Agenda: February 16, 2023

Township Council Regular Meeting

Time: 7:00 PM – VIA ZOOM WEBINAR OR IN PERSON (HYBRID)

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this council meeting was a hybrid meeting meaning the public could access the meeting via a Zoom Webinar or attend the meeting in person at the municipal building.

YouTube of the  February 16, 2023 council meeting

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.

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. ITEM FOR DISCUSSION

    Green Acres Grant

7. REVIEW OF BILLS LIST

8. MINUTES

    January 23, 2023 - Regular Meeting

9. CONSENT AGENDA 

Resolution #23-61: Authorize Award of a Required Disclosure Contract with Granicus for Compliance Software

Resolution #23-62:  Emergency Temporary Appropriations 

Resolution #23-63:  A Resolution Approving Participation with the State of New Jersey Federal Grant program Administered by the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, Office of the Attorney General

Resolution #23-64:  Approving a Charitable Solicitor’s Permit: Vernon Township Fire Department

Resolution #23-65:  Authorizing Contracts with Certain Approved State Contract Vendors AAA Emergency Supply Co. Inc. for Purchase of Volunteer Fire Department Gear

Resolution #23-66:  Authorizing the Release of Performance Bond from Veolia North America (Formally Suez Water New Jersey) For Service Connection Investigation Within Vernon Township

Resolution #23-67:  Resolution Authorizing the Sale of Surplus Vehicles or Equipment No Longer needed for Public Use on An Online Auction Website

Resolution #23-68:  Approving Active Volunteer Firefighter for Membership in the New Jersey State Firemen’s Association (Kazanecki) 

Resolution #23-69:  Resolution Appointment to the Vernon Township Municipal Utility Authority 

Resolution #23-70:  Approving a Charitable Solicitors Permit: Glenwood Pochuck Volunteer Ambulance Corps Inc 

Resolution #23-71:  Resolution Appointment to the Vernon Township Municipal Utility Authority (DeYoung)

10. INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES 

    Ordinance #23-05: Ordinance of the Township of Vernon, County of Sussex, State of New Jersey, to Repeal and Replace Chapter 170 of the Municipal Code Entitled “Cable 

    Television and Communications” and to Grant Municipal Consent for the Operations of a Cable Television System Within the Township of Vernon, New Jersey to CSC TKR, LLC

    Ordinance #23-06: Ordinance of the Township of Vernon, County of Sussex, State of New Jersey, Amending Chapter 5, Article X Entitled” Department of Public Works” to

    Create the Position of Assistant Director of Public Works and Director of Automotive Services

 11. PUBLIC HEARING/2^ND READING OF ORDINANCE

    Ordinance #23-02: An Ordinance of the Township of Vernon, County of Sussex, State of New Jersey, Vacating a Portion of the Paper Street Known as Road B in the Township

    of Vernon

    Ordinance #23-03: An Ordinance of the Township of Vernon, County of Sussex, State of New Jersey, Amending and Supplementing Chapter 250 of the Municipal Code of the

    Township of  Vernon Entitled “Fees and Escrows Enumerated” to Update Police Department Fees

12. PUBLIC COMMENT (Limited to 5 Minutes On Any Topic)           

13. MAYOR COMMENTS

14. COUNCIL COMMENTS 

15. COUNCIL PRESIDENT COMMENTS 

16. ADJOURNMENT