter will be considered um the there
will be a public hearing and the matter
will be considered for final adoption on
November 14th of
2023 this is the
uh this is generators that we spoke
about few months ago had to go back to
planning board and back to us again so
we did discuss it previously
is there any other discussion from
anyone roll
call Mrs bchi yes Mrs carfano yes Mr DZ
Mr Leeds yes Mr Naro yes Mr Smith Mr
Pala yes motion carries for the
introduction of ordinance 13 of 2023
payment of bills I'd like to make a
necessary motion for the payment of
bills in the amount of 2,62
2,623 and 36
second roll
call Mrs bchi yes Mrs corfo Mr D Mr
Leeds Mr Naro yes Mr Smith Mr Palestina
yeses for payment of Bill meeting
notices the next meeting will be October
24th 6 o' works question followed by
reg motion to the
motion all in favor I
any thank
you Chris
good
night