Ridgewood NJ, don’t for get to spring forward , Daylight saving time (DST) or summer time is the practice of advancing clocks during summer months by one hour so that evening daylight lasts an hour longer, while sacrificing normal sunrise times. Typically, regions with summer time adjust clocks forward one hour close to the start of spring and adjust them backward in the autumn to standard time.
Traditionally most of the United States begins Daylight Saving Time at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday in March and reverts to standard time on the first Sunday in November. In the U.S., each time zone switches at a different time.This year 2018 March 11th Daylight Saving Time at 2:00 a.m and goes till November 4th.
Ridgewood NJ, Street Paving has been another major point of contention the last couple of years ,especially with PSE&G and Ridgewood Water digging up the streets working on infrastructure improvements .
According to Councilmen Ramon Hache , last year the Village spent $2 million on paving roads.
Improvements the roads will continue from 2017. The Village council recently appropriated $2.16 million for the 2018 road paving program which will begin this spring. Bergen County has appropriated $13 million for road paving this year. We will be working with the County to ensure they repair the County roads in Ridgewood which are clearly the worst in the entire Village.
Ridgewood NJ, Councilmen Ramon Hache gets us up to date on the Hudson garage. Hache says that , ” In addition to the interviews with developers for the Hudson Street Parking Garage on February 21, the Village Council reviewed and discussed the results of the Walker Feasibility Study at the Public Work Session on Wednesday, February 28.”
Walker Consultants were hired to perform a feasibility study which includes both the financial analysis and the parking allocation plan for the Hudson Street Garage. The study provides a planning-level analysis of net operating income potential for the parking system when the new garage is complete, including rate adjustments that will help maintain a parking utility that is self-supporting.
According to the councilmen , “Walker makes several assumptions, including a cost of $12 million and financing at 3%. At this time, even before negotiating, we are already seeing several viable options in the range of approximately $9.5 million to $11 million. Also, given our AAA credit rating, we should be able to finance at a rate lower than 3%.”
These are the highlights of Walker’s recommendations to pay for the garage:
Increase hourly meter rates from currently $0.50 to $0.75 in the second half of 2018; increase to $1.25 in 2020; increase to $1.50 in 2025.
Extend meter hours from currently 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Allocate 60% of the garage spaces to commuters and employees (monthly) and 40% to shoppers and diners (hourly).
Then the councilmen went on to discuss financing options, “I think we should explore short-term (3 years) interest-only financing in order to allow us to build a substantial cushion before bonding for 25 years. It would also help us smooth out future parking meter rate increases. I also suggest we allocate 75% (top three floors) to monthly passes and 25% (the first floor) to shoppers and diners. This will ensure that by early January each year, we would have locked in at least 75% of the projected garage revenue.”
Hache says, “The Hudson Garage would be part of the Parking Utility, which means it would be funded directly by revenues received through meter rates. That is why the Walker Feasibility Study only contemplates rate adjustments and extended meter hours, and not special assessments or tax increases.”
Hache concludes , “The Village Council will now begin negotiations with the garage developers with the goal of selecting a final proposal that balances the best fit, value, functionality, and design. Designating the existing Hudson Street lot as an area in need of redevelopment in 2017, has allowed us the opportunity to negotiate directly with the construction companies, instead of simply accepting or rejecting the bids. One company already reduced their original bid by over $1.37 million.”
You have got to be kidding!!! Susan, to the best of my knowledge you want to be reelected and you are not brain dead. What does this woman have on the town of Ridgewood? It has to be current or the council would not have done this. I’ll be honest. This present council, you included, have just put the final nail in your coffins. All you have done since taking office is spend, spend, spend. This woman is running a partially illegal operation (Have you ever looked at her insurance or is that something else the Village is paying for?) and taking the whole park for her personal use with, obviously, the council’s permission. I know your sons’ appointments fit legal guidelines but I’m even beginning to partially believe the constant slams about that that you receive. It is beginning to look like that may be the ONLY accomplishment you are going to be able to claim for your actions during this term! Residents and town businesses are suffering and you put generators in a business that is not even earned by a village resident!!! You must think the taxpayers of this town are total idiots and you are proving that with almost every action you take. How can you look at yourself in the mirror?
Ridgewood NJ, A two (2) vehicle late Friday afternoon crash at the intersection of Dayton Street and South Maple Avenue in Ridgewood resulted in a response by Ridgewood Police and Fire Department personnel. One (1) summons was issued in connection with the injury free collision. Both vehicles were towed from the scene.
Ridgewood NJ, while we are glad to see the state of New Jersey lesson the regulatory bite and we have extreme doubts as to the net effect on any decrease in safety ie the Avolon Housing Complex fire , the fact remains that the Village will lose revenue by a state law no longer requiring permits for roofing, sheet rock, some plumbing, chimney liners.
During tonight’s budget hearing, and in response to a taxpayer’s question, Village Manager Heather Mailander repeated what Village Council members were told during last week’s budget hearing – It is estimated that changes to the NJ State Laws regarding building permitting requirements (permits no longer needed for roofing, sheet rock, some plumbing, chimney liners, etc.) could result in a $35k-$45k revenue drop to the Village’s building department. The estimate is based on an absence in 2018 of the same number & type of permits applied for in 2017
“Generators have been placed at the Habernickel Gate House to avoid taxpayer funding of costly repairs resulting from frozen pipes, water heaters etc.”
Huh? Really? How many “generators” were placed at the facility? Is the temperature in the house being kept at just above freezing, or is it business as usual for the Healthbarn people? Are Healthbarn’s classes being allowed to continue despite the road conditions in the area? Why wasn’t the water just drained so the pipes don’t freeze? A weak excuse at best Mayor.
CONFIRMATION!!!! Mayor Knudsen just posted on FaceBook… “generators (plural) placed at the Gate House will prevent damage from frozen pipes, water heaters, etc. The Village is the property owners and costly repairs would be borne by Ridgewood taxpayers.
I just lost all respect for the Village employees who think it’s ok to put a business run by a non resident ahead of tax payers. No matter what they could possibly say they could never justify hooking up a generator so a for profit business can run while surrounding homes & families are suffering. What Hillcrest doesn’t need is more traffic being rerouted just to get to a Healthbarn class or party. If they want to protect the house against pipes freezing then no tenants should be in it. That’s not the case she came during the storm looked like she spent the night (violation against her lease) was at the house today. Neighbors are also at risk of pipes freezing & we are very worried but no clean up happening. It took 2 village trucks to hook the generator up while that was going on I had to be rerouted just to go 1 mile. The village employees that were at the gatehouse could of been picking up branches or trimming hanging branches from trees that would of been a better use of tax payer dollars.
Wake up Ridgewood Residents. There are SEVERAL improvements being done at this house – without increasing the rent. The rent was set at a price based on certain condition of the house. Since it was rented MULTIPLE improvements was done – and they are HIDDEN in different budget codes (some from parks and recs, some from open space, some in capital improvement), so no one can track them. All these expenses should have caused a rent increased. Also watch out in spring and summer – she is going to put out a tent EVERY DAY and occupy the park land and the play area.
photo courtesy of the Village Council of Ridgewood Budget Hearing
March 9,2018
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Village Council of Ridgewood Budget Hearing tonight 5:30pm Village Hall
BUDGET HEARING SCHEDULE:
March 9, 2018 – 5:30pm to 10:00pm
March 16, 2018 – 5:30PM to 10:00pm
March 21st at 5:30pm – final budget overview & setting the tax rate
Tentative:
March 28, 2018 Budget Introduction
April 25, 2018 Budget Adoption
Ridgewood NJ, 11 homes on hillcrest are still out of power and a transformer is leaking petroleum on the roadway BUT town resources are being used to install a generator for Healthbarn?
2 town trucks are there now! Several tax payers have left the area because of the situation yet the same people who had to leave, their taxes are paying for this generator to run for a business and the man power and gas it will take to keep it running.
Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Police issued one (1) summons in connection with a two (2) vehicle “T-Bone” crash at the intersection of Kenilworth Road and Spring Avenue, Ridgewood on Friday morning, 03/09. Ridgewood Fire Department and EMS personnel also responded. One (1) driver was transported to The Valley Hospital with non life threatening injuries. Both vehicles were removed from the scene by a flatbed tow truck.
Ridgewood NJ, Wires installed on utility poles carry electricity. And when wires are down, they are dangerous—electricity can still flow through them.
Never assume that a downed or low hanging power line is not energized, as it still could be “live.”
TO REPORT A DOWNED WIRE: Call 1-800-436-PSEG and tell PSE&G the nearest cross street or the number of a nearby pole that has not been damaged and is away from any downed wires. The pole number can be found on the metal tag attached to the pole.
Never go near or touch an electrical wire. Never go near or touch anything or anyone that has come in contact with an electrical wire.
Stay at least 300 feet away from all downed wires–and keep others from going near them as well. Call PSE&G at 1-800-436-7734 or the Ridgewood Police Department 201-652-3900
by John Paquin first posted in Vintage Ridgewood Facebook Group
Ridgewood NJ,Ridgewood’s first street sign?! And Zabriskie- Schedler’s too of course! I love this for how it takes you back to the past, and show’s just how the church and it’s neighborhood, including Zabriskie- Schedler, really were such an important landmark, crossroad, and part of Ridgewood’s history. Recall the earlier drawing showing how W Saddle River connected with the other roads at the church? This is that spot, and that is actually the end of W Saddle River in the lower RH corner. This is a detail from a postcard of the church taken I believe some time in the 1870’s (Peggy Norris would know for sure!). You can see the crossroads sign (on a log!) pointing to Suffern to the north (via East Glen), Hackensack to the South (via Paramus rd). And of course, below, and illegible, is the sign leading to Zabriskie- Schedler, less than 200 hundred yards or a 2-minute walk over your shoulder and back down that road. The house would be about 50 years old, ands the tree already 100, at the time of this photo. Here’s the coolest thing: the 7.5 acres of Zabriskie- Schedler are virtually untouched since the time of this photo. If you want to take a stroll back to this time, take a stroll at Zabriskie- Schedler.
0180309 – Village Council Special Public Budget Meeting
AGENDA
VILLAGE COUNCIL
SPECIAL PUBLIC BUDGET MEETING
MARCH 9, 2018
5:30 P.M.
1. Call to Order
2. Statement of Compliance with the Open Public Meeting Act
MAYOR: “Adequate notice of this meeting has been provided by a posting on the bulletin board in Village hall, by mail to the Ridgewood News, The Record, and by submission to all persons entitled to same as provided by law of a schedule including the date and time of this meeting.”
3. Roll Call – Village Clerk
4. Flag Salute and Moment of Silence
5. Public Comments (Not to exceed 3 minutes per person, 40 minutes in total)
6. Discussion Items
a. Review of Departmental Budgets and Capital Budgets
1. Finance
2. Tax
3. Parking Utility
4. Engineering
5. Traffic & Signal
6. Building Maintenance
7. Water Pollution Control Facility
8. Police Department
9. Fire Department
10. Deferred Charges
10. Statutory Expenses
11. Utilities
12. Shared Services
b. Wrap-up and Next Steps
7. Public Comments (Not to exceed 5 minutes per person)
8. Adjournment
Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Emergency Services had a full compliment of volunteers on duty operating during yesterdays noreaster. It was a very busy day.
To give you an idea of how hard these guys work on February 18th in a little reported incident while the Ridgewood Emergency Services EMT’s are inside the home accessing and providing aid to the patient, Special Operation Members are outside doing their thing to ensure quick and safe exit for the patient and EMT’s to the Ambulance. It was truly a great team effort.
Ridgewood NJ, Mayor Knudsen with Jessica Formoso FOX 5 News. OEM expecting 15″ – Mayor Knudsen says , “be safe Ridgewood & check in on elderly neighbors “.
BUDGET HEARING SCHEDULE:
March 9, 2018 – 5:30pm to 10:00pm
March 16, 2018 – 5:30PM to 10:00pm
March 21st at 5:30pm – final budget overview & setting the tax rate
Tentative:
March 28, 2018 Budget Introduction
April 25, 2018 Budget Adoption
