December 9th, 2025 Ringwood’s Council Meeting Blog
Hi Ringwood!
Our meeting started with the police ceremonial swearing in with recognition and promotion awards. Congratulations to Chief Ryan Porta, Lieutenant Brian DePree, Detective Sergeant Matt Ferrara, and Sergeant Adam Zuravner on your promotions! We are so grateful to have you protecting and serving our community!
Manager’s Report:
The manager’s report is very extensive and includes a year end summary.
Video can be found here: https://ringwoodtv.viebit.com/watch?hash=D8GVyaCRSCnSFqL6
Go to 18:20 in the video to watch the Manager’s Report.
Note: We will highlight this year end report in another post.
No old business.
New Business:
Ordinances No. 2025-#11, Ordinance No. 2025-#12, Ordinance No. 2025-#13, AND Ordinance No. 2025-#14:
ORDINANCES AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2025-#10 - FIXING THE SALARIES AND COMPENSATION OF THE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYEES UNION (UPSEU) WHITE-COLLAR, UNITED PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEES UNION (UPSEU) BLUE-COLLAR, AND RINGWOOD POLICE DISPATCHERS ASSOCIATION.
Ordinance No. 2025-#15 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOROUGH OF RINGWOOD, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, AND ST. CATHERINE OF BOLOGNA CHURCH FOR THE LEASE OF PART OF PREMISES COMMONLY KNOWN AS 112 ERSKINE ROAD, RINGWOOD, NEW JERSEY.
Three year lease, with an option to add an additional year.
End of Meeting Comments:
We would like to thank Councilwoman Baumgartner for her four years of service on this Council. This is not an easy position to have and we would like to thank you for your stepping up to serve our community.
The council was recently invited to the ribbon cutting at Money Poncho located on Skyline Lake Drive. We would like to congratulate them and thank them for choosing to have their business here in Ringwood.
Mr. Heck mentioned this in his report, but we would like to comment on how beautiful the intersection at Skyline Lake Drive looks with the new pavers, holiday tree, masonry sign, flagpole, and plantings. we also look forward to seeing the refurbished Veteran Memorial that will be installed soon.
Executive Session:
This closed session was about quarry license renewal and update on litigation.
We would also like to remind everyone that our next meeting will be on Monday, December 22nd, 2025 at 6pm. Our annual reorganization meeting will be on January 6th, 2026 at 7pm.
Warm Regards,
