Borough Council - Regular Meeting

Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at 7 p.m.

This is a regular meeting agenda for the Governor of the Borough of Bolivia. I request the order to salute to the flag, please stand.

I salute 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 DiMato?

Here.

Councilman Bronker?

Present.

Councilman Catalano? Here. Councilman DeGraziano?

Here.

Councilwoman Dagan? Here. Councilwoman Stewart? Here.

Councilman Yaffe? Here. We also have a municipal clerk, Vienna Smith, and Administrator Michael Sondermark, and Borough Attorney John Sullivan. This meeting is called for the pursuant of the provisions of the open public meeting law. Attitude notice of this meeting was advertised to Herald News. on January 9th, 2026. A copy of this notice is available to the public and can apply on the orders of the municipal clerk. As for the first day of fire code, I am required to acknowledge that there are two emergency exits in this council chamber. The main entrance will be entered through and the secondary exit to the left of where I am seated.

But there is a frequency more important to me as intruder to our downstairs in Africa. If there's any questions, please raise your hand. Seeing none, we do not have any non-agenda items tonight.

I am going to add in, before we go to early public comment, I'm going to add in a presentation to the borough of Blue Hills Pre-Public Library.

They are celebrating their 100th anniversary as a library in the borough of Alameda.

Well, it's an honor for us to present this confirmation to you guys.

We're going to bring you guys up in a minute.

I just want to talk about the honor of this for myself, to be the chair of the 100th anniversary of the townhouse building now, and before that, the chair of the 100th anniversary of the fire department. So I know that you guys are feeling that. It's great. And now I'm celebrating the anniversary of our moderating staff. So I'd like to invite you guys to come up here. This is Alex. You know, Liz is our president of the Library of Oregon, and Allie is our librarian.

And Jenny Davis is our representative for the Council of the Library.

So what I will say is the library is such an incredible resource for our community. I have people say to me sometimes, oh, We could go and get books out of the library. Yes, we can get books out of the library. But more than that, it's a place of community.

It's a resource.

And I just want to take a moment to commend our library director and the staff, because they really do do a phenomenal job. So thank you.

And I can speak firsthand. When we go down and do the degree to the kids, we're going to talk to citizens. We will join our police officers from now. but it is a very busy library.

We might do a little, but we're busy.

So, I'd like to read the proclamation of the fellow who will recognize him. So, we recognize the university of the Blue Hill Free Public Library. We're going to ask, the Blue Hill Free Public Library was established in 1926. to serve the residents of the Bloomingdale with the foundation's vision to provide freely available access to information, ideas, and resources. And where that is, for the past hundred years, the Bloomingdale Free Public Library has served as a part of our community, acting as a monthly hub for lifelong learning, literacy, and community gatherings for all residents of all ages.

And whereas, the library has evolved from its early roots to become a modern technology hub, providing essential digital resources, engaging programs and initiatives, learning experiences that meet the changing needs of the borough of Bloomingdale's residents. And whereas, the staff, volunteers, and board of trustees of the Bloomingdale Free Public Library have shown tirelessly dedication in fostering the love of learning,

and connections, and maintain the environment and courtesy and inclusion, and whereas the 100th anniversary for Centennial marks a historic milestone in the borough's history, highlighting the lasting and valued community investment in public knowledge and civic engagement. Now, therefore, it be resolved that the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Bloomingdale hereby extend their sincere congratulations

the Louisville Free Public Library on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. Be it further resolved that the borough of Bloomsdale commends the Bloomsdale Free Public Library for its century of service and encourages all residents to participate in the upcoming centennial celebrations and continue utilizing this invaluable resource. Be it further resolved that this proclamation be officially recorded

In admittance of this council, and a copy presented to the Brooklyn Free Public Library leadership as a token of our seeing and gratitude. So as mayor, I congratulate you on this recent milestone. So here is your affirmation to me. Thank you for all you do for our community. And I know your staff is always very busy.

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And we should come up.

What are the taxes for this? We just got there paid for F4 and we estimated 19,842,322 change.

They're at, it looks like, a couple, there are going to be a couple of 2,000 lives that are going to be anticipated. But that won't be, we're all going to ask questions. We introduced, was introduced, and then myself, myself,

And the bill says on page five, No. Yep. That's the new job. That's coming. A lot of funding is coming in September, October.

We paid half of that, or half of it.

It's over half.

Up front, we have savings. We have put another $1,000 savings.

That's why we did that.

And then on page 17. How do you organize taxes? How do you organize taxes? How do you organize taxes? How do you organize taxes? How do you organize taxes? How do you organize taxes?

I'm looking at what I have here in front of me taxed last year at 25.

$5,939,376 with the county, with tax with the county and their county open space.

On the budget document, I'm going to attach some of your pages.

Here it looks.

That's about right, yes. And about 2.2, that would be the school. Correct. So then the county and borough are 3.6. The difference, yeah. So I just want to make sure that we're aligned, because if I get questions, because I'm the school board president, I want to make sure I'm getting the same answers. Yeah, ours would be higher than the county. Again, I need a 50-50, something you just said. Okay, yeah. And I figured I'd just... the school portion of the total, let the taxpayer come back here, or if we can't get any of these positions back. That's what I'm trying to align. Appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. See if there's no one else. All in favor? Aye. Before the candidates,

At the end of April, the Chicago State Club has completed one call here today. April 37, they took 16 calls. We took it. A graphic question.

Morris County, there were 20 calls. Mutual 8 calls.

Bloomingdale, that 37th call, caught up to 2, came on the 38th.

And they took 4 calls. call her I'm all yeah happy I'm he and are training there and for registration it all up the I a that a it he and me a class and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and The second Tuesday of every month is their health training from 2 to 12 p.m. at the firehouse. And you don't need to register for that. And they still have their nutrition center still open. The menu is available online. And they also have, again, their calendar. Their calendar is full with things to do. Chair a little bit. Their walking club is active every Wednesday. They meet up to walk at 9 a.m. And there's a lot of classes available. And all the legos. and I encourage anybody to go online or to register for their class.

Just for the record, EMR is a low-level responder. It's a low-level care, so they can stabilize the patient before a higher-level care gets in. So it's the beginning of becoming an EMR.

One reason tonight for me, the Economic Development Commission is sponsoring Red, White, and Bloomingdale. It's for businesses as well as for residential homes to decorate their house in celebration of the 250th anniversary. So, look for that. You can see the sign-up sheets floating around in various places, including on social media. So, what, writing rights for the winter? So, it's not a typical crime, but they're really... help decorate the town in celebration for July. I was just going to say that the board meeting for May has been cancelled and the summer camp registration is and I am sure that Councilwoman Hagan will comment on the impact of attending. I just wanted to commend her on it. I had an absolutely excellent time with my daughter, and I know a lot of other families did as well. So thank you. I look forward to expanding on it.

Good. Of the...

Environmental participated in the town cleanup, which was held this past weekend. Had a nice turnout. And we also had an information table set up with some local partners.

And we also have new members, of course, for the environment committee.

Okay. Board of Health. Again, they have their Men's Health Extravagances, June 6th, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in total at 930 Riverview Drive, soon to 15. Reminders, although we did mention that every second Tuesday of the month, there's a wellness screen here for 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in town. The library is Celebrating their 100th, tomorrow is Fireman's Call from 43630, all ages 0-100. Celebrating their 100th with Winnie the Pooh. Coincide with Winnie the Pooh, also chairing 100th. We have a lot of events. Tomorrow, Monday the 25th, is the parade, kicking off at 9 a.m. It's going to be from Bloomingdale to Butler. I'd like to remind you that, of course, on Monday, we'll be coming out to the Burrow and the Closet. The day attention to clean up was great. We had plenty of groups that went in and cleaned up the area. We had individual seniors from high school getting volunteer hours in to groups of the soccer group. So it was a great day and we were pretty good. And our camp out was amazing. We had 12 families sign up. People started arriving. there to help set up tents. There, Dave, we were setting up fire pits in Cornwall, and the kids just had so much fun. Tupperware was in the study, and s'mores, and flashlight tags.

But the two kids who lasted the longest were four years old.

But it was the parents saying it was just such a nice, safe environment. Thank you so much for the local PD for coming in throughout the night and checking on us, making sure that we were safe. The scouts, again, would not have been able to pull this off without us.

They were very instrumental in helping me.

And also setting families up with their tents. We had two families who'd never done this before. They went out and bought them. And the scouts were right there to help them take them up and take them down. Food donations. bagels, he would be not in our dorm, they'd still have some bagels for us, but if he was also doing any food and traps and whatnot, but as every family left, they wanted to know for next year. So, it was a great idea, Mayor, because you're a great job.

You guys did a great job. I have to say, for being, I have to say, I mean, Jen and Dave and Dominic, they all stayed overnight.

I was fortunate to go home around 1030 and come back in the morning, but It was a great event and just watching the kids and the expressions and the parents and the tug of war between the scouts and the kids and the mothers and the kids.

It was just fun. And then when we got the fire pits going, everybody really behaved themselves in a safe way. You know, it was a real place.

And when I see the weather, you couldn't ask for better weather. It was good.

And then we have Townwide Garage Day coming up on June 6th through May 27th. No fees. Signed information is on our website. The festival is the 13th of June. Live band, music vendors, that should be all. Fingers crossed that we can do that. And then our P150 is 5 hours from the 27th. And then we'll have the trucks set up and the DJs. We've got some great things coming up that we can do together.

Yes. NNL project. Decided to make some great progress up there. Senior center. The move-in date is June 1st. Everything's done there.

We've got a few more tables here. A couple of other things to do.

And tomorrow, the HVAC is being installed in their office. Remember, you've got all the heat work on that unit. out of this ramp that we did and this bond that we did to replace the HVAC there. The later, we used to download all the equipment at the later laying around, and as I installed, it tended to start to come off. Soon you're going to talk about Fitcher. Yes. And you asked me to talk about the borrower that the, they became, sustainable in Jersey. They got a boss about a year and a half ago and said they got an accreditation to be a member of that. And this year they applied for a grant and they were awarded the grant through the PSC and G Foundation for $2,000. They were able to get into Oakwood Lake and clean back some of the cattails and stuff like that in there. So that's a fair amount of that grant money. So there's a lot of money that's not actually from that grant. It's just money comes in and we spend the money. It's just that we work back and go spend it on a Talk about the docs. Docs should be going in hopefully a week in June. Last I heard from the doc guy. And that will close out the program for us. I've been at docs this fall.

I'm not sure if everybody knows, but the doctor told me there's a simple switch on both with the computer that's going to tell them what the... Right behind the playground to the widest area, the deepest area with... that go out to the docks, out in the docks, and they go in each step along the back, about 15, 20, you know, about 15, and then with the handrails around it, so people will be able to get out on the lake and fish, you know. And I saw a picture the other day of somebody tying it, which was pretty neat. I think that, you know, they wanted to do a mapping of this. The aerators we put there, the aerators are working great. It's moving the water, so we're not getting that that side of the board that lays on top. So that probably actually looks very good at night when you see the back of all of it. It's pretty exciting. You're done.

Yes, sir.

Three minutes.

Just a touch on the Fisher Street intersection. Fisher, the nicer place, and Amber Turnpike.

I received an email that they might receive the same one where I forwarded to Mike. They are approving the funding as of the 26th at their next meeting. We'll start shortly after that until we do that repair over there.

If you don't know, two vehicles hit the guardrail. One one week, and I think another one a week or so later hit the same guardrail. So there is some damage underneath. So that's why it's taking so long, is that it has engineering plans done for it to do the repair. So hopefully that project will start sometime in June and be prepared for traffic delays there, because it's right in the main area of Everton, right in the major building. I think the school had a groundbreaking, I don't know if we talked about it, which was fantastic. Charles, I thought that day went really nice when we did the opening up and the turnout. which I thank you guys for advertising. It's really nice. And that project, I believe, is underway. I saw Mark Council all over the place and surveyors there. Yeah, I've seen the same. Yeah, and so it's going to start shortly. And also, we were hesitant about fireworks this year, but Mike and the school board were able to work out with Dave and everybody's help that we will be doing the fireworks, as Jen said, on the 27th. And that will help us celebrate the 250th birthday of the country on June 27th. is fantastic and uh yes and just so everybody knows that um we reached out to tiltcon they are sponsoring the fireworks and paying for the fireworks themselves so that is a great thing for our barrel so it'll be a nice night okay um that's pretty much all i have okay Let's go to item eight, resolution number 2026, 5.7, consent agenda. Do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda? So moved. Second. Any questions? Roll call, please.

Bruckner?

Yes.

Catalano?

Yes.

Graziano?

Yes.

Gagan? Yes. Schubert? Yes. Gassi?

We don't have any pending items. Item 10, new business, adoption of resolution number 2026.5.11, payment of the bills. We have a motion to pay the bills. So moved. Second. Any questions? Roll call.

Adelano?

Yes.

Graziano?

Yes.

Hayden? Yes. Schubert? Yes. Gadsby? Yes. Walker?

Yes. Okay. Anyone have a late public comment or a motion to open up late public? So moved. Second. All in favor?

Aye. Anyone wish to come up? Last week I was driving on Hamburg Turnpike by the telephone and I noticed our street sweeper was cleaning it. That's a county road, so I don't know why we're doing that.

So that's my question. Mike, correct me if I'm wrong, the way our contract reads for the shared services, we give them one day a week. Whatever streets they want them to do for that one day. So it doesn't matter if they're on Post Lane, Newark-Palmton Turnpike, any other street, they think they'll go one day. So if they want to have our turnpike done, we'll do it, but it's just that one, we're not doing anything extra. They get X amount of hours on that day, and that's it. But even though that's a county road, it's not their road? County road, you're correct. And I'll be honest with you, sometimes we do our county road or we call the county, they come up and they come up and do it. But that's where Riverdale chose. I don't know what they have worked out in the county. I know for a fact when Tilcon used to be in the quarry, they're not there any longer. Used to see them going up and down here, even parts of Newark, but they're not there any longer. So I do not see their street sweeper going up and down. But at Riverdale and part of our contract, we give them one daily, they get there six or seven hours that we're in town. And whenever we get done that six or seven hours, we get that from now until November 1st. October. October. Eight months of the year. Okay, thank you. You're welcome. Anyone else?

You're only allowed most, Charles. I just had a comment, your comment. For Charles Carvalho . Yeah, the groundbreaking ceremony really was so enthusiastic. The architect, the project manager, or the general contractor ever saw certain people come out to a groundbreaking ceremony that they've been at. So we really did a good job driving the enthusiasm to that event.

Yeah, it was really nice to see the young families with their young kids and even some of the older kids that are currently in the Berger School really support the project and coming out that night. It was nice. That was great.

And so we are starting the project and the upcoming year does include the referendum tax increase. So it's built in. So even though you have estimated higher number, the number you have in the current form that we sent you is the total that the public will be paying for that project. Thank you. Thanks, Rob. Thank you. Appreciate it.

All right, seeing no one else, the motion to close the public. All in favor? Aye. Okay, we do have one matter of business, a personnel and executive session, but there'll be no action taken after. Okay, do I have a motion to go to the executive? So moved.

Second. Second. All in favor?

Aye. Thank you all.