yeah that'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 Newark Star Ledger uh said notice was Post in the municipal building at copies on file with the office of the bur clerk fire
are located in the directions I'm indicating if you alerted for a fire please move in a Comm orderly manner this New Year smoke re exit proper noce haven't been given the bur clerk is direct to include statement on the minutes of the meeting please call the councilman Petroski here councilman Johnson pres councilman signell here councilman councilman Rina here
councilwoman Lions here councilman Patel is absent Council uh mayor signell here have a quarum mayor uh yeah uh Pledge of Allegiance opening prayer 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 Al to the flag of the United States of America and to the rep for it stands one nation God indivisible liy and justice for
all okay 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 woman'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 it I forgot what the order was cool gu I'm giving well the
woman um so I'll let Rosanna talk um but uh Rosanna um started a woman of the Rosal Park woman of the year or just woman of the year last year Rosal Park woman 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're important part of this community it's important to recognize um the important women that we have in our community so uh we are proclaiming women's History Month uh in Rosal Park and Rosanna I'll let you take the
mic I gotta 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 ten booom Harriet Tubman and sister Cabrini um
Cory ten boom 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 to 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 Cabrini 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 councel that we could do this and um so next
meeting we have 13 women that were nominated in Rosel 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 frck manman unless you want to be Woman of the Year cuz literally you're the only other one we've got right this meeting take a picture real quick yeah Redevelopment attorney and woman of the year 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 oh some moved I'm sorry all in
favor okay may I have a motion to open the public portion on agenda items only so moved second all in favor I like to come speak please come up correct uh yeah that's I think's where the the mic's on yeah good evening Michael Ryan 5:15
Locust Street good evening mayor and councel 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 uh go Mr
umbach would not be happy with me I don't know if you know Mr umbach he was uh the speech teacher in Rosell Park High School I remember 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 8625 87-25 okay that's just an award of Professional Services contract 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 I understand that but the so that opportunity would be at the end you say I should uh come come up in the uh the other public session yeah there's a second one yep you know it's unless you have a a problem with with the selection of the professionals which
I don't think you do no but I uh because that's all that all that resolution does is award a contract to two separate professions but the one of the uh resolutions references Amendment to the uh Redevelopment plan correct that's there 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 I would if you think this is too sorous 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 suggest and 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 is taking longer than five 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 so Russ Russ Holden uh I own a business
at 117 Chester Street dings to everyone else that's who I am to Andrew and the mayor I'm last minute Russ because what I tend to do I'm good it's Council these guys are tough so um I just wanted to first of all talk on a resolution we
have the resolution to extend a premises to Williams Avenue I just want 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 3 years
ago we were flooded out four years ago didn't know what 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 kind 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 buio a million times for the work that him his 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 room it's he's good I want to take this this moment to encourage anyone that's looking to bring their business into Rosel 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 councel everyone in this town wants what's best for Rosell park being someone that's been here for my entire life having a family that's been here as long as the cerella 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 korth 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 it's all good that's it I app appreciate it thank you guys yep thank you um and uh well whatever this is I
can say whatever I want just on a side um appropo of not much uh dowlings 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 let you know to pay it off is totally off schedule but again I'm 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 a like a legit like people would ask 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 EDS only no but I do have a question open tomorrow you can't what what's yes okay g 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 all right I I'm going to ask you guys are going 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 move second um all in favor do I okay cool beautiful all right um You got to read the thing right yes okay whereas the mayor and Council of the burough Ros burough of Rosell Park wish to discuss matters which are described
by the New Jersey open public meetings Act njsa 10 4-12 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 tin Pat Inc and the development of the Ryan property and uh
ongoing litigation Verizon versus the bur of Rosel 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 bur of Rosell Park County of union state of New Jersey do now adour the open portion of
the meeting and open a closed portion of the meeting to discuss the aforementioned item I need a motion to adopt the resolution have motion some second then we don't vote on it right and we just close in faor I why can't I not remember this all in favor I okay
got it now you're in closed neat my reports make need a motion to go back and Open Session sorry about 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 going get that so I'm going to get that kiss go you're alive I earned it let's go okay do I have a motion to go back and open session all in favor I okay um C mayor
in close session the governing body discussed 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 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 change increase from the 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 una Affiliated 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 sores are pass 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 tight I'm looking at you
rupin good he's ready okay guys February we have 126 permits that were issued for February total revenue year to date rich just turn that mic on sorry you gotta like hold you gotta like there it goes okay okay so again
nine court dispositions six violations for February and six Court summonses were issued um as was stated earlier um ding's uh catering room we just finished that tonight actually Mike was out and
gave his final inspection so they'll have their tcco 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 Rosel 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 West 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 TCO 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 Co no very good thanks Rich Chief good evening everybody good
evening so I just keep it real brief uh nice along with the uh rest of you um just one thing for uh just to wishing the best of luck to officer cero as she goes out on her maternity leave uh starting tomorrow I can't wait to meet her uh new addition to the police department and the uh cabero family
we're putting them on the department as as soon as the baby comes out yes okay is that kosher we 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 very helpful no worries are very happy thank you thank you cool thank you Chief Reuben it's going to be shorter than him that's for sure yeah really I doubt it uh just
a reminder uh San pis 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 and 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 held uh County Health Management coming over for a
presentation and Project Healthy bone um we will happen every Thursday until August 21st and that's all I have here slightly longer any questions for rupin thank you yep thank easy thank you greig
just taking your time walking over huh mine's a half hour because I don't come every please don't do that so since the beginning of the year um the DPW has had total PTO hours of
1999.5 hourss Total overtime is 286 hours the tpw continues to Abate the njp as violations that we received in January so far we have corrected 12 out of 17 violations whether they done by DPW staff or the eight of contractors so DPW
has engaged in much needed safety training with the support of our GIF and the kennworth public works department Structural Engineers have assessed our facility on March 4th and will'll be submitting a report within a week or so to the burrow administrator myself report will forward to the governing body and
njp residents are encouraged to call DPW when they need the they need use 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 D DPW facility and Richard 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 bul 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 need to call sounds like I'm calling sounds like I'm calling the DPW
yeah they have to call and schedule it this will be a first okay cool all right any question any questions for Greg y uh any way we can get um your workers to do the sewer grates I mean the one on the corner of Sheridan is Grant is terrible
I mean there's so much to bra around this soare 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 clean 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 DP nice and U the potholes are we going to be so our
machine is also down got a thermostat issue and I had a vendor come out he's G me a quote to fix it we're using kennor 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
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 do my due diligence and try and find any on my own as well okay I know walner street is terrible you know I think we hit that didn't we okay
I know we hit Maple I know I wrode by the other day it was still bad I'll I'll check it all out for you okay thank you you're welcome than you is that it yeah oh any else okay cool good thanks all right uh that's it right uh
may have a motion to accept the reports of departments as submitted so moves second all in favor I there are no ordinance for second reading this evening Mr cler please read ordinance number 2809 by title yes mayor ordance 2809 is an ordinance for introduction ordinance amending chapter 2 of the codee of the B Rosell Park entitled Administration establishing a new
section 64 thereof entitled veterans grant writing assistance program uh may have motion to approve ordinance number 2809 for introduction and fix the date for second reading and public hearing as March 20th 2025 so moved second is there any discussion yeah mayor if I made 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 and try to take advantage of it as well is 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 thank you uh please call the RO councilman patoski yes councilman Johnson yes councilman signell yes councilman Rina yes councilwoman Lions yes councilman Patel yes at six in the
affirmative mayor the ordinance is adopted introduced uh all matters listed with anasis are considered to be routine and non-controversial by the council and we 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 considering 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 of 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 good and services contract to Suburban Disposal Inc pursuant to the base bit of the advertis bid specifications for recycling collection services in an amount not to exceed $1,620 resolution 8525 is authorizing and directing the
municipal landport 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 chestna Street along with all streets are pertinent there too constitute a non-c condemnation Redevelopment area pursu to the local Redevelopment Housing
law njsa 4A col2 4A 12 A-1 at sec resolution 8625 is awarding a Professional Services contract to McManaman Scotland and Balman LLC for the Redevelopment 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 lincol Avenue 56 West Lincoln Avenue 54 West Lincoln Avenue 50 West Lincoln Avenue 40 West Lincoln Avenue 38 West Lincoln Avenue 34 West linin Avenue 515 Locust Street and
501 to 511 Loc stre Street along with all streets and rights away pertinent there too in an amount not to exceed $5,000 resolution 8725 is awarding a Professional Services contract to the negia group for professional planning Services associated with amendments to the Ryan Redevelopment plan block 503
Lots 1 through1 in an amount not to ex $616 resolution 8825 is accepting the retirement of Donna L Corgan from the position of Deputy borrow clerk resolution 8925 is appointing Victor a d Filippo as a part-time covering building subcode inspector resolution 9025 is
authorizing and directing the chief administrative officer 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 colc as a class four member of the municipal lus board resolution 9325 is granting permission to dings 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 St Patrick's state
parade cele operation resolution 9425 is authorizing the B Clark 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 Rosel 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 have a motion to adopt resolution 8525 so moved second there 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 like that do you know no I don't know okay yeah that's it okay uh Andrew please call the rooll council Petroski yes councilman Johnson yes councilman sarella yes councilman Rina yes
councilwoman Lions yes councilman Patel no five votes in the affirmative mayor one in the negative the resolution is adopted okay uh may have a motion to adopt resolution 88-2 so moved second is there any discussion yeah I just like to congratulate uh Donna for I believe uh
29 years wow of service to the burrow and um i' probably been here give Tak 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 in dedication service to the burough Rosell Park than with that sentiment councilman thank you Don councilman mayor if I could sure if the governing body wants to vote this 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 Rosel 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 awesome Donna yeah now I want to thank her for all the 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 she may not be watching cuz we went to close no but she does the minutes right watch she she she watches
too yes she has the minut all right please the r councilman pki yes councilman Johnson yes Council cerella yes councilman Rina sadly yes councilwoman Lions councilman Patel six W affertive mayor the resolution is adopted okay uh reports of council
committees uh councilman Johnson oh thank you m will be short mayor good evening mayor councel 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 p.m. at the conso center Let's
uh learn saving life techniques together um also I just wanted to do a quick uh Community announcement on who's 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 year we also have Rod uh re uh reelected as the treasurer and Chrisman Roe 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 I 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 98331 1519 or you can email me at G Johnson Rosell park.net and may that concludes my report thank you councilman councilman vosi thank you thank you mayor uh first of all I want to say my
condolences out to Barbara Birmingham and Patrick appello uh 94 years old uh a longtime Ros 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 Bachman and Beck uh Bonnie uh G gr uh SP which is Father Jim's uh sister uh Teresa Fernandez Jim Mello and Rudy barberio
Rosanna that might be your father's friend yes yes very good yeah I just found that out today um I I I also attended the ribbon cutting ceremony on Sunday at 3:04 chut uh great job as
mayor 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 was 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 Vic from uh dunin Donuts on Westville Avenue who donated the uh C coffee and uh donuts and U uh bagels and also Nia from kasas and Brian thank you
for donating the pizza um again uh I appreci and the floor looks great 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 a couple weeks that
we have a they have new bathrooms down there and uh like I said we 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 J Petroski rosof park.net
9086664419 one and Mary you're still my favorite M there we go finally someone's got my back I was about to say mayor Lions so what I don't know how to refer to you she did do a good job I actually I to tell you I've been
doing this for almost seven years now I am the worst at those things ribbon cting these uh ceremonies like I give me a budget I'll work on a budget the ribbon cuttings are not my thing anyway counsel them and go I'll take over the the you can do that delegated thank you
good evening mayor council residents of Rosal Park um just a a quick obviously we we've spoken about 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 petski and uh
yeah it was just an awesome day but real quick um also condolences to the Barbaro family uh Mr Barbaro 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 it just seeds it was really awesome and and it's 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 lions at Rosal park.net thank you thank you councilwoman councilman Patel thank
you reminder the uh repair Cafe hosted by the environmental commission is on March 23rd from 1 uh 1: p.m. to 4: p.m. at the Cassano Center and that concludes my report whoa boom my
favorite you got you got you're like you went up a point you got to hold the dig out of the bro maybe this will help oh you going to sign it you sign it for a row all right it wouldn't J goad all right thanks May
well I'm going to take councilman Patel's minutes so we're oh no come on man really good but we didn't have report last time so uh good evening Rosel Park on 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 the department heads and the burough administrator who address these important matters and continue collaborating with various Partners to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our community particularly when it comes to our storm order systems Parks roads and
sidewalks tree planning the Fifth Ward as P 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 PS directly at their project hotline 800 91503 alternatively you can reach out to
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 planning of 40 new trees in the ward this year planning small low growing trees will not only beautify our neighborhoods but also enhance pedestrian safety contribute to environmental sustainability and support
our roading efforts New Jersey bike and walk Coalition safe Network update on February 26th I attended the njbwl progress of the New Jersey Target zero commission the meeting included NJ do commissioner OK Conor and Senator Dinan uh chair of the Senate
Transportation committee I'm encouraged by their commitment to reducing fatalities and serious injuries on our roadways in fellout meeting a few days later I participated in a NJ bike and walk Coalition Dot and D discussion on a 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 1700 engagements and 2600 M 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 Rosell 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 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-risk intersections and key corridors including fat 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 I hope we can all agree that reducing funding for life-saving measures should not be a partisan issue infrastructure projects tomorrow weather permitting we will begin striping Hazel and West Rosel 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 L mono Perry Park and regarding Development I've
received feedback from residents and I share 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 cpeg meeting last month I was
pleased to learn that cpeg is working closely with the Rosel Park School District's director of special services and the Board of Education aison to educate both staff and parents about how to fully utilize the sensory friendly playground on fud Avenue this playground is particularly valuable given in 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 cpeg co-leader and my wife Jackie rabina for a
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 request that our Department of Public
Works ensure that the sensory Park in Aldine Park are serviced this spring including mulching power washing 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 vocabul their vocabulary can be tailored to meet the specific needs of the location onto 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 rapi of n Auto Sales as well as res president Nicole PLA and her business Diamond dets baton and twirling which has locations in
Union and Cranford I would also like to recognize fifth W resident Daniel Lozano owner of Advanced Auto Works in Cranford located at 45 North a East Daniel is known for his honesty reasonable prices and excellent work I recently had my car repaired there and highly recommend this
services please continue to support our local business owners including the newest spot that's opening tomorrow that we confirmed Olden Hall on Chestnut I'm excited to see our community's continued support for dings 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 Cassano 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 Cassano Center April 26th is celebrate Trails day working with Union County connects on an
exciting event in the fifth W so stay tuned and May 3rd is our annual tour to Park tour to Ros Park event fifth w I'm always here for you please don't hesitate to reach out via text sell uh email is J Rabin Rosel park.net 862
23619 mayor that concludes my report what happened over if you were over I wasn't going to Grant a extension this time around it's fair you used all ops that's I miss for 6 minutes and 30 seconds 30 seconds short councilman sign
don't worry I'm going to take um 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 children 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 B the book the book
yeah they are they do get tongue twist at fourth grade Jo fourth grade was F I had a good time they got toy fourth grade true I get six and a half minutes coming 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 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 gance
this weekend end of my report it's a good report councilman I have no report email me at mayor Sig mayor Sig Rosal park.net if you have any questions uh okay 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 luse board is class 4 member of Municipal anus sport effective immediately to fill the unexpired term of Kevin colck to expire December 31st 2026 the second is appointing Richard G Templeton the thir 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 chrisan Camilo set to expire December 31st 2026 the third is appointing adalo dezmo currently alternate member number three of the board as alternate member two of the municipal landu board effective immediately to fill the unexpired term
of Richard G Templeton thei to expire December 31st 2026 number four is appointing Evo Trin jasic currently alternate member number four of the municipal land use board as alternate member number three of the board effective immediately fill the unexpired term of adala De Cosmo set to expire
December 31st 2025 and the fifth is appointing Steven baranga I'll find out uh of 124 Bender Avenue Rosell Park New Jersey 0724 as ultimate 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 U thank you may I have a motion to open the public portion on any subject so moved second all in favor I Michael Ryan 515 Locust Street um I I think my uh request for tabling the um
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 five 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 roselt 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 roselt park that will be the highlight of our town uh something of high quality something something upscale something that benefits the people and something that the residents of Rosel 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 100 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 C uh last council
meeting I would like the opportunity to make a formal presentation to the mayor and councel and the community most of all I want the residents of Rosell Park to have an opportunity to learn of the exceptional quality of The Parkers these are The Parkers uh the Chestnut House
the Lincoln House the Locust house and uh the dramatic difference between it and the other multif family 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 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 going to get a bunch of converts I I'm gonna burst your bubble right now you're G to get every Tom Dick and Harry that hates this project and wants to be throw
rocks at it will come and will 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 amenable 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 nimes there um and to be candid right I think the the positive reaction you got for 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 I love the project I you're going to get a lot of nimes 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 to 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 an engineer an engineer and and you guys take it from there and if a public session is warranted a public session is
warranted okay cool appreciate your time thank you thank you Council thank you mayor the roof off this the last you're going to break it at some point Mike stop Bring It Around bring pictures dude not not now is not the time Jay I love how I got it from both ends
hi guys Jerry valry Ragin Drive I was talking to the superintendent outside the DPW I got a couple answers on the watermain project MH um they just posted Ragin drive tonight um I wonder when they're starting uh Monday Monday it is
Monday okay are we digging front lawn for it 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 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 you 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 main line 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 they're going to go to Ragin next week so they do the main line test to see if you have led or
galvanized if you do they're going to make an appointment with you to come back and and rectify that when when they come through with the service to the house how is that done I I'll be honestly 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 to Twitch for trees right now 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 derot 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 sidewalks break you mean cutting where it's lifting kind shave sh off sidewalk yes yes better replace sidewalk yes 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 DPW 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 the tree committe okay all right yeah yeah you're the tree committee you want to be on the
tree committee that tree committee I'm the Bel committee okay there we go this good anybody else okay seeing no one may I have a motion to close the public portion Z moves second uh all in favor May motion
to adjourn so moves all in favor e