Agenda: September 12, 2022

Township Council Regular Meeting

Time:
6:00 p.m.—Executive Session, closed to the public
7:00 p.m.—Regular Meeting, open to the public

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 video of the September 12, council regular

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 meeting has been provided to the public and the press on January 14, 2022 and was posted on the bulletin board in the Municipal Building in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-7.

3. ROLL CALL

4. EXECUTIVE SESSION Resolution #22-219 – Resolution to Enter into Executive Session Anticipated Litigation – Ownership of Black Creek Drive

AT 7:00 PM

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. STATEMENT: Adequate Notice of this meeting was provided to the public and the press on January 14, 2022 and July 29, 2022 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. REVIEW OF BILLS LIST

6. MAYOR COMMENTS

7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES   

    September 12, 2022 – Regular Meeting

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

9. RESOLUTION

Resolution #22-220: Resolution of the Council of the Township of Vernon Adopting the Investigative Report Authorized by Lavery, Selvaggi, Abromitis & Cohen, P.C. and Expressing the Council’s Opinion Regarding the Sale of Municipal Owned Property

10. CONSENT AGENDA

Resolution #22-216: Chapter 159 Resolution Requesting Approval of Revenue and Appropriation Amending the 2022 Budget as a Revenue and Appropriation of $38,000.00

Resolution #22-221: Change in Custodian for Petty Cash Funds

Resolution #22-222: Refund Overpayment (Block 28 Lot 2-Waywayanda Tree Farm, LLC)

Resolution #22-223: Refund Overpayment (Block 526 Lot 56-Jeannie Franck)

Resolution #22-224: Authorizing a Date for Municipal Tax Sale

Resolution #22-225: Authorizing Lease Contract with Pitney Bowes for Postal Machine Utilizing

  Sourcewell Cooperative

11. INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES

Ordinance #22-16 – 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 Operation of a Cable Television System within the Township of Vernon, New Jersey to CSC TKR, LLC

Ordinance #22-17 – An Ordinance to Amend and Supplement the Code of the Township of Vernon, Chapter 130, “Abandoned Properties; Unfit Buildings”

Ordinance #22-18 – Ordinance Extending Lease Agreement Between the Vernon Township Board of Education and the Township of Vernon, and Sub-Lease Agreement Between the Township of Vernon and the Dog Owners Gathering Society of Vernon Township, Inc., for Certain Unimproved Real Property Identified on the Official Tax Maps of the Township of Vernon as Block 308 Lot 2 (Old Block 133, Lot 2.05)

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

13. COUNCIL COMMENTS

14. COUNCIL PRESIDENT COMMENTS     

15. ADJOURNMENT