Right. Yeah. Good. All right. It still is started. William 13. That's fine. To the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Amy, can you please read the open public meeting? Adequate notice of this meeting of the township council of the township
of Roxbury was given as required by the open public meeting fact as follows on December 31st 2025. Notice was emailed in fact to the daily record the north side in the west morse reporter and published in the daily record. Notice also remain posted throughout the year on the bullet board in the main hallway
of the municipal building. >> Thank you. Roll call. >> Councilwoman Albert >> here. >> Councilman Kerry >> here. >> Deputy Mayor Crowley here. Councilman D. Philippo. >> Councilman Hall, >> I'm here. >> Councilman Riley >> here. >> Mayor Patillo
>> here. This brings us to item four, introduction and adoption of resolution number 2026-029. Before I read the resolution, I just like to make a quick statement. Uh, I'd like to thank our township representatives and professional staff for their guidance on this resolution.
This council will not take a reactionary or uninformed approach in opposing any rumored action by federal government without a clearer understanding of our legal and strategic position. The safety and protection of our residents, their property, and their services have always
been and will continue to be this council's highest priority. Resolution 2026-029, a resolution of the Township Council of the Township of Roxbury, Morris County, State of New Jersey, opposing the
locating of a United States immigration and custom enforcement processing for detention facility in warehouses within the township of Roxberry. Now therefore be resolved the township council of the township of Roxbury, the county of
Morris and state of New Jersey hereby unequivocally oppose the conversion of existing industrial warehouses within the township for the creation of US immigration and customs enforcement processing facilities or any other facility that disregards the township's
land use or regulatory ordinances and creates unanticipated burden upon the township's infrastruure. structure resources and services. I have a motion. >> I'll make that motion. >> Any further discussion?
>> Councilman, while I support this resolution, clear officials. I'd also like to um say that I am not voting against any of our country's laws, including our immigration laws. Um
it is my job to protect the residents of Roxberry and that's what I'm doing here. Any other Councilman Hall? This resolution as a draft right now is
should help with our decision making process going forward. This is necessary because this facility simply does not represent the fabric for the character
and it's very important that we put this forth and further discussion. Roll call. >> Councilwoman Alrech. >> Yes. >> Councilman Kerry. >> Yes. Deputy Mayor Crowley, >> yes.
>> Councilman Hall, >> yes. >> Councilman Riley, >> yes. >> Mayor Patello, >> yes. >> Motion carried. >> This brings us to item five, presentations of the center. There are none. >> Brings us item six, approval of minutes, December 9th, 2025
and special meeting December 30th, 2025. >> I'll second. Any discussion? Seeing none. Roll call. >> Councilwoman Alback. Yes. >> Councilman Kerry. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Crowley. >> Yes. >> Councilman Hall. >> Yes. >> Councilman Riley. >> Yes.
>> Mayor Pillow? >> Yes. >> Motion carried. >> Thank you. This brings us to our first public portion. Um before I open up to the public, I'd like to ask that um if anyone's here to comment on the Washington Post's article, if could you
please wait to our second public portion? We do have um township business to conduct. Uh and there might be other residents, Roxbury residents that are here that like to be heard as well. Uh so I just ask if you could if you could hold your comment on the Washington Post
for the second public portion. Be appreciated. So first public portion. Would anybody in the public wish to be heard on any topic? Please come to the microphone, state your name and address for the record. Uh, and I'd ask that everyone maintain the three minute rule and that
you appear one time. >> My name is John Hall. No relation to Fred I that I know of. Um, 526 Dina Road. I've been a resident at Roxberry for 47 years. My question is, I know
this is all proposed or a rumor, but it seems that the logical site would be Hercules. As far as I know, Hercules has a definite problem with the ground contamination. Would any of that cleanup
be part of the consideration of using that site? everything that was in. >> Hi, my name is Kathy Purcell. I've been in Roxberry for about 32 years. I've never done this before. Number one, I have nothing to do with what's going on
here. I was just going to bring something that I have a pseudo complaint about about my own neighborhood. Is that okay? What am I supposed to say now? Okay. So, I live on Park View Drive. Um I feel we've been neglected and being
told numerous times that we're next to have our sidewalks and streets repaired. Many other streets around Elen Woods have been done. Our sidewalks need repair. Our sidewalks are cracked, uneven. employee. Actually, an employee from your business actually took two
trained individuals to show them how to fix an elevation on the sidewalk. I thought he was there to repair my sidewalk. I was so excited. So, I went to talk to them and they said, "Um, no, they're training people how to fix a
sidewalk." They proceeded to paste this white stuff on my sidewalk. and now my sidewalk is two different colors. So, I'm I'm pretty upset. And he actually didn't have nice things to say about why they were doing this on our street. So,
I feel it's a little inappropriate to come into people's lawns and to people and I know the sidewalk belongs to the town, but why do you have to come and ruin my sidewalk in a nice area that's on Park View Drive when there's enough trouble on the streets as it is? Um, so
yeah, they didn't have really nice things to say about the people that sent them out to do this. Um, and he also said the reasons were useless that they were even doing this on the property. Um, recently FiOS came through our neighborhood and they were cutting up
our lawns. Um, and across the street a huge pipe burst. They took lots of digging outside of my home and my neighbor's home and they worked on it until about 1:00 in the morning because it was horrible. I now
have a huge patch in another color in front of my driveway. The township keeps adding multiple colors sprayed on my lawn, the street, the sidewalk to help the town identify the cables, the gas, the water lines. So, it's it's looks
ridiculous. my my property. Our streets have not been touched in years and we have uneven pavements, potholes, and are in desperate need of repair. I really wish somebody would come and look at Parkview Drive and notice all of the problems that we're having on the
street considering how much we pay in taxes and how I like to keep my lawn nice and I spend lots of money having people come and take care of my lawn and my street looked horrible. That's all. Thank you so much. The rest of you enjoy
yours. Um, I'm Jane Aton and I'm representing a a a group of us from Rigs Avenue in Ledgewood >> and um I've lived there for 55 years and >> you live on Rigs Avenue. >> We live on Rigs Avenue. Yes. And um what
we'd like to do is explain some of the circumstances surrounding what creates a great deal of concern for us. But first and foremost, I want to thank Roxbury Township for putting the emergency gates at the end of uh Ricks Avenue and um
Park Place or not Park Place but uh Reuters Place. Uh we really appreciate that. uh your police department, fire department have been ex you know just fantastic to deal with over the years and we just want to compliment folks for installing that our
security. The concern we have is we have a beautiful neighborhood. Rigs Avenue has been absolutely beautiful. I know you can't see these pictures, but I took these on January 1st because I walked out and I thought, "Wow, not a single
car on our street, Morris Street, or around the neighborhood." I just couldn't believe it. I thought, "Wow, I can finally see our neighborhood again." Unfortunately, I got up January 2nd and we were
hijacked again. It's become an absolutely chaotic nightmare over there. I swear that our street, Rick's Avenue, Morris Avenue, and that whole block has to be one of the worst track nightmares in all
of Roxbury at this point. It's just I look out, I can't ever see any of my friends anymore. All we see is a wall of cars. Many times our street Rigs Avenue and Morris Avenue end up being
only one lane rather than two lanes. Sometimes Morris A has no lanes because they park on both sides. >> What we're asking is we just want our neighborhood back. >> You know, I just um I'm just >> We just became aware of the issue today.
It was brought up to up to us today. Um, I'm going to ask the township manager to follow up with some of the residents in your area with some solutions that we have we're working on. I'm not saying that we have working on them. Um, Jay,
is there anything you'd like to add for this? >> So, uh, yes, ma'am. Uh I became aware today of uh one of the commercial properties, the retail properties that have u exceeded the capacity that they were brief approved for. Uh they were
sent a letter on January 7th and uh we have to give them 10 days to correct the issue otherwise we're going to be out there. We will help correct the issue. So, we understand that they were approved for a certain amount of uh seats and they are beyond capacity of
what they're offering which is causing parking issues. They when they came in for their initial permit, they thought that they were going to be able to handle all the their customers on their their own parking. That obviously hasn't been the case. So, doing two different
things. The police department's also looking uh for some solutions. No parking on one side. We may understand with the residents to make sure that's a a fix and that doesn't cause a problem. >> Could we make one request? Could
something be done immediately? We're going to have a fatality in our neighborhood. Be good. >> Can I give you my card and and I I'd be willing to come out and meet with a couple of the residents. Uh where >> we're right here. >> Okay. So, I have I have a couple cards.
It's just even if somebody puts a temporary no parking sign up, it's it's it's >> we want to make sure the res >> we're just really pleased. It's >> solution
benefits you just interject. >> I'm sorry. I don't mean to be rude, but I think if you allow your name and address >> I'm sorry, Kevin. out. >> I'll give you my card. >> Yeah. If you allow me to give you these documents, I think it would help you
better understand >> the problem. I didn't mean to cut Jane off, but I have a real concern for health and safety. If there was a fire or, God forbid, someone needed an ambulance, I can tell you FedEx, UPS,
Amazon had to walk down the street. They had to walk down the street because they couldn't get through the garbage truck every Tuesday is up on my lawn because they cannot get
down Mars. So, with your permission, I'd like to give you these. >> You don't have to look at them now. Um, but I help think it would help immensely to get a better understanding of really how bad it is. There's nowhere less than
20 to 30 cars. Every single day there are cars. I can't leave my house. I have to time when I leave my house. So, I appreciate you very much addressing. >> No one disagrees with you. Nobody >> I know you're not. I know. But >> we just want to develop a plan with you >> and I appreciate that.
>> I appreciate that. I I definitely appreciate Roxbury. It's a great town. I've been here 15 years. I think I speak for my neighbors. We're at a breaking point because we were hoping things would get better and it has gotten drastically worse.
>> Drastically, I will give you I'll give the card to everybody, but what what I would ask if you wouldn't mind by show hands to the residents are here. I'm working in conjunction with the police department. Are you in favor of prohibiting parking during the >> So
>> during all day timeout during what? >> During the operation of the when Roosters is open. >> Yes. >> Between like 9 and two or whatever their hours and then that way you guys on the weekends or whatever prohibited.
That's something Let me tell the police chiefs in the back. >> I know. >> So I I I would I would tell you uh the police chief's in the back. He'll raise his hand uh when when the last speaker on this issue is done. The police chief will meet with you in the back. I can't
really get up and leave during the meeting, but uh he'll talk to you about the plan and why don't you work in conjunction with the police chief, but he's already has his team on this and if that works, we'll try to imple as soon as possible. >> We want to work with the res make the
res get what you guys need and deserve >> but it doesn't just limit the customers of that store either. It it's it's an overall no. So just make sure that we can all work together to
accomplish what you what you need. >> My name is Jason Tito. I live at Vibr. Uh, normally my job is to protect democracy, not practice it. But, um, my house is caddy corner to this
establishment. I've already hit somebody coming out of my driveway because I couldn't see them. They couldn't see me. Had a fire in my kitchen a couple years back. The fire engine couldn't get to my house. I had to put out my own fire. Not happy.
>> Yes. >> All right. So, let's get it done. >> Thanks. >> Thank you. >> Anybody from Rigav wants to meet with the police chief in the back? Just raise your hand.
>> I also live on rig. My name is Terrence Flint. My son loves to play basketball. Much to the secret of my neighbor, >> Terrence Flint at 10.
>> My son loves to play basketball. My neighbors might be peeved sometimes cuz he's out there weird hours, but he hasn't been able to do that. Uh garbage truck, can I'm surprised the garbage company hasn't alerted you guys prior to
this because the driver is hopping out of the truck every week. to wait for somebody to move their cars and it's a danger. I can't get out of my If people were consider how they park
their cars, it might work. >> People are generally not Good evening, council. My name's Jody Boyer. I'm on 14 Ray Tab. And what I'm really concerned about is with that choke point right there where they park alongside
the the Roosters and alongside the parking to uh the Sherwin Williams. Um Saturday and Sunday, it's there most of the day. So, I'm wondering what about when I go to sell my house and I have an open house on Saturday and Sunday. Customers are going to drive through
this choke point. I'm worried about my what how it's going to affect my my my when I want to sell my house. Okay. >> Again, we we understand we understand the problem and we want to work to make sure that you guys are taken care of. This is just the first time council.
>> Okay. No, that's cool. Thank you guys for doing this. Um they're coming down and turning around and our and our you you put up the uh dead end sign. It was my wife who wrote to you or it was the previous mayor. I'm not sure. Um a lot of people still ignore or they
don't see the dead end sign and they're coming down and turning around in all our driveways all day long too. So I don't know if can you put lights on that uh dead end sign so like people maybe notice it a little bit more. >> You'd be surprised at the amount of ignorant people coming down there. on
the other side. >> I will tell you the public works director is also in the back. He will join the meeting with so we can try to get with the neighbors and come up with a collaborative solution. >> Okay. >> And if if between the police and public works and the residents if you can come
up with solution as quick as we can get it implemented, we'll get it done as fast as we can. >> Okay. All right. Thanks very much for your time. So you're aware discussion temporarily. >> Yeah. Yeah. That that that's understood.
Yes. Yeah. Uh the thing about the parking if got to worry about pushing it down further down the street, especially like when we had that demonstration the other day, they were parked all the way down. So two two hours our street was a nightmare. >> Those are discussions we would have with the residents that live right there. So
we we make a solution that that doesn't impede you from living there in the peace that you deserve, >> right? Yeah. So for everyone heard tonight, >> right? Okay. >> We'll have we want to have a deeper
conversation just a quick conversation. But please meet with our township um our chief and our DPW director and and and starting ideas. >> Okay. No, great. >> We we do have our our promise that we will work as fast as we can to get >> Okay. All right. Great. Thank you very
much for your time. >> Thank you. >> Anybody else in the audience wish to be heard on any topic? Seeing none, I'm going to close our first public portion. I thank everybody in here. Um, this moves us to item eight, reports of council leaders and
representatives and uh committees, new and old business. Um, just real quick for me, last night I attended the Lake Kakon uh commission meeting. Um, and I'm sure the deputy along with deputy mayor
uh last weekend I I also attended the county reorg meeting and just like to congratulate Dr. Christina Myers and Tom Masterangelo as well as Sheriff Jim Ganon for their reelection uh in keeping Morris County moving in a great direction. That's all I have. Deputy
Mayor. Thank you, Mayor. I did the impact commission meeting on the agenda was quality report hydro gave which essentially shows some interesting things. One is that in the
last 15 years Temperature of the water down the road. We're already working on harvesting. >> Thank you. Um I just JJ I wanted to circle back and check on the water situation for Basin.
to ask that once a month until we get something done. Uh I'm very happy that we passed our resolution earlier AND I I would like to hear from our
commissioners um and all of our other representatives, state and federal. And I think it's been kind of quiet, >> right? So that's, you know, see what they have to say about any of this. Um,
this is going to strain our BMS services that we already have to farm out to the county in the daytime. So this is we're moving in the right direction, but I want to get that on record. Thank you. And that's all I have.
>> Council Hall everybody's comments about resources and other issues that would be this facility. That'll be extended back to regular business. Um, congratulations on getting funding for the Highlands
to Roxford. There'll be some on the agenda for next council meeting that forward from an environmental commission perspective. Uh, we had a recreation meeting um this week
review station. people from the most used facility in all township over a billion ser but it's reaching its end of use to life so we need to move
forward with some plans a whole bunch of public comments about 450 of them and we're getting ready to present that for a grant and also move forward with a grant in the future
That's all for me. Thank you. Council Riley reported at the beginning of the year a lot of the commissioners as well last week.
Steve was director Charlie the chairman the vice chair. And last but not least, do we need to circle back just to close out some things or discuss some things?
>> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um January 8th, Board of Education had their reorganizational meeting where they swore in their newly elected members. Um let's see, we had uh Mr. Milly was uh
named as president again and Kucci again nominated as vice president will serve as vice president and lead on to the council and uh Joe one
it was elected as was named as the business administrator and will serve as business administrator again and that's all I have sir >> madam cler >> nothing to report
>> Mr. Murphy nothing to report Mr. All >> thank you very much everyone. Item nine matters requested referred by council members managers attorney clerk. There are none. 10 introduction of proposed ordinances 01-26
calendar year 2026 ordinance to receive the municipal budget appropriation limits and to establish a cap bank NJSA 3A colon 4-45 with a second meeting of January 27th. >> Make a motion.
>> Second. >> Any discussion? >> Roll call. >> Councilwoman Alrech? >> Yes. >> Councilman Kerry? >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Crowley? >> Yes. >> Councilman Hall? >> Yes. >> Councilman Riley? >> Yes. >> Mayor Pat? >> Yes. Hearing adoption of ordinances on
second reading. There are none. As it summ 12, introduction and adoption of resolutions. Mayor, if I may 2026 027. >> Any discussion? Seeing none, roll call.
>> Councilwoman Alrech, >> yes. >> Councilman Kerry, >> yes. >> Deputy Mayor Crowley, >> yes. >> Councilman Hall, >> yes. >> Councilman Riley, >> yes. >> Mayor Till, >> yes. >> Motion carried. Item 13, personnel change. There are none. 14, communications. Any discussion
on December 19th, 2025 or January 9th, 2026? on any topic please come to the microphone state your name and address for the record please maintain the threeinut rule so that everybody wants >> I will take one minute just a quickie
whatever coins wrote just a quickie um when I looked at the township website the 2026 budget had not yet been set up there so I'm asking will it be there in time for next week's I will check with staff to make sure
it's posted or we just start If if it's not on the website, hopefully we'll have it in the paper. >> If it doesn't make it to the website in time, we'll have copies available. >> Thank you very much. Good night. >> Not for everybody.
>> That resolution not include that language. >> Our resolution is based off of a rumored report from the Washington Post and that's what we address. >> Okay. Thank you. Uh many people say that if uh they want to build a prison here, there's nothing Roxbury can do about it. And this is true if we're talking about
the federal government. If DHS wants to come in here and set up and run a prison, you probably can't do anything about it. But that isn't how they operate. They hire for-profit companies, private companies to build and run them. And on this, there is local control.
Now, I am not a lawyer, so I spoke to a land use attorney, someone who intim is intimately familiar with the zoning laws and how they work. And for anyone who doesn't know, in New Jersey, zoning is subject to home rule with a very few notable exceptions such as affordable housing quotas. Each municipality is
required to have a master plan, a zoning ordinance, and a site plan ordinance. The master plan insulates the municipality against lawsuits which seek to force the town to allow a more intense development of land than was intended. The master plan is the town's official vision for the future and
zoning is the body of law that regulates and implements it. Very few towns zone for prisons and Roxberry is no exception. This means that if a private entity wants to use a warehouse for a prison, it has to ask for a variance or get very creative in what it calls it
detention center, such as labeling it as a hotel. Zoning boards can grant a variance to allow a land use that would not normally be allowed. The applicant, though, has a heavy legal burden to prove why the why the use that they seek would not be detrimental to the master
plan or to the general welfare of the community. There are very high legal burdens to meet and if the zoning board refuses to grant the variance, courts will rarely reverse them. From what I understand, no property in town is zoned for prisons. That is, you've stated approved uses and all else is
unapproved. My understanding, and again, I'm a lay person. But you can make a zoning ordinance that specifically prohibits certain uses like a prison. This is a more affirmative in being clear what you do and do not want and gives a stronger legal footing. I would
urge the council to consider adopting such an ordinance to go beyond your statement tonight and codify it into law. Regardless of the outcome, the protest will continue until DHS and ICE no longer plan to come to this town. People are outraged at the idea of ICE
being here and not just because of what it would do to this town. the murder of Renee Good last week and DHS's defense of the agent make it clear that ICE is lawless, has no oversight, is unaccountable, and will kill people that disagree with them. Renee Good was
following lawful orders of an ICE agent who told her to get out of there when she accelerated. The agent violated multiple DHS policies on their behavior and use of force, and the people don't want that sort of behavior here. We don't want US citizens kidnapped and the
protests will continue as long as they have to. Thank you. >> Bonnie Rosenthal Randolph, as many stand up this evening in regards to the article regarding a possible ICE detention facility, I feel it's imperative that we acknowledge one of
many individuals who has lost her life to ICE. The statement from Becca Good by the Associated Press. First, I want to extend my gratitude to all the people who have reached out from across the country and around the world to support our family. This kindness of strangers is the most fitting tribute because if
you ever encountered my wife Renee Nicole Mlin Good, you know that above all else, she was kind. In fact, kindness radiated out of her. Renee sparkled. She literally sparkled. I mean, she didn't wear glitter, but I swear she had sparkles coming out of her pores all the time. You might think it
was just my love talking, but her family said the same thing. Renee was made of sunshine. Renee lived by an overreaching belief there is kindness in the world and we need to do everything we can to find it where it resides and nurture it where it needs to grow. Renee was a Christian who knew that all religions
teach the same essential truth. We are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole. Like people who have done across place and time, we moved to make a better life for ourselves. We chose Minnesota to make our home. Our whole extended road trip here. We held hands
in the car while our son drew all over the windows to pass the time and the miles. What we found when we got here was a vibrant and welcoming community. We made friends and spread joy. And while any place we were together was home, there was a strong shared sense here in Minneapolis that we are looking
we were looking out for each other. Here I finally found peace and safe harbor that has been taken from me forever. We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness. Renee lived
this belief every day. She's pure love. She's pure joy. She is pure sunshine. On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns. Renee leaves behind three extraordinary children. The youngest is just six years old and already lost his father. I'm now left to raise our son
and to continue teaching him as Renee believed that there are people building a better world for him. That the people who did this have fear and anger in their hearts and we need to show them a better way. We thank you for the privacy you are granting our families. We grieve. We thank you for ensuring that Rene's legacy is one of kindness and
love. We honor her memory by living her values, rejecting hate and choosing compassion, turning away from fear and pursuing peace, refusing division and knowing we must come together to build a world where we all come home safe. As I close out my three minutes, I extend my thank you for the Roxberry Town House
Town Council taking steps um and furthermore um to make sure this doesn't happen in Roxberry that doesn't happen um throughout the county and beyond. Thank you to the Roxberry chief and other officers for taking steps to help us remain safe in utilizing our first
amendment rights to speak out against all of this. My name is Nancy Brley. I'm from Hackon and I just want to piggyback on Williams um comment. I just want to make sure with this adoption of the resolution,
can the feds still somehow come in here and sneak something by you? >> I can't answer for the feds. >> So, so in other words, if they do, I mean, there's really nothing else you
can do to prevent them coming in. It's my understanding based on that type of facility is not authorized. So you know the problem is that the federal
government has a lot of laws and regulations of lower agencies especially So it would be very difficult if the federal government came in and tried to
locate one of the existing warehouses. And so until something concrete happens, it's impossible to try to speculate as to what kind of response we need. So why we took the action adopt the resolution.
We'll continue to monitor the situation closely and we'll do everything we can. Excuse me. We'll do everything we can to protect the public health, safety, and of >> Okay. Because yeah, it's very important
because now with what happened to the 18-year-old in Marstown, it's getting scary. people are going to be afraid to leave their homes and we we can't be like that. So we we can't have this garbage coming
to New Jersey anywhere in New Jersey. >> Hello. Diana May, 30 Whisper Way East Ledgewood. Uh I am a 15year resident of Roxbury, New Jersey. Um, I'm here tonight to thank each and every one of you for giving us the space to share our
perspectives these past several weeks, for listening respectfully and attentively, and most of all for passing this resolution tonight. While I'm not naive enough to believe that the federal government didn't just come in and steamroll the municipality, I am proud
to be a member of a community where our town council voted unanimously for this resolution. Thank you. >> Good evening. Adam McGovern. I'm at 87 St. John's Avenue in Mount Taber and u I'm a member of Lind of the Spirit and
Resource Center. I want to commend and encourage you on the resolution that you approved tonight. Uh the attentiveness to your residents and to many others who will be affected and the common sense and integrity you showed and the further steps we hope you will build on it with. You're all hard to do this because if
the federal government leaves a void of information, you're right to fill the gap with action. And the way that you've committed yourselves to public accountable response is a model for how to approach this. Time and again, I and maybe you too have seen the videos of ICE teams who come into New Jersey towns
or set up near schools and expect not to be noticed or opposed and then run away after brief encounters with local residents, many of them students and senior citizens. They operate in secrecy and they don't tend to hold up under scrutiny. Now, on the other hand, they're getting more brazen as we saw in Morristown just this weekend. So, it's
best to stop it before it starts. This is why every roadblock you put up will matter. Every tool you have at your disposal, like passing an ordinance on permitted uses and working with the zoning board to deny variances for already unpermitted uses, should be put in play to affirm the lawful way that
you do things and the local sovereignty that you are not intending to seed. Every sign you send that this is not wanted here will make the bullies realize it's not worth it. The will of the town and its leadership that you're expressing tonight is something I hope you'll share with the possible businesses involved so that they and you
can speak in one voice with all of us here that there is no way into Roxbury and that the thriving community and economy of your own people is what's welcome instead. Thanks >> Tracy Reed for and sepa and my comments very short which is just to thank you
for the swiftness of action that you took with um writing and then passing the resolution and as previous speakers have said to just encourage you that this is not over and that the more proactive we can be the better um and that's it thank you
my name is I'm from Sussex County um but I was here >> I'm sorry what was your name again? uh Bernie Green um from Monagu and I was here for the protest um this past weekend. Um the one thing that I first wanted to bring up is there might have been a uh leak of ICE documents that I
just was forwarded like 10 minutes ago. Um that further solidifies the possible location of this uh warehouse um prison would be uh 1879 Route 46 um here in Roxbury. I just wanted to bring that to
your attention. Um the other thing that I wanted to share was uh this is from a member of my safety team who um witnessed an interaction between your law enforcement officers and uh somebody who was not an attendee of the protest. Um I just wanted to share this as a
compliment to the uh law enforcement. Um I and it also eerily echoes some similarities to a situation that happened last night or Wednesday last Wednesday that resulted in a death I was doing safety at today's event and
was stationed by the protesters near roof 10. Towards the end of the rally, Roxbury safety asked me to take over the registration table, which was located at the end of a small dead-end street that provided access to the protest. The street was partially blocked by a police officer to prevent anyone from driving
down that street to the march. Here's where it gets interesting. A car came up to the officer. The vehicle stopped and the officer let him through. He obviously lived on this street. A second car also attempted to turn into the road. The officer signaled for her to stop. She attempted to drive around him.
He stepped in front of her driver's side bumper right where Rene shooter was. They heatedly spoke to one another and he told her to get out of there. She mistakenly had the car in drive and moved forward slightly. Instead of grabbing his gun, this
wonderfully trained officer yelled and step and stepped out of the way. She apologized and backed away. No guns, no blood, no death, no arrest. This is what real police look like. This is why ICE must go. Thank you to a pissed-off
but totally professional policeman today. You gave me hope. That is from Barbara Medavik. Hello, Linda McMahon. Uh I live in Woods Edge Drive in Sucka Center, New Jersey. And basic I did three drafts, but it's
all moot now since that resolution was approved, which I'm very happy. But I do just have a few things to say. I believe we live in one of Morris County's nicest, most idyllic towns. Our township
has so much character, and I just love it. Please, let's everyone do everything we can to maintain that charm. Thank you. >> Good evening, honorable mayor, honorable council members, and honorable state senator.
Uh, I just want my name is Guy Citron. Uh, grew up in Morris County, but now I live in Hunter County, Tubesberry, right down the street. I just wanted to echo some of the observations that were made. First of all, congratulations on passing the resolution. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. But I do believe
there are more proactive things that you can do uh with respect to land use. I hear you that the federal government has certain jurisdictions. I hear you that if they decide to come here and and do certain operations, your
hands are quite tied. But as like if um you know a business person wanted to set up a restaurant, a private business entity wanted to create a commercial enterprise like a
restaurant or a store or uh you know someone else give me an example. What else is a business? >> A bar, a church, anything really. Um, you can pass ordinances to declare what is and is not permitted in terms of
the zoning. That's to the best of my knowledge. Again, I'm not a lawyer. I've just been to like a million land use board meetings and and you know, business owners have to always clear or if they're building a building, they have to always clear whatever conditions are set by ordinances
uh that you create that that the municipality can create. So, please look into that. so that you don't have to find yourself in a situation where the resolution itself was not enough. I I pray that it is enough. But I think you can take that step further. Towns do
that all the time and I think the citizens here would be more than grateful for that. So, thank you for your time. >> Casey Miller, Washington Township. I just want to reiterate what everyone else has been saying. And I also want to mention that it was said earlier that because we don't know the future facts
that we can't plan ahead and all we can do is monitor. I disagree. I think we do know facts and I think that there are a lot of things that we can do and as was mentioned by William to prepare because we either fight hard now or fight harder later. Mhm. >> Hi, how are you? My name is Cass
Saladino. I live in Hpatcom. Um, thank you for passing that resolution, but I will say that I don't believe that you're going to stand 10 toes down and oppose it if they push back. I'm finding that hard to believe here. Um,
I can see it on your face and your need to support ICE and DHS merely days after we saw them shoot a woman in the face is a statement. That's a hell of a statement, quite honestly. Um, you don't have to respond. That's okay. We can all
see it on your face. Um, these are concentration camps, by the way. I saw a statistic from Newark that said only 2% of the people they kidnapped had criminal records. So 98% of those people had no records whatsoever. But they didn't get any special treatment. They
don't even have books. They can't even read. You know, I'm 25. They made me stand up every day and look at the flag and say this is the best country in the world. It's It's And I'm sorry I'm upset, but I'm I'm sick. Like nobody in this
room is struggling because of an undocumented migrant. Nobody. Nobody is struggling to pay for their health care or their food or their housing because of an undocumented person. So, it's our duty as a humanity to do what's right and not just sit by and look smug and
let it happen and look to other people for answers. Like, what? You have power. You're sitting in these chairs. You have power. And I understand Mr. Hall. I think you care and I appreciate you. I don't know if I'm right or wrong. I don't know any of you from a campaign, but you have power at the end of the
day. And I hope you what's right. You're the only one that has to live with it. I'm trying to do what's right and I hope you can, too. Okay. Thank you for your time. >> Hi, my name is Kathleen McCann. I'm a resident of Denver, but I have a lot of ties with Sakasana. I worked in a
medical practice here for over 10 years and I am affiliated with one of the churches here in town. I also on Tuesday nights generally go to Delaney Hall and I'm one of the volunteers that stands in the parking lot and we provide food and clothing for the visitors of all of the
uh detainees. And I would like to personally invite any of you that would like to come on a Tuesday night and just to see what the conditions are like there because you may be opposed in spirit or for having ICE come here, but if you spent three
hours in New York in Delaney Hall and you saw what it was like in the parking lot, it might make you think a little bit differently. Thank you very much. Hello. Um, thank you for having so many people um from neighboring towns and out of town and hearing what your neighbors
have to say on the matter. >> Uh, Philip Sherman. I'm from New York, New Jersey. I just wanted to piggy back off the last person uh who goes to Laney Hall. The conditions are pretty terrible. Um, that's by design, right? So, you let this here. They're going to
try to make those conditions horrible here. Right. It stinks like you've never smelled before. It's the worst place I think I've ever been. And I'm a trucker. I used to be a trucker. I drove all around the country. I've seen a lot of
bad truck stops. This has the worst truck stop I've ever seen right across the street. This is all by design. Um so unless you want that here, I would suggest fighting over. >> Thank you. Seeing nobody else, I'll close
>> public. All in favor? >> Thank you everyone. Thank you.