Agenda: December 11, 2023

Township Council Regular Meeting 

7:00 PM – VIA ZOOM WEBINAR OR IN PERSON (HYBRID)

This township council meeting will be hybrid. The public can access the meeting via Zoom Webinar or come to the meeting in person at the municipal building. The meeting ID is 830 4980 3307. You may also call in by dialing 1-929-205-6099.

Guidelines for attending the meeting in person:

There shall be a maximum of seventy-five (75) public participants allowed in the council chambers during any hybrid meeting. All public participants attending a hybrid meeting in-person must maintain three (3) feet of distance between their chairs except that family members may elect to move their chairs together. Reading of e-mails into the meeting minutes will not be required, they may be entered by acclamation.

YouTube of the December 11, 2023 council meeting

December 11, 2023 Agenda Backup

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. STATEMENT: Adequate Notice of this Regular Meeting was provided to the public and the press on January 6, 2023 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. DISCUSSION ITEM

    2023 Best Practices Survey 

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

7. REVIEW OF BILLS LIST 

8. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

    November 27, 2023 – Regular Meeting 

9. CONSENT AGENDA

Resolution #23-257: Refund Overpayment Due to State Tax Court Judgement (Reeves) Block 9 Lot 16

Resolution #23-258: Refund Overpayment Due to State Tax Court Judgement (Reeves) Block 9 Lot 16

Resolution #23-259: Refund Overpayment Due to State Tax Court Judgement (Reeves) Block 9 Lot 16

Resolution #23-260: Refund Overpayment Due to State Tax Court Judgement (Rt. 94 Development Corp.) Block 607 Lot 43

Resolution #23-261: Refund for Totally Disabled Veteran (Block 273 Lot 85 – Sinnett)

Resolution #23-262: Cancelling Taxes for Total Disabled Veteran (Block 273 Lot 85 – Sinnett)

Resolution #23-263: Refund for Totally Disabled Veteran (Block 540 Lot 4 – Cucuta)

Resolution #23-264: Cancelling Taxes for Total Disabled Veteran (Cucuta Block 540 Lot 4)

Resolution #23-265: Refund for Totally Disabled Veteran (Block 490 Lot 6 - Canova) 

Resolution #23-266: Cancelling Taxes for Total Disabled Veteran (Canova Block 490 Lot 6)

Resolution #23-267: Cancelling Taxes for Total Disabled Veteran (Canova Block 490 Lot 6)

Resolution #23-268: Refund for Totally Disabled Veteran (Block 355 Lot 17 – Lillis)

Resolution #23-269: Cancelling Taxes for Total Disabled Veteran (Block 335 Lot 17 - Lillis)              

Resolution #23-270: Cancelling Taxes for Total Disabled Veteran (Canova Block 490 Lot 6)

Resolution #23-271: Cancelling Taxes for Total Disabled Veteran (Block 564 Lot 1 – Castrovillari)

Resolution #23-272: Refund for Totally Disabled Veteran (Block 564 Lot 1 – Castrovillari)

Resolution #23-273: Refund for Totally Disabled Veteran (Block 462 Lot 24 – Koziel)

Resolution #23-274: Authorize the Award of a RFQ 10-2023 Door Access Systems in a Fair and Open Manner to Integrated Systems & Services Inc.

Resolution #23-275: Resolution Amending Resolution #23-162 To Update an Appointment Extending Peter Laemers as Judge of the Vernon Township Municipal Court

Resolution #23-276: Resolution Amending Resolution #23-30 to Update an Appointment Extending Alicia Ferrante Esq. as Municipal Prosecutor

Resolution #23-277: Authorizing Change Order #1 of Contract for Proposed Improvements of Various Roads within Vernon Township with Riverview Paving, Inc.

Resolution #23-278: Resolution Authorizing the Execution of a Shared Services Agreement Between the Township of Vernon and the Township of Hardyston for Animal Control Services

Resolution #23-279: Resolution Awarding Bid for Proposed Athletic Field Lighting Installation at Veteran’s Memorial Park

Resolution #23-280: A Resolution Reappointing Donelle Bright as Chief Financial Officer for Vernon Township

Resolution #23-281: Approving Active Volunteer Firefighter for Membership in the New Jersey State Firemen’s Association (Luke Van Gorder)

Resolution #23-282: Approving Active Volunteer Firefighter for Membership in the New Jersey State Firemen’s Association (Erik Van Gorder)

Resolution #23-283: Approving Active Volunteer Firefighter for Membership in the New Jersey State Firemen’s Association (Drew Van Gorder)

Resolution #23-284: Temporary Budget – Debt Service

Resolution #23-285: Resolution – Authorizing the Cancellation of Appropriation Reserve Balances

Resolution #23-286: Resolution Authorizing Procurement of Sports Lighting Through Sourcewell National Cooperative #041123-MSL Through Musco Sports Lighting LLC

Resolution #23-287: Resolution of the Township of Vernon, County of Sussex, State of New Jersey, Awarding Bid #12-2023 Snow Removal Bid

Resolution #23-288: Authorizing Change Order #1 of the Contract for Proposed Improvements of Sand Hill Road Within Vernon Township with Road Safety Systems

Resolution #23-289: Resolution Authorizing the Execution of a Shared Services Agreement Between the Township of Vernon and the Township of Lafayette for Animal Control Services

10. PUBLIC HEARING/2^ND READING OF ORDINANCES

Ordinance #23-21: An Ordinance of the Township of Vernon, County of Sussex, State of New Jersey, Adding Chapter 13, “Cannabis Establishment Licensing and Regulation,” to the Township Code, Establishing Local Annual Cannabis Licenses for all Cannabis Establishments to Operate in the Township, Pursuant to the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory,     Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act

Ordinance #23-23: Bond Ordinance Providing for the Improvement of the Water Supply and Distribution System In and By the Township of Vernon, In the County of Sussex, New Jersey, Appropriating $2,000,000 Therefor and Authorizing the Issuance of $1,448,445 Bonds or Notes of the Township for Financing Such Appropriation 

Ordinance #23-24: An Ordinance to Amend Chapter No. 148 Animal Control; Dog Licensing of the Revised Ordinances of the Township of Vernon by Amending Article III Animal Control; Dog Licensing, Section 148-26 Regulation of Dogs 

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

12. MAYOR COMMENTS

13. COUNCIL COMMENTS 

14. COUNCIL PRESIDENT COMMENTS 

15. ADJOURNMENT