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COUNCIL WORK SESSION - FEBRUARY 24, 2025 Monday, February 24, 2025 07:00 PM Online via Zoom

I.Call to Order

II.Roll Call - Borough Clerk - Betty Sterling

Angarone; Chandler; Marciante; Rubenstein; Stern; Valenza; Mayor Davy

III.Open Public Meetings Statement

Notice of this meeting has been given to the Hopewell Valley News, Trenton Times and was posted on the bulletin board at Borough Hall at 30 North Main Street and on the Borough website according to the regulations of the Open Public Meetings Act.

IV.Open to the Public/ Public Comment

The Meeting is now open to the public for comment. In an effort to provide everyone interested an opportunity to address his or her comments to the Governing Body, a public comment time limit has been instituted for each speaker. Please raise your hand and when the Borough Clerk acknowledges you state your name and address for the record. Please limit comments to the Governing Body to a maximum of 2 minutes.

V.Work Session Discussion Items:

  1. 1.Stormwater Management MS4 Regional Study - Watershed Institute - Mike Pisauro

  2. 2.2025 Budget Presentation - (Slide Presentation) - Sandy Webb, CFO 

  3. 3.Resolution - Burd Street Recommendations from Public Safety Committee 

  4. 4.Zoom Meetings Policy

VI.Review of Tentative Council Regular Agenda

  1. 1.Ordinance 2025-7 - Cap Ordinance (Introduction)

  2. 2.Introduction of 2025 Budget 

  3. 3.Resolution - Self Examination of the 2025 Budget 

  4. 4.Resolution - Civil Rights (Budget Requirement) 

  5. 5.Ordinance 2025-2 - Ordinance Accepting Utility Easement Granted by 5 Pennington LLC for Water Line and Public Fire Hydrant at 5 State Highway 31, Block 206, Lot 2, Borough of Pennington (Public Hearing & Adoption) 

  6. 6.Ordinance 2025-3 - An Ordinance of the Borough of Pennington, County of Mercer, State of New Jersey Authorizing a Collective Bargaining Agreement with Pennington Borough Police Association, January 1, 2025-December 31, 2029 (Public Hearing and Adoption) 

  7. 7.Ordinance 2025-4 - An Ordinance of the Borough of Pennington, County of Mercer, State of New Jersey Authorizing a Collective Bargaining Agreement with International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local No. 35- January 1, 2025 p December 31, 2027 (Public Hearing & Adoption)

  8. 8.Ordinance 2025-5 - Bond Ordinance Providing a Supplemental Appropriation of $50,000 for Improvements to Baldwin Street and Baldwin Court in and by the Borough of Pennington, in the County of Mercer, New Jersey, and Authorizing the Issuance of $50,000 Bonds or Notes of the Borough to Finance the Cost Thereof (Public Hearing & Adoption)

  9. 9.Ordinance 2025-6 - Bond Ordinance Providing for Improvements to Abey Drive, Mallard Place and Queens Lane in and by the Borough of Pennington, in the County of Mercer, New Jersey, Appropriating $677,000 Therefor and Authorizing the Issuance of $198,290 Bonds or Notes of Borough to Finance Part of the Cost Thereof (Public Hearing & Adoption)

  10. 10.Resolution 2025-3.1 - Resolution Authorizing Amendments to the 2025 Temporary Budget 

  11. 11.Resolution 2025-3.2 - Payment of Bills 

  12. 12.Resolution 2025-3.3 - Budget Transfer 2024 

  13. 13.Resolution - Hiring Land Use Administrator 

  14. 14.Resolution 2025-3.5 - Appointing Zoning Officer 

  15. 15.Resolution 2025-3.6 - Resolution Authorizing Re-appointment of Deputy Court Administrator 

  16. 16.Resolution 2025-3.7 - Bingo Application 

  17. 17.Resolution 2025-3.8 - Raffle Application 

  18. 18.Resolution 2025-3.9 - Rescind Conditional Appointment of Police Officer 

  19. 19.Resolution 2025-3.10 - Resolution Authorizing Submission of a Native Plant Society of NJ (NPSNJ) Mini-Grant Application to Fund Native Plantings Within the Arboretum 

  20. 20.Resolution 2025-3.11 - Health Insurance Fund 

  21. 21.Resolution 2025-3.12 - McCloskey Mechanical - HVAC Contract 

VII.Open to the Public/ Public Comment

The Meeting is now open to the public for comment. In an effort to provide everyone interested an opportunity to address his or her comments to the Governing Body, a public comment time limit has been instituted for each speaker. Please raise your hand and when the Borough Clerk acknowledges you state your name and address for the record. Please limit comments to the Governing Body to a maximum of 2 minutes.

VIII.CLOSED SESSION

AT, PM, BE IT RESOLVED, that Mayor and Council shall hereby convene in closed session for the purposes of discussing a subject or subjects permitted to be discussed in closed session by the Open Public Meetings Act, to wit:

  1. Negotiations - Pennington Fire - Use & Occupancy Agreement

  2. Negotiations - Sewer Connection - 115 Lewisbrook Rd 

  3. Contract Negotiations - EMS Agreement 

  4. Personnel - Borough Administrator Salary 

IX.Adjournment