BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING - DECEMBER 4, 2023 Monday, December 04, 2023 07:00 PM Online via Zoom

CALL TO ORDER - Mayor Davy

ROLL CALL - Borough Clerk - Betty Sterling

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

OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS STATEMENT

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OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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.

MAYOR'S BUSINESS

• 1.Reminder - Year End Council Meeting - 12/28/23 @ 3:00 pm

PRESENTATIONS

     Library Board Presentation

ORDINANCES FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION

• 2.Ordinance 2023-15 - Ordinance Appropriating $145,000, $142,000 of Which is From a State of New Jersey Department of Transportation Grant and $3,000 of Which is From the Capital Improvement Fund, for the Final Design Work for the Streetscape Project, in and by the Borough of Pennington, in the County of Mercer, New Jersey

• 3.Ordinance 2023-16 - An Ordinance Removing Parking Restrictions on Burd Street Between West Delaware Avenue and Academy Avenue

• 4.Ordinance 2023-17 - An Ordinance Removing the Requirement That Claims for Payment be Approved by the Council Liaison to the Responsible Department, Repealing Section 9-3 of the Code of the Borough of Pennington 

• 5.Ordinance 2023-18 - An Ordinance Repealing Pennington's Local Ordinance Concerning "Pay-to-Play" Pursuant to the New State Law Prohibiting Munciipalities From Adopting More Restrictive Ordinances on the Same Subject

COMMITTEE REPORTS

• 6.Planning & Zoning / Personnel / Economic Development - Ms. Gnatt

• 7.Public Works / Open Space / Shade Tree - Ms. Stern

• 8.Finance & Technology / Public Safety / Arboretum / Landfill - Mrs. Chandler

• 9.Historic Preservation / Library - Ms. Angarone

• 10.Parks & Recreation - Mr. Marciante

• 11.Board of Health / Environmental Commission - Mr. Valenza

• 12.Senior Advisory - Mayor Davy

COUNCIL DISCUSSION

NEW BUSINESS

• 13.Resolution 2023-12.2 - Resolution Authorizing Payment of Bills 

• 14.Resolution 2023-12.3 - Resolution Authorizing Budget Transfers 

• 15.Resolution 2023-12.4 - Resolution Awarding Contract to Earle Asphalt Company for Scudder Court, Chadwell Court, Rockwell Green Drive Road Rehabilitation Project (VNHA #PEN-BOOFP23202)

• 16.Resolution 2023-12.5 - Resolution Authorizing the Promotion of Kenneth Smith to the Position of Senior Crew Member Effective December 14, 2023 

• 17.Resolution 2023-12.6 - Resolution Accepting Donation of Wooden Bench From Richard & Nancy Willever in Memory of Bev Willever 

PROFESSIONAL REPORTS

Borough Administrator - Donato Nieman

Borough Attorney - Walter Bliss

Borough Clerk - Betty Sterling

Chief Financial Officer - Sandy Webb

Chief of Police - Doug Pinelli

Superintendent of Public Works - Rick Smith

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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.

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:

     Negotiations/Attorney Client - Stonybrook Sewer Authority billing 

     Personnel - Update on Borough Administrator Position 

AT, PM, Mayor and Council returned to open session.

ADJOURNMENT