Borough Council - Regular Meeting

Okay. Good evening everyone. This is a regular meeting agenda of the governing body of the burough of Bloomingdale, Tuesday, January 20th, 2026 at 7 p.m. Call this meeting ordered by the solutive flag. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Roll call please. Mayor here Catalano Jackson here. Councilwoman Hagen present. Councilwoman Schubert here,

Captain Yazi here.

We also have municipal clerk Brianna Smith, business administrator Michael Smar, and B attorney Dor Sullivan. This meeting is called pursuant to provisions of the open public meeting laws adequate. So this meeting was advertised in the Herald News on January 9th, 2026. Copies were provided to the local news media and posted continuously in the municipal building. A copy of this notice is available to the public and on file in the office of the municipal clerk. As per state fire code, I am required to acknowledge that there are two emergency exits in this council chambers. The main entrance which you enter through and a secondary exit to the left of where I am seated. If there is an emergency, walk orderly to the exit. Exit through the door down the stairs and out the building. There any questions? Please raise your hand. Seeing none. Um, do you have a motion to open up? Well, we do not have any non-aggenda items. Have a motion to open up early public comment.

Second. All in favor? Anybody wish to come up? Seeing no one a motion to close. Second. All in favor?

I report to committees. Um, mayor, for the month of December, the calls for the trio were 1991 calls. Uh, their year-to- date calls for 2023. Trio had 167 calls, all covered. Um, they're they were at 95%. um for our calendar. Um as far as um the senior center again, they're um they have many um events lined up um for and check out their nutrition center and their chair a little bit. Um, and Wednesdays they have a bingo with Rebecca and Josie. Um, that information is also online. Um, and for 2026, uh, the events coming up for February 12th, we have the Ramadan Crescent um, lighting. Um, and I I want to encourage everybody that is interested in um signing up for uh the events to fill out the uh the forms that are online under the Bloomingdale website under forms. And um I'll shortly we'll shortly be sending out an email to all of the vendors that are on um on our list. And if anybody else is interested in signing up to please

um go through all the um avenues to get yourself certified to participate.

Just one more sad update about the passing of Alisa Cole. So Alisa passed away very recently. She was a member of the Economic Development Commission for a number of years. She predated me. So she had well over 10 years of service for sure. really my my condolences to her husband as well as her son and the rest of her family. Lisa did a lot for this burrow. A lot of the behind the scenes when you look at the different banners that are all along Main Street that we put out every spring. Um that was her she spearheaded that effort and that she did many many things just like that. I remember putting the little flag down our street every now and my um knowing from um our St. Anthony that's how Kathy and I met her and she was always dedicated to what she was involved in. She was a big part of the St. Anthony community and obviously in our town. So the condolences do go out to Brandon nothing this evening.

Uh yes. Uh for library, I'd like to recognize uh Robert Blood and Karen Kirby. They have stepped down after a combined 20 plus years of service to the library and the community. I'd like to thank them for that uh and everything they've done. Uh the library is uh starting to put together their activities for the 100th celebration. And as they release those activities, I'll let the dates down. We'll get everything on the websites. Uh they did launch their going fine free for no more late fees and they've had very good response so far. Uh they've also gone as far as to call uh anybody on the list so they can let them know so that gets more people back into the library. Uh they've uh launched something called Campy which you can access through the Line app and it's uh for it's a streaming service. It has a really nice selection for especially for kids and even for adults to uh for those who don't have access to Netflix or Prime or anything like that. Uh so that is launched. All you need is a valid library card. And um circling back to a little bit more on the public events, I was able to send out um the email to vendors and so far we're starting to get positive responses in regards to camping under the stars. I'm reached out to uh the wreck uh to discuss the dates that are available because we are looking for a date in the warmer season. Uh we are looking at the month of May. Um uh board of health uh health screenings uh every Tuesday um of the month, second Tuesday of the month, excuse me, from 2:30 to 4 located in uh C chambers. And I do believe they have been in touch with the Bloomingdale uh Walter T. urban nurse to start discussing uh some programs to go uh on in the school system.

A couple of things, mayor. Uh Ann and Elm, we started test pits this week for that project. The senior center, the pre-construction meeting to kick off that project is Friday afternoon. Hopefully we get to start that in the next couple weeks. More on that to come. Uh we are looking to replenish a seasonal employee in the DPW. So I'm looking to hire somebody and put that on next month's agenda as well as post for the acco shelter help. We had somebody there. We promoted them up to the ACO when our ACO left last time. Great.

Okay. Um, for me, things have been pretty quiet. Um, there's nothing really going on. I just want to let the council and the residents know that Mike and I were invited to go down to Washington DC with Congressman Gothime in their office on February 12th to do a tour of the capital and they're going to do a round table down there and um one of the libraries in library Congress. So we'll be spending a day in in Washington which is where the framework should be. Um,

yeah, that's what I'm going to do. And another sad note, Tony Hassan, who was crossing guard and the wife of Lenny Hassen, which was our dispatcher, passed away this morning. Um, so our condolences go out to the Hassan family, um, which is Mark Redfield's mother-in-law. And, um, so we'll be thinking about Tony in our prayers. She passed away this morning. Okay. All right. Number eight, resolution number 2026 1.93 reading consent agenda to have a motion to pass the consent agenda.

So, mayor, I need to myself from item E and Okay. Okay. Any any other questions regarding the consent agenda? Seeing none, roll call. Second. Oh, who's Oh, okay.

Yes. Graiano. Yes. Yes. Schubert. Other than the refusal on Yes, yes. Okay. Item number nine, pending item, second final reading of public hearing, ordinance number 1-2026, salary ordinance. Public notice statement, please. Yes, Mr. Mayor. This ordinance was posted in the municipal building, published in the Herald News, and copies are made available so that a motion may be made to read it by title.

Have a motion to read by title. Second. All in favor? I. An ordinance establishing a minimum and maximum range of salary and compensation for categories and titles of officers, non-contractual employees, and contractual employees of the bureau will be done. Do I have a motion to open up public hearing? So move. All in favor? I have a motion to speak. Please come up. Seeing no one, a motion to close. Second. All in favor? Uh, this is just simply um we're changing the pay um pay periods.

Pay periods which we talked about last meeting Mike brought up. So this is just uh I'll call this um housekeeping I guess you housekeeping and we added the title of part-time receptions. Correct. Motion for for adoption. soon. Second. All in favor?

Yes. Hagen? Yes. Schubert? Yes. Galaxy? Yes. Rockers? Yes. Item B, uh, 2026, professional service agreements, adopts a resolution number 2026 1.99 through, uh, resolution number 20261.10. 102. Do I have a motion? Do you simply just contract? Second. Any questions? Roll call. Hagen. Yes. Hubert. Yes. Gazi. Yes. Broner. Yes. Gradiano. Yes.

Okay. New business adopts the resolution number 2026. 103. Um, payment of the bills. Do I have a motion to pay the bills? Second

yes. Yes. Broner, yes. Graziano, yes. Yes. Item B, adopts a resolution number 20261.104 104 authorizing actions in connection with bond anticipation notes series 2026. Do I have a motion? Second. Any questions? Cassie, yes. Broners, yes. Graiano, yes. Yes. Yes.

Okay. Adoption. Uh item C. The adoption of resolution number 2026 1.105 amending resolution 2026 1.87 transfer of reserve appropriations. Do I have a motion? Second. Any questions? Roll call. Frank, yes. Gradiano, yes. Hagen, yes. Cubert, yes. Gati, yes. Okay. Motion late public comment. So move. Second. All in favor.

Would come up. See another one. Motion to close. Second. All in favor? We do not have an executive session tonight. Do I have a motion to adjourn? Our next meeting will be February 3rd at 7 p.m. Thank you.