I tell you how Yeah. Yeah. Filch. Good evening everybody. I wanted to start the meeting off with a special purpose and that is to show our sense of gratitude and pride to recognize our
dedicated first responders who represent the very best of Roxberry. Every day without hesitation, these men and women answer the call to serve. Whether it is in the middle of the night, during a holiday, in the face of danger, an unpredictable circumstance,
they step forward when others step back. They do not do it for recognition. They do it because they are committed to protecting the lives, safety, and well-being of our community. Our firefighters, emergency medical personnel, and those who support them
are more than volunteers. They are our neighbors, our friends, and our family. The first week in April proved to be very difficult week here in Roxbury Township. Our volunteer first responders did not hesitate to meet the call 73
times since our last council meeting, and they did it with courage, professionalism, and compassion. Each and every one of them served with honor and exemplified excellence. On behalf of the township council and the residents of Roberry, I extend our
deepest thanks. Your sacrifices do not go unnoticed. Your services do not go unappreciated. We are safer, stronger, and more resilient because of you. Tonight, we honor you. But more importantly, we thank you.
I'd like to ask members of our volunteer squads to lead us in the pledge of allegiance. >> Please join me. >> I aliance 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. Once again, thank all of you for what you do for us. God bless all of you. God bless Roberry Township. Thank you.
Moving on, Roxbury Township continues to oppose the federal processing facility proposed under former Secretary Christy Gnome for the reasons clearly outlined in resolution 2026-029. These reasons include inappropriate placement within res residential area,
significant water and sewer capacity limitations, negative environmental impacts, significant traffic challenges at one of our most dangerous intersections. Our 42 member police department are all volunteer fire EMS and immediate loss of critical tax
revenue to our community. Roxbury Township along with New Jersey State Attorney General's office has filed suit against the federal government to challenge the converion of the warehouse at 1879 Route 46 into a detention facility. Our township attorney for this
matter, Mr. Anthony Buco, not able to join us tonight. We have Mr. litigation partner, Mr. Rice, with us. Mr. Bryce, can you please provide an update on the suit, including how your office will coordinate with attorney general's office?
>> Uh, yes. Thank you. Recently, >> can you speak louder? Sorry. >> Sorry. File for injunction. >> That has now been scheduled.
So at this point in time the states government has then opportunity to reply >> then have an opportunity to reply. >> You have the opportunity to reply to whatever the US government says that's due on May 1st.
is going to be returning the state of New Jersey has applied for an injunction. As of today, no application of permit requests have been filed with time submitted and no additional information provided by the Department of Homeland Security.
We have formally invited Secretary Mullen through Senator Kim's office to visit Rosary Council. We welcome him here to discuss and show data on the lack of infrastructure, negative environmental impact, and inappropriate location in a residential area. We remain hopeful that the secretary will
honor his commitment to meet with us in the very near future. Council remains unwavering his commitment to safety, protection, best prosperity. notice of this meeting was given as required by the public
31st. Notice was emailed in fact to the daily recorded published in the daily roll. Mayor Crowley >> here >> presentation awarded there are none
approval of minutes March 24th 2026 and March 31st >> discussion Yes. >> Yes. Our first public wish to be heard on any township business, please come to the microphone.
state your name and address for the record, please hold three minutes. >> Hi, Suzanne Oliver, 21 King Road Landing, New Jersey. Just um wanted to clarification on uh the business we talked about last week. Um wanted to clarify if Mr. Bryce will be attending
uh from here on out um since on March 24th uh meeting uh Anthony Buco stated in my office, my partner Jim Bryce was my litigation partner will coordinate with the attorney general's office. Will we expect that Mr. Bryce will be representing Anthony Buco from here on
out? >> Uh, I'll continue the statement. It says we will work cooperatively together under a corporate agreement that was signed between parties. >> Which parties? >> So between his office representing us and attorney general.
>> Which party's on that? Which parties on on the town of Rockberry? >> His office. >> His office. Who signs? the attorney general >> exactly who signed from his office. >> Mr. Rice, >> so currently there's a joint common
interest agreement that the tension has through the attorney general's office and the tent of Roxberry signed on behalf of the tentary by myself that we have cooperative agreement in prosecuting the uh
the case against DHS. >> Yes. >> And this warehouse. >> Yes. And it governs the control of information flowing >> yes >> between our offices and the confidentiality of those documents and information so that we maintain a
cooperative agreement moving forward a joint agreement moving forward. >> Yes. >> Towards the same end of opposing awareness. >> So signed by you. You just said >> by me. >> Okay. Then that states that tells us that you're you're handling this from here on out.
If it's signed by you, then you're taking responsibility for your firm. >> It's a person. I'm asking who signed as a person. The firm is not a person. It's an entity. >> Question was answered.
>> So the person who signed Mr. Bryce will be representing. It's not I'm not asking who the firm is. I didn't hear Mr. Bugo's name on the signature. Thank you. >> Was Mr. Buo's name on the signature? >> I think that I we owe we we were told is
Mr. Bryce's signature. Was Mr. Bua's name on the signature? >> Do I have to open that to find out? Because I will. >> Doesn't matter who it >> does matter. It's a It is a document stating who will be No, it's not. It's
not a technicality. The firm is represented by Mr. Bryce. Mr. Bryce signed the papers. Therefore, he is representing for my firm. If I if I sign something on behalf of my company, I am the representative of that. So therefore, Mr. Bryce is the
representative. Okay. Well, I'll open that and I'll get the signatures. Thank you. >> Um on Bill Randolph is actually a question. Um I'm sure it goes without saying that those of us who are involved
in social justice are also experiencing safety issues um for ourselves. Um, my question is that um I've received recently a bunch of Google things saying your name's appearing on Google with my
address having to do with Roxbury Town Council meetings and I don't give my address when I'm up here for safety reasons. Um, so can somebody explain to me it's not a volatile topic. I'm just asking why is my address appearing um
within I guess minutes that are then going on online. >> We have no >> but it's >> okay. I'm just asking because I'm not giving you guys my address and somehow you're having
>> I don't I don't know. I'm not g I'm not asking you a volatile question. I'm asking you how is my person. We we have nothing to do with that. We have no information. >> So my address, does that make sense? My
address is appearing online in your guy's minutes. >> Okay. >> Yeah. No, that's what that's what I'm saying. Who when you when we speak after the fact, are our addresses being looked
up? I'm I'm not Madam cler should be in the minutes. Um, and if they don't give us the full address, no one researches anybody after the fact. I want you to feel safe that way. >> The clerk just answered your question.
We put names and addresses in the minutes, but I don't want you to How are you guys um how are you guys getting like how do you guys get my address if I'm not >> I'm I'm not being obnoxious. Please don't be >> I want you to calm down.
>> No, no, no. I'm just I'm I would like the respect. Thank you. >> Give me the respect. >> Yeah. >> Yeah, you are. >> Addresses are independent. we had them from December or whatever, then we still use the same address. >> But to the point, you do not go after
the meeting to research anybody who doesn't give a partial address. We do not go researching people and put their names. The names and addresses of people who have come up are in the minutes. That's why you're showing up in a Google. There's no one here. That's what the mayor trying to point out. So, thank
you for letting me speak, mayor. >> Right. >> I hope you feel that. >> Yeah. Yeah. No, I don't think it's the seven of you or whatever that are doing it. I'm just asking >> for staff. I'm trying to protect staff as well. >> Yeah, >> we have a requirement. The clerk is following the requirement. So, I wanted
her to explain the requirement. >> Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. Yep. >> If I can uh I'm just going to talk loud. I usually come up there. Bonnie, I will meet with you after this because there is an avenue through your police department where we can do something to just make you feel safer about Okay.
>> Okay. Thank you. Thank you. >> Good evening. Diana May 30 whisper east in Ledgewood here in town. Um I'd just like to point out something that came to my attention very recently. I had filed an OPER request on 311. Um for the basically it was just for the backlogged
minutes. There have been like seven meetings I had gone by. The minutes hadn't been approved and posted to the website. Pretty generic. Wasn't like really hunting for anything weird. Um I submitted an open request via email to That's the address on the Oprah form. And then I didn't hear anything back, which I thought was a little strange. I
emailed again to her and to a council member on March 22nd. Didn't hear anything back, which now I thought was weird that even a council member isn't responding to a constituent. I emailed again on the 27th to the council member and then I received a response from Miss Reed. Thank you. I do appreciate that
you didn't let me know what happened. um that my email had gone to the spam folder and so she'd just been seeing it and by that time it was resolved. The minutes are now all posted on the website. All is good and it became a moot issue. Um my email address is just a basic hotmail address. There's nothing
weird. I didn't send it to 15 different people BCC because I know sometimes Google and things like that will often then detect that as spam. But I as constituent did reach out to people in this room and it went to spam and it didn't get noticed until
um April 6th and originally I had sent it on March 11th. So I humbly request that maybe we speak with the IT department. I know my employer has very strict um security on our emails as well and things go to spam. We get notifications from Barracuda. Things are sitting there for us to look at um and
we're encouraged to go from time to time to look at our filters. But I humbly request um especially since members of this council have said that well I don't hear that from my constituents and I think I fear that you may not be receiving emails from your constituents. So if we could please look into that I
would greatly appreciate it. Thank you everyone. >> Good evening. My name is Sierra Winters. I live in Landing, New Jersey. I also don't provide my address for safety reasons. Um, I wanted to first thank you for providing an update on the lawsuit and the injunction and starting the
meeting that way. I really appreciate you doing that. Um, I'm asking for continued and enhanced transparency. First, the microphones tonight and at every meeting I've been to over the past couple of weeks are really frustrating. I do have a hard time hearing you a lot
of the time and it makes it very hard to remain engaged and to kind of know what's going on when you're straining to hear. Um, and so I would like you to like I'm requesting that you try to do something to improve the IT uh capabilities or just really ensure that
I notice when your mouth is like right over these small microphones that they work, but when you do this, we can't hear you. So, I'm just asking that you be more aware of that moving forward, please. Um, also, I noticed tonight some talking over each other and unclear
answers. Um, and I just find that very frustrating. So, moving forward, uh, it would be really appreciated if you continue to address and give us updates on the ICE warehouse situation at the beginning of the meeting. That was helpful. I think there should be a
standing agenda item um, for that until this is resolved. And then also um, just answering community questions in a more clear and kind and calm way. like I know that your job is really frustrating right now and I think often I get the
sense that you maybe see us as a bit of an inconvenience um but we do deserve your calm and composure and respect and listening and this has been a bit of a frustrating couple of minutes watching my peers make their public comments so thank you uh for hearing you out today
>> Wilson Bud Lake I would like uh to know if there is an update on the case about the shooting that happened by an ICE agent in Roxbury Township. We haven't heard anything about that in quite some time and in fact we haven't heard anything about it. >> I don't have
>> Thank you. I don't want to stop here. We have a long agenda. I just want to get through and come back as possible. >> Okay. Yeah. I was talking about more of the ice stuff to come back. >> We'll have a second. Thank you.
second public just council le represent council committee new and old business uh I'm going to pass on my time today mayor >> thank you mayor want again I want to thank all the volunteers
and the police everyone DC I know it's a tough April Next, I wanted to bring up that JJ's help. We've been working on the veterans memorial for the Memorial Day parade
is working on getting names from people. We got some press releases, Iraqi freedom, and enduring freedom. anyone that need our questionnaire and the information that we need, we're going to try to get them
on to the Memorial Day that we can have the plaques done and engrave that just want to thank you for >> I have a question about that. Um, can we add others from previous wars that may not be on there? That was actually asked
of me this evening. >> No, probably not. We're working right now on on the latest one. So if it's a Korean War or World War II, you certainly want the name and want the information. Not going to guarantee that we'll get it by the end.
>> You know what to do, Karen. I would say I would say just for purposes maybe that could be an initiative to try to have it done by Veterans Day to clean up the old memorials but for this Memorial Day.
All right. >> Thank you. I would also like to thank all of our first responders, whether it's fire, first aid, or our police officers for the outstanding job they've done actually for the past couple of years. It's really been a tough time.
And on that note, I would like to read something. It is National Public Safety Telecommunication Telecommunicators Week. So, we proudly honor the dedicated men and women to serve as the first responders
each week each for emergency services. These profession professionals are the calm, steady voices in moments of crisis, providing reassurance, gathering critical information and dispatching first responders with precision and
urgency. Their work, often unseen, is essential to public safety and the well-being of our residents. We extend our deepest gratitude for their professionalism, resilience, and unwavering commitment to protecting
lives every single day. Thank you guys. Jonathan Romeo is one of the finest 911 dispatchers that the county has. Thank you. Go ahead. >> Thank you. My pleasure.
>> Guys, it was it's been a really rough week. I mean, all you have to do is step outside your house and you hear the fire just going from one end of town to the other. So, doesn't go unnoticed. Grateful for everything you folks do as as well as in our community. Um, lots of
dates. I just want to rear headers Rock Environment Mission Stream Cleanup Saturday Black Park. Every year we do this in that part of up well. So that'll be 91 this week and on Wednesday, April 22nd is Earth Day. We
have the tree giveaway event and that will be at Horseshoe Lake. Uh so if you are a Roxberry resident, you can come over and do trees. Um and on April the 25th is the larger
community clean up within Roxbury Township if you want to volunteer. Keys, the Roxbury Environmental Commission who will be handling Shoe Lake. Um we have another 250th meeting
coming up to solidify some of the major events that are coming down the line. One of them obviously is the uh beach blast. Um so we hope to have that solidified at that time. Listen, a great big I I know people brought this up a
few weeks ago, but a great big um was to people that donate the fireworks every single year. Um I think we received all the money, the fireworks, complete donations from Mark Porters and
other folks uh within a matter of hours and it's really very much appreciated. makes makes all of our jobs a lot easier uh when we know that we have the funding available to to get that done. So to all that donated really uh a big big thank
you on May the 13th uh tree planting at Horseshoe Lake. Steve, you're going to be coordinating that that particular effort that's also with rare headquarters is if you have a have a chance to see anybody from this rare headquarters association. These people are really good. Um they do a lot for
the community. They do a lot for the environment. They do a lot for Roxbury Township. On June the 1st is our annual 5K at Horseshoe Lake. A lot of fun. Um listen, it's been a rough winter. Lots of storm drains,
lots of potholes all over the town. Um, be patient. Uh, Steve, I see you've done a lot of really good work with the guys. Um, give them our thanks for everything that doing. And one negative point um that we've been working on and hopefully
we're going to get this resolved quickly is over the last week we've had some significant odor related issues uh related to the um condominium complex called the overlook at Flanders. Um there is some issues
with their I guess their sewage treatment plant over there that is affecting people um at Pleasant Hill Estates which is off Emmens Emmens Road. So um big thanks to JJ and to Steve for contacting them and uh you know getting
them start replacing some some parts that were needed in order to correct the problem. We're not 100% sure if it's corrected at this particular point, but um we're we're at least heading in the right direction. So, good job for Steve and JJ. And with that, I will pass off.
>> Thank you, Councilman Riley. >> Uh quickly, I'd be remiss if I too didn't thank the volunteers for all they do and our first responders, police officers, EMS environment, and uh and I know it has been a tough month so far, but thank you all.
We have our first uh week committee meeting meeting next week. Look forward to that. Let's see how that first meeting goes and go from there. See looking at some of the issues that need
to be looked into. Um and last we had uh we haven't had planning board but the master plan did meet uh with the Sand Valley property. So that looks like getting back in line
at our next looking forward to going to a free meeting. >> Okay. Okay. Just a couple just a couple of quick things. Yes. Um our first responders are the best. But
uh you know enough is enough, right? I'm looking at you. Enough is enough. >> So, um, enough is enough. You guys do a great job. Um, Repair Cafe, our great library does a lot of great events, but
this Saturday is a repair cafe. It's a hugely successful event. There's information online if you want to do that. I also want to take a minute and thank Mark Crowley and JJ for getting this veterans recognition program back on track. And the fact that
it had gotten off the track is I'm glad that we were able to to to do that and um and to get to get people whose names should be on that on that memorial on that memorial. It gives me the opportunity to also say that just a year
or so ago, we started a a banner program to honor our veterans and it's so oversubscribed now. It's our biggest problem is capacity and uh so so it just feels good to see that and again Mark.
>> Yeah. Thanks for thanks for doing that because I think that's Thank you. >> Thank you Clark. Thank you. >> Mr. Manager, >> just as part of the budget, just wanted
to put out the investment that we're going to make on a future meeting for the plan ahead in the budget after May 12th. Maybe come up roads this year, sidewalks that we're
targeting. I think >> budget approval. >> All right. Item eight, matter request referred by council members, manager, transit clerk. We have application social affairs permit sports club in line dancing April 18, 2026.
any discussion on this? >> Well, you know, I always look at this because we had an issue a while back, but you know, it looks like the time I check the timing on that, mayor. Um, and it's it's it's the exact same time as they had uh last year. So, it closes
down at 11 p.m. >> You resolved it issue and I haven't had any complaints since we said that that time. I I I think you're right. I think 11 p.m. is the right time. >> Is that by ordinance, chief, or is it um
just that they've agreed to shut down? You know, >> uh it's it could be special permanent, but the the ordinance is uh could be 10. It depends what day of the week it is. >> And you haven't got any complaints, have you?
>> Zero. Since we started raise the issue of >> all in favor item nine budget resolutions 2026 086 governing body certificate certification of compliance with the United States Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission's enforcement guidance on the consideration of arrest and conviction in employment decisions under title 7 of the civil rights act 1964. A motion
second any discussion on this see roll. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Crowley. >> Yes. >> Council Dippo. >> Yes. >> Councilman Hall. >> Yes. >> Council Riley. >> Yes. >> Mayor Pato. >> Yes.
>> Resolution 202687. budget resolution. Any discussion on this? >> Seeing none, roll call. >> Yes. >> Mayor Crowley. >> Yes. >> Riley,
>> yes. Item 10, introduction of budget. 2026 budget notes out that we spent of time on this this year's first year. So next year
I wanted to at least it was a difficult year. Everybody was relatively new at this tremendous of that. I think our responsibilities but also option will be Councilwoman,
>> yes. >> Yes. >> Paul, >> yes. >> O'Reilly, >> yes. Introduction of proposed authorizing township
270 Mount Boulevard 12002. >> Very exciting. This is going to be our fourth habitat house that was built by our very own high schoolers. Second woman. Yes.
>> Yes. >> Councilman Hall. >> Yes. >> Council Riley. >> Yes. >> Mayor. >> Yes. >> Close. Ordinance 08-26. is amending chapter 13 land development article 7 zoning regulations section
13-7.826 application and interpretation of low moderate housing provision of the revised general ordinance for Roxberry establishing fourth round affordable housing requirements discussion
uh yeah this is not saying this is not This is strictly about making sure that the housing that is built parameters does fit guidelines. >> I tell you Jim, I took a look at this. I
said, why are sense we have April 28. >> Yes. >> Paul, >> yes. >> Riley, >> yes.
>> Ordinance 09-26 ordinance authorizing the making of various public improvements and the acquisition of new, additional or replacement equipment and machinery, new information technology. and other vehicles by and for the township in the
county of New Jersey and to the sum3,261 various grants, open space, trust funds and the capital fund of the township to pay the cost thereof discussion.
Second reading 28. >> Mayor Crowley. >> Yes. >> Councilman Hall. >> Yes. Post ordinance 10-26. capital ordinance of the township of Roxbury, county of Morris, New Jersey, authorizing the making of various water
system improvements and acquisition of a new automotive vehicle including original and equipment in and for the water utility of the township appropriating therefore sum of $430,000
from the water capital fund of the township. discussion. April 28th roll call. >> Yes. >> Mayor Crowley, >> yes. >> Councilman, >> yes. >> Councilman Hall, >> yes.
>> Yes. Ordinance 1126 capital ordinance of the township of Roxbury the county of Morris New Jersey authorizing making various sewer system improvements in and by and for sewer utility of the township program there $990,000
from the utility capital improvement fund of the township. Second reading April 28th 26. >> Yes. >> Mayor Crowley. >> Yes. >> Philippine Hall.
>> Yes. >> Riley. >> Yes. Yes. Um 12 hearing adoption of ordinances on second read amending the revised general ordinance of the township of Roxbury and the procedure for disabled veterans tax
exemption. Does anyone wish to be heard of this or this alone? Please come and address. >> Yes. >> Crowley. >> Yes.
>> Hall. Yes. >> Yes. Item 13, introduction resolution move 202690 to 20269. >> Second
call. Yes. >> Mayor Crowley. >> Yes. >> Councilman D. >> Yes. >> Councilman Hall. >> Yes. >> Riley. Mayor. >> Yes. Item 14. Personnel change. There are none. 15. Communications.
March 276. April 10th, 2026. This brings us to our second public. >> Good evening, Ken Collins, Andover Township. May 12th is the hearing on the ICE prison. ICE wants to start retrofitting
as soon as May 28th. Prisoners could begin arriving any time thereafter. The president you support and his immigration policies are going to fill an Amazon warehouse with violent and dangerous illegal immigrants frequently described by your president as rapists,
drug dealers, gang members, convicted murderers, animals, monsters coming from insane asylums, and mental institutions emptied into America by South American countries. They're coming to Roxberry.
An Amazon warehouse is not a federal detention facility. It is not safe for the community to house all of these dangerous criminals in a facility that is easy to escape from, like a warehouse. Every single person the government incarcerates in this unfit
warehouse will want to do nothing but escape into the community. Residents in Netcon Heights should be absolutely terrified. Residents of Fox Chase should be very afraid. Residents of Poets Peak
should be very afraid. Residents of Landing should be very afraid. There is not a sufficient buffer zone around the ice concentration camp to establish a safety perimeter adequate enough to protect the community and prevent
escapes. There will be escapees in this community and prisoners could be here in Roxberry before the 4th of July. They're going to come into Roxberry and they're not going to consult with you about anything. There they will come here
against your will and do as they please. If any of you are privately in favor of this concentration camp, I hope that you will show up at Port Mars when the prisoner trains are unloading for the
Docau photo op. Thank you. Hello, my name is Patrick Gallagher. Uh, I'm a resident of Long Valley, New Jersey, and I'm here representing the Skylands branch of the Democratic Socialists of America. Uh, before I get to my questions, I just wanted to share
an experience I had over the weekend. I visited the immigrant detention facility at Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday. Uh, I spent the afternoon there and I to talked to a lot of people there. And you know, I guess in keeping
with the messaging that my group would like to portray and and and and give out to the public, you know, we oppose or rather we support abolition. Uh the prison industrial complex exists merely to profit off the suffering of people
and seeks to keep the working class confined and fighting amongst itself rather than advocating for the rights of the working class. Uh, and I strongly oppose the GEO group and I hope that they do not come to Roxbury to profiteer
off the suffering of immigrants and the communities around them. Uh, I just have two quick questions. Um, one, is the township of Roxbury doing any monitoring of the warehouse with respect to illegal
um, construction that may start? I know that they haven't submitted any permits, but that hasn't stopped them from doing things in the And I was just curious if you are keeping a monitor on the situation to make sure that DHS is not unlawfully uh you know beginning the
conversion process. >> I go up to the site regularly and there's been no work started up there. >> Excellent. And I guess I just want to bring to your attention um my group as well as a coalition of other local activists have been meeting uh on the
side of Route 46 on the sidewalk um to not only protest uh you know the uh the purchase of this warehouse and the than the conversion of this warehouse, but we also uh seek to monitor ICE ourselves and we like to just make sure that nothing uh unlawful is happening. So I
would love to invite some of you uh to that. We are literally a mile down the road, 4:30 on Fridays. We call it our eyes on ice operation kind of model over what happens at Delaney Hall. And it would be cool to see your support if you stand in opposition to DHS's activities
in the area. Thank you. >> Suzanne Ali, 21 King Road Landing. I did an analysis of the January and February invoices received from Murphy and McKon. Um I excluded anything any part of the invoices that had anything to do with
the affordable housing or non ice litigation. In January there were 90 um items that were listed. Six of them pertained to Roxberry ICE. That is 6.6% of the work done in January was for ICE.
Uh that included miscellaneous um reviews of memos, drafting language for the resolution, uh reviewing more memos, reviewing more memos, and receiving a telephone call from a contractor for the proposed facility. In February, there
were 78 of these items. Again, excluding uh affordable housing and non ice litigation. That's seven of the 78 items, only 9% pertain to ICE. Again, that is reviewing documents from ICE, um
reviewing another document from ICE and uh preparing for a phone call on the 23rd as well as taking a phone call on the 23rd and reviewing an ICE letter. On the 23rd phone call, um the OUL and Screo was present. However, on
resolution 202682, which was presented on March 24th, that is when you notified us that they would be involved. um this um that the business entity was signed by them on March 9th. So this indicates that they
were involved prior to your public notification of the of 26 uh 202682. So you didn't follow procedure there. Um NJSA4A1-1 indicates that this should have been put forth on a public vote before um
engaging with them. Despite your claims that um Murphy and McKan has been doing everything possible to make this stop um that is truly not true. 13 line items in January and in February 7.7% of the
invoices was dedicated to ICE. That is less than 10%. That is exceptionally inadequate. What is missing is discovery. There's no line items for substantial discovery. There was no record of anything being reviewed by D
that was provided by David Brick. There was nothing to indicate that you did any investigation around the Musketcom sewer authority, New Jersey Highlands, Lake of Pekong, traffic impact, zoning ordinances, or public safety. Any kind of data or discovery that could have
formed a proactive counter claim to DHS. Instead, we were fed fluff. We memos were reviewed and we we were drafted an empty resolution. This is not the conduct of a serious council who is opposed to the detention center. It is again once again performative and
inadequate and fails the people of Roxberry. This is actually very a very very poor performance and quite frankly an insult to the people of Roxberry. You should not be ashamed and you're ripping us off. uh mapall wart New Jersey. Uh so mainly
I just had a couple questions that I wanted to get some clarification on. Uh some of it is just uh for our records and just so we have a better understanding of some stuff. Uh so the first one really is uh I just wanted to know when exactly was this lawsuit
actually filed because you know I'm not a a lawyer or anything like that but I imagine something like this must take an you know a lot of time to actually pull together and get the resources and organizing all these things because at least from some of the uh information that we have publicly available the
first uh public records I was seeing of this are from March 20th and then I know that on our uh on March 24th during the meeting is when you guys first publicly uh announced to us that uh you had officially filed and the lawsuit was was
going through. Um and so I just wanted to know when exactly was the lawsuit filed or how long we've been working on it. >> I could be I that's why I wanted to double check. Okay. So, it was filed on March 20th and
then you guys told us on the 24th. And so, I asked this question which leads into my next question because as we've all publicly been >> Yeah, they closed, but I imagine you guys were probably working on it for a lot longer than than just that one day. Uh, but the reason I bring that up is
because uh we've probably been, you know, made it known that we do not trust Mr. over his law firm to be able to act uh without any sort of uh sorry I'm forgetting the word here.
>> Yeah, without any sort of Thank you. Uh without any sort of bias and mainly the thing that I brought up before uh was Mr. Buo's voting record in terms of our local Senate. Uh, and when I brought this up before, I forgot to mention some dates, and so I wanted to point these
out because when taken with this information, it is concerning. Uh, and so, uh, S3522, uh, or A4070, the Privacy Protection Act, which would, uh, prohibit government and healthcare facilities from requesting collecting data around
individuals immigration status, citizenship, place of birth, social security, uh, all of which he voted against. Uh, which came up for a vote three separate times. once on uh February 19th of 2026, once on February 24th of 2026, and one literally on March
23rd, 2026, a day before y'all came to us and told us about the lawsuit. Uh that pattern continues with S3521 and A4071, the strengthening trust between law enforcement communities act. Uh again, he voted no on all of those on
February 19th, 2026 and March 23rd, 2026. uh A4071 actually got voted on three times in one day. He voted no on all of them and that was also March 23rd, 2026. Uh as well as the Transparency and Federal
Law Enforcement Act, which he voted against, which was also voted on February 19th of 2026. Well, I think it's obvious that how can he with one hand draft up lawsuits while on the other hand fighting this
Good evening. Olivia do lower Bure Valley. Um, so I've spoken many times. Um, I don't think it's a secret how I feel about the ice facility. I'm strongly opposed to it. Um, but tonight I'm not actually
here with my own words. Um, I have a very close relationship with my parents, so we talk all the time. Um, so you know, they've heard about the ICE facility. they've seen it on the news. Um, so they like to keep updated. And, um, my dad in particular has some very strong feelings about it. Um, for some
context, my dad is a retired officer from the NYPD. Um, so he served for a very long time in that police department. Um, he is now retired, but um, so needless to say, he has a strong respect for uh, law enforcement and has a deep understanding and an interesting
perspective on this whole situation. So, this is what he wrote out for me. Um, it was initially apparently a little bit spicier, but they toned it down. Um, so this is thoughts of an old cop. Across the country, 247, police officers
and other law enforcement agencies go out to do their work, oftentimes having to encounter dangerous and violent individuals. They go out and unless they are undercover or in plain clothes for an assignment, are readily identifiable by their uniforms, badges, and name tags. Some also have body cameras. They
don't hide behind a mask as ICE agents do. They are accountable to their commanders and other supervisors, but most importantly to the citizens they protect and serve. However, DHS seems to consider accountability to the community as a quaint oddity. No badges shown, no
identification other than a patch perhaps sewn on a vest and the mask making them even more anonymous and threatening. And the masks supposedly to keep them from being identified and doxed or threatened with violence. However, as currently deployed at airports, they can roam around without
masks. They can be photographed and identified. This inconsistency demonstrates a classic case of gaslighting on the part of DHS. Inadequately vetted, hastily trained, and poorly supervised with anonymity on the streets. They have shown their capacity to turn into a violent,
undisiplined rag tag mob. ICE should not be allowed to roam the streets with impunity, terrorizing citizens and immigrants alike, sweeping them up and detaining them without due process. ICE and their tactics are an embarrassment to our country. It is easy to lob tear gas, smoke grenades, and kill innocent
civilians. Renee Good and Alex Prey, anyone? It is much harder to act with restraint, professionalism, and respect. They would do well to emulate our police officers who do that every day. Um, just, you know, to add, my dad's been a Republican for my entire life. So, you
know, maybe give his words some thought. Thank you. >> Thank you. Um, hello. My name is Sonali Sha. I'm from Paripony, New Jersey. I wanted to give you five reasons why it's in your best interest to prioritize using all your all your resources to
shut down this camp, not just some. I did see that you filed a lawsuit against the DHS detention center. Thank you for that. Um, reason number one, the current administration is unpredictable. No matter what part of the polit political spectrum you're on, since the beginning
of 2025, they've demonstrated a complete disregard for the legal system. We bended to their own will. I'm not an expert, but I know bending to the whims of people who create rules for themselves and only for themselves will only be get more chaos. Just look at gas
prices. taking even more legal action that's aggressive will allow you to set the tone of the behavior you're willing to allow from the federal government. Reason number two, there are lawmakers in other states that have successfully stopped camps from being built. I've
seen examples of people buying the warehouse before it could be purchased from DHS or shutting down water supply. Their bravery is setting a precedent that they will not be tolerate that they will not tolerate being pushed around by a corrupt government and that they will
protect their people. If you cave because you didn't fight hard enough, you will be the permission slip for things in this country to get much worse. Especially because this warehouse is located in New Jersey. So, we are watching you. But the also know the
country is watching you and the world is watching. Number three, you are famous. Um, since this whole debacle has started, I know there's only so so many of us that can come into this room every single week, but we also need to take into account
our social medias. They have amassed large amounts of attention from the country and from some people around the world. The lawsuit is only step one, but please do more because you have power and because you have power, you are
being watched. So what you do or don't do, you will be making a name for yourself on a world stage. Number four, um the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Maybe you don't agree with all the tactics we propose such as proposing land ordinance. Maybe because
it's unconventional, but right now we are living in dark uncertain times. And no one has the luxury of leaving any any stone unturned. You already know where we stand. And you see that when we are extremely angry, we decide to educate ourselves. We organize and we fight with
their words. If you leave even one door open for this country to be opened, you will be putting yourselves in a position of working with people who are unstable. I have read that ICE officers don't need to don't need to fit a criteria to join.
I have read that some of them have accidentally shot themselves during their training. If you watch the videos of people they they murdered, surrounding ICE officers disperse the scene as though they are not in agreement of what's going on. There's a lot of disorder going on within there.
I'm pretty sure um we are the better option to work with, but we have high expectations and you need to meet our high expectations because our expectations will ultimately benefit everyone. Diana May 30 was way eastwood. Um thank you Mr. Murphy for sharing that you are
keeping an eye on things making sure that they are not going and retrofitting the warehouse. That is comforting to us. I do appreciate that. Um, this reminded me of the fact that I recently heard that the residents on Old Traveled Way um are complaining that the DHS cars
that are there, there are at least two DHS vehicles up the driveway and outside the warehouse, um, are using the back entrance. So, they're traveling up old traveled way to get to the back entrance as opposed to the main entrance off Route 46. Um, it is my understanding,
and correct me if I'm wrong, please, um, that they should be using the main entrance off Route 46 rather than passing these residential houses. Um, I've also heard it reported that residents of Old Traveled Way have called the police complaining that they're using that road and that they're speeding through that road, which causes
a safety concern, and that they were told that um, there's nothing that the police could do. So, that could be incorrect. I don't know. I'm just sharing this with you. Something to put on your radar. Um, we may need to be looking and monitoring how they are accessing that warehouse, if they are using the old traveled way continuously.
If that's happening now, I can only imagine if that warehouse opens, what that will actually turn into. Um, ideas, perhaps we could put up signs that is for residents only. Um, perhaps we could put pretty large speed bumps. I know in my community we have very large speed
bumps. Um, I saw I was here with um the Rooers situation or Rooers Coffee House. the residents came and complained that there um there was difficulty getting up and down the street. They were worried about emergency services being able to get up the street because of parking. This seems like a much more serious information if we have small children
playing in the yards and DHS vehicles zooming up the road. Um that is something I would like um to bring it small scale and back home to really watch out for the safety of our residents. Thank you. I believe the uh president who called
his chief reached out and let know that they're not going to be using that for >> I can let you know I talked to the acting deputy director of operations let them know about that and we also went up and talked to the people there
>> great >> like anything else in any other neighborhood we will continue to do it because I'm assuming there are multiple different people that come up once the word gets um that this has been a complete I'm confident it will
>> wonderful. >> Thank you for looking out for the safety of our residents. Appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. Stand online now. >> Good evening. Sierra Winters, uh Landing, New Jersey. Um I want to talk tonight about transparency. I think
that's something that is very important to me as a Roxberry resident right now. Um I already asked tonight, I'll ask again. It would be great if there could be a standing agenda item on the um agendas moving forward for updates on this issue. I think it would give a lot of us reassurance to know that it won't
be skated over and we'll know that it's on the agenda and that we will hear about it every time. Um, I ask that you continue to collaborate with the New Jersey Attorney General's Office on the lawsuit and the injunction and that you keep us informed on that partnership. Um, I appreciate the postings on the
website. Um, it would be great if there could be maybe a weekly update in plain language. um because many folks are not necessarily lawyers or policy people and so you know the press release was great but sometimes reading things that are like um the official documents might not
be accessible for everybody and so I think it would be great if you could summarize those in plain language to help uh the community to better understand and stay informed. Um I also want to ask again that you remove the conflict of interest of Anthony Buo's representation. I think other people
have better stated what that conflict of interest is already tonight um and obtain independent legal counsel. Uh tying back to transparency, if that's what's already going on here, uh with Mr. Bryce stepping in, tell us that, right? Like we would love to know, um if
Buo has been replaced on this issue, I mean, maybe someone within his own firm wouldn't be a good fit anyway. Um but tell us what's going on, right? Um and then two other things that are uh on my mind are delay, delay, delay. Okay, I've said this in almost every message that I
have sent um to you all. Anything that we can do to make it so inconvenient, don't roll over, don't let Roxberry be the easiest place to place this facility. Um be a thorn in their side, right? Anything we can do to make this harder, like speed bumps on their roads
and signs that make them take the long way around. All of those things help. Um so do everything. Get creative. And lastly, um I've been searching for a new home in Roxberry. I have two kids and I need a bigger house. Um, that's been a crazy headache and very difficult as I'm sure many of you could imagine in this
market. And I was really interested to see a house for sale on Old Traveled Way that I will not be buying. Have a wonderful evening. Thank you. Sierra Wilson, Bud Lake. A few weeks ago, the last session we were here, I asked about a temporary restraining
order. Seeing that the court case is uh now in place, has a Temporary restraining order request been made to the judge. >> Yes. >> A temporary restraining order. >> Fabulous. Thank you. I'd like to um end
my time here with a quote uh because we don't want this in Roxberry. This is a quote from an ICE facility. This is a man with a valid work permit that was illegally detained by ICE. until he was here legally. Just try to get me out of here and do all that you can, please. It's an
absolute torture. Psychological and physical torture. It's just a horrible, horrible, horrible place. I'm not in fear of the other inmates. I'm afraid of the staff. They're capable of anything. Again, that's a man that came here legally, has a valid work permit,
uh, and was illegally detained by ICE. We don't want this in Roxberry. You need to be aggressive. You need to be proactive. You need to be doing more. We've brought up temporary restraining orders. Thank you for filing the injunction. We've brought up moratoriums. I haven't seen that come to the docket yet. Nor have I seen ordinances. So, please be more
aggressive because we don't want that in Roxberry. Thank you. It's going to be regarding tax bills. Resolution of 10 and the county of Mars, New Jersey
is deemed appropriate discuss the matters here and mentioned without public in accordance RS4-12B of the open public relations Now therefore be it resolved that town
matters relating to tax matters shall be discussed with presipate any further action. Yeah, we live stream it on Facebook and let me turn the live stream.