highest civic award to you, Rupen Shaw, and grateful recognition of his outstanding and dedication and service to the American Legion Post 60. Through his leadership, the post achieved financial stability, restored its
nonprofit and 501c19 status, and strengthened its mission for veterans and their families. From the bottom of my heart personally, Commander Joseph Verdon and all the members of Post 60 really without you, we wouldn't
be I wouldn't be here. Thank you so much. >> I'm a member of the uh Sons of the Legion. I was never a veteran, but my father was a veteran. And uh I got involved uh and I seen what Ruben did.
Uh and I seen how he works here and he's a go-getter and he doesn't take no for an answer. Uh but all he did uh there and got the place going. Uh uh like I said, we we got the front steps, we got
the uh place painted, we get new floors, the new bathrooms and everything. And you you were great. And now getting this uh boiler, and that was one of my goals. >> And I had talked to uh uh Adafo to Cosmo
to see if he could get the union and get someone to donate a boiler and do it. But this is, you know, better yet. And there's more work to be done, commander. >> The kitchen. >> Yeah, kitchen. >> Yeah. Okay. Uh but uh I just want to
thank you, Reuben. And uh it's great that we can do this and get a new boiler there. >> Okay. Get someone to take a picture or help us out. in the middle. >> They need to get out of the way. >> Don't worry about it.
>> We crouch down. >> Horse. Thank you, mayor. >> You're welcome. Thank you. There are no meeting minutes for review this evening. I have a motion that the bills and payrolls be not be read and pass for
payment. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Is there any discussion? All in favor? >> I >> I >> I have a motion to open the public portion
on agenda items only. >> So move >> second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I. >> Anyone wishing to speak, please come forward to the microphone, state your name, and address the record. See no one. I have a motion to close the
public portion on agenda items only. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I have a motion to accept the reports of department heads as submitted. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? I
>> I. >> There are no ordinances for second readings this evening. Mr. Mr. Clark, please read ordinance number 2840 by title. >> Yes, mayor. Ordinance 2840 is an ordinance for introduction, ordinance amending chapter 2, section 24 of the
code of the Bur Rosal Park entitled establishment of the police department. >> I have a motion to approve ordinance number 2840 for introduction and fix the date for second reading and public hearing as at the at the February 5th,
2026 meeting. >> So moved. >> Second. Is there any discussion? >> Yes, mayor, if I may. Uh, this ordinance is a very important ordinance. Um, I just want to briefly explain why this matters. Even though we
are a non civil service, uh, municipality, New Jersey case law is very uh, clear that police promotional process must still be fair, consistent, and defensible. When promotions are not clearly defined or are applied unevenly,
municipalities expose themselves to real legal risk, including costly litigations and settlements. Ordinance number 2840 addresses, uh, the promotional process for lieutenant, which was requested by the public safety committee last year, uh, which I
chaired. Um and my understanding was that the attempt was to establish a uniform promotional uh framework and that this would also include promotions to captain ensuring that all supervisory ranks are governed by the same transparent standards protects the
burrow supports morale within the department and preserves integrity of our uh promotional process. This is not about removing discretion. It's about structuring it fairly and legally sound. So this is a uh very important to me
because sometimes like every time I have discussions people say oh this is not a noni this is not civil service town but that still doesn't negate the fact that we have to make this process fair. Every man and woman that put on that uniform
is at risk. Their life is at risk. They respond to emergency responses like fires uh uh calls for service which people can have guns etc. and whether that they're homebred from this community or not, we should do our best
as a burrow to make this process as fair as possible. And so, um, I I advocated for this. I'm also asked, uh, if we can also include the captain, uh, as well in the process and, uh, the clerk assured
me that that's the next step coming. And um I just wanted to advise this community that I want to avoid being like other communities in the paper for lawsuits uh like Cranford uh O'Brien versus Township of Cranford uh Clifton
Park Police promotional whistleblower lawsuits and I just think this is the right thing to do. Uh coming from a background of law enforcement um I understand the importance of making a promotional process as fair as possible. So thank you uh Andrew. Thank you,
mayor. Thank you, um, Joe P, for sitting with me last year and, uh, and and coming up with this. And, um, I just, I'm stoked and and looking forward to seeing the captain one as, uh, listed as well. >> Any other discussion? Mr. Clerk, please
call the role. >> Councilman Petroski, yes. Councilman Johnson, yes. >> Councilman Roina, yes. >> Councilwoman Lions, yes. >> Councilman Patel, yes. >> Councilman Castellins, yes. >> Six months, the affirmative mayor, the ordinance is introduced. >> Mr. Mr. Clerk, please call read ordinance number 2841 by title.
>> Yes, mayor. Ordinance number 2841 is an ordinance for introduction ordinance repealing chapter 2 section 44 of the code of the Bur Rosal Park entitled community affairs and public events committee. I have a motion to approve ordinance number 28 2841 for introduction and fix
a date for reading in a public hearing as of February 5th, 2026. >> 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. >> Councilman Castellins, >> yes. >> Six, the affirmative. The ordinance is introduced. >> Mr. Clark, please read ordinance 2842 by title. >> Yes, mayor. Ordinance 2842 is an ordinance amending chapter 2 section 31
of the code of the Bur Rosal Park entitled community center. >> I have a motion to approve ordinance 2842 for introduction and fix a date for second reading the public hearing as of February 5th, 2026. >> So move. >> Second.
>> Is there any discussion? Mr. Clerk, please call the role. >> Councilman Petroski, yes. >> Councilman Johnson, yes. >> Councilman Robin, yes. >> Counciloman Lions, yes. >> Councilman Patel, yes. >> Councilman Cassins, >> yes. So the affirmative mayor the ordinance is introduced. >> All matters are listed with asterric are
considered to be routine and non-controversial by the council and will be approved by one motion. There will be no separate discussion for these items unless a member of the governor body so requests in which which cast
case the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered in a normal sequence on the agenda as part of the general orders. >> Do any members >> Oh yeah, sorry I have to read them. I I missed that one. >> Okay,
>> was my bad. Mayor, resolution 3726 is appointing Michael Powers to the position of class 2 special law enforcement officer within the Rosa Park Police Department. 3826 is reappointing Janet Depalo to the position of class 2 special law enforcement officer within the Rosa Park Police Department. 3926 is
reappointing John V. Zimmerman to the position of class 2 special law enforcement officer within the Rosal Park Police Department. 4026 is reappointing Michael A. Heler to the position of class 2 special law enforcement officer within the Rosal Park Police Department. 4126 is reappointing Brad M. Spor to the
position of class 2 special law enforcement officer within the Rosa Park Police Department. 4226 is reappointing Anthony Lima to the position of class 3 special law enforcement officer within the Rosa Park Police Department. 4326 is reappointing Raymond J. Goldman to the
position of class 3 special law enforcement officer within the Roso Park Police Department. 4426 is reappointing George S. Castro to the position of class 3 special law enforcement officer the Roso Park Police Department. and 4526 is appointing David Copco as a member of the Rosal Park Fire Department.
>> Do any members wish to have items removed from the consent agenda? >> I have a motion to approve the resolutions remaining on consent agenda. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> I um
guess I'm going to go left to right. Council member Rabina, give your report, please. >> Sure. Thank you, Mayor. Good evening, Mayor, colleagues, and residents of Rosel Park. I hope everyone had a happy new year and healthy. I'll get right into my report. We were barely
into the first full day of 2026 when Rosel Park faced one of the most significant emergencies in its history, the January 1st fire on Valley Road, impacting residents and businesses along Valley Road and Grove Street in the Fifth Ward. This incident along with the Sunrise Village fire in late 2024 ranks
among the largest emergencies our burough has experienced, both with major regional significance. Thanks to the leadership, coordination, and professionalism of the Rosel Park Fire Department, Rosel Park Police Department, and the numerous municipal and county partners.
Thank you. The fire was brought under control within 24 hours. And most importantly, there was no lost flame. >> Thank you. I want to commend Chief Thompson, Chief Reno, OEM coordinator Koka, and the many officers, firefighters, and emergency personnel involved. Special thank you to
Mayor Signarella, who drawing on decades of firefighting experience, was quite literally on the ground with their first responders during the incident. I also want to recognize the incredible response from our community. Neighbors like Nick Rajapi Jr. went above and beyond to help others, and local businesses stepped up immediately. Nick
at Sun Tavern, Maria and Jella at Lydio's Flowers, Frank at Frenchiey's Bar and Grill, Burger King, Dan at 7-Eleven, and Wan Cranford provided food, warmth, and hydration to first responders and displaced residents during extremely difficult conditions.
In the days following the fire, I met with impacted residents and business owners to address damage, cleanup concerns, and other next steps. I want to thank Councilwoman Lions and Councilman at large George Castellins for joining me to knock on doors and check in on residents in the fifth ward.
I've personally visited 44 homes and businesses along Valley Road uh Grove and Jerome. Due to the extraordinary efforts of our first responders, damage has been minimal for most properties. Uh in January 6th, I was contacted by the Environmental Commission regarding
potential impacts to the community garden and surrounding properties. I immediately requested engagement with a licensed site remediation professional to conduct soil testing and determine whether remediation is needed. I'm pleased to report that the property owner, contractors, and environmental
professionals have been fully cooperative. The contact for environmental affairs at uh Crossfield Products is Gordon Sable. His phone number is 908-245-2800 or g sable sab at cpcmail.net
net for fifth ward residents and affected residents who are trying to get in contact with a business. The burough owns four properties within 200 feet of the fire site, including the community garden and two lots on Jerome. Hay bills were placed near catch basins as a precaution to prevent debris from
entering the storm water system. Demolition plans are now underway for building two, the original 1926 structure. Building one, which contains office space and loading bays, will remain and some employees have returned to the facilities. Demolition staging is anticipated by the end of this week into
next. We hope to see him on on site tomorrow. I'd like to thank construction official Rich Belushio for his leadership and guidance as we navigate this process. We're continuing conversations with the property owner and will share more information as it develops. I also want to recognize Team
Car Wash, which generously donated car wash vouchers to residents impacted by the fire. I distributed vouchers along Valley Road, Westfield A, Grove, and Jerome. Team Carwash is a proud new member of our chamber of commerce and a business that truly gives back to our community. I also want to highlight an
upcoming initiative involving our special education parent advisory group or CPAG. On January 20th, CPAG will host its January meeting featuring officer Jessica Camerono of the Roso Park uh police department. The discussion will focus on alopement or wandering safety,
disability awareness, and strengthening trustbased relationships between families and local law enforcement. Officer Camrono will review a voluntary and anonymous elopment safety survey currently being shared with families. Uh address questions related to the
alopement planning and speak more broadly about how police training and community input help ensure interactions with individuals with disabilities. Uh how they're handled safely, respectfully, and appropriately. Key part of this conversation is recognizing that outward behavior
appearance does not always reflect underlying needs, including communication differences, sensory sensitivities, or flight responses. This type of dialogue is critical to preparedness and partnership, ensuring our first responders are informed by uh experience when serving members of our
community with disabilities. I commend CPAC and the police department for fostering this proactive and collaborative approach. Additional updates. Uh, I contacted NJ Transit regarding the long-awaited train station project. Design work is now reportedly 100% complete and has been
submitted for state agency review and permitting. This project has been has been in the works for nearly eight years and I will continue pushing for clear timelines. I've assisted residents with a wide range of concerns including street repairs, stray animals, utility
coordination for small businesses, and other quality of life issues. I also attended the planning board reorganization meeting and reached out to colleagues regarding improving transparency and efficiency in council communications as we enter this new year. Uh lastly, I'd like to say that
I'm grateful for the confidence of my colleagues in electing me as council president. I look forward to continuing to work collaboratively to support our residents and to move Rosel Park forward. That concludes my report. As always, I can be reached at 8622360019
Jr. rosepark.net. Mayor, thank you. Rosa Park, thank you and have a good night. >> Thanks, Councilman. Councilman Kjan Patel. >> I don't have anything to report, Mayor. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Councilman Lines, >> Councilwoman, my apologies. >> It's okay. No worries. Mayor and
Council, happy new year. Residents of Rosal Park. Um, we could still say it's a happy new year even though it's January uh 15th. I think today's the deadline. Um but um but I you know just like uh Councilman Jay uh Council
President Jay um yeah um uh said you know we started out in Rosal Park uh with this uh just really tragic fire but at the same time thank God it was contained and the first
responders everyone that did uh respond just um it's I think it's a miracle. we saw flames on, you know, on our phones and on TVs and then when we were there, um just the fact that it was contained, it was it's just thank God that uh homes
and people and families are okay. Um, I also want to say, um, you know, even with that, uh, with the community and, uh, Councilman Jay and Mayor Signaro being there, uh, all the council people that that all visited there, we all definitely wanted to just roll up our
sleeves and and help out in any way. Um, but I actually at one point started walking around to the businesses um, because they were there. They opened the doors. They were giving uh whatever uh the first responders needed, what the families needed. They needed shelter,
they needed food, they needed drink, and they were there. Um and just to name them, uh 7-Eleven, Lydios, Sun Tavern, Burger King, Wawa, uh Nar Auto, Park Trophy helped, Valentino's helped, um
and so much more. So, I was talking to uh Council President Jay and um I was actually coming up trying to come up with an idea of saying like maybe we can do a weekend um in Rosal Park that we can just visit those businesses from morning to night. Go grab a coffee at
Ldios or 7-Eleven, get some snacks, go get pizza at Sun Tavern. Oh, and Frenchies. I don't want to forget Frenchies. Um and just those just to say, "Hey, let's try to get out there on a Saturday and Sunday. We're going to try to do it next weekend. Um I'm going to put out a flyer and just if it just
encourages you just to go say hi, say thank you and let them know they really were there for the community. So um it really really means a lot. Um uh so we are in January. February is literally just we're going to blink and it's going to be here. There's so many
things happening in this year. The events are always awesome. Um I actually met with a few people last night. We are trying to establish a volunteer team. Um so you know wait for uh more announcement on that but I really want
to get a core group in Rosal Park if we could really just establish people in each ward and being able to help our neighbor so if a storm comes you know if someone is not able to go out to the the store that we would be there for each
other. So, um I just want to introduce that, but more information will come. And I also want to do something in February, a special love day. So, we're trying to get uh people from Rosal Park really even students uh maybe just creating something that we can drop off
at local um coffee shops. So, stay tuned for that because you could stop by your local uh coffee, get a get coffee and get a little love note. So, I'm going to try to do that. Um and March Woman of the Year 2026 is also coming up. We are
going to be posting um the nomination uh grid or the form. So definitely put your put your name in the hat. Um and we would love to honor you, get to know you in Rosal Park and uh and celebrate you. And um I always end with this, but
definitely love your neighbor. It's about loving each other, not causing division. Um, it's about compassion and respect, responsibility. Uh, it really is, um, about listening and, um, really being there for each
other. Um, and at the same time, anybody that's going to be sewing discord, spreading division, um, you know, really going for personal gain, we see you. Um, and to for me, um, I said yes to this because I definitely want to serve each
other and and serve everyone in the town. My family's here and I'm here for you. And I always say call me or email me because a conversation and really breaking down those walls is what it's about. 908-7268773
and rions at rosalpark.net. Thank you. >> Thanks, Councilwoman. Councilman Joe Petroski. >> Thank you, Mayor. First of all, I want to send my condolences out to Adam Yuro family,
Andrew Cashinan, Mary Ellen Story. Okay. Um, uh, December 21st, I attended the story time recreation, ran it. Uh, wasn't a
big turnout and but, uh, they're still going to try to do some more in 2026. Uh Jan January 5th, I attended the fire department meeting. Uh you know, basically talked about work orders and
everything. Uh on Wednesday, I attended direct meeting. Um they're getting ready to do a Valentine's uh get together in uh it's actually going to be February 7th. Um we we don't know the location
yet but uh um on the uh 15th which is today I went to the sewer meeting um uh so it was regorg date there so they you know picked lawyers they picked
uh the president secretary and treasurer so um u uh I also want to talk about the fire. Uh again, I my hearts go out to all the firemen. Even though we have a volunteer
fireman, they do an excellent job. And I know at uh some events, uh even the uh fireman's dinner, I always tell them that they're my hero. Um and everything like that. And they proved it that day.
So I I my hearts go out to all of them. I also want to thank Ruben for all he does for the veterans uh at the American Legion Post 60. Uh and you know I know the oil bill is real high there. U so this is uh
>> major savings ma >> major savings is exactly u so I want to thank him very much and like I say I said before um Ruben gets things done. Uh that's my uh base report. If you need
to get a hold of me, get me at jetroski rosaropark.net 908-6667821. That's very important, Mayor. Thank you. >> Thank you, Councilman Johnson. >> Thank you, Mayor. Good evening, Mayor, residents, and
council. First, I wanted to start off by uh thanking all of the EMS first responders from the fire department to EMS to our local police. Your lives matter and we appreciate you guys. you keep our community safe. You keep us uh
uh feeling comfort and uh and and I just I'm totally uh grateful and grat I have nothing but humble gratitude for all of you guys. So, thank you. Um moving along, I just wanted to thank uh council for allowing me to serve my last year as
council liazison for the diversity inclusion committee. Uh this all in all will be the uh my seventh year serving the the community uh as a member as as well as a liaison. And um
um I I got in contact with Shana. She advised me that she's going to call a meeting. And so as soon as uh we do our voting or they do their voting, I will report to this governing body uh who's the new uh chair would be.
Um also um the burrow has plans um on trying to do this year multicultural and heritage music festival uh if it happens to be approved. I just wanted to uh I would be remiss if I didn't say that I wanted to dedicate it to Al Waloff for
helping me display my vision of unity through music and heritage. I think it's important uh with being the diverse community that we are from different cultures. It's important to uh express unity and and this was just one ideal.
uh Al really understood what vision I was trying to go with and I I I just hope that we can continue to do the same. I just have nothing but appreciation for him. Um if anyone needs to get in contact with me, residents, please feel free to at
gone rosepark.net or you could contact me at 9083031519. And uh Mayor, thank you. That concludes my report. >> And the new guy, George Cass. Thank you, mayor. Good evening, everybody. Uh, good evening, council.
Good evening, mayor, residents. Um, this will be my first report. Um, newer on the job, so I did what I could. Um, I got sworn in on December 18th. Um, and on December 20th, we had our first event, Parade of Lights. It was such a beautiful night, you know, really cold, but uh, very nice to see all the
families out. It just, it touched my heart because it showed the character of Rose Park. And, uh, my boys were with me on the float and, and they loved it. They were waving at everybody and very excited. So that was a very nice night. Um the day after we participated in story time uh with Councilman Petroski and uh Councilwoman Lions was there. Um
yeah, it was a slower showing I guess because we the had to move the date, but still the kids that were there enjoyed it. They had a great time. Uh and I thank everybody who participated in volunteering their time to make that event happen. Um and I'll love to be a part of it this year. Um on January 1st, I attended the county reorganization
meeting, the county um board of uh commissioners. Um it was a great day to see so many government officials and see the structure for for the future of Union County and now we have our representation from Rosal Park on that board uh thanks to our former mayor. Um
I reached out to uh a couple of uh people. First is uh Andrew as our former former BA asking just a little more information about kind of what's happened since I'm just new coming on to council. I want to understand where we are before we start talking or I start having ideas of where we can go. Um,
obviously it was the holidays. It's been a little chaotic. So, I I look forward to that initial meeting. I've had conversations with our new business administrator, um, Mr. Amirabella about, you know, having those conversations as well, but I'm I want to do it in order. And I also spoke with our construction official, um, about some of the things since that's the the committee that I've
been assigned to. Um, so those were my original and initial conversations. Um, I want to commend Councilman or sorry, Council President, uh, Mr. Rebina on, um, his brilliant work with the Crossfields Fire. Um I you know I've been around government a lot. I've worked with a lot of elected officials and and Jay I mean I could just tell you
care so much about your community and it it was exemplified uh and and mayor just being on the ground you know yourself of your responsiveness. Every single council person was was on site and that's a beautiful thing to see because it's not you know just one word it's it's all Rosel Park. So it was a really good thing to see. So um I commend all
of you just from somebody who's dealt with hundreds of elected officials that's that's selflessness you know and that's service. So, thank you all for that. Um, you guys are a great example for me to follow. Um, just a lot of emails and correspondence following the days. I think a lot of people haven't
seen what's going on, but you know, Jay gave a great report about talking about the the soil testing, communicating with residents about potential uh air quality issues, um, all types of demolition of the building. I mean, there there's just so much that happens after an event like this and and I know the council's been
on top of it. I've been copied on some of those emails and have been corresponding with the residents on that. Um, I've received different communications from constituents and have scheduled or had meetings regarding different things like uh community events, some land use matters that are upcoming and then summer camp concerns which I know the mayor is going to
address as well. Um, so I just wanted to put that as part of my report. Um, looking forward to the committee meetings once I get started to have a more robust report for you guys. Um, I did also want to mention here about the um the Veranta apartments, the affordable housing units. Uh, for all
residents that don't know, um, February 4th is the deadline to sign up for the rental weight list for affordable housing units. There are only six affordable housing units. Um, there is a veterans preference for those. Um, so please, if you need more information, uh, you can go on www.affordablehomes
neww jersey.com. um you have to register by February 4th to be considered for one of these uh six affordable housing units and that's the biggest topic in in the country right now is affordability. So uh please go ahead and and register for that. Um I finally got my council cell phone so I'm sure happy to share that
number now. Um if you need to reach me my number is 908-661-2837 and my email is jccastinspark.net. Thank you mayor. That concludes my report. >> Thank you George. Um if any folks are a little lost, can they help contact you and maybe with the affordable housing
you could assist them by any chance? >> Uh yes sir. So it's it's being handled by a separate uh entity. It has to go through the state's um registered uh administrator. So if they need any help, they have to go on affordable homesnew jersey.com. Um they have to handle all of that process.
>> So just that information you could share. Yes, sir. Thank you. I can share that and everybody. Thank you, Andrew. Yep. It's on the website. Okay. I'll give you my report and I guess one of the hot subjects is um this summer
camp. I have uh I have spoken to Miss Goce and the business administrator last week. I gave him some of my suggestions, offered some help. I do believe the ball's rolling. I haven't seen it for a fact that they're going to uh keep the
summer camp going. myself and business administrator Marabella are going to meet with them on Wednesday to talk about summer camp and other items. So hopefully that that I that balls in a positive note and um we'll soon to be
soon to see you know but I appreciate the emails and concerns. Um, tomorrow morning 8:30, Rich Blue Show, myself and Council Member Binder are meeting with the owner of Cross Rail Products to uh
um have a chat with him to see any other way we could help him. um um he wants to come and talk to us and talk to Rich Palio and to keep the um moving forward and doing what we have to do to help him
restore uh uh the the fire building and hopefully he's um going to stay in town and hopefully everything's go well. We could uh any way we could help them, we're going to be there for them. Um I briefly talked about the fire. I do
appreciate all the council was there and couple people don't know but a couple of us council people we were on the smoky side. I don't know a lot of people don't know Joe Council Petroski was on north side where it was less smoke. So a lot of people know he was on the other side.
I I when I went to the fire a couple times I said I didn't know which way the wind was blowing but I went through the black smoke and it was pretty bad. So, I want to thank everybody, all council for being and getting involved. And um you know, I I can attest it's probably the
worst fire I've seen in so I joined in 1980. So, we've had some major fires, but this was a a different event. Um so, other than that, um you want to get a hold of me, it's 908721-6488
js signarella rosaark.net net and uh be patient with me and give me a shout if you have any concerns. Uh that's in my end of my report, but I I wanted to introduce uh Al Marbella, our business administrator tonight, and I think he has a few words to say.
>> No, thank you very much, Mayor. And um I just want to say that I'm happy to be back in town. I made some comments on January 2nd, I think it was. Um, but I want to appreciate the warm welcome I've gotten from all of you council members, the mayor and uh and the directors and
the chiefs. And what I found was very quickly that Andrew was running a very tight and a very organized ship here in Rosal Park. So taking the steering wheel was a little easier knowing that it was a well-run organization when I got here. So, Andrew, I want to thank you uh for
for your work over many years as the business administrator before I got here. And it's just been, you know, very busy getting up to speed with um meeting with chiefs and directors and members of the public that stopped in my office and council members that stopped in my office. It's uh it's been really fun to
reconnect with the people of uh Roosevelt Park. And and I know Mayor Signarella has certainly hit the ground running. Uh, and uh, it's it's not easy going from councilman to mayor. I think you're getting a lot more emails than you used to, mayor. Uh, but, uh, I could
see the dedication of this group. Uh, and the way that you responded to this fire was a a quick example for me. I mean, that was some way to be welcomed back into the community with a five alarm fire. But the way that you all have responded and the way you care
about the town, this is going to make my job a lot easier. And, uh, I'm really excited to be back in town. I'm really looking forward to working with each one of you as you execute your vision uh for Rosell Park uh in the next year and uh
I'm just excited about the future of Rosal Park. Got a big year ahead of us. Have uh 125th coming up which is a big deal and nation's 250th. So that's going to be nice to see. I really want to thank uh Ruben and he's getting a lot of
accolades tonight and and welld deserved not only for his work with the veterans but how he's jumped into the deputy BA uh position and I know Andrew appointed him last year with the mayor >> uh the previous mayor and he's really risen to the occasion and I really feel
like I have a good strong >> guy in on the ground here dayto day uh until I can get into town. So that's really what I wanted to say. Mayor, thanks for the opportunity. and I'm excited about the future of Rosal Park. Thanks a lot. >> Thank you, sir. >> Thank you.
>> May I have a motion to open the public portion on any subject? >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> I. >> If you like to speak, please come forward to the microphone. State your name and address for the record.
How you doing? George Ramirez, 500 East Clay. Uh, so first thing is the fire. Do we know what chemicals were in the warehouse? >> Are we going to get an inventory of the chemicals that were in there?
>> You're looking for an inventory? >> Yeah. Are we gonna Has anybody asked to see like what was in there? What burnt? What how is that going to affect the burrow? We have hired professionals, right, to handle this fire. We're meeting with the owner tomorrow and
right and stated we are going to be checking the properties around the fire and the the burrow owns properties around the burrow. So, as of right now, we don't have a report.
>> So, as far as the fire goes, I mean, we all know it was pretty bad fire. This contaminated the entire town, not just the surrounding uh houses or surrounding >> we have professionals will be evaluating
the properties around town around the area. Okay. The county of union has a report if you want to get a report from them. Okay. You can get a report for them. If there's if you're looking for a report too, you have to count >> so >> contact the county OEM.
>> All right. But are they going to do soil tests just around the specific blocks or are they going to go all the way out to Galloping Hill Road? Because basically that's the entire town that got affected by this fire. It's not just Jerome and Valley Road.
>> We have professionals going to be monitoring and coming in to talk about Yes. >> monitoring or doing soil samples or how far out are they going as far as the soil samples? I don't have that answer for you right now, but we will be getting back to the public.
>> Okay. Who can I contact about that? >> About what subject? >> Like the soil samples. >> Well, it hasn't been done yet. >> I know, but when they get it done, are they going to do it? >> Well, there's a process of getting information, but right now there's nothing to to give. So, again, we just had our professionals talk to them on
Monday and Tuesday. Today's Thursday. So, we I don't know when the first day they're coming or the first day they're they're starting. So, I don't have that answer for you. >> All right. So, my question is, are they going to go only around those town, those streets, or are they going to go
all the way out around town? >> I'm sure they will have a suggestion for us. >> Okay. And you don't have an exact inventory of what the chemicals were or anything like that? >> No. >> Okay. All right. And one last thing, the uh
website, the website's considered an official document for the town. And on the website, it shows you and Mr. Castelins as elected officials, which you aren't. So >> I I speak up a little louder, George. Say >> the website shows you and Mr. Castelins
as elected officials, which is wrong. So that should be uh corrected. >> You want to be getting more in depth? What What are you saying? We're not elected. >> You're not elected. You're appointed. And the website says you're elected officials, which is incorrect.
>> Sorry. Yes. >> So, the pages were it's an elected officials page. The mayor and council are elected officials. >> He's the mayor and Councilman Castellins is a councilman. Those are elected positions. Despite how they got there, I I I understand the point you're trying to make. It's it's not a good one, but
it's they are elected officials. >> Okay. >> I'm I'm sure they'll be running or maybe not running this year. So, >> all right. >> The page isn't going to change. >> Third question, your Facebook page. Do you run that page or is somebody else run it? my Facebook page.
>> Yes. >> That's my business. >> Okay. All right. Thank you. Anyone else looking to speak? They have a motion to close the public
portion on any subject. >> So move. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> There are no matters for close session this evening. I have a motion tojourn. >> So moved. >> Second.
All >> in favor? I. Thank you.