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Highlights from the board assembly: Watch the total video

Board Members Updates:

The native COVID vaccination websites in our space are as follows:

• • atlantichealth.org ~ outdated Sears in Rockaway Mall and Newton Medical Middle, 175 Excessive St, Newton
  • vaccines.shoprite.com ~ ShopRite from Byram and ShopRite from Newton. No cellphone quantity is obtainable. You might be inspired to go to their web sites to register.

• The neighborhood middle is stepping up for youthful households searching for child requirements. Please contact the middle with any questions. (973) 810-3238
• Meet the mayor on March 15^e, and the Care Givers Help Givers group meets on March 16^e, the following Wellness Yoga will happen on April 6^e (advocate to examine in your seat as quickly as potential.
• The Hopatcong House Heroes banner program continues in 2021 with new purposes anticipated by March 30^e to be launched on Memorial Day.
• Jefferson Canine Park continues to maneuver ahead for a 2021 launch.
• The Hero Boys racing program will start quickly.
• Colleges within the Hopatcong Borough need to put collectively a full schedule beginning quickly, which can permit Recreation to make use of the college’s services for issues like film night time.
• Hidden in Sight will probably be replayed on March 24^e to search out locations the place teenagers can cover medicine.
• Whitten Park is deliberate for a brand new rain backyard, and the potential for reworking it right into a full park within the borough.
• Hopatcong College District to Maintain Single-Use Assembly on March 10^e at 6.15 p.m.
• Could 23^rd, the Hopatcong Ambulance Squad will manage a golf outing to boost funds.
• The Hopatcong Police Division has a number of retiring members, with a number of promotions to assist fill within the gaps, and they’re within the course of of buying physique cameras to satisfy the June deadline.

Administrators’ report:

• Borough of Places of work has launched a chlorine resolution for cleansing surfaces to additional make sure the safety of staff and residents from Covid-19.
• Hopatcong Borough and has been totally cleaned as of 07/02/2021, and it’ll proceed to be cleaned weekly.
• Salt was sluggish to reach throughout the state, the borough borrowed two hundreds from the county to carry us again from final weekend.

Public remark:

• The proprietor’s father once more appeared earlier than Council concerning the flooding that’s occurring on their property as a result of runoff from a watershed, throughout his public remark he expressed his disappointment that he had not obtained any contact from the mayor on a proposed assembly.

  A: The mayor forwarded the request to Borough Lawyer John Ursin, as he requested to be the first contact for this matter. John Ursin factors out that the borough is NOT ready to switch the land in query, which is the borough’s closing determination.

• The resident thanked the DPW for his or her work throughout the winter.

Orders:

Remaining listening to (roll-call vote)

1. Prescription 1-2021, Cash Again Assure [PASSED]

BOROUGH OF HOPATCONG, SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY COUNTY REPAYMENT ORDER (“THE BOROUGH”) PROVIDING (i) THE REPAYMENT OF CERTAIN CURRENT GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, 2011 SERIES, 2011 SERIES ‘BOROUGH DATED SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 TO PROVIDE DEBT SERVICE SAVINGS, AND (ii) AUTHORIZE THE ISSUE NOT TO EXCEED $ 1,550,000 OVERALL MAIN AMOUNT OF GENERAL BOROUGH BOND REPAYMENT OBLIGATIONS AND REFUND FOR THIS BOROUGH AFFECT THE PROCEDURE TO THIS EFFECT

To notice: Board member Jennifer Johnson was hunted for clarification on the consolidation of the redeemed bonds.

A: Councilor Wealthy Schindelar stating in his survey that the Water Bonds will work for a similar size of time however will save the borough round 6.5% curiosity.

No public questions.

2. Ordinance 2-2021, modification of rainwater [PASSED]

ORDER OF THE BOROUGH OF HOPATCONG, COUNTY OF SUSSEX REPLACING ARTICLE IX OF CHAPTER 242 OF THE BOROUGH OF HOPATCONG CODE RELATING TO THE CONTROL OF STORM WATER.

No public questions.

3.Order 3-2021, Public sale of 16 Oklahoma Path, Block 41001 Lot 43 [PASSED]

ORDINANCE OF THE BOROUGH OF HOPATCONG, SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY STATE AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF CERTAIN PROPERTY AGENDA OF THE ORDINARY MEETING OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF HOPATCONG, MARCH 3, 2021, THE SESSION PUBLIC BEGINS AT 7:30 PM IN THE BOROUGH AND NOT REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES AND MORE COMMUNICALLY KNOWN AS 16 OKLAHOMA TRAIL, BLOC 41001 LOT 43

No public questions. The public sale will happen on March 17, 2021

4. Ordinance 4-2021, Public sale of 37 Madison Path, Block 20303 Lot 2 [PASSED]

ORDER OF THE BOROUGH OF HOPATCONG, COUNTY OF SUSSEX, STATE OF NEW JERSEY AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNED BY THE BOROUGH AND NOT REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES AND MORE COMMUNICALLY KNOWN AS 37 MADISON TRAIL, LOCK 2 30203

No public questions. The public sale will happen on March 17, 2021

Resolutions:

1. 2021-2044, Authorization to reimburse an overpayment of tax and to cancel future property taxes,

   Block 31012 Lot 6 [PASSED]

2. 2021-2045, settlement with Sussex County for a licensed recycling skilled

   Companies [PASSED]

3. 2021-2046, Authorization to buy new reasonably priced automobiles for the DPW [PASSED]

Former firm: No

New firm: No

Mayor’s feedback:

The mayor addressed these predominant matters throughout his presentation:

• The mayor means that Council take into account permitting canine within the Modick Park space to broaden the canine park being finalized in Jefferson Park. “We care about residents who wish to stroll their canine in a secure place.”
• COVID instances in Hopatcong are nonetheless of concern, and please watch out, please take it critically!
• The mayor is attempting to advertise to the State of New Jersey the potential for rushing up vaccines for all faculty staff and borough staff. To this point, his appeals to the governor’s workplace haven’t produced any measurable outcomes. “If we’re to maintain and preserve our faculties, now we have to verify everyone seems to be taken care of.”
• The mayor is about to talk to the utility board, the place he’ll ask for assist with Optimum’s sluggish service.
• The mayor expressed concern over the current marijuana regulation that was handed because it has vital loopholes concerning younger youngsters, the place use exhibits mind harm can happen. See the consequences of THC on youngsters’s brains

  – What Pot Actually Does To Teenage Mind – Scientific American

  Connected is a response from the NJ Governing Council Workplace stating that underage youngsters caught utilizing marijuana obtain a go from their dad and mom on the primary response.

Whats up mayor,

Based on our dialog on Monday, please discover under the response I obtained from the Governor’s Council workplace concerning use by minors:

“The regulation states that for a primary offense, regulation enforcement mustn’t present a dad or mum / guardian with written notification that the minor has violated the juvenile regulation. For subsequent offenses, regulation enforcement should present notification to oldsters / guardians … “