20200715 - Village Council Regular Public Meeting

VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD
VILLAGE COUNCIL
REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING
JULY 15, 2020
8:00 P.M.

 

1.   Call to Order - Mayor

2.   Statement of Compliance with the Open Public       Meetings Act

3.   Roll Call - Village Clerk

4.   Flag Salute and Moment of Silence

5.   Acceptance of Financial Reports

6.   Approval of Minutes

7.   Proclamations

     NONE   

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

9.   Village Manager's Report

10.  ORDINANCES – INTRODUCTION – RIDGEWOOD WATER

     NONE

11.  ORDINANCES - PUBLIC HEARING – RIDGEWOOD WATER

     NONE

12.  RESOLUTIONS – RIDGEWOOD WATER

THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS, NUMBERED 20-207 THROUGH

20-212 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:

20-207    Award Contract Under NJ Cooperative                    Purchasing Program – 2020 Ford F550 Super Cab           (NTE $19,883.70) – Awards a contract under NJ           Cooperative Purchasing Program to Cliffside               Body Corporation, 130 Broad Avenue, Fairview,      NJ

20-208    Award Contract Under State Contract – Vehicle           Tracking System Software and Additional                    Vehicle Installation (NTE $30,915) – Awards a      contract under State Contract to SHI                   International Corporation, 290 Davidson                Avenue, Somerset, NJ

20-209    Award Professional Services Contract – PFAS            Rate      Setting and Review of Water Rates for             2021 (NTE $9,000) – Awards a Professional              Services Contract to Howard J. Woods, Jr. &               Associates, LLC, 49 Overhill Road, East                Brunswick, NJ

20-210    Award Professional Services Contract –                 Booster Zone Gravity Tank Feasibility Study               (NTE $78,000) – Awards a Professional                  Services Contract to Mott MacDonald, 111 Wood      Avenue South, Iselin, NJ.  The required Pay            to Play forms have been filed with the                    Village Clerk’s Office.

20-211    Authorize Change Order – Water Billing and             Data      Collection Services (NTE $7,880) –                Authorizes a change order to the original              vendor, Computil, Inc., 30 Controls Drive,              Shelton, CT. This change order is necessary             due to additional programming work that was            not anticipated at the time the contract was               awarded.

20-212    Authorize Easement Agreement – Hallmark Arms            of Fair Lawn Condominium Association – PVWC                Interconnection (NTE $3,650) – Authorizes an            Easement Agreement with the Hallmark Arms of             Fair Lawn Condominium Association, Inc., 70             Harristown Road, Fair Lawn, NJ in order to             establish a water main connection with                   Passaic Valley Water Commission for emergency      and other types of needs for water service               for Ridgewood Water 

13.  ORDINANCES – INTRODUCTION

3804 - Amend Chapter 145 – Fees - Significant Sewer            Discharger Fees - Establishes the 2020               significant sewer discharger fees for                   commercial/industrial/institutional premises to             remain at $4.27 per thousand gallons flow in            excess of one EDU as measured by water meter           consumption during the winter months. Also             establishes the 2020 significant sewer                  discharger fees for tax exempt and tax credited        users to remain at $4.27 per thousand gallons             flow into the Village collection system as               measured by water meter consumption during the          winter months.

3805 – Amend Chapter 265 Vehicles and Traffic –                Establish Grab and Go Parking Spaces in the         Central Business District – Establishes Grab and       Go parking spaces in the Central Business                District for 15 minute free use by customers.           The location of the parking spaces will be               determined by the Village Manager, in                  conjunction with the Ridgewood Police                       Department. These parking spaces will be paid             for by the businesses.

3806 – Amend Chapter 145 – Fees – Fees for Grab and Go         Parking Spaces in the Central Business District         – Establishes the fee for Grab and Go parking             spaces in the Central Business District at                  $20/day per space

3807 – Amend Chapter 145 – Fees – Fees for Grab and Go         Parking Spaces in Central Business District –           Establishes the fee for Grab and Go parking        spaces in the Central Business District at              $100/week for 6 days

14.  ORDINANCES – PUBLIC HEARING

     NONE

15.  RESOLUTIONS

THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS, NUMBERED 20-213 THROUGH

20-222 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:

20-213    Award Professional Services Contract –                 Technical Support for SCADA System at Water            Pollution Control Facility (NTE $6,380.19) –           Awards a Professional Services contract to               Turtle and Hughes, Inc., 68S Jefferson Road,               Whippany, NJ

20-214    Award Professional Services Contract –                 Additional Award – Licensed Site Remediation            Professional –      North Walnut Street                     Redevelopment Area (NTE $20,000) – Awards a           Professional Services contract to Brinkerhoff         Environmental Services, Inc., 614                      Frelinghuysen Avenue, Suite 200, Newark, NJ.            The required Pay to Play forms have been             filed with the Village Clerk’s Office.

20-215    Award Professional Services Contract -                  Environmental Assessment Report – NJDEP Green           Acres Diversion – South Broad Street (NTE               $2,800) - Awards a Professional Services              Contract to Brinkerhoff Environmental                    Services, Inc., 1805 Atlantic Avenue,                  Manasquan, NJ. The required Pay to Play forms           have been filed with the Village Clerk’s               Office.

20-216    Award Professional Services Contract –                  Environmental Assessment Report – NJDEP Green           Acres Diversion – Hammond Road and Vacation             of a Portion of Marlborough Road (NTE                   $12,000) – Awards a Professional Services            Contract to Brinkerhoff Environmental                  Services, Inc., 1805 Atlantic Avenue,                  Manasquan, NJ. The required Pay to Play forms          have been filed with the Village Clerk’s             Office.

20-217    Authorize Shared Services Agreement –                  Snowplowing Services (Bergen County) -                 Authorizes the first year of a

          two-year Agreement for snow plowing with               Bergen County for 2020-2021, whereby the            Village plows County roads, and is reimbursed        for same by the County

20-218    Authorize Refund and Cancellation of Taxes             for Disabled Veteran - Block 2905, Lot 27 –           Authorizes the Tax Collector to cancel                property taxes paid on and after January 29,              2020, to a 100% disabled Veteran who has                filed proof of his disability with the Tax              Assessor. Also authorizes the Tax Collector            to provide for a refund of such property               taxes already paid on and after January 29,              2020 which amount is $4,692.73. The total for           year 2020 is based on an estimated tax rate            and amounts to $11,677.66.   

20-219    Declare Property Surplus – Tub Grinder                 Conveyer Belt – Declares the sections of the               conveyor belt for the former tub grinder            surplus property and authorizes the Village               Manager to dispose of said property

20-220    Endorse 2021 NJDOT Municipal Aid Grant                 Application – Resurfacing of Prospect Street            – Authorizes the Village Manager to submit           the electronic grant application for Prospect        Street Resurfacing to the NJ Department of              Transportation. Also authorizes the Village            Manager to execute the grant agreement.

20-221    Appoint Member to Planning Board – Corrects             Resolution #20-195, adopted on July 1, 2020,            by appointing Dianne O’Brien as a Class IV            regular member of the Planning Board to fill            the unexpired term of Joel Torielli, which              term will expire on June 30, 2021

20-222    Approve Eagle Scout Project – Approves the             Eagle Scout Project of Paul Nasr entitled,              Village of Ridgewood Train Station Green           Space, for landscaping improvements at the               Ridgewood Train Station commuter parking lot            entrance

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

17.  Resolution to go into Closed Session

18.  Closed Session

     Legal – May 12, 2020 Election  

19.  Adjournment