that's whenever you're ready yeah let's rock okay um this meeting is being held in accordance with the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act annual notice of this meeting is published in the Union County Local Source in the New York Star Ledger uh said notice was posted in the municipal building and a copy is on file
with the office of the burough clerk fire located in the directions I'm indicating if you alerted for a fire please move in a calm orderly manner this new smoke free exit proper notice have been given the burl clerk is direct to include statement on the minutes of the meeting please call the role councilman Petroski here councilman Johnson present councilman Sigurella
here councilman Councilman Robin here councilwoman Lions here councilman Patel is absent council uh Mayor Sigurella here we have a quorum mayor uh yeah uh pledge of allegiance opening prayer
eternal God grant us thy help and all our duties and perplexities we ask for thy guidance give us thy protection in our dangers and sorrows grant us thy peace amen i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands one nation
under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all okay [Music] um there are no communications for review this evening ro do we want to do the proclamation for woman uh we doing tonight or are we doing it um next meeting proclamation uh the women's
history month if you'd like to do it tonight yeah if you want it's up to you or we could do everything next Thursday totally your call let's do that now yeah okay okay cool we'll begin i forgot what the order was cool
i guess I'm giving to you well the woman of the year um so I'll let Rosanna talk um but uh Rosanna um started uh woman of the Rosal Park woman of the year or just woman of the year last year rosal Park women of
the year uh so thank you everybody who made put in nominations i believe we will have a winner next meeting announced um but yeah I'm I'm not going to read all this um but I'll let Rosanna talk but obviously uh they are important part of this community it's important to
recognize um the important women that we have in our community so we are proclaiming Women's History Month uh in Rosal Park and Rosanna I'll let you take the mic i got to hold it like this good evening everyone uh women's history month i think it's such a special time and
definitely to be um I'm honored to be a woman here on council and to um to work alongside with mayor and council here in Rosal Park and I'm honored to be this is my hometown um but when I was thinking about just women's history month I I
always think of three women these are my favorite um Corey Tenboom Harriet Tubman and Sister Cabrini um Corey Tambboom was a Holocaust survivor and um she stood up for things that she believed in and she
still had to go to a concentration camp and this woman her whole entire life was about forgiveness even after what she went through and a quote that she says about love is love is larger than the walls which shut which shuts it it in
she says "Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow it empties today of its strength and forgiveness is an act of the will and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart." Then when I think of Harriet
Tubman and a true hero that she was I mean I could go endless uh just words on her but she says "Every great dream begins with a dreamer always remember you have within you the
strength the patience and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world and this woman not only did she escape but she went back 13 times to help others and she helped over 70 other
enslaved people and and to bring them to freedom and just one more sister Kabrini she says "We can serve our weakness or we can serve our purpose." And that just really is so powerful she came to
America to help children and she ended up opening orphanages and hospitals and with all these three women and the people that we know in our lives the whole thing is that we all go through things but it really matters of how you come out so if we could just remember
the women of yesterday of today um help each other and honor each other and I just thank thank you mayor and council that we could do this and um so next meeting we have 13 women that were nominated in Rosal Park so I would love
to invite you all here and we are going to honor one woman of the year but we would also love for everyone to come and at least acknowledge you and I'll be reaching out to you thank you so much unless for AMC man unless you want to be woman of the year because literally you're the only other one we've got
right this meeting i was take a picture real quick yeah redevelopment attorney and woman of the year thank you very much thank you where am I put this anywhere just give me the mic
good how are you okay uh there are no meeting minutes for review this evening may I have a motion that bills and payrolls be not read and pass for payment uh so moved i'm sorry all in favor i uh okay may I have a motion to open the
public portion on agenda items only so moved second all in favor like to come speak please come up uh yeah that's I think that's where the the mic's on yeah good evening Michael Ryan 515 Locust
Street good evening Mayor and Council um I'm not going to talk about the model but I brought it with me because I want everybody to have a chance to continue to to see it and to you know to appreciate where I started this project
from and how uh meaningful it was to be able to express it to the community and uh a lot of a lot of work went into this and I just you know I think it says a lot um I'm I'm here to
uh ask one question and ask one request um I apologize for having to having the necessity to read my comments um go Mr umbach would not be happy with me i
don't know if you know Mr umbbach he was uh the speech teacher in Rosal Park High School i remember him and uh he worked on me but I guess it it it it didn't uh he didn't do the trick uh nevertheless
um I think it's obvious that uh I'm very passionate about this project um I want to be clear that that passion does not rise from Just Mike just just to be clear so this has to be in reference to something on the agenda well yes it is okay absolutely i'll let the lawyer
discuss what was it about what item um resolution 86-2587-25 okay that's just an award of professional services contracts that's all that is it's not on the agenda no what's on the agenda if you read the
actual resolution is the board selecting two professionals that's it okay it's not the project i I Well I just I thought it was an opportunity i understand that but the So that opportunity would be at the
end i should uh come come up in the uh the other public session yeah there's a second one yep okay you know it's unless you have a a problem with the selection of the professionals which I don't think you do no but I uh question all that
resolution does is award a contract to two separate professionals but it the one of the uh resolutions references amendment to the uh redevelopment plan correct that's and uh No no it doesn't amend the plan it references it but what the resolution does is it hires two
professionals so that's what's the agenda item so the appropriate time for you to speak would be at the end on any other item i wanted to ask you to table those items that you could do you you can ask that's where I was that's where I was headed here i don't know if you think this is
too poriferous uh no you can you you can say those two items your request is that they be tabled and a basis for that but before you do that I would point to a letter that we received from an attorney on your behalf that suggests in bold
that we should have a meeting with your professionals to discuss it and I would think the town would want to have their professionals if such a meeting were to happen and if we table it there would be no professionals therefore there could be no meeting so you may not want to table it
if your desire is as your attorney says that you want a meeting with professionals to discuss a plan do you uh aren't you uh allowed or or willing to uh to schedule a meeting for uh the
attorneys myself and all the professionals yeah but to do that we have to hire the professionals first which are the two items on and this has taken longer than 5 minutes so I don't know if they're going to table it when we get to that point they can consider your request all right i'll uh I'll come
back up not a problem thank you anybody else uh on agenda items only no that's perfect russ Holden uh I own a business at 117 Chest Street Dings to everyone else that's who I am to Andrew and the mayor
I'm last minute Russ cuz that's what I tend to do i'm good it's counsel these guys are tough so um I just wanted to first of all talk on the resolution we have the resolution to extend a premises to Williams Avenue i just want to thank
everybody for you know hearing it and uh putting it in front of you we've done it for the last nine years minus two with uh the flood so we've never had issues we appreciate you know you guys working with us we're looking forward to hopefully having that again if I could
just steal another two minutes to just throw out a couple thank yous because unfortunately I have babysitters um I just wanted to thank everybody on uh starting with mayor first of all three years ago we were flooded out four years ago didn't know what I was going to do
you guys came to me you said "Russ we want to keep you guys here you know we'll do everything we can to keep you guys here." We appreciate that we've invested over $2 million into our property downtown to make it a center point of Russell Park i just wanted to take two seconds if it's okay to thank you personally to thank Andrew has been
you know step by step to to um thank Rich Balucio a million times for the work that him himself and the department of construction have done for us um I'll make it quick i don't know if this is live streamed or anyone else is seeing
it other than people in the room it's he's good i want to take this this moment to encourage anyone that's looking to bring their business into Roso Park to please consider it strongly i've heard nightmares from my construction guys about working in other towns and things like that this is where
you want to be this is where you want to bring your your you know your business we're trying to rebuild it i know you guys are working tirelessly to you know bring new businesses in so if anybody's listening I I strongly encourage you know you bringing your your business here mayor and council everyone in this
town wants what's best for Rosal Park being someone that's been here for my entire life having a family that's been here as long as the Sigerellas you know we go back a long ways it's a it's a great community to be in it's a great community to do you know business in and and be a part of so you know I just want
to thank everybody personally to to to put that out there you guys made made it very easy for us to keep our business here which is what we wanted to do we didn't want to go to Kennaworth we didn't want to go to Cranford Towns that reached out to us and said "Please bring your business here." We wanted to be
here this is my hometown i wanted to keep my business here mr petroski coached me in little league you know I mean everybody here you know we go back it's it's it's a town I enjoy being in so I know I'm I'm off topic a little bit on the resolution but say I just to be
fair I got to keep you to the resolution or that's all good that's it i appreciate it thank you guys yep thank you um and uh well whatever this is I can say whatever I want just on aside um appropri uh Dings is it's such a
fantastic when nobody else was investing and nobody else saw the vision of Chestnut Street um you guys double down and you guys are a fantastic anchor business there and as much as you're appreciative of what we did you're the private entity that's taking the risk we
are so proud to have you guys take that risk with us and just to let you know to pay it off is totally off schedule but again on the chair I can say what I want um we have so much opening up around you now we have a super cool gym that's opening up we have like a legit like
people have asked well now we're going to have too many coffee shops but we have a legit cafe that's going to open up where like they're roasting their own beans like this is like cool downtown stuff um we have a Verizon store which is less sexy but still pretty cool it's it's a functional business store um you
know but it's it's Russ you guys took a leap of faith we're so happy to be taking that leap with you so thank you cool uh anybody else on agenda items only no but I do have a question polls open tomorrow you can't what's once yes is
okay this has gone off the rails um anybody else okay i'm seeing no one uh may I have a motion to close the public portion on agenda items only so move second all in favor i all right i I'm gonna ask You guys are gonna have to stick around a little bit um just because I want you
guys You got a long ride home can I have a motion to go out of order and pull up um executive session so moved second um all in favor or do I I Okay cool beautiful all right um you got to read the thing right yes okay
whereas the mayor and council of the bur of Rose Burough of Rosal Park wish to discuss matters which are described by the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act NJSA 104-12 and whereas the general nature of the subject to be dis the subjects to be discussed in close session are a matter of attorney client
privilege involving Tinpat Inc and the development of the Ryan property and uh ongoing litigation Verizon versus the Burough of Rosal Park and whereas the time when and the circumstances under which the items discussed in close session will be disclosed to the public at a future time now therefore be it
resolved that the mayor and council of the burough of Rosal Park County state of New Jersey do now adjourn the open portion of the meeting and open a closed portion of the meeting to discuss the affforementioned item i need a motion to adopt the resolution a motion so move second then we don't vote on it right
and we just close i Why can I not remember this all in favor i Okay got it now you're closed neat oh my god make a point need a motion to go back in open session and sorry about that i just was like "No no no my bad i really didn't mean to i didn't get a chance to
tell you all that." Yeah i I wasn't trying to I wasn't trying to So I'm gonna get that So I'm gonna get that kiss you're live i earned it let's go okay do I have a motion to go back into open
session second all in favor okay um C mayor in closed session the governing body discuss two items a matter of attorney client privilege involving Tim Pat Inc and the redevelopment of the Ryan property and uh ongoing litigation
involving Verizon versus the Bur Rosal Park there will be no resolution at this time cool uh reports of departments you guys got to make this quick uh Andrew you first uh thanks Mayor uh a couple things um we uh just on the election front two major
updates uh from the uh the legislature uh early voting in the primary elections now been extended to uh 6 days prior to the um uh changed increased from the prior format um and something just to note for anyone who votes in a primary
election if you're a Republican or a Democrat or if you're unaffiliated seeking to vote as a Republican or Democrat this year the uh the ballots will look substantially different than they have in previous years uh maybe not last year's um but uh they'll be considered office block ballots and they'll no longer have the um the
columns that you're uh may be more accustomed to um and mayor in effort to keep brief that's all I will report thank you that's excellent u Mr cfo you got anything uh just that uh taxes and sewers are passed due please pay and uh we're
having another budget meeting on Monday night good department heads see how quick it's going let's go uh Rich I'm looking at you Rupen good he's ready okay guys
um I'm just going to give you one report we have 126 permits that were February total revenue year to date $108,78 there were six constructions on the property side rich just turn that mic on oh I'm sorry
you got to like hold you got to like tell There it goes okay okay so again nine court dispositions six violations for February and six court summones were issued um as was stated earlier um
Dowling's uh catering room we just finished that tonight actually Mike was out and gave his final inspection so they'll have their TCO for tomorrow russ has a couple of other things he needs to do but it has been a pleasure working with them
and I actually um during my role in in Rosal Park I've been giving individuals with my hat off some business advice from my past experience in business so um I know he appreciated it and it's been a pleasure and that is a transformative project for the town i
said it from day one that has really uh really increased um activity and interest in our downtown and I hope that keeps going and I know it will good trend um 10 Westfield Avenue that is moving quite nicely uh the parking
garage is moving along hopefully we can have a TCO on that for March 15th that's my hope um maybe there's a 50% chance of that happening once that TCO is issued then we can begin TCOing build building
A we've already done two floors in that so obviously for the CFO purposes then the pilot will kick in at that point um otherwise if there's any questions cool no very good thanks Rich chief
good evening everybody good evening so I'll just keep it real brief uh nice along with the uh rest of you um just one thing for uh just a wishing the best of luck to Officer Caberno as she goes out on her maternity leave uh starting tomorrow i can't wait to meet her new
addition to the police department and the uh Caberna family we're putting them on the department as as soon as the baby comes out yes okay is that kosher we can do that but uh I submitted my report uh earlier if anybody has anything for me or any uh
comments on on anything that was on the report any questions for the chief thank you thank you for uh the phone calls and conversations we've had these last few weeks very welcome very helpful no worries students are very happy thank you thank you cool thank you Jason ruben
it's going to be shorter than him that's for sure yeah really yep i doubt it uh just a reminder uh St pattis Day this weekend from 12:00 p.m to 3 p.m on the 29th we're going to have the putting live first CPR seminar uh on March 31st
we're going to have the MVC mobile unit coming over and couple of activities that we have added to the calendar for this month uh and moving forward it will continue uh trips to local restaurants on Mondays uh afternoon movies every last Wednesday of the month uh March
18th uh we have the health uh county health management coming over for presentation and project healthy bone um will happen every Thursday until August 21st and that's what I have a mirror slightly longer any questions for Ruben
thank you yep take it easy thank you Greg just taking your time walking over huh mine's a half hour cuz I don't come everyone please don't do that so since the beginning of the year um
the DPW has had total PTO hours of 199.5 hours total overtime is 286 hours the DPW continues to abate the NJPOS violations that we received in January so far we have corrected 12 out of 17
violations whether done by DPW staff or the aid of contractors the DPW has engaged in much neededed safety training with the support of our GIF and the Kennorth public works department structural engineers have assessed our facility on March 4th and will be submitting a report within a week or so to the burough administrator and myself
the report would have been forward to the governing body and NJPO residents are encouraged to call DPW when they need the they need used motor oil electronics and or scrap metal picked up from their home these are free recyclable materials that DPW will pick
up at no charge when scheduled DPW will pick them up on Tuesdays and Thursdays residents are no longer permitted to drop off these items at the DPW facility and Rich's Tree Service will be commencing within a week or so on the east side where do I put the scrap metal
if I want it picked up just on the curb yeah so those items I referred to we pick them up on B the same days we pick up bulk Tuesdays and Thursdays okay and we'll pick them up for free is there a limit is there a limit to the size on that because I know we have it for bulk as long as they're manageable like they
can fit into the back of a pickup truck okay that's what I would ask for all residents you need to call sounds like I'm calling sounds like I'm calling the DVW yeah they have to call and schedule it this will be a first okay cool all right any question oh any questions for Greg yep uh any way we can get um your
workers to do those sewer grates i mean the one on the corner of Sheridan is grant is terrible i mean there's so much debris around this yeah we can clean uh just text me those addresses okay I'll have them clean off the tops uh the
basins themselves can't be cleaned right now cuz our truck is down for a hydraulic leak a vacuum truck and we're in the process of getting that fixed okay i mean it's bad there you know yeah we'll get the tops cleaned up for sure but Okay once our truck is fixed then we'll be doing the entire town all the storm basins and reporting that to the D
nice and u the potholes or we going to be so our machine is also down it's got a thermostat issue and I had a vendor come out he's giving me a quote to fix it we're using kind of worse when they're not using it right so we did
potholes last week we're going to do some more hopefully next week because the weather's supposed to hold out and it's supposed to be really nice and warm um I encourage all residents to call us with potholes and uh requests council members as well and I'll I'll do my due diligence and try and find any on my own
as well okay i know Waller Street is terrible i think we hit that didn't we okay i know we hit Maple i know i wrote by the other day and it was still bad i'll I'll check it all out for you okay thank you you're welcome thank you is that it yeah oh any else okay cool good
thanks all right uh that's it right uh may I have a motion to accept the reports of departments as submitted so moved second all in favor i there are no ordinance for second reading this evening mr clerk please read ordinance number 289 by title yes may ordinance 2809 is an ordinance for introduction ordinance
amending chapter 2 of the code of the Bur Rosal Park entitled administration establishing a new section 64 thereof entitled veterans grant writing assistance program uh may I have motion to approve ordinance number 2809 for instruction fix the date for second reading and public hearing as March 20th 2025
so moved second is there any discussion yeah mayor if I may two seconds i just wanted to thank Andrew for helping me to work on this uh grant this is a a service for the community and we we went to an extent to make sure that uh it no one comes in and try to take advantage
of it as well it's meant to help out the uh veterans that have been long established in our community so uh kudos and thank you uh Andrew for that awesome thank you uh please call the roll councilman Petroski yes councilman
Johnson yes councilman Sigarella yes councilman Robbina yes councilwoman Lions yes councilman Patel yes at six in the affirmative mayor the ordinance is adopted introduced uh all matters listed with an asterisk are considered to be routine and non-controversial by the council and 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 8325 is awarding a goods and services contract to Suburban Disposal Inc pursuant to the base bid of the
advertised bid specifications for vegetative waste collection and disposal services in an amount not to exceed $411,000 resolution 8425 is awarding a goods and services contract to Suburban Disposal Inc pursuant to the base bid of the advertised bid specifications for recycling collection services in an
amount not to exceed $1,6,200 resolution 8525 is authorizing and directing the municipal land use board to investigate whether all or a portion of the property identified as block 504 lot 6 of the municipal tax map commonly known as 510 Chestn Street along with all streets a
pertinent there too constitute a non-condomation redevelopment area pursuant to the local redevelopment housing law NJSA 4812 4A12A-1 at SEC resolution 8625 is awarding a professional services contract to McManaman Scotland and Bowman LLC for the redevelopment Velment
Council services associated with a designated redevelopment area including block 504 lots 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 and 10 of the municipal tax map commonly known as 525 Locust Street 58 West Lincoln Avenue 56 West Lincoln Avenue 54 West Lincoln Avenue 50 West Lincoln Avenue 40
West Lincoln Avenue 38 West Lincoln Avenue 34 West Lincoln Avenue 515 Locust Street and 501 to 511 Locust Street along with all streets and rights of way permanent there too and an amount not to exceed $5,000 resolution 8725 is awarding a professional services
contract to the Neglia group for professional planning services associated with amendments to the Ryan redevelopment plan block 503 lots 1 through10 in an amount not to exceed $6,160 resolution 8825 is accepting the retirement of Donna El Coran from the position of deputy burough clerk
resolution 8925 is appointing Victor A d philippo as a part-time covering building sub code inspector resolution 9025 is authorizing and directing the chief administrative officer off officer to institute a layoff action including one custodian of municipal buildings resolution 9125 is awarding a contract
to DLS Contracting Inc for the project 2025 sidewalk program and an amount not to exceed $100,000 resolution 9225 is accepting the resignation of Kevin Colbeck as a class 4 member of the municipal annu board resolution 9325 is granting permission to Dalling's Irish Pub and Restaurant to operate a premises
extension permit granted by the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control on a portion of William Street for a St patrick's Day parades elevation resolution 9425 is authorizing the burough clerk to auction landscaping and mechanical equipment no longer needed for public use resolution 9525 is
authorizing the burough clerk to auction vehicles no longer needed for public use resolution 9625 is authorizing the release of the performance bond for Rosell Park Urban Renewal LLC for the property located at 450 West Westfield Avenue identified as block 213 lot one of the municipal tax map
uh are we moving anything from the consent agenda 88 okay 85 yep anything else okay uh may have motion to approve the resolutions remaining on the consent agenda so moved second all in favor i uh
may I have a motion to adopt resolution 85-25 so moved second any discussion uh for the 85 so is there any updates from the board of ed like has they have they voted on this or anything like that do you know no I don't know okay
that's up okay uh Andrew please call the RO council Petroski yes councilman Johnson yes councilman Signarella yes councilman Robina yes councilwoman Lions yes councilman Patel no five votes in the affirmative mayor one in the negative the resolution is adopted okay uh have a motion to adopt resolution
88-25 so moved second is there any discussion yeah i just like to congratulate uh Donna for I believe uh 29 years of service to the burrow and um I probably been
here taking shape or form and uh uh God bless her on her retirement i hope she enjoys her second career whatever she's going to do staying home and uh thank you so much for her years and dedication service to the burough rose park
that sentiment council thank you Donna yes so councilman mayor if I could sure if the governing body wants to vote this down I'd be fine with it thank you Donna for all your years of service to not only to me uh but to the Burough Rosal Park um I'll have a lot
more to say about Donna as the time gets closer which will be July 1st um I'm not looking forward to the day but uh I'm looking forward to you enjoying your life um and I just want to I just want to thank you for everything you've done for the town uh many of many of those things no one will ever know um but
thank you donna yeah no I want to thank her for all her years of service and uh you know uh 29 years is a long time and I hope she has a great uh retirement afterwards donna I
know you do the minutes so good writtens get out thank you Donna she may not be watching because we went into close no but she does the minutes right watch she she watches too yeah she does the minutes too
all right please call the role councilman Proski yes councilman Johnson yes councilman Signarella yes councilman Robin sadly yes councilwoman Lions councilman Patel six West Inferno mayor the resolution is adopted okay uh reports of council committees uh Councilman Johnson oh thank you might as
well be short mayor good evening mayor council and residents um just wanted to say thank you to all uh for the overwhelming support of our third uh free CPR training for residents due to incredible response we have decided to
expand it from class of 15 to 25 lucky residents so I'm looking forward to training with you guys and seeing this amazing uh community come together on March 29th from 12:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m at the Consigno Center let's uh learn saving life techniques together
um also I just wanted to do a quick uh community announcement on who our uh new diversity and inclusion chair is is again uh Shaina congratulations she's been reelected as the chair for the second consecutive year we also have Rod uh re uh reelected as the treasurer and
Chris Monroe will be uh in charge of events uh let me see um nope and I just wanted to say uh it was a beautiful I had a beautiful time attending uh the ribbon cutting with uh councilwoman uh and
acting pres uh acting mayor for the day uh Rosanna Lions and so I just wanted her to acknowledge that and um I I thank you uh guys uh for all being there it was uh great i had fun um and I enjoyed the food so uh if you need to get in
contact with me please call me at 9083031519 or you can email me at g johnson rosealpark.net and mayor that concludes my report thank you councilman Council Mowski thank you thank you Mayor uh first of all I want to send my condolences out to Barbara Birmingham
and Patrick Capello uh 94 years old uh a long time Roso Parker and uh he actually was second in the state wrestling in when he was in high school so that's great honor um uh also uh Loretta
Anderson Bachmann and Beck uh Bonnie uh G Greer uh Spirit which is Father Jim's uh sister uh Teresa Fernandez Jim Appello and Rudy Barbario Rosanna that might be your father's
friend yes very good friend yeah I just found that out today um I I I also attended the ribbon cutting ceremony on Sunday at 304 Chestnut uh great job as mayor uh
she did do a good job she did all right all right everybody's jumping in my grave already but yeah I appreciate uh the new uh the people for it was a good uh ribbon cutting ceremony uh on uh Monday I
attended the fire department uh meeting again mostly about the uh work orders and u problems they have at the uh firehouse uh uh American Legion update again let's help them out the best we
can uh uh actually on the 22nd uh the uh floor layers union came and they came with 20 members it was crazy and they put the floor down um originally they were going to go over the old old floor they decided to rip
the floor up and go with a new one so I appreciate all they're doing i like to bring them in next meeting on the 20th yep sure um I will get you the names as soon as I get them um but uh it was uh like I said 20 guys and everything so I
also want to thank uh uh Vic from uh Dunkin Donuts on Westville Avenue who donated the uh coffee and uh donuts and u uh bagels and also uh Nola from Kas and Brian thank you for donating the
pizza um again uh I appreciate and the floor looks great right yeah so um the next thing they're going to redo the bathrooms there so um the tile actually is coming next week so hopefully within a couple weeks that we have a they have
new bathrooms down there and uh like I said we're trying to fix it up the best we can and um I appreciate uh again American Legion all veterans I I thank them uh for their service and I also would like to wish Paul Devito his first
birthday in heaven um you know we lost Paul in November but um today is his birthday so uh happy birthday Paul okay uh if you need to contact me Jay Petroski roseark.net
908667821 and Mary you're still my favorite mayor there we go finally someone's got my back i was about to say mayor lions what what I don't know how to refer to you she did do a good job go ahead i actually I tell you I've been doing this for almost seven years now i
am the worst at those things ribbon cutings these uh ceremonies like I give me a budget i'll work on a budget the ribbon cutings are not my thing anyway councilwoman go i'll take over the the You could do that delegate it thank you
good evening mayor council residents of Rosal Park um just a a quick obviously we we've spoken about it the vanity house of beauty we did the ribbon cutting it's just an awesome um honor really to have these businesses uh as
you said mayor even with dowlings like invest in Rosal Park so just a a reminder for residents to definitely uh check them out they were doing some nails and they had some awesome massage uh chairs there and it was awesome um but just a great family it's a
familyowned business and uh just go out and support them and I just thank you um thank the council members that were there Councilman Jay Councilman Greg Councilman Joe um Petroski and uh yeah it was just an awesome day but real
quick um also condolences to the Barbario family uh Mr barbario passed away um yes he was very close to uh that family is very close to my family and they would share garden uh you know uh what do they call just
seeds it was really awesome and and it just a very big family in Rosal Park and and our hearts are with them right now um just a quick note again with women's uh women's month and um the nominations did come in and I have 13 women that I
will be contacting and invite them out for the next meeting March 20th if you need me uh our alliance at rosealpark.net thank you thank you Councilwoman councilman Patel thank you nice reminder the uh repair cafe hosted by
the Environmental Commission is on March 23rd from one uh 1:00 p.m to 400 p.m at the Casano Center and that concludes my report whoa boom my favorite
you got You got You were like You went up a point you got a hole to dig out of though bro maybe this will help oh you going to sign it you sign it for a row all right jay go ahead all right thanks Mayor well I'm going to take Councilman Patel's
minutes so we're Oh no come on man really we're good but we didn't have report last time so uh good evening Rosa Park uh infrastructure and environmental concerns over the past few weeks I've been in regular communication with residents and professionals about infrastructure repairs safety concerns
and environmental sustainability and I'm working closely with our department heads and the burough administrator to address these important matters and continue collaborating with various partners to ensure the safety and well-being of our community particularly when it comes to our storm water systems parks roads and sidewalks tree planting the fifth ward
as PSG continues to work in the fifth ward I want to remind residents on West Kfax that if they're interested in having replacement trees planted they can contact PSNG directly at their project hotline 80091-5035 alternatively you can reach out to our newly established shade tree commission
or contact me directly and I'd be happy to follow up on your behalf i'm advocating for the planting of 40 new trees in the ward this year planting small low growing trees will not only beautify our neighborhoods but also enhance pedestrian safety contribute to environmental sustainability and support our road dieting efforts new Jersey Bike
and Walk Coalition Safe Network update on February 26 I attended the NJBWC Safe Network meeting where we discussed the ongoing progress of the New Jersey target zero commission the meeting included NJ DOT Commissioner Okconor and Senator Dynan uh chair of the Senate
Transportation Committee i'm encouraged by their commitment to reducing fatalities and serious injuries on our roadways in a follow-up meeting a few days later I participated in a NJ bike and walk coalition DOT and D discussion on uh statewide trail needs assessment
on Tuesday I participated in the safe streets for all action plan advisory committee alongside our burough administrator we reviewed data from outreach events and surveys which included nearly 1,700 engagements in 2600 map pins locations with 60% of the feedback focused on improving walking
and biking infrastructure there were important takeaways including the urgent need to enhance pedestrian infrastructure install rapid uh flashing beacons RFBs improve lighting and implement traffic calming measures we identified several key areas throughout the county including here in Roso Park
where improvements are needed for pedestrians and cyclists we now have the data and support to work towards making our streets safer for all users especially children and families in add in addition we must work to expand protected bike paths improve school zone safety and prioritize safety
upgrades at high-risisk intersections and key corridors including Fetude Avenue as you know I've been a long I've long been an advocate for safer streets and I will continue working with my colleagues many of whom are parents educators and community leaders to push
for these necessary improvements in the face of upcoming federal budget cuts many impacting state aid I hope we can all agree that reducing funding for life-saving measures should not be a partisan issue infrastructure projects tomorrow whether permitting we will begin striping Hazel and West Roselle is that
correct Andrew tomorrow still good to improve safety and help prevent wrongway driving additionally we will soon announce the repaving of Laurel Avenue and the installation of new sidewalks ensuring that children commuters and dog walkers no longer have to walk in the street near Lmon Monaco Perry Park
and regarding development I've received feedback from residents and I share their concerns it is essential that we continue to approach new and proposed projects with caution and balance regarding kids and families at the special education parent advisory group
the CPAC meeting last month I was pleased to learn that CPAG is working closely with the Roso Park School District's director of special services and the board of education leaison to educate both staff and parents about how to fully utilize the sensory friendly playground on Fetude Avenue this
playground is particularly valuable given its proximity to Aldine school where nearly 20% of the entire district students have special needs or learning classifications the district is also exploring field trips to allow students to experience a sensory friendly space i'm especially proud of CPAC co-leader
and my wife Jackie Rabina for proactive efforts last fall when she conducted a survey that revealed significant interest in this important community resource the response has been overwhelmingly positive and I'm excited to see the growing interest in how the park can benefit all children so as a result I formally requested that
our Department of Public Works ensure that the Sensory Park and Aldine Park are serviced this spring including mulching powerashing the sensory equipment and making other necessary improvements additionally we're working on introducing a communication board at the sensory park additionally we're
working uh for those unfamiliar a communication board is a display of images and text designed to assist with learning communication inclusion and awareness if you have a non-verbal child or they have developmental or cognitive challenges this tool makes expression of
recreation and play a little easier for them these boards can be installed in public spaces such as playgrounds parks beaches and museums and their vocabulary their vocabulary can be tailored to meet the specific needs of the location on to business and community updates on Saturday March 1st I attended
like many of my colleagues here the ribbon cutting ceremony for Vanity House of Beauty celebrating its recent renovations and expansion we also welcome new members to the Chamber of Commerce including Nick Rjapi of N Auto Sales as well as resident Nicole Placa and her business Diamond Deets Baton and
Twirling which has locations in Union and Cranford i would also like to recognize fifth W resident Daniel Lozano owner of Advanced Autoworks in Cranford located at 45 North A daniel is known for his honesty reasonable prices and excellent work i recently had my car
repaired there and highly recommend his services please continue to support our local business owners including the newest spot that's opening tomorrow that we confirmed Olden Hall and Chestnut i'm excited to see our community's continued support for Dallings and other local businesses i'll conclude with Save the
Dates and upcoming events april 5th we have the Meet the Burough event at the Casano Center whether you're new to the Fifth Ward or not please come down and share any neighborhood concerns with me april 12th spring cleanup from 10:00 a.m to noon at the Casano Center april 26th is celebrate trails day working with
Union County connects on an exciting event in the fifth ward so stay tuned and May 3rd is our annual tour to park tour to Roso Park event fifth W i'm always here for you please don't hesitate to reach out via text cell uh email is jabbina roso park.net
8622360019 mayor that concludes my report what happened over if you were over I wasn't going to grant a extension this time around that's fair you used all options i missed my 6 minutes and 30 seconds 30 seconds short councilman
Cigarella don't worry i'm going to take them i just uh one event uh this past Monday I read uh at Sherman School and it was uh enjoyable as I do it every year and uh Councilman Johnson's son was in the class uh fire chief's son was in
a class uh a couple of the uh police officers it was great we had a great time i enjoyed it uh you know some of those books are tongue twisters uh and uh enjoyed about snow what grade was it book the book the
book yeah they are they do get tongue twister at fourth grade joe stick fourth graders but I had a good time they get tough at fourth grade that's true i got six and a half minutes coming so anyway I I I always bring I bring my uh I bring
a I bring a a carbon monoxide detector smoke detector talk a little bit about the fire stuff so a little I do my little fire prevention shindig with it and I I enjoy it so that's good so um that's the end of my report and um good
luck to the islands this weekend end of my report it's a good report Councilman i have no report email me at mayor sig mayor sig rosal.net if you have any questions uh okay and Andrew please read my appointments into the
record yes mayor uh you have five appointments the first is appointing Christian Camilo currently alternate member number one of the municipal annu board is class four member of the municipal land use board effective immediately to fill the unexpired term of Kevin Colbeck to expire December 31st 2026 the second is appointing Richard G templeton the third currently alternate
member number two of the land use board as alternate member one of the board effective immediately to fill the unexpired term of Christian Camilo set to expire December 31st 2026 the third is appointing Adalfo Decosmo currently alternate member number three of the board as alternate member two of the municipal annual board effective immediately to fill the unexpired term
of Richard G templeton the third to expire December 31st 2026 number four is appointing Evo Trinastic currently alternate member number four of the municipal land use board as alternate member number three of the board effective immediately to fill the unexpired term of Adalfa DSMO set to
expire December 31st 2025 and the fifth is appointing Steven Barangia i'll find out uh of 124 Def Bender Avenue Rosal Park New Jersey 07204 as alternate member number four of the municipal land use bill land use board effective immediately to fill the
unexpired term of EVO set to expire December 31st 2025 uh thank you may I have a motion to open the public portion on any subject so moved second all in favor i I Michael Ryan 515 Locust Street um I I
think my uh request for tableabling the u uh resolutions was different than the attorneys i'm I would have liked them tabled to give me an opportunity to uh have a formal meeting in front of council and the and the community
uh and and I I hope that we can uh arrange that at some point um my question is uh what are the amendments that you are considering for the uh change to the redevelopment plan yeah uh
so just real quick I I actually spoke just only if I'm four minutes I just wanted to you know mention not that I came here to talk about the model but uh I keep I bring the model just to dis give you a chance to distinguish this
from any of the other developments that have been done in Rosel Park it is entirely different and there's no comparison between this and anything else that uh that we have at this point um I you know and this is also
demonstrates my passion this is where you know I started with this project after the architect showed me the plans i wanted to have something to be able to demonstrate it to the t uh to the uh council and the community uh and that
passion is I I want to be clear about it it's not it does not rise from dreams of wealth it comes from my desire to build something in Rosel Park that will be the highlight of our town uh something of high quality something upscale something that
benefits the people and something that the residents of Roosevelt Park will be proud of and they will be proud of this when it's done um if you question my sincerity of my civic mind in this I refer you to my mother's service as councilwoman and mayor i am driven by
the same concern for the community i think we all share that same feeling but we have different ideas on what is best for the community the Ryan family are lifelong residents and property owners of Rosel Park we have been longtime taxpayers we have been
investing in Rosel Park since the 1930s that's almost 100 years that we've been here our concern for the town comes from those hundred years of being here i appreciate the four minutes I was given two weeks ago to introduce the highlights of the project but judging
from the positive reaction of the residents of the count uh last council meeting I would like the opportunity to make a formal presentation to the mayor and council and the community most of all I want the residents of Rosel Park to have an opportunity to learn of the
exceptional quality of the Parkers these are the Parkers uh the uh Chestnut House the Lincoln House the Locust House and the dramatic difference between it and the other multifamily uh developments in that we have in town
right now um I I'm curious about what the amendments you're considering yeah so I I got it so I just if you're coming as a citizen obviously we just authorized lawyers to engage you as a developer um
so we're not going to go over what amendments we'd like to see before or tonight i do think Mike you have individually spoken with some of us i think you've heard some of the feedback just to be clear I like the project as is i see the vision i think it's beautiful i need three council votes
right um I am more than happy to call a special meeting i can tell you I love your optimism having done these before if you think that we're going to bring this into a special meeting and you're gonna get a bunch of converts I I'm
gonna burst your bubble right now you're gonna get every Tom Dick and Harry that hates this project and wants to be throw rocks at it will come and we'll throw rocks at it that night but I'm happy to be proven wrong and I see the value in it um so you know if that's what we want
to do is a special meeting on it I'm I'm amendable to that um I would suggest we do it in the Casano Center we did this when we did the Meridia project in a less formal setting so people can come around and see this um but you're going to get nimbies there um and to be candid
right I think the the positive reaction you got last week is uh is less about supporting this and more about needling me i just to be to be realistic with you right i I have not shown this to anyone oh sorry your time your time's up Mike
yeah unfortunately but but I I I love the project i you're gonna get a lot of nimbies there but I I mean council do you do you if I make time for a special meeting would you was it No okay I'm fine with that all right so on advice of the lawyers yeah yeah all
right fine yeah yeah yeah okay got it so let's We just hired lawyers tonight we'll let them engage with you and an engineer and and you guys take it from there and if a public session's warranted a public session is warranted okay cool appreciate your time thank you thank you council thank you Mayor
knock the roof off this the last time you're going to break it at some point Mike stop bringing it around bring pictures dude not now is not the time jay I love how I got it from both ends hi guys Jerry Velry Raglin Drive i was
talking to the superintendent outside the DPW i got a a couple answers on the water mane project um they just posted Raglin Drive tonight um I wonder when they're starting u Monday monday it is Monday okay are we dig i can answer
front lawns go for it go to town i'm sorry go ahead are we digging up front lawns so it depend it it the answer to that is it depends right it depends on whether or not your your service to your house is lead or galvanized steel right they're going to do a test pit probably at your curb um and they're going to
find out if it's letter galvanized they will but they're going to set up an appointment with appointment with you um right now though uh starting Monday they're only going to do the main line in the street they may do the test pit that's just behind the curb but they're not going to like trench your whole lawn okay um honestly if you want the guy's
phone number that's managing the project give you his cell phone number um but they will do the mainline and then a few weeks from now they're going to come back and do the services right they're just finishing up on Madison and they're going to go to Ragland next week so they do the main line test to see if you have
lead or galvanized if you do they're going to make an appointment with you to come back and and rectify that okay when when they come through with the service to the house how is that done i I'll be honest with you I'm not an expert although mine is getting done at my house also um they're going to they're going to dig up your your lawn
unfortunately not the whole thing obviously but and then they'll replace the segment that is letter galvanized how exactly they do it i would really suggest you talk to them directly i don't want to tell you the wrong thing um the other thing on the sidewalk program anybody that has a sidewalk that
is uprooted by a tree Yes um and if the tree is not dead or partially dead um what happens with that could that sidewalk be repair or the the tree taken down yeah so so I take a hard line on this and forgive me because I I got a
twitch for trees right now right i love trees yeah okay good we're on the same page um so what we've tried to do in recent years is I refuse to take the tree down but um they can kind of droo it along that path and then put the thing most of the times we've seen the
roots the tree survives right but it is a public danger you know if the the the sidewalk you mean cutting where it's lifting shave off the sidewalk yes yes better replace sidewalk yep all pictures for the sidewalk redevelopment has to go
to uh you can send them to me you can send them to Andrew you send them to DBW all right send them to me are you limited to how many or however many are lifted as long as uh as long as it's lifted by a tree cool good enough thank you i'm glad you want to be on the You want to be on the tree committee yeah I'll be on a tree committee okay all right yeah do the tree committee yeah I
like You want to be on the tree committee that tree committee i'm the belt tree committee okay there we go this is good anybody else okay seeing no one may I have a motion to close the public portion some
move second uh all in favor motion to adjurnn so move second all in favor i