Agenda: May 12, 2025

6:00 PM - EXECUTIVE SESSION

7:00 PM – IN PERSON 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE by the Council of the Township of Vernon that according to resolution #24-162, all meetings of the Township Council, except portions which may be legally privileged or contain otherwise confidential proceedings, such as an executive session, shall be livestreamed or otherwise broadcast over the internet utilizing existing and available technology such as, but not limited to, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and/or Google Hangouts Meet; and that members of the public watching the meetings of the Township Council via livestream shall not have the right to address the Township Council as if they were attending the meeting in person.

The public can watch the meeting livestream via a Zoom Webinar or come to the meeting in person at the municipal building. The meeting ID is 819 8479 5177. You may also call in by dialing 1-929-205-6099.

Youtube video of the May 12, 2025 meeting

May 12, 2025 Backup

   1. CALL TO ORDER 

   2. STATEMENT: Adequate notice of this meeting has been provided to the public and the Press on January 19, 2025 and was posted on the bulletin board in the Municipal Building in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-7.

   3. ROLL CALL

   4. EXECUTIVE SESSION – Resolution #25-144 – Resolution to Enter into Executive Session      

____________________________AT 7:00 PM _________________________________ 

 1. CALL TO ORDER

 2. STATEMENT: Adequate Notice of this Regular Meeting was provided to the public and the press on January 19, 2025, 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. PRESENTATION

     Municipal Utilities Authority (MUA) 

 6. MAYOR COMMENTS 

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

 8. REVIEW OF BILLS LIST 

 9. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

      April 28, 2025 - Regular Meeting

10. CONSENT AGENDA 

       Resolution #25-136: Approving a Solicitors Permit – Direct Sales Marketing LLC

       Resolution #25-137: Approving a Solicitors Permit – Direct Sales Marketing LLC

       Resolution #25-138: Approving a Solicitors Permit – Direct Sales Marketing LLC

       Resolution #25-139: Approving a Charitable Solicitor’s Permit: Pochuck Valley Fire Department Inc.      

       Resolution #25-140: Authorizing Approval of Sussex County Contribution to Vernon Emergency Medical Services (VEMS)

       Resolution #25-141: A Resolution of the Township of Vernon, County of Sussex, State of New Jersey, Authorizing the Execution of a Fire Mutual Aid Agreement between the Township of Vernon and McAfee Fire Department and the Township of Hardyston and Hardyston Township Fire Department

       Resolution #25-142: A Resolution of the Township of Vernon Adopting the 2025 Sussex County Hazard Mitigation Plan      

       Resolution #25-143: NJ Department of Community Affairs LEAP Challenge Grant Resolution FY25

  11. ORDINANCES TO INTRODUCE  

        Ordinance #25-06: Bond Ordinance Appropriating $3,492,500, and Authorizing the Issuance of $2,550,000 Bonds or Notes of the Township, for Various Improvements or Purposes Authorized to be Undertaken by the Township of Vernon, in the County of Sussex, New Jersey

        Ordinance #25-07: Capital Ordinance Providing for Various Improvements by the Township of Vernon in the County of Sussex, New Jersey, Appropriating Therefore the Sum of $265,000.00 and providing that such Sum so Appropriated Shall Be Raised from the Capital Improvement Fund of the Township  

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

  13. COUNCIL COMMENTS  

  14. COUNCIL PRESIDENT COMMENTS  

  15. ADJOURNMENT