VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD

VILLAGE COUNCIL

REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING

JUNE 11, 2014

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

A. Mayors Wellness Campaign

B. Proclaim June 14, 2014 Ridgewood Knights of Columbus, Council #1736 Day in Recognition of their Centennial Celebration

8. Recognition of 2014 Mayors Wellness Campaign Logo

Contest Winners – The Cowie Family and the Menz

Family

9. Comments from the Public (Not to exceed 3 minutes per person - 30 minutes in total)

10. Manager's Report

11. Village Council Reports

12. ORDINANCES - INTRODUCTION

NONE

13. ORDINANCES - PUBLIC HEARING

3416 – Lease of 1057 Hillcrest Road

3417 - Establish Abandoned Property Guidelines

3418 - Establishment of a Green Team

14. RESOLUTIONS

THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS, NUMBERED 14-139 THROUGH

14-152 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:

14-139 Waive Fourth of July Vendor Fees - Waives solicitor’s fees for vendors connected with the Ridgewood Fourth of July Committee

14-140 Grant Permission to Fireworks Company for Fireworks Display - Permits Fireworks Extravaganza, 174 Route 17 North, Rochelle Park, NJ to hold a fireworks display on July 4, 2014, with a rain date of July 5, 2014

14-141 Approve Liquor License Renewals - Annual renewal of liquor licenses in the Village of Ridgewood

14-142 Title 59 Approval – Landscaping Services – Ridgewood Water – Approves the plans and specifications for Landscaping Services prepared by the Department of Water Supply

14-143 Award Contract – Landscaping Services – Ridgewood Water (NTE $62,820) – Awards the first year of a two-year contract to the lowest responsible bidder, Pat Scanlan, 14 Plains Drive, New City, NY

14-144 Award Professional Services Contract – Animal Control Services and Waterfowl Management (NTE $30,000) – Awards a no-bid contract to TYCO Animal Control, 1 Stout Lane, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ. The required Pay to Play forms have been filed.

14-145 Award Contract Under County Contract – Lightning Detection System (NTE $25,000) – Awards a contract under County Contract to Earth Networks, Inc., 12410 Milestone Center Drive, Suite 300, Germantown, MD

14-146 Award Contract Under State Contract – 2 SUVs for Police Department (NTE $69,026) – Awards a contract under State Contract to Winner Ford, 250 Berlin Road, Cherry Hill, NJ

14-147 Award Extraordinary Unspecifiable Services Contract – Repair Brookside Field Sanitary Sewer (NTE $20,500) – Awards an extraordinary, unspecifiable contract to ConQuest Industries, LLC, 20 Carver Avenue, Westwood, NJ

14-148 Authorize Snow Plowing Agreement with Bergen County - Approves the first year of a two-year Agreement for snow plowing with Bergen County for 2014-2015, whereby the Village plows County roads, and is reimbursed for same by the County

14-149 Approve Grant Application - Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) – Beautification of the Approaches to the Historic Village Train Station – Authorizes the Village Manager and the Village Clerk to submit an electronic grant application to the NJ Department of Transportation and authorizes the Village Engineer to sign the grant agreement on behalf of the Village of Ridgewood

14-150 Authorize Renewal of Intent to Participate in Community Development Block Grant Program and HOME Investment Partnership Act Program – Renews the Village’s intent to participate in these programs for the Program Years 2015 - 2017

14-151 Appoint Safe Routes to School Coordinator – Authorizes the Village Manager to appoint Jeanne Johnson as the Village’s Safe Routes to School Coordinator and pay her the $7,500 Coordinator’s fee from the Get to School Safely-2008 Grant. The position of Safe Routes to School Coordinator is required under the terms and conditions of the grant.

14-152 Request Bergen County to Restore Full Funding to Bergen County Open Space Trust Fund – Requests Bergen County to restore the Bergen County Open Space Trust Fund to full funding, from one-quarter of one cent per $100 of total County equalized property valuation to up to one cent per $100 of total County equalized property valuation

THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION, NUMBERED 14-153 WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY AND READ IN FULL:

14-153 Title 59 Approval - Revised Wilsey and Garber Square Road Resurfacing and Improvements

15. Comments from the Public

16. Resolution to go into Closed Session

17. Closed Session

A. Personnel – Fire Department

B. Legal – Tax Appeal – 1200 East Ridgewood Ave.

18. Adjournment

VILLAGE COUNCIL

SPECIAL PUBLIC MEETING

JUNE 26 2014

5:00 P.M.

1. Call to Order - Mayor

2. Statement of Compliance with the Open Public Meeting Act

MAYOR: "Adequate notice of this meeting has been provided

by a posting on the bulletin board in Village Hall,

by mail to the Ridgewood News, The Record, and by submission to all persons entitled to same as provided by law of a schedule including the date and time of this meeting."

3. Roll Call

4. Comments from the Public

5. RESOLUTIONS

THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION, NUMBERED 14-158, WILL BE ADOPTED BY A CONSENT AGENDA, WITH ONE VOTE BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL. THERE IS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION BESIDE THE RESOLUTION TO BE CONSIDERED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE RESOLUTION WILL BE READ BY TITLE ONLY:

14-158 Annual Renewal of Liquor Licenses – Approves the annual renewal of liquor licenses

6. Adjournment

VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD

VILLAGE COUNCIL

REORGANIZATION MEETING

JULY 1, 2014

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 – Rabbi David J. Fine, Temple Israel

6. Comments from the Public

7. Approval of Minutes

8. Remarks by Village Councilmembers about Councilman Thomas Riche and Councilwoman Bernadette Walsh

9. Remarks by Councilwoman Bernadette Walsh (as she leaves the dais)

10. Remarks by Councilman Thomas Riche (as he leaves the dais)

11. Reading of Certificate of Election of Susan Knudsen - Village Clerk

12. Oath of Office Administered to Susan Knudsen by Heather A. Mailander, Village Clerk

13. Remarks by Councilwoman Knudsen

14. Reading of Certificate of Election of Michael A. Sedon – Village Clerk

15. Oath of Office Administered to Michael A. Sedon by Heather A. Mailander, Village Clerk

16. Remarks by Councilman Sedon

17. Roll Call of New Village Council - Village Clerk

18. Call for Nomination for Office of Mayor by Village Clerk

19. Administering of Oath of Office to Mayor – Heather A. Mailander, Village Clerk

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

21. Administering of Oath of Office to Deputy Mayor – Heather A. Mailander, Village Clerk

22. Remarks by Deputy Mayor

23. Remarks by Mayor

24. INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES

a. 3421 – General Capital Ordinance – Provides an appropriation for general capital items for various Village Departments

b. 3422 – Amend Chapter 18 – Environmental Advisory Committee – Chairperson of the Committee – Establishes that the Chairperson of the Committee shall be elected from amongst the membership of the Committee and shall not be a Councilmember. The term of the Chairperson shall not exceed two consecutive years.

25. RESOLUTIONS

THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS, NUMBERED 14-159 THROUGH 14-174 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:

14-159 Appoint Village Attorney (NTE $225,000) – Appoints Matthew Rogers as the Village Attorney under a no bid contract from for a term of 7/1/14-6/30/15. The required Pay to Play forms have been filed.

14-160 Appoint Village Labor Attorney (NTE $75,000) - Appoints Beth Hinsdale-Piller of Wilentz, Goldman, and Spitzer as the Village Labor Attorney under a no bid contract from 7/1/14-6/30/15. The required Pay to Play forms have been filed.

14-161 Appoint Village Bond Attorney (NTE $18,000) - Appoints McManimon, Scotland, and Baumann as the Village Bond Attorney under a no bid contract from 7/1/14-6/30/15. The required Pay to Play forms have been filed.

14-162 Appoint Municipal Court Judge – Appoints David T. Pfund as the Municipal Court Judge from 7/1/14-6/30/17

14-163 Appoint Village Prosecutor – Appoints Margaret Sullivan as the Village Prosecutor from 7/1/14-6/30/15

14-164 Appoint Public Defender ($200/case) – Appoints Susan Cassell from 7/1/14-6/30/15

14-165 Appoint Community Development Representative – Appoints Janet Fricke as the Village Council’s representative in the Community Development program

14-166 Appoint Alternate Member to the Historic Preservation Commission – Appoints Charles Nalbantian for a term that will expire 6/30/15

14-167 Appoint Members to Community Center Advisory Board - Appoints the following members to this Board with terms that will expire 6/30/15: Donald Liebreich – Senior Citizen Resident; James Griffith – Senior Citizen Resident; Liz Kloak – Adult Resident (children in Ridgewood school system); Nancy Friedman – Adult Resident (children in Ridgewood school system); Beth Abbott – Adult Resident; Glenn Jorgensen – Adult Resident; Captain Jacqueline Luthcke or designee – Ridgewood Police Dept. Liaison; Nancy Bigos – Parks & Recreation Dept. Representative; and Sheila Brogan – Ridgewood Bd. of Education Liaison

14-168 Appoint Members to Financial Advisory Committee – Appoints Evan Weitz to a term that will expire 6/30/15; Richard Cundiff and I. Malcolm (Mac) Highet to terms that will expire 6/30/17; Stephen Sanzari or his designee to a term that will expire 6/30/15; and Nancy Johansen as Chair to a term that will expire 6/30/15

14-169 Appoint Members to the Ridgewood Arts Council – Appoints the following members for terms that will expire 6/30/15: Linda Bradley, John Butler, William Carbone, Dee DeBernardis, Marge Downs, Gregory Farrell, Sean Flanagan, Sherry Frank, Justine Kaufman, Rosemary Gunther McCooe, and Geraldine Mulhern. Also appoints Linda Bradley as the Chair and Justine Kaufman as the Vice Chair to terms that will expire 6/30/15.

14-170 Revise Citizens Safety Advisory Committee – Appointment of Chairperson – Establishes that the Chairperson of the Citizens Safety Advisory Committee, along with the Vice Chairperson, the Secretary and the Treasurer are chosen from amongst the members on an annual basis

14-171 Revise Membership of Financial Advisory Committee – Revises the membership of the Financial Advisory Committee to increase the regular members from seven to nine members

14-172 Request Personal/Relative Disclosure Form for Elected and Appointed Officials – Requests that elected and appointed officials of the Village of Ridgewood to fill out a form which will report whether they: are related by blood or marriage to officials or employees of the Village or other Village agency, department or board; are a party to any contract with the Village or other Village agency, department or board and the nature of that contract; receive any compensation, whether personally or as a business which is a party to a contract with the Village or other Village agency, department or board and the name of the business. This shall be an annual requirement, beginning January 1, 2015.

14-173 Appoint Representative to Open Space Trust Regional Committee - Appoints Timothy Cronin as the Village Council’s representative to be a part of the County of Bergen’s Open Space Trust Regional Committee

14-174 Appoint Village Councilmembers as Liaisons to Various Boards and Committees - Appoints Village Councilmembers as Liaisons to various boards and committees through June 30, 2014

THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS, NUMBERED 14-175 THROUGH 14-176, WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY AND READ IN FULL:

14-175 Appoint Members to the Planning Board

14-176 Appoint Members to the Zoning Board of Adjustment

26. Comments from the Public

27. Adjournment

THE RIDGEWOOD VILLAGE COUNCIL’S

PUBLIC WORKSHOP AGENDA

JULY 9, 2014

1. 7:30 pm – Call to Order – Mayor

2. Statement of Compliance with Open Public Meeting Act

Mayor: "Adequate notice of this meeting has been provided by a posting on the bulletin board in Village Hall, by mail to the Ridgewood News, The Record, and by submission to all persons entitled to same as provided by law of a schedule including the date and time of this meeting."

3. Roll Call – Village Clerk

4. Flag Salute/Moment of Silence

5. Public Comments (Not to Exceed 3 Minutes per Person)

6. Presentation – Student Parking – Basil Pizzuto and RHS Students

7. Discussion:

a. Budget

1. Street Opening Fees in Emergency Situations on Newly Paved Roads

2. Award Contract – Snowplowing Services

3. Award Contract – Removal and Recycling of Grass Clippings

4. Award Contract – Telephone System Maintenance and Emergency Troubleshooting Service

5. Award Contract – Registered Environmental Health Inspection Services – Northwest Bergen Regional Health Commission

6. Award of Professional Services Contract - Hiring of Consultant for Ridgewood Water – System-wide Corrosion Control Application and Response to NJDEP Administrative Order

7. Award Contract – Purchase of Water Meters

8. Award Contract – Installation of Water Meters

9. Award Professional Services Contract – Licensed Water Superintendent

10. Award Contract – Infrared Asphalt Surface Repair and Misc. Curb and Sidewalk Repair

b. Policy

1. Removed from Agenda

2. Valet Parking in Central Business District

3. Amend Ordinance for Parking in C-Zone

4. Honor Roger Wiegand

5. Locations for BYOB

6. Amend Ordinance - Civil Service – Resident Preference

b. Policy (continued)

7. Amend Ordinance – Site Plan Procedural Requirements

8. Removed from Agenda

9. Ordinance to Establish a Green Team

c. Operations

1. Authorize Application and Agreement for NJ Transit Bus Shelters

2. Upgrade Yield Signs to Stop Signs – Heights Road and Madison Place

3. Authorize Grant Agreement – De-Snagging and De-Silting of Ho-Ho-Kus Brook and Saddle River

8. Review of July 16, 2014 Regular Public Meeting Agenda

9. Manager’s Report

10. Council Reports

11. Public Comments (Not to Exceed 3 Minutes per Person)

12. Resolution to go into Closed Session

13. Closed Session

A. Personnel – Human Resources Consultant

B. Personnel/Legal – Engineering Department

C. Contract Negotiations – Purchase of Land (Green Acres); RIC Development; Lot 12 –The Gap Parking Lot

14. Adjournment