Good afternoon.

On behalf of the governing body of the city of Passaic, we welcome you to the July 1st, 2026 reorganization meeting.

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Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Passake has scheduled its reorganization meeting for Wednesday, July 1st, 2026 at 7 p.m.

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Councilman Monk.

President.

Councilman Love.

Present.

Councilman Mayor.

Present.

Councilman Garcia.

Present.

Councilwoman Colon Montanez.

Present.

And Councilman Chair.

President.

Mayor, can you please do the invocation?

Sure.

Thank you, everyone.

Please rise for the invocation.

Blessed are you, O Lord King of the Universe, creator of heaven and earth.

We humbly come before you, sovereign creator of all tasks that you would bless these proceedings.

That you would guide these officials, this legislative body to always govern in a way that honors you most and serves the best interests of all those who serve, live, work, or visit this city of Passake.

We give you glory and praise in your holy name.

Amen.

At this time, I will be accepting nominations for council president.

I move that um we nominate uh trying to think here who should get it.

Uh councilman uh Gary Sheer for Councilman.

Okay, and I have a second for Councilman Shear.

With no further nominations, the nominations are hereby closed.

Councilman Gary Shear has been nominated as council president.

Um, agenda item number one, resolution designating councilman Gary Shear as council president for one year term commencing July 1st, 2026, ending June 30th, 2027.

Uh Councilman Monk.

Yes, Councilman Love.

Yes.

Councilman Mayor?

Yes.

Councilman Garcia?

Yes.

Councilman Colomb Montanez.

Yes.

And Council President Sher.

Yes, thank you.

Congratulations.

Needless to say, I'm extraordinarily honored by your confidence.

Um it will be my pleasure to and duty uh to serve with you and to uh continue to try to make Passaic the best city that ever could be.

So I thank you all.

Thank you.

With the council's permission, um mayor.

It is it is an honor as always to have you with us.

Did you want to make remarks now or at the end of the meeting, sir?

In regards to your appointment as council president or in general regarding the city.

I actually was hoping in terms of in general.

Okay, I'll reserve those to us.

Thank you, sir.

On the agenda, we have before us remember four minutes of September 16, 2025, August 9, 2025, August 22nd, 2025.

Are there any corrections or additions to the meeting?

Notices which are distributed advisor.

At this time, is there a motion to accept the minutes of September 16, October 9th, and October 22nd.

Move it.

Motion and second roll call, please.

Councilman Monk.

Yes.

Councilman Love.

Yes.

Councilman Mayor.

Yes.

Councilman Garcia.

Yes.

Councilman Colomb Montan.

Yes.

And Council President Sheer.

Yes, thank you.

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We ask that you please share with us your name.

Good evening.

Yes, ma'am.

My name is Julius Sanchez, and I live on 49 Banwinco Avenue.

I serve as vice president of the Say Board of Education, and I am here today to congratulate you, Council President, on your reappointment as president of the council.

This is a very well decided uh appointment because of your vision and dedication.

We are seeing meaningful investment in our city, including the construction of new schools that will positively impact generations to come.

And on behalf of my colleague, I just wanted to stop by and say congratulations.

Thank you.

Thank you, ma'am.

I'm very honored by your remarks.

Anyone else like to address the council at this time?

If you would like to address the council now, is the time question number?

Oh, can I send it to the mic?

All right, uh Joe Conasenti.

My first question that I have, I haven't seen or heard anything about what's gonna happen for the 250 anniversary, besides uh the fireworks show on Saturday.

I'd like to get an update on that if there's any.

My next question I have is we had a historic in for 30 years.

I guess all of a sudden he's put under the bus.

My question is 30 years observing as a historic.

Um is there any way that maybe a street could be named after him or a plaque could be put up for him, or bring them back because he knows the history of the sake, which we don't have anybody that has the history of Basik.

So you know, it'll be it'd be nice to see him to come back or put something in his name.

These are my two tonight.

Very good.

Thank you, Mr.

Consenti for being here.

Uh we hope that you are well.

We notice that you're sitting down.

Um we look forward to your look forward to your presence many, many years into the future.

Um, the first question that you asked of what are the city's plans for the 250th anniversary.

Mayor, can I ask you two to answer the although I must tell you we don't have five or six hours to go into all the many things that are being planned, so I'll be succinct.

So we began um in our new year's celebration.

Actually, it was covered by News 12 and uh national media recognized that we set up banners.

We also were the only city in the county and the first among the first in the state to apply to be part of the victory towns, which followed the trail, obviously, and uh acknowledged certain markers encampments from at the time, General George Washington, who became president of the United States of America.

Um that's where we began the celebration throughout the uh year.

And again, I'll reiterate that was covered on the news.

So it's not just um within the city, others participated and uh we were recognized.

Um we've set up banners around the city.

I would like to take this time to thank Renee Nunez, who's instrumental along with our maintenance and our DPW recognizing the 250th anniversary of our great nation.

We have obviously mentioned it throughout different events yesterday at the graduation, which I want to acknowledge Vice President Judas Sanchez, over 800 students who graduated, and we sent a message from all of the uh city council as well as the administration.

We acknowledged it was a historic graduation as it is the year of the 250th anniversary.

Each month we have found a way to incorporate it in our uh events, but obviously we'll come with the fireworks that will occur on the 4th of July, and on that particular day, we will have George Washington there.

Well, when you qualify, or explain a reenact George Washington who will come and uh will speak specifically about the history of the nation.

We will also have a band uh that will play for the 4th of July, as well as have opportunities for children and families to take pictures and participate so along with the decorations, the obvious decorations around the city, the beginning in the uh in the new year uh with our historic uh recognition as a victory town, which acknowledged the route that was taken uh through our city, joining all the way from the south all the way uh I mean southern states as well were included.

Uh, the reason why I want to highlight that is because I believe we were one of the only cities to do a new year's celebration focus on the 250th anniversary.

We actually decorated the pinata with uh that uh obvious message of the 250th to that extent.

I think that's what we have done, and we have more events that are planned in every uh community recreation event that we will have throughout the year.

There are any questions, we can answer.

Very good.

Thank you, sir.

Um, as to the gentleman's question about a plaque or something in the former historian's honor or uh whatever, uh certainly any member of the council uh can join independently or uh can independently or with uh any other member and or the mayor uh excuse me, have the ability to uh make a plaque or or do something uh appropriate for him.

Uh anyone else like to address the council.

Yes, thank you for the opportunity to speak.

My name is Daniel Silverstein, 152 Marietta Avenue.

Um my apologies.

This isn't I am not very well prepared just because I only learned this meeting today.

Uh this is with regards to the recent enactment of um uh requirement for permit parking in Brook Avenue East.

Um we um we only learned of this requirement when the signs were put up.

So um I don't think any but any any myself or my neighbors had the opportunity to weigh in on whether there's the requirement or to even prepare for it.

Um we just the signs were just now put up last week um with no with no prior warning.

Um so uh my I guess my question is what was the what was the motivation for that and and the reasons?

Um I understand it's this it's a small inconvenience for us to get permits, but it is an inconvenience.

We're all it's only like a three or four black area that we're that are being singled out uh to require to get permits.

Um it's very unclear what benefit at all it has.

Um my understanding um from what I've heard is that it has something to do with people from Clifton parking in Passaic.

I so uh I don't understand how this will help really or or if I don't actually live on the border of Clifton, so I don't know how it helps me.

Um because I don't, you know, people from Clifton are not coming to park in front of my street, my house.

Why would they do that?

It's not convenient for them.

And why would anyone from any anywhere else outside of Pase come to uh park in front of my house?

Um, so I don't really understand the benefit.

I think parking, neighbors parking in front of your house is something everybody has to deal with.

People the next block park on airblack all the time.

There's nothing we can do about them, and this is not gonna stop that because they're for say residents, and then that's fine.

You know, that's just that's the nature of you know owning a home and and and getting along with your neighbors.

Um, so I guess the question is what was the purpose and and is there a possibility of reconsidering this and having it um rescinded or or uh retracted?

Thank you very much.

No, why don't you stay up there if you don't mind?

Mr.

Fernandes, can you help us on this, please?

Yes, Council President.

So uh first, let me just start with the one statement about singled out.

Um this is about the fourth or fifth area of town.

In fact, the entire east side of Passake has been designated as residential parking.

Uh so what has happened is it it all began with the bordering sections of town, right?

And other members of other communities coming in because, for example, they themselves had required permits and then they kind of bleed over into uh PASAKE.

So how does it help, right?

So number one, what it does is it stops people from um other communities to come in overnight into our area, right?

And just going to the gentleman's point about well, everybody has to deal with your neighbors or PASIC residents blocking.

But what happens is when you open up more parking in the border areas that might have been taken up by someone who's not a PASIC, it then opens up those spaces for PASAG residents, not needing them to go farther and farther away that might block someone's house, maybe a block or two away from their section.

So it all it all stems from uh providing more parking within uh the city of Passake, opening up areas to spread out the parking uh within uh Passaic so that the residents that live there have a greater opportunity.

Uh one of the uh you know factors that we were looking at was you know, there are also uh you know, driveways that may not be used, or there's multifamily dwellings that you know for convenience may park out there, and if it's taken by someone outside of Passaic, then that limits their ability to use the parking spot uh within the city borders.

And that's generally generally for all our parking permits, kind of the point uh of opening up parking for our residents versus them being taken up by others.

And it's on the majority of our borders, mayor.

I don't know.

You want to council president, members of the city council?

I believe the initial question was what was the motivator?

And I just want to make sure that this wasn't arbitrarily chosen, it was actually as a result of a resident reaching out and then uh additional residents.

So it wasn't like the city went around and picked this section, and I just want to make that clear and put it on the record.

A resident in I hesitate.

In fact, I won't identify the individual because obviously when there's disagreements, but if that individual would like to come forward, we have received uh phone calls and we were told that other municipalities, and as a business administrator articulated, there are different zones around the city.

When neighboring municipalities enact their own overnight parking permits, some individuals find it easier to park close by.

It's happened in Wallington and Garfield and in Clifton.

We aren't received the request to explore, do a traffic study and identify um any issues in the area.

And afterwards, we uh appropriately move forward with uh continuing in this uh almost uh not a policy but an initiative to try and in certain sections of the city after doing studies.

So that's why we did it in this particular location.

As to the second question, is it is it possible that it can be resinted?

And I know I've had conversations with individuals on the phone and I've answered questions in regards to where it originated from and um whether or not it can be changed.

Yes, the residents can put in a request, obviously that could be considered.

We would ask that we would have enough time to assess uh obviously the impact because that's how we move forward based on traffic studies.

If we see that the parking issue has been alleviated, if or alleviated if it has not, then of course I believe this governing body along with my administration would be more than open to changing that.

Thank you.

How much time is necessary for that evaluation to take place?

I don't want to make up a number.

I would like to talk to our police, our parking enforcement officers.

I mean, typically we uh go a quarter or three months.

And typically when we do a traffic study, I know we have the deputy chief here if we're gonna add an additional stop sign.

If someone says that there's uh issues on the street and they want it to be a one-way street, we do a traffic study and it usually lasts more than a month, it's usually between a month and three months, depending on the severity of the concern.

If they're going this poses a serious uh hazard or uh danger to uh pedestrians, then it may be quicker.

So when it comes to the traffic study in regards to the parking, obviously the availability of our parking enforcements, being able to monitor it and uh try to compare the data that they received before we uh instituted the parking permits compared to now and seeing if there are less vehicles from other municipalities or in the area.

The only concern I would have there is I'm sure you're you're very aware uh with the summer months upon us, uh, people's schedules are not what they are during the rest of the year.

Sure.

So the question is whether the next two months or three months ahead of us are our aberration or usual.

That that that is fair and uh we'll definitely consider that.

I I would ask through the council president city council.

I know that the speaker had shared that the committee was not warned.

I I don't believe that any uh fines or tickets were given um specifically before everyone was informed that they can receive parking permits or before the signs, the parking permits are free and individuals can come in and sign up.

We've had a number of individuals come to the city clerk's office and sign up for the parking permits.

Some objected to uh the idea that they would have to pay once they were told it was free.

The majority of people who have signed up have not had an issue.

So we can definitely look into it and if we need to expedite it, obviously, because of the concerns for number of individuals, we can expedite the process, maybe look to the POs or our um patrol enforcement officers and our police to see if we can get a study done within the next few weeks.

And next question if I may uh and thank you for your uh your responses.

Um this area bucks, the city of Clifton, I believe, has Clifton in that area issued a parking permits?

Overnight.

So there are sections of the city of Clifton that have overnight parking permits.

So the issue is the same thing overnight, similarly to Wellington and Garfield, and where people come across the bridge, leave their vehicles there because they're visiting Garfield, and then they'll pick it up in the morning or get somebody to drive them.

Yes, there are sections in Clifton that have it.

But in this section specifically, that Mr.

Sil Silverstein.

So Stein, yes.

Silverstein mentioned did that area if that area that was in proximity to the area where we uh enacted or put in the parking permits, I would have to refer to the data and believe that there is parking permits in the area.

I'm positive there are areas of Clifton that have parking permits.

I don't know how close to this area.

We just responded to the complaints of the vehicles parking here.

I I can't really I don't believe that Clifton uh has uh earmarked that area uh for parking permits.

You mean near that specific area?

Right.

But it wouldn't be the first time that I'm that I'm wrong.

Yes, Councilman Monk, please.

Thank you.

You know, what do we um discuss this this ordinance and permanent parking?

We spent a lot of time, the pros and the cons.

Everything has pros to it, right?

And we're trying to weigh what's more beneficial for community.

Um obviously not every square or not every block, the same things apply, right?

Based on many different factors.

Um I think going into this, we knew that probably had to tweak things along the way, right?

Permits and how many permits per home and so on and so forth, whatever it is.

I'm curious to know what the problem is specifically.

I mean, there's no charge.

Once you get a permit, it's good.

Right, you have to remove it every year.

And then every year, and what what do you find?

I'm sorry, every two years.

Every two years.

What what are you what do guest permits also like we're there are benefits to it, right?

You don't have I don't see any benefits.

Okay.

I don't I've never noticed that I there are tons of people because we live on a one family block and the next block has two family homes that park on our block all the time.

But again, this doesn't address that at all because they're saying residents.

So I don't I don't see any benefits, um, at least not where we live, and we don't live, we live a good three three or three blocks from the the border with Clifton.

So um I don't see any benefits.

It's just that it's just an inconvenient that seems a little bit and I I understand that there was a study done, so it's not completely arbitrary, but it just seems sort of like just out of the blue.

Um we have this new requirement that people on the other side of Maine don't don't don't have.

Um, and again, it's you know, and and having to um keep track of that when you have a guest, um, an overnight guest, and be come be mindful of that, make sure you have enough permits if you have more than you know, two guests overnight, whatever whatever it may be.

Um, it just seems like uh an inconvenience with no with that doesn't serve any purpose.

How many years are you living in in your home?

Uh since 2005.

20 years, 201 years.

21 years.

Is there a prop part issue with parking, finding parking on the street at night 25 years?

Never never more than we live on a small block.

We never have to go further than just like maybe around the corner.

We it's a small block.

So I'm I'm not saying that we know we don't, it's not tight sometimes, but again, I don't see how I don't think it's out of one of the people are coming from out of the city that park here.

It's just we have you know, you know, we have growing families, the families have multiple cars, and you know, that's kind of the way it is.

Um and uh to my to my knowledge, there are no uh signs requiring a permit in Clifton in that area.

Council President, if I may, um Silva Scene, and I think it and I appreciate his statement that he doesn't uh see any benefit.

The challenge for us in government is that sometimes that can be subjective.

So where one individual says I don't see a problem, the individual's calling us going, I have a problem, I can't find parking every night.

I did want to share an indirect benefit.

When when there are parking permits, it does provide the police an additional layer of uh let me see, when they're patrolling, is the best way to describe it, they can identify vehicles that don't belong in the area.

That has helped in certain zones, especially seeing the rise of car thefts and break-ins throughout the state of New Jersey.

Um we we saw the numbers rising, not just in the city of Passake, in Passake County, and we received reports in neighboring municipalities and those that go as far as uh South Jersey.

If our police are driving by and they see in the area their vehicle doesn't have a permit, it raises obviously the red flag, they have to check on the license.

It becomes a deterrent for many who read when they see the sign parking permits, they don't want to park their car and perhaps try to break in or look out of the vehicles.

It does add an additional layer of security or at least of patrol in the area.

Though the specific purpose was to alleviate parking conditions or concerns, and I want to make that clear, it was as a result of residents calling in.

And to your point again, Mr.

Silvestine, you've considered it tight sometimes, and maybe you just have to park a block away, but not too far for other residents, especially if they're um dealing with a particular handicap, if they're senior, if they're more concerned with having to go from farther, they're looking for any measure that the city would put forth that would give them some relief.

And then last as to the Clifton um this Clifton permit, I do just want to qualify this that sometimes you know, if you're just looking at the immediate area in proximity to where we have the uh ordinance um being in force, it's not always the residents in that immediate area that come to park there because sometimes those parkings are taken up.

It's individuals that may come from a few blocks further down who go, I can't find parking, but in Passake, there's no parking permits, so I'll drive all the way and leave the car in Passake and get a ride back.

So sometimes that is the reason that it occurs.

Sometimes there's municipalities, not Clifton, but there's other municipalities where you just can't park on the street overnight at all.

You are required to park in your driveway, and there is no parking at all in the streets.

We've found cars here from as far as places like Rutherford or El Park.

Sometimes they visit and they leave their car here and come back the next morning.

That's not always the case.

Sometimes that occurs, but I just wanted to give a different perspective.

This this area that's covered by by the um by the ordinance.

Most of most of the areas residential, isn't it?

Yes.

Is there any commercial?

There's there are some garden apartments, but um I don't think there's any commercial.

Maybe there's one factory, there's one factory on the corner of Maine and Marietta.

Yeah, I think so.

Additional questions that we might have for Mr.

Silverstein.

Silver Stein, excuse me.

Uh Councilman Mayor.

Is there a time from when the signs were not enforcement's expected?

So typically what happens is the police go out and give warnings.

Just to so how we've done it in the past, and we're not we we have no intent of changing the process that we do is you know the the ordinance goes out, it's posted in the newspaper that the ordinance went out, they put up the signs.

Um maybe a week or two later the police go out there, they start putting uh warnings on cars that don't have it, you know, and then usually about a month or two that then they start actually issuing the the notice, the violations.

Uh, but there you know, people get warnings for you know several weeks before they actually start issuing uh summonses.

Thank you.

And again, just for the speaker's edification, this is not the first zone, right?

We've no much larger areas.

So you know, the police department is used to the process on how to kind of unveil that for we'll get the dates to the council as to when the signs were put up, when actual enforcement of fines, uh not warnings, fines began.

We'll also get a list of the parking permits in Clifton.

Just uh no clifton permits are ten dollars each.

They last uh two years, and Clifton charges ten dollars for permits in the city of Passaic.

They are free.

Uh, the municipalities go up to 25 dollars, and uh again we will get all that information for the council.

You know, importantly, as we all know, different areas of our city reflect different parking, right?

Um in some areas of the city, it's it's near impossible to get a parking space anywhere at any time.

Um, and I will tell you that I've had numerous residents come up to me thanking me for putting in the restrictions that we did, um, because it finally affords them someplace to park.

The other side of the story, though, I think is that um there are some areas of the city, and I think this might be one of them um about two blocks away from my live on on uh Turkhew and Passaic Av on Passaic Avenue and Turkey.

Um yeah, where parking does not seem to be at such a premium, uh, but is rather a convenience.

Right, agreed.

Um, my concern is Mayor is that you know, if we were going to look at you know what we've done in this area, um you know, recognizing that summer has begun, that it's not a traditional period of time for the next uh two months, three months, whatever.

How can that be part of the evaluative process in terms of figuring out whether this is warranted, necessary, desirable?

Understood again.

Let me just clarify no violations, no no tickets have been given with fines.

There's been no monetary sort of um requirement.

So people have received warnings, which are intended to be informative and let you know.

Hey, the signs are up, they've been up for a while, and uh you can please apply.

Uh I can ask the city clerk how many people have applied for them and find out for the council, but in terms of the time frame, we can turn this around and do a study in the next month by the end of July.

I would just say that uh a month would be sufficient time for us to gather data, but I believe we've already started.

So let me look at it and ask the police where we are with it.

I understand that for some again, because there's a there's a business, maybe a factory.

If let's say there was uh a restaurant on River Drive near Clifton, and then served remarkable delicious Cuban food, maybe call Cuban leave it up, and individuals stay there late at night, maybe to midnight, and they park as far off into Passake, whether it's on Terheon, whether it's Brook or any of these areas, and these signs that I don't know.

Hey, we're so happy that you're going to do business there, but in the borders of Passake, especially at night, 11 o'clock, 10 o'clock, people are getting home and they want to be able to park in front of their house, and the business has a responsibility to find parking for you in the city that you're in, and we love Clifton and we want to see their business thrive.

That's just an example, not saying anything specific.

We'll definitely do a complete traffic study of the area and the adjacent areas, areas in proximity to the sign, and some a little bit further and come back with uh a report for the council by the end of July.

Would you know Fulcrum?

They're uh going out of business, if I'm not mistaken.

I believe it was sold.

Yeah.

Uh so they're they're still in business.

But it's a new corporate management for food.

The reason the reason I'm asking is um if they're no longer there and there's nothing to take its place, well, can't one assume that there'd be additional parking spaces that'll just naturally evolve.

So this is an overnight.

This is anyway.

Right.

This is not during regular working hours.

The permits are specifically for overnight parking.

Right.

For non-residents overnight.

Obviously, the concern that I have is, and I know that now you should you share the concerns that we're not doing something which is so strong as to make it inappropriate.

Right.

And that's a legitimate concern, Council President.

I think again, and I'll I'll just reiterate the challenge for us in government is that subjectivity.

If it gets rescinded, then later on what we'll have is a number of residents that'll come back to the city council, and some may potentially say, hey, you finally resolved our issue.

Why'd you take it away?

And then we'll tell them, well, there was another group in the neighborhood that said that it was an inconvenience.

So I think it's trying to weigh out what would serve the greatest good in the area as a whole.

And that's how we want to make sure that we go to those who asked for the permits to a real involved study.

Because if the majority of the residents in the area go, this doesn't help.

We go in the next let's walk this back.

This isn't about pride or equal.

We we're perfectly fine and go, hey, we tried something, it didn't work out.

We'll walk it back because that's how government should operate in response to the community, the residents.

So that's all that I would ask is to the end of the month so we can do a true study as other residents, and if we get a majority concerning um this particular area saying, please walk it back.

We'll bring that to the council.

In terms of this gentleman and other concerned uh residents of this area, is there someone from City Hall that you could designate that they could speak with?

Yes, I was thinking about uh the individual directly to my right and uh to the left of councilman monk who goes by the name of Rick Fernandez, the BA does not stand for best athlete, the business administrator and we joke all the time, he's an incredible athlete.

Um, in terms of his ability to respond, I think he would be very quick and uh can stay on top of the uh reports, and then if I can just ask the deputy chief if we can get that study going in the area.

Um I would suggest for our business semester, and I'm sure he would do that anyway.

Maybe we need to involve engineering, get an idea of the permits as well as the businesses in the area.

What businesses are openly that would impact the parking in the area, whether it's uh a main nav, where there's a popular place called The Rock, or whether it's a restaurant on River Drive, or where they spill over, just to find out how it looks overnight in the area.

So that's excellent.

If I could just a couple of comments as just pointing to the point of having to, you know, make the law and then rescind it.

It would have been it would have been more probably more practical to discuss it.

Oh, if only we did everything perfectly the first time, Mr.

Silver.

Right.

I know if if both sides of the you know of the issue would have been aware of it, we could have, you know, we could have discussed it beforehand.

Um that that was one comment.

And the other comment is I just don't know how many people complained, but it sounded I wasn't sure if it would sounded like maybe one person called um just from that particular area, and I'm not talking about other parts of the city, but if it was one person and then now all of a sudden that you know you find out there's a lot of people on the other side of the issue.

Um that may be the case.

But I really appreciate um all the time that the council has given us.

That's a good point because Council President compelled to share.

One person is saying it's it's not beneficial, and we're responding to it.

Whether it's one constituent, 10 constituents, 20 or more.

If it's legitimate, it deserves to be addressed.

And then in terms again, I want to just say the sign did go up, but the violations did not come with fines.

Our initiatives were for the intent of informing the public.

Some individuals did come immediately to get their permits, so they were informed.

We could always do better in communication, sending out more information, and we'll look at that.

But I want to make clear that when the signs went up, the warnings are part of the communication.

It's to inform the residents.

Hey, uh we know that you see the sign.

If you haven't seen it, uh be aware that there is uh a brand new code, and you are required to get a permit, but there was no fine, so no one had to come in and pay.

And up to now, no one has been given a fine for parking in the area.

We continue to inform everyone there.

Very very kind and uh all of us uh in the council as as well as in the city, appreciate your thoroughness and uh your desire to uh end up with the best results for as many people as possible.

Okay, thank you.

Anyone else wish to address the council at this time?

Saying no hands, I'm moved to close the public portion.

Second, there's a motion, there's a second roll called a closed public hearing.

Councilman Monk, yes, councilman love, yes, councilwoman Mellow, yes, councilman mayor, yes, councilman Garcia, yes, councilman Colombo Daniels, yes, and council president Shea.

Yes, thank you.

We're into annual resolutions, remember numerous six on our agenda.

Items two, three, and four are done each and every year is the council is aware.

Um, please.

The resolution designating the official newspapers of the city of Passaic and the city's official public notice website July 1st, 2026.

To June 30, 27.

Mr.

Fernandez, are they are these all the newspapers?

Are there any newspapers?

Yeah, what's happening in the lot of these a lot of these newspapers now aren't even doing print, right?

They're only doing it through the website.

And then now with the new with the new law that allows us to use the website, it makes it a little better to communicate.

Um it's the same ones we've always used.

So we use the ones.

So basically it's done by circulation.

Whoever has the most circulation in our area.

Um this is kind of we have the North Jersey in the record, and then Le Pescialito and Bodel Latino, which are the ones that have the largest uh circulation within the city of Passaic, but because a lot of them aren't doing the print as often as they do, um, they post it on their website, and now uh the new legislation allows us to put it on our website and still meet our uh statutory standard for notices.

Uh Madam Clerk was I accurate in that statement because I know you're that's your value wick.

Are there any uh any other questions on number two?

One number three is resolution resolution designating our representative as a council to the planning board.

Um that representative is currently uh councilwoman uh colombonta for the planning board.

Councilwoman, can I speak on behalf of the council and ask if you would uh uh undertake this position again?

Yes, very good, thank you, ma'am.

Are there any other nominations for the planning board from the council?

See none number four is a resolution appointing commissioner to Passaic Redevelopment Agency, and this is I believe in addition to the appointment of councilman monk by the mayor, uh which is very generous of him to the agency.

Who is the uh other representative or uh other representatives?

It's councilman monk for redevelopment agency and councilman Colombo Tanguez for the planning board.

That's who we have on behalf of the council.

Very good.

Are there any other nominations?

If not, can we accept these on uh two, three, four with one motion?

Move seconds that second roll call, please on two, three, and four.

Councilman Monk, yes, councilman love, yes, councilwoman Melo, yes, councilman mayor, yes, councilman Garcia, yes, councilman Colombo Tenez, yes, and council president shear.

Thank you very much for the end, yes, please.

Remember number seven councilman monk councilman?

Councilman Monk for Jimmy the wrong direction after I just want to say thank you to uh the mayor, appreciate your confidence serving on the uh redevelopment board.

Um I will say that a lot has happened in the city of Passaic over the last couple of years uh through the redevelopment agency where um many many projects have come through them from the administration for the mayor's office, which really has moved the city forward in many different areas.

So a lot a lot of exciting projects on the way still.

Thank you.

Thank you, Councilman.

We're on Remember number seven ordinances for second and final reading hearing is required.

Number five, proposed ordinance 2532-26, an ordinance amending the designation of restricted parking for disabled persons by New Jersey license plate number.

Is there a motion to up open in public hearing?

Move motion second and second roll call, please to open public hearing.

Councilman Monk, yes, councilman love, yes, councilwoman Mellows, Councilman Mayor, yes, Councilman Garcia, yes, councilwoman Colombo D'Nez, yes, and Council President Shear.

Yes, thank you, ladies and gentlemen.

At this time, the council is contemplating proposed ordinance 2532-26.

Is there anyone who would like to address the council on this item and this item only?

Seeing no hands, I'm close the public portion.

Second, motion and second to close.

Roll call to close.

Councilman Monk?

Yes.

Councilman Love?

Yes.

Councilwoman Mellows.

Councilman Mayor?

Yes.

Councilman Garcia?

Yes.

Councilman Colombon Tenez.

Yes.

And Council President Shearer.

Yes, thank you.

On the ordinance, please is there a makeup so move.

Second.

Motion and second roll call, please.

Councilman Monk?

Yes.

Councilman Love?

Yes.

Councilwoman Mello.

Yes.

Councilman Mayor?

Yes.

Councilman Garcia?

Yes.

Councilwoman Colombo Danez?

Yes.

And Council President Shear.

Yes, thank you.

Remember to number six, please.

Proposed orders 2533-26.

An ordinance granting municipal consent to pilot fiber New Jersey LLC to use the public streets, highways, and other public places in the city of Passaic for the installation and operation and maintenance of fiber optic facilities.

216 and 48 calling 3-19.

Is there a motion please to open public hearing?

Move it.

Second.

Motion and second roll call, please.

Councilman Monk?

Yes.

Councilman Love?

Yes.

Councilwoman Mellow?

Yes.

Councilman Mayor?

Yes.

Councilman Garcia?

Yes.

Councilwoman Colombon Tannez.

Yes.

And Council President Sheer.

Yes, thank you, ladies and gentlemen.

At this time, the council is contemplating proposed ordinance 2533.

Is there anyone who would like to adjust the council on this item and this item number?

Seeing no hands, I'll move and close the public question.

Second.

Motion and second to close.

Roll call.

Councilman Monk?

Yes.

Councilman Love?

Yes.

Councilwoman Mellow.

Yes.

Councilman Mayor.

Yes.

Councilman Garcia.

Yes.

Councilman Colombon Tanez.

Yes.

And Council President Shear.

Yes, thank you.

On the ordinance, please is there a maker?

So move.

Second.

Councilman Monk.

Yes.

Councilman Love.

Yes.

Councilwoman Mellow.

Yes.

Councilman Mayer.

Yes.

Councilman Garcia.

Yes.

Councilman Colombon Tanes.

Yes.

And Council President Shear.

Yes, thank you.

We're up to communications and petitions.

Remember eight.

Items seven through ten.

Are there any questions, please on seven through ten?

Seeing the likes at this time, is there motion please to accept items seven through ten?

Both motions.

Second.

And second, frankly, roll call.

Councilman Monk.

Yes.

Councilman Love?

Yes.

Councilwoman Mellow.

Yes.

Councilman Mayor.

Yes.

Councilman Garcia.

Yes.

Councilwoman Colombo Daniez.

Yes.

And Council President Shear.

Yes, thank you.

We're up to communications and petitions.

Items seven.

Seven to 11.

No, 11.

I'm sorry, 11 through 8.

7.

Separate vote for 18.

Separate vote for 17 also.

No.

Just for 18.

Are there any other questions on the items?

That being the case, is there a motion please to accept items 11 through 17?

Move it.

Second.

Motion and second.

Roll call.

Councilman Monk.

Yes.

Councilman Love.

Yes.

Councilwoman Mellow.

Yes.

Councilman Mayor?

Yes.

Councilman Garcia.

Yes.

Councilwoman Colombant?

Yes.

And Council President Shear.

Yes, thank you.

Mayor on behalf of the council.

I did want to express our appreciation to you for uh choosing Councilman Monk and former Councilman Daniel Schwartz.

Um it is indeed a pleasure to accept your recommendation.

On 18, please is there a motion to accept?

So moving, Council President.

Motion and second on 18 only.

Roll call.

Councilman Monk?

Yes.

Councilman Love.

Yes.

Councilwoman Mellow.

Yes.

Councilman Mayor?

Yes.

Councilman Garcia.

Yes.

Councilwoman Colombon Tanes.

Same.

And Council President Shear.

Yes, thank you.

Up to resolutions.

Items 19 through 19.

1920 and 21.

Do we need a uh closed session, ma'am?

No, Council President.

Thank you.

Mr.

Fernandez.

No, Council President.

Mr.

Mayor, sir.

Not at this time.

Members of the council.

Very good.

On 20 and 21.

Are there any questions, please?

Besides noting the presence of the commissioner today.

Absolutely.

Seeing no questions.

If there's time, is the motion, please to accept items 19 and 20.

Oh, move it.

Second.

Councilman Monk.

Yes.

Councilman Love.

Yes.

Councilwoman Woman Mellow.

Yes.

Councilman Mayor?

Yes.

Councilman Garcia.

Yes.

Councilwoman Colombon Tanes.

Yes.

And Council President Shear.

Yes, thank you.

That included 21, didn't it?

No, we didn't.

Yeah, you did both bring in.

Very good.

Thank you.

Uh we're up to Mayor's report.

Oh, this is what I've been looking.

Thank you.

I said I wanted to wait to the end of the meeting.

I would like to express my um reservations regarding appointments.

And this is it too late for that.

Oh, they've already occurred.

If I can actually, yes, you know, you can ask that to me.

Um then I guess I'll congratulate congratulations again, Council President.

Obviously, your remarkable career and contributions have blessed our city tremendously to those who are appointed to boards.

Obviously, we have a great deal of confidence, and I thank you so very much for your consistent work.

I want to make note of this to the public.

Those who are on the council that get appointed to boards do not receive any additional compensation.

They do this on different days and hours, and those who are appointed to boards that are not members of the city council do it on a volunteer basis.

And the collective efforts ensure that governance in this city continues to be done in the most responsible and effective way.

Perhaps not always pleasing everyone, but to the best of our abilities trying to do good and remaining open and objective enough to reconsider situations.

I wanted to share that yesterday, and I alluded to this.

The historic class of 2026 graduated in Passake High School.

It was a remarkable ceremony with the keynote speaker being Dr.

Janelle Hall, President Mary Ann Capercy, and Vice President Judith Sanchez, along with the entire uh Board of Education, along with uh Superintendent Dio Denet, uh, as well as all the assistant superintendents did a fantastic job.

Um, we had the opportunity to share a quick message, but uh I want to commend the work of our uh fire department, our chief uh Patrick Trinikos ensured that we had water and an area available for anyone, and everything ran smoothly, it was very quick.

We were done by 8:30, and I so things ran very, very quickly, as well as Deputy Chief Gentile and all of the police department in terms of the traffic, because as you can imagine, we we had some major events last night.

We had uh we had a few thousand people for the graduation, and then we had a small gathering, a little watch party downtown uh Passake with a game for those who are laughing understanding just about 6,000 people that gathered together to watch uh the game of Mexico versus Ecuador when Mexico won two zero.

I want to thank our police and our fire department there.

I want to commend all of the members of Obviously Recreation, our business administrator, along with his daughter were volunteering, handing out uh FIFA books.

We have received uh quite a donation.

I received the phone call from Telmoon, and they gave us over a thousand sticker books that usually get sold that we give out for free, but we didn't get the stickers, we got the sticker books.

We'll work on the stickers, but again, it was about 6,000 people that attended.

Uh, all of the vendors were very grateful for the opportunity, the location itself at 220 Passake Street.

Everything went wonderfully, but again, I really want to commend uh not just those who put it together, all those working from media, Renee, um Steven who was there, all of the staff from UEZ, including uh those from maintenance who helped clean up.

Council President, what I want to share is 6,000 people.

We have had a number of watch parties with uh every country.

Uh we have shown them in different areas at Thurrow uh Memorial Park on Monroe Street.

We have had watch parties at the Bobby Thomas Band show.

We've had watch parties at 220 Passake Street at Garibaldi.

We have had watch parties with uh up to a thousand people, watch parties from 200 people, and last night, probably our biggest up to 6,000 in every watch party has uh by God's grace finished with no incident, and we've been so grateful.

We've had individuals come from other municipalities who have driven to Passake saying there's nothing like this around the state, and we're so grateful that Passake continues to have these watch parties.

So I'm just so grateful for everyone.

Um, there were individuals from different communities that gathered together, and though you know there was passion and zeal for their teams, and there was unity at the end, a lot of lighthearted competition, and I think that's uh a beautiful reflection of our community here in Passake and the spirit in which we tell people when you come to our city, we want you to maintain that we are not uniform, definitely not in our teams or in many other areas in our lives, but we always want to be united, considerate of each other, and making sure that every event can be enjoyed by families and individuals alike, and uh we're so grateful that everything went well.

I also wanted to share that our camps have begun.

We're gonna have our uh citywide campo out this summer.

So we're extremely excited.

Our amazing uh bands will be playing for our concerts in the park, all decorated with our 250th anniversary banners.

They're all over our flyers.

Any flyer you get, it reminds everyone that this is our 250th anniversary.

So we're extremely excited.

Please visit our website at City of Passake or our social media site at City of Pasake.com, and then the 4th of July, which will be uh Saturday night, Saturday night.

Sun is down, we'll be able to see the fireworks.

We invite everyone in the community to come by.

We will have a concert, we will have uh George Washington, a reenactor, despite uh rumors going around, no, it will not be Walter Porter on a horse in uh disguise.

Walter Porter will be there helping out as he does always, but I do want to shout him out as with OEM and volunteers.

It always makes this for an amazing and uh wonderful event.

And I do want to share that Mexico has historically um made it through through the uh I believe this particular round, it's been more than what, 50 years, 42 years.

So I want to say this on the record publicly that if Mexico wins the World Cup, we will have a Mexican parade in Passake.

However, if Mexico does not win the World Cup, we're still gonna have a Mexican parade in PC because we have one every year.

That's gonna be three times bigger.

Joe, you can smile at that one.

That's a good joke.

You're the only one within life.

That's a good joke.

I think it's a good joke.

All right, council.

Everyone else got it.

It's it's pretty funny.

All right, no, we're very excited.

I shared that on behalf of the city council of the administration yesterday to the 6,000 people, and they enjoyed that as well.

So we will gladly approve it, but we're gonna prove it anyway.

Um, that's the extent of my reports for this particular meeting.

Thank you, Council President.

Thank you, members of the city council, and uh thank you for yet another year of your dedication, your hard work, your commitment to the city of Passake.

Thank you because honestly, um, sometimes for entertainment, other times out of curiosity and being nosy, I'll go online and I'll see uh the videos of some other council meetings, and uh I won't say anything to disparage of you guys laughing, but thank you for the decorum, the civility that uh obviously is maintained to the leadership and through uh each of your commitments and for the fact that work gets done, the business continues to happen, that individuals' concerns are heard consistently.

I want to thank our attorney, our city clerk, our assistant, and all of the clerk staff and all those who attend, who whether it be at Zoom or in person, because it's real testament to how wonderful of a community we have.

Thank you, President, members of the city council, and those in attendance.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Any comments from members of the council?

Seeing that this time, Mr.

Mosh to adjourn.

Yep.

Move in seconds, roll call to adjourn, please.

Councilman Monks, yes, Councilman Love, yes, Councilwoman Mello, yes, Councilman Mayor, yes, Councilman Garcia, yes, Councilman Colomo Tanyez, yes, and Council President.

Yes, this meeting is adjourned.