going on my grandma must stay good evening and welcome to the April 15th 2025 meeting of the Rose Land Governing Body adequate notice meeting has been provided in accordance with the open public meeting act that the date time and location of the meeting were included in the annual meeting schedule post on the public bulletin board in the municipal building and filed in the office of 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 on the news and announcement section during the meeting an announcement made prior to the two public comment periods anyone wishing to make a public comment via computer will be instructed to use the raise your hand icon anyone wishing to make a public comment via telephone will be instructed to dial star9 at the
appropriate time anyone wishing to make a public comment via Zoom will be instructed to use the raise your hand icon for those in attendance in person or remotely please provide your name and address when selected if you are eligible for Daniel's law please just announce your name mr watkins please call the role mayor Spango present mr bardy here mr bryant here mr potty here
mr schroeder here mrs tolley here mr trillo here please rise for a flag salute algiance to the flag to the republic for God indivisible
thank you we're going to move the agenda around a little bit uh we're going to do presentations right after our first round of public comment so first on the agenda is public comment any member of the public wish should 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 via via phone press star 9 thank you Ryan all right we have a lot of presentations tonight and uh swearing in of three new police officers and promotion of two sergeants we're going to go in age order we are going to start
with the Roseland Black team i'm going to ask Patty because she had the names and I'm going to ask uh Councilman Bardy to come with me because you have a special guest okay so the Rosland Black was the first and second grade basketball champions i
am going to have Councilman Bardy hand them their trophies after we announce their names shay D rosha oh Shay shay come up stand over here sh zach
Glazer who's not here leo Massler oh Leo he's so cute matthew Tubman Noah Tubman Vav Konathala i hope I did good with that
one and this one's special for Chris julia Detroit oh Julia uh they I think they've lost one game through the entire winter season they did a great job they listened very well this is our first year doing this so it was very exciting and they brought
enthusiasm every day first year and we won all of you guys just stay there council Marty go behind Julia and then we'll do a picture yeah well they're going to catch it with the parents and everything go out this way
good job guys the Liberty the road your brother see you later bye guys congrats guys bye congrats twins god bless your parents i had I had Take care congrats
you're doing the same thing for the spark oh no you're doing the same thing for the I don't know okay liberty a How do you find that that was sweet
who is That was so nice that's what I course it's the last one they didn't want to leave the one little girl alone so two other girls acts nice to say the green team
just keep winning championships what do you expect where's Oh there he is like I see their daughter all right first we'll do the Liberty we'll call each player up they'll get their trophy and then we'll have the head coach and assistant coach come up for
comments uh for the Liberty was the third and fourth grade championship basketball team sophia Bergos Alexa alexa stay up here juliana Lupinac Annie
Mandel Savannah Newman Estelle Sebastian and Isa Tahada isa excuse me uh can I have head coach Rich Lupini who took a break from the snack shack to be here and the
perennial championship coach Matthew Mandel he's got a lot of Well that's true uh these girls honestly this season were amazing um needed me and Matt both we
needed uh stronger medication for our blood pressure during a couple of the games but we came out on top you girls were awesome and I couldn't be prouder thank you girls take a picture yeah how many do you have do you have like We have like 400 of these
all right he was thinking Next up we have the Celtics we'll call the uh Can we table for next the players up one by one and then the head coach and assistant coach head coach was Roger
Freda assistant coach was Michael Fabricator we have Dylan Fabricator Bam Aorei caseda no uh Grayson Finley william Freda better known as the
dude paris Mando Pari Luca Tabi and Leo Visionski hope I got it right if I didn't beat me up uh head coach Roger Freda and
assistant coach Michael Fabrek and you have a selfie stick yes hold on oh Chase hey Chase chase yeah yeah all right um when we started this season and uh we
kind of let the boys kind of have a little fun and uh play a little bit he could see the uh level of uh competitiveness they had so uh I I knew we had a good group so I know I'm the
loud coach i scream a lot but you know what um I think it helped these guys it pushed them we kept getting better as the season went on playoffs came around and they looked like a completely different team and uh they played hard and uh it it was nice to see where we ended up there was there was a lot of
good competition this year uh especially in Rosland you know we like to keep the championships here um but yeah congratulations to these guys they all played played so well everybody uh improved as the season went on there was even a couple of the guys on the team that now enjoyed basketball
so much that they are now moved on and they are now playing for other leagues outside of town cuz they enjoyed it so much and uh I think I got to congratulate William on uh an amazing season where we lost count at about 140 points this season that's that's where
he lost so amazing season um you guys should be really proud you guys came a long way so you know congrats guys i hope the real self don't do the same i missed the hit i still missed the hit all right
yeah hand them to me i'll read something no took us 10 years 10 years 10 years younger two different like the fifth grade will be
the fifth graders older girls younger girls right so these girls are in the first year they're all going to get unearned place then the relief came in six well that
was lonely yes it is it's like being in goal it's lonely and then she just gave up didn't get them in do you have another first place you got to get the girls inside right another first place oh they are oh
[Laughter] perform performing perform it to me i know what did I show him in that Snapchat snapchat next we have the fifth and sixth grade
champions uh Rosland Sparks uh the new tradition is to get sweatshirts instead of trophies i blame my daughters they started it a couple years ago but it's every kid has too many sweatshirts now my kid's closet fell apart no joke uh we're going to call the girls up by this
and hand them their sweatshirts and bring up head coach Rich Lupin again and Mandel again for another championship uh and coach Schroeder he won a couple championships I think in the spring the fall right too you guys keep count like is it Yeah
uh first up we have Gabrielle Lubinacci uh Quinn Milando no give it to her mom uh Delilah Rasco rasco joyce Zang
maggie Mandelia Schroeder do you know her Brian audrey Young no uh Jocelyn Kenny is the other one who else we got no ryan
Malone and Gia Blasco know what you girls are wearing to school tomorrow um I'm going to call up head coach Rich Lupini with assistant coaches Matt Mandel and Brian Schroeder and I I would like to call out that there it's a common denominator here
tonight me and coach just I'm just kidding uh to be honest be honest with you this team uh is probably one of the best experiences coaching I've ever had uh in my career bunch of amazing girls um they were even
making up their own plays at school the night before a game executing it perfectly and it worked out most of the time so I just want to say coaching you girls has been amazing love you all proud of you all congratulations somewhat for that that's it for the team
certainly oh my god that was it i would assume so don't we have to do the Don't we have to do the resolutions first before we swear them in should we do that real quick or
do you want to do it after it's on It's the swearing in see the four resolutions on top what's he What's he doing wise otherwise yeah okay do you know what I mean for for procedural purposes like to move resolutions
143-2025 through 147-202 20225 appointments to the police department and two uh promotions to sergeants do we have a motion motion second chill all in favor opposed hearing none right we're going to bring them in one by one to the family sure
police here oh really is uh Genie is Gir is in Carnival any sons of police because we've had those names before marty's been here for what 12 plus years right
more than 12 and Carnival has been here that's a promotion never mind yeah they're promotion i'm looking at I thought maybe it was their son or something that's different isn't Aren't they here cornal is here like 12 years they've been here longer i think Marty's like 17
i knew they were all 12 plus years they play at the rec complex that we play soccer games oh my little complex there they got two baseball fields on there are you cold so tell the mayor thank you thank you Chris well you know what it
was there were so many people in here right that I am i'm getting over bronchitis baseball i don't need I don't need to get sick again they have a baseball field to go to hospital again it's crazy i had me two weeks ago i
had Yeah it's that's right no he was there for 12 hours we got another doctor appointment tomorrow another one it's Yeah still has a thing in his arm it's It's rough
i'm never retiring because that's what babies fall apart oh yeah for sure well soccer fields wider than a football game yeah so and it's a I remember having like the little kids buy i'm like this is the biggest field what the
hell's going on here building safety month that's terrible terrible they both never went out yeah i was like what's going on kids are gassed oh I got a good painter i got a good painter oh no i have
nice spackle and everything's a great husband cuz I want to paint the upstairs hallway they did it in the rugs next to my door for the girls so my husband go the whole upstairs just painted these rooms during co i go "Well I don't like
our bedroom." Yeah Frank frank painted my horse during co I said you're not doing nothing yeah Frank yeah but he don't he got your teeth back anyway you're going to do that don't worry about the couple years
dangerous dangerous we have Mike Trump judgement right that's the bench i keep going back in a cold real they didn't get the announcers booth set up though so that's good we'll see how
that goes they got kids working it pulling out the names and stuff like that yeah I got Oh Thursday's up here i won't be there either i'll be given
hours IV no at certain times the morning and at night have 200 years ago three years ago for my new car i almost 22 [Music]
block [Music] um I have one of those what's up what's up i have one of those for you going how you doing how you doing i see how you doing oh my god good man
oh jeez we're going to start with uh soon to be Sergeant Carnival sergeant Carnival could come forward police Director Chaffy um who's holding the Bible come on girls i'm the father of two girls i feel
And who's going to put in the bedroom my wife okay here's I state your name do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the
Constitution of the State of New Jersey and that I will bear true faith and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same to the same and to the governments established to the government established in the United States and in this state under the authority of the people
and I state your name do further solemnly swear that I will faithfully impartially and justly perform all the duties all the duties of sergeant of the Rosland Police Department Police Department according to the best of my ability according to the best of my
ability and that I will not use my office my office to grant preferential treatment to grant preferential treatment nor to seek personal gain to seek personal gain favor or advantage favor or advantage not available to the general public not to public so help me God congratulations
Yeah three and a half times a sour we again good questions congratulations to the Carnival family next up we have student feast sergeant Martin Gutierrez who's Who's holding the Bible my girl and who's going to put the badge
on raise your hand repeat after me i state your name i Martin do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution that I will support the Constitution of the United States of the United States and the Constitution and the Constitution of the State of New
Jersey of the State of New Jersey that I will bear true faith that I will bear true faith and allegiance and allegiance to the same to the same and to the government established and to the government established in the United States in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people and I state your
name and I Martin do further solemnly swear do further solemnly declare that I will faithfully that I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly perform and justly perform all the duties all the duties of sergeant of sergeant of the Rosland Police Department of the Roseand Police Department according to the best of my ability according to the best of my
ability and that I will not use my office and that I will not use my office to grant preferential treatment to grant preferential treatment nor to seek personal gain nor to seek personal gain favor or advantage favor or advantage not available to the general public not available to the general public so help me God so help me God congratulations
ations so many people before we bring in the newly sworn in officers I just like to congratulate both Marty and Glenn and um you have a great responsibility like the other ones that are up here before you i think most of these I think all of the
supervisors that are up there have all been promoted since in the last seven years and uh you are going to set the example for the rest of the department it's a very tough transition to go from being an officer to a supervisor especially in a small department where you were on a tour with someone now you
got to be the boss but we have the full confidence in you that you will mold the future of the police department and keep the town going in the positive direction that it's going and that's why you were chosen by your peers in this council uh congratulations and best of luck to you
so um you want to bring all three in some color and change his last name book Anthony me too anybody else you want you're good that's everybody okay i state your name
do solemnly swearly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey and that I will bear true faith I will bear true faith and allegiance allegiance to the same to the same and to the governments established the
government established in the United States in the United States and in this state in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people and I state your name and I shall also do further solemnly swear do further solemnly swear that I will faithfully that I will faithfully impartially impartially justly perform
all the duties all the duties of police officer police officer in the Rosland Police Department according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability and that I will not use my office that I will not use my office to grant preferential treatment to grant preferential treatment nor to seek personal gain nor seek personal gain favor or advantage favor or advantage
not available to the general public not available to the general public so help me God so help me God congratulations You're over there need a new suit after that congratulations who's holding the Bible and who
I say "State your name." Hey repeat after me i state your name do solemnly swear that I'll support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey that I will bear true faith faith and
allegiance to the same and to the government established the government in the United States and in this state under the authority of the people and I state your name do further solemnly swear that I will faithfully impartially
and justly perform all the duties of police officer in in the burrow of Rosland according to the best of my ability and I will not use my office to grant preferential treatment nor to seek personal gain favor or advantage not
available to the general public so help me God congratulations take a picture then take a picture don't repeat after me i state your name i do do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution I will
support the Constitution of the United States United States and the Constitution the Constitution of the State of New Jersey the state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith I'll bear true faith and allegiance and allegiance to the same the same and to the government established to the government established in the United States the United States and in this
state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people and I state your name I amum do further solemnly swear further solemnly swear that I will faithfully and faully impartially partially and justly perform and justly perform all the duties all the duties of police officer of police officer in the
burrow of Rosland burrow of Rosland according to the best of my ability to the best of my ability and that I will not use my office I will not use my office to grant preferential treatment grant preferential treatment nor to seek personal gain nor to seek personal gain favor or advantage favor or advantage not available to the general public not
available to the general public so help me God so help me God congratulations She can't get He's coming um to the new officers and most importantly to them and their families congratulations good luck um I think I say this every time but the family
that's sitting with you up there is as important as the family that's out there waiting with you and congratulating you because when you have those tough days you need the family in blue with you and your family for support your mental health outside of the police department is very important and that support cast that was here to see you be sworn in
today is more important than you realize so rely on them heavily thank the families for sharing them with me please continue to keep the burrow safe as these other officers have and remember always go home safe to your families congratulations thank you bye thanks guys
bye guys [Music] someone's got to be here bye guys you see me all right good night hey how are you good with the EMS again
good night good night good night congratulations off i know we sugar now you're not are you no but everybody's teach okay I need to go to sleep okay
we're going to read this now she's making that ball build that ball congratulations getting over a cold should have seen me last week
i was out two days that I think would make sense oh Sherry and uh I forgot his name mark when a month ago and a just going to give it a second to settle
down the basement fall short i'm sorry Josh i remember no she's my middle my oldest Dayton like two seconds oh where's the young guy uh he to go to
Congratulations no see you got a little time i know it was they'll be home from college in the next few weeks well I feel like by midnight I think one's number nine the one's 10 the one 80 yes
drive out to Ohio first in the end with my daughter being outside early did you know that yeah everybody's got his daughter i don't know he was like "Yeah she'll be home in a couple weeks." I was like "Look
break off for Easter and Passover." Oh they just he's replacing the battery there my son break he goes back and he's got like no time because by the time he doesn't go back until school until day
so yeah ready period um all right we're going to continue with our agenda we have three presentations um one of the presentations which I'm not going to bring up first is mental health awareness uh but I'm going to bring up
uh a a woman and group who were going to come before us in December but there was a conflict and that's Sheree Castellano and volunteer uh sh if you can come forward please with your um so I'm going to have Sheree talk a
little bit about what volunteer is all about and her team that she has with her but as we're going to talk about mental health soon um Sheree has been a huge resource for the law enforcement community up until about 6 months when did you retire 3 months ago um she was
heavily involved with COP to cop which is a a a support system that's in place for law enforcement officers to reach out anonymously because being one of them cops don't think they need to ask for help because they got to be big and
tough but they face mental issues just like everyone else does um she's been there for myself my department when we've lost people i lost two people within two years of each other my closest friend one of my closest friends growing up my closest friend at work both to suicide she's there to support
law enforcement always but I can't imagine the number of tragic suicides that she and her team have probably prevented without even knowing just by being there to listen so now she's taking this and expanding beyond law enforcement to everyone so she had a
wonderful gala i think it was in was it November i couldn't be there that night um I'm honored to go there and to be there to support her just to give back a little bit of support that she's given to everyone in her life and um I'm very proud to stand with Sheree tonight and I want to give her the opportunity to
explain a little bit about what volunteer is about sheree thank you so much mayor i'm just going to take a moment first of all to say thank you mayor for your leadership in law enforcement in this town in this burrow um I think that you know it's an
honor to serve people who serve others and that's what you embody to me and the council members people who serve others really deserve to get extra support so throughout my career as a clinician I developed programs that sort of rescued rescuers and helped their mental health
um and built their resilience and three years ago we had a houseire and we lost our home here in Rosland and um the outpouring of love was overwhelming both from the mayor and everyone in town and the fire department and the police so we
decided after we received donations from over 800 people almost $118,000 people donated to us that we wanted to give back to our community so we started volunteer this nonprofit group to offer free mental health services where people can get give and
grow peer support to deal with mental health challenges and stress and we've done things like work with the mayor and Roseland day we've been in the senior groups we're in the schools i'm so blessed to have three of our board members and supporters Jen and Marsha and Patty here so applause for them
because every nonprofit is every nonprofit is based on their volunteers but you know we're we have a small office and it's a little mission with a big heart and we're just so honored and blessed to be recognized today and to be able to serve our community here that we
love as a thank you and really reciprocity for the kindness we receive so thank you so much for allowing us to be here and a big shout out to my husband who makes everything happen in my life too yay thank you so much thank you thank you
it's budget season genie needs two i think good thank you every little bit helps thank you thank you yes i really don't need two
thank you thank you thank you Sher bye that's not what they're for Genie they're not for throw that's the way I relieve my stress that's how I relieve my stress i'm Italian i throw you
his mind see what mine says see what mine says put it up put gloves in a hat so the officer start so our next um proclamation is actually the natural progression um Councilman
Schroeder reached out to me uh a couple weeks ago uh reminding us that May is mental health awareness month um our our next uh group that's going to be that's going to speak um is Lauren Tabai Tybe Tybee lauren could come forward
um we have a proclamation that May 2025 will be recognized as mental health awareness month in the burrow of Rosland um Pearl Hall will be lit up green I believe for for um for mental health awareness month and I'm going to like I
said a few moments ago it's something very near and dee important to me in my life in my profession and I'm going to turn it over to Lauren to speak a little bit about it lauren hi thanks for having me uh first and foremost I'm a mom to that awesome basketball champion winner back there um
I'm a Roseland resident since uh 2006 uh board certified licensed professional counselor and just wanted to bring this to our attention it would be a wonderful thing for Roseanne to light up green and um it's with the Mental Health
Association of New Jersey and America what else can I see about them there's Delta Dental has been lit up the New Jersey State House Union Township Building uh raise awareness i personally believe
that mental health our all of our health is about connection and community and if a building is lit up to honor that it can make all of us feel connected and heard so that's why I'm here thank you thank you
we have a proclamation for Lauren and we'll also be putting this in our newsletter to try to encourage uh homeowners to to uh light their house up green even if it's just with a a light bulb just for recognition and awareness is very very important so people understand that your mental health is as
important as your physical health congratulations thank you so much thank you thank you i thought I saw a baby ryan are you ready okay um the last few years um we haven't done one but I thought it was fitting to do a state of
the burrow address um it will be brief um Ryan the man behind the curtain like the Wizard of Oz is going to go through the uh slides that are uh behind the governing body um uh thank you for being here um good evening Burough Council
professionals and fellow residents an underlying theme that seems to be permeating throughout our country and culture right now is three-word question but something that really has deeper meaning when you really think of it who are we we see so much around us that seems conflicting unclear and puzzling who are our friends our enemies what we
stand for what do we believe right now the financial markets are acting the same way they'd like to see stability and consistency and when they have that whether it's good news or bad business investors alike can make plans and chart a direction they want to go with some relative certainty here in Rosland if there's one trait that we've been true
to and steadfast on that is consistency throughout our entire time up here we focus on the same goals and principles myself and the governing body which might make our presentations of speeches a little bit boring but I know the results are music to everyone's ears we're keeping taxes stable making
improvements to our parks and recreation facilities making necessary investments to keep our infrastructure sound and making sure we take care of our seniors and providing them with avenues to remain social and well our biggest accomplish last year were the absolute various absolutely the various infrastructure projects throughout the
burrow after months of work Harrison Complex reopened last May and Harrison Fields new snack shack with landscaping walking path and lighting improvements it has been a joy to watch generations of Roslanders use the new facilities and watch kids get off of their
devices we've received grants and donations that have helped our police department and recreation department that keeps us safe special thanks to the Rosland Police Foundation and the boosters we've also made special improvements that don't get headlines or accolades that are needed such as replacing water lines setting up
dispatch services and getting our fire sirens working with the help of former police director and OEM coordinator and former captain John Matias thank you John on the budget side we have continually focused on ensuring that Rosen remains the most affordable place
to live in Essis County and in this entire area last year we had the lowest tax rate in all of Ess's County and there's a good chance we'll achieve that title again for 2025 none of us want to see tax increases but I think we all understand that many aspects are out of the burrow's control and we simply must
pay the bills that come due we also do not want to neglect any department's critical investments or any opportunities to make a change that may cost us money in the short term but lead to savings down the road all to say our finance committee and governing body do an amazing job in taking out the magnifying glass and
scoping the areas we can cut freeze or delay to save money while also listing department heads and experts to see what areas we shouldn't be neglecting when you put that all into perspective hearing that Rosland's proposed budget which should be passed tonight only raises taxes by under 1%
when other communities nearby are raising taxes 2 and a half three four five and even 6% in the budget cycle it is astounding i applaud the council for working through that budget and it should also be noted every single item that a department had asked for was
included in this budget nothing was cut for their planning and for their their individual capital improvements all while keeping it under 1% so for the average home in Rosland for the additional cost of just an entree of food if you went to a restaurant we can
continue to provide you all the services events and benefits you have come to expect right here in Rosland so what are our goals for 2025 our aim is to fulfill some promises and goals that have been made for a while most exciting is to take what longtime residents know as the all-purpose room and trans transform it into the Rosand
community room our public works department has already gotten to demoing it at no extra cost to us and the plan is to make that our this space place for our Rosland seniors to to enjoy every day and that our entire community can use for their families and their families enjoyment we got a
$500,000 grant from the state of New Jersey to do this at no cost to the taxpayer the Rosland's public meeting room has been used extensively for our Rosland Senior Society events but with our growing number of seniors the library parking lot has been filling up quickly denying the library patrons a nearby
nearby place to park by mo moving the senior society gatherings and other senior activities to this new space these problems will be alleviated and I'm going to go off script for a second and talk about mental health again because it's really ironic it's the third time giving our seniors a place to go everywhere every day and to
communicate and to socialize is very important for their mental health tedesco Park renovation is in its final stage as the playground equipment is being installed this month and the renovation of bond force is scheduled for 2026 recreation director Mike Kitty is
retiring in a month and a half and at one of our last meetings Mike brought a list and I shared it with some of the council members all the things that we set out to do in 2019 will all be accomplished when bond force is renovated uh and it's a testament once
again to the council and the responsible budgeting to keep the budget so low while doing this our senior society was already mentioned in passing but I want to talk more about our senior population we'll have a growing number of seniors residing in Rosland and so an active and lively senior society is going to be
important to ensure they remain social happy and ensure their interests are heard in a recent article Roseland was named a top charming New Jersey communities for retirees to move to and named our recreation offerings low tax rate senior society and closeness to
various services as a reason to move here data shows as of right now nearly a quarter of our residents are over 65 and with these new seniors in town they need a place to go where they can communicate and collaborate with their friends
this year we've put a various uh we put a focus on various topics including increasing our speakers our trips our activities and getting help our sponsors to help pay for some of the events and reviewing feedback from our seniors at all of our events to make sure we have what they want at our next
event lastly it has been great to see the progress on the front since becoming mayor but the increase of Rosland Pride is something that I'm very proud of we have people who have given their lives to this burrow and deserve to be recognized and celebrated we have longtime residents who are now seniors who should be enjoying educational and social opportunities we have new
businesses who are moving into Rosland or starting in Rosland because of our ideal location our wonderfully situated business areas and our communitycentric atmosphere different nonprofit groups have stepped up to make Rosland a better place in addition to helping those who need it the most we've seen different organizations get involved to support
our food pantry our police foundation our police department and our booster club the booster club has taken the proceeds from the snack shack and gotten tables heaters and made improvements to the Harrison complex without needing to raise money from the taxpayer these group and many others do so not for the
credit but because they love Rosland and they want to see it become a better place for themselves their neighbors their children and the future generations of Rosland we may all come from different areas backgrounds religions and ethnicities but Rosland is our shared home and it's something we can rally around and behind that have pride in our community pride in a
community that has been growing and becoming more prevalent over the years really taking off after the pandemic era and continuing through this day making improvements keeping taxes low being creative to solve problems and implementing solutions that's what Rosland is caring for our children's our
seniors and our families making our community the gem of Essis County and being proud of calling this burrow home this is Rosland this is who we are and this is what we stand for what we aim for and what we are doing the mission and goals haven't changed if there's anything we've doubled down on these goals and principles over the last several years and work to pour gasoline
on this fire to keep the progress going if you share these goals want to de be a team player and are willing to get your hands dirty to see these goals get accomplished reach out to the Rosand Governing body and let's work together to make it even better place thank you for giving me the privilege of being your mayor for your support your
volunteerism and thanking our employees for all you do to keep our bur on the right track thank you to the governing body for the shared vision and effort and joining me in the mission to keep Roseand affordable and make Roseand a great place to raise a family and more importantly to stay when your family grows may God continue to bless the
burrow of Rosland and all of its residents thank you very much okay first on the agenda ordinance- 2025 mr watkins please read the ordinance an ordinance amending
chapter excuse me amending chapter three of the revised general ordinances of the Burough Roseand entitled police regulations to add new section 17 use of motorized bicycles is there a motion to introduce ordinance 12-2025 so move
second parate Barty all in favor opposed hearing and seeing none ordinance number 12-2025 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 May 20th 2025
thank you next on the agenda is ordinance 13-2025 mr watkins please read the ordinance by title only an ordinance amending chapter 7 entitled traffic section 7-20 entitled stop intersections is there a motion to introduce ordinance 13-2025
so moved second baron Trillo all in favor opposed hearing and seeing none ordinance number 13-2025 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 May 20th 2025 thank you Mr watkins next is introduction of ordinance 14-2025 mr watkins please read the ordinance by title only an ordinance amending chapter 14 of the revised general ordinances of the Burough Roseand entitled Parks and Recreation is there a motion to introduce ordinance
14-2025 some moved second trillardy all in favor i opposed hearing and seeing none ordinance number 14-2025 will be posted on the bureau's website notice of public hearing will be
published in the progress the public hearing will be held on Tuesday May 20th 2025 thank you Mr watkins next is a public hearing on ordinance 6-2025 mr watkins please read the ordinance by title only an ordinance amending chapter two of the revised general ordinances of the bureau of
Rosland entitled administration to add section seven entitled rules of order and procedure at meetings of the burough council is there a motion to open the public hearing on ordinance 6-2025 so moved second
byee all in favor i opposed hearing and seeing none does anyone wish to be heard on ordinance 6-2025 William Tedesco 20 meter court i always have to say something on the public speaking thing i I read the whole thing
i'm not against it or anything but I just want to make sure of a couple of things you know I understand you know I always believe this is a public session and the most important thing like you get up here is tell the public what's going on and how to do it and it's very
important for you to hear from the public on what's going on i mean I believe in this anybody who gets up here and disrupts a meeting or anything like this have you have it in here they should be reprimanded or thrown out all the years I've been here I've never seen
anybody do this or anything like this i think this people are pretty respectful in this town so far i don't know what's going to happen when you get all these buildings going on but whatever but you know I like I said I've been here for a long time making a lot of comments and
whatever never destructive and whatever and like I said I've seen it and I think the most important part is the public and so far I have to say Mr there you have run it very good and I hope you keep that going you know I mean
sometimes it takes a little bit more than five minutes sometimes less you know and that's important to me you know so the the quorum that you've been using I hope it stays there because I think he's done a good job on it that's my
important thing about this so I understand the other rules and I think they're good And you know I don't know if you ever had an ordinance before I would have ever but I just hope that what you were doing before stays there
that's important to me thank you thank you thank you anyone else like to be heard on ordinance 6-2025 thank you Ryan if not may I have a motion to close the public hearing so moved second
trillo all in favor i opposed hearing and seeing none mr watkins please read the ordinance by title only an ordinance amending chapter two of the revised general ordinances of the Burough Rosland entitled administration to add section 7 entitled rules of order
and procedure at meetings of the burough council we have a motion to adopt ordinance 6-2025 so moved second by Trillo roll call vote please mr watkins mr barty yes mr bont yes mrs broady yes
mr schroeder yes mrs tolley yes mr trillo yes ordinance number 6-2025 will be advertised in the progress as a past ordinance shall take effect as provided by law thank you next on the agenda is ordinance 7-2025 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 add tier one nonprofit athletic groups and associated fees is there a motion to open the
public hearing on ordinance 7-2025 so move second toi parate all in favor I opposed hearing and seeing none does anyone should be heard on ordinance 7-2025 thank you Ryan if not may I have a motion to close the
public hearing so moved second trill Schroeder all in favor i I opposed hearing and seeing none mr watkins please read the ordinance by title only an ordinance amending section 14-4 of the revised general ordinances of the Bureau of Rose entitled use of
outdoor facilities to add tier one nonprofit athletic groups and associated fees is there a motion to adopt ordinance 7-2025 so moved second Baratti Bar roll call vote please mr watkins mr bardy yes mr bont yes mrs
paratt yes mr schroeder yes mrs tolley yes mr trillo yes ordinance 7-2025 will be advertised in the progress as a past ordinance shall take effect as provided by law thank you Mr watkins next on ordinance
8-2025 mr 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 NJSA4A 4-45.14
is there a motion to open the public hearing on ordinance 8-2025 so moved second trillardy all in favor i opposed hearing none does anyone wish to be heard on ordinance 8205 hearing and seeing none we have a motion to close the public hearing so
moved second baratty Sharter all in favor i opposed hearing and seeing none Mr watkins please read the ordinance by title only calendar year 2025 ordinance to exceed the municipal budget appropriation limit
and to establish a cap bank in accordance with NJSA4A 4-45.14 is there a motion to adopt ordinance 8-2025 so moved second parotti roll call vote please Mr watkins
Mr bardy yes Mr bar yes Mrs parate yes Mr schroeder yes Mrs mr tullley yes mr trillo yes ordinance 8-2025 will be advertised in the progress as a past ordinance and shall take effect as provided by law thank you
Mr watkins next on the agenda is a public hearing on ordinance 9-2025 mr watkins please read the ordinance by title only an ordinance amending and supplementing chapter 2 of the revised general ordinances of the Burough of Rose Lane entitled administration to amend section 2-51
entitled senior transportation committee is there a motion to open the public hearing on ordinance 9-2025 so moved second parate Barty all in favor i opposed hearing and seeing none does anyone wish to be heard on ordinance 9-2025 excuse me seeing none may I have
a motion to close the public hearing so move second parate all in favor i opposed hearing seeing none Mr watkins please read the ordinance by title only an ordinance amending and supplementing chapter 2 of the revised general
ordinances of the Burough of Rosland entitled administration to amend section 2-51 entitled senior transportation committee is there a motion to adopt ordinance 9-2025 so moved second Barant roll call vote please mr watkins
mr bardy yes mr bar yes mrs paratt yes mr schroeder yes mrs tolley yes Mr trillo yes ordinance 9-2025 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 10-2025 mr watkins please read the ordinance by title only bond ordinance providing for the replacement of the water man on Cooper Avenue for the water utility in by the burrow of Roseand in the county of Essex New Jersey
appropriating $700,000 therefore and authorizing the issuance of $700,000 bonds or notes of the bureau to finance the cost thereof is there a motion to open the public hearing on ordinance 10-2025 so moved second baroni all in favor i
opposed hearing none does anyone wish to be heard on ordinance 10-2025 hearing and seeing none may we have a motion to close the public hearing so moved second fellow Sher all in favor i opposed hearing and seeing none mr watkins
please read the ordinance by title only bond ordinance providing for the replacement of the water man on Cooper Avenue for the water utility in and by the burrow of Roseland in the county of Essex New Jersey appropriating $700,000 therefore and authorizing the issuance of
$700,000 bonds or notes of the bureau to finance the cost thereof is there a motion to adopt ordinance 10-2025 so moved second holy Bar roll call vote please mr watkins mr bardy yes mr mr bront yes mrs paratt
yes mr schroeder yes mrs tullley yes mr trillo yes ordinance 10-2025 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 is a public hearing on ordinance 11-2025 mr watkins please read the ordinance by title only bond ordinance providing for the acquisition of automatic license plate readers in and by the burrow of Rosland and the county of Essex New Jersey appropriating
$56,000 therefore and authorizing the issuance of $53,200 in bonds or notes of the burough to finance part of the cost thereof is there a motion to open the public hearing for ordinance 11-2025 so move second
parate to all in favor i opposed hearing and seeing none does anyone wish to be heard on ordinance 11-2025 hearing and seeing that none may we have a motion to close the public hearing so move second toi all in favor i
opposed hearing none mr watkins please read the ordinance by title only bond Orange providing for the acquisition of automated license plate readers in and by the burrow of Rosland in the county of Essex New Jersey appropriating $56,000 therefore and
authorizing the issuance of $53,200 bonds or notes of the bureau to finance part of the cost thereof is there a motion to adopt ordinance 11-2025 so moved second parate Trillo roll call vote please mr watkins
mr bardy yes mr brunt yes mrs paratt yes mr schroeder yes mrs tolley yes mr trillo yes ordinance number 11-2025 will be advertised in the progress as a past 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 we have resolution 148-2025 the April 11th bill list everyone received the bill list for questions concerns and or recusals
if there are none may we have a motion to approve the bill list so move second schroeder all in favor i opposed hearing and seeing none next we have resolutions 1 through 11 on the
agenda by resolution number 149-2025 through 159-2025 like to move them in their entirety unless there's any questions concerns or recusals i just have a question on number 10 uh resolution 158-2025 what's the intent of making it
a non- condemnation john uh the intent is that you can't you exercise the power of eminent domain and that's not really necessary here because the property owner has expressed an interest in a doing a redevelopment project there okay thanks that was a scary any other
questions concerns if there are none do we have a motion to adopt these resolutions so moved second chill all in favor i opposed hearing and seeing none
mayor I have a resolution regarding the reading of the budget mr watkins will you please read the resolution we have resolution number 146-2025 approval to read the 2025 municipal budget by title only i offer
the foregoing resolution and move its adoption i second the motion mr watkins please call the role mr barty yes mr brought yes mrs yes mr broer yes mrs
tley yes mr trillo yes the resolution is adopted we have a motion to open the public hearing on the budget i move that the budget hearing be opened i second the motion mr watkins please
call the role mr bardy yes mr barry yes mrs paratt yes mr schroeder yes mrs tolley yes mr trillo yes mayor this is the time fix for the public hearing on the 2025 municipal bud
budget budget was approved by the governing body on March 18th 2025 was advertised as required by law on March 27th 2025 together with notice of the hearing for this time thank you Mr watkins before the hearing starts I'd like to
outline the procedure each person desiring to be heard will rise and give his or her name and address before speaking we'll recognize one speaker at a time in order of rising as nearly as we can determine address all questions to the chair when ne where necessary they will
be referred to individual members of the governing body or municipal officials questions must be confined solely to the municipal budget before us any other matters are not proper subject hearing and cannot be discussed or answered we are now declaring open the public hearing on the 2025 municipal budget
does anyone wish to be heard on the 2025 municipal budget as amended seeing none may we have a motion to close the hearing mayor the motion no may I move the hearing to be closed i second the motion will the clerk please
call the role mr bar yes mr bront yes mrs paratt yes mr schroer yes mrs tley yes mr trillo yes mayor i have a resolution to present at this time to adopt the municipal budget for the year 2020 2025 mr watkins please
read the resolution resolution number 147-2025 adoption of the 2025 municipal budget i move for its adoption we have a second i second the motion mr watkins please
call the role mr bardy yes mr mr broad yes mrs paratt yes mr schroeder yes mrs tolley yes mr trillo yes the resolution is adopted mayor I request that the clerk read
section two the adopting resolution for the budget mr watkins please read the resolution be it resolved by the council members of the burough of Rosland county of Essex that the budget here to before set forth is hereby adopted shall constitute an appropriation for the
purposes stated of the sums therein set forth as appropriations and authorization of the amount of 10,470,798.71 for municipal purposes $420,640.90 Open space recreation farmland and historic preservation trust
fund levy $716,45181 cents for the minimum library tax and with general revenues including $2,900,000 in surplus anticipated $3,230,7951 of miscellaneous revenues
anticipated 421,117 $17 receipts from delinquent taxes and 10,470,798.71 to be raised by taxation for municipal purposes $716,45181 to be raised by the minimum
library tax for total revenues of 17,739,147.3 i offer the foregoing resolution and move forwards adoption second mr watkins please call the role mr bardy yes mr bront yes mrs par yes mr schroeder yes
mrs tolley yes mr trillo yes thank you the budget is adopted mayor I make a motion for the clerk to lay the budget out in full in the official minutes of the meeting i second that motion mr watkins please call the role mr barney
yes lebron yes mrs broady yes mr schroeder yes mrs fley yes mr trill yes thank you everyone and another responsible budget um next we have the consent agenda for
um senior service uh seniors from West Essex uh I think there's one two three four five six of them we're going to do their senior service within the burrow we thanked him for that and welcome soon uh and a training conference do we have a motion for to accept the consent agenda pass the consent agenda excuse me
so moved second toi parate all in favor i opposed hearing none um mayor's report i would just like to thank everyone for a successful uh Easter event uh this past week it was a little cold and chilly um
but also thank a couple of them are here the the the uh the association presidents from the condom condominiums and town houses donated baskets the kids love them um we thank you for that uh the police did a great job distributing them um it was it was a great event and
it was done in a different location except for being a little cold everything went very very well thank you um next I'll move to committee reports finance administration council uh thank you mayor nothing new to report tonight thank you recreation councilman TR uh play ball baseball and softball underway
opening day is moved to this Thursday night um 7:30 start time uh hopefully we get a good turnout i unfortunately will not be able to have done it it's my mother's birthday um but I think uh you and Mike Ky will be throwing out first pitches I imagine right we're actually It's Mike's last opening mike's got to
throw it out thanks maybe he does both that's all I have thank you Councilman Schroeder thank you Mr mayor nothing additional for tonight maybe he has to throw one baseball uh public works engineering Councilman Bar um Lincoln Street Construction will
be starting shortly uh I think they're you know staging and getting ready um I received an inquiry from a resident uh about speeding on Evelyn Road um we coordinated with our police department to put out our speed monitors on Evelyn Road um so that'll be our first test
location for that and then um April 24th will be the first meeting of the safe walking and bicycle committee meeting that's all I have thank you Council P thank you Mayor uh just a couple of things first I want to thank Detective Sergeant Haidider and his team
he's entrusted with a really important responsibility of identifying and selecting new officers for our department a task that's far from easy once again he did an outstanding job by bringing us the three young men that we swore in tonight i want to also
congratulate Anthony Gulla Officer Shawn Ross and Officer Dylan Vocurro um being sworn in we can't also forget about our two sergeants Sergeant Gutierrez and Sergeant Carnival they've been with this department for I'm going to say 15 plus
years the both of them and they I believe all of them will serve this burrow with dedication professionalism and pride um couple things that the police department's been pretty busy on April 11th two of our lead officers visited Noacer School and delivered a
safety presentation on ebikes for the sixth grade um with ebikes and regular bikes with the warmer weather approaching the increase in both of those bikes the officers felt that this was an ideal time to review safety for the for the children
on this on Saturday about 12 am officers responded to reports of street racing on Eisenhower Parkway multiple residents reported hearing the loud muffler noises prompting the calls to the headquarters officers arrived on the scene and
successfully dispersed a group of approximately 30 cars some cars coming from as far as Trenton as a result of our officers responding nine summones were issued we want to thank the residents who promptly reported the
incident their vigilance plays our vigilance plays a critical role in helping us respond quickly and effectively and we encourage the community to continue reporting any suspicious and disruptive activities as soon as it occurs this had to be
probably one of the I heard it i was I also called and they were like "No we know already." And they had so many cars some dispersed but like I said they they did write nine summones so that's a start you know to let them know that now the neighborhoods are on a are aware the
cops are going to be called so hopefully it deters it with the warm weather coming and that is all I have thank you council uh Councilman Tully okay i have two things the beautifification committee is just in the process of ordering flowers to uh beautify the town
and put out the planters and um the Rosland Junior Women's Club will be having a food drive on Saturday May 17th in front of the shop right in West Cordwell and we will be replenishing our food pantry and that's all thank you Council
anyone else have anything to add to committee reports if there is none we'll move on to our approval of minutes uh we have the April 1st 2025 caucus meeting minutes everyone receive the minutes for questions concerns and or recusals
if there are none can we have a motion motion second barty all in favor i I posted hearing none next we have our second round of public comment anyone 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 excuse me press star 9 thank you Ryan uh the governing body is going to have to close to go to executive session to continue our first executive session the public should know that when we return from executive session we will take no formal action we will simply take a motion for adjournment that being said do we have a
motion to close to executive session second to chill all in favor i opposed hearing none thank you everyone have a happy Easter and happy Passover
63 yeah 638 it was 638 no no I got to get home number 638 i think it was Jimmy