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Part 1 (Video ID: fL-6HYm4w9w):
- 00:00:15: Meeting Call to Order, Roll Call, and Prayer
- 00:01:59: Resolution 109-26: Promotion of John Fitzgerald to Lieutenant
- 00:03:48: Lieutenant Fitzgerald Swearing-In Ceremony and Department Remarks
- 00:05:54: Chief Outlines Fitzgerald's Background and Accomplishments
- 00:09:04: Lieutenant John Fitzgerald's Acceptance Speech and Gratitude
- 00:12:16: Public Comment: Congratulating Fitzgerald and Safety Remarks
- 00:13:19: Five-Minute Recess Called For Pictures and Ceremony
- 00:19:07: Proclamations for Sign Sponsors: Rita, Costas, Sunrise, Darlings
- 00:23:13: Approval of Minutes and Agenda Items Only Public Comment
- 00:24:39: Police Report: Communicators Week, Unity Tour, Seatbelts
- 00:27:45: Chief Requests Traffic Calming Measures on Walnut Street
- 00:30:32: Fire Department Report: Recruitment, Construction, Memorial
- 00:32:10: Recreation Report: Membership, Programs, Events at ASYC
- 00:34:43: Community Center Report: Programs, Events, Health Fair
- 00:38:07: Construction Code Report: Permits, Violations, Developments
- 00:43:23: Public Works Report: Overtime, Sewer Backups, Receptacles
- 00:53:15: Tax and Election Reminders from Government Officials
- 00:56:37: Ordinance 2856 and 2857 Second Readings and Public Hearing
- 00:58:50: Ordinance 2858 and 2859 First Readings: Parking Amendments
- 01:00:10: Resolutions: Resignations, Auctions, Donation, Kennworth Data
- 01:01:14: Resolution 11126 Tabled for More Information on Data Center
- 01:06:08: Councilman Johnson Report: Mental Health, Traffic Concerns
- 01:11:54: Councilman Petroski Report: Arbor Day, Legion, Monuments
- 01:16:14: Councilwoman Lions Report: Trails, Prayer, Wellness
- 01:20:33: Councilman Robbina Report: Vigliotti, Businesses, Data Center
- 01:29:00: Mayor Signarella Report: Unity Tour, Roads and Events
- 01:33:32: Public Comments: Walnut Street Speeding and Data Center Concerns


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Good. Good evening. This meeting is being held in accordance with the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act. annually annual notice for this meeting has been published in Union County local source and in Northstar

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ledger said notice was posted in the municipal um building and a copy on file with the burrow clerk. Fire exits are located in directions I'm pointing to. If you alerted for fire, please move in a calm

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orderly manner to nearest smokefree exit. Proper notice have been given given has been given. The burough clerk has directed to include this statement in the minutes of this meeting. Roll call, please. >> Councilman Proski >> here. >> Councilman Johnson >> here.

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>> Councilman Robbina >> here. >> Councilwoman Lions >> here. >> Councilman Patel. >> Councilman Castins's. Mayor Signarella >> here. Quarum mayor. >> There are no communications for this evening.

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>> Yep. Excuse me. Uh for this, excuse me, for prayer, please. >> 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.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> There are no communications for view this evening.

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I have a motion to move out of order to consider resolution 109-26. >> So moved. Second. >> Is there any discussion? >> All in favor? Um, Mr. Clark, please read resolutions. >> All in favor? >> I.

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>> All in favor? >> Okay. Thank you. >> May I have a motion to adopt resolution uh Mr. Clerk, please read resolutions 10926 by title? >> Yes, mayor. Resolution 10926 is promoting Sergeant John Fitzgerald to

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the rank of lieutenant within the Rosal Park Police Department. I have a motion to adopt resolution 10926. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Is there any discussion? >> The clerk, please call the role. >> Councilman Petroski, >> yes.

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>> Councilman Johnson, >> yes. >> Councilman Robin, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Lions, >> yes. >> Councilman Patel, >> that's five votes in the affirmative, one absent. The resolution is adopted. Chief nowhere to go. Yep.

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I Jud I John Fitzgerald >> I John Fitzgerald >> do do so do solemnly swear >> do solemnly swear >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> will support the Constitution of the United States >> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey >> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey

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>> and that I will bear true faith >> and I will bear true faith >> and allegiance to the same >> and allegiance to the same >> to the Governments established >> and the governments established >> in the United States and in this state >> in the United States and in this state >> under the authority of the people

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>> under the authority of the people. I do further solemnly swear >> I do further solemnly swear >> that I will faithfully >> I will faithfully >> impartially >> impartially >> and justly perform >> and justly perform >> all the duties of >> all the duties of

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>> police lieutenant >> police lieutenant >> of the burrow of Roso Park >> of the burrow of Roso Park >> according to the best of my ability >> according to the best of my abilities. >> So help me God. >> So help me God. Congratulations. Hi, how are you?

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While uh Lieutenant Fitzgerald still shaking hands, I just wanted to just uh take a look around the room and uh I'm I'm in like shock and awe. I think I just about have the whole department here tonight and that that just goes to show you how respected uh this individual is and uh

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and he is well received by all his peers and uh and to see his family support as well. I I would imagine you have some Oldbridge Fire Department personnel here as well. welcome uh to uh Rosa Park and uh thanks uh thanks for sharing this day with us. >> All right, guys.

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>> Uh just a quick bio about Lieutenant John Fitzgerald. Uh he's an Old Bridge High School graduate. He went on to continue his education at Kane University where he earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice. Uh in 2009, John Fitzgerald attended the Mercer County Police Academy through the alternate route program where he

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graduated from class 04-9. In July of 2012, John Fitzgerald was hired by the Rosa Park Police Department where he was assigned to the patrol division. Uh 28 2018, he was assigned to the community policing unit. Then in 2020, he moved on and was assigned to

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the detective bureau where he worked as a juvenile detective. Uh 2020, Detective Jeff Fitzgerald was assigned to the patrol division where he assumed the role as a first-line supervisor as a acting sergeant. In uh 2023, acting sergeant Fitzgerald was then promoted to the rank of

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sergeant uh where he was assigned as the night shift uh patrol sergeant. Lieutenant Fitzgerald is also our lead department firearms instructor uh currently as uh I don't know if you're all aware, but Lieutenant Matt Dana was originally uh here with us. He was our

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lead instructor and he was uh he helped Matt tremendously uh throughout that time and uh and definitely was uh had all the knowledge and skills that there was needed to move on and be that lead instructor and I think he does an outstanding job in that as well. Um he

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also does our drone pilot program. The last drone pilot that we pretty much had was Captain Jimenez. Uh got arrested solely. He died a few years back, but uh but John took on that role as well, and he he does an outstanding job with that. Um he's also a current member of the Rosa Park Honor Guard, uh which is near

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and dear to my heart. Uh Sergeant Fger Gerald has received uh as you word, Lieutenant Fitzgerald has received numerous awards and commendations to include one honorable mention and three life-saving awards, which is admirable. Uh, Lieutenant Fitzgerald in his off time had he is a volunteer firefighter with the Old Bridge Fire Department

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where he attained the rank of deputy fire chief from 2020 to 2022. You have a current rank there. Just a member. >> Remember um so deputy fire chief from uh for those two years. I want to personally congratulate you Lieutenant Fitzgerald. You are well deserving of this promotion as as were the other uh

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so we had four candidates altogether. Uh the other three gentlemen that were uh in the running were uh also outstanding uh officers. Uh was definitely a hard decision and uh they made it a little bit easier because we did a little bit of a different program this year where we had a uh a process that was

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incorporated thanks to Councilman Johnson and his uh toutelage. uh we got that off the ground and uh and this is the way it worked out and uh he did an outstanding job in in all three uh realms of that testing procedure and process and really excelled in that and

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I I thank you for that. I know you continue to do a great job here as your role as a patrol supervisor and uh like I said uh you have all your colleagues here and uh they're you're all well supported and uh respected. So uh congratulations to you sir. >> Thank you. really is humbling seeing everybody in

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the back. Thank you for coming out. That means a lot. Um, this time I'm prepared with the speech. So, good evening. Uh, thank you all for being here tonight. I'd like to first thank Chief Reno, Mayor Signarella, and the town council for this opportunity.

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Um, thank you for the trust and confidence that supervisors and mentors that have helped shape the kind of supervisor that I have been and will continue to be. I've learned from the good calls, the bad calls, the long

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nights, the successes, and the mistakes. and I plan to use all those experiences to be the best lieutenant that I can be and to help continue advance this department into the future. To the officers of this department, thank you for the hard work you do day

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in and day out. There's no one else I'd rather be standing next to you and with than you all. I'm proud to stand with you and to lead you. As I move into this new role, my commitment is simple. to lead with fairness, accountability, consistency, professionalism,

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communication, and still a sense of humor. My phone will still be on and I'll answer eventually. And I want to say thank you to my family. You have sacrificed more than anyone could understand.

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The missed events, parties, birthdays, and holidays. You understood and supported me when I could only spend an hour or two for holidays. and you always made sure that dinner was fresh and ready for me. It's because of the support you have given me that I am able to stand up here for this promotion.

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Your love and support will never be taken for granted. And to Kate, my rock and my partner, thank you for the love and support you have given me. You have sacrificed most of all. This career can consume you if you let it. And you've

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helped keep me balanced and perspective. Your support, encouragement, patience through the years have meant more to me than I could ever put into words. You have been there for the long days, the stressful days, the good days and all days in between.

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Thank you for putting up with the late studying and test and helping me test prep even on the beautiful beaches of St. Thomas. So, I honestly could not have gotten here without you and I be beyond grateful to have you by my side. I've always believed that leadership is

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not about the bars on your collar or the title on your door. It's about being accountable, staying approachable, making difficult decisions when necessary, and taking care of your people. That's the kind of lieutenant I intend to be. Thank you again to

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everybody who's helped get me here. I am honored, truly humbled, and excited for what comes next. Thank you all. Awesome. >> I will. So, I'll try to be brief tonight.

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uh former fire chief. Uh been involved with Rosel Park Fire Department 45 46 years. Um they're they're all great fire uh police officers here. It's great. But I got to just say when I heard he was a volunteer

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fireman, it was nice to hear whatever he could help out. But uh I I saw his father coming through the door, I knew it was him. I said, "You raised a good son here." So, uh, it's great to see this promotion. Keep working hard,

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right? And now I think you'll be able to sleep in your bed, uh, seven days a week now, whatever, I guess, for hopefully the rest of your career, whatever. Be safe and nice words today. Be humbled and keep that phone on. I think it goes a long way with a lot of people. I

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noticed that with my new position. Keep that phone on. Answer that call when you can and try to get back to them. And I hope you could do that for your fellow police officers. And um good luck. Have a good night. Be safe tonight after you

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leave here. All right. Bye-bye. >> You want to give them pictures? You want to give them a few minutes? recess for five minutes. All in favor? >> I >> I unanimous consent. Okay. Okay.

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Okay. >> Okay. I have some proclamations tonight for the sponsors. of our signs when we come into Rosel Park. Councilwoman Is anybody here from Rita Pharmacy?

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Darlings, Nola, come on up. Sunrise. >> Yeah, I know. >> Good. How are you? >> So, >> anybody here from Rita? No. Okay. Okay, >> this mic is cutting out for me. Sometimes I don't even need the mic.

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>> All right, >> Nola from Costa's restaurant, say a few words. A few. Thank you very much, mayor. You know, I know I was not preparing my speech, but you know, I thank all the council, the

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the mayor and the council president, all the guys for got a business in Rosal Park. We got to make like more easy to open a business in Rosal Park. So, I ask the mayor, I ask the council and Mr. Balushio to cooperate so we can uh move

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move forward to make this town much better the way it is. >> Okay, sir. >> Thank you very much, mayor. Okay, Sunrise V. I almost said Sunrise Village. Sunrise Diner. >> Hey, for those of you that don't know me, my name is Douglas. Sunrise Diner

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and um uh we love this community. Um one again, reader that thank you the mayor Roseanne, my favorite council woman. Uh Joe, uh all the members, thank you. You know, whenever we uh uh we need help,

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you guys always come through. So, um, and we are here for the community as well, right? Thank you. >> Thank you. >> This is Ding. >> Okay. The new addition downtown Dalling's

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Irish Pub and Restaurant. Who wants to go first? >> Russ is going to go up there. >> Okay. >> I'll go I'll >> Beautiful. >> All right. So, um, that's how you use the microphone, right, Andrew? Right. Um, I want to thank mayor and council for this. Um, as soon as Ruben reached out to us, I jumped at the opportunity.

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I was born and raised in Rosell Park, graduated from Rosell Park, more than happy to, uh, display a sign for my restaurant in my hometown. Um, the Signarella family has gone back a long time with me. They're always helpful. Anything I need, mayor, uh, the council

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members that always step up for us, we appreciate it and we're here to support the town. So, thank you for all and thank you for sponsoring and keep plugging and keep the businesses going strong. It's a good thing. Things are happening in Rosell

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Park. >> Ruby, you got some pictures already. >> Smile. Everybody >> Okay, we're back. C. Can I have approval of minutes, penning, and any corrections? >> So moved.

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>> Oh, thank you. May I have a motion that the >> All in favor? >> I >> I may have a motion that the meeting minutes and be approved pending. May I have a motion that the bills and

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payrolls not be read and pass for payment? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Is there any discussion? All in favor? >> I. >> May I have a motion that the public open public portion on agenda items only? >> So moved.

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>> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. If you'd like to speak, come to the forward to the microphone and state your name and address for the record. >> Seeing no one further, I may have a motion to close the public portion on

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the gender item only. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Now we'll hear from our department. So Chief Fo, you want to come up first? Yes, sir. It's all good, Chief.

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>> Good evening everybody. >> Good evening. >> Thanks again for helping me. >> Turn the mic on. >> Is it ready? >> Want me to repeat that? >> No. Uh just to give you a brief uh I haven't turned in my April report yet, but uh I

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have a few highlights in here. So uh April 13th to the 19th was National Public Safety Communicators Week. The Rosa Park Police Department would like to give a special thank you to all the Union County Dispatchers that are behind the scenes and serving a critical role in the daily operations of the police department. Uh I want to thank each and every one of them for keeping our community and our officers uh

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specifically safe every day. Uh on April 15th, I attended and participated in an easy ride safety meeting where he uh we planned on some improvements uh safety improvements to the area of Hazel Street and Myrtle Myrtle Avenue which was spearheaded by Councilman Jay Rebina and I want to

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thank you very much for for doing that and putting that together. Uh it was definitely good to uh hook up with Easy Ride. They're a really easy partnership to work with and uh I think they have some really good ideas and uh thank you for bringing them forward. >> Thank you, Chief. Uh May 9th, Officer Ted Cot, Antonio

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Centenno, D Daniel Razo, and Manny Castile will be participating in this year's National Police Unity Tour with officers from around the state who will be biking from New Jersey to Washington DC in memory of all the fallen officers across the country. Uh this agency is very proud of these officers and I know they will represent the burrow and this

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agency with dignity and honor. I also will be uh going down there on Tuesday. They'll so they leave uh their bike tour leaves out of Jackson, New Jersey, and they ride within that 3-day period, and they'll arrive in Washington DC on Tuesday. >> Wow. >> Um I'll be greeting them at the uh at

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the Law Enforcement Memorial Wall uh for all the fallen officers, which I've never been before. So, it's always been a bucket list of mine. >> So, I'm going to greet them when they get down there and uh meet some of the officers from around the state and around the country that are all coming down there at the same time. >> Good. >> And they have a candle light vigil uh

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Wednesday night for all the fallen as well. and I'll be participating in that. Um, so I hope to have some pictures uh put up on our Facebook page for you all to uh to share with you. B Ross Park was awarded the $7,000 grant for the 2026 Clickicket or Ticket

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Seat belt mobilization grant. Uh this is a great program managed by New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety within the Office of the State Attorney General. this program in the burrow's underlying grant applications for the implementation of targeted seat belt inform enforcement campaign in New

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Jersey as part of the nationwide clicker ticket seat belt mobilization was from May is going to be from May 18th 2026 through May 31st 2026. The main focus on these police patrols will be stop and issue summones to motorist front and rear seat passengers who are not

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complying with the state seat belt laws. Officers will also enforce the child safety restraint law as appropriate. Uh the objective is to reduce the number of unrestrained motor vehicle fatalities in the state and to increase the statewide seat belt obs observational rate through targeted seat belt enforcement.

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Uh those are a couple highlights that I have for you um currently. Um if anybody has anything for me. >> Yeah. Yes, Chief. Hey, how are you? Uh, Chief, I'm just um I was going to report this in my report, but I'm I'm still

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wanted to ask you. Um, on Walnut Street around the 100, and 200 blocks, um, I had a couple of residents expressed to me concerns of, uh, speeding in that location. While the, uh, speed humps that were implemented on the two, three, I mean, on the three, 400, and 500

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blocks are helping to mitigate that, the uh, 100 and 200 blocks. I I don't know if there's any way that you could put any type of uh traffic calming sign measures around to try to help uh mitigate any uh speeding coming off of Westfield A or going towards Grant or

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East Grant going towards Phil A. So um I sent the email um on May 1st. Uh I I got a response from the DPW grant. >> Yeah, I want to apologize. I actually did respond right back to you the same day. Uh, however, I didn't realize that you weren't even on that uh email that

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got sent out. I don't know. I don't know how the mistake happened. However, >> responded. Yeah. So, just basically out out of out of the post that I sent out there. And I just, you know, listen, sometimes these things go viral. >> Kind of like speed humps do. >> So, everybody says, "Oh, you know, uh,

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100 block, 200 block, it's some speed signs. We don't have speed signs on East Clay. Why don't we have speed signs, uh, speed humps on this street?" And and it just becomes, you know, viral where everybody wants speed signs and speed humps. like it's not always the the right answer. If there is truly a speeding problem on that street, like I

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would like to initiate uh some sort of traffic uh you know, put the measurements out, have the uh county engineer come in and put put it down and see like, hey, is there a speeding issue? And if there is a speeding issue, maybe signs they're not going to do it, right? Maybe we need to do something else. Okay? >> So, I like to not just jump, you know,

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just just draw signs all over the place because that doesn't always do the do the trick. But I'll be happy to talk offline and and get some ideas bounce off you. uh maybe you know talk to Jay with his easy ride folks and and see you know we come up with some uh some good ideas where

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>> open to the study uh possibly as >> we'll talk offline >> I mean I've done you know 20 studies in town and probably out of 20 studies I think 18 streets had had no speeding problems whatsoever. So um like I said it just uh we'll work it out. >> Thank you. I just I just didn't see a

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response and then uh Greg responded today. So I appreciate you though. >> No worries. >> Thank you. Anything else for the chief? Thank you, Chief. >> Welcome. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> Deputy Chief Ray Prento from Fire Department.

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>> Good evening, mayor, council members, administrators, department heads, members of the audience. Here's a report for the Rosal Park Fire Department. We're actively recruiting new members and fire patrol through our website and social media. Construction has begun on station three. Making really good

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progress. Uh some members will be traveling to Pierce Manufacturing on May 18th through the 20th for the final inspection of the new engine. Fire department annual memorial service will be held on Wednesday, May 27th, station 3, starting at 7 p.m. Uh it's a

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change this year. We're usually the third Wednesday. We moved it back a week because some of us will be uh in Appleton, Wisconsin for the uh inspecting of the new apparatus. Fire department responded to an outdoor fire on Friday, May 1st on West Grand Avenue. We want to thank all the members who

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responded, the police department for their continued assistance and support and our mutual aid partners for their assistance. That concludes fire department report. >> Any questions for Deputy Chief Prento? So, Chief, just to verify, for many years, the memorial's always been on the

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third >> third Wednesday. It will be the fourth Wednesday this year, right? >> Just this year. >> So, some people just re there set their calendar on that. >> I know. >> I know a couple people. I'll try to reach out to them to tell them it's the fourth, not the And maybe I'll go park

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up there for five minutes to see tell them come back next week. >> Well, that'll be good. Thank you. Uh, also, it was uh posted today. I was >> on some social media. I don't know if some of it was still spread out, but >> a lot of people do watch this. So, fourth Wednesday fire memorial. Yes.

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>> Anything else for the chief? >> Thank you all. Have a good evening. >> Thank you, >> Coach Reeri. Recreation. >> Good evening, everyone. >> Evening. I'd like to thank Mayor Signarell and town council for giving me

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the opportunity to pro 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. Membership and recreation. We

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

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over 116 members. We're transporting and chaperoning 98 students daily and the afterchool program has 13. Uh, spring programming, Roso Park program, which is our performing arts, runs on Monday,

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6:15 to 7:45 in the ASYC. The show is on Monday, May 11th at 700 p.m. in the Rosal Park High School auditorium. Spring volleyball has begun. The program runs on Wednesdays, 6:15 to 9:30 in the

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ASYC. Spring cheer has begun. The program runs on Thursdays 6:15 to 7:15 in the ASYC. Adult basketball has begun. The program runs on Saturdays 10:00 a.m. in the ASYC. Unfortunately, this

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Saturday um has been moved to tonight at 7:30. Offseason boys and girls wrestling has begun. Uh please contact your coach for practice days and times. The ASYC is scheduled to host the following meetings or events. Girl Scout, Cub and Boy

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Scout, Recreation Committee, CPEG, NW, NW, OA, PTA, fifth grade parent meetings, end of the year sport parties, CPR, AED certifications, Roso Park Police Department training and seminars,

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RP art festival, wellness event, and a Colgate event. We remain committed to providing the best possible care and programming for the burrow of Roso Park. That completes our May recreational department update. I'd be happy to answer any questions

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for co director. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Ruben Rupen from the community center. Come on up. >> Thank you, Mayor. Good evening, everybody. >> Good evening.

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>> Uh so we had a productive uh month at the center. We currently have 150 uh residents register for our programs and the building is seeing an average of 40 residents a day. Our senior exercise classes remains our biggest hit with about 14 participants per session and

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our daily lunch program in bingo continues to be vital social uh hour for about 25 to 30 seniors. On Tuesday, we finished a very successful visit from the MVC mobile unit. This visit served 60 residents who were able to get their

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real IDs and registration renewals handled right here at the gazebo without trip to a physical agency. Speaking of mobile visits, residents who need a direct line to their government representatives,

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excuse me, I'm sorry. Congresswoman MacGyver's office will be at the center on May 12th from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. to help residents navigate federal issues like social security or veterans affairs. and Assemblywoman uh Carter's office will be

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at the center on May 20th from 10:00 a.m. to 3 p.m. for help with state level resources and advocacy. On public events, we had a great turnout at the Arbor Day celebration on April 24th. Thank you, Mayor and Council for joining the middle schoolers, assistant

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superintendent Dr. Kelly Gomes, middle school president, principal Miss Q, and the environmental commission chair to plant two new dogwood trees at the park. After the arts festival on April 25th, the Roso Park Art Loves Arts board uh

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formally announced the decisions to step down from ongoing arts festival and securing vendors for the winter market. As a result, we will now coordinate directly with the vendors for our winter market. As a gesture of appreciation for the vendors who participated in this

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year's arts festival, regardless of the poor weather, we will provide them with complimentary vendors space at the market. On May 16th, we are having the women's health fair at the Signal Youth Center and the gazebo. This uh day will

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will have actual medical screenings from vision exams to cancer cancer screenings. Uh this is available free of charge to every every resident. uh memorial day parade uh and service is on Mayu uh 20 25th that is Monday. We

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are honoring our veterans while marking marking the 125th anniversary of Rosal Park. We'll start assembly at the Sherman Elementary School at 9:00 a.m. and kick off at 10 uh 10:00 a.m. followed by the service at the library. Uh and at the uh last on Monday, May

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30th uh with our annual bike clinic and two miles tour. It's a low intensity ride for families. Uh just please make sure to register uh by May 27. And that is all I have. Mayor, >> anything for Ruben?

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>> Thank you. >> Thank you, mayor. >> Thank you, >> Rich Pushio. >> Good evening, everyone. >> Good evening. >> First, a personal note. Um, I want to thank everyone for putting up with my absence for the month. Um, as you know,

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we were, my wife and I were in Germany at um, three military bases. Um, we were there for the birth of our second granddaughter considering we missed the birth of our first one and missed her baptism as well. So, it was really

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rewarding. Um, we were in an exceedingly remote base. I do not know how, you know, specifically my son's company puts up with it. It is very isolating, very lonely. Um, so always keep, you know,

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active duty personnel in your thoughts and prayers. Um, and I know we have many veterans up here. Um, it's it was really eye opening. It's been a long time since I >> was in the reserves and this was shocking to me what I witnessed. but

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they're doing very well. Hopefully he'll PCS next year. We'll see. Um, it'd be nice if he was in a US duty station for once. >> Um, but thank you very much and I really do appreciate it. When I got back, I know there were a couple of outstanding issues. You all know about them. Um, I

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addressed them right away. So, I was back last Thursday and I addressed those issues. I met with Mayor Signarella. We went over everything and, uh, everything's been resolved. >> Awesome. So now we can move forward to the next uh bigger and better things so to speak. So my report is going to be

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brief. It's the typical report I do, but this is going to be for May 1st. So the num total number of permits issued even though I wasn't here for April was 131. Total revenue um by the end of April or for the end of April was $106,932

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for the construction code element. Sore connection fees year-to date $262,385 residential development fees $100,000 and number of uniform construction code violations again I wasn't here was three okay normally it's a bit higher than

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that uh property maintenance Judy's been very busy so we had 16 court dispositions uh fines to date $7,285 violations were issued for April um and eight court summones. On the construction side, we are moving

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along. As you can see, the Verizon store is open and operating, which I I met I actually met the manager. Very nice people. Stop by if you have the chance. And also the um as you can see, the courtyard is moving along. I had a meeting today with Dennis Leoya. They

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plan on completing that hopefully by the end of next week. I'm not sure, mayor, if there'll be if you guys if you want me to um initiate contact so you guys can do a a ribbon cutting or something to that effect. >> Um so I would like to thank you. I think

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it would be >> No, I think a ribbon cut and something would be nice to hear. >> Yeah. And matter of fact, the treerees going up right now. I helped facilitate the tree because they didn't have a vendor. So I had a vendor that we used out of New York State with a tree. So

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that is being erected as we speak. Um, as far as I know there was a question when I was gone about Crossfield's um, situation. I think I spoke with Councilman on this and uh, I'll be addressing that early next week with the owner of Crossfields. I know there's a

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couple of questions on that and there's some property maintenance issues. The property maintenance issues have been are being addressed. Okay. um today or yesterday, I actually met with the owner of uh 517 Walnut.

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They are going to be proceeding with the construction. Um they a matter of fact, I spoke to our attorney about it. Thank you very much for all your that's what really led to this meeting with them. Um I basically um reissued the permit for

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the project. They plan on moving on that. Knock on wood. Hopefully they get moving pretty quickly. I said time is of the essence. Otherwise, the governing body will and the attorney will be addressing it. And you're not going to like I told him you're not going to like

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the results of that. >> There's also some open violations I believe too that they are obligated to address. >> Correct. Yeah, we were going over that today and Judy actually met with them today some of her her violations as well. So, um, you know, I hopefully, you know,

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I told him time is of the essence, so let's let's move it along or sell the property or do something at this point. >> Um, otherwise, that's my report. So, if anybody has any questions, >> uh, thank you for your son's service. I'm glad >> yes,

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>> you got away. And thank you for this building in the 500 block of Walnut Street. The folks over there had it. So, and let's give him a little leeway, but keep on him because >> it's going to be a short leash right now. >> Okay. Thank you.

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>> It's going to be a short. >> Anything else for Rich? >> Yeah, I do. Real quick. I know Rich, you and I have spoken about it, but I guess for the public, um, regarding Crossfield products, can you just give a quick update while you were away? The building was knocked down. It's reduced to a pile of rubble. Can you >> Yeah, there were actually issues when I was away because I was communicating

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with the acting construction official. I was sending emails and communicating from Germany. you were um but there was an issue with the dust when the demolition occurred and Lenny went out there, Lenny Dolan, who was acting construction official and he is our fire

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subcode official. He went out there and met with some of the residents. They were very happy. They were really very very thankful to him going out and explaining everything. So, that was taken care of. As far as the owner, I contacted the owner yesterday.

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They're still of the um they still intend to rebuild, but I'm I want to nail them down on a better timeline. Um so I really like, you know, >> that's fine. That's fine. What I was talking more about was the demolition, the yellow house, the QAQC building that

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was next. When is that coming down? >> Uh they don't have a time frame on that yet because they still have product in there. >> Has been removed yet? >> It is. They plan on removing it this month. Yes. and they're going to relocate that to their Texas facility. So, apparently it must be the actual

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Dexoteex product, which is a very expensive product. >> And can you give an update on the um on the soil testing? >> Soil testing, I believe uh Andrew, I believe you sent the results of that. >> Yes. >> And the results were very positive from

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I I didn't read the analytics, but Andrew's cover letter indicated that there were no issues. >> Correct. Great. >> You're welcome. >> Thank you, Rich. >> Craig B. >> Thank you, Mayor and Council.

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Hi. Uh, my report is from March 5th till May 7th. Uh the department of public works has incurred 218.53 hours of overtime. These covered necessary uh services such as the Rosal Park Arts Festival, storm

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basin inlet cleaning, sewer backups, tree cleanups from storm damage, uh vehicle repairs, and road safety hazard abatement. Total time off in that period, we had 40 personal hours, 136 workman's comp

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hours, 136 36 sick hours. Sanitary sewer backups continue to be a problem in Rosal Park, mainly due to grease and solid debris buildup. When I say solid debris, I'm talking about household items being found, toys,

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small hand tools, and large rags being found in the uh sewer backup. >> Is this an throughout the entire town or is it certain areas? Is it the downtown? >> The concentration is the T intersection. That's the concentration of where we're finding these debris, large um grease

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balls as big as my head is what I was told. So, it's a constant issue and we're trying to find ways to fix it and hopefully we'll have something in place I can report back to you guys midsummer. We're just waiting for parts to arrive.

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It's taking a while. Um, just reminding residents of the next free bulk waste collection is west side is May 28th, east side is May 29th. Three items only. DPW has made significant progress in

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maintaining our storm water inlets. We have cleaned out the majority of our storm basin inlets. There are some basin inlets that require a jeter vacuum truck due to the impacted roots and dirt hindering manual removal of debris. Our next course of action is then to clean out the pipes. Some work may have to be

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outsourced depending on the condition of the pipes and how they're impacted with dirt and roots. Quite a few of our basins are were so neglected that tree roots were growing, making removal even more difficult. DPW recently distributed 43 red

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receptacles and 34 blue receptacle recycling containers to the first residents who called in their requests at the um free giveaway program that we recently had. During this uh announcement, DPW

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received 167 requests for the receptacles before we announced that we were sold out. These calls were recorded over the course of 48 hours and all calls were timestamped for accuracy and fairness of distribution. Aspen has finished trimming the trees in

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Rosal Park on behalf of PSNG. Rich's Tree Service has been engaged with the burrow to continue tree trimming operations on a weekly basis. Tomorrow's tree trimming will commence on West Kfax Avenue from Chestnut to Laurel A. Notifications were sent out via First Alert. The B burrow will continue to do

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so with each planned event. DPW is working with the tree committee to remove hazardous trees within the burrow. Alden Park playground has been found to be missing two sets of pole handles on one of the playgrounds. The parts are on order and will be installed by DPW once they arrive. Estimated cost is around

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500. There is a sinkhole on the 500 block of East Grant. DPW has tried to camera this hole to find its source with no progress. We are now waiting quotes to excavate the area to determine the source of the hole and rectify the problem. We were able to measure the

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hole up to 18 ft and it currently sits over our sewer trunk line that leaves the town. So, we're hoping it's not that, but I'll once I have more information, I'll address the council. The burrow has also completed its right to know survey and will be submitting it

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to the state prior to its deadline July 15, 2026. Residents are reminded to not drop off items at the DPWR located at 180 West Webster. This is considered illegal dumping and could result in a fine. Please call the DPW at 908-2457676

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or go online to the online schedule form and or you can email me at dpw superintendent roselpark.net with any concerns or requests. And before I take any questions, I just want to h hand out photos for you guys to pass around as examples as to how

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badly our storm basins were impacted. Any questions for Greg? >> Yes, mayor. Uh I don't I don't know if this is a a Greg uh question or Andrew, but uh are we going to have any more of those blue uh receptacles? Uh a few

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residents was asking uh will the will we still be uh offering that later on in the future or anything? >> The so the the resolution that was adopted by the governing body at the end of last year was to liquidate them. So this was the liquidation of all of what we had in stock. So the purpose of this was to end the program and to get rid of

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get rid of >> Yeah. We had a we had a storage bay at the DPW that was full of them. So it seemed like a lot of them. I don't know that we ever counted preemptively how much they were, but the level of interest was unbelievable because it was free. Prior to that, people would have

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to come in and pay for them. >> Okay. >> Um but so this ended the program. So the idea is to not buy anymore. >> Got it. So, just to comment on the East Grant, we've over the last year or two, we've had some East Grant headed toward

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Sherman School. So, it must be something going on, right? Didn't we have two breaks last year? >> Yeah, this is uh past Surman. I haven't passed those breaks. It's somewhere in the middle of the 500 block on the south side of the uh street. >> It's before G. Yeah, it's before

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>> Well, I remember there was one close to G. Yeah, that one was a uh that repair was prior to galping uh east grant being paved. I was on site for that. It was a chimney um they call it a chimney stack. So it's

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the lateral being completely vertical on top of the main and the main was 20 ft down at that point. This was something that was probably installed at the time the main was installed as a prospective hookup for a potential h house which was

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never actually installed and gravity just pushed it into the main. So we eliminated that and repaired it prior to paving the road. So >> and thanks for getting the tunnel painted. Anything else anybody? >> Oh and uh just so you're aware the lights are working now. >> Thank you.

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>> It was a bad photo cell. There was a quick fix. We took care of it this morning. Uh, >> Greg, this this is the photo of the the email that I sent you. Was this regarding the Kofax and Sherman? Is this the one? >> That was uh very egregious. Oh, you guys.

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>> These photos were taken by my employees and sent to me. I asked them if they were found something fully impacted like that to let me know >> so I can inform you guys. >> I just wanted to know what's the followup on that. Did they ever clear clean those out because those were like filled to the to the tippy top.

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>> Yeah. No, they were able to they were able to empty them out. There are some that when I say some, I'm probably talking 10% of our total basin aotment that we need a vacuum truck to to clean it out because we need a high-pressure hose to loosen up the soil to cut the

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roots out of the way so we can vacuum it out and then jet the lines. Just want to say thank you for responding to this. Thank you're welcome. >> Thanks, Greg. Thank you. >> You're welcome. Question. >> Oh, KJ. >> Yes. So, um there's a tree by the Girl

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Scout Park um that needs trimming. Uh is it possible to uh since the ridge tree is coming out, is it possible to add that um to their schedule? >> Yeah, I I was actually in the area today because of the tunnel >> Yeah. >> issues. So, I noted all that and I

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reported it to my assistant to create a work order. We'll probably be addressing it sometime next week. All the newly planted trees are quite low in those areas on Clay and Grant around the Girl Scout Park. So, we'll be elevating those to make it easier for pedestrians to

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walk down the sidewalk. >> You're welcome. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Welcome, >> Mr. Blum. Ken. >> Thank you, Mayor. Uh just a quick uh reminder uh taxes are due by Monday uh

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without interest for the uh second quarter installment and the uh public hearing on the budget will be on uh Tuesday, May 19th at 5:30 here. That's it. Thank you, >> Andrew. >> Thank you, Mayor. The uh primary

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elections coming up on Tuesday, June 2nd. Uh, as a reminder for any voters or potential voters, well, potential voters, the deadline to register to vote for the primary election is next Tuesday, May 12th. Uh, my office will be open until 6 p.m. to facilitate voter registration, or you can register to

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vote online. If you need assistance, call 908-2456222 extension 78 for the clerk's office. Uh, in connection with the primary election, the early voting period will begin on Tuesday, May 16th. I'm sorry, Tuesday,

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May 26th, and it will continue through Sunday, May 31st. Uh the hours of early voting are 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday and then 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Sunday. They're at early voting locations throughout the

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county. The two nearest to Rosal Park are Union College in Cranford and the uh Maui Community Center on Schaefer Avenue in Roselle. Uh the one in Rosell is actually a little bit closer, but they're not your regular polling place. Um as a reminder, uh on election day, we

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have five polling places. Uh one for each ward, and there's two voting machines in each, uh polling place. The first ward votes here at the council chambers. The second ward votes at the library. Third ward votes at the Casano Center. Fourth ward this year is at the

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youth center in the gymnasium. So you will not be at the middle school, you'll be at the youth center. And then the fifth ward votes at Aldine School Gymnasium as it normally is. Everyone in the fourth ward who was a primary voter would have gotten a letter from the board of elections, I'm told. Um, but there will be additional communications

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going out from the clerk's office about that. Uh, and again, just to reiterate, if you have any questions about registering to vote, how to vote, what the deal is, um, call the clerk's office. Uh, we don't care who you vote for. We just care that you can and you do vote. 908245-6222

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extension 78. And that's all I have. Mayor, thank you. >> I have a motion to accept the reports of department heads as submitted. >> Mayor so moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Mr. Clark, please read ordinance 2856 by title.

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>> Yes, mayor. Ordinance 2856 is an ordinance for second reading and public hearing. an ordinance to exceed the municipal budget appropriation limits and establish a cap bank for calendar year 2026 pursuant to NJSA484-4514. >> A motion to open a public hearing on

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ordinance 2856. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> If you'd like to speak about ordinance 2856, please come forward to the microphone and state your name and address for the record. Seeing no one further, may I have a

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motion to close the public hearing on ordinance 2856? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> I have a motion to adopt ordinance 2056. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Is there any discussion?

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Mr. Clerk, please call the role. >> Councilman Petroski? >> Yes. >> Councilman Johnson? >> Yes. >> Councilman Robina? >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Lions? >> Yes. >> Councilman Patel? >> Yes. >> Five votes in the affirmative. Uh one uh one absent. Uh, the ordinance is adopted. >> Mr. Clerk, please read ordinance 2857 by

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title. >> Yes, mayor. Ordinance 2857 is an ordinance for second reading and public hearing. An ordinance amending chapter 16, section 2, subsection 2 of the code of the burough of Rosal Park entitled inspections, requirements, and fees. >> I have a motion to open public hearing

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on ordinance 2857. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> I like to speak on ordinance 2057, please come forward to the microphone and state your name and address for the record.

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>> Seeing no one further, may I have a motion to close the public hearing on ordinance 2857? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I have a motion to adopt 2857. >> So moved. >> Second.

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>> Is there any discussion? Mr. Mr. Clerk, please call the role. >> Councilman Petroski, yes. >> Councilman Johnson, yes. Councilman Robin, yes. >> Councilwoman Lions, yes. >> Councilman Patel, yes. >> Five votes affirmative, mayor. The ordinance is adopted. >> Mr. Clerk, please read ordinance 2858 by title.

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>> Yes, mayor. Ordinance 2858 is an ordinance for introduction, an ordinance amending chapter 7, section 14 of the code of the Burough Rosell Park entitled parking prohibited at all times on certain streets. We have a motion to approve 2858 for introduction and fix the date for second

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reading and public hearing as May 21st, 2026. >> Mayor so moved. >> Second. >> Is there any discussion? >> Mr. Clerk, please call the role. >> Councilman Petroski, yes. >> Councilman Johnson, yes. >> Councilman Robin, yes. >> Councilwoman Lions, yes. >> Councilman Patel, yes.

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>> Five votes in the affirmative. Mayor, the ordinance is introduced. >> Mr. Clerk, please read Ordinance 2859 by title. >> Yes, Mayor. Ordinance 2859 is an ordinance for introduction. An ordinance amending chapter 7 section 39 subsection 2 of the code of the Bur Rosal Park entitled handicap parking on streets for

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private residences. >> Have a motion to approve 2859 for introduction and fix the date for second reading and public hearing as May 21st, 2026. >> Mayor so moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion?

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>> Mr. Clark, please call the role. >> Councilman Petroski, yes. >> Councilman Johnson, >> yes. >> Councilman Rabina, yes. Yes. Councilwoman Lions. Yes. >> Councilman Patel. >> Yes. >> Five votes. Affirmative. Mayor, the ordinance is introduced. >> All matters are listed with an asterric are considered to be routine and non-controversial by the council and

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will appear by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items. Unless a member of the governor body so request it to be a case that the item will be moved and the consent agenda and considered its normal sequence on the

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agenda as part of the general orders. Mr. Clerk, please read all resolutions by title. >> Yes, mayor. Resolution 10726 is accepting the resignation of Salvador Campanella from the recreation committee. Resolution 10826 is accepting the resignation of Britney Brittney

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Kirkland from the diversity and inclusion committee. Resolution 11026 is authorizing the burough clerk to auction unclaimed vehicles. Resolution 11126 is requesting intermunicipal coordination, transparency, and impact mitigation related to the proposed data center development in the burough of Kennorth.

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And resolution 1126 is accepting the donation of granite post from Cesso tile and stone. Do >> any members wish to have items removed from the consent agenda? >> I do, mayor. >> Yes, sir. >> Yeah. 11126. >> Okay.

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Any others? Um, may I have a motion to approve the resolutions remaining on the consent agenda? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I 11:26. Councilman, >> need a motion.

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>> Oh, do have um Do I have a motion to approve resolution 11126? >> So moved. Second. >> Second. >> Is there a discussion?

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>> Yes, mayor. I'd like to table this. Um, I tried to find out some information about it and I didn't get enough information that I could honestly vote uh uh yes or no. So, I would like to table until I find more information out

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before uh then I'm able to vote on it. >> Any other discussion? >> Yeah. Yes, mayor. If I may. Thank you, mayor. I just wanted to say um Jay, thank you for putting this on. Uh I have I too agree with um

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>> my colleagues like there's a lot of unanswered questions regarding this and I actually I was going to like write a list to the BA, but since you have this on here, it touch bases on a lot of those concerns. Um and so I definitely would be for uh something like this. I'm

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open to whatever the governing body wants to decide right now as I'm still trying to obtain information as well. I think um I I managed to get a little information from uh residents. So I think um

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they're far beyond uh uh the planning and an agreement stage. looks like they're more towards the construction and I'm I just need to uh ascertain some more information as well uh because there's probably limited things that we can do

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>> and I understand and I appreciate uh both the sentiment from Councilman Petroski and Councilman Johnson. The reason I had proposed this resolution, Mayor Signarelloo and I had attended a planning meeting over in the burrow of uh Kennaworth. So uh there was uh a lot

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of discussion about it. Obviously, we don't have any jurisdiction over what happens in our neighboring communities. However, we do have jurisdiction on what happens here. And as a neighboring community, my ward abuts uh the uh section of town that this is that this

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development is proposed or is actually being uh being constructed currently. So I wanted to find out what the impacts are going to be to our municipal infrastructure uh quality of life issues and this is just giving us an opportunity and a seat at the table. So

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that's why I requested information from the get moving forward. Obviously we don't have any jurisdiction but uh the least that we can uh request is uh some coordination through our neighboring uh municipalities. So, uh, any planning, any infrastructure repairs or

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construction that's going on, at least let us know. Let us be aware so we can plan and prepare accordingly and, uh, have our residents get involved and have a say. See you at the table. >> We have residents that have concerns, too. So, this just makes sense. Um, I just wanted to I'm I'm for it. I just

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wanted to add one or two questions uh myself. >> We can amend it. We can amend it now. Uh, Councilman Petruski, what reservations do you have on this? I just don't know enough about it to actually vote yes or no. >> Okay. >> And I know in the past when I was in a

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similar situation, I voted in one way and I came back to haunt me and I felt bad that I voted the way I did. I made many calls um to officials evening some Kenworth people and I never got a direct

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answer what this was exactly about. So, I'm afraid if I vote yes and then it comes back to T. I agree. If if it's what I think it it's going to happen, I'm all in favor. I just don't think I have enough information right now to to,

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you know, because I most of the time I vote for my heart. What my heart tells me to do, I vote that way. I just can't physically say um you know, I would like the more information um and maybe we could do it the next meeting. >> Okay. >> Once I get more information. That's why I would like the table.

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>> Fair enough. Well, I thank everyone for their consideration then. >> No. >> Yes. I'd like to make a motion that we table it. >> Have a second. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I >> I

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>> Thank you everyone. >> N >> you you should do a roll call. >> Okay. Correct. I >> Councilman Petroski. >> Yes. >> Councilman Johnson. >> No. Councilman Rina, >> yes. >> Counciloman Lions, >> yes. >> Councilman Patel, >> no.

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>> Three votes in the affirmative, two in the negative. The motion to table is agreed to. >> Um, reports of council and committee committees. Um, Councilman Johnson. >> Oh, thank you, Mayor. Give me a second. I'm getting myself

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together. Sorry, Mayor. Uh, good evening, Mayor, council, colleagues, residents, and guests. First, I would like to begin by recognizing mental health awareness month, which is observed during the month of May. This is an important reminder that mental

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health is just as important as physical health and that many individuals and families may be facing challenges that are not always visible. As a community, we should continue to encourage compassion, uh, understanding, and support while helping to reduce the

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stigma associated with mental health. Um, and I think we do that here well in Rosal Park. So, I I just wanted to uh touch that. Next, um, I wanted to address uh a few concerns that I received from residents um on Bender

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Avenue regarding commercial vehicles uh being parked on uh residential streets during the day and overnight. I reached out to the police chief for clarification and the residents. I just wanted to also thank the chief, he's not here, but I forgot I also had this too as well. Uh for responding to the

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residents um in in regards to commercial registered vehicles, uh residents should be aware that not every vehicle uh registered commercially is automatically in violation under Roosevelt Park ordinance 716.1. The overnight restriction applies to

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trucks over four tons, which generally means vehicles over 800 8,000 pounds. Uh residents uh who believe a vehicle is parked in violation should contact the Roosevelt Park Police Department non-emergency line at 90824523000

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while the violation is occurring so it can be addressed uh uh properly. Um, in another uh traffic safety uh matter which the chief already addressed, um, I was approached by a first world resident on Walnut uh, you

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know, regarding the 200 blocks who expressed concerns that there does not appear to be any postage uh, speed limit signage in either direction while and and they also feel as though that there's speeding occurring. Um, I appreciate the uh chief today uh saying

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that he'll have a conversation with me offline and one of the options are is a a traffic safety uh study and I'm open to that and I think the residents would be too. So I thank you chief on that. Uh but more importantly people please

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remember to slow down and and uh there's residents and families in the area all across this 1.2 two square mile uh town and uh I think that's important. On April 15th, I had the pleasure to

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attend was uh Rucker's center for government services course titled negotiating redeveloper agreements. I think that's extremely important uh course especially uh due to the nature and the environment that we are in right

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now where uh several towns attempted to sue uh regarding this concern and there's a case law uh now there's case law uh where the federal government said that

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um we have to do whatever the state is telling us to do to meet those afford affordable housing uh requirements. Uh so I this course was very uh good. The type of training is important for elected officials because redevelopment decisions can have a long-term impact on

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residents, municipal finances, infrastructure, and future planning. I believe continued education helps strengthen our ability to ask the right questions and make informed decisions on behalf of the public. So I urge my colleagues if this course ever comes up,

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please uh by all means take it. There's a lot of good information there. Uh lastly, on April 22nd, I attended a diversity inclusion committee meeting where members raised a question about uh will the committee have a budget? I

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don't know um who do I um I I was hoping the BA maybe would be here. Maybe I could ask them. So, I'll I'll save that uh offline unless Andrew you could uh or anybody else to I know that uh we're going to be making a lot of cuts because uh uh we have to you know for

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responsible budgeting and and uh they just wanted to know will they have any um uh type of budget like they normally do in previous years. I know one of the activities were removed uh or I shouldn't say removed, I should say uh

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is going to be honored in a different uh way to to in lie of cost. Uh but they just want to know if they had because there was other programs that they that they also did as well and they just was curious. So if anybody >> I don't I don't have any. >> All right. I'll I'll save that for the

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BA when he uh when he comes. Uh other than that uh your voice matters. It's a pleasure to serve. If anyone needs to get in contact with me, uh, you or need my assistance, please feel free to reach out at, uh, gson rosepark.net or 9083031519.

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And mayor, that concludes my report. Thank you. >> Thanks, Councilman. Councilman Petroski. >> Thank you, Mayor. >> Okay. Um, believe it or not, I have no condolences today.

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So that's a good thing. Um I double checked even but no no. So it was good. Very good. Uh April 24th I attended the Arbor Day celebration. Um again it was very nice to see how the kids uh you

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know had their banners and um you know they were all set uh to uh put some dirt into the tree holes. So uh it was a good day and um I'm glad we do it every year. Uh the 25th I attended the arts

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festival. Unfortunately, the rain um I do feel sorry for the vendors um and everything. Um you know uh so I I'm sure they didn't make out like they usually do. So but uh um hopefully uh you know

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the next time we do have it uh it's better weather. Okay. Um, on uh April 28th, I uh I met with the mayor and uh Dalo D uh DSMO um and we went to the American Legion.

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Uh Adalfo was able to get uh the painters union from DC21, which is Washington DC. Um, and um, they got they they're apprentices and they painted the third floor up at the

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American Legion, which I was never there before, but what a disaster. Um, but they uh, they cleaned it up. They're painting. I know they're supposed to come back next week. Um, because it was only a week. They were straight A's they they could give us. Um, and I believe

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they're coming back next week. Um, so I want to thank uh DC21. Um, uh, mayor, I'd like to bring them in, uh, give them certificates. Um, I'll get you the date when we're ready for

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them. Okay. Um on on the 30th I uh I met with the mayor again uh uh Adalfo Dazosmo Carl Hokson and we uh the they had installed the monuments at the

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library and we're just make uh we're just waiting for uh uh the monuments to come uh the the granite to come in um and everything and uh and that was done by local seven and no cost to the burrow

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and no cost to the legion. Uh so we're just waiting for that to get done and then they'll install it. I was told it would be done uh before Memorial Day. I'm also very happy to see the hometown hero um banners up. Um um I wasn't a

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veteran, but my father was and I I feel very proud every time I go up there and I see people I know and my father's uh uh banner up there. So uh u again that should be up uh all done. I know they got more than they had last year. So uh

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um so I I I appreciate what the veterans, you know, do for us and everything. And uh uh you know my heart goes out to all the veterans. Uh and again like Memorial Day, we honor the people that never made it back here. Uh

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so uh u I always keep my uh my heart goes out to all the veterans and their families. Uh recreation is having a uh uh it's called pasta and uh planting. It's going to happen tomorrow night at

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the Casano Center from 6:30 to 8:30. Um, it's called Pasta and Plantin with your favorite lady. Okay. Uh, Tina, I want to thank you and your committee for uh coming up with this is very nice. And we

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were able to get Kas and Sunrise uh Diner to donate. Uh Kasa is gonna donate uh uh ziti and u sunrise village is gonna salad and rolls >> sunrise dining.

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>> I'm sorry not everyone's perfect. Yeah. Um but yeah, I want to thank them for uh donating um to that. Okay. Uh if you need to get a hold of me, you get me josky at rosewoodpark.net 908-6667821.

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And that's my report. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman Councilwoman Lions. >> Good evening, Mayor and Council and Rosal Park residents. Um, just want to uh just say welcome to spring. Thank God

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that it's here. Um, I just have a couple reports. I attended the uh celebrate trails day. I know Jay, you're going to say a lot about that. Um but it was just an awesome beautiful day and um the Union County connects uh the Allen um

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Waloff mural like it was it's every time I pass it I make sure I look at his face you know um but it's beautiful. It was a beautiful event. Um the artist that actually um what's his what is he >> distort he goes by distort. I was going

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to call him his real name but I I forgot his um his tag name is Distort. and I'm actually hoping to see if he can come and um even speak into the artists in in the community. So, I am uh looking for him to to possibly come out and do that

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with the school. So, um it was a great day to just connect that day. Um and then I did attend the arts festival. I just want to commend all the artists, the the bands, the dancers, um everything that was put up at the uh

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youth center. It was amazing. even though it rained, we were walking around in the streets and just uh soaking wet. But I have to say, I passed by around like 6:00 at night and people were still singing. And I said this to several of the artists, when you are an artist, you

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take a risk, meaning like you really just you do it with your heart. So, I just commend every person that came out and um really showed your gift. Um and to the vendors, you will you'll make it up, but definitely another time. And I pray for you guys that you definitely

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will. Um, but I I just I thought it was beautiful to see even the people that did come out. Um, I was at the youth center with the mayor. Um, we were watching the kids dance. It was it was beautiful. Um, I actually uh also spoke

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to one of the residents this evening and uh just a little report of how she was so happy to see these red bud trees. mayor. Um she had two in front of her home or near her home and she was so excited about it. So, I just want to say

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um that the town is looking beautiful and um it's it's it's really awesome to see. Um I actually hosted a national day of prayer today. Uh I met with um uh with anyone that wanted to attend uh at

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6:45 this morning and also 5:30 this evening. And I just want to say that it is um it is something that in the United States actually uh George Washington Lincoln started um and continued uh Billy Graham actually uh continued with

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that. And I just want to um just mention that that if you are someone that does pray, just take a moment tonight and do some extra prayers for uh for your family and for um for our nation. And we did that today in town. And I thank the

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mayor for for coming. Um and it was a special time with the people that did come out. Um and we prayed for every person in Roseall Park. Um I just want to continue to say if you need me, definitely reach out to me. I am walking. The walking club is me right

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now. Um, but if you are looking for a partner, if you have a night or a weekend that you're just looking for some motivation, um, uh, just on a personal note, I lost 30 pounds this year so far. So, yay for me. Uh, I don't

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say to show off. It's very hard to do. But if someone is just struggling with that, definitely reach out to me. I can encourage you. Um, and, uh, happy Mother's Day. It's uh Mother's Day this weekend and take some time if you're a mom to just uh quality time and rest. Um

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but it's also a hard day for people if if you lost your mama. So um you definitely are in uh my heart. Um and I just wanted to acknowledge that and uh thank you. My number is 908-7268773 and our lions at rosealpark.net. Thank you.

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>> Thanks Councilwoman Councilman Patel. Uh >> thank you mayor. I don't have a report. Thank you. >> Okay, Councilman Robbina. >> Yeah, I got a few pages. >> You only You only get your time, Councilman, tonight. Not >> I'll talk quick.

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>> Well, good evening, Mayor, colleagues, and residents of Rosal Park. It's been a busy uh few weeks, so I'll get right into it. Most recently, on May 3rd, we dedicated the Jim Vigliotti Pavilion at Boy Scout Park. On what would have been Jim's 103rd birthday, we honored a man who truly embodied community through his

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service to veterans, his presence at Memorial Day ceremonies, and his singing at the Church of the Assumption. It was an incredible turnout of family, friends, neighbors, and longtime residents. Thank you to Rupen for his work on the plaque, Ed Leonard for helping share Jim's story, and to mayor and council for supporting this

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initiative. It was a priv It was a privilege to help lead this effort and dedicate a permanent space in Jim's name. Like the Alw walkoff bureau, it's important that we continue preserving the legacy of the people who helped shape Rosel Park. This

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week is also National Small Business Week, a tradition established by President Kennedy in 1963. Today, there are more than 36 million small businesses across the country, accounting for nearly half of all American jobs. To our residents, when you shop local, you're not just buying a

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product or service. You're supporting your neighbors, strengthening our downtown, and directly investing in our local economy. To our business owners, if you're running a promotion or small business week special, please post it on social media and tag the burrow so we can help spread the word. You can also visit

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sba.gov for free resources and support services. And business owners on Monday, May 13th from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the gateway y at five points. The Chamber of Commerce will host a free workshop focused on practical ways businesses can use AI tools to save time and streamline

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operations. Seating is limited, so please contact the chamber at 908-688-2777 to reserve a spot. Thank you to chamber member Gladian Rivera of Obsidian Rising for offering this opportunity. Speaking of the Greater Union Chamber, which proudly serves Rose Park,

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celebrated its 70th annual gala at Galping Hill on April 30th. I also want to congratulate Pentock Coffee Roasters on being named business of the year at the event. Since joining the chamber last July, owners Paul and Brendan have made numerous uh tremendous impacts uh

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through events, partnerships, and community engagement. They've embraced the value of networking, collaboration, and it shows. If you haven't visited yet, this is a great week to stop by and support them. On April 28th, Mayor Signarella and I attended the Kennorth Planning Board meeting regarding the proposed

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subdivision at the former Merk site. The meeting was heavily attended and rightfully so. While there was no direct discussion of the AI data the AI data center infrastructure, that meeting led directly to tonight's resolution 11126 on the uh tonight's agenda. This is not

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about telling another municipality what to do. It's about being proactive in ensuring transparency and coordination between neighboring communities. Projects of this magnitude don't stop at municipal borders, and Rosell Park deserves to be informed, prepared, and at the table to protect our residents

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and quality of life. It's as simple as that. If any of my colleagues have any uh discussion about it, I look forward to having it with you. Uh nobody's perfect. Like Councilman Petray said on April 25th, despite the weather, we had a great turnout for Celebrate Trails

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Day and the unveiling of the Alwalkoff mural along the Rowway Valley Rail Trail. This was a project that I was proud to help move forward alongside Union County Connects and our sponsors, honoring Al's vision of a safer and more connected community. Thank you to Mayor Signarello, BA Mirabella, Councilwoman

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Lions, Councilman at large Castlins, and Councilman Johnson for standing out in the rain to recognize a great man and an important project. Shortly afterward, I also stopped by the arts festival with my colleagues. While the weather kept most things indoors, the youth center was full of creativity, artwork, and activities. Great job to

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all the students who participated and everyone who coordinated. On April 24th, I joined the mayor, Councilman Johnson, and Petroski at the Arbor Day event at Mory Park. Thank you to principal Kerruga, assistant superintendent Gamas, uh the teachers, and especially the Roso Park middle

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middle school students who shared poems and artwork highlighting the importance of trees and environmental stewardship. On April 21st, I attended the New Jersey Complete Street Summit at Rutgers University where I was honored to stand alongside Union County Connects in receiving the 2026 Complete Streets

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Champion Award. This recognition reflects a shared commitment to safer, more accessible streets for pedestrians, cyclists, transit riders, and motorists. It belongs to the advocates, planners, and residents continuing to push for a more connected and safer community. The

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message from that summit was clear. Safety is non-negotiable, especially around their schools, parks, and everyday destinations. And trails and paths aren't extras. They're essential infrastructure. They provide real low stress connection between neighborhoods. trails or transportation.

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We're now seeing that vision backed by action at the municipal level. As chief had mentioned in his report on April 22nd, we had met up with easy ride regarding trafficcoming measures on Hazel and Myrtle. We're also seeing at the county level. Last week, the commissioners advanced the complete

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streets policy, funding for the railway valley rails and trails project and the safe streets for all action plan. In addition, thanks to Congresswoman Lmon Monica Macccyver, the county secured $850,000 for infrastructure improvements in and around Lenipe and Noah Park intersection in Cranford, a critical

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crossing along the East Coast Greenway and used by many Roso Park residents. The signal and striping upgrades planned are truly life-saving investments. As we recognize May is bike month, we're encouraging residents to get outside, stay active, and consider alternative

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ways to travel, especially as gas prices continue to rise. Investing in safe biking and walking infrastructure isn't about recreation. It's about affordability, sustainability, and public safety. On April 18th, as clean communities liaison, I can report we had a very

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strong turnout for our spring cleanup. More than 120 students and residents came out to take pride in our neighborhoods and remind us that community starts at the ground level. Together we collect 32 bags of trash and debris. Thank you to Deb Adulo Dazosmo and family Rupen for organizing and to

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Councilman Lions and Councilman Patel for rolling up your sleeves and helping out. Specific to the fifth ward, tree trimming work is scheduled, as uh superintendent Buddha mentioned earlier, within the right of way on West Kfax between Laurel and Locust on Friday to improve safety, visibility, and roadway

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clearance. No parking signs have are already posted in the area. In addition, as Deputy Chief Prento mentioned earlier, the Fate Firehouse expansion project is now underway with fencing installed, equipment staging in place, and ground work beginning. And next door

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at the county MS building, pole worker training sessions will be held on May 19th, 28th, 30th, and 31st in advance of the primary election. So if residents notice an unusual number of vehicles parked in the area during the late morning and afternoon hours, that's why.

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Few upcoming dates to keep in mind. On May 14th at 10 a.m., we'll host a public bike auction here at Burough Hall with inspection beginning at 9:30. Uh bikes start at $5. On May 16th, UNI County will host the Healthy Moms, Healthy Families Fair at the Youth Center from

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11 to 4, offering free health screenings and resources. Also on May 16th and the 17th, a free rabies clinic will be held for Union County residents at 210 Chestnut Street in Rosel from 10 to 2. May 27th is the Union County Women Mean

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Business U Summit at Galping Hill Golf Course from 9:00 a.m. to 3 p.m. There is an admission fee. For more info, visit ucnj.org/ orwmbb. And on May 30th, join us at Mory Park from 11:00 a.m. to 1 p.m. for our annual bike clinic in Torto Roosevelop Park

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featuring safety checks from Bob and Donuchi with Bob's B uh bicycle service, a skills clinic hosted by Easy Ride, and a relaxed community ride. Please RSVP using the online form at the Burough's website and Facebook pages. Um, right

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before I conclude, I want to wish my son a very happy birthday. I want to wish my wife a happy Mother's Day and all the moms here in Rosel Park a happy Mother's Day, peaceful one as well. And as always, I'm available at jabbine at roselpark.net. 8622360019.

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Mayor, colleagues, Roso Park. That concludes my report. >> Thank you, Councilman. So, I'm just going to kind of go over a couple of things. Uh my I also enjoyed the Arbor Day uh planning at the Gazebo Park and I

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enjoyed looking at the artists running drawings from the Rosa Park middle school students. Uh the rails, the trails, everybody said it. We got wet out there. Everybody was there. It was it was rainy, but well worth it for a man that that the picture coming to town

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is awesome. And hopefully uh that we we get some of these other trails done and useful, put some good use to the old rail lines, the arts festival. Myself and uh a couple of council people were there. We did enjoy some dancing and a

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tight the youth center, but um they got it done and uh it was successful when we moved in inside. Counciloman Pachowski said he felt bad for some of the uh um vendors. Uh I have talked to uh business

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administrator Marabella that I want to do a action plan after action plan when he comes back to see in the future even though there's a the committee has resigned to not take it on next year but we'll do it after action

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plan. What to do in the future? How are we gonna do it? I pulled some of the vendors. Excuse me. Some of the vendors. What would they do and think? I went around to seven. Excuse me. Still got some pollen. It's crazy, but in my throat. Anyway, pled

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them. What would they do? How would they do it? So, I got some thoughts. Uh just uh and Mr. Marabella thought after action plan would be worthwhile for the future. Um

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um and I enjoyed uh this Councilman Rabbine said about the Boy Scout Park. Uh I call him Pop Digliotti. Most you know that uh Gene and Pop uh watched uh former mayor Joe Sigarella for about two

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years. We entrusted them with our six-month-old uh son back in the day. And we we we just enjoyed him being here three days a week. I said it three times, he chipped his tooth on their coffee table. Um, Persian a looks great.

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Um, uh, the pavement's done today. And I thank like to thank, uh, uh, Andrew for getting Webster done near Hemlock. Some reason another we don't know what happened and they fit fit in in this project. So these roads

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just like we've been talking about Rosal Park were paving roads and and looks great. Um um and let me see I have something I prepared a little bit. I'm just wanted to talk briefly. I know the police chalk chief talked about the Rosa Parks

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officer ride to the the police unity tour on Saturday the uh May 9th. The Rosa Park officers participating in an annual police unity tour in which they will ride bicycles with their other officers from around the state to

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Washington Sea and the fallen officers memorial wall. This ride is fully funded by the officers raising their own funding for the ride and also donates funds to the fallen law enforcement's officers memorial fund which they'll

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arrive in DC on sat uh and be greeted by the family and friends of fallen officers from across the country. And uh I'm going to try to pronounce our officers names. Manny Castillo, Antonio

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Canterno, Danielle Arzo, and Teddy Cot. So, commend these guys. The weather don't look good for them on Saturday, but they'll give it their best. Um, again, like to thank everybody. Happy

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Mother's Day on Sunday. And you're looking to get a hold of me, it's Joseph Signarella Park.net at 908721-6488. Give me a call if you you need something. That's all. I'm end of my report.

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I have a motion open the public portion on any subject. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I >> I. If you'd like to speak, please come forward to the microphone and state your name and address for the record.

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>> Hello. >> Hi, my name is Kir and I'm at 303 Walnut. There's two items that were um addressed that I want to speak on. Um the speeding on Walnut. I'm right on

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Walnut and Grant. The stop sign that's in that corner was um run into by a a car during the last snowstorm. I contacted Joe. We were able to replace or the DPW came put a temporary one. But

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I think it was a week and a half ago. There was an accident in that corner. Um if there's a speed study down Walnut, it will be seen. There there's a lot of speeding. Um, I saw a cop stop a guy on a scooter, an electric scooter, and I

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think they ended up giving him a ticket because he was just rolling those stop signs. I see people who it is obvious they commute in that um intersection. So, the intersection um on my side 303

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and then the other side um heading towards Westfield. Um there's another stop sign. People just roll that. It happens when the crossing guards are there. Kathy and Jackie are great in protecting the kids. I'm crossing the street to take my own child

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to the people. Just roll that corner. So, if there's a study that can be done there, I think that would be great. I think I don't know if a light should be placed there or what, but it's definitely a dangerous corner and you just the speed bumps have helped all the

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way um down, but there there's still a lot to be addressed there. So, I am definitely in support of a um speed study in that on Walnut. Um and then the other part that I wanted to address was the data center. It's great that Rosal

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Park is asking for more information. I was at the planning board. I didn't see you. I saw the mayor. You left before I was able to talk to you. But the main thing and I was there yesterday at the count Kennaw's council meeting. Um the main thing that is concerning from all

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the research that local residents in counterorth and surrounding are so this includes people from Westfield, Cranford Union, Roso Park. There's other residents that were there in the last few meetings. Um there has been a lack of transparency for people who live 200

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feet. That's the requirement. 200 feet from the site. They were supposed to get um uh notifications when it was approved on May 15, 2025. There was no the there's a lot of residents that showed up at the planning board meeting because

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they got a letter that wasn't certified a couple weeks before that meeting. So, the implications of the both environmental and health impacts will spread to Roso Park. I saw what you guys have on the agenda. I do think it needs

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to be amended because um kind of worth keep saying the mayor and the planning board and the council members yesterday there's no water usage there's no water uses a closed loop system there's closed loop systems that are that use 70% less water but they

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still use water but it sounds like that what this proposed data center is using is just all chemicals and I want to read um and I can share this with the council the report, but I want to read the health implications of what um closed

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loop systems um can create. So, it says I'm going to read a section of this report. It says, "But the protection comes off with a trade-off because the same water loops again and again. Anything that does not evaporate or break down simply piles up. Salts, metals, and treatment chemicals keep

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increasing concentration with each recycling round and frequently reach concentrations that move well beyond established limits. Operators bleed a small fraction of water each month to keep these levels in check, a practice known as blow down. Even a 2% bleed

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sounds proactive, yet contaminants can still rise much faster than in open towers that take on fresh water continuously. The bigger worry sits outside the fence. When blow down finally leaves the site, it can carry nitrite, glycol, and heavy metals at thousands of times um the limits set for

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surface waters. In other words, the water safe today may return tomorrow as a very different kind of liability liability. And there's a lot of research that has shown the radius of environmental and health impacts is between 6 to 10 miles, which includes Rosel Park. Um and

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>> so you your time's up. There's no one else that people. >> No, I understand your time is up, but um if you want to stay after I can talk to you some of the things I know and whatever, >> but um >> my last question will be for the you

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mayor and the council. Who's in support of the data center? >> Can you say that? >> Are you in support of the data center? >> I I don't know enough right now to to comment on. I can tell you what I know, but your your time is up and whatever,

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but what what what is your address again? And please >> 303 Walnut. >> Okay. Thank you. Eugene Miola, 226 Sheridan Avenue. I don't think the community is aware of how important

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elections are. I mean, I ask a lot of people in my short area and they're clueless. They don't think it matters. And I want to I want to know if if there's a way maybe Andrew could tell me what's the percentage of turnout in a

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primary normally. I mean you don't have to tell me right the second. I mean you have time after I'm >> low is my scientific answer. >> What low? >> Yeah. And this is wrong people. June 2nd. Get it through your head. This is

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America. If we don't vote, what did we go? What do we have a revolution for? Countries don't have this right. We have something very precious and we just we don't care. I'll let the next guy vote.

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And a 2% or 10% is not enough. We have this is not a presidential year. Everybody says, "Oh, I don't care. I'm not going to vote." I mean, this is near and dear to my heart. I I I believe in the process and I we only have another

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council meeting left before June 2nd. So, please uh speak about it if you can, Mr. Mayor and Councilman Johnson, please speak. I was hoping maybe the other people running would be here tonight

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also. I would like to I know it's important, but Um, my wife thinks I'm I'm wasting my time, but I don't think I am. As an American and and the newest retiree in Roosevelt Park,

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>> congratulations. >> I I have extra time to kill and I'm going to be coming to these meetings. So, I mean, the election process is near and dear to my heart. I'll drive anybody to the polls, Democrat, Republican,

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independent, I don't care. You all know my phone number. Tell them tell me to go pick some senior up. I don't care. I won't have to deal with them. I just have to give a ride, pick them up, drop them back off home. Goodbye. That's it. I don't care who they are.

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>> But it it it means something to me. And I know, you know, uh I didn't come prepared to speak for it. I just I came because I felt it was it needed to be said. And June 2nd is right around the corner, folks. So please

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watch the TV, come please participate. 10% 2% it's not enough. And that's if if the mayor or Mr. Johnson have something to to add with

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their campaigns, please feel free. I won't say another thing. >> I think this the appropriate place for that. I would >> Well, this is this is my time. I mean, you could speak speak >> about the June second. Everyone should be, you know, taking it serious.

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>> Okay, that's all, folks. I'm sorry. Thank you, sir. >> Thank you, Mayor. Can I be happy? >> Yes, please. >> I just want to say that Coun uh former Councilman Muella and I ran against each other years ago. You can Google how the results came out, but we're both still in this room. So, >> yes. Vote on June 2nd.

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>> June 2nd. Thank you. And uh >> thank you. >> God bless all the mothers who are not here. When you speak about mother, it >> hits me right here. >> Thank you. >> Pray for you all. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Thanks for coming.

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>> Thank you. >> Have a motion to close the public portion of any subject. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? I. >> There are no matters for close session this evening. I have a motion to adjurnn. So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? I.

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>> Thank you all.