Vernon Township
21 Church Street, Vernon, NJ 07462
Phone: 973.764.4055
Agenda: April 24, 2023
Township Council Regular Meeting
Time: 7:00 PM – VIA ZOOM WEBINAR OR IN PERSON (HYBRID)
This township council meeting will be hybrid. The public can access the meeting via Zoom Webinar or come to the meeting in person at the municipal building. The meeting ID is 830 4980 3307. You may also call in by dialing 1-929-205-6099.
Guidelines for attending the meeting in person:
There shall be a maximum of seventy-five (75) public participants allowed in the council chambers during any hybrid meeting. All public participants attending a hybrid meeting in-person must maintain three (3) feet of distance between their chairs except that family members may elect to move their chairs together. Reading of e-mails into the meeting minutes will not be required, they may be entered by acclamation.
YouTube of the April 24, 2023 council meeting
Introduced 2023 Municipal Budget
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. STATEMENT: Adequate Notice of this Regular Meeting was provided to the public and the press on January 6, 2023 and was posted at the Municipal Building in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A.10:4-7.
3. SALUTE TO THE FLAG
4. ROLL CALL
5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (For Current Agenda Items Only, Limited to 3 Minutes Per Person)
6. REVIEW OF BILLS LIST
7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
March 27, 2023 – Regular Meeting
March 29, 2023 – Special Meeting
April 10, 2023 – Regular Meeting
8. CONSENT AGENDA
Resolution #23-106: Approving a Charitable Solicitor’s Permit: Pochuck Valley Fire Department Inc
Resolution #23-107: Refund Overpayment (Block 465 Lot 28 Wells Fargo Real Estate Tax Services)
Resolution #23-108: Refund Overpayment (Block 531 Lot 160 Wells Fargo Real Estate Tax Services)
Resolution #23-109: Refund Overpayments (Various Block and Lots – Corelogic)
Resolution #23-110: Refund Overpayment (Block 451 Lot 77 – Title on Demand of NJ Inc.)
Resolution #23-111: Refund Overpayment (Block 542 Lot 7 – Weichert Title Group)
Resolution #23-112: Refund for Totally Disabled Veteran (Block 491 Lot 27 – Reffelt)
Resolution #23-113: Canceling Taxes for Total Disabled Veteran (Block 491 Lot 27 – Reffelt)
Resolution #23-114: Refund for Totally Disabled Veteran (Block 510 Lot 33 – Santana)
Resolution #23-115: Canceling Taxes for Total Disabled Veteran (Block 510 Lot 33 – Santana)
Resolution #23-116: Refund for Totally Disabled Veteran (Block 3 Lot 16 – Finnigan)
Resolution #23-117: Canceling Taxes for Total Disabled Veteran (Block 3 Lot 16 – Finnigan)
Resolution #23-118: Refund for Totally Disabled Veteran (Block 361 Lot 12 – Wallace)
Resolution #23-119: Canceling Taxes for Total Disabled Veteran (Block 361 Lot 12 – Wallace)
Resolution #23-120: Refund for Totally Disabled Veteran (Block 54 Lot 2 - Brennan)
Resolution #23-121: Refund for Totally Disabled Veteran (Block 54 Lot 2 – Brennan)
Resolution #23-122: Canceling Taxes for Total Disabled Veteran (Block 54 Lot 2 - Brennan)
Resolution #23-123: Refund for Totally Disabled Veteran (Block 462 Lot 24 - Koziel)
Resolution #23-124: Canceling Taxes for Totally Disabled Veteran (Block 462 Lot 24 - Koziel)
Resolution #23-125: Refund for Totally Disabled Veteran (Block 361 Lot 12 - Wallace)
Resolution #23-126: Authorizing the Award of a Required Disclosure Contract with Dewberry Engineers, Inc. Characterization of Fill Material – Wallace Property Located at 3 Silver Spruce Drive, Vernon Township, Sussex County
Resolution #23-127: Resolution of the Township of Vernon, County of Sussex, State of New Jersey, Authorizing the Procuring of Proprietary Software for Department of Public Works Operations through the Competitive Contracting Process
Resolution #23-128: Approving Active Volunteer Firefighter for Membership in the New Jersey State Fireman’s Association (Caratozzolo)
9. RESOLUTION
Resolution #23-129: Self-Examination of the 2023 Budget Resolution (as required by DCA)
10. PUBLIC HEARING 2023 MUNICIPAL BUDGET
11. BUDGET AMENDMENT RESOLUTION
Resolution #23-104: A Resolution Amending Budget
12. ADOPTION OF THE 2023 MUNICIPAL BUDGET
Resolution #23-130: Adoption of the 2023 Municipal Budget
13. PUBLIC HEARING/2ND READING OF ORDINANCES
Ordinance #23-12: Bond Ordinance Providing for the Acquisition of a New Fire Truck by the Township of Vernon, In the County of Sussex, New Jersey, Appropriating $845,300 Therefor and Authorizing the Issuance of $320,300 Bonds or Notes of the Township for Financing Such Appropriation
Ordinance #23-13: Ordinance of the Township of Vernon, County of Sussex, State of New Jersey, Amending Chapter 94 of the Code of the Township of Vernon Regarding the Police Division
14. PUBLIC COMMENT (Limited to 5 Minutes On Any Topic)
15. MAYOR COMMENTS
16. COUNCIL COMMENTS
17. COUNCIL PRESIDENT COMMENTS
18. ADJOURNMENT
