I'd like to call the September 9th, 2025 meeting to order. Start with the flag. >> Construction. >> I pledge 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 member me members who protect our nation and the first responders who protect our neighborhoods. >> Clerk, please take the role.
>> Councilman Freellander >> here. >> Councilman Sacket >> here. >> Councilman Quinn >> here. >> Councilman Brooks >> here. Councilwoman Noun here. Councilman Salber >> here. >> Councilman Vtovich >> here. >> Council Vice President Brooks
>> here. Council President Morrison >> here. Adequate notice of this meeting was provided to the daily record in the official newspapers for the township of Rockaway. 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 August 12th township council regular meeting. Can I have a motion? So moved. >> Second. >> Clerk, please take the role. >> Councilman Freellander, >> yes. >> Councilman Sacket, >> yes. >> Councilman Quinn, >> yes. >> Councilman Brooks, >> yes.
>> Councilwoman Don, >> yes. >> Councilman Salberg, >> yes. >> Council Councilman Vtovich, >> yes. >> Council Vice President Brooks, >> abstain. Council President Morrison, >> yes. It's eight yeses, one abstension. Motion passes. Uh, at this point, I'm
going to hand the meeting over to Mayor Jackson. Thank you, Council President. Coach, can we get all the Rockets come up here? >> Come on up, guys. >> Was it 75? Holy >> So, it's it's a thrill to honor our
youth. And so, today we have the uh varsity Rockets. Um Oh, boy. Most of you guys are taller than me. No problem. >> Nobody's going to see me. I mean, we have any cheerleaders here, too? I'm up front. >> No, no, you guys are good. You guys are
good. >> So, um, >> thank you. Yeah. Yep. Cheerleaders up in front. So, um, >> for those of you who don't know, uh, these young men and women put in an incredible amount of work over the summer preparing for season. So, they
practice all of August. Um, and this past week, not this past week, and the week before, they had a I'm going to call it the Eagle Bowl. I think they called it the Border Bowl or something. border border war um against Dville. So they played a very good Dville football team at Morris Nolles and they
prevailed. Um and the Eagle Bowl was something that was done a long time ago. The Rockets that stopped and thanks to people like Pedro and Mike Petro, the president of the Rockets, they brought it back and uh they had an incredible victory. I think it was a a slow start, right guys? You have a slow start and uh
they came back and prevailed. Cheerleaders had some drama too, right? sound system issues and and you guys worked through it, right? You hear them cheering through it and and their cheer at the pep rally was incredible. And on top of it, they started their league play with a victory against Sparta 20
nothing. Um so expecting big things in the future for you guys, a great season and uh you know success as you go into high school and translate all the hard work you're putting in now. And I just like to congratulate the coaching staff. They just do a great job with this team. So do you have anything else? All right,
everybody. Uh, post some pictures. Get some pictures of that. And here's a trophy. >> I'll be home this >> this year. Where's any seventh graders here? Back next year >> and success throughout the season and through your high school career. >> So, thank you guys.
>> Thank you. Good job, guys. Have a safe season. All right. You got it. We're gonna take a short break, guys. Way to go, Dennis. >> Good job, coaches. Good luck.
>> I'll be at the game next this week. My grandson's on the seventh grade team, so he'll be coming up next year. >> So he he's a linebacker and a running back. So >> Jackson Bader,
>> yep. Hey Joe, that used to be called the mayor's trophy. >> No. >> Oh, the Eagle Bowl. >> Yeah, because we played Denver. We used to play the >> So then >> Oh, the mayor's bowl was the junior
night. So that's why that died. >> Nice. >> That's fun. What? >> Okay, moving on. Uh, ordinances for introduction. O214, an ordinance amending chapter 17, parks and recreational facilities, article
two, watercraft operation upon waters within or bounding upon Rockaway Township. Specifically, section 2.2 vessel and size limitations to remove any reference to Lake Telmark in the chapter of the general ordinances of the township of Rockway. Can I have a
motion? So move. >> Second. >> Clerk, please take the role. >> Councilman Frelander, >> yes. >> Councilman Zacket, >> yes. >> Councilman Quinn, >> yes. >> Councilman Brooks, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Newton,
>> yes. Councilman Salber, >> yes. >> Councilman Boyovich, >> yes. >> Council Vice President Brooks, >> yes. >> Council President Marson, >> yes. It's nine yes. This motion carries. Um, as a note, the
>> we have an ordinance for adoption, 0213. I'm going to be pulling that ordinance. Uh, it needs to be reviewed. We will reintroduce it at a later time. Consent agenda R25 165 up to and including R251
176. Can I have a motion? So move. Second. >> Cler, please take the role. Councilman Frelander, >> yes. >> Councilman Saget, >> yes. >> Councilman Quinn, >> yes. >> Councilman Brooks, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Non,
>> yes. >> Councilman Salberg, >> yes. >> Councilman Boyovich, >> yes. >> Council Vice President Brooks, >> yes. Council President Marson, >> yes. It's nine. Yes. This motion carries. Uh, we're going to move on to the open to the public portion. As a reminder, I
will call your name. Please step up to the microphone. State your name and address for the record. Uh, you will have three minutes. Michael, >> Michael, 19 on Courtside Drive. Uh, a couple of things. One, Reservoir Road
right along Route 80 here. I know it was discussed earlier this year that it's supposed to be getting renovated there and there was a D interruption in the plan, but is there any way that could be cleaned up and just trimmed and the weeds that go into the road and Just the whole area there looks like a mess all
the way around that curve. Um, if that could be looked into, I'd appreciate that. I'll mention the stop lines at stop signs. I know we're due to do some line striping with all the repaving. So, I'm hoping some of the stop signs can get stop lines because cars do not know
where to stop and they end up into the intersections. Uh, lastly, the 02514 that you just uh did for introduction, there could be a little explanation to that. Is there any change to the vessel sizes or is it just removing the name of Lake Telmark? >> It's taking Lake Telmark out of the
restrictions. It's in a private >> what's been on the books. >> Correct. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Tom Campbell. Sorry. So, >> I'm sorry. Just name and address for the record. >> Tom Campbell 32 Road.
So, I know you guys did a bunch of paving up by the horse farm up there and then also you did chip and stone or whatever chip seal. It looks good. It's a lot better than it was. I understand the chip seal is a process that takes a number of coats or whatever. I was just
wondering what the plan was going forward on that. >> Uh I'll let Mr. Kn speak to that when he gets to his portion. >> Okay. >> I can tell you I had the chip seal done years ago and uh I also had you know Mr. or not come out and we discussed it. It
it took a full season and then uh he'll tell you. I don't want to get into what it looks like. It's going to look a lot better. >> Yeah, I know process. I was just curious. >> Oh, process. >> Got it. >> All right. Thanks,
>> Pat. aton 88 Valley View Drive. I just like to invite everyone who is running for public office to come to the student affairs uh candidates night in White Metal Lake. It is open to all township
residents um because we're hoping to have candidates from the Senate and maybe the governor, but uh you know they'll all be invited to come. And that is Monday, October 20th at 8:00 PM at
the White Metal Lake Clubhouse. So, um, anybody who's running for office, please come. Anybody else wants to come to just see who is running and ask questions. Usually they speak for about three to four minutes and then um there's some
questions and answers at the end of the um the time that everybody has to speak. So, 8 p.m. >> 8 p.m. >> You got that, >> Manny? >> Okay. Is there anybody who did not fill out the sheet from the public that
wishes to speak? >> Okay, we'll move on to reports. We'll start with Councilman Quinn. >> All right. Thank you. All right. So, uh the planning board, uh we had um
a group come before us for a laundromat and uh it's an acceptable use in that zone. It's the Pops, what used to be also Stewart's. Yes, they're going to be
putting in a laundromat over there. They came before us. It's acceptable. They have to get some upgrades for the water supply and stuff, but they'll do it. And u it should do well there. I'm sorry that Pops couldn't make it or stewards.
Um, next thing I want to thank Lisa Paul Mary and DPW for taking care of the walkway that goes from DBO up to Peterson Field. the walkway going up to
from DVBO to the practice field and also the scrimmage field that's there had a lot of broken ashall and was a trip hazard. I was there um I observed a
couple of ladies that couldn't do it with their cane. My son will have to give them a hand. I couldn't do it with my I have a motorized scooter. It was a mess. They took care of it and I appreciate it. I asked Lisa who uh who
really owns that and she said it's done by both the board of ed and Rockaway Township. We maintain it. And um I was there for the scrimmage and families were going up there and going to
Peterson because there was games starting up there and they came back and they were telling me if we get the trimming done evidently it's overgrown. So I'll ask DPW if they could do that
and see what it looks like and get it cleaned up. Uh, I appreciate everything they did. It worked out. It was perfect. The next time I went there, it was without paving the whole thing. It's a great thing.
All right. Then we went to the pep rally, which was phenomenal. I was there for everything. My both my grandkids are in there. Boys play football, girls play cheerleading. my daughter's coach and my
other daughter's team mom. So, I'm fully vested with that. And uh they dedicated the scoreboard to Fred West who was also a good friend of mine and I fellow coach because we coached together for many
years. I just wish that they had publicized it because I had residents that called me upset because they knew Fred and they also some of the kids that he coached wanted to be there. But it
worked out. I was there. It's a beautiful setup for the scoreboard and varsity and JB played uh Sparta and it was on full display for everybody to
see. That board is for Fred West and the field people see it's he dedicated 31 years to football and without kids in this program. So he was and I I miss him sorely because he was a great friend and
a great coach. So with that being said, um football is underway and as the mayor just got his trophy. Uh JV beat Sparta also and the fourth graders, my youngest grandsons on
beat Sparta. They were outsized and outweighed. I don't know what they're feeding those kids up there. must be cornfed because man, my grandson is big. But he got, you know, this kid was at least 2
in taller and 20 lbs heavier, but he kept pushing them through. So, thank God the coaches are good. So, they had a safe season. I want them to continue. And good luck to the football program and cheerleaders. Thank you,
>> Councilman. back. >> Thank you, Council President. Uh, a lot going on last few weeks. Been, uh, real busy. A lot of lot of stuff going on in town. Um, we had the pep rally, which was packed. Um, great night. Everyone did a great job. Hundreds of people
there. So, great job by everyone there. Um, we had the mayor bowl the next day. I was at that as well. And just a fun time at Morris Nolles with Dville and a new rival new rivalry rivalry just like the mayor said. So, that that was awesome. We had the Kabad summer
barbecue that Sunday as well. Over 100 people attended that. So that was that was great. And after that we had the White Lake lawn party. Probably a few hundred people at that as well. So a lot of stuff was going on. Um senior picnic coming up on Thursday at Craig. Yep.
>> Um weather looks good. So looking forward to that. >> Um also just trying to get around town. I was shooting some hoops down at Peterson over the weekend with a lot of the teenage boys and my son was always down there so dragged me down there. Some of those dads went down there to
shoot around. I did notice on the courts there's still fairly there's a lot of cracking going on. So I don't know if there's aware of that. Um but there's decent amount of cracking. I just worry that someone when they're running up and down the courts could possibly trip and hurt their ankle. So just wanted to
bring that attent to everyone's attention. And also before our next meeting, we have the holiday of Rashashana coming up. So everyone celebrating year 5786, wishing you a happy and sweet new year. Thank you,
>> Councilman. Thank you. Uh first report on our county commissioners. Um, I've spoken about this a few times during the year. The, uh, the project going on at the railroad tracks on our do border, uh, known as the turnaround, uh, looks like they're going to need another 238,000 in
embankment improvements. It's resolution 718. Um, and, um, section of the track, uh, behind 84 lumber has been deemed unsafe. They're going to be working on putting about 155,000 into that. So, you might see some activity on Ford Road.
That'll be that was just approved. Um that's it for our commissioners uh open state uh excuse me open space trust fund. Uh we'll be reconvening uh in about two weeks. We'll be reviewing all of our applicants, making our decisions on who we're going to go ahead and do visits and and ultimately reward our our
annual funds to. Um on a nicer note, September 20th uh and the 21st is going to be October Fest at Germanmania Park. Always an annual event. Um so hope to see you there and uh yeah, enjoy what little bit of nice weather we have. Thank you,
>> Councilman Wovich. >> I don't have a report. I just want to say sorry. Thank you. Uh to the administration of the police department uh probably a month ago, the mayor had a complaint from a resident about Mount Hall where tilcon trucks were going through an area of speeding and there was a lot of debris in the road. So I
spoke to the resident and um I did observe, you know, trucks speeding coordinated with uh the mayor, the administration, the police department and Telcon as well. Telecon reached out to all the truck drivers, made sure that they knew that this was going to be enforced. They sent a sweeper, I believe
the same day, and they kept doing it uh over the course of a few days. And I was there the other day at Spain Corner and I didn't see one truck speeding. So, uh, thank you. It worked great. And hopefully we'll keep that going. Thank you,
>> Councilman Freeland. >> Thank you. uh uh the historical society uh uh there's a pathways tour uh which we've always been a part of. So that's October 4th at 12 to 5:00 p.m. Uh and then the fall festival which we're
usually part of November 15th and 16th. That's when we'll have an probably an open house for all people to see what construction what what's been done to it. It's really it's getting there. It's really getting there. Uh library uh uh
put out uh bids. We're finally upgrading. If you go use the library frequently, the bathrooms are as old as the building and they're going to put out bids to to see what we can do. Uh the money here has been appropriated, so
they're ready to go. Uh as far as that, the other uh committees were pretty quiet for the for the this past month, but uh it the summer finished out. We had a food pantry uh at the uh Afield
for collection for the Rockway food p pantry, which which we did well. Then after that, uh we had like Councilman Sack said, Bob had end of summer barbecue, which I went from one to the other. And then after the barbecue, I took a little break because we had a
heat at the clubhouse with the White Metal Lake residents and everything was that they was at was held the day. And uh let's see. Did I forget anything? Nope. Uh that's finished. Thank you,
>> Councilman Brooks. >> Thank you, Council President. Um, just to piggyback on uh, Councilman Wtovich's uh, comment with the police department on behalf of the Fox Hills residents. Uh, we thank you as well because they did reach out to me uh, and
I did reach out to the the administration for that as well and the police department has been there uh, daily. I can see that. Uh, also dealing with the police department, the uh, Faith Family Fellowship on Sunday, September 21st is going to be holding their red, white, and blue event up at
the church. uh usually starts about 9:00 for some breakfast and then they get right into the festivities honoring the police, fire, EMS, and uh military. So, if you can get there for that, that would be awesome. Um also just wanted to comment that um one of our former
Rockway Township soccer players uh was just um nominated or not nominated, was just elected as a girls soccer player nationally ranked number one for the uh week. That happened to be my daughter. So, Wow. Congrats. >> Congratulations.
>> Thank you. >> That's it. Now you don't have time for I just have producer for this. Pick Santa. >> Yeah, exactly. >> Councilwoman, >> yes. Looking forward to the senior picnic. Unfortunately, I can't be there for the whole thing this year, but I
will be there for the tail end of it. Um, and I wanted to thank Hal for going through and clearing the storm drains along 46 there on the side streets. Um they were a mess. And then just two questions, one for Al. Is there any time is there any schedule to do that? Like
do we do it >> like every year? >> Okay. >> Okay. And then the other question um for Allison, I know we've been going back and forth on structure. couple weeks.
>> Okay. >> Okay. All right. Thank you, >> Council Vice President. >> Um, just a reminder, school board, local school board meeting is on Wednesday the 17th at 7:30, Copen Cafeteria. And also I was just wondering if I could get an
update on the Telmark playground. >> That's it. >> Uh I just want to make sure everybody's aware our next meeting uh will be on a Thursday, not a Tuesday because of Russia. So instead of the 23rd Tuesday, the meeting will be on the 25th
Thursday. >> Mr. Yach, >> Mr. Mayor. Thank you, Council President. Couple things. Um, want to let everybody know, this will be on our Facebook page later. The, uh, hypertropic
cardiomyopathy association has volunteer opportunities um, for stuffing crayons um, in the boxes. Slots are available September 10th to 17th. They're going to have lunch, snacks, and coffee um, on their main on their main office on 66
Ford Road, sweet 213B in Dville. you can call or sign up. This is the flyer and I, like I said, I'll post that on Facebook and there'll be some out the counters out here if you come into town hall. Um, got a letter from a resident
on recognizing Dennis Kthers um on his work ethic, professionalism. Um, as he went to resident's house last week, he took time um to do his job correctly. He came home and to repair a driveway filling um the damage with tar. We also put one of our cones out there to make
sure it was protected. He's a valuable asset to Rockway Township and should be recognized as such. Um, also got a email, a letter about our wreck program. Although the summer flew by, vacations and back to school preparations, I didn't want too much
time to pass while expressing my sincere gratitude for amazing summer recreation program her boys attended. They were excited to go each day, which speaks volumes about the thoughtful planning and care that went into the program. The counselors were engaging, attentive, and began each morning with accountability
check-ins and gave me a peace of mind. Lauren in particular stood out for excellent leadership, communicated, approachable manner. Um, resident truly appreciated the variety of daily activities and the balance between indoor and outdoor options, especially during hot summer days. Um, it's very
clear how much effort went into making the program fun, safe, and memorable. Uh, please extend our appreciation. So, it's great feedback. Um Jack mentioned we had our planning board meeting also had a a Eagle Scout Court of Honor for Alex McKenna. Um Alex is a
Eagle Scout that his project was renovating the front of the senior center. So he put a new flag pole and did some landscaping around the area. Uh so it was very good. And the next week I met with another boy scout Daniel to help him get a merit badge. Um I'll make
note one of our former nurses in Rockway Township is um going through a medical situation. I want to put out prayers for her and let her know think about her. Um UNICO we had our motorcycle run to raise money for St. Jude's. Want to thank the police department parks and wreck for
supporting that event. We uh raised several thousand dollars um that'll be donated to St. Jude. Um I married a nice young Polish couple. Um they're actually going to after I they got their license they're going to Poland to have a
official church wedding in Poland. So I was talking a little about you. So very nice couple very nice couple. Um Pepper Rally. Um it was a really great event and I think uh for me what was special is I coached with Fred for 10 years. I
was on the board of Ed for a long time and he was a mentor of mine, somebody I looked up to. And um Barbara had no idea what they were doing. She thought they were just going to dedicate the scoreboard to him. She didn't know they had a big plaque hanging from the bottom of it. So, she was really taken back and
it was a very special moment. I'll never forget. Um, as Councilman Sack mentioned, the Eagle Bowl, I'll call it was a really good game. Um, was kind of back and forth. Uh, I mentioned it when I was talking earlier, but in the beginning of the cheerleaders routine,
the music cut out and they kept playing along, man. They kept doing it. It was It's impressive. So, they battled through that adversity. um uh couple upcoming events. So, uh Thursday is the senior picnic. I believe most you up there now eligible to attend
as a resident if you want if you don't want to work as well, >> myself included. Um so, >> um Alison Lombardo, Sage, Shannardi, they all put a ton of effort into it. And if you guys went in my office right
now, you would see how many good things we have to give away. So, it's going to be a special uh And then that night at 7 o'clock, we're having an event um at the gazebo in memory of 911. So if you can make that 7 o'clock at the gazebo. Um
and then this Sunday the 14th from 12 to 4 um wheels on the lake car show. Um I understand there's probably going to be well over 100 cars there. I'm going to be one of the guest judges. So uh hope you can make it. Support the white metal community. I'm sure it's going to be a lot of fun to see some really cool cars.
I think that's all that Paul ask. So um I met with various members of administration and the grant writer on Zoom call. Um we did have an opportunity for a grant that has to do with um you
know water system and upgrades but unfortunately the deadline is was too soon to reach it and we were going to be addressing issues. So we are going to um exploring that hopefully next year continue to work with them. >> Mr.
number of projects come back. to reserv. >> Thank you, Council President. I just want to mention a upcoming fall programs. Uh many of them are joint programs between the mayor's long and division of health. Uh September 20th, there will be a blood drive from 900
a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the senior center. So, of course, we're encouraging blood donations from residents to help save lives. Uh there will be another blood drive November 22nd. I believe it's the same period of time and certainly at the same location, the senior center at 19 Road. Uh we're going to have clinics on
September 29th and also on uh October 23rd. Uh they will be in this very room from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. both evenings. Uh we are taking registrations. We started registering residents just a few days ago. So residents are encouraged to call the division of health and we can sign
you up. Um we also have a taichi program that's being done between recreation division and the division of health. Uh and that program just started taking registration yesterday. Dave >> uh or today maybe. >> Yeah today. Uh but it's an 8we program.
$25 for residents. It's a terrific price for a great exercise program geared toward our seniors. Uh we're also having a health promotion program on October 16th, a Medicare open enrollment program to help guide seniors through uh Medicare and the open enrollment process
and to offer some expert advice from a guest speaker on navigating that process. and uh uh also uh a fall fest which is going to be jointly held between Rockway Township and Rockway Burrow and also co-sponsored by the Rockway Assembly of God and the
Municipal Alliance Committee. Uh and that's going to be on October 17th. Um the only other thing to report is that we just received the letter of award for uh a $24,900 grant through the enhancing local public health capacities program.
And we also got a $64,000 uh grant letter of award for continued sustaining local public health capacity. >> Thank you. >> Nice job, >> Chief. Good evening, Council President of the
Council. Yes, we have been out there on a regular basis addressing some concerns by residents not only but others traffic been out there working hard. Also, I would reminder that school is
now open. Please drive safely and watch for the school buses and children walking also throughout the community. Officers are being hyper vigilant with a lot of different concerns that are out there in reference to school children
and the school system. So we're in and about the community. Along with that, for the month of August, officers responded to uh both for service incidents and activities, 300 3,251
99 motor vehicle crashes, 424 motor vehicle encounters, 11 domestic violence incidents, 250 fire, medical or 911 calls, 15 adult arrests, 77 alarm responses, nine community poling events,
1788 residential, commercial or school property checks, 21 assisting other agencies and 171 vehicle tickets. >> Mr. Good evening. Uh so between now and the
next time we'll be together, uh fire prevention week will occur. That's uh October 5th to October 11th. There's a theme every year. This year's theme is charging to fire safety. It has to do with lithium ion batteries. And
there's three steps to that program. Uh buy, charge, and recycle. And simply when you're buying a lithium ion powered product, make sure there's a safety certification mark on it such as UL um or ETL is another one.
Um It indicates that there's certain important safety standards that have been met for that product. Uh charging your devices safely. You want to use the charge that came with the product to charge that device. Uh follow the instructions from the manufacturer when
you do charge them. Be cognizant of where you charge them in your home. Uh and when it's fully charged, unplug the device from the charger. And then finally, when the product is done, recycle it. Don't throw it in the
garbage or recycling stream. Um, recycle it smart and intelligently. Um, there's a company that has a website called to recycle.org that will give you a recycling spot where you can take those devices and
they'll handle them properly for you. >> I know also that uh uh Home Depot takes them to recycle. I think they have a bin in the front. >> Yes. you know, for their tools and stuff, but you can put bring batteries there, too. >> Mr. Knox,
>> just want to report the water utility will be starting uh water line water main lining on North Lake Shore shortly uh next couple weeks. Uh road department will be uh replacing uh the drainage
pipe in front of Big Bay, the entrance to Big Bay. So, it'll be shut down Monday, Tuesday. We hope access probably on a Wednesday. Uh we do plan on chip sealing finishing off the year uh either this fall or early
spring. Uh some some roads in town and we are landing uh waiting back to here from the vendor on when they will be in town. U we're looking at so far this week to finish the lines on Mount Pleasant by uh
from the intersection of M to >> Mr. Dyer. [Music] >> Actually, I'm sorry. Hang on. Miss, is there I know the gentleman over here had a question specific. Did you get >> it? >> That was it.
>> Okay, Mr. D. >> Just an update on Delore. We're on the home stretched. for hockey and basketball and the footings for the four basketballs have been dug and we're hoping next week
basketball up the new playground set is projected to be two weeks until October. working with Alison and Als and then we'll see what's going on with demo on the
playet and >> Mr. Coward. >> Okay. Make a motion to adjourn by consent. It's all in favor. >> I I think I'll leave it here.