Borough Council - Regular Meeting

Okay, we are good. We're on. All right, I will call the meeting to roll call, please. Here, Mr. Barrow Assent. Mr. Ruth here. Mr. Here, Mr. Trainer here, Mrs. Ner here, Missino

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Okay. Welcome to the March 23rd, 2026 meeting of the Burnsville Burough Council. Members of the public will be allowed to speak during the open session and during formal public hearings on the agenda. Comments will be limited to three minutes per speaker which will be monitored and informed by the bal clerk. Failure of the governing body to provide a live broadcast of this meeting or technological problems encountered during the course of the meeting that affect remote viewing and or participation will not invalidate this meeting or any action taken including but not limited to the adoption of any ordinance, resolution or motion. We are not swearing in. Sergeant look back. His whole family has the flow.

We're just not

we're just not going to be doing a cere a ceremony. So, um the mayor's proclamation for Parkinson's. Um I'm always happy when somebody if somebody submits and asks us to do something for a disease. So we've done a number of them. Um so this I think it's April will be Parkinson's disease month. So I just sign it and send it to them. Uh then we also the um chain tree commission committee their committee yeah asked us to do u trying to get the um tree city designation I guess. So, um, we'll be doing a proclamation as part of the application for Atric City. So, that's in your packet as well. We have minutes from February 17th, 23rd, March 2nd, March 9th, and March 12th.

I move to approve the minutes. Second. All in favor? I. Any opposed? All right. We now have an open session. So, uh, for any items that don't have their own public hearing, so anyone in the public would like to speak, please either raise your hand on Zoom or come up and stand on the X Graham 84-3 Dragon Road, Burnsville. Yeah.

Um, I had sent you guys letters and Anthony had forwarded them to you. So, I want to just review the topics that in those letters. Um the uh one of the items was considering the the tiny lot at the end of M Street to be part of potentially AH10. It'll provide additional entrance and exits. It'll give the architects more flexibility in their design. I don't know whether you considered it and reject, you know, decided to exclude it, but I sent you enough information you'd at least look at it and consider having that flexibility to help optimize that uh location. A10 is the one of them on this.

I also requested that that same development that you give to our planner andor the applicant a requirement that they provide a viewcape of that location prong 202 which is not normally something they would do. They would normally provide elevations that were approximate pretty close. Um we have done things like that in the past for Berninsville center and things like that requested additional viewscapes but it's I think that's one of the concerns is it's a large very large um I don't think it's going to be a justified concern but if we prepare in advance it may allay any concerns that there are about that development affecting uh the views coming in to this the town. So given enough advanced notice, they can take pictures like the one I provided you. They can take their own uh take it now with winter, spring and summer and they can show they can overlay the development on there and give people a sense of

hopefully that it will not be detrimental. Make a planning board's job a bit easier. Um, I still would like us to figure out somehow to get a team together to review and optimize each of the affordable housing facilities as opposed to the team that's currently doing it or addition to that. So, just be the planner and the applicant and so forth. And then you need as much input as you can get to optimize uh be creative with the uh each of these developments. It could even include the senior one that we've just made progress on.

Uh the key is to get a lot of creative ideas. I I'm really it's really important for me because I don't like bogging it down in the planning board and it does when it's not prepared when there no operational considerations when these things hit us. We basically have to address all that in planning board meetings which elongates the approvals expense and so forth. if you just deal with it up front. Uh this one last I sent the letter so you just Yeah. Thanks.

One last thing. Was there I just don't know. Was there a recent report from the parking consultant made given to the town? I know there was one a long time ago. Yeah. We haven't had a recent one. You haven't had anything turned to you. Okay. Two years ago, a year. Yeah. Yeah, it would have been you know in the last month or two it happened. So yeah, just wanted to thank you. Okay, thank you.

Hi everybody. Daily your library director. Um I hope you all had a happy maker day on Saturday. Be sure to visit the library on Saturday and the whole week before. Um and we have a big streak of events with the green team coming up in April. So we have Makers week in March and April we're doing a week between Arbor Day and Earth Day with the green team. Not all at the library, but we're going to have quite a few and it's going to be a lot of fun. And on social media, you'll see the first is library giving day. It's our foundation's big annual fundraiser. That's where they raise most of the money they give us in a day, maybe a week. Things can come in late, things can go in early. Um, but thank you to them. And do you have any questions for me or any needs? I did put that in my newsletter. Library giving day.

Thank you. People from the friends asked me to do that for them. So that's great. Went in the last like two weeks ago and pushed that a little bit. So hopefully that will um I'm confused on the green team thing. I know they do the the green fair. Is this they doing it with the library instead of at the train station?

Yes. And um there's also going to be like they're doing walks at the freedom speak for them for everything. Um we're doing earthy themed programming at the library during the week. Um cool and they have a bird watching talk and a wildlife photography talk. Nice. So they're they're making it big this year. Yeah. Okay. And they're doing it early because they always would do it Mother's Day weekend and I'm always away that weekend and I always miss it. So this way I won't miss it. Yeah. Know it's going to be in April. I think it's going over 10 days. So there'll be plenty of opportunities. Excellent. Yeah. Thank you.

I thank you for trying to get the MVC mobile unit. I know it was like sprung on you a little bit, but yeah. And I never got to meet there, but Laura was there and showed them around. I think it would work because it's worked there before. Well, they're pretty picky, right? You see they're very picky. So, I know the connection was issued a long station. They have a list of requirements. So, we have to wait to hear back from them whether or not some people on my staff want to get their real ID. So, excited about it. Excuse me.

I was saying a lot of great events, Pi Day, other ones recently at the library that have been really amazing on top of Makers Day. So, we encouraged everyone to check out lots of kids and people. So, really great job. Yeah.

And I hear you had PB&J. I missed that. Yeah, it was busy. Yeah, pretty full. Great. Thank you. Thank you. Anybody on Zoom? I don't see any one waiting for the session.

Sure. given you information on it, but to reaffirm that is the whole concept of the stairway from the train station really needs to be looked at again in light of the very large developments that are being placed up in that area. And I still believe that financially it will be a lot less expensive to implement an elevator from the train station to the upper levels than it will be to try to conduct a produce a ramp or stairs. Uh and it'll be much more useful. Um stairs are going to be marginally beneficial to the community but the elevator would be exceptionally beneficial. I also indicated that without knowing the facts I indicated that um there's funding now there's a funding initiative there's a federal program that the state administers for subsidizing um access to train stations and you know or transit village and so forth. So that may be possible also but I it's just an idea. So

I didn't get back to you in that letter. Please, please consider that. It would be very disappointing if we proceeded with the stairs. Yeah, we did. Uh Nancy and I had met with the transit village folks and there's a number of different grants that are out there now that we are a transit village. So, we're looking opportunities which you did in the first place. Yep. Um it just would be a disappointment proceeded on the ramps on the stairwell

stairs. Brian, thank you. Anyone else? No. And I will close the public hearing. Um, moving on to ordinance. I will open the public hearing on ordinance 2026 2042 supplementing and amending section 12-1.2 two of the burough code by adding an exemption from fees for a continued certificate of occupancy related to the extension of affordability controls under the bureau's fourth round housing element and fair share plan. Anyone wish to be heard on this ordinance?

This helps us meet our fourth round obligations. Seeing none, I will close the public hearing. Um, want to start with Rich? Sure. I move to pass ordinance number 2026-20 on final reading and adopt those calls. Second. Roll call, please. Mr. Reese, yes. Mr. Yes. Mr. Painer. Yes. Mr. Mayor. Yes. Mr. Yes.

All right. Um, now this is an introduction. Uh we talked about this I think because we did not have an ordinance um specifying when the flowers take out somebody's mailbox. Um it was just kind of a loose policy of how much we reimburse them. And so what we're trying to do is is codify it so that it's in our ordinance and we don't have to go searching when it happens. And there's always one every year. I think what's our what's our number right now?

50. Yeah. Um Ross, you want to move that? Oh, I'm sorry. I move that ordinance. Sorry. 2026-20 2045, an ordinance supplementing and amending the burough code by creating a new subsection 2-27 entitled damage to mailboxes resulting from snow removal and establishing a maximum reimbursement amount be introduced by title passed on first reading published law and that a public hearing be scheduled for a meeting beginning at 700 p.m. on Monday, April 27th, 1 26.

Second. Thank you. All in favor?

You want to introduce this? Sure. I move the ordinance 2026-2046, an ordinance providing for the improvement of the Morrison Avenue pump station by the Burough Burnersville in the county of Somerset, New Jersey, and appropriating 900,000 therefore constituting proceeds of grants in the amount of 750,000 from the County of Somerset ARP funds and 150,000 in sewer capital improvement. ment funds be introduced by title pass on first reading published according to law and that a public hearing be scheduled for a meeting beginning at 700 p.m. Monday, April 20th, 2026.

Would that be the 20th? Yeah. You want me to explain that?

Yeah. Okay. So, um years ago before I came here, uh you had applied for this grant through CO funds and you received it. This is um replace the Marsh Avenue pump station. Um the grants for $750,000. Um they have been working the engineering uh firm PSNS or the sewer plant has been working to try and you know direct plans and work through the D and it was held up for a really long time because they discovered um wetlands but then they had to get wetlands permit. So uh the county is starting to get nervous because the money has to be used by December 31st of this year. Um, so we finally got the approval from the Dan through the mayor and Senator Ramman. Um, and uh, so we quickly got it out to bid. Um, you actually have a resolution later authorizing us to go out of bid to bid, but we really had no choice because we're running so short run. Um the timeline that the engineer had that will take 200 days which if this the bids are due April 16th um if it was awarded and they were going to start worth May 1st there's between May 1st and December 31st like 210. So, I'm asking you to in your agenda meeting adopt the um award the contract because I may ask Jack to do a really quick turnaround. Um and uh then this ordinance we'll give second that day too. This ordinance is because we have to put the money out before we get it

back from the county. So the 750 is there which will be replaced from the county. The extra 150 is because we need contract administration body and 750 numbers. You suspect it might come in a little bit high for show. We need to have some we need to have funds um available certified in order to board the counter. So that's why we're doing this and I'm ask I'm just asking you to do it on the 20th um as an exception to the gender rule just to give them it's an actor every every

so I just have a procedural question and for Jack I I believe I live within 200 ft of this property so I don't know if I have to reuse myself I think so like for the Iraqi connection. Yeah. Yeah. It's at the end. I just saw it for the first time. I never knew where it was. Never been down there. Yeah. It's at the end of Isn't it? It's the end of Marson. Yeah. It's on the left side. So, it kind of backs up to the house. I see. But there were no IC. Which is the It's Which one do you take from Mount Ary that goes straight to

Orchard? Orchards becomes Mars. Orchard down that steep hill. unorth and I guess the only so the only comment I would have I haven't seen the plan I mean hopefully I'm assuming it'll look nice it's not it's not going to be an eyesore uh is a residential street so it's just a box it's just a box but it's you know there's a lot of landscaping around a lot of trees and bushes so it's sort of well hidden um they usually do I mean I think um that is actually I think the oldest station we in the 15 minutes better tape. So yeah, as long as there's, you know, it's not going to be huge and there's going to be some screening around at the same

I'm sure. I'm sure people are playing one. No, because No, you mean because the site plan? Uh, I don't think I think it's more the inside that they do. Oh, the outside. I don't think so. No, it's it's this is like the guts. This is because Yeah.

Yeah. Well, yeah. And I'm just curious what's originally spurred on me to just age or there was a there's an environmental requirement or something. Well, I wasn't here, but I saw to use the AOP for this. Yeah. So, I think we had a second on that top.

I say okay. All in favor? Opposed? Okay. Moving on to resolutions. Um thinking if there's any here we didn't focus the change in the boiling terrace that was I forget what it was something small

right side and you back then had said that you did one of them sense. Our current engineer who's actually on um said that this slope is way too steep down steep down. We don't want people walking on each side. So we are just asking for a plan modification from DOT because they be prudent plans to put the let us all we're going to do is improve the southside. It's in kind of bad shape and um we probably might still need a ADA compliant ramp on the corner of Mount Area and north side of Boil because there's a crosswalk there.

Um but this is just to make sure that the DOT approved plans here in Okay. I think there's already a cross wall there and I think there's a slope on the side or ADA. Um it's not compliant. It's there and it's a ramp but it's not very comp.

Any other ones we have? I think the some of the further ones down the items of business were was main street or their street fair. Was there anything else? That was the uh Oh, right. The well tested things. Yeah. Um and the writing members to the Burnsville Fire Company. That was

a police officer. talked about the chef thing. Um, and then some of these are the all the the pieces that finish up the fourth round. So the escar on the projects and um an investigation to whether there's an area in need of redevelopment and then we did hire somebody to replace Garrett for recreation. So that's great.

We're doing it tonight. Yes. And she's when will she start? Okay. Um, then we have the bids for the pumps, Jason. And we do have a new construction official.

Yeah. Excellent. So, um, someone would introduce 2673. Let's just go through 100 and we'll do the budget separate. 73. Uh, see here. I move that resolutions 26-73 to 26-900 be adopted. I'll second. Roll, please. Mr. Tina, yes. Mr. Mayor, yes. Mr. F. Yes. Mr. Yes. Yes. All right. So, we are up to um introduction of the budget. So

then is that Yeah, let's just run through it and then

you have a slides. So, while Anthony pulls those up, um it's obviously the the beginning of a process um of formal introduction of the budget, which we'll get to, but it's been a really good uh I guess almost three-month period now working with uh Nancy and Leslie, our CFOs, and and the mayor and and Al um and so on behalf of Al chairs of committee like to thank Nancy and Leslie, the mayor. which has been a wonderful uh wonderful really great process so far. You know, I'm I'm observing this is incredible because there's so many line items that require investigation with individual uh town employees, constitu constituencies of the town, regulations of things that we have to pay for and account for, not just this year, but multiple years. So, it's really awesome to see the work that Leslie um has done on that and and and Nancy and both of them have I would say saved a considerable amount of of funds and taxpayer dollars for our town. Not sure how knows the scale of how much they've done. So, it's really incredible to see what they've done. Um and the council which proceeded preceded me joining has done a great job of keeping taxpayer finances really well in balance uh for for many years. um which has now allowed us to be in this opportunity um to make some really great decisions to uh best structure our priorities for for this year. And that's really what the budget is is a series of priorities. Not everything can fit into it. Uh not everything comes out of it that everyone would want, not everyone gets everything, but it's uh what we can best do with the back of finances that we have available. So the summary um is that we have uh now achieved lower the lower a lower tax rate. So it's a fifth straight year of lower or flat tax rate.

So this the municipal rate is going to be lower and we believe it's the first time in the grant deducted in quite a number of years. Uh so it's really a great discussion and just really again to the financial strength of the burough that we're able to arrive there. So then thanks again to the Burough team and the rest of the council that we're able to achieve all of that. Uh there were some headwinds. Uh so we achieved that despite some headwinds. Obviously healthcare um as many folks are reading across not just uh our municipality but other municipalities uh other school districts are pressuring budgets quite a bit. So despite all that we're able to achieve this uh this lower tax rate. Utilities obviously much higher as everyone is checking their their utility bills these days and savings. Uh so despite being able to give more um sort of back to the taxpayers in form a lower rate we were also able to fund the capital budget another increase. So record capital budget yet another area where uh Nancy council had really done a great job of funding capital from where it was several years ago. So this will allow us to make more investments in future use for the bureau, lower rates longer term, continue to lower keep lower rates longer term and to avoid taking out debt for things that we need to pay for. So it's a a great really investment in the future. Again, uh the valuation of our burough properties has increased quite a bit over the last few years. This is really the result creating a wonderful environment which properties are becoming more valuable. People want to move here. So properties are increasing value and hence our revenue is going up. Uh just a handful of investments we made uh line priorities at the several of us saw some of the EMT equipment that the fire company was in has is going to be purchasing new jobs of life new fire truck uh which is one of the larger investments we make as a fire truck. I'm not sure how many how much people are aware of how much how significantly more

investments are these days but obviously uh sorely needed a core service. Um also investing in the library uh again I guess our first allocation over a million dollars. So again testament to everything Fran and library club are doing as well as the foundation and the friends are doing to help keep that value community asset

and then we also continue to increase support to the pool. one of the great community that will all benefit and it's not endless winter register. So uh overall about a quarter of your tax burden is uh burrow um the burough tax uh we feel we provide pretty good value for the money with all the services provided here both you know safety recreational and everything else associated with that um and continue to fund um better open space allocation. So go to the next slide. Um sorry. Yeah, I just missed the last line. A million appropriated just a payback.

Um so you see overall uh taxes are increasing. Uh so we're lowering the rate but assessments are going up. So that's why there's still increase in tax. So folks understand that uh surplus continue to add health surplus. There's a bit of a change in other revenue. That's primarily due to some onetime revenue we had last year to the sale of the the Audi property. So nothing really to be too concerned about there. We can do to get overall revenue up to the night if the state get us more and things like that. But ultimately the build smaller what's that dream odd.

Exactly. Right. And as folks who follow the financial markets know the overall investment uh rates are going down because of because of bond yield. So the Fed is lowering rates a little bit. So we're going to get a little bit less as well like everybody else who's as a savings scout. Um so overall more revenue more corporations uh good outcome for the next one. Um so yeah again roughly a quarter your bill is uh is the municipal rate bur taxes and you see average about $4,800 mal 300 bar 200 municipal space little 300 everything else on top of that are things like schools county so that's where the budget breaks down

I wish that was my total 30 that was it and this next steps long process here so introducing this evening. Uh there's about a one-mon valuation period and review. Thank you for working with the state and other regulatory authorities. Uh thanks again to Leslie and Nancy for working through all that. And we'll come back to this body for a full presentation um for at public comment period at the end of April. Um and then must adopt by the end of April so that we can get it done for May. So that's important practice and I want to say thanks again to Nancy Leslie Alair and also the rest of council for participating on this is really great thing for everyone.

Good job. Thank you. Thank you Charlie. Yeah the ground running. Uhhuh. So you want to do the motion? Yeah. Now I can actually do the motion. So I move that resolution 26-101 be adopted and the public hearing on the budget be scheduled for a meeting beginning at 7 p.m. Monday, April 27th, 2026. Second. Roll call on this, right? Yeah. Roll call, please. Yeah. Yes. Yes. Yes. Okay. Mayor's update.

Um, let's see. February 26th was the New Jersey Conference of Mayors winter summit. Basically uh the theme was economic growth and I moderated the second panel which was intergovernmental coordination for site review, permitting and project approvals. Other words, how do you get DOT and D to respond? So yeah, um I attended a county update on March 3rd. Um the county administrator and all the department heads invited the mayors and administrators mainly the topic was on shared services. They now have a shared service coordinator and so they were talking about what services the county offers and then they had um some people there from the um oh what do you call it local government? DCA um to talk about what things the DCA can do and a lot of good information, a lot of good resources. So, we're going to follow up on some of those. Um Nancy and I met with the Transit Village initiative people. Um it was mainly for data requests because now that we're a transit village, they want all the resolutions on development since 2010. So yeah, to have in their database. So um Denise unfortunately has been tasked with doing that. But uh we also talked about is when Bob mentioned um the different grants that are available. Some are big and and then there's little ones. So, um, one of the ones we were looking at, I know the Main Street is looking to make a park for Ed English and we can probably get a small grant to do the benches and bike racks and those kinds of things for the train station. So, uh, to take some of the burden off of their expenses, but then there was a bigger,

um, transitional grant or something that we are hoping maybe might help with the elevator or stairway. So, we'll be following up on that. Um, I attended the International Women's Day breakfast that the Somerset County Business Partnership had. It's always a soldout event. Um, let's see. I did my 31st wedding that day. Anybody go see the Wizard of Oz at Burners High? It was phenomenal. They are It's amazing the the quality of the plays they put on there. Just

holds. Yeah. Um, just outstanding. Uh, I attended a Hardworks fundraiser they had at the Burnville Cinema that was packed house. Did you go to that?

I think they were they were raising money for Hardworks and also to fund um they bring people over from the VA hospital for free to see movies. Uh, let's see. We had the Somerset County Commission on the Status of Women. I attended their breakfast and awards ceremony. uh did my 32nd wedding. I attended a mixer at Flex. Do you know Flex Networks? Which is in the old library? If you've ever been in there, they have just finished making a studio like a full-fledged

big studio to make all kinds of cool things. And it's the only one I think in the county right now that is. So they'll be looking to do, you know, if somebody wants to use it to make a little promotional video. Oh, very in the old library. Don't knock on. I think know there's a studio in

they just finished it and it's very cool. Um I was on a panel for women in government with um Orura Dunn Sher Brindle who uh was the mayor in Westfield and the newest assembly woman Melissa. I don't remember unless I said she just got on in January. Um and it was at uh the Friendly Heisen Arboritum and it was broadcast on on New Jersey and I don't know if anybody I never knew this existed. Um, it's called On New Jersey, O NJ, and it's a 24hour station of just New Jersey news, events, interviews. It's really pretty cool. It's uh Lisa Marie Falo was the uh interviewer and it was like an hour and a half program and

check it out. Check on New Jersey. Did the Shamrock Shuffle, right? Nice. It was great. Yeah. Yeah, beautiful weather too for it, right? Beautiful weather for

it was a good day. I think they did really well. Um, and then today I just did my third third wedding. So that's my news. Go for it. Your turn. If I could just say about the project at the train station, the steroid uh the issue is well two issues, two big issues. Um one of them you need a plan before you can apply for anyone. So we don't have a plan yet. So, and we don't have a plan yet because crossing the stream at the beach is not necessarily how to get down on the mountain because there are ways it's crossing the stream with all of the D regulations. So, um Shelley is on a call. So, we will talk about that. Um

yeah, we continue to uh we continue to talk about it. So, she has people working on it now. Um the DP he has pretty spending regulations I imagine the cross. So that's the bigger issue with the whole so that's the hold up of it right now. Um and again you can't apply for money if you actually have a plan because we need to know what's coming and they want to see it. Um, okay. In other news, the county did install a flashing beacon on prospecting child.

Um, so you know, the safety that they are for and they worked the second they put them in, which was awesome. Oh, next.

Um, they also installed the stop sign in the bottom corner. Fairmont. Um the first day was a little chaotic, but the police have said that we don't have adjusted well. Um our uh police or traffic sergeant has asked me to ask the county um to put in, you know, have those stops on the right side. He wants it on both sides just to make it more visible. You know, it's since it's, you know what I mean, like since it's new. Um and they do that. We're also looking at possibly putting in um a light on top of each. Yeah.

Like I'd even buy them. They're not that expensive, right? And um we need to have permission. This is the time. So I asked that. We'll see. This would be the flash all the stops on or something. Yeah, it would be I don't know that it would be flashing, but it would be a light. So that if it's it I've seen battery controls. Yeah, they have them in on couple of places in Somerville. I noticed the other night. I thought, "Oh boy, that really like you can't miss that." Well, a lot of them that have the dots all they come that way.

Oh, the whole sign is like that. And so I don't know that we could get that at this point, but I have seen some that it's like a red light on the top of the stop sign. So kind of serves the same purpose. Um so we'll see if they put that up there. Um I think pretty good reception to that stop sign so far. People seem quite happy from a safety perspective. Yeah. The first couple of days it was chaos. Yeah. Um, and it was nice because the first day there was a policeman there and everybody that blew through he pulled them over, you know. Yeah. No, he didn't. Yeah.

But I have to say I just coming down here tonight there were somebody at every corner and it all worked. You know, everybody stopped and the one on the right went first and it I think they're getting used to it. So at least that and it does slow down the traffic on a clear lot which has always been a problem. So I think the main thing coming out of that lower block of line mount now you just had to creep and then creep and then creep and then you're like in the middle of the intersection by the time you had a view down by the book you know so now that you as we gain more faith in the intersection here that's a nice aspect of

um just an update on the islands um we're at this we're at the center designation point and that was delayed by another month

um for to continue the public hearing. So that should be uh coming up soon. I would think that the March bit. So I believe um it's going to go the might be the end of April of April and then we'll move on to the next step. Um, some good news. Uh we learned today that if you recall the police got accreditation, state accreditation and we were promised that there would be saving on insurance and there is we found out today um it's $11,100 every three years that they remain accredited $3,700 a year which you know does sound like a lot but it counts. It all it all adds up.

It matters. It's great. Um plus I mean accreditation has a lot of other benefit as well but this is a development um and then new Georgia is done station back so they have paved over the big hole and oh I don't mean

the They strike it look like they

been inspected. So relief I'm sure for all the businesses. Um and the work on the train station continues. Um I did see workers in there. I got contacted today by M transit just to remind us that the building has to completely closed while they're working for people's safety. Um and uh I have no time frame on that. Unfortunately, they haven't given me time, but work is happening. There's activity and um just as the people in the Portland Terrace area just got finished with New Jersey water. Um I think I said New Jersey Transit. New Jersey water is the one that repaved and strike. I think Jersey Transit is doing the the actual station. Um but just as they got finished with that, the work our work on is going to start soon um probably hopefully in April and that's what he did today that modifications and BT approves that and the we already have our pre-construction meeting. The contractor needs to order you know sewer grates and things like that and and pipes. So when that is all in gets started, we put out a where there's 911s, there's people in the neighborhoods. Um we'll put something on our website. The more communication the better. So and the contract will put something out like the week before people if it actually starts and we'll send out another

that's something that would take about a month that kind of whole thing there or what do we what do we think for sidewalks and stuff? No, I think it's going to take longer than that. Yeah, I don't recall the actual estimate, but I believe it was longer than that. He has to do drainage, right? So, there's Yeah, I was trying to find out. It's a big big project. That's all I have. I know. Was didn't you Russ, were you telling me there was a group of people that were upset about something over that?

Um, yeah. So there's I have to get some more specifics there, but um you know some someone had mentioned that there were you know a little or some issues with the results of the water company up through the neighborhood there and so just want to get some more information for everybody just you know not that it's our thing necessarily but if there's you know an issue I think the town wants to wants to know so Okay.

But yeah, no, I want to get more uh details there. Then if you know there's people who maybe want to intervene to express their concerns, I can also, you know, see if there's people there. They're planning on doing um I'll get more information here. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Uh I need a motion to accept the department monthly reports. Motion to accept department reports. I'll second. All in favor? I opposed.

Correspondence. We do have a vacancy now on the board of adjustment. Um, and they still need and that's the council's responsibility to find people and appoint them. Um, so we need it and they're already I think down. I don't think they have any alternates. I think they were full with no alternates and normally they have up to four alternates. So they need uh help. So, if you know anyone that's interested that might um want to serve on there, there was something

maybe that also something that if you get that communication director or something like that um some way to like have like a tall volunteer or something like that like that goes out to the town bubble or something like that. Yeah. Yeah. to say like we really need, you know, this serpentine and getting desperate. I find that usually, you know, I mean, that doesn't work as well as talking to someone face to face and saying, "Hey, you know what? You would be really good. You got some time." Seems like when's board of adjustment, just to be specific. Uh Mondays um every twice a month. They cancelled a lot. Didn't we say they cancelled for them?

First and third Mondays. sometimes. Yeah, I think when we looked at the number of times they met last year, it was almost half. So, it's not a huge commitment, but it's getting like a big news bank or something like that. All of a sudden, gets busy, but normally it's it's not that bad. Planning blurs a lot more time and effort.

Do we have anything else? The last minute. That's it. Anybody uh have unfinished or new business? Okay, last open session. Anyone want to talk?

I got excited about day and forgot to tell you two things. Sorry. Um it's not the libraries initiative, but the state of New Jersey is sponsoring the saloon app and it's for teenagers. It's for 13 to 18. younger teens need a parent waiver signed off on it, but it's an app that they can text a real life human licensed social worker, therapist, counselor, um, paid for by the state of New Jersey. So, it starts because the kids like won't necessarily reach out to a hotline, but this has like it's has features like the column breath work and your values, what you want to be brought, that kind of stuff, but also has a lot of crisis and intervention and isolation opportunities. So, I'll just leave that here.

Wow, that's great. And our big news from the library meeting was that on April 15th, if you have a Burnhamville library card, and if you live or work in Burnsville, you can get a burn library card. You can make room reservations for our glass pods in our library. So, you'll be able to make reservations yourself without calling the library or emailing rooms at burnsville library.org um to get either the big sixseater pot or the two little three seater pods. And if that's insufficient, we'll um add more and we'll figure it out. But uh if you're a nonprofit or government, you can also use the conference and run small screens and stuff. Your reservations are here.

You can already see it. Yeah, but you can't make reservations, but you can't do it. We're playing with it. Making reservations figure out. Anyone else? No. dancing. Is Charlie close the open session and I guess we are going to go into executive. Yes.

Oh, we do though. You want the uh engineer to tell

did you not open till 7:30ish? I agree. Just um No, actually no. 6:30 right now. Now it's going to do 7 Thursday 30th or 31st. Um or I can join the 30th and 31st. The not Thursday ones. I think there's a Thursday.

I think it's Monday, Tuesday. Monday, Tuesday, right? Yeah. Either one's fine. just can't I get up early. Oh, I can't do business. So, how about we do with Christine and Rich on Thursday and then I can fill you in. Yeah. Whatever's easy. I'm Yeah, absolutely.

Let's talk about the sidewalk in the Bland problem. The Boil Harris project. if you can brief me about. Um yeah, I think we were going to do um any United States have no I think we were going to talk about um the redevelopment. You don't have anything? Yes.

Yeah. But you don't have anything. Okay. Unless we have questions for you. Yeah. Okay. All right. So, do I have a motion to go in executive? Motion to executive. I have a second and we will be coming back out front. I mean, we won't be. Yeah.