[laughter] call the June 9th, 2026 council meeting to order. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all. >> A moment of silence to remember the service and sacrifices of the armed service members who protect our nation and the first responders who protect our neighborhoods. Clerk, please take the role. >> Council member Salberg, >> here. >> Council member Voytovich,
>> here. >> Council member Freelander. >> Council member Roy >> here. >> Council [clears throat] member Freeday >> here. >> Council member Quinn >> here. >> Council member Kelly >> here. Council Vice President Sacket
>> here. >> Council President Morrison >> here. Adequate notice of this meeting was provided to the daily record and the official newspapers for the township of Rockway. Notice was posted on the official bulletin boards of Rockaway Township Township website and notice was filed in the office of the township
clerk. Approval of the minutes for the May 26th township council meeting. >> Council President, I have a question on that. >> Yes. Um, on one part of it, uh, in the minutes it states that a comment about stirring ICE controversy. Can you define that?
>> Did you send this ahead of time in an email to ask for clarification? >> I'm asking you now in the record. >> Then we will not be covering it right now. >> Okay. >> Uh, I'll make the motion. Can I have a second? >> Second. >> Clerk, please take the role. >> Council member Salberg?
>> Yes. >> Council member Vtovich? Yes. >> Council member Royek. >> Yes. >> Council member Freed. >> Yes. >> Council member Quinn. >> Yes. >> Council member Kelly. >> No. >> Council Vice President Sacket. >> Yes.
>> Council President Marson. >> Yes. Seven yeses, one no. Motion carries. Um I'm [snorts] going to read my thing about the open to the public in a second. And I just I I feel I once again need to take a moment and apologize to the public um for the way these meetings
have been going. Um we do have some council members who are set on disrupting the decorum of the meetings. Um it hasn't been a problem. Uh it became a problem this year. There's a right way and a wrong way to do things and
the the behavior is not representative of the council as a whole. I just want to keep that in mind. So, I apologize. Before opening the public portion of this meeting, I want to remind everybody of the rules that apply to anyone who
want to address the council. Any member of the public wishing to address the council will have three minutes to do so. While an extension of time may be requested, it should not be assumed that an extension of time will be granted. While addressing the council, members of the public may not address or question any individual
council member. If anyone addressing the council violates these rules or conducts themselves inappropriately, their speaking opportunity will be terminated and they will be instructed to return to their seat. A refusal to comply will result in removal from the room. Members of the public in attendance may not make
comments from the audience without recognition by the chair. Persons doing so will be subject to removal from the room. As council president, I have tremendous respect for my fellow council members and the public who take the time and effort to attend council meetings. These rules are necessary to protect and respect but also to permit the council
to do its business in an orderly and professional manner. When I call your name, please approach a microphone. Uh state your name and address for the record and there will be a threeminut time limit. Pat Dman Patgen 88 Valley View Drive. Um I have
just one comment tonight. I travel in White Metal Lake and [clears throat] the area between Core Avenue and Witchar Avenue on Oakland has big potholes in
it. Um, that's a a a road that the fire trucks do go in and out of the lake for and I just thought I would mention it today and see what could be done even if the holes were just patched. Thank you. What was the road, Council President?
What was the first name of the road? >> Oakland Avenue. >> Oak. Okay. >> I think she said >> she did say Core. Yeah. >> Between CO and W. >> Kathleen, I'm sorry. I don't want to >> I'm sorry. >> Cora.
>> Kathleen Corrosa, 11 Debbie Place. Okay. And do mailing address. I'm just rising in support of ordinance 2623, the ordinance to ban um land and uh development use as uh for for data
centers. I'm hoping that the entire council will support this ordinance for all of the reasons listed in the ordinance and I commend you for your quick action and proactive stand. And I'm going to say something next. I hope
the next one you'll consider is a ban on um detention centers. Thank you. >> Thanks. >> Yeah. Ju and just for the record, the this is a ordinance that's being introduced. >> Yeah. >> So, this is the first step and then Okay. Uh and I apologize for this. Gina
to you FICO. Thanks. >> Gina FCO to you please. I wanted to thank the council for um the very positive feedback as well as the community and even people outside of my community when I told them what I'm
doing about um my mental health advocacy work. I have been in conversation with many different people and um since the two weeks that I've spoke up here have really saw that we do have a lot of great resources. When I walked in here
today, I saw the um the banner that we got a healthy town award and I think that's wonderful and it's something we really should be proud of. That also means that we're strong to get that award so we can really set the example
for other areas of what true depth mental health uh awareness should look like. So, when I was looking through the various programs, what I've noticed was that there was programs for when people are well and they're just want to kind
of get a little introduction to, you know, if they're having a hard time someday down the future. And then there's programs for people who are in crisis that we know of in the area like programs through St. Claire's or um you
know, addiction programs. But what I really want to see and try to bring to the town is when there's that bridge between well and crisis and that's traumainformed care. I am really big on that. And when I talk about that to
people, I have to really explain it. A lot of people don't even know what it is. So um trauma-informed care is about having compassion. It's about questioning instead of saying what's wrong with you? what happened to you?
Um, people have adverse childhood experiences. So, this can mean, you know, just the typical ones that we're used to, but it can go even further. And what I want to bring is more awareness because I'm looking at these statistics that are
from really reputable sources like the, you know, CDC and NAMI and we are in a crisis. Even though New Jersey is really well and Brockway is really well, we're still in a crisis. There's still a lot
of people who are suffering in silence in our own community who don't really have the resources because our society is doesn't have especially with that in real life um trauma-informed care. So, this is a topic that I can, you know, go
on definitely more than three minutes about, but I really just hope that we can, you know, continue the strides that we're making, but really take it a step above and really become a role model for, you know, other municipalities in
the area. Thank you, [sighs] >> Dana Tadel. Dana Tabadella, 31 Omaha Avenue. Over the past two council meetings, I've raised concerns regarding what I witnessed at the March budget meeting. Unfortunately, each time I spoke, Council President Howard Morrison
attempted to downplay and mischaracterize my concerns as a taxpayer. At the previous meeting, Mr. Mr. Morrison stated that sometimes he needs to have things dumbed down and written and crowned. So, let me make my concern as clear as possible. My primary concern was never about whether
reopening the budget would have saved the taxpayers a dollar, $500, or any other amount. Although any potential savings should certainly matter. My concern is that the opportunity to potentially benefit taxpayers was not even given the proper consideration despite the recommendations of our
business administrator. Why would an elected official choose to disregard the advice of Miss Pomeary, our professional responsible for managing the township's finances? Taxpayers should expect expect decisions to be based on facts, fiscal responsibility, sound governance, not
what seems to be personal disagreements, and vindictiveness against another council member. Equally troubling is that the continued effort to minimalize, deflect, and avoid answering a simple question about what policy, procedure, or legal opinion do Mr. Morrison rely
upon when he made this decision. To date, I have not been provided with a clear answer. And when I spoke to several council members, they claimed they don't know either. If this wasn't concerning enough, the conduct following the last council meeting raises additional concerns
about professionalism and decorum. As I was leaving the meeting, Councilman Salisburg's wife began shouting comments at me across the driveway. I asked her to come back and repeat to me whatever she said. She approached me and repeatedly called me a petty
The following day, I provided I was provided screenshots by a community member showing that she was publicly boasting on Facebook about the incident. What is particularly disappointing is that Councilman Sberg, Councilman Quinn, his wife Kathy Quinn liked the post
while Councilman Sacket and Councilman uh Council President Morrison reacted with a response of love. Private citizens are entitled to their opinions and taxpayers should be reasonably expect elected officials to conduct themselves in a manner that promotes
civility, professionalism, and respect towards the public. When elected officials publicly endorse or celebrate personal attacks against a taxpayer who raises questions at a meeting, it sends a troubling message about how dissenting viewpoints are treated. The issue before us is not whether council members agree
with me. The issue is whether taxpayers can ask a legitimate question about government decisions without being ridiculed, dismissed, or subjected to personal attacks by them or by proxy. Transparency, accountability, and respectful public recourse are
fundamental responsibilities of public service. Thank you. >> So, so for the last three or four council meetings, you've you've brought up the same issue. I've responded. I've given you my
answer. You filed multiple Oprah requests, all of which have been answered. You oper requested my phone records which I provided happily. Right? If you truly truly feel that there was some foul here, then I would encourage you to
go to the proper governing body. All right? And file an official complaint. All right? If you truly feel that there is something wrong going on here. All right? Don't confuse me not agreeing with you with not giving you what you're looking for. All right?
I've given you everything I had. I explained it. I consider the matter closed. You're more than welcome to keep bringing it up. All right. And mischaracterizing it. As far as, you know, liking a Facebook post, Miss Alberg's not on the council. All
right? You guys want to yell it out in the parking lot, it's free speech. As far as I was concerned, you know what? That's have at it. As long as you guys don't cross the line. So, I don't think you should really admonish the council for the behavior of a member of the public who was well
within her rights as you are well within yours. >> Uh, Erin, I'm sorry. >> The court decor 16 along a I apologize. I just landed in from a business trip about 20
minutes ago. got home. So, I just wanted to speak a little bit in support of the introduction of ordinance 2623, banning of AI data centers. I'm also a former member of the environmental committee for Rockaway Township. Served for three years, which we disbanded last
year after lack of support from the mayor and the planning board. Um, couple of things about the environmental impact for data centers. Data centers require vast amounts of water for cooling as much as 720 billion gallons a year by
excuse me [clears throat] by 2028. Estimate noise pollution significant noise 24 hours 7 days a week from massive cooling fans and backup generators often exceeding 80 to 90 dB. Just so you understand in uh industry
once you hit 80 dB you're part of a hearing conservation program. 85 dB, you have to wear hearing protection. Land use data centers also require larger footprints with many projects requiring a minimum of 200 acres, creating large amounts of imperous surfaces and habitat
fragmentation. Carbon footprint. Increased demand for energy can boost greenhouse gas emissions, especially from backup diesel generators. Also, I'd like to mention um light pollution as well. um and it doesn't really generate a whole lot of
jobs uh no matter what anyone hears in the public. So I am in support of the introduction of this ordinance and since we don't have a current environmental commission I'm sorry committee for the township of Rockway I would like the council to uh strongly consider passing
this. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Anyone else? Oh, I'm sorry. Does anybody else from the public who didn't fill out the form wish to speak? Mr. Ward, >> Jim Waters, 48 Senica Avenue, Rockaway. It's been a minute since I've had the
pleasure of addressing all you guys. I'd just like to for the record I'd like to belatedly thank the two newest council members who jumped in with both feet and made positive contributions. Also for the record I'd like to express my appreciation of the council president
and the excellent job that he's done and the excellent job that eight of the nine council people continue to do. make one comment. Most of us, I mean, everyone in the township receives this periodic
notification from the water department about the paraff fluuro octane sulfonic acid in Fox Hills treatment plant water. I've been curious if we've ever identified the source for that
contamination and if we've identified the source, if we ever pursued legal action against that source, assuming it's not the township, of course. Uh, also wonder if we were aware of the contamination before we let Fox Hills
Builder and Fox Hills Homeowners Association transfer the water treatment plant and the expenses to us rather than uh keeping it for themselves. That's all I have. Thank you. >> Thank you. Anybody else from the public?
Hi, Lisa Ginder, 136 Birch Street. Love the new clock. Um, just uh echoing some of what has already been said. I know I was here a few weeks ago and made mention that I would love to see something in regards
to banning data centers. So, I just want to say thank you for bringing this up for discussion and I fully support it obviously since I asked for it and just want to say thank you for discussing it. May you all pass it. Thank you.
>> Thanks. >> Good evening, April Royal and Hawthorne Court. I come before this council tonight to address a matter of serious institutional integrity. On May 28th, a member of this council stood before a public meeting in Rockaway Burough and
speaking explicitly in his official capacity as a Rockway Township council member publicly disclosed sensitive personnel matters concerning a former township employee. This was not an accident and it was not a private conversation. It was a deliberate public
disclosure of confidential employment information about a private individual made before an audience by a sitting government official wielding the credibility of this township's name. That former employee was at the time a candidate in the Rockway Burough primary
election. That candidate lost. The unauthorized public disclosure of personnel information is not a gray area. Employees, current and former, have wellestablished legal protections governing the confidentiality of their employment records and personnel
matters. When a government official discloses that information publicly and does so intentionally, it is a serious violation of that individual's rights. It exposes the township to significant civil liability. And when that
disclosure is made with the stated purpose of influencing the outcome of an election, as it explicitly was here, it compounds those violations with potential criminal exposure under both federal and New Jersey state law. Every current and former township
employee in this room should be deeply troubled by what occurred. If a sitting council member is willing to weaponize one person's personnel file in a public forum for political purposes, no employees confidential records are safe. I am therefore calling upon this body to
do three things. First, formally investigate this incident. Second, refer this matter to the appropriate state and federal authorities for independent review. Third, reaffirm publicly and on the record that the power entrusted to members of this council will never be
weaponized against candidates in another m municipality's election. The voters of Rockway Township elected this council to govern with integrity and to serve this community. Using public office to bully and intimidate a candidate in a neighboring town's primary using their
personnel record and contributing to that candidate's defeat is a profound betrayal of that trust. It exposes this township to legal consequences that every taxpayer in this room may ultimately bear. This council has both
the authority and the obligation to act. I urge you to do so now. Thank you. Anybody else from the public? Councilman. Uh we have a guest speaker tonight, uh my wife, Lisa Salberg, who uh recently
gave testimony in Washington on a um a very important topic that not only affects residents of Rockway Township, but really residents uh across the country. Uh Lisa is the uh founder and CEO of the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy association. And I should also mention
uh that this year uh the American Heart Association named Lisa uh as the volunteer of the year and she'll be heading down to um down to Dallas very shortly to uh to receive that award. Thank you for the time to speak today. In the 50s some odd years that I've
lived in Rockaway Township, I've asked to address the town council on three occasions. One was in 1995 after my sister died from cardiac arrest. We asked for AEDs to be added to the ambulance. They were Thank you, council of 1996. Um, and then a few years later, I came
back asking for an ordinance to require AEDs in all public buildings that had more than 300 residents or participants in a day. That one needs some review. So, if we can open up that ordinance and clean it up, it would be great. But this time is a little bit bigger because the
world got a little bit bigger on me. Okay, so there we go. I don't need that slide. So last week I got invited to the US Senate Committee on Aging to discuss the generic drug quality crisis in America.
This is not something that just affects Rockaway, but it does affect our taxes and it affects your bottom line because we're buying generic drugs that are of poor quality. And how do I know this? I'm going to walk you through a couple of quick slides and then invite you to a much longer than an hour long webinar on
Friday at 12:30. If you can't watch it live, you can watch it on YouTube or Facebook afterwards. And if you have any questions, you're welcome to call me. So me with Rick Scott holding my heart. So I had a transplant nine years ago and I've plastinized my heart so it can be
used as a teaching tool and I brought it to Capitol Hill to prove a point. And that point was the generic drugs that I was taking to protect my transplanted heart first overdosed me which could burn out your kidneys requiring a second transplant or the next one went too low
leaving me open for rejection. I worked really hard to a be alive and b keep this beautiful heart that I was donated safe. So this is a problem for me. I try to like to stay alive. But it's not the first time we had a problem with generic drugs. So I'm going to take you down a quick history lesson. So, the guy in the
middle with the white jacket on is Dr. Harry Lever from the Cleveland Clinic. He's a dear friend of mine and I've worked with him since 1996. When Dr. Lever and I were talking about some patients, we couldn't figure out why. They seem to be fine one day and then a week or so later they're not
well. And he was wondering if their drugs were okay. And this is 2010. 2012 NPR did a series on our generic drug quality and they found out that there were some problems and they did this whole series on NPR and he called me one
day all excited. I know where the problem is now. Okay, what are you going to do about it? It's a big problem. Over the next couple of years, a few things happened. Does anybody remember when Zante went on recall? It was pulled from the market. The
gentleman in the top here with the curly hair is David Light. He runs a lab called Valisher and they test drugs and he found the contaminants and he was the whistleblower. So what happens next is the guy on the bottom worked for a little place called the DoD. And the DoD
saw the Zantac recall and saw David's work and said, "Um, I buy drugs for 10 million members of the military. What am I buying?" And he said, "Probably a lot of garbage." and they started an inspection process. But first, I want to explain very briefly, I'm not going to
do this whole slide, don't worry, where this all comes from. 1984, a bill passed, a law passed called Hatchwaxment. It determined what generic drugs could be sold in the United States, and it gave a bioequivalency. So, the generic drug had to meet the
label drug closely, but it didn't have to be equal. It had to be equivalent. The problem is big problem that was between 80 and 125% of the original. So imagine if you're getting 80% of the
drug and then you get another brand and you're getting 125. It's kind of like that. It's not quite as extreme because the bio equivalency number is a little tighter than that. But the problem is they never put into litigate into law that you have to look at something
called the dissolution rate. It's really geeky, but do you know how you take one drug a day now? Other than taking four pills, you just take four antibiotics in a day. Now you can take a controlled release. That molecule works, but here's the drug and then there's a controlled release molecule above that. They don't
measure that in generic drugs. So you can take a drug and can dissolve in an hour. Your drug doesn't dissolve at all. So you're not getting the drug. So that's under Hatch Waxman. How do we get our drugs in this country? Three
companies import 85% of our generic drugs and they don't inspect them. Nothing is inspected. Where does your API, your active ingredient come from? China, India, Turkey.
It's not clean. 80 of the drugs are coming in through or 85% are coming in through three people and 90% of Americans take at least one generic drug. >> [snorts] >> So, wrong way. We don't need to do that. So, during
this process of the Department of Defense, they labeled their drugs red, yellow, and green. Red problem, yellow, me, green, good to go. Here are the results. Tiny screen, I know. I'm sorry. But if you want to watch on the podcast or the
webinar, you'll see it better. Let's look at the first line on the side. That's from a market sweep. That is what is available. I got to grab my water. That is what is available to everybody in the general market. The next box on the other side is what is available to the DoD. They have different suppliers.
So, they looked at both. I've been talking all day at a meeting. We don't get all of our drugs from the same people that the DoD does. So, the drugs are going to look a little different. The good news is 71.8% of generics are green.
Bad news is about 15% are yellow and 15% are red. What makes it red? Doesn't dilute. Dilutes too fast. Or there's carcinogens. There's arsenic. There is what are the other drugs? I forget them all. Arsenic, lead, fast dissolution,
slow dissolution, lithium, arsenic in your generic drugs. And we don't know. So what are we going to do? Number one, what can you do today? Look at your generic drugs. Look at the label. Know
your manufacturer. Ask your pharmacist to stay on the same manufacturer if it's working. If you get a new drug, you don't feel well, it dissolves in your mouth, something doesn't feel right, stop. Call your doctor immediately. Call your pharmacist. Number two, if you're
buying a health insurance plan, if you're signing the contract which one you want to buy, you can talk to your agent about where are we getting our generic drugs? What is the quality? There's no way to measure this right now. I can't give you a tool. I'm working on creating one with a friend of
mine that will go into the health system and make the DoD data fully transparent to Americans, but it's not there yet. So when I went to Capitol [snorts] Hill and I was asked by the Senate, 'What do you
want us to do tomorrow? I want them to call the FDA and I want to tell the FDA to start telling the truth on their website. Generic drugs are not the same. We have the data. We have the proof. So what can you do? You can scan that code or you can go to my website forcam.org
and you can join us on Friday. You can learn more. I have other podcasts. I have webinars. I'm bringing all the people to the table. There's a book that was written by a woman named Katherine Ibon that may be a familiar name. She wrote the expose on COVID for Vanity Fair. She also wrote a book called
Bottle of Lies. One of the gentlemen that testified with me in the Senate was one of the whistleblowers for a company called Runback Seat. He was inside the facility. He tells exactly what happened. You're all taking generic drugs at some point. You're all taking
potential carcinogens, bad things. We don't want anybody taking drugs that are not safe for them. So, I encourage you to learn more about it. I don't really have time to answer questions, but I do have Oh, the clouds didn't show up. >> I had clouds from Split Rock on Sunday, but they're not showing up so well. If
you want to join us for the webinar, I'd really enjoy that. And I'm happy to address any questions. I don't know how to unplug this thing. It doesn't want to unplug. So, you don't have to stare at it the whole rest of the meeting. Hold on. And that is why I asked to speak to you today to bring your attention to this
issue and enjoy me at the webinar and maybe you can learn a little bit more about generic drugs and how to keep yourself and your family safe. Thanks for the time. Really appreciate it. [applause] >> Thank you Howard. >> Thank you. Very informative.
Okay. Ordinances. Ordinances for introduction. O2623, an ordinance amending chapter 54 entitled land use and development of the code of the township rockway to include and designate data centers as a prohibited use in all zoning district. >> Motion.
>> Second. >> Cler, please take the role. >> Council member Salberg, >> yes. >> Council member Vuittovich, >> no. >> Council member Royek, >> yes. >> Council member Freed, yes. Council member Quinn, [laughter] >> yes.
>> Council member Kelly, >> yes. >> Council Vice President Sacket, >> yes. >> Council President Morrison, >> yes. Seven yeses, one no. Motion carries. O2624, an ordinance amending chapter 28 of the Rockway Township General
Ordinances Entitled Health and Environment to amend article 3 entitled food and beverages. >> Motion. >> I'll second. >> Cler, please take the role. >> Council member Sberg. Yes. >> Council member Votovich. >> Yes. >> Council member Roy.
>> Yes. >> Council member Freay. >> Yes. >> Council member Quinn. >> Yes. >> Council member Kelly. >> Yes. >> Council Vice President Sacket. >> Yes. >> Council President Morrison. >> Yes. Eight. Yes. This. Motion carries.
[clears throat] >> Ordinances for adoption. 02620. Ordinance providing for mu for municipal building ADA improvements in and by the township of Rockway in the county of Mars, New Jersey, and appropriating $73,963. Therefore, constituting proceeds of a
community development block grant from Mars County. >> Motion second. >> Is there anybody from the public that wishes to speak on this ordinance? Is there any council discussion? >> Clerk, please take the role. >> Council member Salberg, >> yes. Council member Voytovich.
>> Yes. >> Council member Roy, >> yes. >> Council member Freight, >> yes. >> Council member Quinn, >> yes. >> Council member Kelly, >> yes. >> Council Vice President Sacket, >> yes. >> Council President Marson, >> yes. Eight yeses. Motion carries.
0.2621, an ordinance accepting the grant of a water filtration system utility easement to the township of Rockaway by the Fox Crest Homeowners Association, Inc. Motion. >> Second. Is there any um any discussion
from the public on this ordinance only? Any council discussion? >> Council President. >> Yes. >> This question for the administration or um Mr. N. Uh cost for this uh system. Will this be shared by all residents or exclusively to uh um who's going to be
utilizing it? It would be to all uh all water users >> utility water users. >> There is a grant that's involved with this also that's taking the brunt of of this cost. >> Excellent information. Thank you.
>> Cler, please take the role. >> Council member Sberg. >> Yes. >> Council member Votovich. >> Yes. >> Council member Roy. >> Yes. >> Council member Freed. >> Yes. Council member Quinn, >> yes.
>> Council Vice President Sacket, >> did you get Councilman Kelly? >> Oh, I'm sorry. Councilman Kelly, >> yes. >> Thank you, John. >> Council Vice President Sacket. >> Yes. >> Council President Morrison. >> Yes. A. Yes. This motion carries. O2622 an ordinance amending chapter 2
administrative code article 4 meetings of the council section 2-5.7 order for business and agenda and sections 2-5.18 ordinances and resolutions. So move >> I'll second. Is there any uh anyone from
the public wish to speak on this ordinance? >> Any council discussion? I have a question. Go ahead. Uh Mr. How did uh you receive notice to amend this particular um administrative code
that was already amended by your office back in 2020? >> It's yeah it's >> responding to individual council >> again it's I I think it's irrelevant the method of communication of it. I I think the substance here is the actual ordinance.
>> You're not going to let you're gonna you're going to let Mr. answer a question about water. Mrs. Paul Mary potentially asking I'm asking about an ordinance to our town attorney who works for all of us and you're not going to let him answer a question to me. >> No, I'm saying it's irrelevant. The ordinance is here. The method of
delivery of the ordinance is is inconsequential. >> Well, you know, Mr. Morrison, in the past, you've always made a comment that Mr. Kelly, you're not an attorney, and obviously you're not. And I think it's troubling that this ordinance was fine until I started submitting resolutions
or adding uh agenda items onto the agenda within compliance of the administrative code. >> Now, it seems that you're trying to move the goalpost for me to make it longer and and more uh difficult for me to put
items on the agenda uh representing my constituents in the township. And I have a question for our town attorney, which obviously you have direct communication with them all the time >> as a council president. I did. >> Yeah. But there's nothing in the code that just signifies just you or anybody
else. I have a question for Mr. Peron. And I just want to know what made this come to your office to amend the previous amendment that your office made in 2020. I >> have no idea. >> Okay, that's all. >> I I just think that >> you wrote something you have no idea.
>> Mr. Kelly, >> you got Miss Hang on a Mr. Pone. >> I'm sorry, Mr. Pone. >> No, no, no. You asked your question, you got your answer. >> The council president doesn't control you, Mr. Peron. You You work for the entire council. >> And I think it's I think it's a perfect example of what we're talking about that Mr. Kelly thinks this is about him.
Nobody said it was about him. >> He said it was about him. >> Then why'd you change it? >> Everything's about him. >> Why'd you change it, Mr. >> Because there is certain need for decorum and the way that we run things. >> So what was the need for changing it then? What was the problem with the quorum if it was being compliant of submission for resolutions and
ordinances and new business? >> Because our um administration needs a proper amount of time to adjust and prepare a proper agenda and it's a disservice to our public if there is an attempt to change the agenda at
literally the last minute. >> Well, Mr. Morrison, for six years it wasn't a problem. >> Clerk, please take the role. >> Council member Sberg. >> Yes. Council member Voittovich, >> yes. >> Council member Roy, >> yes. >> Council member Freed,
>> yes. Council member Quinn, >> yes. >> Council member Kelly, >> no. >> Council Vice President Sacket, >> yes. >> Council President Morrison, >> yes. Seven yeses, one no. Motion carries. >> Consent agenda. R26111,
R26112, R26113, R26114, R26115, R26116. Um, I do just want to throw out there for the uh public's knowledge and explain uh R26116
uh the town uh our town is now uh allowed to sell a another liquor license. It's one more, right? >> Two. >> One. >> No, we have two more. >> Um, use >> the point being is when the town sells a
liquor license, 100% of those proceeds go to the town. Uh, there's no fees that we have to pay to the state. It's we start the bidding. It's a bidding process. The bidding is going to start at half a million dollars. Uh hopefully we will drive that up with 100% of that
going to our general fund. um which will help us as we develop the budget for next year. So I just wanted to point it's a very very good thing uh that we're doing there. Uh okay. Uh council president since you're we're having discussion on on uh 26116.
>> Yeah. Go ahead. >> Um Mrs. Palary there's a limit of liquor licenses >> in municipality. >> Correct. >> Right. So we're not ex we're not creating an additional liquor license. We're only selling >> Would you like to answer? That that's a
legal question. >> I can answer. >> I don't think so, Mr. Cron. I was asking. >> Okay. That's a legal question, Mr. Kelly. I can answer. >> So, you're willing to answer this question, but >> Okay. We're moving on. >> I make a motion.
Please take the role. >> Council member Salberg. >> Yes. >> Council member Votovich. >> Yes. >> Council member Roy. >> Yes. >> Council member Freeday. >> Yes. >> Council member Quinn. Yes. >> Council member Kelly.
>> Yes. >> Council Vice President Sacket. >> Yes. >> Council President Morrison. >> Yes. Eight. Yes. This motion carries. Uh okay. Uh we're going to move on to new business and discussion. I will remind the council that there is a threeminut time limit. Uh we will uh actually we'll just put it out there. Is there any
council member that has new business? >> I just have a quick question for you, Mr. Marson. One, I did request in a timely manner to add new business of two specific items. I was informed that you were not willing to put that on the agenda. Um I don't know why because under our code 257c it's strictly very
clear and that you don't have the selection to do that. Um so one that's not on there. Two uh new business is separate from reports. >> So we have a report section which also falls on our 25 cent on on our agenda format.
>> Right. So, um, I can't I can't put a report in the new business that I have to to present in three minutes. >> Nobody said you had to. I just said new business and discussion. I didn't say council reports. >> All right. Just because we're we usually we have reports first and then new and then there the new business and stuff
like that. So, I just want >> new business council. >> Yeah. Okay. >> Yeah. I just don't see it on there. >> So, the agenda that you're So, >> I have it right in front of me. Okay. >> Um, so I have I have new business unless somebody else has something before me. Uh the new business that I had presented
uh to the clerk to put on the agenda was about electricity and currently we're having some difficulties with affordability especially when it comes to utilities. Um and if many of you have gone up Green Pond Road you've seen two major companies and organizations. One's
Chabo meets that has solar and then we also have um the record that's now owned by the Guanette that has basically a solar farm. And since uh we passed the budget um our amounts that we have for municipal accounts for JCPNL which includes the
library um was recommended and passed of $166,000. So it's $13,000 a month collectively between the two entities and what I was trying to present was um one uh Chiabu meets had an application Mr. Quinn, you were supportive of their
application in 21 about amending uh their resolution for the parking lot to be somewhat of a a solar canopy and they recently came before us for a backup generator because of refrigeration for their food. And of course, we have um
the newspaper up there that uh from it's been reported about 60% of uh power that they generate from this. However, their thirdparty contractor that's in between JCPNL and um the record up there. So, my
question to this council to see if you're interested is maybe we can somewhat um do some research. We have two large businesses that have gone uh solar. We have uh areas where we can do
that where it wouldn't impede the environment. We have the municipal building here, obviously the library. We have the new DB DPW garage or I'm sorry, the water department garage and our DPW that's shared with our school board. I'm not saying it's something that we have to do, but looking into the potential
savings of doing this with maybe even having grant funding to offset those costs that it wouldn't um hinder >> I know. I just if you can just give me two minutes to wrap that section up. um it wouldn't it wouldn't burden the taxpayers if there's something available
to that. Of course, it would have to have an ROI, return on our investment um if we have to put money into it, but the driving cost of energy is just getting ridiculously out of control and unaffordable for people. And the way our budgets are going and the schoolboard
budgets, we have to come up with alternative ways to reduce operating costs. And I was thinking that this could potentially be something moving forward uh to to accomplish that. >> So I think anything that saves a taxpayers's money is, you know, time
well spent. I would ask I don't know what the proper procedure would be. I would probably say put together a proposal. Whatever you're thinking, send it to administration, send it to Lisa, and I'm sure um you know, our engineers, you know, I don't even know, maybe even
the health department for environmental impacts would take a look at it. But I think anything that would save the taxpayers money is a good idea. Can I just real quick? >> I'm sorry. Just go ahead. >> Just to top on that, Mrs. Fante because you were somewhat involved with Chaboa meets. Did you did they express I mean
obviously they put money into it to have this happen but did they express the the return on what their investment was and all this work? >> Here's what I would do and I'm sorry to interrupt. I at this point this is discussion that we should talk about after we get to that point. You know I don't I don't want to see >> she doesn't know the answer. That's fine.
>> Mr. Kelly I'm talking >> I I I don't know if she's prepared to answer those specific questions but again I think it's a great idea. Can you ask her? >> Put together No, put together a proposal. All right. Put together a proposal and we'll do it the right way. Mr. >> Thank you. Actually, Tucker, I like the
point you brought up because actually earlier before the council meeting, five council members took a tour of the DPW garage and actually we spoke to Al about that and um Al had a couple things to say about the solar um over there. I
don't know if Al you can. It's up to the council. We should do a whole separate thing on solar. Again, I'd like to have Mr. Kelly, it's not your turn. >> I I if we're going to do it again, let's start with, you know, a proposal of what it should look like and then we can do
our due diligence and report out on it with actual facts and give people time to prepare. >> Well, Council President, I think the first thing we need >> Mr. Kelly, your time is up, Mr. Flynn. >> Yes. And as Mr. Kelly did state, uh I did vote on that for them also.
uh Atlantic Health. >> All right. I voted on that, too, because um I made them put in uh >> places for e e-cars to charge. So, it's another way for these cars to charge.
So, um I had spoken a while ago to uh either Lisa or Allison about possibly doing something like that in our parking lot >> because it also saves time and effort on plowing underneath and clean the
vehicles that are underneath from the snow. So, it it's something that we should look at. Thank you. >> Uh any other council member has new business? And just I had two new business. >> You had three minutes, Mr. Kelly. And I gave you an extra two. >> Did you give me three minutes onto that?
>> No. [clears throat] Um and just for the record, it wasn't refused off the agenda and just for public edification. The agenda item is new business and discussions. All right. Specific bullet points that need that want to be discussed by a council member aren't necessarily placed on the agenda. They
are free to talk about them, but the agenda item is new business and discussion. We're going to move on to council reports. Again, I will remind um the council members that there's a three-minute time limit. We will start with Mr. Quinn. >> Thank you. So, Rockaway Township Day
kicked off and it was a great day. Little hot, but we all had a good time. Um, one of the things I think going forward we should do what we had done prior is get a big tent and put that on
the field so that people have somewhere to cool off if it's that hot because the ashvault was throwing the heat back up. Plus, it's somewhere for people to sit and eat out of the food trucks. And they can put the music if they have a DJ or a
band under there. That's what we used to do many years ago. So that was Rockaway Town Substance Alliance. Uh did their um celebrity day at Copeland Middle School. That went fantastic.
Uh the kids had a lot of good questions to the celebrities and it's a way of keeping kids off drugs and uh it's also being looked at and to be brought
forward into the state program so that the middle schools could possibly use this program to move forward. and Les Wexler and his family received an award from UNICO and the different
dignitaries that were there um for what they've done with this program and it was a great honor to be there and I'm very proud of the program. So that's my report. Thank you. >> Thank you,
>> Mr. Sard. >> Thank you, Council President. Right. A few things first. um county commissioners report very very minor but about two years ago um I reported on the improvements to the railroad tracks that touched our borders with do uh as well
as along Ford road behind 84 lumber it's known as the Rockaway Runaround track uh for the record it is completed um the last um embankment improvements uh were just finished and amazingly enough it came in under budget by by $11,850
so yeah so miracles do So, that was the one uh report on the commissioners. Uh again, as Mr. Quinn said, great Rockway Township Day. I'm very happy with the that the residents came out in force. Uh vendors were there. Uh it was a hot one.
Unfortunately, the movie couldn't happen because the rain, but again, kind of echo uh the concern with the asphalt. It was hot. It was tough to sit out there. If anything, uh I'd like to consider uh going back to the earlier Rockway Township days, putting the vendors out on the field. Uh I think it just can uh
just give everybody a much more pleasant experience. So appreciate that. Again, we had a a tremendous opportunity prior to the meeting uh to go up to DPW, meet with Mr. Nath and Dennis and gave a great tour and really deep understanding of of the hard work that they do uh the
dedication to to keep our streets uh clear. Um really is amazing what they can accomplish up there. Um they really do just about everything in house and it was a testament. So I really appreciate that. Thank you. Uh and finally, Mr. Dyer, thank you for the uh update today. Uh just something I added to the budget
uh was uh recognition for uh Camp Hutsonia uh through a signage, maybe some uh some information as people are up there just playing soccer and enjoying the fields knowing kind of what went on there before. So, thank you very much for that uh update and I'm glad to see it's moving forward. Thank you. Thanks,
>> Mr. Kelly. Uh I wanted to say thank you to Mr. Noff. I see uh we got some MP pipe. Maybe we're going to finish up overnight road improvement area uh for the storm drain. Also a followup uh maybe through an email with the Denmark road improvements for um storm drains
and for resurfacing. Also uh Mrs. Fonte just to follow up on the stop signs on Toron and Whipperwill. I do have a concern that was addressed to me in 2020 on this issue. It's been six years now and I'm just wondering what the status is on those signs. Um, one other thing
too, uh, Rockaway Day, um, I maybe were in a different end of it. I didn't think it was attended as well as it should have been, obviously the comparison of what it was, um, when we had, uh, JK Entertainment. Um, Mrs. uh, um, Kohler did a phenomenal job there, plus raised
$10,000 for Rockway Township, fireworks, everything else. This particular one, we parked in the handicap parking on the lower level. So, it made everybody park in the upper level, even handicapped people. Again, it wasn't very uh attended. But what I wanted to add was um the marketing end of it. Um we're not
doing a really good job of marketing. I think our Facebook, our our website really has to boost it up a notch. You know, when you look at Christ Church and their fireworks, White Metal Lake and their festival day, Denver with their festival day, Rockway Burough, Fireman's Field, they knock it out of the park every single time. We're missing
something. And I think we need to improve that. It's it's constructive criticism. I'm not putting anything down on those, but there's a definitely a difference from when the last RT day that we had to where it was this time. Um, and a lot of people were making those same comments. And lastly, uh, Mrs. Tabadella, I'm going to answer your
question. Um, there is no policy in regarding that tab, uh, or section of the Mr. Kelly, you're out of line. >> And Kelly is upset because you called him out and he's dishonest and he's not being able to give you any answers. >> Mr. Title 40 and 40A. Mr. Kelly, you're out
of order. Open the budget up for the introduction before adoption and Mr. Kelly, you're out of order. >> And that's the problem. >> Mr. Kelly, you're out of order. Here we are. Everybody else can speak. He's interrupting. the decorum of one of our council members. This is not indicative of the behavior of the rest of the council who
does appreciate your time. You interrupt, Mr. Wovich. >> Yeah. Uh like Councilman Sack stated earlier, we made we visited DPW. I think the the most important thing for the uh residents to know is uh that Mr. North, you know, he has employees that
fabricate that weld that that fix their trucks, maintain their trucks, and that's a huge tax savings to the uh residents. A lot of municipalities outsource these things and they do it all in-house. So, I think that's uh that's one of the big things that I was impressed along with everything else
that I think we discussed during regular council meetings, but that's a direct savings to the township residents. Uh I also want to comment on my vote on not to introduce the data centers. And the reason why is I think this this ordinance is just way too prohibitive. I
mean, we have 46 square miles Rockway Township. could be an area where it doesn't affect the residents directly. The technology is continuously uh evolving. You know, I think there could be an ordinance where respects the resident's concern. At the same time, the cooling system could be a
closed loop loop system or in the ordinance we could work in where where the center generates its own power or or if there's any offset to the residents. Yeah, that could be overworked in the res in the ordinance. but to uh strictly prohibit it. Again, most of the residents complain about tax taxes are
too high. This could be a great uh uh revenue source. So, that is the reason why I voted no on this introduction. That's all I have. >> Thank you, Councilwoman Freder. [clears throat] >> Hello. Thank you. I also attended Rockaway Day. I enjoyed it very much. I
thought it was well attended and I agree with everyone's point about the asphalt making things difficult. I had to tap out after an hour was getting a headache. So moving it back onto the field or a tent would not be a bad idea. But the vendors were lovely. The organizations I think I did organiz organizers did a lovely job. I also
attended the the tour of the public works. Rest assure that u they were working hard and they're doing best to um save you every penny. For example, he told us that uh one used to be a truck for each chore like hauling ice and trees and
things. Now one truck does most of the burden. So that saves on maintenance and things like that. I also attended celebrity day. It was really beautiful. Met a lot of truly inspiring wonderful people that are much cooler than I will ever be. So it was just it was just a
lovely thing to be a part of and just sorry it's my phone. It's just a warning there there are turtles coming out now so please be careful on the roads and thank you very much. >> Councilwoman Right.
Yes. Um I attended the uh last board of education meeting on May 27th. Again, many parents, students, uh residents are upset about the principal. Um they're also upset about the Dina students being reassigned and they're upset about the
shared music and art teachers and the recctor's mental health program being discontinued for the students to have somebody to talk to. So, I don't know where that's going to stand. Um, and also after the after the people were talking, the board voted to pull the 20
26 27 reassignment schedule sheet for further review. So, I think they're going to look into that. I'll find out tomorrow night. Um, let's see. I attended the um, UNICO Rockway Township citizen fundraiser
dinner um, in honor of Les Wexler and his family. And it was very impressive that he's been running this for over 30 years for the abuse um the substant abuse alliance. It was very I was very impressed and he deserved that award. Um and I also attended Rockway Township Day
and again with what everyone said, it was really hot on that black top. Um and those changes would sound nice to me. Um and I also went to the DPW facility and was very impressed. I didn't I passed
that for years just seeing school buses. I didn't realize the whole facility behind there and all what's involved and it's it's truly amazing and I they deserve credit and thank you. Um and I think that's it. Thank you, >> Council Vice President.
>> Thank you, Council President. Um yeah, many uh dittos on many of the other council members. I was at the uh celebrity day at Copeland. great job um by the Rockway Township Substance Abuse Alliance and Les Wexler. I stopped down
and volunteered on Thursday, June 4th for the Copeland Middle School Field Day. So that that was a a fun day um to help out there in the kitchen and and uh helping them with whatever they needed. Rockway Township Day definitely I can
always, you know, improvements are always good, you know. Um, we try to build, you know, um, we had a lull and we got to continue to build it bigger and better. Um, it was a hot day. You know, I got sunburned that day. Didn't expect it, but that's on me. The turf,
which people were on, was extremely hot. Um, I know a few people burned their feet on there. Um, so the fields I know in the past we had used the field the um football field but there was a lot of and I know probably Dave knows the fields were pretty ruined in the past
with the all the trucks and everything on there. So that's something we got to really look into to see what we can do and um you know have it like like Jack said like a hydration station something like that. Quite a hot you know I was at the next day I did go to the Dville
Street Festival and that was a mad house. >> Crazy, right? >> Crazy. So yeah. Um, also the DPW tour earlier was excellent. Al and Dennis and I know 54 employees. So, you know, between the DPW and our
police department, just so we know, that's where a lot of our taxes are going and they're doing a great job down there. And, um, Al has cut a lot of the expenses when he came in a while ago. talked about how like everyone had a everyone had a vehicle and they did a
great job changing that around and saving the residents uh on our taxes. That was great. And um did talk about also um the solar stuff over there. A couple areas he I think he maybe would look into. So I think maybe an email be a
good idea on that as well. and um very concerned about the generic drugs that Lisa mentioned. I wish you can come up with an app and we can just type in the generic drugs we take. So, okay, thank you. Thank you. And wishing
everyone a happy pride. Thank you. >> Um I also want to thank Mr. Kn for uh welcoming the the members of the council. We're it's like a council awareness tour. So every the the first meeting of every month the council will go and learn a little bit more about
some of the functions of the town and you know so really when it comes to budgeting time uh it makes it a little bit more uh aware for you as far as what goes on you know and again it's an eye openener the first time you go to the to the DPW and all the things that that those guys handle. So thank you Mr.
Nath. Our next um visit is going to be at the new water building in uh in White Metal Lake. Uh I will send out details on that. Um and then I know that uh Mr. Wovich has put together a tour for the
council at Tilcon. >> Great. >> Um so yeah, we could actually um Mr. Pone, is it appropriate after the meeting if I ask the council to stay for five minutes so we can come up with a date? I don't want to violate anything. Okay. So the council, if if you guys
would just five minutes after the meeting, we'll come up with a date. It's going to take longer than 45 minutes. we've been doing uh before the meeting. So, thank you, Mr. Kn. We're looking forward to uh um uh you and um Brian at the next meeting.
Is there any member of the administration that has a report? Miss Paul Mary, same three minutes. We'll do um I just like to give a report on behalf of Mayor Jackson who um apologizes for not being present tonight at this council meeting. He is attending
the annual founders dinner in support of the Habat Center. Um, mayor also asked me to thank Shannon McCarti and her team including the police department and DPW for making Rockaway Township Day a huge success. And a special thanks to Britney
Bernstein for stepping up when she really needed to on that very hot day. Uh, congratulations to a successful 5K run by the Rotary Club and a thanks to our police department again for securing the race route. Even though according to Mayor Jackson, they made fun of him
because his wife Suzanne finished before him. [laughter] >> He drove. >> That's what I hear. >> Uh, we also received an email from a resident um thanking us for cleaning up roadside litter, which I'll read real quick. Dear Mayor Jackson, I'm writing
to express my sincere gratitude and the cleanup efforts made throughout Rockaway Township to clean up the roadside litter. This positive change are these positive changes are impressive and I'm grateful that my suggestion was taken to heart. A clean, well-maintained
community speaks volumes not only about our pride we as re residents take in where we live, but the kind of leadership guiding it. Your responsiveness and commitment to keeping Rockaway Township a beautiful place to live means a lot to the entire community. Thank you again for listening
and for acting and caring about our town and the quality of life. It's encouraging to know that resident input makes a difference. Thank you. >> Anybody else from administration? Okay. Make a motion to consent. All in favor?
>> Meeting adjourned. Uh there was uh there are free cookies up here from Alexis Baked the cookie uh in the box here. Feel free to take them. There are some gluten-free. >> Oh yeah. >> Okay. >> I asked for ones with extra gluten.
>> So I have those for me. Thank you everybody.