Borough Council - Regular Meeting

Last week was the groundbreaking ceremony for the addition to Walt Se Bergen School. It was very well attended and tomorrow evening is the next environmental meeting and we are still looking for members to join. That's all. So it's scheduled to start soon. When is that schedule to do? Uh they are looking to have the students in the new building for the fall of 27.

Uh for uh board of health their men's health extravaganza again June 6th uh from 10 to 2 uh in Toa 9:30 Riverdale Drive between sweet 250. uh that's going to be taking place. Um I don't have anything going on with the library currently. Public events we have are coming up on the 16th. We have two. We have town cleanup. We have uh later on the day going into the next day is the camping under the stars. We have five families signed up so far. Uh great online registration is all set up under community events. Uh then moving on, we have May 25th, Memorial Day parade at 9:00 am from Bloomfield to Butler. And then a little bit of a preview for June. We have our townwide garage starting on on June 6th Park Festival which myself and Sally were all working on getting our vendors all set up and finalized for that. That is on the 13th. And our fireworks of course is on the 27th which again we're lining up the new trucks for

I kind of challenged you in this evening and yeah

a couple things last Friday we had a break the laser park uh they demo all the equipment. Uh so we're getting ready. We have the equipment in site I should say on site uh at the DPW. So we'll start that install by the next week or two and an elm is ongoing with this Patrick doing the road and the water project up there. Senior center have a final walk tomorrow with the contractor and engineers to do a punch walk. Uh so see how that goes. We'll do some punch list items and then clean it and get the seniors back in there. looks really good. Uh Chestnut at Culver, we did have some members who uh award and buy the block for that wall. Chestnut Street in the corner of Chestnut Van Dam. We'll be starting that in the next couple weeks as well.

That's it. For the leisure playground, how long do you think that'll take? About two weeks. It's small, so we have all the equipment. Everything's there. So, you know, once we get the engineer to sign off on some elevations, they'll be able to start. Great. But we demo it, got it out, just ahead of the schedule, so they're ready to go.

Consent agenda. I need a motion agenda. So move. Second. Any discussion? Just one question. I know Mr. Smar, we didn't get to follow up, but we were talking about the ice skating rink that was an out. Okay, great. She took it off the resolution. All right. Just for backstory there, I know we were seeing how we might be able to leverage it for the holiday stroll in December this year. Something we haven't used in a number of years. So, I understand why it was even contemplated, but if we could make that work, that'd be great since we already got it. If not, I'm sure we can find another opportunity with that bill. So, thank you. Rockers, yes.

Aalano, yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. All right. Pending item A, second and final reading of the public hearing ordinance number 6, 2026, chapter 92. This ordinance was posted in the municipal building. It was published on the bur web page and copies were made available to the public that a motion may be made that this ordinance be read by title. Make that motion.

So move second. All in favor? I open to I'll read it first. An ordinance of the burrow of Bloomingdale and the county of Pacific state of New Jersey amending chapter 92 zoning section 26.7 walls of the code of the bur of Bloomingdale. Motion to open to public hearing. So moved. Second. All in favor? I seeing no one and motion close. Second and motion for adoption.

All in favor? I and motion for adoption. So move. Catalano. Yes. Gradiano. Yes. Hagen. Yes. Gazy. Yes. Crocker. Yes.

Okay. Item B, second and final reading at public hearing of ordinance number 7, 2026, amendment, chapter 4, general licensing of public notice statement, please. This ordinance was posted in the municipal building published on the burrow web page and copies were made available to the public so that a motion may be made that will be read by China. So move second. All in favor?

I. An ordinance of the burrow of Bloomingdale County and Pacific State of New Jersey amending chapter 4 general licensing section 4.1 general regulations of the code of motion to open to public hearing. So move seeing no one. All in favor. Okay. Motion to close. So moved. Second. All in favor? I adoption. So moved. Second.

Yes. Hagen, yes. Gazi, yes. Rucker, yes. Catalano, yes. Okay. Item 10, new business 2026, municipal budget, uh, introduction of the ordinance number 8-2026 index rate cap. You need a motion to move. Second, are we moving a or just the ordinance? Just last time. Do you want to do it as a roll?

Yes. Oh, no. It's introduction. All in favor? I

Earl Bloomingdale calendar year 2026 ordinance to exceed the municipal budget appropriation limit and to establish a cash bank. This is NJSA 484-4.14 second and final reading and adoption of this ordinance will be on June 9th along with the adoption budget. Thank you. Let's see. Adoption of resolution number 20265-5. Introduction of the 2026 budget by title motion. So move on.

Roll call, please. Hagen. Yes. Gatsby. Yes. Rocker. Yes. Catalano. Yes. Graciano. Yes.

Just confirming that resolution is setting the adoption and budget hearing on June 9th. June, not June 2. Yes, that's the election we need to offense.

The third item is adoption of resolution number 2026 5.6 computing reserve for collaborative taxes. Motion second.

Gatsby, yes. Drunk, yes. Catalano, yes. Traiano, yes. Hagen, yes. All right. Comments. First, we should all in favor I just want to find out what's going on tried to do.

So, if you want to be able to put it out for the holiday stroll, the question is going to be where. So, that way people can use it largely children during the actual event during the holiday stroll. We just got to figure out if it's feasible, if we can do it. Um, it's going to work. If not, then I'm sure we can put it back up for sale. I heard was that wasn't usable. I don't know if that's true or not. I haven't seen it personally. No, I think it's in very good shape. There was a

I was going to say there was interest in kin at one point using their holiday event and that might have been some of the reason that it originally went up. I know that uh initially the reason it hadn't been put back out in Sloan Park was uh because of all the work that had been done in the new planting of the grass. That's where it was used back when Dunley was here like 2017 2018 when it was set up. So in PA and then the tennis courts, but uh I think I don't think it's been used as the tennis courts. And now that park is fully grassed and in better shape, maybe that's a good spot for it again for the stroll. We were also thinking across the street. So where the big huge sidewalk is essentially we can level that off.

So we can put it there. That might work out. But um those are the options. We'll see if they don't work out, right? We just wanted a little more time to think through it and see if it could be used. Okay. If we close the street, it would have to be broken to put it together. Yeah. and stuff.

All right, motion to close. Second. Thank you. And no executive session, no conservation and governing body schedule next meeting is on May 19. Motion to move. Second. Thank you everyone.