Good evening and welcome to the September 16th, 2025 meeting of the Rosland governing body. Adequate notice of meeting is provided in accordance with the open public meeting act. The date, time, and location meeting were included in the annual meeting schedule. Post on the public bulletin board and miss building and filed off to the burough clerk. For those attending tonight's meeting via Zoom, the agenda
and any other relevant documents can be found on the burough's website attached to the meeting notice posted in news and announcement section. During the meeting, an announcement made prior to the two public comment periods. Excuse me. Anyone wishing to make a public comment via computer will be instructed to use the raise your hand icon. And anyone wishing to make a public comment via telephone will be instructed to dial
star9 at the appropriate time. For those in attendance in person or remotely, please provide your name and address when selected. If you're eligible for Daniel's law, please just announce your name. >> Mr. Watkins, please call the role. >> Mayor Spango >> present. >> Mr. Bardy, >> Mr. Baront >> here. >> Mrs. Bar
>> here. >> Mr. Schroeder >> here. >> Mrs. Tolley >> here. >> Mr. Trillo >> here. >> Please rise for the flag salute. Pledge to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Please remain standing. Uh, sorry. Um, be it that last week was the 24th anniversary of September 11th. I just thought it's right if we have a moment of silence for those who lost their lives September 11th and those who've
lost their lives serving uh on that day. Thank you. First on the agenda, we have our first round of public comment. Any member of the public wishing to be heard, come forward, state your name and address for the record. If you're with us via Zoom, use a raise your hand icon. And if you're with us telephonically, press star 9.
>> I think it should be on. >> All right. Good evening everybody. My name is uh Justin Denowitz. I am new to the town. I just opened up a um a pediatric dental practice right up Eagle sorry Justin was 556 Eagle Rock Avenue sweet 109. So I just opened up a
pediatric dental practice uh right up the road on Eagle Rock Avenue called Enchanted Pediatric Smiles. So we specialize in pediatric dentistry as well as dentistry to patients with special needs. So we're here to serve the community in a fun and engaging way.
Um, my wife Meredith and I, we're both big Disney people, so we try to create that fun environment when you step into our office. Uh, so we look forward to serving the community. We want to thank everybody for welcoming us to community. And um, also with that being said, we wanted to invite the uh, the council and
formally invite the mayor even though I'm invited him through the robotham, but formally invite you all to the uh, ribbon cutting ceremony on October 11th. Uh we're going to be doing like a open house from 11 am to 2 pm that day. And
then we aim to do the ribbon coming ribbon cutting around 2 sorry the ribbon cutting around 12:30 p.m. Um so we look forward to officially being welcomed to the township. And that is that. Thank you again for uh
hearing me out tonight and thank you all for your service to the township. >> Thank you. Welcome. >> Welcome. Best of luck. >> You orthodontics too or no? Uh, >> yeah. You don't want me to do that. >> I stick to the dentistry part.
>> All right. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Good evening. John Matias, Office of Emergency Management. Uh, I just like to bring the council up to date that our emergency operations plan for the Burough of Rosland is completed and approved by both the county and the
state police. So that's good for another two years. Uh, so and every two years it gets updated. Secondly, uh I'd like to just bring up that it was a while ago, of course, with the accident we had in town with our police officer, but I would just like to recognize one other
person for the help he did. Even after the scenes, after the time of the accident where the scene has to be safe, I called upon Mike Botinger to come out with barricades and and equipment to make the scene safe so it could be investigated properly. And I just wanted
him recognized for what he did. I think he did a great job. He came right out as soon as I called him. I was tied up on a family uh uh event, so I wasn't around. He came out and took care of it for me. And third, the pedestrian electronic
crossing signs. Uh it's moving along. It's been a long slow process, but um they they were approved. The permits were approved by the county, so I can go forward to have them installed. um took a while to get the permits and
different things like that. Uh secondly, the purchase order. I'm just waiting on that right now. I guess Moren could tell you more about when that may be coming, but as soon as I get it, it'll take probably four to six weeks to order them. And then I've worked it out with Superintendent Critchette to save us a
lot of money and he's going to uh install them with his guys, which they did the other ones. They did a great job. So that's where it stands right now. just as soon as I get it, I'll order them the next day and or that day and like I say, four to six weeks they'll deliver them. So that's it.
>> John, a lot of a lot of changes to the emergency plan from two years ago or >> not a lot. There's some, but as time goes on each each uh each year we I look at it and update it as we go. So when it does get submitted, it it it moves along pretty quick then to get it approved.
So, it's all done. >> Um, quick question. Can you just go through where these this set of signs are going to go this time so everybody's aware? >> We're going to put, uh, two right out here on Harrison Avenue for people crossing over uh, from uh, Burrow Hall
side to Old Burough Hall side. And we're going to put four, there has to be four on by Freeman Street, New Rock because there's two crosswalks there. And by law, you have to have for each crosswalk uh a pedestrian sign. But when you push
one button, they all go off. So it works really nice. >> Okay. >> And it's it's great because with the improvements we have back here, I see more and more pedestrian and bicycle traffic coming this way and a lot of kids and uh families crossing over. So
it's uh soon as I can get them in, Chris will work with me and we'll get them done. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you for that plan. That's no small undertaking. >> No, it takes him a long time. >> There's a coordinator's meeting Thursday, right? >> I'll be here. >> Mhm. >> Thanks, John. I know it's a lot of work.
>> It's a lot to coordinate. That's >> I know. I know. I've seen the book. >> All right. If no one else wishes to be heard, I'm sorry. It's okay. I just want to spend a minute. Janet Truman on 38 Leonard.
Just wanted to uh spend a minute talking about that horrific accident that took place in at the end of June. Um and as you all know, at the heart of that crash was a speeding bus. And my concern is and has always been enforcement.
Since that accident, we what have we done to slow down Roseland? Why didn't we roll out an anti-speeding campaign in July? We could have called it the Mark Miller initiative and sent a message to the whole world that Rosland will not allow that kind of accident to
ever occur in this town again. This town needs to get serious about speeding. We need to focus on the basics of public safety and we need to do better enforcement. Earlier this year, I think it was back in January, there was a big puff piece
in this week in Rosland about the acquisition of LAR guns, which were touted as the state-of-the-art speeding detectors. The article featured a picture of Officer Romeo, who was recently assigned to a speeding enforcement detail. So, where to light
our guns now? We have two guns worth several thousand dollar sitting on the shelf in police headquarters. The two guns are available on each shift, which means they could be signed out four times a day. In the
month of July, for example, they could have been signed out 124 times. Does anyone want to guess how many times they were actually signed out? 15 times in 31 days by the same handful of officers.
I requested a copy of the sign in sign out log for the LAR guns and I requested it for July but because it's a continuous list I got everything from June 7th to
August 4th. Maybe you'll recognize the names. Marada Russell Nicholson Russell Lupo Hughes Matessic Matessic Marada Nicholson Gonzalez Gonzalez Lupo Lupo
Marada Marada Lupo Gonzalez Nicholson Marada Gonzalez Gonzalez Lupo Hessleberg Hessleberg Lupo Hessleberg Russell Russell Russell Matessic Hessleberg
Where's everybody else. Our police department now is in worse shape than it was last year. This year we have a director and two lieutenants. Last year we had a director, a deputy director, and three lieutenants. And last year we were in worse shape than we
were three years ago when we actually had a captain OIC. And three years ago, we were in worse shape than we were five years ago when we had a chief. We have gone steadily downhill in spite of the
fact that we are experiencing population growth. We are not prepared for the number of people that are getting ready to move into this town. So, what's going on? We are the only department in Essex
County with neither a captain nor a chief. You dangle the promise of a promotion like a carrot on a stick in front of those lieutenants. That's not motivation. Major Major SP Mayor Spango, that's manipulation.
You're making fools out of both men and undermining their positions with their subordinates. We need to make a captain. We cannot linger in limbo without any command staff. You have two lieutenants. We need more. Thank you.
>> Yeah, sure. You're welcome. >> Thank you, Mrs. Streman. I appreciate the information that you've given us and I will couple of things I'd like to address just so you know I'm going to make sure that those officers I know
those officers names that you read off they're certified on that LAR gun. My question is going to be now to to find out if if all the other officers are trained on the guns because to use the guns you need to be trained. So thank
you very much. I'm gonna find out if all the officers on the department are trained to use those guns. >> This from respect >> were required in January. It's been nine months. No, you have seven officers. I
do I do realize that but the training by what I understood the training doesn't happen all that often and they have to bring some and unless somebody's trained here that can retrain our officers like if one of our officers comes in as a as
a trainer they can then train our officers but I am going to find I am going to find out to see >> and then everything to you look at the picture >> no >> look at the picture that's all >> I I Totally. I I appreciate it and I and
for me I'm going to find that out. I do know that this and I I have to do it from I guess it's from July from August to September because of the way the rolling counts go. I do know that
169 summones were issued this month. I'm going to say this month. I do I cannot tell you. I I have asked for and they haven't gotten back to me. I have asked for a breakdown of what those summones were. So hopefully next meeting I'll be
able to to address that. I'm hoping that most of them were first meeting. But um I am going to ask I am going to ask that question because I do have that information and I'm going to find out. I can tell you for the month of July, there were 104 moving violations, zero
written warnings for speeding, and zero tickets for speeding. And I'm just saying that, >> yeah, I'm talking August. >> I I I have everything going back to September 24, >> but given what happened in in June, I
would have expected the department to be on a heightened alert. I would have expected a a stronger response in terms of speeding and as as Mr. Veron has said on more than one occasion, you know, you could stand at the intersection of uh
Eagle Rock Avenue and Ros and just count the cars by you can you can put a car at the intersection of Eagle Rock Avenue and Livingston Avenue and just count the number of cars that make it illegal
right on red. You could put a car at the end of Davenport, not Davenport, Fernwood, and count all the cars that uh run through the stop sign on Davenport and speed up um Fernwood in the morning.
It's it's out of control. >> No, I I'm enforcement. And let me just >> I am going to address it again. I have never never criticized the police for the way they respond to events. You know as well as I do, I've been there
many many times praising them for the way they respond. But there's there's a serious serious lack of enforcement. And quite frankly, I blame that on the leadership because there there's no accountability because there's no supervision. And there's no supervision
because there is no leadership. It's just that simple. Thank you. Any other member of the public wish to be heard? If you're with us via Zoom, use the raise your hand icon. Telephonically, star9. Thank you, Neil Oran. I'm not sure who
that was. Next, we have appointments to our municipal youth guidance subcommittee. Um, there's three additions to the ones that are listed. Uh, an Angela, correct? >> Sento, >> Angel, excuse me. Angel Sento, Maria
Bada, and Melissa Martino. I'll get you those names, Jock. >> Excuse me. >> Um, three names that are being added to the municipal youth guidance. Um, appointments. Um, Angel Sento, I have them written down. Maria Bad, I'll read it again. And Melissa Martino, I'll give them to you after the meeting.
>> Um, with those with those three additions, do we have a motion to approve these? >> So moved. Second. >> Trillo Schroer. All in favor? I >> opposed. Hearing and seeing none. Next we have ordinance 33-2025
for introduction. Mr. Watkins, please read the ordinance by title only. >> An ordinance of the Burough of Roseland to repeal ordinance number 24-2025 as amended which provided for salaries and compensation be paid to non-union employees of the Burough of Rosand and
sub substitute therefore salaries and compensation for the year 2025. >> There's a motion. Do we have a motion to introduce ordinance 33-2025? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Baron Trillo. All in favor?
>> I. >> Opposed? >> Hearing and seeing none. >> Ordinance number 33-2025 will be posted on the burough's website. Notice of public hearing will be published in the progress. Public hearing will be held on Tuesday, October 21st, 2025.
>> Thank you. Next is an ordinance for introduction, ordinance 34-2025. Mr. Watkins, please read the ordinance by title only. >> A bond ordinance providing for 2025 2026 road improvements in and by the bureau of Rosland in the county of Essex, New
Jersey, appropriating $620,000 therefore and authorizing the issuance of $589,000 of bonds or notes of the bureau to finance part of the cost thereof. Is there is there a motion to introduce ordinance 34-2020? >> Motion >> second.
>> Toby Bront. All in favor? >> I >> opposed hearing and seeing none. >> Ordinance number 34-2025 will be posted on the burough's website. The notice of public hearing will be published in the progress. Public hearing will be held on Tuesday, October
21st, 2025. >> Next on the agenda is ordinance 35-2025. For introduction, Mr. Watkins, please read the ordinance by title only. >> An ordinance amending section 14-4 of the revised general ordinances of the Burough of Roseland entitled use of
outdoor facilities to amend fees for the tier 1 nonprofit athletic groups. >> Is there a motion to introduce ordinance 35-2025? >> So moved. >> Second. >> To trill. All in favor? >> I >> opposed
hearing and seeing none. Ordinance number 35-2025 will be posted on the bureau's website. Notice of public hearing will be published in the progress. Public hearing will be held on Tuesday, October 21st, 2025. >> Thank you, Mr. Watkins. Next on the
agenda is introduction of ordinance 36-2025. Mr. Watkins, please read the ordinance by title only. an ordinance amending section 2-53 of the revised general ordinances of the bureau of Rosland entitled municipal alliance committee to change the month for the reorganization
meeting of the municipal youth guidance subcommittee from January to July. Is there a motion to introduce ordinance 35-2025? So move >> 36 excuse me >> either way >> 36 2025
>> second trill tolli all in favor >> I opposed >> hearing and seeing no >> ordinance number 36-2025 will be posted on the burough's website notice of public hearing will be published in the progress public hearing
will be held on Tuesday October 21st 2025 >> thank you Mr. Watkins. Next on the agenda is introduction of ordinance 37-20225. Mr. Watkins, please read the ordinance by title only. >> An ordinance approving and adopting a redevelopment plan for the property located at 7 Becker Farm Road and also
identified as block 30.01, lot 13 on the official tax map of the Burough of Roseand. Is there >> a motion to introduce ordinance 37-2025? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Parate Bront. All in favor >> I
>> opposed. >> Hearing and seeing none. >> Ordinance number 37-2025 will be posted on the bureau's website. Excuse me. Notice of public hearing will be published in the progress. Hearing will be held on Tuesday, October
21st, 2025. >> Can I just I'm sorry to interrupt. Can I just note this is an ordinance that'll get referred to the planning board. So assuming the planning board votes in time, it'll be on for the 21st. That would be >> okay. So it should be the public hearing
should be moved to November. >> No, we're hoping the planning board's meeting, I believe, is the night before. So the hope is that it'll be 21st, but I just want to make sure >> it's acknowledged that it is subject to the planning board's return.
>> Okay. >> Giving you a lot of work tonight, John. >> Thank you. Next one. >> So noted. Thank you. >> Next on agenda is a public hearing on ordinance 26-2025. Mr. Watkins, pre please read the ordinance by title only. >> An ordinance by the mayor and council
amending the burrow of Rosland code of ordinances to repeal chapter 22 to adopt a new chapter 22 to adopt flood hazard maps to designate a flood plane administrator flood plane manager and providing for severability and an effective date. Is there a motion to
open the public hearing on ordinance 26-2025? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Trillo Barant. All in favor? >> I >> opposed. Hearing and seeing none. Does anyone should be heard on ordinance 26-2025
>> hearing? Okay. >> Hearing and seeing none. May we have a motion to close the public hearing? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Parate Trillo. All in favor? >> I >> opposed. I motion >> hearing and seeing none. Mr. Watkins, please read the ordinance by title only.
>> An ordinance by the mayor and council amending the Burough of Rosland code of ordinances to repeal chapter 22 to adopt a new chapter 22 to adopt flood plane, excuse me, flood hazard maps to designate a flood plane administrator, flood plane manager, and providing for
severability and an effective date. A motion to adopt ordinance 26-2025. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Baron Tullley. Roll call vote, please. Mr. Watkins. >> Mr. Bront. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Par. >> Yes.
>> Mr. Schroeder. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Tolley? >> Yes. >> Mr. Trillo? >> Yes. >> Ordinance 26-2025 will be advertised in the progress as a past ordinance. Shall take effect as provided by law. >> Thank you, Mr. Watkins. Next is a public
hearing on ordinance 27-2025. Mr. Watkins, please read the ordinance by title only. >> An ordinance to amend section 10-2 of the revised general ordinances of the Burough of Rosand entitled certificate of occupancy to remove the requirement for fire extinguishers to be installed
in one and two family dwellings in accordance with New Jersey state statute. Is there a motion to open the public hearing on ordinance 27-2025? >> Motion. I'm not going to jump in. Motion >> second. >> Parate Brunt. All in favor?
>> I >> I >> opposed >> hearing none. Does anyone wish to be heard on ordinance 27-2025 [Applause] >> hearing and seeing? None. Thank you. May I have a motion to close the public hearing? >> So moved. >> Second.
>> Trillo Barant. All in favor? I >> I >> I >> opposed >> hearing and seeing none. Mr. Watkins, please read the ordinance by title only. >> An ordinance to amend section 10-2 of the revised general ordinances of the voters land entitled certificate of
occupancy to remove the requirement for fire extinguishers to be installed in one of two family dwellings in accordance with New Jersey state statute. >> So motion to adopt ordinance 27-2025. >> So moved. Second. >> Trillo Parati. Roll call vote, please.
Mr. Watkins. >> Mr. Bar. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Paratt. >> Yes. >> Mr. Schroeder. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Tolley. >> Yes. >> Mr. Trillo. >> Yes. >> Ordinance 27-2025 will be advertised in the progress as a past ordinance shall take effect as
provided by law. >> Next on the agenda, we have a public hearing on ordinance 28-2025. Mr. Watkins, please read the ordinance by title only. bond ordinance providing for the acquisition of water meters and related equipment for the water sewer utility in it by the bureau of Rosland
and the county of Essex, New Jersey, appropriating $400,000 therefore and authorizing the issuance of $400,000 bonds or notes of the burrow to finance the cost thereof. >> Is there a motion to open the public hearing on ordinance 28-2025?
>> So moved. >> Second to Trillo. All in favor? I >> opposed >> hearing and seeing none. Does anyone wish to be heard on ordinance 28-2025 >> hearing and seeing none may I have a motion to close the public hearing
>> motion >> second parotti pant. All in favor >> I >> I >> I >> opposed >> hearing seeing none Mr. Watkins, please read the ordinance by title only. A >> bond ordinance providing for the acquisition of water meters and related
equipment for the water sewer utility in and by the burrow of Rosland in the county of Essex, New Jersey, appropriating $400,000, therefore, and authorizing the issuance of $400,000 bonds or notes of the burrow to finance the cost thereof. >> Is there a motion to adopt ordinance
28-2025? >> Motion. >> Second. >> Trillo. Roll call vote, please. Mr. Watkins. Mr. Bront, >> yes. >> Mrs. Parott, >> yes. >> Mr. Schroeder, >> yes. >> Mrs. Tolley, >> yes. >> Mr. Trillo,
>> yes. >> Ordinance number 28-2025 will be advertised in the progress as a passed ordinance shall take effect 20 days after the first publication after final adoption as provided by law. >> Thank you, Mr. Watkins. Next on the agenda is a public hearing on ordinance
29-2025. Mr. Mr. Watkins, please read the ordinance by title only. >> Bond ordinance providing for the acquisition of vehicles and equipment in and by the bureau of Rosland and the county of Essex, New Jersey, appropriating $15,000, therefore, and authorizing the issuance of $76,000
bonds or notes of the bureau to finance part of the cost thereof. >> Is there a motion to open the public hearing on ordinance 29-2025? >> Motion. >> Second. >> Parate Toli. All in favor? >> Opposed? Hearing and seeing none. Does anyone
wish to be heard on ordinance 29-2025 and seeing none, may we have a motion to close the public hearing? >> Motion. >> Second. >> Parate Trillo I believe. All in favor? >> I >> opposed hearing and seeing none. Mr. Watkins,
please read the ordinance by title only. The bond ordinance providing for the acquisition of vehicles and equipment in and by the burrow of Rosland in the county of Essex, New Jersey, appropriating $15,000 therefore and authorizing the issuance of $76,000 bonds or notes of the burrow to finance
part of the cost thereof. >> Is there a motion to adopt ordinance 29-2025? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Trolo Barant. Roll call vote, please. Mr. Watkins. >> Mr. Bar. Yes, >> Mrs. Paratt. >> Yes, >> Mr. Schroeder. >> Yes,
>> Mrs. Tolley. >> Yes, >> Mr. Trillo. >> Yes. >> Ordinance 29-2025 will be advertised in the progress as a passed ordinance. Shall take effect 20 days after the first publication after final adoption as provided by law.
>> Thank you, Mr. Watkins. Next on the agenda is public hearing on ordinance 30-2025. Mr. Watkins, please read the ordinance by title only. bond ordinance providing for various improvements to the water sewer utility in and by the bureau of Rosland in the county of Essex, New
Jersey, appropriating $2,467,600 therefore and authorizing the issuance of $2,467,600 bonds or notes of the burrow to finance the cost thereof. >> Is there a motion to open the public hearing on ordinance 30-2025? >> Motion.
>> Second. Baron Schroeder. All in favor? >> I >> I >> opposed. Hearing and seeing none. Does anyone wish to be heard on ordinance 30-2025? >> Thank you. Hearing and seeing none, we have a motion to close the public hearing, please. >> So moved.
>> Second. >> Parati Trillo. All in favor? >> I bless you. >> Bless you. >> Hearing and seeing none. Mr. Mr. Watkins, please read the ordinance by title only. >> Bond ordinance providing for various improvements to the water sewer utility in and by the burrow of Rosland, the
county of Essex, New Jersey, appropriating $2,467,600 therefore and authorizing the issuance of 2,467,600 bonds or notes of the burrow to finance the cost thereof. Is there >> a motion to adopt ordinance 30-2025?
>> Motion. >> Second. Baroni. Roll call vote, please. Mr. Wawkins. >> Mr. Bont. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Paratt. >> Yes. >> Mr. Schroeder. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Tolley. >> Yes. >> Mr. Trillo. >> Yes.
>> Ordinance 30-2025 will be advertised in the progress as a passed ordinance shall take effect 20 days after the first publication after final adoption as provided by law. >> Thank you, Mr. Watkins. Next on the agenda is a public hearing on ordinance 31-2025.
Mr. Mr. Watkins, please read the ordinance by title only. >> An ordinance to amend the revised general ordinances of the Bureau of Roseand chapter 14 entitled Parks and Recreation to amend the out outfield banner sponsor fee. >> Is there a motion to open the public
hearing on ordinance 31-2025? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Trillo Parant. All in favor? I >> oppose. Hearing and seeing none. Does anyone wish to be heard on ordinance 31-2025? Hearing and seeing none. May we have a motion to close the public hearing?
>> Motion. >> Second. >> Parate Bar. All in favor? >> I >> opposed. Hearing and seeing none. Mr. Watkins, please read the ordinance by title only. >> An ordinance to amend the revised general ordinances of the Bureau of Roseand chapter 14 entitled Parks and
Recreation to amend the out outfield banner sponsor fee. Is there a motion to adopt ordinance 31-2025? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Trillo Barant. Roll call vote, please. Mr. Watkins. >> Mr. Baront. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Parott.
>> Yes. >> Mr. Schroeder. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Tolley. >> Yes. >> Mr. Trillo. >> Yes. >> Ordinance 31-2025 will be advertised in the progress as a past ordinance shall take effect as provided by law. >> Thank you, Mr. Watson. Next on the
agenda is public hearing on ordinance 32-20225. Mr. Watkins, please read the ordinance by title only. >> An ordinance of the Burough of Roseand in the county of Essex State of New Jersey amending and supplementing the burough code to amend chapter 2 administration section 2-24.2
composition of police department. >> Is there a motion to open the public hearing? >> Motion. >> Second. >> Parate Bar. All in favor? >> I >> opposed hearing and seeing none. Does anyone wish to be heard on ordinance 32-20225
[Music] Janet Tmont 38 Leonard Terrace um what is the purpose of this ordinance >> to increase the ability to hire another officer >> right >> to
officer Miller being hurt needs to remain remain in our table of organization, but it it represents a vacancy within the department even though he still has to be carried because he's injured on duty. >> Okay, I understand that part. Um I guess the real question is why
this is the second time this year that it's been amended and I understand the reason it's been amended, but what I don't understand is why why we're limiting it to 17. Why isn't it 20? So
that um next year if we need to hire more officers, we don't have to wait for the ordinance to be amended. I think don't we do it for budgetary reasons? We can only if I'm not mistaken. We do I thought we had to
whatever our budget fits that's what our to for officers is. >> We would budget for the number of officers, >> right? We we but so if we if there were 20 in that um and correct me if I'm wrong if there
were 20 on that to we would have to budget for 20 even though we didn't have 20. So that would be taking money out of our our budget for like this year. So if we decide to hire three officers next year, we're going to have to adjust the
to because now we've budgeted for those additional officers. But if you if you don't have them in the to you can't budget for them. And if you can't budget for them, you can't hire them. >> Right. But if we have them in the to >> right
>> and we have to budget for them at that minute at that time. >> Council and I actually had a conversation about increasing it for next year 10 minutes before this meeting. >> So we would have to come up with our budget. They would be in the budget for next year. We would change our ordinance
way before they would be hired when the budgets passed in April, right? >> They would become budgeted and vacant at that time when we could hire. >> So when you budget for them, >> would you budget for a portion of the year or do you bud budget for the full year?
>> We try to budget for the whole year because it creates slippage in the budget also, which gives us latitude later on if there's more. >> A lot of latitude if if the budget doesn't get approved until April. No. >> No. It's about if there are $60,000 employees. Yeah, >> it's about $10,000 a month, which gives
about $80,000. >> That's less than I thought. And then my other question, which um I've asked before, going back to December of 23, why after 19 years, do we still show six civilian
dispatchers? The police department may employ. So, how how does that work in terms of what you're telling me about budgeting? Um, and having positions in the to have them in the to unless you have them in the
budget. What is the police department may employ no more than six civilian dispatchers mean? Does that mean we can employ them? >> They're not in our personnel summary and they're not budgeted for it. They're not listed on our personnel. >> Then why don't we take them out of this ordinance? They've been gone for 18 19
years. >> Fair point. >> Just and >> semantic. >> I'm sorry. >> It's semantics. Doesn't have any impact on anything. >> Well, if it doesn't mean anything, then take it out. If you don't need it, it it
shouldn't be there. >> Okay. And then the other question and and I missed this I guess in February, but I noticed that you eliminated the um detective captain
out of the DB. What was the rationale for that? >> The detective captain? Yeah, because the composition of detective bureau changed. >> Well, you changed it by eliminating the detective captain. What I'm asking is why why was that eliminated? >> Two officers in there.
>> Why was that? I'm sorry. >> Why was that eliminated? In the previous to you, you had detective captain, detective, sergeant, and detective. >> And now it's uh detective sergeant and two detectives. Correct.
>> To to reflect what the organization looks like. >> But you don't have a second detective in there. >> Yes, we do. As of today, we do. As of today, there's a >> Please tell me that you took the officer who was a former Newark police detective
and put him in the detective bureau. >> We I I don't know what his >> who lives who lives incidentally in in Belleville. So that his response time could be 10 15 minutes instead of somebody that lives 40 50.
It's personnel so I can't say that. I can't say, but there was a detective put into the position. I was notified today. We knew we knew that they were being interviewed, but they were just put in today. >> And have they been informed? >> Uh, I believe so. I think Moren was
informed today as well. >> It starts 29th. >> Yeah, I think it Yeah. >> Well, if they've been informed, why can't the name be shared? >> Because it's personnel, right? And they haven't been right. >> You just made an appointment though to the police department. >> We don't make that appointment. >> That's not us. That's dayto-day operation. And we don't we don't
>> But you approved it. >> No. >> No. >> It's not something that the council approves. It's >> So you can't you can't say who it is even though the person knows who it is and the appointment was made by whatever appointing authority appoints the detective. >> I don't know. I'd have to def
>> I don't know what the process is. I don't know if he was appointed knows he was appointed. Doesn't I don't know anything about >> I was notified who it was going to be. I don't know if he knows. I don't >> I was also just notified >> of who it was going to be. We don't know. September 29th, the person who
will be now. >> Okay. And will he be going through a 90-day probationary period? Is that the >> That's what the That's what >> usually >> collective department is. >> Yeah. >> Yes. >> Okay.
>> All right. That's it. Thank you. >> Does anyone else wish to be heard on ordinance 32-2025 hearing? Hearing and seeing none, may I have a motion to close the public hearing. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Ty Bront. All in favor? >> I >> opposed.
Hearing and seeing none. >> Mr. Watkins, please read the ordinance by title only. >> An ordinance of the burrow of Rosland in the county of Essex, state of New Jersey, amending and supplementing the burrow code to amend chapter 2 administration section 2-24.2
composition of police department. Is there a motion to adopt ordinance 32-2025? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Parate Trillo. Roll call vote, please. Mr. Watkins. >> Mr. Bront. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Paratt. >> Yes. >> Mr. Schroeder.
>> Yes. >> Mrs. Tolley. >> Yes. >> Mr. Trillo. >> Yes. >> Ordinance 32-2025 will be advertised in the progress as a past ordinance. Shall take effect as provided by law. >> Thank you. Next on the agenda is
resolution 325-2025 approving the September 10th bill list. Everyone received the bill list. If there are no questions, concerns, comments, or recusals, we'll take a motion to approve the bill list. >> So moved. >> Second
>> for Roni. All in favor? >> I opposed. >> Hearing and seeing none. Next we have adoptions of resolutions 1 through nine by agenda items by resolution number 326-2025 through 334-2025.
I'd like to move them their entire in their entirety. If there are no questions, concerns, or comments, or recusals, take a motion to approve those nine. >> I I just have a question for 328. the ad
hoc committee for >> Fernwood did we decide >> what that is is we wanted to include liaison >> okay >> for like for example uh Rosland Green abuts it so we wanted a liaison from there not to take up a composition member got okay cuz I knew that I knew
we had a certain I knew we approved it okay >> and you have you have someone from the rec committee on there also for >> any other questions concerns if there are none can we have a motion please moved Second, >> Jul. All in favor?
>> I >> opposed hearing none. Um, mayor's report. We had a great concert last week. This week we have the bonfire and movie coming up. Um, we have Rosland day coming up October 4th. Should be a great day. Um, with the recreationals, we're
having the Rose first ever Rosland comp for the for the Rosland soccer teams before. Um, also want to mention the mayor's ball which is going to go to three great nonforprofits. Um the good dentist here is one of our sponsors. Thank you. Um the that that
all the money that comes into that is going to go to the police foundation, to the boosters, and to the historical society, which all directly benefits everyone in town. So it would be great to come out to support those. Um I just want to uh address one thing that that
Mann said about Mrs. Truman said about the future of the police department. Councilwoman Parade of I have spoke about this. We have a meeting in September. We echo the same sentiments that there needs to be leadership going forward. I just want to let you know that we're in agreement with you and other people who feel the same way and
we have a meeting and agenda item number one is the future for uh leadership in the police department. >> I sincerely appreciate you sharing that. >> The meeting is this month just so you know. >> It was supposed to be earlier but we had a conflict. So it's the 25th. >> 25th. We are we are so general.
>> So that's um besides that I have nothing uh Councilman Barty couldn't be with us. So finance administration Councilman Trillo or Councilman Schroeder anything to add? >> Not for me. >> Nothing to add mayor. >> Thank you. Um Councilman Trillo. >> Uh recreation. Uh soccer is off to a
good start. Uh kickball also started. Well, adult kickball started as well. >> Um and that's it. Looking forward to Friday night, the bonfire. Uh the Rosland, the run for Rosland. >> I forgot about that. >> And Junior Olympics the following
Saturday. >> 27th. Yes. >> And then uh Rosean day October 4th. So fall is in full swing at uh in Rosland. >> And don't forget the 27th is the Noer car wash. >> Yes. I just wrote that down. Thank you. >> My wife would be very upset. >> I know. That's why
Councilman >> That's all I have. >> Councilman Schroeder. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. look forward to the um Roseland Cup. Uh there's two teams going at it. >> I think Councilman Trilla felt a little pressure when I told him. >> Yeah. So, we look forward to it. That's
going to be a great great event. So, um also just want to welcome and rewelcome and um congratulate those uh appointed to the um municipal youth guidance subcommittee. Uh look forward to working with you all and uh meeting some folks
that haven't had the opportunity to meet yet. So congratulations and thank you also to the group who who volunteers in that space and does does such great work. Thank you. That's all. >> Um Councilman Bar uh quick DPW and
engineering uh report. Um the streets behind Fairchild's uh Godfrey Lions Gates Mitchell and Plymouth were uh paved on Friday and Monday of this week. I saw that pave markings were starting to be put down. Um the Cooper Avenue
water main project is still in the works. Um still in construction. Uh we were told that paving will take place in October after the trenches have some time to settle. And uh Lincoln Street, a second speed study is being done um after that was repaved to get the after
speeds on Lincoln Street with our speed monitor. >> Yeah, he put it up yesterday. >> Sergeant Hessleberg and I don't remember the other officers. They were ducked down putting the the system in. >> Yep. So we'll we'll have that um for a week long's worth of uh speed radar um just to can do a before and after.
>> And water tower too that's coming up, isn't it? >> Yeah, water tower we're getting purchase one. >> Yeah, >> the bid was awarded and they will start at the beginning of >> So we're we're putting a second water tower >> auxiliary >> as uh redundancy and a backup for when the pressure goes down. We're going to
have two water towers there. I'm sure the residents in the neighborhood are going to be inconvenience for a short amount of time, but when we do lose pressure and we have a backup, they'll feel a lot better when we don't the whole town doesn't lose water because uh we're we're underserved in that capacity. So, >> and especially too when they have to
maintain them according to the D rules, >> God forbid when there's, god forbid, a fire. >> Yes. God forbid. God forbid. >> Anything else? Council, >> what's up? Uh, Counciloman Potty. >> Okay, you took one of my things and you did so, but that's okay. So, I'll go with this. Tomorrow, um, Wednesday,
September 17th, the Exxon station at the corner of Eagle Rock and Eisenhower is having a fundraiser for Officer Miller. 20 cents from every gallon of gas sold will go towards Officers Miller aids
officer Miller's aid in recovery. So, everybody go fill up your tanks tomorrow because they're going to start the meter. They're going to calculate it from the morning till at night and 20 cents from every gallon sold at that Exxon station will go to officer Miller. Um
also off this is way ahead but officer Matessic H from the Rose Police Department has organized an event for officer Miller and it's going to be an ice hockey game which is going to take place on November 21st at the ice house
Arena in Hackinack. I believe puck drop is 7:45. I guess that's when it starts. Um I believe tickets are $15 at the door and I'm sure more information will come out about that. But that's again another event to try and help to aid in his
recovery. And >> can you update us on the status? I actually just spoke to his dad a couple uh days ago and he is now putting um he's still in therapy. He is now putting
weight he's bearing weight on the leg and the hip of the side that was um that he was hit on. So he's got a lot of positive a lot of positive things are going forward. He's bearing weight now. He he's using a crutch instead of a
walker. So, it it's a it's a progressive, you know, he's progressively getting better. It's just it's a slow it's a slow process. So, he is he is getting there. So, he is getting there. As far as our fire
department, our truck was ordered. Um they participated in National Night Out, which was was a huge success. And that's all I have for tonight. >> Thank you, Councilwoman. Um Councilwoman Tullley. >> Thank you, Mayor. Um, I have some
information about some of our committees. Um, the beautifification committee, we've planted some flowers and greenery and uh this past weekend by club members. Uh, fall plannings and decorations will be done next week in time for Roseland Day in October. But on
another note, we have observed on several occasions that when pet owners are walking their dogs, there have been some uh observations of dogs urinating in the flower pots, which has killed some plants and also helping.
>> Yeah. Well, that's that's a big dog. They're big dogs. They're not little dogs. They're bigger dogs. Yeah. Yeah. >> Well, some of them are high. These are near the um Bond Force, I think. Yeah. near Bond Force. And um so we're hoping
that when pet owners, you know, take their dogs out for a walk, just just please be mindful of the plants because the um you know, it does affect the dirt and everything. And when we're planning, we wear gloves, but still, >> you know, we want to keep keep the dirt
and the planters clean. Um oh, environmental commission. Environmental commission. We're getting ready to have a meeting either in October or November. Right now, we have room for six openings. So, if any resident is interested, please fill out one of the
um interest forms and send it into the mayor or to Jock. There have been some mention of the Greek church having their festival this weekend. If you've seen on Facebook, the mayor has posted a video and there's also a picture of their flyer. But their
festival is this weekend, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. this year. The weather looks good and there will be music, dancing, and a lot of cultural demonstrations. So, it looks like it'll be a good time. Other happenings in town, the Rosland
Junior Women's Club is gearing up for the fifth grade Halloween dance again on Thursday, October 30th from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at our Lady Blessed Sacrament Church or auditorium. The flyers are being distributed through Noer School to
the fifth grade. It will also be posted on our website and the dance is for fifth graders that are in public and private school and there will be tro trophy contest. We have I ordered 12 trophies. Uh we will have a DJ and
snacks and refreshments and the kids look forward to this god for about the past this is about the 38th year. It started when my son was 12 and he's now 40. So every year they're looking forward to this and um we continue to deal with that. The other item, um, the
Rosland Historical Society is having an old-fashioned tea party this weekend on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. If you are interested, they would like you to RSVP to info@ roslandhistorical
society.org. Flu shots for Rosland senior citizens will be held on Thursday, October 9th in the Rosland First Aid Squad building. You must register by calling our health department and their number is
973886035. This is also posted on our website. Uh, we mentioned before, Noer sixth grade class is holding their car wash fundraiser on Saturday, September 27th at the Rosland First Aid Squad from 10:00 a.m. to 300 p.m. And that's all
the committee news and some of the burrow news. Thank you. >> Thank you, council. Anyone else have anything to add to committee reports? >> There's none. The next we have on the agenda is approval of minutes. um governing body they noticed had a copy
of the very short executive session minutes from the September 2nd meeting. That's why they're included because they weren't emailed. If everyone's okay with that and reviewed them, I'd like to move them with the other minutes. So, we're looking to approve the the move the approval of the
minutes for the August 12th executive session, September 2nd council meeting, and September 2nd executive session minutes. Do we have a motion? >> Motion. Second. >> I think it was Schroeder toy. All in favor? >> I >> opposed. Hearing none. Next on the
agenda is our second round of public comment. Any member of the public wishing to be heard, come forward, state your name and address for the record. If you're with us via Zoom, use the raise your hand icon. And if you're with us telephonically, press star 9. Thank you. Uh all that's left on the for tonight is a motion for adjournment.
>> So moved. >> Second. >> Trillo Parate. All in favor? I I >> opposed hearing and seeing none. Thank you. So then the pump