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Roseland council introduces multiple bond and code-change ordinances; adopts salary ordinances
Summary
On Aug. 12 the Roseland Borough council introduced ordinances addressing flood mapping, water meters ($400,000), vehicles, water/sewer improvements ($2,467,600), parks sponsorship fees and police department composition; it also adopted Ordinances 24-2025 and 25-2025 (salary ordinances) after public hearings and approved routine resolutions and a bill list.
The Roseland Borough council on Aug. 12 introduced a slate of ordinances and adopted two measures setting salaries for municipal employees and elected officials.
Clerk (referred to in the transcript as Miss Kenny/Miss Kennedy) read titles and the council moved to introduce the following ordinances; each was scheduled for public hearing on Sept. 16, 2025: Ordinance 26‑2025 (repeal and replacement of Chapter 22 to adopt flood hazard maps and establish a floodplain administrator); Ordinance 27‑2025 (amendment to remove the requirement for fire extinguishers in one‑ and two‑family dwellings, stated as in accordance with state statute); Ordinance 28‑2025 (bond ordinance appropriating $400,000 to acquire water meters and related equipment); Ordinance 29‑2025 (bond ordinance for vehicles and equipment, transcript included a garbled bonds figure and the motion introduced the ordinance with an appropriation around $105,000); Ordinance 30‑2025 (bond ordinance appropriating $2,467,600 for water and sewer utility improvements); Ordinance 31‑2025 (amendment to parks and recreation chapter adjusting outfield banner sponsorship fees); and Ordinance 32‑2025 (amendment related to composition of the police department).
Two salary ordinances were the subject of on-the-record public hearings and were adopted that evening. Ordinance 24‑2025 (repeal and replacement of Ordinance 44‑2022 setting salaries and compensation for non‑union borough employees) was opened for public comment; there were no speakers. The council closed the hearing, moved to adopt and recorded roll‑call votes with the clerk calling names and each vote recorded in the transcript as "yes." The clerk said the ordinance would be advertised as a passed ordinance and would take effect as provided by law.
Ordinance 25‑2025 (establishing salaries for the mayor and council) likewise had no public speakers during the hearing; the council closed the hearing, moved to adopt and recorded roll‑call votes in which the transcript records each vote as "yes." The clerk said the ordinance would be advertised as a passed ordinance and would take effect as provided by law.
The council also approved Resolution 269‑2025 (approving the Aug. 27 bill list) after asking whether there were questions or recusals, and adopted a block of resolutions numbered 270‑2025 through 297‑2025 by consent. The consent agenda included raffle licenses for local organizations.
During committee reports, council members provided engineering and DPW updates (concrete and paving beginning Aug. 18 on specified streets and county culvert work ongoing) and traffic-enforcement statistics tied to license plate reader use; the council said the figures informed enforcement planning. The meeting concluded with a unanimous motion to enter executive session to discuss attorney–client privileged matters; the body stated no formal action would be taken on return to open session.
Notes on transcript clarity: the clerk’s name appears in several forms in the transcript (Miss Kenny, Miss Kennedy, Miss Kempy); the record also contains several small transcription errors and garbled numbers. Where the transcript provided a clear appropriation amount, that figure is cited above (Ordinance 28, $400,000; Ordinance 30, $2,467,600). Other numeric items that were garbled in the recording are described as such and noted as requiring confirmation in official minutes.
