Borough Council - Regular Meeting

You ready? Yep. Okay. Good evening everyone. This is a regular meeting agenda of the governing body of the Burough Bloomale, Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026 at 700 p.m. Call this meeting to order by the salute to the flag. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Roll call, please. Mayor, here. Councilman Brunker, present. Councilman Catalano, here. Councilman Graiano, here. Councilwoman Hagen present here on his way.

I believe he's running away. We also have a municipal clerk Brianna Smith, business administrator Michael Sandmire, and burrow attorney Dawn Sullivan. This meeting is called to pursuant to provisions of the open public beings law. of this meeting was advertised in the Herald News on January 9, 2026. Copies were provided to the local news media and posted continuously in the municipal building. A copy of this note is available to the public and is on file of the municipal clerk. As per state fire code, I'm required to acknowledge that there are two emergency exits in this council chambers. The main entrance which you enter through a secondary exit to the left of where I am seated. If there is a emergency, walk early to the exit, exit through the doors, down the stairs and out the building. There any questions, please raise your hand. Seeing none, we do not have any non-aggenda items. Do I have a motion to open up early public comment?

Second. All in favor. Uh reporting committees. Any comment? Public comment. Oh, sorry about that. I'm moving right through. Anybody wishing to come up, please state your name and address. Seeing no one, uh motion to close. So move. Second. All in favor? Hi, report of committee.

Mayor, just want to start with tribal first aid squad. Uh, their calls for February were 145 calls and 90% answered. I didn't get the complete report. They're still working on it. Um, I do want to remind everybody that their um, April their March 22nd um, pancake breakfast is approaching and um, you could buy tickets ahead of time for $10 or you can buy the door for the breakfast and there is a um, member fair that's happening at the same time and and you don't need to purchase certificate for that. Um, that's the breakfast is from 8 to 1:00 p.m. and the craft fair is from 9 to 2:00 p.m. And, uh, there's also going to be a meet the Easter Bunny. Um, he'll be there from 10 to 12:00 p.m. And there's a 50/50 raffle. And if you needed tickets, you could uh contact Lee Tech at 8622570224. And then uh on April 18th, they also have their Trevor first aid squad squad uh beach skate dinner uh featuring featuring High Strong Band. Uh this is a big fundraiser for them. Uh that's Saturday, April 18 from 6:00 to 11:00 p.m. here next door at Fireman's Hall. And um there also will be a 50/50 and small raffles. And of um of course, if anybody would like to participate and be a volunteer, they're still accepting. Uh, and if you need any kind of um equipment or supplies, um, the baseball squad is

happy to loan out certain medical equipment that you may need um, at no charge. And um, then for the senior center, they um, also have a lot of events coming up. Their new watch schedule is out. Um, and next week they have a golden age applause presentation uh in with and their topic is difference in senior care. It's going to be Tuesday, March 10th at 1:00 p.m. And all events are at the fire hall at this time and they're they're also hosting a uh St. Patrick's Day uh party at Espanzianis and um you could find all of this on the Bloomingdale website, the event calendar for their chair aerobics um and all the other functions that they have. Um and and including uh chair aerobics and other functions and and bingo. That's it. Very good. Uh just for tribal too, I think their new rig is either being delivered or has been delivered to but the new test has come in which is which is good. Okay, John. Two updates for this evening. One for the economic development commission. We met with John Carlo. He's the director of the county commission last Thursday. It was very good engaging and productive conversation. Right off the bat, he had mentioned county.org. It's a good place for us to put all of our events that we have going on. I know Jen had a takeaway to start putting those up there and appreciate that too being on the events committee. I think that'll help to get the word out

even broader throughout the county. Some other things we were talking about included he'll be here and his staff on August 20th from 12 to 4 in chambers here and the idea is it's an open forum for any local businesses to come in and ask questions learn about the program and all that kind of stuff. So the BBC is going to support him on that and help get the word out. It's also county restaurant week that's coming up in May. So we're going to try to get as many businesses from Bloomingdale as we can to participate. We haven't had any in the past. So that's our our plan for for this year and we were also talking about CDBG grants and things like that for downtown types of improvements. So something think about explore proposals local before the council for your consideration. Second item so this is on the rec side of things but council pedal said I could talk about real quick. So the Bloomingdale wreck basketball program is going very well. We had the All-Star game last Saturday over at Butler High School, which was nice because usually we don't play on the high school court. So, I think it was really great event for the kids to get to play on the bigger court, so to speak. And the championship games are coming up this Saturday from 10 to 3. It's open to everyone. You have to pay at the door. It's a fundraising opportunity. But I do want to tip my hat and give the proper kudos to the folks on the rec basketball committee. They've been doing a very good job. It's been a lot of attendance in the program, a lot of participation, and I think that more importantly, the kids have been having a lot of fun. It's been a great season.

The to follow up on RC, the rec committee meeting will be on Monday evening uh next week. The next one will follow updates as we planned for summer camp coming up. and uh the planning board met in uh supported uh our housing uh ordinance that we'll be reviewing this evening. So, as you see, you know, it was in full support. No one opposed. Uh we obviously know we have to move that forward to stay on schedule. So, that'll be nice, I believe. And then, uh that's it for me. Think drug alliance is also coming up on Monday. There'll be two meetings from there. Okay. Very good. Great.

Dave,

uh, so the board of education met back on the 18th of February and they approved a resolution hiring Legacy Construction Management Incorporated for the construction management services of the new classroom edition and gym at Walter T. Bergen. Their next meeting is March 18th. Environmental's next meeting will be tomorrow night. The Polar Plunge to support Special Olympics of New Jersey was postponed. That will be on March 14th. And the PTA will be having their casino night fundraiser on April 24th at the Null Country Club.

Very good. Um Board of Health had their their uh meeting last night. Um I am going to reach out to the um administrator of the schools and hopefully set up a meeting with the superintendent just to they they requested they get a better feel of what they're looking for programwise for all three schools. There's a lot of back and forth on but no dates being scheduled. So I think

yeah Dave let me know he's going to be starting in April.

Uh they've also asked that we um work harder pushing out what they're doing for the community with with the wellness visits there. They have not seen a big turnout. So uh Mary and Anthony are going to be working on getting those pushed out via Facebook, social media, um so on so forth. Uh so will be working on that. Uh public events, we have several things coming up uh the month of April. Easter egg hunt of course is on the 4th. Charal Little League parade is starting um at uh on the 11th at 9:00 a.m. starting in Butler going to Anderson. Uh fishing tournament is scheduled for the 18th of April. Rain or shine starting 10:00 a.m. Bow Palm. The library did not have a meeting. We do not have a meeting uh in March. Uh but they are uh kicking off uh the first of their events with Pocketbook Ringo starting the 20th. Tickets can be purchased at the library. They don't have a link or anything set up on the site. Uh it's $40 a person and the doors open at 5:30 and calling starts at 7:00. Um you're allowed to bring snacks and drinks to enjoy the evening. The this week kicks off ReadAcross America week and on the 20th of March is the kicking off of New Jersey Makers Day. It's a celebration of STEM and and maker culture. So the kids will be doing projects to celebrate. Um as usual, library is having a great attendance with digital uh between canopy streaming services and living.

Yeah, just the uh one of my senior center today. They're making progress. The floor is up. They're hoping to have rebar inspection on Friday. They put rebar or mesh rebar full size the entire thing. Just to let you know there in most of Florida there wasn't any rebar or mesh or mesh. So when that was built now you you wonder why it's it's nothing. So but things are different nowadays. Great. Anything else? Just make sure everybody microphones are on. Somebody just texted so they couldn't hear.

No. I just want to thank the council and the and the planning board for working so hard with us to get all of the affordable housing requirements done well before the deadline. And um hopefully all the adoption will go through today and Bloomingdale will be in compliance for another 10 years. Very good. That's great. Anything else? That's it.

Okay. Um for me, just uh so the public knows that um our events calendar online, we have made some changes. Uh, for example, the fishing tournament was pushed out a week because literally it was the same day. So, we didn't want to uh put everything in one one spot. So, we moved our fishing tournament from April 11th to the 18th. So, if anybody printed the events calendar in the beginning, um there are some changes and that's going to happen from time to time. um just to make sure that we get all the events in and we try not to interfere with any other organizations. So that that's a a work in progress and it can't have changes. So just go to our website, pull up the events calendar and just check the days to to ensure what you have printed, if you haven't printed or what you've been told that it is correct. Um, also with the last snowstorm, um, again, um, our DPW did a great job. I just want to thank the residents, um, with this storm for shoving out their fire hydrants. Um, the fire department for the storm before that, we went out and there was quite a bit of hydrants that were either covered or not shoveled shoveled out. So, we've been advertising on social media and this time when we did our tour after the storm, it was considerably different. So, people um helped us out and I can tell you the chief and the fire department really appreciate that um to make all our hydrants accessible in case of emergency. So, thank you to the residents that shovel out the hydrants in front of our house or down the street um to help us out. We appreciate that and the DPW guys appreciate it, too. Okay, that's all I have. Um, okay. Resolution number 2026, 3.1, the consent

agenda. You have a motion to approve the consent agenda. Some moved. I think this is one of the smallest ones we've ever second. Any questions? Roll call. Broner, yes. Yes. Graziano, yes. Yes. Hubert. Yes. Gassy.

Yes. Okay. And I believe we welcome Abby West um for becoming part of the library board. We thank her for her volunteer volunteering. Okay. Pending items. A second final reading public hearing ordinance number 2-2026 amended chapter 7 traffic parking prohibited. Public notice statement please. This ordinance was posted in the municipal building published in the house. Copies were made available to the public so that a motion may be made that be read by title. Do you have a motion to read by title? So move. Second. All in favor? I

an ordinance of the Burough Bloomingdale County Pacific state of New Jersey amendment chapter 7 traffic section 7-11 parking prohibited at all times on certain streets of the code of the road. Okay. Before we open up the public hearing, just want the public to know, we went out and we went to every home that is affected by this and put a letter in their door, which can't open the mailbox to notify them what was what was happening, what we were proving tonight. Um, so that has been done. So, do I have a motion open up public hearing? Second. All in favor? I. Anyone wishing to come up? See you on the motion to close.

Second. All in favor. Motion for adoption. Second. Any questions? Roll call. Palano. Yes. Braziano. Yes. Hagen. Yes. Schubert. Yes. Yi. Yes. Broners. Yes. Okay. Item B, second final reading, public hearing, ordinance number 3-2026, amendment chapter 7, traffic stop intersection. Public notice statement, please.

Yes, Mr. May. This ordinance was posted in the municipal building, published in the Herald News. Copies were made available to the public so that a motion may be made that it be read by title. Motion to read by title. So move. All in favor? I an ordinance of the burrow of Bloomingdale County Pay State of New Jersey amending chapter 7 traffic section 7-29 Bruce Streets and section 7-30 stop intersections of the code of the burough.

Okay. And this is I'm just going to talk about this just for a second before we open up public hearing. This is the intersection of Nolles Road and Rathken Road, the lower end. Um, it's been requested by some people on NLS road that is a dangerous intersection and we spoke to our traffic department. They agreed. So, we're just going to make it a four-way stop. So, when people coming down those to the intersection, they'll have to stop and people crossing rapid and cross will have to stop in either direction. So, this is a safety issue that we're going to pass tonight. Have a motion of a public hearing. So, move.

All in favor? Anyone wish to come up? Seeing no one want a motion to close. All in favor? Motion for adoption. Some move. Second. Any questions? Roll call. Graziano. Yes. Hagen. Yes. Huber. Yes. Yes. Rockers. Yes. Catalano.

Definitely. Yes. Okay. Item C, second final read of public hearing, ordinance number 4-2026, chapter 12, affordable housing. Public code statement, please. Yes, Mr. Mayor. Second. This ordinance was posted in municipal building, published in the Herald News, and copies were made available to the public so that a motion may be made that do have a motion to read by time. So, second. All in favor? I

an ordinance repealing existing chapter 12 affordable housing of the code of the burrow of Bloomingdale in its entirety and replacing it with a new chapter 12 affordable housing providing comprehensive regulations for the administration of affordable housing and addressing the current requirements of the fair housing act and the uniform housing affordability controls regarding Blooming Burough's affordable housing fair share obligation. Okay. And again, before we open a public hearing, this is just to put us in compliance with the round four of affordable housing that we are mandated to do and has to be submitted by March 15th. Have a motion open up public hearing. Second. All in favor?

I. Anyone wish to come up? See no one a motion to close. So move. Any questions? Motion for adoption. Second roll. Kagan, yes. Gubert, yes. Gassy, yes. Broners, yes. Palano, yes. Graciano,

yes. Item D, second final reading, public hearing, ordinance number 5-2026, chapter 92, zoning schedule of regulations. Public notice statement, please. Yes, Mr. Mayor. This ordinance was posted in the municipal building, published in the Herald News, and copies were made available to the public so that a motion may be made. Do a motion to read by title.

Yes. Second. All in favor? I. An ordinance amending the land use ordinance of the Buringdale to amend chapter 92 zoning article 12 schedule of regulations to amend the burough's inclusionary housing districts consistent with and designed to effectuate the burough's adopted 2025 round four housing element and fair share plan and 2025 mediation agreement with fair share housing. Again, this is just part of what we need to do for our ground floor. Is there a motion to open up public hearing? So move second.

All in favor? Anyone wish to come up? Seeing no one a motion to close. So move second. All in favor? Any questions? Motion for adoption. So move. Second. All in favor? Roll call, please. Schubert, yes. Yi, yes. Broners, yes. Palano, yes. Braziano, yes. Hagen,

yes. Uh B and B and C can can be a little there's a three the first one should be done in separately. See it's 35. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. So you can do B and C together. Okay.

Okay. Um new business adopts a resolution number 2026 3.4 for authorizing professional services with Kyle Mcmanis for planning services. This is our planner and her contract. Do I have a motion? Second. Any questions? Roll call. Y. Yes. Rockers. Yes. Catalano. Yes. Braziano. Yes. Yes. Hubert. Yes. Mr.

Yes. Is it worth knowing that these planning services do not encompass the master plan everyone heard about through their lecture? Uh yes, this is a totally different totally different I just want to make sure it's worth noting to anyone that's interested in. Yes. Yeah. This is not part of our master planer with the with the um planning board. This is a separate contract that last. All right. Um, are we going to move the up or just They're two separate resolutions.

Okay. Adoption of resolution number 2026 3.5 approval of affordable housing spending plan and adoption of resolution number 2026 3.6 approve affirmative market plan. This is all part of our round four obligation. So we can move these together. Do I have a motion? Second. Any questions? Roll call. Bronhers. Yes. Galano. Yes. Braziano? Yes. Hagen? Yes. Schubert? Yes. Gassy? Yes.

Okay. throw a motion to open up and make public comment. So move second. All in favor? Anyone wish to come up

Charles. Thank you very much for issuing those notice of changing parking. I think sometimes you see the sign up, you don't know the application of it. So thank taking the time to put the notice out. You're welcome. Thanks. Thank you. question.

Uh actually I didn't mention uh the nutrition center uh that it's still being um for the senior center. are still happening but at the Bloomale fire hall and um they also have their own uh Facebook page and it's under uh Bloomingdale New Jersey seniors where you could like and follow and you'll see all of their changes and reminders and they do have a trip to Washington DC planned uh June 12th through the 14th uh three days two nights for the seniors involved with the uh Golden Age Club and uh they also have a Wildwood trip planned uh September 13th through 17 and uh they're they are planned out till the Christmas season as well. They do have stuff up in November. All the flyers are on their um New Jersey on their Facebook page as well. and I believe the specific flyers on our medel.

I think I send the new ones for those. I'll send them to you. Yeah. Okay. Very good. Okay. Um we do not have an executive session tonight. So um our next meeting will be March 17th at 7 p.m. Okay. Thanks. Good evening. Um motion to close made public move. Second. All in favor? I Okay. Again, we do not have an executive session March 17th at 7 p.m. as a regular meeting. Motion to agenda. All in favor? Thank you all. Second. There we go.