I don't know. >> All right. Are we ready to go on television and all that good stuff? >> Okay. Oh, yeah. All good, I hear. All right. All right. Well, so good evening and welcome to the regular scheduled meeting of the mayor and burough
council. Today is Monday, October 20th, 2025, and it's about a little after 7:00, and we will call the meeting to order, and we will have the Open Public Meetings Act, read into the record, please. This meeting was called pursuant to the provisions of the Open Public
Meetings Act. Notice of this meeting was sent to the Union County Hawk, now known as the leader, Westfield, New Jersey. The Courier News, Bridgewater, New Jersey. The Star Ledger, Newark, New Jersey, Union County Local Source, Union, New Jersey, and the Alternate Press, Tap into.net. In addition, copies
of the notice were posted on the bulletin board in the municipal building and filed in the office of the burough clerk. Notices on the bulletin board have remained continuously posted. Proper notice having been given, the burough clerk is directed to include this statement in the minutes of this meeting. >> Great. For all those that are in the
house tonight, if you please raise uh stand for the pledge of allegiance and then we'll do a moment of silence. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all. And as we remain standing and we give a moment of silence, let us remember that October as we are wearing pink is to draw attention to breast cancer and to please keep all the brave men and men and women who vi violently fight for breast cancer for
their survival, for their families in their thoughts and in their prayers. And let's understand that early detection is worth everything. Thank you. May we have a roll call, please? >> Council President Patricia Walsh >> here. >> Jeffrey Banks
>> here. >> Gina Barry >> here. >> Anthony Carter here. >> Erin Mroy Barker >> here. Katherine Mitchell >> here. Mayor Mahar >> here. Um we're going to start with some proclamations. Um so I'm just going to work my way over to the podium.
And I'd like to call uh forward Lauren O'Brien who is here tonight. >> You get to be first. As I said, um we're we're wearing uh pink uh because October is breast cancer awareness, but um
several years ago um we also understood uh metastatic breast cancer um and the colors of metastatic breast cancer which are the teal, the pink and the green. And we actually have uh lit up for a hall um in our colors of of that. And
that is really to draw attention to get a little closer. Not that close, actually. Um, metastic breast cancer um awareness, which uh has a an awareness day of October 13th. Um, and as we said, breast cancer is the most commonly
diagnosed cancer among women. And metastatic breast cancer, the stage when cancer actually spreads to the breast to other parts of the body. and that is responsible for 98% of all breast cancer deaths. And despite advances in early
detection and treatment, approximately 30% of early stage breast cancers will eventually metastasize with no known cure. And in 2025, an estimated 42,680 Americans and 685,000 people globally
lost their lives to metastatic breast cancer. So there is a toll. Um and we want to understand that we can increase research and that is actually critical to transforming metastic breast cancer from a terminal diagnosis to actually a
chronic survivable condition which offers par patients more time and more hope. Significant racial disparities persist in breast cancer. Black women are 40% more likely to die from breast cancer than white women here in the United States. And Hispanic women face
breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer related deaths. These inequities demand urgent action through research, investment, equitable care, and inclusive education. So Metaviviver research and support, which is a national nonprofit, exclusively funds
stage 4 metastic breast cancer research. So whereas the township of family is proud to stand with this community by the shining of the lights on our burrow hall which show courage and the need to think about dedicated research dollars
to save lives. We are very proud tonight um to present this proclamation and acknowledge October 13th as metastatic breast cancer awareness day. Thank you. Yes. Thank you, Mayor. Um, I just want
to say thank you to all of you because you are very steady in your support every year of this cause. Um, Councilwoman Barry was walking in with the scarf and she didn't know that she was wearing the metastatic breast cancer colors and I said good. I said keep that on at least through my proclamation. Um
so what uh mayor did a beautiful job of explaining the the bad news here which is that is truly um shall we say an epidemic of this disease is taking women mostly but men as well at an astonishing rate and unfortunately increasing. But
guess what so is the energy to uh fight this and so I just want to bring the good news today about the light up NBC campaign. and I wore this shirt. This was a few years ago, 2022. I have a few in my closet. Um, but I'm here because of John Mooney, actually, who shockingly
isn't here cuz he's everywhere. Um, from Tap into. And he his articles um brought me to getting to know Tammy Bowling in April 2019. um who is a now tenure survivor. And this woman started with raising tens of
thousand dollar of dollars for this cause for stage four um cancer patients for um turning a terminal illness into a manageable one. And uh she just achieved over $500,000 uh as of October 13th, which is National Metastatic Breast Cancer Day. She's the
global campaign director for that now. Um, so yeah, she lives in Scotch Plains and um she at the count now it's about 300 buildings that were lit all the way from Ireland to uh Hawaii.
>> Wow. >> And um that's really encouraging. So saying that because I truly believe that people like John tap into staff, all of you, the local awareness and education is so important. And that's what we hope
for is that you can just let people know that metastatic breast cancer needs your help, needs research dollars. Not enough money's put into this for stage 4. And uh yeah, so please uh if you can look at lightupnbc.org or and share that with
folks. That would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. >> Thank you. Please tell Tammy if you said you have the good work. Um so for these next proclamations like to call forward Lieutenant um Dan Cray
because um it really is nice when we have an opportunity to really um take something that could have really turned out um not in a good way. um and recognize that because of community
involvement actually turned into a wonderful um story that we are here to celebrate and to recognize um individuals that really paid attention to police messaging um and
reached out and we had a wonderful outcome to something that could have actually been not so wonderful. So, I'll let you do here and then we have our own proclamations, but I'll let you. >> Great. Thanks, Mayor. Um, yeah, I am very happy to be here tonight.
So, often more than not in the policing world, um, we are very used to bad outcomes and I'm happy to report that, uh, the reason I'm here is for quite the opposite. Um, and um, pretty much
everybody that was involved is here, and I appreciate everyone uh, taking their time out of their Monday nights to be here. Um, I'm just going to give a brief rundown of what happened, and I'll I'll just I'll explain, and then I'll call everybody up. Uh, on September 24th, 2025, Fenwood Police Department responded to a call on Glenwood Road
regarding a missing elderly resident, Mercedes Conception, who had left her home with her dog and had not returned. What followed was frankly an incredible display of community coming together. A coordinated search was began was begun
immediately. Um a countywide task force responded immediately. Uh the police department OEM coordinator John Pakol who is in the audience responded as well. We had officers from Fanwood Scotch Plains, Westfield, Planefield,
Union County um assist. Chief Balora from Westfield came and brought half of his department and sent them into Planefield and he didn't have to do that and I I really appreciate his help. We had drones uh looking for Mercedes with infrared and what whatever
crazy technology they had. And with all that and of of course the police did their job, but the difference that that brought Mercedes home was the community were the citizens. So, um,
I'd like to recognize one person who who could not make it tonight, Connie Peterson. Connie Peterson is a Fanwood resident. She lives on Midway Avenue. She's our crossing guard. If you've been stuck in traffic at the high school on Westfield Road, you'll uh know her very well. She works harder than uh pretty
much anyone I know. And we had posted some information on Facebook and she called us and said, "I I think I saw that lady and her dog walked down Midway Avenue." So, our officer responded and because of Connie, we knew where she went or at least the direction she went
and we knew what she was wearing and we got a surveillance video and we posted that. Um because of that, we our task force was able to send drones into playing field and we we had a direction Couple hours into it, um I I so many
people were involved. Uh I heard a story of one of my officers in Planefield. He got stopped by a group of they look like high school kids and they said, "Hey, do do you have any more information?" They saw our Facebook post and a group of 17 18year-olds were looking for some lady that they don't know. And I I really
appreciate that. Um, so a few hours into this event, um, we get a phone call from, uh, someone we didn't know at the time that says, "I'm I'm pretty sure I'm I'm with Mercedes and her dog in Middle Sex, New Jersey, which is uh, what what do we
say about seven miles away?" >> Wow. >> Three counties. >> Three counties away. Wow. >> We never thought she'd make it past Planefield, which is a good three, four miles. And she walked a couple more. She must have just watched Forest Gump and uh so keep going >> with the dog.
>> Um with the dog. Um and that lady who made that phone call and who ultimately brought uh Fanwood police officer Mike Rousen and Middle Sex PD to um the location was Suzanne Carbone. And she is here today. I'll bring her up in a
second. Um, it's because of the community coming together for a common cause and it's because we were able to get the information out. It's because Scotch Plains PD and Westfield PD called me and
said, "Hey, we're going to put the same townwide text out. We're going to put it We talked to our tap into, you know, their versions of John Mooney. Um, and let's get this out there." And we had an entire county looking for Mercedes. And Suzanne, who happened to be driving
home, she lives in the area, driving home from her job. She saw the dog f first, right? She said, she's like, "I feel like I know that dog." She got out and she said, "Are you Mercedes?" And Mercedes had walked about seven miles without food or drink. So, she brought her into either a Dunkin Donuts or a
McDonald's. Right. Right there. Um, and she gave her a drink until we could get there. Um, I'd like to invite uh Suzanne up as well as Natalie who uh is uh Mercedes uh niece. She was there the whole time. Um, and we were kind of
relaying all the information we could. Um, I just I really want to say that, you know, it's funny. I just found out that Suzanne used to live in Fanwood and she followed our social media, the police social media. She moved out. Um, I might say, "I don't live in Fanwood anymore. I'm going to stop follow Let me
start following the Middle Sex PD and all that, but she didn't. Uh, she kept following it." And because of a photo that she happened to see, Mercedes is here. I don't know where Mercedes would have been found or what would have happened um otherwise. I but we don't
need to think about it because she's here. >> Uh I I really want to say how important it is wherever you live if it's Fanwood Scotch Plains, Hawaii, Alaska, follow your local police department social media because you could be Suzanne, you
could be finding the missing person or the wanted person or the Amber Alert or whatever it is. Um subscribe to the townwide text system. You can go to the burrow fanwood web the burough's website. It's called First Alert. You can subscribe to Fanwood. You can pick
your town. It's mostly statewide. So, pick any town you want. Um, and these are all things that we can get the communication out there when we have a critical incident or a road closure or a missing person that someone like Suzanne and Connie Peterson
can help solve the crime or help find this person. So, Suzanne, I just want to thank you so much. Um, we we got we have a official letter of recognition for you with our official police patch. Um, thank you so much. I know the family
is ecstatic when we told >> when we told Natalie that um that you know Mercedes was fine and and and the dog was fine. The smile on her face was I mean it it's really the reason like we become cops. It really is. So I just want to thank you so much. >> Oh my goodness. She's supposed to say a
few words. >> Yep. Matt. >> Okay. Sorry. Yeah, you're stuck now. >> So, first of all, the day after we had ADP come in and there's door bells in every the every room of the house, so she no longer can get out without us
knowing that that she's walking out. Um, I'll tell you a little bit about Mercedes and um how she ended up living with me just so that you have an idea. Mercedes was an anesthesiologist for 45 years at Bringham Women's in Massachusetts.
And uh her decline started about 10 years ago, dementia. I know we're talking about breast cancer today. Uh we entrusted her care to someone that um couldn't provide it to the level that she needed it. And uh she is my aunt,
but really as many of you probably have an aunt is like a mother. Um she was that for me. And when I realized what she was going through, my family all rallied around and my house was turned from my house to her house quite
literally. Uh her furniture is there, her everything is there. She thinks she's in Massachusetts. >> People would stop. She would ask people how to get to how to get to Hayward Road and people would say, "I don't know where it is." But nobody got upset with
her or denied her support or help. Um, and for my experience, I've been in Foundwood for a really long time, for a really long time. And, um, I've never been more proud. Uh, we had strangers stop by the house to say, "What can we
do to help?" As you well saw that, uh, we had neighbors come and sit with me in my stoop waiting for news cuz I was not supposed to move or go anywhere. Um, everyone just just gathered around and and how do you say thank you for that?
Right. And then we have you who actually stopped, right? I I don't know. I have no words really. Flowers are not enough. Thank you is not enough. Nothing is enough. She deserves so much and you
gave her what she needed at that moment. And I don't know what we would have done if you hadn't done that because I don't know how much further she could have gone >> under her condition without some major consequences. By the way, she's better than everyone else.
>> She never felt the walk. She never complained about the walk. Uh the dog slept for 3 days. Um but uh but she has not. She's been great. And um again, all I can do is say thank you to you. to you, to everybody
that got involved, to the county, to everyone. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Um, yeah, I'm not going anywhere. Stay in trouble forever. So, we also have a proclamation that we're here.
>> Yes. for your um for your exceptional awareness of your promise to action um and honoring you as a exemplary community service and a fan woodian through and through
that we'll get this and we'll get us >> Thank you. Thank you. >> You're welcome. >> Awesome. Thank you very much. It's a nice way to start our meeting off. Thank you. Um I I'd now like to go forward uh
Chief Pakola um because this is also fire what just was I believe fire prevention week um and as many of you know um Chief Pakola is also our office of emergency management our OEM director here um as well as um our supervisor our
number two at public works. So, he is um in and around town and tonight he's here to talk about how to keep us safe and what we should think about during fire prevention week. >> Thank you everybody. As you know, October is also fire prevention month. We call it fire prevention month. It
officially one week. However, one week doesn't truly do it. But during October, the members spent many, many hours visiting schools, daycarees, and talked to children and adults about fire safety. We always push the basics. Stop, drop,
and roll. Calling 911 after you exit the home. Have a specific meeting place to reunite with your family. Check your smoke detectors and CO detectors. And never be embarrassed to call. We will always come out. But I'd like to address some of the adults tonight because you
are actually the first responders in your own home. You have to make your children know the rules. Don't play in the kitchen. Don't play with matches or lighters. Don't play with the multitude of electrical cords that we have charging
our batteries or cables or whatever else we have plugged in. They're kids. They don't know. But you have to know better. You know the hazards. We promise we'll do all we can when we go to these schools and people visit the the firehouse. We'll do all we can, but
with your help, it'll get through at home. And it's really important that we follow through. But it is 2025. And we're a society of people of buying online. So, we're always looking for a great price. Listen, I'm guilty of it. We all
are. But certain items I will not cheap out on. Batteries and electronics. They're different. If a battery is $75 for your cell phone or for your laptop and you find it for 30, something's wrong.
It's not a good idea. It's cheap for a reason. you. I will not risk my family to keep that cheap electronic battery or whatever it might be plugged in overnight. You know, we all do it. They tell you don't do it. I do it. I I walk past my laptop at night. I always try to
remember to unplug it because it's been around a while and I just don't trust it. So, it's crazy, but just don't risk it. Cheap extension cords and power strips are really one of the things we see a lot of. You can buy it.
It's $6.99. and it should be$,750. There's probably a reason it's cheap. And if you plug something in it for a year or so, it's probably going to be fine. But when it's sitting there and now you got to plug something else in and it's right in your face. We plug too much into these things and then they
fail. And they fail. And where's that power strip usually located? Usually under a nightstand or under a bed, it's just out of the way. You just don't see it. It's risky. Your family's life is going to depend on it. Don't cheap out on this stuff. It's just too easy to buy
it online and find that. Listen, I go four or five pages deep on Google, too. And I look for the best deal. But if I can save 10 or $15 on it is one thing. If it's $40 or $50, it cheaper, it's something wrong with it. >> I I can test. >> But you didn't buy it cheapy.
>> No, I did not. >> But listen, that happens, right? I mean, and you weren't even home. >> I was I was not home. >> Notice that dark spot on the side of your house. I go, something's wrong here. >> Yeah, you did. We're always, listen, there's a lot of electric cars out here now and we see a lot of fires from them. We don't in
Fanwood, we had one uh electric car fire, but it wasn't the car, it was the electronics plugged in. It's whoever electrician that you might have used. Maybe it was a neighbor. Maybe it was somebody who's a cousin who's really good with electricity and maybe he hooked it up. I don't know the result.
Uh the reason I do know the result was the power cord failed and the car caught on fire. a little. Now, when electric cars burn, there was one in Warren not too long ago, maybe two months ago, and they were blaming that car fire and blaming that car and blaming that car, and that car
was 2/3 intact. When a car fire, an electric car fire goes, there's nothing left. So, we'll know if it's a car fire, if it's from the batteries itself. They don't just stop burning. They will burn for a long, long time. So, it's important that you get buy your electric
car. I'm okay with that. But get a licensed electrician. Hook it up. Again, I don't want to sound You don't want to cheap out on this. You spent a lot of money on this car. You spent way more money on your house and a lifetime of money on your family. Don't Don't take a
risk. Lithium batteries. Disposing those batteries is is the hardest part. Everybody gets them like, "Ah, I just uh what do I do with it?" We don't throw it in our recycle bin. We don't throw it in our trash. Unfortunately,
you have to take it to a hazardous waste facility or uh an event that the county is going to have. They have six or seven a year. They're available or take it to a different county. They'll let you drop them off. When they get crushed or they get Listen, you could throw it into your garbage and nothing's going to happen
until it gets into that garbage truck. And we had one in town and we made them immediately dump that truck out on the street cuz that truck was still intact. >> That thing burned for a long time. >> Was it a battery? can't be 100% sure >> something. >> There's a lot of stuff in a garbage truck once it gets out of your house.
So, just be careful how you get rid of those. Um there there are there are ways to get rid of them properly. So, that's really important that we do that. You know, I was going to close with the phrase, it takes a village doesn't ever resonate well with me. You know, you are
you are the reason your kids are what they are. You have to teach them. Single parent, two parent families, it doesn't matter. They need structure. They need lessons. And they need they don't need a friend. They need somebody who's going to teach them and keep them safe.
It takes a village means exactly what happened here. It takes a village in the event it gets out of your control. You still have to be in control. The kids have to be under your control. They need those they need that direction and they need that uh those rules and they have to be in place. So,
but then this happened and it did take a village to bring that home. That's it. >> It was an amazing thing. We uh that was really amazing to get her back and so quickly that was, you know, for and for her to even take that her aunt in. >> Yeah. >> In that situation, that's that's heroic.
>> Mhm. >> Yeah. >> So, I'll just close by just saying be careful. Watch what you buy online. You know, I I see people buying candles in glass. How many times you go to a store and you pick it up and you put it on the counter and it's wobbly? Takes you four
or five on the shelf to get one. It's so good. Then you go home and light that thing and you forget about it. That glass is going to distort. Maybe that cheap candle, the wick is too far out to one side. It probably not going to be a problem, but it might be, >> right? >> And we just want to take, you know, let your kids see that you're putting
something under that candle just in case. So many lessons, so many rules. I know being a kid is a pain, but we want them to be adults and there's only one way to get there, and they got to survive it. Well, Chief, I want to thank you for coming out, but I also know that as we close out 2025, it's been a very busy
year. >> It's it's been a challenging year for uh for your part. Yeah. you know, because you've you've had a lot of calls that you have gone out within our community and in Scotch Plains and you've really there have been some real structural fires that have been
>> Yeah, we've had >> we had unfortunately a death in in you know in our town due to that fire and >> yeah, that was challenging and uh we got somebody in to talk to all the all the members about that and they seem to be okay. But it's something you have to do.
You have to take time and get them the help that they need. Even if they don't think they need it, >> right? >> Take five minutes and talk to somebody. Mental health is uh something that sneaks up and it just creeps up and it creeps up until until you until it snaps and then it's a problem. >> So, >> I appreciate the support from everybody
as usual. >> Well, we're fortunate to have you in the lead in more ways than one in our community and want to thank you for coming out tonight. Um because I know you put a long day in here during the day. >> We're covering Scotch Plains tonight. So, I'm going to go back. >> Okay. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Chief. Thank you very much. >> Um, we're going to move on to uh opening the meeting to the public. May I have a motion? So, >> move second. >> All in favor? >> Like to call forward any members of the public that wish to come up. Please state your name and address for
the record. >> Hi, Carolyn Brink, 54 Helen Street. Um, as long as we're on the safety topic, I actually wanted to ask Aaron, you're the um person to police. Is that your Okay. Um, I ask this every year and Lieutenant
CR is awesome. And I I don't know how to tell you that, but >> can we close Helen Street? >> It gets so crazy. >> Oh, for Halloween. >> Yeah. Can we do I know we did barricades last year, but they were moved by commuters and some car traffic and my
husband and his buddies went out and put them back, but then they got moved again. Is that something we can make official that Holland Street I know the Venton people have issues with closing it, but I think it would be great if we could just make those kids totally safe because I know you're across at
Mooney's. It's crazy. >> Yeah. And um >> I mean I I think I only I've only seen it closed once and I believe it was a weekend day >> and it's a Friday this year. >> Um I mean I think it was a Saturday or Sunday. It was the only time I ever saw it closed, but I mean I'll speak to the
police. I don't know necessar I'm sure it's been discussed. I don't know what's been the deterrent to closing it. I don't know if they're allowed to close it for something like that, but I'll talk to him. Yeah, he said it was the Vinton, but I think if we closed it maybe at that first Vinton, you know,
towards Lrand, not the the one closest to LRA, the one closer to Marian >> and then not your street, but maybe at Cetwood, >> I think there'd be some comfort level because even sometimes FedEx comes and Amazon and the kids are excited. You know, it's, you know, it's a crazy
street. It's almost it's almost a legendary street now. It's like where's Halloween? Helen Street, right? Um, and I'm already $1,000 in on candy. I love it. But I just think it'd be good to close it. So, that's something. And I did follow up with him. >> That would be great. Sure. >> Um, and then as far I'm so glad Mercedes
got bound. Um, the one thing I actually do with my own dad who has dementia >> and my dog is I keep air tags on my dog's collar, which he hasn't gotten away. Thank God. And I'm sure some days he wants to, but um, I do know where he is. But my dad, we put one on his cab
and when he kind of wanders around his building, we know where he So, it's just a little safety thing. >> Good idea. >> And um that's it. I'm not going to go into my overdevelopment uh thing tonight. I just want to thank everybody. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Anybody else wish to come forward?
Please state your name and address for the record. >> Gary Morris, 405 South Avenue. First of all, I want to give another shout out. I can't say enough good things about our DPW. They're pretty awesome. I talked to uh Clint on
Saturday about a sign near us and I'm working from home today and boom, there's somebody pulling up in a four-wheeler, jumps out with a ladder, fixed it. I was like, "Wow, I wish everything worked that way." That was amazing. So, I can't say enough good
things about DPW. And man, that pizza run was amazing. >> Yeah. I gotta tell you that was a blast. I saw you you were in it. Um and I I think uh I think your kids beat you, didn't they? >> Yeah. >> Different age group. >> It's really frustrating when they're
that much younger. It's okay. >> My kids would my kids would mock me all day long. So that's why I don't run anymore. Um so um yeah, that the pizza run was great. I I can't say I think it was funny cuz my uh my my friends who do the Garden State uh podcast were
interviewing people and I don't know if it was because it was a pizza run. They were asking three things you like about New Jersey. Pizza made everybody's list and bagels >> and bagels. >> So, okay. So, now I just want to talk about some things.
And again, this is not to cause divisiveness or anything, but these are just things that I've looked up. Since 2017, I've found over $50,000 in political donations to leaders in our town from entities that do business with our town or are linked to past and
future developments in Fanwood. On November 3rd, 2017, Rogat McCarthy donated $5,200 to Hugal and Carter committee. the law firm. This law firm does thousands of dollars worth of business with Fanwood. We used Rogurt
Rogut McCarthy for our town attorney back then and they were they were voted in again early 2018 for what I believe was a no bid contract. What exactly do you spend $5,200 on in campaign money
when you receive it on November 3rd? Also of note, Rogat McCarthy is the law firm uh for our Fanwood Planning Board attorney. In October 2021, Russ Hugal donated $1,500 to Walsh and
Maroy Barker in an uncontested election. Again, an uncontested election in October. Less than three months later, both recipients of that donation voted to confirm the one-year annual attorney
contract. Since 2017, TNM Associates donated over $20,000 to political committees in Fanwood. TNM has been awarded thousands of dollars worth of contracts from
Fanwood. All six council members and the mayor have benefited from campaign monies from TNM. When contracts are influenced by political donations rather than merit, the taxpayers may not be getting what they demand. Taxpayers
simply want a seat at the table to have some say in the direction of our town. These donations chip away at the trust between our leaders and the taxpayers. These types of donations must stop.
I will be happy to send the entire list of past donations to Courtney for each of you to review and take a look at and respond. I can also send the list to any open and honest news outlet. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Anybody else wish to come forward? >> Seeing that there isn't anyone, may I have a motion to close the public hearing? >> So move. Second. >> Thank you. Um, moving on, we have approval of the minutes of meetings of October 6th, 2025, which is a work
session and our agenda meeting and an executive session. So, >> may I have a second? >> Second. >> All in favor of the minutes. >> Thank you. Um, we move on under the consent agenda and whereas the burough council has determined that to increase efficiency, the consent agenda shall be
adopted with one resolution. And whereas the following res resolutions require no discussion as they have been previously re reviewed by each governing member and they um run from 202510183 to 202510189.
Now therefore be it resolved by the burough council that each of the resolutions will be approved and adopted and the title will be read into the record and this would be the time if any council member has one that they would like to pull for further explanation. This would be um the point
Seeing that there isn't any, we will read them into the record. Um, resolution 202510183 is authorizing the payment of claims for the month of O for October uh done on October 20th, 2025. Resolution 202510184
is authorizing the bureau to execute a memorandum of understanding with New Jersey Transit to accept funds for the renovations of the family train station. Resolution 202510185 is authorizing block 26, lot 68 as tax
exempt and authorizing a refund for the 2025 second quarter taxes. Resolution 202510186 is authorizing block 28, block 32 as tax exempt and authorizing a refund for the
2025 second quarter taxes. Resolution 202510187 is authorizing block 26 lot 49 as tax exempt and authorizing the 2025 second quarter of taxes under
public works resolution 202510188 is authorizing the bureau to award a contract to a vendor for the purchase of a public works equipment which funds were raised during our capital resolution 2025 5 10189 is authorizing
the bureau to accept the quote and enter into agreement with a leaf caller operation as it is that time of year. So with that, I'd like a motion. >> So move second. >> And then may I have a roll call, please? >> Council President Patricia Walsh,
>> yes. >> Jeffrey Banks, >> yes. >> Gina Barry, >> yes. >> Anthony Carter. Erin Mroy Barker, >> yes. >> Katherine Mitchell, >> yes. >> Motion carries. >> Thank you. We have one ordinance that we will be introducing tonight for first reading under the health.
>> Um, that's me. >> Yes, please. >> Okay. I introduce ordinance number uh uh 02025-13R and request that the uh and an ordinance of the Burrow of Fanwood County of
Union, State of New Jersey, amending chapter 118 of the Burrow Code regarding licenses fees for chickens. >> Okay, we've read that into the the record. May I have a second? Um, all in favor? >> I. >> Okay. Thank you.
>> I move that this ordinance be adopted on first reading and if adopted that the clerk hereby authorize at the ordinance the ordinance as required by law and that the second reading of this of said ordinance be held at a public hearing at
Barrow Hall, 75 North Martine Avenue, Fenwin, New Jersey on >> November 3rd. November 3rd, 2025 at 7 p.m. or as soon as their effort as can be heard. >> Okay. All in favor? >> I I thank you. And that as we know is an
ordinance that is amending that resolution uh that ordinance based on um comments from our health department. >> Correct. >> Um moving on under uh new business. Any Jesse, any new business? Okay. No carryover business. We're going to go
into our standing reports and I'll ask uh Liz Jeffrey if she would like to come forward and start us off this evening. >> Great. Thank you. Good evening everyone. Good evening. >> I know it was chilly, but I hope the the uh tennis opening was great.
>> Yes, we cut the ribbon on our new tennis courts. >> Terrific. Um I don't have too many things. First thing I want to do is please get out there and promote our favorite dog day in Fanwood, which is this Sunday. Fan wolf day will be at the North Side Train Station from 10 to 2.
Um it's always fun and it's super cute and there's bunch of things you don't anticipate. like there's always like um uh you know caricature drawings and treats for the dogs and some in summer when we used to have it we'd have little
doggy pools and um there's usually like a um a petting dog. It's uh you know the um like the um mental health um therapy. Oh god, I'm blanking on what what the um service dog
like the um you know the dogs. Sorry about that. Uh therapy dogs and this year we have Bluey. He'll be there. >> Bingo. >> Um there's some bingo, some kind of doggy bingo thing that's going to happen. And um the parade, >> which cannot be resisted, is at 11:30.
And uh so bring your >> And this year we have um staff from the AKC Museum of the Dog. >> Oh. Oh, I didn't even know that. >> Yes. The special celebrating the special bond between humans and their canines. Yes. >> The AKC Museum of the Dog. They will be
there from 10 to 12. >> And you know, we have, you know, we have K9 and we have the animal hospital. We have, you know, such a sort of dog community and and I know everybody, you know, loves to come out and let their pups have some fun. So hopefully we'll have a good turnout. I know there was an amazing turnout this past weekend
>> for the uh pizza day run. So, which is such a huge amount of effort, but I heard from multiple multiple sources I wasn't able to come. I have a little including your >> Yeah, your son was great. >> Yeah, my son was there. So, it was really really good. Um, Double Jelly is
like nearing opening the doors any day, so that's good. They've been, you know, people have to go as their cash flow allows, but that's what it's going to be called. I know there's not a sign up yet, but it's pink and white. You can't really miss it these days. It's in the old Fanwood Grills space. >> Double jelly.
>> Bubble tea. >> It's like bubble tea. >> The name of it. >> I mean, there's a variety of like that, but it is. Yeah. Bubble tea and and uh that kind of stuff that's happening there. >> Um as everybody saw, I think that the old Shealins building is down and uh
Fabio's um uh if they're not on the on the website yet, I am going to ask and maybe we'll put it in your next Friday letter. the plan for the new building the architectural there which is really so beautiful >> and did you know they were on the cover of the Scotch Plains magazine
>> I saw that was nice >> I saw that so they're going to have you know I know you've seen the roll up front where you can roll up and sort of have an open air you know it's costly to do but makes a big difference so the front um you know has those roll down
fronts and um you know the restaurant itself will be a very big improvement on face and uh and their service will remain excellent as it always has been. So, um, we're super excited to see them go. And once again, as we did with the pharmacy, as we've done with others, you
know, it's the community that makes the businesses a success and the fact that ours are always striving to, if they're renting, they want to make their place their own. They want to invest money and buy and they are looking to expand and thrive many, many of our businesses. So,
I know with the way retail goes, you see things open, you see things close, but you know, uh it's truly a good sign when you have folks that are looking to purchase buildings instead of just renting. And um you know, we've had a few good examples of that in so kudos to
that. Um Soho residents are moving in. They're in uh the first I think two floors are seeded and people have been moving in. Um they'll be moving forward with the rest of those moveins um over the next you know few weeks and um the
two commercial spaces are in construction. So I know I see posts from Ron and Carara showing like literally the framing out of the rooms for their hot for their beam light therapy and um also the hot yoga is you know got their permits that they're working through
also. Um, there's been some recent finally significant movement at Corano with their permitting. So, I know that the general public cannot appreciate how long developments take, but they take a long time sometimes. I mean, it was 10 years for some of the projects on the
downtown block. >> That is the question that I I'm asked most. >> I know I know >> what's happened with the EMP lot. You know, we had a lot of work with the utilities as you might remember and then we got for two years we worked with utilities to vacate the utilities that were unnecessary in the area and to work
through approvals and job numbers for the ones that are going in and then CO happened which was immediately 18 months of almost no progress with any of those things and then it's been the better part of 18 to 20 months to get the DOT I mean they're closing down a number of
defunct driveways and streets. You would think that it wouldn't be that hard to just get a simple access permit onto a roadway that's DOT, you know, is sovereign to. So, um, but it takes a lot of time and a lot of, uh, pursuit even from our leaders to keep things moving
through government. So, we're hoping they'll be pulling their permits for phase one and um which is the building closest to the Wonder Years and includes the restaurant duplex restaurant, restaurant restaurant bar space and also the temporary liquor
store. So, you may recall that there will be a temporary location of that to the rear while they fix the front area and then it will be going back with a nice building along South Avenue and the parking will now instead of be taking up the front of Jeff South Avenue, the
parking will be in the rear of the liquor store. >> So, um we're hoping that um we start off by the end of this year, fingers crossed, if not but 2026 we'll definitely be seeing some significant progress on actual construction hopefully. So, okay. And that's it.
>> Thank you. >> Any questions? >> Okay. All right. Um I'll I'll kick off by just saying it was a a really fun weekend. I started Saturday off by doing um my like twice a year I try to do maybe we're going to try to do more of
my coffee with the mayor. So, I want to thank uh the councilwoman that were able to join me and Clint Dixon and the um the public that came out. We had a nice group of probably about a dozen people and met a nice uh couple that had just
moved in from Woodbridge who then he ended up running in the 5K and winning in his category. So I saw him twice in one day and >> you know that was really nice. Um the weather is um changing and it's getting really dark soon. So we want to be
careful of our pedestrians and and our commuters that are coming off of our train station and our kids that are out. I think it's just it's getting really dark really really fast. Um and then before we got here tonight, we we actually cut the ribbon on our new tennis courts at Lrand Park, which was
funded um through advocacy, through um our state delegation and brought back money for us. So that in that was able to do the complete renovations of those um tennis courts, which is home to the Scotch Plains Fanwood High School tennis team, as well as new benches and
receptacles. and we were able to redo the uh tennis courts, I mean the basketball courts as well. So that was really um great. And we knew at our last meeting, which was not televised, um we passed a resolution that would be uh
buying the new playground equipment for Forest Road Park. Um and that is just beautiful um and colorful with canopies and you know that whole area will get really going. And then the tennis courts, uh the defunct tennis courts are going to be turned into uh combo courts
for a pickle ball and tennis court. So um over the next year, we'll see a lot of improvements going on in that park. So that's just really like awesome. Um so moving on um as we have I see that uh Councilman Carter is not here tonight. Um we'll move on to public uh safety.
Councilwoman Malory Barker. Yep. Um so September was yeah pretty busy. Um so the police uh the detective bureau on September 8th made a presentation at a senior meeting um about current scams
and frauds uh which you know unfortunately um impact the elderly community more than others. Um, I think they've done that a handful of times and I think they will continue to do so as the scams get more clever. Um, on 911,
Fanwood police officers attended and participated in the annual September 11th memorial hosted by Scotch Plains. Uh, on September 15th, they were all out uh in support um on Fanny Wood Day. Um, and there were no issues that day. It
was a a fun event. It was much hotter um than yesterday, but it was fun. Um and then on 9:21, they had their first annual Fanwood PBA food truck festival. Um and they hope to do something like this every year. Um and they do hope
that people will get to know that this is happening and start to uh come out um for the events. They try to make it a really familyfriendly uh day. Um, so in the month of September, the department handled 1141 calls for service, 36 on
average per day. This included 135 traffic enforcement details and 302 building security checks. Um, officers conducted 95 park and walk details as well as responding to 40 medical calls
and 20 alarms. Uh, during the month of September, 170 vehicles were stopped for traffic violations. A total of 291 summones were issued, 216 for moving violations and 75 for parking. Officers
attended various uh training classes. Um there were four adult arrests during the month and cameras have been installed at Forest Road Park um and will be installed at Lrand Park in the coming weeks. So um
>> the nature center. >> Oh, really? Oh, and the and the nature center. Um, I think that's all I have for for now. Um, and I I should say that we are u nearing the uh our f our our last hire for now.
Um, so hopefully that will happen in November. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Um, rescue. Sorry. the captain's report for September 225.
Um they had a total of 27 emergency calls for the month of September. Um they had they answered 16 calls um they which was about 59%. Average response time was down to 8
minutes and 23 seconds which is very good. Total response hours was 54 hours. Oxygen administrations, there were two of them. They want to thank everybody who attended and participated in Fanny Wood day. There's a event tomorrow at
school one trip to Fanwood and they'll be at the Halloween parade and there's a Brunner school trip to Fanwood. So coming up on November 12th. So, um, they were basically, um, that is the report.
>> Okay. Thank you. Under fire. >> Oh, I'm sorry. One more. And there's a top responder of the month, uh, Riley with 12 and honorable mention Adam with 11. >> Thank you, >> Awesome, >> Councilwoman. Okay. Thank you. Um so once again just thank you to Chief
Pakola and the fire department for all their work for fire prevention week um with the local schools and also for the suggestions uh for parents. During the month of September, the Fanwood Fire Department responded to a total of 26 calls for assistance. Uh structure fire,
brush fire, four carbon monoxide alarms, five residential fire fire alarms, one house lockout, water conditions, um interior smoke condition, six natural gas odors, a mo a motor vehicle accident, two commercial fire alarms,
one citizen assist and one mutual aid. On September 6th, the fire department was dispatched to a residence on Cray Terrace for an interior odor of smoke and a light haze in the second floor bedroom. Uh the house was checked and the crew found an overheated fan which
was then removed and um the smoke was ventilated. On September 26th, the fire department was dispatched to a structural fire in a twostory condo complex with attached units. Um there was moderate to heavy smoke and the crews entered and pulled um burning
debris into in the living room and threw it outside and extinguished whatever else remained. That took about 2 hours. Three members attending the Union County Fire Academy are halfway through. They've attended 42 of the 80 classes so far and they are doing well. Um no
injuries were reported for the month of September for the fire department. >> Okay. Thank you. Um moving on under public works. >> So public works um for the September report they
continue to do their recurring monthly activities um inspection of the parks and the buildings. Um emptying the garbage and recycling containers in the parks, routine maintenance and repairs, cleaning up litter. Um they have removed
leaves and debris from the tops of storm drainage inlets before and after heavy rains to prevent uh to provide the drainage. Um they're doing seasonal season seasonal activities mowing and trimming and maintaining properties. Um they have completed the annual fall
brush pickup. Residents are reminded please to not place any brush or branches in the street until the next pickup in January 2026. um also reminded that brush and branches are not permitted in the leaf piles. It
really damages um the equipment and um they will try not to pick up those leaf piles if they can see the branches in them. The annual bulk waste pickup was completed in all quadrants of the burrow and a summary for that will be provided in November. Uh public works assisted
the friends of the library book sale which was a great success. They have powerwashed the Sheilan's Crossing uh concrete bridge over the New Jersey Transit Railway and they will be preparing to paint. Um newly planted
moms are in down on downtown and around the clock. All looks lovely and um they helped prepare for the 5K race and um as we know that was a great success and there were three new property maintenance notices of violations for
this time period. Um the recycling center will be open on November 1st. And also uh we'd like to remind residents that plastic bags and film are accepted at the public works facility by appointment um and during the next
special recycling event on November 1st. >> Thank you um very much. Uh Councilwoman Barry, anything on the library? >> Um yes. The one thing I want to say for um
for the library is that they did have a had a conversation with Lieutenant Qu about um a active shooting >> drill >> drill for the library. So, the staff will be getting training on the active
shooter drill um hopefully soon. They'll schedule that. Um because as we know the time we live in it's important for us to have plans in place and with the library being you know big and so many different windows and spaces you know staff and
and patriots need to know where to go if something was to happen. Um, also want to mention that I think that went out in an email blast, which is the um, aging services kiosk that's coming up
tomorrow. That is from 10 to 12 at the library. Um, so it's important if you know anybody in seniors um, that needs to go, they'll provide services and information for those seniors. So that's
a a good And it's being um sponsored by Union County if I'm correct. Right. >> Yeah. It's a Courtney. It's a traveling. >> Yes. So it's the um the Union County um division on aging. >> They do this. It's a ask stands for aging services kiosk. So they they go to
different libraries in Union County and um have a table where they can give information on services for um anyone who might want to avail themselves to those. >> Oh, good. Cool. >> Okay. Thank you. Um historic
preservation, >> thank you. So this past weekend, as you mentioned, was a very busy weekend in Fanwood. We had four centuries weekend. Um we had about 154 people visit the museum. Wow. >> Um, met a lot of interesting people, heard a lot of good stories, and
actually got some information that we hadn't had before. So, that was nice. Um, on October 9th, we gave a private tour um for the Westfield Garden Club. And I also gave a tour to the Borup
family. Um, Tom Borup's greatgrandfather was Fanwood's first or second station master. And so this family of about >> 25 or so, yeah, rented a big limo kind of bus thing and they all came up and
they were thrilled to be in the train station looking at everything and um they are obviously very proud of their great-grandfather. So that was fun. Um, the museum will be open the first Sunday of November from 2 to 4 and Tom Plant
will have his extensive collection of political campaign buttons there if anybody's interested. And then we are giving a private tour of the museum for the seventh grade social studies class at St. Barts. >> Thank you. >> Um, environmental.
>> Yes. Um, November 1st is Youth Day at the nature center. Um, so we hope to have a lot of people come out and just help clean up and spruce up the place before winter. There was a bird walk on October 5th which we had about 25 people there,
so that was nice. The um Evangel church had the serviceto service project um and we had about 20 to 25 volunteers for that. Worked very hard, cleaned and weeded and planted. So that was that was
really nice. And we have an Eagle Scout project um where they are going to be giving us tree guards for young trees in the nature center. >> And there we go. >> We had the clean up, right? those tree guards, those
>> Oh, okay. >> do whatever they do. >> And I also think we should probably thank they did the cleanup the evangel church. >> Yes. >> Was in the nature center. >> Yes, I said that. >> Oh, did you? Oh, I guess I didn't hear you. >> Service to service. >> Wow. There you go. Yeah, I didn't hear you. Sorry about that. Okay. Yeah, long
day. Councilwoman Mitchell, uh, updating on the green team and the shade tree, please. >> Uh, the green team, yes. um they don't meet until tomorrow night, but I do have some information. Um first of all, I think we um uh have to thank them again for all
their hard work they done they did on their um application for sustainable New Jersey. Um we received a bronze uh certification which is took an awful lot of work.
>> Yep. by an awful lot of people, but we were able to um continue our our certifications there. So, thank you to all of those people who work so hard. Um they're still collecting socks um for the month of October.
And they have been talking about this project called um Stop the Stuff. >> Oh yeah. >> Stop the stuff. Yes. And this to them it means um uh when you go to a fast uh takeout
place and you don't need the plastic uh utensils and the extra condiments to ask not to not to have them. And it coincidentally in the New Jersey legislature coming up for a vote very
soon is that same issue. and they gave some statistics that there are estimated that there are 40 billion single-use plastic use content utensils that go into the landfills every every year.
>> So they part of this leg this part of this legislation is um for fast food places not to give out the plastic utensils unless they're asked for. And they're also asking that um places like
this uh go to regular utensils in in their in their uh places of business and not the plastic utensils to get rid of the plastic utensils all together. So that would be a big step if that were
um and of course all of this their whole objective is to keep things as I say every month out of the landfill. >> Uh shade tree um they don't meet until next week but at last at last month's um
meeting they we received some money so they were able to plant uh four trees and that was from the county. >> Awesome. Great. Thank you. Thank you. >> Um let's see. Under recreation. >> Oh yeah, we've been busy. >> Yes,
>> we had a very successful 5K yesterday or uh I think over a little over 900 people. Um which it was very busy and but I got to tell you, it was extremely wellrun. Um thank you to Neil.
Um and he did an amazing job with a lot that he took on. Um and um it just was a very successful event. Well, now that's behind us. We have our um Halloween parade and contest uh coming up on the
31st. >> Um they are looking for some volunteers who can actually help out give out donuts and other items. >> Okay. >> Um and they want me to recruit you, mayor, to uh judge again this year.
>> Okay. Okay. Hard to say no. And uh Charlie Jackson is going to lead a drum line in the parade this year. So >> that makes a big difference. >> It's a big difference. So exciting stuff coming. >> Yep. Yep. They're very um a a very
dedicated uh group of people on the recreation. >> We will be lining up again by the library. Uh so those who want to participate in the parade. So that's where we be. Well, where will we >> where we will be? >> Where we will be. Thank you. Um, and I
believe that starts at 6:00 p.m. >> Yep. It'll be dark outside the library. >> It'll be dark. >> Very exciting. I will be bringing the parade as always. >> There you go. Thank you. All right. That wraps up our standing committee reports. I'd now like to have a motion. >> Health report. >> Oh, sorry.
You got something to say? >> It's okay if you don't want. >> No, I do. You got something to say? Say it. >> Okay. For the month of of September, uh there were four deaths in town, but there were nine births. So total so the
total for the year for births in town is uh 63. >> Wow. >> Yeah. So we have 63 new babies. >> That's a lot. >> That is a lot. >> Okay. Now, um, the rabies clinic will be
on, uh, at Lrand Park on November 12th >> at 6:00 p.m. at 5:00 p.m., I'm sorry, 5 to 6. So, um, if your dog needs rabies vaccination, um, it's open for you.
>> I should wait for that. the Westfield Regional uh health department issued their annual report and that is on on the website. It's on the fan website as well as the regional uh uh website.
They are also um they at the last meeting they said that COVID is on the rise in the southern areas. >> Yeah. So they are really urging everybody to get a flu shot and a a COVID shot and particularly they have
here before Halloween and kind of much after Halloween we kind of take up a lot of our business in the house right and in closed environments and we're not outside as much. So it is important that
you get your flu shot. Let me see. Oh, and they have uh medication disposable pouches for people who are home. Um, and you can get them at the Westfield uh regional health department, but also our police
department has um a place where you you just walk in and just dispose >> dump your uh medications >> into the box in the in the mailbox that's inside the police station. Um, now a board member Oh, and all the
food environ all the food inspections were satisfactory and apparently I wasn't at the meeting, but I answered this question as best as I could. A member of the board of health meeting this week uh brought up a concern regarding Forest River Park. Um,
when it rains, the tennis courts get flooded. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. and I responded back with as much information that I knew, but I'm sure that there is somebody here that could answer this better than I. >> Yeah, we can we can send back as we said
those will be um I told them that we were uh well aware of the situation and that we were on on top of it. >> Good. >> Thank you. Okay, >> that report that report Thank you. Um seeing that there isn't any more comments, I'd like to have a motion to
open the meeting to the public again. Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> um Russ, is there any thing on um line? >> No, I did I did elicit. >> Okay, thank you. >> Thank you. Yes, >> Caroline B 54 Holland Street. Um Kathy,
I have a question for you about the green team. Um there was something posted on Facebook about those flyers that get thrown on everybody's driveway and there's like an 800 number opt out. I mean, they come in handy for dog poop sometimes, but is there a reason why we
want plastic? Because I've taken them out of our sewers on Helen. >> Oh, they're all over the >> country. Is there like a state law that allows that? Is there a reason why we want it to continue? I I realize the retailers benefit from the free >> I don't know how that actually works,
right? Where they drop that stuff at your drive. You're >> talking about the thin roll that gets thrown, >> right? But you can't just call and they won't deliver it anymore. I understand. >> I actually gave that number out a couple of months ago and several people >> and I did I doubt but there's still a lot in the neighborhood.
>> Yeah. People like them over some people want the advertisements. >> Oh, is that what it is? Like shop right coupons and >> Oh, so they do want it >> cuz it's like you can't get a plastic bag in the grocery store, but you get one on your driveway. But they do come in handy for a poop bag sometimes.
>> Yeah. Thank you. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> They do. Gary Morris 405. Um the thing at Evangel was uh it's called service for service where they give up a service uh the Sunday morning service and it was one of
the most spectacular things you could ever be involved in. They managed to uh work with a group called Convoy of Hope and got a an entire tractor trailer full of food that they took into the center of Planefield. And the stories are just
coming out, but there was one guy who overheard this lady who had two or three bags of groceries in tears talking to somebody on the phone. >> Yeah. >> Where she was saying, "I don't know. I didn't know where I was going to get food this week and this just happened to
show up just in time. I was able to uh participate in the uh uh a a thing called Feed My Starving Children. They literally converted part of our church into a food manufacturing facility to uh
make packs of food basically for uh countries like Haiti and the Dominican Republic. And in um Friday through Sunday, I think we packed off 108,000 meals, which again, spectacular stuff.
And again, I have a vision for things. I think would be a really cool thing if you guys are open for it to open this up to you guys to participate and actually be in there and do it. It's the greatest team building event you'd ever want for a group of people. So, just putting it
out there as a plug for the next time we do it. Um uh one thing that uh happened the other day that I thought was humorous. I um I got home a little bit late and you know how you just want you again the pizza thing is still on my
mind. I wanted a slice of pizza. So I I drive over to Fabio's around 9:00 and the door is locked. So I'm like h So I'm like is there any chance Nicks might be open? Right. So you drive around and I see the lights on and I'm like nobody's in there but I see that two guys still
were working in there. And I go in and he goes, "Ah, we don't have any slices left." And I'm like, "Oh, really?" And he goes, and this is probably a little after 9:00. Technically, they close at 9:00. And he goes, "I'll make a pie for you." And I
was like, "That is awesome." And the guy made a pie for me. And that's what I had for lunch today, too. So, I I ate half the pie last night. And and again, it's that small town touch you just don't get anywhere else. And uh those are the things I love about Fanwood is is people
like that. But here's the fun part of the story. I started talking to him about uh the pizza run and he told me a story from last year where they had to deliver a hundred pizzas and their delivery guy was missing for like half an hour and they had no idea and he was
stuck because the police wouldn't let him in which so so apparently they straightened it out this year and they have some corridor to deliver the pizza. But I was like, "That's a really funny story." Can you imagine this poor delivery guy like trying every possible way and the police are like, "Nope, you can't come in."
>> Funny, not funny. >> Oh, by the way, I have 100 pizzas that are for everybody who finishes the race. But >> yeah, which I again, those are the kind of things, those small town stories that are just hilarious. And uh I encourage everybody to uh you know, visit these uh
these local businesses. They're awesome. to get to know them and uh and maybe they'll make a pie for you after 9:00. >> Thanks. >> Thank you very much. And with that, we are um finished with our regular scheduled business. So, I have a motion to close the public meeting. >> So, move.
>> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Thank you. Um we are going into an executive session um which is resolution 202510190 um for the purposes of attorney client privilege and then we are coming out to expressly adjourn. there will be no
action taken. Um, and with that, we will then see each other at our upcoming work session meeting, which is Monday, November 3rd. But before that will be Halloween. So, we hope that everybody has a wonderful time in Fanwood. We see you at the parade. And if not at the parade, we'll see you at Lrand Park for
the contest. And with that, we wish you a a nice night and a good week ahead. With a motion to adjurnn into second. >> All in favor? >> Thank you. Good night. Whose are these? Turn the clocks back.