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This meeting is being held in accordance with the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act. Annual notice of this meeting was published in the Union County Local Source and the New York Star Ledger. said notice was posted in the municipal building and a copy on file with the

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burrow clerk. Fire exits to the direction I'm indicating. If you are alerted for fire, please move in a calm, orderly manner to the nearest smokefree exit. Proper notice having been given with the burough clerk is directed to include the statement of the minutes in

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the meeting. >> Mr. Clerk, please call the role. >> Councilman Petroski here. >> Councilman Johnson >> here. >> Council Robin will be absent this evening. Councilwoman Lions >> here. >> Councilman Patel >> here. Councilman Castellins >> here. >> Mayor Sigurella >> here. >> Quorum mayor. >> Mr. Clark, please lead us in the opening

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prayer followed by the pledge of allegiance. >> 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

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United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> There are no communications for review this evening. May I have a motion that the meeting

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minutes be approved? >> So move Second. >> All in favor? I >> I have a motion that the bills and payrolls be not read and pass for payment. >> So move

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>> second. >> Is there any discussion? All in favor? >> I. >> I have a motion to open a public portion on agenda items only. >> So move. >> Second. All in favor? I

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>> I >> you like to speak, please come forward to the microphone. Please state your name if you would like it included in the record. See, excuse me. Seeing no one further, we have a motion to close the public

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portion on the addendum items only. >> So move. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> I >> may I [clears throat] have a motion to accept the reports of department heads as submitted. >> So move >> second.

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>> All in favor? >> I >> there are no ordinances for >> Oh my. >> Thank you. Yeah. You got it reversed for me, my That's all right. Excuse me. Could I have the police chief's report?

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>> Evening everybody. So, I previously uh submitted my uh police chief report uh for May 2026. Hopefully, you all received it. Uh just to highlight uh I really only have one one major highlight. So, uh, on May 19th, officers Ted Cot, Vincent

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Picarelli, and Jessica Caranero in conjunction with the Department of Motor Vehicles conducted a motor vehicle DMV inspection, uh, on Fetu A, and West Webster. The detail was very, uh, successful. Um, our agency was able to

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assist 41 motorists in getting their cars uh, inspected. So, it was a it was a good uh, good program. Um, I'm happy to announce the uh, traffic study. uh Councilman Johnson request on the 100 and 200 block of Walnut Street uh is in

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uh is being conducted now. Uh it's going to be a 7-day study. Uh this will give accurate count. We didn't want to do it uh closer to the Memorial Day weekend uh because it wouldn't give us an accurate count of vehicles. So, uh that's being conducted. Once that's done, the Union County traffic study team will send me

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the uh the breakdown. I'll happily happily share that with you and uh hopefully we'll see what's happening over there. Um, I uh happy to announce I I know council member Rine is not here today. I know he completed his uh his project on

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Hazel with Easy Ride and also West Lincoln and uh and Myrtle. Uh hopefully that uh alleviates some of the headaches that we were having over there as far as parking on the corner and coming down the one way on Hazel. Um last thing I'll I'll just uh make a

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note. I just I just noticed I don't know why uh social media has been uh just been a mess lately with residents uh just barking out things that are happening in town and expecting the other Facebook social media friends to you know come with these conclusions of what should happen or not happen instead

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of calling the proper people. So, I just want to remind residents that uh if there's a parking complaint or a parking issue or you had marked tires on some vehicle in front of your house and uh and listen, we didn't get back to it, uh give us a phone call, give us an opportunity to come take take it take

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care of it or rectify the situation. Um the reaching out to the social media is not going to do anything um but make you look like a big complainer. Um, I also contacted as I saw I saw there was another one about the graffiti under the Locust Street Bridge at West Webster.

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Um, myself and the DPW superintendent have been in uh in contact about this uh particular issue. There was some concerns about it being a uh a bridge owned by uh Conrail. So, we didn't want arbitrarily just start painting the bridge uh without their notification.

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So, uh we went through that process. So, I'm happy to announce tomorrow morning. Um, I was assured that that would be removed. >> Awesome. >> Sorry that took so long. Uh, but like I said, there was a there were some issues that came out of that. So, we wanted to make sure that we were doing things right. Um, and then lastly, there was a

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there was a social media post that just came over today that there was a traffic accident in front of the Church of the Assumption where there was a hit and run uh that occurred at that location and there was video or picture taken and uh saying saying for that person that owned that car to contact them, contact the

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police. Uh, that's what we're here for. That's what we get paid to do. Um, and we're definitely going to get the results that you're uh that you're needed. So, I just wanted to stress that fact and uh and thank you. >> Anybody have anything for the chief? >> Really quick, I just I wanted to say

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thank you in addressing the graffiti because um like you just said, if there's a if there's a social media post, it's really not the best way, but there was a few residents that reached out to me. So, I started just the process. Um and then I was happy to hear from um Greg that uh you guys were

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already working on it. So, I did just make that known as well. So, I appreciate that. >> Not a problem. And chief, thank you for uh implementing the traffic study. This way, I could go back to the residents that were concerned. So, as soon as you get the information, just please share with me. I thank you. >> Absolutely.

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>> Thank you, Chief. >> Thank you. And mayor, just uh before I conclude, uh I just want to congratulate you on your new family member. I understand you're a grandpa again. And [applause] uh that's good. That's good stuff. Thank you. Fire Chief Thompson.

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>> Good evening, Mayor and Council. So, just briefly want to go over a few things. My report has been submitted. The fire department is still actively recruiting new members and uh youth members through our fire patrol. You can look on uh the town's website or our social media and get in touch with us. We'll be uh more than happy to walk

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everybody through the process and get you on the fire department. Uh I'm sure as everybody's noticed, uh construction is well underway at our addition that's being done on Laurel Avenue at station 3. So, it's progressing nicely. Uh our new engine that was ordered quite some

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time ago was uh inspection was completed two weeks ago and it just arrived in New Jersey yesterday morning. So once it is done being uh preventative maintenance and everything that needs to be done, that should be delivered hopefully within the next two to three weeks. So we're looking forward to that. I just

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wanted to thank everyone who attended the uh fire department memorial service. That was a a nice evening for that. I also just wanted to bring up one thing. Uh oh, a few months back I had mentioned that uh Captain Ryan Urban was involved in a program with the students from

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Robert Gordon School. It's a uh called a steam tank. It's basically like uh a shark tank for kids. So, there's several levels. There's high school, uh middle school, and grade school. So, the Robert Gordon grade school team came up with a fire safety teddy bear. And with the

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help of uh Captain Urban and some insight, they submitted it and they actually placed in the top three and are going to the state finals for New Jersey in October. Nice. >> So, they are finalists. We'll find out in October if they win the top prize. So, I just thought that was something nice to pass.

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>> That's awesome. Um, very good. >> Same thing for the fire chief. >> Thank you. >> Thanks, Chief. >> Rich Palio, code enforcement. >> Evening everyone. >> Good evening. >> So, this is the report for um June 1st.

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So, as of through the uh through the end of May, we had 230 permits for the month of May. Total revenue through the end of May is $148,457. Sewer connection fees year-to- date $262,385. Residential development fees collected

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year-to- date is $100,000. For the month of May, we had six uniform construction code violations. On the property maintenance side, we were pretty busy. We had 15 court dispositions, fines year to date of $9,887.

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139 violations for the month of May. I want to repeat that. 139 violations for the month of May were issued. Um, so that's something we could talk about further. 12 court summones were issued for the month of May. Um,

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as you can see, the projects are kind of um buttoning up at this point. 10 West Westfield Avenue had a meeting with uh principles of Capidaglia. Still working with them on some outstanding issues related to uh 10

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Westfield Avenue for building A and B. Luckily, the or not luckily, but fortunately, the um parking garage we finished up yesterday, but that will not receive a full CO until we're 100% complete, including uh a sign off from Fran McMman, our uh redevelopment

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council, to make sure everything's in order. But they are moving along. They will be replacing that tree/bush in the uh in the courtyard. um met with them on that and uh I'm going to be pushing them to complete that courtyard by the end of

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the month because again they walked away from it and that really needs to be completed at this point. Uh Dr. Munos, the tenant that's going to be going in building B is moving along. It appears that they may be ready by the end of the

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month. Um we're currently doing final inspections, so his operatories are getting fitted out at this point. Um, otherwise as far as zoning completeness reviews, we have a DRC meeting scheduled for next Wednesday. We have one

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applicant which will be for 126 Chestnut Street. Um, it is a conditional use. Uh, they don't meet the conditions, so it will trigger a D3 use variance and it's for a lash and nail salon. So, with that stated, if anybody has any

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questions, >> mayor, if I may. Oh, sorry. >> Uh, thank you, Rich. Um, and we got to talk during the month about uh the Meridia thing. So, thank you for handling that. And looks like my living room Christmas tree rather than what they were supposed to put up there. So,

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thank you for pushing them on that. Um, I guess a question about the parking deck. Do you know if they're going to have any signage for the public parking that's going to be there or are we going to be responsible for that signage? >> Okay, so the parking for the spots themselves is already up. So, if you go

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into level one, you're going to see the designated burrow spaces already marked. Now, as far as signage on the exterior, it was Capidaglia's assumption, I hate to use that word, but it was their assumption that the burrow

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would be providing the directional signage outside. >> Okay. >> Now, I could follow up with that again if you wish. Um, >> follow up again. >> That that might be something I'll email the chief about. Maybe traffic would would probably handle that. But thank you for the answer because it just tells me that they're not going to do it. So

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then let's see if we ask them or if we do it. Uh I guess we'll talk with the chief about it. Uh thank you for that. And then regarding the tower, which I know we've talked about plenty of times. Just want to again just say, you know, when they came before the board and I was on the land use board, it was agreed

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that they were going to soften that that corner there. Uh, please push them as much as you can and and let's try to hold up whatever finals we can until that gets done. >> Yeah. I actually had a discussion with their attorney yesterday. So, we're pulling the minutes of the meeting and I want to actually go through those with

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him. >> Oh, okay. I'll forward you the and the pages where it's stated that they'll do it. >> If you could, that would be very helpful instead of me digging through. >> I got them. >> Hundreds of pages. >> I got them highlighted and ready. I'll send them your way. Thank you, Rich. Appreciate it. Uh Rich, um just briefly, um is there any updates with the glass

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company that's on the corner of Berwin and uh East Westfeld A? >> Yes, actually there is. Um and I'm glad you mentioned that. >> Thank you. >> Yes, the um they went back to redesign on the foundation because the original plans uh that they submitted to us

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actually kept the original foundation and they were going to keep the basement. So, they're no longer going to be doing that. So, they're actually going to be installing a new foundation. Um, as per the request of the mayor, they did backfill that area. If you

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notice, there's now new stone in that area and they graded it off. So, I'm going to be contacting Jasmine next week. I want to take a look at it. Hopefully, at least on a temporary basis, we can have some of that fence removed uh because there won't be any trip hazards um on the property itself.

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Obviously the fence will have to go back once they start construction. You know any new construction the fence is you know you have to secure the site site security. So but they do plan on moving forward. They're just waiting on the new plans to submit to my office for review.

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I've already been talking speaking with the architect about it. So it should be once they submit it should be fairly quick as far as the turnaround for permit release. >> Thank you Rich. Any anybody else? Thanks Rich. Oh,

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>> real quick. Sorry about that. Um, the 139 made violations. Was that a lot of grass? I'm assuming >> it was everything. It was grass. Um, um, illegal basement apartments, illegal attic apartments. You know, we're always on that. Okay. >> And then working with the, uh, residency

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inspector with the school district. We we've been working with him quite often. He comes in once a week. >> Wow. >> To go over, you know, items that he finds, items that we find. we kind of, you know, collaborate and then depending on what the situation is, we either

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handle it through zoning, through a summon because the school board is kind of handcuffed when it comes to >> um Yeah, exactly. You know, with children going into the school, they can't question that if someone has a lease >> or utility bill. But on our side, we

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check to make sure that wherever they're living is a legitimate multifamily dwelling. So we've been handling that, you know, on an ongoing basis now the last four years. >> Great. Thank you. >> Thank you, sir. >> Thank you,

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>> Andrew Cas. [laughter] Where's the >> myself on the timer? All right. Good evening, everybody. Um, the the clearly the major thing that the clerk's office has the primary election that was on Tuesday. I know everybody's uh tracking that pretty closely. I want to first

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thank uh everybody who ran. I also want to thank uh everybody who voted, probably more importantly than the people that ran. Um but I also want to thank everybody involved for what was a very smooth election day. Um that's not always the case, but everybody was very well behaved.

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Um everybody kind of stayed out of the way of the voters, which is important. Um and everything seemed to go very well. There's obviously a couple of things factors at play. um one being the Republican county committee race which there are some write-in votes that I'm tracking as the clerk. Um there's also

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the Democratic mayoral primary um the two gentlemen on the deis I like I gave Kanjan the advice last year just win by more next time and we won't have this problem. Um but uh there is there's a very very razor thin margin. And I do want to hit on a couple of things because I think it's important for

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people to understand because I get a lot of questions as the clerk of what's the update, what's the update, what's the update. And uh not necessarily from the candidates, but from the public. And uh sometimes it's not understandable why there's no update. So after election night, the municipal clerk's office kind

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of takes a backseat to the process, though we do try to facilitate information. Um, one of the things to keep in mind is several years ago the state law changed around how votebymail ballots are handled. Um, so, uh, on the night of the election at 8:00, uh,

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voters can no longer hand in vote by mail ballots, nor can they deliver it to the dropbox. The dropbox is physically locked. Um, that part of the process is over. Um, there are something called 48 hour votebymail ballots. So 48 hour vote by mail ballots are the vote by mail

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ballot that don't bear a postmark um but are delivered by United States mail to the board of elections. Those are received by 8:00 p.m. this evening, Thursday, 2 days after the election, which is why the board of elections will continue the counting on Friday. They

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will run everything they have on Friday. Right. In terms of voteby mail ballots, there's also something called six-day votebymail ballots. So, vote by mail ballots that bear a postmark that are received by the board of elections at 8:00 p.m. on Monday, 6 days after the election, will be counted on Tuesday.

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And then after the vote by mail ballots are counted and canvased, uh they will proceed to provisional ballot counting and reviewing. Um and it is just a very tedious stratified process. Um I really thank those who are patient when they

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call me and they try to listen to this. Uh most people I will say gloss over when I start to talk about this. Um but that is the reason why when you call and ask for an update, I can't give you an immediate answer. Um the results just aren't there and I'm not going to make up numbers when they're not there. So um

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that's the long and the short of it in that respect. Um and again, I thank the candidates and the voters who came out and and those who worked the polls on election day. Uh it was a very successful day. >> Landed the plane. >> Perfect.

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Business Administrator Marabella. >> Yeah. Uh, thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, I have actually I have Rupen Shaw's report that I'm going to give real quickly. He had a family situation he had to deal with, so I'm going to give him his report and then my own. Uh, the senior summer day trips will begin on Monday,

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June 8th with the lunch to Outback. The full trip itinerary through August is now available at the center, the Casano Center, on the website, and on social media. Look for announcements over the next couple of weeks on that. June 16th from 10:00 am to 12 pm,

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uh the Union County Division of Aging will um will visit the Casano Center to provide farmers market vouchers for fresh uh local produce to eligible seniors. and a Colgate Bright Smiles

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Bright Futures dental van will be at Gazebo Park on the 17th from 200 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. providing free screening for children ages 1 to 12. We Yeah. So that's uh happening then. That's uh his

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report. I did want to alert the uh the township uh that uh this this these recordings of these meetings actually won uh first place at the Jersey Access Group uh local access programming won first uh place for public programming

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and the meetings and the coverage uh the TV uh programs actually won. So that's good news. That means our uh meetings are being reported uh properly and done right. And I will say I was thankful for the uh the burrow to have uh the pride

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flag raising on June 3rd. I was really impressed with the gay straight alliance students who attended and spoke. Uh and Mayor Signarella and Councilman Petrosky were both uh in in attendance. And with that, Mr. Mayor, I'll conclude my report. Thank you, sir. Greg uh Buddh

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Greg B, superintendent public works. Thank you, mayor and councel. My report is from May 7th to June 4th. During the month of May, the Department of Public Works incurred 79.25 hours of overtime. These hours of overtime were worked on

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tree hazards, Union County Health Fair, installation of hometown herb banners, and sanitary sewer emergencies. During that time, we also had 24 person hours used, 24 worker comp hours, 46

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hours, sick hours, and 72 holiday hours, zero vacations. Last week, DPW worked in collaboration with Collier and Engineering for a sewer issue at 840 Galloping Hill Road. In our efforts to clear this line, we discovered an issue on Rhondell Place.

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There was a sanitary sewer line impacted with grease. The grease buildup had diminished the pipe de diameter from an 8 in line down to a 3-in line. Our sewer camera could not move past the grease buildup. DPW has sourced out a device that will allow a decreasing agent to

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flow through the high-pressure jet hose. DPW plans to have this operational sometime in July, which will allow the truck to eliminate grease buildups without creating a blockage downstream. Residents are reminded of the next free

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bulk waste collection dates for June are June 25th for the west side, June 26 for the east side. In an effort to ensure proper compliance with bulk waste ordinance, DPW will be escorting suburban disposal trucks on both days and reporting back to the burough

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administrator. DPW will be conducting this operation for the next three months to ensure consistency and bulk waste management. As CPW has been maintaining our storm retention basins, an issue has been identified. There is a blockage upstream in the Carpenter Basin on the Parkway

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property. This is not allowing our retention to dry out for maintenance in the media area. DPW will be contacting the Parkway and working collaboration to rectify this issue permanently. And I spoke with the the maintenance supervisor in Clark

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facility and he's meeting me on Monday just as an update. and DPW is working in collaboration with the burough to have 14 trees removed for dangerous hazards. We ask the residents in these affected areas to be patient as we work toward rectifying this

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permanently. And DPW has been engaged in property maintenance throughout the burough. Inmate DPW has performed by the request of the mayor and police of an offensive graffiti in the pedestrian tunnel on Seat and Nav. We responded within 24 hours and had the entire

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length of the tunnel repainted. Recently, DPW was alerted by police of graffiti under the Locust Street train bridge. We started the abatement with the graffiti remover and it was not having the effect that we desired. Tomorrow, the affected area will be painted over permanently and residents are asked to please call in graffiti

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anywhere in the town so that we may take care of it properly. And you guys want you can pass these around. This is what we came on Ryell Place. And then I'll take any questions if you have any. Any questions for Greg?

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>> Yes. Oh, yes, Greg. Hey, how's it going? Hi. Uh, are there any updates regarding uh Peach Orchard uh Peach Orchard um basin, that location between uh Union and um Dalton?

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>> Oh, that small grass area. >> Well, not only that, just um regarding us televising uh the sewer line or anything like that. I remember last year that we had that meeting uh >> with colleagues. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. And it's it's ironic that you

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mentioned that uh Al Mirbella and I were go addressing that issue. I was bringing him up to speed on it that we need to re revitalize that issue like revitalize that conversation with Kers. It happened last year with Andrew Casias and I don't

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remember how it was left and that with with Kers what they found and what they were going to recommend. So I'll reach out to Kevin and >> the only reason why I'm asking because the resident reached out to me asking uh for update and I would like to provide them that. I remember we had some issues

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when we televised the line that there might have been some sort sort of obstruction or some sort of issue. I just want to make sure that gets resolved. you know, uh I don't want residents uh to be flooding their basement to be flooding and and things of that nature going along towards uh

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Roselle, our neighbors. >> So, just when whenever you get the update, uh please include me in >> I'll contact Kevin and then we'll schedule retail advising of the sewer lines. >> Thank you. I appreciate you. >> You're welcome. >> Councilman and Greg, we we could let's chat about this real quick. We So, it goes across Union Road. It goes behind

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apartments, comes Westfield Avenue, and it actually physically comes next to the liquor store. Yes. >> And I believe again, maybe you had to revisit it, behind the liquor store, I think you guys were in there snaking it last year, but >> don't call me >> that section which is behind the liquor

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store. That's That's it. Yes. >> I think it comes like it comes right back to here. >> Yes. >> And I remember you guys setting up the truck and you guys did some What? >> I don't remember the end, but >> that's what I'm trying to That's what I'm trying to ascertain. >> If if I could just Yeah. So last year

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definitely I think revitalized conversation with Kevin, but there was some work. You guys were behind the the neighbors uh building over here. There's a box covert that runs and this is the downstream portion of it, which I think is the councilman's point is what what's downstream. >> Correct. And to clarify my comment, the

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Kevin Boyer uh was related to the upstream portion where it starts by the residential homes. >> So you're correct. We did televise that it's a large pipe, I believe. I believe it's 24 inch pipe. There is some sediment there, but we didn't see

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any like immediate blockages. There's some concrete block debris and some sediment. Okay. >> Um it requires a jetack truck which Rosal Parks has been defunct and as my previous reports, we're waiting for a leap grant from the state to allow us to

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purchase a brand new one so we can revitalize that issue. Right now I don't see anything pending because it is a very large diameter pipe from Westfield A to Rosel. I don't know the diameter of the pipe

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behind the apartments. I do remember us repairing one of the basins in the parking lot behind the apartment complex recently with meola excavation and we can start televising from Union Road towards the apartments because I

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don't since I've been here I haven't televised that. >> Okay. Um, just one additional followup, uh, a little bit further down. Uh, now that I think about it, I just want to make sure this is conveyed. Uh, >> off of East Grant and, uh, Union Road

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again, >> uh, there's a basin along the, uh, where the houses are for East Grant. It has grass debris that's like up to me. So, if we could get DBW to get in there and just >> Okay. So, >> up real quick, I appreciate it. I'll

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I'll inspect that. If it looks recent, we'll have to get code enforcement involved because we have records where we emptied every single basin burrowwide. >> But do you know which one I'm talking about? I'm talking about by East Grant because other ones are clean. >> Yes, it's East Grant. There's a like and it's gated right there.

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>> Yeah. >> When I when I walked I I could say, "Wow, someone brought it to my attention just recently." >> So you're talking about like the corner of East Grant and Union is what you're saying? >> Yeah. So if you across across so you would have to actually cross east actually more to your towards your side

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right it's the open channel yeah it's the it's the open >> there's a gate there house is 119 >> yes >> thank you >> it's the open channel it's the like if you go if you go up if you go up Walnut Street if you go up Walnut Street where Walnut Street and Union Road meet on East Grand Avenue

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>> literally across the street >> over at least in that vicinity there's going to be an open channel that runs north from there >> okay >> it's it's going to be the overgrowth in the in some TLC. >> Oh, okay. I apologize. I thought he was referring to an inlet basin. >> Those are the ones we had emptied out. >> No, it's >> all right. I will address that tomorrow.

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>> Thank you, sir. >> You're welcome. >> Anything else? >> Yes, mayor, if I may. Um, >> Greg, for uh thank you for having uh your guys go out with um with our vendor uh Roselli and Suburban to uh to do the

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bulk. Obviously, we had a bit of an issue this month. Um, I would suggest I'm not sure if whoever goes on that ride along if they can document just pictures or addresses and then forward that along to our code enforcement. Um, you know, a lot of people are complaining the town looks bad when a

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lot of items get left. You know, >> I agree. >> I don't want to say dump, but it looks really bad. And, um, you know, people will viide. You know, I myself, I have a bunch of things I'm waiting and I take three at a time every month. And, you know, for somebody to just throw out five, seven things and just make everything look bad. I believe we should enforce our our code on that and and

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issue citations for that. >> I I agree. And um we can also if you if you the council wishes, we can create I use door knockers >> in Kennallorth for firsttime offenses. >> Sure. >> Gives the residents the ability to learn

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that we're trying to work with them. >> Yeah. >> And we give them one chance to correct their mistake. And this way it also allows us to educate them if they're not educated already. >> Yeah, I like that. Thank you, Greg. I I I think that's a great idea. I think if you do the door knockers and then our

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code enforcement gets a lead time of, I don't know, two, three days and they go out three days and they still haven't done it, then at that point maybe they should be cited, right? >> Yeah. And we will have a very comprehensive list of be shared with the administration. So if like you said, court enforcement needs to be going out, it'll all be documented properly. >> That's awesome.

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>> With pictures. >> Thank Well, I think we've had some good Let me I I'll just I was going to say in my mayor report. So, I had a good dialogue with Roselli on Saturday. I've talked to the business administrator Rupen uh then Councilman Petroski a little bit. I sent an email to most you folks.

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We're going to come up and try with Mr. Marbella and Rupen and a couple of us. We we need to do a little better way and some good thoughts here tonight. Council people give us some information. Um, look, most of the people are very responsible and do a good job, but

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there's that many out there that don't. And the vendor admitted they made a mistake and missed a good part of Rosal Park. I just have to say that, right? And I do believe they tried their best on Friday. Um,

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yeah, on Friday to come and blitz it on Monday, too. Yeah, they did some on Friday, but then then they come and did they came back and uh took on on Monday. So, we have to come up with something, right? Um look, I got inbounds. It's a good thing. Three. You shouldn't have

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more than three. Uh we're not going to figure it out here tonight, but we will get together and counsel people, please. We we'll keep in the loop and see. We got to do a good good thing. I don't want to go back to twice a year. That was crazy. I think it's working good for

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the 80% of the, you know, residents, 90% and um to be continued. All right. Thank you. >> Greg, if I can just uh finish one thing on that. Um I know we were having some communications about residents that took their stuff back in and then kind of missed that followup. Was there anything from Suburban about a special

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accommodation potentially? >> I have been in constant communication with them and just doesn't seem like they can accommodate us. I don't know if they're I don't know the reasons. I can speculate all I want and I really don't want to. >> Okay. >> Um, all I can tell you is that I have

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communicated with them via email. I prefer the only way to communicate with them is email >> and not getting very good responses back. Which is why I proposed to the mayor and Al Mirabbella that we send two representatives out, one of them being

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myself to follow each truck and watch how they do it and and tell them how to do it. This will help curtail any inconsistencies and any wrongdoing on both sides of the fence. >> Sure. >> So, not just the vendor or not just the

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residents. It's going to be an equal endeavor. So, >> I appreciate you uh taking the this by the the horns because uh obviously it's it's a concern for residents. So, thank you for for doing that. >> It's the only way that way we get that information firsthand. We can't get it secondhand.

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>> By then, it's too late. >> Okay. Thank you. >> You're welcome. Thank you, >> Coach Reneer. Are you follow following the the bulk conversation? Come [laughter] come on, coach. >> Good evening. >> Good evening. >> I'd like to thank Mayor Signarella and

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town council for giving me the opportunity to provide a brief update. The goal of the recreation department is to meet the recreational needs of our community. As part of our department's effort to meet these needs and expand community services, our department provides a wide range of programs.

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Membership and recreation. We currently have over 431 recreational members and growing. To give you a better idea of the scope of our program, our department utilizes 12 locations for 41 programs with 855 total program registrations.

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Homework and afterare, we currently have 116 members. We're transporting and chaperoning 98. Um afterare has 13 programs. Spring program RP pack program is concluded. The talent show in the

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Roosevelt Park High School auditorium was amazing. We had 20 20 members participating. Spring volleyball has begun. The program runs Wednesday 6:15 to 9:30 in the ASYC and we have 60 members participating. Spring cheer has

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begun. The program runs Thursdays 6:15 to 7:15 in the ASYC and we have 24 members participating. Adult basketball has begun. The program runs Saturdays 10:00 a.m. in the ASYC and we have 12 members participating. Offseason boys

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and girls wrestling has begun. Please contact your coach for practice days and time. Summer programming is beginning to be finalized. So far, co-ed tennis starting June 30th at the Roosevelt Park High School courts. Basketball is

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starting July 6th in the ASYC. Wrestling is starting June 29th at Roosevelt Park High School wrestling room. And flag football and cheer are still working on their schedule, but tenatively the start date will be the week of August 10th. The ASYC has scheduled or hosted the

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following meetings or events: Girl Scout, Cub and Boy Scout, Recreation Committee, CPEG, NJWA, PTA, fifth grade parent, end of year sports parties, CPR and AED certifications, RPD training and

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seminars, the RP uh art festival, the wellness event, and the Colgate event on Wednesday, June 17th, starting 2 p.m. at the gazebo. We remain committed to providing the best possible care and programming for the burrow of Roso Park. That completes our June recreation

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department update. I'd be happy to answer any questions. >> Any questions for Coach Reeri? >> Director Reeri. >> Thank you. Have a good night. >> Thank you. >> Now, may I have a motion to accept the reports of all

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>> did okay. All right. All right. Thank you, sir. There are no ordinances for second reading this evening. Mr. Clerk, read ordinance 2861 by title. >> Yes, mayor. Ordinance 2861 is an ordinance for introduction, an ordinance amending ordinance number 2850 fixing

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the salary ranges of the non-union employees and officials of the Bur Rosal Park in the county of Union, state of New Jersey. >> Have a motion to approve ordinance 2861 for introduction and fix the date for the second reading and public hearing on June 18th, 2026.

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>> So move. >> Second. Is there any discussion? >> Mr. Clerk, please call the role. >> Councilman Petroski? Yes. >> Councilman Johnson? Yes. >> Councilwoman Lions? >> Yes. >> Councilman Patel? >> Yes. >> Councilman Castins? Yes. By votes in affirmative. Mayor, the ordinance is introduced.

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>> All matters are listed with an asterk considered to be routine and non-controversial by the council and will be approved by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the governor body so requests in which the case that

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item will be moved from the consent agenda considered in its normal sequence on the agenda as part of the general orders. Mr. Clark, please read all resolutions by title. >> Yes, mayor. Resolution 1226 is accepting the resignation of Christian Camilo from

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the municipal land use board. Resolution 12126 is revising the home improvement program policies and procedures manual of the Bur of Rosal Park. Resolution 12226 is authorizing the treasure to issue one check totaling $287.13 payable to one lean holder on one

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property. Resolution 12326 is approving the insertion of a clean communities grant as a special item of revenue in the 2026 municipal budget in the amount of $26,46947. Resolution 12426 is approving the insertion of a bulletproof vest partnership grant as a special item of

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revenue in the 2026 municipal budget in the amount of $9,2014. Resolution 12526 is approving the insertion of a click or ticket grant as a special item of revenue in the 2026 municipal budget in the amount of $7,000. Resolution 12626 is approving the insertion of a national opioid

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settlement fund grant as a special item of revenue in the municipal budget, the 2026 municipal budget in the amount of $1,16.3. Resolution 12726 is appointing Patricia Vasquez to the position of alternate deputy municipal clerk. Resolution 12826

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is reappointing Joseph E. Coff III as fire official of the Bur Rosal Park. Sorry, as Rosal Park bureau fire official of the Rosal Park Bureau of Fire Prevention. Resolution 12926 is authorizing the renewal of alcoholic beverage control license number 2015 33106 Ocean Castle, Inc. doing business

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as vintage Italian restaurant and catering for the 2627 licensing term. Resolution 1326 is authorizing renewal of alcoholic beverage control license number 2015 44139 Chestnut Street Spirits LLC doing business as Rosal Park Wines and Spirits

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for the 2627 licensing term. Resolution 13126 is authorizing renewal of alcoholic beverage control license number 2015 33913 Oldie Dallings LLC doing businesses Dallings Irish Pub and Restaurant for the 2627 licensing term. Resolution 13226 is authorizing renewal of

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alcoholic beverage control license number 2015 44433 Kachani Inc. doing business as Rosal Park liquors and food for the 2627 licensing term. Resolution 13326 is authorizing renewal of inactive alcoholic beverage control license number 2015 3325

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Cashios Tavern 2 Inc. Doing business as Casio's Tavern 2 for the 2627 licensing term. Resolution 13726 is authorizing renewal alcoholic beverage control license number 2015 33348 willowc LLC doing business as Sun Tavern for the

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2026 2027 licensing term. And resolution 13526 is authorizing a $40,000 increase to the open-ended goods and services contract with Rich Tree Service Inc. for tree trimming, pruning, and removal services pursuant to New Jersey state contract number 24 GNSV1-108523

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reflecting revised contract amount not to exceed $80,000. >> Do any members wish to have items removed from the consent agenda? I have a motion to approve the resolutions remaining on the consent agenda. >> So move. >> Second.

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>> All in favor? Hi. >> Hi. >> Now we'll have the report to committee council members. Um, Councilman Johnson. >> Thank you, Mayor. Good evening, mayor, council colleagues, residents, and guests. I would like to take a moment to

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recognize Portuguese American Heritage Month. June is a time to celebrate the rich history, uh, culture, traditions, and contributions of Portuguese and Portuguese American community. The Portuguese community has had a meaningful impact across New Jersey and

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throughout our country through family, faith, hard work, business, service, food, music, and cultural pride. as we also recognize Portugal Day on June 10th and my colleague will

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elaborate further information about that I'm certain in his report. I want to extend my appreciation and respect to our Portuguese and Portuguese American residents and families. I would also like to separately recognize Junth which is observed on June 19th. Junth is a

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important day of freedom, reflection and education and celebration. It reminds us of the end of slavery in uh America and the continued importance of justice, equality, and understanding.

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Additionally, June is PTSD awareness month. As a veteran, this uh recognition is deeply important to me. PTSD affects many veterans, first responders, survivors of trauma, and members of our community who may carry

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invisible wounds. We must continue to promote compassion, more importantly, awareness, support, and access to resources for those who are in need of healing. Lastly, uh Junth is uh pride month.

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Pride month is a time to recognize the history, courage, dignity, and contributions of the LGBTQ community. As a burrow, we should continue to support respect, inclusion, and fairness for all

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residents. There are so many other important June awareness months and recognitions that are equally meaningful. And I wanted to acknowledge and respect the importance of each and every one of them, but I'll be here all day uh listing all of them. So, I'm going to make it my business uh monthly

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to at least do one or two. Thank you. And I wish everyone a meaningful month of recognition, reflection, and unity. If anyone needs to get in contact with me, you can get in contact with me or or need my assistance at gson rosepark.net or you can call me 9083031519.

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And mayor, that concludes my report. Thank you. >> Thank you, Councilman Councilman Petroski. >> Thank you, Mayor. Uh, first of all, I want to send my condolences out to Antonio Gonzalez's family. Uh, I knew

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Antonio very well. I, um, a member, his son was, uh, went to high school with me. So again, my condolences to the family. Uh, May 25th, I attended the Memorial Day service. Unfortunately, because of the the rain, we had it

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inside, but very uh very nice ceremony and everything. So, and I send my hearts out to our grand marshall, Jerry Vitel. Um I know Jerry mentioned to me that was the second time he was uh grand marshall and both times it rained.

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>> Yeah. So uh so but uh um on the 27th I attended the fireman's memorial. Um every time I go I you know growing up in this town my whole life I I knew most of not yeah most of the members that are

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deceased and uh you know it's a you know I'm glad we do this. Uh we remember these firemen that volunteered their their service to Roso Park. Okay. Uh June 1st I attended the fire department

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meeting. Uh we talked about the uh uh the new uh addition to the uh firehouse, the new truck um and everything. We talked about the memorial service. He thanked for the people that went to the memorial service. Um and on uh yesterday

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on June 3rd, I attended the annual pride flag raising. The mayor and the business administrator were both there um and everything. So, um and again, I'd like to thank all the candidates that put

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their hand in the ring. Um it's not an easy thing, but um you know, Rosal Parks always benefit from a good council people. Uh um go back to recreation. Uh Tina's having her annual uh summer

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kickoff. Um it'll be at uh Roso Park Recreation Committee. It will be June 24th. It'll start at 6:30 at the Michael Gazebo Park. There'll be ice packs, bubbles, music, and fun. Okay. Um so

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that's again June 24th at 6:30. Uh, if you need to contact me, you get me at jay patroski at rosseopark.net 9086667 [snorts] 621 7721, excuse me. Um, and that's my report. Mayor, thank you. >> Thanks, Councilman. Councilman George

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Cance, please. >> Thank you, Mayor. Uh, good evening, Rosel Park. Good evening, uh, council colleagues, mayor, everybody who showed up tonight. Um, first just want to go over a couple of the um the biggest uh I guess communication lines that I had

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this uh this past few weeks with residents. I we addressed a good part of it. Uh I think the biggest thing on people's mind was the m the missed bulk collection. Um I was uh received multiple calls and emails about it. Um I was happy that uh the mayor got right on

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top and dealt with our vendor Rosselli Suburban uh to get them back out here and and um collect uh what they could. I know that they collected a good amount of it and I'm happy to see that uh systems are being put in place now to address this not happening again going forward. [snorts] Um so that was

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probably the the most uh correspondence I had. Uh some residents also reached out about um the farmers market construction going on over at 140 West Webster. I did speak with the owner. He expects it to be completed in the next two three weeks as far as like the construction, but then he has to go

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through inspections. So we're hoping to have it by the fall. I know a lot of residents are looking forward to having a local farmers market spot that they can go to. Um, so stay tuned to that one. Um, at the end of my report, I' I'd like to address this, but I really want to give a big shout out to uh Raul

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Pereira uh who is a resident of Rosel Park who reached out regarding commemorating Portugal Day here in Rosell Park, seeing how we have a big Portuguese community. Um, and uh I know it was a tight deadline uh due to our bylaws being able to put something on the agenda. Uh, but I thank the mayor

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for issuing a proclamation which I will read at the end here to to commemorate it. Um, and yeah, ju just like Councilman Johnson said, you know, residents reaching out is very important and celebrating these different cultures that make America, especially on the 250th anniversary, the melting pot that

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it is, um, is is great and we have that here in Roso Park. Um, next, just want to highlight a couple of things coming up. We have, uh, the Roso Park document shredding event. So, for those of you like me who have boxes of papers uh stacked up waiting for a good day to shred them, uh June 13th between 9:00

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a.m. and 12:00 p.m. here in Burough Hall, we're going to have a shredding event. So, you guys can come out and bring those boxes and get rid of that uh in a safe way. Um on June 15th, we have the Roso Park Land Use Board uh meeting. Uh that will be at 7 p.m. here. We do have at least one item on the agenda

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that I'm aware of here at 7 PM. Um, and then on June 18th, uh, we're going to be doing the Rosel Park Junth flag raising ceremony 6 p.m. right outside of Burough Hall. Uh, we celebrate and commemorate on the 19th, but since it's a holiday and we're going to have a council

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meeting, it'll be a nice uh, ceremony to do it here on the 18th. Um, going forward, I just want to finish up my report by uh, reading the proclamation if that's okay with you gentlemen using my time. Um, Bur of Rosel Park, Office of the Mayor Proclamation in owner of in

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honor of Portugal Day. Uh, there are some Portuguese uh words here and um, pardon me Portuguese, but I'll try to do my best here. Um, whereas the Burough of Rosel Park is proud of its rich cultural diversity and recognizes the contributions of all of its residents.

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And whereas the Portuguese American community has long valued history in the region, enriching local culture, economy, and civic life. And whereas on June 10th, Portuguese communities around the world and within our bureau celebrate Portugal Day, the [snorts] Portuguese national holiday formerly

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known as Dia Portugal de Camos Portuguese, day of Portugal Camos and the Portuguese communities. And whereas on June 10th we commemorate the death of the illustrious Portuguese poet Luis Vas de Camawis in 1580 whose masterpieces or

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sorry the masterpiece O Luisas remains a foundational work of Portuguese literature and an epic symbol of the nation's golden age of maritime exploration and whereas it is without question that O Luciadas captures the essence of the adventures in spirit

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resilience and global collections that define Portuguese people and Whereas celebration provides an opportunity for to honor the enduring heritage, values, and achievements of the burough residents of Portuguese descent. Now, therefore, be it proclaimed that Joseph Signarella Jr., mayor of the burough of

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Rosel Park in the county of Union, state of New Jersey, do hereby proclaim June 10th as Portugal Day in the Burough of Rosel Park, and encourage all residents to join with their Portuguese friends and neighbors in celebrating the vast contributions, rich history, and vibrant culture of the Portuguese people. All

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right. Thank you, mayor. Thank you, colleagues. If you need to reach me, my cell phone, I still don't know it by heart, is 908-661-2837 and my email is jcass rosepark.net. Thank you and good evening. >> Thank you, Councilman. Councilman Patel.

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>> I actually don't have a report, so thank you. But the clock looks great. >> Thank you, Donald Duck. [laughter] >> Councilman Lines, Councilwoman. >> It's okay. >> It's okay. It's okay. uh mayor and

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council and residents of Rosal Park and guests. Uh good evening and uh I'm so happy that it's June. Um but just a little recap um just as my colleagues already have spoken um Memorial Day we did get together um and just to honor

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those who did um uh serve our country and we wanted to uh memorialize them and spend time together and remembering them and and we are need to be forever grateful not just on that day but every single day. So our lives uh we are so

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thankful to every single person. Um, I also attended the Festival of the Arts um in Roseall Park High School. I was invited to attend the art show there and there were so much talent uh really throughout the school. The students

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actually displayed um so many forms of art and I was a able to speak to some of the students and they are just amazing and I am working with um a few of the teachers to really um have the arts really come out into the streets. We did display a couple things um at the Rosal

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Park movie theater. Um there are just a few portraits there. So hopefully within other businesses that we're going to be able to do some things with the students. Uh so stay tuned for that. Um, I did also the attend the fireman's memorial and again those are the moments

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that just sober us and it really just reminds us of our community of the sacrifices um and firemen um and just first responders are really the heroes um that we really need to always honor

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and um I just appreciate them so much. Um, I also actually wanted to um announce there is a volunteer opportunity happening. Uh, we have a Rosal Park resident that actually does a huge food bank right here in um, next to

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us in Cranford. I did post that today. Um, I am working with one of the teachers. She did have Rosal Park Middle School students come out for um, the volunteer requirement for uh, the honor society that they work on. Um, and it was just awesome. I was able to attend

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with them and just to be able to help out community and be together. It was just a beautiful experience. So, please let me know if you're interested. Um, it's the second and fourth Saturday uh of the month. So, anybody is welcome. So, if anybody would like to share some

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time, please let me know and we can do that. Um, I just also wanted to obviously um just honor the Portuguese community. um also the pride community and just tell everybody we love you and we want you to reach out to us to if you

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have something to celebrate reach out to us because we want to make it happen. I did um reach out to Ruben to see if we could do anything this year also. Um but he said you know with certain budgets and certain things but I'm happy that we got that proclamation. Um and just know

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that our community needs to stand together. Um, I am also working like I I mentioned before with the graffiti um and uh certain things that are happening in town. Um, we definitely encourage you to reach out with your concerns because

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we want to be able just like the chief said, um, just come to us because we do have connections, meaning like I can email certain people, get it done. Um, I understand people want to talk to each other, but it's better if you do that. Um, so when we do tell you our telephone

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number and our email, please reach out. Um, and I always stress rosepark.net is a great website. Uh, someone also asked about the fireworks, so that's another announcement. It is July 1st this year. Please come out. We're going to have a great celebration. Um, and it is on the

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events part of the page. So, um, other than that, I just want to continue to say, um, be a light. I heard this today. be a light, not a mirror. How you have your own gift and you need to be able to shine that. Don't be like anybody else.

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Um because really the world, we need you. Um and I'll end on this. I was able to and you'll hear about this maybe at the next meeting. I was contacted from Rosal Park resident. Um she she's actually my neighbor all my life. And

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she told me that we have a woman in our town that just turned 100 years old. and um I was able to meet with her and you're going to see video of her. Please support it. Not it's not about the the video that I please support her. Um

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honor her. Um I got to you know write a uh some sto like biography about her and I I was able to um send that over to Andrew today. She's amazing and she literally I said to her what did you love about your life? And she said until 99 I danced. [laughter]

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I said well what dance did you like? She said the hustle. So [laughter] the whole point is that she was so joyful. She was so bright. She is she is so bright. Um and and I said to her, "What kind of TV do you like?" She goes, "I don't watch TV." So she just kept blowing me away.

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You'll hear about the story and I'll end on this. I said, "Well, what what advice do you do you want to give it, you know, to anybody?" And she said, "Be nice. Be kind for it will return to you." She said anytime I did that, she said I had

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the best neighbors. Um she was a widow uh at a young age and her family doesn't live near her, but the neighbors in Rosal Park are helping her and I I I can't wait to have more time with her. So I'll end on that. Thank you. Uh 9087268773

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and our lions at rosealpark.net. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Councilwoman. So we're not going to rehash the bulk garbage. I'm glad we had a good dialogue here tonight. Um enjoyed the bike clinic with Councilman Jay Rabina and Bob the

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repair. Uh Bob did some repairs on the bikes last Saturday. Um Memorial Day service again for Jerry. I think Jerry's uh the meet at the last time was CO. I think that's the reason why >> CO we didn't have a

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>> and that was a a day I mean you know it's a hard to call with the weather, right? But the weather reports were uh saying rain and of course it didn't look that bad at 9:30 in the morning. Anyway, just want to touch bases with the core

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uh situation. Supposedly they're going to have a meeting at Five Points. Maybe uh the u um cat catering behind the hot dog uh uh hot dog five points Peterson's for old

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people in the room. [laughter] Uh, and I'm going to be visiting a similar facility in Piscatoaway next week, uh, on June 10th at 10 a.m. Um, and when I say similar, I'm trying to

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get educated on what Core Weave is potentially building there and what the facilities in in in uh in Priscataway. So, I'm going to be taking that visit next week. They attended the flag raising yesterday with the gay gay straight alliance and

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the kids from Rosa Park um the festival arts council woman lines was there and it was crowded in there and I I remember him having it on two separate nights. It was nice to see a crowded room and and um

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I I I probably said this a few times up here on the deis that Mr. Fenizio Mr. Marbel used to say that the three A's, right? Uh, academics, arts, and athletics. So, I have a new one now. I say the four

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A's. Academics, arts, athletics, and America. That's my my newest little saying I've been saying lately. Anyway, um, I played bingo with the seniors last Friday. The last couple months I've been going in there. Had a

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little free time. Wow. I had I didn't win anything, but they're they're they're tough. The ladies thereof, it was nice to see. Uh there was a little bit of this or that going on, but we'll we'll leave it there. [laughter] It it was fun. Um and um look, uh the

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St. Anony's feast this week, this weekend at the Church of Sumption, which is a nice thing for the Burl Roso Park. It is uh the Church of Assumptions thing at a burrow event, but is good for the Burough Roso Park. And I think we've had some good luck and some uh you know,

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nothing that I know of has gone wrong there. And uh go enjoy and uh spend some money. Um and my last thing is I had my second granddaughter at 11:10 on Tuesday

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morning. That's 62. Yeah, 62. Should know that date. And it's Allesia Rose. >> So other than that, she's beautiful. and my first granddaughter met her yesterday. So, she don't know what it is. So, other than that [laughter]

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um um that's end of my report. You need to get a hold of me. 9087216488. >> Mr. Clerk, please read my appointments, excuse me, read my appointments into record. >> Yes, Mayor. The mayoral appointments require no confirmation of council and are effective immediately. Appointing Steven Barendika, current alternate

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member number one of the municipal land use board as a class four member, effective immediately to fill the unexpired term of Christian Camilo set to expire December 31st, 2026. Appointing Miriam Cespettis, currently alternate member number two of the municipal annual board to alternate member number one, effective immediately

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to fill the unexpired term of Steven Barendika set to expire December 31st, 2026. appointing Sabon Doic, current alternate member number three of the municipal land use board, as alternate member number two, effective immediately to fill the unexpired term of Miriam Suspetis, set to expire December 31st,

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2026, and appointing Diana Valerio Aosta, current alternate member number four of the municipal land use board as alternate member number three, effective immediately to fill the unexpired term of Sabon Joic set to expire December 31st, 2027. >> Thank you, sir. I have a motion to open

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the public portion on any subject on any subject. >> So move >> second. >> All in favor? >> I I >> you like to speak, please come forward to the microphone. Please state your name if you would like

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like to and include include it for the record. >> See no one further. May I have a motion? that one. >> Oh. Oh, okay. Yeah. I'm sorry, sir. >> Thank you. Good evening, Mr. Mayor, council members, bro staff, and fellow members of the community. It is a

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pleasure and a privilege to speak with you all today. As of one week ago, I've officially been a resident of Brazil Park for one year. In that time, I've come to appreciate this Burough, not only as a place to live, but as a community with real character, real momentum, and real potential. Just

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yesterday, I had the opportunity to attend the Burough's annual pride flag raising. I want to thank the mayor, council, Burough staff, and everyone involved in making events like that possible. As an LGBTQ plus resident, it matters to me that our community does not treat inclusion as just a slogan, but has these events to make us feel

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included. Um events like the PL the pride flag raising, excuse me, um demonstrate to LGBTQ people such as myself, that we are not only acknowledged but included, respected, and protected as full members of the community. That matters especially now when communities all across the country,

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including here in New Jersey, are being pulled into debates about and questions whether diversity and inclusion should even be public values. I'm proud to live in a bureau that chooses visibility, representation, and respect. I have also been glad to see tangible progress in the past year. Infrastructure

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improvements, including road work, which I have appreciated, and other in uh visible investments show that Roselle Park is not standing still like some other communities. These kinds of improvements may not always be glamorous, but they matter, and as a resident, I can say that they are very much appreciated. They affect not only

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our quality of life, but public safety, accessibility, um the confidence of residents, and confidence in the local government. More broadly, Brazelle Park is a growing and increasingly diverse community. I just wanted to briefly speak in favor of the continued responsible growth and

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development of Brazil Park. I know that development can be a sensitive topic. Not everyone agrees on what growth should look like, how quickly it should happen, or where new housing should go up. These are fair discussions to have. Residents are right to care about traffic, parking, infrastructure, schools, public safety, affordability,

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and the overall character of our neighborhood. But I also believe that opposing change is not the same thing as protecting a community. Communities either plan for the future or the future happens to them without a plan. Responsible development gives us the opportunity to shape that future intentionally. And I would like to

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personally thank the mayor for being um ahead of the curve in addressing the core data center. Um I'm not saying whether I'm for or against it, but I'm saying it's important that public officials and community have input in that process and that we know the benefits and the drawbacks of that. I

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just want to emphasize that affordable housing is very important and I'm very privileged and I'm glad to say that I am a member of this community because I got to move here and that is something I will very much appreciate. Um all while fully respecting the long-term residents of Brazil Park. This is a generational

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neighborhood and I do enjoy it. I also want to briefly address something more serious. We've seen some individuals um come here and use this time to air personal and political grievances. I have not come in person, but I have watched and kept up to date with most of

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the public participation. And I want to say that um that there's a difference between civic engagement and sharing your opinion and using this space as a stage for division, resentment, like I said, airing grievances, personal or political. That's not what our community

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stands for. That's not what it should stand for. and we should continue to take a stand against culture war politics, personal vendettas or performative outrage. We are a community that has diversity as its strength. And I'm very grateful to live in such a community because I've lived in communities and I've known places and I

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have plenty plenty of friends and family that live not just communities but in states other parts of the country where they're not accepted, where they're targeted or where they do not feel safe. And Rosal Park is a community that makes me feel safe, my partner feel safe, my family feel safe. I want to say that we represent the best of New Jersey,

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practical, diverse, and forward-looking. I am very grateful to be a member here. I'm again very grateful for the privilege to live here and to speak at this meeting, and I look forward to getting more involved with the community. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. [applause]

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>> Anyone else like to speak, please come forward. There's a microphone. State your name. If you like that, include in the record. >> Come out for the record, sir. >> You could You could give it to me after. I'll include it in. >> All right. Good evening, Mayor. Good

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evening, council. Um, for the record, I will be remaining anonymous. Um, I want to start by saying I appreciate the new um opening into public comments by um uh letting the public I even have a problem with saying

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letting um for showing that we have the right to not give our name to give our name. Um after the last couple of uh videos that I had made um hundreds of thousands of views as some of you may have seen um some people you know like

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one guy sent me a thing and said you know the OPMA you know they have the right to you know ask for your address as a reasonable you know part of a policy. uh which is why I obliterated within the first minute every

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conflicts when you start you know laying the groundwork for things that don't make sense like if like you know they ask the governor you know well if you came into if you were elected what's the first law you would pass that's not that's the wrong question the the question is what's the first law you would remove

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the amount of things we create in the policies and all this stuff it winds up being so much over time and if people don't feel that they're being properly represented, this is the exact time and place and manner to air your grievances.

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You want to go to a protest and you want to scream at federal officials and this is whatever you want to do that you're right. But this is the time, place, and manner to do it. This is the place where you share your opinions and you share your ideas. I mean, we've already thrown so much shade on about doing it on

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social media, right? because that's not the place cuz that's just where people bicker, right? So, you know, cuz social media isn't the place to do it, you know. And I want to say thank you for that clock. That's appropriate. I'm glad we have a clock. I'm glad the residents were able to, you know, have a little

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bit of a, you know, idea about their uh time and how to gather their thoughts and finish uh everything that they wanted to say. Um, I don't expect an apology for having over three minutes of my time interrupted over policies and

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procedural procedures and formalities and stuff like that. I don't appreciate that, but I also don't expect an apology because um I completely lost faith in the the process, the formalities, the people, you know, the ones in charge and stuff. You know, this is the greatest country in the world, hands down. It's

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the people who are the ones who ruin it. People mess up everything. It's the people who ruin things. And I do want to say, um, you're good, Mr. Clerk Andrew. You're good. You know exactly how to do this job. I don't know why they're even paying the lawyer. He's doing nothing.

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He does not protect the integrity of the proceedings. Does not protect the integrity of the process. Thank God Andrew is there. I would have liked Councilman Johnson through the chair of Councilman Johnson. I would have liked last week, last meeting if you had pushed back just a little bit harder and um you know were able to uh kind of

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dissolve that social media policy. I'm a little disappointed with you Councilman Callison's um for kind of you know trying to put the lid on the sunshine process of like discussion. You know, everybody wants to have these discussions in backdoor rooms, you know, with the curtains closed and stuff. No, the public wants to see these

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discussions. They want to be able to hear how the council thinks and what their feelings are. So, we don't want to shut down those conversations. It's very important to let that process flow. Right? That is what you guys need to do to each other to be able to work with

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each other properly. It was a little upsetting or it was a little frustrating to watch you be so civil, Councilman Johnson, about the process. It really killed me because it was your time to shine and you did do well, but you were so respectful over the process and

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everything like that and your colleagues and stuff and that's not the way to be. You know, this isn't about being having the right to lead the public. What it is is you've been granted the privilege to represent the public and if the public feels that they're not being properly represented, this is the exact time,

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place, and manner to do this. So, I hope that people become empowered to come to these meetings. I'll be coming to the next few Rosal Park meetings and I hope residents show up. It kills me that this room is empty. If residents want to air their grievances and they have some problems and we can air them out and work together to get things done, we can

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highlight it. We can get things done and we can all, you know, walk away happy. Anyone else want to speak? See no one further. May I have a motion to close the public portion on any agenda items only? >> So move. >> Second. >> All in favor?

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>> I. >> There's one matter for close session this evening. Mr. Clark read, please read the close session resolution. >> Yes, mayor. Whereas the mayor and council of the Burough of Roosevelt Park wish to discuss matters which are described by the New Jersey Open Public

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Meetings Act, NJSA104-12. And whereas the general nature of the subject to be discussed in close session is a personnel matter involving the burough clerk's office wherein the employee has been in receipt of a rice notice and whereas the time when the circumstances under which the item

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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 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 affformentioned item.

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need a uh motion to adopt the resolution. >> So move. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I We're in close session. >> Obviously, we're not coming back for any agenda items after this. >> No, just to just to disclose nothing.

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motion to go back. >> I need a motion to open the meeting. >> So move. >> All in favor? >> I >> uh mayor, in close session, the ma the uh governing body discussed one matter uh personnel matter involving the

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clerk's office and there is no action to be taken at this time. May >> I have a motion to uh adjourn? >> So move second. >> All in favor? >> I I see in June 18th

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