Agenda: March 27, 2023

Township Council Regular Meeting 

Time: 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  March 27, 2023 council meeting

March 27, 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 TO THE FLAG 

4. ROLL CALL 

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

6. ITEM FOR DISCUSSION

    Daniel’s Law – Redaction of Minutes

    Repositioning of Video Screen

7. REVIEW OF BILLS LIST 

8. APPROVAL OF MUNUTES

    February 6, 2023 – Special Meeting

    February 27, 2023 Regular Meeting

    March 9, 2023 – Special Budget Hearings

    March 13, 2023 – Executive Session

    March 13, 2023 – Regular Meeting

9. CONSENT AGENDA 

Resolution #23-93: Resolution Accepting the Completion of Road Improvements Project to Barrett Road & Glenwood Mountain Road

Resolution #23-94:  Resolution to Award HVAC Maintenance Services Contract to Airgroup, LLC HVAC Maintenance Company for Bids 22-05/22R-05 

Resolution #23-95:  Authorizing Change Order #2 of Contract for Proposed Improvements of Milling & Paving of Barrett Road and Glenwood Mountain Road with Riverview Paving, Inc.

Resolution #23-96:  Authorizing Change Order #2 of Contract for Proposed Improvements of Old Coach Road & Pleasant Valley Road within Vernon Township with Tilcon New York, LLC

Resolution #23-97:  A Resolution in Support of Bill No. S3732 Regarding Supplemental State Aid for Certain School Districts 

Resolution #23-98:  Resolution Appointment to the Vernon Township Municipal Utility Authority 

Resolution #23-99:  Resolution Requesting Acceptance of $12,337.00 with Township Cash Match of $3084.25 for Recreational Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities Grant

Resolution #23-100: Governing Body Certification of Compliance with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s “Enforcement Guidance on the Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under the Title VII of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964”

10. INTRODUCTION OF THE 2023 MUNICIPAL BUDGET 

Resolution #23-101 Introduction of the 2023 Municipal Budget 

11. INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES 

Ordinance #23-10: Capital Ordinance Providing for Fire Department Apparatus by the Township of Vernon, in the County of Sussex, New Jersey, Appropriating Therefore the Sum of $340,000.00 and Providing that Such Sum so Appropriated Shall be Raised from the Capital Improvement Fund of the Township.

Ordinance #23-11: Ordinance of the Township of Vernon, County of Sussex, State of New Jersey, Supplementing Chapter 5, Article II Entitles “Mayor and Council” to Make Meeting Minutes Compliant with Daniel’s Law

Ordinance #23-12: Bond Ordinance Providing for the Acquisition of a New Tire Truck by the Township of Vernon, In the County of Sussex, New Jersey, Appropriating $845,300 Therefor and Authorizing the Issuance of $320,300 Bonds or Notes of the Township for Financing Such Appropriation

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

13. MAYOR COMMENTS

14. COUNCIL COMMENTS 

15. COUNCIL PRESIDENT COMMENTS 

16. ADJOURNMENT