Village Council Meeting
Regular MeetingRidgewood, NJ · July 13, 2022
Agenda
VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD
VILLAGE COUNCIL
REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING
JULY 13, 2022
8 : 00 P. M.
1. Call to Order - Mayor
2. Statement of Compliance with the Open Public
Meetings Act
3. Roll Call - Village Clerk
4. Flag Salute and Moment of Silence
5. Acceptance of Financial Reports
6. Approval of Minutes
7. Proclamations
NONE
Pursuant to Chapter 3- 19 of the Code of the Village of
Ridgewood, Manner of Addressing Council, and Chapter
3- 20, Decorum, the Village Council meetings shall be
conducted in the following manner:
Manner of Addressing Council
Persons other than Council members may be permitted to
address the Council in the proper order of business. A person
present may, upon recognition by the Chair, be heard either
upon ordinances upon second reading or at the time of
petitions and oral communications from the public and at such
other times as the Council may, by majority vote of those
present, specifically permit. No person shall address any
remark or question to any specific Council member, nor shall
any person be permitted to address the Chair while a motion
is pending. A Council member may, through the Chair, respond
to any communication or address received pursuant to this
section.
Decorum
Any person who shall disturb the peace of the Council, make
impertinent or slanderous remarks or conduct himself in a
boisterous manner while addressing the Council shall be
forthwith barred by the presiding officer from further
audience before the Council, except that if the speaker shall
submit to proper order under these rules, permission for him
to continue may be granted by a majority vote of the Council.
8. Comments from the Public (Not to exceed 3
minutes per person - 40 minutes in total)
9. Village Manager ' s Report
10 . Village Council Reports
11 . ORDINANCES - INTRODUCTION - RIDGEWOOD WATER
NONE
12 . ORDINANCES - PUBLIC HEARING - RIDGEWOOD WATER
NONE
13 . RESOLUTIONS - RIDGEWOOD WATER
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS, NUMBERED 22- 243 THROUGH
22- 255 ARE TO BE ADOPTED BY A CONSENT AGENDA, WITH ONE
VOTE BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL. THERE IS A BRIEF
DESCRIPTION BESIDE EACH RESOLUTION TO BE CONSIDERED ON
THE CONSENT AGENDA. EACH RESOLUTION WILL BE READ BY
TITLE ONLY:
22- 243 Award Contract - GIS Software Support
NTE $ 27, 500) - Awards a sole source contract
to Environmental Systems Research Institute,
Inc. , 380 New York Street, Redlands, CA
22- 244 Title 59 Approval - Water Billing and Data
Collection Services - Approves the plans and
specifications for Water Billing and Data
Collection Services, prepared by Ridgewood
Water, pursuant to Title 59
22- 245 Award Contract - Water Billing and Data
Collection Services ( NTE $ 311, 400) - Awards a
Contract to the sole responsible bidder,
Computil, Inc. , 30 Controls Drive, Shelton,
CT
22- 246 Title 59 Approval - Infrared Asphalt
Restoration - Approves the plans and
specifications for Infrared Asphalt Surface
Repair, Asphalt Trench Patching, and
Miscellaneous Curb and Sidewalk Repair
Various Locations, July 1, June 2021 through
30, 2022, inclusive, prepared by the Village
Engineering Division, pursuant to Title 59
21- 247 Award Contract - Infrared Asphalt Restoration
NTE $ 250, 000) - Awards a contract for the
second optional year, to the lowest
responsible bidder, J. Fletcher Creamer and
Son, Inc. , 101 East Broadway, Hackensack, NJ
22- 248 Award Contract Under State Contract - TV
Monitors for SCADA Room in Ridgewood Water
Headquarters ( NTE $ 30, 386. 88) - Awards a
Contract under State Contract, Omnia Partners
Co- op, to B & H Photo/ Video, 420 Ninth
Avenue, New York, NY
22- 249 Award Contract Under State Contract - Water
Quality Testing Equipment and Supplies
NTE $ 35, 928 . 03) - Awards a Contract under
State Contract to Hach Company, 5600
Lindbergh Drive, Loveland, CO
22- 250 Award Professional Services Contract -
Engineering Services for Raw Water Mains,
Phase 1 ( NTE $ 1, 068, 350) - Awards a non- fair
and open Professional Services Contract to
Mott MacDonald, 111 South Wood Avenue,
Iselin, NJ. The Pay to Play forms have been
filed with the Village Clerk' s office, as
required by law.
22- 251 Award Professional Services Contract -
Evaluation of Carr Water Treatment Plant
NTE $ 27, 895) - Awards a non- fair and open
contract to Water Quality Investigations,
2158 State Highway 92, Suite 2, Mount Horeb,
WI . The Pay to Play forms have been filed
with the Village Clerk' s Office, as required
by law.
22- 252 Authorize Change Order - Ridgewood Water
Headquarters ( NTE $ 18, 800. 26) - Authorizes a
Change Order to the original lowest
responsible bidder, Adamo Brothers
Construction, Inc. , 1033 Alexander Avenue,
Ridgefield, NJ. This change order is for
electric and plumbing components for the
elevator shaft, as required by the NJ
Department of Community Affairs, which
inspects the elevators .
22- 253 Authorize Agreement with PSE& G - Energy Saver
Direct Install Program ( NTE $ 14, 306. 14) -
Authorizes an Agreement with PSE& G for
replacement of lighting with energy efficient
measures at several Ridgewood Water
facilities located in Glen Rock, Midland
Park, Ridgewood, and Wyckoff. PSE& G will
contribute $ 11, 281 . 31 ( about 440) to this
project. The Village Manager is authorized to
execute this Agreement.
22- 254 Request Governor and NJ State Legislature to
Commit Additional Funding to Water
Infrastructure - Requests the Governor and NJ
State Legislature to grow the amount of
Federal funding for NJ Water Projects,
including the replacement of lead service
lines, removal of PFAS contamination, and
addressing aging and unreliable drinking
water, wastewater and stormwater systems in
the face of climate change impacts
22- 255 Approve Order of Billing Categories for
Application of Payments to Ridgewood Water -
Approves the order that customer payments are
applied, to Ridgewood Water billings and
delinquencies
14 . ORDINANCES - INTRODUCTION
3914 - Amend Chapter 190 - Land Use and Development -
Window Displays for Vacant Storefronts
3915 - Rename Bond Ordinance from Circle Avenue
Drainage Improvements to Drainage System
Improvements - Various Locations
15 . ORDINANCES - PUBLIC HEARING
3912 - Amend Chapter 265 - Vehicles and Traffic - Time
Limit Parking, Overtime Parking and Repeat
Parking
3913 - Bond Ordinance - Purchase of Recycling Truck
NTE $ 355, 000)
16. RESOLUTIONS
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS, NUMBERED 22- 256 THROUGH
22- 271 ARE TO BE ADOPTED BY A CONSENT AGENDA, WITH ONE
VOTE BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL. THERE IS A BRIEF
DESCRIPTION BESIDE EACH RESOLUTION TO BE CONSIDERED ON
THE CONSENT AGENDA. EACH RESOLUTION WILL BE READ BY
TITLE ONLY:
22- 256 Award Contract - Respirator Fit Tester -
Health Department - Awards a contract to the
sole source for a Fit Tester to be used on
N95 and P100 masks, to TSI, Inc. , 500
Cardigan Road, Shoreview, MN. The cost for
the Respirator Fit tester is $ 15, 725, which
will be paid for by the Village of Ridgewood
and reimbursed through a State grant .
22- 257 Award Contract - SCADA System Upgrade - Water
Pollution Control Facility ( NTE $ 157, 713) -
Awards a contract to the sole source
supplier, Emerson Process Management Power
and Water Solutions, Inc. , 200 Beta Drive,
Pittsburgh, PA. This is for hardware,
equipment and software to upgrade the SCADA
system for the Water Pollution Control
Facility.
22- 258 Award Contract - Restoration and Staining of
The Lester Stable ( NTE $ 24, 745) - Awards a
contract to the lowest responsible quote from
Five Star Painting, 73 Harding Avenue,
Westwood, NJ
22- 259 Award Contract Under Bergen County Contract -
Painting of Village Hall Fagade
NTE $ 34, 463 . 25) - Awards a Contract under
Bergen County Contract to A. N. A. Painting
Corporation, 172 Linden Street, Hackensack,
NJ
22- 260 Award Additional Funding for Contract Under
Sourcewell - Rubber Tire Front End Loader and
48- inch Bucket for Clearing Sidewalks of Ice
Snow - Water Pollution Control Facility
NTE $ 9, 162 . 68) - Awards a contract under
Sourcewell to Gamka Sales Company, Inc. , 983
New Durham Road, Edison, NJ. The Village
Council previously approved the purchase of
this vehicle, through Resolution # 21- 164 .
Since the time that this resolution was
awarded to this vendor, the pricing of the
vehicle has been updated with Sourcewell,
which increases the original price by
6, 322 . 68 . In addition, since the original
resolution was adopted, a need has been
identified for the purchase of a 48- inch
bucket for this vehicle, which costs $ 2, 840,
and will allow the clearing of ice and snow
from sidewalks .
22- 261 Award Contract Under National Cooperative
Purchasing Alliance Contract - Licensing Fees
and Service for Security System Software
NTE $ 6, 549. 79) - Awards a Contract under
National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance
Contract to Secure Watch 24, 70 Moonachie
Avenue, Moonachie, NJ
22- 262 Authorize Change Order - Planning Consulting
Services - Green Acres Diversion - Amendment
to Recreation and Open Space Inventory
NTE $ 2, 500) - Authorizes a change order to
the original Professional Services Contract
which was awarded to Topology NJ, LLC, 60
Union Street, # 1N, Newark, NJ. This
additional work is to remove a paper street
which was erroneously placed on the Village
of Ridgewood' s Recreation and Open Space
Inventory (ROSI) .
22- 263 Authorize Change Order to Contract for Tree
Removals in Various Locations ( NTE $ 32, 000) -
Authorizes a change order to the original
lowest responsible bidder, Dujets Tree
Experts, Inc. , 54 Notch Road, Woodland Park,
NJ. This was necessary in order to include
additional locations for tree removals, which
were not in the original contract .
22- 264 Authorize Credit Toward Significant Sewer
Discharge Billing ( NTE $ 6, 875. 47) -
Authorizes credits to 62 sewer collection
accounts which were inadvertently charged
interest from March 2020 through March 2022,
during which time interest charges were
waived through Governor Murphy' s Executive
Order, due to the COVID pandemic. The
interest charges to these accounts will be
applied as credits to subsequent bills .
22- 265 Authorize Revised Agreement with PSE& G -
Energy Saver - Direct Install Program
NTE $ 41, 976 . 01) - Authorizes a revised
Agreement with PSE& G for replacement of
lighting and HVAC equipment, with energy
efficient measures, at Village Hall . This
additional cost brings the entire project to
a total cost of $ 165, 907 . 49. PSE& G will
contribute $ 123, 931. 48 ( about 750) to this
project . The Village Manager is authorized to
execute this Agreement .
22- 266 Authorize Execution of Memorandum of
Understanding with Bergen County for
Childhood Lead Program - Authorizes the
execution of a Memorandum of Understanding
with Bergen County Department of Health
Services as the regional site for childhood
lead poisoning services . The Mayor and Health
Officer are authorized to execute this MOU,
for the period of July 1, 2022 to June 30,
2025 .
22- 267 Authorize Execution of Agreement - Lightning
Detection System ( Ridgewood Board of
Education) - Authorizes the Mayor and Village
Clerk to execute a Shared Services Agreement
between the Village of Ridgewood and the
Ridgewood Board of Education ( BOE) . This
Agreement will delineate that the Ridgewood
BOE will pay for hardware, the necessary
software subscription, maintenance costs, and
other related fees, for a Lightning Detection
System with Earth Networks, 12410 Milestone
Center Drive, Suite 300, Germantown, MD, for
a five- year term. The Village of Ridgewood
will then reimburse the Ridgewood BOE for 500
of these costs.
22- 268 Authorize Submission of NJDOT Grant
Application - North Monroe Street, Phase 2 -
Authorizes the Mayor and Village Clerk to
submit a grant application for a NJDOT grant
for paving of North Monroe Street, Phase 2
22- 269 Approve 2022- 2023 Renewal of Liquor License -
Maple Avenue Liquors - Approves the 2022- 2023
renewal of the liquor license held by Maple
Avenue Liquors, LLC, due to the fact that the
licensee received a Special Ruling from the
Director of the Division of Alcoholic
Beverage Control to do so
22- 270 Accept Donation - Wind Sculpture for
Children' s Sensory and Butterfly Garden -
Accepts the donation from the Halaby Family
for this wind sculpture. The Halaby Family
does not currently have any applications
before any Ridgewood boards or committees .
22- 271 Authorize Change Order - Repairs to Gutters
at Taxi Stand ME $ 4, 816. 04) - Authorizes a
change order to the original lowest
responsible bidder, Tri- flex Industries,
Inc. , 933 US Highway 9 North, South Amboy,
NJ. This is necessary due to the fact that
the current gutters have been damaged and are
leaking.
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS, NUMBERED 22- 272 THROUGH
22- 273, WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY AND READ IN FULL:
22- 272 Appoint Member to Central Business District
Advisory Committee
22- 273 Extend Grab and Go Parking Spaces
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17 . Comments from the Public ( Not to Exceed 5 minutes
per person)
18 . Adjournment
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