Sine Die 2015

3-Jan.-2015
    On Saturday 3- Jan. the Bogota Borough Council held their annual Sine Die to reorganize the Borough Government for the year 2015. The main feature was the swearing in of the two member of Council voted into office in the November 2014 election.  Councilwoman Lisa Kohles was sworn in by NJ State Senator Loretta Weinberg. Councilwoman Kohles was elected to a full three term after serving out the term of seat held by Tito Jackson after he was appointed Mayor. The other member of Council was Thomas Napolitano who was sworn in by Bergen Freeholder Maura DeNicola. Councilman Napolitano won the  three year term on Council in his first time running for that office.
   In a sight surprize Councilman Jorge Nunez was re elected as  Council President. Councilman John Mitchell was confirmed as the new Police Commissioner and was given an honorary Commissioners badge by Police Chief John Burke.
   The ceremonies were opened by Talia Dombrowski singing "God Bless America".  For the first meeting resolutions the vote on a temporary Budget was table until a future meeting , and the vote on a Borough Engineer was voted on separately due to the ongoing litigation with the Robert Costa.  A concern was mentioned that  Mr. Costa might sue the Borough for back payment of a bills the court has allowed the Borough not to pay. In the end the Council voted 4-2 to appoint Robert Costa as Borough Engineer.
   In other business the Attorney representing  Warren Waters  and the RiverDev Corp spoke about how the work to clean-up the Hess & Sifford site is proceeding. This is happening in order to develop that parcel of land  between W. Ft. Lee Rd and the Hackensack River. Mr Waters also spoke to Council to say that he is looking forward to a working with the Borough to have a mixed -use project that will help the Borough expand their tax base and to take advantage of the development boom in this part of Bergen County for Bogota.
   The last thing the Council did was to presented Vincent Galante with his Citizen of the Year Award.

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Sine Die

2-Jan-2015
   
    With the ruling by Superior Court Judge Robert Wilson to throw out the challenge to last Novembers election  the way has cleared for the swearing in of the Candidates who won seats to the Bogota Borough Council for the year 2015.  Judge Wilson declared that there was " no credible evidence" which would allow the case to move forward.  With this case now closed the Borough will hold it's Sine Die meeting on Saturday 3- Jan-2015 The meeting will be held in the Senior Center  on the second floor of the Bogota Library. The meeting is schedule to begin at 2:00p  and is open to the public. The Senior Center is located at 375 Larch Ave. Bogota, NJ
   At this meeting Councilwoman Lisa Kohles will be sworn in  to a full three year term on Bogota Council. Councilman Thomas Napolitano will also be sworn in for the other seat on Bogota Council that was contested in the November 2014 Election.
   To read  the full article on Judge Wilson ruling please go:  http://www.northjersey.com/news/ 

Councilwoman Lisa Kohles

Councilman Thomas Napolitano

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Weekend Event

2-Jan.-2015

 Some events happening in and around Bogota for the weekend starting Friday 2- Jan.-2015

2- Jan.
Bogota 
   Both the Lady Bucs and Boys Basketball Games  that were scheduled to be play at Speary Gym on Friday against Bergen Charter have been canceled.  This is due to a contract situation at Bergen Charter Schools. There is no further information able the possibility of playing these games at a later date. 


Monday-5-Jan
Bogota

    Read to Maggie the Beagle

Help your child foster their love of reading by letting them be Maggie's Reading Buddy! Come on down, pick out a book, and read to Maggie our Children's Section.

Mondays at 4:00PM

Stop in or call (201) 488 - 7185 to register today

The Bogota Public library is located at 375 Larch Ave. Bogota, NJ.  For more information please  about this and other Library events visit their web site at :   http://www.bogotapubliclibrary.org/

Monday-5-Jan
Bogota

   The First " Meet the Mayor" of 2015 will take place in the office of Mayor Chris Keleman from 5:00p to 7:00p in Borough Hall.  This is open to any Bogota resident who would to ask the Mayor a question about  Bogota, or to discuss any matter to help improve the quality of life in the Borough. Anyone who wishes just to have an informal conversation with the Mayor is also welcome to attend. Meetings will be held on a first come basis. 

  Bogota Borough  Hall is located at 375 Larch Ave. in Bogota, NJ.

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Future Events 

   On Tuesday 6- January  Bogota Board of Education is Schedule to have their annual re-organization meeting. At this meeting the new members of the Board of Education will be sworn in as Trustees.  The meeting is scheduled to start at 7:30p in the Cafeteria of Bogota High School. This meeting is open to the public. The Cafeteria is located on the second floor of Bogota High School at 2 Henry Luthin Pl. Bogota, NJ 

   On Thursday 8 & 15- Jan. the Bogota Public Library will introduce a " Dr. Who" club This is open to anyone who is a follower of the BBC series or who would like to learn about it. It will be held in on the second floor of the Library starting at 7:30p For more information about this , and other Library  programs please visit their website at http://www.bogotapubliclibrary.org/ 

  The Bogota Public Library is located at 375 Larch Ave. Bogota, NJ 

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   On  Wednesday- 14- Jan the Trinity Lutheran School will be having an Open House to show Parents what they have to offer Children of Preschool and Kindergarten ages. There will be an opportunity to meeting some of the Teachers and to learn about the curriculum of Trinity School. There will be two session the first running from 9:30a to 10:30a and a second from 6:30p to 7:30p. There will also be a second day on Thursday 12 February at the same times.

The Trinity School is located at  167 Palisade Ave Bogota, NJ. For more information please contact at www.trinityschoolbogota.com or by phone at 201-487-3580.

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