20180214 – Village Council Regular Public Meeting
VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD VILLAGE COUNCIL REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING FEBRUARY 14, 2018
8:00 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
Proclamation
Dad’s Night Days – Hawes School and Somerville School
Read Across America Day
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
NONE
ORDINANCES – PUBLIC HEARING – RIDGEWOOD WATER
#3631 – Bond Ordinance – Granular Activated Carbon Treatment System – Carr Well Field ($3,570,000)
RESOLUTIONS – RIDGEWOOD WATER
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS, NUMBERED 18-34 THROUGH 18-40 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:
18-34 Title 59 – Pipe, Appurtenances, and Service Materials
18-35 Award Contract – Pipe, Appurtenances, and Service Materials (NTE $225,000)
18-36 Title 59 Approval – Tree Maintenance Service
18-37 Award Contract – Tree Maintenance Service (NTE $40,000)
18-38 Award Contract – Sole Provider – Furnish Corrosion Inhibitor (NTE $170,000)-
18-39 Award Professional Services Contract – Surveying of Elks Club Property -(NTE $2,200.00)
18-40 Authorize Signing of Water Utility Easement Agreements
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS, NUMBERED 18-41 THROUGH
18-42, WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY AND READ IN FULL:
18-41 Title 59 – Customer Billing Portal, Communications and Consumption Analytics Software
18-42 Award Contract – Customer Billing Portal, Communications and Consumption Analytics Software (NTE $157,840)
ORDINANCES – INTRODUCTION
3633 – Amendment to Municipal Complex Parking
3634 – Amend Chapter 145 – Fees – Significant Sewer Discharger Fees
3635 – Amend Chapter 145 – Fees – Sewers and Sewage Disposal – Connection Fee for Residential and Non-Residential Development
ORDINANCES – PUBLIC HEARING
3632 – Bond Ordinance – Street Paving and Streetscape ($2,160,000)
ORDINANCES – CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING
3625 – Amend Chapter 190 – Land Use and Development – Allow Certain Illuminated Interior Signs in the Central Business District
RESOLUTIONS
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS, NUMBERED 18-43 THROUGH 18-67 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:
18-43 Approve Budget Reserve Transfers
18-44 Approve Bergen County Concept Plan – Improvements to Intersections/Traffic Signals
18-45 Title 59 Approval– Horticultural Supplies
18-46 Award Contract – Horticultural Supplies (NTE $45,000)
18-47 Award Contract under State Contract – 2018 Parts and Related Services (NTE $55,000)
18-48 Award Professional Services Contract – On- Call Traffic Engineering Services (NTE $10,000)
18-49 Award Professional Services Contract – Land Surveying Services – Upgrade of Intersections/Traffic Signals (NTE $17,100)
18-50 Award Professional Services Contract – 2018 Land Surveying Services Retainer for Preparation of Tax Assessment Map (NTE $1,700)
18-51 Approve Shared Services Agreement – Bergen County Police Chiefs Association Mutual Aid Plan and Rapid Deployment Force
18-52 Declare Building Department Vehicle Surplus Property
18-53 Accept Donation for Community Center from North Jersey Masters
18-54 Accept Donation – Windscreens – Somerville Tennis Courts
18-55 Authorize Increase of Petty Cash Account for Fleet Services
18-56 Authorize 2018 Prepaid Property Tax Refunds
18-57 Authorize Application for Sustainable Jersey PSE&G Grant
18-58 Designate Acting Municipal Court
Administrator (NTE $35/hour)
18-59 Approve Transfer of Liquor License – FISH Ridgewood to Oak Street Liquors
18-60 Appoint Members to Library Board of Trustees
18-61 Appoint Members to Open Space Committee
18-62 Appoint Members to Ridgewood Environmental Advisory Committee
18-63 Appoint Member to Ridgewood Shade Tree Commission
18-64 Appoint Members to Ridgewood Green Team Advisory Committee
18-65 Appoint Members to Citizens Safety Advisory Committee
18-66 Appoint Members to Historic Preservation Commission
18-67 Authorize Release of Bid Bond for Public Valet Parking
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION, NUMBERED 18-68, WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY AND READ IN FULL:
18-68 Authorize Execution of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Treatment Works Approval (TWA) for Multi-Family Housing Projects
Comments from the Public (Not to Exceed 5 minutes per person)
Resolution to go into Closed Session
Closed Session
Personnel – Appointments to Boards and Committees
Adjournment
WTF 18-39 Award Professional Services Contract – Surveying of Elks Club Property -(NTE $2,200.00)
Waynesworld era lunacy continues ..throw in a petting zoo and a water slide over the band shell..towns becoming a farce…
Was this discussed during last week’s workshop?
18-45 Title 59 Approval– Horticultural Supplies
18-46 Award Contract – Horticultural Supplies (NTE $45,000)
12:08 – EVERYTHING IN THIS VILLAGE GOVERNMENT costs 3 times.
Maybe we need a change again to send a clear message to stop wasting our tax money.
How much are we going to spend tonight?
Do you think they give two shits about you and I. They try to spend money on repaving parking lots in the CBD.
“I expected it,” Village Manager Heather Mailander said of the three-month pilot program at a meeting last week.
Ms. Mailander denies she ever said this about the $23K loss associated with the pilot centralized valet parking program.
Let’s go to the tape.
She said it at the meeting 2 weeks ago when results of pilot program were announced. Its all on video.
I understand that many residents are dissatisfied with our current council after having high hopes at the beginning. I’m sure they are working very hard behind the scenes. But working on what? They get an absolute zero for communication between the council and the citizens. We all know that they are capable people but it seems that the capabilities needed by the Village are sorely lacking. They do seem to be just throwing money around without caring what it costs if it seems a good idea to them. How many people are going to take time out of their day to check your water bills on the new and very expensive app that someone convinced them to purchase? How much is the total restoration of the Schedler house going to cost? We’re getting bids one project at a time. The roof alone is going to be a huge cost. Before spending money on the roof, is the house worth fixing? How much will the TOTAL charge be for everything? One item at a time does not begin to cover the scope of the plans! We’ve already had one big loser, the Valet parking and probably a large loss on the parking meter trial. And, finally–THE HEALTH BARN. A business for profit, or really any business larger than bathrooms and a snack bar does not belong on anything purchased with Green Acres money. And it certainly shouldn’t be using area that Village children need to use. (Go home little girl, only paying children allowed.) I am sure that most residents are fully aware as to how she has expanded “teaching children about the earth” to dinners being served to adults with alcohol being served! She is in total violation of her contract that it alone should serve as a legal reason to kick her out. Even with a large amount of residents asking questions, NOTHING is being heard from the Council. If you don’t want the Carpet Baggers to win the next election, you might actually have to start communicating with us. You were elected to run the Village and answer the residents questions. Even if it is to say “We’re working on it or we’re getting close to a resolution on it”. I’m quite sure that if you give us answers we don’t like (Health Barn particularly) we’re not going to put you up before a firing squad. But you might lose the election because a group of frustrated people aren’t voting for you.