of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Please read the open public meeting statement.
>> Adequate notice of this meeting 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 to the daily record. the Northstar letter, West Morris reporter and published in daily record notice
shall also remain posted throughout the year on the bulletin board in the full building. >> Thank you. Roll call. >> Councilwoman Alrech. Councilman Kerry >> here. >> Deputy Mayor Crowley >> here. >> Councilman Dalippo >> here.
>> Councilman Hall >> here. >> Councilman Riley >> here. >> Mayor Patillo >> here. >> Thank you everyone. brings us a presentations award etc. Our first presentation for the night is uh one that uh I always love to give out and um
I think Roxbury does an amazing job with um creating and nurturing Eagle Scouts in our in our community. Um we've had quite a few come through this year already and I'm looking forward for the rest of the year to see how many uh come through. Tonight with us we have Anthony
uh Rosnoi. um who's I'm going to have come up and talk about his project, but I'm excited to meet with him tomorrow at his project so I can learn a little bit about it and learn a little bit more about Anthony. Um does anybody else on
council wish to say anything about >> Well, as usual, we always like to the council always likes to remind everybody that that Eagle Scouts don't just drop out tweets. formed in a community and raised by adults um uh who influence their lives.
So we'd like to take a moment to congratulate those adults who influence this scout. >> Congratulations. [Applause]
Come on. Come join me. This is Deputy Mayor Crowley. So, Anthony, tonight I'm gonna present to you a certificate of recognition. Um, tomorrow I'm looking forward to going and meeting with you at your project. Um, and then on Sunday, I'm really
looking forward to attending your your present mayor's, right? Would you mind telling everyone a little bit about your project? >> So, um, I did a trail head for the new trail in Mount Arlington, right across from Decker
middle elementary school. Uh it was supposed to go in last year. Um but Mount Arlington is slow with their progress. We've been pounding them the whole year to try and get this trail head into the ground. So I think we're going to have
to do another eagle project to fix my eagle project because it's been so long. But it's definitely doing it with all the boys and getting to lead them and getting to be with them was amazing and it was one of the best
experiences I had of my life. >> Excellent. Congratulations. >> I have a request. >> Sure. >> Can I have all the boys come up? >> Come on up. Take a picture with Anthony and all the people that were in for lunch in his life. >> Yeah. Get up. Get up here.
>> Scout masters here. Amazing men that actually pushed them to be an Eagle Scout. >> Oh, good. [Applause] Thank you very much. Thank you. This moves us to our next presentation.
It's a proclamation. Office of Mayor, Township of Roxbury, New Jersey, National Native American Heritage Month, November 2025. Whereas the history and culture of our great nation have been significantly influenced by Native Americans and indigenous peoples. And
whereas the contributions of the Native Americans have enhanced the freedoms, prosperity, and greatness of America today. And whereas their customs and traditions are respected and celebrated as part of the rich legacy throughout the United States. And whereas the Lenny
Labi who inhabited our area and lived on the Suckni Plains are an important part of our township's history. And whereas Native Americans, Native American Awareness Week began in 1976 and recognition was expanded by Congress
and approved by President George Bush in August of 1990, designating the month of November as National Native American Heritage Month. And whereas in honor of National Native American Heritage Month, community
celebrations as well as numerous cultural, artistic, and educational and historical activities have been planned. Now therefore, I, Sean Patillo, by virtue of the authority vested in me as mayor of Township of Roxbury, do hereby proclaim
November as National Native American Heritage Month in the Township of Roxbury and urge all citizens to observe this month with appropriation appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities. Signed, Sha Patillo, Mayor. Tonight, we have Sue Anderson and Linda
Smith here to accept this proclamation. Oh, come on. >> Kim Armstrong is here, too. She said she wasn't going to come up. >> All right. So, um, thank you so much. Is there anything you'd like to say?
>> Yes. Um, if I always have something Oh, we'll get together. Um, we're part of the chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and we try to honor the indigenous people,
the Native Americans and so forth. But if you're not familiar in Sakasana behind the Presbyterian church in the cemetery, there are Lenny Lafi Indians that are buried there. uh back in 1960
when an addition was put on the uh church to connect the church and the chapel that's when they found the bones and there was bones of a 7 foot tall Indian sheep and of course everything had to stop they had to come and so
forth but there is uh a lot of history of them in this area and of course along the Delaware River they always went where there was water and good soil for planting and hunting and so forth, which
we used to have a lot more of it around here, but we still have quite a bit. So, uh, we do have a lot of it in the area. So, thank you so much. [Applause]
All right. So, before I read the next proclamation, I wanted to read a letter um that uh we received about two weeks ago. Now, I wanted to reach out and express our thanks for the exceptional work, service, and community outreach that the
Roxbury Township Fire Department, Roxbury Township Fire Prevention Department, and emergency medical technicians provided our Cub Scout pack again this year. Once again, John Romeo directed the entire Roxbury Fire Department, Fire Prevention Department, and EMT group to provide a 2hour scout
safety night. The event on October 7, 2025 divided Pack 54 into four groups, each attending a separate safety station. These stations covered first aid, CPR, water safety, how to use fire extinguishers and fire hoses to put out
a fake fire in the barn, and home fire prevention. This exciting hands-on educational approach to safety made a lasting impression on all 25 scouts ranging in age. scouts ranging in age from kindergarten to fifth grade. It
provided them with knowledge to be to not be afraid of first responders, the ability to be aware of their surroundings, take first steps to save lives, and to be prepared for emergencies that may happen at home while camping, boating, or swimming. We
are looking forward to continuing our friendship with the first responders of Roxbury in coming years. The Roxbury Fire Department, Fire Prevention Department, and EMTs are a testament to the greatness of Roxbury, and we appreciate their dedication to
serve our town. Thank you, Cub Scout Pack 54. This is just [Applause] I think they hit the nail right on the head with this last paragraph here that you know you guys are a testament to the
greatness of Roxberry. Um your volunteerism, you know, the time away from your families, everything that you dedicate to Roxberry and not only Roxberry, but I also want to thank you for your support in Dover this past weekend. All three companies were there,
right? Thank you guys. [Applause] >> You guys are running in when people are running away and uh you know without you guys um you know I don't I don't even know where we would be. So um thank you
guys for that. Um I couldn't be prouder to read the next proclamation for National First Responders Day. Proclamation Office of the Mayor, Township of Roxbury, New Jersey, National First Responders Day, October 28th, 2025.
Whereas first responders, including public work professionals, firefighters, police officers, emergency medical technicians, 911 operators, paramedics, and other emergency personnel stand on the front line of our community, selflessly serving and protecting the
citizens of the township of Roxbury in times of crisis. And whereas first responders respond swiftly and courageously to to emergencies, often putting their own lives at risk to ensure the safety and well-being of others, whether in natural disasters,
accidents, medical emergencies, or public health and safety threats. And whereas it is the public's interest for the citizens, civil civic leaders, and children in the township of Roxbury to gain knowledge of and maintain an ongoing interest and understanding of
the importance of public work and other first responder efforts in their respective communities. And whereas as of 2019, the US Senate has included language recognizing public works alongside fellow other first responders.
Now therefore, be it proclaimed by the township council of the township of Roxberry that October 28th, 2025 is designated as National First Responders Day. We urge all citizens to join with representatives of the American Public
Works Association and government agencies and activities, events, and ceremonies paying tribute to our public works first responders alongside law enforcement, firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, 911 operators, and other emergency personnel
to recognize the substantial contribution that they make in protecting our national health, safety, and advancing the quality of life. Sorry. Sean Patilla, mayor. Thank you there for
[Applause] everybody. There's no way. Tighten it up. Tighten it up. >> Thank you.
>> Thank you everybody. Daniel. All right, that brings us to item five, approval of minutes October 14th, 2025. We have a motion. >> Any discussion? The second
year Any other discussion? >> Seeing none, roll call. >> Councilman Kerry, >> yes. >> Deputy Mayor Crowley, >> yes. >> Councilman D. Philippo, >> yes. >> Councilman Hall, >> yes. >> Councilman Riley, >> yes.
>> Mayor Patilla, >> yes. This brings us to our first public portion. Does anybody in the audience wish to be heard on any topic? Please come to the microphone, state your name and address for the record. Nobody else
in New Jersey. And I just want to promote a few things that are coming up. We also like to honor our veterans in November. So, on November 8th, Saturday at 2:00, I have flyers or if you need any, we're
having a veterans concert at the Presbyterian Church. It's a combination of the church and the D are sponsoring this. There's going to be vocal, instrumental, and chime music. It's all patriotic, and we honor all the
veterans. And we'll be honoring Donald going to be 102. We don't know whether he'll get there or not, but uh he was in World War II in the 80s. So, we're going to be saying a few words about him, but we'd love to
have you come. And afterwards, of course, there's cookies and coffee, so we'd love to have you come. Um, also, we also do Reese across America in December. December 13th, a Saturday
also, we put a on all the veterans graves in both the sun cemetery and also the present hill one over on Avenue and we now have we found about 40 that we
hadn't found before. So we now have 73. So if anyone would like to donate, we're about 275 short on reefs. And we do like to put on all the veterans So if anyone I have a form that you can
donate some wreaths but also you can come that day and help put the wreaths on the graves and also we have a ceremony in the Presbyterian church. Beforehand you can have rolls and bagels and coffee and everything depending on
how cold it is. And then afterwards we also have a light lunch. So that's a good day. and to help raise money for these briefs. You all like Joe's Pizzeria on
46 and Kenville, but if you go November 13th, that kind of slip if you give it to them, they'll give 15% of the bill so that it can go towards buying more. So that's another way you can. Thank you for letting me do my
advertisements to help you by chance. Do you have digital versions of those? >> Um, yes we do. >> Can you email them to me? >> Sure. >> The Joe's and the the wreaths. >> Yes. In fact, Kim Armstrong will be doing that
>> because she has them on her computer. So, yes, she'll do it. Thank you so much. >> Thank you. >> Anybody else in the public? Are you going to take away to you? conversations. This past weekend,
I wanted to share with you this evening that I had a great conversation with the county sheriff's department. SL program, but it's back. They're only working on Saturdays and Sundays right now. seven days a week
as requested. And so since many of you sit on different commissions and committees, I wanted to convers It's just a phone call. Even if we get them in one time or so days in the calendar, it's
something we're not always showc They shel it for a little over a year because >> they'll be back information.
We use them heavily in the >> Joe, could you reach out to them and see what criteria there's opportunities for us to utilize that service? >> Thank you. >> Anybody else in the public wish heard on any topic? >> I had one question.
>> Sure. I'm in section. Um I just had a question. I notic that as part of subject for tonight is 172 discussing what was the logics behind establishing that registry.
>> So we're going to pull that ordinance when we get to it. >> Okay. >> We will when it's time for us to to vote on that. We will have discussion. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. Anybody
else in the public? All right, I'll close public. This brings us to reports to council leazison representatives council committee and new business, old business. Um, I will start off um with a statement. Uh you
may notice in our um uh agenda today, we have a resolution appointing our new township manager. So, I'll start with a statement uh on that topic. Um, so I want to start off by extending our council's uh sincere appreciation to the
township staff for their continued diligence, focus, and patience as we navigated through this period of transition uh and township leadership. Your dedication to serving the residents of Roxbury never goes unnoticed and continues to be the foundation of our
community success. I'd also like to take a moment to thank Joe Dearco, our entrum township manager, for his services. Through throughout your tenure here, you never hesitated to take the reigns of Roxberry and continue to move it forward. You consistently recognize and
commended the hardworking staff of Roxbury and speaking with them, they appreciated having you here, too. Um, so Joe, everybody knows Joe's last day with us will be November 14th. um as we transition to our permanent uh township
manager. So, thank you very much, Joe, for everything you did for us. Thank you. >> I'd like to thank Joe of appreciate Anybody else?
All right. So, after an extensive search uh and as we look forward here in Roxbury, I'm pleased to announce the appointment of John JJ Murphy as Roxberry's new township manager effective November 17, 2025. JJ brings with him more than 20 years of
distinguished executive leadership in government services. His current he currently serves as the assistant county administrator for public safety in Pasco County, Florida and has previously held leadership roles in Palmdale, California, Hobbs, New Mexico, in Wilksbury, Pennsylvania. A lifelong
public service servant since graduating college in 1993. JJ also served our nation as a US Air Force ROC, US Air Force and US Air Force Reserves, achieving the rank of major. JJ and his
wife are proud parents of five daughters ages 15 to 25. And along with their family dog, Raider, will soon be making Roxbury their new home. Council is excited to have JJ come on board with us. His expertise, skill set, and character should be a great addition to
the township's already amazing staff. when he arrives, please take the time to extend a warm Roxbury welcome to him and his family as they become part of our communities, our school, and our way of life here in Roxbury. So, um just wanted
to make the statement um he we're excited to have him come here uh and we really look forward to to his start next month. Um, moving on to my next topic. Um, we had clean communities day this past weekend and on behalf of Kellyanne
Keys. Um, she's our clean communities coordinator. I'd like to thank all the volunteers, the adopted spot participants and township staff for their participation this past weekend. Uh, they're still waiting for final numbers because there's two spots that just have to finish up next weekend or
this coming up weekend. Um, but we had 20 groups. One group came from Fairfield. Cox Automotive came from Fairfield to help clean up our community. Um, so if you ever have the opportunity, Cox Automotive, thank them for what they did. And I have a special
thank you for for Anthony. As I was driving around, you know, our community visiting different stops. I saw one man out on the ship and port exchange cleaning up bags and bags of garbage for two days. I saw him out
there. Anthony, thank you so much for volunteering your time on your own and going out there and doing that. It it really means a lot to the community that we have such great members of our community and great residents that live here. So, thank you, Anthony. I appreciate what you did.
Um, so we have preliminary numbers of what was picked up. I don't know if this includes your your your pickup, but uh right now we have 1 275 pounds of litter and debris that had been removed from
our parks and roadways here in Roxberry. And keep in mind, we do this twice a year, you know. So, that was six months of of garbage here in town. Um, you know, if you see something, ask someone to pick it up, you know, like be have
pride in our community and uh don't be afraid to ask someone to have pride in our community. >> Go pick it up yourself. >> I have >> I do all the time. >> All right. Uh, couple more things. One, happy Halloween. I know Halloween is this weekend, so please just be safe out
there. Please be on the lookout for kids. Uh, we're going to have a storm on Thursday and, uh, Friday. It's going to clear out. I'm sure the kids are going to be anxious to get out there. It will not be. Uh, and it's a Friday this year, so anticipate more kids being out there doing it and staying out a
little later than than they may during the week. Um, and then the last thing I have um is today is my 19th wedding anniversary. So I I would uh like to thank my wife for sharing
sharing me with the community that we both love so much. So thank you >> deputy mayor. >> Thank you mayor. >> Follow that. >> How do I follow that? Come on. >> A couple again. First responders to
volunteers. makes this community is all the volunteers and I think you just heard from the mayor between picking up garbage people uh putting their time in to to teach the cub scouts going to do and other place that's what makes this community I think fantastic
second I want to thank Joe again to uh we never felt like we didn't have a township manager you jumped in and you kept the ball rolling for sure stayed on top thank you very much um shout out Steve Sice at Dell venue um was was
paved this past week. Uh no small undertaking. There's a lot of businesses. There's people that live on that road. I think it all went smoothly. It's fantastic. We did have an EDC meeting tonight. A couple things I just want to get the council aware of. Um, first is that we
had talked a couple months ago about submitting a grant for $50,000 to to put in like a a shell like we did at Dell Avenue. Um, that has been submitted. Joe helped us with with that. Um, and then we're waiting to hear from that grant.
Uh, two is on Veterans Day. Steve N group is going to be pulling some of the veterans banners. Um, we also see has uh 12 of the uh 250 year uh banners that will go up in place in selected areas.
So, you'll see some of those coming up. Um, third is that the EDC as as some other uh committees in town have websites. EDC is going to uh work with Rob Conin and move over to Civic Plus.
One of the things that I'm pushing very hard is Civic Plus is one group of ways to build websites. The township, I believe the police department, some of the fire departments are under Civic Plus. We're really trying to get everybody under the same pieces so that
when changes have to be made, different people are in different committees, we're all using the same tools. EDC did have a website was built and a lot of people look at it. But we need someone also to keep updating it. So what we're doing is
moving that over to Civic Plus this year. And I encourage all the different groups to try to get plus so we have one rule and one set of rules to go do it. Makes jobs a whole lot easier. >> That's all that I have. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Deputy Mayor. Councilman Hall. Thank you, Mayor Joe. It's been an absolute pleasure working with you and real and quite frank with you. You know, your advice has been invaluable. So, appreciate all your help. Uh we had a
number of meetings or us housing committee another one um I'm sure Jimmy will and I think we also have a discussion regarding that a little bit later on today. the 250th meeting uh last night. We're pressing forward with
planning and events associated with that. So stay tuned. We'll be able to provide more information in the near future. EC participated in a full cleanup that took care of Horseshoe Lake. I I can't even begin to tell you how much stuff we got off the ground. Um the good news is
we cleaned it up significantly. The bad news is is you know everybody's got a picture folks. I I make this statement every There's no reason for some of the trash. There really is not. There are plenty of
receptacles. Just pick it up and put it in the garbage pail when you can. Um went to Rotary. Um they were instrumental in getting us the uh and Jack EC award. So I wanted to bring that to them and did um our football team
made playoffs and so for them >> I think they have a home game this Friday. Yes. >> Okay. So, um you have an opportunity. It's a lot of fun. Not only did we make it, but we we have a home game. So, that's a real positive thing. Keep in
mind these these kids were in a really good spot this year. So, good coaching effort to get them back where they are. Um our people don't realize it, but we have a a middle school girls soccer team um who was undefeated playing in the
finals. Norris County. So, wish them all the luck in your game tomorrow and thanks for all you do and Steve you know getting fields ready for those girls they're very very excited about tomorrow um
one thing Joe if you could help us out is is an update on the water extension project area if you can find out exactly where we are with that this has been going on for quite some time we have provided the state with some specific
and some additional information. Um, I'm not sure if they still need additional information from us. We're waiting on them. They're waiting on us. I don't know where we stand on it. So, if you could just find afterwards, give us some feedback. I'd really appreciate it.
>> Thank you so much. Um, we had meeting last week and I think that went well also. So, that's it. Thank you, sir. Councilman Riley right we did have yet another housing committee meeting
this week we do need to have sess briefly discuss it. Not a lot that you're not taking. the planning board, sir. We have another business coming into town that we're
happy to hear about. Thomas, they had the first planning board hearing much further along than Pope is already. So hopefully we'll be up and running. >> Excellent.
The last thing I have is uh this past weekend directors association held regionals and Roxbury not only won their class 2A but they competed against 18 other bands and
won best overall music effectual and total grand champion. So that's going into the states which is this weekendward to chief maybe I can call on you a favor if we win that thing.
>> So and that's it for that favor. >> I get myself in trouble. I try to help. >> So if I can help I hope. >> Yeah. Just council >> last question. Is it I I learned this stat two weeks
ago. Is our band still undefeated for the past three years in their judging circuit? >> Correct. They've been undefeated in their class. This year there's been one band that
exceeded us in outside of our class. We're used to trying to be grand champion as well, but we uh and we beat her on all the time. >> So yes, we have remained this this year
to second placement grand overall not in our in our so yes we remain undefeated >> in three years. Excellent within our class and this past week we beat that one team that has beating us
in West Orange and so forward to a good state. >> Excellent. Great job. >> Thank you, Councilman D. Philippo. Oh, you still doing this? >> It's his anniversary. You got to get done.
>> No, long. >> I'm excited. Just on the 250th thing in the EDC, are you going to talk a little bit about I mean, you're going to get to see this really incredible billboard that's going to go up. It's going to say it's the old
it's the shop local billboard, but now we're incorporating 250. Thanks, join in the committee that there's a lot of stuff going on >> the the calendar for in >> the calendar every next year we'll have
will be branded for 250 anniversary stuff so lots of exciting stuff going on through the EDC for the 250 really commend the committee for the work that they've done they've done um look I I don't know about everybody else
on the on the council but first responders have been to my house. They've had to come to my house more than once. And I I don't know how we would where we would be without you guys. So, um from my own personal experience, um I couldn't be more
grateful for having you and the expertise you bring to our town, other towns, frankly, so personally, thank you for everything. Um, November 12th is the library's deal.
Tickets are going. I'm not even sure you can get tickets. You really I If you want to go, you better you better buy your tickets. Star night. It's just a beautiful evening. The response from the community so far has just been stunning.
Again, this is the fifth year we've tried to raise money to um expand the the library and we're just we've met with tremendous enthusiasm. It's fantastic and all this year's honores again former
judge Ronco fantastic and really a legacy business in our town nights automotive and Nancy just fabulous contributors to our community. So so and and and Judge Rono
is just fabulous his his story which you'll see to a video that someone from Sean recommended to us was able to help us. Um, so yeah, great night. You should all come. Now,
finally, finally, you know, there's one very serious thing we're all supposed to do as citizens in this country. Vote, >> vote, vote. So, I'm not going to see you again, but here's what I'm going to ask you to do. >> Vote, right?
The election's coming up. It's um you got distinctive choices. You have no excuse not to vote. Vote vote in the election. That's it for me, ma'am. >> Voting has already started. >> That's right. >> Vote.
>> Councilman Kerry. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um first just want to start with the board of education meeting will be I believe it's the 17th next month. So I'll report back on that. Um echo sentiment of Councilman
that yeah the first our first responders as well and thank you thank you thank you for all the hard work you do. Um Joe, thank you for your service in your tenure here. Appreciate that. And uh lastly, have a safe and happy Halloween
everyone. >> Thank you sir. >> I do like to take a second to thank our first responders ignored on purpose in any way form. We always think of fire department just one thing on that. Um
I don't want the people out there actually take the time to realize how much time that these guys actually put in. It is an astronomical commitment that they put in for the township. And I'm Listen, I got to cut
right to the chase. I cannot believe that they they they have to run their own lives. They got their own families and yet they do all this stuff on the side and they don't get paid. Okay. So, it is just unbelievable. How many calls
did you guys Okay, so we're talking 1,600 calls above and beyond what they do for their families. It is just it is it's an unbelievable feat and people really need to realize, you know, the commitment and and what they do for the community. So, I echo my fellow
council people's uh comments, but I just wanted to add that on so you can see the magnitude of of of what they're dealing with on a on a regular basis. It's really something stupendous. So, congratulations, guys. Good job. >> Madam Clerk,
>> happy anniversary, >> Mr. Bryce. >> Thank you, Mr. Your last time here in Roxberry. to keep it short. >> It's all right. >> The inside joke for the audience is I retired from Verona.
It's been a pleasure to be here. It really has. The staff, I've said it before, they're really very professional. They're excellent. Made my managing here very, very easy. Almost feel guilty getting paid almost.
U you received my weekly report. If there was anything in the report that you'd like to ask about, please do. Um your best practices was filed. You've maxed on the scoring. So you will be getting 100%
from the state on your >> review that next. And other than that, unless the council has any questions, >> I would like to thank you. You made a couple recommendations that you know, a lot of times I blow things off.
I like your grant writing approach with that talent success there. So, I'm very interested in trying that. I just want you to know that. And there are a couple other things that aren't jumping to me right away, but there's been a couple things that I really that you did not need to
bring to the table, shape or form stuff through your professional organizations that haven't cost us anything. So, thank you for adopting us for such a short amount of time. And just to add a little bit more color
also to the to the appointment of our new our new township manager and I want to give some credit to Joe and the extensive search that we conducted nationally for that to fill that position. But the the extreme vetting
process which we all paid very close attention to um was just gave us a level of comfort that made it made it that much easier and a very difficult time for us to transition. Was not a quiet time for us
and and so so I want to I want to I want to commend you for that. I want to commend the council also for that process that we went through. It was it was crisp. It got to the to the candidate we wanted and um so
and and with very little downtime in the community. I think the community should understand. Thank you Joe for that for that search as well as the >> mayor. I have been in contact with JJ
over the past week and discuss the spreadsheets that comes stage there in soc. >> Thank you sir. Thank you everybody. Moves us on to item eight. That is requested referred by council members, managers, attorney, and
clerk. Uh a the 2025 best practices inventory. I think we just heard Joe said we we scored and we will receive 100%. >> All right. Um moving on to recreation free fees increase. Council Hall.
>> Uh yes. If I could, mayor, I'd like to invite up Brett Douglas, our recreation director, be able to answer any questions council may have, but but for the council's purposes, this is our yearly review of the recreational fees for the country
parks and recreational facilities. Um, this year we had a few modest increases uh in the version that was provided to council. Um this is a direct result of increases in minimum wage uh increases in bus fees, increases in
referees fees. That's for sure. Uh other things, field cost and other program fees, equipment, things of that nature, shirts, apparel, things like that, things keep going up. So based on that, uh, what Re did an exceptional job on this year. He he actually highlighted
the areas within the documents so you can pinpoint exactly the ones that were being increased. >> Yeah, it's it it really was incredibly helpful. He he did this also with the recreation advisory committee um to make
it easier for us to actually have discussions on those topics. So this was reviewed by the recreation advisory committee. Listen, the goal every year, folks, the same, you know, is is to create, you know, great services, uh, great recreation programs, be self-sufficient,
okay, which we are, uh, and competitive with the surrounding communities. Uh, Brett does a good job of benchmarking what we have against our surrounding communities. And as a result of his good work, you know, we are where we are tonight. Just a few notables. I'm just going to
turn it over to Brad, you know, for your review and comments, folks. Is u number one, you're going to see a new sport in there. Um the girls flag football. Um and this has taken off like I I just
can't believe. I mean, the the participation levels immediately um took took off and it was a very successful uh program. Um this um sport is going to be
introduced in the 2028 LA Olympics. So, um it it's it's really taken off nationwide. We've had some great success this year. We've had some really good coaching. So, you know, get more questions on that. Brett's here to answer those. And then the second uh piece that I want to bring up is our new
pickle ball facility. Uh took a lot of time, you know, to figure out exactly how we were going to utilize that. And if you have any questions, to answer that. So, in a nutshell, we're self-sufficient. Um, we've been that way
for a number of years now. And in addition to that, just so everybody knows, the recreational rentals um that we went forward with this year accounted for an additional $20,000 into the general fund. So, we're stable. Plus, we're getting that additional piece into
the general fund. With that, I'll turn it over to Brett for questions. >> Thank you, Fred. Appreciate it. Uh again, uh appreciative of my staff and and the record advisory committee uh to be able to add value to all the things that we do and and now this being our
fifth detailed review, uh we really honed in on some of the pieces we really want to make sure that we are making sure that are correct. Um and most of the ones like Fred touched upon are ones that are where we're paying summer employees, where we're paying staff to oversee the beach or the gates and
things of that nature as well. Um those are our costs that we need to transfer on to uh to our residents that are using our facilities so that we are as costefficient as we can be. Um when we do get to the pickle ball, it's something that's new this year. Uh we
modeled it off of the things that we've done for our beach in terms of the scaling for internal residents and and out of town residents to make sure that we are as even as we could be. um and looked at a
variety of different other townships and what they're doing, what their practices are. Uh as they've been a little bit ahead of us in terms of getting these pickle ball courts going, which is great that we're in a position that we are now, uh the work is a little bit done for us already. Uh so with that being said, uh I think that the plan that we
have in discussion with Steve SE and DPW, uh Rob Robin from technology, uh to be able to get us in a place that we are, I think is uh I think is the right spot. And any questions about it? Love to have a discussion if if warranted.
>> I don't have any questions. So, I just want to thank you and the staff for u the deep dive per program to where you need to make adjustments necessarily to make them. So, thank you for the time spent on this again this year.
>> You're welcome. It's fun. It's it's our life and we know we are constantly in it. Um, it's, you know, you can't, we don't have a crystal ball. We can't make it perfect, but we get as close as we can, which is good. >> And, and girls flag football,
>> you had a exuberant amount of girls sign up. >> We had, uh, 88 girls sign up. Uh, right now, our win percentage is in the 900 percentage, which is for a first year program. Uh, the volunteer coaches that came out of the woodwork, we had three, four, five coaches on each of our teams
going up against towns as a travel program that have been established for three, four or five years. Uh, and we come out and we are now winning 24 to7. Uh, which is good. You know, that's a that's a testament to to the things that our female athletes
are doing. Um, that they want to see this continue to go forward. Uh, and discussions are going on with the board event uh about how that can can exist going forward for our female athletes, which is great. And you also have a record number of female athletes sign up
for field hockey. Is that true? >> Correct. Yes. So this year, past couple of years, our field hockey program has continued to take the necessary strides. Uh this year we were able to take a full dive into the travel program for field
hockey uh to keep us on pace where other townships have been past couple of years. Um, if you play early in field hockey, just like in some other specialized sports, it does give you an advantage. It's not easy to take a flat surface and hit a sphere uh in the
correct direction. Um, so the more time under tension that you have in that, uh, our female athletes have been able to have some success as well, too. So, we're very proud of that. >> Council have any questions about the referees?
Just just one big huge shout out to Steve Senise. Steve shows up at all of our recreation meetings. Uh very very very helpful with the um the new system we're putting into the pickle ball courts and obviously is uh helping to
spearhead the uh the opportunities with the reimagining of Imagination Station. So big thanks to you. >> Thank you everyone. Thank you. All right. This brings us to item nine, introduction of proposed ordinances
15-25, an ordinance to amend chapter 13 of the revised general ordinance of the township of Roxbury land development ordinance, article 7, zoning regulations by adding a new section 13-739 entitled Highlands Regional Master Plan
Conformance of a motion. Uh any discussion? >> Seeing none, our second reading on this is November 18th. >> Roll call. Amy. >> Councilman Kerry. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Crowley. >> Yes.
>> Councilman Dalippo. >> Yes. >> Councilman Hall. >> Yes. >> Councilman Riley. >> Yes. >> Mayor Patillo. >> Yes. Another introduction of proposed ordinance 1625, an ordinance to amend the supplement chapter 7, traffic of the revised
general ordinance of the township of Roxbury, County of Morris, city of New Jersey and establishing a no parking zone on the north side of East Maple Avenue during certain hours. Second, >> any discussion?
Second reading on this is also November 18th. May I have a roll call? >> Councilman Kerry? >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Crowley? >> Yes. >> Councilman D. Philippo? >> Yes. >> Councilman Hall? >> Yes. >> Councilman Riley? >> Yes. >> Mayor Patillo?
>> Yes. 1725. We are pulling for tonight. We'll revisit that at a later date after further discussion. Brings us to 10. Hearing adoption of ordinances on second reading 11-25, an ordinance to amend chapter 13 land
development of the code of Roxberry Township Township of Roxberry to add house votes on Lake Packon to prohibited use within the township of Roxberry. All in favor? >> Is that the house?
>> Yes. >> I'll do a roll call on that. And >> we want to say that we're going to vote. >> It's open to the public right now. >> Oh, I'm sorry. Sorry. >> Does anybody in the public wish to come up and and be heard?
ordinance and this ordinance. Oh well. >> So this particular ordinance that amends ordinance and when you're making a zoning ordinance that has it requires significant notice especially if it's not identified.
So with this type of ordinance, it's not necessarily a land use. It's not necessarily something that has to be done through it can actually be done through police regulations that are adopted by the
public safety regulations. So at this point in time, I think recommendation is to have this particular defeated so as not to encourage any type of unnecessary requirements to achieve. >> So, Mr. Bryce, if that's the case, then
we have we close. >> It is closed. We'll take a vote. >> Motion to close. Does anybody in the public wish to be heard on this ordinance? >> Seeing none, >> motion to close.
>> All in favor? Motion to Would that be a cancel? >> Yeah, you would just simply do a motion to approve and if you're not inclined to to do this now >> a motion on this ordinance. >> I'll make the motion.
>> Second. >> Any further discussion? >> Yeah, I'd like to make a comment. This really came out of the lake commission and and the reason for this is that um remember that the lake is is four towns and two counties.
In one of the towns, there were people who were starting to put in house boats and and the lake has no pump out facilities. This is essentially trying to solve the problem of not having people do Airbnbs
with house boats unlike a pack where there's no way to to pump out the boats. So, this has been going on for about a year now. We're trying to just conform with the other towns, make sure that if there's going to be house boats,
they can be done. They can't right now. >> Well, I think we could still take that action. We just have to deal with that's correct. >> Any other discussion? Roll call. >> Councilman Kerry. >> Yes.
>> No. I'm sorry. >> We're going to bring it up for the future. >> I got it backwards. Sorry. >> Deputy Mayor Crowley. >> No. >> Councilman D. Philippo? >> No. >> Councilman Hall? >> No. >> Councilman Riley? >> No. >> Mayor Patillo? >> No.
Moving on to second reading 1425. Ordinance to amend chapter 22 revised general ordinance of the township of rocker to prohibit the possession of tobacco products in schools or public properties by persons under the age 21.
This is opening to public. All in favor? >> Does anybody in the public wish to be heard on this ordinance and this ordinance alone? Please come to the microphone. State your name and address for the >> record. What's the repercussions? >> It is an actual
Mr. >> Well, is he subject to a fine? Is he subject to a fine? violations. >> Anybody else in the public on this ordinance? >> I make a motion to close. >> Check it.
Make a motion. >> All I'm sorry. All in favor? >> I make a motion. >> Second. >> Any any additional discussion? Roll call. Councilman Kerry. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Crowley.
>> Yes. >> Councilman D. Philippo. >> Yes. >> Councilman Hall. >> Council Riley. Accept. >> Mayor Pat. >> Yes. >> Item 11, introduction and adoption of resolutions. >> City may 300
through 2025-30. Second. Any discussion? Council >> Riley. Okay. >> Any further discussion? Roll call. >> Councilman Kerry. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Crowley. >> Yes.
>> Councilman D. Philippo? >> Yes. >> Councilman Hall? >> Yes. >> Councilman Riley? >> Yes. >> Mayor Patillo? >> Yes. Personnel change, there are none. Communications October 17th and 24, 2025. Any discussion on those two?
I'm the same as we just move on. >> Okay. This brings us to 14 our second public portion. Does anybody in the public wish to be heard on any topic? Please come to the microphone. State your name and address for the record. This is on any topic.
>> Hello. >> Hello. I'm Christopher Library with this one. Uh redo it. One of the requests was successful. One of the things that I noticed with
this is to add a slant from the sidewalk of it. And I was wondering who I would have to talk to to have that arranged. >> Who to make this?
[Laughter] >> Director of GPW, Steve, is sitting right in front of you. you can reach out to him and he can give you the specs and everything you would need to accomplish that. >> There was another thing to
cross from these two areas and it is in the middle of the parking lot and when I was talking from the main library to this >> is all on library property. >> Yes. talking.
>> Yeah, absolutely. It's a it's a great scout project. Steve can give him specs to do that, too. So, these are all very helpful things. >> If you run into any trouble at all, call >> just keep us posted. Keep us posted.
>> Mr. Mangano has our contacts. Anything >> you can get, you can get a hold of us. Good luck. >> All right. Anybody else in public wish any topic? Seeing none, I'll close public. Uh, as we heard before, we do have an executive session. Correct.
>> That is correct. This will be a resolution authorizing executive session. A resolution of the township council of the township of Roxbury in the county of Morris, New Jersey, authorizing conference of the township of council
with the public excluded. Whereas it is deemed appropriate township council discuss the matters here and after mention without the presence of the public in accordance with the provisions of RS10 form4-12B section B of the open public meeting act. Now therefore be it resolved by the
township council of the township of Roxbury matters relating to attorney client priv privilege and litigation affordable housing shall be discussed by the township council without the presence of the public. >> Thank you a motion.
>> All in favor? >> We're going to go into the back conference room. Council's going to go into the back conference room. We will not be taking any action.