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THIS MEETING OF THE ES COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HEREBY CALL TO ORDER.
THIS MEETING IS BEING LIVE STREAMED IN ADDITION TO TAKING PLACE IN PERSON, MADAM CLERK ROCO.
AND COMMISSIONER JOHNSON IS ABSENT.
ARE YOU INTERRUPTED MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
MR. COUNSELOR HERE, PLEASE STAND FOR THE, TO MOVE TO THE FLAG.
I'M GONNA ASK PERMISSION TO THE LEADERS IN THE SALUTE I PLEDGE TO LEAD TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION THE GOD INVISIBLE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN WAR AND IN COVID.
FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONER COOPER HAS JOINED US.
MADAME CLERK, ARE ANY TRANSCRIPTS TO BE APPROVED? UH, MR. PRESIDENT, THERE ARE NONE.
MADAME CLERK, ARE THERE ANY TOPICS OF DISCUSSION? MR. PRESIDENT? THERE ARE NONE IN THAT CASE.
LET'S MOVE TO 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 IS ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS ONLY, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE 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 OURS TO AGENDA ITEMS ONLY.
MADAM CLERK, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THERE'S NO ONE WISHING TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.
MADAM CLERK, LET'S MOVE TO ORDINANCES OR INTRODUCTIONS TO FIRST READ.
DO WE HAVE ANY INTRODUCTIONS AND OR ORDINANCE OF RESOLUTIONS FOR FIRST READINGS? NO.
MR. PRESIDENT MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTIONS FOR LISTENING PURPOSES ONLY? NO.
MR. PRESIDENT ON SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING? NO.
MADAM CLERK, LET'S MOVE TO RESOLUTIONS ONE THROUGH THREE, WHICH ARE ADVISED AND CONSENT.
THESE RESOLUTIONS ARE REAPPOINTMENT TO THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF, AND WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? UH, GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UM, THREE MEMBERS, UH, THREE, UH, GENTLEMEN TO BE REAPPOINTED, UH, AS MR. PRESIDENT SAID TO THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AS COORDINATORS, DEPUTY COORDINATORS, JOHN GOGOS, AMIR JONES, AND GERAL FOLA COMMISSION.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NINE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO TAKE AND A SECOND TO TAKE RESOLUTIONS? 1, 2, 3
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AS ONE.MOVED BY COOPER SECOND BY MECADO.
CLERK COMMISSIONER COOPER? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PALMARA? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
OKAY, MADAME CLERK, LET'S MOVE THE RESOLUTIONS FOUR, WHICH IS AN ASSERTION FOR THE 2022 COUNTY BUDGET, WHICH WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? UH, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
THIS IS A BUDGET INSERTION, THE AMOUNT OF $67,859 TO SUPPORT THE, UM, UH, THE ADVISORY BOARD FROM NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
UH, IT'S THE HUMAN SERVICES ADVISORY COUNCIL.
IT'S A 18 MEMBER BOARD THAT WAS ESTABLISHED, UH, IN 1983, AND THE BOARD PROVIDES A FORUM FOR PUBLIC INPUT AND PARTICIPATION IN DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES DECISION MAKING AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION.
MR. PAUL, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
MR. MCAR? NO QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I, I I JUST HAVE ONE.
AND, AND HOW DOES THAT WORK? HAVE YOU EVER ATTENDED ONE OF THOSE BOARD MEETINGS WITH 18 DIFFERENT? UH, I HAVE NOT.
MR. PRESIDENT, ANYBODY IN HERE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION EVER ATTENDED ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS? UH, I, MEMBERS OF MR. UH, RONALD'S TEAM ATTEND, UH, FROM HIS DEPARTMENT.
UM, I CAN GIVE YOU THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO REGULARLY ATTEND MS. PRESIDENT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND? SO, MOVE SECOND.
CLERK COMMISSIONER SIEBEL? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT POMAR? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON? YES.
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO RESOLUTION NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS FROM THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK AND WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? UM, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. DURKIN, UH, UM, WE WILL LEAD THIS DISCUSSION AS LONG AS WITH, EXCUSE ME, MR. SE.
IS IT MR. WILLIAMS? I DON'T KNOW IF MR. DIRK HAS GOTTEN HERE YET, UM, BUT MR. SES AND MR. WILLIAMS FROM ELECTION GRAPHICS ARE HERE TO ADDRESS, UH, THIS ITEM.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, MY NAME IS WILLIAM SAS.
I'M A VICE PRESIDENT GENERAL COUNSEL FOR ELECTION GRAPHICS.
UH, THIS CONTRACT IS FOR, UH, ELECTION SERVICES FOR THE NEW ELECTRONIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE, UH, SYSTEM AND THIS CONTRACT, SPECIFIC CONTRACT, THAT'S WHY I GOT MR. WILLIAMS HERE.
THIS SPECIFIC CONTRACT IS FOR THE TALLY ON ELECTION NIGHT.
LIKE AN EXAMPLE, MR. WILLIAMS WAS HERE LAST NIGHT AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH THE NORTH MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE DONE BOTH BEFORE THE ELECTION, THE NIGHT OF THE ELECTION, AND THEN POST-ELECTION.
IN FACT, IF YOU READ, IT SAYS OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, CONTRACT WITH ELECTION REFERENCE, ANY TO PROVIDE DEMOCRACY SUITE, ELECTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, EMS. WE DON'T PROVIDE THE SYSTEM.
WE PROVIDE THE SUPPORT AND SERVICES FOR THAT SYSTEM.
THAT SYSTEM IS BOUGHT BY, UH, SOME OTHER VENDOR.
UH, COULD YOU, YOU JUST MAKE SURE YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE.
YOU KEEP GOING BACK AND FORTH A LITTLE BIT.
NUMBER FIVE IS FOR THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK CONTRACT WITH THE, WITH ELECTION GRAPHICS, OUR COMPANY TO PROVIDE DEMOCRACY SUITE, ELECTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, EMS FOR ELECTION SERVICES.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T SUPPLY THE ACTUAL SYSTEM.
WE SUPPLY THE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THAT SYSTEM.
AND THAT SERVICE IS PERFORMED ON ELECTION NIGHT PRIOR TO ELECTION DAY AND SUBSEQUENT TO ELECTION DAY.
WITH REGARD TO THE COUNTING OF THE BALLOTS, THAT'S WHAT WE DO FOR EACH AND EVERY ELECTION.
SMALL, LARGE, PRIMARY, WHATEVER IT IS, SCHOOL LECTURES, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
MR. SAS, UH, AND I THINK YOU ANSWERED THIS IN YOUR, UH, EXPLANATION.
THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE COUNTING OF THE BALLOTS.
THIS, DOES IT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE PROGRAMMING, THE MACHINES FOR HOW THEY'RE USED? IT HAS TO DO WITH THE PROGRAMMING FOR THE POSTING OF THE ELECTION RESULTS ON THE COUNTY CLERK'S WEBSITE.
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SO NOT THE SETUP OF THE MACHINE, NOT THE SETUP OF WHAT THE VOTER INTERFACES WITH? NO.THAT'S A SUPERINTENDENT'S JOB.
WHEN YOU USE THE WORD SUPPORT SERVICES, WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN? YOU ARE TAKING THE BALLAS THE RESULTS FROM THE MACHINES, AND THEN WHAT'S, YEAH, I THINK MR. WILLIAMS IS BETTER QUALIFIED TO ANSWER THAT.
HE ACTUALLY DOES THE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE COUNTY.
THERE'S, THERE'S QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT, UH, CAN JUST ABOUT YOUR NAME ON THE RECORD WITH YOUR NAME, CHRIS WILLIAMS. UH, I'M VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS FOR ELECTION GRAPHICS.
THERE'S QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT OP OPERATIONS THAT TAKE PLACE.
SO PRIOR TO THE ELECTION, IT'S, UH, GETTING THE DATABASE FROM THE VOTING MACHINE COMPANY AND RESTORING ON THE SERVER FOR THE COUNTY.
THEN SETTING UP ALL THE REMOTE TRANSFER, UH, LAPTOPS AND STUFF FOR BRINGING THE RESULTS FROM THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES INTO THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
ALSO, READING ALL OF THE CARDS IN AT THE CLERK'S OFFICE FOR THE NEWER ELECTION AREAS, POSTING ALL OF THE RESULTS TO THE, THE SERVER SO THAT YOU HAVE EVERYTHING ON ELECTION NIGHT THAT YOU CAN READ ON THE CLERK'S WEBSITE, POSTING ONTO THE WORK THE CLERK'S WEBSITE, UH, HELPING WITH COURT ORDERS TO GET ANY MACHINES THAT DIDN'T COME IN ON ELECTION NIGHT, GOING TO THE WAREHOUSE, COLLECTING ALL THOSE WITH THE CLERK'S STAFF, UM, GETTING ALL THE, THE PROVISIONAL BALLOT TOTALS, GETTING THOSE INTO THE, THE ELECTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THERE.
THERE'S QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT I ITEMS THAT TAKE PLACE.
UH, STATE, STATE LEVEL REPORTS THAT GO TO THE STATE FOR CERTIFICATION ITEMS LIKE THAT.
SO, AND YOU PROVIDE THIS SERVICE FOR EVERY SINGLE ELECTION THAT WE CONDUCT IN THIS COUNTY? YES, MA'AM.
DID YOU JUST START PROVIDING THE SERVICE TO US AS WE CHANGED MACHINES OR WERE YOU PREVIOUSLY DOING IT AS WELL? PREVIOUSLY WITH THE OLD SYSTEM AND THEN ALSO WITH THE NEW SYSTEM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? SO YOU COULD ONLY COUNT WHATEVER THE MACHINE SPITS OUT.
BECAUSE THERE WERE QUITE A FEW ISSUES YESTERDAY WITH SOME OF THE MACHINES.
AND ONE PARTICULAR LOCATION, WHICH I WON'T BRING UP RIGHT NOW, WOULD ONLY ALLOW PEOPLE WHO WERE VOTING TO, THEY NEEDED TO VOTE FOR FOUR AT LARGE CANDIDATES IN THE CITY OF NEWARK, BUT IT WOULD ONLY ALLOW THEM TO PICK TWO AND IT KEPT SPITTING THEIR BALLOT BACK OUT.
SO WOULD THAT BE, UH, PERTAIN TO YOU? UM, NOT, NOT IN THIS REGARD, NO.
THIS WOULD BE JUST FOR THE RESULTS COMING BACK IN TO COUNT THE RESULTS.
SO YOU JUST COUNT 'EM, WHETHER THEY'RE RIGHT OR WRONG, DOESN'T MATTER.
WHATEVER COMES OUT, THAT'S WHAT YOU COUNT.
IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE WHAT, WHAT IS COUNTED AND HOW TO REPORT IT.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY.
DO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? I'LL MOVE THIS PRESENT.
MOVED BY VP PALM AND SECOND BY CCAO.
ROLE CALL MADAM CLERK FOR THE RECORD.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT POMAR? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE TO RESOLUTION NUMBER SIX FROM THE COMMISSIONER, REGISTRATION AND SUPERINTENDENT OF ELECTIONS.
IT WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON, SUPERINTENDENT SPANO WILL ADDRESS THIS ITEM.
UM, MY NAME IS PATRICIA SPANO.
I'M ESSEX COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF ELECTIONS AND COMMISSIONER OF REGISTRATION.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK YOU TO APPROVE A CONTRACT AWARD WITH KNOWING WHICH IS OUR NEW ELECTRONIC POLL BOOK COMPANY.
AS YOU KNOW, WE SWITCH FROM A PAPER POLL BOOK OVER TO AN ELECTRONIC POLL BOOK, AND WHAT KNOWING WOULD DO WOULD BE GIVING US SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE SERVICE FOR A 24 MONTH PERIOD.
THEY WOULD BE DOING PRE-ELECTION ELECTION DAY SUPPORT AND THEN POST-ELECTION AS WELL.
I DO HAVE DAN PETERS HERE, THE PROJECT MANAGER FROM KNOWING SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND HE CAN BETTER EXPLAIN.
SO LET'S HAVE HIM INTRODUCE HIMSELF AND TELL
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US EXACTLY WHAT HIM AND HIS COMPANY'S GONNA DO.CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME FINE? UM, DAN PETERS, I AM THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR ESSEX AND THE REGIONAL MANAGER FOR THE EAST COAST FOR NO INC.
UM, THIS CONTRACT IN PARTICULAR WOULD PROVIDE SERVICES IN THE LEAD UP TO THE ELECTION, SO THAT WOULD BE MAINTENANCE OF THE IPADS, ANY SOFTWARE UPDATES, AS WELL AS APPLICATION UPDATES.
IT INCLUDES THE PROGRAMMING OF THE PULL PADS FOR ELECTION DAY AND EARLY VOTING USE.
UM, WHAT THAT ENTAILS IS CONVERTING THE FILE BROUGHT OVER FROM THE SVS SYSTEM INTO OUR BACKEND SYSTEM, VERIFYING THAT THE NUMBERS ARE CORRECT, THAT THE CORRECT VOTERS ARE ASSIGNED TO THE CORRECT DISTRICTS AS WHAT FROM COMING FROM SBR S MAKING SURE THAT THE CORRECT BALLOTS ARE GOING TO THE CORRECT VOTERS FROM THE A, UH, DATA GIVEN FROM SBR S AND THEN LOADING THE PADS, CHECKING THE PADS, DOING LOGIC AND ACCURACY TESTING ON THE PADS, THEN PREPPING THEM FOR DEPLOYMENT ON ELECTION DAY.
WE HAVE STAFF IN THE WAREHOUSE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CALLS TO BE DEPLOYED FOR ANY ISSUES IN THE FIELD POST-ELECTION.
IT INVOLVES RECEIVING THE PADS BACK, IT INVOLVES VERIFYING THE NUMBERS AS FAR AS VOTER CHECKING COUNTS, AND THEN CREATING THE VOTER HISTORY FILE FOR LOADING IN TO SBR S MR. PVE, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I'M MATT GONNA NO QUESTIONS COMMISSION, MR. PRESIDENT.
UM, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT, THE IPADS THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO WHO RECEIVES THOSE IPADS ON ELECTION DAY? UH, CAN I CLARIFY THE QUESTION? WHEN YOU'RE ASKING WHO RECEIVES THE IPADS, RIGHT, UM, DO YOU MEAN FOR THE ELECTION DAY USE OR POST-ELECTION DAY? WELL, WELL, BOTH THE, THE IPADS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT WE'RE PAYING ONE POINT 35 MILLION TO, TO, TO OVER A 24 MONTH TIME PERIOD.
WHAT, WHAT DO THESE IPADS LIKE, WHAT DO THEY DO? WHO RECEIVED THEM? SO THE WAREHOUSE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE WAREHOUSE STAFF, BUT THEY ARE SENT TO EACH OF THE ELECTION DISTRICTS WHERE THE POLL WORKERS WILL THEN OPEN THEM UP AND UTILIZE THEM FOR ELECTION DAY TO VERIFY VOTERS ARE ABLE TO VOTE AT THAT LOCATION AND THEN DIRECT THEM TO THE CORRECT LOCATION IF THEY'RE NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE AT THAT SPECIFIC LOCATION OR OFFER THEM A PROVISIONAL BALLOT IF THEY ARE AT THE WRONG LOCATION.
PROBABLY, UM, FOR MS. BANGO WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO ANSWER THE NEXT QUESTION.
WHEN THE POLL WORKERS COME IN FOR TRAINING, THEY'RE TRAINED ON THOSE IPADS? YES.
THAT IS NOT THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS DOES THE POLL WORKER TRAINING.
THERE ARE CLASSES THROUGHOUT MANY, MANY CLASSES TRAINING THE POLL WORKERS HOW TO USE THE, IT'S INSTEAD OF THE PAPER POLL BOOK THAT WE USED TO HAVE, THIS IS AN ELECTRONIC, WHAT WE DO IS, AFTER WHAT DAN JUST EXPLAINED, PROGRAMMING EVERYTHING, GETTING THEM READY, WE SHIP, THEY ARE ALL LABELED PER POLLING LOCATION.
AND THOSE ELECTRONIC POLE PADS GET SHIPPED OUT WITH THE MACHINES THAT GO TO THE SPECIFIC POLLING LOCATION.
SO THEY'RE SHIPPED OUT TOGETHER.
WHEN THE POLL WORKER ARRIVES AT FIVE 30 IN THE MORNING, EVERYTHING IS THERE IN PLACE FOR THEM.
SO WHEN THE POLL WORKER HAS A PROBLEM ON ELECTION DAY, THEIR IPAD ISN'T WORKING, WHO DO THEY ACTUALLY CALL? DO THEY CALL DAN'S OFFICE OR BACK HERE? WHAT? WELL, THEY, THEY DO CALL BOTH, BUT WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE IS THEY'RE CALLED ROVERS.
SO THIS IS WHAT THIS CONTRACT IS ABOUT.
UM, I HAVE A ROVER, AT LEAST ONE, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE ELECTION, COULD BE TWO THREE STATIONED AT MY WAREHOUSE.
SO THAT IF THERE IS A PROBLEM, THEY WILL TRY TO WALK THEM THROUGH OVER THE PHONE.
IF THEY CAN'T, THEN THERE ARE SHERIFF OFFICERS TO TRANSPORT THESE ROVERS QUICKER AND MORE EFFICIENTLY TO THE SPECIFIC LOCATION TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.
UM, COMMISSIONER SPANO, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DATA IN THOSE LAPTOPS? WE ARE, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT KNOWING DOES.
WE EXPORT, AND DAN COULD PROBABLY ANSWER THIS BETTER THAN I, THE STATEWIDE VOTING REGISTRATION SYSTEM, WE EXPORT FROM THAT ONTO THE ELECTOR.
SO WHEN, WHEN A VOTER GOES TO THE, TO, TO VOTE AND THEIR NAME DOES NOT APPEAR MM-HMM.
IT COULD BE A CHANGING, LIKE WE JUST WENT THROUGH WITH THE DISTRICTS, YOU KNOW, BEING CHANGED OR, UM, THEY, THEY WILL CALL MY OFFICE AND I HAVE ENOUGH, I ALWAYS
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PUT EXTRA STAFF ON, ON ELECTION DAY TO LOOK UP AND VERIFY THESE VOTERS AND, YOU KNOW, GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT.WE JUST FOUND YESTERDAY THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE NUMEROUS ISSUES YESTERDAY, BUT ONE OF THE ISSUES WERE, YOU KNOW, VOTERS WHO HAD VOTED AT THAT POLL SITE FOR YEARS, 20, 30, 40 YEARS DID NOT APPEAR, UH, IN THE SYSTEM.
UM, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW THAT, UH, HOW THE DATA TRANSFERRED FROM THE OLD SYSTEM TO THIS NEW SYSTEM.
I, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE, THEY DON'T APPEAR IN THE SYSTEM AS MUCH AS THEY WOULD'VE APPEAR.
EACH PULPED IS IS PROGRAMMED PER DISTRICT.
SO THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD THEIR DISTRICT CHANGED BECAUSE THE RESULT OF THE CENSUS.
SO THEY'VE BEEN VOTING FOR 10 YEARS IN LOCATION A AND NOW THEY HAVE TO BE IN B.
SO LOCATION A IS NOT GONNA SHOW THEM.
SO WHEN THEY WOULD CALL MY OFFICE, MY STAFF WOULD SAY, YOUR VOTING LOCATION IS LOCATION B.
AND, AND THE VOTERS RECEIVE SAMPLE BALLOTS, WHICH WOULD GIVE THEM THE LOCATION OF WHERE THEIR VOTING SITE WOULD BE.
THEY DID RECEIVE SAMPLE VA BALLOTS WITH THEIR POLLING LOCATIONS AND CHRIS DUKIN AND MY OFFICE TOGETHER, CHRIS DURKIN, UH, MAILED IT.
WE SENT OUT INDIVIDUAL POSTCARDS TO EVERY VOTER THAT HAD IT HAD THEIR POLLING LOCATION CHANGED.
SO WE FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH THE POSTCARD.
SO THE POSTCARD SAID WHAT, UM, YOUR VOTING LOCATION IS AND IT GAVE THE NAME AND THE ADDRESS.
IT TOLD HIM THAT POLLING LOCATION.
IT TOLD HIM THAT, THAT IT HAS BEEN CHANGED.
SO, UM, WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THE SITE HAS SUFFICIENT CONNECTION FOR THE IPAD? BECAUSE YOU NEED THE CONNECTIVITY CONNECTION.
I PROVI, MY OFFICE PROVIDES, WHAT THEY'RE CALLED IS NIGHTHAWKS.
THERE IS ONE ROUTER PER POLLING LOCATION.
UNLESS THERE IS EIGHT OR MORE POLE PADS, THEN YOU NEED TO, LINDA VA WILL DIRECT ME IF THERE'S A LOCATION, IF IT'S MAYBE A VERY OLD BUILDING AND IT'S ALL BRICK, THEY DON'T HAVE WINDOWS.
WE DO HAVE WHAT THEY CALL A CRADLE POINT, WHICH IS A MUCH STRONGER ROUTER THAT WE WOULD DEPLOY TO THOSE SITES.
AND THEN ON ELECTION DAY, THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONNECTIVITY.
AND MS. BONI ACTUALLY HAS PEOPLE IN HER OFFICE ON, DAN WAS THERE YESTERDAY AND THERE WAS ANOTHER GENTLEMAN WATCHING ALL DAY.
THEY CAN TELL WHAT'S UP, WHAT'S DOWN, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE POLL WORKER MIGHT NEED, THEY DON'T HAVE IT PLUGGED IN, THEY'LL HAVE TO CALL THEM, PLUG IN YOUR IPAD, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WATCHING IT ALL DAY LONG UNTIL 8:00 PM AT NIGHT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, VP PER MARK.
UH, CAN YOU TELL HOW MANY IPADS IS THAT, THAT YOU'RE PUTTING OUT THERE IN A HUMANOLOGY? THE COUNTY RECEIVED FROM THE STATE, 1200 IPADS, WE ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO HAVE TWO IPADS PER DISTRICT.
SO WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY, MAYBE I WANNA SAY DEPENDING ON HOW MANY POLLING LOCATIONS, CUZ THAT DOES CHANGE, BUT MAYBE 400, 500 BACKUPS WE GOT, WE NEEDED I THINK 1140 AND WE HAVE 1200 AND ARE BACKUPS, UH, I GUESS YOU HAVE 'EM STATIONED, KIND OF CONVENIENTLY LOCATED TO BE, THEY'RE AT MY WAREHOUSE ON THE DAY OF THE ELECTION.
I'M SORRY, ON THE DAY OF THE ELECTION, THE BACKUP, HOW READILY ACCESSIBLE ARE THEY? THE EVENT THEY ARE THERE AND READY TO GO AND THERE ARE NOW KNOWING ROVERS THERE, IF THEY HAVE TO BRING ONE, THEY BRING IT RIGHT OUT SO THEY HAVE IT IMMEDIATELY.
SO THERE'S NO, I GUESS MY POINT IS THERE'S NO REAL SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF TIME IN MY EXPERIENCE.
AND DAN CORRECT ME, I MEAN IT'S, I DON'T THINK WE EVER HAD TO REPLACE AN IPAD.
BUT WE'RE READY IN CASE WE DO COMMISSIONER MACAU, IF, IF, IF IN CERTAIN POLLING SITES THEY HAVE MULTIPLE DISTRICTS, RIGHT? YES.
NOW, IS THERE AN IPAD PER DISTRICT? YES.
AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DISTINGUISH, YOU KNOW, CUZ ONLY ONE MACHINE WHERE THEY VOTE.
SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DISTINGUISH WHICH DISTRICTS THEY VOTED IN BASED ON THE ADMINIS.
THE NUMBER OF MACHINES IN NAP, POLLING LOT COMES FROM LINDA VAI FROM THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
ALONG WITH THE NUMBER OF DISTRICTS.
WHAT I'VE CREATED WITH THE ELECTRONIC POLE PADS IS EVERY POLE PAD IS NUMBERED WITH THE LOCATION.
SO WHEN WE ARE RIGHT BEFORE WE'RE READY TO SHIP OUT, I GIVE TO LINDA VOI AND MYSELF, WE KNOW
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EVERY POLLING LOCATION, NUMBER WHERE IT IS AND WHEN THEY'RE WATCHING IT, MONITORING IT, THEY CAN TELL IT'S ALL DETAILED.AND, AND I SAW THAT THE, THE IPAD GOES WITH THE MACHINE.
WELL, SEPARATELY IT'S IN A WHEEL CART, NOT IN THE MACHINE, BUT IT GETS DELIVERED WITH IT.
AND IT'S, AND IT'S DELIVERED TO THE WAREHOUSE.
I'M SORRY, IT'S DELIVERED TO THE WAREHOUSE.
IT'S DELIVERED FROM THE WAREHOUSE TO THE POLLING LOCATION AND THEN AFTER THE POLLING LOCATION BACK TO THE WAREHOUSE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I, I HAVE ONE.
THERE WAS A PREVIOUS ELECTION WHERE THE MACHINES DIDN'T GET TO WHERE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO GO ON TIME.
UH, AND YESTERDAY THERE WERE SOME MACHINES DELIVERED TO A PARTICULAR LOCATION AND THEY WERE PUT IN THE BASEMENT OF THAT LOCATION.
UH, WHO, WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS IT TO ALERT WHOMEVER THAT SOMEONE TOLD THE PEOPLE WHO HAD DELIVERED THE MACHINES TO PUT THEM OTHER THAN WHERE THEY WERE TOLD TO PUT THEM? OKAY.
THAT I THINK IS A QUESTION THAT LINDA VANI WOULD HAVE TO ANSWER.
SHE DID ASK ME TODAY TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH MY TRUCKER TO FIND OUT WHERE THAT MACHINE WAS PLACED AND IF THEY WERE TOLD TO PLACE BE PLACED THERE.
SO I KNOW THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT IT.
I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF WHAT WENT ON.
I DON'T REAL, I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR INSIDE A POLLING LOCATION.
I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR OUTSIDE THE LOCATION, BUT I DID LOOK INTO IT FOR HER AND GIVE HER THE INFORMATION.
NO, WE'LL SEE
COMMISSIONER COOPER, UM, CONSIDERING THERE WERE MACHINE PROBLEMS A COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK AND, AND YESTERDAY, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? CUZ I UNDERSTAND, THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT IS THAT YOUR OFFICE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MACHINES AND THE IPADS.
RIGHT? YOU HAVE AN OUTSIDE VENDOR THAT GOES AND DELIVERS THESE THINGS TO EACH OF THE SITES.
WHO PICKS THE SITES THAT THE MACHINE GOES TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS? LINDA VOI, YOUR OFFICE DELIVER THE MACHINES AND THE EQUIPMENT TO THE APPROVED SITES, CORRECT? MS. VOI OFFICE PICKS CORRECT.
DOES ANYBODY GO BACK OUT AFTER THE OUTSIDE VENDOR DELIVER ALL THIS EQUIPMENT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE WHITE LOCATION? THERE'S A SIGNED RECEIPT WHEN THE MACHINE IS DELIVERED, WHOEVER ACCEPTS THAT MACHINE HAS TO SIGN IT AND THAT COMES BACK TO THE WAREHOUSE.
THE MACHINES ARE SCANNED WHEN THEY GO OUT, SO WE KNOW THEY LEFT THE WAREHOUSE.
WHOEVER RECEIVES IT AT THE POLLING LOCATION HAS TO SIGN FOR IT, THEN THAT'S OUR RECORD.
AND, UM, WE KNOW WHEN WE DON'T GET MACHINES BACK AND WE DO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH PHONE CALLS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS THAT THEY RECEIVED.
MS. SPANEL, MY QUESTION, UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE WALKING US THROUGH THAT YOU GET A RECEIPT THAT THE VENDOR PHYSICALLY DELIVERED THE MACHINE TO THE LOCATION.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT GOES OUT FROM YOUR OFFICE OR MS. VAN'S OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MACHINE IS AT 1 2 3 MARKING WORD LANES ON THE FIRST FLOOR, YOU KNOW, IN THE AREA THAT ONE OF YOUR OFFICES APPROVED? WE DO NOT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NOW? DO I HAVE A MOVER? IN A SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSION OF ROLL CALL NOW QUICK.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT POMAR? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE THE RESOLUTION SEVEN THROUGH NINE, WHICH ARE FROM THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. UH, DIRECTOR LOMBARDI WILL ADDRESS THESE ITEMS. UH, GOOD EVENING.
UH, CRAIG LOMBARDI, HOUSING COORDINATOR, DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS APPROVE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE ALLOCATION OF ESG CD FUNDS IN A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $2,379,000 FOR VARIOUS RAPID REHOUSING AND HOMELESS PREVENTION ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES TO BE CARRIED OUT BY VARIOUS AGENCIES IN THE COUNTY.
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AS YOU MAY RECALL, THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY APPROVED THE ACCEPTING THE AWARD OF FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.AND, UH, WE WENT OUT AND ASKED SOME AGENCIES WHAT DID THEY DO TO HELP US GET THAT MONEY OUT.
AND, UH, YOU HAVE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AUTHOR AUTHORIZE THE REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS OF HOME FUNDS FROM 2018 AND 2019 FOR A SPECIFIC PROJECT, WHICH IS, UH, THE VERONA L I H T C URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT.
UH, AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT IN VERONA FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $1,225,000.
AS JUST TO EXPLAIN WE APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR HOME PROGRAMS DURING A GIVEN PROGRAM YEAR, WE JUST ALLOCATE THE FUNDS FOR UTILIZING IT FOR SUCH PROJECTS.
THE REASON WE HAVE TO REPROGRAM IT IS NOW WE HAVE A SPECIFIC PROJECT THAT WE'RE ALLOCATING THOSE FUNDS TO AND WE NEED YOUR APPROVAL TO, UH, AUTHORIZE THAT ALLOCATION.
AND FINALLY, ITEM NUMBER NINE, WE ARE SEEKING TO EXTEND TWO CONTRACTS, TWO CDBG CONTRACTS WITH TWO TOWNS, NAMELY ROSELAND AND WEST ORANGE FOR THE EXTENSION OF CONTRACTS FOR TWO PROJECTS THAT THEY RECENTLY FINISHED.
HOWEVER, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO PROCESS THEIR VOUCHER REIMBURSEMENT, UH, BEFORE THE EXPIRATION OF THEIR CONTRACTS.
SO WE'RE JUST ASKING TO EXTEND THOSE CONTRACTS SO THAT WE MAY PROCESS THE PAPERWORK AND REIMBURSE THEM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DID USING THE GRANT MONEY THAT THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN AWARDED.
UM, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I DO HAVE SOME, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE, UM, UH, FOR THE VERONA UH, HOME PROJECT IF, WOULD YOU CARE TO SPEAK MR. VE? YEAH.
NUMBER NINE, THE CONTRACT TIME EXTENSION.
THAT'S JUST TIME, RIGHT? THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, ALLOCATED FOR THOSE? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
UH, THEY FINISHED THE PROJECTS, THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANY ADDITIONAL MONIES, IT'S JUST PROCESSING THE PAPER, THE WORK AND TIME PROCESS.
ON, UM, RESOLUTION NUMBER EIGHT.
SO THESE FUNDS WERE FROM 2019 AND 2020.
I, I I MISSPOKE BEFORE I SAID 18 AND 19.
THAT'S NOT WHAT REALLY WHAT I'M QUESTIONING.
AND SO, SO THESE, THESE FUNDS WERE ARE STILL HELD IN RESERVE? THAT IS CORRECT.
ARE ARE THEY IN THE GRANT FUND? YOU KNOW THAT YEAH, WE, WE, WE AWARDED THE FUNDS.
UH, THERE'S A, UH, LINE OF CREDIT, SO TO SPEAK.
AND SO WHEN WE HAVE A PROJECT WITH HU WE GO INTO THEIR PROGRAM, WE SAY, OKAY, LOOK, WE HAVE A PROJECT.
WE'RE ALLOCATING THESE FUNDS, WE NEED TO DRAW DOWN THOSE FUNDS.
AND THEN THOSE FUNDS ARE DRAWN DOWN.
AND THEN AS THE PROJECT GOES ON, WE REIMBURSE THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
AND THIS PROJECT IS A LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT DEAL? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND IT'S ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE TOWN OF VERONA DID A BOND ISSUE FOR ABOUT EIGHT, I THINK IT'S 8 MILLION ON THAT.
IS THAT, I'M NOT SURE HE BUY A BOND ISSUE.
I KNOW VERONA IS PARTICIPATING IN THE PROJECT.
I BELIEVE THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT.
VERONA IS PARTICIPATING IN THE PROJECT, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
IT'S IN A COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN RECENTLY.
AND, UH, AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE PARTICIPATING IN THE PROJECT.
SO IT, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
UH, IT'S CREATING A LOT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, 75 UNITS AND UH, 95 UNITS.
AND SO AGAIN, IT'S A, WE FEEL IT'S A, A GOOD VIABLE PROJECT.
UM, IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL LOW HOUSING, CORRECT? IT'S ALL AFFORDABLE HOUSING? YES.
LOWER, MODERATE, OR? NO, IT'S LOW.
AND UH, IT'S ALL BELOW 60%, I BELIEVE.
AMI, WHICH IS THIS THE DEVELOPER? THAT IS THE DEVELOPER.
LAURA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE PROJECT? SORRY.
UM, MR. PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
I'M THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR PEARL, WHICH IS THE OWNER OF, UH, A HTC.
CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MIC FIRST? SURE.
I MEANT TO DO THAT WHEN I CAME UP.
UM, SO THIS IS A, AGAIN, IT'S LARIS WAKER, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR, UH, PEARL LLC, WHICH IS THE OWNER OF VERONA, L I H TC.
WE HAVE, UM, FINAL SITE PLAN APPROVAL AND ARE WORKING TO MOVE FORWARD ON AND TAX CREDITS FOR A 95 UNIT, UM, 100% AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITY IN, UH, VERONA.
THIS PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO CLOSE IN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.
UM, WE HAVE ARE VERY THANKFUL TO, UM, TO THE GROUP CRAIG, UH, AND ESTHER, FOR HELPING US GET HERE TODAY AND WOULD APPRECIATE THE AWARD OF THE MILLION 2 25.
AS YOU KNOW, UM, THE COST INCREASES RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION THESE DAYS HAVE BEEN EXTENSIVE AND IN AN AFFORDABLE
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HOUSING PROJECT, OBVIOUSLY WE CANNOT RAISE RENTS.UM, AND SO SUBSIDY IS A VERY LARGE PART OF, UH, WHAT WE REQUEST IN THIS CASE.
THESE ARE, UM, UNITS AS EXPRESSED FROM 20% AMI TO 60% AMI.
UM, WE HAVE BOTH HOMELESS RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS SPECIAL NEEDS EIGHT 11 UNITS, WHICH ARE THOSE, UH, RESIDENTS COMING OUT OF, UM, UM, PHYSICAL REHABILITATION CENTERS UP TO 64 YEARS OLD.
SO FROM 18 TO 64 THAT WILL ALSO, UM, RECEIVE HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND UM, FOR HOME UNITS, THERE'LL BE SEVEN HOME UNITS.
THERE'LL BE TWO OF THEM WILL BE, BE LOW HOME AND FIVE OF THEM WILL BE HIGH HOME UNITS.
UM, SO TWO OF THEM WILL BE BELOW 50% AMI AND FIVE OF THEM WILL BE ABOVE 50% AMI.
AND, AND WHAT AND WHAT'S ABOUT, SO THE REST OF THE UNITS ARE, SO, UM, YOU HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY, 13% OF THE COMMUNITY ARE VERY LOW INCOME UNITS, WHICH ARE THOSE UNITS THAT ARE BELOW 30 PER 30% OR BELOW AMI, UM, 50% ARE AT THE 60% AMI.
AND SO THAT LEAVES 37, IF I DO MY MATH PROPERLY.
WAS THERE ANY STATE MONEY RECEIVED ON THIS AS WELL? SO WE HAVE, THE TOWN IS CONTRIBUTING, UM, LAND AND THEY'RE DOING THE DEMO AND THE REMEDIATION, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT, WILL PROBABLY BE OVER 8 MILLION BY THE TIME THEY'RE DONE.
UM, THEY'RE ALSO GIVING US A PILOT AND THEN WE HAVE THE FEDERAL TAX, UM, UH, LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS FOR THE PROJECT.
UM, THE AGENCY IS ALSO GIVING US $375,000 FOR THOSE EIGHT 11 UNITS WE TALKED ABOUT, AND SOMETHING CALLED THE MONEY FOLLOWS THE PEOPLE PROGRAM.
UM, AND THE, WE ARE ALSO REQUESTING ANOTHER 2.4 MILLION IN THE AGENCY DUE TO THESE INTEREST RATE INCREASES THAT HAVE COME.
SO IT TAKES A VILLAGE LITERALLY TO BUILD THESE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND IN THE RISING CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND RISING INTEREST RATE MARKET, IT'S LIKE THE, THE WORST OF ALL THINGS HAPPENING.
AND SO, UM, IT TAKES A LOT TO PULL THESE TOGETHER.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
UM, IT IS THE MAJORITY OF VERONA'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM AND THEY'VE BEEN AMAZING.
UM, THEY STARTED WITH A MUCH SMALLER SITE AND WHEN WE SHOWED THEM WHAT COULD, YOU KNOW, HOW TIGHT THE SITE WOULD BE, THEY ACTUALLY AGREED TO ACQUIRE, UM, ANOTHER PIECE AND A PIECE WAS ACTUALLY FROM THE COUNTY THAT WAS ADDED.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS REALLY IS GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT WHEN IT'S DONE AND IT'S RIGHT ACROSS FROM THEIR COMMUNITY BUILDING WITH ALL THEIR SPORTS FIELDS AS WELL.
SO IT'S ON, IF PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR, BLOOMFIELD, LYNN, AND PINE IS KIND OF HOW IT'S BOUND.
ANY QUESTIONS? MR. COMMISSIONER COOPER? UH, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT.
UM, WHAT IS THE APARTMENT COMPILATION? IS IT ALL ONE FAM ONE BEDROOMS? NO.
SO WE'VE GOT 16 ONE BEDROOMS. WOULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK IT TO THE MICROPHONE? SORRY ABOUT THAT.
I'M GONNA LOOK CUZ I DON'T, I DON'T GET IT WRONG.
WE'VE GOT 16 ONE BEDROOMS, 53, 2 BEDROOMS AND 26 3 BEDROOMS. OKAY.
SO IT COULD BE FAMILIES THERE AS WELL.
UM, THE, THE MAKEUP OF OUR POPULATION, UM, TENDS TO BE, ESPECIALLY IN OUR ONE BEDROOMS, UM, EITHER, UM, FRANKLY, COLLEGE STUDENTS OR, UM, SOME, YOU KNOW, GRADUATING COLLEGE.
SO PEOPLE JUST COMING INTO THE WORKFORCE OR SENIORS A LOT IN OUR ONE BEDROOMS, UM, ARE TWO AND THREE BEDROOMS TEND TO BE FAMILIES, UM, AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS.
UM, SO THAT ARE, THAT ARE JUST LIKE TEACHERS OR GROCERY STORE WORKERS OR, YOU KNOW, CVS WORKERS LIKE THAT IS THE POPULATION.
A LOT OF SINGLE PARENTS, UM, END UP IN THESE COMMUNITIES AS WELL, EITHER THE SINGLE MOTHER OR A SINGLE FATHER IN THE COMMUNITIES.
ARE THESE UNITS INCOME RESTRICTED SINCE THEY'RE AFFORDABLE? YES.
SO THEY'RE, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE INCOME CONSTRICTED TO THOSE PEOPLE BETWEEN 20% AMI, WHICH IS LIKE A SOCIAL SECURITY LEVEL RENT, UM, TO 60% AMI.
SO, UM, YOU WOULD CONSIDER ANYTHING ABOVE 120% ROUGHLY FAIR MARKET VALUE.
THOSE ARE THOSE WORKFORCE HOUSINGS 80 TO 120.
SO YOU'RE ALL LOW AND MOD AT 60% AND BELOW.
UM, A QUESTION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION, IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR REASON, UM, WHY IT THIS HAD TO BE A, A LOAN VERSUS A GRANT? I MEAN, I KNOW TAX CREDITS THAT THEY'RE APPLYING FOR.
FIRST OF ALL, IT'S STATE YOUR NAME, BEGIN PLEASE.
DIVISION OF HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS, IS A LOAN BECAUSE IT A, IT'S A FOR-PROFIT DEVELOPER.
AND WE DO RECOVER, UH, INTEREST, WHICH WE THEN WILL REPROGRAM AND USE FOR OTHER PROJECTS DOWN THE ROAD.
OBVIOUSLY WE ALSO GET THE PRINCIPAL EVENTUALLY PAID BACK.
UH, NOW THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS THAT WE DO IN THE HOME PROGRAM FOR NON-PROFITS WHERE AGAIN, IT'S STRUCTURED AS A LOAN BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T FULFILL THE OBLIGATIONS WE NEED TO RECOVER THOSE FUNDS.
BUT IF THEY, IF THEY FULFILL OUR OBLIGATIONS, THEN THOSE LOANS WOULD, WOULD BE FORGIVEN.
SO SOME HOME LOANS, UH, ARE FORGIVABLE LOANS AND SOME OF THEM ARE, ARE REGULAR AMORTIZED LOANS.
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A CONVENTIONAL ONE THAT THEY'RE PAYING INTEREST FOR.WHAT TERM? FOR THE TERM? I BELIEVE THE TERM OF THIS LOAN IS 30 YEARS AND, UH, IT'S 1% INTEREST AND ALSO THE PRINCIPAL WILL HAVE TO BE REPAID AT A CERTAIN TIME.
JUST RECOGNIZING COMMISSIONER GIL.
UM, I JUST HAD A QUESTION FIRST.
LET ME, I'M GONNA PUT A COMMENT ON THE RECORD.
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA AND, UH, I COMMEND YOU GUYS, THE FOLKS AT THE COUNTY AND THE FOLKS IN VERONA.
UM, BUT THE QUESTION I HAD IS, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE LOCATION OF LYNN PINE AND BLOOMFIELD.
IS THIS NEW HOUSING GOING TO BE ON VACANT PROPERTY OR ARE THEY LEVELING WHAT'S EXISTING THERE NOW? BECAUSE I AM FAMILIAR WITH WHAT IS THERE NOW, JUST FOR THE RECORD.
YEAH, SO THIS IS THE OLD CAMERA CODE.
UM, THIS IS THE OLD CHEMICAL FACILITY.
UM, AND THEY'RE, UH, THE MUNICIPALITY JUST, UH, AND IT'S BEEN VACANT FOR SOME TIME, SO THEY ARE, UM, DEMOLISHING THAT BUILDING, REMEDIATING THE SITE.
THERE WERE SOME HOUSES ON THE SITE THAT WERE ACQUIRED AS PART OF THAT ADDITIONAL PARCEL THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT.
THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN LEVELED.
UM, THEY WEREN'T REALLY BEING USED AS HOUSING, THEY WERE BEING USED AS SMALLER COMMERCIAL THAT HAD BEEN SITTING VACANT.
SO IT'S REALLY AN OLD COMMERCIAL CLOCK LITTLE AREA THAT HAD BEEN SITTING VACANT FOR SOME TIME, ALSO HAD CONTAMINATION IN IT.
UM, WE HAVE TANKS THAT HAVE COME OUT.
WELL, THAT WAS MY QUESTION ACTUALLY.
I WANTED TO GET THAT ON THE RECORD.
AND THEN THE FOLLOW UP QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY BEFORE WE BUILD THIS, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE, YOU KNOW, NEW RESIDENTS LIVING THERE AS FAR AS THE CLEANUP, DO WE HAVE TO WORK ALONGSIDE THE STATE? UM, IS THERE LIKE LATER OR NOT? IT WAS NOT THAT.
IT WAS, IT REALLY WASN'T THAT BAD, WHICH IS GREAT.
UM, MOST OF IT WAS ASBESTOS IN THE EXISTING BUILDING THAT CONTRACT'S BEEN AWARDED AND THERE ACTUALLY, THERE WAS A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING TODAY, THE MUNICIPALS HANDLING ALL THE REMEDIATION AND SOME OF THAT $8 MILLION THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, THEY BONDED FOR.
UM, SO THEY'VE ALREADY TAKEN OUT TWO TANKS AND REMEDIATED THOSE AREAS.
UM, AND THE BIG REMEDIATION IS REALLY THE CAMCO BUILDING THAT HAS OLD ASBESTOS AND LEAD IN IT.
SO THAT'S 10 DAYS OF REMEDIATION THAT THEY HAVE TO DO WITH A CERTIFIED ASBESTOS AND LEAD CONTRACTOR.
AND THEN ONCE THAT'S ALL CLEAN AND CERTIFIED CLEAN, THEN THEY WILL LEVEL THE BUILDING, THE CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING EVERYTHING OFF.
UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF WHAT WE'LL CALL HOTSPOT OF SOIL, UM, THAT WE'VE RECENTLY DELINEATED AND THOSE WILL COME OFF THE SITE.
SO THE SITE WILL MEET ALL DEP STANDARDS FOR RESIDENTIAL HOUSING, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST STRINGENT, UM, STANDARD FOR, FOR, FOR REMEDIATION.
AND I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS ON THE RECORD BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE LIVING THERE TO KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE.
IF I MAY ADD, I'M SORRY, CRAIG LOMBARDI TO BISHOP OF HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
I JUST MAY ADD TO THE LAST QUESTION.
I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU ALL UNDERSTAND.
WE DO NOT EXTEND A LOAN AGREEMENT OR WRITTEN AGREEMENT UNTIL ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ARE CLEARED AND WHATNOT.
WE, WE, WE TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY, OBVIOUSLY, AND ALSO IF, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE'S BEING RELOCATED OR DISLOCATED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE TAKE, UH, WE'RE PROTECTING THE CITIZENS OF SIC COUNTY.
MR. COOPER, YOU HAD YES, I DO.
UM, I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE THAT THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT AND I AM SO EXCITED TO HEAR THAT THE TOWNSHIP PUTS SOME SKIN IN THE GAME TO MAKE THIS PROJECT HAPPEN.
WE NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN THIS COUNTY.
UM, SO I APPRECIATE THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE TOWNSHIP AND THE FOR ENTITY FOR DOING IT.
UM, WHAT'S YOUR TIMELINE TO GET STARTED? THANK YOU.
OUR GOAL IS TO CLOSE ON AUGUST 1ST.
UM, THAT WILL BE CONTINGENT ON THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING WE NEED TO GET FROM N J H M A DUE TO THE RECENT INCREASES IN INTEREST RATES.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING TO THEM PROBABLY REGULARLY ABOUT THIS.
UM, IF ALL GOES WELL WITH THOSE CONVERSATIONS, WE'RE SET TO BREAK GROUND ON AUGUST 1ST.
ALL OF OUR LENDING'S IN PLACE TAX CREDIT INVESTORS IN PLACE, EVERYTHING'S IN PLACE FOR US TO START ON AUGUST 1ST.
SO IF YOU DON'T GET THAT ADDITIONAL $300,000 THAT YOU NEEDED, I THINK IT'S 2.4 MILLION
WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS PROJECT? WE'VE GOTTA FIND OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDS TO FILL THAT GAP AND IS PURE BUILDING COSTS, MATERIAL COSTS? IT'S, IT'S TWO THINGS.
COSTS HAVE GONE UP SINCE WE, UM, SUBMITTED THIS APPLICATION IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020.
IF YOU CAN THINK BACK THAT LONG, THAT'S WHEN OUR CAP TAX CREDIT APPLICATION WENT IN, UM, BECAUSE OF COVID AND THE DELAYS WE'RE JUST GETTING TO IT.
NOW, COSTS HAVE GONE UP 30%, SO IT'S ACTUALLY GONE UP MORE THAN 30% LUMBER'S STARTING TO COME BACK DOWN.
SO WE'RE TAKING SOME OF THOSE SAVINGS INTO
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THE PROJECT, BUT WE'RE ABOUT 30% HIGHER IN COSTS, WHICH IS ABOUT $5 MILLION HIGHER.WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FILL THAT GAP WITH, UM, GETTING HIGHER EQUITY FROM OUR EQUITY INVESTOR FROM, UM, THE MONEY THAT THE COUNTY'S GOING TO GIVE US.
AND WE HAD ACTUALLY BEEN BALANCED UP UNTIL ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AGO WHEN INTEREST RATES JUST TOOK A CRAZY SPIKE.
UM, AND WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH A LARGE PROJECT, UM, THOSE, WHAT WE WOULD CALL 200 BASIS POINTS, SO FROM ABOUT FOUR AND 4.15% OF AN INTEREST RATE TO, WE'RE OVER SIX RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND SO THAT IS A HUGE ADDITIONAL HIT TO THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE KIND OF WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
BUT IF ALL GOES WELL, OUR GOAL IS THAT WE WOULD START ON AUGUST 1ST.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF COMMENTS? I, I HAVE ONE.
SO THE GC WHO, WHO, WHO'S THE GC? SO, UM, PAYING FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.
UM, THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR IS PEARL CONTRACTORS LLC FROM, SO THEY ARE, IT, IT'S A SUBSIDIARY OF PEARL LLC, WHICH IS THE OVERALL OWNER.
UM, THEY ARE HOUSED IN CLEVELAND, BUT I HAVE AN OFFICE, WE HAVE OUR COURT, WE HAVE OUR REGIONAL OFFICE IN HAMILTON, NEW JERSEY.
SO I HAVE, UM, DIRECTORS OF OPERATIONS AND PROJECT MANAGERS AND SUPERINTENDENTS THAT WORK OUT OF THE NEW JERSEY REGION.
SO THE SUPERINTENDENTS AND REGIONAL MANAGERS, THEY'RE ALL FROM CLEVELAND? NO, NO, NO, NO.
I SAID THEY'RE FROM NEW JERSEY.
THEY'RE ALL FROM, THEY'RE ALL FROM NEW JERSEY.
WE HAVE PROJECTS IN NEW JERSEY ALREADY THAT WE'VE BUILT AND ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
UM, I WAS JUST AT OUR WARREN NEW JERSEY PROJECT IN SOMERSET COUNTY BEFORE I CAME HERE.
UM, SO WE'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND IN MANY DIFFERENT AREAS.
UM, THIS GROUP BUILDS, UM, AND WHEN I SAY BUILDS, THEY MANAGE THE PROCESS AND SUBCONTRACT OUT TO LOCAL SUBCONTRACTORS.
SO ALL OF OUR WORK THAT'S DONE HERE IS LOCAL.
ALL OF OUR PROJECT MANAGERS ARE LOCAL.
ALL OF OUR SUPERINTENDENTS ARE LOCAL.
I'VE BEEN DEVELOPING IN NEW JERSEY FOR 25 YEARS.
UM, AND I RUN THIS OFFICE HERE IN NEW JERSEY.
THAT, THAT WAS GONNA BE MY NEXT QUESTION IN TERMS OF THE SUBS.
SUBS ARE GONNA BE FROM ESSEX COUNTY, SO THAT'LL BE SOME SUBS FROM ESSEX COUNTY.
YEAH, SO WE DO, UM, WE ARE VERY EXPERIENCED IN SECTION THREE HOUSING, UM, WHICH IS THE REQUIREMENT OF HUD.
UM, WE HAVE A BID LIST OF EVERY, ANYONE THAT WILL COME TO US.
UM, WE ARE AN OPEN SHOP, UM, COMPANY.
UM, SO IF YOU HAVE A NAME, YOU WOULD LIKE US ON OUR LIST, BUT OUR SUBS ARE GENERALLY FROM NORTHERN NEW JERSEY WHEN WE'RE DOING WORK IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY.
UM, WE WILL, ESPECIALLY IN THIS DAY AND AGE, WE WILL TAKE ANY QUALIFIED SUB THAT WE CAN GET.
IF YOU HAVE A LIST YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE US, WE DO A MINIMUM OF 15% W N B IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE THE, THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENT ADDED ON TOP BECAUSE OF THE HOME DOLLARS, WHICH IS A SECTION THREE REQUIREMENT THAT EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, UM, LOW AND MODERATE, UM, LOCAL, UM, TO 25.
YOU KNOW, WE BEST EFFORTS TO GET 25% OF THE WORK HOURS.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED ONE QUALIFIED BIDDER.
WE HAVE SIX MORE WE'RE EXPECTING IN, WE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY.
THIS IS WHAT WE DO FOR A LIVING.
WE SUPPORT, UM, OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITIES.
UM, SO WE DO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY.
I I, I DON'T DOUBT THAT, BUT I I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH BE BEST EFFORTS AND DOESN'T ALWAYS, UH, WORK OUT.
AND THE SECTION THREE FROM HUD STATES THAT, UH, FOR CONTRACTORS OR WHOMEVER, 25% OF NEW EMPLOYEES? NOT ANYMORE.
SO WHEN DID THEY CHANGE IT? ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.
THE POLICY YOU GOT, YOU'RE, YOU GOT, I'M LOOKING FOR THE NUMBER.
CRAIG LOMBARDI HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REGARDING SECTION THREE, THE, UH, THE POLICY OF HUD REGARDING IT.
UH, IT WAS A NOTICE PUT OUT IN NOVEMBER OF 2020.
IT WAS PUT INTO EFFECT IN AUGUST OF 2021.
AND BASICALLY WHAT THEY ARE, THEY, BECAUSE OF THE FACT I THINK MAY, MAYBE YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE OF IT, IS THAT JUST LOOKING AT NEW HIRES WAS NOT AN EFFECTIVE WAY OF TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE GET, GET AN OPPORTUNITY.
SO NOW THEY, THEIR PROGRAM, I DON'T WANNA GO INTO TOO MANY DETAILS, BUT BOTTOM LINE IS THIS, IT'S BASED ON THE NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED BY WHOEVER'S WORKING ON THE JOB.
AND IF A PERSON, DEPENDING ON THEIR INCOME, THE CONTRACTOR'S NOW OBLIGATED TO TELL US, OKAY, HERE'S THE INCOME LEVEL OF THE PERSON THAT IS WORKING ON THE JOB.
AND THEN WE LOOK AT THAT NUMBER AND WE SEE IF THEY QUALIFY OR NOT AS A SECTION, AS A SECTION THREE DESIGNEE.
AND THEN FROM THERE WE MEASURE THE DATA.
AND, UH, SO THAT POLICY HAS CHANGED.
I, I THINK AGAIN, HUD IS TRYING TO, FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO GET A, A BETTER IMPACT, UH, ON,
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UH, GIVING OPPORTUNITIES TO FOLKS THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN GETTING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.AND THERE'S ALSO DIFFERENT DESIGNATIONS FOR SECTION THREE BUSINESSES, SUBCONTRACTORS THAT MAY BE CALLED FORTH.
UM, AND IF I, I MAY ADD, I KNOW, UH, IN OUR MOST OF OUR RECENT BIG PROJECTS, THE, THE SUBS, WE'VE HAD A GOOD NUMBER OF MBS AND, AND WBE FOR, AGAIN, FOR WHAT, WHAT THAT'S WORTH.
IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A GOOD DIVERSITY, AT LEAST FOR THE, THESE MAJOR HOME PROJECTS.
AND AGAIN, I KNOW THE REPUTATION OF, OF PEARL BASED ON THE RESEARCH I DID IS SOLID.
AND LOOK, WE'RE, WE'RE PART OF THE MONITORING PROCESS.
THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY, WE, THEY NEED TO GO THROUGH THE PROPER PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES, ET CETERA.
SO I THINK WE'RE ALL ON BOARD, WE'RE READY TO DO THIS AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO, LIKE I SAY, PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO THESE PEOPLE AS WE CAN.
THANK YOU MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT.
COMMISSION ALSO DO SUBCONTRACTING FOR OTHER TAX CREDIT.
ONLY FOR PEARL ONLY PEARL'S WORK AND WHICH IS WE HAVE A VESTED INTEREST, RIGHT.
UM, AND, AND THE 15% W N B E REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE IS A MANDATORY REQUIREMENT IN ORDER FOR US TO GET THE HM, MFA MONEY.
SO WE DO HAVE A MANDATORY REQUIREMENT FOR THAT AND WE GENERALLY EXCEED THAT ON ALL OF OUR PROJECTS.
PEARL ONLY WORKS FOR PEARL, IT LETS US HAVE CONTROL OVER.
HEY FRANK, WHEN YOU'RE SITTING BACK THERE JUST NOT GETTING, I'M SORRY, MY QUESTION WAS PEARL CONSTRUCTION ONLY DOES WORK FOR PEARL.
YEAH, WE WANT THEM FOCUSED ON OUR PROJECTS AND WE HAVE TWO FULL-TIME COMPLIANCE PEOPLE DOING NOTHING OTHER THAN COMPLIANCE FOR THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE COUNTY HAS.
YOU GOOD? OH, THE, THE, UM, CAN YOU SHARE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN UM, WE CAN GET IT FROM THE DEVELOPER.
CRAIG LOMBARDI, HOUSING COORDINATOR, DIVISION OF HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
UH, DO YOU CALL? OUR OFFICE IS 9 7 3 6 5 5 0 200.
YOU DIDN'T WANT ME, DID YOU? I'M SORRY.
COMMISSIONER, MAYBE WE CAN GET THAT OFFLINE.
YEAH, NO, I'M ASKING IF SHE CAN SIT.
YEAH, I CAN HAND A BUSINESS CARD.
AND, AND, AND CERTAINLY IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS OR YOU NEED TO CONTACT THEM, JUST CONTACT OUR OFFICE AND WE CAN PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH ANYONE.
THEN COMMISSION ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR COMMENTS? HEARING NOT, I'LL MOVE IT.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GRAHAM.
ROLE CALL MEDICAL COMMISSIONER SIEBEL? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PALMARA? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE THE RESOLUTION 10 FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CITIZEN SERVICES, DIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICES.
AND IT WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT, CAN I JUST ASK THROUGH YOU, UH, MADAME KIRK, THAT, UM, MY VOTE BE RECORDED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, AFFIRMATIVE ON RESOLUTIONS ONE THROUGH SIX? YES.
MR. PRESIDENT, THIS WAS AN EMERGENCY DECLARED ON APRIL 10TH.
HOW'S THAT MR. PRESIDENT? THIS WAS AN EMERGENCY DECLARED, UH, AT THE JUVENILE, UH, SERVICE DIVISION FOR INOPERABLE WASHING MACHINES, WHICH ARE COMMERCIAL GRADE, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF 32 9 40.
UH, THIS IS FOR SANITARY CONDITIONS FOR OF THAT FACILITY, AND, UH, WE HOPE THAT YOU CAN APPROVE.
THEY WILL BE INSTALLED HOPEFULLY, UH, IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
MR. PAR? NO QUESTIONS MR. MCNA? NO QUESTION.
COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS OF COUNT HERE.
NOW I NEED TO MOVE IN A SECOND.
SECOND MOVE BY COMMISSIONER COOPER.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PO MORRIS? YES.
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COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.CLERK, LET'S MOVE TO RESOLUTIONS 11 THROUGH 15 AND NUMBER 58, WHICH IS AN ADDED STARTER ALL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS.
AND THEY WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON, UH, MR. PRESIDENT, UH, THE RIGHT TO SANON AND HIS TEAM WILL ADDRESS THESE ITEMS. MAN, WE GOT THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND HIMSELF TONIGHT, HUH? YOU GOT THE BOSS MAN AND HE JUST DELEGATED
WE'RE ASKING TO HAVE OUR CONTRACT AWARDED TO TK ELEVATION ELEVATED COURT.
UH, THERE'S A SOLE RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, UH, THIS IS TO PROVIDE ELEVATED MAINTENANCE, 60 MONTHS CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED $138,428.
THIS IS TO PROVIDE, UH, DECK TWO AND DECK THREE AT THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN RECREATION COMPLEX.
NUMBER 12, WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU, UH, AWARD THE CONTRACTED THEMIC.
THIS IS TO FURNISH AND DELIVER THE BIG CAT STALLS HOLDING FOR THE TURTLEBACK ZOO.
THE AMOUNT IS NOT TO EXCEED 37,500.
NUMBER 13, WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU AWARD THE CONTRACT TO M ROBERTS SALES COMPANY.
THIS IS TO FURNISH AND DELIVER FROZEN FOOD AND THE 24 MONTH CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF 300,000.
THIS IS TO PROVIDE VARIOUS FISH, UH, TO FEED THE ANIMALS AT THE TURTLEBACK ZOO.
NUMBER 14, WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU AWARD, UM, A CONTRACT TO CONDUCT A EXHIBIT.
THE EXHIBITION OF THE FIREWORKS STAR FIRE CORPORATION DATE OF AWARD THROUGH OCTOBER 21ST.
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 75,000 NUMBER FIF TO PRESIDENT COMMISSIONERS, UH, NUMBER 58.
AND YOU ARE DAN SALVAN, DIRECTOR OF THE SS COUNTY PARK SYSTEM.
UH, WE HAVE THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE THE PRODUCTION OF ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES FROM THE DATE OF THE AWARD THROUGH TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2022.
CAN I HAVE HIM COME UP TO SAY A FEW WORDS TO THE BOARD? ABSOLUTELY, GOLDBERG.
AND WE'RE GONNA NEED TO GO BACK TO 15.
I THINK YOU STOPPED AT 14, BUT WE'LL AFTER MR. GOLDBERG, MR. PRESIDENT AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF ULTRA ARTISTS.
WE'RE A LICENSED NEW JERSEY ENTERTAINMENT AGENCY.
WE PROVIDE ENTERTAINMENT TO APPROXIMATELY 30 MUNICIPALITIES AND MULTIPLE COUNTIES AS WELL AS CASINOS AND HAVE ACTS THAT TOUR THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
UH, I'VE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 YEARS, BOTH DEVELOPING, UH, ENTERTAINMENT ACTS AS WELL AS PRODUCING LARGER SCALE EVENTS.
MR. PAUL, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER MR. LUCIO? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, COMBING THROUGH THIS PACKAGE, I HAPPEN TO NOTICE THAT, UM, THIS IS A NEW VENDOR, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WILLING AND ABLE, I HOPE THAT THE BOARD SUPPORTS THIS CONTRACT.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT CONTRACT, BUT I KNOW THIS WILL BE YOUR FIRST GO AROUND.
I KNOW WE HAD A, A PREVIOUS VENDOR, UM, THAT YOU, UH, I GUESS I WANNA SAY OUTFIT IN THE PROCESS.
I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS I WANTED TO PUT ON THE RECORD.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GET THIS CONTRACT, I HOPE THAT YOU DO A VERY GOOD JOB OF THE SELECTION OF PERFORMERS.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A GREAT REPUTATION RIGHT NOW AROUND THE COUNTY THAT OUR PREVIOUS VENDOR DID A GOOD JOB, YOU KNOW, SELECTING THE PROPER VENDORS, UH, I MEAN PERFORMERS.
UM, AND THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO PUT ON THE RECORD, WHICH IS MOST IMPORTANT IS, AND, AND I'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THIS WITH THE PREVIOUS VENDOR, BUT NOT AS OF RECENT, IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR SOUND SYSTEM IS GOOD AT ALL THE LOCATIONS.
EACH LOCATION, LOCATION IS DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE IN ITS OWN SET.
SO JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW, ONE LOCATION, YOUR SOUND SYSTEM MIGHT BE GREAT.
DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT SAME EQUIPMENT'S GONNA BE GREAT AT ANOTHER LOCATION.
I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE GOOD SOUND BECAUSE MUSIC IN MY OPINION, IS NEVER AS GOOD IF IT DOESN'T HAVE EXCELLENT SOUND.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE YOU'LL DO THAT.
LOOKING AT YOUR RESUME AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE, YOU LOOK OUTSTANDING.
SO I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS CONTRACT AND I JUST WANTED TO FILL IN SOME OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS AS TO WHERE WE WERE AT AND LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS A NEW VENDOR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
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I, I HAVE ONE.SO THE PREVIOUS VENDOR, LIKE YOU SAID, THEY WOULD STAR WORK, WAS HERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
ARE YOU GONNA BRING IN NEW ACTS? ABSOLUTELY.
UH, I AM GONNA BE RECOMMENDING, UH, A NUMBER OF NEW ACTS TO THE COUNTY AND ALSO TAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COUNTY AS TO WHO THEY'D LIKE TO BRING BACK.
IT'S REALLY A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, BUT YES, I WORK WITH, UH, NOT ONLY 20 ARTISTS THAT I PERSONALLY REPRESENT, BUT MANY OTHER AGENCIES AND INDEPENDENT ARTISTS THROUGHOUT NEW JERSEY IN THE AREA.
THAT, THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT.
GIVE SOME OTHERS AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO COME TO OUR PARKS AND PERFORM BECAUSE I'M SURE SOME PEOPLE HERE HAVE SOME, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL.
SO UNDER THIS CONTRACT, YOU WILL BE IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL APPS TO PERFORM AT OUR CONCERT SERIES THAT WE DO THROUGHOUT THE PARKS.
AND YOU ALSO PROVIDE THE, UM, EQUIPMENT, THE SOUND EQUIPMENT AS WELL? YES.
UH, FOR MOST OF THE EVENTS, THERE'S, THERE'S SEVERAL PARTS OF THE CONTRACT, UH, DIFFERENT SERIES FOR DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF PEOPLE.
SO YES, I'LL BE SUPPLYING, UH, PRODUCTION AT THE LEVEL THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THAT, THAT VENUE AND SUPPLYING THE ARTIST FOR THAT, FOR THAT VENUE.
UH, AND WE'LL BE SUBMITTING BASED ON DEMOGRAPHICS AND, AND BACKGROUND FROM THE COUNTY, UH, TO HELP DIRECT ME ON THE TYPE OF ACTS TO RECOMMEND.
BUT I WORK WITH APPROXIMATELY 30 TOWNS AND MULTIPLE COUNTIES AND HAVE A GOOD FEEL, UH, NUMBER ONE FOR THE TYPES OF ACTS THAT WORK FOR THE PUBLIC AND, AND NUMBER TWO, MAKING SURE THEY'RE ALL APPROPRIATE ACTS FOR THE PUBLIC.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO INDICATE THAT THE FORMER COMPANY WE USE THE HEAD OF THAT COMPANY HAS SINCE DECEASED.
AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S WHY, UH, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE MOVING TO A NEW COMPANY.
SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU WILL FULFILL THE SERVICES AS WELL AS THE FORMER COMPANY DID, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR WORK.
NO OTHER QUESTIONS FOR YOU, SIR.
YOU WANNA CONTINUE WITH 15 DIRECTIVE GABRIEL PAUL, BUSINESS MANAGER FOR THE PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS.
ITEM NUMBER 15, AUTHORIZATION TO USE THE COUNTY RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE TRUST FUND TO FUND BRANCHWOOD PARK PERIMETER FENCE IMPROVEMENT PHASE TWO ALONG HELLA PARKWAY, AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $313,494.
THIS FUNDED SOURCE IS FOR ITEM NUMBER 16.
THAT WILL BE HANDLED BY PUBLIC WORKS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER SABLE? I JUST WANNA INDICATE THAT THE OPEN SPACE TRUST FUND ADVISORY BOARD MET AND WAS VERY MUCH IN AGREEMENT THAT THIS IMPROVEMENT SHOULD OCCUR.
MR. PRESIDENT, IF I CAN, COMMISSIONER MCCONNELL, I AM DELIGHTED TO SEE THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
UH, MY, THIS IS IN MY COMMUNITY, IN MY DISTRICT, AND THE FOLKS IN THE NORTH WARD HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FENCE TO BE, UH, UH, I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE, UH, UH, HOW WOULD I SAY, TO UPGRADE IT, BUT THEY'RE GONNA ACTUALLY REPLACE THE ENTIRE FENCE, SO I'M EXCITED.
UM, I WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION AND THANK THE DIRECTOR FOR, UM, FOR REPLACING THIS FENCE, THE COMMUNITY, UM, WILL APPRECIATE, UH, THE REPLACEMENT MORE THAN YOU KNOW.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NOW I NEED TO MOVE IN A SECOND.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PALMARA? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE THE RESOLUTION 16 THROUGH 21, WHICH ARE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, AND WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? THANK YOU, MR. ANTONIO.
DAVID ANTONIO, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
ITEM NUMBER 16 WILL AWARD THE SECOND PHASE OF THE BRANCH BROOK PARK PERIMETER FENCE IMPROVEMENTS TO FOX FENCE ENTERPRISES.
THIS CONTRACT WILL PROVIDE FOR THE REHABILITATION OF APPROXIMATELY
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2000, LEANING YOUR FEET A RUT IRON PICKET FENCE ALONGSIDE BRANCH WORK IN THE CITY OF NEWARK.FOX FENCE HAS BID WAS THE LOWEST OF OF THREE YOU RECEIVE, AND IT WILL NOT EXCEED $313,494, NOR WILL IT EXCEED 90 CALENDAR DAYS.
WE'LL BE TAPIA, UH, OF FOX FANS ENTERPRISES IS HERE TODAY WITH US AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE A COMPANY AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE.
WE'LL BE TAPIA REPRESENTING FOX FENCE.
SO JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS, WHERE YOU'RE LOCATED, AND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO.
WE'RE LOCATED ON FOUR 17 CROOKS AVENUE IN CLIFTON.
UM, WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE SCOPE OF WORK.
WE JUST FINISHED DOING PHASE ONE OF THIS PROJECT ABOUT A WEEK AGO, SO WE DO KNOW WHAT'S EXPECTED OF US.
UH, WHAT WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING IS, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING OUT THE SECTIONS THAT ARE THERE NOW.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE RESTORING THEM.
WE'RE GONNA BE SANDBLASTING AND DIPPING ALL THE SECTIONS.
UM, AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE FABRICATING BRAND NEW FENCING.
UH, WE HAVE ALREADY FABRICATED SOME NEW SECTIONS THAT YOU GUYS NEEDED ON PHASE ONE, SO WE'RE GONNA PRETTY MUCH, IT'S RINSE AND REPEAT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS PROJECT.
NO QUESTIONS MR. MCNA? NO QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS FENCE? COMMISSIONER MCCONNELL, WHAT'S, UH, YOUR EXPECTED TIME OF, UM, START AND COMPLETION DATE? 90 DAYS FROM THE NOTICE OF PROCEED.
DO YOU, DO YOU EMPLOY ANY ETHICS COUNTY RESIDENTS? WE CURRENTLY HAVE THREE OF OUR EMPLOYEES THAT ARE, THAT LIVE IN ACCESS IN NEWARK.
DAVID ANTONIO, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
ITEM NUMBER 17 IS AN WATER CONTRACTOR AIR SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE INCORPORATED TO PERFORM THE REPLACEMENT OF THE HVAC ROOFTOP UNITS LOCATED AT THE ESSEX COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER IN NEWARK AIR SYSTEMS BID, UH, WAS THE SOLE RECEIVED AND THIS CONTRACT SHALL NOT EXCEED $1,619,696 OR EXCEED 180 DAYS IN DURATION.
VASCO CORE DATA FROM AIR SYSTEMS IS HERE THIS EVENING.
HE WILL LIKE TO INTRODUCE HIS FIRM, TALK ABOUT THE SCOPE OF WORK, PERHAPS, AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE.
UH, VASCO, GOOD EVENING TO ALL.
I'M WITH THEIR SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE FOR 30 PLUS YEARS.
WE DO MULTIPLE WORK THROUGHOUT ESSEX COUNTY.
WE HIRE A LOT OF ESSEX COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
WE CURRENT HAVE A HANDFUL OF EMPLOYEES FROM THE COUNTY.
UH, WE'VE WORKED WITH THE COUNTY MULTIPLE PROJECTS, HAVE A FEW PROJECTS GOING ON NOW WITH YOU GUYS.
RELATIONSHIP'S ALWAYS BEEN GOOD.
UM, JUST LOOKING TO PROCEED AND GOING FORWARD WITH YOU GUYS.
DAVID ANTONIO, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
ITEM NUMBER 18 IS IN A WATER CONTRACT TO GROVE CONTRACTING LLC TO PERFORM THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW BUILDING AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE WALLY CHOICE COMMUNITY CENTER AT GLENFIELD PARK IN MONTCLAIR.
THE NEW COMMUNITY CENTER BUILDING WILL BE ABOUT 10,000 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE AND WILL INCLUDE A 40 PARKING SPACE, UH, PARKING LOT FOR IMPROVED ACCESS, UM, AND WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE MODERN MODERNIZATION OF THE EXISTING FOOTBALL FIELD.
THIS BID WAS THE LOWEST OF THE FIVE RECEIVED, AND IT WILL NOT EXCEED $10,619,000.
IT SHALL BE COMPLETED WITHIN 360 DAYS.
AND MIKE CHIARELLI OF GROVE CONTRACTING ON THE CALL TONIGHT.
UH, HE WOULD LIKE TO QUICKLY INTRODUCE HIS COMPANY, UH, PERHAPS TALK ABOUT THE SCOPE OF WORK AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
MICHAEL, CAN YOU HEAR US? YES.
UH, MY NAME IS MIKE CHIARELLI.
I'M A GROVE CONTRACTING AND WE'RE LOCATED IN 70 DRE STREET IN VERONA.
AND OUR MAIN OFFICE IS IN 11 PRELIM LANE, CEDAR GROVE.
AND THIS WILL BE THE THIRD PROJECT WE'LL BE DOING WITH ESSEX COUNTY.
UH, THE FIRST TWO PROJECTS WAS THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN CEDAR GROVE AND THE, UH, UH, ALTERATIONS, INTERIOR ALTERATIONS TO THE POLICE ACADEMY IN
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CEDAR GROVES.UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO GET STARTED WITH THIS PROJECT.
WE'LL BE USING UNION LABOR, UH, I BELIEVE WITH, UH, THE, UH, 12 PLUS TRADES AND UNIONS WILL BE GETTING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ESSEX COUNTY EMPLOYEES, OR, I'M SORRY, UH, ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENTS WORKING ON THE PROJECT.
AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED TO GET STARTED.
THE FIRST TWO PROJECTS WE HAD A, A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH ESSEX COUNTY.
AND, UH, AND AGAIN, WE'RE GET, WE'RE EXCITED TO GET STARTED.
COMMISSION IS ANY QUESTIONS, ACCOUNT, COMMISSION OF THESE PEOPLE.
I HAVE A FEELING I'M NOT THE ONLY COMMISSION WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING THIS, BUT, UH, CAN YOU JUST GIVE US A, UH, FOR A HIGH LEVEL, HOW MUCH OF AN IMPROVEMENT THIS BUILDING IS COMPARED TO THE EXISTING ONE? IS IT LARGER? I KNOW THERE'S A LOT MORE PARKING, UM, OR WHOMEVER YOU SAW.
I CAN ANSWER THAT VERY QUICKLY.
DAVID, TONY, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
THIS BUILDING WILL BE APPROXIMATELY TWICE THE SIZE AS THE ORIGINAL.
UH, THE NEW PARKING LOT THAT'S PROPOSED WILL BE LARGER, WILL ACCOMMODATE 40 OFF STREET PARKING SPACES.
IT WILL BE CLOSER TO THE STREET FRONTAGE.
WE BELIEVE THAT WILL INCREASE, UH, ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY.
UH, IN ADDITION, THERE WILL BE, UH, FIELD IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CURRENT FOOTBALL FIELD TOWARDS THE BACK, UH, NEW TURF LIGHTING, THE WORKS TYPICAL, UH, SORT OF THING THAT WE DO WHEN WE DO TOUCH PARK.
WE DO IT PRETTY WELL, I GUESS THERE, AND IT BECOMES STANDARD, WHICH IS KINDA, UM, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE YOU SEE? IS IT THE FIELD PARK COMING FIRST AND THEN THE HOUSE? OR ARE THEY COMING, COMING IN? MICHAEL, UH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER THAT, UH, I CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? I WAS HARD HEARING IT.
THE TIMELINE FOR THE PROJECT, I UNDERSTAND IT'S FIELD WORK, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THAT THE PARKHOUSE ITSELF.
CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE OF HOW EACH ONE WILL MOVE FORWARD AND WHAT THAT COMPLETION DATE WILL BE? WELL, THERE'S A 360 DAY, UH, DURATION TO THE PROJECT, AND THE FIRST THING WE'RE GONNA GET STARTED ON IS SITE CLEARING AT THE BUILDING.
AND WE'RE GONNA START THE BUILDING FIRST, SO WE CAN ENCLOSE IT FOR BEFORE THE WINTER COMES AND START ALL THE INTERIOR WORK.
UM, DURING THAT TIME, BEFORE THE WINTER, WE'LL BE DOING THE SITE CLEARING AND WE'RE SCHEDULING THE FIELD AND TURF INSTALLATION FOR, UM, FEBRUARY, MARCH, AND MAY OF NEXT YEAR.
IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR REASON WHY YOU'RE NOT HERE? I HAVE, UH, YEAH, UH, AGAIN, I COMMISSIONERS I APOLOGIZING FOR NOT BEING THERE IN PERSON, BUT, UH, I DO HAVE SOME MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT ARE GETTING BETTER.
AND WITH THE RECENT RISE IN COVID, I AM, UH, UM, UH, HIGH, HIGH RISK.
SO I AM, UH, STANCE FOR MY OWN SAFETY I'M STAYING IN.
UH, I I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD, SORRY.
MS. PRESIDENT ALSO JACKSON, IF I MAY BE PRESIDENT, HE ALSO HAS ABOVE THE, UH, 10% THRESHOLD THAT WE DISCUSSED OF, UM, OF UHS COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE TO HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THAT THEN.
I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE MADE THE COMMENT.
UM, JUST ON THE, UM, THE FIELD ITSELF, AND I KNOW THIS HAD BEEN DISCUSSED, UM, WE, WE DO PLAN TO TURF THE FIELD FOR, I'M, I'M ASKING, UM, WE ARE GOING TO, ARE WE GOING TO TURF THE FIELD FOR FOOTBALL, SOCCER, AND LACROSSE? UM, DAVID ANTONIO? YES.
I THINK, MICHAEL, CAN YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION? YEAH, I COULD ANSWER THAT.
THE, THE FIELD IS BEING, UH, CONSTRUCTED FOR ALL THREE, UH, FOOTBALL, SOCCER, AND LACROSSE.
UM, AND THE, THE, THE, I KNOW THERE WAS SOME BACK AND FORTH, THE, THE PARKING THAT, THE PARKING THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS IN THE FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER, IS THERE GONNA BE AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF SPOTS THAT WILL
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BE ABLE TO ACCESS, UM, THOSE SPOTS? I GUESS OFF, I GUESS OFF OF, OFF OF MAPLE? SO YOU WOULD STILL BE ACCESSING THROUGH THE SAME, UM, DRIVEWAY, BUT THERE'S GONNA BE AN INCREASE IN NUMBER OF SPOTS.UH, DAVID ANTONIO TOMORROW, I, I, I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THE EXISTING SPOTS ON THE EXISTING BUILDING, BUT I KNOW ON THE NEW BUILDING THERE'S GONNA BE 40 NEW SPOTS, UH, IN THE NEW AREA.
UM, AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, UM, WITH THE OLD SPOTS ON THE OLD BUILDING.
I KNOW THE OLD BUILDINGS ARE GETTING, UH, DEMOLISHED, DEMOED, UH, I WOULD BELIEVE THE THE PARKING WOULD BE ALSO, UH, BUT THE NEW BUILDING COMES WITH 40 NEW, 40 NEW PARKING SPOTS.
DAVID AND TONY IS BROWN PUBLIC WORKS.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE DELTA WILL BE AN INCREASE IN OFF STREET PARKING.
THE ACCESS TO THE SITE WILL BE FROM MAPLE, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE SAME AREA WHERE IT IS NOW.
UM, AND WE BELIEVE IT WILL ENHANCE COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE SITE BECAUSE IT WILL BE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES THROUGH YOU.
MR. PRESIDENT FOLLOW UP QUESTION.
UM, WISH I GO THAT THE, UM, UH, AND THE, AND THE BUILDING, WHERE IS THE, WHERE IS THE FOOTPRINT GOING TO BE OF THE NEW BUILDING? SO, UM, DAVID, TONY, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT'S GONNA BE, SO THE NEW BUILDING'S GONNA BE BIGGER ABOUT TWO TIMES THE SIZE OF THE CURRENT ONE.
SO A LOT OF THE FOOTPRINTS GONNA BE ON, GENERALLY SPEAKING WILL BE ALONG THE SAME AREA WHERE THE CURRENT ONE IS.
THAT'S WHY THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING BUILDING WILL OCCUR FIRST.
MIKE? YEAH, THE, UH, UM, THE NEW BUILDING WILL BE GOING A ALONG MIKE.
MIKE, I THINK THE COURSE IS MAPLE MIKE? YEAH.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
NOW PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTION.
CAN, CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION,
AND I'LL, UH, THREE OF YOU SPREAD THAT.
WELL, I'LL TACK ONTO THAT QUESTION.
AND WILL THIS, THIS WON'T AFFECT, UM, THE SMALLER, UM, PARK HOUSE, THIS NEW, THE NEW FACILITY DOESN'T ACCEPT, UH, WHAT'S KNOWN, I GUESS, AT THE BABY PARK.
IT, IT, IT WOULDN'T AFFECT THAT BUILDING WHATSOEVER.
I THINK, I THINK I GOT, I THINK I COBBLED UP THE ANSWER
I WOULD JUST SAY, UH, AS A COMMENT THROUGH MS. PRESIDENT, THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S AN EXCITING AND PROJECT, UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ENTERING INTO, BUT WE'LL, ABSOLUTELY, UM, WHAT COMES WITH THAT WILL MEAN INCREASED USE.
IT'S ALREADY A VERY ATTRACTIVE FIELD, UH, THAT MANY PEOPLE, UH, WANNA PLAY BETWEEN BASKETBALL, TENNIS, AND THE, AND THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELD.
UM, SO, UM, AND, UH, I DON'T HAVE TO TELL OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WHO'S, WHO'S A NEIGHBOR OF THE, OF THE PARK THAT, UM, WE, WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE DO AS OUR BEST WE CAN.
AND I KNOW WE WILL COMMUNICATING, UH, TO THE RESIDENTS OF THIS, OF THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT WHAT THIS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THIS IS GONNA MEAN.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THE REASON I ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PARKING TOO.
CAUSE THERE VERY, A LOT OF LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT PARKING IS GONNA LOOK LIKE ONCE THIS PROJECT IS, UM, FULLY COMPLETED.
UM, AND, UM, AND I'M SURE AS THE CONTRACTOR'S AWARE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO DOUBT WE'LL DO A WONDERFUL JOB.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S A AREA THAT'S ALREADY ABUTTING, A SCHOOL THAT HAS ITS OWN SET OF CHALLENGES WITH PARKING AND ACCESS, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, TO BEGIN WITH.
SO NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THE USE OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, BUT, UH, THE LARGER COMMUNITY PLUS THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY, ALL ALL WRAPPED INTO THAT, TO THAT ONE LOCATION.
SO ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO TO HELP AND ASSIST ON THAT, YOU KNOW, AND I'M SURE ENTIRE BOARD COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ, OUR PRESIDENT, UM, AND, AND ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE, UH, DON'T HESITATE TO LET US KNOW.
NEXT, I, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST MAKE ONE COMMENT ON THAT, UM, ON THE BUILDING.
ONLY IF YOU PUT YOUR NAME BACK ON THE RECORD.
UH, MICHAEL CHIARELLI, UH, I DID THE FIRST COMMUNITY CENTER IN CEDAR GROVE, AND I ACTUALLY, IT'S A VERY NICE DESIGN AND A VERY INVITING BUILDING FOR THE EVENTS THAT
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WILL BE HELD THERE.AND I HAD MY GRANDDAUGHTER'S FIRST BIRTHDAY IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN CEDAR, CEDAR GROVE.
AND THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING WAS, WAS, UH, UM, THEY HAD A GREAT TIME.
AND THIS NEW BUILDING IS ALMOST A MIRROR IMAGE OF THAT DESIGN.
SO I, I BELIEVE THE COMMUNITY IS GONNA GET A LOT OF USE OUT OF IT.
AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA GIVE THE SAME ATTENTION TO THIS PROJECT THAT WE GAVE TO THE, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER IN CEDAR GROVES.
DAVID ANTONIO, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
ITEM NUMBER 19 IS A CONTRACT AWARD TO ABSOLUTE PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $816,428 TO PERFORM THE INSPECTION, TESTING, AND MAINTENANCE OF FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS AT 30 ESSEX COUNTY FACILITIES.
ABSOLUTE PROTECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEMS BID WAS THE LOWEST OF THE TRUE RECEIPT, AND THIS CONTRACT IS FOR TWO YEARS.
AND MR. RUWAN FROM ABSOLUTE PROTECTIVE SERVICES IS HERE TO INTRODUCE THIS FIRM AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE.
HI, GERARD WAYNE, I'M THE FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS MANAGER.
UH, WE ARE BASED IN PISCATAWAY, NEW JERSEY.
WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 43 YEARS.
WE PROVIDE FIRE ALARM, FIRE SPRINKLER, AND FIRE EXTINGUISHER INSPECTIONS AND SERVICES.
CURRENTLY WE DO 10,000 INSPECTIONS A YEAR.
UH, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 60 EMPLOYEES AND EIGHT OF WHICH ARE FROM ESSEX COUNTY.
SOME OF OUR MUNICIPAL ACCOUNTS AND STATE ACCOUNTS ARE HUDSON COUNTY, MERCER COUNTY, THE NEWARK BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND VETERAN AFFAIRS.
UH, AND WE JUST COMPLETED THE PREVIOUS TWO YEAR CONTRACT.
NUMBER 20, UH, WILL ALLOW FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW INTAKE SECURITY FENCE AT THE ESSEX COUNTY CORRECTION OF FACILITY BY AWARDING GUARDIAN FENCE COMPANY, A CONTRACT, UH, IN AN AMOUNT THAT TO EXCEED $431,000.
GUARDIAN FENCE SUBMITTED THE LOWEST OF TWO BIDS, UH, RECEIVED FOR THIS CONTRACT.
AND THIS CONTRACT SHOULD NOT EXCEED 120 DAYS.
UM, I THINK DAN OF GUARDIAN OFFENSE IS HERE.
ONCE AGAIN, TO SUMMARIZE THE FIRM, GO OVER THIS SCOPE OF WORK AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
DANIEL SLOSKY FROM GUARDIAN OFFENSE COMPANY IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.
UH, WE GOT THE PROJECT OBVIOUSLY FOR, TO TAKE SECURITY FUNDS APPROXIMATELY OUT OF 40 EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE, 80% ARE DO LIVE IN NEWARK, AND THE REST ARE ESSEX COUNTY.
SO, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL TAKE IT RIGHT NOW.
COMMISSIONERS, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS ROLL UP TYPE FENCE, RIGHT? THIS IS A ROLL UP.
SO HOW MANY OF THESE THINGS HAVE YOU INSTALLED? WE HAVE INSTALLED ABOUT 15, UM, I BELIEVE TO AN ESSEX COUNTY.
WE DID A FEW AT THE PRISON HERE.
UM, WE DO A LOT OF NEW YORK FOR OGS, SO WE HAVE INSTALLED MULTIPLE.
WE ALSO DID ONE AT ELIZABETH, UH, THE NEW ELIZABETH HIGH SCHOOL.
ANY ISSUES WITH ANY OF 'EM? NEVER HAD AN ISSUE, NO ISSUES? NEVER.
THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE ONLY GATES WHO'VE NEVER HAD ANY SORT OF ISSUES BECAUSE THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO ISSUE WITH SNOW OR ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY GO UP COMPARED TO THE SLIDE GATES, THEY HIT SNOW PLOWS, HIT 'EM, AND VARIOUS DIFFERENT PROMPTS, COMMISSIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANTONIO, THE DEPART OF PUBLIC WORKS.
ITEM NUMBER 21 IS AN AWARD TO MATT MCDONALD TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AT VARIOUS S COUNTY FACILITIES.
UH, THIS WILL BE A 12 MONTH PERIOD CONTRACT INITIAL NET EXCEED $180,500.
MATT, MCDONALD'S PROPOSAL WAS THE HIGHEST RATED AS WELL AS THE LOWEST IN COST OF THE 10 RECEIVED FOR THIS PROJECT'S.
RFP, UH, ROBERT TRAP IS HERE FROM MATT MCDONALD.
HE WANTS TO, HE WANTS TO COME UP AND, UH, INTRODUCE THE COMPANY PERHAPS AND DISCUSS SOME OF THE SCOPE OF WORK AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
MR. TRAP? UH, ROB TR, A SENIOR PROJECT SCIENTIST, MOUNT MCDONALD, UH, MOUNT MCDONALD'S, A, UH, GLOBAL, UM, FULL SIX FULL SCALE, UM, ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPANY.
UH, WE'VE WORKED WITH THE COUNTY FOR SEVERAL DECADES AND, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF EMPLOYEES THAT WORK AND LIVE IN ESTES COUNTY.
AND WE ALSO, UH, ALSO, UH, WORK ON OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT ESTES COUNTY PROPERTIES.
AND, UM, THIS PROJECT, UH, WOULD ALLOW US TO CONTINUE,
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UM, WITH, UH, N J D P COMPLIANCE ON, ON VARIOUS, UH, UH, SITES AT, UM, THAT ARE, ARE LOCATED WITHIN NEXUS COUNTY.UM, YOU KNOW, THIS INVOLVES, UH, REPORTING ANNUAL INSPECTIONS AND, UM, JUST LIKE I SAID, DP COMPLIANCE.
I THINK THAT WAS YOUR LAST ONE, MR. IT'S 21.
FOLLOW BACK TO NO, NO QUESTIONS.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COOPER.
AND COMMISSIONER LUCIANO? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PALMARA? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE TO RESOLUTIONS 22 THROUGH 25, WHICH ARE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, AND WE WILL READ THEM INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? MR. COL, MR. PRESIDENT, UH, THESE ARE ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOARD IS AWARD TO WHAT IN PUBLIC SAFETY LLC FOR FIVE, UH, BLOCK BRAND 19 MODELS.
SEMIAUTOMATIC NINE, ONE SLIDE AT $403 AND 3 CENTS EACH.
UH, THIS IS ALSO CREDIT OF TWO SMITH AND WES 90 MILLIMETERS AT 400, WHICH BRINGS THE TOTAL TO 20,007 60 AND 65 CENTS.
23 IS A HUNDRED OF NINE MILLIMETER MOVER, UH, AMMUNITION AT HUNDRED $60 14 CENTS EACH.
AND THIS IS TO ATLANTIC TA, THE GOLD TO, AND THE AMOUNT OF 34,001 90 AND 32 CENTS.
UH, NUMBER 20 IS TO AWARD TO TACTICAL AGAIN FOR 300 CASES OF NINE 40 AMMUNITION.
NUMBER 25 IS THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
AGAIN, UH, TWO ATLANTIC TACTICAL FOR, UH, 10.
UH, THEY'RE TRADING IN 10, UH, REMINGTON SITES AT $1,340 AND PURCHASING A CONTRACT FOR THE AMOUNT NOT TO SEE.
AND THAT IS FOR THAT ORDINANCE.
26? NO, YOU, YOU, YOU'RE JUMPING AHEAD.
COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NOW.
CLERK COMMISSIONER SIBEL? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PI MORRISS.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
NOW LET'S MOVE TO RESOLUTIONS 26 AND 22ND 27, WHICH ARE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF AND WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? MR. TRE, MR. PRESIDENT, THIS IS FOR THE OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF.
THEY ARE PURCHASING 40 DOUBLE MAGAZINE POUCHES AT $36 EACH.
IT IN COORDINATE WITH YOUR RESOLUTE ORDINANCE OF 15.
TOTAL COST IS ONE 40 AND IT IS ALSO AWARDED TO NUMBER 20 IS THE PURCHASE OF 18 TO 20.
UH, 2020 TO FOUR POLICE INTERCEPTORS AT A COST OF $600,516.
MCAR, UH, IN NUMBER, UH, 27, UH, DO THOSE VEHICLES HAVE TO BE OUTFITTED AS
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WELL, OR THAT IS INCLUSIVE? THAT'S INCLUSIVE.QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING, THEN I NEED TO MOVE IN A SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GRAHAM.
AND COMMISSIONER LUCIANO? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PALMARA? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE TO RESOLUTION IN NUMBER 28, WHICH IS FROM THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND WENT, AND IT WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
UH, NUMBER 20 IS, UH, SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR ENDPOINT SECURITY.
SPEAKING TO THE MIC, YOU CAN'T ANY BETTER USE THAT.
UH, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER.
UH, NUMBER 20 IS A SECURITY, UH, SOFTWARE LICENSING, UH, FOR, UH, 189,000 1 94.
THIS IS ACTUALLY FOR ENDPOINT SECURITY IS ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT WE USE TO PREVENT, UM, SECURITY BREACH.
UM, BASED ON WHAT IT IS, I CANNOT GO INTO ANY MORE DETAILS THAN, THAN THIS MR. QU.
EVERYBODY'S AFRAID OF HIM, HUH? TOPS.
RIGHT? I NEED A MOVER IN A SECOND.
MOVE BY COMMISSIONER MCCONNELL.
SECOND BY VP POS ROLL CALL MEDICAL COMMISSIONER SIBEL? YES.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT POMAR? YES.
UM, ASK THE QUESTION AND DON'T BE AFRAID IF I, IF I, I HAVE TO SHARE MY VOTE, EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T HAVE TO SHARE THEIR
NOW I KNOW HOW THE CIA BUDGET FLOWS THROUGH CONGRESS EVERY YEAR.
COMMISSIONER COOPER, THIS IS FOR 28, RIGHT? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE TO RESOLUTIONS 29 THROUGH 57.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES.
I WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED AND PERHAPS IT OUGHT TO BE BY ACCLIMATION.
THIS IS THE MOTHER OF KAREN FRYER.
ALSO, I'D LIKE TO BE INCLUDED ON NUMBER 35, AND PERHAPS THAT OUGHT TO BE BY ACCLIMATION FOR THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY, YOUR ANNIVERSARY OF HOMESTEAD COMMISSION.
THIS JUST, UM, THE ONLY, AND JUST, JUST FOR THE RECORD AND THAT ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM AT ALL, MR. SIBAL.
THIS IS FOR THE CEREMONY FOR THOSE WHO WANNA JOIN ON, UM, SATURDAY AT, UM, ANDERSON PARK.
I KNOW, UM, AT TWO O'CLOCK, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S JUST SPECIFIC TO ANDERSON PARK OR IF IT'S FOR, I'M FORGETTING IF IT'S FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY CELEBRATION.
SO WE'LL DO THAT ONE BY ACCLIMATION IS FINE BY ME.
ALSO, NUMBER 38 AND MEMORIAL FOR PETE STR.
I'D LIKE TO BE INCLUDED, PERHAPS ALL OF US BY ACCLIM.
I THINK THAT SHOULD BE VIA ACCLIMATION.
ACTUALLY, I'M, I HAVE ONE, CAN I, UH, ASK FOR, UH, VICE PRESIDENT PALMER, IF I COULD BE ADDED TO NUMBER 41.
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I NEED TO MOVE IN A SECOND.COMMISSIONERS MOVED BY COMMISSIONER CBO.
SECOND BY VP MONITOR ROLE CALL MEDICAL COMMISSIONER COOPER? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT POMAR? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
SO MOVED OF THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
LET NOW MOVE TO RESOLUTION 59, WHICH WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? MR. COL? MR. PRESENT.
THIS IS A THREE MONTH EXTENSION TO LIST AS IN THE AMOUNT CONSULTANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $37,800.
UM, THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT EXPIRES TOMORROW.
WE HAVE BEEN OUT THE BID FOR, UH, AN RFP FOR ONE OTHER TIME.
THE, UH, VENDORS WERE ALL REJECTED BASED ON WE'RE CHANGING THE SPECIFICATIONS AND WE NEED THE THREE MONTH EXTENSION.
SO YOU CHANGED THE SPECIFICATION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BID AND NO, THAT IS NOT TRUE.
THE PRESENT, WHAT HAPPENED WAS THE SPECIFICATION WHERE WE REVIEWED IT NEEDED TO BE UPDATED.
SOUNDS LIKE THE THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
AND JAY, THIS IS, UH, THE THREE MONTHS WE'RE AT THE CURRENT RATE FOR THE EXTENSION, MR. PRESIDENT.
MOVE BY COMMISSIONER PALMARIS.
I MEAN, COMMISSIONER MECADO SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GRAHAM.
I WAS CURIOUS THAT, UM, IS 90 DAYS GONNA BE ENOUGH TIME? I'M JUST THINKING THAT IF YOU GET YOUR PI SPECS IN AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE ANY, IT'LL BE REJECT THEM.
NO, THE SPEC WILL BE DONE IN A TIME FASHION, AND THEY WILL, THE NEW, UH, SPECIFICATIONS WILL BE IN THE PAPER MOST LIKELY ON TUESDAY.
WE'LL CALL MA CLERK COMMISSIONER SIBEL.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PALMARA.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE TO REPORT BOARD COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONERS.
DO WE HAVE ANY REPORT, BOARD COMMITTEE, ANY LEGISLATIVE REPORTS, WRITTEN, COMMUNICATIONS, UNFINISHED BUSINESS, ANY NEW BUSINESS? WELL, IN THAT CASE, LET'S MOVE THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON ANY MATTER, PLEASE COME TO THE MIC.
STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
FRED VICTOR, H 61 AVENUE, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.
AND, UH, I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF, UM, THE WEAK WAKE PARK ASSOCIATION.
IN, IN THE BOOK, THE REBEL ALBERT KE WROTE ON THE DAY WHEN CRIME DON Z APPAREL OF INNOCENCE THROUGH A CURIOUS TRANSPOSITION PECULIAR TO OUR TIMES, IT IS IN A SENSE THAT IS CALLED UPON TO JUSTIFY ITSELF.
THE WE RICK PARK ASSOCIATION DEDICATED TO THE RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF WE.
RICK PARK IS A 5 0 1 C THREE ESTABLISHED IN 1992.
IT IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED GRASSROOTS URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATION.
IN 1995, IT BECAME THE FIRST PART CONSERVANCY IN NEW JERSEY TO ENTER A PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, WHICH IN 1895 BECAME THE FIRST COUNTY IN THE US TO ESTABLISH A PARK SYSTEM.
ITS REPUTATION, DEDICATION, AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE WELL KNOWN AND RESPECTED, NOT ONLY IN NEWARK AND THROUGHOUT NEW JERSEY, BUT IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AS WELL AS FORMER ACTING COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RALPH JELLO STATED DURING THE AUGUST 11TH, 2011 RECREATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING, WE'VE GOT AN EXCELLENT RELATIONSHIP WITH AN ORGANIZATION THAT LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR HOW WE WERE ABLE TO BRING BACK OUR PARKS TO THE TUNE OF 82 MILLION.
YOU HEAR ME? THAT'S 82 MILLION.
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IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALLOWING THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE TO USE HIS IDEA TO PARTNER.WITHOUT THAT INFANT STAGE, WE WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO PUT 82 MILLION INTO OUR PARKS.
AND I FIND IT CURIOUS THAT IT IS WE, THE WE RICK PARK ASSOCIATION, WHO ARE BEING CALLED UPON TO CONTINUOUSLY JUSTIFY OURSELVES AGAINST THE ESSEX COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PARK RECREATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS FOR YEARS NOW.
THEY'VE CONSISTENTLY TRIED TO GET US OUT OF OUR HEADQUARTERS INSIDE THE FELDMAN MIDDLETON COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO, UM, I SEE THAT, UM, THE TIME IS WINDING DOWN.
SO I'M GOING TO SKIP, UM, JUMP AHEAD RIGHT.
BECAUSE THIS IS WITH THE WICK PARK SPORTS AUTHORITY IN THE ESSEX COUNTY.
HOW DID AN ORGANIZATION THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY FORMED THE WEAK RICK PARK ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORITY WHEN A 227,000 THOUSAND DOLLARS STATE GRANT.
AND BASICALLY TO WRAP IT UP, WE, THE WEAK RICK PARK ASSOCIATION WOULD LIKE THE WEAK RICK PARK SPORTS AUTHORITY AND THE WEAK WEEK PARK ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORITY OUT OF THE BUILDING.
THERE IS NO OTHER PRECEDENT FOR HAVING THREE PARK CONSERVANCIES IN THE BUILDING.
THE ESSEX COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PARKS IS FORCING THAT UPON US.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF SHENANIGANS GOING ON THAT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED.
TIME IS NOT, AND I'M ASKING YOU TO INVESTIGATE IT.
AS OUR POLICY, YOU, YOUR QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED IN WRITING.
SO CAN I, UH, LEAVE THIS WITH YOU GUYS? SURE.
SOMEONE RIGHT BEHIND YOU? YES.
AND THEN ALSO THIS, NOW WHO WILL, WHO WILL GET IN IN TOUCH WITH US HAD SOMEONE WILL GET YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION.
SO I'LL LEAVE, UM, GENTLEMAN RIGHT BEHIND YOU WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT.
AND ALSO THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT SO YOU COULD SEE WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
THE YOUNG MAN BEHIND YOU WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK? PLEASE COME UP.
STATE YOUR NAME, YOU AFFILIATE YOUR ADDRESS, AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
UM, I'M AFFILIATED WITH NO ONE.
UM, I LIVE AT 96 FORESTDALE PARKWAY IN, IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.
AND BEFORE I START, MAY I SAY I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THE FENCING AT THE PRESIDENT.
CAN WE TAKE, UM, A START THE HER TIME AGAIN? CHILD, CAN YOU, CAN YOU GUYS GO OUTSIDE BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET A CLEAR RECORD.
UM, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PLANE NOISE, UH, IN NEWARKS BRANCH BOOK PARK AND OTHER COMMUNITIES SUCH AS BLOOMFIELD AND BELLEVILLE, SPECIFICALLY TEETER BAR AIRPORT, LOW FLYING PRIVATE PLANES.
THE DEAFENING ENGINES SPEWING DIRTY FUEL FOR US TO BREATHE IN.
AND WHO KNOWS WHAT DAMAGE THE, UH, ROARING ENGINES AND THE, UH, SPEWING DIRTY FUEL IS DOING TO HISTORIC BRANCH BOOK PARK.
AND IT IS INCESSANT, UH, A PLANE, UH, A PLANE ARRIVING IN IS EVERY TWO MINUTES.
SO I COULD HAVE AS MANY AS 30 PLANES.
AND IF YOU ADD DEPARTING PLANE, I COULD HAVE 60 PLANES FLYING OVER MY HOME EVERY SINGLE HOUR FROM STARTING FROM 6:00 AM GOING TO AS LATE AS 1230.
UH, AND ACCORDING TO, UH, NORTH JERSEY, UH, DOT COM, 170,000 PLANES ARE ARRIVING AT DE DEPARTING DAILY FROM TETERBORO AIRPORT.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE FLYING ALL OVER MY HALL.
AND I'M AWARE THAT SOLUTIONS ARE NOT SIMPLE, BUT I'M ASKING THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO BECOME INVOLVED.
I'M ALSO APPEALING TO THE CITY OF NEWARK AND TO THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY RIGHT NOW.
UH, THE TETERBORO AIRCRAFT NOISE ABATEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS ONLY OPEN TO TOWNSHIPS WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADIUS OF THE AIRPORT.
THIS NEEDS TO BE, TO BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ESSEX COUNTY.
MY HOME IN, UH, NORTH NEWARKS NORTH WARD IS SEVEN MILES FROM THE AIRPORT.
AND THE NOISE FROM TETERBORO HAS LONG BEEN A THORN IN THE SIDE OF BERGEN COUNTY.
UM, SO BUR SO WE NEED TO, UH, BECOME ORGANIZED WITH BERGEN COUNTY TO, UH, TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
IF PLANES ARE REROUTED FROM, FROM DIFFERENT TOWNS IN BERGEN COUNTY, THEY COULD BE, UH, REROUTED TO US.
AND AS AN EXAMPLE, FOR EXAMPLE, PLANES WERE REROUTED FROM HACKENSACK TO MUCH A RELEASE OF ITS RESONANCE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE PLANES ARE NOW A MENISON MAAH.
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WE NEEDED THE PORT AUTHORITY TO DO A STUDY FOR POSSIBLE REROUTING OF THE PLANES, OR AT LEAST FLYING AT HIGHER ALTITUDES.RIGHT NOW, IT'S PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE FOR PLANES TO FLY AS LOW AS 1300 FEET OVER HOMES.
UM, AND THE RESULT OF THE STUDIES COULD RELEASE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR HOMEOWNERS TO PUT IN SOUND REDUCING WINDOWS.
IN CLOSING, UM, I PREDICT THE PLANE TRAFFIC FROM TETERBORO AIRPORT IS ONLY GOING TO INCREASE.
AND, BUT WE CANNOT 30 SECONDS, BUT WE CANNOT LET ESSEX COUNTY BECOME ITS RUN.
ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC LISTEN TO SPEAK.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT AS NO ONE ELSE AT THIS TIME WISH YOU TO SPEAK.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU,
WHAT I, I'D LIKE TO SEE IS OUR ELECTION COMMITTEE PUT TOGETHER AND LET'S, UM, GET THE ADMINISTRATION.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY.
WHAT HAPPENED, HOW DID IT HAPPEN AND HOW WE CAN FIX IT.
UH, POTENTIALLY WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR IT? CAUSE IT WAS A MESS.
UH, I RECALL A SIMILAR MESS AND IT WAS A CONTRACTOR WHO GOT THE BLAME.
THEY'RE NO LONGER WORKING WITH THE COUNTY.
THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.