Township. Council agenda. Township precipitate township council meeting of June 17, 2025. Introduction posting of notice. Adequate notice that this meeting has been provided in accordance with the requirements of the open public meetings law by following the notice in the office of the township clerk and by posting the meeting notice on the bulking board at the municipal building
on December 2nd, 2024. Lots remain posted since that date. A legal notice appeared in the daily record in New York ledger on December 6, 2024. Uh, may I please ask everyone to stand for the flag salute to the flag of America and to the
republic for it stands one nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez here. Mr. McGrath here. Mr. Neglia here. Mr.
Karifi here. Also in attendance are business administrator Jamie Cryan and uh township attorney Michael Levery and the municipal clerk Coled Madden. Council President, we have a quorum. Uh can I begin? Yes, please. Thank you. Upcoming meetings. July 8th, 2025 at 7
p.m. is the agenda meeting. July 22nd, 2025 at 7 p.m. is the regular meeting. There are no ordinances. Moving along to the public session. I'd like to entertain a motion to open up the public session. Motion. Second. Motion made by Mr. Neglia, seconded by Mr. Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr.
McGrath. Yes. Mr. Mr. Neglia. Yes. And Mr. Karif? Okay. The floor is open to the public. You can speak on any matter you'd like. You have 5 minutes to speak. Please state your name and uh sign in before speaking. I had already signed in. Oh, you're
prepared. Okay, good. Hold on. Hello. Broken already. Hello. Hello. Hello. There you go. I got lipstick on it. Sorry. Hello. Hello. Okay. Needed your magic touch. Okay. So, my name is Nicole Zamora. I'm a resident
here at Paripony. Um, I did hear um from the grape vine that somebody was stopped due to racial profiling by the police department. Um, I just wanted to say that uh, well, first of all, like I have nothing bad to
say about the police department. I think the police department is doing an excellent job. I feel very safe in this community. I'm very happy to live here in this community as well. But I do find that racial well, number one, it's illegal, but number two, racial profiling is
something that doesn't make me feel safe. I mean, I know that the way I look is not like the typical Hispanic look, but I am of Hispanic background and my stepkids are, you know, of brown skin complexion. Um, it just makes me
concerned like, oh my god, is somebody going to stop them for the way that they look? Um, which doesn't make me feel very safe. So, I really do hope that somebody does um in this town look into it because it's it's just very concerning and um
you know and and and also Hispanics just like the United States is a melting pot. You have people who look Asian, you have people who look white, you look at people uh you have people who look uh brown, black, you name it. We don't we're not just one specific
color or one specific type. So that's also very ignorant to stop people just because they look a certain way. So I just hope that the town just um does an investigation and please look into this matter because this is just very concerning and I just hope that this doesn't continue. But other than that, I
have to say I really do like the police department. I mean I think they're doing an excellent job and I do love living in this town. I mean I think everybody's doing a great job. Even you guys as mayor and council, everybody here is doing a great job. I am so happy here and I love the school and everything like that. But this is just some one
thing that I hope you guys look at to did you make a complaint to the police department? It wasn't me specifically that it happened to I just know that okay whoever whoever it happened to they they need to if if they believe that they need to make a complaint to the police department and then they will
investigate it. That's not something that we would investigate. Okay. So who who from the police department? Uh if they contact the internal affairs division internal affairs they'll do it. Yes. Okay. Thank you so much. Paul, they should have body cam video, right? So, you can open the You can also open the
body cam video. You should be able to get all that, but they should definitely if that if that's what they believe happened, um have them call the police department, ask for the internal affairs division and that's who would handle that complaint. And then like Councilman McGrath said, they have body cams and everything. So, they would have that
footage. [Music] Good evening, Kendallski, Parcany. Uh, I would like to speak again about the lack of support for Pride Month in Paripany. At the last meeting, only three of the five council members voted in favor of the same resolution that I
assume has been passing unanimously for years supporting Pride Month. And our mayor has refused to fly the Pride flag as in the past. I asked the two members who voted against the resolution why they did so and received some responses having to do with their perceived roles
of town governments. Mr. Mucella said government property should be neutral with respect to this issue. And Mr. McGrath said Paripony is made up of people with many different backgrounds. I don't believe it is right to speak for all of them on global issues that divide rather than unite.
Now, I know he was mainly referring to issues like Ukraine, Israel, and Palestine, but he did not differentiate those from pride. Both councilman and the mayor can certainly correct any misrepresentations they hear in my remarks, although unfortunately two of them are not here tonight, so maybe I'll
have to come back next time. Uh, I'm certain that we could all have a great conversation about the proper role of government when it comes to issues of supporting causes. My bottom line however is that the purpose of government is to do things for people that they can't do themselves. That is
main one of the main things is to protect people to provide security for residents not only physically but also by telling them that the town understands and is aware of the threats against them. Over the last two years, GLAD's alert tracker showed 112%
increase in documented anti-LGBTQ attacks nationwide. GLED, by the way, stands for Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. The FBI reported an increase in hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation and gender identity, with incidents related to sexual
orientation bias increasing by about 9% of 2022 to 2023 and gender identity based incidents rising 78% from 2021 to 2023. The Williams Institute found that LGBT people are nine times more likely to
experience violent hate crimes than non-LGBT people. Transgender and gender non-performing people are particularly vulnerable and disproportionately impacted by hatefueled violence. These incidents have included protests, vandalism, propaganda bombs, and mass
shooting threats, assaults, and arson. As always, these reported incidents are undoubtedly underounting the true numbers. But this is not a situation crying out for government action and support. I don't know what is. If any group of citizens is being subjected to
acts of hatred, we should do what we can to help them. If flying the pride flag and passing a resolution recognizing Pride Month accomplishes this, we should all support it and certainly never oppose it. We are all familiar with first they came a 1946 post-war
confessional piece by the German Lutheran pastor Martin Nemo. It indirectly condemns complicity of German intellectuals and clergy following the fascist rise to power and incremental purging of their chosen targets. And you know how it starts. First they came for
the communists and I did not speak out because I was not a communist. Then they came for the socialists and I did not speak out because I was a socialist. Then they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. And then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me. I
personally regard deliberately withholding support of such targeted groups, especially when there is no danger from offering such aid as supporting hate crimes, discrimination, and even fascism. As far as respecting Parcipany's diversity, I am sure there
are some residents who oppose any resolution of this type. But this applies to everything that the council engages in and we can't be paralyzed by that. If something is morally correct and helpful to residents, I support it and expect my elected officials to
support it. As Edund Burke said in 1795, the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. When faced with threats to our society, we all have to take sides. I am very disappointed that three of our six elected officials would not support a
resolution or public flag supporting a group of targeted and vulnerable individuals. As I said at the last meeting, 30 seconds, pride in precipany works both ways. Elected officials have to show their pride in residents. Right now, I see no reason to have pride in
Pipony. Thank you. Thank you. [Music] You can just move the mic. There you go. Good evening everyone. My name is Lily. I live in Le Hayawata and I'm here today
to make a statement. On Wednesday, I was home with my granddaughter and she asked um if I wanted something for lunch and she went out to grab some lunch at the Norris Hills shopping plaza. She forgot her license at home because she was
doing the application for to renew her passport and we had all the papers on the table. She rush out and she forgot that when she turned right onto the shopping plaza, there was a police car behind her and stopped right there at
the shopping plaza. He asked for the documents pertaining the car. She passed insurance, the registration. She told him that she forgot the license, but she downloaded on the phone because she recently renew it. So, it was on the phone. Um, and then he proceed to ask,
"Are you a US citizen? So she got surprised kind of in shock that she was asked that. So um she he was very rude. So she replied kind of yelling at him, "Yes, I
am a citizen." Two times. So he said, "Okay, I'm going to check uh if you have any warrant, which it wasn't necessary." He went to the car and then he came back and say, "No, you don't have anything." He didn't give any explanation. He didn't give her a ticket or anything. He
It was a black SUV from Paripony police and like the ones going around in town even though they denied it was them. My daughter went and complained and they said it wasn't them. They were trying to
blame it on Mountbased police and then they said, "Oh, maybe it was uh Homeland Security, which is it is a shame that they are doing that." So I'm here to tell you we don't accept that in here. If you have a criminal case, okay, you have a criminal
case, but if you are going to start allowing ICE the um Homeland Security here, then all the people that work downtown are going to be gone and all the businesses are going down. And I'll tell you something about those businesses. Most of the business hire
people way under wage, minimum wage, $7 or less. They work 14 hours. They don't have breaks and they live in their crappy apartments that the same business owners rent to them and then they have to fix them to have a decent place to
live. That's what they do. So, it's up to you because I know you said you don't take those decisions and it's a shame that the chief of police is not here today because this is not going to happen here. I didn't come to this country almost 40 years ago to be
treated as a secondass citizen. I have done everything right. I raised my kids here. We pay taxes. And my kids, my grandkids, which I'm so proud of, they are already going to college and they are working. They are good kids. And it was racial profiling even if it was
denied because she doesn't look Latina. She doesn't have a Latino last name. But the car is on my daughter's name. So he was checking her plates and saw that Latino last name and that's why he stopped her. And that's unacceptable in this town. Thank you.
So ma'am, so ma'am ma'am, you can go and ask the parciffany police department. So through the Oprah process, their CAD RMS system will have a record of every stop. They don't want you. So it's not legal. Yeah.
It's not legal. If anyone if someone goes there, they have to. Yeah. So, so you can contact What if they don't let what if they Well, you might want to contact Mount Lynx, too. Just Well, I mean, Judy, they So, if they what if what if they just stall her? I mean, no, they they have to if she goes through
the proper and if she makes a complaint to internal affairs, they have to they have to Yeah, there's a record created and then that record has to be But I will tell you this, ma'am. There the majority of police departments, especially in Mars County, use uh black SUVs for their police vehicles. I'm not
saying that it was a precipit where you're saying it happened. It happened in precipit. But most police departments now are using black SUVs. So when when sorry when did the date when did this happen? Wednesday. Wednesday. Yeah. I mean just you can go to call the police
department or or stop there and ask to speak to the internal affairs division and they will they will initiate an investigation into what you're accusing them of. Okay. May I make some comments? Go ahead. Sure. So a a few weeks ago I did call Chief Patina and asked him what
is Paripony doing because you hear a lot of whether it's ICE or who knows people going around with masks that you can't identify and don't identify themselves and he said that they are following the directive from the governor which I
believe and so you might have a few bad apples that might be doing something in any department. I believe that. But to your point, profiling exists. It's existed before, but it's scary now because
you don't know it. Look, the a policeman supposedly was knocking on a door in Minnesota, right? And then she got shot and her and her husband got shot and they were killed. They go into schools. They go anywhere and people are afraid. They don't know who's doing what. Their
faces are covered. And I know about profiling too, like Nicole was saying because I don't look lat part Latina. When I was young, I saw it with my family, but I didn't understand. Now I realize the comments and the stuff
was not funny or jokes and my father bit his tongue because he had to. So it's a it's real and it's it's tough and I understand your frustration. So, especially for my granddaughter because
she's very anxious and she's that coming to the house and taking me and my daughter. Yeah, I understand. I'm sorry that that happened. So, try to get that information as Mr. Kify and I'm sure he'll help you if you if you get
stalled. Thank you. [Music] Hi. Um, good evening members of the council. My name is Alicia Sheffield and I'm a proud parent of two children in the Mount Taber Elementary School. I've got one in first grade and one that's
about to start kindergarten in the fall. Um I'm here tonight because we well first I contacted the board of education and they told me to voice our concerns here. So a group of us parents are here uh today to talk about um the direction.
We're deeply concerned about the direction our schools are heading and the lack of sufficient support they're receiving, particularly in light of the coming wave of students from pilot developments. Let me paint a picture for you of the current reality, though. We already have
25 kids in kindergarten classes, 26 in a first grade class, 25 in a second grade class, and 29 kids in a third grade class. This is across multiple schools. There are class caps of 25, but those are now waved and substitutes are being cut for middle school and high school.
These aren't just numbers. These are real students, real teachers, real challenges. Our children are already being squeezed into overcrowded classrooms that weren't designed for these sizes. To make matters worse, our gym functions as a cafeteria. It has no air conditioning. And when I offered to
donate an air conditioning unit myself or maybe as the fifth grade class um present, I was told no cuz it would not be equitable. But what's truly not equitable is asking our children to learn in crowded classrooms, teachers with increased workloads while
developments go up, funneling millions in pilot revenue away from the schools that serve the families moving into them. We are simply parents asking for a fair deal to be presented to the board of education and agreed upon. Now 1515 Route 10 is already being occupied.
There was talk of a memo of understanding, but it's very unclear if that was even a legitimate offer to the board of education, but from what I had read of the supposed, it was not very equitable. It proposed half the cost to educate a student, caps on how many it
would fund, and an expiration date that didn't align with the 30 years the pilots will run. We're asking that you share the pilot revenue at a fair and equitable level. We're not asking for crazy amounts. We're asking that there's no arbitrary caps. We're asking that unless a development is age restricted
to 55 plus or a retail only, the revenue from every pilot in town should be included in the agreement to share with the schools that bear the burden of educating all these new students. Because if we don't invest in our schools now, guess what? Families are going to leave. New ones won't move in
and our property values will fall. I'm not against the progress. I recognize that the benefits that these pilots will bring to revitalizing areas of the town that are sitting vacant, but we can't be shortsighted. The time to invest in our schools is right now. We should be
expanding and upgrading, not tightening our belts and hoping the system holds. That's why we're asking you to go beyond what's currently being offered to the board of education every year for school budgets. We're urging you to finalize an agreement with the board of education that shares the pilot revenue fairly
with our schools at a level that reflects the actual number of students that will be enrolled and its cost if not more and for the entire term that these pilots are in place. Thank you, Mr. President. Yeah, go ahead.
First, I I want to apologize. I'm sorry that the board of ed is lying to you. Um, well, we'd like to know where where that's Yeah, I was going to say if you want I'm sure the mayor, the business administrator, and maybe even Mr. McGrath, who's very knowledgeable on this, and Mr. Neglia would be glad to
have a meeting with yourself and whoever else that's here from your group so that you could get the true facts and, you know, then you can make a a decision for yourself after that meeting. Definitely set set that up with them ASAP.
could you give your your contact information to the clerk and then Thank you. I appreciate definitely because the the main thing, Council President, is that there uh is not one student from a pilot uh affecting schools right now?
Not one. So if the if the uh uh enrollment or in classes are 29 or over the 25 that they had you know they had capped themselves or if uh um substitute teachers are are are being cancelled which is crazy in my opinion that's not
uh because of pilots and my daughter goes to Brierwood school in Floren Park. Um, we just had a little presentation, little, you know, song and dance thing that they did that the kindergarters do in their, uh, cafeteria, which also
works as their gym, which also did not have AC either. And not that it justifies your school not having AC, but I understand, but we'll the mayor just here. He'll be more than happy. We'll set that up with you, your group, ASAP.
I think just as parents would like to start seeing our schools. Sure. Absolutely. We can't even offer our own solutions of donations. We're not allowed to do that. Yeah. Mr. May, you have did do you have the information? I do. All right. Thank you. Go ahead, sir. Good evening. Adam
McGovern, 87 St. John's Avenue. Just wanted to follow on uh from what Lily was talking about. Uh the perpetrator of what we're hearing about is unknown, even though I think that should be information easily determined by some dispatcher. And I know I thank you for suggesting the body cam and stuff like
that. But the violation is clear. Uh asking for immigration status on an unrelated stop is a fundamental violation of the immigrant trust directive, which is the moral of the land in Jersey and the chain of command for all of our police. This officer's behavior sounds suspicious to me given that he drove away with no explanation
and didn't charge her for the supposed signaling violation. This suggests to me that the stop was pretextual to begin with and some discipline and retraining may be in order. I know there's council members here who say they don't want to engage in federal issues by doing things like running a rainbow flag uh up the
pole, you know, for a few days in June. You know, I think that's just a local issue of telling some of our neighbors you're okay in the same way that the Columbus statue right next to the flag pole tells to another part of our community. But if we don't want federal agents, uh federal agendas, excuse me, reaching into our town, then we don't
want to make some of our neighbors feel like they have to look over their shoulder because of some stereotype. I know the current federal government says that there's this horde of murderers running around that our local police have somehow missed. And if I were a cop and precipit, I'd be insulted. But you are going to miss any
real drunk driver or car thief if you're busy chasing down some kid because she looks like she might be an immigrant without papers. That's racial profiling as people have said. And our police force in the state has a big enough problem with this with that as it is. Uh you probably remember last year when the
Indiana County Commissioners wanted to pass a resolution in opposition to an alleged facility for migrants sent from Texas. The first reason that that resolution didn't pass partly because the Republican commissioner Frank Ballas said that he felt that it quote questioned the attorney general's immigrant trust directive and guidelines
about treaty immigrants which he supports. So don't take it from me. Take it from the three-term sheriff of Atlantic County, which Frank is one of the most widely decorated and respected figures in law enforcement in New Jersey. Uh, our town is 37% immigrants, as I'm
sure you know, 38% Asian alone. And that includes many Indian-Americans. That's the nationality with the second highest population of undocumented people in the country. So, I guarantee you up there and in here that there's a lot of undocumented folks in this town. I guarantee you that you know them and
like them and work with them. And I know that you don't want to see them hauled out of their workplaces or your kids' schools by guys in armor and masks. We've taken away many citizens and people born here, too. This isn't Rolando or Bosnia where one day somebody's your neighbor and the next day they're the enemy. So, that's why
it's really important. We're not there yet. So, it's important to be taking this seriously. It sounds from your comments that you are. And, you know, I hope that you know, you'll follow up with the police on this because we do have to take it seriously. Thanks. Thank you. [Applause]
[Music] Hi, I'm Michelle Gainer. Today I watched my neighbor destroy a mature maybe 60 plus year oak tree in their front yard. Huge canopy, did not look like it was disease. Beautiful
tree. They also took down several mature trees in their backyard. I walked under this tree every day and saw no sign that this tree needed to be taken down. I also saw new construction on a single subdivision lot on Route 202 where they removed just about every tree to put up
two large homes. Once again, I asked the parks and forestry why this was allowed and they said they had permits. So that lets them clear an entire lot. Residents are permitted to remove up to four trees a year under the old tree ordinance, no matter the age, size, or health of the
tree. The tree canopy in this town, in particularly my neighborhood, has been severely impacted by diseased trees. One of the reason I chose to live in my neighborhood was because the of the mature tree canopy. When people, especially new residents, move in and decide to change the landscape so
drastically by removing large trees, it affects the entire neighborhood and can lower the property values over time. Not to mention the fact that they take away our right to have cooler, shaded neighborhoods, cleaner air, and help with flooding. The environmental
advisory committee helped write a strong tree ordinance that has not yet been adopted. It's been over a year. It was required by the D and we have not done it yet, but we wrote the ordinance and it's sitting somewhere waiting to be approved and adopted. Now that I see
residents removing mature trees, I think what we wrote is probably not strong enough because there should not be allowed to remove these mature large trees if they're not diseased. I'm disappointed that the town has not adopted or enforced indiscriminate
cutting of our trees. Can I just there there's an ordinance on the books that says you can't cut more than five trees down on your property. So you have to get a permit. So if somebody did they either had a permit that they got from the town or they did something illegally, but it's a pretty strong ordinance that you have on the
books now that doesn't allow you to do that. Right. But the ordinance we have on the books now is outdated. Three three years ago, we were supposed to supersede that with the ordinance that D required as per new
storm water regulations and we wrote that. We've been we've been writing it and we've gone through draft reviews with um Mr. Walsh and he's gone and we're about completed with that. Um
and Jamie wears me Mr. crying, excuse me, wears many hats. And um we were just talking about that and we're hoping that we're in the last review with the Mr. Bill Sanford and Justin Liza who has to
look at that because of the storm water. Um and I like you cringe when I see these happening cuz I know what is supposed to be on the books. And make no mistake, once we get them on the books, implementing that's going to be difficult as well, you know,
but um do you want to add a few words, M? Thank you, Council Member. The uh yeah, we should have something uh ready in the next meeting or two um for uh in terms of an update. Um we met with uh
Paul who was very good at this. Um and uh it's being circulated as Judy said with the uh um engineer and uh our superintendent of of parks and recre parks and forestry. So we should have something um uh substantial to the
council within the next two meetings. And Judy, what does this do that's different than the existing? This the new tree ordinance. If you're going to remove a tree, you got to replace it. Okay. Long and the short of it, because
trees help mitigate the storm, the effects of the storm water and the flooding. And so the the state wants to take the opportunity in in all ways to help mitigate flooding. And so,
um, you have to get a permit to cut down a healthy tree. You got to get a permit to cut down even a tree that's bad. But it changes like if you had a dead tree, of course you you you can't do it if it's harmful. You there's there's
caveat. Sure. And and Mr. Cryan went even though this is not his forte went through like everybody went through like all the different ordinances that the towns went have done. So we took the best
parts of everything. And so it's um we're not trying to be have it ownorous on on the community, but you know um but people have to, you know, if they're going to remove,
they have to replace. That's the long and the short of it. And that's the best thing. And the town will help with like they'll help you replace with with, you know, not little saplings, but and they'll help you put it in. and there's lots of um
there's there's lots of opportunity to work with the township on replacing. So So what's confrontational about that? That seems fairly logical. Why why like why is it taken 3 years to go through? It's not. It's just there's a there's a
lot of people doing that. The township is is busy, I guess. You know, I mean, and and and they're afraid. I I was Mr. Walsh, I guess. I don't know. And people are afraid to when people aren't used to being told,
"What? What do you mean I have to replace a if I want to replace a tree? I want to cut down. I want to cut down as many trees as I could." What? Why do I have to ask you? That's why. Okay. Can you share what the ordinance looks like today? Can we see that before it's approved or Well, we will because we
have to approve it. And when this updates us, this puts us in compliance with the state man. Yeah, it has to. It has to be complied. We have to comply with Yeah. But we have to approve it here. Okay. Go ahead, man.
My name is Lisa Saladino and I live in Paripony. Um, good evening to everyone here tonight and sorry the mayor couldn't be here um because I do um want to speak on the fact that the pride flag
has not been flown in Paripony um this year. I was protesting peacefully and happily yesterday because we believe that passing a resolution though it was not unanimous and that's
disappointing. Passing a resolution was important but there's a reason why a lot of us live in this town and that's because of the diversity. That's because it's it's what we want. We want to live in a town where people are treated
equally, where people are respected regardless of what their background is, what they do for a living, how old they are, all of that. Um, and we do a lot in this town and I'm I'm very happy about
it. We do a lot in this town to make other cultures feel welcome. We celebrate them. I've been happy to see a lot of the um events that the mayor has attended, but I just don't understand
why we wouldn't fly the pride flag, especially as the gentleman earlier did make the point that this is a very dangerous time for members of the LGBTQ community. And I think it would be important to make a statement while
Pride is still happening, while it's still June. And I am actually also here representing um Corey Herberg who was at the last meeting and was here when the resolution was passed. And we do have a question and our question is for the
mayor. And for anyone who can speak on his behalf, do you have any intention of flying the pride flag over town hall before the end of the month? And if not, please explain why. Um, all of Paripin residents deserve to feel safe and
welcome. And we need to understand that openly refusing to fly this pride flag sends the opposite message, especially when there are people here standing up and asking for it. So if we don't do that, I believe it does send a message
that we are not standing up for the members of that community that we don't care that they have fear that they don't want people to know who they love or how they live their lives. And and we just
think it's wrong. We think that you're allowed to have your individual opinions on how other people live their lives, but they are allowed to have the same rights as you and they should be celebrated. And I do also feel there is
a big reason why we don't need to celebrate a lot of us. And it is due to the color of our skin. It is due to the fact that we don't speak with an accent. It is due to the fact that we are in relationships with members of the
opposite sex. But there are people in this town, in this state, in the country, and in the world who need to be acknowledged. They're human and they deserve to exist. So, please explain, you know, why or when a flag will be
flown. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone have any response? We can't answer for the mayor. I I don't know what he's plans. Mayor's at Fairing Pharmaceutical right now. Yeah. Okay. He's trying to get back. Where is he?
I'm sorry. He's at a a pharmaceutical company here in town. Um they're doing some Okay. Sir, introduce yourself. Sure. My name is Barry Bender and I'm not from here. I'm from Ocean County, actually, a town called Thorid River. I'm a member of the policy committee of the Green Party New Jersey and I wanted to read into the record a statement from
our policy committee chair if that's all right. My name is Maline Hoffman and I'm the chair of the policy committee for the Green Party New Jersey. I have written a statement in support of Lily Benvitas and the people of Paripony because of very disturbing news Lily shared with us
in the Green Party of New Jersey. What are the police of Paripony doing stopping residents and asking them if they are citizens of the United States? My understanding is that the police should not be doing ICE's work for them and more importantly that I should not be asking that question either. In the
past few months, ICE has experienced mission overreach by attending rallies and other gatherings of people and conducting random searches looking for people that they might deport. They have given a quota of about 3,000 people per day. But ICE is supposed to have a warrant for those that they tag on the
shoulder and attempt to deport. They are not supposed to conduct random searches. By that logic, ICE should ICE could enter supermarkets, shopping malls, fitness centers, etc., and just ask each and every person they see. GPNG is extremely concerned about the
way in which ICE is violating the people's civil rights federally, in specific states, and at a local level. It is creating a very tense atmosphere, as evidenced by what happened recently in Los Angeles. This aggressive unconstitutional attitude toward individuals based on profiling without a
specific warrant or justifiable cause could lead to lawlessness and a type of civil war. This escalation is beyond dangerous and totally unnecessary. From the GPN website statement on the federalization of the National Guard and ICE raids in California, it's about
people, immigrants, organizers, families refusing to be crushed by illegal ICE actions and state sanctioned violence. The final straw was community members physically and publicly resisting ICE raids, placing their bodies between agents and their neighbors. That's what
made Trump declare war. "This is beginning to feel like the return of paramilitary tactics many of us fled from in Latin America," said Lily Benvitas, a community organizer and Green Party council member. "We are seeing helicopters overhead at school graduations, ice storming public spaces,
and children thrown into panic. We are seeing people detained long after agreeing to leave just to fill private prison quotas. This is not immigration enforcement. It is racializing terror for profit. Across the country, including right here in New Jersey, we are watching as ICEs
up traps at immigration officers, detains people without cause, and partners with local police to harass entire communities. People are being kidnapped. And that's a key word, kidnap. Because if they don't represent themselves as a police officer, they're kidnapping someone off the street, in
front of their homes, even from their jobs. This is punishment for resistance. It is retribution against solidarity. And is an undeniable test balloon for deeper military repression against any state or city that dares to protect its own. "This is this is not just a fight
against Donald Trump and the Republicans," said Maline Hoffman, former Green Party candidate for New Jersey governor in 1997 and 2021. and current policy committee chair of the Green Party New Jersey. It is a it is also a fight against Democrats and what often passes for their empty rhetoric
allowing for continued existent and expansion of ICE detention centers instead of shutting it all down as demanded by many both in New Jersey and around the country over many years. We call upon all people who value the lives and social contributions of the immigrant community to resist this ever
growing evidence of fascism in the United States and everinccreasing actions to arrest, deport, and wage war against black and brown people. And that's the end of the statement. I appreciate your time. Thank you. [Applause]
Again, council president, I just want to remind people that if there's any issue with the police department, they should go down there and file a report with uh IIA. They will thoroughly investigate it.
Tony Fano, 41 Robin Hood Road, Mars Plains, New Jersey, Precipany. I agree with Judy Hernandez against racial profiling, but uh there's major issue. Maybe my grandmother and my great-grandmother were the first ones to be racial profiled. Cherokee,
uh the ICE agents, I have lost four people I know to fentanyl. We turned around during the Vietnam era, 20 years, we lost 60,000 people. Last year, we lost 70,000 people to fentanyl. And nobody's getting upset about it. The
ICE agents are doing their job. So are the police. If they've entered the country illegally and they're paying taxes, they've done two things. Illegal entry and paying some of these taxes by getting an fake
ID. It's happening. Okay. All right. Excuse me. Excuse me. You cannot speak to them, right? You go ahead and make your statement and take a seat. As far as your mothers go, maybe you ought to change the board of education rules so they don't operate within the 4% cap. But you're going to
have to read your comments up here. Sorry. Your board of education will have to change the rules cuz Matt and I have investigated it. They cannot turn around if you're going to go above the cap. They're going to have to have their board uh excuse me, budgets approved in May if you want upgrades and not stay
within the 4%. This way they don't if they have them done by December, they don't need approval. So maybe you ought to go in front of the board of education and investigate that. Okay. We can't speak to the end. Yes. Direct. You know what I'm talking about. Matt
knows extremely what I'm talking about cuz we've done it. If you you know Jamie's brought up that pilot rules, high school locker rooms haven't been upgraded since their existence. So, it's not your fault. Check with the
board of education. Excuse me. We're not going to have discussions here, guys. So, no discussions. Thank you. Bob, you coming? You take your time, sir. But you do legs at the gym this morning. Yeah.
All day. All right. 3 minutes, Bob. Actually, I can probably do it in three. I'm joking. Five. My name is Bob Venzia and I'm from Peripany. And although he's not here tonight, I
would like to thank Councilman Mucella for taking the time, effort, and sacrifice to run in the mayoral primary. It's no coincidence that no pilot has been introduced in Paripony for the year and a half prior to the mayoral primary.
The township saved tens of millions of dollars during this period of pilot inactivity, which would have never happened if Councilman Mucella had not elected to run for mayor. Besides saving the township money, Councilman Mucella's
candidacy also made it possible for there to be a debate over policy issues such as pilots. Without his candidacy, participant voters would have had no choice but to vote for the candidate that was anointed by the Republican
party bosses of Mars County. After the mayoral primary election was over, a big question for me became, who exactly are the Republican party bosses of Mars? The day before the election, two powerful Republican leaders,
Assemblyman Brian Bergen of Mars County and and Mars County Chairwoman Laura Ali mailed personal letters to the voters of Paripony extolling the virtues of Mayor Barbario and berating Councilman Musella's ability to lead. My problem is
that about a year ago, both Assemblyman Bergen and Chairwoman Ali were firmly in Justin's corner. Regarding Mrs. Zi, how do you go from labeling Mayor Barbario as, and this is a quote, the worst mayor
in Mars County to her description of him in in in her letter, as a steady, experienced leader who governs with deep love of precipany, leads with the heart, humility, and effectiveness. The real Republican power brokers of
Mars County are the persons, groups, and/or organizations who are powerful enough to influence the assemblymen and the chairwoman to flip-flop their allegiance in the precipany primary. Hopefully, someday we'll find out who
they are and how they are able to exert their power over the election process. Thank you. How are you? Thank you for allowing me the moment to speak to you. I'll be really quick. Um sir, just please state your name. Yeah, my name is Cass. I live
on Holly Road, Cast Saladino. Um in regards to the fentanyl situation, it's a it's an epidemic. But according to United States uh sentencing commission, it's a governor website. 86% of it that's smuggled is by a US citizen. So I
just wanted to clear that up. Anything otherwise is nothing but empty hateful rhetoric in an attempt to affirm or approve discrimination. That's all it is. So I just wanted to say that. That's all I had to say. Thank you. Excuse me. Cass, can you did you sign
in? Thank you, sir. I appreciate it. No, no, it's no problem at all. [Music] Go ahead, Nick. He's just signing it. Nick, you got three minutes. I used the sign, but I'm going to sign. Thank you, Nick.
Uh Nick from Lake Hayawa. Uh first of all, the tree ordinance has been dragging on for way too long, and trees have never been more important on this planet than they are now. Not only trees, but intact forests. But like
Michelle says, you move into a neighborhood, the neighborhood has character. One of the elements of that character are trees or or plants and they they enhance something. So somebody moves in, they don't want to rake the
leaves and they just take down a tree. And an oak tree, I doubt if it there was anything wrong with it. And changing trees are not like changing light bulbs. The older the tree gets, the more carbon
it sequesters from the atmosphere. It's the most cost and costefficient way of mitigating climate, getting the carbon out of the atmosphere. Nature does the work. Uh
what was the uh All right. So, and then Oh, yeah. And pilots, I have to say, pilots are for economically deprived neighborhoods. They're not for a place like Pipany. That was a big mistake for
Mayor Barbario and the council to approve another English, my favorite developer pilot deal. And one term that Mr.ino employed during his tactics was blight.
Now there is blight and precipit trash in the street plastic bottles blah blah blah but an idle warehouse that hadn't been or or an office space that hadn't been used for a couple of years and warehouses being the most uh hottest
thing in the economy. Big mistake. Big mistake. It's campaign favors. They're going to pay for your political campaign. developer, the $9 million developer is going to help you guys stay in power because you like being
empowered in Pipony. I don't know whether that equates to loving Pipany. Uh the other uh thing when a citizen has a report of concern,
do you councilman ever view those concerns? And do you are you aware of like what's going on in the town through the reported concern module? No. Is that your last question? We'll answer it when you're Yeah. Uh be I think you ought to
take take an interest in it. U I gave some photos to uh m Mr. Cryan of a chronic address that always has garbage in the street. And it's this has been going on for
years. The same address never suffers any repercussion. Never gets a fine. Never anything. The storm drain there in the street. You you go right in the back of the Hayawata uh
dairy. That's blight. And it's almost every week. The picture I gave uh the town administrator was it looked this way since the 13th of June when I passed it up on the way to the uh to the
meeting. It still looks that way. So they say it's remedied, but if it's ongoing, it can't be remedied. So when they're telling you it's been resolved, in certain cases it hasn't been resolved because there's no hands on from the
authority of the municipality to to remedy the the violation of the the people who they walk past it in and out the door and they leave it in our street. They leave it in our street. So,
I think the councilman and the mayor himself should take an interest. I don't know if it involves artificial intelligence, the way it's handled and uh you know, but uh take an interest in these reporter concerns. Give us the
address. Huh? Give us the address. Give me the address. Right behind the Hayawata Dairy. What is it? Uh 79 North Webwood. Okay. And that area is a disgrace on a regular basis. Hi, I apologize. I signed in thinking
you had to do it before. Oh, apparently I didn't put this down. Uh, my name is Jenny Garcia. I grew up at 693 Park Road in Precipany. My family lives in Rockaway. Um, I'm here on behalf of my friend Lily Benvdas. I just have some concerns about how the town is
interacting with immigration enforcement and how the council is planning and prepping to support its citizens. Um, I just came back from a tool bakery, like an Indian bakery that's down the road. Um, and I spent about an hour with a
mother who has two smokers. Um, and her husband was arrested by ICE a few weeks ago. Um, he's being detained at Delaney Hall. And if you've been watching the news, the conditions at the ring hall deteriorated so much that four people escaped because of how bad conditions
were. Uh I want to talk about what those conditions are. Folks are given sometimes one meal a day, a hot dog and a water bottle. Sometimes at 6:00 a.m. They don't know when they're going to have dinner. Sometimes it's at 11:00 p.m. Um the water that comes out of the
faucet is either freezing cold and they constantly have the AC on or the water is boiling hot. So in the beginning of this administration we saw that a lot of the arrests were being concentrated in Newark in Elizabeth in Pake and Planefield and now we're seeing the ice
is in do in Morristown in Kenville and out in Pippi. So when my friend Lily shared with me that her daughter was because she made a right turn into a parking lot, police officers were asking if she was a citizen, that's really concerning to me
because I feel as though that shows that there's potentially collaboration between local police department and Pipony with immigration and customs enforcement. Um so my question for the council um understanding that this is an issue that is impacting person you know
this this um person that I was with she's a teacher so she doesn't have a job next week and she's without her husband who was the breadwinner for the family she has two beautiful little girls who are unaware that her her father was detained and they just know
that her dad their dad is like working hard for them because the mother doesn't have an inner to really tell her children where he is, you know, um, and these are hardworking people. These are people without criminal records as well. We understand that the criminal legal system criminalizes people. So sometimes
people just have minor offenses. Um, so I just come here and share her story because I want to urge you guys to protect all the citizens of Pipony. Make sure that the police department isn't racially profiling people and asking invasive questions and is not doing the work of federal immigration um,
agencies. Thanks. [Applause] any other I just want to you know quickly say that uh internal affairs is definitely the place to go if there's any complaint uh or any issue with any
police officer if you are uncomfortable if anybody's uncomfortable with going to the police they can go to the county prosecutor's office they will also conduct a thorough investigation as well they along with our police department take these uh uh incidents and
complaints and uh allegations very seriously. Can I ask if there's any collaboration? If you want if you want to ask, just come up to the mic just to be on record. You can come up. Yeah, you're more than welcome. Go ahead. We got a few minutes. First one like is there some sort of like ordinance or
official policy that police is not sharing information with ICE? They're not supposed to. Chief Chief Fatina said they follow the directive of the state. Okay. Or please follow the uh attorney general guidelines. The immigrant trust That's exactly what uh we follow. Okay.
So, is the town notified when ICE is in the area? Cuz I know sometimes they do notify the local police if they're doing operations or in your experience is ICE notifying anybody of the town when ICE is in the area. We're not as we wouldn't know that. Uh we'd have to speak to the chief about
that. Okay. Uh but you know, if you'd like, you can call and you can you can call the uh police station and and they can they can let you know. Okay. And then I guess just last question like what sort of are there any legal resources for families that are being affected by this or yeah if the town is offering any sort of support for
families that are going through you know ICE is literally picking people up at 6:00 in the morning ripping them from their families kidnapping them breaking windows like that's happening in Pipany that's happening in Kendall it may happen in hours that people are aware about it but it is happening so you know
it's a very traumatic experience for a lot of these families blood w breadwinners are being ripped out out of their home. So, I just want to know like yeah, if if the town has any specific legal resources or what sort of support is the council offering to immigrant families at this time? I don't know of
any, but I was hoping that we would prepare for this cuz Yeah, I was thinking about this early on. Preparing for something that might come down. Yeah, I think the health department I don't know, but Okay.
I don't know. Yeah, I appreciate that. like you know um since opening the Delaney House so we only used to have the Elizabeth detention center in Elizabeth New Jersey and that detained about like 200 people so now with Delaney Har open it's like another thousand so just saying that it's been affect it's not just like the city
center it's affecting suburban towns so so there is programs like SNAP and others just for your mother example I can't say for any kind of legal help or anything like that but certainly for a family that's in need we do have food shelters things like that so in terms of
getting something to help to support them. In a short time period, there is programs, but long-term, I don't think we have anything that we've established here. Okay. Thank you, Eric Zimmerman, 108 Hayawa Boulevard. I'm just going to start off with a few
comments and then really dive into what I want. Eric, I've seen you speaking to the uh if you could please. Thank you. My apologies. I'm going to say just a couple quick things and then we're going to dive into what I really want to talk about. First and foremost, the pride flag. What's wrong with you guys? Just fly it up the flag pole. We don't need a proclamation. We don't need anything
like that to make people feel good. Just just do it. So many people want it. We don't need an official document to throw a fun flag up a pole below an even cooler flag, the American flag. So, that's one. Number two, a lot of people
are coming here and they're expressing that they're scared for different reasons, that they're worried for different reasons. They're coming to you guys for leadership. Telling someone saying who has a complaint against the police to take it up with the police department is
deflection. No, it's not. Take accountability for it. Help guide these citizens through their concerns. create some trust between yourselves and its citizens instead of just saying go to the police that you're possibly suspicious of who may or may not be working and complicit with ICE.
Speaking speaking to that, I'm ashamed that we don't have a plan yet because we knew this was coming down the line. We knew ICE was coming. It didn't just happen. I find it hard to believe that uh the majority of Republican council here
didn't know this was coming. We should be working to protect our citizens, not the higherups, the people who actually make this town run. Us help us. Don't deflect. And this is the third thing, and this is
really what I came here to speak about. We could speak about our our deficient library. We have three libraries in town, and neither of the two candidates that I've heard of that were running for the Republican primary have any plans of saving it, moving it, whatever. Are you saying that our town doesn't deserve a
library? Three libraries, biggest town in Paripony. When did we build it? How long have we had to save for a new one? Why haven't we? And this is really really why I'm here. It's because we all have 5 minutes to
speak. I believe it's in our bylaws. It's like our right as a citizen because this is where we come to voice our concerns. And we're going to have some big problems coming down the line. We are. It just happens. That's life. And there are going to be some times that
this place is packed with voices. And those voices came prepared. They put work into what they wanted to say. They got over their nerves to get up in front of a microphone in front of all you powerful people to speak what they had to say to you for help. And for you guys to truncate it to 3 minutes, to one
minute, disgusting. It's wrong. I want to make sure that there's something in place that says that we have 5 minutes and there's nothing you guys can do about it. And if you do, there should be a remedy to it cuz you guys did that twice to us last year. And
there's no consequences for you guys. There's nothing stopping you from not wanting to hear us. You can unilaterally go up there and say, "I don't like the tone of the room. I don't like the voices that are coming at me." Let's cut it down to 60 seconds.
And that's it. Good luck. [Music] Good evening. Uh my name is Andreas Jinete. I'm a Syria County resident. I'm here in support of Lily. I wanted to uh speak to the fact that when I was
younger uh there was a police officer that asked me uh being the the passenger of a car, they asked me whether I had a what what my immigration status was. Uh I just want to say that these type of
interactions with the residents uh break the trust that helps uh uh protect uh the community cuz we need we have this social fabric fabric that we need to maintain in order for for
community policing to be effective. And I just want to uh speak to the fact that the more these uh incidents happen, the the more we erode that that fabric and that trust that that we build with with our residents. Um and you know, and I
want her to be in in solidarity with with Lily. Uh I want to speak also to the fact that uh you know just a few uh at least from what I hear from a lot of residents they're we're experiencing here some of the things that I'm also experiencing a few miles down uh down
the road from here in the sense that at least my complex has been raided uh multiple times. Sometimes when they have a a warrant judicial warrant they go in. If they don't they they knock on people's doors. You might have uh
someone that has let's say a a maybe a petty theft on their on their record that they're looking for and they're not going to be maybe that's the old address and they go and you can't immediately prove your immigration status. Uh that
family gets snatched and taken to this uh this private in facility now the living hall in a basement where they experience these uh the very harsh conditions. Um, and I wanted also to to share now that I'm hearing some of the
the comments of the uh LGBTQ uh plus community here that uh I I DJed uh the summer county pride plan last week and I want to share I want to uh speak to the fact that gay families exist, gay kids
exist and that's completely fine and we love them. you love who they are and they're not different from from other kids. And it's is it's okay to be who you are and and flying a flag a flag is not is something that's going to to to
show your your residents that that they're uh accepted, that they're viewed, that that it's it's it's okay for them to be who you are. and uh it's something that that uh helps your town and and builds stronger ties in your
community. And I want to share that and uh thank you for your time. [Music] Okay. See no one else. Entertain a motion to close the open public. Motion.
Second. So, we have a motion made by Mr. Neglia, seconded by Miss Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez, yes. Mr. McGrath, yes. Mr. Neglia, yes. Mr. Kari, yes. Okay, the floor is closed. We move along. I'd like to make a couple of
comments. No. Okay, now go ahead. Um, in regards to the library, um, I sit on the library board and I want to give you some information maybe you're not aware of. Um, first of all, we have a state-of-the-art library on Holly Road. It's a great library. It has a lot of good features. Uh it's constantly being
upkept. Uh regarding the library in Mount Taber, um all the members up here voted in favor of reopening that library and we stood, you know, we stood behind the Mount Taber community and we we approved the extra funding that you know to open that library. So we're we're in
complete support of that library as well as the other library I just mentioned. Regarding Lake Haywaka Library, that library just received a new roof. Am I correct, Mr. Cryan? in the works. And in addition to that, they're getting a new air conditioning system and it's being looked at to do a
refurbishment of that particular library because the structure itself was said to be structurally sound and to refurbish it would be much more beneficial. But they're also looking at they're also looking at the old Wraid building to move into there, which is actually around the same amount of square
footage. So that's all being looked at with the regarding that regarding that library. So, just so you're aware, there is work being done and it's constantly being looked at and we meet on it quite quite frequently. Um, regarding racial profiling, there's no place of racial
profiling in the town of Precipany. I stand behind anyone who gets racially profiled and uh if if they would kindly go report it to internal affairs as been discussed. I'm sure the chief uh after hearing from some of us tonight and the mayor will do a full-fledged
investigation on it because there's absolutely no place for that anywhere in the town of Precipany or anywhere for that matter. Um regarding the board of ed, there's a lot I would say on that, but I'm going to spend a lot of time here. Uh I was a 15-year board of education member. I served my last six years as president. I have a lot of
comments, but I'd like to speak to you all personally because I don't want to take everybody else's time. But I will tell you this, not one child from any pilot has come to precipany. And any pilot that this administration approved will not be that will bring school age children here will not be ready for 5 to
7 years. So anything said to the contrary is false. And I'd like to discuss it a lot further with you because there's a lot more I have to say. Um, regarding the tree ordinance, I think it's despicable to cut down any old healthy trees. Uh, especially ones like an oak tree because I'm quite
favorable of them. Um, in fact, in my opinion, in certain instances when you have such an an old tree, one for one doesn't make it for me. I'd like to see more of a two for one trade. Uh, that's just my personal opinion. And, um, regarding one more thing about, uh, somebody mentioned that Councilwoman
Melis said that he was not in support of pilots. I did watch the debate and he did say pilots were a good way to bring economic uh, funding to the town. He was in favor of it now. So, I just want to point that out as well. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Anyone else? No one else. Right. Okay. Moving along,
consent agenda. So, be it resolved, all items listed with an NASCAR are considered routine and non-controversial by the township council be approved by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a council member so request in which case the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda. Can I please have a motion to approve the
consent agenda? Motion. Second. Motion made by Mr. Neglia, seconded by Mr. Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Yes. Mr. Neglia. Yes. And Mr. Kar. Yes. Okay. Motion passes. Approval of minutes uh for the agenda meeting of 56 and the regular meeting of
520. Could I please have a motion to approve the minutes? Motion. Second. Motion made by Mr. Neglia. Seconded by Mr. Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Yes. Mr. Neglia. Yes. And Mr. Ki. Yes. Okay. Moving along to
reports. Um town council. I have nothing. Nothing. Okay. Moving along to the township attorney. Uh no report this evening. Okay. Uh, business administrator Cryan, just uh, real quickly, uh, Council
President, um, congratulations to the four or I'm sorry, the five individuals who, uh, um, are on the agenda tonight to, uh, be police officers. Um, the men and women, uh, the five men and women are are mainly town residents, uh, or
have, uh, deep connections to town. That's a good thing. Um, congratulations to uh everybody who voted. Uh, it's appreciated. Um, thank you to the uh clerk's office for helping
run a a a very well-run election uh with minimal issues um with greater turnout than usual. So, uh thank you for that. Thank you. Um the uh couple of other items on the agenda, there's the uh um introduction of of a few ordinances um
based around economic development. Um the St. Christopher's one is is something that mayor talked about at the May 20th meeting, which is a good uh opportunity to stop development in that area. Um and we're excited about that.
Hope you are too. and uh the uh affordable housing subcommittee uh met twice in the last month. Uh we will have a plan um for uh by the June 30th deadline. Um and uh it's um uh uh that
committee is made up of Mayor Barbario, uh Council President Karifi, Council President McGrath, myself, uh Planning Board Member Dins Moore, Planning Board Me Smith, um Township Attorney Levery, uh the Affordable Housing Council, Dustin Glass and Mark Samaro, and
affordable housing planner at Snikus. um we're going to meet the obligations that we're supposed to do and uh it's it's not an easy thing because this is all being thrusted upon us from the state and we have to do these units and we have to get this plan in and um it's uh
nobody's comfortable with it. Residents aren't, the people on the committee aren't, the people on this council aren't. Um nobody. So, it's uh something that we're doing though. Um we're going to make sure that we uh meet our obligation. Um the uh farmers market is happening,
movie night is happening. So Thursdays and Fridays this summer, there's going to be a lot going on. Uh please check the website for uh more information. Uh if you're going away, please contact the police department. They have a housewatch program where can help uh patrol officers will conduct visual
inspections of your uh home's exterior um to uh be more visible when you're away. Um happy 4th of July. Uh we will uh the next meeting will be after that. Uh the township uh meeting u municipal
building will be closed and also will be closed on the third and the fourth this year. Um and that's all I have. Thank you. Thank you sir. Thank you. Okay. Uh I have no report. We're moving along to ordinances first reading. Ordinance 2510. An ordinance of the township
council of township in Detroit Hills adopting the 169 Lacawana Avenue redevelopment plan. Be it resolved that the above ordinance be introduced right by title and pass on first reading at a meeting of the town of council the town of precipy Troy Hills held on June 17th 2025 and that ordinance be further considered for second reading and final
passage at a meeting to be held on July 22nd at 7 p.m. prevailing time or soon thereafter as the matter may be reached at the municipal building in the set township at which time all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard concerning set ordinance. The further resolved that the clerk be authorized and and directed to advertise set ordinance with the notice of
introduction thereof being published in the official newspaper according to law. Could I have a motion please? Motion. Second. Motion made by Mr. Hernandez, seconded by Mr. Neglia. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez.
Yes. Mr. McGrath. Yes. Mr. Neglia. Mr. Kipi. Yes. Motion passes. Ordinance 2511 of North Hill Township Council attach Pacific Troy Hills County Morris, New Jersey, authorizing the acquisition to purchase properties located in the township uh through the township open space recreation flood plan protection and farmland and historic preservation
program. And be it resolved that the above ordinance be introduced read by title and passed on first reading and a meeting of the township council of township precipit hills held on June 17th July 25 and that settlements be further considered for the second reading final passage of a meeting to be held July 22nd 2025 at 7 p.m. prevailing timers from there after matter may be
reached at the municipal building and set by which time all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard concerning said ordinance. Be further resolved that the clerk be authorized and directed to advertise the ordinance with notice of introduction thereof being published in the official newspaper according to law. Motion to approve. Motion second. Motion made by
Mr. Neglia, seconded by Miss Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Mr. Neglia. Mr. K. Yes. Motion passes. Ordinance 202512. A north side uh an ordinance of the township council of the township of Detroit Troy Hills adopting the Fort Gate Hall Drive
redevelopment plan. Be resolved that the above ord is be introduced right by title passed uh and passed on the first reading of a meeting of the township of council of township hills held on June 17th in the set be further resolved further considered for second reading and final passage of a meeting to be held on July 22nd 2025 at
7 p.m. prevailing time or soon thereafter as a matter may be reached at the municipal building in set township at which time all persones interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard concerning set ordinance be for the result that the clerk be authorized and directed to advertise set ordinance with the notice of introduction thereof being published in the official
newspaper according to the law motion please are we going to be here all night you guys are messing with me today huh Motion made by Mr. Hernandez, seconded by Mr. Neglia. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Yes. Mr. Neglia. Yes.
Mr. Karifi. Yes. Applications for licenses and permits. R 2025120 uh 121 approving the applications for licenses to operate a shelter and pet store township recipient Detroit Hills animal shelter and kept and Petco number 1854. Motion to approve
the above resolution. Motion second. Motion made by Mr. Neglia, seconded by Mr. Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez, Mr. McGrath, Mr. Neglia, Mr. Karifi. Yes. Motion passes. Approval of payroll and bills list. CFO Angelica Sabatini recommends authorization for payment.
Number one, authorizes payment of the June 20th, 2025 regular miscellaneous payroll estimated 1,650,000. And number two, payment of bills from voucher list of June 20th, 2025, which is $2,984,120.3. Motion to approve the authorization for
payment. Motion second. Motion made by Mr. Neglia, seconded by Mr. Hernandez. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Yes. Mr. Neglia. Mr. Kari. Yes. May I please have a motion to adjourn the meeting? Yeah. Let's wait on that one as long as you guys want. Right.
Who made it? Oh, the president made the motion. Okay. Motion made by um Mr. Karipi, seconded by Mr. McGrath. Roll call. Mr. Hernandez. Yes. Mr. McGrath. Yes. Well, see, I forgot I'd be the one to do
that now, right? Mr. Neckley. Mr. Karifi. Yes. We're journed. Have a great night, everybody. Thank you. Thanks.