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COUNCIL WORK SESSION - October 27, 2025 Monday, October 27, 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 Trentonian 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.Special Meeting - Tuesday, November 25th at 7:00pm - Discussion of 4th Round Affordable Housing Plan 

  2. 2.Lead Line Replacement Bid Documents  (Brandon Fetzer) 

        *  Resolution Authorizing Advertisement for Bids for Lead Line Replacement Project

  3. 3.Proposal for Operation & Maintenance Manual for MS4 Stormwater Management

            * Resolution Authorizing Professional Services Agreement  

  4. 4.Historic Preservation  - Tree Management in County Right-of-Way in the Borough Historic District 

  5. 5.Community Forestry Management Plan

  6. 6.Ordinance - Block Parties

  7. 7.Ordinance - Food License Fees 

  8. 8.Ordinance - Use of Electronic Signs

  9. 9.Holiday Walk 2025 - (Chris Murphy)

  10. 10.Hay Ride for 2026 - (Chico Marciante) 

VI.Review of Tentative Council Regular Agenda

  1. 1.Approval of Minutes 

  2. 2.Bond Ordinance - HDRSF Supplemental Funding 

  3. 3.Ordinance - Amend Salary Ordinance - OEM Coordinator 

  4. 4.Resolution 2025-11.2 - Payment of Bills 

  5. 5.Resolution 2025-11.3 -  Resolution Authorizing the Auction of Certain Surplus Property No Longer Needed for the Public Use by Pennington Borough Utilizing the Services of Govdeals, Inc. 

  6. 6.Resolution 2025-11.4 - Resolution for Renewal of Membership in the Mid Jersey Municipal Joint Insurance Fund

  7. 7.Resolution - Promotion to Lieutenant 

  8. 8.Resolution - Cancel Capital Balances 

  9. 9.Sidewalk Proposal Recommendation - (Nadine Stern) 

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. Property Acquisition Update (Alan Hershey / Jim Kyle)

  2. Green Acres Easement - (Alan Hershey) 

  3. Personnel Matter - Lieutenant Position 

  4. Personnel Matter - OEM Coordinator 

  5.  Attorney/Client Privilege - Hopewell PILOT update 

IX.Adjournment