Agenda: October 12, 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  October 12, 2023 council meeting

October 12, 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. DISCUSSION ITEMS

    Animal Control Ordinance

    Mayor’s Salary

    November Council Meeting Schedule 

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

7. REVIEW OF BILLS LIST 

8. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

    September 11, 2023 – Regular Meeting

    September 25, 2023 – Regular Meeting 

9. CONSENT AGENDA 

    Resolution #23-239: Authorizing a Date for Municipal Tax Sale

    Resolution #23-240: Authorizing the Award of a Required Discloser Contract for Container Service at the Township’s Public Works and Animal Control Facilities

    Resolution #23-241: Authorizing the Mayor to Continue the Incentive to Employees Who Enroll in an Alternate Health or Prescription Plan

    Resolution #23-242: Resolution Authorizing the Option for Employees of the Township of Vernon to Waive Health Insurance Benefits

10. INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE 

    Ordinance #23-20: An Ordinance Amending the Vernon Township Administrative Code Chapter 250, Article II Fees and Escrows Enumerated in Section 250-15 Relating to Animal Control

    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 #23-22: An Ordinance Amending, Revising, and Supplementing Chapter 330 Entitled “Land Development” to Clarify Regulations Relative to Permitted Locations for Legal Cannabis Uses Within the Township of Vernon

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

12. MAYOR COMMENTS 

13. COUNCIL COMMENTS 

14. COUNCIL PRESIDENT COMMENTS 

15. ADJOURNMENT