20180701 - Village Council Reorganization Meeting

VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD
VILLAGE COUNCIL
REORGANIZATION MEETING
JULY 1, 2018
12:00 NOON
SYDNEY V. STOLDT, JR. COURT ROOM

1.  Call to Order - Mayor

 

2.  Statement of Compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act

 

3.  Roll Call of Current Village Council - Village Clerk

 

4.   Flag Salute

 

5.  Invocation – Reverend Monsignor Ronald J. Rozniak – Our Lady         of Mount Carmel RC Church

 

6.   Comments from the Public (Not to exceed 3 minutes per person - 40 minutes in total)

 

7.   Approval of Minutes 

 

8.   Reading of Certificate of Election of Susan Knudsen -   Heather A. Mailander, Village Manager/Village Clerk

 

9.   Oath of Office Administered to Susan Knudsen by Heather A.      Mailander, Village Manager/Village Clerk

 

10.  Remarks by Councilwoman Knudsen

 

11.  Reading of Certificate of Election of Michael A. Sedon –

     Heather A. Mailander, Village Manager/Village Clerk

 

12.  Oath of Office Administered to Michael A. Sedon - Bergen     County Executive, James J. Tedesco III

 

13.  Remarks by Councilman Sedon

 

14.  Roll Call of New Village Council – Heather A. Mailander,     Village Manager/Village Clerk

 

15.  Call for Nominations for Office of Mayor by Heather A. Mailander, Village Manager/Village Clerk

 

16.  Administering of Oath of Office to Mayor by U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer

17.  Call for Nomination for Office of Deputy Mayor by Mayor

 

18.  Administering of Oath of Office to Deputy Mayor by Matthew S.      Rogers, Village Attorney

 

19.  Call for Nomination for Office of President Pro Tempore of   the Village Council by Mayor

 

20.  Administering Oath of Office of President Pro Tempore of the Village Council - Bergen County Executive James J. Tedesco III   

 

21.  Remarks by Deputy Mayor

 

22.  Remarks by Mayor

 

23.  ORDINANCES – INTRODUCTION

 

3650 – Bond Ordinance – Hudson Street Parking Garage

       ($12 million)- Appropriates this money for the design,            management, construction, furnishing and equipping of the           Hudson Street parking garage

3651 – 2018 NJDOT Grant – Hillcrest Road Capital Ordinance -             Appropriates $215,000.00 for the Hillcrest Road Streetscape   project, which will be reimbursed through a $215,000.00            grant from the NJ Department of Transportation  

3652 – 2018 NJDOT Grant – North Pleasant Avenue Capital Ordinance – Appropriates $165,627.00 for the North Pleasant Avenue         Streetscape project, which will be reimbursed through a          $165,627.00 grant from the NJ Department of Transportation

 

24.  RESOLUTIONS

 

THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS, NUMBERED 18-196 THROUGH 18-210 ARE TO BE ADOPTED BY A CONSENT AGENDA, WITH ONE VOTE BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL. THERE IS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION BESIDE EACH RESOLUTION TO BE CONSIDERED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. EACH RESOLUTION WILL BE READ BY TITLE ONLY:

 

18-196    Appoint Village Attorney (NTE $275,000) - Appoints                Matthew Rogers as the Village Attorney under a no bid             contract from for a term of 7/1/18-6/30/19. The                   required Pay to Play forms have been filed.

18-197    Appoint Village Bond Attorney (NTE $60,000) - Appoints            McManimon, Scotland, and Baumann, L.L.C., 75 Livingston           Avenue, 2nd Floor, Roseland, NJ as the Village Bond               Attorney from 7/1/18-6/30/19 under a no-bid contract.             The required Pay to Play forms have been filed.

18-198    Appoint Village Professional Planner (NTE $60,000) –              Appoints Brigette Bogart or Brigette Bogart, Planning             and Design Professionals, LLC, 648 Godwin Avenue, Suite               2, Midland Park, NJ as the Village Professional Planner              from 7/1/18 – 6/30/19, under a no-bid contract. The              required Pay to Play forms have been filed.

18-199    Appoint Professional Planning Consultant for                     Declaratory Judgment Litigation – Affordable Housing              and Related Matters (NTE $65,000) – Appoints Elizabeth           McManus, LEED, AP, PP, AICP and Clark, Caton and Hintz,               100 Barrack Street, Trenton, NJ as the Village                   Professional Planning Consultant from 7/1/18 through               6/30/19, under a no-bid contract. The required Pay to           Play forms have been filed.

18-200    Appoint Village Prosecutor and Assistant Village                  Prosecutor (NTE $25,000) – Appoints Mark P. Fierro, 226           Main Street, Suite 303, Fort Lee, NJ as the Village               Prosecutor from 7/1/18-6/30/19, under a fair and open             contract.  Also appoints Elsbeth J. Crusius, 267 Summit           Avenue, Hackensack, NJ as the Assistant Village                   Prosecutor from 7/1/18-6/30/19, under a fair and open             contract. The required Pay to Play forms have been                filed.  

18-201    Appoint Public Defender (NTE $200/case, $3,000 total) -           Appoints Susan Cassell as the Public Defender from                7/1/18-6/30/19

18-202    Appoint Community Development Representative - Appoints           Janet Fricke as the Village Council’s representative in           the Community Development program

18-203    Appoint Representative to Open Space Trust Regional                    Committee - Appoints Nancy Bigos as the Village Council’s              representative to be a part of the County of Bergen’s Open             Space Trust Regional Committee

18-204    Appoint Members to the Planning Board - Appoints Mayor            Ramon Hache as a Class I member for a term that expires           6/30/20; James Van Goor as a Class II member for a term           that expires 6/30/17; Councilwoman Susan Knudsen as a             Class III member for a term that expires 6/30/17;                 Richard Joel and Melanie McWilliams as Class IV members           for terms that expire 6/30/2022; and Matthew Bandelt as               Alternate #1 to a term that expires 6/30/20

18-205    Appoint Members to the Zoning Board of Adjustment -               Appoints Alyssa Matthews as a full member to a term               that expires 6/30/22; John Papietro as a full member              to an unexpired term that expires 6/30/19; and Isaac            Lebow as Alternate #1 to an unexpired term that expires              6/30/19

18-206    Appoint Members to Community Center Advisory Board -              Appoints the following members to this Board with terms           that will expire 6/30/19: Donald Liebreich – Senior              Citizen Resident; Helen Leonard – Senior Citizen                 Resident; Nancy Friedman – Adult Resident (children in           Ridgewood school system); Beth Abbott – Adult                   Resident; William Carbone – Adult Resident; Captain              Forest Lyons or designee – Ridgewood Police Dept.                Liaison; Deanna Schablik – Parks & Recreation Dept.              Representative; and Sheila Brogan – Ridgewood Bd. of             Education Liaison

18-207    Appoint Members to the Ridgewood Arts Council -                   Appoints the following members for terms that will                expire 6/30/19: Frank DelVecchio, Audrey Fink, Sean               Flanagan, Sherry Frank, Dana Glazer, Lynn Kenney,                 Rosemary Gunther McCooe, and Michael Walsh

18-208    Appoint Members to Central Business District Advisory             Committee – Appoint Kathryn Schmidt (Ridgewood Guild)             and Philip Davis (Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce) to              terms that will expire on 6/30/20; Mary Jane Shinozuka            as the Citizens Safety Advisory Committee                         Representative and Ridgewood resident to a term that            will expire on 6/30/20; Michael Pickholz and Lorraine           Reynolds as Ridgewood residents to terms that will                    expire on 6/30/20; Gary Kolesaire (business owner and           property owner) to a term that will expire on 6/30/20;              and Michael Velicu (business owner) to a term that will           expire on 6/30/20

18-209    Appoint Village Labor Attorney (NTE $75,000) - Appoints           Dominick Bratti of Bratti Greenan, 1040 Broad Street,             Suite 104, Shrewsbury, NJ as the Village Labor                   Attorney under a no bid contract from 7/1/18-6/30/19.             The required Pay to Play forms have been filed.

18-210    Appoint Village Councilmembers as Liaisons to Various             Boards and Committees - Appoints Village Councilmembers           as Liaisons to various boards and committees through            June 30, 2019

 

25.  Comments from the Public (Not to Exceed 5 minutes per person)

 

26.  Adjournment

 

 

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