back on we got some El room tonight this is nice what we got some El room over here nice I got to share this thing on the zoom too it's even on Zoom ready jock good one second
sorry than on come on good evening and welcome to the March 18th 2025 meeting of the rosand governing body adequate notice meeting has been provided in accordance with the open public meeting act at the date time and location meeting were including annual meeting schedule post on the public bulleon board in municipal building and fil the office of the bur
clerk for those attending tonight's meeting via Zoom the agenda and any other relevant documents can be found on the bur's website attached to the meeting notice posted in the news and announcement section during the meeting announcing made prior to the two public comment periods anyone wish 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 are eligible for Daniels law please just announce your name Mr Watkins please call the role mayor spango present Mr B here Mr Baron here Mrs parate here Mr
schroer here Mrs toy Mr trillo here please rise for the flag salute pledge of to the flag of the United States of America indivisible with liy and justice for all 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 telephonically press star9 if you're with us via Zoom use the raise your hand I hey how are you how are you I'm good my name is Mark binkowitz I live at 293rd
Avenue uh I've been a resident like 35 years and my question is about the desk called bark what are we doing with it like for two years it's been unusable it's being renovated this the play section yeah yeah that's the last piece that's the
last piece that's going to start this spring the basketball like the last 2 and A2 years I it's been pushed back and back no it wasn't we pulled everything out of there all the playground equipment in the fall and I believe Joe poman said in by April they're going to start right they're going to start April hope be in there in
in the in the summer I got five grandkids I can't fit them in the car and bring them it was so that's what happened is they did the basketball court first then they just did the Pavilion and the last piece was you know we got as much life out of the playground as possible and now we're SOS to that'll be done by late spring this year yeah I thank you thank you got
it do you want Barney back you want Barne we got to put him somewhere we have to Putney go Papa we go yeah what do I do well you could teach him to play pickle ball thank you
by evening mayor and Council Dan salvante ladies on to the great Township of rosand on behalf of our County Executive we have some new announcements exciting ones number oneis County golf course courses are open that's Hendrick's golf course and burn Golf
Course week wake is currently under renovation we anticipate a July opening of this year we know Spring's around the corner with our annual Cherry Blossom Festival kicking us kicking the spring off our event starts on Saturday April 5th it's a competitive Bike Race from
the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the division of the oval division of branchbrook Park on April 6th is our cherry blossom 10k run which will take place at 10:00 a.m. currently we have a close to 900 Runners registered for the
event family fund day which takes place down at the presedential Grove on the 12th of April that is from 11:00 a.m. to 3 p.m. our bloomfest will take place in the oval which is the Northern Division of branchbrook Park from the hours of 11
to 5:00 p.m. in addition we do have seasonal positions available uh the South Mountain Recreation complex which will include the zoo mini golf our boating and general maintenance of the site those that are interested can go on the website wwt turtleback zoo.com for
more information you have anything you take back to the county executive no thank you our seniors are going to be down at the Cherry Blossom Festival yes they have a so thank you for always accommodating us you got it thank you thank uh next on the agenda we have two
appointments to the affordable housing board uh uh Gloria Chamberlain and clody REE if there are no objections do we have a motion to move these two appointments so move second trillo parate all in favor I oppos hearing none
next we have a presentation um Podium um Tom yeah go ahead Lo loak uh how do you pronounce it Tom
from from the Greek Church Janice no but how do you pronounce tomopy he made it easy um every last year Tom contacted us and wanted us to light up barl Hall blue for Greek Independence Day um last year was the first year we did it uh he reminded us this year and we have a very
large Greek population in rosand that balloons on Sundays because of the beautiful church that they built uh in town where they consolidate other church so on March 25th uh the B of rosand will recognize Greek Independence Day the
204th anniversary of such uh we have a proclamation that's here that's got way too many Greek names in for it for me to read um but I wanted to recognize them we have a member of their congregation that wants to come forward and say a few words and we're very proud and honored to be able to honor Greek Independence
Day and look forward to doing so every year forward thank you congratulations it's great I'm Bill D Janice the president of uh St Nicholas Constantine and Helen we thank you for the proclamation and the honor very much so we thank you for your
continued partnership and helping us and uh always being there and being like members of our church uh it's truly uh I've been the treasure for 7 years I've been on the board from St Nicholas church 25 years old in new Yark and I merged the Parish of Jimmy suis I was a
chairman of the merger committee um back in the day Paul jamus was our president in nework and we couldn't be in a better town we feel like it's home and we can't thank you enough for all you do thank you very much for the proclamation great honor thank you okay hey Ry can you take
a picture so we can put in letter you know Billy Demitri Loos Billy D he goes there he's in Spring Church yeah comes back all the time says he's a teacher in Newark uh principal at franbo I used to go to the church with
my grand in nework St Nicholas my grandfather that's where I was married my parents were married and I was baptized there and my children oh wow had father Lop for 50 years oh sorry thank you thank you very hon very
congratulations congratul great honor thank you okay uh first on the or first on the agenda tonight we have ordinance 6-22 on first introduction Mr Watkins please read the ordinance an ordinance amending section
two of the revised General ordinances of the burough of rosan entitled Administration to add section 7 entitled Rules of Order and procedure at meetings of the Bur council is there motion to introduce ordinance 06 d225 so moved
second Mar trillo all in favor I opposed hearing and seeing none ordinance number 62025 will be posted on the Burrow's website notice of public hearing will be published in the progress public hearing will be held on Tuesday April 15
2025 thank you next on the agenda is Introduction of ordinance 7-22 Mr Watkins please read the ordinance by title only an ordinance amending section 14-4 of the revised General ordinances of the burough of rosand entitled use of outdoor facilities to add tier one
nonprofit athletic groups and Associated fees is there a motion to introduce ordinance 7-22 so move second parate BR all in favor I I opposed hearing none ordinance number
72025 will be posted on the bur's website notice of public hearing will be published in the progress public hearing will be held on Tuesday April 15 2025 thank you next is ordinance 08-
2025 Mr Watkins please read the ordinance by title only calendar year 2025 ordinance to exceed the municipal budget appropriation limits and to establish a cap Bank in accordance with njsa 40a col Ford d -
4.14 is there a motion to introduce ordinance 8-22 so moved second party trillo all in favor I I opposed hearing none ordinance number
82025 will be posted on the Burrow's website notice a public hearing will be published in the progress public hearing will be held on Tuesday April 15 2025 thank you next on the agenda is ordinance 9-22 Mr Watkins please read the
ordinance by title only an ordinance amending and supplementing chapter two of the revised General ordinances of the burough of rosand entitled the administration to amend section 2-51 entitled senior Transportation committee is there a motion to introduce
ordinance 9-22 so moved second CH parate all in favor I I oppos hearing n ordinance number -225 will be posted on the Burrow's
website notice a public hearing will be published in the progress public hearing will be held on Tuesday April 15 2025 thank you Mr Watkins next for public hearing is ordinance 10-22 Mr Watkins please read the ordinance by title only Bond ordinance
providing for the replacement of the water main on Cooper Avenue for the water utility in and by the bur of rosand in the county of Essex New Jersey appropriating $700,000 therefore and authorizing the issuance of $700,000 bonds or notes of the burrow to
finance the cost thereof there a motion to introduce ordinance 10-22 so moveed second Baron party all in favor I opposed hearing and seeing none ordinance number 10225 will be posted on the Burrow's
website notice of public hearing will be published in the progress public hearing will be held on Tuesday April 15 2025 thank you Mr wkins next is Introduction of ordinance 11-202 Mr Watkins please read the ordinance by title only Bond ordinance
providing for the acquisition of automated license plate readers in and by the burrow of rosand in the county of Essex New Jersey appropriating $56,000 therefore and authorizing the issuance of $53,500 bonds or notes of the burrow
Finance part of the cost thereof is there a motion to introduce ordinance 11-202 so move second Pate bar all in favor I opposed hearing none ordinance number 11-22 will be posted on the Burrow's
website notice of public hearing will be published in the progress public hearing will be held on Tuesday April 15 2025 thank you Mr Watkins ordinance 12-2 12-22 we are pulling I'm pulling off the
uh agenda it was an ordinance that we kind of rushed to get onto the agenda that has to do with ebikes um we've had an issue um in the coming since it's gotten warm of kids riding electron
electric bikes uh in our complexes uh on the sidewalk on some of the fields and I've had a conversation with multiple parents boosters who are here all the time working about how we have issues with these ebikes and somebody's going to get hurt whether it's somebody
enjoying our Parks a little kid someone riding the bike an older person they're zipping through the whole areas and couple hours after that conversation happened unfortunately we had a bad accident on Friday night uh a child on an ebike collided with a motor vehicle
um the child wind up having to have surgery the child is okay I was on the phone with the mother actually before this meeting um but we're committed to having an ordinance that is going to prohibit the kids or anyone from using these bikes there's all different levels
of them some of them go way above just an electronic electric bike they're 50 60 miles an hour we want to make sure that the people enjoying our facilities are safe want to make sure the kids on these bikes don't get hurt and just the general public can enjoy all the
wonderful things that we've built and continue to expand upon so we're going to pull this ordinance uh Joanie are are council is going to work with the police department I know Wall Township has a very thorough and comprehensive ordinance um to ensure the safety of everyone that's enjoying our park so
that's why we're pulling it but it's very very important and we ask the parents and the of of the kids with with the ebikes just to actually look and see how fast the things go before they just the kids just take them out and ride them we're afraid that somebody's going to get seriously hurt and unfortunately it happened on Friday
night so we're pulling this it'll be on a future meeting it'll be a little bit more comprehensive than just um say ebikes and we're doing it to ensure the safety of everyone at our outdoor facilities anyone have anything to add about the ebikes before we move
on no if they are I think if the children are riding them to make sure they have a helmet and the parents need to be aware that if they overcharge them they can catch fire so it's a safety issue so just I I urge the parents to really look into them before they
purchase them for their kids understand what they can do yes how pass they under totally next if no one has anything further on ebikes we have ordinance public hearing on ordinance 3-22 Mr wat read the ordinance by title
only an ordinance amending section 2-17 of the revised General ordinances of the burough of rosand ENT entitled Department of administration section 8-3 entitled Department of construction code enforcement and inspections Mr there a
motion to open the public hearing on ordinance 3-22 so moved second Cho parate all in favor I opposed hearing and seeing none does anyone wish to be heard on ordinance 3-22 hearing and seeing none may have a
motion to close the public hearing on ordinance 3-22 so moved second B Bron all in favor I I opposed hearing and seeing none Mr Watkins please read the ordinance by title only an ordinance amending section 2-17 of
the revised General ordinances of the burough of rosand entitled Department of administration section 8-3 entitled Department of construction code enforcement and inspections is there a motion to adopt ordinance 3-22
second yeah whatever parate b roll call vote Please Mr Watkins Mr B yes yes Mr Brun yes Mrs parate yes Mr schroer yes Mr trillo yes ordinance
32025 will be advertised in the progress as a pass ordinance shall take effect as provided by law thank you Mr Walkins next is ordinance 4-22 Mr Watkins please read the ordinance by title only an ordinance to amend the revised General ordinances of the burough of rosand chapter 2
Administration article 6 boards committees commissions and and offices to add new section 2-50 entitled safe walking and cycling advisory committee is there a motion to open the public hearing on ordinance
4-22 some second Baron trillo all in favor I opposed hearing and seeing none does anyone wish be heard on ordinance 4-22 hearing and seeing them may have a motion to close the public hearing so move
second Trill oy 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 burough of rosand chapter 2 Administration article 6 boards
committees commissions and offices to add new section 2-50 entitled safe walking and cycling advisory committee is there a motion to adopt ordinance 4-22 so moved second bar parate roll call vote Please
Mr Watkins Mr bardy yes Mr Baron yes Mrs parate yes Mr schroer yes Mr trillo yes ordinance number four- 2025 will be advertised in the progress as a passed
ordinance shall take effect as provided by law thank you Mr Watkins next on the agenda is ordinance 5-22 for a public hearing Mr Watkins please read the ordinance by title only an ordinance to amend the revised General ordinances of the burough of rosand chapter 14
entitled Parks and Recreation to establish an outfield Banner sponsor fee is there a motion to open the public hearing on ordinance 5-22 so second bardy schroer all in favor I I
opposed hearing none does anyone wish to be heard on ordinance 5-22 hearing seeing none may have a motion to close the public hearing so move second Bard Schroeder all in favor I 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 burough of rosand chapter 14 entitled Parks and Recreation to establish an outdoor Banner sponsor fee is there a motion to adopt ordinance
5-22 so moved second bardy Baron roll call vote Please Mr Watkins Mr bardy yes Mr Brun yes Mrs parate yes Mr schroer yes Mr trillo yes ordinance
52025 will be advertised into progress as a past ordinance shall take effect as provided by law thank you Mr Watkins next on the agenda we have the introduction of the 2025 Municipal budget I'm going to turn it over to over to councilman B for our
PowerPoint presentation and I get to be a spectator thank you mayor um trying to get it up on the screen Neil got it awesome thank you Neil all right good evening everybody um we're going to be doing our 2025 budget introduction presentation tonight so uh
before we start I'd like to thank Morin chachis and our uh mayor and Council for attending four meetings going through all the details of of all the capital projects all the department head all the department budgets uh and coming up with a very fiscally responsible uh budget so
we will um there's there's your governing body and administration also thank you to all of the department heads as well for uh for taking the time going through the due diligence and coming like I said coming through with very responsible uh very responsible spending so the goal of our
Administration and our budget um these goals really do remain the same you know keeping rosand affordable through responsible spending keeping rosand residents informed through increased transparency communication and Resident involvement U reinvigorating keeping rosand safe through investing in our community and infrastructure and
reinvigorating our burrow through improved community events and updated parks and Facilities 2024 um we the taxes increase only TW uh $28.20 on the average home uh we achieved the lowest tax rate in in uh
Essex County at $18.5 uh we completed the Harrison complex turf fields uh and new Snack Shack as we continue to invest in our facilities and had a 11.14 increase in our fund balance going into 2025 which really put us in a nice position uh to
uh to really get to have a lower a very low tax rate for 2025 which we'll show in just a second and we kept our tax collection rate up very high again at 98.91% so going into 2025 uh our total budget for uh for this for this year is
$17,730 1473 uh our tax increase uh of this for this year is 97% again under 1% at a average cost of or average increase of $30.7 per household for the municipal Municipal proportion portion of the tax
bill um we continually are continually working to keep our taxes affordable here in rosand um the amount to raise uh that raised by taxation is uh below the 2% cap uh we've had a cancellation of bond ordinances uh which were used to reduce our Debt
Service uh we we worked very very closely with the department heads to ensure not quality programs and services with little to no budgetary increase right so that that's a very important point and just for comparison I mean we don't have a lot of we don't have a lot of um stats in yet from the other towns
but uh essis county is uh 1.99% Livingston is is a 2 2 and a half% increase West cwell is 3.68 and Oakland is introduced 4.3% so we are well below uh many neighboring uh towns in our in our tax increase so we should all be
very proud of this um all right tax bill so um tax bill Municipal portion is uh about everything about you know is pretty close to around a quarter but 23.9% um and an average tax bill based
on uh 2024 numbers for the school system uh is around $1,673 based on a average home value of $639,950 uh in uh in rosam uh Moren will take us through how our tax dollars are spent so just a
couple of highlights on how our tax dollars are spent on our statutory expenditures actually decreased by $167,000 um we were able to increase our Capital Improvement fund to bring it up to the levels that before by budgeting
uh $200,000 this year and we were able to increase our reserve for tax appeals bringing it up to the levels we have uh previously budgeted for keeping the budget still with only a 0.97 uh% increase all right and then our revenues
our revenues we are um allowed to anticipate what we collected last year we feel confident um with the numbers that we put forth as revenues um one of the large numbers uh was uniform construction code fees and what we
anticipated this year we have already collected so we know that we will be uh ahead of the game okay thank you so just a couple of highlights from from each each of our departments uh we continue to invest in public safety uh you know including hiring two new police officers promoting
two officers to the rank of Sergeant uh We've uh purchased automated license plate readers you actually saw even um yeah as as part of this introduction tonight one of one of our ordinances was actually purchasing these new ambulance for the volunteer first aid Squad a command vehicle for the volunteer fire
department and flashing pedestrian Crossing traffic signs these are all things that are planned for uh planned for actually happen last year summer plan for this year continue to invest in our community so we've done uh improvements to the bond Forest Park new basketball court uh
phase three of the Tedesco Park as we heard earlier there's new playground equipment that's going to be going in mid April um and then we are planning for um the the new the new playground equipment at Bond force in 2026 um and something that's very you know very near and dear to this Council and the mayor is our scram program which
is being reinvented once again uh here uh in rosand with a full day program uh investing in our community events a lot of emphasis here we have our Easter egg hunt and Bunny Hop Trail which is coming up uh Community picnic and marage trophy game uh increasing the
frequency see a variety of rosand senior Society events they're happening you know very very frequently you see more and more every year our summer concert series uh has been has been off to it will be off to a great start you know um three three concerts this year right uh National Night Out was something that
what happened that started last year unfortunately the weather didn't cooperate hopefully it's better this year uh rosand day continues to be a very a very popular event um Santa's arrival and Hometown holiday celebration uh continues to get many upgrades every year and then our manora lighting
ceremony as well so there's always something going on um you know on in rosand on the weekends and you know thanks to our mayor and thanks to the council and thanks to our rec director um who for for doing such a great job investing in our community infrastructure uh we have a new Senior
Community Center coming uh in Fall 2025 right across the street at uh 19 Harrison where the uh allpurpose room used to be uh so we're looking forward to that we have our road resurfacing project which happens every year um several streets that that are that are being um that are being paved and we
have um chalk tall way and 80 people of our were paid by a DOT Grant um and uh as far as Paving same um we have a whole bunch here one two three four seven roads being uh being paved this year and then we have the finally the Fullerton book foot uh Brook foot bridg is being
completed um by the spring of 2026 due to um extensive review by the D is that date right it was yes I thought it was I thought that was I did have a conversation with our engineer this afternoon in do they need environmental they need to go this was supposed to be
this year this yeah that's no call myself as soon as I saw that he said it'll take about eight months to get the permitting that's government that's unfortunate but but thank you all right so the bottom line if you
look at our the way you calculate our tax rate you take the total Appropriations you subtract out the library tax which gives you amount to be raised by tax taxation you take the amount that raised by taxation you divide it by total assessed valuation of property and roseand you multiply by 100 gives us a tax rate of p 0
498 and then we take that 0 498 and that's what gives you you multiply that by the average assessed value and that gives you the average Municipal tax uh with as we mentioned earlier um 0.97% increase $307 cents a household um and
then you can see that from from last year tad bit higher than last year lower than 2023 but all all right in that range of um you know under 1 to 1.47 that's all we have so thank you um thanks for everyone's participation and
thanks for passing over or we'll be introducing a very responsible budget thank you thank you Council Bary thank you Moren thank you to governing body um to have a tax rate under 1% considering all the facilities and
the services that we provided the average home is going up 8 cents a day it it's it's a testament to Moren this just doesn't happen overnight she's at this all year and it's a testament to this governing body that they continue to be responsible and basically set a
benchmark for other neighboring municipalities to to we're now the example of to provide these services and keep the taxes so low and it's it's attributed to everyone's hard work it's also attributed to all the volunteers we have in town like our fire department in our first a department to make it make
us able to have such a low tax rate because of because of their volunteerism so thank you to everyone on the council uh thank you to Moren uh thank you to council Mardy and the council for for putting for such a responsible budget that being said our first
resolution tonight is resolution 110 d225 Mr Watkins please read the resolution by title only mayor we have resolution number 110 d225 approving the introduction of the 2025 Municipal budget is there a motion
to introduce the 2025 Municipal budget so moved second b barant roll call vote Please Mr Watkins Mr Bary yes Mr bront yes Mrs parate yes Mr schroer yes Mr trillo
yes budget will be posted on the Burrow's website and the notice of public hearing will be published in the the progress public hearing on the budget will be held on April 15 2025 thank you Mr Watkins next on the agenda we have resolution 111 d225
approving the March 12th Bill list everyone received the bill list for questions concerns Endor recusals if there are none do we have a motion to approve the bill list so move second Rody schroer all in favor I
opposed hearing none next we have resolutions 1- 22 by agenda number by resolution number2 d225 through 133 d202 questions concerns Andor recusals
for any of these resolution number resolutions I'd like to move them in their entire mayor what is resolution 132 for screen printing for 2025 what is that what is that for they actually this year went out for they
didn't FID but they got quotes for the whole year so we know who our vendor is and it's for uniform uni okay she's G to do so and basketball that's all we need to know so we don't have delays when we go through the sports we're going to put it out all not not by season but in its
entirety so things will move normally don't see it together like that and I'm really glad she got it they happened to make great uniforms oh that's great thank you thank you she's a local to the right in Fairfield I figured you were any other questions or concerns and recusals from the
resolutions if they if we if there are none can we please have a motion still moved second Trello parate all in favor I opposed hearing none next we have three things on the consent Agenda One is a training two is to accept the
resignation of Janelle cesi and Renee Reynolds from our borrow employees anyone have questions concerns or comments if not we'll take a motion for the consent agenda so move second part parate all in
favor I opposed hearing none like to wish uh Janelle and Renee good luck in their new positions we're sorry to see them go but we never ever uh would not want someone to better themselves and for them and their family so good luck to both of them um mayor's report
councilman CH so you're G to go over opening night uh I can okay that's going to be um uh we have our April 1st Caucus meeting is going to be held here in this
room uh because we're going to do a it's autism awareness month and the police department is going to do a special presentation and we'd like to do it here in Chambers um assume that's enough time to notice jock okay um and uh yesterday
we um set a date for the mayor's ball for 2025 it's going to be October 24th uh the mayor's ball is a function that mayor peso's here he's the one who spoke to me about it many years ago to bring it back uh this year the the
beneficiaries are going to be the rosand boosters who approved it last night at their meeting and the rosand police foundation um we look forward to their um their helping with this we also look forward to it being uh a very successful night that's going to be October 24th at
the Handover Mana um besides that I'll leave opening night to you councilman Trello I have nothing um committee reports Finance Administration councilman party so nothing else St night mayor thank you thank you Recreation Council uh so
opening night is uh what mayor spango referred to April 11th right Friday April 11th um new uniforms new little league so a lot of energy around it uh we're going to do it a little different than we have in the past it'll be instead of being a I think it used to be Sunday usually right or was it a
Saturday we used to do it done was a Saturday to Saturday afternoon it'll be a Friday night we'll have uh games going on uh immediately following roseen vers Rose end games for the old kids um and listen it's baseball season it's easy to get excited for baseball season this time of year Spring weather and
everything else so we hope as many people as possible I'll come out details will follow as we get closer I think to add Mr uh mayor nope all right I have nothing else for recreation besides uh play ball um oh Easter Easter event uh what's
the date on the Easter event April isn't it the 13th hold on 13th I think Sunday the 13 right it's before yeah um which is going to be on the turf this year um they're doing they're trying to reinvent it and make it a little bit more modern and add some
things to it so April 13th will be uh the Easter egg hunt and pictures with the bunny correct uh councilman shoer uh thank you Mr Mayor update for the uh mun Municipal youth guidance high
school students um and uh uh they have a few events um coming up excuse me um they'll be helping out with the uh with the egg hunt on the on the 17th which is great um to see them uh uh
always participating and they'll be volunteering at a Community Food Bank in Hillside May 17th so they continue to do some great work that uh completes my report on that section Mr May thank you thank you they do do great and that's a good example for them going through life
to give back to the community at a young age uh Public Works engineering Councilman Baron um I'm I'm excited that we uh pass the ordinance for the safe walking and bicycle advisory committee um we so far have received eight um applications from residents who are
interested in joining uh we're still waiting some more um so it's still open if anybody's interested in in joining the committee um I think we're looking to start and have our first meeting sometime uh probably at the end of April so we will be accepting applications through uh April 1st um
tentatively um the buau has uh received our jamr speed monitoring device um we will be working with the north C Police Department for training um so we will coordinate that um and then the Lincoln Street speed study is
scheduled to occur the first week of April um with the start date excuse me start date of uh March 31st and then running for the first week of April and then that street shall be paved shortly thereafter that's all I have thank you
uh Public Safety thank you mayor on tonight's agenda we accepted a donation from the rosand police foundation um I would like to thank uh the committee and Tom o bur for their generous donation the money went to purchase live active
shooter training kits and this allows our officers to switch out some of their to switch out the barrel of their gun to to use a soap pod and it allows them to do active training in real time and no one gets hurt so we want to thank them
for that they still hurt but not as they hurt trust me and it's not it's it's a soap pod not a paintball po so it's a little less but it's still but they won't get hurt so um I would also like to congratulate the following officers for an internal commodation from
Lieutenant Bard and they are Sergeant Williams officer Lup officer Gonzalez and officer Bell they went above and beyond Duty the Call of Duty while responding to a call at Dr kerner's residence I
would like to read the letter that was sent to us by Mrs kerer dear director chofy last week on the morning of February 18th 2025 my dearest husband Robert Kerner died in his sleep I phoned the rosand
police and immediately Sergeant Williams officer Lupo officer Gonzalez and officer Bell responded to my tearful call they were extremely professional competent and caring and carried out their duties in an efficient yet
compassionate manner I will always be grateful for the kindness and empathy they showed me in my time of overwhelming grief a credit to the rosand police department they should be highly commended for their professionalism courtesy and compassion
I was greatly appreciated and should be it was greatly appreciated and should be acknowledged in close please find my donation of $250 in the memory of my wonderful husband Dr Robert Kerner and that was signed by miss Lynn Kerner um
the mayor and Council would like to offer our deepest sympathies to Mrs kerer um I just think it's a testament to our police department and our police officers that we hire here I want to thank them and congratulate them thank
you uh councilman toie is not here tonight our thoughts and prayers with her I think her husband's coming home from the hospital tonight so our thoughts are with her I do know that she gave something to councilman schroer uh to uh
read Council yes thank you Mr Mayor uh announcement on behalf of uh councilwoman um toie the beautification committee is having their first meeting tomorrow night to plan spring decorations um furthermore there's an opening for One new member on the
beautification committee for those if interested please complete the citizens interest form on the Burl website I believe and send it in thank you Mr Mayor thank you anything else from committee reports from anyone there are none next we have our
approval of minutes of our March 4th and 5th caucus and executive session meeting minutes with councilman Bard recusing himself have everyone received the minutes for questions concerns or recusals we take a motion to approve them please so moved second
uh Baron schroer all in favor I opposed hearing none we have the approval of our budget meeting minutes from our March 8th meeting there's no questions concerns or recusals and everyone received it we'll take a motion to approve so moved second parate B all in favor I I oppos hearing
none next on the agenda we have 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 if you're with us telephonically press star n William fesco 20 maker report uh maybe I'm missing something or whatever but I
just want to ask you about uh when you introduction of ordinances I can't find them online is it online beforehand or no no not until after they're introduced all right that that to me you should have it
beforehand because a lot of times you know you start at 7:00 and boom I can't even read the ordinances so I think you should put them online I know the county does and whatever so we can see what it is so we if we're against it we could
tell you we're against it before you introduce it and tell you why it maybe might change your mind it's just a comment and whatever that's how I feel you know because I'd like to know what's what they are before because I'll be honest with you I didn't know what the ordinance number six to about the the r
Rules of Order and all that you know I mean I read it thank God I had more time and I understand it better you know because it was something I didn't like I would be up here telling you why I didn't like it and hopefully you wouldn't introduce it because my
comments might have made a difference you know because I always believe in free speech you know and I do some things I like about it and some things I don't but I'm just telling you so if you can do it on online beforehand that we
could read it it make it easier for the public if anything they want to say not on only this or whatever so we can understand it it's very fair point and I just checked with Joan to see if it's permissible and administration committee will'll review it and come back to the council you make it makes perfect sense
yeah I mean I know the county does it you know whatever all right okay thank you got it any other member of the public wish 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 if you're this telephonically press star N I got the thumbs down from either
Ryan or someone else um there's no other action to be taken by the governing body we'll take a motion for adjournment so so moves second parate all in favor opposed hearing none thank you no you couldn't see NE I'm used to a
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