##VIDEO ID:XcHoYnZJEdM## e e e e but the thing is you could have all this stuff all right let's let's get this rolling so we can get out of here you're on okay yep whoops I stand by with my statement let's get put it on the record it's fast meeting uh okay uh this meeting is being held in accordance to the open public meetings Act adequate notice this meeting has been provided as required by law certain portions of it may be closed to the per to the public for the person hello for the purpose of personnel Andor matters as outlined in the Sunshine Law decisions made and or discussed in closed session will be made known to the public at a later date fire exits are located the directions I'm indicating in case of fire you will be notified by me via the public address system if you are alerted for fire please move into calm orderly manner to the nearest smoke free exit or as directed by me over the public address system uh call councilman Petroski here councilman Johnson here councilman signell here Council Rina here councilwoman Lions here Council Patel is absent mayor signell here a mayor cool um please lead us in open prayer follow followed by the pledge of Legions Eternal God grant us thy help in all our duties and perplexities we ask for thy guidance give us thy protection in our dangers and Sorrows grant us thy peace amen Al to flag of the United States of America and to the repblic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all uh okay uh so uh we don't exactly have a pack crowd tonight but um we're excited to to uh have you here uh one way or the other uh can I call up councilman patoski and uh Greg you want to come up yeah oh that's great see thanks man good I'm hanging in yeah hanging in um yeah so I'll just kick it off um uh councilman Johnson councilman patosi have been active in trying to help out the uh American Legion uh done a really good job and starting to fix it up um but the biggest pain point which I've been hearing about for a while is the uh ront steps so um uh local business owner uh was able to help us out with the uh rails as part of that and uh I don't know Councilman patosi Greg you want to say anything else okay um yeah we're trying to fix up post 60 uh which is on uh East Westfield Avenue um it's it's an old building I believe it's over 100 years old from what I was told so uh as I said before uh going to uh I'm member of the Sal going to the U me um U membership meeting and I heard nothing about the front steps for over two years so finally I said look can't we do something about it instead of keep talking about it so I reached out to my friend ad Alo do Cosmo um and he uh he represents the tile Union he's a business agent so he talked to The Brick Layers Union and they came over and they did the front steps free of charge okay uh they also we got the uh stuff donated by hunters uh lumber yard over first Avenue in Locust Street again free of charge okay um I went over to kazano uh railings on uh West forestfield Avenue I asked him if he could help out again Legion don't have money but if we they could donate their uh and he said absolutely so came over they measured they were able to use the old railing they painted it everything uh came out nice and they installed it and it looks great uh we also got the painters union to come over here they paint the front of the building like I had said before and again Sherman Williams donated to paint fore your charge so it didn't cost anything um uh next month we're going to have the flooring done uh that's I I I frankstein um uh Floren I think donated the uh all the the Florin and the um carpenters union is going to come in and install it so we're trying we're going to try to get the place picks up the painters union is supposed to come back again um and uh paint the back and they said if they needed anything painted in inside the building they'll do it so we're going to find things for him to do I want to thank uh councilman Johnson uh again he was a veteran himself former commander of the American Legion and um so I want to thank him for his service um councilman you want to say anything yeah I just wanted I just wanted to start off by thinking uh councilman patski for taking point on this and uh like he said we he said two years it's been this this talk been going on for longer than two years and we're just uh gr just want to extend our gratitude to uh businesses like you that help uh the veterans in our local community because uh it's tough financially sometimes to raise money and things of that nature and uh you know you know with inflation and things going on you know sometimes we need support and I know for business too is is sometimes that takes a lot yeah everyone's feeling the pinch so I just want to say thank you to you as well thank you to all the unions that uh made this possible and thank you to uh like again once again for Joe P's leadership and initiating these uh uh things to come so we're looking forward to the future so thank you very much thank you mayor for having us here to I'll show his appreciation uh yeah I I do I do a quick one if you don't mind WR I'll contribute something here uh this award is presented to Jeffrey kusano president owner kusano perm perms rail company is that per rail oh Perma rail okay it's just shorten uh mayor and Council of the bur of Rosal Park hereby wish to recognize the generosity of kusano company in connection with the improvements of the American Legion Post 60 and supporter of veterans organizations founded in 1962 serving Union County residence and Commercial 1962 oh boy all right you give give them Frenchies a run for their money relatives that worked for us back in the 60s oh no kidding all right were they good workers [Laughter] painters um kusano railings Prides itself in designing fabricating install wide range of aluminum and RW iron products for both indoor and outdoor uses so congratulations appreciate it man you want to take up wordss you want to take up wordss I'm good all right oh just to let you know he's been there 40 years correct I've been there 40 years yeah and the business has been there 60 years this another 60 yeah thank you very much for all your help just you want to take a quick picture real quick absolutely you mind Hi how are you do you remember brother yeah so I used to write the checks to you my father couldn't write them so father my dad my dad was rafhael the other one drove um last year M you want one he's jealous of the police that's a cool one right I noticed it right away yeah I like this one I think this was a mcaffry Parting Gift um fro hasn't got me anything that's why like it's the hardest on the clock [Laughter] love you Chief take it easy thank you very much love you Ken it's a good angle you got there tonight Ken Ken didn't find us enough money uh may I have a motion to approve meeting minutes pending any corrections oh second all in favor I may have motion that bills and payrolls be not read and pass for pay so moved second all in favor um I we have our affordable housing attorney here I'd like to make a proposal to move up um close session just to kind of get that out of the way do you think it's a bad idea I usually do public portion first you think yeah I mean we got a huge we got a huge public here so I got you Tina don't worry about it uh okay we have a motion to open the public portion on agenda items only so moved second all in favor I like to come up and speak come to the microphone state your name and address for the record I'm seeing no one may have a motion to close the public portion on agenda items only so moved second all in favor I okay um may I have a motion to what's that okay I guess we could do that too we do it now or later all right man may have a motion to accept the reports of departments as submitted second all in favor I you know can I can I be mayor here for minute all right I'm just guiding may I have a motion to go out of order and um uh open up the Clos session is that if yeah yeah we have one item for close Okay so moved second you got to read the thing yes uh whereas the mayor and Council the bur Rosel Park wish to discuss matters which is described by the New Jersey open public meetings Act njsa 10 4-12 and whereas the general nature of the subject to be discussed in close session are matters of attorney client privilege involving the Burrow's fourth round affordable housing obligations and whereas the time when and the circumstances under which the items discussed in close session will be disclosed to the public at a future time now therefore be it resolved that the mayor and Council of the bur Rosa Park in the county of Union in the state of New Jersey do now adjourn the open portion of the meeting and open a closed portion meeting to discuss the aforementioned item all in favor all in favor I I thank you uh closed all right e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e uh K motion to reconvene so moved second all in favor I I mayor in close session of the governing body discuss a matter of attorney client privilege involving fourth round affordable housing obligations uh no action is going to be taken on this matter at this time but possibly later in the meeting okay there are no ordinances for second reading this evening Mr clerk please read ordinance number 2803 by title yes mayor ordinance 2803 is an ordinance for introduction ordinance amending chapter 7 section 39 subsection 2 of the code of the B Rosell Park entitled handicap parking on streets for private residences we have motion to approve ordinance number 2803 for introduction and fix date for second reading and public hearing is February 6 2025 so moved second is there any discussion mayor I and I there is a um there was a shortage of information um when I drafted this ordinance um I just want to make a note for the record that the placard number that should be inserted into um this particular entry is p26 89621 if we could just uh amend the ordinance to include uh that residence's placard number so that it can be reflected in the ordinance are you serious oh p26 689 621 may may I have a motion to amend sove second uh do I just you you need a roll call or can I do all in favor call the rooll call the RO Council patoski yes councilman Johnson yes Council signorella yes councilman rabina yes councilwoman Lions yes five votes in the affirmative mayor the amendment is agreed to just need a motion to introduce as amended I have motion to introduce as amended so moved so moved sorry call call the rooll councilman Petroski yes councilman Johnson yes Council signorella yes councilman rabina yes councilwoman Lions yes five in the affirmative mayor the ordinance is introduced cool uh please read ordinance number 2804 by title yes mayor ordinance 2804 is an ordinance for introduction ordinance amending chapter 7 section 39 subsection 1 of the code of the burough Rosell Park entitled handicap parking on street uh may I have motion to approve ordinance number 2804 for introduction and fixed date for second reading and public hearing as February 6 2025 so moved second is there any discussion call the RO not used to writing the initials rosanna's initials that keep tripping me up uh councilman Petroski yes councilman Johnson yes councilman signorella yes councilman rabina yes councilman Lions yes by votes the affirmative mayor the ordinance is introduced uh please read 2805 by title yes mayor ordinance 2805 is an ordinance for introd introdu for introduction ordinance amending chapter 2 section 36 of the code of the B Rosa Park entitled shade tree committee may have motion to approve ordinance number 2805 for introduction and fix the date for second reading and public hearing as February 6 2025 so mooves second there any discussion please call the rooll councilman patoski yes councilman Johnson councilman sella Council Rina councilwoman Lions yes five votes the affirmative mayor the ordinance is introduced all matters listed with an Asis are considered to be routine and non-controversial by the council will be approved by one motion there will be no separ discussion of these items unless a member of the governing body's have request in which case the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda as part of the general orders please read all resolutions by title yes mayor resolution 3825 is affirming actions taken by the chief administrative officer are notifying Tracy a winskowski of a non- reappointment to the position of Fire subcode official and fire inspector pursuant to njsa 5 col 23-44 A9 resolution 3925 is approving the time due calculation in terms of final payment for Rose Cooper resolution 4025 is authorizing the treasure to issue one check totaling $1,529 120 payable to one lean holder on two properties in one check totaling $1,200 from the tax collector's premium account resolution 4125 is committing to fourth round present and prospective need affordable housing obligations resolution 4225 is authorizing the burrow clerk to authorize authorizing the burrow clerk to auction unclaimed Vehicles resolution 4325 is reappointing Michael po to the position of class two special law enforcement officer within the Rosa Park Police Department 4425 is reappointing Janet D Pala to the position of Class 2 special law enforcement officer within the Rosa Park Police Department 4525 is reappointing John V Zimmerman to the position of Class 2 special law enforcement officer within the Rosal Park Police Department 4625 is reappointing Michael a heler to the position of class two special law enforcement officer within the Rosa Park Police Department 4725 is appoint reappointing Brad m spor to the position of Class 2 special law enforcement officer the R Park Police Department 4825 is reappointing Anthony Lima to the position of class three special law enforcement officer within the Rosal Park Police Department 4925 is reappointing Raymond J Goldin to the position of class three special law enforcement officer within the Rosal Park Police Department and resolution 5025 is authorizing a shared service agreement with the bur of between sorry authorizing a shared service agreement with the burough of Rosel and the county of Union relating to maintenance control supervision and regulation of the Gordon Street Bridge uh okay uh we're going to pull 4125 yeah are we pulling anything else no okay do members wish oh may have motion to approve the resolutions remaining on the consent agenda so moved second all in favor I may have a motion to adopt resolution 41-25 so move second any discussion so I think uh yeah so go ahead Rob if we could table that um just so we can think about it and and then reconvene uh with a special meeting that would be great yep so we're going to call a special meeting for next Thursday 6m and we will vote on this then thank you so Mo there's a motion to table 4 whoever I got I got it'll be a surprise in the minutes um col I actually have councilman Johnson councilman patoski yes councilman Johnson yes Council signorella yes councilman rabina yes councilwoman Lions yes five uh votes the affirmed on a motion to table the resolution is tabled until next Thursday at 6m in this room can't wait uh reports of bur Council committees um uh councilman signarello oh so I just want to go over just a couple of uh information things I make it short uh we got a cold snap coming in the next couple days I went to a fire call the other day and the folks didn't have have water in their uh boiler please check your boiler just a little infomercial here check your boiler and uh it's going to be cold to Grandpa showed me Joe open up your uh kitchen sink so your your plumbing don't freeze other than that be safe and uh uh if you need to get a hold of me it's j signorella at Rosel park.net that's it thank you councilman Johnson yeah I'm going to keep it short as well good evening mayor counsil residents uh just wanted to give you a brief synopsis of upcoming projects uh one that I'm excited um that uh is Persian a receiving nearly uh 375,000 uh State Grant Aid improvements so looking forward to pav getting done uh this year and as well as uh finishing off uh Avon and Berwin um also I'm in the middle of trying to sponsor uh putting life first CPR event again uh with myself uh Garwood first aid director rupin and uh just wanted to thank uh the governing body last time for supporting such an initiative especially um it was it was so uh and it was an unfortunate event where the director got hit but um he advised me that one of the uh residents that uh participated in the CPR event was one of the people there that responded to him so I want to keep those type of things going those things are positive Enlighten our community and so I'm looking forward to putting forth such another great event uh and uh the last uh event that um I'm looking forward to do this year hopefully if the budget permits I'm looking at Ken because I don't I think I'm feeling how the mayor feels sometimes uh um but uh I think it's a great uh event um it's a multicultural uh Day celebration for Rosel Park I mean we have so many different ethnicities and we were ranked number six in uh Union uh for for Union County for during 2024 um and 99 we received a 99 out of 100 for ethnic diversity um within our community uh just makes sense to to Encompass the whole Community uh so I'm looking forward to uh me and rupin and uh are trying to put our heads together with uh trying to expand and we and we're willing to take any information from uh Council as well uh that want to help um participate in such this beautiful event uh if you need to get in contact with me please email me at G Johnson Rosel park.net uh 908 3031 1519 and I'll be remiss I just wanted to say thank you to this governing body for um supporting my me during such a hard time with losing my mom's and I I just appreciate all the love that I received emails letters uh uh and things of that nature so just thank you very much let's let's spend time with our family and uh and and and focus on what matters most Community that's it mayor thank you councilman uh councilman patoski thank you mayor uh first of all I want to send my condolences out to the Gloria Grace Rigo kako family um she was a 1948 graduate of Rosal Park High School uh Ron Rudolph a 1957 uh graduate uh George Hollands a 1952 uh graduate Frank green um he he he really tried to fight the fight he had luk leukemia um so he unfortunately he passed away so um and also heleny um you know actually Helen Addie was 100 years old so she passed away the other day uh yeah January 6 I attended the fire department meeting uh I got updated as far as uh some work orders that need to be done I know they had some trouble with heat um so um you know so again uh I appreciate all what the fire department does January 8th I attended a recreation meeting uh um they're going to have a event this sun uh Sunday January 19th um it's going to be it's called Story Time party is from 12:00 to 2 o'cl at the anony signorella youth center uh 234 Chester Street uh it's saying wear some cozy pjs and bring a stuffed animal and listen to the stories a winter craft and leave with a treat so again that's done by the recreation committee um uh today I attended the Joint Sewer meeting um we talked about the the executive uh contract with the executive officer in charge of uh Joint Sewer um it uh lot of discussion uh but uh I believe they're going to vote on it next month okay um and then we uh we approved some contracts for the 2025 year uh uh again about the American Legion uh you know if you can help out please help out uh we're doing our best to try to make it good like I said uh I appreciate uh cosano coming in um they did the railings for us again we got the Carpenters Union coming in to do a new flooring and there's other projects coming down again I I send my prayers out to Greg Johnson's mother um again uh you know U she's she's always in my prayers so like that um and uh if you need to contact me you could get me at J Petroski at Ros parknet 9086664419 mayor thank you councilman uh councilwoman good evening mayor and Council and Rosell Park um definitely we send out again our heartfelt condolences to you uh Greg and Councilman Greg I should say um it's there's no words but we um hurt for you you know and we love you so uh um it's hard I I can't imagine but you know our hearts are with you for sure um so happy New Year it's January 16th what day is it 16th um we could still say happy new year January um I'm looking at the calendar and and we really start really picking up with events in March um I am going to be doing woman of the year again so I just want you guys to know we uh love to honor a woman each year and that's going to be coming up in March and I'll be sending that out in February so please if you if you want to nominate your favorite woman in Rosal Park look for it on uh the social media and we'll get that out um we do have St Patrick's Day events coming we have CPR seminars coming meet the burrow all the wonderful things that we do as a community so stay tuned for that I know the uh the Rosal Park app is being updated and that's going to be there but I know someone posted it today actually with a bunch of events and the Multicultural Festival sounds awesome so I would love to help there's anything that I could do please um but I am also going to have a woman's night like I usually do in March so stay tuned for that and I will be starting Rosel Park walking Club soon I am doing it on my own um but I'm going to be putting out post to encourage to really stay uh you know healthy and even in the cold winter uh days something can be done on a treadmill or you know dress up uh but I am excited for the new year if there's anything that I could do I really I started um and I said yes to being a counsil woman really not for myself but in honor of uh my family and in honor of really the people of Rosell Park so if there's anything that I could do please call me at 908-7262 73 R Lions Rosal park.net and uh I just thank every single person in Rosal Park and really the team that we have here uh we work things out like a family and we work for the people and I uh I appreciate that thank you uh thank you councilwoman uh councilman rabina thank you mayor good evening mayor council members professionals on the days and residents of Rosel Park I'd like to share a few updates with you tonight on Commerce on January 6 we held a chamber meeting at Sunrise Diner in attendance were myself chamber executive director Jim Masterson councilwoman lions and Joe stampone chamber of VP and the owner of major printing here in town we discussed several matters including the upcoming ribbon cutting ceremony for County Excellence Credit Union on chest Street uh this event will be held on Thursday February 6th at 10: a.m. with food trucks and festivities to follow until 5:00 p.m. I attended the board of educations reorganization meeting on January 7th on Sunday January 12th I was invited to Union County connect social in Cranford where I joined Garwood mayor blumenstock commissioner Mirabella and Senator cryan we discussed key initi such as Rails to Trails projects and bike and pedestrian safety support on these initiatives is strong so much so that the following day on January 13th Governor Murphy signed legislation establishing the target zero commission a new initiative aiming to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries in New Jersey by 2040 this aligns closely with our local safety efforts particularly as pedestrian fatalities continue to rise Statewide our focus on bike path extensions and safer streets is critical as we work work towards these shared goals later that day I attended the municipal land use board reorganization meeting on public safety and infrastructure yesterday the mayor councilman at large bur administrator and I met with psng to discuss ongoing electrical upgrade project which includes the installation of new utility polls along West kfax and Locust during the meeting we stressed the need for better communication from psng to keep the community informed about progress and restoration efforts we also outlined the expectations of both the burrow and their residents additionally I've been working with the D DPW and the police department to address traffic related concerns from residents on Hazel and West Rosel regarding Community safety and advocacy as a father and longtime advocate for Community safety I remain committed to initiatives that make our town safer for families efforts such as Rails to Trails Greenways and the Safe Streets for all survey are Central to this Mission I strongly encourage residents to participate in the safe streets for all action plan survey which aims to reduce roadway deaths and serious injuries if you've had any safety concerns or close calls on local or County Roads fut Locust Chestnut East Lincoln Galloping Hill or kfax Lincoln Webster please take the opportunity to share your feedback this survey will remain open until the end of the month High participation will help prioritize safety improvements and secure funding for Rosel Park roads so please for more details visit my Facebook page or I'm hoping that the camera is looking over this way scan this QR code we've also been in touch with New Jersey Transit regarding the train station project the final design is expected to be completed by March with construction bid scheduled for late summer early fall though there were some initial delays the project is now on track on Public Safety there was an incident yesterday the Rosel Park Police Department responded to a suspicious package call at the NJ Transit bus shelter on fot near Aldine Park and Aldine School 12:07 p.m. a report was made and within an hour the package was cleared and deemed safe fortunately it turned out to be a snowman ornament in a styrofoam package inside a plastic bag local resident walking her dog alerted the authorities reminding us all of the importance of the see something say something initiative I want to commend that Resident along with Chief Reno and the Rosell Park Police Department for their quick and thorough response this successful operation highlights the excellent teamwork between our local department and our County Partners thank you to support our law enforcement please consider visiting the Rosell Park PBA Local 27 uh swag store at bline beast.com or accessing the link on the Rosell Park PBA Facebook page you can also scan this QR code for more information lastly I'd like to express my deepest condolences to a few amilies the Hansen family last week we lost Ward resident Marilyn Hansen our thoughts are with Kenneth Denise and the entire Hansen Family during this difficult time may she rest in peace along with my neighbor George haulings and of course councilman Johnson's mother condolences that's all I've got for uh this evening's report as always you can reach me at J rein at Rosal park.net uh and by phone at 862 23619 uh mayor my colleagues Rosa Park that concludes my report thank you Jay um what do I have uh you guys always steal everything huh new jacket this is old this is a this is haircut new haircut I shaved a little bit the Beard's gone I actually was told to keep the beard that don't look as good shaved um the uh the only the only thing I have is at least somebody gets joy out of that uh the only thing I have is kind of it's off it's a little bit off the beaten path um we are starting to plan our events for 2025 and as part of that like I was the the the Bender a Halloween Situation's really rough um so I scheduled meeting with councilman patoski and councilman Johnson um to see what we can do in terms of either just giving relief to the residents that want to participate there and then also like it's gonna happen so you know is there a way that we can enhance it right because it used to be something that everybody participated in now it's like scattered um it's something that we just can't prevent so if we can give relief to the people that are doing that uh I I think that's a thing that we can do so um if you are on bender or in those Wards if you want to email me and you know any feedback or suggestions very welcome it's a very divisive thing people either love it or hate it or go away for the day but um hopefully between the three of us we can come up with something to at least give these guys some candy or something like these guys go through thousands of dollars of candy uh that day so see if we can provide some help other than that um mayor s at Rosal park.net you tell me if you like me shaved or with a beard scan this barcode Jerry J where show me how to do the barcode uh okay may have motion oh did I do the second public portion no all right uh may I have motion to open the public portion on any subject so moved second all in favor if you'd like to speak please come forward to the microphone and state your name and address for the record there's literally no one in the building may have a motion to close the public portion on any subject so moved second all in favor I have a motion to adjourn so moved second all in favor I yeah yeah an hour and 15 minutes for for