So cute. I'd like to call the September 25th, 2025 meeting to order. Uh we're going to we have uh we're fortunate to have the girls from Troop 99022 with us today. uh they're here for a badge. So, we're gonna invite them up here to lead the
pledge of allegiance. Here's the flag. You guys start 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. Nice job, girl. You guys want to take a picture of them up there? That's okay. Yeah. Oh, cute. What grade are you in? All right.
That's a fun grade. I know. It's all down. You're not living at your mile. Okay. All right. Uh moment of silence to remember the service and sacrifices of the armed service members who protect
our nation and the first responders who protect our neighborhoods. Clerk, please take the role. Councilman Frelander here. Councilman Sager here. Councilman Quinn here. Councilman Brooks here. Councilwoman N.
Councilman Salber here. Councilman Boyovich here. Council Vice President Brooks here. Council President Larson here. Adequate notice of this meeting was provided to the daily record and the official newspapers for the township of Rockaway. Notice was posted on the
official bulletin boards of Rockaway Township, the township website and notice was filed in the office of the township clerk. Approval of the September 9th town council regular meeting minutes. Can I have a motion? So move. Second. Clerk, please take the role. Council member,
yes. Councilman Saget, yes. Councilman Quinn, yes. Councilman Brooks, yes. Councilman Salbert, yes. Councilman Boyovich, yes. Council Vice President Brooks, yes. Council President Morrison,
yes. Say yes. This motion carries. Ordinance for introduction 02513. An ordinance amending chapter 5, General Licensing, article 5-5, peddlers, canvasers, solicitors, and mobile food vendors. Specifically section 5-5.1
Definitions of the revised general ordinances of the township of Rockaway. Can I have a motion, please? So move. Second. Clerk, please take the role. Councilman Frelander, yes. Councilman Sacket, yes.
Councilman Quinn, yes. Councilman Brooks, yes. Councilman Salber, yes. Councilman Botovich, yes. Council Vice President Brooks. Yes. Council President Morrison. Yes. Say yes. This motion carries.
Ordinance for adoption. O214. An ordinance amending chapter 17 parks and recreational facilities. Article 2 watercraft operation upon waters or within within or bounding upon Rockaway Township. Specifically section 2.2 two
vessel and size limitations to remove any reference to Lake Telmark in this chapter of the general ordinances of the township of Rockway. Is there anyone from the public that wishes to speak on this ordinance? Is there any council discussion on this
ordinance? Clerk, please take the role. Councilman Freellander, yes. Councilman Sack, yes. Councilman Quinn, yes. Councilman Brooks, yes. Councilman Salber. Yes. Councilmanovich.
Yes. Council Vice President Brooks. Yes. Council President. Yes. It's a yes. This motion carries. Consent agenda. R251 177 up to and including R2181.
Can I have a motion? So move. Second. Clerk, please take the role. Council Freder, yes. Council, yes. Council, yes. Councilman Brooks. Yes. Councilman Salber, yes. Councilman,
yes. Council Vice President Brooks, yes. Council President Marson, yes. It's eight yeses. Motion carries. All right. We're going to do the open to the public portion. As a reminder, I will call your name. You'll step up to the microphone. State your name and address for the record.
There will be a time limit of three minutes. Michael Oardi. Hang on. No, give him one second. We'll uh He doesn't get his
No badge. [Music] Michael 19 drive. I'd just like to thank Mayor Jackson, Mr. Paul, Mary Brian from the water department from DPW for inviting uh myself and the White Middle Lake president to take a tour of the
water department building that's gone up in White Middle Lake. Um they did a great job on that. So the planning and the uh design of it is um big improvement. Uh I'd also like to thank everyone who was involved in cleaning up Reservoir Road. I brought up
at the last council meeting. They uh took care of that last week or so. Um also on the agenda items, I think I recall there used to be like an explanation of what these items were because reading this you don't know
really what they're they're about. Could there be a little recap of what these things are you're voting on? So if we do have a question, we like the pedal's license, right? There's no understanding of what that even says to the people that are here. There's not a hyperlink.
Yeah, there should be a hyperlink on when the agenda goes out online. If you click it, it'll bring you to it. It'll bring you there ahead of time. But do we have um don't we print out or do we not do that anymore? They used to, but it seemed to be a waste of paper. But if there's a link, I'll make sure I Yeah, there's a hyperlink for each one
in the future. Okay. and then uh just wish happy new year to everybody that's celebrated. Thank you. David Cristiano, did I get that right? Yes, Cristiano. Good evening. My name is David Cristiano
and I live in 27 Pillar Drive in Mark Township and basically have a question. Uh currently they're running a gas line uh on Meridan Road which is across street to Pillar Drive where I live. I had
contacted the gas company probably six months ago at least when they saw us they were going to do that and he said we we cannot run the line on Pillar Drive because the road was paved a few years ago and I think there was a moratorum of like five years so we
probably have at least two more years to go. Um, I was wondering if that's still in place or we could change that somehow since the gas company's currently putting a line on Meridan Road very close to our street. Um, so that's my question. If if our engineer is prepared to answer
during her time today, I'll ask her to. If not, she'll reply to you via email. Okay. If again, Al, if you're prepared to, great. If not, we can respond at a later time. Uh, I would rather respond later. Okay, we'll get back to you.
Okay, thank you. Is there anybody from the public that did not sign their name that wishes to speak? Okay, we will transition to reports. Again, I ask to keep it to five minutes or less and we will start with
Councilman Freedellander. I'm trying to keep you on your toes. Good job. Okay. Uh quick quick summary. Uh Substance Abuse Alliance, uh we had a meeting this month and everything is
going well. Uh with their program, the phase 4, which I'll discuss later on, it'll start at the end of the year at Copeland, which is a tremendous success over the years. Uh then, uh they're going to have a
fundraiser. Mark it down. I'll keep on mentioning it, but it's April. It's going to be a bingo night, which was real successful last year. Was the first one we transitioned from the uh 50 not 50/50 the with the prizes.
Tricky tray. Tricky tray because everybody wanted bingo. That's that uh library. Uh second, since we have the grant to start improving things, uh the architect is meeting with the subcommittee to go over
the plans for the bathrooms and everything else that is part of that phase. And last but not least, uh pathways, uh the historical society put it down your calendar for October 4th, 12 to 5. The
uh Ford Fish House is part of the pathways tour in the county and we have the open house and uh the tours will be there from 12:00 to 5:00 October 4th. That's it. Councilman Brooks.
Thank you, Council President. Uh first off, I'd like to thank uh Mayor Jackson and Councilman Zacket for showing up to the red, white, blue event at my church on Sunday. It was a very good event. We had a good turnout. um and uh very very
good speaker. So I just like to thank them for that. Uh secondly, I just wanted to check in with the chief about the Halloween event on Circle Drive. Just to see if there was a traffic pattern that you guys kind of figured out. I know some of the residents were
asking me about that on my ventures out. Um so uh any status on that that would be greatly appreciated. Um and also just uh in in light of uh the things that have happened not only in the town but in this in the country
lately. Um I just want everyone to just take into consideration everybody and uh if they have any problems or the thoughts that they uh need to speak with somebody. I believe people in the the town would be more than willing and the health department or or somebody else to
speak with anyone if they have anything going on in their lives that are struggle. I think we do have a suicide hotline um as well. So if we can maybe if that's not posted on our website if we can do that I'd greatly appreciate it. And that's all at this time. Councilman Quinn.
Thank you. uh planning board. We codified the um laundromat which will be going in over at POPS which is the old stewards. Um I was at the Peterson Field and this
Saturday was the JV versus Varsity. Um basically it was the uh powderpuff game. Yeah. And the boys dressed up in the girls cheerleading outfits and the the girls dressed in the
boys uniforms and it was great. They had fun. Um, and also uh I'd like to also ask if there's any updates to Peterson Field if I could get some updates.
And basketball signups are on for boys basketball and girls. So, please sign up. And if you want to be a coach, they're always looking for coaches. Thank you, Councilman. Second. Thank you, Council President. Uh,
Councilman Quinton, that was a powderpuff game. I don't Did you watch it? Of course. And Jenny sack. It was five five polls that day. So, she's working hard. And, uh, I signed up to coach, uh, assistant coach Basketball Girls. So, looking forward to that. Draw me back. Yeah. Come come help me out. Can we can
you always use help volunteering in town? Um, like Councilman Brooks had said, we I'd stopped by the uh Faith Family and Fellowship Church for the white, red, white, and blue Sunday. Just great job by the church and everyone was there and the mayor was there and just so many come throughout the county. Just
a great morning. Roshana had just ended so I had celebrated. Hope you had a great and sweet and happy new year. We do have this Friday. Hopefully you see some people from the council. I'm sure the mayor will be there at the Rockway Township PBA fundraiser at the bar at 7
o'clock. So, looking forward to that. Um, next Wednesday through Thursday, we are starting the uh the Yom Kapoor Day of Atonement holiday. So, everyone celebrating um wishing you an easy fast. We have the it's a long fast too, you
know, 25 hours. Um Sunday, October 5th is the White Metal Lake Fall Festival. Looking forward to that. And uh thank you to administration. We'll be starting soon on the Willow Park at Stony Brook Park. So redo of that park over there right in
Ward 4 over there. There'll be some work going on at Willow Park right off of uh Stony Brook there. And I know uh Councilman Brooks had mentioned last time Scarlett Brooks uh got a pony for that. Um you know the RTSA a lot of
times I was speaking to um the RTSA I guess the president. I saw him over the weekend and so many people come through our program. So many volunteers like Jack said and we have so many of our players are right now playing in college sports and uh you know Shaina Sacket my
daughter was just named rookie of the week for the New Jersey Athletic Conference for goalie at Ruckers University Newark. So nice, huh? Pretty uh pretty exciting. But it all starts here. All starts local. RTSA, all our volunteers, basketball, all our programs,
you know, just helping these kids along. And we have so many people doing great things out there in the world. So, just want to give a shout out to all our volunteers, all our sports programs. Thank you, Councilman Sver. Thank you. Um the Open Space Trust Fund had our uh opening
meeting uh last week. uh we discussed the funds that we'll have available uh for dispersement. Uh we reviewed this year's applicants uh made some decisions on that and then this Saturday uh we'll be in the field uh visiting the actual locations of all the applicants to help with our decision and we're hoping to be
able to announce it publicly um uh to our to our candidate or to our winners uh this November. Thank you, Council Member Tovich. I have no report. Council Vice President, um I just have a few comments. Uh, the
Green Pond Road Dunkin Donuts is becoming a traffic problem again. Again, this morning I personally called the police department because I was sitting on Green Pond Road and it took me like 10 minutes to get from Sanders to the first 80 exit and it Yeah, I know it was
like rush hourish, but Well, it turns out tractor trailers are parked in the lane in the right lane with their hazards on to go get coffee, right? So they leave their trucks running. They put their hazards on and they run into the Dunkin Donuts and it creates a lot of problems because you have people
coming up that right lane. They're then trying to zip around the truck. Then the guys trying to make a left on the 80. It become becomes a nightmare. And then you even have trucks which this was to my disbelief to park in the right lane on the opposite side to try to run over to
the Dunkin Donuts. So, it's just I I I know we had at one point some officers over there during rush hour and trying to limit these giant trucks and I get it. There's nowhere for them to park. It is what it is. Um but parking on Green Pond Road is not ideal, especially in
the morning or at any rush hour. Um because then you also have people from the hotel walking across Green Pond to go to the diner for breakfast. So, it it's getting a little hairy again over there. Um and I noticed it this morning was probably at its worst most recently
this morning and then again yesterday. Uh so I just don't know if there's anything we can do traffic-wise. Um I did call the dispatcher. She was kind enough to send an officer over. I don't know if the guys were still there or not. Um I know it's not the quickest Dunkin Donuts, but at that rate, who
knows how long he was there. Um and then also I can only put out a plea to like planning, zoning, whoever is in charge of looking at our master plan. I I know we put in the commercial buildings and the warehouses on Green Pond over there. I know we have the space. I've been to planning board
zoning meetings and they say, "Oh, two trucks a week, two trucks a day, two times a day." You know, there's an substantial amount of large tractor um traffic on Green Pond Road, specifically towards the north end all day. And it's
just getting to a point where it's becoming a little problematic. So, that's just kind of a plea for us living up where sometimes I joke it's like Hunger Games. I don't know if you're trying to keep us out or if you're just trying not to let us get back in, but um the tractor trailers are really becoming a problem,
specifically the ones who just to be honest, it baffles me that they think it's even remotely an idea to do. So, there's that. Um and that's all I have. Thank you. Uh I am happy to announce that um with
the help of Miss Palm Mary uh we will be signing a contract very shortly to replace the audiovisisual system finally as as also demonstrated by the microphone. Um
so we uh we've secured funds for that. We'll be signing the contract very shortly and then beginning work on that. Uh I know that it's been problematic for a long time. So we are uh finally on the way to doing that. Um I'm also looking forward to next Friday. Uh Mr. Knock
will be uh bringing us through on a tour of the new water building. Uh time to be announced. I'll find out tomorrow. Mr. No report. Mr. Mayor. Um, so first I recognize Mr. Titus. He's
a teacher at Stonyberg School. Um, he does a lot for our community. Um, he runs some volleyball camps. He's always come to me with ideas. I'd like to just talk about what we did recently for 911. There were about, I think, 50 students
in Stonybrook that wrote letters to our firefighters and to our police officers that were dropped off. And I'd like to just read to Dear firefighters, thank you for saving people's lives. Um, in the 911 and yes,
firefight fighter spelled out and it says fearless, incredible, resilient, empathetic, formidable, impressive, generous, hardworking, trustworthy, excellent, and rescue. And then this one says, "Dear local heroes, you are so amazingly brave. I am truly
in awe. Thank you for everything you do. We are so thankful that you make us feel so protected and safe. You save lives every day, which makes me so proud. Thank you so much. And I know the firefighters and the police officers appreciate these letters. Um, thanks to
the students and thanks to Mr. Titus uh for coordinating that. Um, we have one more uh gazebo concert. I think it's this this Sunday. Um, from 3 to 5. Uh, one more concert. The Rosewood band um is is
making up a concert that was cancelled. So from 3:00 to 5 this Sunday at the Park Lake Gazebo if you can make it. It's always a fun time. So this is the last event for a summer series even though it's not summer. Um like to recognize a few things that have happened since the last uh meeting that
the senior picnic um as uh Mr. Brooks mentioned, Councilman Brooks mentioned, the red, white, and blue Sunday at Faith Family Fellowship was a great event. Gary Delco does a great job. every I think he's been doing it for over 20 years, something like that. And uh great great honor to all first
responders. Um the wheels on the lake car show was a was a hoot. Um I there were almost 200 cars there, Mike, but 175. It was crazy. It was a fun time. Um there were kids there, families there having a great time. Um, I got to pick a
uh 65 Mustang convertible as as my choice for my favorite car in the show. Um, and there were other winners, too. So, that was a great event for them by the LA HOA. Um, we had a planning board meeting. Um, I don't think there's anything on the agenda. Uh, we able, as
Mike said, to give him a tour of the border building. I think it it really, as Mike said, it's a beautiful building, but we really also want to make sure, you know, the operations and make sure we're coordinating with the community to make sure um when our guys are coming doesn't interfere with the, you know,
any of the camps or anything like that, the school buses, anything. So, trying to work through those items to make sure we stay in lock fest, lock step. Went to uh October Fest this weekend. That was a way over stimulating for me. There's a lot going on in I walked in there and
I've never seen it was like Sodom and Gomorra. Like there was people everywhere around it was crazy. It was crazy. It was just and it was so much fun. I bought a Stein. Um I bought a Stein. Um so yeah, really great time. So Germania Park does a great job with
that. Um it was a lot of fun. Um got to meet with a couple students this morning from Morris Hills um that were looking to see what the town could do for teenagers and different events and things like that. So I actually connected them with and they're going to share some ideas and we're going to get them hooked up
with a mole too, talk about some things they might be able to do with the mole. So, it was uh uh pretty cool. Um over the weekend went to the uh our one of our water people uh coaches pre-clin team at Rock White and uh got to go to
the game and our uh MMU son plays for Roxberry. I'm pretty sure the Rockets beat up on the junior games on Saturday. Yes. You know, Vinnie didn't face too much. It wasn't It wasn't a close game, I don't think. No.
Um and then uh we had the Brownies here tonight was great. Um and uh you know, they're all going to get a badge and they're talking about maybe doing some type of rock garden um at Park Lake, which would be kind of cool. So, we're going to talk to them a little bit about that. Um and that's my short abbreviated
report. Miss Palmer, um the fourth quarter tax bills were mailed out yesterday with a due date of November one day to get their money in before um any
penalty or interest is charged. You can always pay online or of course in person. Um we are going to be updating our personnel manual this year. We're required to do that every two years one. I hope to have a final copy of that
for your approval sometime probably the second meeting. I was going to report on the tank um at the building but I see that here on Sure. Thank you
M. some general conformance with the plans that were presented last June session. Um we also had a green acres public hearing on it. We just heard from the Highlands Councils
per Chief, even President, I would also like to just mention and comment the family fellowship event. Gary does a wonderful job with that.
He's done that for many, many years, attended it many years. It's just amazing that on for the first responders, mayor and the council members there again, it's just a wonderful event. We
really appreciate that recognition and do it with such love and caring. It's always much appreciated. Thank you. As far as Circle Drive, yes, we do have a plan for Circle Drive. We're right now working with Ch to to push that out to
the public in reference to uh the oneway directional parking one side of the street parking signage uh and looking at the best way obviously put that out via rave and and some other Facebook and other methods to try to get that
information out there and I would agree with Vice Council President Brooks fact that Green No parking. I didn't know there's not a sign or anything, but I just, you know, I think
[Music] I guess we will address that. And I would also like to thank the fifth graders again. Mr. came in and gave us all those wonderful letters from the kids. Very creative both in in
language and and artwork. So I took those I put those police department. They had them all displayed in in the squad room for a few days so they can appreciate. So again, always wonderful app.
Yeah, I just like to make pipeline project is on the way. You can see the uh intersections of North Lake Shore and White Road. We cut some patches out there.
wiping was a spark yesterday, but with weather, we're holding off on that. Um, with recycling, uh, we're going to be grinding down and protecting curbside plastic bags. Recycling does not
been out for at least 15 years. Um, that is unacceptable to collect recycling. We will be enforcing that. We got uh we got audit reports from the county who handles the the recycling um for us. Uh
so we're going to be sorry. Um in relation to what Malberry was saying, uh the gas pumps at the senior building approximately on the 30th of September, um they are out of commission right now. Uh the tanks will be uh pumped out
clean. The underground storage tank will be removed. The above ground storage tank will be in its place. The island will be removed. Everything will be on the bankment side. Uh it should take approximately uh 3 weeks. So I'm working with the
contractor to try and get everything done as quickly as possible for the Halloween festival. Everything will be barricaded. Uh there will be some temporary parking on that side of the Okay. Make a motion to adjurnn by
consensus. All in favor? I meeting say that John. Wow.