our discom we're live whenever you're ready i'm good on my end okay good evening i'd like to call the April 14th 2025 Burough Council meeting to order will the clerk please read the
open public meeting statement adequate notice of this meeting has been provided as required under chapter 231 public law 1975 specifying the time date and location by posting a copy of the notice on the municipal building municipal website providing a copy of the annual notice scheduled to the official newspapers of the bureau and is on file
in the clerk's office will the clerk please call the role council President Zambrano here councilman Collins here councilman Mango councilwoman Payne here councilman Pazdansky here councilman Potter here mayor Murray present burough attorney
Peter Vinola present bur engineer Mike Mlullen here burrow engineer Lupus Skanka here burough administrator Fred Clark yes burough clerk Monica Orlando present will everyone please stand for a moment of silence which will be followed
by the state of the flag i pledge algiance to the flag of the father and justice forever wagon now is the time for public comment
limited to the resolutions on the agenda only if you wish to speak please step up to the microphone state your name and address for the record again this is the public portion is limited to the comments only on the resolutions listed on the agenda at this time there'll be
five a fivem minute time limit set forth by the rules of council if someone raises your hand please come up to the microphone state your name and address for the record seeing none I will close public comment authorizing payment of municipal
obligations next on the agenda we have authorizing payment of municipal obligations will the clerk please read resolution 25-142 by title 2025-142 authorizing the payment of bills claims and statements against the burrow of Miltown in a total amount of
$1,913,3568 you have heard the reading of this resolution are there any questions may I have a motion in a second please motion make a motion to approve this resolution second i have a motion made by Council President Zimbran seconded by
Councilman Collins will the clerk please call the role council President Zimbrano I councilman Collins I councilwoman Payne I councilman Posnansky hi councilman Potter I consent
agenda a consent resolution has been prepared for the resolutions listed on the agenda all matters listed under the consent agenda are considered to be routine in nature and haven't been reviewed by burough council will be enacted on in one motion any items may
be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any council member and if so removed will be treated as a separate matter any items required expenditures are supported by a certification of funds if any member of council wants any
resolutions acted upon individually please give me the resolution number and it will be pulled from the consent resolution i do 2025 145 can I speak we're not there yet okay is
there any others no okay will the clerk please read the consent resolution whereas pursuant to the rules of council the council may establish a consent agenda for any regular or special meetings upon certain conditions and whereas each of the following
resolutions to be presented before the burough council at its April 14th 2025 meeting appear to have the unanimous approval of all members of the burough council 2025-14 2025-146 through 153 now therefore be resolved by the Burough Council of the
Burough of Miltown that each of the above listed resolutions be approved and adopted by the Burough Council with the same legal effect as so each were read its entirety at its April 14th 2025 meeting and adopted by separate vote may I have a motion and a second to
approve motion to approve second i have a motion made by Council President Zbrana seconded by Councilman Collins will the clerk please call the role council President Zambrana i councilman Collins hi councilwoman Payne hi councilman Paznanski hi councilman
Potter i will the clerk please read resolution 2025-145 by title please authorizing to hire municipal clerk may I have a uh what's the pleasure discussion we a motion a second second
i'll make a motion that we approve the uh resolution second i have a motion made by um Councilman Collins and second by Councilwoman Payne are there is there any discussion
this is on 145 correct correct okay i'm reluctant I'm reluctantly asking to table the hiring of a new burough clerk i was not informed that a candidate was in the works keep shaking your head i will good i do not know if if if a he or if it is a he or a she apparently I'm
expected to vote yes to confirm the candidate that is not acceptable council President Sam Bronn it's actually pronounced Zam i'm speaking i'm speaking sir i have I am speaking sir you may
speak not according to you i have every right as an elected representative of the people of Miltown to do my due diligence to make sure that the clerk that I vote for has been completely vetted by
me that would include seeing a resume speaking with members of the personnel committee a joint discussion with all of council in a closed session meeting etc the personnel committee is a recommending body and I did not receive a recommendation that means there was at
least one member of the governing body that had no knowledge of an upcoming hiring i will have to abstain as I expect no one will second my motion table i'm very disappointed with the council president's leadership here this
is a personal political or he may explain to the residents that there are other reasons to exclude me his actions are breach of Robert's rules of order which we follow according to Robert's rules a twothirds vote is required for any
motion that takes rights away from members such as rights include the right to be informed of a pending action the pending action involved here is the hiring of the burough clerk thank you i am done council you look like you had a comment
did you have a comment or not no I I just This is usually the procedure we do right with the personnel committee yeah i didn't have any questions okay um may I have a a Would the clerk please call her order council President
Zambrana I councilman Collins I councilman Mango oh sorry councilwoman Payne I councilman Pnansky abstain councilman Potter I um reports from elected officials council President Zambrano thank you Mr
um so on uh 2nd Tuesday uh of this month last week uh revitalization committee met um to discuss a timeline for uh Miltown Day uh for anybody that doesn't know uh last Saturday in September which
is the 27th of September will be Miltown Day rain or shine registration should be open shortly um again we have a timeline that goes through April all the way through September with uh certain um actions that we're going to take including um maybe mixing it up uh
proceeds this year instead of adding more planters maybe we'll uh go with some signage on on uh on polls much like other towns have in past years um HRC committee met on the first Tuesday of
the month which is April 1st discussed a number of items hrc would like uh me to [Music] um wait for it uh the HRC meeting would uh committee would like uh me to just
wish everyone a happy Passover uh which started on Saturday uh would like to wish everybody uh that they had a uh nice Palm Sunday as we get ready for Holy Week and to have a happy Easter Sunday um two um observ observances this
year or this month I should say are uh April is deaf history month and um it is also Holocaust remembrance um and that concludes my reports mr mayor thank you Councilman Collins thank you Mr mayor i got three reports so people are going to get tired of me in about two minutes
sorry uh uh I had the most important one is uh I have a letter from the environmental commission uh requesting that they change the date for of Earth Day from April 19th to May 10 dear Mayor and council we the environmental commission are writing a request to change the date for our Earth Day
cleanup and fair it has come to our attention that the original date is April 19th does not work for our community we are requesting a change of date to May 10th 2025 the event will still be held at Mil Pond Park from 10:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m no rain date as in
previous years we would like to have a cleanup around the town and we'll have tables around the park area the tables will offer Earth friendly information demonstrations and vendors we would also like to have a familyfriendly activity such as a beanag toss and
kayaking to truly make it a fun family fun day for our event to be successful we are asking collaboration and support from the Burrow of Miltown we would not be able to have our cleanup without the support from the Department of Public Works dpw does not just help with the
collecting of litter around the town from the cleanup they assist in setting up the park at Mil Pond Park and provide gloves bags pickups for cleanup participants ralph and his crew are an integral part of our day from the setup
to cleanup we could not run the event without them we would also ask the recreation department to join us again this year with the help we're able to offer families fun games and activities at the park throughout the day the games provided by the recreation department
prompt prompted families to stay and enjoy the day and take some time to gather the information offered at the tables in the park we will strive to make this a special community event and will showcase various public and private offerings in our town we thank you for
considering the request and sincerely hope that each of you can support and join us in celebrating Meltown's Earth Day Melttown Earth Day and clean up and fair this year respect with the environmental commission
do we need any thing to pass that or uh do we need to talk to Ralph and make sure the dates open i believe that they checked with everybody and the dates open dates open okay yeah it was just a matter of you guys saying okay so I could put an official resolution on for
the next meeting that's fine and we have a uh there's still openings for the environmental commission if we have any volunteers and the Schwindamin cabin committee there's also several openings and just uh we're going to reuse the waiver for kayaking that you you uh drew
up last year if there's going to be kayaking I would love everybody to sign a waiver i just want to say we're going to use the same one that you produced last year sounds good fabulous i went to the library meeting uh Tuesday April 8th uh I just go over
some of the highlights uh there's a new book page that you can preview books at the library so if anybody wants to buy a book or look check out a book you can check out the book page preview at the library they uh gave over 50 new library cards to fifth graders and over 80 in
the month of March were issued and I was very impressed with the uh librarian Charlie said that we're u tied in with the rest of uh other communities like 90% of the communities in Middle Sex County and we have access to over a million books that are available to the
residents and uh and uh I'll talk about the security cameras later they went over and uh the board of health meeting uh rabies event will be May 27th 6:00 to 8:00
p.m at the DPW building and that concludes my reports Mr mayor thank you uh did any councilman make those reports or will they be ready no comments uh Councilwoman thank you Mr
mayor on behalf of the police department um between March 1st and March 31st the police responded to,81 calls for service during this period the police conducted 111 radar details in numerous locations they made
43 483 motor vehicle stops during this period and they investigated nine motor vehicle accidents of the 20 days of school in March police covered 44 crossing posts 22 arrests were made um very shoplifting three arrests for DWI
active warrants um two arrests for aggravated assault um and one arrest for possession of a controlled dangerous substance uh solicitor permits the only thing that I want to add um that the chief felt was important for everyone to note is that
um the department has issued uh five um solicitor permits uh and that includes the identification cards by the bureau of Miltown through the police department these permits were issued to individuals who are working for a home remodeling company if they're not displayed you
should ask any individual who comes to your door to show you their permit the ID card will display their photo name company title issue date and expiration date um if you do not want solicitors to knock on your door then sign up to be
added to the do not knock list uh the form can be found on the burough website if you have any doubts of call of course call the non-emergency number at the police department um the um uh police department is always asking me
to remind you about that they'll do a residential security check uh and to also always check the civic ready emergency alert um when you receive those um and some of those um can be messages from public works or from the burough clerk's office the senior center
wreck and so on so if you haven't signed up please do so you can um to receive uh those messages text the word Miltown in all capital letters to 38276 for the Miltown Fire Department um just some general information um that
the fire department very active lately um as always I should I should say uh in terms of their community um efforts on March 20th Chief along with members of the rescue squad attended a CPAC meet at Spotswood High School and CPAC stands
for spe special education parent advisory group to discuss and answer questions concerning special needs people during emergency calls and among the topics were community involvement with the Middle Sex County Sheriff's Office giving out information on the
county special needs program and registry um they were able to to help a parent of hearing impaired child using the resources from both the rescue squad and the fire department and they reached out to many resources inside our inside our department inside their departments
to find her links to vibrating smoke alarms there was also training um it's called SCBA which stands for self-contained breathing apparatus or better known as air packs uh and there were fit testing along with initial
training on the new air packs which were part of last year's grant and new packs are in service and all members are trained piscataway and Miltown joined together for training on March 30th at Piscataway fire training facility um I was also invited to attend student
government day at the fire department and I got to tell you I learned a lot but I was a little disappointed that there was no room for me in the fire trucks to get driven home um but they did that did that for the students i tried on one of those air packs and a
jacket that weighs like I think 75 pounds um I don't I you know our police fire and rescue folks are amazing uh so it was a really good um presentation for the students and they had stations set up and you know they pushed the buttons
on the truck and held the hose and it was really really awesome i was glad to be invited um members are always needed at the Miltown Fire Department and anyone that's interested in joining can stop by the firehouse on Monday night at 6:30 or
email uh join miltown firegmail.com and my last report is the Miltown Rescue Squad for March there was a total of 85 calls 52 in Miltown 22 on the turnpike um and uh rescue rehab and mutual aid made up the rest the squad
like the fire department is always looking to recruit new talent um they are accepting applications now for summer on boarding so anyone interested in learning about joining the rescue squad or becoming an EMT uh should email recruitment at miltownrescue
squad.org applications for July 2025 need to be submitted by June 15th and I believe Mr mayor that concludes my reports thank you Councilman sure uh first I'm going to speak about the senior
center tuesday April 22nd 9:30 bus trip to Ali's and Trader Joe's monday April 28th 10:45 the bus trip to the Shrimp Box the VNA the VNA nurse will be available for appointments on Tuesday April 15th from 12 to 3:00 p.m the
service is available for Miltown seniors free of charge each month please sign up on the bulletin board if you are interested we have a weekly lunch program on Wednesdays sponsored by Elijah's Promise on Wednesdays 12:30 there is such a need for shelters that we will continue collecting throughout
the year this includes unopened dog and cat food litter and unused toys and accessories for the DPW report street sweeping has taken place and is ongoing to meet D regulations staff continued to address any potholes that need to be repaired please use the report a concern
feature on the burough web page to report any new pileups street signs stop signs repairs and replacements have taken place and is ongoing branches and brush have been trimmed back tennis court cleanup for the upcoming season also work has taken place at all
baseball fields in town in preparation well it's already happened opening day was on the 5th road repairs of water main break holes will begin to take place throughout the town now that the asphalt plants have opened next recycling date is April 17th that concludes my report thank you thank you
Councilman Potter thank you Mr mayor uh from the Miltown Recreation Department we appreciate everyone who joined us for the New Jersey Devils game it was a terrific game and an enjoyable evening our late winter soccer clinic completed on April
3rd with a wonderful turnout on Tuesday March 25th the French theater arts program student performed High School Musical and did an outstanding job registration is still open for the spring musical theater program of Annie which is scheduled to begin on April
22nd and end on June 10th the first chess session was a big success the sec uh the second session started on March 21st and will end on April 28th the application deadline for seasonal summer
employment was on Tuesday April 1st any applications received after that date will be placed on a wait list all adult and youth spring programs are set to begin next week registration is still open for the adult co-ed softball league
and will close on Sunday April 20th please visit community parents to register we are thrilled to announce the launch of our new Pilates program registration filled up quick and the program is scheduled to begin on Tuesday April 22nd pool memberships for the
Burough Pool will be on sale on April 25th please visit Community Pass to purchase your badge albert Avenue Camp and CIC registration will open on April 25th camp is scheduled to begin on March on Monday June 30th spring is here don't
forget to get in touch with the recreation department to secure your date to rent Albert Avenue Park you can complete the fillable application on the recreation website please be sure to visit our recreation web page to familiar familiarize yourself with the
upcoming programs to register for any of the programs please visit community pass from the Miltown Planning Board the meeting scheduled for April 2nd was cancelled the next meeting is scheduled for May 7th and from the Miltown Fourth
of July organization we're less than three months away from the big day the Miltown Fourth of July organization thanks everybody for their continued support don't forget to participate in our Super 50/50 raffle limited tickets are still available and join us for our
next time to donate event at the Squalburg oven pizza on April 22nd and 23rd and if you wish to be a sponsor or participate in the parade please visit our Miltown Fourth of July website or follow us on Facebook and Instagram and
Mr mayor that concludes my report thank you Mr mayor sorry to interrupt but um Councilman Councilman Mango's report is in the packet councilwoman just pointed it out so yeah yeah sure thank you
thank you Mr mayor um so the Miltown Electric monthly report uh winds knocked down knocked over a large tree on West Lakewood Drive the span of electric wires was broken utilities made the area safe for the tree removal contractor and then replaced the span of wires there
were two separate calls for flickering lights department members did the troubleshooting with the aid of our load beast troubleshooting device one house needed new wires for the street and the other had an internal issue two street lights were repaired and one replaced
with an energy efficient LED fixture our new pole trailer made its maiden voyage to the utility pole vendor in Oldbridge to pick up a small pole for the firehouse we took down two trees they took down not me they took down two trees one for the North Brook Drive
project and one for the Albert Avenue path project vpw crews assisted with the chipping line clearance was performed on Desmond Clay Rosewood and Southbrook aggressive line clearance has resulted in fewer averages inspections were performed on poles in various areas more
replacements are being planned the utility department assisted the building department with customer issues replacing electric meters where necessary and the water utility report um monitoring of pump stations occurs on a regular schedule emergency
um scheduled markouts occur daily staff do final meter readings and handle resident concerns and complaints please sign up for the water meter replacement program through VEPO replace a hydrant on Northbrook and on North Main Street
and on South Main Street and a reminder that flushing will start on Saturday April 19th from 7:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m every day until the town is completed and that is Frank's report thank you uh Bur attorney Peter Vinola
uh just one thing Mr mayor um the the bureau has received a number of requests recently for the ability to put memorials on burrow properties um and we do have those requests we're processing them and trying to figure out how to comprehensively come up with how to
handle such requests and and respond to them so hopefully by next meeting we'll have something ready thank you for engineers thank you Mr mayor um first a report an update on the water meter project um to date
881 replacements have been completed that's 248 more than were done at the uh time of the last council meeting nine others are complete and are going through the final validation process 42 are incomplete and
186 others are currently scheduled um secondly on the um Northbrook Drive improvements the um tree removals have been completed and the contractor is presently removing and replacing the curbs with the um new granite blocking
thank you um business administrator Fred Carr i have nothing sir thank you burough clerk thank you Mr mayor uh one big announcement I have um for the polling locations for election day there
were a lot of complaints last year about district 4 being here at Burough Hall since district 4 is at is within the area of Joyce Kilmer so we did get permission from the county to switch district 4 back postcards will be going out and for the primary election and
elections going forward district 1 and district three will be here at Burough Hall district 2 and District 4 will be at Joyce Kilmer School and districts 5 through nine will remain at the senior center uh postcards will be going out to all the households uh affected by this
change primary is June 10th as I've been reminding everybody uh the next thing is May 12th is our youth and government meeting we have 11 students from the Joyce Cumber school coming to run our meeting so I hope everybody tunes in to see that and resolution 2025-145
uh is hiring a new municipal clerk she will be starting May 5th i uh I am staying on board through the end of May to help transition her i want to thank everybody for their patience with the clerk's office as I try and juggle both jobs um and and get to everybody's
requests as quickly as I can um I am staying on as a planning board secretary so I'm not completely gone for Miltown and that is all I have for my report thank you does any member of council have any old business to bring before council uh yes mayor although I'm not
sure so maybe you can help me i'm not sure if this is old business or new business um but I think it's maybe old business because Councilman Pnansky spoke about this about a half hour ago so I guess that makes it old business um and I just want to say so that it's clear for the residents
um I'm a member of the personnel committee along with council president Zambrana and council meno and we have have been a very busy committee um having to hire um various
positions uh uh since I came on board um we have been diligent um in reviewing resumes um working with our municipal clerk working with our business administrator um to review every single application
that comes in um we all work together as a committee along with our professionals um to decide um who you know would be the right fit for an interview uh the municipal m the municipal clerk that we
hired tonight uh was initially interviewed by the business administrator and the municipal clerk um and we were invited to meet the personnel committee met um with the candidate um and we had a lot of questions and we had a good discussion
with her and we felt that she was the right fit as Councilman Collins um pointed out this is how normally committees work right that you know committees tackle issues and make recommendations to the council for vote
um there was a comment made by Councilman Pausnansky that he wasn't aware of the hire and he hadn't seen the resume that it's all included in the packet of information that we receive as council people and we receive those um packets on Thursday which gives every
council member plenty of time to review uh and in that packet um was the resume that Councilman Pausnanski um certainly was able to review and with that when we get those packets if any council member
has a question on anything in the packet which which is the business of what we do at every meeting they can ask anyone any one of us any questions about any of the work that we do on any of the committees so Councilman Pasneski did
not call me to ask me about the hiring of the municipal clerk and he could have um you know but he had the information um in the packet that we receive for every meeting um so I just wanted to be
clear in terms of the process mr mayor thank you councilman F your recommended committee i found out and I'm sure uh council president would find this interesting i found out from Duncan someone Dunkin Donuts on Friday that we had hired a new clerk and they laughed
when I said I didn't know anything bad do you have anything to say about that sir you had the council packet on Thursday no I didn't it was available on Thursday okay council Miss Mr orlando are the packets uh or is
the stuff uh uploaded on the website on Thursday or Friday everything was done on Thursday it It was Thursday night when I uploaded to the website because I had to get home to my kids okay but uh packets were done Thursday afternoon emailed out to council Thursday
afternoon then uploaded for the public um later that day okay thank you old business um does any member council have any new business to bring forward for council yes Mr mayor i just had a couple things
um one was on the uh contract for the uh the snack shack that is out i don't know maybe you know we should advertise a little better it's a minimum bid to $1,000 the only thing I had a problem with is this packet is like 95 stipulations in
here it's We get $1,000 from the snack shack but how many illegal bills do we pay for this contract our QPA drew that up what's that the QPA drew that up so we got nothing in legal bills oh okay because it's like extensive i mean the person would need to be turning to read
it it's like what is it 95 numbers on it the next thing I wanted to talk about was the security camera at the library parking lot um there's a back and forth between the public uh safety and the uh library about who who should pay for it
so and I'm not sure if we have the manpower to re you know watch the camera that's another question we have but I think we should really seriously consider that next year about putting a security camera in the library parking lot you know and uh that's all I have for
tonight happy holidays to all okay I'll close new business open to the public the public comment portion of our meeting is to allow the public to bring to the council's attention their concerns or comments the council will
respect the public's time by refraining from any comments until the speaker has finished it should be further noted that the public comment portion of our meeting is not structured as a question and answer session so please state your name and address for the record when you
come to the podium just a reminder that under the rules of council individuals wishing to speak during their public input part of the meeting shall be limited to five minutes and may after other speakers have finished be allowed to speak for a second five minute
period olivia Landro 8 West Street hello I'm Olivia Landro the student representative member of Miltown's human relations committee and we're continuing our mission to to bring attention to lesserk known periods of observance for marginalized groups april is death history month aiming to recognize the
millions of individuals who are impacted by some form of hearing loss as well as the culture surrounding the heart of hearing and deaf community over the years medical and social responses to hearing loss have positively shifted and it's important to continue being conscious of the differences we individuals face
respecting American sign language hearing aids colear implants and many others as a society working to bring more recognition to disabilities awareness and inclusion are both paramount as well as educating oneself on different experiences that make up someone's everyday life for more
resources regarding hearing loss the National Association of the Deaf or the NAD and the Hearing Loss Association of America the HLAA are terrific resources as well as online videos and classes that teach ASL furthermore all libraries within our book trading system have a
plethora of extremely informative books some sharing the experience of being heart of hearing and others as references for learning ASL miltown has always stood by the message of respecting everyone regardless of what they look like or if they act differently and let us continue to uphold that during Deaf History Month
thank you thank you thank you thank you hi Mary Ellen Davis Schwenderman Davis um I live at 119 South Main Street um I'd like to res uh refer to resolution 2025152 appointing members to the
Schwenderman Homestead Subcommittee um thank you Mayor and Burough Council i'm deeply grateful for your commitment to advancing the plans for Schwenderman's nature center the project is not just a development it is
a testament to our community's dedication to preserving and celebrating the natural world as many of you as many as you oh as many of you know my father was a renowned taxidermis at the Museum of Natural History in New York his passion
for wildlife sorry and his meticulous craftsmanship brought the wonders of nature to countless visitors not only to the museum but to Miltown itself he would be incredibly proud to see this
nature center come to life serving as a beacon of education and conservation in Miltown not only that uh it's going to be a place for relaxation um countless opportunities for scouts
both boys and girls and um a lot of opportunities to make it a a beautiful place um I want to thank you once again for your support and vision together we're creating something truly special for Miltown
thank you Lee Weisenberger 99 JFK Drive i have a little question today on the way the departments work in town uh basically for the attorneys that we represent us in each of those departments uh like Ford Avenue Mr cahill
uh what he does would that become burrow property or does he retain that all right i don't know i don't know specifically what you're asking about so if you want to talk offline I'm not sure this is the forum for a question of that i I can address one to you then Mr
bernoli if it helps right now you have a title search on the river trust I have a copy of you you have a copy yes sir right that's burough property then now uh it's actually my copy because the original office I believe it's been
provided to Mr okay that's good that's we're driving that in today's world that would be electronic and then paper or one way or the other sure in the past it would have been paper
um yes more than likely going back we haven't had enough for the burrow wouldn't destroy a title search that was done in the past be an important piece of document uh depends on what you it depends on what you did
the title search for and whether you acquired the property and whether you got a title policy there's a number of reasons why you might not keep a title search even if the bureau did it even okay maybe that's my wire help appreciate it is that it
anymore okay I will close public comment uh council comments is there anyone one from council that um like to bring something up at this time I have two items like to go last if there's anyone who wants to go before
Okay first I'm going to do what I do often and I'm going to honor certain uh groups here uh this is for the first responders miltown's first responders deserve to be honored tonight so I will do that our police department is second
to none when it comes to protecting our citizens from our very youngest to our elders such as my dear friend George G they serve in every important capacity even crossing your precious children at crosswalks if you feel safe day and night in Miltown thank you miltown
Police Department your fire department professionally trained and led is ready at a moment's notice putting themselves in harm's way for you and your family with proper safety gear and heroism these brave volunteers rush into danger zones as others are rushing out they help their fellow firefighters from
other towns also when needed last they're devoted and skillfully trained in the saving of lives and ready to be at your home with just a call our wonderful rescue squad whether the emergency be in town or on the turnpike these well-trained dedicated and compassionate volunteers
deserve our respect thanks and smile even though the police are paid and the other first responders volunteers the one thing that always stands out to me is one word selflessness it says so much about a person their true self and in other
words their character now my second discussion is not an easy one um I'm going to I'm going to address something and it's actually um very painful to me i'm addressing my comments on a Facebook site in Miltown regarding the state's
findings of Miltown schools education statistics which were very poor i visited schoolboard meetings last year i spoke about how much taxpayer money goes to the board of education i asked questions for transparency to the belleaguered taxpayers i was rebuffed no
one answered a single question i have never questioned the hardworking beloved dedicated teachers all the president of the board of education kept repeating with a smile to me was "Come to a budget meeting councilman." I did go to a budget meeting and I was not happy with what I had seen
i'm going to read the few comments on the Facebook site that I weighed in on mayor I'd like to raise a point of order i'd like to raise a point of order i would like to raise my order you are out of order i'd like to raise a point of order mayor please tell her mayor I'm speaking when a person is speaking I
have the right to state my objective peter you understand rules okay am I wrong please yes and I'm following hang on one second i will admit that I am not wellversed in all of Robert's rules but I will also admit that this organization while it
adopts our rules doesn't particularly always follow Robert's rules so I will start from there um certainly councils has the rule uh councilwoman Payne has indicated that she has appointed order that I don't know what it is yet so I
would I said this board of work and she doesn't know where can you let Mr vinola speak please madam finish i think it might be appropriate to find out what counciloman Bee's point of order is and then we can decide whether or not it needs to be resolved councilman Posi can continue mr
vignol I'm in court order she did not i dare say I I heard her say it yes so so please uh just so um the business of the board of ed is separate and apart
from the business of council there is nothing on the current agenda for tonight that speaks to the issues that Councilman Pausnanski is attempting to make he is also um commenting on social media posts that I think is
inappropriate and not substantiated in terms of the nature of the topic that he's talking about and so my objection is that he is out of order talking about this issue and I would merely indicate that this is
the council comment portion of our meeting and councilman has the ability to discuss any topic that he believes is relevant to the business of the burden and while I understand your position um certainly if you have a topic that you would like to bring up you would have that would be afforded the same
opportunity so while I understand what your point is he would still have the ability to make his comments thank you Peter i just want the record to reflect um the point of order was raised and I object to the comments that Councilwoman Pausnanski is making council please
continue i will find a Robert's rules where a person is speaking i know you can shake your head and has the floor and I will continue but please keep in mind also that the board of education meetings
have around 15 chairs for visitors to attend and are not filmed or televised so busy parents have very little transparency from the responsible body now I will read my comments that I know were passed around on you my first comment it's about someone
who was reporting that the GOP is brainwashing people but what I said the numbers are factual it's the numbers that I saw that I was regarding my second comment $18 million of taxpayer money and I have gone to the school board meetings and brought this up and
over $7 million of state funed taxpayer dollars this year we should expect students to be performing at a top tier level something is going wrong something needs that needs to be investigated to turn around quickly the children deserve better and so do the taxpayers and parents i'm very respectful in my
comments and I hope other people can see this my next comment i've gone to schoolboard meetings and rarely see a parent unless they have an issue when I speak at meetings they do not respond to me yet council is responsible for funding everything that they do which is
true my next comment look at the budget see the expenses beside teacher salaries bureaucracy is very deep standing expenses are high you will not be happy with what you see there is no oversight for council we are accountable for the money
and the board of ed the board of education is unaccountable to the taxpayers my next comment I invited the superintendent I won't use her name to come to a council meeting to have a dialogue with the intent of informing the community of her goals for the students and she
declined my last comment it's to the person that I know I won't use his name blank i think it's 68% or so in addition to two million for busing they also received around $7.5 million from state taxpayer money she also asked for an
additional 2% each year which they are allowed to do those are my comments now I'm going to continue council President Sam Brown please inform the audience just where I was in your words inciting violence to the
superintendent who happens to be a woman where was I inciting violence sir so council I I'm asking you a question i'm not going to continue i'm asking you a question sir answer when you said I incited violence sir I'm not going to continue okay i'm going to continue this
This is not the appropriate use of counsel oh yes it is sir board of Education you're defaming me sir you're inciting violence against me the board of education does not report to the council the council okay i'd like to reclaim my time please he will not
answer my question so I want I want to reclaim my time okay you also stated that I wasn't that I was it was embarrassing what I said and that I am embarrassing correct okay it is okay that's your opinion it is my opinion your opinion means nothing that's fine
you know you stated this was a very bad bad look for me it is it is any comment that you make whether you think or not makes it look like we all think like you and that we think the same how how i'm speaking on my own i
speak on my own sir that's right that's right i'm I'm able to speak for myself but I'm also speaking from the people in town to be transparent for the people in town who get nothing from this from the board of ed there are no cameras there are 15 seats sir what I would do I I
didn't ask you a question that's fine what I would do if I were you is is what I would do is I would go and and get our council leazison here at the board of education who is a former board of education member to get a meeting to talk about all these things
that you're not happy about or that or even get put together a parent sort of group to answer these kinds of questions okay i may I continue sure okay you may i will not treat you with the disrespect that you continually treat me there is
military expression that applies here you salute the rank not the man council President I sent you three very important texts february 23rd 24th 25th all unanswered i received an email from you in the evening of April 8th asking
for a call i called April 9th no answer no call back on April 11th an email asking if I am free for a call my exact message was I should be available around 7:00 you may call me then in your tax parade you told me that you did not return my call because I don't tell you when to call me is that correct your
phone call again is condescending no sir