Agenda: September 11, 2023

Township Council Regular Meeting

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  September 11, 2023 council meeting

September 11, 2023 Agenda Backup

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. PROCLAMATION

    Eagle Scout Award – Edward W. Schmick

6. DISCUSSION ITEM

    Draft Cannabis Ordinance 

7. PUBLIC COMMENTS (For Current Agenda Items Only, Limited to 3 Minutes Per Person)

8. REVIEW OF BILLS LIST 

9. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

    August 28, 2023 – Executive Session

    August 28, 2023 – Regular Meeting

10. CONSENT AGENDA 

    Resolution #23-229: Refund Overpayment (Block 478 Lot 30 – Kudo)

    Resolution #23-230: Refund for Totally Disabled Veteran (Block 601 Lot 31 – Gillett)

    Resolution #23-231: Refund for Totally Disabled Veteran (Block 357 Lot 1 – Hanley)

    Resolution #23-232: Cancelling Taxes for Total Disabled Veteran (Block 357 Lot 1 – Hanley)

    Resolution #23-233: Resolution Amending Resolution #22-258 to Update an Appointment to the Vernon Township Council for an Unexpired Term

    Resolution #23-234: Chapter 159 Resolution Requesting Approval of Revenue and Appropriation Amending the 2023 Budget as a Revenue and Appropriation of $75,000.00

    Resolution #23-235: Resolution Awarding CC# 6-2023 to Municipay in a Fair and Open Award for Online Payment Processing Vendor

    Resolution #23-236: Resolution Amending Contract for Resolution #23-220

11. INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE 

      Ordinance #23-19: An Ordinance of the Township of Vernon, County of Sussex, State of New Jersey, Amending and Supplementing Chapter 99 Entitled “Vehicles and Traffic” to Establish a School Zone Adjacent to the Fields of Green Montessori School

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

13. MAYOR COMMENTS

14. COUNCIL COMMENTS 

15. COUNCIL PRESIDENT COMMENTS 

16. ADJOURNMENT