PM 3.1.22.pdf

PUBLIC MEETING AGENDA Township of West Orange 66 Main Street – 7:00 p.m. March 1, 2022 Meeting No. 5 This is to inform the general public that this meeting is being held in compliance with Section 5 of the Open Public Meetings Act, Chapter 231, Public Law 1975. The annual notice was emailed to the Star Ledger and filed in the Township Clerk’s office on November 24, 2021, and published in the West Orange Chronicle on December 2, 2021. Statement of Decorum In all matters not provided for in subsection 3-15.1 and except upon consent of the Council President, each person addressing the Council pursuant to this subsection shall be required to limit his or her remarks to five (5) minutes, and shall at no time engage in any personally offensive or abusive remarks. The chair shall call any speaker to order who violates any provision of this rule. (1972 Code § 3-15.2) Roll Call – Councilwoman Casalino, Councilwoman Matute-Brown, Councilman Rutherford, Councilwoman Williams, Council President McCartney, Mayor Parisi 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Public Comment 3. *Consent Agenda 4. *Approval of Minutes of Previous Meeting – Public Meeting February 15, 2022 & Executive Session February 1, 2022 5. *Report of Township Officers - None 6. *Reading of Petitions and Communications and Bids – None 7. *Bills-None 8. *Resolutions a. 25-22 Resolution Establishing Certain Fees and Rates on Behalf of the Recreation Department for the 2022 Season (Kehoe) b. 38-22 Resolution Establishing the Application Fees for Licenses for Operation of Cannabis Entities within the Township of West Orange (Legal-Moon) c. 39-22 Resolution Authorizing an Executive Session to Discuss a Matter of Litigation/Contract Negotiations Specifically Prism litigation and Contractual Negotiations (Legal-Trenk) d. 40-22 Resolution Authorizing the Township to Accept a $525,000 Grant from the United States Department of Justice to Fund a Program with the West Orange Police Department and the Mental Health Association of Essex and Morris, Inc. wherein Trained Mental Health Professionals Accompany Police Officers from the West Orange Police Department on Certain Calls Involving Mental Health and Mental Health Related Issues (Legal-Moon) e. 41-22 Resolution Authorizing the Collector of Taxes to Refund Payment to the Listed Taxpayer Due to An Overpayment of Taxes Due to a Duplicate Payment (Tax Collector)

f. 42-22 Resolution Authorizing the Issuance of Raffle Licenses (Clerk) g. 43-22 Resolution Authorizing a Contract with Messercola Excavating Company, Inc., 549 E. 3rd Street, Plainfield, NJ 07060, for the Mellon Avenue Sanitary Sewer Improvement Project in the amount of $150,037.00 (Lepore) h. 44-22 Resolution Authorizing the Execution of a Memorandum of Understanding and Interim Redevelopment Agreement and Designating the MBS Group as Conditional-Redeveloper for Film Services Overlay District (FSOD) of the Downtown Redevelopment Plan (Legal-Trenk) 9. Ordinances on Second and Final Reading - None 10. Ordinances on First Reading a. 2678-22 An Ordinance Amending and Supplementing Chapter 25, Section 28 of the General Ordinance of the Township of West Orange, Entitled “Steep Slope and Natural Features Ordinance” (Legal-Trenk) 11. Pending Matters/New Matters/Council Discussion 10. ABC Hearing-None 11. Adjournment The Council President may at his/her discretion modify with consent the order of business at any meeting of the Council if he/she deems it necessary and appropriate. (1972 Code § 3-8; Ord. No. 726-84; Ord. No. 1157-93; Ord. No. 2128-07 § II) Agenda is subject to change. Zoom Link https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84188102432? pwd=Y1ptZThtTUN4Z21wSDNyN1MveEhNdz09 Or Telephone: Dial: US: 1-646-558-8656 Webinar ID: 841 8810 2432 Password: 510269 Next Meeting Date(s): March 15, 2022