Northfield City Council SPECIAL Meeting
The council held a special meeting to approve two resolutions related to pursuing a USDA grant: appointing a special engineer to assist with the grant process and committing $8,000 toward the project with expectation of additional grant funding. Both resolutions were adopted. The next council meeting was scheduled for September 12.
Key points
Council appointed a special engineer to begin the USDA grant application process, but the engineer was given an extra week and is not permitted to start substantive work yet.2:00 ↗
Council committed $8,000 in municipal funds toward the grant/application with the expectation of obtaining additional grants.3:32 ↗
Both resolutions (Res. 161-2023 and Res. 162-2023) were adopted by roll call vote.2:00 ↗
Next regular council meeting set for September 12 (6:00 PM session with regular meeting to follow).3:32 ↗
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Topics with timestamps
Appointment of special engineer
2:00Council appointed a special engineer to assist with the USDA grant application and allowed an extra week before the engineer begins work; they cannot start substantive work yet.
Financial commitment for grant
3:32Council approved committing $8,000 toward the project as part of the grant effort, expecting additional grant funds to follow.
Resolution approvals
2:00Two resolutions (Res. 161-2023 and Res. 162-2023) were moved, seconded, and passed by roll call vote.
Meeting schedule
3:32Council announced the next meeting for September 12 with a 6:00 PM session and the regular meeting immediately after.
Decisions / votes
Public comment
No members of the public spoke during the public session; no Zoom participants raised hands.
Transcript (443 words)
in progress ready yes thank good afternoon this is a special meeting of Northfield city council September 5th of 2023 this meeting has been properly advertised in accordance with public law 1971 chapter 235 oh my gosh chapter Public Law 1975 chapter 231 in the Press of Atlantic City on September 2nd of this year may have a flag salute led by mayor CH 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 liberty and justice thank you roll call Mrs bchi here Mrs carfano here Mr deiz here Mr Leeds here Mr Notaro here Mr Smith Mr Palestina here and Mr cha here Mr President thank you um we'll work go right into the public session anyone from the public wishing to S on any topic we ask you step forward state your name and address for the record and observe a five limit minute limit per speaker uh if there's anyone in Zoom please raise your hand no one in Zoom seeing no one public session is now closed uh do in consent if you just want to do them one at a time it's quite quicker yeah okay um well the two resolutions we have engineer uh to appoint a special engineer for the grant process and uh giving them an extra week of time basically to begin the application process with the USDA they weren't they're not permitted to start doing any work even if even if we mark on a t um so with that said uh we have a mo for resolution 161 2023 make resolu 16123 second roll call please Mrs bchi yes Mrs carfano yes Mr DZ yes Mr Leeds yes Mr Notaro yes Mr Smith Mr Palestina yes motion carries for the adoption of resolution 161 of 2023 thank and resolution 12 162 is the actual one where we um are going to pay the $8,000 we'll be committing to $8,000 but um with the belief that we should be able to get this Grant and uh additional grants on top of that so I'll do it I'd like to make the necessary motion to adopt resolution 16222 second who's taking it please Mrs bchi yes Mrs carfano yes Mr DZ yes Mr Leeds yes Mr Notaro yes Mr Smith Mr Palestina yes motion cares for the adoption of resolution 162 of 2023 our next council meeting is sept 12 6m session with the regular meeting falling immediately there all in favor I any opposed see y'all Dave I got this oh yeah made it just in time