let's get it all Please stand al to the republic for which it stands One nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all Public meeting statement Adequate notice
Adequate notice of disping of the township council of the township of Roxbury was given as required by the open public meetings act as follows On December 31st 2024 notice was emailed in fact on okay emailed in fact to the
daily record the Northstar led the West Morse reporter and published in the daily record Notice also remain posted throughout the year on board Councilwoman I am here Councilman Kerry Deputy Mayor Crowley here Councilman Deipa here Councilman Hall here
Councilman Bradley here Mayor Pillow here Thank you That brings us item four presentation awards etc So this is uh when we get to do something very fun uh here in chambers Um and tonight we will be recognizing the Roxbury High School
ice hockey team Um so first I'd like to congratulate Coach Beambo and the 2025 HOS Cup Cup champions our own Roxbury High School ice hockey team The HOS Cup began in the
year 2000 and this is its 26th year of holding the tournament the team that that will be coming in in just a minute Uh they've won the Hobbitson Cup twice One in 2016 and one in 2017 But winning this tournament breaks a 17-year drought
of being OS Cup champions No small feat Congratulations boys Uh this year our champions competed completed their season uh with a 16-5 record including two very impressive tournament wins in the semifinals and the final game of the
tournament During the semi-final game they overcame being down four to one with four minutes remaining in regular time before tying it and bringing the game to overtime where they defeated Barcipany Regional High School They carried this momentum to the final game
where they beat the High Point Walkill Valley Kidney Regional Team with a score of 4 to2 Again this is no small feat and I hope all of these all these boys are as proud of themselves as I'm sure their families are as I'm sure the coaches are
And I know that Roxbury Township is Congratulations to the 2025 Hoskup champions the Roxberry High School ice hockey team Before I invite the coach up we have our assemblyman Mike Gandamore here with us who I'd like to offer some time
Please uh come up and are we going to have these guys inside yeah actually Can they come stand over here come on in from the hallway That way you can you can hear us I hope you heard what the mayor had to say
Yeah just line up right there Well I thank you very much mayor for the opportunity to say hello and congratulations to the team I'm Mikey Ganamort uh one of your district 24 legislators proud to represent Roxberry uh and proud to be here tonight Uh the mayor sort of gave us the the playbyplay
of the game and uh although I didn't I wasn't there I didn't watch it I did read about it Thank you Fred and thank you Mike from uh the papers here in town And I was getting anxious just reading it The four to one then the two to two I think it was a minute and a quarter left One more bop bop So it was a hell of a
game and you guys pulled it off Um beating incidentally Kittatin High Point Walkill Valley I represent all three of those towns so don't get me in any trouble tonight but very happy and proud to congratulate Roxbury for the big win Um the citation I have for you tonight
is for the coach We are going to have citations for each of the players and it congratulates you for winning the HOS Cup I also want to congratulate you for your hard work your your tenacity your teamwork throughout the entire season but also the way you started it dedicating the season to your former
captain uh Gavin I think that was extraordinary It was the right thing to do I I hope that you you took the ice with a little extra pride a little something extra in your chest um because that was the right thing to do What a great way to start your season And if I could if I could do this citation again
I think I might add that because that's an extraordinary um indication of your team's character and what you value most So thank you for doing that Thank you for honoring your former captain and good on you for winning the HOS Cup So congratulations gentlemen
Coach you want to say a few words about your extraordinary team absolutely It was um not an easy start to our season but it was a season that brought us all closer together Um we didn't have a lot of guys We only had 17 but like I said we had the right 17 all season long Uh 16 and five uh is quite an
accomplishment We're undefeated in our in our divisional play and going undefeated in any division is never easy One of the things we talk about early in the season in fact when we meet for the first time is that one of the things that Scholastic Sports offers is the ability for this to happen for you to
represent something that's bigger than just your name the name on the back of your shirt or the school on the front of your shirt or even your family this entire community And I I think we found out this year that we're just a microcosm of the bigger community here Um and we get tremendous support and we
thank everyone for their support and and we hope we see you back here again next year So thank you guys for your great work They put in a great effort this season and it's a long season So congratulations to you guys All right So I'm going to do some recognitions I guess in some name So
first we have assistant coach Justin [Applause] Spargo Captain [Applause] Ryan He was also the MVP this season Captain Griffin Warsaw
[Applause] [Applause] freshman defense scored two goals in his career at Roxberry The first one was the game timing goal against North and the second one was the game-winning goal against Highwood in the in the playoffs So two
great first goals [Applause] Senior Julia Cat You can come closer if you want You don't have to stand in the back You want to get it better Great job everybody
[Applause] That's it Bye pick one [Music] up I mean this is a consistency All right that brings us to item five on the agenda approval of minutes
Motion to second Any discussion counciloman yes Deputy Mayor Crowley Council Dippo yes Councilman Hall yes Council Riley yes This brings us to our first public portion Does anyone in the audience wish to be heard on any topic please come to
the microphone state your name and address for the record Olson virtual rally I did send an email to everyone concerning the traffic and speeding problem we've been having and we don't
have the police presence that Santa Leford have Totally understandable that there's an issue nobody can deal nobody can get away from but we really need somebody in virtual valley to keep an eye on what's going
on The second issue was the path that came down into the playground the park area It was destroyed when the new residents in the church put in a septic system
Now their property line the path was outside the property line I don't care where their path is I don't care where their sewer is I don't care about any of that We just need a new path to go down to the park So Mrs
So we did get your email and I our chief of police was right here and he gave me the nod that uh um our request was heard um and that u you know he'll there'll be more presence down in virtue valley I'll put it out first thing tomorrow I'll get
selected before Thank you Thank you And uh we also are looking into the path to see what or if the township can do anything to re put that put that path back in place there's a place to put it
So I'll I'll let the DPW go down and take a walk And thank you because people who live two houses away shouldn't e shouldn't have to work on walk on Berkshire Valley Road or drive around the block in order to park in the
parking lot to access the tennis courts or the playground or it's it just there should be a path the DPW take a look at Thank you very much You're welcome Thank you Anybody else in the public wish to be
heard on any topic seeing now I close public This brings us to item seven reports of council leazison and representative council committee and new and old business Councilman Hall Thank you mayor
meetings are us it seems this last week or so we had the annual um unfortunately the weather didn't really participate but we did have the pitches with and some handouts at that point well um we
had a meeting with the affordable housing committee pretty much and Jim take that one but plenty to discuss and it looks like uh we're meeting next week so more more to on that We had a meeting in the 250th anniversary
planning committee Um we're going to just be meeting a lot of uh really good ideas So we're going to continue that in the future preparing for next year's big event Um we also had a meeting of the
parks building committee That's Jim and uh and the mayor and we uh reviewed a number of different plans uh for that parks building So more to come We saw our first rendering and we
had some comments and we'll be meeting again soon on that And this uh this Saturday is the AAA stream cleanup So we'll be uh meeting with the environmental commission and uh rare headquarters association does a great
job in cleaning up within Roxberry on Saturday for that purpose And uh hopefully we We'll keep it clean Thank you Mayor Thank you Councilman Councilwoman thank you mayor Um with the Route 80
traffic a question that has been brought up at the senior meeting John is the state of the landing bridge project especially those residents that live in London They're concerned about not
getting in and out Yeah not going to do that Well I still think that's planned though that that was planned to start not until construction probably at least until fall something like that So depending on the states time which not dates right
how accurate that'll be it should be okay But I'm sure they're very cognizant of the counties of other closures If for some reason it'll be closed Hopefully it won't be my goodness I know right okay Like I said concerned because there's
between that and Howard Boulevard construction they all become landlocked in there add a little bit of color to that um just coincidentally work is not stopped on on the project there's lots and lots of
work going on engineering work breaking ground work is not likely to happen during this in the near in the near which we're anticipating an update on the 29th from the Yes They they'll be at the meeting at
the neighborhood meeting at Land Beautiful Okay Um the library hosted their Roxberry Arts Festival which was great A bunch of us were there Sophia's um has opened up a new restaurant so
that's always fun And good job to our hockey team And that's all I have Thanks Thank you Deputy Mayor Crowley Thank you Mayor Mike
Commission a little bit later I do have one question for Mr Shepherd and that is where are we on the design for the sidewalk yeah we're we've council's authorized the contract with our surveyor So we
have that ready to go We're in contact with him We just need to get him started and we've been following up with him as soon as we have that survey work done Um we'll be able to design the the project in house Once we have some design initial design up we'll be ready to meet
with the residents We can show them what the project looks like since he started to serve as of last week he had council covered most of our items but I would like to just put council on notice
again committee that's meeting we're on some pretty tight timelines for these so we will have to take action rather quickly so we're trying to move as much as possible today we're meeting two weeks hasn't stopped Try to get you guys as
much information as soon as possible That's it Thank you sir Council D Philippo Yeah just to pick up briefly on that and that's because Roxbury as it has always is is doing everything it can to comply with the the new standards set
by the state for affordable housing So we're doing our best to do it in a in a thoughtful planned way that doesn't hurt the uh the township but satisfies the need for affordable housing in
uh Councilman Paul was correct It's just been very busy There was um a meeting conducted uh recently here in town hall by the uh by the um uh rared headquarters group
I and I want to commend them for on this concerning the Hercules property and um they had representatives from the Hercules property it meets who all of us on the council were familiar with with Ed and
and I got to commend Ed because for Ashlin the owners of of Hercules Ed Meeks is the point of spirit he's the guy that that that we talked to about that he told the group that and they must have been about 20 or so
people in the in the room He told the group basically that the cleanup continues and they expect cleanup by 2029 which is maybe a little earlier than we had all heard before but but pretty much consistent with what
we've been hearing And um so really my only point here is that it's great to keep focused on on on the Hercules property It's a very large property in Roxbury and Morris County and um and whatever happens there is is likely to
to to uh change the character and could change the character of of our township So um so thanks again to the uh the Rarity headquarters for holding that meeting Um and u and we'll we'll keep posted on any
new developments there Uh I just wanted to mention one more time the art show and uh Councilman Alrech mentioned it but this is a great opportunity for the community to come together Um a lot of community groups were there but um and
children's a kind of a miserable day So um it was nice to be in the library The mayor showed up So you know once again nice job by our library staff and a really nice program for the weekend And uh that's it for me
Mayor Sorry to take up so much time Thank you Um this Saturday as Councilman Hall mentioned clean communities day even here in Roxberry If anyone's interested uh you can reach out to Kellyanne Keys Cleanup start about 9:00 a.m I will be
out in center street in Port Morris with the interact kit So if you're in that area please be careful That's all I have Amy anything i do not Thank you Senator So in furtherance of the 250th anniversary of
our nation On April 18th will be the 250th anniversary of Paul River's famous rod Uh the county has proposed that folks on that Friday night the 18th put in their windows two lanterns as was
displayed 50 years ago to indicate that the British were coming by city So um I think it's an interesting concept and um Going to see if I can find two lanterns to put in my window Candles Do candles
work Candles Anything you got Anything you got that lights up That's actually pretty cool And that's April 18th That's April 18th I sent a copy of that to um of the of the details to Councilman
Hall since he's on the committee Thank you Senator Anything else no Thank you John All good You're good Thank you Thank you everybody That brings us uh item eight matters requested referred by council
members managers attorney and clerk There are none Brings us to item nine introduction of proposed ordinances First ordinance being proposed 0325 capital ordinance to authorize the making of various public improvements and the acquisition of new additional or
replacement equipment and machinery new information technology equipment and new automotive vehicles by and for the township of Roxbury in the county of Morris state of New Jersey and to appropriate the sum of $3,943,000 from various grants open
space trust funs and the capital improvement fund of the township to pay the cost thereof The second meeting will be April 22nd I have a motion second motion and a second Any discussion on this
ordinance responsible thank you Roll call Councilwoman yes Deputy Mayor Crowley yes Councilman Dippo yes Councilman Hall yes Councilman Riley yes Mayor Patilla yes On to the second ordinance being
proposed today 0425 capital ordinance of the township of Roxbury in the county of Morris New Jersey authorizing the making of various water system improvements and the acquisitions of a new automotive vehicle including original apparatus and equipment in and by and for the water
utility of the township appropriating there therefore the sum of $22,000 from the water utility capital improvement fund of the township Second reading is also April 22nd Can I have a motion i'll move 0425
Second I have a motion and second Any discussion on this ordinance seeing none Roll call Councilwoman Aldrech Yes Deputy Mayor Crowley Yes Councilman D Philippo yes Councilman Hall yes Council Riley yes Mayor Patilla yes And our third
ordinance 0525 capital ordinance of the township of Roxbury in the county of Morris New Jersey authorizing the making of various sanitary sewer system improvements in and by and for the sewer utility of the
township Appropriating therefore the sum of 1,154,000 from the sewer utility capital improvement fund of the township This second reading is also April 22nd May I have a motion i'd like to move 525 also
Thank you A second A second First a sec A motion A second Any discussion roll call Councilwoman Alrech Yes Deputy Mayor Crowley Yes Councilman D Philippo Yes Councilman Hall Yes Council Riley Yes Mayor Patella yes That moves us on
to item 10 hearing and adoption of ordinances on second reading There are none Item 11 introduction and adoption of resolutions Yeah mayor I'll move 2025-092 include 2025-093 through 2025-099 Thank you Have a second Second Any
discussion on on any resolution no I'm sorry Fred go ahead Just just a couple things here As far as the resolution for the shared services agreement for the MAPS 202593 are we doing that because the
company went out of business we just went to a a new firm No it's actually it's the same mapping company that's been used for years Um the license agreement that Morris County had in the past provided more of an opportunity for
them to share that license throughout the county at no cost Um the company no longer providing that opportunity to share at that level So um we either can do this or we won't have access to the service
We had unfortunately we had a lot of good years you know from a cost standpoint but unfortunately we're at a place right now where the county can't do that anymore The same on the same resolution Uh what to what extent do we use this near map it's used by every department I mean it's it's a very
detailed mapping program It provides um measurement opportunities Um every every map that I sent you that I create that we do with affordable housing they're all on your map That's how they're created So it's a great it's a it's a measurement tool Um provided the mayor
some recent measurements He was looking at something related to the EDA right so you can do it immediately on there So it's ingrained all the departments that use mapping right some of the departments that don't obviously they have no use but it's being engineering by planning
it's the GI it's it's the GIS is separate from that right so the GIS system separate from that that near map's a tool that's just it's just invaluable you can do so much with it and the data um you know it's updated every few months it has aerial data it's updated
continuously drones for that I'm not sure I mean they might You're welcome Just one other thing 258 Did you lose it well it
was tried to give it to Tony but he refused So he was kind enough to draw the resolution He's a great guy Roll calling Councilwoman Albert Yes Deputy Mayor
Crowley Yes Councilman D Philippov Yes Councilman Hall Yes Councilman Riley Yes Mayor Patilla Yes This brings us to item 12 Personnel change or none 13 Communications Any discussion on April 4th 2025
no Seeing none Moving on This brings us to our second public question Any public wish to be heard on any topic Please come to the microphone State your name and address for the record Seeing none close
public Item 15 executive session tonight No Well that was funny Can I have a minute just one minute absolutely Before we close I know this is going to be difficult but uh our businesses continue
to struggle uh especially in the morning and in the evening And the problem is completely understandable Residents don't want to get stuck in the traffic going to their local merchants So I'm I'm asking and and I know the mayor has
also posted um shop local stickers Um is just if you can patronize our local businesses I know it might be hard to do but if you could just make the extra effort I think they would appreciate it too So just like shop local Uh it's not
Christmas but you should shop local All right that's it Oh down here So so I couldn't agree more Um you know anybody that can get out and visit these establishments they really need it Some are down as much as 40% maybe more by
this sales um and revenue The good news is is that um the federal government the small business administration has set up shop and board Uh they have um money available through loans Many of the
small businesses don't want to take additional loans I understand that and I can and I couldn't agree with their position just coming off of CO So um through the work uh the governor's office and the economic development
authority Tomorrow I expect the EDA to approve a $5 million grant program for these small businesses that um will have an opportunity to apply if they lost
$1,000 or more in the first quarter And um there'll be loans of anywhere from I believe you know $1,000 all the way up to like $15,000 loans or grants be grants I'm sorry be grants which will
not have to be paid back which will be welcome to the small business So I anticipate that program being approved tomorrow morning uh in front of the EDA board and then they will roll out uh the
program suggested to them that they also set up shop in Wharton which is considered ground zero Uh and um but it's also my understanding that not only are they going to do a live session that people can bring their laptops and can
can log in and walked through the process of applying but they're also probably going to do two video sessions as well to help the small business owners get through this Um
the PPP program but during big corporations got a ton of money Understand this is not it We want to commend this business with 50 employees or less Yeah I want to commend the
senator by the way for his leadership since the very beginning on this Uh uh but nothing's going to work anything like you know just going there and shopping in our local stores especially our restaurants Um they could really use something used
to help I'd also like to commend the senator and all of our state representatives for working on getting this program The program is may be approved tomorrow but it won't open until a couple weeks Is that correct probably won't open until the end of April around the end of April once you know they've got to build the program
they've got to set up the uh computer application process So but they are they are moving at rapid speed Thank you Oh how are how are the small businesses going
to know that this is in existence so that they can apply for the grant there's there's going to be a marketing campaign Um and for those that uh you know we're going to ask the chambers and then many of the small businesses did
show up at a couple of different events So um for those that have the information I'm sorry mayor I just want to echo appointment very nicely by uh Councilman
I had stopped in before our housing guys near the big which seems to last two to three hours Uh it rose right on 46 And I stopped and talked to the fellow who runs the place and he was he was telling me he I said realistically what are we
looking like 20 30% reduction and I don't know that's you know across the board for everything but it's really happening People really are are getting pretty bad Most of the businesses I speak some business
Yes Correct All right Motion Second All in favor thank you everybody Have a wonderful night Where'd you get this what's the website for the This
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