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BOROUGH OF ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS

BERGEN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

MINUTES OF THE CAUCUS MEETING OF FEBRUARY 11, 2009

CALL TO ORDER AT 6:35 P.M. DRAFT FOR APPROVAL

PRESENT AT ROLL CALL:

Mayor Joseph C. Parisi, Jr.

Council President Ilan Plawker

Councilman Thomas Manolio

Councilman Jerry Kasoff

Councilman Patrick Perin

Councilman Eric Petrone

Councilman Robert Agresta

ALSO PRESENT:

Borough Attorney Kevin Corriston, Esq.

Borough Engineer Bernard Mirandi

Chief of Police Thomas Bauernschmidt

Deputy Chief Michael Cioffi

Municipal Clerk Deborah Fehre

MAYOR PARISI ASKED THAT THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT BE READ:

Adequate notice of this meeting was given to the press and posted as required. Date and time of this

meeting was legally given as required by the "Open Public Meetings Act."

This notice is on file with the Municipal Clerk and posted on the bulletin board.Minutes of this meeting will be made available to the public upon the completion of typing and

proofreading by the Municipal Clerk.

VOUCHERS WERE SIGNED BY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS

Mayor Parisi announced Deputy Chief Michael Cioffis presentation for an Englewood Cliffs

Emergency Response Team.

Deputy Police Chief Cioffi stated that he has an emergency response plan and has been

participating in training our police to be prepared for the worst of situations. He also stated

that people have the mindset that it (active shooter/hostage situation) cannot happen here, butit can. He wants Englewood Cliffs' police officers to be prepared. He proceeded to play the

video tape of a portion of the eulogy for the students who died because of the Columbine

shootings. He then played an excerpt from 60 minutes which had a parent expressing her view

of what the roll of a police officer should have been on the day of the shootings at Columbine.

The Deputy Chief then explained the rationale behind the desire to have an Emergency

Response Team. He stated that it takes 45 minutes on average for the County SWAT Team to

respond to an incident. He is halfway there regarding the training. He is working with the

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surrounding towns in training drills and has responded to real situations where they have been

forced to wait for the county SWAT team. Englewood Cliffs is training in the schools. If the

officers are trained, respond, and know what they are doing, they could save lives and the

officers are much safer knowing what to do.

He is asking for support and help for the officers; they train twice a month with other towns.

He would like recognition for the team. He is on levels three and four of the training because ofdonations to the police department. The men are using compensation time to train. His men

will respond whether they are trained or not, he would rather they were trained to deal with

the situation.

The council asked questions regarding response time of the local emergency response team, the

cost of the team, specifically on an ongoing annual basis, and the cost of the mutual aid to other

municipalities. The Deputy Chief stated that they have begun to coordinate with the other

towns. Council agreed that coordination is key to keeping the cost reasonable.

Deputy Chief stated that he spent $18, 000.00 of confiscated funds, he has asked for $3,000.00

in the initial budget to continue training. The projection of the future cost is uncertain. It was

suggested that the budgets of the other towns that have ERT teams be looked into as referencefor the cost to Englewood Cliffs.

A motion was made by Councilman Kasoff, seconded by Councilman Manolio, authorizing

police to further study the plan and come back to Mayor and Council with a projected budget.

AYES: Perin, Kasoff, Plawker, Manolio

NO: Agresta, Petrone

CLOSED SESSION:

On a motion by Councilman Manolio, seconded by Councilman Perin, the following resolutionwas offered for adoption:

RESOLUTION 09-36

WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 10:4-12 allows for a public body to go into closed session during a public

meeting, and

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Englewood Cliffs has deemed it

necessary to go into closed session to discuss certain matters which are exempted from the public,

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mayor and Council of the Borough ofEnglewood Cliffs will go into closed session for the following reason as outlined in N.J.S.A. 10:4-

12:

Pending Tax Appeals; Palestroni Property and 490 Sylvan Avenue

T-Mobile Bid Request

Negotiations Palisades Interstate Parkway

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Closed session began at 7:35 and ended at 7:55.

MINUTES OF THE FOLLOWING MEETINGS WERE PLACED ON THE REGULAR

AGENDA FOR APPROVAL:

Reorganization Minutes January 6, 2009Regular Minutes December 17, 2008

Caucus Minutes May 21, 2008

Regular Minutes May 21, 2008

THE FOLLOWING REPORTS WERE PLACED ON THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR

APPROVAL.

Police Report of January, 2009

Court Report of January, 2009

Construction Code Officials Report of January, 2009

Collector/Treasurers Report of December, 2008

THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS WERE PLACED ON THE REGULAR AGENDA

FOR APPROVAL:

37 Request for Approval COAH Fee Ordinance Amendment

38 Authorize Payment Estimate #6 Petillo Inc.

39 Authorize Recycling Tonnage Grant Application

40 Certify Tax Reimbursement due Englewood Cliffs

41 Pending Tax Appeal 490 Sylvan Avenue

THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES WERE PLACED ON THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR

INTRODUCTION:

2009-02 Amend Salary Ordinance 2008-05

2009-03 Amend COAH Fee Ordinance 2006-25

OLD BUSINESS: Discussion of the Englewood Hospital Resolution presented at a special

meeting of the Mayor and Council was postponed indefinitely.

ADJOURN: Mayor Parisi adjourned the meeting at 8:03 PM.

ATTEST: APPROVED:

_________________________________ _____________________________

Deborah L. Fehre, Municipal Clerk JOSEPH C. PARISI JR., MAYOR

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