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States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible and justice for all. Amy, could you please before we begin, I'd like to have our fire inspector come
up and just give direction. >> Meet me. Everybody, just as we've done in the past, if there should be an event of an emergency and you have to exit the building, you can go out this double set of doors right here and back out the way you came. You can also go out this exit here, make a right and a quick left will
drop you out to the side parking lot. And for those of you who are in the courtroom, you can come out the way you came back out the main way or there's a remote exit that will bring you back out the alleyway and you go out either left or right. So we all know our exits and just in case. Okay. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Amy, please read the open public meeting statement. December 31st, 202. >> Thank you. >> Hallsman >> here. here. >> Here
>> Well, good evening everybody. Um, I hope everybody uh was safe and recovering from our most recent snowstorm and remain healthy, warm, and uh sick and safe. I'd also like to again thank our public works department, Department of Works, first responders for their
dedication to serving our community. You guys and your teams are are amazing. You did a great job. As we announced on Friday is with deep disappointment that we were informed that we had to inform our residents that
the US immigration and customs enforcement had closed on on the purchase of a property from Delphin Industrial here in Roxbury Township. The township remains firmly opposed to the establishment of a detention facility at this location as outlined in resolution
2026-029. We have consistently voiced our concerns through public statements, official meetings, and direct engagement with our state federal representatives and we have backed that statement with action over the past eight weeks. The township and our professional staff have pursued
fact-based and lawful avenues available to prevent this outcome. We have engaged with Dolphin Industrial in good faith to explore opportunities to bring more community appropriate use to this property. It is deeply disappointing that those efforts did not result in the
solutions aligned with the best interest and values of our community. In recent days, we have met with Senator Andy Kim to discuss potential federal avenues of support. We have also met with the New Jersey Attorney General's office to
explore how the state and the township can work together to legally protect our township's resources. The Attorney General's office and our township attorney Anthony Buco, who facilitated the collaboration, will continue coordinating closely to determine the
most effective way to oppose a facility at this location for the reasons named in our unanimously passed resolution. We will continue to fight to protect the residents, property, and resources of Roxbury Township. I want to sincerely thank the many Roxbury residents,
professionals, and public officials who have stood together in defense of our township. We remain committed to the fight to upholding our responsibility of working to protect the future of Roxbury Township. Moving on to item four, presentation,
awards, etc. hear me read a little bit more. Proclamation Black History Month. Whereas during Black History Month, we celebrate the many achievements and mass contributions of African-Americans to the economic,
spiritual, political, and cultural developments of both our nation and our community. And whereas the 2026 theme of Black History Month, a century of Black History commemorations, honors 100 years of dedicated national efforts to
document and celebrate black history. And whereas the observance of Black History Month reminds us of the continued need to mitigate racism and build a harmonious community. And whereas Roxbury Township continues to work towards becoming a more inclusive
community where within all people are respected and recognized for their contributions and potential contributions to our community, state, country, and world. And whereas Roxbury County is proud to honor the history and contributions of African-Americans in
our community. Now, therefore, be proclaimed that we, the Roxbury Township Council, hereby recognize February as Black History Month and urge all residents to recognize contributions made by members of the African American community and to actively promote the
principles of equality and incl February 24th, 2026. Mayor Sean. I have a second broad read across America. Whereas the citizens of the council for Roxbury stand firmly committed to the promotion to promoting
reading as a catalyst for our students future academic success their preparation for America's jobs of the future and their ability to compete in a global economy and whereas the township of Roxbury has provided significant leadership in the area of community
involvement in the education of our youth grounded in the principles that educational investment is the key to the community's well-being and long-term quality of life. Whereas NEA's Read Across America Day, a national
celebration of reading will be held on March 2nd, 2026, which would have been a 122nd day, I'm sorry, it's the 22nd birthday of Theodore Seuss Gazette Gol better known as Dr.
And whereas read across New Jersey is being conducted statewide by the New Jersey Education Association in partnership with the New Jersey Library Association and their local affiliates across the state to promote reading and adult involvement in the education of
our community students. Now, therefore, be a result that the mayor and council call on the citizens of the township of Roxbury to assure that every child is in a safe place reading together with a caring adult on March 2nd, 2026 and
encourages citizens to attend the Roxbury Public Libraryies ReadAcross America event scheduled for Saturday, February 28th, 2026 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. We have further resolved that the council endorses NEA's read across
America, NJA's ReadAcross New Jersey and our libraries read across America event and recommits our community to engaging in programs and activities to make Americans America's children the best readers in the world. Dated February
24th, 2026, Mayor Shaw. We have our library there. I've heard Cassie here with us to accept these problems. >> That brings us to quarterly reports Q4 2025. Moving on to approval of minutes. I'm going to pull February 10th, 2026 and
then we'll be reassigned at a later meeting. Uh this brings us to our first public portion for the night. Um I'd like to ask that uh we have anybody who would like to speak during the first public portion to focus on township business
before we we start talking about 1879 through 46. Is there anybody in the audience that wish to be heard on uh any township business? All right, seeing none, I'm going to close public. We will have a second public in in just a little while. This
brings us to reports of council leaison representative council committee new and old business. Uh reports of council leazison representative council committee. Um I'll start off first of all um I we had as everyone knows we had a big snowstorm. I really want to thank
the DPW, our first responders. They do an amazing job. And I'm all Where's our fire department? There it is. I thank you for opening up your department houses uh for warming stations for our Roxberry residents. Truly appreciate um
everybody that chips in to make sure our community stays safe. Um the deputy mayor and I also um uh attended uh our Roxberry High School high- five multicultural event. I really wanted to um thank Marsha Mado for putting that
together. It's just a great opportunity for Roxberry to celebrate um the melting pot that we are and the traditions and cultures from all across the world uh be brought here into Roxberry and celebrated. So, thank you, Marcia, for everything and all the volunteers that
make that event great. That's all I have. Uh, Deputy Mayor, >> thank you, Mayor. >> It's the same thing. DW, the first responders, uh, the warming station's fantastic. It's really a great community.
The other one I want to add are residents, the volunteers to go and help all their neighbors. They neighbors are strugg I know also at the library working on the library over the weekend so things go on
I want to thank you very much >> thank you councilwoman Alrech >> thank you I would also like to thank all of our fire and first aid and police officers it's going to be rather busy
busy Thank you, Councilman Hall. >> Can I hear some issues with this the last time? How about now? >> A little better. >> Steve arrested DPW. Just want to reiterate
a lot of people. really appreciate all your efforts with this storm. Um we're moving forward with the grand opportunity today in our um in our packet form I imagination station
you people are very familiar for those that aren't. It's our centerpiece for all our kids in the community. 16 years old and we have to start thinking and I want to just reiterate something that said you know I'll tell you
something the last storm that we had never seen so many people going out with just snow dogs and going to people's houses to help them So you know we have that type of a community and just keep very very hard morning
to say the least see all this going on and congratulations to all the people in the Olympics very very exciting to see >> I would like to thank EPW first responders police thank you very much
you pulls through these scores every time. We appreciate it. Thank you. Um, you know, I've had conversations with a lot of people in Roxbury Township over the last months. Um, and I think some people think this group is representative of Roxbury and it's not.
I wanted to state once again that I am not against ICE, DHS or detention centers as a tool to uphold our immigration laws. I don't support this location for very real and and uh important reasons. First, this residential area right next
to this site, there's a business that functions right in front of this building that's going to be impacted by the opening of this site. Very real um situation with sewer and water, which is a problem. We know for a fact there's
not enough sewer water. Don't know what their intentions are. Hopefully, they'll come to their senses. Lastly, importantly because we run on a volunteer fire department and EMS and we have a police department of 42 strong but when we have these types of
disruptions in a town this size as much as we have going on in this town it's disruptive to say the least that's why I don't support this site it's not it's about supporting our immigration laws but it's about this site for very real
reason that's why I support this site as is clearly explained in resolution 2026. >> Thank you, council. Well said. >> Councilman K. >> Thank you very much, Mr. Mayor. I just had a couple of things. Board of
Education meeting Thursday. Could you get closer to the mic? The uh superintendent's coffee will be Wednesday at Lincoln school. Um but top
will be budget and um anyone is uh invited to the show for the uh the meeting and uh the superintendent and business administrator will be there. Uh lastly we have
which will be on March 6th at 7 p.m. And that's all. >> Thank you, >> Madam Cler. >> Thank you, Mr. I would like to point out that there's a
loss of $1.8 million tax revenue. >> I would like to point out that there's also a loss of$1.8 million in tax revenue for local municipality and schools in the county. every year
and that's today's moving on to item eight matter request referred by council man members managers attorney clerk there are none brings us to item nine introduction of proposed ordinance we have 04-26 an ordinance amending chapter 9 the code
of the township of Roxbury and foreclosed property registrations. We have a second reading of March 10th. I have a motion. I have a motion. A second totality.
Yes. Yes. >> Yes. >> Item 10, hearing adoption of ordinance on second reading. There are none. Brings us to item 11, introduction of adoption of the resolutions. If I may
please 2026 to 047 2026 2026. >> Thank you. Any discussion? See none. Roll call. >> Yes. >> Yes. Yes. >> May.
>> Yes. Item 12, personnel changes are included in our quarterly report. Item 13, communication is February 20, 2026. Any discussion? >> Uh, item 14. This is our second public portion. Um, open it up to the public
for any topic. I'd ask that everybody please come one time. who wish to speak. Please state your name and address the record among one time and we will stick to the 3minut rule. >> Hello and
Hello, my name is Susanna Oliver. I'm from Landing, New Jersey. The clock has run out with the Route 46 warehouse has now been sold. The threat to our township is no longer a distant possibility. It is an imminent reality. Yet, we remain paralyzed by a staggering
contradiction that threatens our community's legal standing and the very integrity of our opposition. Our township attorney, Senator Anthony Buco, is a primary sponsor of Senate Bill 1046, the New Jersey Lake Riley Act, which is specifically designed to align
New Jerseys state laws with federal legislation agenda to support ICE detention center. While this council has unanimously resolved to oppose an ICE detention center, our town's lead council is championing a bill that repeals PL 2021 C1 199, the specific
state law that currently shields us by banning private immigration detention centers. Senator Buco is proactively stripping away our most legal powerful legal defense, clearing a path for a new warehouse owners to bypass our opposition and open a facility right
here in our community. This is not a political disagreement. It is a fundamental breach of professional ethics and a direct conflict of interest. We are being led into a battle by a general who is simultaneously handing the keys to our gate to the federal government. The rules of
professional conduct are clear. A lawyer cannot present a client whose political interests material materially limit their independent advice. By legalizing the very thing that Roxberry is trying to fight, Senator Buko has divided his loyalties beyond repair. He cannot serve
two masters. He cannot claim to defend Roxberry in this room while drafting the blueprint for our defeat in Trenton. Continuing to retain Senator Buco suggests that this council's opposition is merely a performative show, a theatric display to pacify residents
while our legal armor is dismantled behind the scenes. If you are serious about stopping this facility, you would recognize that an attorney who builds roads for ICE to enter our township cannot be trusted to stand in the way. Senator Buco has been willfully asleep at the wheel while we can while we could
be mere weeks away from a detention center in our own backyard. I asked this council today, are we to believe Mayor Patillo and this council were unaware of the state senate leaders Republican leaders sponsored bills and voting record or have you willfully ignored a
legislative record in history that directly undermines our town? Are we to believe that this council has been so gullible as to believe the words of a two-headed snake? The bill the people of Roxberry see this as blatant conflict of interest and we will not accept theater
in place of action. It is time for real accountability. We deserve a focused strategy and an attorney whose loyalty is only to the people of Roxberry. The warehouse is sold. The theater must end. Senator Buco must be re removed and replaced immediately. And don't even
think about retaining another attorney from Murphy and McKon to fill his shoes. We need an advocate who is entirely untethered from this conflict. Remove him now to ensure the doors of this facility never open in our town. >> Good evening, Cyrus.
I just want to say off the top that um Councilman Riley, your statement is actually the definition of nimi. So, I just wanted to put that out there immediately. Um, I also wanted to say, do you do you know what this is? You guys recognize this?
This is the floor plan for a similar warehouse that's proposed in Circle in Social Circle, Georgia. Not this one. You know what this one is? It's the floor plan from Alitz. I can't help but see the stark similarities between these two
documents. I also want to let you know that the town manager in social circle is refusing to turn on water to the warehouse there. Concrete action. We've been begging you for months now to take concrete action to make it as difficult as possible for ICE to open a
concentration camp here and you have refused. In case I have failed to mention it before, I'm an attorney and I have a certificate in environmental law from Peace University. Senator Buco, are you familiar with the National Environmental Policy Act, NEPA, and the Administrative
Procedures Act, the APA Basic 101 from law school? The state of Maryland filed a lawsuit this week against DHS, asking the federal district court to vacate the purchase of a warehouse by DHS in Williamsport, Maryland, and then joining any further implementation of the decision to convert that warehouse to a
detention center, that lawsuit was filed under NEPA and AAPA. Concrete action. Senator Fuko, I'm curious whether you've advised the council that they likely have viable causes of action under both NEPA and the APA considering DHS's failure to complete an environmental
impact statement as required by NEPA. Under DHS's own internal guidance, they have always required an EIS for projects that involve the purchase, construction, renovation, and operation of immigration detention and processing centers. I have a copy of the claim for the complaint for you to review. Senator, I'd be happy
to leave it. >> Great. If you don't, just please try. >> Sure. I am incredibly heartened to hear that you've met with the attorney general. That's the kind of concrete action that we're looking for, and we look forward to hearing more as those efforts take shape. Given the
significant impact this project will have on waterways, wildlife, environmentally sensitive areas like the highlands, air quality, traffic and road infrastructure, and public health and safety, I'm wondering if any members of the council have also reached out to the governor's office, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection,
or the Highlands Council. Concrete action. Senator Fukco has been informed of a 30-day notice requirement to D prior to any sale of the property due to an easement on the deed. Have any of you reached out to D them if that notice was given. If it hasn't been given, have you
asked D to file a lawsuit to vacate the sale based on Dolphin and Goldman Sachs failure to comply with this provision of their deed? Concrete action. For months now, we have implored you to take concrete action. I truly wish you would have heard our police sooner and taken
any and all concrete actions possible. He interrupted me. I'd like to finish my Listen, listen. We have to abide by the rules here, guys. Okay? So, please Good evening, mayor council. My name is
Jay Lipper. Bible pack on AF Landing, New Jersey. I've lived there uh in Landing for 61 years. Um I'm here today because as of February 20th, 2026, our neighbors in Chester, New York are celebrating a victory ICE while Roar is
facing a finalized federal acquisition. On the same day that ICE retracted its claim in New York and abandoned the Chester project, it closed the beat on the 46 warehouse here in Roxboro. We need to look at why Chester succeeded where we are currently failing. And we
must demand that our leaders adopt their aggressive playbook immediately. And Chester Congressman Pat Ryan didn't just wait for a more full solution. He treated the proposal as a five alarm fire from day one. He organized 20,000
actually it was 30,000 residents using his committee seats to grill DHS leadership and made the site a political liability for the agency. That town actually only has 4,000 members. He got 30,000 people around. By contrast, this
council stated that our representative, Congressman Tom Kaine, quote, did not engage to the level we had hoped. While now he proposes a bill to reimburse us for the tax losses. We don't want a consolation prize. What we want
uh is what Chester got a cancellation. I asked council what is the specific plan to hold Congressman Kaine account accountable for his silence during the critical weeks before the sale closed. Chester's poison pill was their sewage and water capacity. I believe Senator
Buco addressed some of that last week. Uh they proved that a warehouse built for 150 employees cannot physically or legally support 1500 residents. Roxbury has these same vulnerabilaries vulnerabilities. Our volunteer fire and
EMS departments and our 42 member police force are not equipped for this. However, while Chester used these effects to block the permit for the state, we are now playing catchup. I applaud the council for exploring legal revenues, but I want to know, are we
prepared to immediately use a stop work order based on our uh unapproved use and infrastructure limitations mentioned in your February 21st statement. We are told the federal government is immune to uh local zoning, yet Chester, a town
with similar zoning, stood his ground and won. If the federal government has ignored our repeated outreach as you have claimed, then we have no obligation to be constructive partners. Um, do not just tell us that the
disappointed in the Dalron indust industrial are do not just wait for a lawsuit to wind through the courts. Adopt the Chester model. Use our water and sewer agreements as a hard barrier. demand that Congressman Kaine move beyond frustration and use its federal
leverage to demand his recision recision in the state. Why not invite Congressman Kaine to come to your meeting and address his constituency? Where are the constituents? We can't get to show up in his own office
for local self. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you. >> William Angus from Hacketttown, New Jersey. Uh, Mr. Mayor, to your knowledge, has a deed yet been filed with the sale of that
location? >> I have not. And have you uh seen any uh uh request to uh split the property in two to subdivide it? Have you seen anything like that from Delta?
The reason that I ask these questions is there are not one but three warehouses on that property and two of them are currently active as traditional warehouses. I don't really think DHS is interested in running a business uh in
those other warehouses. So, it strikes me as strange why they would purposely buy a property with buildings that they clearly don't have a use for. My concern is that they really do have a use for it. My concern is that they're going to kick out businesses that are in those
warehouses and that they are then going to use it as a staging area and we're going to see massive amounts of ICE activity. And I don't think I need to remind you that we had a shooting by ICE agents in the Paccom. not too long ago.
The idea of large amounts of armed ICE agents in this area on a regular basis being staffed and supplied by uh the other two warehouses should terrify every single person around here.
But I have an actually bigger fear and that is that they're actually going to use it for 3,000 more detainees, >> right? that they're not going to be putting 1,500 in just one, but 1500 in each of the three. And that will make
the problems that we have discussed, such as sewer and water, three times the size that they were. At the end of the day though, DHS has not purchased a prison. They have purchased a warehouse. >> They can't just stick people in there.
It has to be rehabilitated and uh retrofitted. That requires contractors. That requires local permits. Now, you can deny them those permits, and I certainly hope that you would, but we have seen ICE's behavior before is to
casually ignore them and continue what they are doing, which is what happened at Delaney Hall as Newark was fighting them. They just went ahead and did it everywhere. So, my question to you is, are you willing to padlock that building
to keep contractors out? Are you willing to have Chief Holland and his officers barricade that that entrance into that property? Because that's what it's going to take. They don't care about you or us and they will do whatever the hell they
want. So, I just hope that you are prepared to take extreme measures because that's what's going to be required if they proceed with this. Thank you. Saladino back home. Today I'm demanding that Mr. Fugo resign from his position as township attorney, specifically
referencing rules of professional conduct 1.7A. There is a significant risk that the representation of Roxbury Township will be materially limited by his personal interest as Senate Republican leader. I'm pleading with the mayor and council to seek any legal avenue to terminate the contract prematurely of its term. Senator Bugo's
personal biases against the undocumented community prohibit him from fighting the sale of the warehouse to DHS and fulfilling his duty as township attorney. We know with certainty that Mr. Hugo is advising the mayor and council to just give up. I ask the mayor and council to look at the entirety of
local government ethics law statute 4A9-22.2. The vitality and stability of representative democracy depend upon the public's confidence in the integrity of its elected and appointed representatives. Whenever the public perceives a conflict between a private interest and the public duties of a government officer or employee, that
confidence is imperil. Senator BO was a primary sponsor of arguably the most propagandized piece of legislation today. Bill S1046. BUCO politicized the tragedy and further traumatized the family by using a victim's name to push prejudice against the Hispanic and Latino community. The bill exponentially
accelerated the dehumanization of his community and therefore made them more susceptible to violence. The language that more often not than not accompanies the mention of FUCO's bill is dangerous white supremacist rhetoric. As recently as five days ago, Senator BCO voted against three bills that would help protect the community. BUCO voted
against prohibiting law enforcement officers from wearing masks and requiring them to ID themselves prior to arrest or detainment. BUCO voted against codifying the AG directive, which would clarify that our state and local law enforcement officers are not obligated to do work outside of their existing responsibilities.
voted against the Privacy Protection Act, which prohibits the collecting or sharing of personal information by government entities or healthcare facilities. Mr. Bugo also serves as co-chair of the Legislative Disability Caucus, which is a group to advocate and ensure that the needs of the disabled community are considered in public
policies. Hypocritically, Mr. Pugo has no issue turning his cheek to the inhumane treatment of disabled individuals inside of these camps. Mr. Bugo preaches affordability as a senator, but rather than targeting rising costs and corporate greed, he wants the government to spend billions of dollars on warehouses to traffic
human beings. It's imperative that we fight as hard as possible. This facility will cause irreparable damage to our community and our country. But you can't win a relay race if the last guy you pass the baton to is going to turn around and run the other way. And that's what Mr. Bo is going to do for you. Mr.
Bo is getting paid $155 an hour to sit here and play in everybody's face. We have a chance to stop this facility, but that has to start with recruiting Mr. Hugo. Thank you for your time. >> I just want to address one statement that you that you made, if you don't
mind. Our township attorney, Tony Bugo, has not advised us to just give up. He has led the fight. He's the one that's collaborated and and facilitated the partnership with New Jersey State Attorney General's office. So, he has not advised anybody to just give up.
>> Are you pleased with his work? >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Oh, so you're happy with where we're at. They close this this year. >> Okay. All right. I just want to address that. Okay. That's >> all right. Look at where we are.
>> Thank you, sir. >> All right. You're welcome. >> I'll talk. >> I'll talk. something. Do something. I don't know. Do your job. >> Good evening. My name is David Foot. I'm a resident of the lower Berkshire Valley in Roxbury Township. Um, I'm a physicist
by training and I'm a manager of manufacturing engineering and a defense contractor. I want to be clear that I'm representing myself here. I'm not representing my job, but I thought it was important to bring up my profession for a couple reasons. First, over the last few months, I've been moved by
stories I've heard of people who want to stand up and decry the brutality and evil that they see from ICE and CBP. But because of the color of their skin, their language, their gender, their economic situation, they don't feel safe doing so.
I'm a person in a position of immense privilege in our society and so I feel like it's my duty to stand up and lend my voice for the people who can't be here today. Uh the second reason I bring up my career is that I see some lessons in my day-to-day job that I think can be
instructive to my friends here on the town council. Um I spend most of my job troubleshooting complex technical devices in a manufacturing environment. Um, these are technical problems that are very, very difficult to solve and it can be tempting to sort of throw up your
hands and say, I I can't can't go any further and I just got to scrap this part. Um, but I found through experience in my career that in these tough situations, the most important thing I can do is to make a decision. Maybe not a perfect decision, but the best
possible decision to get as much value as I can out of these parts that we're building. So that brings me to you on the town council and um many of you have said out loud or in private including today that you don't support ICE buying
this facility and I want to thank you for that. Truly I do. Um but I do worry that maybe you're giving in a little bit to that sort of cynical view that I just pointed out that um you know throwing up your hand and saying we've done all we
can but I just want to implore you that that is not true and there's still actions that you can take that would meaningfully impede ICE. A lot of the people who have spoken before me have already talked about some of those things. Uh there's been a detention center moratorum and zoning amendment
put forward by community members and I think those are great starts as well. I'd also like to ask the town council to consider what it would take to physically remove power lines, water, and sewer lines in connecting to the warehouse to create an air gap between
our utilities and this new concentration camp. So, I once again want to thank you for the opposition you've already shown, but I hope you know that the fight's not over. Please work with us to do something, anything to impede these
criminals from destroying our wonderful town. Thank you. >> Hello again. Uh my name is David Broadick. Uh I'm a retired attorney. I'm a retired attorney. I live in Rockway. >> I was about to tell you I live in
Rockaway Township. Um And I had a couple of points for you, but I I wanted to say two things initially. Uh first, I'm very heartened that you're speaking to the New Jersey Attorney General's office. Uh and I hope that that's a fruitful discussion.
Secondly, I also want to let everyone know that uh this morning uh Marramac New Hampshire was told by ICE that the facility that they were attempting to purchase there, which was going to be basically the same number of beds as the Roxburg facility, uh ICE abandoned that
effort and walked away. Uh we think in part due to community opposition. So, uh all hope is not lost. Uh we're still in the fight. Um wanted to mention a couple things. So, uh, two weeks ago, I stood before you and informed you there's a conservation easement on the property
that requires one month's advanced notice to NJ on any sale of the property. Yet, Dolphin and by extension DHS chose to completely ignore this legal requirement. In doing so, they showed once again their contempt for our
state and local government and our laws. We're planning to contact NJ to see if at a minimum uh this willful uh disregard of the law results in fines or other penalties. Uh second, I wanted to
make you aware that even though DHS has now presumably purchased the facility, there are certain federal laws which will now apply which will give the town the ability to participate in the planning process going forward. And as I
did last week, I have legal citations of other things. I like to supply these to Mr. Bu after the fact if that's if that's acceptable. Um, but the bottom line of these federal laws is that DHS must consult with the township
prior to preparing any of its plans to convert the warehouse to a detention facility. It must submit these plans to the township in advance in order to allow the township to review them and prepare comments. and the township has up to 30 days to review and correct
comments. Also, during the process of conversion, if it gets to that, the town does have the right upon reasonable notice to inspect uh the properties and send uh people in to see what's happening and inspect. barring a reversal of a sale, which all
of us hope will be the uh uh the bottom line, it's important that the town should exercise these rights right now in order to have its uh input and those of its residents reflected in DHS's plans and protect the interests of the
communities in the process. Thank you. Good evening, Diana May, 30 Whisper Way East here in Ledgewood, part of Rockberry. First, thank you for your letter updating the community on the status of the ice warehouse. While all of us hoped the sale would not go through, I appreciate hearing that you
spoke to the owners earlier last week, even though they clearly lied to you when they said the sale was not pending. I also appreciate that you attempted to incentivize the owners by offering a tax abatement in lie of selling to DHS. But I most appreciate that you publicly
shared that Congressman Tom King Jr. did not engage with you in any substantial way, although he is claiming on social media, perhaps untruthfully, that he's been working closely with you all along. You also shared in your letter that DHS has completely ignored your inquiries. While we've not yet succeeded yet
succeeded in keeping an ICE detention center out of our community, this kind of transparency is important. Not only does it serve to inform the residents of this project's status, but also the precise failures of our local, state, and federal governments. We need to know the truth in order to appropriately
fight for what we stand for. I know that's not easy to speak out, especially against the members and actions of one's own political party, but it's important to be truthful and transparent. So, genuinely, thank you. Thank you to the Roxbury PD for continually ensuring our
safety at our protests, for ensuring our safety at our protests, at these meetings, and throughout the course of our daily lives. Every member of the force has demonstrated courtesy, respect, and the utmost professionalism in every single interaction. Thank you, Roxbury.
This is a question that I do hope you will answer after my time. In the interest of of truth and transparency, have you received updates on the ICE arrest and weapon discharge that took place within our town on February 10th? I sent an inquiry to the acting New Jersey attorney general and asked for an
objective in investigation and reporting of facts but have not received a response. Again, I expect that the office would be more likely to respond to this council than to me as a resident. Since we've already experienced multiple instances in which other branches of government have
ignored all of us, I again urge you to continue reaching out to the AG's office to learn the facts and then communicate the truth of what occurred that day with within the community and share that information with the community. I fear that the truth is quite different than
what DHS reported publicly within mere hours of the event. In December and January, this council stated that the ICE facility was a hypothetical and that this council could not make plans for a hypothetical situation. The speakers at these meetings have urged this council
to be proactive time and time again because the current federal administration repeatedly withholds critical information at its best and tells outright lies at its worst. Now that this is Now that this ICE prison is clearly in the works and the state and federal officials are clearly lying, can
we please make plans to fight this project with the primary goal of stopping it and a secondary goal of at least making it as difficult as possible for the federal administration so they hesitate to take advantage of our town again in the future? And >> thank you.
>> Is that the time? >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Can you can you please answer if you get in touch with the AG's office? about that getting the facts of that incident. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Good evening. My name is Michael Anthony
from Landing, New Jersey. Um I spoke here several weeks ago with prepared remarks tonight. I'm just going to have two points. The first one has already been covered. It's it's about the town's legal representation. So I'm not going to spend any more time talking about that. What I will do is put this in
human terms. I have been a resident of this town for half a century and some of the people on this council I have seen for quite a long time and they have served this community well and I'm asking you directly
do you want that legacy overshadowed by being part of a group that brought a prison to Rochester because it's that simple nothing else so lofty words are great actions demand response
So, please do what you have to, but I have one question and I know I'm not supposed to ask questions, but I want to make sure I heard. Councilman Riley, did you did I hear you correctly say that this group is not representative of Roxbury or it is? >> No. Majority of people that speak at
these meetings are not the majority of >> I'm not saying there's not Roxberry residents here. I'm just a lot of people that will not come here. >> Okay. >> No, I just wanted a clarification. That's all. >> Thank you, sir. >> Thank you very much. >> Hi, George. Menon Township is my
residence. >> Your name last name again, please. >> Sure. Uh, first name is George, last name. I can spell it or that's it. >> Could you spell it? >> Sure. D E space P O M
>> P I G N A N >> Yes. >> So, the gentleman behind me uh we learned that these are not representative folks, but I do believe that they're representative of the conflict that exists uh based on their reaction to the situation and them
knowing about uh your attorney Buo's uh position as a Republican in the Senate. And I don't understand why someone here doesn't go ahead and make the claim. Uh you can file it with the Roxbury clerk. Uh she's got to forward it. Unless I'm wrong about standing, I think any
citizen can do that and the Roxbury clerk will will forward it to the local finance board. Uh because uh that's the way the jurisdiction works for this particular town. Uh someone mentioned the citations. it was the model, I'm sorry, the rules of professional conduct
and maybe they mentioned the local government uh ethics law. But both of those uh both of those uh controlling authorities would uh I think uh suggest that Mr. Buo should should uh in the
case of the uh model I mean the professional rules of conduct that he should uh leave the representation because of the his own personal interest being intermingled in this >> and and likewise uh the uh the the municipal law uh because uh for the same
reason. Now, as a public entity, you cannot u uh wave the conflict if there is a conflict or an appearance because it's just not permitted under Jersey law because having something that looks like that kills the public trust. So, if you're private individuals, you could go
ahead and wave the client say, "Well, I want Tony anyway to represent me, you know, even though he's, you know, lost that actually opposed this situation uh over there as a Republican in the Senate." So, uh, but you can't if you look at the loss of someone I invite to go ahead and file a complaint. Now, as
far as the, uh, the conflict, I looked, I just asked AI. So, what's up with, uh, Republican voters, uh, uh, opinion of the, uh, uh, immigration mass deportation effort currently. And it's pretty shocking that, you know,
Republican voters are uh give or take, depending on the way the questions asked, between 75 and 85% support the current mass deportation uh effort. So, I don't understand how uh a senator that is about to will have to go into a
primary race, which is uh infested with nothing but Republican voters who are probably to the right of the rest of the Republican voters. They're going to monopolize that primary. And Tony can't really go in there and say, "Hey, uh, you know, well, something what'll happen is if he knaps ICE and does what he has
to do here for the Roxberry constituency, which are Nimby, then he's going to his larger constituency is the 25th legislative uh district, and they're going to they're going to basically throw him out in the primary. He'll probably draw his first opponent that he's ever had uh because he never
did as a senator uh in the primary. So uh in my view, he's threading the needle right now. he's uh basically just not going to uh go ahead and and decap them and he'll lose and still get paid here and then still have his electoral
viability. So that's not the kind of lawyer I'd be looking to have represent my case from Sak. I Daniel Hawk like Bert. Uh I was not originally planning on speaking tonight, but I'm so disgusted by what I've seen
occurred. First of all, Buo, you got to go. I grew up in this area. I moved here later in life. >> I just want to make a reminder that we're not addressing anybody but the council. Okay, guys. Thank you very much. >> I grew up in this area, not in Roxberry,
but I grew up mixed race and that presented its own challenges. Uh, what part of me is German, and a unique challenge that that presented me with was learning about World War II, learning about the Holocaust, and wondering how these atrocities could
happen and how these could unfold with the people share the blood that runs through my veins. And as I stand here today and I watch all of you offer empty words, I know exactly how that happened. And I don't want to see that happen here. And in 20 years, when this is all
over and all of you, you collaborators and people who do not stand in direct moral opposition of this are trying to tell your children and grandchildren what happened. Now, just remember, history does not look kindly on fascist collaborators.
Bonnie, Repres Mr. Buo stated, "This is not the time to lob a bunch of political bombs. I would encourage folks to rise above the political temperature and work together for the betterment of the township. Those that don't do a disservice to the community. I'm sure we
all agree we're all human beings before Democrats, Republicans or independents. So his statements about political bombs is irrelevant and frankly the further comment about the disservice to the community quite the contrary when he has had no communication with the grassroots
people on the ground doing the real work to stop this including attorneys in the community. Furthermore, while he states the fact is the township agrees now as it did on day one that this location is absolutely wrong for this type of facility. But his votes as a senator in
New Jersey reflect opposite of what is being stated within so many resources available shown all the bills that he opposed that would help the community. with all of the bills he has opposed thus supporting DHS. I rhetorically ask you when an individual is doing
everything possible to help DHS, how is it that he is logically capable of helping the town council fight against the very thing he is supporting? That directly is a conflict of interest. With the crowd size tonight, I also want to reiterate that the township council made
a direct statement honoring Charlie Kirk held in this town. Despite three attempts, the council has refused to make a statement denouncing the illegal, inhumane actions by DHS that have cost people's lives, injured others, and the list goes on.
It is terribly frightening to me that such behavior by DHS could occur literally here and the council would not denounce it. Let's think about the word humane in human beings. And I invite all of you to stand with us on Saturday, February 28th between 11:00 am and 1 pm
to say no ice in Roxberry. Good evening, Adam McGovern, 87 St. John's in uh part. Uh, I've welcomed the strong words in the mayor and council's statement on the bad faith of the warehouse owners, the federal government, even this district's congressman. But actions have to be just
as strong. There's a big difference between saying we don't want this and saying we're going to make it harder for you. The latter is about the actions you take, which in the end is all that's meaningful. So far, you've been more on the we don't want this side, and your residents and other concerned allies have been pressing, how do we make this
harder for ICE to accomplish? You have to throw everything possible in their path, and that means still passing the ordinances we've been asking for. Daffin and DHS slapped you in the face, and you need to slap back. In the meantime, Congressman Kaine has insulted you again, saying he'll try and pass a grant
program so that someday you can go to his cronies at DHS, who won't even answer your emails, and you can beg them for a fraction of blood money to cover disruptions that will make the sinkhole look like snow flurries, and somehow make up for having an ashitz down the street. Instead, you could pass the
ordinances tonight. I hear that Senator Muko advises you against this. Respectfully, you've listened to his advice so far, and we know where we are. But this need not be about him or his possible malfeasants. Ordinances are what are in your power, mayor and council, and it's time to make your
words law. You believe there are many laws already on your side and other levers in your hands. 12 years ago, a town in Florida was upheld in court for simply refusing to turn on the water for a mass federal detention center under our previous mass deporting President Obama. But we don't want to get to that
point. We want to make the road as long and as stream with obstacles as possible when they start to bring in contractors illegally with no permits like they did in Delaney. Are you going to serve them with daily vetilations? When they don't pay, are you going to close the road and put padlocks on the property? These are headaches for you
and we'll stand behind you in making it more painful for them. >> Hi, my name is Ann Yale. I live on Main Street in Fort Morris, arguably one of the perkier neighborhoods in town. Um I I I'm going to try not to say anything
stupid, but um I take an active and engaged interest in the health of the wershed in which we live. One of which is the Muskong, which is where all the sewage would go. The Muskanakong is not a very big river and it cannot hold that much. So it would be at risk of
contamination all the way down to the Delaware. With climate change, water is getting harder and harder to come by. Um our wells capacity. I'm pretty sure my personal well is burning dry already. Um, so logistical issues aside though, I
hear people talking about protecting the town, protecting the environment, protecting the neighborhoods. What about protecting the people who are going to live there? Um, seeing the behavior of DHS agents that have been on the roads, um, reports of
conditions in existing facilities. I just say right now I I like to take my walks in the evening and I can see the warehouse lights from where I am and the last thing I want for any of us is to live downhill fromler last week before the warehouse property
was sold. I emailed you personally to pass along info about ICE abuses and the impact of their presence in suburbs nationwide. I also expressed empathy for the position you're in. As Republican officials and majority Republican town,
you're now fighting against a Republican administration. You've gotten backlash from those who say you're not doing enough, which increasingly appears to be the case even though you've taken some important steps and those accusing you of being hypocritical. Even though state law requires you to
reserve a portion of each meeting for public comment, you have for the most part respectfully allowed us to speak and peacefully protest. In that way, you're upholding democracy and our constitutional rights. But these rights are being trampled by a federal government that, as you stated publicly
yourselves, has treated you and your residents with an utter lack of lack of transparency, concern, and respect. Republican leaders have failed to support you. Republican voters have trashed on social media. If you ever thought you owed allegiance to your
party, I hope you'll reconsider. Tonight, Councilman Riley, and I believe you, Mayor, sorry if I'm wrong. I was in the overflow room, made a point of saying that you support DHS and immigration law, but DHS is not following immigration law and has written other
laws as well. Courts nationwide have found ISIS unlawfully detained people 4,500 times. Rulings that have been disregarded by by DHS. ICE enters homes without judicial warrants. They are murdering or attempting to murder
immigrants, citizens, and protesters and repeatedly lying about it even after video and courts prove them wrong. In Hopaccon last month, an immigrant had his tire shot out by an ICE agent brandishing a gun on a public road. HS gave a tunable spin. He was ramming their car, attacking the agents, but his
account in patch.com states otherwise and needs to be taken seriously. I have two additional points. Senator Hugo should not be paid to offer counsel when his when he supports policy that would expand the presence of ICE and its authority. Even if you have faith in his intentions and legal advice, his role
creates a an appearance of conflict of interest and he should at least recuse himself. Finally, in public statements, you have made absolutely no mention of the wellocumented human and civil rights abuses rampant at DHS detention centers and the brutal, unlawful conduct of ICE.
Yes, you want to protect Roberry's infrastructure, raidables, resources, public safety, and property values. But Roxberry doesn't exist in a bubble. This center and increased ICE presence will cause untold suffering and damage in and outside your borders. It's your duty to educate yourselves as councils, as a
council, and as citizens instead of remaining willfully ignorant for failing to speak out. Take a stand so that we can feel confident you're doing everything in your power to stop this. >> Good evening. My name is Bria Spots. I live at 64 St. Mary's Drive in Sakasana, which is a part of Roxberry Township.
I've been a taxpayer and property owner for about 14 years now. I just want to kind of put things in a little bit of a different perspective for you. Imagine that your child or your grandkid was on a sports team and they were preparing for the the final uh game of their
competitive season against a rival, right? The coaches come in and they're like, "Hey, we're going to bring in a clinician to help to help them to give them last minute advice to help them for their game." Sounds like an amazing idea to bring in a clinician, an expert. And
then as parents, you find out that clinician is a parent for the other team. We're paying that clinician to give our kids advice to win when that clinician's vested interest is in the success of the other team. As a parent, that would piss me off. And as a
taxpayer and a community member, it also pisses me off. Thank you. Sierra Wilson. I live in Bud Lake. I'm going to share a few quotes with uh with this council and with uh the people behind me. Each of these are quotes from
uh ICE detention centers. The first one, and and by the way, some of these are going to be difficult. Um so, the first one, we were not able to sleep at night because of the cold. At one point, my six-month-old daughter did fall asleep
briefly as I laid her down on the cold concrete floor. She was able to sleep a little bit, but she was shivering from the cold as she slept. That's the mother of a six-month old infant. The second quote, "In order to eat the first night, we found some crackers that were lying
on the ground and left over from other families. We divided the crackers amongst the four children in the cell, but my son kept crying and saying that he wanted food." The next quote, "To this day, I don't know what we did to be here. I feel like I'll never get out of here. I just ask that you don't forget
about us. That's by a 13-year-old. And the last quote, "One night passes, then a second night, and we are still in the same conditions without food or drinks. Cold, hunger, and thirst torment us."
And I lied to you. Three of those are from ICE detention centers. One of those is from Dao concentration camp, the first concentration camp in Nazi Germany. I'm wondering if you can tell me which one. If you had to guess, which
of those four awful quotes was a concentration camp and which of the other three were from ICE detention centers? Thank you. >> Good evening. My name is Miguel Manalo. I live in Habatcom here because of the proposed ICE detention facility at 1879
Route 46. It affects this entire region and my neighborhood. It means ICE agents monitoring our gatherings that make this area worth living in. It means increased discharge into the Muskanetcon, threatening the waterways that connect our towns. It means more operations like
the one earlier this month that's been talked about on Durban in Habaccon where agents drove recklessly and disarged a firearm in front of the elementary school. Gently worried that a federal detention facility is about to be built in my backyard. I believe that's partly
the result of the conflict of interest that this community has already spoken of many times tonight. New Jersey has addressed this kind of conflict twice and both times it said the same thing. Case one, estate v. Clerk decided by the state supreme court in Jan 2000. An
attorney named E. Ronald Wright was assigned by the public defender to represent a criminal defendant in Middle Sex County Superior Court. At the same time, Wright was serving as a part-time municipal prosecutor in New Brunswick, same county. The parties agreed there was no actual conflict in that specific
case. But that did not matter. A unanimous court held that the dual role was impermissible. Anyway, Justice Coleman wrote that the integrity of the legal system could be impaired by an attorney serving two roles that pull in opposite directions, even with no proven
harm. The court amended its own rules on the spot. Then six years later, the NJ advisory committee on professional ethics court attorneys picked up that principle and extended it. In opinion 709 from ' 06, the committee looked at a
municipal police officer who was also a licensed attorney representing criminal defense clients. No actual conflict there either, they found, but again, that did not matter. The committee held that the officer's loyalty to the municipality as a public employee was itself enough substantial risk of
compromised legal judgment prohibited under the rules of professional conduct. Again, a dual role that was prohibited. I have four printed packets that I can give to the give to the officer after my time. I want to be clear about why this matters to you and to your neighbors
like myself and folks here specifically. Your township attorney cannot give this council his undivided loyalty. His judgment is shaped even subtly by his political interests. And Roxbury residents may have lost their best legal advocate at exactly the moment they
needed one most. That is a concrete harm and it is happening right now. Uh Senator Bugos currently serves as Roxbury Township attorney and simultaneously as our state senator for district 24 and state senate Republican minority leader. His personal and
political stake in the federal immigration enforcement is on the record. Under both Clark and Opinion 709, a structural conflict like that doesn't require proof of specific harm. The dual role itself is the problem. The rules of professional conduct say that a
lawyer cannot represent a client when his own personal interests get in the way of giving that client honest, undivided advice. Thank you. Hello. Uh my name is Aish Gupta. I live in Newton, New Jersey. And uh I would
like to say that I support the decisions put or the recommendations put forward by other concerned citizens that uh Buco has a conflict of interest due to his position in the state senate. I think he should resign immediately and the council should seek outside legal uh
outside legal counsel on these matters so that we can prevent this uh concentration camp from being built. Uh I think I want to echo calls for the council to establish a moratorum on all private detention facilities and I want
them also to uh establish the zoning ordinance to prevent detention centers from being built in Roxbury. Let me be clear. This is a concentration camp. People are being denied due process and they're being detained on the basis of their ethnicity. Not because they have
committed crimes. These people are going these people, when I say that, I mean ICE are going doortodoor picking people up. Uh I've been to Delaney Hall. I've seen the conditions there. Uh people inside are denied access to edible food food. They've been denied access to
medical care. And if you have any concerns about this place being a death camp, uh there have been people who have died inside due to these conditions. Uh I've seen the families standing outside, denied access to their loved ones because they're wearing leggings, forced to stand in sub freezing temperatures,
and then rushed out after 10 minutes. Uh there are members on this council that say that they support ICE. They support an agency that is depriving innocent people of due process and sending them to torture facilities. There are members on this council who view me as an
outside agitator despite the fact that I've come here tonight to speak on behalf of humanity, on the behalf of the humanity of immigrants, and to state firmly that I do not support a concentration camp being built in my backyard. Um, and while feckless
bureaucrats may prevent may not be able to prevent this camp from being built, everyone in this room who has come out to support this cause will stand in the way of DHS and ICE from building this facility. Where you guys fail, we will rise to the occasion. I want to say we
stage my name is Aish Gupta. I'm a democratic socialist and people like me were some of the first to be sent to DAL. Hi, my name is Jerry Kramer from Wagon. Stop pretending this is normal. This is not about immigration and removing the worst of the worst. Do you really think
it is appropriate for the federal administration to offer billionaires and expedited permanent citizenship with tax breaks to people whose only extraordinary ability is that they are able to afford their way in with Trump's
Visa Gold card? While those who are actually deserving and looking to improve the lives of their families while contributing to this country and our communities are being detained and deported to god knows where. Does this
sit right with you? Our country exists because migration exists and regardless of status all are protected under the Constitution. What is a better representation of the values of the United States of America?
The values of the people or the values of those who enforce a dangerous abuse of power. Sorry. The current reputation of our country is one of disgrace around the world. Protests are happening all over the world against the unacceptable
behavior of our federal agents and mass deportation. I don't see thousands of people in this country or worldwide protesting in favor of the mass deportation policies and detainment warehouses.
One example of unacceptable mig migrant deportation that is contributed to the disrespect is non-refilement which is a fundamental principle of international law rooted in 1951 refugee convention prohibiting the states from
returning or expelling returning or expelling individuals to territories where they face a serious risk of persecution, torture, inhumane treatment or irreparable harm. It applies to all immigrants regardless of status and is
considered customary internationally. Some of these people are forced to wait for deportation in fear and horror with abuse within these detainment camps for months. What America needs is more is like a gentleman named Gasta Enzel, a
low-level Swedish bureaucrat who worked to save Sorry. a low-level Swedish bureaucrat who you bureaucrat who used paperwork to save thousands of Jewish lives. His transformation from a neutral official
to one acting on morals and compassion turned him to him into a hero forever remembered in association with saving people during World War II. Meanwhile, in Denmark during World War II, there were multiple camps built to
capacity with people waiting to be deported. I'm not saying we are deporting people to mass death camps, but what are the conditions? >> Mr. Kramer, I give you extra time to
read yourself. Thank you very much. >> I can speak for no Just one second. >> Is there anybody else in the hallway? >> Okay. >> The young lady in the back. She'll be
the last person to speak during this public portion. Okay. >> My name is Chris Tro. I live in Mount Olive. Um, this is not a dictatorship as much as we'd like to think it is. As much as as scary as what's going on in government right now is, um, we still
live in a system of federalism. There are still laws that need to be enforced. We still have states that have their own sovereignty. We still have local jurisdictions that have their own right to self-determination. And every single time that the Trump administration is challenged in court,
they lose. Every single time. Every single time ICE tries to overstep, as every single time that they try to mobilize the National Guard in different states, and you can look me in the eye while I'm talking, they lose. So you guys continuing to have a Republican
leader on staff who is consistently proceed, who is adamantly pro ICE, is not acceptable to us. And we call for his resignation. And you guys say that you oppose this. and you sit here in front of us every single every single week with nothing on the agenda formally
that even mentions ICE. There are no resolutions. There are no ordinances. There are no zoning adoptions. And there are citizens in here that have come here every single week who pour their hearts out to you and you guys look at them with contempt. You guys look at them like you're bored, like you just want
this to disappear, move on. And people come here with legal arguments. People come here with meaningful pathways to fighting this and still nothing has changed. And it it's embarrassing to even tell people that I grew up here, that I'm from here, that I'm from the town that
has an ICE detention facility, a concentration camp that is being proposed in our backyard. But at the end of the day, you don't represent us. You don't speak for us. We are represented by the hundreds of people who come here every single week. people from the community who are fighting for people
who they do not know, people that do not look like us. And we are doing it selflessly. We are not being paid to do this. You guys are here paid every single week to represent this community and you're failing to do so. You're failing to protect us. And it is an absolute embarrassment. and all
you need to >> Lauren Sang. I'm on street. Um I come here every >> um I've lived here for 13 years and I and I love it here and I echo all the statements that have been said here tonight. opposing this facility.
I'm not going to go into anything uh big and everybody's been saying their piece and I agree. Um but I'm also asking for an independent attorney to come in and assist us going forward. I understand that Mr. Mayor, you are happy with Mr. effort so far, but his practice are
clearly not working and we deserve more. Also, Councilman Riley, tonight I heard that you said that we don't represent all of Roxbury. Then where are they? Why aren't they here speaking up for their town? Whether against this facility. Their silence should not count more than
us speaking out here every 90 Union brick road town that's in county and I wasn't sure what I wanted to talk about my three minutes maybe my visit to the last zoning board meeting or my visit to Delaney Hall on
Valentine's Day. So, since I'd never been there before, I'm assuming most of you haven't been there either, right? No one's going to go any detention facility. So, the group I was with, we delivered cup of noodles and shopper gift cards.
>> And that's because the local local group lets us know what to bring. Uh the building has razor wire on the top of all the walls. Uh there's a large tent down the street with all kinds of supplies. You can think of diapers,
napkins, diapers, food, snacks. And there was also a gentleman there when we first pulled up, he had three bins uh at the entrance that were labeled shirts, pants, and coats. And that's because the visitors get harassed a
little bit for their appearance. So, what was my job? My job was to stand in front of her as a volunteer and greet all the visitors. They came out and ask me help. And one of the ladies said to me, where do I return these sweatpants? And she had been given sweatpants because her black leggings were
considered improper, but I said, "Why don't you just keep them?" She's like, "No, they were given to me. I got to give them back." So, she gave them back. They're going to get wondered. Uh the uh that volunteer also showed us all kinds of information, but he had a scheduled
visit paperwork. You're only allowed to visit for one hour a day, and you're not allowed to take the hour. It's by your cell block. So, and I had to help one gentleman tell him listen you Mr. He showed up at 11:30 and the block had gone from 10:30 to 11:30. So he was out of luck for that day. I also saw two
people who were freshly released but I didn't get to talk to them because they were because I was helping the uh the visitors that were returning. Uh we were in the center of Port Newark. Uh various delivery trucks, tractor trailers, and
city buses beeped at us in support. Uh if you plan to visit, we went down. It took us an hour to get there. We stayed for about an hour and 15 minutes and we drove back. It's on street parking and there's a Lo's truck stop right down the
road if you need a bathroom or a beverage. Thank you. >> Good evening, council. My name is Susan Rosenthal. I'm a resident of Township and have lived there for 48 years. neighboring community. There has been
much discussion this evening about the Holocaust, genocide, concentration camps. Most of you people in this room represent some religion, be it a church, a temple, a mosque. There are in hanging
in each of those facilities are the ten commandments. But there has been reference recently to an 11th commandment, the commandment Thou shalt not be a bystander. I have only attended one other meeting
December 30th, 2025 when you gentlemen stood and lady, I'm sorry, stood here and said that you had first learned about the possibility of a detention center.
I'm also a parallegal, a practicing parallegal. I believe that on December 30th, 2025, you knew there might be a contract. A closing on a commercial piece of
property doesn't take place overnight. >> It had to have been in existence at least one month. And there have been no ordinances, no resolutions, no actions. Please, I beg of you, don't be a
bystander. Thank you. >> Good evening. I'm Carmela Cazero and I live in Roxbury and I'm 17 years old. I lived in Roxbury my whole life and I currently go to school here. I'm a senior in high school. I've grown up in this community. I even went to school with some of your kids. This is my home.
I'm standing here tonight not as a politician or an expert, but a teenager for who is scared for what's to come. I speak not only for myself, but some of my peers at Roxbury High School. I urge you to make plans to fight against the ICE facility. The many of people who
spoke before me went into great detail about how to do this. We have seen the violence that DHS has committed, some not even far from here. When I think about the town I want to grow up in, I hope it's the one that chooses compassion over fear. I hope it's one that protects its neighbors. I hope it's
one that makes young people like me feel proud and not afraid. I love Roxbury and that's why I'm standing up here and I'm asking you to make choices that keep it a place where everybody feels safe. And I urge you to fight and if you won't, we will. Thank you.
My name is Nancy Gable. I am a resident of Washington Township in Long Valley. Um, I am not 17 years old. Um, I am the proud granddaughter of my grandfather who fought in World
War I and I am an even prouder daughter of my father who fought in World War II. >> One second. >> We've closed public. >> She seated me her remaining time. She did not. I'm going to be 30 seconds. Last minute behind you.
>> Oh, so I >> Okay, thank you. Okay, >> I'm sorry. I'm just letting you know. >> This will be very >> right. This will be very fast. I want you to think about the other speakers who have brought up the issue of the inhumane treatment of the uh detainees
in the in the detention facilities and how this might come to pass here. And in contrast to that, I want to remind you of what just recently happened with the common dawn of this organization, Christy Nome, who had to change planes
because there was a maintenance issue. And when she changed planes, her special blanket was not did not make it on her new plane. And what did she do? She fired the air the uh the uh Coast Guard
pilot of that plane. This is the mentality we're dealing with and cruelty is the point, >> right? >> And it does not apply to them. >> That's right. >> I close public. Move on to item 15. Do we have executive session tonight?
>> Seeing none, motion to adjourn. >> All in favor? Thank you everyone.