PM 4.5.22.pdf

PUBLIC MEETING AGENDA Township of West Orange 66 Main Street – 7:00 p.m. April 5, 2022 Meeting No. 7 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 March 15, 2022 5. *Report of Township Officers - None 6. *Reading of Petitions and Communications and Bids - None 6. *Bills – December 31, 2021 and April 5, 2022 7. *Resolutions a. 61-22 Resolution Authorizing the Issuance of Raffle Licenses (Clerk) b. 62-22 Resolution Authorizing the Execution of a Professional Services Agreement with Richard Trenk, Esq., Trenk Isabel Siddiqi & Shahdanian, PC, 290 W. Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Suite 2350, Livingston, New Jersey 07039 to Serve as Township Attorney, and other Members of Trenk Isabel Siddiqi & Shahdanian, PC, to Assist Him at his Direction and at No Additional Cost for Non-Litigated Matters and for which the Firm is not hired as Special Counsel for 2022 at the Rates specified in the Agreement (Legal-Kayser) c. 63-22 Resolution Authorizing the Execution of a Discharge of Mortgage for the Property at 29

m is not hired as Special Counsel for 2022 at the Rates specified in the Agreement (Legal-Kayser) c. 63-22 Resolution Authorizing the Execution of a Discharge of Mortgage for the Property at 29 Woodland Avenue to Discharge the Township’s Initial Mortgage Recorded Against the Property |following the Township’s Recording of an Amended Mortgage on the Property (Legal-Moon) d. 64-22 Resolution Authorizing the Execution of a Professional Services Agreement with Blau and Blau, 223 Mountain Avenue, Springfield, NJ to Serve as the Special Tax Counsel for Commercial Properties for the Township for 2022 at a Flat Fee Rate of $6,000. Per Month (Legal-Moon) e. 65-22 Resolution Authorizing a Professional Services Agreement with PKF O’Connor Davies, 20 Cranford Drive, Suite 301, Cranford, NJ 07016, for appointment as the Township Auditor for the Period January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 at the Rate of $56,000 per Audit. (Legal-Moon) f. 66-22 Resolution Authorizing Phillips, Preiss. Grygiel. Leheny. Hughes, LLC, 70 Hudson Street, Suite 5B, Hoboken, NJ to Provide Planning Director Services for Calendar Year 2022 at the Rates specified in the Agreement (Legal-Moon)