[Music] Good afternoon. Welcome to Woodbridge, the best town around. My name is John McCormack. I'm the mayor of this great town and we're here today for the always
pleasant task of promoting police officers to the best police department in the state of New Jersey. Here we go. First, first up, we have a promotion to Lieutenant Sergeant Brian McMillan. [Music]
Sergeant Brian McMillan is a 20-year Woodbridge Police Department veteran and lifelong resident of Woodbridge Township. He began his career as a police officer in December 2005, assigned to the radio patrol division where he answered service calls as a patrol officer. From 2010 to 11, Officer
McMillan assisted the training unit with various administrative tasks and eventually participated in a six-monthlong program with the New Jersey State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. In August of 2012, McMillan was
assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division as a full-time detective working in the Crime Analysis Unit. McMillan went to work in the digital forensics unit of the criminal investigations bureau until September 2015 when he was promoted to the rank of sergeant. He continued to work in the
criminal investigations division as the assignment sergeant overseeing and supervising investigations. In 2017, Sergeant McMillan was assigned to the radio patrol division as a squad sergeant and transferred to communications division in 2019 as a
communications sergeant overseeing and supervising the 911 dispatch center. Upon his promotion, Lieutenant Brian McMillan will be assigned to the radio patrol division where he will take on the responsibility of the midnight shift commander, Mr. Mitch.
Congratulations. You want to come, Brian McMillan solemnly swear you will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey. You will bear faith and allegiance to the same to the governments established in the United States and in this state by the
authority of the people. And you will faithfully and partially and justly enforce all the laws and perform all the duties of the office of police lieutenant according to the best of your ability. So helping God. Yes. Congratulations. [Applause]
Are you the ones I always see with with dad at all the different school stuff and all around the town? That's you guys, huh? I guess so. Yeah. Who else would it be? All right. Promotion to sergeant, police officer Hoy Casada. [Applause]
Officer Hoy Casada is a 17-year veteran of the Woodbridge Police Department, a veteran of the United States Navy, and a lifelong resident of Woodbridge Township. Officer Casado began his career as a police officer in May of 2009, assigned to the radio patrol division as a patrol officer answering
service calls. From 2010 to 2012, Officer Casada was temporarily assigned to the criminal investigations TAC unit where he assisted detectives with their investigations and focused on pattern crimes affecting the community. In 2012, Officer Casado took up assignment in the
criminal investigations division as a full-time detective investigating various crimes. While working as a detective, he completed specialized arson investigation training and utilized his training and experience to solve arson and fire investigations. In
2018, Detective Casada attended a 7-week crime scene investigation class hosted by the New Jersey State Police and transferred to the Criminal Investigations Division ID Bureau. In 2024, Detective Casada was assigned to the radio patrol division squad 4.
Detective Casada continues to utilize his training, assisting with crime scene processing and arson investigations. Upon his promotion, Sergeant Casada will be assigned to the radio patrol division as a squad sergeant. In his part-time, officer Casatada is the best fisherman
in the Woodbridge Township Police Department. Mr. Mitch, Do you Jorge Casada solemnly swear that you will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey? that you will bear faith and allegiance to the same and to the governments established in
the United States and this state and the authority of the people faithfully impartially and justly enforce all the laws and perform the office of police sergeant according to so
[Applause] keeps promising to take me fishing and now I think he better I can always rescend this, you know. And I got one question. When did this happen?
What the heck, man? You're taller than me. How did that happen? Last time I saw you were right around here. Anyway, I'd now like to uh ask our police director. I think it's the first time I'm actually saying police director. It's one of the second time. Uh not supposed to correct
me in public. uh police director Joe Niski to say a few words about these two men and about just the Woodbridge Police Department in general. I want to thank uh Mayor McCormack and our council members for their support. It's that support that helps us keep the
police department strong in this instance by promoting Sergeant McMillan to lieutenant and officer George Casada to sergeant. I hear Jorge. I mean, I've always called you George. Uh, both Brian and George deserved their promotions. For nearly 20 years, last 10
as a sergeant, Brian has done an excellent job, mostly assigned to communications and as our vice president of our S SOA and a avid New York Jets fan. As shift commander on the overnight shift, we're going to depend on Brian's
leadership to keep us safe at night. For 18 years, George has performed equally well. Even after being moved back to patrol, George has continued to avail himself to the detective bureau to help with identification duties. He knows as a road supervisor, he will have
the greatest impact on our rank and file. On behalf of the Cleo and the rank and file, I want to congratulate them both on their promotions and wish them all the best. Thank you. Thank you, Joe. I'd like to introduce the uh deis up here now to Joe's right as chief law enforcement officer Brian
Murphy to his right is council president third councilman Cory Spiller covering uh Aanell and Poor reading to his right Sharon Mcola first council woman covering Woodbridge proper and Seaworn to her right council woman at large de Jesus to her right Debbie Mian fifth
ward councilwoman covering Colonia to her right Howie Barer second w councilman covering Forts hope loan and cisby to his right Brian Small retired Woodbridge PD councilman man at large and to his right Kyle Anderson councilman at large. Now on behalf of the council I'd like to ask Brian Small
as a former member of the best police department in the state if you would say a few words. [Applause] Thank you, mayor. Always nice to uh come to a promotion. Always nice to see my former colleagues to the left and right. Uh I worked with Brian and George for
many, many years. They are two uh great police officers. Brian, good luck on midnights. All them youngans, uh, George, good luck. But I know you're going to do a great job and represent the police department well, as you always have. Thank you.
Councilwoman Letta Jesus has taken a special interest in the police department with our agenda. Please say a few words. Thank you. I think um ceremonies like this are important because it just shows the qualifications and the credentials that our police department and our
police officers have and that that is very important for people to know. But I think mostly is the fact that they're regular people. They have families and this showcases the people that stand behind them. You guys stand behind them at home. We stand behind them here.
Congratulations to um Jorge and Brian for getting promoted. Congratulations to the families. God bless each and every one of you. I'd also like to introduce uh on the day there is John Hagerty, our communications director. John Mitch, you just heard from our uh township clerk.
To his left is Casey Wagner, the deputy business administrator. Uh taking pictures is uh Megan Kushba, the assistant communications director. And I guess Veto must have stepped out, our administrator. Okay. So, so folks, you're family members of
someone in the best police department in the state of New Jersey. I say that with all seriousness. I mean it. It's proven. Every 3 years when the National Accreditation Agency comes in and looks up, looks over everything we have, every policy, every practice, every piece of
paper, you name it. And they always give us the highest rates. people from Montana, Missouri, Louisiana that have never been to New Jersey, never been to Woodbridge come in and independently review this body of men and women, the 234 of them that make up the Woodbridge Police Department. And they come in with
outstanding reviews every single time. It's not just us saying it, it's experts saying it. And they are truly the best police department in the state of New Jersey. Brian and Jorge, congratulations on your promotions and best of luck in the future. Thank you all very much.
[Applause] Good evening. Call the council meeting in order. Please rise for the pledge of pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all. Please remain standing for a moment of silence for all our military personnel serving. Thank you, Mr. Notice requirements of the open public and satisfied concern this morning. The public hearing the star lever published the notice on January 10th, 2025 was posted on the
municipal bullet board and should be so noted in the minutes of this meeting. Councilman Anderson here. Councilman Bower here. Councilwoman De Jesus here. Councilman Harris here. Councilwoman man here. Councilman Patel here. Councilman
Small here. Vice President McAuliff here. and President Spiller here. I got a motion to approve the minutes from June 3rd. Motion second. Any questions or comments? All in favor? I opposed.
Eyes have it. Beginning with second reading ordinances. We only have one this evening. Letter A. This is an amendment to chapter 7 are traffic ordinances with regards to a stopping and standing prohibition on a portion of King George's Road. With that said, could I get a motion that this ordinance
be taken up on second and third reading? Motion car be open. Second. Any questions or comments from council? All in favor? I oppose eyes. The public hearing is now open on letter A. Letter A only
hear. No comment from the public. Can I get a motion that the public hearing be closed? The ordinance be adopted and submitted to the mayor for approval as required by law. Motion. Second. Any questions or comments from councel? All in favor? I oppose. Eyes have it. First
reading ordinances listed as letters B, C, and D. Can I get a motion by consent that these three ordinance be passed on and first reading published in the home owners to bill on June 27, 2025, a notice of public hearing to be held on July 8, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. Motion second.
Questions or comments from council? All in favor? I I opposed. Eyes have it. Finally, Mr. Present your resolutions listed 1 through 39 inclusive. Can I get a motion by consent to approve? Motion
second. Any comments or questions? All in favor? I I oppose. I say. Thank you, Mr. Mitch. We'll now go to the public comment portion of the meeting. When approaching the microphone, please state your name and what section of the township or state you live in. You'll have a onetime
opportunity to speak. All members of the audience shall adhere to the townships that form ordinance which is posted on the entrance door council chambers. The public session allows for 5 minutes. This includes your marks by the speaker and any response by the council president or administration. When there's one minute left, I'll the speaker asked to emphasize any remaining
points questions. When the 5minut period is passed, all speakers are to leave the microphone area and return to their chairs. All video tape must be taken in the designated area. There will be no interruptions from your chair. Public session portion of the meeting is a comment and or Q&A interaction between the council president and speaker. The
council president presides over the council meeting. Thank you. We'll now go to the public portion. Are there any comments from the public this evening? Good evening, council president, council, and the mayor and his staff. Um, couple of things. I want to start with a
few thank yous. First of all, and foremost, I want to thank our military for the outstanding performance that they did in the fly over over Iran. I think that really set our nation on the right course and it is going to be long-term benefit to this nation. Along
with that, I thank President Trump for having the initiative and the courage to do what he has done. Others may feel differently, but I think most of the country is behind them, and I would hope all Americans are 100% behind our troops. I also want to thank our
township employees for their services, particularly those that are out in this extreme heat. May the be law enforcement, first responders, or anybody that's working outside in this kind of weather. It is hot. It is miserable, and I commend them for their efforts and thank them for it. I'd also
like to thank Mr. Mitch and his staff for their timely and comprehensive responses to my recent open requests which were rather lengthy and um in-depth and they responded in a very timely manner with all the information that I needed. Um in getting into a few
questions I'm very concerned now about security within the township. Um, we know that our state, our county, um, and I think even Woodbridge, uh, it really is not enforcing immigration laws. U,
I'd like to know how we're handling that. Do we have any insights? And I know you can't speak to the specifics of how we're doing this, but are we aware of individuals that might be of concern, whether they're in the school system as children, their parents, or anybody else
that are in our area within your jurisdiction? And how are you handling that? Um, I'm sorry. Is that your question, Mr. Morris? Yes, it is. I'm sorry. I should And the next question is, we were Mr. Morris, I'm sorry. I'm going to go one question at a time. Me personally, I
didn't I don't like doing five at once. I like to do each one at a time like we did the last time, but I just it makes my memory better. All I'll say is if we were, we would not talk about it publicly. I'm sorry, if we were concerned, we
would not share that publicly. Okay. Uh well, have you received any notifications from any of the government be be it state or federal that would give you reason to be concerned? If we did, we would not share that publicly.
Okay. I'll take that as Yeah, we should be concerned and I think the whole nation should be very concerned about it and I appreciate why you can't answer that. So, I'm not picking on anybody. Um, you know, the last time I was here, we talked about political signage. I think
we got pretty much covered. Um, I'm sorry that our assembly leader isn't here tonight because he wanted to admonish me on the the First Amendment and tell me that that signage, political signage is is free speech. I think we all know that and we all respect it.
It's a matter of where you can put it and when you can put it, which is governed by either the state or municipalities. So, I would stand to uh correct him on that, but I I made my point. Um, as to the other things that were in my
oper request, I will address those at another time. Others may wish to come forward and address them because I have disseminated to certain candidates and other people that were interested in those types of things. And I I think they're valid points and they need to um perhaps be addressed. There are several
things in tonight's program that I'm going to ask about. One is the um reappoint of Richard Duda as the tax assessor. I'd like to know what his salary is and is he working for any other communities besides Woodbridge at the same time he is working for this
community. Um, and also I see that uh Red Lobster, I'm sorry, let me go back to number 14, which is TVI Fridays, they're transferring their license to PK PM Woodbridge Investments. Uh, is there
any indication what PKPM intends to do with that license? Are they going to open that uh facility again? And those are my questions for this evening. Mr. Muro, mayor, sir. I've had no conversation with that company at all.
So, they're not looking to open it where the license came from. No. Okay. What about the other question? Um, take I took the second question. I don't know if we I don't have any salary information in front of us. And if you need to know anything about Mr. Dud's other employment, you can file it on his
financial disclosure form. Again, sir, I can't quite hear you. Yeah. If you need to know a salary, it's operable. Yes. And if you want to know if anybody has any other employment, you can find that on their financial disclosure form. Okay. So, he does file that with the township as well. Yes.
Okay. Thank you. That answers my questions. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Are there any other comments from the public this evening? Paul London, Hopelon. Uh, a constituent in my neighborhood asked me about the school. Uh, we're in Hopeel. Uh, I heard
something to the effect that there might be a new plan because of a change requirement from the D concerning wetlands. I just want to know that uh is Hope Elementary School still on track? Is there any change to its uh the time
frame? Uh it will I assume because it will be a debt um a incur a certain amount of debt that it would be brought to the voters as well. So I need confirmation on that. Uh the other question I have will go one at a time. Oh yeah. Okay. Thank you. There's no
change to the design. There is a delay only because the D has not cleared it yet. They had to do a second appraisal for some reason. and I can't exactly remember why, but we're waiting for that second appraisal to come in and then the D is going to act and it's got to appear
before the state house commission. So, it's certainly taking longer than we hoped and longer than we thought, but it is still intact as far as a plan. Mhm. Assuming the voters vote in the affirmative for it, uh is there a a
rough estimate of when ground would be broken on that project? The voters do not have to vote on it as long as there is a new law in the I'm sorry, there's a new law in the state that as long as pilot money is used to fund a school project that it does not
need a referendum. Okay. And our intention is to pay for that as well as other school work being done with the pilot money. So therefore, it's not going to a vote. Okay. Uh my other question is uh now that I'm a teacher with the summer off, I'll be doing a lot
of door knocking for my council campaign. I just want to ask perhaps uh the person that I may displace what he likes most about being uh representing W 2 uh as a council member and what he might like least if that's at all
possible. Well, I grew up in the uh for a short period of time. Uh I grew up in Hopon. Now I live in Forts. I been community oriented uh since I was my early 20s uh coaching little league running uh for carbonar baseball been
part of the forts uh fire department volunteer for 23 years been a chief roughly six times uh there's really nothing that really bothers me. I take everything on head on and I like to solve problems. So anybody has a problem I'm always reachable and that's what I'm
here to do helping solve problems for our community. Very well. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Are there any other comments from the public this evening? Hello, Mr. President. Ken Gardner, 101 Scot Avenue, uh Woodbridge. Um
first, uh the Seaworn monument on the corner of Woodbridge Avenue and uh West Avenue. Um, I was asked by some residents, uh, actually some veterans, if they could put a larger the there's a flag pole there. It has the American
flag and the P flag, but the flags are rather small. Um, I don't know. I'm sure it has to do with the size of the pole and everything, but if the larger flags can be displayed to to you, Mr. President, uh, through you to the administration if somebody can look into that. Mr. C, what was the cross street?
I'm sorry. Avenue and West Avenue, the monument right across the street from the Seaw War traffic light. Traffic light up there. Um second, um through the uh through the uh president uh either to the mayor or the chief
financial officer, um in order to reduce taxes by $1, how much would have to be cut from the budget? $1 or a tax point if you point. I know you know these kind of things, mayor. If you don't know it
off your head, I'll you know, somebody can get back to me. No, I pretty much have it. About $320,000 as a tax point. Okay, thank you very much. Um, resolution number 34 was uh authorizing
uh budget transfers. Can someone explain what the transfers were and why they are needed? That's our end of the uh end of the transfers are always made between May 1st and June 30th, especially the last meeting of the year. As bills come in,
uh some budgets are high, some budgets are low, we always move money around to cover all the bills that might be low and take money from the places where there's leftover money. It's it happens every year uh for four months from May 1st to June 30th. Typically, four meetings worth of budget transfers. Sure. I understand. Understand that.
Mayor, um, what I was asking was, can you tell me what the transfers were tonight? You know, on on the agenda, it only gives us the title of the resolution. So, can someone tell us what the dollar amounts were? Uh, from where
to where? That's a long document. He can Yeah. If you like. How many How many items are there about? 10 20. Oh, hold on. Don't understand it.
Yeah. Okay. From general administration, salary and wages, $250,000. From general administration, other expenses, $220,000. From police department, salary and wages, 1.4 million. From recreation services and program salary, wages,
194,300. Mayor, can you go back to the first one? You said 250,000 from administrative salaries. General administration salary and wages. Okay. Senior services salary and wages 53,220.42
transfers two legal services salary and wages 37932.89 municipal clerk salary and wages 1820.70 municipal prosecutor's office salary and wages 28,370.27 engineering services salary and wages
salaries and wages 38,835.63 63 Street and Road Maintenance Salaries and wages 264,152.32 Buildings and Grounds Salaries and wages 97,784.58 Maintenance of Parks salary and wages
$13,61260. Recreation services and programs other expenses 640,000 insurance employee group health 1 million statutory expenditures contribution to social security system OASI
10511.43 total current fund from 2,17520.42 to 2,17520.42 42 sir utility fund from operating other expenses $22,940 transfer to debt service interest on notes $22,940
total sewer utility $22940 from $22942 marine utility fund operating salaries and wages 17,000 from operating other expenses 17,0002 total marine utility 17,000 000 from and
17,000 to recreation utility fund operating salaries and wages from 6321.68 operating expenses other expenses operating other expenses 12,235.67 67 two statutory expenditures
contribution to social security system OASI 18,557.35 total recreation utility from 18,557.35 to 18,557.35. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Thank you. Are there any other comments or questions
from the public this evening? Hear no other comments. Can I get a motion that the public comment portion be closed? Motion second. Uh John would be uh thank you everybody. Uh before u Mr. Alan brought it up the
number 10 school in Hopland and the question I took a lot of people of course I'm not from the second world people concerned to put a such a huge school in a neighborhood again in a crowded area where there's no accessibility
traffic there supposed to only be 150 kids in case and you're going to build a school with 500 people uh what's the plans for that school to be built so large if it was students. Are we going to shift the students from
the other towns like we do already or this is just for Woodbridge residents? question would be we have to pay for it of course but to build it so much there's no what you call the second w it doesn't have a
chance to overdevelop because it's overcrowded already and my question we spend all this money into the situation like for example paba high school they put such a huge high school there and what you see is not everybody complains
bad location it should be put to build something like that should be put more accessible for the future of you can't put a local neighborhood such a huge huge development that's my number one question number two question what's the question I'm going to answer your
question number one now Mr. AR. Uh, I'll let the mayor, Mr. Simula, answer, but real quick, I know you had brought this up several meetings before. I'm going to say the same thing as it's been said to you. Uh, you keep saying people are complaining. People are complaining. People are complaining. Uh, you're the only one that is complaining. People
have questions. You keep saying there's people, people, people. Number two, uh, this school is going to help alleviate the children that are get get bus to other areas of the township. Sometimes it takes them 35 minutes to 45 minutes to get to a school. Now they're going to have a school in their backyard. Uh mayor or Mr. Sim, would you like to add
anything? I would repeat what you said, council president. There was a whole forum. There was a whole process that we had to follow with this project. We had to have at least one public meeting, if not two. We had in the Hope Fire Department. We had to have outreach to
the public. We sent letters to all the public in Hope and Cisby. Everybody was aware. There were people who came to the meeting. They had questions asked. Minutes were taken, responses were provided, copies were sent to the state DP uh and the Greenacres people. Everything was done and there were a
handful of questions. They were all asked, answered, I should say, and it was done. So now you're saying 18 months later, people suddenly have questions. Why are they asking you? They should be asking us. We're the ones that know the answer. We're the ones that are running
this project in behalf of this in terms of the financing on behalf of the school district. Now to finish your your question, uh we always build schools. We the board always builds schools more than they need to plan for the future. Kisby has a bunch of kids and Hope has a bunch of kids. South Fords has a bunch
of kids. They are going now, as council president Spiller said, 35 minutes each way. They're going to school 19 in Menlo Park Terrace. They're going to school 25 and Fords and they're going to poor reading school 9. And they're doing all this from Kisby and Hope by bus. The
kids don't get involved in afterchool programs. Their parents don't get involved in PTO activities. They don't get involved in the in the school community because they're far away from where the school that their kids go to is. And now the people, thank goodness,
the people in the second ward now will have another grammar school for Hope and for Kisby. It's been an area that's been neglected since 1990 when the school on Clyde Avenue, what they call the school of 10, closed. And now there's the new school coming back. That's fantastic news. The people in Hopelone love it.
The people in KB love it. We've got nothing but compliments. And when we have issues and when we have complaints and we have questions, we answer them according to everything we're required to do by the state and we just answer them because that's what we do. So for you to say you're hearing now after this
whole thing went through a process 12 to 18 months ago, I think you're full of baloney. I think people should stop asking you questions and ask the people who know like Mr. the borrower is the councilman like the council president who's also involved with school four and five in his backyard or me or any
council person ask us the questions not you cuz you won't know the answers yeah I know the answer mayor they're afraid to ask you but I tell you one thing you're doing stuff and then later on we pay dues for it you build the buildings without the roads you building all the structures without anything now that you
can open up because there's no structurally sound to do put the utilities like what's the neighborhood they know it That's the problem. What is not structurally sound? What are you saying? Well, I thought putting the building like that in a local neighborhood where there's no
accessibility from the local streets. You don't have a neighborhood school. You don't want it visible to major streets. It's a neighborhood school. People can walk to it. You don't want people walking on busy streets. It's in a neighborhood where it belongs.
Why was that? Yeah. President. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Pet. That's it. We're going to Yeah, we're going to move on. Well, Paul, you want to close? Can I go on comments or questions from the public? I'm sorry. That was your five minutes. Thank you, Mr. Tour. Thank
you. Hearing no other comments. Can I get a motion that the public comment portion be closed? Motion. Second. Questions or comments? All in favor? I I opposed. I thank you. Councilman Harris. Yeah. I just wanted to address a couple factual
uh mistakes there and mayor then thank you for addressing many of the points and uh council president it was suggested that the new school would be 500 students it's scheduled for 400 students to 20% less obviously uh Clyde Avenue the entire one side of the street
is is is yellow curbed so it is an accessible street and then obviously for the students living in that community they are now walking where they are now busers uh students students who are bus saving the school district and the taxpayers money and obviously the students coming from other portions that
need to be busted kids from Caseby they have a shorter bus ride now which is also saving the taxpayers money with a shorter bus ride so I just wanted to point out those those couple points that that weren't uh previously addressed so thank you counc thank you councilman Harris as well as mayor thank you for providing factual information we will
now move to the council agenda portion of the meeting starting myself item number four registration is now open for the wage golden estates calling all students Students from kindergarten through 8th grade 8th grade. Join the Saints organization for tackle football, cheerleading, fun, and fitness. You can register today at www.woodridge
golden saints.org. Rest of my agenda is in order. Just a few announcements. Uh just a reminder, the township fireworks celebration will be held on Thursday, July 3rd at Alvin Williams Park in Seor. Gates open at 4. Please remember to bring a chair and music entertainment provided by AM Gold. Uh, congratulations
to all our township students that will be graduating whether it be tomorrow from our high school schools or another institution. Good luck on your next journey. Thank you to all of our emergency worker responders, fire, EMS or police department, all of our public works and township employees. Stay cool.
God bless America. So, Vice President, thank you, Council President. My agenda is in order. Um, I just want to congratulate all of the students that'll be graduating and I have no other announcements. Thank you. Have a good evening. Thank you, Council Vice President. Councilman Anderson. Thank
you, Council President. Very brief announcements. Um, first, if uh your students are graduating from wh uh from Woodbridge Township schools and they're looking they don't have a uh place that they want to uh continue their education yet. Time is still there to apply to
Middle Sex College. Please go to www.mmiddsexcol.edu. you uh can apply and you'll have immediately have a counselor assigned to you so that they can go through your your transcripts and find out the best educational path for you. So, please
check that out at middle sexcol.edu. Um also, uh the Woodbridge Broncos are local uh program, their popner program, their season is starting a little bit earlier this year. It's actually starting on July 15th. It typically starts on August 1st. So, time now is
the the time to register. You can go to our Facebook page at family and friends of Woodbridge Broncos Football and Cheer. And then finally, um unfortunately due to the weather, uh our Junth uh event was cancelled um last
week uh due to the uh you know the rain and we were attempting to move that to a evening concert um where we would be able to at least salvage the event and have Epic Soul um perform there, but the the weather continued. Uh so we are
going to uh uh uh add that to our summer concert schedule. There will be a night that we will announce uh where the theme will be for our Junth event uh and Epic Soul will be performing. Um that is all I have. Thank you. Thank you Councilman Anderson. Council Ver. Thank you Council
President. My agenda is in order. Excuse me. We have a few announcement. Congratulations to all our 2025 graduates that will be graduating tomorrow. Have a great summer and good luck in all your future endeavors. And secondly, uh many roads in the second ward are being milled and paved. So be mindful of the closed roads, detours,
and construction workers. Thank you to the administration again for their annual milling and paving projects every year. God bless America. God bless our troops. And it's all I have. Council President. Thank you, Councilman Bower. Councilman Small. Council President, nothing this evening. God bless America and all our first responders. Thank you.
Thank you, Council Small. Councilwoman Deus. Thank you, Council President. I just have a few announcements. I would like to congratulate the newly um promoted Lieutenant Brian McMillan and Sergeant Jorge Casada. Congratulations. Also, the Woodbridge Police Department. If anyone is interested in becoming an
auxiliary police officer, please contact David Valent at 732-634500 extension 7395. Um I have the Baron Arts Center. The yearly uh annual varing fest will be held
October 11th. I will come back with more information on that. Also, the Woodbridge Public Library um they're looking for good tutors for literacy NJ um for English as a second language. You can contact the library for more information. And they are kicking off
their summer reading challenges called Color Our World. And there is a program for children, teens, and adults. And you can visit any library in our town to get more information on that. And congratulate all the teachers, the
administration, and all the kids for another successful and safe safe school year. That is all that I have. Thank you. Thank you, Councilwoman Hayes. Councilwoman Ven. Thank you, Council President. I just have one announcement. Um the fair is coming to Colonia this week or next week, July 8th through the
12th. It's from 6 pm to 11 at night. Um there's rides. It's it's a great time. Everybody comes out. I think we're one of the only fairs left around. So come out and enjoy the evening at the fair in Colonia July 8th through the 12th. And I just want to say best of luck.
Congratulations to all Woodbridge Township students that will be graduating tomorrow. May each one of your futures be filled with happiness and amazing success in whichever road you choose to take and have a safe and happy summer. Thank you, Councilwoman Mahan. Councilman.
Oh, thank you. Thank you, Council. Yes. Since uh schools are closing and I would like to congratulate students and the parents upon reaching this exciting milestone. Your hard work and dedication has brought you to this proud moment. Wishing you best wishes in your all
future endovers. Also, we are reaching 4th of July next week. May this 4th of July be filled with pride, gratitude, and joyful moment with family and the friends. Have a safe and a happy Independence Day. Also have a safe and a
pleasant summer. That's all. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman. Councilman Mattel, Councilman Harris. Yes. Uh thank you, Council. I've got a few items here. Uh one of the similar Mr. uh Councilman Bower, thank you to the administration on the aggressive uh you know, repaving
program. I look forward to uh I saw that application for retap over road in Colonia and uh thank you Mr. Brew. I saw your guys out there this morning doing some clean up along the bridge uh after we had some construction done. So I want to appreciate I want to send my
appreciation for that. Uh and in general to the administration, Mr. Sumaluga, Mr. Mitch for all your uh responsiveness to my emails. I'm new to the board here, new to the council here, so this is new and seeing how our processes work. the followup. It's greatly appreciated. And uh you know, thank you for what you do
on behalf of the town every day. Uh also want to give a a shout out to a couple other things uh on my my agenda here. The American Irish Association of Corporage is having its annual blood drive this Sunday, June the 29th, from
10:00 a.m. to 400 p.m. It's uh being run by the New York Blood Services. Uh you could walk in or you could schedule on the website at nybc.org and again that is Sunday June 29 from 10:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Acacia Youth
Center at 95 Court Reading Avenue on Woodbridge. Again, walk-ins are welcome. Blood is in uh constant high demand. Uh want to echo all the comments made by the uh council up here on uh congratulating our graduates. And then as uh Mr. the Hazes pointed out to me,
there's a lot going on for for kids going on this summer uh from the the mayor's uh summer children's series uh beginning on Saturday mornings at 10:00 a.m. Uh typically 45 minutes show uh typically they're I saw Wizard of Oz,
Peter Pan to the Reptile Show to a bubble show, all kinds of family fun events and then programming for middle school students. Uh students grades 6 through 8. There is the KU news center that's open daily uh beginning on Monday the 30th and that runs through I believe
August the 15th. And then uh also a new wellness program partnership with NGA4s. It's a student support service program. There are programming for students on Tuesdays and programs on a weekly basis
for for young young teenage girls uh on Thursdays. So, uh, go on to the Whipperstown, uh, website, the recreation department, youth services in particular, and learn about those programs. So, I know that was a lot mouthful, but, uh, you know, I want to thank Mr. Jesus for reminding me about
those great programs. So, thank you, Council President. Thank you, Councilman Harris. Uh, Councilwoman De, I just want to thank our police department, our Department of Public Works, because it is very hot out there. They're still out there patrolling and
doing their job. and the Department of Public Works has been getting all the high schools ready for graduation. So, they've been out there cutting grass and making sure that everything looks nice and spiffy. So, on behalf of the council, I just want to thank everybody that's out there doing the their everyday work and we really appreciate
the fact that they've been working in extreme heat. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Mitch. Thank you, Mr. President. The only comment I have is under warm pay. I'll have that before your next meeting for people. That's all I have. Thank you, Mr. Mitch. Thank you. I'm good. Thank you, Council President. Thank you,
Mr. Samuk. Thank you, Council President. I have two thanks for the resolution for our next session will be a tax and sewer payment tax appeals. Thank you, Council President. Thank you, sir. Please direct this. Thank you, Council President. On my agenda, I have the addition of a
handicap parking space on Raven Street. Thank you, sir. Planning Director Planning and Development Director. Thank you, Council President. Just stand your fiveweekly refundable resolutions. Thank you. Thank you, director. public works director. Thank you, council president. I have one item that's a proposal from
CM Associates and that's for the 2026 million resurfacing road program. Thank you, director Cleal. Thank you, council president. Nothing. Thank you, sir. Look for a motion to motion. Second, have a good night. Stay cool.