VILLAGE COUNCIL
SPECIAL PUBLIC MEETING
AUGUST 9, 2023
7:00 P.M.
- Call to Order – Mayor
- Statement of Compliance with the Open Public Meeting Act
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- Roll Call – Village Clerk
- Comments from the Public
- Discussion of August 9, 2023 Agenda
- Discussion of Other Village Council Business
- Adjournment
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VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD
VILLAGE COUNCIL
REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING
AUGUST 9, 2023
7:30 P.M.
- Call to Order – Mayor
- Statement of Compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act
- Roll Call – Village Clerk
- Flag Salute and Moment of Silence
- Acceptance of Financial Reports
- Approval of Minutes
- Proclamations
- Proclaim September Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
- Proclaim September National Preparedness Month
- Proclaim September National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
3-20, Decorum, the Village Council meetings shall be conducted in the following manner:
Manner of Addressing Council
Persons other than Councilmembers may be permitted to address the Council in the proper order of business. A person present may, upon recognition by the Chair, be heard either upon ordinances upon second reading or at the time of petitions and oral communications from the public and at such other times as the Council may, by majority vote of those present, specifically permit. No person shall address any remark or question to any specific Councilmember, nor shall any person be permitted to address the Chair while a motion is pending. A Councilmember may, through the Chair, respond to any communication or address received pursuant to this section.
Decorum
Any person who shall disturb the peace of the Council, make impertinent or slanderous remarks or conduct himself in a boisterous manner while addressing the Council shall be forthwith barred by the presiding officer from further audience before the Council, except that if the speaker shall submit to proper order under these rules, permission for him to continue may be granted by a majority vote of the Council.
- Comments from the Public (Not to exceed 3 minutes per person – 40 minutes in total)
- Village Manager’s Report
- Village Council Reports
- ORDINANCES – INTRODUCTION – RIDGEWOOD WATER
3963 – Bond Ordinance – PFAS Treatment Facilities – West End and East Ridgewood (NTE $11,000,000) – Appropriates this money for PFAS Treatment Facilities for East Ridgewood and West Glen
- ORDINANCES – PUBLIC HEARING – RIDGEWOOD WATER
NONE
- RESOLUTIONS – RIDGEWOOD WATER
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION, NUMBERED 23-275, WILL BE ADOPTED BY A CONSENT AGENDA, WITH ONE VOTE BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL. THERE IS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION BESIDE THE RESOLUTION TO BE CONSIDERED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE RESOLUTION WILL BE READ BY TITLE ONLY:
23-275 Award Sole Source Contract – SCADA Support Services (NTE $25,000) – Awards a sole source contract to Emerson Process Management Power and Water Solutions, Inc., 200 Beta Drive, Pittsburgh, PA
- ORDINANCES – INTRODUCTION
3964 – Amend Chapter 265 – Vehicles and Traffic – Parking Prohibited at All Times and Time Limit Parking – North Walnut Street and Mastin Place – Prohibits parking at all times on certain portions of North Walnut Street and Mastin Place and establishes a 2-hour time limit on certain portions of North Walnut Street and Mastin Place
3965 – Amend Chapter 101 – Alcoholic Beverages – Amends Chapter 101 for Term of License, Payment of Fees, License Entitlements and Renewal Fees, and Plenary Retail Distribution Licenses
3966 – Amend Chapter 3 – Administration of Government – Article II – Village Council – Amends the Order of Business to reflect the actual layout of the agenda for the Public Meeting. Also sets the manner of addressing the Village Council and sets time limits for Public Comments at the beginning and end of the meeting and during Public Hearings for ordinances.
- ORDINANCES – PUBLIC HEARING
3962 – Amend Chapter 190 – Land Use and Development – Establish Regulations for Privately Owned Salt Storage
- RESOLUTIONS
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS, NUMBERED 23-276 THROUGH
23-284 ARE TO BE ADOPTED BY A CONSENT AGENDA, WITH ONE VOTE BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL. THERE IS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION BESIDE EACH RESOLUTION TO BE CONSIDERED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. EACH RESOLUTION WILL BE READ BY TITLE ONLY:
23-276 Authorize Membership in Purchasing Cooperative – Commonwealth of Massachusetts Operational Services Division (OSD) PSEO1 Purchasing Cooperative – Authorizes the Village to join the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Operational Services Division (OSD), at no cost, so that the Village may use OSD to benefit from their cooperative purchasing pricing. Also authorizes the Village Manager and Village Clerk to execute any documents required to join the OSD.
23-277 Award Contract – Repair of Police Department 2020 Tahoe (NTE $2,467.70) – Awards a contract to the lowest responsible quote from Midland Park Auto Body, Inc., 158 Godwin Avenue, Midland Park, NJ
23-278 Award Contract – Layout, Printing, Assembly and Distribution of 2024 Village Calendar
(NTE $16,750) – Awards a contract to the lowest responsible quote from Ridgewood Press, 609 Franklin Turnpike, Ridgewood, NJ
23-279 Award Contract Under State Contract and Under Operational Services Division (OSD) PSE01 Purchasing Cooperative – Purchase and Installation of Radio Consoles – Fire Department (NTE $169,651.54) – Awards a contract under Operational Services Division (OSD) PSE 01 and under State Contract to Goosetown Communications, 58 North Harrison Avenue, Congers, NY
23-280 Rescind and Replace Resolution #23-198 – Award Contract – Creative Coping Toolkit – Rescinds and replaces Resolution #23-198, because the name of the company providing the Creative Coping Toolkit has changed. This resolution awards a contract to IndieFlix, Inc., 4111 East Madison Street, Suite 310, Seattle, WA.
23-281 Authorize Shared Services Agreement Snowplowing Services (Bergen County) – Authorizes the second year of a two-year Agreement for snow plowing with Bergen County for 2023-2024, whereby the Village plows County roads, and is reimbursed for same by the County
23-282 Authorize Execution of Settlement Agreement – Water Pollution Control Facility ($1,000) – Authorizes the Village Manager to execute the proposed Settlement Agreement between the Village of Ridgewood and the NJ Department of Environmental Protection to pay a fine and settle a violation of a copper exceedance in the discharge from the Village’s Water Pollution Control Facility
23-283 Chapter 159 – 2023 Budget Amendment – Assistance to Firefighters Grant – Requests the Director of the Division of Local Government Services to approve the insertion of a special item of revenue into the 2023 budget for United States, Department of Homeland Security – Fiscal Year 2022 Assistance to Firefighters Grant in the amount of $263,725.45 and that a like sum be appropriated in the 2023 budget under Operations Excluded from “CAPS”, Public and Private Appropriations Offset by Revenues, United States – Department of Homeland Security Firefighters Grant in the amount of $263,725.45
23-284 Authorize Installation of Verizon Small Nodes in Various Locations – Authorizes Verizon Wireless to jointly use existing utility poles to place small node telecommunications low power antennas at 756 East Ridgewood Avenue and 656 Linwood Avenue in order to provide for increased network data capacity
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS, NUMBERED 23-285 THROUGH
23-286, WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY AND READ IN FULL:
23-285 Title 59 Approval – Tree Planting Throughout the Village of Ridgewood
23-286 Award Contract – Tree Planting Throughout the Village of Ridgewood
- Comments from the Public (Not to Exceed 5 minutes per person)
- Adjournment
Forever chemicals are in drinking water but they are also in most sun screens and mosquito repellents and just as readily absorbed through the skin. These strong scented sprays and lotions are vasodilators.
Spend for tree planting and to remediate PFAS Water throughout the Village of Ridgewood. Then, clear cut a forest at Schedler and replace with synthetic turf that will leak more PFAS that will harm residents and the environment. #paulvagianos #pamperron #SiobhanWinograd #evanweitz #greenwasher
That’s wonderful, Ridgewood water still taste like yucky pool water. many years ago it tasted great not anymore. What happened.
rather than remediating, repairing wells, they took the easy way out and purchased shitty tasting surface water from another utility. i can smell the chemicals and i wont drink it
People dont understand how vital water is for all living things especially us idiot people….