Agenda: May 29, 2025

6:00 PM - EXECUTIVE SESSION

7:00 PM – IN PERSON 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE by the Council of the Township of Vernon that according to resolution #24-162, all meetings of the Township Council, except portions which may be legally privileged or contain otherwise confidential proceedings, such as an executive session, shall be livestreamed or otherwise broadcast over the internet utilizing existing and available technology such as, but not limited to, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and/or Google Hangouts Meet; and that members of the public watching the meetings of the Township Council via livestream shall not have the right to address the Township Council as if they were attending the meeting in person.

The public can watch the meeting livestream via a Zoom Webinar or come to the meeting in person at the municipal building. The meeting ID is 819 8479 5177. You may also call in by dialing 1-929-205-6099.

Youtube video of the May 29, 2025 meeting

May 29, 2025 Backup   

   1. CALL TO ORDER 

   2. STATEMENT: Adequate notice of this meeting has been provided to the public and the Press on January 19, 2025 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 #25-145 – Resolution to Enter into Executive Session (Personnel)    

____________________________AT 7:00 PM _________________________________

 1. CALL TO ORDER

 2. STATEMENT: Adequate Notice of this Regular Meeting was provided to the public and the press on January 19, 2025, and was posted at the Municipal Building in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A.10:4-7.

 3. SALUTE THE FLAG 

 4. ROLL CALL 

 5. PRESENTATION

     Jack Edward Schmick

 6. MAYOR COMMENTS 

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

 8. REVIEW OF BILLS LIST 

 9. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

      May 12, 2025 - Regular Meeting

 10. CONSENT AGENDA 

       Resolution #25-146: Authorizing Issuance of Estimated Tax Bills

       Resolution #25-147: Township of Vernon NJ Department of Community Affairs LEAP Implementation Grant Resolution FY25

       Resolution #25-148: Resolution Authorizing the Use of Govdeals Auction Services Through Sourcewell National Cooperative #111424-GDI.      

       Resolution #25-149: Refund Overpayment (Block 341 Lot 8 – Morris)

       Resolution #25-150: Refund for Totally Disabled Veteran (Block 526 Lot 346 (Culmone)

       Resolution #25-151: Refund for Totally Disabled Veteran (Block 458 Lot 53 (VonEssen)      

       Resolution #25-152: Refund for Totally Disabled Veteran (Block 153 Lot 6 (Corelogic)

       Resolution #25-153: Refund for Totally Disabled Veteran (Block 153 Lot 6 (Corelogic)

       Resolution #25-154: Approving a Solicitor Permit – Trinty Solar, LLC

       Resolution #25-155: Resolution of the Township of Vernon, County of Sussex, State of New Jersey, Authorizing the Execution of a Memorandum of Understanding Between the Vernon Township Police Department and Atlantic Health System, Newton Medical Center, to Establish Joint Participation in the Arrive Together Program to Enhance and Support Response to Certain Behavioral Health Crisis Calls

  11. RESOLUTION

        Resolution #25-156: Sidebar Agreement Between the Township of Vernon and U.A.W. Local 2326

  12. INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE 

        Ordinance #25-08: 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       

  13. PUBLIC HEARING/ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES 

        Ordinance #25-06: Bond Ordinance Appropriating $3,492,500, and Authorizing the Issuance of $2,550,000 Bonds or Notes of the Township, for Various Improvements or Purposes Authorized to be Undertaken by the Township of Vernon, in the County of Sussex, New Jersey

     Ordinance #25-07: Capital Ordinance Providing for Various Improvements by the Township of Vernon in the County of Sussex, New Jersey, Appropriating Therefore the Sum of $265,000.00 and providing that such Sum so Appropriated Shall Be Raised from the Capital Improvement Fund of the Township 

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

  15. COUNCIL COMMENTS 

  16. COUNCIL PRESIDENT COMMENTS 

  17. ADJOURNMENT