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By roll call the council adopted Ordinance O-10-2025, authorizing acceptance of a right-of-way easement along Franklin Street (Block 4401, portion of Lot 3). The council also adopted Ordinance O-11-2025, authorizing acceptance of a right-of-way easement along Franklin Street (Block 4401, portions of Lots 4 and 5). The clerk opened and closed public hearings on both ordinances; no members of the public spoke on those items at the meeting.

The council introduced Ordinance O-12-2025, which would establish compensation for certain officers and employees of the town, and Ordinance O-13-2025, amending the municipal code's handicap parking section to amend the placard number assigned to a dedicated parking space for a resident of 50 Pine Street. Both ordinances were introduced by title and scheduled for a public hearing on April 22, 2025; introduction occurred by motion and a second with unanimous roll-call support.

The council approved the consent agenda (minutes of the March 25 regular meeting) and adopted Resolutions R-56-2025 through R-59-2025 in a single slate motion. Minutes and the slate of resolutions were approved by unanimous roll call. No substantive debate or amendments were recorded on the adopted items during the meeting.

Roll-call voting on adopted items recorded the following members as present and voting yes: Councilwoman Foster; Councilman Annacone; Councilwoman Lindsey; Councilman Flipchuck; Councilman Silva; and Council President Umbria. Councilman Russo was excused. The clerk announced the quorum at the start of the meeting.

The meeting closed after liaison reports and brief public-comment acknowledgments.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","April 8, 2025 Town Council Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","At its April 8 meeting the Morristown Town Council adopted two right-of-way-easement ordinances, approved a set of resolutions, approved the meeting minutes and introduced two additional ordinances for later public hearing.","taxTitle","Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey","taxId",63616,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6060829,"Morristown proclaims Arbor Day; Shade Tree Commission outlines tree plantings, school grant work",402,739000,1141000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3288052-c35874af90a110699d3f03d6e6a1854e&start=739&end=1141","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3288052-c35874af90a110699d3f03d6e6a1854e/thumbnail_739000.jpg","/articles/6060829/Morristown/Morris-County/New-Jersey/Morristown-proclaims-Arbor-Day-Shade-Tree-Commission-outlines-tree-plantings-school-grant-work","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6060829-e13e8adf257ec43d2cb22e83cad4dcff/orig.mp4?Expires=1771177671&Signature=d96zKg7TmmXQ7XrQAsPkpmDxRiYuAT2YCTT0rY-TRaT-FliwrXuEdWuZOUdp-L4CtF9KLePgxgZ4At4XCa2QPh6rPOz5qwZ0li3u9BAorFjEXSO9Llia1dBiv1MxhXcqmyoI1yDVE9eIhPtubSvE0uB5S1bYXhOTc6rwjaSIZVEq67sSnnBZArExZew0J2gI4cHifaRtHMCmyAY9SWHt1udVOSHwgL~eRGXBJMV0k~-cnHnZUnN~kx9RpSBQmlXlCY8a~tM6Jz6kCV44xeJkMJ09WWnMI7AdpOx6A7LeoPwNSkGNSOFBPewVAfhNNuWwT590NUbkfsbl7Kbn-s7qkQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Mayor Timothy P. Dougherty read a proclamation on April 8 declaring April 25, 2025, as Arbor Day in the Town of Morristown and urged citizens to support tree-planting and protection efforts.

Kristen Ace, representing the Morristown Shade Tree Commission, told the council the commission will plant a series of trees donated by community partners: 10 trees donated through the New Jersey Tree Foundation and Formosa Plastics for Speedwell Park, 10 trees donated by Ben Lieberman for Elliott Park (a project tied to his bar mitzvah), and three trees donated by the Williamson family to commemorate David Franklin Williamson IV near the Bud Street basketball courts. Ace said the commission is coordinating with local schools under a Sustainable Jersey grant that could enable planting up to about 400 trees at Alexander Hamilton, Sussex and Thomas Jefferson schools.

Ace described planned Arbor Day celebration activities scheduled to start at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 26 at Bud Street Park, including a scavenger hunt, yoga, informational tables on suicide awareness and depression (connected to the Williamson family donation), and community volunteers. She thanked town staff — including DPW and engineering staff — for logistical support and noted that the Shade Tree Commission works closely with town departments on tree-planting and care.

Mayor Dougherty and council members praised the commission’s efforts and noted additional riverbank and cleanup events in late April tied to the Whippany River Coalition and Speedwell Lake neighborhood efforts.

No regulatory changes or funding votes were taken at the meeting; the proclamation and the event announcements were informational and ceremonial.","Mayor Timothy P. Dougherty proclaimed April 25, 2025 as Arbor Day in Morristown and the Shade Tree Commission announced multiple tree donations, school-planting plans and an Arbor Day celebration April 26 with community events and suicide-awareness materials.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6060834,"Empower New Jersey urges Morristown to pass municipal resolution supporting Climate Superfund Act",199,303000,502000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3288052-c35874af90a110699d3f03d6e6a1854e&start=303&end=502","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3288052-c35874af90a110699d3f03d6e6a1854e/thumbnail_303000.jpg","/articles/6060834/Morristown/Morris-County/New-Jersey/Empower-New-Jersey-urges-Morristown-to-pass-municipal-resolution-supporting-Climate-Superfund-Act","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6060834-8263193542aa4fd42b5349f8ce4d08ff/orig.mp4?Expires=1771177671&Signature=CSd6plJjBc4KkhM5xyXF7BvOG48PmG68nJyRRUvLWd4vNg7HbixdLXGVn6z2UXR9JWamUyABQmLLVijDi2xncsBgWoj2UGcptDs6CJIF8iX5RB2PLy9JrdqypPlhj3bgm5Q~k4d05ktBCm8leKRXPGhKpR2Bhwuzb3ipa0mSpe1VEMqZUzZocn5Tu79hJ11RjDB6x5LOo0-dLTNqVvqAVk4sDfPNtxpxUvnsNqJMzmKgzrVaTNf-YYH8iOLP9uam7EQ5XONfXYyZDFVpHP-UJ4bvMU-uQ5-kN-m46cObtlpDU9bC5hIaNQ4oEUGFGv5t7ST7-qq~AM~WO1SOns7H4A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Ken Dalsky, a member of the Empower New Jersey board, urged the Morristown Town Council on April 8 to pass a municipal resolution supporting the Climate Superfund Act, a state bill he said would require major fossil-fuel corporations to help pay for climate-change damages in New Jersey.

Dalsky told the council that the bill is modeled on similar laws in New York and Vermont and that it “would provide a source of funding to help offset the financial burdens of climate change on all New Jersey towns, residents, and businesses by making the largest fossil fuel corporations pay for the damages caused by climate change in New Jersey.” He said the state could receive between $10 billion and $20 billion if the act is enacted, and that grants could cover infrastructure resiliency, flood protection, stormwater upgrades, home buyouts and other climate-related costs.

The speaker said the bill already passed environment committee hearings in both the New Jersey Senate and Assembly but had not yet reached other committees or a full-floor vote. He said Senator Joseph McKeon (identified in his remarks as the prime sponsor) told supporters that municipal resolutions would be helpful in demonstrating local support.

Dalsky asked the council to “simply pass a resolution” in support; he said he had sent a model resolution and supporting materials to the mayor and council in advance of the meeting. Council members said they had received the packet and reviewed it; several expressed general support for considering the request, but no motion or formal council action was taken at the April 8 meeting.

The matter was presented during the public-comment portion of the meeting; the council did not place a resolution on the agenda or vote on it that night.","A representative of Empower New Jersey urged the Morristown Town Council to adopt a resolution backing the Climate Superfund Act, saying the bill would create state grants funded by large fossil-fuel corporations to help municipalities pay climate-related costs.","actionData","errors"]

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