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City Council Agenda: October 9, 2025 City of Passaic New Jersey CITY COUNCIL https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12agjGje1tfpfcb6cX4XOeg4nqm3l6XpR?usp=sharing REGULAR MEETING AGENDA October 9, 2025 7:00 P.M. IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 231 PUBLIC LAWS OF 1975, ADEQUATE NOTICE OF THIS MEETING WAS PROVIDED BY RESOLUTION OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ADOPTED ON JUNE 17, 2025, SETTING FORTH THE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS FOR THE YEAR 2025-2026; SAID NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED AND POSTED ON THE CITY HALL BULLETIN BOARD BY THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PLEASE BE FURTHER ADVISED THIS PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN PERSON. THE ZOOM STREAM PROVIDED IS FOR VIEWING ONLY AND IS OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC AS A CONVENIENCE ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2025, PUBLIC NOTICE AND ZOOM INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS MEETING WERE PUBLISHED IN THE HERALD NEWS AND POSTED ON THE CITY OF PASSAIC WEBSITE AT: WWW.CITYOFPASSAIC.COM (COUNCIL AGENDAS) INSTRUCTIONS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE LAST PAGE OF THIS AGENDA. PLEASE BE GUIDED ACCORDINGLY. I. ROLL CALL II. INVOCATION III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IV. MAYOR’S UPDATE V. MINUTES: April 22, 2025- City Council Meeting VI. HEARING OF CITIZENS In Accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act (N.J.S.A. 10:4-1 et seq.). The Council opens every public meeting for comments of the public. However, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 10:4-12 “nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the discretion of a public body to permit, prohibit or regulate the active participation at any meeting…” Therefore, please be advised that the Council will not entertain any comments from persons who communicate obscene material, make statements which are considered bias intimidation in which a person intends to intimidate any individual or group because of race, color, religion, gender, handicap, sexual orientation or ethnicity or makes comments intending to harass or speak any offensive language. The person who makes these statements will relinquish their allotted five minutes for public discussion. VII. ORDINANCE FOR SECOND AND FINAL READING (HEARING IS REQUIRED) 1. ORDINANCE NO. 2500-25 ORDINANCE AMENDING THE DESIGNATION OF RESTRICTED PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS BY NJ LICENSE PLATE NUMBER Page 1 of 5  City Council Agenda: October 9, 2025 VIII. COMMUNICATION 2. Promobile Markerting, 1 Dock 72 Wy, Brooklyn, NY 11205, submitting an application to hold a Brand Activation promotional event, on October 11, 2025, from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the ShopRite, 503 Paulison Avenue (private parking lot) (Contingent Upon Departmental Approvals) 3. Our Lady of Fatima & Saint Nicholas R.C. Church, 153 Washington Place, submitting an application to hold a Religious Procession, on October 13, 2025, from 6:45 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Procession will commence at the church back patio located on Ann Street and State Street and will travel on Ann Street towards Columbia Avenue, to Washington Avenue, ending at 153 Washington Place. (Contingent Upon Departmental Approvals) 4. United Passaic Organization, 1 Howe Avenue, submitting an application to hold an Empowerment Brunch, on October 25, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Mt. Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church, located at 163 Autumn Street. (Contingent Upon Departmental Approvals) 5. Church of the Holy Trinity, 226 Harrison Street, submitting an application to hold a Religious Procession, on December 7, 2025, from 12:00p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Procession will commence at church entrance and will travel towards Harrison Street, to Lexington Avenue, to Lexington Avenue, to Highland Avenue to Hope Avenue, ending at 209 Hope Avenue. (Contingent Upon Departmental Approvals) ALL MATTERS LISTED HEREUNDER ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE IN NATURE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY REQUEST THAT AN ITEM BE REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. 6. Hon. Hector C. Lora, Mayor, submitting the following:  Memorandum – Police Promotion Swearing-in 7. State Planning Commission, submitting the following :  Notice of Public Hearings on the Draft Final State Development and Redevelopment Plan and Draft Infrastructure Needs Assessment: October 14, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.; October 15, 2025 at 9:00 a.m.; October 16, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.; October 17, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. (Virtual) – October 14, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. (Burlington County Library, Westampton) – October 15, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. (Morris County Public Safety Training Academy, Morristown)  Draft Infrastructure Needs Assessment (INA)- Passaic  Draft Final State Development and Redevelopment Plan ( SDRP) 8. Zoning Board of the City of Passaic submitting the following:  Agenda of their September 16, 2025 meeting 9. North Jersey District Water Supply Commission submitting the following:  Notice and Agenda of their September 24, 2025 meeting  Minutes of their July 23, 2025 meeting 10. Passaic Valley Water Commission, submitting the following:  Notification of rescheduling their regular meeting from September 24, 2025 to September 25, 2025 11. Alcoholic Beverage Control of the City of Passaic, submitting the following:  Agenda of their September 18, 2025 meeting  Notice of their October 16, 2025 meeting 12. State of New Jersey , Department of State Business Action Center Office if Planning Advocacy submitting the following:  Correspondence re: Cross Acceptance – Final Statement of Agreement and Disagreement September 10, 2025 Page 2 of 5 City Council Agenda: October 9, 2025 13. State of New Jersey , Department of Environmental Protection submitting the following:  Re: Area of Concern: One 550 Gallon #2 Heating Oil Underground Storage Tank System -Unrestricted Use - No Further Action Letter and Covenant Not to Sue- Block 2201, Lot 15; 52 Lincoln Street Passaic City, Passaic County Program Interest #: 1109119, Activity Number: CSP250001 Communications Center Number: 25-07-29-0954-42  Suspected Hazardous Substance Discharge Notification NJDEP Case Number: 25-09-12-1132-19 14. Rent Leveling Board of the City of Passaic, submitting the following:  Notification of rescheduling their regular meeting from October 9, 2025 to October 6, 2025  Notification of rescheduling their regular meeting from October 6, 2025 to October 16, 2025 15. LAN Associates Engineering , Planning , Architecture, Surveying Inc., 445 Godwin Ave. Ste. 9 , Midland Park , NJ, 07432 submitting the following:  Response Action Outcome (RAO) – Unrestricted Use; Scope of Remediation: AOC-12 Chlorinated VOCs in Groundwater; Case: Henry Street & Howe Avenue (Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy School No. 20); Address: 19 Henry Street, City of Passaic, County of Passaic; Block 2157, Lots 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 50, 51, 59, 62, 69; Preferred ID: 461189; Communication Center #15-10-14-1416-14; Well Permit #s E201214473, E201214474, E201214475, E201409039, E201412342, E201412343, E201412346, E201501726, E201502062, E201911750, E201911751, E201911752; LAN Project #2.2318.165 16. Matrix New World Engineering, 26 Columbia Turnpike Florham Park , NJ 07932, submitting the following :  General Information Notice (GIN) Submission – PSE&G Oak Street Substation – 98 Liberty Street- Passaic , New Jersey 07055- Site Remediation Program Interest #:1110705- Industrial Site Recovery Act#: E2025225274 17. EWMA, Environmental Consulting & Remediation, 800 Lanidex Plaza, Suite 200, Parsippany, New Jersey 07054 submitting the following:  Soil Remedial Action Protectiveness/Biennial Certification Remediation Cost Review and RFA/FA ; Hercules Chemical Company, Inc. AKA Patella Woodworking; 111 South Street ; Passaic , NJ 07055; NJDEP PI No. 007439 EWMA Project No. 208685 18. Applied Earth Solution, Inc., 1168 Highway 34, Aberdeen Twp. NJ 07747, submitting the following :  Soil Remedial Action Protectiveness. Biennial Certification Form 2025 – Former Allied Corp. Dundee Warehouse/ Tri- State Building Materials Corp. 65-89 Lodi Street : Passaic, Passaic County , NJ 07055 - NJDEP PI #004667- Block 1029, Lot 25- Soil Remedial Action Permit (RAP)#RAP130001 19. NJ Transit, submitting the following:  Informational Public Hearings regarding the Senior Citizens & Disabled Residents Transportation Assistance Program (SCDRTAP) – October 16, 2025 (Iselin), October 22, 2025 (Blackwood), and October 23, 2025 (Newark) Page 3 of 5  City Council Agenda: October 9, 2025 IX. RESOLUTIONS 20. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASSAIC ON OCTOBER 9, 2025, AT 7:00 PM OR ANYTIME THEREAFTER TO DISCUSS PENDING LITIGATION; CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS AND PERSONNEL MATTERS 21. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXTENSION OF CURRENT CLEANING SUPPLIES CONTRACT FOR CITY OF PASSAIC (AWARD TO SPRUCE INDUSTRIES IN AN APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF $ 18,000.00) 22. RESOLUTION AWARDING A CONTRACT UNDER A NATIONAL COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT FOR FURNISHING & INSTALLATION OF SEVEN (7) PAY STATIONS – MAIN AVENUE LOTS (MACKAY METERS, NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $ 44,975.00) 23. RESOLUTION AWARDING CDL CLASS A, B, AND C CERTIFICATION TRAINING (E-Z WHEELS DRIVING SCHOOL, INC., UNION CITY, NJ, IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $50,000.00) 24. RESOLUTION AWARDING CONTRACT FOR AUDITING SERVICES CITY OF PASSAIC (LERCH, VINCI & BLISS LLP, IN THE AMOUNT OF $ 92,000.00) 25. RESOLUTION AWARDING CONTRACT FOR ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL (ABC) PROSECUTOR (CONTRACT AWARDED TO LAW OFFICE OF RAJEH SAADEH NTE $ 30,000.00) 26. RESOLUTION AWARDING CONTRACT FOR GRANTS CONSULTANT/GRANTS ADMINISTRATION (AWARDED TO MILLENNIUM STRATEGIES OF MORRISTOWN, NJ IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,140.00/MONTH NTE $85,680.00) 27. RESOLUTION AWARDING CONTRACT FOR GENERAL LEGAL COUNSEL CITY OF PASSAIC (AWARDED TO PRB ATTORNEYS AT LAW LLC, NEWARK, NJ, NOT TO EXCEED $350,000) 28. RESOLUTION AWARDING CONTRACT FOR LABOR COUNSEL CITY OF PASSAIC (AWARDED TO PRB ATTORNEYS AT LAW LLC, NEWARK, NJ, NOT TO EXCEED $175,000) 29. RESOLUTION AWARDING CONTRACT CONFLICTS COUNSEL/ADVISORY LEGAL/RENT LEVELING BOARD ATTORNEY CITY OF PASSAIC (AWARDED TO R&R ADVISORS LLC, OF MONTCLAIR NJ IN THE AMOUNT OF $125.00/HR. NOT TO EXCEED $ 200,000.00) 30. RESOLUTION AWARDING CONTRACT FOR LICENSED PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR (AWARDED TO FRENCH & PARRELLO ASSOCIATES, PA, IN THE NOT-TO- EXCEED AMOUNT OF $45, 000.00) 31. RESOLUTION REJECTING PROPOSALS FOR ADULT & PEDIATRIC PHYSICIAN SERVICES 32. RESOLUTION AWARDING CONTRACT FOR NEW CONCESSION STAND AT CARNIE BRAGG MEMORIAL PARK (AWARDING A CONTRACT TO TNS, CONSTRUCTION, STANHOPE, NJ IN THE AMOUNT OF $ $858,000.00) 33. RESOLUTION AWARDING CONTRACT FOR THE FURNISHING AND DELIVERY ONE (1) NEW 2025 EXPEDITION 4X4 FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT (AWARDING A CONTRACT TO FRED BEANS FORD, OF DOYLESTOWN, PA IN THE AMOUNT OF $ 49,685.00) 34. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CHANGE ORDER TO INCREASE CONTRACT WITH SMITH SONDY ASPHALT CONSTRUCTION CO 2023 NJDOT MUNICIPAL AID PROGRAM VARIOUS ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT( INCREASED CONTRACT BY $72, 854.78 FOR REVISED TOTAL AMOUNT OF $1,030, 780.66) Page 4 of 5  City Council Agenda: October 9, 2025 35. RESOLUTION AWARDING SHUTTLE AND BIKE SHARE SERVICE MANAGEMENT PASSAIC URBAN ENTERPRISE ZONE (UEZ) BUSINESS AREA TRANSPORTATION PROJECT (AWARDED TO DOWNTOWN MERCHANT CORPORATION, PASSAIC, NJ IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $ 105,000.00) 36. RES RESOLUTION AWARDING SHUTTLE SERVICES PASSAIC URBAN ENTERPRISE ZONE (UEZ) BUSINESS AREA TRANSPORTATION PROJECT (AWARDED TO PROPARK, MONTCLAIR, NJ, IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $ 649,964.00) 37. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF THE ONE(1) 2025 FORD F-250 4X4 TRUCK (AWARDING ALL AMERICAN FLEET, PARAMUS, NJ IN THE AMOUNT OF $61,241,40) 38. RESOLUTION ACCEPTING ADDITIONAL FUNDING OF THE RYAN WHITE PART A AND MINORITY AIDS INITIATIVE GRANT FUNDS 2025($30,811.00) X. PAYMENT OF BILLS XI. ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT XII. MAYOR’S REPORT XIII. ADJOURNMENT (Next meeting of the City Council – October 21, 2025, at 7:00 p.m.) Members of the public can view, but not participate in, the City Council meeting starting at 7:00 P.M. by using the “Zoom” online meeting platform using the following Internet link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89892612341 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC VIEWING VIA ZOOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A STATEMENT READ AT THE MEETING: Please email your prepared statement to publiccomment@cityofpassaicnj.gov by 3:00 P.M. on the day of the meeting. Please note that viewing the meeting via Zoom and submitting a written statement are not substitutes for live attendance and do not constitute official meeting participation under the Open Public Meetings Act. Page 5 of 5