PM 1.9.24 -1.pdf

PUBLIC MEETING AGENDA Township of West Orange 6:00 p.m. Continuation of January 9, 2024 - Meeting No. 1 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 21, 2023, and published in the West Orange Chronicle on November 30, 2023. 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 Ghebremicael, Councilwoman Scarpa, Councilwoman Williams, Council President Rutherford, Mayor McCartney 1. Public Comment – Agenda Items Only - COMPLETED 2. *Consent Agenda 3. *Approval of Minutes of Previous Meeting – Public Meeting December 5 4. *Report of Township Officers - None 6. *Reading of Petitions and Communications and Bids - None 7. *Bills-None 8. *Resolutions a. 1-24 Resolution Designating the Official Newspapers for the Township of West Orange (Clerk) b. 2-24 Resolution Authorizing the Temporary Budget – 2024 (Gross) - APPROVED c. 3-24 Resolution Authorizing a Cash Management Plan for 2024 (Gross) - APPROVED d. 4-24 Resolution Authorizing the Township to Increase the Annual Rate in the Township’s Professional Services Agreement for a Public Health Nurse Utilizing Additional Grant Funds Awarded to the Township by the New Jersey Association of County and City Health Officials (Legal-Moon) e. 5-24 Resolution Authorizing the Issuance of Raffle Licenses (Clerk) f. 6-24 Resolution Approving Governor’s Council On Alcoholism And Drug Abuse Fiscal Grant Cycle October 2020-June 2025 (VanDyke) i. 7-24 Resolution Authorizing the Governing Body of the Township of West Orange to Apply for a Grant from the State of New Jersey in the amount of approximately $15,000 to fund the following project: Update of Cultural Resource Survey for Township of West Orange, New Jersey (Brian Feeney, HRC Chair) j. 8-24 Resolution Authorizing the Execution of a

roximately $15,000 to fund the following project: Update of Cultural Resource Survey for Township of West Orange, New Jersey (Brian Feeney, HRC Chair) j. 8-24 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 2024 at a Flat Fee Rate of $6,000. Per Month (Legal-Trenk)