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THE RIDGEWOOD VILLAGE COUNCIL PUBLIC WORKSHOP AGENDA May 26, 2021 7:30 P.M.

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Village Council Work Session Agenda

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Taxpayers are frustrated by many of Councilwoman Pamela Perron’s actions

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Ridgewood NJ, exactly what the heck is up with Councilwoman Pamela Perron?  Is she for real?  Does she think before she speaks?

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Village of Ridgewood $52.9 million budget is Adopted

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Ridgewood NJ, on Wednesday, the  Village Council  by a 3-2 vote, adopted a $52.9 million budget that includes a 4.3 percent municipal tax increase. Mayor Susan Knudsen, Deputy Mayor Michael Sedon and councilwoman Lorraine Reynolds voted for the budget while councilwomen Pamela Perron and Bernadette Walsh voted against it.

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Village Council Votes on Defunding the Per Diem EMT Program on Wednesday

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Ridgewood NJ, The Village of Ridgewood, civilian per diem  paid daytime EMS program has been in existence since the early 1990’s. This civilian per diem  paid daytime  EMS program supplements  the 30 EMT Volunteers who respond to calls 7 PM to 6 AM, weekends and general alarms. In 2020, there were over 1300 EMS calls and 440 Emergency Services calls in the Village. The Volunteers donated over 18,000 hours, not including training.

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Ridgewood Faces 4.3 percent municipal tax increase

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Ridgewood NJ, on Wednesday at the Village Council meeting chief financial officer Bob Rooney laid out the case for a 4.3 percent municipal tax increase .Rooney explained that a tax increase is needed due to lost revenues from COVID-19, consecutive years of modest or no tax increases, and the use of one-time, non-recurring revenues to balance the budget. The 52.9 million Village budget  including the 4.3 percent municipal tax increase will be voted on by the Village Council at the May 12 meeting .

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UPDATE: Village Council will allow dining “corrals” to remain in place at least through October 31

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As a result of feedback received from several restaurant owners, Village Council members agreed on Wednesday evening to permit Dining “corrals” to remain in place on several side streets in the Village’s Central Business District until at least October 31.

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THE RIDGEWOOD VILLAGE COUNCIL PUBLIC WORKSHOP AGENDA May 5, 2021 7:30 P.M.

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20210505 – Village Council Public Workshop Agenda

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Sidewalk installations to continue on West Glen Avenue in Ridgewood

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Ridgewood NJ, Village Engineer Christopher Rutishauser provided an update of the West Glen Avenue sidewalk installation safety initiative to Village Council members during their scheduled Wednesday evening Work Session meeting.

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Village gives restaurant owners free pass on $16k in fees for street located dining “corrals”

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Ridgewood NJ, he Village Council’s Wednesday night decision not to back bill restaurant owners for lost parking revenue in connection with street located dining “corrals” will result in a revenue loss of $16,000 to Ridgewood taxpayers.

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Bus terminal’s planned move to Wilsey Square vetoed by Village Council

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Ridgewood NJ, Village Council members Wednesday night resoundingly rejected a plan to relocate the Village’s bus terminal from Van Neste Square to Wilsey Square, citing the proposed elimination of 17 municipal parking spaces (at Wilsey Square) in conjunction with such a plan as their major concern.

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THE RIDGEWOOD VILLAGE COUNCIL PUBLIC WORKSHOP AGENDA April 28, 2021 7:30 P.M.

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Village Council Public Workshop Agenda

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Former Ridgewood Mayor and Former Village Manager Remain Guilty as Charged

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Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood News has thus far refused to correct its misleading December 4, 2020 front page article which claimed that former Ridgewood mayor Paul Aronsohn and former Ridgewood Village Manager Roberta Sonenfeld were “cleared” of all ethics code violations by an administrative law judge.  Both had been found guilty in late 2017 of using taxpayer funds to further their own personal agendas with respect to a referendum vote on a proposed municipal parking garage.

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Ridgewood Blog Promotes 2021 “Night Out for Big Foot “ for Earth Day

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Reader say the Ridgewood Bog should organize a “Night Out for Big Foot “

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Ridgewood NJ, This year not to left out of the Village Earth Day festivities , the Ridgewood  blog will promote a “Night Out for Big Foot “ on April 22nd .

It’s about where the journey takes you, too — even if you come back empty handed. “I’ve been all over the States and seen some amazing things — landscapes and sunsets and hills and mountains,” Tyler says. “Even when nothing happens, you’re still in the woods. You’re still out in it.” Tyler Bounds

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State of NJ Local Finance Board Gives Thumbs Down to Administrative Law Judge Recommendation 

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UPDATE:  In the matter of Paul Aronsohn and Roberta Sonenfeld vs. State of NJ Local Finance Board

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Ridgewood NJ, members of the State of NJ Local Finance Board met in public via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, and did not accept Administrative Law Judge Jude-Anthony Tiscorina’s recommendation to overturn and dismiss the Notices of Violation and corresponding fines issued to Paul Aronsohn and Roberta Sonenfeld.

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Former Ridgewood Councilmen : What’s good for the goose is NOT good for the gander

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Ridgewood NJ, former Councilmen Jeff Voigt seems to write a letter to the editor almost weekly complaining about the Village Council.  Now he is forgetting from one letter to the next what he has written, and is contradicting himself.

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