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THIS MEETING OF THE ESSEX COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE HEREBY CALLED ORDER.
THIS MEETING IS BEING LIVE STREAMED IN ADDITION TO TAKING PLACE IN PERSON ROLE CALL MEDICAL COMMISSIONER COOPER.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT POMAR.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
HERE PLEASE STAND FOR THE SALUTE TO THE FLAG.
AND I'M GONNA ASK VICE PRESIDENT POMAR TO LEAD US IN THE SOLU I PLEDGE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY, INJUSTICE FOR ALL.
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR ALL THE SENSELESS KILLINGS AND GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY.
GOTTA DO SOMETHING ABOUT GUN CONTROL.
I HAVE BEFORE ME CERTIFICATION FROM THE CLERK THAT THIS MEETING IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT.
MADAME CLERK, ARE THERE ANY TRANSCRIPTS TO BE APPROVED? MR. PRESIDENT? THERE ARE NONE.
ARE THERE ANY TOPICS OF DISCUSSION, MR. PRESIDENT? THERE ARE NONE IN THAT CASE.
LET'S MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION.
TONIGHT'S MEETING IS A COMBINED CONFERENCE SLASH BOARD MEETING AND WE WILL VOTE ON EVERY ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
SO IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS ONLY, PLEASE COME TO THE MIC AND STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD.
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
THERE WILL BE TIME LATER IN THE EVENING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY OTHER ITEMS. SO I ASK YOU TO PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME TO AGENDA ITEMS ONLY.
UH, ADAM KRAMER, UH, 20 MORAN ROAD, WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDAS.
UM, THERE'S A VOTE TO, UH, RAISE THE SALARIES OF EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL IN THE COUNTY, INCLUDING THE BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS.
BUT YET AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S BEEN, I BELIEVE SIX OR SIX AND A HALF YEARS SINCE OUR SHERIFFS OR CORRECTION OFFICERS HAVE BEEN UNDER CONTRACT.
SO I AM URGING YOU TO HOLD BACK ON GIVING YOURSELVES A RAISE UNTIL WE SETTLE THAT CONTRACT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S FAIRNESS TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE COMMISSION.
ALSO, THERE ARE A LOT OF, UH, MEMBERS OF THIS BODY WHO ARE ABSENT AND I'VE NOTICED THERE'S A LOT OF LACK OF ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS.
I WOULD LIKE IT PART OF A CONDITION OF THIS RAISE A STIPULATION THAT THERE BE MONETARY CONSEQUENCES FOR MISSING MEETINGS WITH REGARD TO H THREE, THE CIVILIAN TASK FORCE AT THE JAIL.
WHILE I UNDERSTAND ITS GOAL, AND I UNDERSTAND WE SHOULD DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO COMPLY WITH THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION AND AVOID CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT THE WAY YOU'RE MAKING IT UP, YOU HAVE A LACK OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, PERSPECTIVE ON THIS, A BODY AND A LACK OF PERSPECTIVE FROM PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO I SUBMIT AS YOU'RE CONSTITUTING THIS BOARD, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A FAIR AND BALANCED AND OBJECTIVE WAY OF REVIEWING THE JAILS.
AND WITH REGARD TO ITEM K 23, THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND NEED FOR CERTAIN, UH, SOFTWARE ITEMS WITH CLEAR VIEW, I SEE THAT THEY ARE THE SOLE AND ONLY BIDDER WHO WON IT.
AND I QUESTION IF YOU ARE MAKING YOU AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND PURCHASING IS MAKING THE BID SPECS BROAD ENOUGH SO YOU HAVE TRULY COMPETITIVE BIDS FOR OUR TAXPAYERS.
AND AS IS OUR POLICY, ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED IN WRITING AT THIS TIME.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS ONLY? SEE NONE.
UH, MADAM CLERK, LET'S MOVE TO ORDINANCE ON INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING.
UH, YES, MR. PRESIDENT? WE HAVE THREE.
OKAY, MA KIRK, LET'S MOVE THE ORDINANCE NUMBER ONE, WHICH WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? UH, GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UM, THE THREE ORDINANCE, UH, THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU,
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UH, THIS EVENING ARE, ARE, ARE GREAT ORDINANCES AND, UM, AS WELL, I'LL GET INTO IT.THE FIRST ONE IS JUST, UH, WE'RE, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE CONSTRUCTING A NEW FACILITY IN, IN, UM, IN IRVINGTON, UH, TO BE, AND WE'RE MOVING FROM, FROM IRVINGTON PARK, MOVING FROM THE OLD FACILITY TO THE NEW ONE.
AND THIS IS JUST GONNA MOVE THE NAME TO THE DEEBO, A BEASLEY COMMUNITY CENTER FROM THE OLD BUILDING TO THE NEW ONE.
UH, ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO, UH, WITH THE NEW BUILDING GOING UP, THE WALLY CHOICE COMMUNITY CENTER, UH, MOVING FROM THE OLD, WHAT, WHAT WE CALL THE PARK HOUSE TO THE NEW BUILDING THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
UH, ARE THE, AND THOSE ARE THE, THE FIRST TWO.
THE THIRD ONE, UM, IS, UH, NAMING THE NEWLY TO BE CONSTRUCTED, UH, PATRICIA CBOL ISLAND GIANTS EXHIBIT IN HONOR OF ESTES COUNTY COMMISSIONER, UH, PATRICIA CBOL.
AND, UM, NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE'RE HONORED TO DO THAT.
AND I KNOW MISS PRESIDENT, YOU WERE, YOU WERE THERE AS WELL.
WELL, FOR THAT, UM, UH, CEREMONY THAT WE HAD.
AND IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO NAME THAT, THAT FACILITY THAT AFTER, UH, COMMISSIONER CBOL FOR HER YEARS OF SERVICE.
I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT OUR LEADERSHIP, UM, WHAT A GREAT HONOR IT IS FOR US TO, EVEN FOR YOU ALLOWING US TO DO THAT, COMMISSIONER.
AND, UH, I COULDN'T THINK OF A MORE, A MORE WORTHY DESIGNATION AND HAVE THAT NAMED AFTER YOU.
WHAT CAN I SAY?
SO ORDINANCE NUMBER ONE, UH, MR. PARVE, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON ORDINANCE NUMBER ONE, HEARING? I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE.
CLERK COMMISSIONER SIBEL? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PALMARA? YES.
COMMISSIONER COOPER, ABSENT COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
AND WE WILL NOW RECOGNIZE, UH, COMMISSIONER LUCIANO HAS JOINED US.
AND MR. JACKSON, YOU ALREADY TALKED ABOUT ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO, SO I NEED TO MOVE IN.
BECKY, YOU QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS, SIR.
COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO, HEARING? I NEED A MOVER IN A SECOND.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PALMARA.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
NOW LET'S MOVE TO ITEM ORDINANCE NUMBER THREE.
AND WE WILL NOT BE TAKING ANY COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY.
UM, SO I WANNA TAKE A POINT OF PRIVILEGE AND START IT OFF.
YOU, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY, I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO MY COLLEAGUE, ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO I, I SAT NEXT TO FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND GOT AN EARFUL OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE.
SO WHAT AN HONOR THIS IS TO BE BESTOWED ON YOU SO YOU GET TO SMELL YOUR FLOWERS WHILE YOU ARE LIVING.
IT'S A GREAT HONOR AND JUST HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THAT, A PART OF IT, AND HAPPY FOR YOU.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR REMARKS.
COMMISSIONERS, VICE PRESIDENT FOR MARS.
I WAS GONNA FIGHT EVERYONE TO MOVE IT, BUT I'D LIKE TO SAY IT'S CALLED, IT'S CALLED ISLAND OF GIANTS.
AND, AND WHEN I THINK OF PAT, I, I JOKINGLY SAY WITH HER ALL THE TIME, I GET A GOOD LAUGH, BUT I CALL HER THE QUEEN OF THE BOARD BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN HERE FOR A GREAT TENURE AND I THINK SHE'S AS SHARP AS EVER.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHEN I CAME ONTO THE BOARD THAT I REALLY GOT TO APPRECIATE IS, WHILE EVERYONE COMES WELL PREPARED, THEN THERE'S PAT AND SHE READS THAT AGENDA INSIDE THAT'S VERY CLEAR FROM THE LEADERSHIP MEETINGS, THE QUESTIONS THAT SHE ASKS.
JUST WHEN YOU GET TO KNOW HER, TALK TO HER.
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FOR LEARNING.CAUSE I'M, YOU KNOW, RELATIVE TO PAT, WE'RE ALL KIND OF NEW
AND SO DON'T SAY THAT, BUT, AND I MEAN THAT IN A LOVING WAY.
SHE HAS BEEN A VERY WARM WELCOME TO ME AND BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO ME AND LEARNING THE ROPES HERE.
AND I THINK IT IS, UH, ABSOLUTELY FITTING THAT OUR GIANT HERE GETS AN EXHIBIT NAMED AFTER HIM.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO ANSWER.
I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, UH, I'M SO DELIGHTED AND YOU ARE JUST SO, UH, DESERVING OF THIS HONOR.
I KNOW WHEN I CAME ON BOARD TO THE, UH, AS A FREEHOLDER, UM, YOU KNOW, PAT SAT WITH ME AND AND SHE'S GIVEN ME GUIDANCE THROUGHOUT, UM, MY TENURE HERE.
AND SHE HAS BEEN, UM, INSTRUMENTAL IN PROVIDING US, YOU KNOW, UH, HER HER SENSE OF OF, OF JUST FAIRNESS AND WHAT WE DO AND, AND GIVING IT ALL THAT SHE DOES.
AND, UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATIONS, IT'S, IT'S A WELL DESERVED HONOR AND I, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PRIVILEGED TO HEAR, TO SIT WITH YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ACCOUNT PERMISSION TO GRANT? UH, I JUST WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND, UM, IT'S AN HONOR TO JUST BE A PART OF THIS, UM, EXHIBIT NAMED AFTER YOU.
UH, GOD BLESS YOU AND CONTINUE DOING WHAT YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COMMISSIONER, PLEASE MOVE IN WHEN YOU SPEAK, SPEAKING TO YOUR MICROPHONE.
UM, I'M KNOWN COMMISSIONER C LONG TIME.
AND, UH, I JUST ALSO WANT TO PUT MY, UH, MY SENTIMENT ON THE RECORD THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY AMAZING, PAT, WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED HERE IN ESSEX COUNTY, ESPECIALLY ON THIS BOARD AS A FREEHOLDER AND A COMMISSIONER.
AND, UH, HATS OFF TO OUR COUNTY EXECUTIVE.
I KNOW A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO, YOU KNOW, IN, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR LEGENDS WAY AND NAMING BUILDINGS AND PLACES AFTER FOLKS THAT HAVE DONE THE LOT.
BUT A LOT OF TIMES WE DO IT AFTER THEY'VE PASSED, SO THEY CAN'T REALLY RELISH IN IT.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, PAT, YOU'RE HERE NOW AND YOU CAN RELISH IN THIS AND YOU DESERVE IT.
SO I WILL, UH, YOU KNOW, CONCLUDE BY SAYING CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, UH, AND HONOR WELL DESERVED.
AND, UH, I'LL BE PROUD TO BE THERE THAT DAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR COMMENTS.
I AM TRULY OVERWHELMED BY THIS.
AND I WENT TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE WHEN WE WERE RECOGNIZING THE, UH, THE WHOLE CONSTRUCTION OF THE, UM, ISLAND GIANTS EXHIBIT.
AND WHEN THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE ANNOUNCED THIS AFTERWARDS, I ALMOST FELL OVER.
AND I SAID TO, UH, JOE D WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? THIS IS OVERWHELMING.
AND I AM TRULY, I WAS SO SURPRISED, AND I'M STILL SURPRISED.
AND I THANK ALL OF YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT.
AND I THANK THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE FOR THINKING OF ME AND DOING THIS.
THIS IS JUST A WONDERFUL ACCOMPLISHMENT.
YOU EARNED THAT RIGHT TO HAVE YOUR NAME UP THERE.
NOW I NEED TO MOVER IN A SECOND MOVE BY COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT, SECOND HIGH VOTE AGAINST IT.
YOU CAN ABSTAIN CUZ YOU ROLL CALL MEDICAL.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PALMARA? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
OKAY, MADAM CLERK, LET'S MOVE TO ORDINANCE ON SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING FOR LISTING PURPOSES ONLY.
MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, MR. PRESIDENT? WE HAVE NONE.
EXCUSE ME, MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY ORDINANCES RESOLUTIONS ON SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT? YES.
UH, MR. PRESIDENT, UH, WE HAVE ONE ORDINANCE NUMBER O DASH, UH, 20 22 15.
OKAY, MADAM CLERK, LET'S MOVE THE ORDINANCE NUMBER ZERO DASH 2022 DASH 15, AND IT, IT WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
I HEREBY DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE O 20 22 5 OPEN.
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THERE ARE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT FOR OR AGAINST THE ORDINANCE, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE AND STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD.AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
MADAME CLERK, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THERE'S NO ONE, UH, WISHING TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.
UH, MR. PRESIDENT, JUST AS A POINT OF CLARITY, THIS IS A, UH, SALARY ORDINANCE.
THE, UH, SO THE RECORD COMPLETE, THE OFFICIALS THAT ARE RECEIVING, UM, SALARY, UH, CHANGES AS A RESULT OF THIS ORDINANCE ARE THE SIX CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ARE NOT, ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS SALARY ORDINANCE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MR. JACKSON IS SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY? UH, YES.
I WAS, I WAS GONNA, I'M SORRY.
I WAS GOING TO, UH, JUST, UH, CLARIFY AS MR. PARLOVE DID THAT THE, THE BOARD IS NOT, THEIR SALARIES ARE NOT BEING ADDRESSED AT ALL IN THIS.
AND THIS ORDINANCE IS SIMPLY DONE TO BRING OUR, UH, OFFICERS IN THE RANGE OF WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER COUNTIES ARE.
SO, UM, THIS IS NOT ANY MORE THAN THAT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO, TO CLARIFY AS MR. VEO, THE BOARD IS NOT INCREASING ITS SALARY AND IT'S NOT AT ORDINANCE INCREASING EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL IN ES COUNTY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
COMMISSIONER, ANY QUESTIONS OF CONFIDENCE? HEARING NONE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE OLD DASH 20 22 15? I'LL MOVE IT.
COMMISSIONER SIBO, SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT FOR MARS.
DO I HAVE THE SAME MOVE IN A SECOND? YES.
ROLE CALL MADAM CLERK COMMISSIONER SIEBEL? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT POMAR.
ABSENT COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE TO RESOLUTIONS ONE THROUGH 16 WITH YOUR BUDGET INSERTIONS, AND WE'LL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? UH, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, WE HAVE, AS YOU MENTIONED, 16 OF THESE, UM, MONEY COMING IN.
UM, THE FIRST ONE, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AS PART OF THE A R P PLAN FOR OUR DIVISION OF SENIOR SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,985,414, UH, TO PROVIDE FOR MEALS, PREVENTATIVE HEALTH SERVICES, AND FAMILY CARE GIVER SUPPORT.
UM, THERE'S A COUNTY MATCH OF $151,369 THAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE THROUGH OUR, OUR OPERATING, UH, FUNDS.
UH, ITEM TWO, UH, DIVISION OF HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS FOR, UM, A CD C D BG HOMELESS PREVENTION RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
UH, ANY AMOUNT OF $1.5 MILLION, WHICH WILL, WHICH WILL BE FOR, UH, 18 OF OUR MUNICIPALITIES, NEWARK IRVINGTON BLOOMFIELD EAST ORANGE, RECEIVED THEIR OWN MONEY DIRECTLY FROM, UH, HUD.
AND THIS, THIS GRANT MONEY WILL GO DIRECTLY TO LANDLORDS TO, UH, HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE BEHIND ON THEIR RENTS.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO OUR, UM, RESIDENTS OF SS COUNTY.
THE THIRD ONE, UM, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS EMERGENCY, UH, HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM, DIVISION OF COMMUNITY ACTION.
UH, THIS IS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COST, UH, AND THE AMOUNT OF $34,250.
UH, THE, THE COMMUNITY ACTION, UH, ORGANIZATION HAS REFERRED 476 HOUSEHOLDS TO VARIOUS AGENCIES AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM.
AND THIS SUPPORTS PEOPLE WHO ARE ABOUT TO BE HOMELESS OR THOSE FLEEING FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, STALKING, OR HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
NUMBER FOUR, UH, DISCRETIONARY COMMUNITY, UH, ACTION, UH, DOLLARS.
THE AMOUNT OF $10,832 WE RECEIVED, UM, UH, TO DATE, UH, 101,000,070, ROUGHLY ONE $1,073,000.
AND THIS IS ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, HOUSING ASSISTANCE, FOOD USE SERVICES, AND ADVOCACY.
AND THERE'S NO, UM, COUNTY MATCH FOR THIS AS THERE WAS, THERE WAS NO COUNTY MATCH FOR NUMBER THREE AS WELL.
NUMBER FIVE, UH, IS MONEY THAT WE ARE RECEIVING FROM THE, UH, NATIONAL OPIOID SETTLEMENT, UM, UH, AGREEMENT.
AND FROM THAT FUND TO SUPPORT, UH, TREATMENT OF, UH, OPIOID USE DISORDERS, UH, AND THE AMOUNT OF $306,152 AND 41 CENTS.
UM, THIS IS OUR INITIAL PAYMENT.
AND GOING FORWARD FOR THE NEXT 17 YEARS, WE WILL RECEIVE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY SIX THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SEVEN DOLLARS AND 41 CENTS ANNUALLY.
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FOR THE NEXT 17, UH, YEARS, UH, THERE WILL PROBABLY BE ADDITIONAL MONEY COMING, UH, AS A RESULT, AS OTHER PROVIDERS OF THE, OF SOME OF THESE, UH, OPIOIDS, UH, SETTLE, UH, SETTLED THESE SUITS.SO THIS IS JUST, UH, ONE OF THOSE SETTLEMENTS.
ITEM SIX, UH, IS FOR, UM, THE CHILDREN'S INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COUNCIL.
THIS IS GOING TO OUR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND REHABILITATION, THE AMOUNT OF $5,000.
AND THIS IS SUPPORT, UH, FAMILIES WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THAT, UH, IN INTER AGENCY COORDINATING COUNCIL PROGRAM.
UM, AND IT'S JUST A FUND TO RENEW OUR CONTRACT, UH, WITH THAT AGENCY.
ITEM SEVEN, UM, BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE FOR THE STATE, UH, CRIMINAL, CRIMINAL ALIEN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
WE'RE, UH, WE'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PERIODIC REPORTS, UM, TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ABOUT, UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COME THROUGH OUR FACILITY, WHO HAVE CERTAIN LEVELS OF FELONIES AND HAVE BEEN IN COURT, HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR AT LEAST FOUR DAYS.
WE MAKE PERIODIC REPORTS, UH, TO THE GOVERNMENT.
AND, UH, AS A RESULT OF OF DOING THAT, WE RECEIVED THIS 2.2 MILLION 229,000, UH, $599, UH, FROM, FROM THE FEDS.
THERE'S NO COUNTY MATCH, UH, NUMBER EIGHT THROUGH 12 WITH YOUR, UM, PERMISSION, MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, THEY'RE ALL BASICALLY THE SAME THING IN DIFFERENT AMOUNTS.
ITEM 10 $19,440, UH, 11 $20,340, AND 1270 $7,140 FOR A TOTAL OF $95,160.
THESE FIVE GRANTS COME FROM DIFFERENT FUNDS, BUT THEY'RE ALL DESIGNED FOR THE, UM, FOR THE SAME PURPOSE, UH, TO PROVIDE FOR, UH, SAFETY ENFORCEMENT AND ED, UH, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND, AND EDUCATION RECOGNIZ RECOGNIZING COMMISSIONER COOPER, PLEASE CONTINUE, SIR.
ITEM 13, UH, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
UM, THIS IS $50,000 FOR THE, UM, OPERATION HELPING HAND.
THESE FUNDS ARE USED TO, UH, OPERATE A PROGRAM THROUGH, UM, UH, THROUGH THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE THAT IDENTIFIES INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE OPIOID DEPENDENT AND SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL ARREST AND PROVIDES WITH TREATMENT IN LIEU OF INCARCERATION.
AND AGAIN, AN AMOUNT OF $50,000.
ITEM 14, UH, AND THE AMOUNT OF $238,614, UH, IS FOR THE, UH, THE PROSECUTOR'S, UH, SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE TEAM AND A FORENSIC NURSE EXAMINER.
UH, THIS IS SUPPORT THE OPERATION OF THAT TEAM.
UM, THEY CONTINUE TO PROVIDE, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF PARTICIPATING NURSE EXAMINERS AND EXPANDS OUR SERVICES TO HOSPITAL SITES FOR PEDIATRIC, UH, VICTIMS. INCLUDES SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT.
THERE'S AN IN KIND MATCH OF $59,654, WHICH WE MEET BY SALARIES AND WAGES.
UH, ITEM 15, UH, IS FOR THE, UH, BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
UH, AS THE BOARD MAY RECALL, UH, LAST YEAR WE RECEIVED 2.2 $0.6 MILLION ROUGHLY, UH, FOR, UH, ADDITIONAL COST, UH, THAT WE'VE INCURRED AS A RESULT OF EARLY VOTING.
UM, THIS IS THE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO OFFSET PLANNING AND OPERATING THE SAFE AND SECURE ELECTION FROM THAT 20 20 20 ELECTION.
UH, THERE'S NO COUNTY MATCH AND THE AMOUNT OF THE, UH, GRANT IS $1,592,881 AND 6 CENTS.
UH, ITEM 16 IS AN ASSERTION FROM THE ESSES COUNTY SCHOOLS OF TECHNOLOGY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE, UH, UH, RENOVATING, UPGRADING THE, UH, FIELD, UH, AT THE ES COUNTY WEST, UH, WEST ES COUNTY, WEST CAMPUS.
UM, THE SCHOOLS ARE, ARE CONTRIBUTING 5 MILLION TOWARD THAT EFFORT, UH, PROVIDING FOR NEW SYNTHETIC TURF SOCCER FIELD AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.
AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE DISTRICT, UH, IS GONNA ENTER AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COLLEGE FOR A 25 YEAR LICENSING AGREEMENT TO UTILIZE THOSE FIELDS.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF $5 MILLION, AND THERE IS NO COUNTY MATCH.
AND THAT COVERS OUR ASSERTIONS MR. PRESIDENT.
NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE, NO QUESTION COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I, I HAVE ONE ON 13.
SO IT'S $50,000 TO OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTORS FOR OPERATION, HELPING HAND, UH, TO GIVE FOLKS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO ON DRUG TREATMENT IN LIEU OF INCARCERATION.
HOW ARE THESE PEOPLE CHOSEN? WHO'S CHOSEN, WHO CHOSE, WHO CHOOSES THEM? CAUSE I, I REMEMBER SOME TIME AGO AND JUST SAY NO, AND
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LOCK 'EM UP.SO I'M GLAD THINGS HAVE HAVE CHANGED.
BUT WHO DOES THE CHOOSING AND HOW AND HOW DO THEY GET CHOSEN? UH, I, I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER AS PRESIDENT, BUT I I WILL GET IT TO YOU, UM, FORTH WITH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, NANCY REAGAN SAID, JUST SAY, NO,
I, I WILL GET THAT TO YOU RIGHT AWAY, MR. APPRECIATE IT.
I'M GOING BACK NOW A FEW YEARS, BUT DRUG COURT, I THINK MR. VEO REMEMBERS DRUG COURT WAS AN OPTION WHERE THE DEFENDANT WOULD REQUEST TO BE ADMITTED INTO DRUG COURT IN LIEU OF BEING INCARCERATED.
DRUG COURT, UH, HAS BEEN A PROGRAM NOW THAT HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN NEW JERSEY FOR MANY YEARS.
IT GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY TO A DEFENDANT WHO'S CHARGED AND HA AND YOU HAVE TO BE DRUG DEPENDENT TO GET INTO DRUG COURT.
IF YOU ARE DRUG DEPENDENT AND YOU, AND YOU HAVE BEEN VIOLATED THE LAW AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE FACING STATE PRISON, YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF SAYING TO, TO THE COURT, LOOK, IN LIEU OF GOING TO STATE PRISON FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS, I'LL TAKE A FIVE YEAR PROBATIONARY SENTENCE SUBJECT TO, OF COURSE, STRICT MONITORING, DRUG TREATMENT, ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
AND I UNDERSTAND IF I VIOLATE THAT, I'M GOING TO STATE PRISON FOR THE BALANCE OF THE FIVE YEAR TERM.
SO THEY, IT'S, IT'S A, A BIG HAMMER OVER SOMEONE'S HEAD TO TRY TO GET THEM TO GO STRAIGHT.
THE DRUG COURT PROGRAM HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
I'M ASSUMING I'M GOING BACK TO MY DAYS WHEN I WAS A TRIAL JUDGE, WHICH IS SOME TIME AGO.
UH, BUT I ASSUME, AND I KNOW THEY STILL HAVE THE SAME DRUG COURT PROGRAM, WHICH GIVES OFFENDERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEEK TREATMENT IN LIEU OF STATE PRISON.
JOHN'S, SO IF I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY, THE DEFENDANT HAS TO ASK FOR IT, CORRECT? UH, THEY DON'T COME TO COURT WITH ATTORNEYS.
THE ATTORNEYS WHERE, WHERE'S THEIR REPRESENTATION? THEY, THEY, NO, THEY, THEY CAN'T SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE COURT.
IT'S THEIR LAWYER ON BEHALF OF THE DEFENDANT.
MOST TIMES, OF COURSE, THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, THEY WILL, THEY WILL BE FACED WITH THE CLIENT THAT THEY REALIZE IS DRUG DEPENDENT.
AND THE, THE CRIMES THAT HE COMMITTED, UH, WERE CAUSED BY HIS ADDICTION TO DRUGS OR HER ADDICTION TO DRUGS.
AND SO THEY, THEY, THEY WILL SAY TO THEIR CLIENT, LOOK, HERE'S WHAT WE CAN DO.
NOW YOU SAID THE DEFENDANT HAD TO ASKED FOR IT.
SO I, I WAS JUST WANTING THESE PEOPLE BEING REPRESENTED AT ALL.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
I NEED TO MOVE IN A SECOND TO TAKE RESOLUTION.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE NEED, OH, WHERE'S A SECOND? I TAKE A SECOND.
COMMISSIONER COOPER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GRAHAM.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PALMARA? YES.
LET'S MOVE TO RESOLUTION 17, WHICH WILL BE READ.
OH, THIS IS, UH, FROM THE, UH, COMMISSIONER OF REGISTRATION, SUPERINTENDENT OF ELECTIONS, AND WE'LL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? UH, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
COMMISSIONER SPANO, UH, IS HERE AND I BELIEVE THAT THE MR. ROSARIOS WILL AS WELL.
GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONERS.
I AM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF ELECTIONS AND COMMISSIONER OF REGISTRATION FOR ESSEX COUNTY.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK YOU TO AWARD A BID TO DOMINION VOTING, WHICH IS THE COMPANY THAT OWNS OUR VOTING MACHINES.
IT IS FOR BOTH, UM, EARLY VOTING AND ELECTION DAY.
IT'S CONSUMABLES, IT'S PROGRAMMING FOR EACH OF THE ELECTIONS, INCLUDING SPECIAL ELECTIONS, ELECTION DAY SUPPORT, BOTH AT THE WAREHOUSE AND ON SITE IF NEEDED.
AND AN ALLOWANCE FOR UNFORESEEN EXPENSES THAT COULD COME UP WITHIN THE TWO YEAR PERIOD.
I ALSO HAVE RON FROM DOMINION VOTING HERE, IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
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GET HIM UP HERE SINCE HE CAME ALL THIS WAY.FROM VERONA OR WHEREVER YOU ARE FROM.
I CURRENTLY LIVE IN CEDAR GROVE.
SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THIS CONTRACT IS.
WHAT IS IT GOING TO DO? I KNOW YOU SURE.
IT'S BASICALLY, IT'S, WHAT'S YOUR NAME ON THE RECORD, PLEASE? RON ROSANIA, CEDAR GROVE AND DOMINION VOTING.
UM, SO, MS. PRESIDENT COMMISSIONERS, BASICALLY THIS IS A, UH, TWO YEAR CONTRACT JUST FOR THE ANNUAL FIRMWARE AND LICENSE FEES, UH, FOR THE USE OF THE ACTUAL SOFTWARE AND THE, UH, VOTING MACHINES THEMSELVES.
IT ALSO COVERS, UH, AS, UH, SUPERINTENDENT STRANGLE SAID, UM, ANY, UH, MAINTENANCE, UH, ON THE MACHINES THAT THERE MAY NEED ALSO, UM, PROGRAMMING FOR ALL THE ELECTIONS.
AND WE, WE DO RUN QUITE A FEW ELECTIONS IN S COUNTY.
SO THIS COVERS ALL THE PROGRAMMING FOR THOSE, UM, AND, UH, CONSUMABLES AS WELL, LIKE TONER, PAPER.
UM, ANYTHING THAT WE MAY NEED FOR, UH, TO, TO BASICALLY MAKE THE MACHINES RUN, UH, EFFICIENTLY.
AND THIS IS, UH, FOR ALL ELECTIONS IN ESSEX COUNTY, THE SCHOOL BOARD INCLUDED? CORRECT.
THIS COVERS ALL PRIMARIES GENERALS, UH, SCHOOL BOARD, AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS.
UH, WELL, MR. F**K, UH, I THINK THIS POINT IS MORE FOR MR. JACKSON.
THE, THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS TWO YEARS IS NOT ON THE RESOLUTION.
CAN WE JUST DO A CORRECTIVE PAGE JUST TO, SO THAT THAT'S PRESENT ON THE RESOLUTION? THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER LUCIANO.
THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, THROUGH YOU.
UM, I JUST WANT PUT ON THE RECORD THAT, UM, I'M VERY HAPPY TO SUPPORT DOMINION.
I THINK THAT THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB IN ESSEX COUNTY.
THEY WERE VERY OPEN TO THE COMMISSIONERS AND ALL THE OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS TO COME AND SEE THE NEW MACHINES THAT WE USE, UH, UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS AND HOW THINGS WORK.
UH, AND I ALSO THINK THAT THEY FALL IN THE CATEGORY THAT YOU'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF.
DOMINION HAS SEVERAL OF THEIR MEMBERS THAT LIVE IN ESSEX COUNTY, INCLUDING MR. ROSANA, WHO, UH, GREW UP IN VERONA AND LIVES IN CEDAR ROW.
JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD, CAUSE I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT'S
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING ON, DO I HAVE A MOVE? IN A SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GRAHAM ROCO, MEDICAL CLERK.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT POMAR? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE TO RESOLUTION 18 AND 19, WHICH ARE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THANK YOU CORRECTIONS.
AND WE'LL BE RUNNING TO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
UH, MR. PRESIDENT, UH, DIRECTOR CHARLES IS HERE TO ADDRESS THESE ITEMS. DIRECTOR, WELCOME BACK.
TWO NIGHTS ROW WITH THE BOARD, UM, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.
THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS HAS TWO THINGS ON THE AGENDA.
UM, ITEM 18 IS FOR THE EXERCISE IN A TWO YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION TO DCO ENERGY.
UM, DCO ENERGY, UM, PROVIDES 24 7, UM, MONITORING AND COGEN FACILITIES AT, AT THE JAIL, UM, WHICH IS THE, THE GAS AND ELECTRICITY.
THEY ALSO PROVIDE PUBLIC WORKS, UM, SERVICES, PALMING, ELECTRICITY, UM, DOORS, LOCKS, AND ENGINEERING AS WELL.
UM, THIS IS A TWO YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION.
WE'RE, WE'RE EXERCISING THE OPTION.
UH, DAVE DEVE, THE PRESIDENT, IS HERE TO ANSWER MORE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE AS WELL.
YOU JUST, UH, PROMOTED ME, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
COMMISSIONERS, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITH YOUR NAME ON THE RECORD.
DAVID DELVECHIO, IF YOU WANT TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND THE AFFILIATION.
AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW THAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU, WE HAVE 50 EMPLOYEES.
10 ARE ESSEX COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
UH, AND ALSO IMPORTANT IS THE FACT THAT, UH, OUTSIDE OF OUR MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES, EVERYONE IS PART OF A, UH, TRADE UNION.
SO, UH, WE'RE A HUNDRED PERCENT UNION IN TERMS OF THERE'S ONE ADMINISTRATIVE PERSON AND THEN MANAGEMENT PEOPLE.
BUT EVERYONE ELSE IS PART OF LOCAL 68.
SO I WANTED TO PUT THAT IN THE RECORD.
I, WERE YOU GONNA TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CONTRACT? DAVID, YOU CAN.
I, I WAS JUST GONNA, I WAS JUST GONNA, I COULD IF I WORKED FOR DCO, BUT I DON'T
YEAH, I PROBABLY BETTER THAN I AM ON IT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE
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COMMISSIONER CBOL ON THANK YOU.THE RECOGNITION THAT IT'S WELL DESERVED.
IT'S ACTUALLY LOWER THAN THE, THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT THAT WE HAD.
SO THIS WAS AWARDED WITH THE TWO YEAR EXTENSION BUILT IN.
UH, I WANTED TO KNOW IF THESE TWO YEARS, UH, I COULDN'T TELL FROM THE MATERIALS, UH, WHAT THE COST WAS COMPARED TO THE INITIAL TWO YEARS, IF IT WAS THE SAME, HIGHER, OR LOWER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DON'T THINK SO.
I THINK YOU'VE ANSWERED EVERYTHING.
SEE, I SEE MR. COLT SIFTING THROUGH MR. DOO.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANKS.
I NEED A MOVER TO TAKE 18 AND 19 OF ONE.
COMMISSIONER SIBO, SECOND BY LUCIANO.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PO MORRIS? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
MR. JACKSON? DID WE DO 19? I DON'T THINK WE DID.
I THOUGHT HE DID BOTH OF THEM.
MR. DIRECTOR, YOU SAID 18 AND 19 AGAIN.
BUT WE DIDN'T DISCUSS 19, BUT WE DIDN'T DISCUSS 19.
SO, SO, MR. CHARLES, YOU GOTTA MOVE A LITTLE FASTER.
ITEM 19 IS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS A TWO YEAR AGREEMENT ON WITH, UH, FOR IRON BOUND MEDICAL SERVICES.
IT'S FOR THE PHYSICALS FOR NEW EMPLOYEES, NEW CORRECTION OFFICERS.
UM, THEY HANDLE, UM, THE PRE-EMPLOYMENT, UM, MEDICAL PACKAGES.
UM, EVERYTHING FROM BLOOD WORK TO EKGS IS DONE AT, AT THE FACILITY.
JUST A QUICK QUESTION, MR. ECK? YEAH.
DIRECTOR CHARLES, THIS IS JUST FOR NEW EMPLOYEES.
THIS ISN'T FOR, UH, RETURN TO WORK OR? THAT'S CORRECT.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON RESOLUTION 1919 HEARING? I NEED TO MOVE IN A SECOND.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PI MAR? YES.
UH, COMMISSIONER RICARDO? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE THE RESOLUTIONS 20 AND 21, WHICH ARE FROM THE OFFICE OF COUNTY COUNCIL AND WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. ST.
JOHN WILL HANDLE THESE ITEMS. THANK YOU.
UH, NUMBER 20 IS SOMEONE, FIRST OF ALL, PUT YOUR NAME ON THE RECORD.
UH, NUMBER 20 IS A CERTAIN MISCHARACTERIZATION.
WE'RE NOT RENTING THEM A TENT.
WE'RE ALLOWING THEM TO USE A TENT ON THE PROPERTY.
AND WE ARE CHARGING THEM FOR THE RIGHT TO USE A TENT ON THE PROPERTY.
AND SO WHAT WE DID, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WE'RE SAYING IF YOU'D LIKE TO USE THE TENT AND YOU'D LIKE YOUR GUESTS TO BE ABLE TO USE THE TENT, THE COUNTY SHOULD RECEIVE SOME REVENUES FOR THAT.
AND WE, WE ARRIVED AT A, WHAT WE SAW WAS A FAIR AND REASONABLE REIMBURSEMENT TO THE COUNTY FOR THE RIGHT TO USE IT OF $5 PER PATRON FOR THE USE OF THE TENT.
I PREPARED A SEPARATE TENT AGREEMENT SO THAT WE WERE, WE'D BE IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR THE USE BETTER SO THAT IF, UH, YOU WANTED TO GO UP AND HAVE A FUNCTION AT THE HIGH LAWN, YOU SIGN YOUR NORMAL AGREEMENT TO USE THE BUILDING, AND YOU SAY, OH, BY THE WAY, I'D LIKE TO USE THE TENT AS WELL.
THEY WILL SAY TO YOU, I HAVE A TENT AGREEMENT.
AND YOU UNDERSTAND YOU'LL BE PAYING ADDITIONAL $5 PER GUEST FOR THE USE OF THE TENT.
SO JUST, UH, WHICH WE THINK IS FAIR AND EQUITABLE, THAT THE COUNTY RECEIVES SOME BENEFIT FOR THE USE OF THIS PROPERTY, AND WE WANT THE HIGH LOAN TO SUCCEED AS WELL.
THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE TENT AGREEMENT.
IT'S EFFECTIVE AS OF JULY ONE.
I'VE ALREADY GOTTEN CHECKS IN WHICH I WILL RETURN TO THEM IF THE, IF THE COMMISSIONERS DECIDE NOT TO PROCEED WITH THE MATTER.
AND I, AND I ALSO, I'M NOT SAYING THAT AS A WISE GUY, I MEAN THAT.
SO, UH, NU NUMBER TWO, UH, UH, NUMBER 21 IS THE, UH, I'LL CALL IT THE LOGS, THE LORD'S WORK.
WE HAVE, UH, TWO AND A HALF LAWYERS THAT WORK WITH FAMILY COURT TO TRY TO GET THE, THE MONEY THAT IS OWED FOR, UH,
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DEPENDENT CHILDREN FROM PEOPLE WHO, THE PARENTS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE TO HELP PAY FOR THOSE DEPENDENT CHILDREN.UH, THIS IS A REIMBURSEMENT TO THE COUNTY FOR THE, FOR WHAT WE DO ON BEHALF OF THOSE DEPENDENT CHILDREN.
UH, AS OF NOW, WE GET ABOUT 65% OF THE COST OF US TRYING TO GET THE MONEY BACK TO HELP THOSE DEPENDENT CHILDREN, UH, IN THIS, IN THIS PAYMENT.
SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ASK ANY, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON EITHER THE TENT OR THE DEPENDENT CHILDREN.
MS. PECK, I'M JUST STILL FASCINATED WITH THE IDEA OF A TENT AGREEMENT.
NEVER IN LAW SCHOOL DID WE DISCUSS TENT AGREEMENTS? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
COMMISSION IS, COMMISSION IS SABLE.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE TENT AGREEMENT.
SO IF THERE WERE A HUNDRED PEOPLE USING THE TENT, IT'S $5 PER PERSON? CORRECT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HAVE THAT CORRECT.
AND, AND THE REASON I THOUGHT THAT WAS APPROPRIATE, IF YOU THINK OF, GEE, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR BUILDING HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO HAVE THAT BUILDING THERE FOR YOUR GUESTS TO, TO HAVE TO USE OUR BEAUTIFUL AREA FOR GUESTS.
I, I THINK IT'S WORTH THE $5 PER PATRON TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THAT TO, UH, THE, THE HIGH LAWNS GUESTS THEY DID AS WELL.
THEY DIDN'T, THEY DID NOT FIGHT ME OR THE ADMINISTRATION ON THE $5 ISSUE WHATSOEVER.
AND, UH, IT'LL MAKE IT EASIER FOR US TO MONITOR THE PAYMENTS THAT WE HAVE, THE SEPARATE TENT AGREEMENT AS WELL.
SO THEY CAN'T BURY IT IN WITH THE NORMAL REVENUES THAT THEY HAVE.
AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY MR. BARLEY DEO, I CAME UP WITH A 10 AGREEMENT.
SO WITH THE 10 AGREEMENT, IF IT'S $5 A PERSON, THE COUNTY GETS THAT MONEY NOT ILAW, IS THAT CORRECT? THE COUNTY GETS THE MONEY.
COMMISSIONER COOPER, SPEAKING OF MIKE.
UM, THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL LOCATION.
SO $5 IS A GREAT PRICE FOR THERE.
UM, I'M CURIOUS, WHAT DOES THE SS COUNTY IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY, WHAT'S THEIR ROLE IN THAT AGREEMENT? INITIALLY THE LEASE WAS AMONG THE ESS COUNTY IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY, THE COUNTY OF ESSEX AND THE HIGHLAND, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S GONE THROUGH DIFFERENT OWNERSHIP AND OTHER THINGS.
THEY'RE STILL INVOLVED, BUT WE'RE GETTING THE REVENUE.
SO THEY'RE JUST THERE BECAUSE THEY WERE, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE NAMED ON THE LEASE.
BUT WE'RE NOT SPLITTING THE $5 CORRECT US.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS HERE NOW I MOVING A SECOND TO TAKE, YOU WANNA TAKE VOTE? OKAY.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GRAHAM.
THAT COMMISSIONER COOPER? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT POMAR? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON? YES.
SO, MOVE YES TO THE 10 AGREEMENT
LET'S MOVE TO, UH, RESOLUTIONS 22 AND 23, WHICH OFFERING A DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON, MR. PRESIDENT MR. LOMBARDI WILL HANDLE THESE ITEMS. UH, GOOD EVENING.
CRAIG LOMBARDI, DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
WE ARE, UH, REQUESTING THAT THE BOARD AUTHORIZE AN AMENDMENT TO OUR EXISTING CDBG CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF ORANGE FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE POOL AT COLGATE PARK.
UH, MORE SPECIFICALLY, WE WOULD INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE GRANT FROM 140,500 UP TO 257,500.
THIS WOULD ENABLE THE CITY TO, UH, ENHANCE THE IMPROVEMENTS THEY'RE MAKING TO THE POOL, AND ALSO AVOID HAVING THIS TO, UH, STAGGER THE TIMING OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, BASED ON BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS.
UH, THE FUNDS FOR THIS, UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDING, UH, ARE BEING TAKEN FROM AN EXISTING PROJECT THAT WAS COMPLETED, THAT CAME IN WAY UNDER, WELL UNDER BUDGET.
AND SO WE HAVE THE EXTRA CDBG FUNDS AVAILABLE.
IT WILL HAVE NO FISCAL IMPACT ON THE, ON THE COUNTY.
UH, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT WE CAN EXTEND THE, UH, TERM OF THE CONTRACTS FOR VARIOUS CDBG CV RECIPIENTS.
UH, THERE ARE SEVEN SUBRECIPIENTS.
THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED IN THE FALL OF 2021.
UH, THEIR CONTRACTS RECENTLY EXPIRED IN OCTOBER.
AND, UH, FOR THE MOST PART, THEY'VE, THEY'VE EXPENDED THE MONEY.
WE JUST HAVEN'T PROCESSED ALL THE VOUCHERS.
AND A FEW OF THE PROJECTS, UH, SHOULD BE EXPENDING
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ALL THEIR MONEY BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR OR EARLY NEXT CALENDAR YEAR.SO BY EXTENDING THE CONTRACTS, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT ALL THAT MONEY GETS OUT FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT THEY HELPED.
AND JUST TO ADD, FOR THE RECORD, THE CONTRACTS WOULD BE EXTENDED TO APRIL 30TH, 2023.
MR. VE NO QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS? THE COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER COOPER.
QUICK QUESTION FOR THE POOL ONE.
WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR THOSE, UM, IMPROVEMENTS? UH, THEY ARE GOING TO BE FINISHED BEFORE MARCH 31ST, 2023.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WE'RE JUST GONNA HERE NOW.
THIS IS FOR RESOLUTIONS 22 AND 23.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT POMAR? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE THE RESOLUTION NUMBER 24, WHICH IS FROM THE DIVISION OF THE HOSPITAL CENTER AND WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? UH, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
DIRECTOR DEL GADIO WILL HANDLE THIS ITEM.
UH, FRANK DEL GADIO, DIRECTOR HEALTH OF REHABILITATION.
UM, RESOLUTION 24 IS, UH, IT WAS A BID PROCESS FOR THE HOSPITAL'S, UH, LAUNDRY AND LINEN RENTAL SERVICE.
UM, THERE'S A BID, TWO VENDORS BID ON THE SERVICES, AND UNEX CAME IN AS THE, UH, THE, THE LOWEST BID COMPARE.
IT'S A TWO YEAR CONTRACT AND COMPARE IT TO THE BID THAT WAS, UM, ADVERTISED TWO YEARS AGO.
THIS CONTRACT COMES IN ABOUT A THOUSAND DOLLARS LESS THAN WHAT WE PAID, UM, WITH THE PREVIOUS F VENDOR.
MR. PAUL, VE YOU, ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS HEARING? I NEED TO MOVE IN A SECOND.
SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT KUMAR'S.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT POMAR? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 26 BECAUSE 25 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY THE ADMINISTRATION.
MR. JACKSON? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
THIS IS FROM, UH, DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION CULTURAL AFFAIRS FOR THE TURTLEBACK, UH, ZOO.
THIS IS ONE, UH, DIGITAL RADI RADIOLOGY SYSTEM, UM, UH, WITH PROBES FOR THE ESTES COUNTY TURTLEBACK ZOO, AND THE AMOUNT OF $69,400.
UM, THIS IS REPLACING AN OLDER UNIT IN USE, UH, AND PROVIDES FOR THE NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT'S BEING FA PAID FOR FROM OUR ENHANCEMENT FUND.
AND THIS WILL PROVIDE THE, UM, THE MEDICAL STAFF AT THE ZOO WITH THE ABILITY TO, UM, UH, JUST DO MORE DIAGNOSTIC WORK.
UM, AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO REVEAL CANCEROUS MASSES, BROKEN BONES, UH, FRACTURES, AS WELL AS TO CONFIRM, UM, PREGNANCY.
SO IT'S GONNA TAKE OUR, UM, OUR HOSPITAL UP TO A, A NEW LEVEL AND ALSO HELP, UH, IN TERMS OF OUR ACCREDITATION WITH THE, UH, WITH THE AZA.
COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON NUMBER 26? HERE NOW? NEED TO MOVE IN A SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GRANT ROLE CALL MAD CLERK.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PI? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
THANK YOU MADAM CLERK RESOLUTIONS 27 AND 30 HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN BY THE ADMINISTRATION.
SO LET'S MOVE THE RESOLUTIONS.
28, 29 AND 31, WHICH ARE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? UH, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. ANTONIO WILL HANDLE THESE ITEMS. UH, GOOD EVENING.
DAVID ANTONIO, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
ITEM NUMBER 28 IS THE EXERCISE OF A 24 MONTH CONTRACT EXTENSION AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 1 MILLION TO HUNDRED AND $65,000 TOUGER PROPERTY SERVICES TO PERFORM MECHANIZED STREET SWEEPING OF VARIOUS COUNTY ROADWAYS.
MR. BILL BERRY OF SCHROER PROPERTY SERVICES IS HERE THIS EVENING TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF, HIS COMPANY, AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS TO BOARD MAY BEHALF.
HOW YOU DOING? MY NAME IS WILLIAM BERRY FROM THE SHO GROUP.
UM, WE HAVE MORE THAN, UH, A HUNDRED
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EMPLOYEES AND HALF OF THEM ARE SS COUNTY RESIDENTS.UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN DOING THE SWEEPING FOR THE COUNTY FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, AND, UH, I PARTAKED IN DOING A LOT OF THAT BEFORE I WAS PROMOTED TO INVENTORY MANAGER.
WE HEARD SOME DIFFERENT NUMBERS FROM A AFFIRM OF ACTION THE OTHER DAY, BUT WE'LL TAKE THAT UP.
THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE NUMBERS YOU GAVE ARE PROBABLY THE REAL NUMBERS.
I, I'LL TAKE THAT UP WITH, UH, MR. WALKER.
SO, MR. PARVE, UH, NO QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES.
WILL THE SWEEPING SCHEDULES OR ANY OF THE, THE STREETS CHANGE OR WILL THEY REMAIN THE SAME? THE SWEEPING, THE SWEEPING WILL REMAIN THE SAME.
AND WHAT ARE THOSE DATES? SAY YOU SWEEP FROM WIND TO WHEN WE SWEEP FROM BASICALLY SUNDAY NIGHT TO, UH, FRIDAY MORNING, BUT IT'S AT NIGHTTIME.
SO FROM WHAT MONTH TO WHAT MONTH? YOU DON'T SWEEP DURING NOT THE WINTER MONTHS.
SO WHEN DO YOU START SWEEPING ABOUT MARCH.
WHEN DO YOU STOP? MARCH AND PRIMARILY SAY LATE NOVEMBER.
SO YOU'RE STILL SWEEPING NOW? NO, WE'RE NOT SWEEPING NOW.
WHEN DID YOU STOP? I THINK TWO WEEKS AGO WAS THE LAST TIME WE SO THAT'S MID-NOVEMBER? YES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.
DAVID ANTONIO, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
IT'S AN AWARD OF CONTRACT TO AIR SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE INCORPORATED AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $908,000 TO PERFORM HVAC SYSTEM SERVICES.
THIS WILL BE A TWO YEAR AGREEMENT AND AIR SYSTEMS BID WAS THE LOWEST OF THE FOUR RECEIVED.
MR. RON ARD IS ALSO HERE THIS EVENING TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF, HIS COMPANY, AND OF COURSE, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE.
HELLO, MY NAME IS RON BROSCHART, REPRESENTING AIR SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE.
UH, OUR COMPANY'S BEEN AROUND FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN DOING WORK WITH ESSEX COUNTY FOR PROBABLY AT LEAST 30 OF THAT.
UH, WE HAVE 15 EMPLOYEES, UH, 30 SERVICE TECHS.
UM, SIR, DID YOU HAVE THIS CONTRACT? UH, THE PRIOR CONTRACT FOR THIS SERVICE? WE DID.
MY QUESTION IS, THIS IS A, NOT, THIS MIGHT BE MORE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION.
HOW MUCH WAS EXPENDED DURING THE LAST CONTRACT? THIS ONE IS NOT TO EXCEED 908,000.
UH, SOUNDS LIKE WE'LL HAVE TO GET BACK.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY, JUST GET IT TO US.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENT? COMMISSION, UH, VICE PRESIDENT FOR MINE.
HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO YOU HAVE? ROUGHLY HOW MANY LIVE IN ESSEX COUNTY? WE HAVE 50 EMPLOYEES, PROBABLY 30 SERVICE TECHS, AND PROBABLY ABOUT FIVE OR SIX LIVE IN ESSEX COUNTY.
AND IS YOUR FIRM BASED ON ESSEX COUNTY? UH, THEY'RE OUTTA KENWORTH, NEW JERSEY.
ARE YOU A UNION OUTFIT? WE ARE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NEXT.
DAVID ANTONIO, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
ITEM NUMBER 31 WILL ALLOW FOR THE NEEDED MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE OF VARIOUS HANDICAPPED LIFTS LOCATED THROUGHOUT VARIOUS COUNTY BUILDINGS BY AWARDING A TWO YEAR CONTRACT TO HANDY LIFT SERVICES COMPANY.
HANDY LIFT SERVICES MUST, UH, SOLE RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BETTER TO THIS, UH, PROPOSAL.
MR. PAUL? YEAH, MR. AN ANTONIO, HOW MANY OF THESE LIFTS DO WE HAVE? WE HAVE A COMBINATION OF SEATING AND PLATFORM.
THERE'S 12 OF THEM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON RESOLUTIONS? 28, 29 AND 31 HEARING.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COOPER.
CLERK COMMISSIONER COOPER? YES.
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ABSENT.COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PAM? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON? YES.
THE RESOLUTION IS 32 THROUGH 34, WHICH ARE FROM THE OFFICE OF PURCHASING AND WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? MR. COLTRAN, FIRST THING, MR. PRESIDENT, LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE COMMISSIONER CBOL ON THE NAMING OF THE NEW EXHIBIT AT TURTLE BAG ZOO.
NUMBER 32 WAS A BID FOR DELIVERING CLOTHING SUPPLIES FOR ESSEX COUNTY.
WE HAD FIVE BIDDERS, UH, VICTORY SUPPLY, UNIFORM MANUFACTURING, ACME SUPPLY, BOB BARKER COMPANY AND HOMEDALE FOOTWEAR.
UH, THEY SUPPLY CLOTHING TO THE, UH, ESSEX COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
JUVENILE FACILITY IN THE HOSPITAL CENTER.
UH, PREVIOUS AGREEMENT WAS 450,000.
WE SPENT 298,000 AND THIS ONE IS NOW TO EXCEED $450,000.
NUMBER 33 IS THE OFFICE OF PURCHASING IS ASKING TO THE ABILITY TO 25 MILLION.
UH, AS OF DATE WE SPENT APPROXIMATELY 22 MILLION.
AND THIS IS FROM VARIOUS CO-OPS STATE CONTRACT, UM, AND FOR OTHER THINGS THAT ALL THE DEPARTMENTS UTILIZE PURCHASING USES VERY LITTLE OF THIS, BUT VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS DO SO.
SO JUST EXPLAIN TO US A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THIS OMNIBUS AND THIS 25 MILLION AT YOU, THE OMNIBUS DISCRETIONARY FUND THAT YOU HAVE.
UH, IN REALITY, MR. PRESIDENT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY ON THAT.
THIS ALLOWS THE OFFICE OF PURCHASING THE BOARD GIVES US PERMISSION TO APPROVE THE OTHER DEPARTMENT'S PURCHASES.
SO WE UTILIZE ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS FOR THE 25 MILLION, BUT WE DON'T UTILIZE OR HAVE ANY MONEY IN THIS 25 MILLION.
YOU JUST GIVE US THE ABILITY TO APPROVE THE 25 MILLION SPENDING THAT ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS UTILIZE OFF CO-OP, OFF OF CO-OPS AND IN THE STATE CONTRACT.
WHAT WAS THAT? SAY THAT AGAIN, OFF OF THE CO-OPS, THE VARIOUS CO-OPS THAT WE BELONG TO IN THE STATE CONTRACT.
SO THERE ARE OTHERWISE BID EXEMPTS PURCHASES, CORRECT? MM-HMM.
IT'S NEAR USED TO BE A HUNDRED THOUSAND OVER THOSE HUNDRED? NO, THE BOARD ALLOWS US TO GO UP CURRENTLY TO 170.
AND ANYTHING ABOVE THAT HAS TO COME? YES.
WE MAY NEED TO CHANGE THAT BACK.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT DURING A BUDGET.
BUDGET HEARING YOU MEAN THEY NEED TO GO UNDER A HUNDRED, MR. PRESIDENT PURCHASING DOESN'T PURCHASE TOO MUCH FOR THEIR OWN DEPARTMENT.
IT'S ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
NEXT, NUMBER 34 IS A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH LA PARKING.
THIS IS FOR 52 SPACES FOR JUDGES AT UH, 2 61 UNIVERSITY AVENUE.
AND THE JUDGES ARE CURRENTLY AT THE LEN BUILDING ON UNIVERSITY AVENUE.
MS. ECK, UH, MR. COULTRE, THIS IS A ONE YEAR CONTRACT, IT SEEMS. DO WE DO THESE EVERY YEAR? IS THAT, IS THAT AT OUR REQUEST OR IS THAT AT THE, UH, OWNER'S REQUEST? IT JUST SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT LEND ITSELF TO A LONGER TERM.
WELL, THIS PARTICULAR YEAR WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE, UH, ACTIVELY BUILDING A NEW BUILDING.
AND SO WE HAVE OPTED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS TO DO, UH, EACH YEAR ANNUAL.
RATHER THAN, RATHER THAN GET LOCKED IN, LOCKED IN FOR AN EXTENSIVE PERIOD OF TIME.
COMMISSIONERS, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES.
UM, YESTERDAY, DURING OUR HEARING, UM, RELATED TO CORRECTIONS, A QUESTION THAT CAME UP WAS FOR THE FEMALE INMATES, ARE THEY RESPONSIBLE FOR BUYING THEIR SANITARY PRODUCTS OR DO WE PROVIDE THOSE TO THEM? WE HAVE THERE, UH, THROUGH MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE ANOTHER CONTRACT WITH, UH, OTHER SUPPLIES, MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEY MAY BE PURCHASING THROUGH THAT OTHER CONTRACT.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT ANSWER, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE CONTRACT.
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TO US, PLEASE, TO CONFIRM IF THE COUNTY PROVIDES THOSE ITEMS TO THE GIRLS AND WOMEN OR IF THEY HAVE TO PROCURE THOSE THINGS THEMSELVES THROUGH THEIR, THROUGH THE COMMISSARY? MM-HMM.THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
I'M SORRY, I QUESTION I WANT TO CHIME IN OUT, BUT GO AHEAD.
UM, YEAH, I I SAW THAT QUESTION LATE AFTER WE LEFT BECAUSE I ABSOLUTELY WOULD'VE ASKED IT YESTERDAY.
UM, IT'S OFTENTIMES, YOU KNOW, HIGH SCHOOL, SCHOOL LEVEL, A LOT OF KIDS MISS GOING TO SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD THOSE PRODUCTS ALL THE TIME.
UM, MY NEXT QUESTION FOR ITEM NUMBER 33.
DO WE, YOU KNOW, WE CHANGED FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT, WE, WE CHANGE IT RIGHT? POLICY, WE ROLL IT OUT EVERY TWO OR THREE YEARS.
I KNOW SOME OF THIS EQUIPMENT WE HAVE STACKED AWAY.
DO WE AUCTION OFF THE, THE DESK, THE CHAIRS, THE OLD COMPUTER EQUIPMENT? IT MIGHT NOT BE USEFUL FOR US, BUT IT MAY STILL HAVE SOME LIFE LEFT FOR SOME SMALL NON-PROFITS OR CHURCHES.
DO WE CURRENTLY AUCTION OFF THOSE THINGS NOW? LIKE THE WAY WE DO SOME OTHER THINGS? STATE STATUTE SAYS ANYTHING OVER 5,000, THE VALUE OF $5,000.
SO IF WE'RE SITTING ON A CHAIR AND THE VALUE MAY NOT ACCUMULATE THE $5,000, THEN WE WONT AUCTION IT.
SO THEN WHAT DO WE DO WITH THOSE ITEMS? DO THEY JUST END UP IN THE TRASH IN THE LANDFILL? UM, YOU WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THAT UP WITH DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T KNOW THAT ANSWER.
SO MR. JACKSON, I WOULD REALLY LIKE A RESPONSE TO THAT.
YOU KNOW, I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT C AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID, UM, AT COVID THE LAST TWO YEARS WAS WENT TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY POSTED ON FACEBOOK AND WHATNOT, AND ASKED PEOPLE FOR THEIR OLD TABLETS AND LAPTOPS THAT THEY WERE NOT USING, PAID TO HAVE THEM CLEAN AND GAVE TO LOW INCOME KIDS IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT I REPRESENT WHO CANNOT AFFORD THESE WIDGETS.
BUT THEY WERE CRITICAL FOR THEM TO GET CONNECTED TO THE SCHOOL AND HAVE OTHER SOCIAL OUTLETS WITH THEIR FRIENDS.
SO I WAS ASKED RECENTLY BY A SMALL NONPROFIT, HEY, WHAT DO YOU GUYS DO WITH THESE LAPTOPS WHEN WE, WHEN WE GET RID OF 'EM WITH THE PRINTERS? AGAIN, WE, WE MIGHT NOT USE THEM FROM OUR POLICY PERSPECTIVE.
FOR SOME OTHER PEOPLE, IT STILL MAY BE USEFUL FOR THEM.
YOU KNOW, I, I GET, YOU KNOW, THE ONE CARE INDIVIDUALLY MAY BE $5, BUT IF WE TOOK ALL THE CHAIRS IN THIS ROOM THAT WE REPLACED AND PUT 'EM TOGETHER IN THE AGGREGATE, THAT NUMBER MIGHT COME UP.
SOMEBODY MAY BE WILLING TO BID ON THAT.
I THINK THAT WAS, UH, TWO REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS.
AND IF THOSE CHAIRS OR ITEMS OR LESS THAN $5,000, MAYBE WE CAN, UH, DONATE 'EM TO A NON-PROFIT AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO AUCTION THEM AT ALL.
AND THE OTHER THING IS THE SANITARY NAPKINS, WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL TO YOUNG GIRLS AND WOMEN IN OUR COUNTY FACILITY.
AND WE DO GET PAID FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS, UH, AS A COUNTY.
SO, SO THAT'S AN ITEM THAT'S ESSENTIAL.
SO WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT IF THEY'RE BEING, UH, GIVEN THESE, THESE PRODUCTS AND IF NOT, HOW CAN, UH, WE THE COUNTY MAKE THOSE ITEMS, UH, AVAILABLE.
99.99999% SURE THAT WE, THAT THOSE ARE PROVIDED.
SO THAT SMALL PERCENTAGE THAT YOU'RE NOT SURE, I WILL, I WILL CONFIRM THAT.
SO I NEED TO MOVE IN A SECOND TO TAKE 32 THROUGH 34 AS ONE.
MOVED BY COMMISSIONER COOPER SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SIEGAL.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PI MORRIS? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
35 AND 36 HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN BY THE ADMINISTRATION.
SO WE'LL MOVED TO 37 THROUGH 40, WHICH ARE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF AND WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? MR. QURE, MR. PRESIDENT, UM, THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD TO TRIPLE A FACILITY SOLUTIONS FOR THEORIAL SERVICE AT THE PATROL HEADQUARTERS, UM, LOCATED
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ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE DONALD PAYNE.THIS IS A 20% CHANGE ORDER NOT TO EXCEED $14,800.
THE NEW TOTAL WOULD BE $88,800 NUMBER 38.
CAN I, CAN I ASK A QUESTION ON THAT ONE OR DO YOU WANT YEAH, SURE.
THIS IT UP TO YOU JUST WHERE WE'RE GOING.
UM, THIS IS A 20% CHANGE ORDER.
WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE INCREASE? WAS THERE ADDITIONAL WORK? APPARENTLY THE, THE SHERIFF, WHEN THEY CONTACTED ME, SAID THERE WAS ADDITIONAL WORK THERE AT THE HEADQUARTERS, LIKE ADD FOR JANITORIAL SERVICES.
I'M JUST TR YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE IF YOU'RE ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE AND SOMETHING POPS UP, WHAT DID THEY WORK ADDITIONAL HOURS? IT'S NOT LIKE THEY ADDED ROOMS OR I JUST MISSED A PRESIDENT.
I DON'T KNOW OFFHAND AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, BUT WE CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION.
I JUST WAS CURIOUS WHAT WOULD LEAD TO JANITORIAL SERVICES FROM GETTING USED.
NEXT, NUMBER 38 IS A CONTRACT AWARDED TO ATLANTIC TACTICAL, UH, AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $14,018 AND 43 CENTS.
AND THIS IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S ORDINANCE.
UH, THIS IS GEAR, DRY GEAR AND TRAINING EQUIPMENT.
NUMBER 39, AGAIN IS THE OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF, AGAIN, AWARDED TO ATLANTIC TACTICAL FOR $256 AND 98 CENTS.
AND IT'S FOR MOBERG BRAND EQUIPMENT ACCESSORIES.
AND AGAIN, IT'S IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE, UH, COMMISSIONER'S ORDINANCE.
COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? 37.
DID YOU DO 40? SORRY, MR. PRESIDENT, WE DID NOT GO 40 AS.
NUMBER 40 IS A CONTRACT AWARDED TO, UH, TO RESPONSIBLE BID.
AND THIS IS A REVENUE GENERATING CONTRACT FOR TOWING.
AND THEY WILL SUPPLY THE COUNTY WITH $44,250 THROUGH THIS 36 MONTH CONTRACT.
UH, SABAR TOW TOWING AND RECOVERY HAS ZONE ONE, UH, AND IT WILL BE $8,000 PER YEAR.
AND DEFALCO INSTANT TOWING, UH, HAS ZONE TWO FOR $6,750 PER YEAR.
TOTAL OF 40, UH, FOR THE THREE YEARS WILL BE 47,208.
APPARENTLY, UH, PREVIOUS YEARS WAS 44,250.
YOU'RE JUMPING AHEAD COMMISSION MS. PAUL BAKER.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? VICE PRESIDENTS.
AND NUMBER 40 IS A TOWING, IS THAT EXCLUSIVELY AT THE REQUEST OF THE SHERIFF TO TOW VEHICLES THAT MAY BE FOR PARKED OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? WELL, WHAT HAPPENS IS, UH, FOR ACCIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE, THE COUNTY, UH, THEY CALL THESE TWO PARTICULAR VENDORS.
WE HAD THREE TOTAL VENDORS APPLY FOR THE VARIOUS ZONES.
UM, IT'S EITHER TOWING, DEPENDING, UH, IF THERE'S A TRAFFIC JAM SOMEWHERE, SNOW REMOVAL, ET CETERA.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONS HERE N NEED TO MOVE IN A SECOND AND TAKE 37 THROUGH 40.
I'LL MOVE THIS ONE AS ONE SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GRAHAM.
ROLE CALL MAN CLERK COMMISSIONER SEL? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PALMARA? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE THE RESOLUTION 41 THROUGH 43, WHICH ARE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTOR AND WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. KOMAN, MR. PRESIDENT, UH, THESE 41 N 42 ARE STATE REQUIRED PARTICIPATION RESOLUTION.
UH, THEY ARE GRANTS FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY, ACCEPTING CIVIL WORD GRANT FOR 2022 FOR A PERIOD OF SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2022 TO AUGUST 31ST, 2023, UH, OPERATION HELPING HAND GRANT NUMBER 42 AGAIN, STATE REQUIRED PARTICIPATION, UH, PROVING PARTICIPATION WITH THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACCEPTING SUB-AWARD FOR A PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1ST, 2022 TO
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SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2023.NUMBER 20, NUMBER 43 IS A 20% CHANGE ORDER, UH, WITH ELITE TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES.
THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT WAS FOR $50,000 AND THIS WILL GET THEM FOR, UH, FOR TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM 41 THROUGH 43 HERE AND NOW I NEED TO MOVE IN A SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GRAHAM.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PALMARA? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON? YES.
WE'LL NOW MOVE TO RESOLUTIONS 44 THROUGH 58, WHICH ARE ALL ACCOMMODATIONS AND MEMORIALS AND PROCLAMATION RESOLUTIONS.
AND THEY WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NOW NEED MOVE IN A SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GRAHAM.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PALMARA.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
OKAY, MADAM CLERK, LET'S MOVE TO RESOLUTIONS 59.
I'LL BE RIGHT INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
UH, MR. ROTHER WILL HANDLE, UH, THIS ITEM.
HELLO AND CONGRATULATIONS, COMMISSIONER.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ESSEX COUNTY IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY.
I'M HERE, UH, THIS EVENING WITH THE MANAGER OF OUR AIRPORT, UH, JOE CALLIE.
UH, WE ARE HERE IN CONNECTION WITH THE REQUEST THAT WE'RE MAKING FOR THE RIGHT TO ACQUIRE AN EXPANSION OF AN EXISTING EASEMENT AT THE NORTH END OF OUR MAIN RUNWAY.
UH, THIS IS IN FACT THE THIRD TIME WE'RE COMING BEFORE, UH, THIS COMMISSION TO GET THESE KINDS OF APPROVALS.
THE MOST RECENT ONE WAS WHEN YOU APPROVED IT SEVERAL YEARS AGO, UH, FOR OUR EASEMENT OVER MOUNTAIN RIDGE COUNTRY CLUB.
UH, TH THIS ONE, UH, THIS EXPANDED, UH, EASEMENT IS BEING REQUIRED BY THE FAA.
UH, WE MUST EXPAND, UH, THAT EASEMENT AND REMOVE TREES, UH, ON THAT EASEMENT SO THAT CERTAIN LIGHTING, UH, CAN PERMIT THE SAFE LANDING OF AIRCRAFT ON THAT MAIN RUNWAY.
UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FA REQUIREMENT, UH, MR. CALI, UH, IS HERE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
MR. PAUL? I DON'T HAVE AN FAA A QUESTION.
UH, JUST A QUESTION ON THE PROPERTY, UM, WHERE THE EASEMENT IS EXTENDING, IT'S A COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY? NEIGHBORING PROPERTY? NO, IT, IT, IT'S A NEIGHBORING PROPERTY.
UH, IT'S OWNED BY VIBRA SCREW, WHICH WENT OUT OF BUSINESS.
OH, THERE'S NOTHING LONG TIME AGO.
THIS HAS BEEN VACANT, UNUSED PROPERTY FOR DECADES.
SO THERE'S NO IMPACT ON, THIS IS NOT LIKE, LET'S SAY THE COUNTRY CLUB.
THERE'S NO IMPACT, NOT THAT THERE'S IMPACT THERE, THERE, BUT THERE'S NO IMPACT ON THIS? NO, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO CURRENT USE AND THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY USE OF THAT PROPERTY FOR DECADES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF COMMENT? COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT MARS.
HOW MANY TREES DO YOU ASKED TO MAKE? WILL BE CUT DOWN.
HOW YOU DOING? UH, MY NAME IS JOE CALLIE, THE AIRPORT MANAGER.
UM, I BELIEVE IT'S SOMEWHERE AROUND 50 55 TREES IN TOTAL THAT, THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED.
SO DO YOU HAVE A PLAN TO MAYBE PUT 50 TREES BACK SOMEWHERE ELSE IN ESSEX COUNTY? THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN, THAT'S, THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ADDRESS IF, IF THAT'S A, IF THAT'S A NEED.
WELL, I'D LIKE FOR US TO ADDRESS IT BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF TREES AND SO I THINK THAT WE CAN PROBABLY FIND SOME PLACES WHERE WE CAN PUT BACK 50 TREES.
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SO CAN YOU COME BACK TO US AND GIVE US SOME KIND OF THOUGHT THAT YOU MAY HAVE HAD OR MAYBE CONSULT WITH ONE OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS AT WHICH WE HAVE MANY? SURE.AND IF, IF IN ONE OF THE PARKS, THE, UH, THE COUNTY REQUIRES SOME ADDITIONAL TREES, BY ALL MEANS WE'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
UH, SO THROUGH YOU MR. PRESIDENT, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THIS MECHANISM GETS FOLLOWED THROUGH? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT ONCE WE GET THE APPROVAL HERE TO DO THIS, THEN THEY GO AND DO, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT.
AND WE JUST WANT TO, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FOLLOW THROUGH BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ARE HEAVILY DEVELOPED COUNTY.
I KNOW MY TOWN OF BLOOMFIELD, WHICH HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF PROVIDING AS MUCH OPEN SPACE AS POSSIBLE IN THE LAST DECADE, IS 97% BUILT OUT.
AND, UH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT AS A WHOLE, THE COUNTY HAS BEEN VERY SENSITIVE TO ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND SUCH, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE A FOLLOW THROUGH OR MECHANISM FOR THIS FOLLOW THROUGH.
SO I THINK WE CAN, UH, COME UP WITH SOMETHING MR. PAULA.
UM, WE'LL MAKE IT A CONDITION OF THE APPROVAL THAT THEY PLANT SOME 50 TREES SOMEWHERE ELSE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAVING, BEING THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL PLANT BOARD FOR THE CITY OF NEWARK, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A TREE FUND.
UH, SO THEY CAN DONATE TO, WE CAN CREATE A TREE FUND OR SOMETHING WHERE THEY CAN PUT THE MONEY IN LIEU OF, UH, NOT BE, IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO PLANT THE TREES AND PUT THE MONEY IN THE TREE FUND.
SO SOME OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS CAN GO OUT AND PLANT THOSE TREES.
MR. PAULA, I'LL WORK WITH MR. WALKER AND WE'VE, WE, WE'VE BEEN PREPARED FOR THIS BECAUSE AS A MATTER OF STATE LAW, THERE MAY BE A REQUIREMENT ONCE WE DO THIS TO, TO REPLACE THEM IN ANY EVENT.
IS THERE ANY IMPACT ON ANY LOCAL BODIES OF WATER STREAMS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? CERTAINLY NOT.
THAT WAS A WONDERFUL SUGGESTION.
I JUST WANNA THROW OUT THAT YES, OUR PARKS COULD USE SOME MORE TREES, BUT SO COULD SOME OF OUR COUNTY OWN ROADS IN SOME OF THE HEAVILY DENSELY POPULATED AREAS LIKE NEWARK AND ORANGE AND IRVINGTON AND BLOOMFIELD.
YOU KNOW, WHERE WE PUT UP BEAUTIFUL NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
SOMETIMES WE TAKE DOWN THOSE OLD TREES, UM, AND GET THESE LITTLE PUNY THINGS JUST SITTING AROUND.
YOU KNOW, THEY TAKE 20 PLUS YEARS TO GROW UP.
SO I WOULD ASK RESPECTFULLY THAT WE ALSO INCLUDE SOME OF THE MAIN COUNTY ROADS AS AREAS TO RECEIVE NEW TREES.
COMMISSIONER COOPER, ANY OTHER COM UH, COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NOW? I NEED A MOTION.
I'LL MR. MOVE BY COMMISSIONER SIBO, SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT PO MORRIS.
CLERK COMMISSIONER SIEBEL? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT POMAR? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
WHAT DID I YOU DO'S THIRD ONE RIGHT.
ARE THERE REPORT OF CS REPORT? MM-HMM.
I THINK YOU DON'T, I DON'T EVEN SEE THAT.
THERE'S, THAT MIGHT BE, MAYBE IT'S A CARRYOVER FROM ANOTHER.
LET'S MOVE TO REPORT BOARD COMMITTEES.
DO WE HAVE ANY REPORTS OF BOARD COMMITTEES? YES.
WANT TO JUST PUT ON THE RECORD THAT WE HAD A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING YESTERDAY AND I WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS WHO ATTENDED AND GAVE A REVIEW, UM, REGARDING THE AMBROSE REPORT.
THEY GAVE A REALLY GOOD DETAILED OVERVIEW OF THE IMPROVEMENTS AND CHANGES THAT THEY'VE MADE TO THE DEPARTMENT THUS FAR
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AS A RESULT OF RECEIVING THE AMBROSE REPORT AND TALKED ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT IN THE FUTURE.WE ALSO GOT A REPORT FROM THE CIVILIAN TASK FORCE.
GOVERNOR MCGREEVEY WAS ABLE TO ATTEND.
SO I WANT TO THANK HIM AND HIS COMMITTEE, WHO'S A WHOLE GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS WHO GAVE A REPORT ABOUT THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH THE, UM, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY'VE EQUALLY MADE.
WE'VE ASKED FOR SOME FOLLOW UP ITEMS AROUND MENTAL HEALTH AND HOW MENTAL HEALTH, UM, IS MANAGED WITHIN THE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT AND A COUPLE OTHER AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FOLLOW UP.
SO I WANNA THANK MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS WHO ATTENDED AS WELL AND PARTICIPATED IN ASKED QUESTIONS.
THE ADMINISTRATION WHO CAME OUT AND WAS VERY RESPONSIVE, UM, ON A TOPIC THAT WE KNOW HAVE BEEN AN ONGOING, UM, HIGH AREA OF ENTRANCE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS THAT, UH, WE ALSO RECEIVED BY WAY OF LIKE TEXT MESSAGING OR SOMETHING.
AND WILL WE RESPOND TO ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS IN WRITING IF PEOPLE PROVIDED THEIR, UM, INFORMATION FOR US TO RESPOND BACK TO HIM? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR COMMISSIONER COOPER.
SO THERE WAS, UH, AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION MEETING AS WELL THIS WEEK AND WANNA THANK THE ADMINISTRATION FOR COMING OUT.
THANK, UH, MR. WALKER FOR HIS REPORT THAT HE PUT PUT TOGETHER HIM AND HIS TEAM.
UM, ONE THING I SAY, I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THAT'S GOING GOING ON AND THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE JUST NEED TO DO A, A BETTER JOB HERE IN ESSEX COUNTY, INCLUDING, UH, MINORITY AND WOMEN VENDORS AND ENSURING THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE WORKING ON THESE VARIOUS PROJECTS.
UH, WE HAVE A DISPARITY STUDY THAT'S WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF, AND, UH, I CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT REPORT TO COME OUT SO THAT WE CAN, UM, UNDERSTAND EXACTLY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AND WHY OUR NUMBERS IN TERMS OF OUR MINORITY PARTICIPATION IS NOT WHERE WE LIKE TO SEE IT.
AND SO IT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.
WE'RE DOING BETTER THAN WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S, LIKE THEY SAID, THERE'S STILL WORK TO BE DONE.
UH, SO, AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS WHO, WHO CAME OUT AND, UM, PARTICIPATED.
ANY OTHER REPORT? BOARD COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONER COOPER? UM, THANK YOU.
UNFORTUNATELY I HAD A CONFLICT WITH MY SCHEDULE, SO I COULDN'T GET HERE FOR THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION.
DID WE HAVE A TIMELINE FOR THE, THE DISPARITY STUDY? APRIL? APRIL? AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION WAS, UM, MR. WALKER'S OFFICE HOSTED A WONDERFUL, UM, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION OUTREACH, HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE COUNTY SESSION, UM, THIS SUMMER THAT WAS REALLY WELL RECEIVED AND HIGHLY ATTENDED.
AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER, PRESIDENT RICHARDSON AND I HAVE TALKED TO HIM.
IT WAS LITERALLY STANDING ROOM ONLY IN THE ROOM ABOUT HOW, UM, WELL RECEIVED THAT WAS AND HIGH IN DEMAND.
AND HE, UM, EXPRESSED THAT HE WOULD BE DOING THOSE MORE ROUTINE GOING FORWARD.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS A TIMELINE FOR THE NEXT ONE THAT WAS COMING UP.
CUZ I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN CONTACTED BY PEOPLE TO SEE WHEN IS IT COMING UP? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT, I KNOW I'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING TO PEOPLE, I'VE LEARNED THROUGH MR. COL TREE THAT THIS END OF THE YEAR, BEGINNING OF THE YEAR IS A TIME PERIOD THAT WE TEND TO PUT OUT OUR BIDS AND NOTICES AND ADVERTISEMENTS FOR NEW SERVICES AND GOODS THAT WE'RE GOING TO PROCURE.
SO I'VE BEEN LIKE DRIVING PEOPLE TO HIS OFFICE AND TO PROCUREMENT TO SIGN UP.
SO THAT HAS BEEN A QUESTION THAT PEOPLE HAVE LOOKED AT THESE BIT SPECS AND THEN, UH, LIKE OVERWHELMED BY THIS A HUNDRED PAID DOC DOCUMENT.
HOW DO I RESPOND TO THIS? SO PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHEN WE'RE GONNA HOST ANOTHER ONE, UM, THROUGH YOU AS THE PRESIDENT.
I'LL TALK WITH MR. WALK, WE'LL GO BACK TO YOU.
AND, AND I'LL, I'LL TALK TO YOU OFF THE RECORD.
WHILE THEY VERY WELL ATTENDED, BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
ANY OTHER REPORTS OR BOARD COMMITTEES? HOW ABOUT LEGISLATIVE REPORTS? ANY WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS? UNFINISHED BUSINESS, NEW BUSINESS? OKAY, LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
MADAME CLERK, LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISHING TO, UH, COMMENT ON ANY MATTER, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
ADAM KRAMER, WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.
UM, I COME HERE, UH, AS A, UH,
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TAXPAYER, A CITIZEN, AND SOMEBODY WHO'S RUN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE IN THIS COUNTY UNSUCCESSFULLY.UH, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK YOU ARE ALL GOOD PEOPLE OF GOODWILL.
UM, BUT I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS GOING ON WITH THIS BODY THAT NEED IMPROVEMENT.
AND I HOPE YOU TAKE MY CRITICISM AS SUGGESTIONS, UM, APPROPRIATELY.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S A LITTLE DISCONCERTING, THE LEVEL OF ATTENDANCE.
UM, WE'D TAX PAYERS PAY YOU 40,000, WELL OVER 40,000 PLUS TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCE.
IT WOULD BE NICE IF ALL NINE OF YOU WHO WERE HERE PRETTY MUCH EVERY MEETING ON TIME AND STAYED THROUGH TO VOTE ON EVERY ISSUE.
SOME OF YOU, PARTICULARLY MS. COOPER, UM, PARTICULARLY OUR FREEHOLDER PRESIDENT, UH, FREEHOLDER, MECADO, CBOL MADE SOME VERY GOOD QUESTIONS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE I'VE NOTICED SIT SILENTLY THROUGH THE MEETINGS.
WE AS TAXPAYERS, CITIZENS, ACTUALLY AT LEAST SOME OF US, WATCH THE MEETING, LOOK FOR THESE QUESTIONS, LOOK AT THE ATTENDANCE SO WE KNOW WHAT OUR FREE OUR, EXCUSE ME, NO LONGER FREEHOLD COMMISSIONERS ARE DOING SO WE CAN MAKE INTELLIGENT DECISIONS ON WHETHER WE WANT TO SEND YOU BACK FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS OR PUT SOMEONE ELSE IN THERE.
SO I'D LIKE YOU TO STEP UP IN THIS REGARD AS COMMISSIONERS.
UM, I HAVE SOME GREAT CONCERNS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE, AND THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO REACH CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS WITH OUR SHERIFFS AND OUR CORRECTIONS OFFICER AFTER MANY YEARS.
UM, I THINK LAW ENFORCEMENT IS CRITICAL.
UM, AND I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE THAT A PRIORITY BECAUSE IF WE DON'T BACK LAW ENFORCEMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN'T BACK US.
AND WE NEED EVERYBODY TO BE SAFE.
WHETHER YOU LIVE IN THE CENTRAL WARD IN NEWARK, IRVINGTON, OR SHORT HILLS OR NORTH CALDWELL, AND WE NEED THOSE CONTRACTS SO THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT PROTECT US.
LAST THING, AND THIS IS A LOT OF THE REASON WHY I RUN AND I CRITIQUE YOU, I HOPE FAIRLY, I WANNA READ SOMETHING FROM THE, UH, AMERICAN TAXPAYERS UNION.
THE AVERAGE YEARLY PROPERTY TAX PAID BY SIX COUNTY RESIDENTS AMOUNTS TO ABOUT 8.55% OF THE YEARLY INCOME.
ESSEX COUNTY IS RANKED SECOND OF THE 30 SECONDS OF THE 3,143 COUNTIES, UH, FOR PROPERTY TAX AS A PERCENTAGE OF INCOME.
WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON THIS FROM ALL OUR LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, STATE, COUNTY, LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD.
AND AS IS OUR POLICY, ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED IN WRITING.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK? SO IS NO ONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK, LET IT BE NOTED COMMISSIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR PARTING COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER COOPER.
I WANNA JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND CONGRATULATE COMMISSIONER SIBO ON THIS WONDERFUL, UM, RECOGNITION FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE COUNTY OF ESSEX.
I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND THE SHERIFF OFFICE AND THE OFFICER IN PARTICULAR WHO STEPPED IN, UM, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO BACK IN ORANGE WHEN A CAR WAS STOLEN WITH A LITTLE BABY INSIDE.
BECAUSE OF THAT SHERIFF OFFICER'S QUICK THINKING AND ACTION.
THAT BABY WAS RECOVERED IN RECORD TIME.
UM, THE ARTICLE DIDN'T REALLY MENTION WHO THAT OFFICER IS, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO, UM, I THINK THE BODY GIVE ACCOMMODATION TO THE SHERIFF OFFICER, MR. JACKSON, IF YOU COULD FIND OUT THAT PERSON'S NAME SO THAT WE COULD FORMALLY RECOGNIZE THAT PERSON FOR WITHOUT HESITATION JUMPING INTO ACTION AND IN LESS THAN AN HOUR THAT BABY WAS BACK HOME SAFE, UM, WITH, WITH HIS FAMILY.
SO, UM, KUDOS TO THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT.
EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT SUGGESTION.
ARE THERE ANY OTHERS? HEARING NONE.
I MADE JUST OH YES, THE MRS. JACKSON, THE 0.001 DOUBT THAT I HAD AS BEEN ERASED.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ALL PROVIDED FREE.
I MAY HAVE ASKED A QUESTION OR TWO TONIGHT.
DON'T, DON'T LET THAT BE THE NORM.
MOVE BY COOPER SECOND BY CCA ONLY FAVOR.