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COUNCIL WORK SESSION - JANUARY 27, 2025 Monday, January 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 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.(FOR COUNCIL ACTION) - Resolution 2025-1.31 - Resolution of the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Pennington to set Forth the Borough's Present and Prospective Fair Share Obligations for the Fourth Round of Municipal Housing Compliance 

  2. 2.Stormwater Management Update 

Work Session Presentations:

VI.Review of Tentative Council Regular Agenda

  1. 1.(Public Hearing and Adoption ) Ordinance 2025-1 - An Ordinance Increasing Rates Charged by the Pennington Borough Water and Sewer Utility, and Amending the Code of the Borough of Pennington

  2. 2.(Public Hearing and Adoption)   Ordinance 2025-2 - AN 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 

  3. 3.Ordinance - Baldwin Street (Amendment) 

  4. 4.Ordinance - Abey Drive Road Project

  5. 5.Ordinance - PBA Contract 

  6. 6.Ordinance - Teamsters Contract 

  7. 7.Resolution 2025 - 2.2 - Resolution Authorizing Payment of Bills 

  8. 8.Resolution 2025 - 2.3 - Amending Temporary Budget 

  9. 9.Resolution 2025-2.4 - Resolution Authorizing Budget Transfers in the 2024 Budget 

  10. 10.Resolution 2025-2.5 - Resolution Authorizing Refund of Redemption Monies to Outside Lienholder

  11. 11.Resolution 2025 - 2.6 - Resolution Superseding Borough Council Resolution 1.21 and Confirming Authorization of Shared Services Agreement for Fire Inspection Services by the Board of Fire Commissioners of Hopewell Township Fire District No. 1 While Amending the Term to One Year, January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025

  12. 12.Resolution 2025-2.7 - Resolution Supplementing Borough Council Resolution 1.25 to Add Police Academy Physicals to the Services to be Provided Under Agreement with Occupational Health Service, A Program of Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center

  13. 13.Resolution 2025 - 2.8 - Resolution Authorizing  Use of Outdoor Space by Jersey Meds Management LLC

  14. 14.Resolution 2025 - 2.9 - Resolution Authorizing Contract With Water Resource Management for Services as Water and Sewer Compliance Officer and for Preparation of Consumer Confidence Report and Water & Sewer Ordinance Review for the Year 2025 

  15. 15.Resolution 2025 - 2.10 - Resolution Adopting New Regulations Regarding Claimant Certifications and Payments in Advance 

  16. 16.Resolution - Art in the Park 

  17. 17.Resolution - Trenton Cyrus - Casino Night 

  18. 18.Resolution - Janitorial Contract 

  19. 19.Resolution - Engineering Projects 

  20. 20.Resolution - Jersey Meds - License Renewal 

  21. 21.Final Payment Request - Rockwell etc. 

  22. 22.Resolution - Final Change Order - Rockwell Green etc

  23. 23.Resolution - Shared Service - Police Dispatch 

  24. 24.Resolution - Shared Service - Senior Center Cleaning 

  25. 25.Resolution - Sewer Connection - 115 Lewis Brook Road 

  26. 26.Resolution - Borough Administrator Appointment 

  27. 27.Resolution - OIC Appointment 

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. Contract Negotiations - PBA 

  2. Contract Negotiations - PBA 

  3. Contract Negotiations - Sewer Connection - 115 Lewis Brook Road

  4. Litigation - Police Matter - Update 

  5. Litigation - Hopewell PILOT - Update

  6. Personnel - Borough Administrator Appointment 

  7. Personnel - Police Department 

IX.Return to Open Session at          pm. 

X.Adjournment