all right guys um this meeting is being held in accordance with the New Jersey open public meetings act annual notice this meeting is published in the Union County local Source in the nework Star Ledger said notice was Post in the municipal building and a copy's on file with the office of the bur clerk Fire EX are located in the directions I'm indicating if you're alerted for fire
please move in a Comm orderly matter to the nearest smokefree exit proper notice haven't been given Bur is direct to include the statement in the minutes of the meeting please call the r councilman Petroski here councilman Johnson here councilman sarella here councilman Rina pres councilwoman Lions here councilman
Patel is absent mayor signarello here you have a quarum mayor uh opening prayer Pledge of Allegiance Eternal God grant us thy help in all our duties and perplexities we ask for thy guidance give us thy protection in our dangers and Sorrows grant us thy peace
amen pleas to the flag of the United States of America and to the repblic for it stands one nation under God indivisible liy and justice for all uh okay uh May are there no Communications may I have a motion to go
out of order consider resolution 101-2 so moved second is there any discussion oh should I do the how do I do this yeah keep roll is there any discussion all in favor I congratulations no no no he's really bad at this I'm super bad
at this I'm sorry bud you won't forget it um go script please read resolution 10125 by title yes mayor resolution 10125 is appointing John Wilson to the position of patrolman within the Rosal Park Police Department may have a motion to
adopt resolution 101-2 by title so moved second is there any discussion all in favor now you can clap all the other new police officers know like I'm not I'm not great at this I'm not smooth I'm sorry guys but come
on up you don't need to move that don't move that just leave it no just leave it without it you want to bring up uh hi sweet so beautiful right I'm gonna come over anybody there you're on the other side
on the other side yep on the Green Dot Green Dot [Laughter] the Bible right up yep we get through this together for I John
wilsonon swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States United States and the Constitution and of the state of New Jersey St and that I will bear true faith I will faith and Allegiance and Al to the same to the and
to the governments the government established in the United States established in the United States and in this state and in this state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people I do further Solly swear I do further swe that I will Faithfully impartially
andly all duties of police patrolman police Park according to the best my ability best my ability so help
[Applause] help I don't know man one of those days hang uh you can congratulations
welcome good evening everybody so I just want to give a quick bio about John Wilson John Wilson is a 27y old resident of Atlantic Highlands New Jersey Wilson is a cardinal mccarrick high school graduate where he graduated in 2015 following High School Wilson furthered
his education by attending the middle CIS County College where he earned an associates degree in police science in 2019 John Wilson was hired by the mammoth Beach Police Department as a class one police officer where he attended the mammoth County Police Academy graduating in 20
2019 Wilson then returned to the mammoth County Police Academy graduating in 2021 as a Class 2 uh special police officer in August of 2022 John Wilson was hired by the Winfield Park Police Department where he worked there as a patrolman additionally John Wilson is a certified
EMT firefighter m where he volunteers with the Atlantic Islands fire department and rescue squad Wilson comes to this agency with experience in law enforcement first aid in fire service I think he would be an asset to the Rosa Park Police Department and the burough given his
previous experience and resume I want to wish John Wilson all the best and I look forward to working with him in the future congratulations you not no big deal all right I would like to Begin by CH thanking Chief bro and the rest of the department for the opportunity to work
for this great department and I'm looking forward to many years and a fun lasting career I would like to thank the council the mayor for their endorsement and lastly I would like to thank my family for coming down this road with me
in my career in law enforcement and all the support they've given me thank you again you guys want to take a couple pictures yeah let me we'll take one together and then we'll get the family you want me to take it a so
sweet beautiful a nice very nice I have Grandma my grandpa is the best for you yeah we'll leave it for the program yeah thank you best one yet have good
night Chief um okay um I would now like to call up uh Rosanna Lions councilwoman lions for acting acting Mega lions I shouldn't be putting it out there it implies like I got hurt or something
like that I had to defend you I appreciate um go ahead Show's yours yeah thank you so much mayor and Council and roselt park residents and welcome everyone it's beautiful to see this uh room filled so um we just want to take a
few moments and um honor some women tonight um when I first uh began uh with my Council position two years ago I did come up with woman of the year and I was surprised it didn't happen as of that time um and again um I started it
because I really just wanted to acknowledge and celebrate women um Rosel Park is full of just like richness and diversity and I know that there could be some I'll just say in
layman's terms some craziness online um but for me and my heart is really to bring Unity um so I love that a lot of people actually um nominated a lot of women um for this
year so the other thing that I also wanted to do is really um how many of us pass each other and do not know each other's story and I personally would love to get to know people's story I was able to read everyone's remarks and why
they nominated that person and it was beautiful um it's a story of being an entrepreneur it's a story of selflessness of dedication into our youth and for me um and for all of us
it's really about leaving a legacy and really for our children I have to say and give my mom a shout out just in case she's watching uh the woman of the year for my for my life is my mom all the time she's an amazing woman she came here to America in 1969
um and she taught me and she's teaching my daughter and again also an amazing woman she's 22 and it's my daughter she is a dreamer but she's a doer she's selfless and respectful and caring so I'm so proud to even just talk about
them for two seconds but without further Ado I'm actually going to I'm going to get this here get the whole thing here yeah we're going to do this together um so what I wanted to do was actually
acknowledge the nominees because we do have a woman of the year but like I said the nominees it was so hard to um to choose one but that's a good problem so we're just going to go through each name and and from like I said the things that
I thought about when I was writing about them was they're powerful yet gentle they're vibrant they're supportive they're dedicated generous kind loving selfless and again they're they're working always towards the Next
Generation so without further Ado we if the first person Karina moso am I saying it right please come up
[Applause] Karina here you go if you could just stay up here as well okay sorry thank you um sorry there's a little card in there for me Laura Bundy please come up give it up for
[Music] Laura thank you there's a little card in there okay loose carbal is she here no okay uh Miriam seses
thank you Maria Maria kuna is not here right okay Wendy oh I don't this is a hard name Wendy Googling hi Wendy thank you
Wendy Carmen Morales please come up W woohoo amazing beautiful you're all beautiful okay and before hold on um so real quick before I bring up
the woman of the year again these women are amazing they're nominated and I just I want to honor you all cuz each one of you are so amazing and I thank you for coming and showing up and showing the people of Rosal Park who you are um I hope to work with you I'm here for you
if there's anything that I could personally do I sincerely say that um I'm not just saying it to say it so please reach out to me um and to all of us CU working as a team is better you know and uh we just I adore you and I
thank I thank God for each of you okay so without further Ado the woman of the year um when I first started really uh doing things you know I grew up in Rosal Park so it's not like I just came in three years ago I have to say that so
I've been here all my life but this woman is is you know was there at everything that I I went to um I saw her as a selfless person dedicated person um there for children and just with everything that I had said just like the rest of these women but there's
something there that she she's just relentlessly dedicated and it was such a beautiful honor her husband wrote something amazing about her and I just wanted to honor her we all want to honor her please give it up for Tina
[Applause] Schwarz congratulations Tina you got to say the the middle name so Rano rigano
rigliano okay um but congratulations woman of the year 2025 we are all together and we just again you all are just a piece of this community and uh we could not do things without you so we really appreciate every single thing that you do um would
you like to say something just that I'm I'm among good company thank you and thanks for this award of course it's beautiful to recognize and uh one more Applause please for everybody here and I'd like to give you guys hours as well
[Applause] [Laughter] okay I'm wh yeah let's come in [Applause]
thank you so much can we get a round of applause for councilwoman Lions what a sweet idea that she started a couple couple two years ago now that's really nice this is the best one yet was a good idea having the nominees intoo yes um okay
um J come on up oh in Greg okay yeah yeah the big dog first all right um so I just want I'm going to can this over to Greg and Joe P but do we have any um floor layers um from local
251 um and then anybody from Costa is here or well I know Vic's not here from Duncan uh that's okay um well so we just want to recognize once again all the people that have been putting in time um for the uh American Legion and I'll kick it
off to uh Council pataski thank you mayor um I start hanging at the legion and there was a lot of issues there um that uh the building's over a 100 years old and we needed to uh Spruce it up a
little bit so originally the talk was about the uh steps in the front we got the steps in the front the painters came and painted the front and then we got the floor done down by the bar and it looks beautiful okay um so uh and
actually to be honest with you they they showed up with 20 guys um to play that floor and I like to bring adalo DMO up here no come on come [Applause]
on I appreciate all you did you know um again one thing about me I don't take credit unless it was but this guy knows a lot of people in the unions and he was able to get a lot of people to uh come down and the building right Greg looks
beautiful okay and the next thing we're doing are the two new bathrooms down there um at the bar so that that uh we got the tile donated so far so um again um you know I appreciate all the uh um
you know the uh certificate uh for uh the floor layers local 251 that came down and uh like I said 20 guys showed up you know like that um I also want to thank uh Vic from Dunka Donuts on
Westville Avenue he donated coffee uh uh bagels and donuts and then I want to also thank Nia who donated Pizza that day for after the you know the lunch so um you know again if you're not stop down the legancy the Improvement it
really looks beautiful um okay I'm going to call the names up um I'll take I'll take okay okay okay uh Bob
Meyer Jordan Leon Pete Pascal Steve dansson Anthony Haynes John stes Joe the Silva Ron
kle Al Hudson David Pa Joe diick Joe Slattery Chris Simone Greg Reese Edgar
baros Jeffrey Walsh and of course the business agent is Sergio fesco and uh again I want to thank all these gentlemen that came down and like I said uh I stopped down there and boy I tell you 20 guys working together and
they got it done so it does look good uh again I want to thank kasa's restaurant Nicole chrisoro and Brian algar and of course dunin Donuts of Rosel Park Vic Aurora um I also want to thank councilman Johnson who is a veteran and
everything and he's been a member down there for a while and I know he was commander down there and um you like I said we're going to fix that place up that the guys can feel proud of but um I know he's going to be mad at me but I also want to thank this guy right here um he doesn't want me to give him
any credit but he's the one got the ball rolling and I do really appreciate it everything uh and everything and like I said the floors look great and everything and like said well hopefully we get the painters down there we get the new bathroom and um we just got it
donated from CES yeah we got the tile donated so it won't cost us anything for the tile and uh you know so once we get that going and I want to thank you for unloading that truck because I couldn't do a 100 boxes yeah yeah the tile came the other day
and councilman uh Johnson and uh Joe uh Fon Junior came down and unloaded uh 100 boxes about 100 boxes box is a tile so um so they're going to come as soon as possible but again I want to thank
uh Alo everybody it's a group eff I know but I really appreciate all your contacts councilman Johnson you want to say a few words just a few fun facts uh the American Legion Post 60 been around since uh April uh uh 1928 so we're coming up on our 100y year
anniversary for the local post however American legion's been around since 19 191 um again ever since Joe uh uh uh joined us at the post he's just been a strong strong Advocate with rebuilding
uh our post up it's been dilapidated for some time and the work that these guys have put in is tremendous so again we have a couple of other things that are going to come down the pike later on uh I'll I'll be reciting those things during my Council report other things
which we can give back to the veterans in the community and uh we're going to keep on fighting and keep on striving to make Roso Park inclusive and also uh stronger and support the veterans so thank you very much thank you everybody for coming and thank you Joe again for
your uh strong leadership and advocacy thank you mayor um uh Mark's not here but I I just want to give Mark huh oh hey I didn't see you oh good nick of time bro come on up let's go 70 oh did he really I thought I told
Russ we'll do we'll do it right now um you want to come over this side um so we talked about this a little bit in the last meeting when Russ was here and um I when I first got elected um Chestnut Street was in much worse shape than it
is now um and uh we can see there's a lot of new businesses opening up we've got a Cafe opening up we've got a gym opening up uh got a Wing Stop opening up we're getting real exotic uh um got a Verizon store we're getting wild here in Rosal Park um but it's really important
to have Cornerstone Cornerstone investments in Rosal Park and I was terrified post Ida you know what was going to happen to dings were you guys going to go where you going to leave you know could we find you place in Rosal Park and you and Russ and from Kill
Kenny's can Barry have all done so much for the downtown at because it takes a village here it takes the government and it takes private sector to really like rebuild this stuff and like I cannot tell you as mayor how appreciative I am for the risk that you guys took and all the effort you have so round of applause
for dings real quick um and I go to dings less because I they fill those drinks way too strong much stronger than Frenchies I say things get fuzzy after I yeah Frank does he does all right it's cheaper there too for me
at least um but one of our own one of our own uh Mark uh was the Grand Marshall for the 2025 uh St Patrick's Day parade and uh just want to recognize this and appreciate you and uh give you a little certificate of our appreciation Mark so one more round of applause for
Mark and I don't know if you want to uh I just want to say thank you to uh the mayor and Town Council today uh we really appreciate this this was uh Saturday was a incredible day uh it didn't rain which is great so we had a really really fun day to celebrate the
28th Annual uni County St Patrick Day Parade uh the party was strong at dings on Saturday it was great to see everyone a lot of family and friends came out but uh I just want to say thank you and this is a great honor and I uh really appreciate it and dings is not going anywhere for a very very long time so thank you
[Applause] sure thank you very much I appreciate it thank you apprciate it thank you guys want I leave it's my way no whatever okay all right the meeting gets pretty
boring from here um but if you guys want to stick around go for it may have a motion to approve meeting pending any corrections so move second all in favor I uh may I have a motion that bills and payrolls be not read and pass for payment so moved second all in favor I
may I have a motion to open the public portion on agenda items only so moved second all in favor I like to come up and speak on agenda items you may do so now I seeing no one uh may I have a motion to close the public portion on agenda items only so moves second all in
favor I I uh we have the reports last time um is there any did Ken Andrew do you guys have anything you want to spout off uh I do have uh Ken do you have anything no I do just have uh one thing um there was uh there was a press
release put out a little while ago and in just in the spirit of factualness um about uh about women's history month and uh council president Lions um there was a correction that needed to be issued the actual first uh female council president in the 21st century was uh
councilwoman uh Charlene story um so I was asked to make that correction we're going to issue a formal correction as well just wanted to make that correction on the record thank you but recent history you got it no but what what's true is true that's good that's awesome cool um yeah
may have a motion to accept the reports of departments submitted so moves second all in favor I okay please read ordinance number 2708 uh by title along with what that 2808 what I it's oh it's it's hebreo 278 thank you
uh Ron I'm Ron Burgundy uh please read ordinance number 2808 by title along with the report and recommendations received from the municipal land you force with respect there tale yes mayor ordinance number 2808 is an ordinance
for second reading and public hearing an ordinance amending chapter 40 section 333 of the code of the bur Rosel Park entitled affordable housing programs with specific amendments to paragraph B entitled affordable housing set aside requirement for residential development including areas in need of Redevelopment
or Rehabilitation and the report of the land use support is as follows uh dated March 19th please be advised the Rosell Park Municipal land use board reviewed ordinance number 2808 an ordinance amending chapter 40 section 3303 of the code of the B Rosell Park untiled affordable housing programs with specific amendments to paragraph B
untiled affordable housing set aside requirement for residential development including areas in need of Rehabilitation or Redevelopment and the board unanimously voted to refer the ordinance back to the mayor and Council without reservation for adoption mouthful uh may I have a motion to open the public hearing on ordinance
number 2808 so moved second all in favor I like to come up and speak on this ordinance I'm seeing no one may have a motion to close the public hearing on ordinance number 2808 so moved second all in favor I I have a motion to adopt ordinance number 2808 so moved second is
there any discussion yeah mayor just briefly again uh this um ordinance was put in place to try to increase the affordable housing component um to try to mitigate and also get to our number a little bit faster here in Rosel Park uh we're trying to uh comply with uh stage
four is that right step step four uh round four round four excuse me thank you that was the proper yeah round four so I mean this is a good thing I think the court see it as a good thing and uh that's why this was introduced cool brck on uh call the RO Council Council petki
yes councilman Johnson yes councilman signell yes Council Rino yes councilwoman Lions yes Council Patel is absent five in the affirmative the ordinance is adopted cool please read ordinance number 289 by title yes may ordinance 2809 is an ordinance for second reading in public hearing an ordinance amending chapter 2
of the code of the bur Rosal Park intitled Administration establishing a new section 64 thereof entitled veterans grant writing assistance program may have a motion to open the public hearing on ORD 289 so mov second all in favor I like to come up and speak on this ordinance I'm seeing no one may have a
motion to close public hearing on ORD serm 2809 so moved second all in favor I may I have a motion to adopt ORD Ser 2809 so moved second is there any discussion yes mayor just briefly um again um it just takes a community to care and through action and um you know
it's one thing that we always say that we support the veterans and uh and I appreciate everyone saying that they support the veterans but going forward we need to see action about supporting the veterans and that's what this ordinance is about so thank you that's awesome uh okay uh anybody else
I have motion to adopt ORD sum 2809 oh can I call the role yes Council Johnson yes Council sella yes Council Rina yes councilwoman Lions yes and five votes in the affirmative mayor the ordinance is adopted please read ordinance number 28 10 by title yes mayor ordinance 201810
is an ordinance for introduction an ordinance amending chapter 40 of the code of the burrow of should say the b of Rosal Park entitled land use implementing design standards for signage in the B2 Central business district uh May motion to approve ordinance number 2810 for introduction and fix a date for second reading public
hearing is April 17th 2025 so moves second is there any discussion um so just so what everybody knows here um this is thank you Andrew for getting this on the agenda I really appreciate it it's been a long time coming um uh we
as I alluded to before um for anybody who's watching there's a lot of new openings coming up in the downtown which is very exciting um part of the frust ation I have though with Chestnut Street and it won't get fixed overnight um but
I'm appreciative Council passed a similar ordinance last year um for facades right basically means anybody who um opens up a new business and makes changes to a downtown business has to adhere to certain standards right using neutral colors um if there's historical
like brick face on the building we encourage tearing it down to that so you have the historic look and feel um matching the rest of the downtown right we have sort of a thing that's all over the place we have like a metal building out of nowhere with all due respect to the you know boxing place like there's
not a whole lot of coherence with the downtown looking feel um this is wave two of trying to establish that um so now when you have signage um in the downtown there will be some parameters broadly um that will make that signage
everybody will have their own looking feel um but there'll be similarities in a level of cohesion so uh hope the council vot in favor of this and uh I don't know if anybody else has any discussion please call the RO Andrew councilman Petroski yes councilman
Johnson yes Council sella yes Council Rina yes councilwoman Lions yes five votes in the affirmative mayor the ordinance is introduced and will be referred to the land use board okay uh please read ordinance number 2811 by title yes mayor ordinance 2811 is an ordinance for introduction ordinance amending chapter 27 of the code of the
burough Rosal Park entitled sewers with specific amendments to article two entitled obstructions and breaks may have a motion to approve ordinance number 2811 for introduction and fix a date for second reading and public hearing as April 3rd 2025 so moved second is there any discussion yes may briefly I'm sorry yeah all good uh the
reason for this introduction is back um a couple years back um when we first began to televise the sewers we came across a a sewer hole that was filled to the top and I was just uh shocked and perturbed at the same time that it was
filled with debris off of Walnut Street um later on if we move the time along uh we had a presentation where we seen other SE hoes along underneath uh Rosel Park also filled and being uh abruptly
uh um with obstructions and breaks from the utilities companies now we're quick to hold residents accountable I um I don't want to hurt uh the utility companies but they have to be held accountable too uh so this ordinance just seems like it makes sense to try to
mitigate and to help also uh res res um also because sometimes it's not just Mother Nature uh sometimes it's it's the utility companies and so maybe they may need to be gone after if if they are doing things inappropriate
inappropriately or improper as well so I just think that this is brings balance to uh Rosel Park and other uh communities have some similar ordinances as much so uh thank you Andrew for putting this together helping me with this uh I always want to thank Andrew I
know he's tired of me with my legislation but um I appreciate it I couldn't do these legislations without Andrew thank you um it goes even worse than that I don't know and when when was it we had didn't we have like there was like flooding in one of the was it Grant
or something like that and we realized that it was a broken pipe from American water and it was just leaking out into our storm water system which I'm sure Elizabeth was billing us for so yeah um well said councilman Johnson I think
this is a a a good idea and um yeah cool uh any further discussion yeah sure uh just a correction the title block entitled obstructions and breaks just look at that before we passes what's the uh what's the issue it's I'll I'll make the amendment okay I'll make I'll make
the it's a it's a typal okay it's di Minimus we don't need to change that right okay yeah okay next one cool um cool call the r Andre councilman patoski yes councilman Johnson councilman cerella yes counc rabina yes councilwoman Lions yes five votes the affirmative mayor the ordinance is
introduced okay 812 2812 yes mayor ordinance 201812 is an ordinance for introduction ordinance amending chapter 27 section 6 subsection 3 of the code of the Bureau of Rosal Park entitled imposition of charges uh may have a motion to approve ordinance number 20182 for introduction and fix the date for second reading in public hearing as
April 3rd 2025 so move second is there any discussion please call the RO Council patoski yes Council Johnson Council Cella Council Rina yes councilwoman Lions yes I votes inir of Mayor the ordinance is introduced please read ordinance number 2813 by title yes mayor
ordinance 2813 is an ordinance amending chapter 10 section 4 of the subsection 4.1 of the code of the burough Rosell Park Until the recreation fees enumerated uh may I have a motion to approve ordinance number 2813 for introduction and fix the date for second reading and public hearing as April 3rd 2025 so moves second uh is there any
discussion I I just want to follow up on something um so I I know these Rec fees like we had a Whopper of an increase last year um we have a little bit of an increase this year um we did I just wanted to follow up with our conversation I don't know if I sent it around but we did do a sort of analysis
of surrounding areas do you remember the numbers off the top of the even with these increases we're still like anywhere from like 90 to $300 cheaper than our local competitors $100 at least $100 a month less yeah so $1,200 a year
so I I know it stinks but like I I I I really we have great people there who we need to retain and pay and candidly this year there's actually a bigger gap between uh when school ends versus when the summer program ends so our guys are going to have to work even harder and at
the end of the day the town still ponying up half of the fees that are going there the wreck fees are still paying for only half of this so you know we're asking people to reach a little bit deeper to to access these services but it's still a pretty good in my opinion uh value for the resident so
yeah I wanted to share discussion I was the one that told Andrew to do analysis um so I I wanted to agree with the mayor the um we are one of the cheapest in the area the only concern that I had was that we went up uh a year ago 250 to
300% and we talked about it as Council that we were going to try not to like raise it substantial I mean right now it's close to 177% raise I mean I wanted to propose uh I I I get it we got to find balance I wanted to propose maybe a
um a cost of living increase instead which would be like in New Jersey from 4.2 to 5% but um again um I'm all right with uh what mayor and Council uh come up with I do understand that there has to be a balance between fees and government and things of that nature I
just like to uh if if as a governing body we say that we're going to in a future uh not raise it substantial I just wouldn't like to be like a person of my word so uh other than that um I I would only propose and if if if it gets
voted down that's find that we changed the recreational to 5% uh increase versus a 17% increase for families and what had me thinking is because this wouldn't affect me financially but uh back when Congressman Payne was going around asking for Medicaid and he did
the same thing he said it doesn't affect him financially but there are families that it do affect and I just wanted uh roselt Park uh governing body to keep that in mind uh okay so is that a motion so I wanted to make a motion to just for the uh after care and uh uh concern
everything else could stay the same and I like the uh late fees because people can't stay there and and watch kids beyond the time uh to about 5% instead of a 17 or 16.90 6 6% okay increase is
there a second on the motion oh I I just need to understand what that is because um it's not is it for every fee no I think the reasonable I think every fee is reasonable except for the after after
care and the homework club that section so all the other Amendment like for yeah I think everything else is good okay so just for the after school program yes okay and and if not we could just move it along but that's what my yeah so it's a motion to amend so that the after
school program fees would be 5% as opposed to what they're proposed to exactly okay that's a motion by councilman Johnson is there a second I'll second that does it come out to dollar amount it's very small amount
I think it's like a a $70 increase for depends which one you're looking at for the for the fees so instead of uh I would I should have brought the calculation I had the calculation at home I didn't bring you my apologies yeah but I know this uh increase
Aftercare is 16.9 like 97 or 77 so it's a little little bit substantially higher than the cost of living yeah I just I'd like to remind the the finance committee that obviously some of these projections are based into the number that you guys have
projected right now right so a decrease in Revenue here could yield an increase in the tax increase per household right so something to consider as part of that I to vote it down I just wanted I just wanted to introduce it just want to give
everybody the full picture yeah um okay there's a motion in a second um there's no discussion on motions if memory serves right there is a motion to amend you you have a discussion on a motion to amend you don't have a discussion on a motion the table okay yeah so I would just say yeah I would I would reiterate like I'm totally totally fair councilman
um I just think it's somebody's paying for it right so either it's coming out of the fees or like whatever number you guys have cooked up I've heard rumors of it like that number is going to go up right so if it's if it's $100 a household which I think is less than
that then it could go up to 110 whatever I'm making number up right so somebody's paying for it right there's there's no magic pot of money here so uh any further discussion on the motion uh please call the RO Andrew counc Petroski yes councilman Johnson
yes councilman signell yes councilman Rina yes councilman Lions yes uh five votes the affirmative the motion is agreed to the proposed ordinance is amended um okay uh uh do I have is there I guess there's further discussion now I
don't remember introduce as amended okay do I have a motion to introduce as amended so moved second I'm so sorry is there any discussion mayor can you clarify or Andrew clarify what what we're discussing right now so I'm I'm also now
you're now you would be you're discussing the ordinance as amended so you voted to amend the ordinance to cap the after school Recreation program fees at an increase of not what is printed but 5% whatever those numbers are um and
now you'd be voting on a motion to introduce it as you amended it so I make it concrete right so if you vote Yes you're introducing the ordinance if you vote no you're not introducing the ordinance does that make it concrete yes yes thank you yes yeah so this is you
guys are increasing the fees for whatever other fees but basically the the after school the after school thing would be I don't know what the numbers are right but let's just say it's $1,000 if it was going to go up $1,200 now it's going to go up to
$1,000 and $1,050 right so uh yes so I need if you guys want to I mean you amended it right so if you want to then I need a motion to approve second so is there any discussion on this everybody clear what
they're voting on you guys got it m are you still are you I believe I I understand because I just for discussion we're working aggressively to keep a lean um uh budget and like you said mayor that I don't have a clue what it
will change and we were hoping to you voted yes on the amendment no I know that oh I actually but look be honest with you I'm I'm a little confused right so I'm going to be I would like to know what the dollar amount is going to be just so we
can now build it into the budget that everybody's going have to pay for taxwise so so so I I'll I'll make it I'll make it concrete just so it's trans and I will say respectfully we we probably could curve tail other things and I don't think it'll be that significant or drastic as that's fine
I'm amable that I'm absolutely agreeable to it I just black and white so we had so for so for so for example so if we're just looking at the recreation after school program which would be on page 41 of everybody's agenda packet M so the indiv ual homework club fee which is
right now $1,200 which these will all go into effect for the next September of 25 right so right now it's $1,200 for the year initially the proposed increase was to ,00 so $200 this would be with the
amendment would go from 1,200 to 1,260 so it' be an increase of $60 right so 720 right would be $756 right ,00 if you're just going down the
agenda would be 1155 right do you want me to go through every number no I mean it's I mean just to to give you an idea right 1,200 is the most expensive of all the options yeah I me I think what what they're
asking is about is what's the what's the net impact to the assess rate right which I don't think we know yeah we're not going to know yeah I mean if you guys want to I just a suggestion you could can't you table it as as amended and save it for you could have a committee that you have the finance
committee meeting and then deliberate then with the full picture it's up to you guys I don't really but honestly like again like I said it's it's coming out of pockets one way or the other right so you guys it's it's going to get funded it's just does it get funded with the fees or does it get funded with the taxes can I just say I I mean I
definitely hear what councilman Johnson is saying that's why I wanted to um maybe lower it a little bit but that might be too like it it may affect really what's gonna hit uh you know everyone as a taxpayer so if we could
table it and then maybe I'm not opposed to tbling it but what I will say is that um we we approved as amended uh everything else stayed the same so I don't I don't know how major uh or how dynamic as it's being set me
said and uh we could do a cross analysis of both fees and we could do the deductible I'm certain it's not to the point of that drastic uh because basically we approved everything else we we didn't we didn't shrink anything else but that right but if it if this if the
home the after school program has the most kids and now instead instead of 200 per child it's going to be 60 we could have left it the same and just voted it down and I just would have been the only know that was fine too [Music] and this has taking place since
September so there yeah the CH the change in fees particularly for the after school program would be effective for for the September the the 2526 because the after school program runs on a on a school year right it doesn't run on right if you're if you move to town and you register your kid now you're not
going to if if say all these fees got approved you're not you're not going to be in the same program as somebody who registered last year and and be paying a higher rate right it's based on the the cycle for the program if I I'm I'm I'm going to make a suggestion here cuz I
know I believe there's other amendments to this ordinance yes that we've been discussing amongst some of the council members what might be the cleaner option if if the governing body is thinking of tabling it is just voting it down and you get and I can bring back I can bring
you guys back a clean ordinance yeah okay um with some of the other items that are Incorporated because from a Clerk's perspective what's very messy is you bring back an ordinance but then we're potentially doing another ordinance on top of it and candidly when I'm writing the ordinance I don't know what I'm amending right
right because if you adopt something I don't know the language we're amending and that'll give us time to have discussion and everything as well so my my again my administrative recommendation would just be to vote it down not on a policy basis but just on a let's take a step back take a look at it get everything everybody wants and then
come back and if you guys still vote it down it's your prerogative but it's just easier to understand what we're looking at okay that sounds fair Okie uh call the rooll council voski no councilman Johnson yes
councilman signorella no councilman rabina no councilman Lions no four votes in the negative one in the positive the uh ordinance is not agreed to okay uh all matters listed with an as are considered to be routine and non-controversial by the council and
will be approved by one motion there will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the governing body so request in which case the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda as part of the general orders please read all resolutions by title yes
mayor resolution 9725 is authorizing the burough clerk to auction unclaimed Vehicles resolution 9825 is authorizing certain appropriation transfers resolution 9925 is appointing Derek Diaz Jr to the position of Crossing I'm sorry parking enforcement officer resolution 125 is appointing Jason Diaz the
position of parking en enforcement officer resolution 10225 is accepting the resignation of Christopher Narin from the position of parking enforcement officer resolution 10325 is awarding a Professional Services contract Ker's engineering and design for professional engineering and environmental services associated with a preliminary
environmental assessment uh block 910 Lot 8 of the municipal tax map commonly known as 31 East Westfield Avenue in connection with and support of the Burrow's prospective acquisition thereof in an amount not to exceed $112,000 and resolution 10425 is amending resolution
4525 entitled reappointing John V Zimmerman to the position of Class 2 special law enforcement officer within the Rosa Park Police Department to correct the weekly authorized hours of work we pull in anything okay uh do I any no nobody
wants anything removed okay have a motion to approve resolutions remaining on the consent agenda so moved second all in favor I okay um reports of Department M committees uh councilman
signorella uh sh and SED just attended the um uh at the casano center the uh um Irish St Patrick's Day uh festivities and I uh I it was a nice crowd and I had
to do an Irish exit and leave and go somewhere so I don't know if anybody's everever heard that but uh it seemed like it was a nice crowd and the corn beef smelled good I didn't get to I was tying for a little bit but I had to go be somewhere else so other than that uh if you have any issues questions please
don't hesitate to call me that is the end of my report thank you councilman Johnson oh sh yeah switching up to order me thank you mayor um good evening residents mayor counsel uh first uh I
want to go over a couple of community events and engagements that I participated in um I had the great opportunity on March 6th uh to volunteer and assist in the 2025 mental Marathon at raway recreational center uh it was
incredible day filled with energy enthusiasm and intelligence from The Talented and gifted fourth graders from Rosel Park that represented us as well as uh the other uh schools in Union County they basically put all the kids they mixed them up so it wasn't like
roselt Park against raway or or they just Ed all the children together and they got opportunity to meet one another and to do challenging things and I just was truly inspired I just wanted to say to the Future Leaders uh keep up the good work uh that's that's not an easy
program and they they actually challenged the kids so it was amazing also had the opportunity uh to to celebrate St Patrick's Day I had a pleasure of attending the St Patrick's Day uh festivities at D with uh Jay rabina who I bumped into councilman uh
and bar and restaurant also I had the opportunity to to attend American Legions Post 60 I just want to thank the elected officials that came out and show support thank you mayor thank you uh Joe p as always thank you uh Jay thank you all of you guys I appreciate you guys
for coming both events were successful and filled with Community Spirit special thank you to all of you guys I already said that so appreciate you guys uh the next upcoming event is uh the CPR free CPR putting life first event um a
reminder to the community uh it will take place Saturday March 29th 2025 from uh 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the casano center uh this is an important event that will provide life-saving uh CPR
training I just wanted to give a special Kudos and shout out to uh Kim from Garwood first aid uh Squad um and I also appreciate uh the chief for um sending also a officer that will help assist we also going to have Refreshments
sandwiches provided by n Le dairy uh and costs will be covered by the Greg Johnson civic association so um thank you guys for signing up we had an overwhelming number of people so of course the window was closed and we couldn't get to everyone but we expand as much as
possible uh Public Safety and legislative updates uh scheduling um I have plans on scheduling a public safety event uh between uh April 21st to April 30th as the public administr uh chair um I'm looking forward to Andrew
uh the chief of police and the Public Safety Committee members to come together soon more details will follow um also we're going to also propose an a disability and and Veterans as sentative for parents and uh Guardians who are disabled veterans with
service connections uh ratings uh to help out with uh these I want to help these veterans I want to create more incentives and more initiatives I don't want to just be here just saying we support the veterans I I
I I want to actually put forth uh great initiatives for the veterans so this is an opportunity this is something that we control and um I I hope that all I will be able to get the rest of the governing body support um we're also going to do some changes to the legislation uh
sponsorship requirements are going to change uh to further strengthen transparency accountability and collaboration between department heads and committees I'm requesting amendments to this trans uh transparency ordinance um there will be more details to follow
uh once the ordinance is done uh we're currently drafting it me and Andrew as we speak community and business initiatives sponsorship opportunities I just wanted to make an announcement and I'm hoping Jay could probably help me on this uh Roso Park is having their first multiculture and Heritage event uh in
May uh we want to uh ask uh businesses or that if any of you guys want to be a part of sponsoring or to enhance this experience we have plans on doing a few live bands uh we're going to diversify
it you know so and every year we're going to try to do that um please reach out to director Shaw at the Cassano Center or myself um other than that if you need to get in contact with me please contact me at G Johnson Rosel park.net or you can call me at 908 3031
1519 and mayor that concludes my report thank you councilman uh councilman praski thank you mayor uh first of all I want to send my condolences out to Michael sangler edwiin magdowski um Elder infanti and Anthony
shepis he was a year old than you right Joe yeah yeah and he was fireman his father was the fire okay okay okay my condol go out to them and um on March 8th I attended the Cassano Center corn
beef and cabbage again Ruben great job it was a good turnout and uh I want to thank uh uh the diner Sunrise Diner for donating the food and everything so um it was a good turnout thank you uh March
10th was a budget session um and everything and uh we're getting there right Ken we're getting there so um um on the 12th um Recreation meeting um we're getting ready for the Easter
egg hunt I believe it's now moved to the 19th correct uh April 19th and it'll be at the high school correct okay uh fors will go out and like that um on the 17th I attended the Historical Society
meeting um um and then I went to the American Legion Post 60 and had some corn beef and cabbage um and everything and I I thank the Veterans for doing that um good turnout oh yeah yeah um
good too yeah uh again I want to thank uh all the uh business agents and the workers for the union that that came down and helped out um you know like I said we like to fix that place up and everything and uh it's almost 100 years
old so we like to uh looking good yeah um uh just to let everyone know on April 9th there will be a fundraiser at downlands for the Historical Society um where they get 10% of the cut okay um I
want to congratulate Tina on a well job thank you for all you did uh little league basketball you name me you were always involved with everything so thank you um and congratulations to uh officer
will son uh for being sworn in today as a police officer uh if you need to contact me get me a j Petroski at rosar park.net 908 666 7821 and that's my report mayor thank you thank you councilman councilwoman lies good
evening mayor and Council and Rosell Park um on March 7th uh I was able to read to the third graders for read Across America and it was awesome and they were screaming at at the end and it was wonderful um but they were very
inspired and and even more connected in their own classroom and that and that was really awesome on uh March 8th I also attended the St Patrick's Day at the casano center um and it was just great to see and excuse me um it was
just a packed house and um we had music and dancing and uh lots of food and I even brought up a Scotti and thank you councilman uh Greg to help me uh pass that out um I also started the Rosal
Park walking Club on March uh 11th it was a beautiful day and then it was Winter the next day so I I stopped it um but I will will resume once the weather um is really consistent um again I just want to say
uh congratulations to all the women and to Tina as woman of the year um Tina Schwarz and um you guys are are definitely an inspiration and I'm happy that we were able to connect tonight and uh look forward to more in the future and I just wanted to actually announce
that the women's month celebration that I normally do each year I didn't do it yet um I usually do it at the end of March but Matilda um is a play at the high school and I just didn't want to do it and then have people um just you know I'd rather
have it support Matilda and then we're going to maybe do something in the spring so uh to all the women in Rosal Park definitely uh keep keep an eye open to save the date um April 5th is meet the burrow at the casano center so um definitely come out if you're new to the
town we definitely want to um meet you and uh we'll be inviting you as well and then April 12th is our spring cleanup um but all is I actually have the Rosel Park my Rosel Park app uh there's a little plug for that but I have to see
if it's updated if not I will get to that um thank you so much if you need me 90872 6877 3 or our lions at Rosal park.net thank you thank you councilwoman uh councilman Rina thank you mayor good evening Rosel Park mayor
and colleagues on the 8th I had the pleasure of attending St Patric celebration at the Cassano Center of course with several of my colleagues as they just mentioned a big thank you to director Shaw for organizing the event Sunrise Diner a chamber member for donating the delicious food and Joe carousel's Masterpiece Orchestra for an
incredible performance my 2-year-old son even got up to dance and more surprisingly my teenage daughter um it was a lot of fun and thank you for capturing the moment Greg you sent me those pictures that looked the cute thank you thank you um continuing with the St Patrick's Day theme my wife and I visited dings this past Saturday to
celebrate Mark dling being named uni County marshall for the parade it was a fantastic day and I'm grateful that Russ Mark Barry and their families chose to buy renovate and grow their business right here in Rosel Park businesses like dowlings not only boost the local
economy but also draw attention to other downtown favorites like Costas Park Elite boxing blooming flowers just jubilant and Rosel Park wines and spirits afterwards we stopped by Park Ice Cream which recently invested in the neighboring property which was formerly
art XO that will soon open his Park signature Suite owned by a family in the Fifth Ward they'll be hosting a free ice cream social this Sunday March 23rd from 1: to 3 they'll host games karaoke music and prizes uh I love seeing families
investing here in town and even more giving back to the community I'm also hoping that they uh join the chamber soon on Monday I attended the American Legion St Patrick's Day celebration I'd like to say thank you to Commander Verdun and councilman Johnson for the invitation in the warm Hospitality if
you haven't visited post 60 yet I highly recommend it whether it's for a drink a conversation or a book a venue for an event it's a great place to support our veterans and their families later that evening I attended the municipal land board meeting where we approved ordinance 2808 without
changes increasing the affordable housing set aside requirement for residential development from 15% to 20% this ordinance proposed by councilman Johnson and supported unanimously by both bodies reflects our commitment to expanding affordable housing options here in Rosel
Park last week I joined the NJ Trails Action Network meeting where we discuss the potential impact of federal funding cuts on trails and Greenways Trails aren't just for recreation they connect neighborhoods Parks schools and businesses while improving safety by
reducing conflicts between pedestrians bicyclist and vehicles next week I'll be attending the New Jersey bike and walk Coalition Summit in Princeton to explore additional funding sources and improve Trail planning and design this work matters because Trails promote health
safety and connectivity in our town after two years of advocacy we finally got the modified LED Beacon installed at Jerome Street and route 28 from NJ Dot this was a request I made after councilman signarello and I witnessed an elderly woman nearly being hit uh while
crossing legally on Westfield Avenue during Lido's grand opening thanks to at large signarello and bur administrator Casi for their support and for their countless follow-up emails and calls with our state Partners thank you Andrew countless countless safety's a two-way
street drivers bicyclists and pedestrians all need to do their part a few seconds to wait or let someone cross isn't the end of the world more infrastructure news uh there's more progress also underway at Boy Scout Park in the Fifth Ward with Surface Prep currently being completed
mayor signell thank you for making this Vision a reality I appreciate your support Ken you too fund the funding and the positive impact that this will have not just for the fifth and fourth word residents but for the whole the community as a whole I wanted to say on a national
level um many of us are grappling with uncertainty division yet I remain filled with American resolve despite our differences we witnessed a powerful moment of unity this week when American astronauts Sunny Williams and Butch Wilmore safely returned from a 9month mission in space it served as a reminder
that at our core while we're all rooting for America we hold the power to to harm or heal to blame or to solve to divide or unite so let's think about that for a little bit and us save the dates what a
transition huh Wednesday March 26th the free Tri chamber social at Echo tap and Grill in Mountainside for chamber comerce members Saturday April 5th the meet the bur event at Cassano Center if you're new to the Fifth Ward please stop by share any neighborhood concerns with me even if you're not come on by
Saturday April 12th is the spring cleanup from 10:00 a.m. to noon meeting up at the Cassano Center Saturday April 26th is celebrate Trails day uh Union County connects is planning an 11:00 a.m. Meetup at Sun Tavern uh they'll be hosting a litter cleanup and a trail walk along the raway
Valley Railroad tenative ribbon cutting at Boy Scout Park at 12:30 p.m. uh Saturday May 3rd we're hosting our annual uh tour to Rosel Park bike event with May 4th set his rain date uh Fifth Ward as you know I'm always here for you please don't hesitate to reach out via
call text email I can be reached jine Rosel park.net uh 862 23619 mayor Ros part that concludes my report thank you thank you councilman um yeah uh I really have nothing to
report I do want to echo on on um you know what Jay had to say um I think there's a lot of uncertainty going on right now and I think we faced a lot of this during Co um you know when there was a lack of clarity a lack of
leadership changing views every day um and I think this is the time when we really need to rely on local government um so what I need to say is we're here for you right and we will be here for you um you know state of New Jersey there are services county of Union there
are Services um Rosell park there are Services um and in times of you know uncertainty at the macro level um you know you should be able to rely on your local Partners so um rest assured that
um we spend sleepless nights like you um you know making sure that we're there for you and we'll we'll try to continue to be there for you so uh mayor Sig at Rosal park.net if you have any comments question complaints or compliments be nice every once in a
while um thank you thank you very much somebody give me some flowers come on oh true I mean metaphorical flowers but I'll take those too uh yeah um may I
have a motion to open the public portion on any subject bless you bless thank second uh all in favor anyone to come and speak on any subject matter you may do so now Mike we seen it okay you're not tired of seeing it I
hope I think it's lovely I just enough is enough no I don't know we just we we see it we we got it we don't want you hurting yourself carrying it it's got sharp edges well you know how much I it's Michael Ryan from 515 Locust Street and
uh you know this is a very important uh project for Rosell Park as far as I'm concerned it is you know the this is going to be something that is going to stand out uh in our community for the next 100 possibly 200 years and and
that's really something to you know to digest this is you know it you know this is not like any of the other developments or projects that have been built in Rosell Park is those are pancake buildings this is uh a completely different type of
design and um I want to point out some of the features about it particularly about how the building integrates with the uh Lincoln Avenue local uh Filbert Street uh neighborhood uh and the two most
prominent features are the courtyards and Subterranean parking the uh the courtyards are um the idea of the building broken up is just gives the public so much more you
know uh um openness in you know and uh compared to a a pancake building which is the alternative to this you would have along Lincoln Avenue an entire wall that was clo you know that's everybody
on you know on that street would be looking at um in this case here you just picture driving this is Filbert Street right here picture coming down Filbert Street and looking in in at through into that courtyard through the C Courtyard
over to the uh train station um you know that is a very inviting uh aspect of this um if you it's I know you're not close enough to the model but if you notice
besides that uh there are this there's this Terrace Planters uh along the building those Planters are designed and this is how much thought we put into this those if
you these houses down on the West Side uh West on uh Lincoln Avenue they are on a higher terrain and their front yards are Terraces this Terrace continues that same look all the way down to the train
station um the what another thing that differentiates this from any other development is the for instance the uh the fact that we have a subterraneum parking allows us to put front porches on the corners of the
buildings there's no other building uh that that has done anything like that uh they uh besides the front porches there's uh the entrances and to the buildings and the
um Courtyards uh my intention is to uh make those trellises trellises that were going to plant Wisteria I don't know if you know Wisteria but it's a beautiful fragrant flower blossoms in the uh in in
the spring early summer be beautifully fragrant and in when in the uh winter time uh Wisteria is a very thick vine plant so these trellises would be covered with thick
Vines even when there weren't flowers on them it's a very beautiful plant um the uh the sub the Terrace uh in addition to continuing the
uh um elevation of Lincoln Avenue the Terrace hides the Subterranean parking those Terraces will be planted with sorry Mike um Mike it's a it's a lovely project I personally want to see a
project happen there you know this um and I've been publicly supportive of it privately supportive of it um I know we're kind of going to uh working on the plan I I would highly suggest I think I know the values of it you don't have to sell me on it I think there are members
of the council here that see the value of it I need I need I need three votes I know you you know I think some of the council people that have reservations about it I would highly highly suggest that you know rather than this setting which you're more than intended to do
and I know it's well- intentioned and I know your heart's in the right place and I know you bleed for Rosal Park um I would highly suggest you meet oneon-one with those folks that you know have skepticism to try and see if there is any Middle Ground to to get the project going forward because the the numbers
are the numbers there one rule politics you got to know how to count well I want to do that and I'm I'm looking forward to it I I hope I have the opportunity to speak to everyone individually because there is a lot more to say about this yeah I I gotta cut you off but if they're willing to meet they're
all available and uh I'll let you guys do your thing absolutely uh anybody else yep uh okay I'm seeing no one may have motion to close on any subject matter
second all in favor may have motion to return so moves all in favor got a little funky towards the end but still pretty tight hour and 15 e e