Village Council Meeting
Regular MeetingRidgewood, NJ · September 13, 2023
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VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD
VILLAGE COUNCIL
REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
7: 30 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
5. Acceptance of Financial Reports
6. Approval of Minutes
7. Proclamations
A. Fire Prevention Week
B. Gold Star Mother' s and Family' s Day
C. National Breast Cancer Awareness Week
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 Councilmembers 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 Councilmember, nor shall any person
be permitted to address the Chair while a motion is pending.
A Councilmember 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
3963 - Bond Ordinance - PFAS Treatment Facilities -
West End and East Ridgewood ( NTE $ 11, 000, 000)
13. RESOLUTIONS - RIDGEWOOD WATER
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS, NUMBERED 23- 288 THROUGH
23- 299 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:
23- 288 Award Contract - WaterSmart Customer Billing
Portal Software - Year 2( NTE $ 43, 800) -
Awards a contract for the second year of a
three- year contract to Rio Supply, Inc., 100
Allied Parkway, Sicklerville, NJ
23- 289 Award Contract - WaterSmart Customer Billing
Portal Software ( NTE $ 122, 529. 70 total,
48, 500/ year) - Awards years 2023- 2024 and
2024- 2025 to the sole provider, Vertexone,
1321 Upland Drive, Suite 8389, Houston, TX
23- 290 Award Contract - Disposal of Soil Spoils from
Repairs and Replacements ( NTE $ 300/ container,
50, 000 total) - Awards a contract to a
qualified end user", RVH Mulch Supply, LLC,
455 West Main Street, Wyckoff, NJ
23- 291 Award Sole Source Contract - GIS Software
Support ( NTE $ 27, 500) - Awards a sole source
contract for the second year of a three- year
contract to ESRI, Inc., 380 New York Street,
Redlands, CA
23- 292 Award Sole Source Contract - SCADA Software
Support ( NTE $ 19, 869. 12) - Awards a sole
source contract for the second year of a
three- year contract to Emerson Process
Management Power & Water Solutions, Inc., 200
Beta Drive, Pittsburgh, PA
23- 293 Award Sole Source Contract - GAC Material for
PFAS Treatment ( NTE $ 130, 200) - Awards a sole
source contract to Calgon Carbon Corporation,
300 GSK Drive, Moon Township, PA
23- 294 Award Under State Contract - Maintenance of
the pH, Chlorine and Phosphate Analyzers ( NTE
66, 181) - Awards a contract under State
Contract to HACH Company, 5600 Lindbergh
Drive, Loveland, TX
23- 295 Award Contract Under Educational Services
Commission of New Jersey Contract - Bobcat
Compact Excavator ( NTE $ 76, 678. 60) - Awards a
contract under Educational Services
Commission of New Jersey Cooperative
Purchasing to Bobcat of North Jersey 201
Maltese Drive, Totowa, NJ
23- 296 Award Professional Services Contract - PFAS
Treatment Designs - Eastside, Main & Mountain
NTE $ 1, 084, 500) - Awards a fair and open
contract to Arcadis U. S., Inc., 17- 17 Route
208 North, Suite 200, Fair Lawn, NJ and
authorizes the Mayor and Village Clerk to
execute the contract
23- 297 Authorize Emergency Water Interconnection
with Township of Mahwah - Authorizes the
Mayor and Village Manager to execute a
contract with the Township of Mahwah for an
Emergency Interconnection Agreement with
Ridgewood Water for emergency purposes. This
is a requirement of the NJ Department of
Environmental Protection.
23- 298 Authorize Contacting Green Acres - PFAS
Treatment Facilities Use of Land Preserved
for Recreation & Conservation - Authorizes
and directs the Director of Ridgewood Water
to apply in writing to the NJDEP Commissioner
setting forth and demonstrating that it meets
the criteria to use lands preserved for
recreation and conservation for drinking
water wells and associated treatment
equipment or facilities
23- 299 Authorize Change Order - Trolley Gate
Replacement ( NTE $Authorizes
2, 825) -a
change order which is necessary to furnish
and add an intercom operator which will allow
control of the gate remotely, from the
Ridgewood Water Control Center
14. ORDINANCES - INTRODUCTION
3967 Amend Chapter 145 - Fees - 2024 Parking Permit
and Pricing for Electric Vehicle Charging - Sets
the 2024 Parking Permit fees and sets the
pricing for electric vehicle charging
3968 - Amend Chapter 265, Vehicles and Traffic,
Deposit of Money Required; Overtime Parking
Prohibited" - Amends this chapter to remove
wording that prohibits the Municipal Court Judge
from finding a person not guilty and dismissing
an overtime parking ticket even if the person
did pay, but may have put in the wrong license
plate or wrong parking zone
3969 - Amend Chapter 212 - Parks and Recreation Areas
Regulations on Electric Bicycles, Electric
Scooters, Electric Skateboards, and Non- Human
Powered Vehicles - Prohibits the operation of a
motor vehicle, e- bike, e- scooter, motorized
bicycle, non- human powered vehicle or similar
vehicle in or upon any Village of Ridgewood
parkland, Ridgewood Water Company property or
other public places in the Village of Ridgewood
15. ORDINANCES - PUBLIC HEARING
3964 Amend Chapter 265 - Vehicles and Traffic -
Parking Prohibited at All Times and Time Limit
Parking - North Walnut Street and Mastin Place
3965 Amend Chapter 101 - Alcoholic Beverages
3966 Amend Chapter 3- Administration of Government
Article II - Village Council
16. ORDINANCE - CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING
3962 - Amend Chapter 190 - Land Use and Development -
Establish Regulations for Privately Owned Salt
Storage
17. RESOLUTIONS
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS, NUMBERED 23-302 THROUGH
23-320 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:
23- 302 Award Contract Under State Contract -
Tri- Band Radios for Vehicles ( NTE $ 18, 535) -
Awards a contract under State Contract to
Motorola Solution, Inc., c/ o Regional
Communications, 64 East Midland Avenue,
Paramus, NJ
23- 303 Award Contract Under State Contract -
Ammunition ( NTE $ 40, 806. 32) - Awards a
contract under State Contract to Eagle Point
Gun/ T. J. Morris & Son - New Jersey, 1707
Third Street, Thorofare, NJ
23- 304 Award Contract Under State Contract - New
Village Website ( NTE $ 31, 884. 11) - Awards a
Contract under State Contract to CivicPlus,
LLC, 302 South 4 th Street, Suite 500,
Manhattan, KS
23- 305 Award Contract Under Sourcewell Cooperative
Purchasing System - Vehicle Tracking
Subscription ( NTE $ 28, 197. 60) - Awards a
contract under Sourcewell Cooperative
Purchasing System to Verizon Connect, 100
Southgate Parkway, Morristown, NJ
23- 306 Award Professional Services Contract -
Archaeological Survey - Zabriskie- Schedler
House and Property ( NTE $ 35, 610) - Awards a
Professional Services Contract to the sole
responsible quote from Richard Grubb &
Associates, 259 Prospect Plains Road,
Building D, Cranbury, NJ
23- 307 Authorize Shared Services Agreement - Use of
Styrofoam Densifier ( Garfield) - Authorizes
a Shared Services Agreement with the City of
Garfield for the use of the Village' s
Styrofoam densifier. The City of Garfield
will deliver the Styrofoam collected in
Garfield to the Village of Ridgewood, and
will pay the Village of Ridgewood $ 5/bag. The
Village of Ridgewood will then process the
Styrofoam through the Styrofoam densifier and
sell the finished material to a company which
manufactures products out of the densified
Styrofoam.
23- 308 Authorize Shared Services Agreement - Use of
Styrofoam Densifier ( Oradell) - Authorizes
a Shared Services Agreement with the Borough
of Oradell for the use of the Village' s
Styrofoam densifier. The Borough of Oradell
will deliver the Styrofoam collected in
Oradell to the Village of Ridgewood, and
will pay the Village of Ridgewood $ 5/ bag. The
Village of Ridgewood will then process the
Styrofoam through the Styrofoam densifier and
sell the finished material to a company which
manufactures products out of the densified
Styrofoam.
23- 309 Authorize Shared Services Agreement - Use of
Styrofoam Densifier ( Paramus) - Authorizes
a Shared Services Agreement with the Borough
of Paramus for the use of the Village' s
Styrofoam densifier. The Borough of Paramus
will deliver the Styrofoam collected in
Paramus to the Village of Ridgewood, and
will pay the Village of Ridgewood $ 5/ bag. The
Village of Ridgewood will then process the
Styrofoam through the Styrofoam densifier and
sell the finished material to a company which
manufactures products out of the densified
Styrofoam.
23- 310 Authorize Shared Services Agreement -
Dewatered Sludge Disposal from Water
Pollution Control Facility ( Passaic Valley
Sewerage Commission) - Authorizes the Mayor
and Village Manager to enter into a Shared
Services Agreement with Passaic Valley
Sewerage Commission for a 3- year period
ending May 31, 2026. Also authorizes the
Village Manager and Director of Public
Works/ Village Engineer to execute any and all
applications necessary to do so.
23- 311 Authorize Temporary Shared Services Agreement
Removal of Trees on County Roads ( Bergen
County) - Authorizes the Village of Ridgewood
to enter into a Temporary Shared Services
Agreement with the County of Bergen for the
County of Bergen to remove dead and dying
trees within the public right of way on
County roads
23- 312 Chapter 159 - 2023 Budget . Amendment - State
of New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection Grant - Requests the Director of
the Division of Local Government Services to
approve the insertion of a special item of
revenue into the 2023 budget for State of NJ
Department of Environmental Protection, Storm
Water Assistance Grant -$ 15,000 and that a
like sum be appropriated in the 2023 budget
under Operations excluded from " CAPSu, Public
and Private Appropriations Offset by
Revenues: State of NJ Department of
Environmental Protection Storm Water
Assistance Grant Other Expenses -$ 15, 000
23- 313 Declare Property Surplus - Police Vehicles
Declares two Police vehicles, which are
unreliable and beyond their life expectancy
surplus property and authorizes the Village
Manager to dispose of them
23- 314 Declare Property Surplus - Police Car
WatchGuard Camera System - Declares Police
car WatchGuard Camera System and various
accessories surplus property and authorizes
the Village Manager to dispose of these items
23- 315 Appoint Alternate Custodian of Records for
Ridgewood Police Department - Appoints Police
Chief Forest Lyons the Alternate Custodian of
Records for the Village Police Department for
OPRA requests
23- 316 Appoint Local Emergency Management Council -
Appoints various Village professionals to the
Local Emergency Management Council
23- 317 Appoint Member to Shade Tree Commission -
Appoints Cavan Sieczkowski to fill the
unexpired term of Maria Damasco, which term
expires on 12/ 31/ 2023
23- 318 Appoint Members to Project Pride - Appoints
Nina McGonnell and Cavan Sieczkowski to the
Project Pride Committee
23- 319 Appoint Members to Ridgewood Arts Council -
Appoints Audrey Fink, Sean Flanagan, Rosemary
Gunther McCooe, Gloria Holmes, Paul Kim,
Athena Maxwell, Michelle Rivkin, and Stella
Song to the Ridgewood Arts Council for terms
that will expire on 6/ 30/ 2024
23- 320 Appoint Member to Green Ridgewood - Appoints
Vivian Ewell as a Student Intern member for a
term that expires on 6/ 30/ 24
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS, NUMBERED 23- 300, 23- 301 AND
23- 321, WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY AND READ IN FULL
23- 300 Adopt Plan for Schedler Property and Rescind
Resolutions # 18- 261 and # 23- 148 for Plans for
Schedler Property
23- 301 Award Contract - Cultural Resource Management
and Historic Preservation Specialist
NTE $ 25, 350)
23- 321 Approve and Release a Portion of the 9/ 4/ 2019
Closed Session Minutes
18. Comments from the Public ( Not to Exceed 5 minutes
per person)
19. Adjournment
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