easily impressed so let's look at some of the numbers behind that number of those 14,000 tickets 11,23 were parking tickets that's a little over 83% 5,665 that's 40% of the total were for
parking on the wrong side of the street Turing street cleaning in the meantime everybody knows we have a speeding problem throughout Town though most notoriously on Orient way in 2024 the police wrote All of speeding tickets in Orient way interestingly all but one
were written by the same officer another problem bur wide drivers not yielding to pedestrians in 2024 the police wrote the same number of tickets for not y sir you're at 5 minutes but I'll let you finish up I got not yielding to pedestrians on Park
Avenue as for JW a number you could count on one hand jaywalking of course only being a crime because cars are dangerous and Driver are entitled and out of control and how about those stop signs drivers can continue to ignore them the police are too busy riding
tickets for cars park at expired meters 2,477 versus 67 no cop no stop indeed postcript I don't know if any of you have read the master plan if not you should if it's been a while read it
again it's quite a remarkable document and sounds like a great place to live it's a real shame so little has been done to make it a reality thank you sir anybody else from the public wishing to speak all right Mr
gun Charles Gun 19 Milton Court brother from new JY I just stopped by to say thanks to the mayor and Council thank you Mr gun I'm going to close it now to the thank you and we're going to open up for any
Council comment Council thank you mayor um uh thank you for ex uh sharing your concerns uh Mr uh Snider um I do think that there is a concerted
effort that been made um the mayor spoke about it multiple times our Council liaison has been meeting um with the mayor with council members with the Department um on this topic to continue
to keep it in the Forefront Chief um I I know that you have been a part of this conversation on many occasions and and although I certainly appreciate you utilizing this forum to share your concerns I I I see it very differently
than the lens that you're sharing it through I think that there's something to be said about um putting reminders at the end of the day if somebody is a driver and a motorist they have gotten that permission right to have a driver's
license into operate a motor vehicle um these reminders are put out there I I do remember the the comments that you had shared uh councilman but I I don't quite recall them that way I I thought it was more about appreciating the fact that we're putting those reminders out there
less um I mean perhaps I I'll let you speak for yourself of course um but I I actually think we've gotten incredible feedback from the community um in a very Greatful tone about reminding people about their speed
limit right because respectfully we don't want it to get to the point that a police officer has to pull someone over we want our our our residents to make good choices and so although I appreciate and I thank you I did not know some of the historical facts you
shared tonight um I I do think that um we are doing some really good things and and I appreciate the work of the mayor and certainly the work of my Council colleague um who's been shepherding that as long as I've been a councilwoman when the mayor was a councilman this was one
of his priorities so I think it's been something front and center for us for many many years so I apologize that that's it's not the lens you see it in but but In fairness I think it's important to point out the great progress and work that's been done thank you mayor thank you council president
anybody else councilman thank you very much mayor uh Mr Schneider thank you very much for your comments um they're appreciated um I don't know if I totally agree with you about the speed signs um we've been receiving a lot of uh uh residents very
happy to see those they do see people slowing down I know I'm slowing down and yes I do see a flashing light there that tells me to slow down so thank you for for being correct on that I don't know if it's about a flashing stop sign that I need but um they they are being requested as well so um our job here is
to take care of all 18,000 plus residents and we try to do our best to make sure that we are addressing the needs of the majority of the public um and but you know I I do appreciate your your emails I do appreciate the fact
that you are here today uh with your comments and saying guys we still have a problem you know I I don't agree with the way it's being fixed and I think there's need to be more to be to be done uh great reminders you you have brought forth today I thank you for very much
for coming forth today and uh I'm always happy to listen and always you know maybe learn something new that I haven't or see something that or or something brought to my attention that I was not aware of before so um thank you very much for coming today um I am been very
very very uh in touch with our police chief our B administrator our mayor our deputy chief regarding uh a lot of the issues we are having in in in uh Rutherford but I will say to you it's not unique as you know unique to Rutherford as you know that
this is throughout the state of New Jersey as you has mentioned before um that these issues happen and have been happening since beginning of time evidently um but um at the end of the day um we will always always listen and
we will always try to do better so thank you for coming in today thank you councilman anybody else seeing none thank you for your time sir consent agenda council president thank you mayor all items authorized to
be consent by the council will be enacted by one motion these items are routine in nature motion I have a motion by the council president may have a second second second by councilman Guzman any questions or comments see none M roll call council president McAn
yes counc Del con yes councilman quone yes councilman kley yes counc ero yes coun M Gman yes thank you moving on to we have nothing on yep we're g no nothing on new business uh council president committee
report thank you mayor uh good evening everyone couple things to share uh last week we did have uh the County Commissioners sit here uh on the dayis as they take their meeting for the county meeting um on their Road show for the county Rutherford was selected as
one of their locations um and we appreciate them for selecting us and giving our residents an opportunity to come and and express their thoughts um and feedback um also just a couple nice things uh read Across America thank you shout out to
Lincoln School for the invitation um I've had the pleasure with the exception of Co to read to um the students every year um and it's always wonderful and I love that they reach out to everyone and invite us to come in um and I just would
like to remind folks that you can go to our library if you have a few spare moments and you want to be able to read you can stop in and and offer to be a reader one day um and the same thing for our schools when it's appropriate to be invited in so to everybody um all our
department heads and and electeds um and people in the community who did it thank you very much and finally um I just want to highlight the event that we have coming up on March 19th um from 7 to 900 p.m. it is um the burough of Rutherford
with Felician University the wh celebrating women's History Month um it's a panel discussion this is our second annual and the topic the title this year is Innovative women voices of leadership um it's taking place at 227 montress Avenue which is education
Commons on the Felician campus the panel is is it's really a stellar panel uh to be honest um we have congresswoman Nelly Poe assemblywoman Carman uh Morales Dr Mildred milon the
president of Felician University honorable zoa C Casanova who is a surrogate judge for p County Comm commissioner Jacqueline Suarez um from the Department of Community Affairs Rosemary MOA Matos who is the president of the Lupe
fund um Rose I already said her sorry um sorry sorry sorry come back there we go Lori Rosario Griffin Esquire one of Rutherford's own from LRG legal Consulting um I'm honored to represent my Council colleagues as
the moderator I want to thank both Council women who have participated in putting the questions together getting us ready and I would like to extend the invitation mayor to you and to all council members to our department heads and certainly all the members of our community to come out to this amazing
event um thank you to our Pio Kim B goian who has been working with Felician and with us uh the council to get this um going she was very helpful in getting the first one done and certainly in organizing us this time the last thing I
would say about this um it's normally very difficult to get panel people um it's a lot to ask them to give up time uh right now to have these incredibly
talented um successful women willing to give their time to come to Rutherford to highlight a conversation about um The Importance of Being Innovative and striving for leadership um is so timely
and so um I hope to see everybody there we'd love to find ways to get everybody included in this um and uh no RSVP necessary show up they put out some lovely ades um and it's just I I'm very proud of the work that the buau is doing
on this thank you mayor thank you councilwoman Del con thank you mayor um I would just like to Echo um what our County our um Council presid president said regarding the County Commissioners coming to Rutherford um it was really a
very worthwhile experience for me honestly to see how their meetings work I'd like to thank uh the Rutherford residents that came and spoke at those meetings and and raised the issues that they had um I'd like to specifically commend Joan Voss who has been a
commissioner and an elected for did she say over 30 years I believe um I I'd like to commment her in this stve Tales into my next topic because Joan was decked out from head to toe in purple in honor of women's History Month um so I
as an O to Joan and my uh the other councilman on the JS are are in purple uh some of us intentionally and some of us unintentionally which I actually think is just completely intentional so um thank you again to them and to the residents um on the same women's history
uh topic I'd like to really uh shout out to the Rutherford Civil Rights Commission who has done an extraordin AR job particularly commissioner Clara Jameson um in pulling together a women of impact exhibit that is now being
displayed at the library um I was so proud and excited to hear that over 20 residents were nominated um when there was a call for that and it really is a beautiful display of some of um the hardest working and um Successful by all
regards so not simply professional success however you may Define that but um it really highlights some of our our best uh women working the hardest here in Rutherford so um I also would like to thank Gretchen who's the director of the library for supporting such a beautiful
display um the library social media has a really wonderful reel right now highlighting their uh wall that's in honor of women's history month so I encourage you to go take a look and and again I thank uh Clara and the rest of the Civil Rights Commission for putting that together um I too had the honor of
reading for read Across America so thank you again to Lincoln School it's always ay joy to do that not only to see the children but to see Dr vko outside dressed as Dr Seuss in her red and white hat and and big white gloves so um similarly for schools I'd like to just remind the community that the High
School Musical is this weekend uh they are doing Marry Poppins I had the opportunity to see some little Snippets of it um I also have a niece who's in third grade and I know they performed at some of the elementary schools and she was singing a spoonful of sugar all weekend when I was babysitting for her
so um if you have the opportunity to see the show there's multiple performances it's always a great way to support the Arts and our children that love the Arts here in Rutherford um switching to the Green Team uh the community garden uh
applications I use that word Loosely but your opportunity to sign up for a community garden bed will be opening soon um for anyone that would like to do that uh the Green Team works really hard to get that in good shape for our residents and I know some residents that really enjoy participating you'll be
able to sign up for that through wesk and I'll be sure and I'm sure the Green Team and our Pio will be sure to make sure you know when that is happening and finally um in addition to the women's History Month event that the council president mentioned on the 19th and again I do hope you'll all attend um
there is another event being organized by the Rutherford Pride Alliance on March 23rd which is a Sunday at 3M um it's in coordination with the Rutherford United Congregational Church and Pastor Annie although it's it's not a religious event um a lot of residents have expressed
questions concerns um General wonderings about changes happening at the federal level what do executive orders mean how do they impact other folks um so we are going to have some really great speakers or that the Rutherford Pride Alliance and I and Pastor Annie have put together
to just answer some questions and act in community for those that wish to get more involved in nonprofits or have their questions answered that's going to be a really lovely Event open to all um no matter where you fall uh with regards to the changes happening in government
whether you're in favor of them or not um I encourage you to come out on Sunday the 23rd at 3M to join in a community discussion thank you councilwoman councilman Quon thank you mayor I just want to thank the Rutherford Irish
American Association for a wonderful parade that they sponsored last weekend um it was a completely frigid day and I thought the attendance would be really low because of that but it wasn't there were just hundreds of people out
there cheering everybody in the parade on you know I was thinking today about what makes Rutherford so special and th we say it again and again but those type of events are what really makes us stand out and you know it creates a sense of community which I think is just
incredibly important right now and some people are feeling kind of scared and isolated and and traumatized by what's happening on the federal level so thank you to the association and every other burrow every burough employee who helped with that parade I brought my daughter
my 10-year-old and she was resistant at first but just completely embraced it after a while and then um we at the end of the pray we walked backwards to watch the entire parade and it was just incredible to see all the beautiful music and the the excitement that it
engendered so thanks again for that I also just a shout out to my former liaison assignment the Rutherford Public Library um for a very successful mini golf fundraiser this past weekend I know it's it's a great event I wasn't able to make it this year but I think it's always
sold out and it's just again a very creative and Innovative way to use the space and I love the idea of transforming spaces that are institutional into something that's a communal Gathering so good good on them for doing that that's all I have thank
you Council councilman kley thank you sir uh just a couple of quick notes um as the summer season slowly approaches us with spring um on our doorstep I just like to remind anyone who has a high school aged child if they're looking or are interested in a summer job that the
rec department is currently looking to staff out uh their Recreation summer camp uh my son started there for the first time last year found it exceptionally rewarding great hours really really solid pay um and it's a lot of Outdoors time so really great summer job um they do tend to fill back fill with the employees that they've
hired in years past um so you know it is uh first come first serve as they say but um if you're interested and and again your child is of a specific age looking for a summer job please reach out to the rec department um speaking of upcoming events the Arts committee is underway with putting together the calls
to action for both bands Andor porches for our newly annual uh porch Fest um so please keep an eye out for the uh promotional materials that'll be coming out shortly and if you have a beautiful porch to volunteer or front yard or a band um you know make sure you volunteer
and get signed up right away thank you thank you councilman ero thank you mayor I want to remind everybody that this Saturday is the Michael Cassidy Shamrock and run 5K which is happening here in the buau uh you might have seen signs throughout the burough noting street
closures which will be happening on Saturday I've run this race uh for several years now and I'll be running again this Saturday where I'll attempt to set a world record for the fastest sitting Rutherford council person to run the race uh this year at least so I invite everyone uh on the council to
join me and running uh or at least being there and uh the public as well it's always a great event thank you thank you Council councilman Guzman thank you very much mayor I have nothing new thank you uh mayor's report I have a few appointments
tonight Albert buckolz 2025 summer daycamp director i' ask for Council consent motion motion by council president may have a second second second second by Council woman quatron um any questions or comments
seeing none M roll call council president McAn yes Council Del con yes Council qu yes councilman kley yes councilman ER yes councilman Gman yes thank you I'd ask for consent for the track and field assistance the the list
is attached motion motion by council president may have a second second second by Council M cley any questions or comments see n m roll call council president McAn yes Council dely con yes Council Clon yes councilman kley yes
councilman ero yes councilman Gman yes thank you next I have Chris Christiana to the Rutherford Civil Rights Commission three-year term 2025 through 2027 I ask for Council consent motion I have a motion by Council delie con I have a second second second by council
president any questions or comments see none my roll call council president mcowan yes councilwoman Del yes counc Quron yes councilman kley yes counc nicho yes Council Gman yes and I'll also be
uh appointing My World Cup committee and the list is attached for all of you uh I now would accept a motion to adjourn motion I have a motion by the council president all in favor I have a great night everybody