okay this meeting is being held in accordance with the open public meetings act annual notice this meeting was published in the Union County local source and the New York Star Ledger said notice post the municipal building and a copy is on file with the office of the barl clerk fire EXs are located in the directions I'm indicating if you leered for fire please move in a calm orderly manner to the nearest smokefree exit proper notice haven't been given bur clerk is directed to include the state in the minutes of the meeting please call the rooll Andrew councilman Petroski here councilman Johnson present Council signorella here councilman Robina here councilwoman Lions is absent councilman Patel is absent mayor signorella present you have a quar mayor cool uh okay um please lead us in the opening prayer followed by the Pledge of Allegiance 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 amen to the of the United States of America and to the repblic for it stands one nation under God indivisible okay uh there are no Communications for review this evening uh we have a bunch of proclamations but the guy I was going to give the proclamations to was not here um but I can get started with we have Britney you're the dni committee right still okay cool you're replacing Chris for this one come on up you're pin shating let's go make sure you read which one yeah well so hold on one second here this one is this one Chris's like history mode small Greg you want to come up oh my um so um uh February my birth month uh marks Black History Month and of course we're doing a proclamation for Black History Month um but you know I was really struggling to sadly want to honor you know somebody historic in Rosal Park for Black History Month and it occurred to me I feel like we're making some black history here in Rosell Park um over my tenure we've had I mean probably more blackowned businesses in this town than I've ever seen and I grew up here right um so Chris Monroe is going to be here started up our first ice cream shop in a very long time uh we got house 157 um so this year uh I want to declare February uh black uh small business month there is a black business month already it's in August oh cool welcome welcome to the show Chris Monroe yeah thank you sweating it out over here um uh so yeah so that's my declaration for this month we're GNA have a couple of black owned businesses in uh the next meeting to come on up let's go come on come on uh to be recognized and you know make sure that they're prominent and uh I encourage you to as we advertise them make sure you patronize them it's a little cold for ice cream but you know whatever it's okay you got something warm over there too you got free samples okay cool um so I don't know uh Greg Chris Britney if you guys want to say anything for Black History Month probably more qualified than me I'll oh that's fancy okay hold hold that first well actually you know what why don't we just do it do we'll do it live no worries no worries um I just wanted to present uh Chris this uh certificate of of recognition um over the two past two years when I first met Chris let me let me back up for a minute when I first met Chris I was the chair at the time I wasn't even involved in as an elected official and uh we opened it up to the the general public so we could get feedback from the community Chris was one of those people that came online and provided feedback about anti-bullying and things of that nature and uh the rest is history we have not we've been doing anti-bullying and history uh under his leadership he's just been very exceptional with uh keeping the team together and always uh even kill when when he discussed with people and so did te before was that we also did juneth y yep uh juneth uh and now he has the a blackowned uh ice cream shop so I just want to give him a round of applause and I I want to thank him personally because I couldn't personally pull off a lot of this stuff without Chris and I'm and or the dni committee Dr Kirkland and so I I would be remiss if I didn't give him a a recognition and and since he's uh not going to be the chair because he's trying to culations he he's a busy man uh trying you know first time you know business owners it it gets difficult so he needs to focus on that endeavor and I I just want to say thank you Chris uh on behalf of mayor and councel we present you this uh certificate [Applause] recognition you get the other ones too man that's why you had to show up here um Chris you want to say anything CHR now you gotta say I I was about to swipe come on guys you guys know I don't like the spotlight um thank everybody it first off um let me just say coming into Rosel Park I did not know what my purpose was going to be um the house we actually had a house uh up in South Jersey that we were contracted with and then for some reason this this house popped up and I was like let's go check it out and then it was close to the family and we moved here and um I must say we made the very very very good decision um I stayed lowkey for a while when I first moved here then I joined the PTO met constant and Cindy then I in one email to the mayor introduced me to these great people back here in the mayor and Council and you guys have been all supportive um definitely come out to park ice cream um I'm trying to you know I I I'm the type of person that listens to the community too and I heard everybody talking about it so definitely want to do that um so we definitely opened that up and we have more coming so just stay tuned thank [Applause] you can you get some salad for me I'm sound down but I got cool all right thanks [Applause] guys right that's why I killed a couple birds with Chris's Stone uh okay it's toasty in here I just turn it off minut check uh may have a motion to approve meeting minutes pending any corrections so move second I'm sorry bad habit yeah reflex yeah all in favor I I uh may have a motion to approve meeting minutes oh no I did that uh may have a motion to oh you that's a typo on your part may have a motion to pass payrolls and bills so move second all in favor sorry it's all good may have motion to open the public portion on agenda items only so move second all in favor I anybody anybody it's cool makes it run faster speed boms we got it don't worry about it going to say anything uh I'm seeing no one may have a motion to close the public portion agenda items only so move second all in favor chill out bro used to talks uh what do we do we're doing close session before the Departments or after after okay yeah all right uh let's do Andrew you want to start off before I forget about you thanks mayor uh don't really have a formal report we have a lot going on start of the year uh I appreciate everybody's patience we're trying to get all the priorities in order know I've spoken to almost every member of the governing body about what they envisioned for 2024 I can say it's going to be a very busy year um along with that we've been talking through priorities budgetarily both with the capital budget and operating budget we're working as fast as we can uh I know one of the priorities we have is to enact Capital sooner rather than later this year and try to get our bond ordinance in order a little bit little bit sooner than we typically would um so we're working with that I believe we have our first finance committee meeting of the year next week um and uh again I think the word is stay tuned we'll find out uh what 2024 has to bring happy to answer any questions any questions for the administrator excellent Kenneth thank you mayor uh just a reminder uh first quarter taxes are due starting today this quarter you have until the 13th to pay without interest due to the 10th fing on a Saturday and the 12th is a Burrel holiday and as Andrew mention mentioned we have our first finance committee meeting on the 8th that's all I have right now mayor God bless uh okay Rich good evening everyone even so I'm going to present to you the year- end report for 2023 I didn't have the time to do the January report of 2024 I just got the information late today so we had a very good year last year um at the end of the year we actually had total revenue from all sources of 1,415 1819 for the year of 2023 we had 1,997 permits in total total uniform construction code Revenue including revenue from uh dumpsters and those type of permits was $944,000 so our connection fees were a little light layer last year because we didn't have certificate of occupancies issued on 10 west or 450 um West Westfield so it was only $22 I'm sorry uh $68 co- development fees was $436,500 total number of uniform construction code violations issued for 2023 is 112 uh for the month of December we had 10 court dispositions on the property maintenance side we had 14 violations and 14 Court summonses issued so fines year-to date through the court was $28,995 West Westfield the fernow project building B is moving along they're probably looking at occupancy around June and uh the hunter project is moving along they should be starting their framing fairly soon within the next three to four weeks so if anybody has any questions cool rich I I wanted to call you 12 times this week um the the old uh cleaning uh fa facility and store on Dalton we and somebody in the neighborhood called me up and says uh the building's coming down or this or that or what's what's the progress with that building no so they've they've been to court um you know I summons them to go to court under summary proceeding it's known as the penalty Enforcement Act because they didn't follow my directive which was a notice of violation through the uniform construction code so at this point I have received engineering certification that the walls are not going to fall down they brought in an engineer um they are going back court next Thursday so I will be attending Court to um finalize their progress they do still plan on going to the land use board to obtain a use variance to put in a glass company and they also at this point are looking at two apartments above okay thank you sounds good thanks Rich uh Mr Shaw thank you mayor good evening everybody [Applause] um the center has uh resumed and will continue providing free exercise classes throughout the year for residents of different age age groups seniors age 55 and above can join the classes from Monday to Friday at 11:00 a.m. and residents ages 18 and above can participate from Monday to Thursday at 7:00 p.m. apart from the exercise program senior can also take part in various activities such as Bingo nutrition program shopping trips Casino trips day trips and uh there a lot of more stuff happening as well uh free Transportation uh is being also provided to Ros Park seniors for their medical needs and to attend all the activities on J January 23rd the Union County Health management team uh visited our Center to deliver a presentation on heart heart disease and high blood pressure we are pleased to announce that they will be visiting us once a month throughout 2024 uh the next presentation will be on her uh health and it is scheduled for February 20th at 12:00 p.m. thanks to the Union County Health management team for their ongoing uh partnership and the support starting next week the center will be launching a new program um where seniors can enjoy bowling at Lyon Lyndon Lane the program will be held every Wednesday Wednesday and free Transportation will be provided to the seniors pickup will start at 12:00 p.m. uh 12:00 p.m. the cost per uh game is $4 on Tuesday February 14th seniors will be visiting uh Sherman school for a Valentine's breakfast with fifth graders at 9:30 a.m the event includes special prizes refreshments and entertainment uh thanks to the Sherman School PTA for or organizing this event uh I have started working on scheduling our public events for the year to offset the costs I have submitted a financial sponsorship sponsorship application to the county for various event I have requested $30,000 for our annual fireworks event 8,000 for the Annual Festival of India 6 $6,000 for the annual Mischief Night and concert and $26,700 for our annual Christmas celebration and that concludes my report mayor any questions for Reuben thank you yep uh Kevin good evening thanks for having me I'll try to be brief um so there's a few things we're looking at for 2024 uh from a traffic and pedestrian safety standpoint uh there is West kfax between Laurel and um Locust so we're looking to add speed HPS uh we're just waiting for traffic counts to see if they would qualify for that we're also looking at intersection improvements um at Chestnut Street in Lincoln uh f sorry I'm I'm not g be able to pronounce this Ro correctly um if you want to help me fat P sorry P at uh Sean Avenue West Webster and West Lincoln Avenue we're just looking at those intersections to see if we can make any improvements as far as traffic pestan safety and any vehicle conflicts um from a drainage standpoint there's a few areas localized areas we're looking at uh one being the Beachwood kfax area um there's the apartments there next to the the property is actually owned by the dot New Jersey Department of Transportation we reached out to them to make improvements on that property um we're just waiting for feedback from them whether or not there would be an agreement to making those improvements um once we hear I'll give you another update on that and we're also looking on Beachwood and West Lincoln um there's an area there's there's a small Tri triangle area kind of where those intersections all happen we're looking to do some rain Gardens in either that area or we'll make other recommendations to start employing some rain Gardens to help with some of the drainage in the town um and a stormm water uh separation project that we're looking with uh Elizabeth we've gone through a couple um alignment iterations um we have some ideas some some different from the initial reports and findings that we've had I I know we have a closed session to talk about that you're going to stick around for that right yes yes I can go into more detail then if you want me to go over I would I would just hold it for then okay perfect but like broad Strokes um I think uh we have a couple Concepts that will work yes yeah there there's several Concepts that will work from an engineering standpoint from grading it's just a question of which ones yeah they're comfortable pluses and minuses to each is so yeah we can go to that in more detail yep cool all I have thank you cool any questions for Kevin cool thank you fifth W engineer Kevin boy uh Ken I did you uh Steve Thompson I'm just going down the list no Rhyme or Reason you like those F to safety study right I saw you nodding you like that Steve absolutely okay good it is it's it's bad there yes it is yeah there's a couple intersections that are a little tough but that's not this side that's the other side yeah yeah yeah um just uh thank you mayor council just uh want to go over a couple quick things uh wanted to thank everybody for their support with the loss of our uh firefighter Greg Urban who passed away in January the support from the town the neighboring fire departments the police department it was overwhelming so we really appreciate that um just wanted to also thank uh Union County Hazmat they've responded twice last month into the burrow within a week which is a a lot for us they usually don't respond twice in a year so their help was greatly appreciated and their expertise in helping us mitigate the hazards just wanted to touch briefly on I know there's been a lot of uh discussion about it in the news with lithium ion batteries we actually did have one lithium ion battery fire in Rosal Park uh last month really where I don't have the address off the top of my head but I I can dri that's crazy which side east side right by at like a single family residence yeah there you go Chief right there huh it was uh Andrew says you're showing off it was uh luckily the resident was home when it occurred so he was able to quickly get the battery out of the house did they know what was it charging that caused it or no crazy the battery was not on a charger it was a faulty battery that had been damaged and he had just left in the back and what's the protocol you guys did training on this right but is it you just got to douse it with water right for list lithium ion batteries or EV fires there's two different things oh sorry lithium I'm thinking for cars yeah no no this this was not a car this was like a battery pack for uh okay I got I got I got much more concerned as my new EVS like sit out sits out there we did purchase a EV nozzle last year that we do have for the fire department in case EV fire would occur but this was just one a actual lithium ion battery pack that was not being charged it was just sitting there and it caught on fire y so uh the HazMat team luckily has all the equipment that they need so they responded out and were able to help us out so I just want to thank them yeah uh so just obviously with lithium ion batteries if you're using them please don't leave them plugged in and charging you know make sure you're following the manufacturer's advice on how to charge them and when not to charge them and overcharge them uh the last thing unfortunately we would just uh like to send our thoughts and prayers to the planfield fire department on the line of duty death of markis Hudson who passed away uh not too long ago the fire department uh responded that night with coverage for planfield and we're going to be also attending the wake and funeral service to assist planfield through this that's all I had thank you chief chief I just want to uh um and you did a good job with talking about that three 300 clay but um it was in uh one of these Costco right uh overpacks and and the fellow lived there and Chief's right if he wasn't home it could have been if he wasn't home that would have been full a funny thing for engineering he goes you know when we exchange houses now it's mandatory to have a extinguisher in the property he said I'm glad I have the extinguisher in my house because if it wasn't for that I probably wouldn't have it and he did probably uh they say G cooled it off with the extinguisher but uh he's lucky we're all Lucky there could have been a a fire absolutely thank you Chief cool thank you sir Chief REO it's picking up the slack for chief Thompson well done good evening everybody it's always always teamwork right always um I submitted a report to Andrew I think some of you had received it some of them was will be forwarded in in the next week or two yep um part of the report is I just want I just on January 4th I attended the 2024 burough Rosal Park vorg meeting congratulations to councilman at large joose Joseph sarella Jr and Councilman Greg Johnson on the re-election to council and I look forward to working with you uh for a few more years um on January 5th I attended and participated in the Rosal Park PBA 27 holiday Galla and award ceremony the event was well attended and I was honored to hand out numerous Awards to members of the police department for meritorious service saving likes lives and acts of Bravery special thank you goes out to councilman Joe Petroski and councilman Gregory Johnson for attending the gala and supporting the police department on January 12th I attended and participated in the funeral service for Rosal Park firefighter Gregory Urban my condolences also go out to the urban family and friends on January 19th we held our own ceremony uh and I attended and participated in a memorial service for four-year anniversary of the passing of Rosell Park police officer Ed officer Edward n Edward nortrip uh you are forever in our hearts and prayers and I just wanted to give a shout out to their family uh the last thing I'll I'll over is uh most recently we had a supervisor meeting for the 2024 year kind of trying to get everybody on the same page as far as uh traffic enforcement goes I know it's a big buzz here in the community um U you guys are going to see a big difference out there when it comes to you know people being pulled over and people being ham you know hammered with some tickets where they're not supposed to be parking and and I'm listening to the public and I'm listening to my constituents and uh Listen to You're pain in the butt mayor sa safety is first and Paramount and uh we're here to help right we're here to make the community safer we're here to make the this this whole town safer so um you guys are going to see a little bit of uptick we've dealt with some some tears at the window uh for people paying Their fines but uh I tell them that just it's a learning curve and and hopefully that uh we could curtail some of the behaviors that have gone by the wayside for uh for many years don't park in the wrong spot and get back on track so y that's where we're at accountability Chief no just echoing you it's accountability yeah it's a yellow curve yeah can't make it clearer than that thank you Chief no worries cool anything that's it Jay [Laughter] nothing poor Jay's over there on his own taking grenades he's got no backup uh do what I got to do Paul yes all right you saw the order good good evening um I'm starting off with our staff we have one superintendent one clerical one mechanic two operators two class two laborers and one I'm sorry and two class one labors uh as most of you already know uh February 15th will be uh labor R Ryan Urban's last day with the Rosell Park Department of Public Works Ryan is moving on to fulfill his dream of becoming a full-time fireman I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Ryan for his dedication to the burrow um I'd also like to wish him Lu and a long and safe career as a fireman congrats Ryan uh January 15th and 16th brought us our first winter weather disturbance of the Season uh was mostly a salting event with excessive freezing rain um for that event we put down anywhere between 120 to 140 tons of rock salt hard to estimate because the rock Salt's been in the bin for almost 2 years but but based on what we replenished um we probably replenished yeah about 140 tons of of of rock salt um so we're stockpiled with rock salt and ready for the next storm sewers the month of January we had a little bit of an uptick with sewer calls um five in total one on Charlotte Terrace which actually required a repair on Sunday January 7th uh one on Ashwood Avenue one on Hemlock one on West Webster and there was an assistance to crantford on January 27th um yesterday the burrow um worked with a vendor to do some exploratory work over of of three locations three sewer locations um two being sanitary one being storm the storm sewer location was at the intersection of Laurel and West Webster um through the investigation with a camera uh We've noticed that there is a misalignment going from uh the north northeast corner towards the northwest corner of luron Webster um and that misalignment is causing an obstruction which will at some point require some remediation there or some sort of work um it is currently flowing at a slow rate but there is some puddling that occurs on the North uh east corner right by the monument um the second job we did y city was uh Williams Street starting from Chestnut going eastbound on Williams Street SED through that investigation we found about 8 ft approximately 8 ft from the manhole and on Chestnut Street um there is a there is a collapsed pipe uh this will remain we've been called to this to this location several times actually probably rough estimate eight times in the last two years for sewer backups along William Street um we couldn't even get the camera in there yesterday a a employee of the vendor actually had to go down the manhole and physically take a picture with his phone and he was able to see it um this repair will require immediate attention and is scheduled for Monday night um February 5th um I will coordinate with the police chief in terms of traffic and and the um possible closure or or um modification to the traffic pattern throughout the night uh um the Third location was Charlotte Terrace that was a followup to the Sewer coal and the repair we had earlier in the month um we did notice that there was a manhole missing we did locate it through uh with the camera it's 186 ft south of the uh main hole that the manhole that we started from it is under sidewalk or driveway close sidewalk or driveway um that was it for sewers street sweeper sweeper back on its daily route after being sidelined for little over week due to the winter storm on January 15th and 16th with the temperature staying above freezing and favorable the the sweeper will remain on the road uh trees and Property Maintenance in the month of January our vendor performed the following tree work one removal and 11 tree trims and and elevations and one stump excuse me one stump removed um top soiled and seated that's a total of uh 13 jobs in three they were here three times in the month of uh January um mayor that concludes my report any questions yeah I I have one um thank you uh first I wanted to say thank you for responding uh someone uh sent me a picture of the trash being filled up off of uh Galloping Hill um well later on I'm going to tell people uh residents especially uh to try to put the trash inside the bin that would that would be more and helpful um we'll start there but um I had a question for you because uh like gallam Hill is a hot spot techn possibly and probably numerous other uh trash uh receptacles throughout the town I just wanted to know on Friday do we just leave it half filled or do we remove them completely anyway my expectations are that supposed to remove them completely um because the typical schedule is a Monday and Friday cleanup um I don't go inspect each recepticle after they're done um so my expectations are that they're being cleaned out completely or the trash bags being removed and replaced completely gin Hill Westfield is that it is gallopin Hill Road and Westfield AV yeah yeah uh so yeah my only thing is I just would like uh I mean you would have better discretion with that uh and and figuring that out what what hotpots uh but if they could just check that because I want to kind of mitigate uh us getting emails over the week weekends and over 3day holiday weekends and things of that nature if I don't really want people just to look in the trash and say oh it's half G full so we could leave it there that I kind of want it removed thank you cool anything else oh yeah Paul if you could just Paul if you could just um it just dawned on me now so I apologize for not telling you offline um for the Monday night work if you could just talk to Russ cuz I don't know when they have stuff coming in and out over their project at dings just cuz it'll be in close proximity if you just want to let just figure that out so they don't have a conflict got it and then we don't have a conflict and it just doesn't work for either of us yep okay thanks how many receptacles do we have total trash it's in the 60s the last time I counted it was in the low 60s between 60 and 65 do we have any more just in case all out yeah I'd like to order some more of the black ones we if we have any it's probably the the cardinal red receptical but I okay I'm just curious cool thank you thank you thank you last but not least good evening everyone I'd like to thank mayor signorell and Town Council for giving me the opportunity to provide a brief update membership and Recreation we currently have over 480 recreational members homework club and Aftercare we currently have over 126 students daily we are transporting and shaoning over 86 students and over 1100 student members per week we remain committed to providing the best possible care and programming we believe our department off offers the community members a wide variety of programming our winter programming is as follows adult pickle ball middle school high school and adult Fitness adult basketball offseason elementary middle school and high school volleyball offseason baseball and RP pack Performing Arts Club winter sports and team programming Elementary and Middle School basketball numbers are very good we have 12 teams practicing and competing in schools throughout the burrow and County we have 52 gam scheduled not including the playoffs and championships that will be held at the Rosell Park High School main gym on Friday March 9th the coaches are excited about the amount of young talent in our basketball program Elementary Middle School and girls wrestling peeee Bantam Central Jersey grade school and girls teams have been competing since December in DUS and tournaments throughout the state we're happy to report our teams are representing Rosel Park well and we've had a number of tournament Place winners and champions the coaches are excited about this group of young wrestlers next competitions are League state qualifiers and state tournaments I'd be remiss to not thank the Rosel Park Board of Education superintendent go building principles secretaries and custodians for allowing the recreation department to utilize their buildings for our Winter Sports Programming as always you can contact the recreation department at Rosel park.net with any questions or concerns this completes our February Recreation Department update I'd be happy to answer any questions John real quick I have something uh you mind giving a quick for the viewing uh public uh quick reminder about parking in front of the youth center and about the shuttle yes so we shuttle um from shman and Aline so our shuttle is from approximately three to say 455 o' so we please you know we would like you you cannot park in front of the building in the you know yellow zone that will allow us to shuttle and you know allow the students inside the building thank you welcome cool all right uh thank you coach thank you have a good night everyone a good night uh okay may I have a motion to did I miss anybody may I have a motion to accept the reports ofart departments as submitted move second all in favor okay uh we have Clos session this evening um so just everybody I'm gonna have to kick everybody besides the professionals out we'll continue the regular meeting well I'm going to make a motion in a second but just as a heads up um normally do this at the end but just for time considerations we get it done in the front may I have a motion to move out of order for executive session so move second all in favor I Andrew please read the closed session resolution into the record whereas the mayor and Council of the B Roso Park wish to discuss matters which are described by the New Jersey open public meetings Act njsa 10 4-12 and the general nature of the subjects to be discussed in Clos session are the city of Elizabeth versus the B of Rosal Park ongoing litigation and whereas the time when and the circumstances under which the time items discussed in close session will be disclosed to the public at a future time now therefore be resolved that the mayor and Council of bur Rosa Park County of union state of New Jersey to now adjourn the open portion of the meeting and open a closed portion of the meeting to discuss the aforementioned item uh may have a motion to no they just waiting for oh yeah really okay may have a motion to adopt the closed session resolution so move second all in favor I governing bodies now in Clos session want it just an offshoot okay uh may I have a motion to return to open session so move second all in favor I governing body is now in closed session Mr clerk please re oh Open Session Mr clerk please report on the Clos session proceedings yes mayor the governing body discussed the matter of ongoing litigation involving the city of Elizabeth versus B Rosal Park there's no resolution to that matter at this time okay uh Andrew please read ordinance number 2762 by title yes mayor ordinance 2762 is an ordinance for second reading in public Hearing in ordinance amending chapter 7 section 24 of the code of the bur rosw Park entitled roots for trucks over 4 tons may I have a motion to open the public hearing on ordinance number 2762 so move second all in favor I I uh would anybody like to come and speak on this ordinance I'm seeing no one may have a motion to close the public hearing on ordinance number 2762 so move second all in favor I I may have a motion to adopt ordinance number 2762 so move second is there any discussion call the rooll councilman patoski yes councilman Johnson yes counc counc signorella yes Council Rina yes councilwoman lions and Patel both absent four in the affirmative two absent the ordinance is adopted mayor please read ordinance number 2763 by title yes mayor ordinance 2763 is an ordinance for second reading and public hearing an ordinance amending chapter 7 section 37 of the code of the BOS all Park entitled loading zones may I have a motion to open the public hearing on ordinance number 2763 so move second all in favor I hi would anybody like to come up and speak on this ordinance seeing no one may have a motion to close the public he on ordance number 2763 so move second all in favor I we have a motion to adopt ordance number 2763 so move second is there any discussion please call the role councilman Petroski yes councilman Johnson yes councilman sarella yes councilman Rina yes councilwoman lions and Patel are both absent four votes in the affirmative two absent ordinance is adopted uh please read ordinance number 2764 by title yes mayor ordinance 276 2764 is an ordinance amending is ordinance for second reading public hearing ordinance mending chapter 2 article four of the code of the bur Rosell Park entitled boards committees and commissions repealing the section 43 entitled mayor's health and wellness committee uh may I have a motion to open the public hearing on ordinance number 2764 some move second all in favor I I I would anybody like to come up and speak on this ordinance I'm seeing no one uh may have a motion to close the public hearing on ordinance number 2764 so move second all in favor I may have a motion to adopt ORD sum 764 so move second is there any discussion please call the rooll councilman troski yes councilman Johnson yes councilman signorella yes Council Rina yes councilwoman lions and councilman Pell are absent four in the affirmative two absent the ordinance is adopted Andrew please read ordinance number 2765 by title yes mayor ordinance 2765 is an ordinance for introduction ordinance amending chapter 10 section 4 subsection two of the code of the B rosol Park entitled Community Center fees enumerated may have motion to approve Ord number 2764 for introduction and fix the date for second reading and public hearing as February 15th 2024 so move second is there any discussion please call the rooll councilman Petroski yes councilman Johnson yes councilman sigell yes councilman Robina yes councilwoman lions and councilman Patel are absent four in the affirmative two absent the ordinance is introduced uh please read ordinance number 2766 by title yes mayor ordinance 2766 is an ordinance for introduction ordinance amending chapter 2 Article 1 Section 1 subsection 3 of the code of the burough Rosell Park entitled ordinances and resolutions may have a motion to approve ordin number 2766 for introduction and fix the date for second reading and public hearing as February 15th 2024 so move second there any discussion please call the rooll councilman patoski yes councilman Johnson yes councilman sella yes councilman Rina yes councilwoman Alliance and councilman Patel are absent for in the affirmative to absent the ordinance is introduced all matters listed with the asers are considered to be routine and non-controversial by the council and will be approved by one motion there will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the governing bodies are requests in which case the item will be removed from consent agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda as part of the general orders Andrew please read all resolutions on the consent agenda by title yes mayor resolution 5124 is accepting the resignation of Mark Fernandez from the diversity and inclusion committee resolution 5224 is authorizing and directing the business administrator to establish a regional online petition advocating for the New Jersey Department of transportations replacement of Rapid rectangular flashing Beacon systems with high intensity activated crosswalk systems along the Route 28 Corridor resolution 5324 is expressing support for a governing body wall at the entrance of burrow Hall resolution 5424 is authorizing the hanging of a banner in Michael J Mory Park advertising Rosal Park high schools 20124 musical resolution 5524 is authorizing a revising extended conditional lease of burough property with chiarella Brothers Inc for calendar year 2024 resolution 5624 is authorizing revise an extended conditional lease of burrow property with Rosal Park wines and spirits for calendar year 2024 resolution 5724 is authorizing Revis and extended conditional lease of burrow property with Harvest Chapel Chapel International Church for for calendar year 2024 resolution 5824 is appointing fire patrol member John James rer as a member of the Rosell Park fire department resolution 5924 is appointing Dylan George as a member of the Rosal Park fire patrol resolution 6024 is appointing Elijah Castro as a member of the Rosal Park fire patrol resolution 6124 is authorizing conditional lease with boa JC LLC for 20 off street parking stalls located within Municipal parking lot number one in the amount of $25,000 for calendar year 2024 resolution 6224 is authorizing a purchase order with weer Law Group LLP as Municipal L sport attorney for year 2024 in an amount not to exceed $10,000 and resolution 6324 is authorizing a purchase order with Consulting and Municipal Engineers LLP as Municipal planner for year 2024 in an amount not to exceed $15,000 okay do any members wish to have any items removed from the consent agenda yes mayor 52 uh 24 Co any others no okay may I have a motion to approve the resolution remaining on the consent agenda so move second all in favor I um okay may I have a motion to adopt resolution 52-24 so move second is there any discussion actually councilman I hate to front run you but I I actually was going to pull this myself I do think I have some questions to so I uh I hate Route 28 uh I think it's a death trap I think we both agree uh you know and I love the Spirit of this um I just have a couple questions on Logistics so Andrew have you done one of these before like for R Park no I mean we no not in this way no so what would this would like logistically look like we probably be a it would be a like through our G Suite platform we would do a survey yeah and we would Market it on social media Y and then so once that got marketed and done okay so that's all lwh H like not painful once once that's marketing and done we would say it's been we took a a a poll of the Town everybody's in favor of this dot we want this right we'd send a letter I guess I got it from there okay well we would do it as a burrow right it's a resolution it's gonna get done as a burrow individually okay but uh so is that a fair assumption Andrew or that would be my assumption yes okay got it yeah I mean I so here's my thing and Greg I know this is your baby right so I if we're going to do uh a petition and like really vocalize how we feel about Route 28 um my proposal would be one of two things right I actually think if we're going to if we're going to propose something I'd rather go big and bold versus you know targeted with Hawk systems I think the real fundamental problem and I think it is a little bit of a a wish right but Rosal Park ideally would have that that be a on Lane Street versus a two-lane highway right like that is the ultimate problem with this right so we're going to put the effort behind a petition like that would be my preferred route um if Council still chooses to go down this route so be it um but if we're going to do this I'd rather go big macro level problem versus hawk systems although they're effective feel like more it's like fixing the system not the core problem you understand what I'm saying yeah I'm I'm open to uh amending it and even include regular traffic lights I I was trying to avoid that but if we're going to go there then let's go there we could do traffic lights and end it all in one shot a red light means stop DN yeah yeah and I'm I'm open to that too so more traffic lights right I was trying to mitigate that because I understand High wake congestion and I'm trying not to sometimes there is no one there to cross the street but uh yeah if if they want if if we want safety traffic lights is yeah cuz I just I look I've seen the hawk things I've seen the the we we've done a lot of like speed thingies and like whatever else and I got to tell you like it only works so much I think what I've seen really works is putting stop signs putting traffic lights or just making a on Lane Highway versus like this is like why Rosell Park's downtown is not cranford's downtown like fundamentally our train station got moved and we have a two-lane Highway where people speed 45 mes hour down right so you know if like the ask is is if we're going to really petition for something as a as a joint unit I'd rather go bigger right and if it stop lights and like let's do it right like what's the harm in asking so I'm all right with amending this and we could bring this we could table it today and we could talk about it a little bit more and brush it up but um my my thought I just wanted to say for the record initially I I told them that that traffic light uh the the rapid Beacon would not work because that system is better on two-lane roads like you see in uh Union for four L what what we did was we just made the space even more dangerous because one lane stops and people that the other lane doesn't come to a stop because they don't even understand what the blinking lights are so that's a whole another mission that I'm going to Advocate separately uh but uh that's the whole purpose that I asked for the Hulk system because it turns into a red light and everyone knows what red light means it means stop rather than a blinking yellow some people think it means proceed faster and some people mean think it means proceed with caution dude some people just don't even pay attention to the some people don't even pay attention like it's it's bad yeah so I I didn't want to really propose traffic lights cuz I understand during rush hour that would that would that that would create if you think you see traffic backed up now it would be even more horrendous yeah but I I think we're very much aligned like I'd rather have traffic than people get run over absolutely that's a no Briner and forget about that like it's the economic cost of people don't drive through our town like it's a town people drive through like it's it's they speed through to get somewhere else and that's problematic right can we table this and we brush it up so that was going to be my suggestion and the other thing is I also just the other thing I would I would just trying to be respectful of I I do think Dot's been decent Partners on this right and making it an area of concern in part of the petition I would just like to rec like say like hey we recognize you made this an area of concern we just want you to hear that when you're thinking about this like we're thinking about this this and this as part of that and we expect to be part of the results right I just think this is a little bit if we're going to do a big petition let's let's think big versus like scope down let's let's brush up the language and let's get it right I'm all right with that cool okay uh so do I have a uh so we could do one of two things we could vote it down and introduce something new or we could table it and think about make a motion to table it okay do you have a motion to table I'll second okay uh I haven't done this in a while uh I guess Andrew call the rooll council Petroski yes councilman Johnson yes councilman signell yes Council Robina yes uh councilwoman lions and councilman Patel are absent four in the affirmative two absent motion to table is agreed to cool uh okay reports of burl Council committees uh we'll start with Jay thank you mayor good evening Rosel Park um on January 22nd I attended the municipal land use board reorganization meeting congratulations to Chairman Calin Vice chair casayas secretary colbeck and all members who were sworn in on the 23rd I met with chamber executive director Masterson and councilwoman Lions we discussed resources new benefits and Recruitment and engagement efforts for the chamber that day I also joined a state of emergency lunch and learn webinar that focused on state of emergency declarations and other emergency management related topics also had the uni County transportation Advisory Board later that afternoon the presentation given was on complete streets technical assistant program which offers free technical assistance to municipalities to advance complete streets mun uh uh initiatives it's designed for all users in modes of transportation and folks with different levels and abilities its goal is to balance Mobility they offer temporary demonstrations like placement of ballards barriers stencil and paint on roadways also discussed was njtpa program including grant opportunities through Federal Transportation law Easy Ride also presented on how they can help with road safety audits for walking and biking and other resources the County engineer also gave an update as it relates to our municipality as we know the Gordon Street Bridge had a soft opening with some work left that still needs to be completed so the project can be closed out with DOT note four County roads were left over from last year's Paving project including Locust Street which should be completed this spring as for the engineer we know the county also received the grant for the raway valley rail trail project in the amount of 1.5 million last year and the engineer had mentioned as of a couple weeks ago do has has now secured design professionals so the county will work with do to select a design consultant more for more formal news will be coming out very soon he also mentioned that back in September uh the county was awarded another Grant grants in the amount of $1 million this one is for the New York connects to Union County Greenway project this contract has been received for the grant from dot now we're working on Consultants this project is for the creation of a new bstate link for Riders using the Gothel Bridge protected bike L Bikeway Lane and aims to develop a comprehensive Bikeway system that will connect Union County to the larger East Coast Greenway Network in Cranford promoting active transportation and reducing traffic congestion since before I was elected I've been a strong advocate for bike and pedestrian safety and promoting safe corridors for our kids and residents to not only enjoy but to connect to our schools Parks small businesses and Transit stations working with so many stakeholders is is a slow and tedious process but we're finally seeing some movement I'd like to thank members of the Burrows uh rails and trails ad hoc committee for their advocacy the Thousand members of the raway or rather Rails to Trails Union County Facebook page mayor signorella for helping spearhead the movement councilman Johnson uh and the governing body for their support Folks at Union County njtpa and Union County Nets I attended a chamber board meeting on the 25th and was happy to represent Rosal park at the multi-chamber uh event at Galloping Hill on the 30th all in all the event was heavily attended with over 300 members and Chambers presenting representing Union and middle sex counties on the 26th I joined many of my colleagues here to support the legions winter Gala please come out and support our local American Legion on Saturday I'll be attending a league of municipality seminar in sagus on Municipal issues resources key contacts and information Super Bowl is coming up as well as Valentine's Day so to please I'd ask that we please consider patronizing our local delies restaurants gift shops florist and if you need a growler filled before the game New Jersey's oldest micro Brewery located in the Fifth Ward climax Brewery who's celebrating its 30th Anniversary now this February and I've also selected them as um the burrow small business of the month they're open Fridays at 5:30 and they've got their staple Bru and an anniversary specials save the date Saturday May 4th for tour to Rosel Park bike clinic and helmet giveaway rain date is Sunday May 5th further details in the signup sheet will be coming out in the next few weeks so stay tuned like to say thank you to Mayor ba casayas Chief Reno assistant zoning officer Kim Brown and DPW superintendent Bayamon for quickly addressing a number of fifth W resident concerns from residents who reached out to me fifth W you know I'm here for you I can be reached at J B at Rosel park.net 862 23619 mayor that concludes my remarks thank you councilman councilman patoski thank you mayor first of all I want to send my condolences out to Pascal C card's family uh James Hannon which was former police officer in Rosal Park William Hannah's father and Dian Zola uh the 26 I attended American Legion Galler councilman Johnson thank you for your service like that um it was a good showing hopefully we did very MoneyWise they did good uh again I uh if um if you need to go down there and help the legion out they are our veterans they they served our country and uh it' be nice if we could help them out um by helping with business and that okay um on the 27th I attended the Girl Scout pancake breakfast and I had a special guest sit at my seat coun me Johnson think so uh it was a seemed like a good turnout I huh thank you for the history lesson okay good um it was a good turnout um they actually ran out of food and they had to go get more so that was a good uh thing but uh you know I was glad to uh help support the Girl Scout um just let everyone know next Wednesday February 7th there will be a recreation meeting instead of February 14th uh Tina had plans for Valentine's Day so we had to move it right Tina okay uh but no the uh the uh Recreation meeting is February 7th instead of the 14th okay um if you need to get a hold of me you can get me at J patoski at Rosal park.net 908 666 7821 and that's my report mayor thank you thank you councilman councilman Johnson yeah thank you uh mayor good evening mayor council residents um I would like to start off my report with a quote and honor and black history month from the greatest civil rights leader of our modern day Society Dr Marther King there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular but he must take it because his conscience tells him it's right man that's deep you know and I and and and I I promise while I serve on this uh in office that I'm always going to try to live by that quote uh just moving along I would like to also take uh a moment to recognize a few following organizations that been tremendous help to post 60 American Legions which is ran by our uh beloved Commander Joseph ran uh I want to give a special kudos to PBA local 108 Union County Sheriff Office uh president Jean antonucci uh also would like to give a special thanks to Al Doo and the union guys from to Marble and I think I'm saying it right trano local seven of New York and New Jersey for helping our local American Legions uh these guys uh you know do a yearly contract with us and that helps us to keep on the lights keep on the bills uh keep us uh doing other endeavors and so I I I would be remiss if I didn't give them their Kudos also I want to thank the mayor uh uh Jay rabina uh rabina excuse me um and uh our Sal uh uh Joe P for coming to the winter Gala we did do very well and and and we never seen so much love and support and and and we made a lot of money and that's going to also continue to help us to keep on the lights and the bills and things of that nature so uh I just wanted to give them a special shout out um also I also wanted to um advise the community that um I've been a staunch advocate for safe routes to schools with along with Jay when I first uh talked to Jay back in um when he wasn't even on council at the time and uh but he introduced me to Lisa and I appreciate it and I also want to give a a major shout out to Joseph petski for helping me with the crosswalks and The Pedestrian signs around East Grant that's what it's about teamwork I couldn't do it by myself so uh uh you're like a mentor to me and I thank you Joe um but yeah so with that being said um I want to honor uh Tara lechner from Sherman Elementary School and we're going to potentially provide her with a certificate of appreciation uh the next mayor and council meeting I mean without her efforts also none of this could have been possible and we managed to uh have the rank of silver and now we working effortlessly the whole governing body uh on Jay's lead with um and um our Council Le on uh um Joseph signarello um with providing them um a support letter so I just want to thank everybody for um their efforts it's truly is a a group effort and um thank you for that so again uh if you need to get a hold of me you can reach me at G Johnson Rosel park.net 908 30315 19 mayor that concludes my report cool thank you councilman councilman signorella short and brief tonight um just I want to uh recap what the fire chief said about lithium ion batteries if people in the audience have any questions call the bur Hall the fire department could reach out we can try to assist you um look I hate to use the word uh snow whatever but just a reminder if it snows the snow streets don't park on them and um um you need to get a hold of me me uh jarella Rosa park.net or and the last thing is Happy Birthday mayor uh on February 4th old you now 32 Ros Park kids that's all I have 36 it's not even a cool number it's not even not even not even a nice 35 or anything catching up you guys are doing a good job of making me gray try right I got uh I got nothing um May s of Rosal park.net if you have anything for me um may I have a motion to open public portion on any subject so move all in favor I I anybody would like to come up and speak no congratulations uh I'm seeing no one may have a motion to close the public portion on any subject so move second all in favor I I may have a motion to adjourn so move second all in favor hi hi that was an awkward one can you guys close it out come on