Agenda: January 23, 2023

Township Council Regular Meeting

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, this council meeting was a hybrid meeting meaning the public could access the meeting via a Zoom Webinar or attend the meeting in person at the municipal building.

YouTube of the  January 23, 2023 council meeting

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 TO THE FLAG

4. ROLL CALL 

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

6. PROCLAMATION

    Radon Action Month

7. REVIEW OF BILLS LIST

8. MINUTES

    January 1, 2023 – Reorganization Meeting

    January 9, 2023 – Regular Meeting 

9. APPOINTMENT TO THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY AUTHORITY

Resolution #23-44: Resolution Appointment to the Vernon Township Municipal Utility Authority

10. CONSENT AGENDA 

Resolution #23-45:  Resolution Recognizing and Authorizing the Appointment of Paul Black as the Construction Official for the Township of Vernon

Resolution #23-46:  Resolution of the Township of Vernon Appointing an Alternate/Conflict Municipal Public Defender 

Resolution #23-47: Resolution of the Township of Vernon Appointing an Alternate Municipal Prosecutor

Resolution #23-48:  Resolution Determining the Form and Other Details of Not Exceeding $2,400,000 Sewer Bonds, of the Township of Vernon, in the County of Sussex, New Jersey, and Providing for Their Sale to the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank and the State of New Jersey and Authorizing the Execution and Delivery of Certain Agreements in Connection Therewith 

Resolution #23-49:  Resolution Rejecting All Bids for HVAC Maintenance Bid #12-2022 Township of Vernon  

Resolution #23-50:  Refund for Totally Disabled Veteran (Block 515 Lot 7 – Alakpa)

Resolution #23-51:  Canceling Taxes for Total Disabled Veteran (Block 515 Lot 7 – Alapka)

Resolution #23-52:  Canceling Taxes for Total Disabled Veteran (Block 515 Lot 7 – Alapka) 

Resolution #23-53:  Emergency Temporary Appropriation  

Resolution #23-54: Transfer Resolution – Balance Transfers

Resolution #23-55: Resolution of the Council of the Township of Vernon in Support of the Location and Operation of an Adult-Use Cannabis Manufacturing Site by Sussex Cultivation LLC Within the Township of Vernon

Resolution #23-56: Sidebar Agreement Between the Township of Vernon and U.A.W. Local No. 2326

Resolution #23-57: Resolution Authorizing a Grant Application to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs for the FY 2023 Local Recreation Improvement Grant Program

Resolution #23-58: Authorizing the Execution of an Agreement for an Easement at Mountain Creek, 193 Route 94, Block 378, Lot 20 – Sandhill Pump Station 2

11. INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES 

Ordinance #23-02: An Ordinance of the Township of Vernon, County of Sussex, State of New  Jersey, Vacating a Portion of the Paper Street Known as Road B in the Township of Vernon

Ordinance #23-03: An Ordinance of the Township of Vernon, County of Sussex, State of New Jersey, Amending and Supplementing Chapter 250 of the Municipal Code of the Township of  Vernon Entitled “Fees and Escrows Enumerated” to Update Police Department Fees

Ordinance #23-04: An Ordinance of the Township of Vernon, County of Sussex, State of New  Jersey, Adding Permitted Uses to the Commercial Recreation (CR) Zone in the Township of Vernon

12. PUBLIC HEARING/2^ND READING OF ORDINANCE 

Ordinance #23-01: Calendar Year 2023 Ordinance to Exceed the Municipal Budget Appropriation Limits and to Establish a Cap Bank (N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-45.14)     

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

14. MAYOR COMMENTS

15. COUNCIL COMMENTS 

16. COUNCIL PRESIDENT COMMENTS 

17. ADJOURNMENT