Mayor & Council Special Meeting

MINUTES Mayor and Council Special Meeting Tuesday, May 18, 2021 *Meeting held via Zoom CALL TO ORDER – Mayor Papaleo called the meeting to order at 6:31 p.m. SILENT PRAYER – FLAG SALUTE Mayor Papaleo called for a moment of silent reflection and led the salute to the flag. STATEMENT – Mayor Papaleo read the Statement of Compliance into the record as follows: Statement of Compliance with Open Public Meeting Act: This meeting complies with the Open Public Meeting Act by notification on January 8th of this location, date and time to the Ridgewood News and the Record and by posting of same on the municipal bulletin board and Borough Website and filing a notice of the same with the Municipal Clerk. The notice of this Special Meeting via the May 12, 2021 and May 14, 2021 Sunshine Notices have been sent to the Record and Ridgewood News, has been posted on the municipal bulletin board and Borough Website. ROLL CALL – Councilman Chinigo, Councilwoman Busteed, Councilman Gautier, Councilwoman Kaufman, Councilwoman Kinsella, Councilwoman Montisano-Koen and Mayor Papaleo were present. AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION – #21-152 Resolution to Go Into Closed Session and Exclude Public WHEREAS, the Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-12, permits the exclusion of the public from a meeting in certain enumerated circumstances; and WHEREAS, this public body is of the opinion that such circumstances will or presently exist. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of River Edge, County of Bergen, State of New Jersey, as follows: 1. That the public shall be excluded from the May 18, 2021 regular meeting and discussion of the hereinafter specified subject matter: Closed Session Statutory Docket # Item Title or Description Reference #21-5/18-1 Personnel – Interviews for Police Chief N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b)(8)  #21-5/18-2 Attorney-Client Privilege- Continued N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(b)(7) Coverage and Benefits 2. Formal action may/may not be taken by the Borough of River Edge’s Mayor and Council at this meeting. 3. Minutes will be kept and once the matter involving the confidentiality of the above no longer requires that confidentiality, then the minutes can be made public. There being no further business to come before the governing body, on a motion from Councilman Chinigo, seconded by Councilwoman Busteed, and all present voting in favor, the meeting was recessed to the Closed Session at 6:33 p.m. ADJOURNMENT - On motion by Councilman Gautier, seconded by Councilwoman Kinsella to adjourn the meeting at 9:38 p.m. was unanimously approved. _______________________________ Thomas Papaleo, Mayor ___________________________ Judy O’Connell, Deputy Clerk