Regular meeting to order. >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all.
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. >> Cler, please take the role. >> Council member Salberg, >> here. >> Council member Votovich >> here.
>> Council member Freellander >> here. Council member Royek >> here. >> Council member Freay >> 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 in 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 from the May
12th Township Council meeting. Can I have a motion? >> So move. >> Second. >> Clerk, please take the role. >> Council member Salberg. >> Yes. >> Council member Votovich? >> Yes. >> Council member Freelander? >> Yes. >> Council member Roy, >> yes. >> Council member Freed,
>> yes. >> Council member Quinn, >> yes. >> Council member Kelly, [clears throat] >> no. >> Council Vice President Sack, >> yes. >> Council President Morrison, >> yes. Eight yeses, one no. Motion carries. >> Before opening the public portion of
this meeting, I want to remind everyone of the rules that apply to anyone who wants 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. Uh in addition, I got some feedback that the threeminut timer um isn't always visible. So, uh we invested in a clock. I actually saw this on uh uh I
guess YouTube at another council meeting. I thought it was a great idea. Um so, we have it so we're very clear. Um and we don't have to cut anybody off. Um, when I call your name, uh, please step up to the microphone. State your name and address for the record. Michaelardi,
you're the first to get to use the >> There's no second hand, so it's hard. I just flipped to two, so I'm good to go. >> Nice. >> Uh, Michael Ardi, 19 North Brookside Drive. >> Oh, look at that technology. >> Um, I'm going to talk slow so I could use the whole three minutes.
>> Thank you. Um, first I'd like to thank the mayor who contacted me several times during the water main break on uh uh North Lakeshore Drive to see if um I had any feedback from residents or any concerns. Uh so I appreciate that. Um I
I go to the uh NJC cola meetings, the coalition of lake association meetings and um the last meeting was discussed about storm water management. Um that the all the storm bases need to be cleaned on a regular basis which I
don't think they all are. Um also a storm water um mapping needs to be done of all the storm drains. I don't know if that's been completed yet by the town and if so, I'd like to know how many empty into the lake.
Um, White Metal Lake plans on lowering the lake in the fall to allow um lakefront homeowners to dock repairs or retaining wall repairs. It would be a good time to meet with the town to look at where the outflows do enter the lake because there is funding available for
grants to do um cleanup of debris and stuff that enters in from the outflows of the storm drain. So, good time to look at what's needed and then maybe plan for getting some money from whatever resources are out there to
clean um what enters White Metal Lake and contributes to um what we deal with. Um that's all I have. Thank you. >> Thanks, Gina Pico. >> [snorts]
[clears throat] >> Gina Fo to you please. Um as we close out May which is mental health awareness month I want to bring an issue that is really near and dear to my heart to the town today. Um and that's community mental health. And I think that we've
come and made wonderful strides and Rockway is no exception in awareness and fighting the stigma. But I still believe we have a lot of work to do. I wanted to share a few statistics with everyone today um from a reputable source from
the National Alliance on Mental Illness. One in five adults experience a mental illness each year. One in 20 are serious. One and seven are from the ages of six to 17.
50% begins by age 14 and 75 by 24. And this is the saddest one. Suicide is the second leading cause of death from ages 10 to 24. Now that's really young. So, I looked on the website and I did my
research and I see that Rockway has a lot of wonderful resources on this for people who are struggling. But what I would like to kind of ask and see what's going on is a lot of times and I was just researching about this. When people
are suffering with mental illness, they don't even have it within them to research and to have that stanma to figure out where to go next. So I was wondering if there's any way we can bring it more to them so people don't
have to, you know, kind of dig for it and we can do events or we can do partnerships or kind of free resources or, you know, some kind of resources where it's more accessible and more kind of in people's faces so they can really see where help
is if they need it. That being said, I spoke about u my emphasis on teenagers. Um when we say that they're in a crisis, that is no exception. Anybody who knows or has a teenager who's close to them knows how unbelievably difficult it is
to be a teenager in 2026. It's even harder than it was for me 15 years ago. So, um, that kind of brings me to my final point that I got to speed up here and it's really not related to mental health, but it's something that could be is, um, I've been seeing a lot
of issues starting up already as the weather's been getting warmer at the Target Plaza in Rockaway. I think the police are doing a wonderful job at keeping it at bay, but it's becoming really a nuisance for um the public when
people are start trying to drink coffee or go shopping and there's just a lot of commotion. So, I just wanted to bring those two issues, but really with that community mental health focus to the forefront tonight. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Council President,
uh if I could just ask one question from Mr. Speaker, just it's it's about the suicide. >> Yeah. real simple if I may. >> Yes. >> Uh I lost six friends uh through COVID through suicide. Uh it's okay. Um but some of the comments that you made, what would be a suggestion when you talk about the outreach to reach to them
since they don't have the ability or the acknowledgement or maybe even the interest to reach out to those. I think that bringing I think that bringing events to um like we have you know Rockway offers a lot of wonderful events
that you know focus on early literacy and you know areas like that and I think bring in more events. I know there was one a while back that are like f I don't want to say fun but like just more approachable that could kind of bring people to know that it's okay not to be
okay. It's okay to talk about your feelings starting from a very young age and then work in age appropriate as we get really into adulthood and just know letting them know that these resources are here and that we partner with some really wonderful organizations instead
of just letting you know them had to search for it because a lot of times they don't even know it's there. I didn't even know it was there. So, you know, if I was in a crisis, I wouldn't really know where to look, you know, unless I really had to dig and see which one was appropriate for me. I noticed a
lot of them are about addiction, but there's like areas that just kind of like trauma, PTSD that kind of just go to the wayside. >> So, Miss Miss Fo, what I think this is a great opening based on your experiences, too. If to you want to start a dialogue um and maybe if you want to put together
some notes in an email, we can send it to administration and they can take a look at the website from there. It's how I would recommend. I think >> we do some uh we've done some programs through the uh wellness campaign, some uh things along those lines, but I was going to say I'd like to talk after the meeting if you have more ideas. I'd like
to connect you with our uh community outreach person Britney Bernstein and maybe we could see what other programs I know we've done a couple high level, but if you have some more targeted ideas, we could certainly help. So >> yeah, we have I think it's a great idea. Pastor Jack Deio from Holy Trinity Church, we're going to move on. We're
going to move on. Thank you for that. appreciate. We're moving on. Uh, April Pna. >> Hello. Good evening. April Mata Petro, 14 Dudac Road, Rockway. Hello. Good evening, council president and council members. I just wanted to bring up a few things tonight. First, I participated in
the Memorial Day parade yesterday, which was really nice. And I was talking to Mayor Jackson after. We were saying that the parades used to be combined with the burrow. Um, which doesn't happen anymore, but at the very least I was wondering if we can consider making them at different times for those of us who
have children who participate in activities and sports in both the township and the Barrow. Um, the next couple of points are about the last council meeting. First, I want to echo one of the speakers who was requesting an ordinance against any AI data centers in Rockaway Township. The other thing I
wanted to mention was Mount Hope Pond, which is my favorite place to go in the summer. I want to commend the lifeguards who are not only great at what they do, but respectful to everyone. What I did want to say though was when the lifeguards are not there, as Christy said last week, some inappropriate
things do continue to happen at the pond, particularly smoking marijuana and some people actually bathing in their underwear, which is not appropriate for children. Um, I know the township has done a lot to clean up the pond. It's really great and I hope it stays that way. And finally, I just want to say
that another thing at the last council meeting, when a council member speaks, we as the public take what is being said to be true. But at the last meeting, a statement was pointed out to be untrue and rather than it being corrected, there was cursing and arguing. I think the public deserves more than that.
Thank you, >> Dana Tabidell. What's that? >> Yeah, there's no buttons on the clock itself. [clears throat] >> Go ahead. >> Dana Tabadella, 31 Omaha Avenue. I want
to thank the council for live streaming and archiving council meetings. Because of this, I was able to go back and review several meetings. At the last council meeting, council president Howard Morrison attempted to pressure me into retracting something that I never said. At no point did I call Mr.
Morrison a liar. Previously, I asked the council for clarification regarding what policy or procedure was relied upon in deciding to not reopen a budget tab that could have benefited the taxpayers. Mr. Morrison claimed he received a legal opinion during lunch on the day of the budget meeting. However, that timeline
did not make sense to me because the debate regarding the reopening of the budget tab did not occur until 3:22 in the afternoon. Rather than directly answering my question, Mr. Morrison engaged in unnecessary back and forth exchange with me. While I appreciate the open dialogue between council members
and residents, it became apparent that Mr. Morrison was focused on discrediting my comments rather than providing a straightforward answer. Mr. Mr. Morrison also repeatedly and incorrectly claimed that I was the person who said that raising the rent on construction and water department was a benefit. In
reality, I was simply reiterating comments previously made by our business administrator, CFO, Lisa Palary. Miss Palary is a highly respected and widely regarded as one of the best municipal business administrators and CFOs in New Jersey. She's compensated accordingly. That made it even more puzzling to me
why Mr. Marson would vote against raising the rent on the water department line. It appears that when the council president, Mr. Morrison, disagrees with someone, whether it be Councilman Kelly or a resident like myself, he takes a personal and adversarial approach. His refusal to answer a simple question
speaks volumes, as it did to me when he sent me on a wild goose chase to obtain basic information he claims he relied upon. I ultimately filed the Oprah request, seeking the policy or procedure relied upon to decide not to reopen the budget tab. In my request, I provided
the meeting dates, even referenced the exact timestamp of the archive video. Despite those details, the clerk responded that the document could not be identified. Residents deserve a clear answer, transparency, and consistency from their elected officials. Asking questions should not result in
intimidation, deflection, and hostility. When I researched the issue myself, it appears that New Jersey, the new governing body, can reopen a budget tab during the same budget meeting so long as the proper parliamentary procedures is followed and the final budget has not been adopted. In fact, upon reviewing
the budget meeting, Councilman Kelly had made a motion earlier that day to reopen the budget tab and but no one seconded the most. After the parliamentary procedure was followed, the meeting simply moved forward. At no point did Mr. from Marson state that the budget tab could not be reopened. Additionally,
after reviewing the archive meeting footage, I did not hear Mr. Watouick asked to have a budget tab reopened prior to the lunch break as Mr. Morrison claimed. The public deserves honest answers and respectful dialogue from elected officials. In closing, is any of
the other council members aware of this supposed legal opinion policy, Mr. Morrison, or do you just follow him blindly? >> Mr. Abidel, your time is up. Thank you. Um, again, we don't normally do a back and forth, but in an effort to finally
put this to bed, there's been, this has been brought up at the last couple meetings, there's been multiple OPRAS. The OPRA that you filed are not the basis of an OPRA, right? You were basically asking the town to do research.
Now um it is the responsibility of the council to run meetings with the quorum. Okay. The council was given weeks and weeks and weeks to
review the budget. Right? As in years past, the request was for any council member to send any questions uh to our CFO um regarding the budget and then those answers would then be disseminated uh amongst the council in case they had
similar questions. Um the the questions and the motions um again I I know this is about you know your relationship with Mr. Kelly. There was no emails from Mr. Kelly previous to that. Now, the tab that you were talking about
specifically, the line item was to increase the rent on I think the water building, right, from $9,000 to $10,000, right? I understand I can understand why you
would think that would be a benefit to the taxpayers. Now, in essence, you're charging yourself rent, right? So, the water department pays us an extra thousand dollar in rent. It's an extra thousand dollar in revenue, but then we
have to fund the water department. It It's a paper transaction. Right? Now, let's just say for argument sake that the $1,000 is a true revenue item. A $1,000 amongst a, you know, 20 $30 million
budget, $45 million budget. $1,000 amongst a $45 million budget spread amongst every resident in town would be so infantessimal as to be non-existent. Okay, so that's that. Now, to answer
your other question, administrative code 2-5.1 gives the council president the power to control the way the council does business unless there is an objection. Right. And again, I haven't watched a tape. There may have been an objection,
right? That objection was not seconded. Also, for the record, Mr. Wtovich asked to have a tab reopen. I also declined him. Okay, we're we are we are making
you're making something out of nothing, right? Again, $1,000 spread amongst a $45 million budget is inconsequential, right? And I'm sure people are going to spin it to say, you know, council president doesn't care about raising
taxes. That that the the budget that was delivered was fair and quite well done. Miss Bir, is there anything I'm missing here? >> I don't believe you. I think you covered it. I was going to say the same thing that it's very insignificant. If you're
going to increase $1,000 to the to an average homeowner, that is not significant impact. >> It's insign it's nothing. Council President, I'd like to add >> You're not recognized. Mr. Kelly, Mr. Kelly, you are not recognized. >> You have is that again he's not being honest. >> Mr. Kelly, you are not recognized.
>> Not being honest in regards to the response. >> Mr. Kelly, you are not recognized. >> It's a way of legal. >> Mr. Kelly, you are not recognized. I know. Mr. Kelly, you are not recognized. >> So, just answer. >> Mr. Kelly, you are not recognized. We
don't we don't want to increase it more than a thousand because then it wouldn't have been equitable to that share of the building. We charge the water department where they're billing the customers collecting re the revenue, right? It's two deaths. So to raise it any more than
a thousand would not be would not be equable. >> So in essence, if we did raise it, then water bills would go up. The same infantessimal amount. >> They have to go up. >> Mrs. Pary, Mr. Kelly, you were not. She wasn't recognized. Mr. Kelly, I gave her the floor. Mr. Kelly, you are not
recognized. >> Mr. Kelly, you are not recognized. >> Mr. Morrison, >> Mr. Kelly, you are not recognized. >> Did Mrs. Palary say it was a good idea? >> Mr. Kelly, you are not recognized. Again, to the public, I apologize. This
council, eight of nine, are trying to run a meeting with the quorum. I do apologize for the behavior of Mr. Kelly as he is constantly trying to subvert Mr. Kelly, you're not recognized. >> I apologize. >> Mr. Kelly, you're not recognized.
>> Okay. >> Ordinances for Can I ask a quick question? I I want I want to end this. >> I want to end this because I'm tired of hearing about it. It's like we already passed the budget. Okay. If we were going to go back, if I'm not saying we
are, if we were going to go back and did the $1,000, Councilman Kelly, would you vote to approve the budget? Yes or no? Because we've gone back numerous times to update the minutes. You haven't voted yes
[clears throat] all year to pass the minutes. So, if we were to go back to do this, would you vote yes to approve the budget? >> Are you allowing me to answer? That was my question. Okay, please answer in regards to the question you're asking on specific tab. No, you can't say it like
that. The same thing is Tabadella says >> just on that >> not only to increase the rent to actually have a lawful entry for surplus, there were other areas in the budget close to $500,000 of fat to trim. >> That's not what you Excuse me. You
weren't recognized. >> You had [laughter] three minutes. You got three minutes. >> 110% of an increase in overtime with no excuse >> other than training. >> That's not very >> And then >> I just want other things with the town
attorney of his $400,000 billing cycle that he has. >> I just one question. Let me ask you one thing, Mr. Those along with $1,000. >> There's no way I would do that. >> Got it. >> I voted in favor for the things in the we did. >> We're done. >> And then that's how it simply was.
>> So, thank you. $500,000 if the cut changing. >> So it wouldn't have changed your vote. We still would have voted >> no unless we did the other stuff, >> right? >> In addition to that. Yes. >> Thank you. >> And even the provisional salaries that we reduce. >> Mr. Kelly, we're not talking about that. He asked you a very specific question
and you couldn't answer it. You also could answer it if >> you have to combine it all. Mr. Kelly, you can't combine it all. You have to. You have to because $1,000. >> Okay, moving on. Ordinance 026-20, ordinance providing for municipal building ADA improvements in and by the
township of Rockaway in the county of Mars, New Jersey, and appropriating $73,963, therefore constituting proceeds of a community development block grant from Mars County. Motion >> so moved. Cler, please take the role.
>> Who's recorded motion and second? >> I heard Mr. Kelly motion first and then I heard two guys here. >> Give it to Councilman Fre. He made a motion introduced to but he was too late. So give it to Council Land. >> There you go. >> One for Manny.
>> Wait, let me mark that down. >> Thank you. [laughter] >> Council member Salberg. >> Yes. >> Council member Votovich. >> Yes. >> Council member Freelander. >> 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. Nine. Yes. This motion carries. O2621, an ordinance accepting the grant of a water filtration system utility easement to the township of Rockaway by
the Fox Crest Homeowners Association, Inc. >> So move. >> Second. >> Clerk, please take the role. >> Council member Salberg, >> yes. >> Council member Votovich, >> yes. >> Council member Freelander, >> yes. Council member Roy. >> Yes. >> Council member Freed,
>> yes. >> Council member Quinn, >> yes. >> Council member Kelly, >> yes. >> Council Vice President Sakit, >> yes. >> Council President Morrison, >> yes. Nine yeses. Motion carries. >> All right. We'll take a note of that and correct that for the uh adoption. Thank
you. >> Thank you. >> 02622, an ordinance An ordinance amending chapter 2 administrative code article 4 meetings of the council sections 2-5.7 order for business and agenda and section 2-5.18
ordinances and resolutions >> discussion we don't have discussion on ordinances for adoption >> is there something that you're relying on when you say that there is no discussion on >> standard discussion of ordinances >> administrative code 2-5.1 gives me as a council president the power to control the way the council does business.
>> Can I have a motion? >> Motion second. And I'm sorry, just for the record, we will discuss it when it goes up for adoption as we were just trying to procedure before it goes for adoption and make those corrections if necessary. >> Cler, please take the role. >> Council member Sberg, >> yes. >> Council member Votovich, >> yes. >> Council member Freellander,
>> yes. >> Council member Roy, >> yes. >> Council member Freeday, >> yes. >> Council member Quinn, >> yes. >> Council member Kelly, >> no. >> Council Vice President Sakit, >> yes. >> Council President Morrison, >> yes. Eight yeses, one no. Motion
carries. Ordinances for adoption 02617 an ordinance amending chapter 15 sewer and water of the revised general ordinances of the township of Rockaway. Can I have >> So moved? >> I'll second. Is there any um any count
I'm sorry. Anybody from the public that wishes to speak on this ordinance alone? Any council discussion? >> I do. Yeah. If I just get to the page real quick. Okay. We're gonna we'll do the same three minutes as we do for the public. If anybody else has any questions before
me, we'll wait. Um, Mr. Satchel, I I have a quick question. We have on the um the change under uh chapter 15-571 and we have the increase of all these fees per units generally about $300
across the board. Uh, under 571 connection fees, what do the fees include? Like what does a an applicant that pays for the fees, what do they get for that amount of money? >> They get the equipment and manpower to
come out to tap the water man, run the copper and the brass to the curb line. So the the the property owner or permit applicant has no physical effort or materials to go from the road to the curbbox.
>> Just the digging. >> Just >> the digging. >> Who does the digging? >> That would be whoever the contractor or homeowner is doing the job. what it says under uh 571 uh I believe it's B2A that there's an
additional fee for something beyond 8 ft and then there's also under two there's a section that says if it hits rock there's more money and then it also says the county road where does it say in this particular section that it's a responsibility of the property owner or applicant to do the excavation it
clearly says that the township does but I don't see where it says is the homeowner does the sewer does obviously under under 157 and 156 but under 1557.1 it clearly shows and I'll read it in part water connection includes both the
cost of insulation and the connection from the water man to the property line or the street line >> I don't have any comment on that because uh I don't have that in this current ordinance that's being changed that's part the old ordinance that's currently right there.
>> Well, we're still working off the old uh ordinance that's there currently if there's any outstanding permits or current open permits >> and nothing's changed other than the fee schedule under 57.1. So, if it says that the township is
responsible for the connection that I'm I don't I'm missing where it says that the homeowner or the applicant is responsible for the for the excavation. So ask talking to Al, apparently it's been past practice in this township that they've never done it. It's always been on contractor and homeowner doing work.
>> So if I was to go on other uh work orders, it would show that the homeowner did that >> since I've been here. Yes. >> But nothing in the ordinance says that. >> Not that I know of. >> Mr. Yachafano, can you comment on that?
The only comment I would make is that if something is not specified in an ordinance, and this applies to an ordinance, any law, etc., it's excluded. So if the issue of the town's responsibility is well defined, as it
appears to be, uh, anything outside of that is not the township's responsibility, >> but it does say under 15, >> Mr. Kelly >> 571. I'm just following from what you had said. >> No, you're saying, but the three minutes are up. And just to clarify, >> Brian, if if this question had been sent
to you in an email in any of the two weeks prior, would it have been something you would have been prepared to answer here today? >> Absolutely. >> Brian, is this your first time connection? And are you licensed by the state of Kelly? You are not recognized. You had your three minutes. Is there anybody else from the capital? >> You're a licensed order.
>> Mr. Kelly, supervisors and water. >> Mr. Kelly, you are not recognized. will have some decorum in this meeting. >> We will have decorum. >> Mr. Morrison, >> Mr. Kelly, you are not recognized. >> I have a question.
>> You are recognized. You have three minutes. >> So, Mr. Auana, what uh what they just said, past practice, is past practice going to hold up in court or or if it's not spelled out, past practice, is that guiding? Well, I'm I'm not referring to past
practices, although if there was litigation. Past practices are something that certainly could be considered. But there's a longstanding rule of legislative interpretation that applies to ordinances, rules and regulations,
state statutes, etc. If something is not specifically mentioned in a law like an ordinance which does specify specific things, it is not included. >> Okay. >> So why would it say Mr. Kelly is not
your three minutes if it's beyond 18? >> Mr. Kelly, you are not recognized. >> Mr. Morrison, we're trying Mr. Kelly. We're trying to get Mr. Morrison. I'm asking you a question. >> Not recognized. You may not ask a question. >> Yes, I can. >> Mr. Kelly, you're not recognized. >> You haven't Mr. stopped and there's
questionity of the ordinance >> and you could have this is a perfect example of this meeting could have been an email. >> Okay, ask your questions like everybody else through an email. It would be appropriate at that point to speak on what you learned instead of trying to
gotcha everybody in Mr. [clears throat] Kelly trying to get everybody in an effort to prove that you're the smartest guy in the room. >> Mr. Mr. Morrison, >> Mr. Kelly, you're not recognized. >> I have a man that's licensed that's paid over $50,000 a year. He can't answer a simple question about excavation for
recognized. >> Mr. Kelly clerk, please take the role. >> Council member Sberg, >> yes. >> Council member Royek, >> yes. >> Council me Council member, sorry, I did not go in the order. where I normally go
in. Let me try again. Council member Sberg, >> yes. >> Sorry. Council member Voitvich, >> yes. >> Council member Freellander, >> yes. >> Council member Roy, >> yes. >> Council member Freed, >> yes. >> Council member Quinn, >> yes. >> Council member Kelly,
>> no. >> Council Vice President Sackett, >> yes. >> Council President Morrison, >> yes. A yes is one, no. Motion carries. O2618, an ordinance providing for pedestrian safety and connectivity improvements in the area of Copeland Middle and Stony Brook Elementary
Schools in and by the Township of Rockway in the county of Mars, New Jersey, and appropriating $41,812.81, therefore constituting proceeds of a federal aid funds grant from the New Jersey Department of Transportation. So motion second.
>> Is there anybody from the public that wishes to speak on this ordinance alone? Same same thing. Name and address. >> You don't have to set it. It's not going to be that long. >> Okay. >> Michael Lardy, 19 North Brookside Drive. Can you give an explanation of what is entailed in this? Sidewalks, too. >> Yeah.
>> Okay. >> Um, is there any council discussion? >> Council President. >> Yes. Same thing. Three. >> Thank you. And, uh, Mike, thank you for that. That's a good question. I had a I had an email from a resident in Ward 4
kind of already asking um that question talking about um the sidewalks. You know, living in Wana Lake, I understand we have no sidewalks. So adding sidewalks, there's, you know, all of a sudden there's sidewalks. Oh, we got to shovel. We got to clear them, clear the
paths, etc. Um, and uh, Allison had spoke to the resident and uh, went over that and I'd love for Allison if she can to kind of briefly go over the email and let the public know about this because uh, it answered a lot of questions. So,
thank you, Council President. >> You're welcome. >> Thank you. >> Before you do, right, so how long ago did we apply for the grant? >> Um, probably >> I was PTA president two years ago. >> Two, three years ago. So, we did do a presentation, but it's three years ago. So, she'll refresh everybody.
>> Um, and this is through the federal safe routes to school program, which is, um, federal and statewide initiative to increase pedestrian connectivity and, uh, walkability to schools. So, uh, we looked at and we worked with the board
of ed to increase, uh, pedestrian safety in and around Copelan as well as Stony Brook Elementary School. So, the bulk of the project is located on board of ed property Copeland and the back of Stonybrook. Uh Stony, did I say that right? Stony Brook. Um this in front of
you tonight, uh $400,000 is actually for the design phase. We are still a while out from the construction phase, which is $1.2 million. Uh there is a lot of paperwork with these federal grants. So, we are in the initial phases of design.
Uh and we will be meeting with the private property owners which will be adjacent to the board of ed properties um and work out the design along with them. >> That's for design. >> Yeah. >> I'm in the wrong. >> So like a lot of
>> Onida Mike like on a few other streets over there. >> Yes. It's approved, but still in front of you will be the award of contract down the ways, but this is all grant funded through the >> and I just want to recognize and thank I know Mr. Sacka took the initial email
and you know um Miss Fonte did do the due diligence and you know every people's concerns are going to be taken into account when this goes through. Uh clerk please take the role. >> We didn't do counsel for the rest of us at all. >> Is there anybody else from the council?
>> I I do. Um, Mrs. Fonte, uh, who was the initiative of this project? Was it the school or was it us? >> It was us in concert with board of ed. >> The board of ed. And is there based on the review of some of these plans of this projected uh construction, have
there been any additional amendments that you feel like at the time you weren't aware of something and some other stuff had popped up to address to make it that much more safer or uh more suitable for ADA or for traveling or maybe extending the sidewalks beyond what we originally thought.
>> We're still in the early phases of design. So I would say we're still in the conceptual design. So there really hasn't been too much uh detailed design development uh since our initial meetings. >> And when any additional amendment to the design or uh to increase some type of
construction to to better the project even though it's a great project, >> would that money still be covered by a grant? >> Uh we could have the opportunity to apply for additional funds. >> Okay. Thank you. Thanks. Uh, clerk, please take the role.
>> Council member Stalberg, >> yes. >> Council member Vovich, >> yes. >> Council member Freelander, >> yes. >> Council member Royek, >> yes. >> Council member Freed, >> yes. >> Council member Quinn, >> yes. >> Council member Kelly, >> yes. >> Council Vice President Sackett,
>> yes. >> Council President Morrison, >> yes. Nine yeses. Motion carries. O2619, an ordinance amending chapter 28 entitled health and environment to add a new article 17 entitled body art establishments to create provisions for the licensing of and establishing
standards for body art operations. Can I have a motion? >> So move. >> Anybody from the public wish to speak on this ordinance alone? [laughter] >> Michael Liy 19 North Brookside Drive. Does this affect existing establishments if we have any? I'm a tattoo person, so
I don't even know if we have any, but does this affect existing ones that they would have to then >> Are you prepared to answer that? >> Go ahead. The answer is yes. >> Okay. Yes. >> Um, anybody else from the public? >> Any council discussion? Just real quick,
is it just dealing with Joe? Is it just dealing with tattoos or is it dealing with like piercings and um removal of uh >> any type of body art operations? >> Thank you. Clerk, please take the role. >> Council member Sberg,
>> yes. >> Council member Voytovich, >> yes. >> Council member Freelander, >> yes. >> Council member Roy, >> yes. >> Council member Freeday, >> yes. >> Council member Quinn, >> yes. >> Council member Kelly, >> yes. Council Vice President Sackett, >> yes.
>> Council President Morrison, >> yes. Nine yeses. Motion carries. >> Council President, uh, when we're going into the consent agenda, uh, I would make a request, well, we need to remove obviously R26110 for a separate vote. And then I have the same question for
three of the same resolutions here, R26106, R26107, and R26 uh 109. >> Uh, can just make a motion to remove them, please? Uh, I will ask you, is it required to make a motion? >> Yes.
>> Is it a lawful requirement? >> Mr. Kelly, please make the motion. We've been through this every time. The procedure is is you'd like to have them removed, please make the motion. I will second your motion, but I'm asking you procedurally to please make the motion. >> Okay. Just making sure that we we're on the same page. Uh I make a motion to
remove 26106, 26107, 26109, and 26110 for um separate a separate vote discussion and separate vote. Okay, I will second that. >> Council member Salberg,
>> yes. >> Council member Votovich, >> yes. Council member Freelander, >> yes. >> Council member Roya, >> yes. >> Council member Freed, >> no. >> Council member Quinn, >> yes. >> Council member Kelly,
>> yes. >> Council Vice President Sacket, >> no. >> Council President Marson, >> yes. Uh, seven yeses, two nos. Motion carries. Um, all right. So, we'll go through these one at a time. Um, same thing, three minutes. Uh, Mr. Kelly, it
was your request, so you're up first. Well, each one, but I'm going to combine the the 106, 107, 109. It's the same question to minimize that. Yeah. And it's for Mrs. Pomeary. Uh, Mr. Pomeary, these are um areas that we're going to insert uh certain revenues in regards to the budget. >> Yes.
>> And um since we've been going back with a lot of dialogue and there's been policy here, um how do we do that since Council President Morrison says we can't open up any tabs for the budget? >> This is by statute. In order to increase
the budget for a grant that has been um awarded after the budget's been adopted, we have to adopt what's called a chapter 159 resolution which increases both the revenue and the expense side equally so as no impact on the tax rate. >> And we also follow under uh title 40 uh
colon 5684 where we can actually amend the budget uh prior to introduction, after introduction, before adoption and after adoption. Right? same same procedures that we follow. >> We follow this this is 4A col4-87 which provides for the insertion of the
revenue line >> and do we follow 40 col 5684 as well? >> I don't have that statute in front of me. Is that where we're adopting the budget? >> Again, it just says that we can adopt and we can add things even after our budget has been adopted. >> We add once once it's been adopted, which which it has, right? we add
through what's called this chapter 159 resolutions 1067 and nine are all chapter 159 >> things that we don't we're not aware of at the time that can come up inadvertently whatever I have you that gives us the ability to add that to the budget >> right without without that resolution awarded we don't have what's called a
spending tool even though we have the funds in hand without that appropriation we cannot spend that money I just want to make sure that we can do that >> any other discussion on on 106 107 109 Uh, okay. 110.
>> Uh, so, Council President, I'm going to just, uh, this is a, uh, resolution to censor me for pointing out some concerns that had transpired at the May 12th meeting. Uh, one, and maybe Mr. Yachafano can help. Uh, under R26 110, who authored
that, Mr. Yachafana? Did you author that? Did you write I mean we have an ordinance in our administrative code that the township attorney is the one that drafts all ordinances and resolutions. Did you write write this resolution? You did. And even though there's a
conflict between you and I, that's an order from Judge Minkowitz. You're still going to draft a resolution in reference to me knowing you're in conflict. So the other thing that we have in this resolution, maybe Mr. Morrison, you can point it out to me. Where in this resolution does it point out any
violation of any statute, administrative code, or policy and procedure? Can you identify that to me somewhere? >> When you're done with your three minutes, I don't want to take your time. >> No, no. I I mean, it's just a follow-up. >> Do you concede your three minutes at this point? >> Uh, no. I mean, I would I would put it on hold.
>> So, what we have here is that I addressed uh the false truths that you had mentioned to Mrs. Tabadella during the public portion >> where you said that you couldn't open up a tab after a budget. It's either been introduced or adopted. Obviously, that's not true because we're doing it again today on those three resolutions that I
just pointed out under 106,7 and09. Secondly, we also had uh untruths that came from um Councilwoman Royak about attendance of a budget hearing portion of a meeting at the school board, which was not true. And interesting enough, that took place,
>> we had we had a council woman swear and curse, call me a tattletail. you your derogative statements towards me as well, not even being there yourself. It looks like what's happening here is that when somebody actually confronts especially the untruth, because the the
public as well as the colleagues and the employees, we're supposed to be honest for them. We're not supposed to make stuff up and ad liib and and do all these things. And when there's a a gotcha moment, as you define, you then sanction and go after people in order to say, "Hey, we're going to censor you."
because you can't go against uh in my opinion horrible legal advice on that last matter concerning the utility committee because we can create committees under 469A 36H. It's clear, even cites it in this resolution here
under 469 A36. And then again, somebody to say that they were attending something that they didn't attend. And for you to talk about some type of policy that you can't even provide to the member of the public and then make her go through rigamore and try to berate her in front of everybody during
a public portion, you know, why is it that you get so upset to where you have to censor somebody? What if you just didn't do that? Imagine if you didn't lie to Mrs. Davadella. Imagine if Mrs. Roy didn't say an untruth about her attendance at a budget hearing. None of that would be taken forward on it. I
mean, I was at even a parade. She's telling people she's a volunteer councilman. Meanwhile, she gets paid $10,000. >> Okay. >> Okay. Um, I will take three minutes. >> I hope you answer question for me. Can I go before you?
>> Go ahead. Three minutes. >> Three minutes. Thank you. >> I just want to ask a clerk a quick question. At the last meeting, how many interruptions did Councilman Kelly have? >> Um, when I was doing the minutes, we
came to about 71 interruptions. So, while people were speaking, while council members were speaking, while he was told he was out of order, um, he continued to do so and there were 71, maybe a few more interruptions. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome.
>> Quick question, Councilwoman Royick. Did you attend the last uh school board meeting? >> Yes, I did. And I see it on the calendar. It's called uh it's called budget hearing. The meeting for that meeting was called budget, but it got
interrupted because of the um people voicing their opinion about the president uh the principal of Copeland. So that was like an hour and a half in to two hours. I already went to the budget meeting back in March and I
reported on the budget then. So that is why I did not stay but I did attend the meeting that day. >> You didn't attend your time. It's my three minutes. >> I know you're question Kelly. It's not your time.
>> The question was councilwoman Royick. Did you attend the school board meeting? >> Yes, I did. >> Who said that you have to go for a stay for 19 hours? You can go for as long as you like. Okay? You are not on the school board. You go, if you go for an hour or two hours, you got to get home
and do whatever you need to do and then report it back. That's fine. You're not required to go there four or five hours. You don't have to report back to Councilman Kelly. He's not your boss. Okay. Mr. Kelly, she was at the meeting. Still by three minutes. She was at it. Three minutes.
>> She was at the meeting. >> She answered the question. I just want to know if she attended. She was there. >> She don't have to ask questions. She goes there as a represent of the council. We appointed her and she'd be going every >> Yeah, exactly. Where were you earlier today? I didn't see you at the Ford
house before this. So, whatever. >> Mr. Kelly, would you offer Mr. Kelly to say >> I don't know how to do something? I wish I knew. >> Thank you. >> That's my three minutes. Uh, >> can I >> No, >> you're next.
>> And then maybe >> Okay. Couple things just to clarify. It is called a sensure, not a sensor. All right. There's a big difference between censure and sensor. Sensor. Censure is it's basically a uh an official
reprimand for for behavior. Um the censure is in place strictly due to your interruptions of council business. All right. It is there is and I said the word many times there are rules of
decorum to follow. You do not follow those. All right. There are procedures to do. Um you are not being censured for berating a fellow council woman. >> Okay. >> Just telling the truth. >> Mr. Kelly, I didn't interrupt you. Do not interrupt me. And this is a perfect
example of why the censure is in place. Okay. Um, you talk about honesty and transparency. >> M. Mr. Kelly, >> you're not Mr. Kelly. >> God, >> you are not recognized. Give me my three minutes.
>> Come on, Mr. Kelly. >> This is addressed to the clerk. Did Mr. Kelly ever complete the statemandated financial disclosure form? >> No. >> Okay. Did the rest of the council submit that? >> Yeah, I haven't told you. >> Mr. Kelly, I haven't told you.
>> You were not recognized. >> Yes. >> Okay. I just want to make sure. And I know that um Miss Lombardo is not here. We did have a >> um >> there was training that went out that would result in savings on our insurance plan if that was completed. I'd like to
know at the next meeting if Mr. Kelly had completed that. So, just for the public knows, there's training uh like computer training, cyber security that for every council member that does it, there is a savings on the insurance plan. And it is my belief that everybody got it done. I'd like to verify that on
the next one. Um so again, to clarify, this is not about things that are said. Mr. Kelly is not censured for things he said. It is about the his behavior in the way he conducts himself in this
meeting. Guys, please. There is rules that have to be followed, okay? This is a team sport, right? It's not about who [clears throat] thinks they're smartest, right? Nobody in this room knows everything, but amongst
everybody, we do. It's a collaboration. All right? And if we can't act like that, then we will devolve into the council that we were years and years ago. >> That was basically the laughingstock of Morris County.
>> State >> and the state >> right now. What's the common link there? I'll let you figure that out. >> Okay. Mr. Wovich, you have three minutes. >> I was just gonna say the same thing you were just said, council president. This is not a sensor, it's a sensure, so it's
a big difference. Yeah. Um, again, it's done as a reprimand to ensure that this uh governing body works efficiently and you guys can see it for yourselves. A lot of times this doesn't happen. So, >> so you're going to cite the actual statute.
>> Mr. Kelly, you were not recognized. Mr. Kelly, nobody spoke during your three minutes. >> Well, I asked you. >> This is a classic example of why the censure is in place. Can you please learn from it and grow from it? Mr. Morson, you just got to answer the question, >> Mr. Kelly. Is there anybody else on the council
that wishes to speak? >> Go ahead. >> Um, so the meeting was called budget hearing, regular me meeting slash. It was for the budget meeting. I did intend to stay. I was getting a migraine. I'll tell everybody I have a sinus issue. I
get migraines. I I talked Mayor knows I left. I spoke to him. I was there. I intended to stay the whole time. I never implied I that I stayed the whole time. I didn't think I had to. I am there. I am there at every meeting. That was the first
meeting I left early. And I don't think you're being very fair or very nice. You >> left the budget. >> Oh jeez. Mr. Kelly, >> I appreciate you being honest. Mr. Kelly, admitting that you didn't attend. >> She wasn't at Mr. Kelly. Hang on a second.
>> You called me a tattletail. You aditted Mr. Kelly now. I appreciate it. >> Stop. >> Grow up. >> I appreciate it. >> Stop picking on people. >> Nobody's picking on you, >> Mr. Kelly. I went out videos. Mr. Kelly, you're not
Yeah, sure. You're not recognized. Are you done, Miss Roy? >> Put a You put a video. >> Mr. Kelly, you are not recognized. This is Miss Roy. It's Ms. Royick's time. >> Well, I just make it clear. I'm not a liar and I did attend the meeting. I did
leave early and I I didn't know I had a report on that, but from now on I will. If I ever leave a meeting early, I will let everyone know. But I attend the meetings and I do my very best with every person in Ward One. And I'm do I Everybody is telling me I'm doing a good
job. Evidently, you don't think I am, but I don't care. But everyone else on this council has been very nice to me. I'm new with this. Y it's everyone has been nice to you. >> Mr. Kelly, it's not your time. Mr. Kelly, it's not your time.
>> Stop picking on me. >> Listen, I will say Mr. Kelly, >> I didn't lie. >> Listen, I will just say that in the time I've known Miss Roy from before she got on the council, I've always respected her. She is a diligent public servant
and she she represents the council well. So, thank you for what you're doing. There you go. All right. Is there any other discussion on this resolution? >> Okay. Uh All right. So, we got a couple votes
here. So, let's let's start with >> All right. So, let's start with this one. Let's vote on uh let's do R 26110. Uh can I have a motion? So, moved. >> Second. Clerk, please take the role. Council member Salberg,
>> yes. >> Council member Voytovich, >> yes. >> Council member Freellander, >> yes. >> Council member Roy, >> yes. >> Council member Freeday, >> yes. >> Council member Quinn, >> yes. >> Council member Kelly, >> no. >> Council Vice President Sacket, >> yes.
>> Council President Morrison, >> yes. It's eight yeses, one no. Motion carries. >> All right, we're going to do R26106, R26107, and R26109 separately. >> Motion. I'll make All right, Mr. Wovich has a
second. Please take the role. >> We're doing them separate. >> Yeah, we'll do them separate. >> So 106. >> Uh, no. And I'm sorry. 106, 107, and 109 together. >> Together. Okay. I'm sorry. Motion. >> Uh, Mr. Kelly, Mr. WTO.
>> Council member Salberg. >> Yes. >> Council member Vtovich. >> Yes. >> Council member Freelander. >> Yes. >> Council member Roya. >> Yes. Council member Freed, >> yes. Council member Quinn, >> yes. >> Council member Kelly, >> yes. >> Council Vice President Zackett, >> yes.
>> Council President Marson, >> yes. Nine, yeses. Motion carries. Uh, all right. And then 104, 105, and 108 together. >> Motion. >> Second. >> Councilman Sber. Got it. [snorts] >> Please take the role. >> Council member Sber.
>> Yes. >> Council member Voytovich. Yes. >> Council member Freelander. >> Yes. >> Council member Roya. >> Yes. >> Council member Freed. >> Yes. >> Council member Quinn. >> Yes. >> Council member Kelly. >> Yes. >> Council Vice President Sacket. >> Yes. >> Council President Marson.
>> Yes. Nine. Yeses. Motion carries. >> Hey, Council President. >> Yes. >> Under new business, I had provided adequate notice to the clerk in regards to it's not on the agenda this year. >> Uh I saw it. I know the email came in at 4:26 Monday. Monday was a holiday. the agenda. The
>> statue doesn't say anything. The code >> Mr. Kelly, you asked for a question. I'd like to give you an answer. >> Can I Can I proceed? >> Sure. >> Thank you. >> Um, you knew full well that government offices are closed on Memorial Day. It's the third meeting in a row where you sent in an email for some reason exactly
at 4:26. Um, and I'm saying specifically to subvert the procedure of the council. All right. Now the agenda item is new business and discussion, right? The bullet points are what you bring up during that discussion. Because you have
bullet points does not mean that they need to be entered into the agenda as bullet points. So it was my direction in an effort to save the taxpayers money and time to not go and reprint every agenda. Spend the time to do that.
recall all the old agendas for the fact for the matter to put three items on which you're going to speak about anyway. >> Well, you know, it's funny you say that. When there was an uh an amendment that was made on the following day during the holiday on Saturday, that was okay.
>> The holiday was Monday. >> Well, Saturday is a weekend. So, what's the difference? I mean, the town is closed. >> I understand that. >> So, we had an amendment that was submitted to all of us, a change of things, maybe minutes or whatever, right? and the agenda. That's okay though. >> But listing something that's with
provision of the statute, >> they are materially different. They are materially different. The items that you the bullet points that you wanted listed on the agenda are not the same thing as the business of the town. Right. So you
are not Mr. Kelly, do you want me to answer the question or no? >> Well, you're not being accurate again. >> Mr. Kelly, do you want me to answer the question? I tell you what, we're moving on. >> New business in discussion. I know. I know that you have a qu uh you have a point. You have three minutes starting now. Go. >> Uh and and maybe Mr. Jackson, Mary, you
can help me out with this. And um we have a Facebook account with the township. Uh we have almost 9,000 followers, which is great. And when we were dealing with um the water manes that were uh damaged in there, there was constant updates that were going on. However, our website doesn't always
mirror our Facebook. And the other thing is when we put simple blips of text messaging um on some of these uh water issues or road closures or detours, the public doesn't really get a visual of what's going on. When we do some other events
and we do some uh you know maybe some of your weddings and whatnot, you post some photos, people get that feeling of what's taking place. So my suggestion is with new business with uh social media and Facebook that maybe we can include photos of some of
those things that are taking place to give people a better visual rather than a small blurp of a text or have them somewhat coincide with our website. Like with the the Memorial Day parade, there was nothing on our website about it
actually going on. There was a click on it that said what uh parade update. When you clicked on it, it had nothing about the parade. It had uh zero closures uh and detours for the roads. But on our Facebook, it had something completely
different. So, my suggestion would be that maybe we do a little bit more of a uh a better job informing the public, which we do good, but I believe the photos would give a better assessment and severity of what's taking place. And I don't know what your thoughts are on
that. >> Let him finish three minutes and then you can >> Okay. >> Yeah. Just and I may have just one followup on it. >> So I'd say number one, I haven't posted a wedding picture in probably four years. I don't think that's an accurate
comparison. You can check the archives. >> Um I agree with you to some level. Um and I'm actually meeting with some of the department heads next Friday or this Friday to discuss things like this. So, I do agree we could do better job, but in terms of the water mane um break, we
got a dozen guys in a hole, the pipes cracking, they're moving rocks. I'm, you know, I don't want them taking pictures that, you know, I didn't receive any feedback from any members of the public that they wanted to see pictures or anything like that. I think they were satisfied with the updates. They just
needed to be um more timely, which we addressed. And absolutely the Facebook and the um website need to match and that's something we're working on. >> That was just an extra added that was just one example of of many that I can go through. And then one quick question
too, uh mayor. Um for whatever reason, um I don't know who's the administrator of the Facebook account, but you have me blocked on Facebook as a council member, which is kind of unusual. >> I don't think you're blocked. I think um
we don't let anybody tag us um in posts. >> No, I got the list. I got the block list from the clerk. >> I I as far as I know, I don't think you're blocked, but I could I could find out. All I know All I know is that >> what we don't want is during political times for people to be tagging the
township to get their political messages out. That's not what we do our Facebook account for. >> Um but it's also unlawful to block individuals [clears throat] from a missable Facebook account. Yeah. And if you just if you just could reinstate it because there's nothing that's derogative on anything I have. >> I I don't think you're blocked. We don't
want people tagging the township for political purposes. >> Yeah, I checked before I came here so I was still blocked. And I do have the list that the clerk had kindly provided me and it showed that I was on that list. So, for whatever reason, take me off the list, please. >> We'll see. >> Thank you.
>> That's all the new business. >> Okay. >> New business. Anybody else? >> Okay. Yeah, >> you go ahead. >> Three minutes. >> Yeah, >> just a few quick items. Um, yeah, just an update from Mars County Board of Commissioners.
>> Okay, new business. >> Well, you know what? >> You can start. Sorry. Okay, go ahead. >> Not a problem. >> Exactly. Yeah. All right. So, uh, uh, at the last, um, uh, commissioners meeting,
there was a resolution 2026-418. Uh, Mars County, of course, receives, um, monies from the US Department of HUD, uh, in the form of community development block grants, uh, annually, um, 2026-418 actually is covering uh, a reallocation
of funds that came in between 2021 and 2024, uh, grants that were not utilized. And uh some of these funds were reallocated to uh Rockaway Township, which we were not receiving before. We received $24,188, which is going to go to uh ADA
improvements to the municipal building. So, I did just want to report on that. And I also just wanted to uh thank Miss Pomeieri for a very fast uh response to some concerns residents had uh up at the uh lot um at the corner of Megan's and
North Cape. So again, when I communicate ahead of time, emails are always responded to, actions are always taken very quickly. So thank you very much for that. >> Um that just um to thank uh everyone that attended and coordinated all of the
events for Memorial Day. Uh very uh observant um you know, very timely. So nice to see a lot of you out there. And of course today, which I know we'll be talking about a lot. um the uh Jacob uh face house which we had an opportunity to visit uh as a council. Most of us
went uh and it was really um really the crown jewel of Rockway Township and I I really recommend everyone uh to take a uh take a trip up there. Um really take a dive into the history of Rockaway Township. It's an amazing amazing piece of property. Thank you. >> Thank you for saving me.
>> Yeah, right. I knew it'd be [laughter] coming up. Uh Mr. Freedellander. >> Thank Thank you, Council President. Uh, two quick reports. Uh, like, uh, Councilman Sberg said, uh, we attended,
uh, the Ford Face House. I've been asking for a while to hook up with, uh, the president, uh, of our association to show the council what the building is like because Rockaway Township has an historical building. we we are on the
map and go back as far as the revolutionary war. >> Uh it's very important that we all support it. Um I've also asked council people that the llays for the county [clears throat] uh if you look if you come by our
building the Ford FCH house directly across is the miners church which is almost as old as the Ford Face House which the county owns and they could care less the way I see it that nothing's been done before you
know it you're going to just have woods there and it's it's a shame because it's our history and we could all fight to keep it and support that we try to take at least take it over and uh put it part
of our history you know uh the uh the library on h uh on the you know the old uh great pond library that's historical we have buildings in this town that bring us back a couple hundred years it's very important
Now they're going to have open ha open house meetings. June is usually Saturdays for like two three hours if you go on the website. And July it's Sundays same same time until they close for renovations. So I I suggest you you
all come and see it. The ones that didn't come today I'll be there. [clears throat] >> Uh well I feel I'm as old as that building. He built it. [laughter] Uh, >> he put his initials in the comments. [clears throat] >> At least I'm not buried there, though.
That's a good thing. Uh, uh, Substance Abuse Alliance. Just want to tell you that, uh, uh, the phase the four phases of Project, uh, Positive Choice is almost over. uh celebrity day, which I explained they're going to have like 20
some odd celebrities come down to Copeland, uh talk to the kids, uh have a little basketball game in the afternoon. That's a great function. Uh our substance abuse alliance is being honored by UNICO
uh beginning of uh uh actually May, the end of May. Uh the Senate and Assembly there, John Waro and and Mike are going to again um Mort are working through a
bill to make our program statewide. That's how successful Les is. Okay, that that's was that my three minutes? >> Yeah. >> You let him finish. >> Okay. Let me just say one thing. >> Yeah. Uh, for the record, I will not be
at the council meeting in June because >> it's canled. >> No, it isn't. Not the first one. Second one's canceled. >> You want to finish your thought, please? >> Yeah. Come on. >> Just want to say that I'm not going to be here because I'm going to be uh out of the country.
>> So, I want to know that I'm going to >> make sure your paperwork's in order. >> I did, >> Mr. Quinn. >> Thank you. >> Okay. first uh Memorial Day. I was glad we were able to get the parade in uh and we were able to honor those that have uh
given the ultimate sacrifice. Um this weekend is the romp in the swamp. It deals with the Renegades lacrosse program. Randy Lunlat and I started that program in 2021
and we started with nine teams. Now it's up to 200 teams that go there to play. It's huge. >> I'm very proud of this. >> Good job. >> And luckily the weather is going to hold
off so the swamp won't be as bad. when we played it was mud. But [laughter] uh it's it's a great program. I'm [clears throat] very happy that this program has continued to grow and it's
great for the kids. And that's my report. Thank you. >> Uh Mr. Kelly, >> um just want to reach out to Mrs. Fonte. Thank you for addressing that concern on Denmark Road with the uh low hanging communications cable and as well as the
reaction motors. I I mean people blow through that gate every now and then or cut that lock over there uh because the chain was thrown. Um but thank you for addressing that uh from an email and she did relatively quickly. Um the other thing is we had the Memorial Day. We had a lot of events
actually. We had Fox Hills did their memorial service. Um Marcela does their memorial service um and hanging the wreaths. Um, we also have uh the uh salute at six o'clock in the morning over at White Metal Lake and of course
the parade. Um, [clears throat] and and this is probably going to be a touchy subject, but when we we go and Joe during your your speech, we talk about honoring the dead and those who had given their tomorrows so that we can have ours is always being a common
statement that's there. I just wish that we can show a little bit better of attendance and attire. you know, coming there looking like they're half asleep and and shirts and just, you know, jeans that are dungarees or ripped jeans while everybody else is
in their dressed uniform, especially the fire department. Um, you don't have to be in a suit and tie, but I I think that we should honor uh those people far better than than we do in regards to attendance. And I guess definitely an
attire. Nobody would nobody would attend a wake or a funeral looking like some of you did uh during those celebratory uh gatherings. >> Don't interrupt me. And then um I also want to report um we had an ICE arrest
in Hiburnia on Friday. We had four individuals uh that were picked up by ICE at the uh Hiburnia Fire Department parking lot area. Um it was a very swift uh matter. They came in, they were out very quickly without any issues. Um, it
was a contractor with an unlettered van um with unccommercial plates that was working in the area with three other workers. Um, they did pick the van up the following day. I happened to run into the family members there and that person that owned the business that had
these workers uh who was also arrested because they were criminals um has been here since he was 17 and he's 43 years old now. So, he's been illegally in the United States from uh Bovia, just outside of Brazil, very dangerous area.
And uh that's what happened. Um it was confirmed that ICE did contact our police department. Maybe Chief Shear may uh uh further provide information in regards to that. But I think it's important for people to know that um it was a uh nothing of anything crazy as an
arrest. I was there towards the end of it. It happened close to my uh properties, right next door to one of them. And uh we got four criminals off the street um that were in Rockway Township. So remember that. And a
majority of these council members voted in order to preserve those people to be on the streets. >> Mr. Kelly, your time. >> Mr. Morrison being >> Mr. Kelly. >> All right. You know what? I'm taking my three minutes. Um All right. So, a couple things. First
and foremost, um again going I I love that you're taking attendance um at the different Memorial Day events um and and giving fashion advice to what other people are wearing. I will say that despite your opinion, Mr. Kelly, the way
people choose to observe Memorial Day is their business. They shouldn't have to get your approval. Okay. If clothing truly were the measure of a man, you sir would be in a clown suit. >> Now, um,
>> didn't you just censor me for being that way? >> Censured for >> Can you censure me just for acting the way you did now? >> I censured you for disrupting the meeting, which you're doing right now. >> If you feel that I am acting inappropriately, you're just censor.
>> Okay. Um, talking about the Ford Face House, um, I, you know what, shame on me. I, I've never been there. Uh, I was very, very impressed the the the passion of the people there. Um, and you really
do feel the history there. So, um, I I will be back. I was interested to hear about, um, we have $800,000 in grants just sitting there. We're waiting for them to be approved or released from the state. I did speak to Miss Palm Mary.
We're going to take a look into that and, you know, see what's involved. Um, I understand it's been sitting there since November. >> There's a hole in the roof, you know, so there are some things that we need to do, but first and foremost, the, you know, the the passion of the people is
something to be noticed. Um, the church across the street, the knowledge and, you know, Councilman Freellander is absolutely correct. There's tremendous history uh in this town. You know, so the Ford fascia house ties into the mine, you know, which ties into, you
know, the ore being brought down to Hiburnia to be, you know, it it's everything is connected. And um, you know, Germania Park, you know, the the um the the Hessen soldiers that, you know, were were hired to work in the
mines, you know, all German speaking and work down in that area, you know, so it's all intertwin. It's all connected and you know very impressed with what I saw. Um and it was uh again shame on me for not going until now but you've you've got my interest. >> Thank you.
>> And I bought a t-shirt. >> And I bought a t-shirt. >> Okay. Uh Mr. Wovich. [laughter] >> Yes. So last council meeting there was a complaint from resident about uh the trucks coming out of Tilcon uh you know
violating all sorts of motor vehicle statues I guess and ordinances. So what I did is I did contact Tilcon. Tilcon put out an email the next day and uh speaking to some of the residents. It seems like there was uh significant change in their behavior.
But also with you know thanks to the chief the chief did delegate his traffic unit. So we're going to continue to monitor that with the traffic unit. We're gonna meet with the the plant manager in Tilcon and their traffic supervisor to make sure that you know we got to come up with some strategies
where this could be a long-term solution. Uh but I also have a question for for the administration because Tilcon actually they said they'll be more than willing to pay for signage, you know, slow down or neighbor, you know, uh neighborhood zone or something
like that. Uh, I guess that would be up to you guys to figure out whether we can install in that stretch of road or anything like that, but they're more than willing to pay for that as well. All right, that's all I have. [snorts] >> Sorry. Great partnership you have with them. So,
>> I didn't >> And just And Councilman Boyovich, you're including the resident in that meeting, correct? >> Yep. >> Yep. >> Hello. I also attended um the Memorial Day parade was really wonderful. It's my first time attending. It was a lot of
fun. I also attended the Fox Hills uh memorial services as well as the laying of the reef in Marcella. It was really a beautiful ceremony. I recommend [clears throat] anyone who wants to honor those that they lost to attend. It was really it's really lovely to experience that with uh with uh fellow
citizens. And also uh I also like the the resident who complained about the telcon trucks. I received this email from Mr. Wrick to Toto Tovish, I'm sorry [gasps] about the scales that the scales are certified and they are subject to state audit and
inspection at any time. And I will be very much like to also attend a meeting with the Telkon to discuss uh other residents concerns especially concerning those rather distasteful bottles that sometimes be found as long side of the road. like to have a discussion with
that just uh maybe they can speak to their employees about better ways to dispose of those and thank you very much Mr. Watvich. A couple of years ago you had set up a sorry you'd set up a a tour of Tilcon
for the council. Maybe with some new council members we could uh look to do that again. It was very >> Absolutely. Yeah. Okay. >> Just for the record the trucks aren't owned by Tilcon. These are all private contractors. Um, so they they do everything they can to, you know,
mitigate the issues, but again, first thing was sharing that information with them through email and and there's been a difference in behavior, but we're going to continue tomorrow that. >> Just a thought, Councilwoman Ray. >> Yes. Um, I attended the um Liberty tree planting at Park Lake uh last Tuesday,
which was very nice. They planted a dogwood tree by the gazebo. It was a nice ceremony. Um I marched also in the Memorial Day parade yesterday. I thought it was um lovely. Um it was nice to honor the men and women. Um and it was an honor and a privilege to walk in the
parade as well. And I did go to the Ford Face House um before the meeting and I too it's so impressive and I anybody everybody should go and see it. It's it's lovely to have in the township. Thank you >> council vice president.
>> Thank you council president. a lot of dittos um from various council reports, you know, tenant the um gazebo, the freedom tree planting, and thank you to uh Monty Landscaping for the tree and all their hard work over there and uh
and Joe as well for that. So, thank you. Um attended the 6 a.m. sunrise service at W Lake. I wore dress pants and a councilman t-shirt and it and it was >> a Yankees jacket, right? >> Actually, that was my dad's Yankee jacket. So I was happy to wear it for
him in the rain. So um yeah. So yeah, he's like yeah. So um and it was pouring out. So wore dress pants and a councilman t-shirt, dress shirt actually. And um >> and I did speak to my son who's actually currently serving his country and he
said that'd be fun if I wore that. So just so you know. So thank you. So just want to let you know. Also um I was at the parade and it was nice. Um, I guess because of the weather, I think 90% of the town was in the parade, so I ended
up having leftover candy. Um, Councilman Freedellander, I'd love to get that date for Copeland. You didn't get a date, so if you can maybe send an email for when the substance abuse thing is going to be. I'd love to try to attend that. Um,
next Okay. Next Tuesday. Okay. >> Okay. Um, also the water main break. Um, yeah, dress pants at council shirt be fine. >> I have the tuxedo shirt if you like one. Um, the water man break. Thank you,
Lisa. I was constantly getting emails from residents and constantly getting back to them and and Joe as well was responding very quickly. Thank you on that. Thank you Allison for quick responses on on my emails. I appreciate that. Um, the tour was great and uh
talking to council president just like he had mentioned with Councilman Wovich. I think maybe and I know also Councilman Sullberg had mentioned maybe monthly we could try to do before the first meeting of the month um hour prior do a little bit of a tour of Rockway Township to the
various things going on. I think it'd be good for the council members to see where a lot of the money that we're approving is going towards. So appreciate that and also looking forward to Rockaway Township Day uh next weekend to 8 o'clock. And
just want to mention uh just a happy birthday to Councilman Sberg, the big 40 today. >> 40 years old. [laughter] >> It's up to him to reveal his real age, but that's all I have to say. Thank you. >> Oh, she got cupcakes. Thank you. >> Oh, nice. Um, and you know what, Mr.
Nath, I just want to uh Councilman Sack brought up a good point. It was really good for the council camaraderie for those that came to the face house today to learn something about the town. I know you and I have spoken about doing a tour um before the June 6th meeting if if you're available. Um same thing 5:45
to 6:45 if we could uh possibly get a tour of the new water building and Brian, please. Um I think that would be great. And then once a month we'll we'll pick something and the council can show up and learn a little bit more um again about what we're spending our money on.
So, thank you. Extra points for the suit. Is there anybody from the administration that would like to make a report? I do. [clears throat] >> First like to read a note from a resident. Um, I have to tell you that Allison Lombardo is absolutely
wonderful. She goes above and beyond to help people with issues. Um, she talked about the issue that uh she was having. Um, and she said, "I just have to tell you that Allison has been fantastic. She's trying so hard to get this resolved for us. Um, like her to be recognized for all of her hard work and
thank and help helpfulness. I can't say enough good things about Allison. Um, if you need anything else for me to make sure she's recognized, please let me know. So, I thought that was nice feedback on one of our uh associates. I think um appreciate I don't know my
glass. Is that Lieutenant Hamilton? Thank you for getting engaged in the Tilcon conversation. I know right after the meeting last week um the chief got you engaged um uh Mr. Shatzel, your crew working on the water main break. Uh was
the time they put in and that's why they're first responders, right? These guys are these teams are first responders. Um away from their family what 36 hours working in that hole. Yeah. Working in that hole. Um you know, and and communicating. You know, Al was
going to residents houses, different people were going talking to them, bringing water. Um so just a a stellar job by the water department. And I think there were a lot of things um out of your control um that were going on, but you you just kept working through it.
So, um appreciate that and I know the township appreciates that and the residents um that I spoke to appreciated all the work um your teams were doing. So, thanks for coordinating that. Um I just make a general statement about something that was said. So, uh we have
one of the lowest municipal tax rates in the area. Um we've done a great job managing our budget. Um this year we've pro we have one of the lowest percentage increase of any other municipality our size. Um to to say we have 500,000 in
fat in our budget isn't an accurate statement. Um we've done a great job managing our budget. Um and from year to year over year for the past five years we've had the least amount of increase under the rate of inflation and we've improved services um to our community.
So, uh, I just wanted to make that statement. Um, and I did want to thank Dennis Monty, not only for, um, the Liberty Tree. He's doing things for the moving wall. Um, he had a bunch of trucks in the, uh, parade yesterday. Um,
just like Bunkies Towing had a bunch of trucks. There were so many, as council vice president said, so many, uh, people were marching in the parade. There weren't as many people on the side because everybody was marching. But it was it was great, right? The kids were just having a blast. Um, and it was
really great for the community. And uh, I I said it yesterday, but I want to thank the memorial association. A lot of work goes into the planning that they start working on it almost right after the parade's over for the following year. So, um, appreciates everybody's
um, um, work on that. There we go. Anybody else from the administration wish to make a report? Make a motion to adjurnn by consensus. All in favor? >> Meeting adjourned. Happy