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YOU DIDN'T HAVE WHERE'S LUCY? OH, HE'S GONNA BE LATE COOPER TOO.
THIS MEETING OF THE ESSENCE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION IS HERE BY COURT BORDERS MEETING IS THE LIVE STREAM.
IN ADDITION TO TAKING PLACE IN PERSON, ROLL CALL CLERK.
I'M ASK COMMISSIONER GRAHAM PLEDGE FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR MOMENT SILENCE FOR ALL THE SENSE VIOLENCE GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY.
I HAVE BEFORE ME CERTIFICATION FROM THE CLERK THAT THIS MEETING IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETING ACT.
MADAM CLERK, BY ANY TRANSCRIPTS SHOULD BE APPROVED.
MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE TWO CONFERENCE BOARD MEETINGS.
MAY 25TH, 2022, AND JUNE 8TH, 2022.
COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COUNSEL HEARING? I DO.
I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE TRANSCRIPT.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MCCONNELL.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT POMAR? YES.
CLERK, CLERK ON ANY TOPICS OF DISCRETION? UH, YES.
UH, MR. PRESIDENT, UH, WE HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION TO THE FORMER DEPUTY CLERK, DEBORAH, A MARVEL.
AND IS DEBRA A MARVEL PRESIDENT? YES.
WE'D LOVE TO DO THE PRESENTATION, BUT IF SHE ISN'T HERE, SHE'S LEFT.
BUT I COULD GLADLY KEEP HIM GIVEN TO HER THE LATER DAY.
AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT, WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I KNOW SHE'S HERE BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR 30 MINUTES.
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SHE IS, SHE, SHE'S NO LONGER, SHE'S RETIRED NOW, SO SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO COME ON TIME.BUT WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION TO, TO MY FRIEND AND YOUR FRIEND TO OUR FORMER DEPUTY CLERK FOR ALL OF HER YEARS OF SERVICE, ALL OF THE GREAT WORK AND EVERYTHING SHE DID TO HELP MOVE THIS COUNTY, UH, FORWARD AND TO HELP THE OFFICE OF CLERK FUNCTION AT A HIGH LEVEL.
WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
AND I, I, I, I, JUST BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER, I JUST NEED TO GET A, A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO COMMISSIONER COOPER, ALTHOUGH WE DID DO SOME THINGS AT YOUR RETIREMENT PARTY.
COMMISSIONER COOPER, UM, HIGHLIGHTED THE FACT THAT WE NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING AS A BOARD FOR YOU, UH, OVER AND ABOVE THE OTHER THINGS.
AND THIS IS REALLY LED AND PUSHED BY, UH, COMMISSIONER COOPER.
YOU KNOW, I COULD HAVE TOOK THE CREDIT FOR, BUT I, BUT WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS REMEMBER THE BOARD, AND THIS WILL HELP YOU BE ON TIME.
AND SO WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND REALLY TO, UH, FOR YOU TO ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT.
AND I HOPE IT, UM, BRINGS YOU MUCH JOY.
I AM WELL OVERWHELMED AND I'M HONORED THAT YOU KNOW THAT THE BOARD, AND I LOVE EVERYONE HERE, EVERYONE ON THE BOARD, ALL THE, YOU KNOW, THE EMPLOYEES, ALL MY STAFF, MY STAFF,
BUT, UH, I'M REALLY HONORED TO, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU TOLD ME FOR THIS.
I JUST, I'M REALLY OVERWHELMED.
I, I'M JUST SO SURPRISED AT THIS AND, AND, UM, I MISS EVERYONE HERE.
IT'S LIKE SO FUNNY COMING BACK HERE.
BUT THE BEST, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY FOR THE WHOLE MEETING, WHICH IS THE BEST PART.
BUT, BUT IF THE COMMISSION, COULD WE ALL COME UP AND GET A PICTURE AND THEN SPEAK PICTURE FIRST.
I JUST WANNA SAY IF YOU WORRIED, BECAUSE I DIDN'T, UM, I MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE AT RETIREMENT PARTY.
UNFORTUNATELY, UH, I HAD TO TRAVEL WITH MY GRANDDAUGHTER TO TOURNAMENT, BUT, UM, DEBORAH'S BEEN VERY SPECIAL HERE IN THE OFFICE, AND SINCE I GOT HERE, SHE HAS BEEN.
UH, I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU, UM, HOW MUCH SHE'S DONE FOR ME AND HOW MUCH SHE'S DONE FOR THIS OFFICE.
AND I, AND I APPRECIATE, UM, HER LEADERSHIP.
I APPRECIATE HER FRIENDSHIP AND, UM, UH, WE ALL WILL.
YOU AND, UH, AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT.
SO WELL EARNED, YOU KNOW, 30 PLUS, 40 PLUS YEARS.
YOU KNOW, IMAGINE THAT 40 PLUS YEARS, UM, UH, ON THE JOB SERVING THE COUNTY, THAT, THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
AND, UM, SHE DOESN'T LOOK A DAY OLD THAN 21.
SO, UH, AGAIN, DEBBIE, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR ME.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR THE BOARD AND YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY.
I THANK, UH, THANK THE BOARD AGAIN AND I REALLY MISS EVERYONE.
BUT I KNOW I'LL KEEP IN TOUCH WITH EVERYBODY.
THIS IS, I HAD A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH EVERYONE.
YOU, SO I'M NOT GONNA LOSE THAT.
SO BEFORE YOU GO, CAN WE ALL COME UP AND JUST GET A PICTURE? I KNOW SHE'S NOT GONNA STAY TO THE END OF THE MEETING.
I'D, WHERE THAT, WHERE IS THAT COME YOU GOTTA COME FORWARD.
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WHERE SHOULD I GO? READY.I YOU DIDN'T, BECAUSE I CAN COME OVER.
LET'S MOVE TO THE PUBLIC CAMERA SESSION.
THE MEETING IS THE COMBINED COUNSEL SLASH BOARD MEETING.
THE RULE 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 MICROPHONE.
STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD.
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
THERE WILL BE TIME LATER ON IN THE MEETING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY OTHER ITEMS. SO, I ASK YOU TO PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO, AT THIS TIME, TO AGENDA ITEMS ONLY.
WANNA RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER COOPER AND COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, THE RECORD REFLECTED.
THERE IS NO PERSON TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS, SO MATTER.
CLERK, LET'S MOVE TO ORDINANCES ON INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READ.
DO WE HAVE THAT? UH, YES, MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE THREE.
OKAY, MA'AM, LET'S MOVE THE ORDINANCE NUMBER ONE AND WE'LL, WE'LL BE READY INTO THE RECORD ON A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? UH, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, AND ALSO SOME MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, UH, TREASURER HASSAM MOHAMED WILL HANDLE THE SITE.
UH, GOOD EVENING, OSA, MOHAMED COUNTY TREASURER, UH, ORDINANCE, UH, NUMBER ONE, UH, THIS TO, TO PROVIDE IMPROVEMENT FOR COUNTY COLLEGE IN AMOUNT OF 3 MILLION AUTHORIZING TO ISSUE, UH, UH, 1,000,005 NOTES IN REGULAR COUNTY, UH, DEBT.
UM, THIS, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR, UH, IMPROVEMENT TO THE NEWARK CAMPUS, UH, OF COUNTY COLLEGE.
MR. BAT, ANY QUESTION OF THE NONE? MC NO.
WE SPOKE AT THE, AT THE LEADERSHIP MEETING.
THE PERCENT OF THE DEFENSE SERVICE WILL BE REIMBURSED BY THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY COMMISSIONERS.
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS? HEARING NONE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? SECOND TO INTRODUCE THE, DO I HAVE THE SAME MOVE IN SECOND? YES.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT POMAR? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
OKAY, MADAM CLERK, LET'S MOVE THE ORDERS NUMBER TWO, WHICH WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD ON LATER TIME.
UH, ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO IS THE TO GUARANTEE, UM, UM, AN ISSUE OF, UH, BOND AND LOANS OF THE
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A PROJECT OF, UH, FAMILY COURT BUILDING AND AMOUNT OF HUNDRED 80 MILLION BONDS.MR. NO QUESTIONS MR. MCIN? UH, MS. TOO HAS SPOKEN AT THE LEADERSHIP MEETING.
COULD YOU GET BACK TO US TO, UH, HASAM, LET US KNOW WHAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES WILL, WILL BE ON THIS TO THE E C I A ON AN ANNUAL BASIS? IS THERE AN UPFRONT ADMINISTRATIVE FEE? NUMBER ONE, THE FACT THAT WE'RE DOING THIS THROUGH ECA, UH, FIRST, I'M ASSUMING, I'M ASSUMING THE FACT THAT WE'RE DOING IT THROUGH THE COUNTY AUTHORITY, THAT THERE WILL BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE CHARGED BY THE IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY.
THE, THE, UH, COUNTY, UH, THE S COUNTY IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY USUALLY, UH, HAS, UM, A SCHEDULE FOR, UH, ADMINISTRATION FEES FOR EVERY YEAR.
IT'S BASED ON, UH, OUTSTANDING BALANCES AND WOULD PROVIDE, UH, THAT INFORMATION.
IS THERE IS, AND, AND THERE ARE TIMES I'VE SEEN WHERE TYPICALLY THERE'S AN UPFRONT ADMINISTRATIVE FEE.
IS THERE ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN THIS ORDINANCE? UH, I BELIEVE ONLY WILL BE THE CLOSING COST, BUT NOT, NOT MORE THAN THAT.
THAT ADMINISTRATION FEES WILL BE, WOULD BE BILL TO US ON, UH, ON, UH, ON A YEARLY BASIS.
BUT IT'S NOT AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO GO INTO THE OPERATIONS OF B C? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE, FOR THE LIFE OF THE, OF THE ISSUE.
SO YOU'LL JUST GET THEN THE ANNUAL STREAM OF, OF, UH, OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE ON THIS ORDINANCE THAT WILL, UH, THAT'LL BE PAID TO THE COUNTY.
UH, ONE, ONE CLARIFICATION AND, AND WHO'S SPEAKING? I THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT AND JOHN COUNTY COUNCIL.
UH, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE IN THE PAST CHARGE UPFRONT THE TABLE ONE TIME MR. MC CLOSING.
UH, YOU IN THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING WITH THEM, AND WE'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE INFORMATION AS TO WHETHER IT'S GONNA BE AND AS TO RAISE THE, OKAY.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER COOPER? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UM, MR. JACKSON? MR. THE NEW TIMELINE FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR THE, UM, FAMILY COURT BUILDING NOW? UM, I, IT'S A 21 MONTH, I THINK SCHEDULED, SO WE SHOULD BE, UM, 2025.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING? I'LL HAVE A MOVE.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER COOPER.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT POMAR? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE THE ORDINANCE NUMBER THREE, WHICH WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. UH, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UM, ORDINANCE NUMBER THREE IS THE, IS RELATED TO NUMBER TWO.
SO ORDINANCE NUMBER TWO, WE, UH, THE COUNTY GUARANTEE THE ISSUE OF THE PATENT NODE AND ORDINANCE NUMBER THREE.
UH, WE ACTUALLY LEASE, UH, THE, THE BUILDING, UH, FROM, UH, A SUSTAIN IMPROVE AUTHORITY TO, TO USE IT.
AND THIS WILL BE FOR THE LIFE OF THE, UH, OF THE ISSUE OF THE LOAN.
THE MR. QUESTION, MR. MC? UH, NO.
THIS IS, THIS IS TYPICAL OF WHAT HAPPENS AND WE DO TO OUR DEBT THROUGH GUEST.
THIS, THIS IS COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS COMMON.
COMMISSIONER MCCONNELL BRIDGE THE COURTHOUSE.
IT WILL BE ACROSS FROM OUR BUILDING.
UH, THE ADDRESS WILL BE 3 46, UH, UNIVERSITY AFTERNOON.
SO, DO WE HAVE TO DO THIS ALL THE TIME OR JUST DOING THIS LEASE THIS ONE TIME.
UH, THIS, THESE TWO ORDINANCES, THIS WILL BE REQUIRED AT THIS TIME.
UH, WE, WE DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
WE HAVE TO DO THE O THE OTHER ACTION WE HAVE TO DO IS OVER THE CONTRACT, PLEASE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMON? I'LL MOVE IT.
SET WE'LL BY COMMISSIONER SIBO.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT POMAR? YES.
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COMMISSIONER JOHNSON? YES.COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE TO ORDINANCE ON SECOND READING OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR LIST PURPOSE ONLY.
DO WE HAVE IT? UM, MR. PRESIDENT? WE HAVE NONE.
WE HAVE ANY ORDINANCES RESOLUTION ON SECOND MEETING IN PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT? UH, YES.
WE HAVE ORDINANCE O DASH 20 23 0 0 0 8.
AND ORDINANCE O DASH 20 23 0 0 0 9, WHICH WERE ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR THE APRIL 12TH, UH, CONFERENCE, BOARD MEETING.
UH, TO TONIGHT'S MEETING, NOTICE OF TONIGHT'S PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING WAS REPUBLISHED.
LET'S MOVE THE ORDINANCE 20 23 8.
AND READY TO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME, I HEREBY DECLARE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE NUMBER OH DASH 20 23 8.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT FOR OR AGAINST ORDINANCE, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
MR. MCHAM? NO QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS OR COMMENT? OKAY.
DO I HAVE A, A MOTION AND A SECOND TO TOTAL PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE OH DASH 20 23 8.
MOVED BY COMMISSIONER MECADO, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GRAHAM.
DO I HAVE THE SAME, MOVE A SECOND TO APPROVE THE YES.
ROLL CALL NINE CLERK COMMISSIONER SIBEL.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT POMAR.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
NOT UNTIL, LET MOVE, MOVE THE ORDERS NUMBER ZERO DASH 20 23 0 0 9 AND IT'LL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
I HEREBY DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE NUMBER ZERO DASH 2023 DASH 0 0 9 OPEN.
IF THERE IS ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT FORWARD AGAINST THE ORDINANCE, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
MOTION TO SPEAK BEFORE OR AGAINST THE ORDINANCE.
COMMISSION QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? AREA? DO I HAVE A MOVER IN THE SECOND TO CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING ON ONE SECOND.
MOVED BY COMMISSION, SIBO SECOND BY COMMISSION.
DO I HAVE THE SAME MOVER? A SECOND TO APPROVE? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT POMAR.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE THE RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS FOR THE NOMINATION FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO THE ESSENCE COUNTY CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF APPEALS.
AND WE'LL BE READY TO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, THE ADMINISTRATION IS, UH, HAPPY TO NOMINATE MR. HENRY AAM TO THE POSITION ON THE ACCOUNT FROM THE YESES COUNTY CONSTRUCTION BOARD FIELD.
UH, HE'S HERE TO PRESENT HIMSELF TO THE BOARD.
MR. SAM? GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE BEFORE THIS EVENING.
I'M HERE WITH MY WONDERFUL WIFE, MAXINE.
AND, UH, I, UH, WELL, LET'S PUT IT THIS WAY.
I STARTED OUT AS AN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR BACK IN 1977, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS.
I HAD MY EXPERIENCE, UH, DOING UNION ELECTRICAL WORK, AND I RETIRED FROM THE UNION IN TWO, IN 2003.
UPON RETIRING FROM THE UNION, I STARTED WORKING AS AN ELECTRICAL
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SUB CODE IN EAST ORANGE FROM 2003 TO 2019.I ALSO HAD AT THE SAME TIME, STARTED IN SOUTH ORANGE FROM 2006 TO 2019.
AND ALSO IN MONTCLAIR, I, UH, FINALLY RETIRED IN.
I GOT CALLED BACK BY SOUTH ORANGE TO NEEDED HELP DURING COVID.
SO I WENT OUT MY KM 95 MASK ON WITH APEX GLOVES IN MY GOS TO PROTECT MY TWO AND PARTICIPATED IN, UH, INSPECTING, UH, COMMIT THE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, UH, IN AND OUT.
I DIDN'T EVEN TAKE PICTURES CAUSE I WANTED TO SEE MYSELF, UH, EXACTLY WHAT I HAD TO INSPECT.
AND, UH, I, AGAIN, I RETIRED IN 2019, BUT I CALLED, I GOT CALLED BACK SON ORANGE IN, IN 2020.
AND I STARTED IN APRIL OF 2020 WHEN COVID WAS AT ITS WORST.
AND I CONTINUED UNTIL AUGUST OF 2020.
AND THE SORT OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT CAME BACK FROM UNEMPLOYMENT, UH, THEY CAME BACK TO WORK AND I WAS ASKED TO STAY ON AS THE SUB CODE, THE ELECTRICAL SUB CODE AND INSPECTOR SOUTH ORANGE, WHICH I, I VOLUNTEERED TO DO.
YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATED THAT THEY CALLED ME AND I WANTED TO HELP BECAUSE THEY HAD NO ONE ELSE TO GO OUT AND DO THE I INSPECTING WITH THE SUB.
SO WHY EFFORT ON MYSELF TO GO OUT AND TO BE WORK FOR THE TAMPA SOUTH ORANGE VILLAGE.
I'VE BEEN THERE EVER SINCE THE PRESENT DAY, BY THE WAY, WITHOUT TAKING A VACATION.
I'VE BEEN WORKING HARD TRYING TO HELP OUT CHURCH AND I CONTINUE.
AND I ALSO WAS ASKED TO, I WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF APPEALS, AND I SAID ABSOLUTELY ANYWHERE WHERE I CAN GO OUT AND BE A BENEFIT WITH MY KNOWLEDGE AND MY EXPERIENCE, I'D BE GLAD TO HELP.
AND THAT'S WHY I VOLUNTEERED MY TIME CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF APPEALS.
COMMISSIONER SEAK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH WITH YOUR EXPERIENCE.
I THANK YOURE A WONDERFUL ADDITION.
I SO PLEASED, WILLING TO GIVE UP YOUR IMPORTANT, MY PLEASURE.
GIVE YOU OF HELP TO HELP MR. COOPER.
I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER SIBO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SERVING AND VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME TO DO THIS IMPORTANT WORK FOR THE COUNTY.
YOU HAVE A GREAT BACKGROUND, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR ADDITION TO THAT, TO THAT, UM, COMMITTEE.
AND I ALSO WANT TO ECHO THAT AND MY COLLEAGUES.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SERVICE.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA RETIRE AND WE COME BACK AND RETIRE AND COME BACK AND RETIRE.
BUT SEEMS LIKE TO ME, YOU, YOU MIGHT WANT TO GROOM SOMEBODY.
I KNOW YOUR WIFE IS PROBABLY GETTING TIREDLY YOU RETIRING AND GOING BACK TO WORK, SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO GROOM YOUR REPLACEMENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
BUT THANK YOU, UH, FOR VOLUNTEERING FOR THIS BOARD, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO.
I APPRECIATE THE NUMBER CONSIDERATION FROM THE ON THE CONSTRUCTION COURT OF APPEALS OF ESSEX COUNTY NOW.
GLAD TO HAVE COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? AND A SECOND? I MOVE MR. JACKSON RULED BY COMMISSIONER CMO.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GRAHAM
CLERK COMMISSIONER COOPER? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PALMARA? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON? YES.
MADAM CLERK, LET'S MOVE THE RESOLUTION TWO THROUGH SEVEN, WHICH ARE ALL BUDGET INSERTIONS OF ITEMS OF REVENUE.
AND WE'LL BE READY TO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, AS YOU SAID, THESE ARE ALL, UH, BUDGET INSERTIONS ITEM ON NUMBER TWO.
THE FIRST ONE IS FOR $602,000.
IT INVOLVE OUR SELLING EMPLOY PROGRAM TO THE DIVISION OF TRAINING FROM APRIL 1ST, 2023 TO OCTOBER 31ST, 2023.
THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES 200 LOW INCOME, UH, INDIVIDUALS,
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AGES 16 TO 24 FOR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR WORK EXPERIENCE AND WORKFORCE PREPARATION SKILLS.UM, UH, WE MIGHT NOT OTHER OTHERWISE HAVE A PATH TO, UH, EMPLOYMENT.
UM, THERE ARE, THE APPLICATION PERIOD ACTUALLY BEGAN ON MARCH 1ST.
UH, AND AGAIN, IT'LL BE THE 200, UH, INDIVIDUALS.
UH, THE PAY RATE IS $15 PER HOUR FOR 25 HOURS PER WEEK FOR 82ND WEEKS.
THERE ARE TWO, UM, PERIODS, ONE BEGINNING ON, UH, JUNE 12TH AND ONE BEGINNING ON JUNE 26TH.
UH, AND ALSO I SHOULD ADD THAT THERE ARE, AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM THAT 35 HOURS OF WORK RAISES TRAINING THAT THE INDIVIDUALS RECEIVE AS WELL.
ITEM THREE, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF $288,974 IS, UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE ARE RECEIVING FROM THE, FROM THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY TO, UM, WORK DOWN OUR BACK WALL THAT YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT, AND ALSO TO GET OUR TIME THIS NUMBERS UP.
UM, THIS IS FOR OVERTIME AND SALARIES RELATED TO THE PROCESS OF SNAP APPLICATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS.
AND I SHOULD SAY FOR NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER THREE, THERE ARE NO, NO COUNTING MATCHES.
UH, FOR NUMBER FOUR, WHICH ALSO IS, UH, NO COUNTY MATCH AND SAVE THE AMOUNT OF $35,519.
THIS IS GOING BE FOR THE, UM, UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND, UH, FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THAT FUND.
UH, THIS IS THROUGH THE DIVISION OF FAMILY SYSTEM AND BENEFITS.
UM, UH, THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY IS, IS THE MONEY THAT WE RECEIVE FOR OUR ADMINISTERING, UH, HELPING TO ADMINISTER THIS PROGRAM FOR THE PRIMARY WORK HAS COME BY LA CASAA AND WE ASSIST, UH, THEM IN PROCESSING SOME OF THE APPLICATIONS.
AND THIS IS MONEY THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE STATE, UH, FOR OUR ROLE IN THAT PROCESS.
UM, NUMBER FIVE, UH, FROM THE DIVISION OF COMMITTEE AFFAIRS AS A COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT, NON DISCRETIONARY IN THE AMOUNT OF $436,695.
THIS IS OUR SECOND, UH, ALLOCATION.
THE FIRST ALLOCATION WAS $384,321.
AND THIS WILL PROVIDE A NUMBER OF SERVICES WHERE S FROM LOW INCOME RESIDENCE OF MOOREFIELD, EAST ORANGE, ORANGE, IRVINGTON, MONTCLAIR, AND BELLVILLE, UH, NEWARK RECEIVES ITS OWN FUNDING UNDER THIS PROGRAM.
AND ACTIVITIES INCLUDE EMPLOYMENT COUNSELING, CAREER TRAINING, HOUSING ASSISTANCE, EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, FOOD YOUTH SERVICES IN OUR FORMS OF, UH, ADVOCACY.
AND THERE'S NO COUNTY MATCH, UH, FOR THIS PROGRAM.
UH, ITEM UH, SIX IS RELATED TO, UM, UH, WHICH WE'LL CALL RELATED TO WITH ITEM 13 AGENDA.
BUT THIS SERVE $275,606, UM, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, UH,
THIS IS TO ADMINISTER AND DELEGATE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES IN THE AREAS OF SOLID WASTE AND RIGHTS AND NO INSPECTIONS.
UM, THERE IS AN IN KIND MATCH IN THIS, UH, FOR THIS, FOR THIS GRANT, UH, IN EMAIL OF $257,030.
UM, AND THAT WILL WE, WE DONE, WE WILL DO THROUGH IN TIME, THROUGH SALARIES AND FRINGE.
UM, ITEM SEVEN, UH, IS AN INSERTION THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE EDWARD BURN MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM THROUGH OUR PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE IN THE AMOUNT OF $186,869.
THIS IS FOR THE, UM, NARCOTICS FOR OUR PARTICIPATION ON THE NARCOTICS YESES COUNTY, UH, NARCOTICS TASK FORCE, WHICH CONSIST OF FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, INDIVIDUALS.
THIS PROVIDES FOR, UM, THE SALARY FOR SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFITS BOARD FOR DETECTIVES ASSIGNED TO THAT UNIT.
UM, THERE ARE FOUR DETECTIVES ASSIGNED.
THIS PROVIDES FOR 60% THEIR TIME AND FRINGE BENEFITS FOR 26 WEEKS.
AND THERE'S NO COUNTY MANAGER THIS PROGRAM FOR THIS GRANT PROGRAM AS WELL.
MR. BATH QUESTIONS OR COMMENT? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, HEARING.
MR. JACKSON, HOW MANY OF THOSE 200 POSITIONS HAVE BEEN FILLED AND WHERE, WHERE ARE THE JOB LOCATIONS? UH, I CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION.
UH, MR. PRESIDENT, I KNOW THAT WE WENT OUT FOR, UH, UH, AGENCIES OR OUR LOCATIONS FOR PEOPLE TO WORK.
UH, I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT THE, USUALLY THE WAY THE, UH, APPLICATIONS ARE BILLED ARE THE FIRST 200, NONE ARE THE FIRST ONES WHO ARE ACCEPTED.
BUT WE'LL GET YOU LIST TO THE WORK SITES AND, AND WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW ON WHO'S BEEN, UM, WHO BEEN COMPLETE
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COMMISSION TO YES.IS THIS LIMITED TO, UM, IS THIS ALL ESSEX COUNTY OR, UH, EXCLUDING YORK? UH, IT'S NOT NOR HAS ITS OWN, UH, PROGRAM, BUT COUNTY COMMISSIONER COOPER.
MR. JACKSON, IS THIS LISTED NOW ON THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE? LIKE THEY APPLY THROUGH A PORTAL OR SOMETHING, HOW WE APPLY? UM, I BELIEVE, UH, DIRECTOR, UM, RAMOS HAS IT ON A PORTAL.
UM, MAYBE TONIGHT, BY TOMORROW.
BUT YOU SAID THIS, UH, HAS BEEN OUT THERE SINCE MARCH 1ST.
YEAH, THE PROGRAM OPENED UP SINCE ON THE, THE APPLICATION PERIOD OPENED ON MARCH 1ST.
SO THEY PROBABLY ONLY HAVE 200 AT LEAST APPLICATIONS.
THEY JUST HAVE PROB MAYBE NOT HAVE PLACED THAT IN YET.
YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO, IF YOU'RE NOT COMPLETE, THAT'S WHEN YOU GET THIS.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS SOME PEOPLE START THE PROCESS BUT THEY DON'T COMPLETE.
BUT IF THERE'RE INDIVIDUALS THAT YOU KNOW OF TO THE BOARD, PLEASE SEND THEM IN.
UM, I I THINK YOU'RE STILL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COMMISSION ANY QUESTIONS? OTHER QUESTIONS? SEVEN.
WHAT YOU MOVE
I GOTTA MOVE FROM COMMISSIONER OUGH AND A SECOND VOTE.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT HAMARA? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
COURT RESOLUTION EIGHT AND NINE, WHICH ARE FROM THE OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
MAY WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD.
MR. JACKSON? UH, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
UH, ASK MR. COL TO TAKE, JUST WANT TO ADD THAT WE SEND TO THE BOARD INTO THE BLUE CLERK, PUT SOME DETAILS ON THE SUMMER PROGRAM SO IT CAN GIVES YOU, UM, HOW TO GET INVOLVED WITH IT.
YOU SENT IT WHEN, UH, I THINK I SENT THIS AFTERNOON.
IT'S ALREADY BEEN FORWARDED TO, UH, MR. COL, MR. PRESIDENT JOSEPH COL, DEPUTY COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.
UH, WE WENT OUT FOR OUR REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR INVESTIGATORS ON FEBRUARY 14TH OF THIS YEAR.
WE RECEIVED FIVE VENDORS AND WE ARE ASKING THE BOARD TO APPROVE THIS LIST.
AND NUMBER NINE IS AWARDING ONE OF THOSE VENDORS FROM THIS LIST.
AND THE VENDORS NAME IS ASSOCIATES, UH, IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $25,000 OR 12 MONTH PERIOD.
NUMBER EIGHT IS THE LIST OF QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS.
NUMBER NINE IS ONE, UH, BY THIS BOARD.
READY FOR THAT? NO, WE'RE AT EIGHT.
I HAD A FULL COOPERATION OF, UH, VICE PRESIDENT AND MYSELF.
COULD YOU JUST EXPLAIN WHAT THE INVESTIGATORS DO? UH, THERE ARE TIMES THE INVESTIGATORS ARE GONNA HAVE TO DO BACKGROUND CHECKS ON, UH, THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE COMING DOWN TO, UH, WORK FOR THE COUNTY OR THE COMMISSIONERS.
AND THEY'RE STARTING TO DO BACKGROUND CHECKS.
AND, FOR EXAMPLE, WORKING AT THE ZOO.
COULD YOU DEALING WITH CHILDREN THAT, SO THAT'S THE TYPE OF BACKGROUND CHECKS THAT, WHERE WAS, WAS THAT ALMOST DONE THROUGH INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES OR WAS IT DONE ON INSPECTOR? THAT WAS DONE, UH, HISTORICALLY, EVEN THROUGH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OR THROUGH CORRECTIONS.
BUT THE LAW NOW WANTS US TO DO PRIVATELY AND NOT USE THOSE AGENCIES.
DO I HAVE A MOVE? IN A SECOND.
MOVE BY COMMISSIONER COOPER SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT OF, I MEAN, I'M SORRY.
GRADUATED FROM MARK, MARK TO TAKE RESOLUTIONS.
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NINE OUTTA ONE ROCO.OKAY, MADAM CLERK, LET'S MOVE TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 10, WHICH IS FROM THE OFFICE OF PURCHASING.
MR. PRESIDENT, UH, THE OFFICE OF PURCHASING WENT OUT.
COMPETITIVE CONTRACT FOR YOUR REQUESTING PERMISSION TO GO OUT, UH, FOR CONSULTING SERVICES FOR QUALIFIED VENDORS.
PROVIDE CONSULTING SERVICES FOR THE ANNUAL IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE COUNTY OPTION HOSPITAL FEE PILOT PROGRAM.
SO THIS ALLOWS US TO GO OUT AND IT'S A ONE TIME APPROVAL FOR THE REST OF MASON IN ESSEX COUNTY.
MR. THIS IS, THIS IS ALLOWING US TO GO OUT TO APPROVE THE COMPETITIVE CONTRACT.
WE DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT RIGHT NOW.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE US THE APPROVAL TO GO OUT FOR A WHILE.
A COMPETITIVE CONTRACT TO COVER WHAT EXACTLY IS A PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE HOSPITAL CENTER? WELL, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IS AN AIRPLANE PILOT
AS YOU, UH, MARRIED QURAN FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE HAD A PROGRAM THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHICH BASICALLY PROVIDES, UH, REIMBURSEMENT FOR, UH, PAYMENTS FOR MEDIC, FOR MEDICAID PATIENTS.
AND, UM, THIS HAS PROVIDED TREMENDOUS FUNDING FOR OUR ESSEX COUNTY HOSPITALS WHO SERVE MEDICAID PAYMENTS.
IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A BIG WIN FOR THEM.
AND AS PART OF THAT, WE ARE ALSO ARE ABLE TO GET A PERCENTAGE OF THAT THAT WE TAKE FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE.
AND I THINK LAST YEAR WAS LIKE SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE, UH, RECEIVED.
AND THIS YEAR IS GONNA BE LIKE MAYBE EIGHT, EIGHT AND A HALF.
SO IT'S A WIN-WIN, UH, FOR EVERYBODY, PARTICULARLY FOR, UH, THE HOSPITALS THAT, UH, ARE WILLING TO CARE FOR, UH, MEDICAID PATIENTS.
UH, NOT EVERYBODY IS, AND THAT IT ALSO PROVIDES, I THINK, FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL WHO ARE IN THAT PROGRAM TO AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET GOOD CARE.
CUZ NOW THE HOSPITALS REALIZE THAT THEY'RE NOT ONLY GETTING THE MEDICAID, UH, PAYMENT, BUT THEY'RE ALSO GETTING THIS ADDITIONAL MONEY AS A RESULT OF PROVIDING SERVICE.
I REMEMBER VIVIDLY HAD NOTHING TO DO CALLING COMMISSIONER KOOL.
UM, HOW DO WE SET THENA? I JUST DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE DIRECTOR SAID, HOW WE SAID IT.
IT'S, IT'S, I I DON'T REMEMBER THE PERCENTAGE, UH, COMMISSIONER, BUT IT'S A SET PERCENTAGE UNDER THE NEW JERSEY AND FEDERAL LAWS A SEPARATE PERCENTAGE OF THE AMOUNT OF, OF THE BILLINGS.
AND I, I DON'T REMEMBER THE PERCENTAGE.
SO ONCE WE DO THIS, UM, I GUESS THE OPTIONS WILL DETERMINE HOW LONG THAT TO STAY IN PLACE.
AND THEN WE COME BACK AND DO IT AGAIN.
WE'LL COME BACK ANNUALLY FOR THE, TO APPROVE, TO APPROVE THIS.
NOW I WANT INTERRUPT MR. JACKSON.
HISTORICALLY WE WENT OUT FOR AN RFP REQUEST FOR A PROPOSAL ANNUALLY, THE DIRECTOR OF THE HOSPITAL CENTER.
ARE YOU ASKING FOR A COMPETITIVE CONTRACT? YOU CAN GO OUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR SERVICE UP TO FIVE YEARS.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD AGAIN.
NO EXTENSIONS AFTER THE FIVE YEARS, BUT NORMALLY, HISTORICALLY WE GO AFTER THREE YEARS WITHIN TWO YEAR EXTENSION.
YOU WANNA RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER LUCIA? MR. BASS? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THIS, UM, IS THIS THE ACCOUNTING FIRM THAT, DO WE HAVE AN ACCOUNTING FIRM THAT WAS DOING THROUGH YOU, MR. THAT'S CORRECT.
SO ARE WE LOOKING, I MEAN, I MEAN, THIS IS GONNA GO AS COMPETITIVE.
ARE WE LOOKING TO BRING THEM BACK? IS THAT THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB AT UP TO THIS POINT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
ACCORDING TO, UH, MR. MR. NAVIO, UH, THEY DID IT A JOB.
UM, JUST, JUST AS AN ASIDE, ALL THE HOSPITALS ARE MAKING ANIMALS OR, OR ARE THERE SOME THAT THERE'S, THERE'S ONE.
I THINK THAT IS MAYBE LOSING 10, $20,000 OR SOMETHING BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING WITH RESPECT TO MEDICAID, MEDICAID PATIENTS.
BUT MOST HOSPITALS ARE MAKING, I THINK FOUR TO FIVE TIMES WHAT THEY,
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UH, BILL YET.AND SO MOST OF THEM, THEY HAVEN'T PUT UP MONEY FIRST.
I THINK THEY WILL BE GOOD MONEY MANY TIMES.
YOU WANTED TO CHANGE YOUR MIND? NO, I'M FINE.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR CABINET HEARING? DO I HAVE A MOVE? SECOND NUMBER 10.
SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT VERMONT.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PI? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE THE RESOLUTION AT 11 AND ADDRESS START OF 45, WHICH FROM THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, AND THEY BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? THANK YOU PRESIDENT.
MS. A AND, UH, MR. FRANZI ARE HERE FROM, UH, THE BOARD, UH, ALONG WITH THEIR, UH, VENDORS.
UM, MR. PRESIDENT, THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS COMES THIS EVENING FOR REVIEW OF CONTRACT AND APPROVAL WITH DOMINION VOTING SYSTEMS, SAYING, PROVIDE SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE OF ELECTION, ELECTRONIC ELECTION VOTING MACHINES, UM, FOR 24 FOR 24 0 1 CONTACT AWARD FOR THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $523,175.
JUST PUT YOUR NAME ON THE RECORD.
NICOLE CALL THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
THE BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONS.
THE VENUE DOMINION VOTING MACHINES FOR THE TABULATORS IN SCANNING DEVICES USED TO TABULATE THE MAIL-IN AND PROVISIONAL BALLOTS.
UH, DURING OUR ELECTIONS, THEY ALSO ASSIST WITH THE ADJUDICATION EQUIPMENT AND FOR WRITING BALLOTS.
THEY ALSO PROVIDE ONSITE AND ROERS, UH, LEADING UP TO THE ELECTION DURING ELECTION DAY AND AFTER THE ELECTION.
THEY ALSO PROVIDE END OF EVENING REPORTING.
UM, AND AT THIS TIME, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BRING UP MR. HOWARD KRAMER, WHO'S VICE PRESIDENT, UM, UP DOMINION VOTING, ALONG WITH MR. RON ROSS, REGIONAL SALES MANAGER.
UM, FOR ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, LET'S GET 'EM UP AND, UH, INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
TELL US WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, HOW YOU GONNA HELP US? HELLO, MR. PRESIDENT, EVERYBODY.
I'M THE REGIONAL SALES MANAGER FOR DOMINION VOTING.
AS YOU ALL PROBABLY REMEMBER ME, I AM AN SIS COUNTY RESIDENT FOR CORONA, CURRENTLY LIVE IN CEDAR GROVE.
UH, SO HOME HOMETOWN, UM, ARE, THIS CONTRACT BASICALLY IS, UH, SPECIFICALLY OUR SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, UM, WHICH DO COVER THE VOTE BY MAIL, UM, PROCEDURES FOR THE REPROGRAMMING OF THE, OF THE SYSTEM, UH, BALLOTS, AS WELL AS, UH, THE SCANNING PROCESS AND TALLY AT THE END FOR THE, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
AND AS, UH, CLERK SAID, IT ALSO COVERS, UH, ROVERS ON ELECTION DAY.
SO IF ANY ISSUES ARE HAD AND WERE THERE IMMEDIATELY AT ALL TIMES TO MAKE SURE THE QUICK, UM, SOLUTION IS, UH, THANK YOU MR. SHABA.
MAY I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU MR. MC.
COMMISSIONER SIBO, I HAVE A STATEMENT I'M PLEASED TO VOTE FOR CONSIDERING WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO FOX.
VERY, VERY HAPPY THAT PLEASE, TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH.
UH, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU HAVE OUT? SOMETIMES THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES AND ESPECIALLY IN OUR EARLY, UH, HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE AVAILABLE ON 11 DAYS TO, TO EXECUTE AND MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE SMOOTHLY IN THOSE AREAS? IT VARIES FROM ELECTION, OBVIOUSLY.
UM, WE, THIS, I BELIEVE THE CONTRACT HAS, UH, A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT AS FAR AS OVERFLOW A SPECIFIC NUMBER.
SO, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE THE RESOURCES, SO THE MORE THAT YOU NEED NO, WE'RE HERE.
HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO YOU HAVE STOOD MOTION? UM, WHEN WE, WHEN WE REVIEWED THE CONTRACT, WE, WE KNEW THAT THERE WOULD BE SMALL ELECTIONS.
FOR EXAMPLE, OUR ANNUAL, UH, SCHOOL BOARD WATCHING, WHICH WAS JUST YESTERDAY.
WE HAD A TEAM OF, UH, BELIEVE IT WAS SIX PEOPLE THAT WERE ONSITE.
BUT IF WERE LOOKING AT SOMETHING AS A PRIMARY OR GENERAL, THE CONTRACT CALLS
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ANYWHERE FROM UP TO 24 TO 30 ON SITE AND AVAILABLE.UM, FIRST OFF, I JUST WANT TO PUT ON THE RECORD, I SUPPORT DOMINION VOTING, UH, MACHINES AS I DID A FEW YEARS BACK WHEN WE SWITCHED OVER.
OH, ACTUALLY IT WASN'T EVEN A FEW YEARS, WAS IT TWO YEARS AGO.
WE SWITCHED OVER, UH, TO NEW MACHINES FROM THE ANTIQUATED MACHINES WE HAD HERE IN ESSEX COUNTY.
I'M, I'M, IT'S GONNA BE PLEASED TO SUPPORT THIS CONTRACT.
YOU KNOW, TO PIGGYBACK ON, UH, WHAT COMMISSIONER SEABOLD SAID, I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON IN THE MEDIA AND WE'RE HAPPY THAT THAT WAS CLEARED UP.
AND DOMINION, UM, WAS VINDICATED.
BUT MAYBE JUST BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS CONTRACT, YOU COULD PUT ON RECORD, UH, THE RECENT SWITCH OVER TO THE MACHINES AND WHY WE SWITCHED OVER TO THE MACHINES AND THE SECURITY, UM, THAT WE HAVE.
UM, THAT LET'S, OUR GENERAL REPUBLIC AND OUR RESIDENTS HERE IN ESSEX COUNTY KNOW ESSEX COUNTY, THAT, UM, OUR ELECTIONS ARE CERTIFIED AND THEY ARE SAFE AND THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON.
CAN YOU JUST GIVE US A, A LITTLE OVERVIEW, RON? THANK YOU.
COMMISSIONER ROBERT ZZA, UH, DOMINION VOTING, ESSEX COUNTY RESIDENT.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THOSE KIND WORDS.
SO THE SYSTEM THAT, UH, WE HAVE BEEN USING HERE IN ESSEX FOR ROUGHLY 20 PLUS YEARS, UM, WAS A DIRECT REPORT ELECTRONIC SYSTEM.
THE LOSS HAD CHANGED AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE BEEN OF EARLY VOTING, NEW SYSTEMS NEEDED TO BE IMPLEMENTED.
AND THE NEW SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IS A PAPER BASED SYSTEM.
IT'S A HUMAN HAND MARKED VOTER VERIFIED SYSTEM.
SO EVERY SINGLE VOTE CAPTURED IN ESSEX COUNTY, THERE IS A PHYSICAL PIECE OF PAPER THAT WE HAVE THE VOTER VOTES ON THAT PIECE OF PAPER, WHETHER IT'S VOTE BY MAIL, PROVISIONAL ELECTION DAY, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
WE HAVE A SOLID RECORD, PHYSICAL RECORD TO REFER BACK TO IF EVER NEEDED.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHEN THE VOTER INSERTS THEIR BALLOT INTO OUR TABULATION SYSTEM, IT IS NOT ONLY TABULATING WHAT THE BALLOT BUT THE VOTER INTENDED ON THE BALLOT, BUT IT IS ALSO TAKING A DIGITAL IMAGE OF THE FRONT AND THE BACK OF EVERY SINGLE BALLOT THAT GOES THROUGH IT.
THAT ALSO IS WHAT THE COUNTY HAS AS A RECORD, OKAY? AND THEY'RE ABLE TO THEN PROPERLY DO THEIR ADJUDICATION, UM, AND, AND, AND, AND DO THE PROCESS THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE.
SO YOU HAVE A DIGITAL IMAGE OF EVERYTHING.
YOU HAVE A HARD COPY OF EVERYTHING.
THERE'S A LOT OF REDUNDANCY AND A LOT OF SECURITY BUILT INTO IT.
UM, IF ANY CASE FOR ANY LAWSUITS OR ANY, ANY TYPE OF SITUATIONS OR RECOUNTS ARE NEEDED, WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH WAYS TO PROVE AND TO VERIFY THAT THE ELECTION RESULTS ARE ACCURATE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PUTTING THAT ON THE RECORD.
AND, UH, I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE HERE MIGHT WANT TO HEAR THAT, BUT THESE MEETINGS ARE ALSO STREAMED PUBLICLY AND THERE'S A LOT OF GENERAL PUBLIC, UH, ESPECIALLY TO DISPEL SOME OF THE THINGS THEY MAY HAVE HEARD OF THE MEDIA.
SO THANK YOU, MR. NO, THANK YOU.
UH, COMMISSIONER, THAT WAS A GREAT POINT TO YOU AND COMMISSION DESI, BUT MY TAKE IS JUST A LITTLE DIFFERENT, UM, BECAUSE OF THAT GREAT WINDFALL THAT YOU JUST RECEIVED, IS ANY WAY THAT ESSEX COUNTY CAN GET A DISCOUNT
THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, IF I MAY.
UH, HE'S TOO MODEST TO SAY SO, BUT, UM, FOR DOMINION COMPANIES IN THAT WHOLE TRIAL, THEY ONLY HAD TWO REALLY KEY WITNESSES AND ONE, ALMOST THIS GENTLEMAN RIGHT HERE.
I TOO, JUST WANT TO ECHO THE COMMENTS FOR COMMISSION.
SEAT COMMISSIONER LUCIANO, WE HAVE A GREAT TIME HERE AT HERE, ATES COUNTY COUNTY.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SOME OF THOSE ISSUES THAT OTHER STATES DEAL WITH.
SO I'M PROUD OF NIKKI AND THE CLERK AND, UH, CHRIS AND ALL THOSE OTHER OFFICES THAT MAKE SURE OUR ELECTIONS ARE TAPED.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION IN TO SECOND THE TAPE? I'LL SECOND IT.
ONE MOVED BY COMMISSIONER SIBO.
MY COMMISSIONER LUCIANO ROLL CALL MATTERS.
CLERK COMMISSIONER SIBEL? YES.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT POMAR? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
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NO, NO WORRIES.UH, MS. ANG, GOOD EVENING COMMISSION BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
UM, COMMISSIONERS COME BEFORE YOU VISIT THIS EVENING TO ASK FOR YOUR REVIEW OF LOCAL FOR A CONTRACT WITH NO INC.
LLC TO PROVIDE THE ELECTRONIC POLL SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR 24 MONTHS FOR NATIVE AWARD IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,575,250.
KNOWING THIS SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS IS THERE ONSITE IN THE OFFICE AND AROUND ESSEX COUNTY ON ELECTION DATE TO PROVIDE REALTIME REPORTING FROM HOME CONNECTIVITY AND VOTER REGISTRATION AND ALL OUR POLLING LOCATIONS.
IT ALLOWS FOR COMMUNICATION TO POLL WORKERS, REAL TIME REPORTING ON HOW MANY VOTERS ARE SITE, AND PROVIDE TROUBLESHOOTING ASSISTANCE TO POLL WORKERS THROUGHOUT THE ELECTION DAY.
AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, SORRY.
THEY ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE B E OFFICE FROM, UH, TRAINING MANUALS, TRAINING EQUIPMENT AND TRAINERS PUTTING 2000 PLUS POLL WORKERS ACROSS ESSEX COUNTY.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE MR. DAN PETERS FROM NO, UH, TO COME BEFORE YOU TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.
I AM THE SENIOR MANAGER OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR NO INC.
LOUIS, MISSOURI, AND WE'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO WORK WITH ESSEX COUNTY SINCE 2021.
AND, UH, I'LL NOT FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
WHAT EXACTLY, UH, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CONTRACT AND WHAT SERVICES YOU PROVIDE.
SO, AS MENTIONED, OUR CURRENT SERVICES THAT WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDING PER ELECTION SINCE 2021, IT'S BEEN SORT OF AN
EACH ELECTION, THEY REQUESTED CERTAIN AMOUNT OF STAFFING AND PEOPLE, THIS ACTUAL CONTRACT, WE'RE ABLE TO REDUCE THAT COST BY 15% OFF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN PROVIDING.
SO YOU ASKED ABOUT A DISCOUNT EARLIER, AND I, AS WE ARE PROVIDING 15% DISCOUNT FOR A TWO YEAR CONTRACT IN THIS REGARD, THE CURRENT SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE INCLUDES POLL WORKER TRAINING, PROVIDING THE HARDWARE, AS WELL AS PROVIDING MAINTENANCE ON THE HARDWARE FOR TRAINING POLL WORKERS DURING THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD.
WE STAFF A TECHNICIAN AT EACH OF THE EARLY VOTING SITES TO ENSURE THAT THE BALLOT PRINTING PULL PRINT UNITS ARE PRINTED WITHOUT ISSUE AT THIS POINT, UM, DURING ELECTION DAY.
SO DURING A SMALLER ELECTION, SUCH AS YESTERDAY'S ELECTION, WE HAD ONE STAFF MEMBER IN OFFICE ANSWERING PHONES.
AND ANOTHER ROVING AROUND TO POTENTIAL ISSUE SITES DURING A LARGER ELECTION, SUCH AS A PRIMARY, WHICH IS UPCOMING OR EVEN THE GENERAL NEXT YEAR OR GENERAL THIS YEAR, UM, I BELIEVE THIS CONTRACT ALLOTS FOR A SCALING UP TO UP TO 65 PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE ALWAYS PEOPLE WITHIN MINUTES OF ANY SITE ALL AROUND THE COUNTY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT EXPLANATION.
MR. I HAVE ANY QUESTION QUESTIONS.
MR. MC? NO QUESTIONS COMMISSION.
MR. THE COOPER? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
RIGHT? WE GIVE EACH SITE A BACKUP, RIGHT? IF WE HAVE CONNECTIVITY ISSUES.
SO, UH, YESTERDAY WE ACTUALLY PILOTED A CELLULAR CONNECTION ON A ONE-TO-ONE DEVICE.
AND WE SAW AMAZING, WE HAD, UH, EVERY UNIT CONNECTED BY THE TIME POLLS OPEN, WHICH MEANT THAT THEY WERE UP AND RUNNING EXCEPT FOR ONE SITE, AND WE HAD A ROVER OUT THERE.
SO BY WITHIN 30 MINUTES OF POLLS OPENING EVERY SITE WAS AS UP TO DATE AS THAT MORNING WITH THE VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM, WE ALSO HAVE REDUNDANCY THAT IS PROVIDED BY THE STATE.
SO DURING EARLY VOTING, IT'S CALLED THE CRADLE POINT, WHICH IS A MUCH LARGER, UH, WIFI HOTSPOT THAT CAN CONNECT UP TO 16 DEVICES ON ELECTION DAY.
IT'S A SMALLER MORNING INDIVIDUAL CALLED A NIGHTHAWK.
BUT YES, EACH SITE HAS, UH, THAT I BELIEVE MOVING FORWARD CORRECTLY, IF I'M WRONG, WE HAVE CELLULAR CONNECTIVITY AS WELL AS A MOBILE HOTSPOT BACKUP.
WELL, YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT PRODUCT.
IT WAS, I WAS A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS GOING TO THE ELECTRONIC POST BOOKS TWO YEARS AGO, BUT NOW HAVING USED IT, IT WAS REALLY SEAMLESS.
UM, THE SENIORS, YOU KNOW, WERE A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH TECHNOLOGY, BUT IT'S WAS REALLY GREAT.
I GET MY QUESTIONS FROM, UM, MS. MOOSA YESTERDAY NORTH HAD THE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION AND, UM, AND, AND ALL THE, UH, ALL THE POLLING SIDES IN IN THE NORTH.
EVERYTHING WORKED OUT REALLY WELL.
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UM, VERY DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS A COUPLE YEARS AGO.IT WAS ROLLED OUT, BUT, UM, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION CAUSE A COUPLE OF THE, UH, COWORKERS ASKED ME, I REALLY DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT.
SO THEY'RE UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, UH, INSTRUCTIONS FOR THEM IS THAT THEY HAVE TO GET TRAINED FOR BEFORE EVERY ELECTION OR ONCE THEY GET A TRAINING FOR ONE BIG, THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY TRAINING THAT THEY'LL GET.
SO WAS WHAT WE, WHAT WE REALIZED, UH, WHEN WE CAME OUT OF THE 2022 GENERAL ELECTION, THERE WERE A LOT OF MISTAKES THAT WERE MADE BY OUR AWARDS.
UM, THAT THEN TRANSLATES TO A LOT OF, UM, PAPERWORK IN MY OFFICE, UM, WHICH KIND OF MAYBE SLOWS DOWN THE RESULTS.
SO WE HAVE TO WORK A LOT FASTER.
UM, WHAT I THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT WAS TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT ALL OF OUR COWORKERS WERE TRAINED.
SO I I MADE IT MANDATORY THAT IF YOU WANTED TO WORK, YOU HAD TO BE TRAINED.
SO IF THEY, IF THEY'RE TRAINED ONCE, WE WILL BE PUTTING UP ON OUR, UM, OUR ELECTION WEBSITE, A VIDEO THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT, AND THEY'LL GET A WHOLE CERTIFICATE SAYING THAT, YES, I DID WATCH IT, I DO UNDERSTAND IT.
AND I AM TRAINED TO CONTINUE WORKING THE ELECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE ELECTION YEAR THAT I AM HOPING TO HAVE.
AS THINGS CHANGE AND THINGS DO CHANGE YEAR TO YEAR, THE TECHNOLOGY IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING.
IF THEY NEED TO COME IN FOR TRAINING, IT WILL BE MANDATORY AND NEED TO KNOW THAT ALL OF OUR BOARD WORKERS ARE TRAINED AND, AND READY TO ACCEPT THE VOTERS AS THEY, AS THEY COME TO THE POLL SITES.
I KNOW TRAINING OF POLL WORKERS IS CRITICAL TO ELECTIONS.
SO THEY HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW EQUIPMENT.
UM, AND THE NEW MACHINES, THE NEW, UH, TABLETS AND ALL OF THAT.
BUT YESTERDAY, I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT, UM, RESULTS WERE VERY WELL.
THE COWORKERS THAT I HAD CAME IN CONTACT WERE ALL VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE YES.
ON MACHINES AND KNOWLEDGEABLE.
THEY, THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT TRAINING EVERY SINGLE I KNOW.
WE'LL, WE'LL GET, YOU KNOW, QUA THAT RUMOR THAT'S OUT.
THERE'S, WE'LL, WE'LL GET THE RIGHT INFORMATION OUT.
THAT'S AN OKAY PROBLEM, BECAUSE MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE TRAINED WHEN THEY COME TO WORK, IT IS WHAT'S CRITICAL.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE ENSURING THAT BY THAT.
SO IF THEY HAVE TO GO TRAINING, THEY WANNA WORK, THEN THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO.
THANK, UM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, SIR, UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ALSO JUST REPORT OUT ONE, THE COMMISSIONERS HAD ASKED A FEW MONTHS BACK BUDGET.
I THINK I ANNOUNCED THAT YOU WERE ROLLING OUT A YOUTH INITIATIVE.
AND WE ARE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE'VE NOW HAD THREE, UM, COWORKER CLASSES, UM, WITH, UH, STUDENTS FROM VO TECH.
UM, I THINK DONALD MCCANE IS ALSO.
UM, SO OUR KIDS ARE READY TO START PARKING WITH SOME OF OUR SENIOR POOL WORKERS.
SO YOU'LL BE HEARING AND SEEING MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE, UH, IN THE AFTERNOON ELECTION.
IT'S POSSIBLE TO GET THE SCHEDULE OF WHAT YOUR TRAININGS ARE.
AND CONSTITUENT OR STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, FROM HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE NORTH, UH, OR SCHOOLS THAT INTERESTED WHY, WHY ONLY THE NORTH AND THE EAST
SO IF AGAIN, I, UH, ANSWER COLLECTIONS, UM, ANYONE WHO GOES TO OUR WEBSITE, WHICH IS UH, ES ESSEX COUNTY WORLD ELECTIONS.ORG, WILL FIND THE TRAINING SCHEDULE.
AND WE ALSO HAVE THESE WHOLE INITIATIVE, UH, FORM FOR STUDENTS WHO WANT TO BECOME COWORKERS AND OF COURSE ANYONE ELSE WHO'S INTERESTED IN, IN BECOMING A COWORKER, BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO GO TO TRAINING.
I AM, SO I'M FOR TRAINING, SO NO, NO FORM.
UM,
HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT THIS TRAINING.
UM, TRAINING WILL ONLY MAKE US BETTER, YOU KNOW.
HOW DO PEOPLE, HOW OFTEN ASKED AND HOW THEY BECOME A COWORKER? IS IT AN ONSITE APPLICATION? DO THEY COME TO YOUR OFFICE TO APPLY? HOW DO YOU DO THAT? THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.
ER, AND IF I HAVE TO SAY IT AGAIN,
UM, SO WE'VE BEEN, UM, REALLY WORKING WITH THE, UH, SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE AND A LOT OF FOLKS GO TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE WEBSITE, WHICH THERE'S A FORM THERE.
ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN BECOMING A MOBILE WORKER, UH, UH, SUBMITS THEIR NAME, THE SECRETARY OF STATE THEN FILTERS THAT AND SUBMITS TO OUR OFFICE.
A LIST OF PEOPLE WITHIN ESSEX COUNTY WHO ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING COWORKERS.
WE THEN TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND SEND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM AN APPLICATION.
UM, AND ANYONE ELSE WHO'S INTERESTED, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE STATE WEBSITE, THEY CAN JUST CERTAINLY JUST LOG ON TO ESSEX COUNTY, UH, WEBSITE AND THEY'LL, UPON AN APPLICATION THERE.
WE'VE REALLY BEEN TRYING TO BUILD DIGITAL CUT DOWN ON PAPER.
SO THERE'S SOME REALLY EXCITING NEWS THAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIPE.
I DON'T WANT TO, UH, SAY TOO MUCH TOO SOON, BUT
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WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND, UH, MR. JACKSON ON PULLING SOME ON NORTHERN ELECTRONIC PAPER LIST.ESSEX COUNTY IS BLOWING PAPERLESS.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.
US ONE LAST, UH, NOT QUESTION, BUT JUST FEEDBACK.
UM, WE HAD A LOT OF BOARDS COME IN AND, UH, THEY WORK FROM A DIFFERENT DISTRICT TO VOTE.
UH, AND, UH, THE WORKERS DIDN'T HAVE A LIST OF ALL, OF, ALL OF THE SCIENCE BASED ON ADDRESS.
UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF ELECTRONICALLY, ELECTRONICALLY, THE POLL IS GONNA PUT, PUT THE ADDRESS DOWN.
THEY'LL TELL YOU WHAT THE POLL SITE, THE ADDRESS IS AT.
SO YES, USING THE PULL PAD, THERE IS A FEATURE CALLED PRECINCT FINDER.
SO AS LONG AS THE ADDRESS IS PART OF THE VOTER, THE VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM, IN OTHER WORDS, IT HAS ALREADY BEEN MAPPED IN THE S V R S SYSTEM, IT CAN DIRECT THEM TO THE CORRECT POLLING LOCATION.
SO, UM, THEY'LL TYPE IN THE ADDRESS AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SEE IT GIVES THE DISTRICT, BUT IT DOESN'T GIVE THE, THEY'LL GIVE THE PHYSICAL ADDRESS OF THE POLLING SITE AS WELL AS THEIR DISTRICT THAT THEY SHOULD BE.
SO THAT, UH, THAT IS GOOD TO KNOW.
SO IT'S SOMETHING TO MAKE SURE WE PUT IN THE TRAINING IF WE'RE NOT ALREADY, SO THEY KNOW TO USE THAT FEATURE.
SO I NEED TO MOVE IN A SECOND TO TAKE 45.
SECOND MOVE BY COOPER AND SECOND BY GRAHAM.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT PI? YES.
COMMISSIONER, PRESIDENT RICHARDSON? YES.
LET'S MOVE THE RESOLUTION 12, WHICH IS FROM THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR IT OFFICE, AND WILL BE READY FOR THE RECORD TIME.
MR. JACKSON? UH, THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
THIS IS A CONTRACT WITH, UH, SHI INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION FOR $199,407 48 CENTS, UH, TO PROVIDE, UH, BLACKBERRY, UH, SECURITY.
UH, THIS IS FOR AN ANTI SOFTWARE THAT DETECT AND PROTECT FORM OF FORMAL MALWARE THAT I INTRODUCE TO THE COMPUTERS.
UM, AND MR. HUNT JUST HAS ASKED THAT THE, THAT COULD BE THE LIMIT OF WHAT I SAID.
CAUSE YOU PEOPLE LISTEN, GET IDEAS WHAT WE HAVE ON THAT.
IF IT'S BLACKBERRY, THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN OBSOLETE ANYWAY.
ACTUALLY, THEY'RE CORPORATE SECURITY THOUGH, EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE NOT PUT THEIR PHONES ANYMORE, BUT HAVE THEIR PHONES WAY BACK.
SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY BRANCHING OUT.
THEY'VE HAD SECURITY FOR A WHILE AND, AND IT IS, UM, AGAIN, WE CALL, I WASN'T ASKING YOU ANY QUESTIONS.
I THIS IS KNOW, IS IT HAVE? YES.
I THINK CAUSE I SAW THE BLACKBERRY.
THE SAME COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS AND HEARING AND NOW NEED TO MOVE IN A SECOND.
SECOND BY VICE PRESIDENT POMAR.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT POMAR.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
OKAY, MADAM CLERK, LET'S MOVE THE RESOLUTION 13, WHICH IS FROM THE DIVISION HEALTH, COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES.
AND THEN WILL BE READY TO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. Z, I'LL SEE YOU STANDING UP.
THIS IS A, UH, AN ACCEPTANCE LETTER, UH, FROM THE COUNTY, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ACT.
YOU REMEMBER BACK ON ITEM SIX OR EARLIER, WE INSERTED $275,606.
THIS IS JUST, UH, THE BOARD AGREEING TO, UM, TO ACCEPT THE GRANT.
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IN A SECOND.MOVE BY COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT TAMAR.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT POMAR.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
YOU CAN MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT.
AND READY TO THE RECORD AS LATER TIME.
UH, JOSHUA IS ES COUNTY PARKS NUMBER 14 IS A CONTRACT AWARD WITH AQUA MIS IRRIGATION TO PROVIDE IRRIGATION MAINTENANCE, UH, SYSTEM REPAIR SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE ES COUNTY PARK SYSTEM.
THIS IS EXERCISING A TWO YEAR OPTION AND JUNE C $829,692 AND 50 CENTS.
THIS IS FOR MAINTENANCE REPAIR, UH, AIR READERS, UH, FLOWERED, UH, UNDERGROUND SPRINKLERS, THE GOLF COURSES, THE VARIOUS SPLASH PARKS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE, THE PARK SYSTEM.
THE PREVIOUS, UH, EXPENDITURE FOR THIS CONTRACT WAS 63,000.
NUMBER 15, CONTRACT AWARD WITH GSP PROPERTIES.
LOWEST RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE CARPENTRY SERVICES AMOUNT EXCEED $715,985.
UH, THIS WILL, THIS'LL A LONG TIME VENDOR WE'VE HAD ON THIS CONTRACT.
UM, AND IT'S, UH, SIMPLY TO PROVIDE CARPENTRY SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PARK SYSTEM.
UH, THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT FOR CARPENTRY SERVICES, WE SPENT, UH, APPROXIMATELY 390,000.
NUMBER 16 IS A CONTRACT AWARD WITH KOSKI ELECTRIC SYSTEMS. THE SOLE RESPONSIVE RESPONS BIDDER FURNISHINGS DELIVERED INSTALL, UH, NEW SOUND SYSTEM.
IT MAKES ONE AND TWO WITH CODE ARENA.
IT'S A CONTRACT FACTORY RECEIPT, $227,000.
UM, PREVIOUSLY THE FUNDS WERE INSERTED FROM OPEN SPACE TO, UH, FUND THIS CONTRACT.
AND, UH, THE EQUIPMENT COST IS GOING TO BE 165,000.
THE INSTALLATION COSTS 50,000, AND THEN THERE'S ALLOWANCE OF 12,000.
AND WE DO HAVE THE VENDOR HERE.
IF THE BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS, LET'S GET HIM UP.
CAN INTRODUCE HIMSELF AND HIS COMPANY.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW GREAT HIS SPEAKER SYSTEM IS.
MY NAME IS DAVE KOSKI FROM KOSKI ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS. OUR COMPANY HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS 67 YEARS, AND WE'VE DONE WORK THROUGHOUT NEW JERSEY.
UH, MOST NOTABLY WE DID TERMINALS A AND B AT NEWARK AIRPORT.
UH, WE WERE INVOLVED WITH THE ORIGINAL GIANT STADIUM, SOME COMPONENTS OF THAT.
UH, WE DO, UH, DOZENS AND DOZENS IN HIGH SCHOOLS WITH REGARDS TO AUDITORIUMS, UH, AND GYM SOUND SYSTEMS AND AS WELL AS RECORDS, UH, FOOTBALL FIELD AND NORTH, A LOT OF THE RECORDS, ATHLETIC VENUES.
UM, SO I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE BUSINESS NOW FOR 38 YEARS AND, UH, THIS IS WHAT WE DO IS, UH, PRO SOUND.
WE DO AUDIO VISUAL AND, UH, THAT'S WHERE OUR EXPERTISE LIES.
WHERE YOU GUYS LOCATED? WE'RE IN NORTH BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY.
MR. BAND, ANY QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU MR. MCIN.
NO QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING HONOR.
OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? LET'S, YEAH.
I, JOSHUA COUNTY, MARKS NUMBER 17 IS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE GRAPHIC ARTS AND DESIGN SERVICES WITH IRIS COMMUNICATIONS, A ONE YEAR CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED $143,650.
UH, THIS IS A WOMAN ON THE BUSINESS BASED CLAIR DESIGNED, UH, T-SHIRT, POSTCARDS, BANNER, UH, ICEMAN, DASHER BAR DASHER BOARDS, UH, AS WELL AS THE QU UH, THE QUARTERLY SPIRIT OF ESSEX NEWSLETTER NUMBER 18 IS A CONTRACT FOR MONTCLAIR NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES AT GLENFIELD PARK.
UH, IT WOULD, UH, BE FROM, UH, APRIL 1ST TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2025, MOUNT $125,666 AND 57 CENTS.
UH, THIS IS PROVIDED FOR YOUTH BASED RECREATIONAL SERVICES IN GLEN PARK.
IT INCLUDES A SIX WEEK SUMMER CAMP THAT, UH, FALLS IN JULY, AUGUST.
UH, AGAIN, THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT WOULD BE FROM, UH, DAVE AWARD TILL DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR.
THEN WE'LL PICK UP AGAIN, MARCH 1ST OF NEXT YEAR TO DECEMBER 31ST OF NEXT YEAR.
AND FINALLY MARCH 1ST, 2025 TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.
AND IT COST OF $4,333 AND 33 CENTS PER MONTH.
UH, IT'LL BE BASKETBALL, SOFTBALL,
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UH, BASEBALL, TENNIS, FOOTBALL, AND SO ON.AND, UH, THIS IS THE VENDOR WE'VE HAD, UH, FOR THE SERVICE FOR AT LEAST LAST FIVE YEARS OR SO.
UH, NUMBER 19, CONTRACT, UH, CHANGE ORDER WITH LAND TECH GROUP TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE REPAIRS, INSPECTION, GMAX TESTING, SYNTHETIC DRIFT FIELDS MOUNT ACTUALLY C $45,320, UH, $70, WHICH WILL BE ADDED TO THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT OF 226 800 $50, MAKING FOR A NEW TOTAL OF $272,220.
UH, SPECIFICALLY WE ENVISIONED USING THIS, UH, 20% CHANGE ORDER FOR PITCHERS MOUNTAINS OVER IN, UH, RIVERBANK, BRANCHFORD PARK, AND QUAKE.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, THERE'S JUST A INCREASE IN WEAR AND TEAR THROUGHOUT ALL THE SYNTHETIC SERVICES THAT WE CAN.
NUMBER 20 IS, UH, ACTUALLY THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR NUMBER 27.
IT'S AUTHORIZATION TO USE THE RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACE TRUST FUND, UH, FOR DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE BELCO PARK REHABIL, REHABILITATION OF SOFTBALL AND SOCCER FIELDS AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS MATTER TO EXCEED 130,000.
NUMBER 21 IS THE FIGHTING SOURCE FOR NUMBER 35, AND THAT IS AUTHORIZATION TO USE THE
MEMBERS, 2223 AND 24 ARE, UH, REQUEST, UH, AUTHORIZATION OPEN SPACE FOR PREVIOUSLY AWARDED CONTRACTS.
AND NOW, UM, THAT WE'VE HAD OUR OPEN SPACE MEETING, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT, UH, THE OPEN SPACE FUNDS BEEN USED FOR THESE, UH, SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
UH, SPECIFICALLY 22 IS THE DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE, UH, I'M SORRY, UH, YEAH.
DESIGN SERVICE TURTLE ANIMAL HOSPITAL METRO C PD 9,000.
UH, NUMBER 23, UH, AM FROM THE OPEN SPACE STRESS FUND DESIGN SERVICES FOR GRANTS SOFTBALL IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THEN, UH, AUTHORIZATION FROM OPEN SPACE, UH, FOR THE BROOKDALE PARK, TENNIS AND PICKLEBALL DESIGN SERVICES AND MOUNT EXCEED $80,005.
NUMBER 33 IS A CONTRACT, UH, IS A AUTHORIZATION REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION USE THE OPEN SPACE FUND ON ROOF REPAIRS, $289,550.
THIS IS FOR AN EXISTING CONTRACT THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WITH NORTHEAST NORTHEAST ROOF.
UH, IT'S UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE VERONA PARK BOATHOUSE FLAT ROOF TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ROOF.
VERONA PARK BOAT HA, BOATHOUSE SLATE ROOF, AS WELL AS THE GLENFIELD PARK BATHROOM BUILDING ROOF.
AND FINALLY, NUMBER 34 AUTHORIZATION IN THE OPEN SPACE TRUST FUND.
DEPART GLENFIELD PARK PAINTING IN, UH, GREENFIELD PARK BATHROOM BUILDING, PAINTING IN THE MOUNT.
AND THIS IS ALSO AN EXISTING CONTRACT WITH, UH, GRIFFISS PAINTING.
AND IT'S GONNA BE FOR POWER WASHING, SCRAPING, PRIMING, AND THE APPLICATION OF TWO COATS.
THE EXTERIOR STRUCTURE, UH, INCLUDING COLUMNS SOS AND FRAMES.
UH, AND AGAIN, THIS IS FOR THE GLENFIELD PARK BATHROOM BUILDING.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
MSBA, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK AS JOSH INDICATE THESE DISCUSSED AT AN OPEN, WE REVIEWED ALL OF THAT EXTENSIVELY.
GOVERNOR, EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY.
IS THERE OTHER QUESTIONS OF COMMISSION? VICE PRESIDENT.
NUMBER 20, REQUESTED THAT LEADERSHIP THAT HELPED ME OUT TO DO THIS WAS INTEREST.
I SEE THAT THE DESIGN, THIS IS A DESIGN SERVICES, SO WE ARE THE FINAL STAGE CHAIR.
UM, THAT THERE ARE THREE EXISTING BALL FIELDS, WHICH WILL BE USED TO TWO SOFTBALL FIELDS.
CAN YOU ELABORATE ON WHY THAT WOULD BE? IMAGINE THERE'S SMALLER, THREE SMALLER FIELDS TO MAKE TWO LARGER.
ONE IS THAT OTHER ONE, UH, JUDGE ES COUNTY PARTS, UH, I'M READING MY NOTES, UH, HERE.
I THINK IT HAS TO DO, UM, BASICALLY WITH THE INFIELD CONSIST IT'S GONNA BE, UH, SYNTHETIC IN THE INFIELD.
SO I THINK, UM, I THINK IT'S KIND OF, UH, MISWORDED,
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UM, I WOULD SAY.BUT THERE ARE AIRCRAFT, THERE ARE THREE FIELDS THERE, AND IT IS REMAINING THREE FIELDS.
UM, BUT I CAN'T GET CLARIFICATION IF TWO OF THEM ARE SOFTBALL OR THREE OF THEM.
CAUSE I'M SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY, I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT, WOULD YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHO PRIMARILY USES THESE FIELDS? WHAT LOCAL ATHLETIC TEAM TEAM OR THREE? MR. I WOULD, TO GO BACK TO THAT, I CHECK THE PERMIT STEP, BUT, UM, AS, UH, AS, UH, MR. DO'S POINTING UP, WE DO HAVE THE, UH, THE FIRM THAT'S DESIGNING THE FIELDS, UM, WHICH IS GONNA BE, UH, NUMBER 27.
BUT IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO INVITE, UH, MY NAME IS BRIAN
I'M A PRINCIPAL OF NELIA GROUP.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE AWARD OF THE DESIGN.
UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING HERE, ES COUNTY ON THIS PROJECT.
AND, UH, AS WE GO THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS, WE'LL GET FEEDBACK FROM ESS COUNTY RECORD DEPARTMENT AND THE NEEDS THAT ARE NEEDED.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL GET FEEDBACK FROM BELLVILLE REC.
THEY DO USE THOSE FIELDS AND, UH, COME UP WITH A PROJECT THAT IS SUITABLE, UH, FOR ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE USE, THE, THE FIELDS.
CAN YOU ELABORATE MORE ON THE, UH, CHANGE FROM, IF, IF THIS IS CORRECT, FROM THREE SMALL, UH, BASEBALL FIELDS TO SOFTBALL FIELDS? WHAT WOULD DIFFERENTIATED BASEBALL FIELD ON THE SOFTBALL FIELD? I DON'T.
SO, UH, WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS, IF I GET AN, UH, CENTER FIELD OF 210 FEET, THAT GIVES ME A GIRL SOFTBALL AS WELL AS, UM, LITTLE LEAGUE OF BASEBALL.
SO IF IT'S TWO FIELDS, I CAN GET FOUR FIELDS IF I CONNECTED THE DIMENSIONS WORK.
SO IT MAY BE THAT'S WHAT THE DESIGN INTENT WILL BE.
IF I CAN GET TO THOSE, UM, NUMBERS TO GET THE MINIMUM, UM, DISTRICT, LITERAL LEAGUE, UH, DEEP CENTER AS WELL AS WOMEN'S, UH, SOFTBALL DEEP CENTER, A LOT OF TIMES I CAN DESIGN THEM SO I CAN GET TWO MULTIPURPOSE SHOES OUT OF THE FIELD.
AND WITH RESPECT TO THE LOWER FIELD, IS WHAT'S, IS, IS THAT WHAT NOW BEING REMAINING BUT JUST CONVERTED TO CHURCH THAT CORRECT.
AND, UH, WE'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF JUST FINISHING, UH, JUST BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION, UH, I'M AN HEALTHY RESIDENT, UH, AND, UH, RESIDENT ALL MY LIFE.
MOST OF OUR STAFF WENT TO N G I T, EITHER GREW UP IN BLOOMFIELD, NUTLEY, UH, NEWARK, AND I STAYED WITH THE FIRM FOR A MINIMUM OF FIVE TO SIX YEARS.
SO WE WERE WELL VERSED IN, UH, ESS COUNTY DEMANDS AND WHAT THEY NEED.
AND, UH, THEY LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT.
AND THEN WITH RESPECT TO INSTALLING THE TURF, WE'VE DONE, I, MY PERSONALLY MYSELF, I THINK I'VE DONE 30 ACRES OF TURF, UH, TURF FIELDS TO TODAY.
WELL, I'M NOT REALLY QUESTIONING THE, THE CREDENTIALS OR ANYTHING.
I'M MORE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE NUMBER FROM THREE, TWO AND HOW THAT WORKS AND THE STAKEHOLDERS.
SO JOSH, IF YOU COULD GET BACK TO ME ON THE PERMITS AND WHO ARE THE USERS THERE, JUST TO ENSURE I KNOW, BUT I'M SURE, UH, I KNOW LITTLE LEAGUE IS HUGE IN THIS AREA.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE FIELDS WILL, UH, BE SUFFICIENT.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE YOU COVER, DEFINITELY GET BACK TO THAT INFORMATION.
BUT AS THE DESIGNER NOTED, IF WE COULD DO KIND OF A TWO FOR ONE ON EACH FIELD, IT WOULD ONLY INCREASE SOME, YOU KNOW, HOW THE DEMAND ON THOSE BID SOUNDS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENT? HEARING THAT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO TAKE REVOLUTIONS TO TAKE RESOLUTIONS? 14 THROUGH 24.
AND ONE RULE BY COMMISSIONER C.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER JOHNSON.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT FROM YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
JUST THINKING YOU AHEAD, I THINK FOR THE NEXT MEETING, I'M GOING TO MOVE THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
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JUMP THE GUN.WE'RE GONNA BE FIRST COMMISSION PUT TO CLERK, MOVE THE RESOLUTIONS 25 THROUGH 27 35, AND ADAM STARTER 42, WHICH ARE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.
AND THEY'LL BE READY FOR THE RECORD AT A TIME.
MR. JACKSON? THANK YOU PRESIDENT.
DAVID ANTONIO, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS NUMBER 25 AWARDS, A TWO YEAR OPEN-ENDED CONTRACT TO GUARDIAN DEFENSE COMPANY TO PROVIDE
EARNING FENCES BID WAS THE LOWEST OF FIVE.
ITEM NUMBER 26 AUTHORIZES ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE TWO LOWEST PILLARS TO FURNISH TRAFFIC, SIGNAGE MATERIALS ON THE AS NEEDED BASIS FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS AND AN AMOUNT TO EXCEED $300,000.
THE TWO VENDORS ARE MARTIN STATE HIGHWAY PRODUCTS, D E P TECHNICAL SERVICES.
THESE MATERIALS ARE UTILIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
PUBLIC WORKS SANCHEZ IN THE FABRICATION OF ROADWAY SIGNAGE, WHICH IS A LONG COUNTY ROADWAY WASTE.
IT IS AN AWARD OF CONTRACT TO NENI ENGINEERING TO PERFORM THAT DESIGN.
ENGINEERING SERVICES NEEDED TO UNDERTAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO DEVELOP PARK FIELDS.
THIS CONTRACT WILL NOT EXCEED $130,000 AND WILL LAST 12 MONTHS.
NEXT ENGINEERING'S PROPOSAL WAS THE HIGHEST RATED OF THE EIGHTH RECEIVED.
IN RESPONSE TO THIS PROJECT'S RFP, MR. JONES AND MR OF ENGINEERING ARE HERE THIS EVENING.
PERHAPS THEY INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AGAIN AND, UH, TOUCH ON THE SCOPE OF WORK ONE MORE TIME OR NO? NO.
IT'S AN AWARD TO MIKE MCDONALD.
A CONTRACTOR PERFORMED THE SAN ENGINEERING OF THE TENNIS COURT RESURFACING AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AT RIVERFRONT PARK IN NEWARK.
THIS CONTRACT WILL NOT EXCEED.
MIKE MCDONALD'S PROPOSAL WAS THE HIGHEST RATED OF THE EIGHT RESPONSES TO THE PROJECT'S RFP.
THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE RESURFACING AND PAINTING AND STRIPING FOR THE COURTS, PROVIDING NETS, POLES, WOOD SCREENS, NEW HOOPS AND FENCING, ADDITIONAL SITE AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION UPGRADES, PAVING OF PATHWAYS, NEW BENCHES, GARBAGE CANS, AND APPROPRIATE SIGNAGE FOLLOW FILLING WATER STATIONS, NEW FLIGHT FOLKS, UPDATES AND UPGRADES TO THE LIGHTING WITH REMOTE OPERATION AMONG SOME OF THE, UH, DETAILS.
ITEM NUMBER 42 AUTHORIZES THE SUBMITTAL OF A FUNDING APPLICATION TO THE MJ D O D UNDER THE 2023 LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECT FUND PROGRAM IN AN AMOUNT OF $18,056,017.
THESE GRANT FUNDS ARE REQUESTED TO RESURFACE THE FULL LENGTH OF NORTHFIELD AVENUE FROM WEST ORANGE TO LIVINGTON, AND THE FULL LENGTH OF B BLOOMFIELD AVENUE FROM NORTH TO WEST COWELL, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE RECENTLY RECONSTRUCTED PORTION IN MONTCLAIR.
UH, THIS WOULD BE FOR A TOTAL OF ALMOST 15 MILES OF THE SERVICING.
SO THIS IS A REQUEST, UH, FOR FUNDING.
THAT IS ALL THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE.
HEARING I HAVE A MOVE WRITTEN A SECOND TO TAKE 25 THROUGH 27, 35 AND 42 IS ONE MOTION.
SECOND MOVE BY COMMISSIONER COOPER SECONDMENT.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
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QUESTION OF PUBLIC COURT BEFORE THEY GO, PLEASE? SAN ANTONIO.WHAT IS ALL WORK HAPPENING ALONG CENTRAL AVENUE? DO YOU KNOW? CENTRAL AVENUE IN EAST ORANGE AND ORANGE? UH, IT, AFTER THE TRAIN PROCESS DOWN SOME.
AND I'VE NOTICED THIS PAST WEEK, THE POLICE OFFICERS, THERE WERE SHERIFF VEHICLES.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING JUST NEAR THE WATER STORAGE.
I WILL GET BACK TO YOU IN THEN.
LET LOOK FOR PURPOSE TO SEE WHAT IT'S OKAY.
LET'S MOVE TO ACT RESOLUTION NUMBER 28, WHICH IS FROM THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY EXEC.
AND IT'LL BE READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME.
MR. JACKSON? MR. MR. MR. PRESENT? MR. FROM THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND 12 MONTH EXTENSIONS TO A HERO ENTERPRISE AND ARRIVE TROPHIES.
AND WE CONVERT TO NOT TOE $50,000.
WE SPENT THE LAST 12 MONTHS, $13,000.
LIKE YOU'RE NOT GIVING OUT ENOUGH AWARD
QUESTIONS OF COMMENTS? HEARING NOW.
MOVE BY COMMISSIONER COOPER, SECOND OF OUR COMMISSIONER.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT POMAR.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
SO MOVE, MR. MADAM CLERK, LET'S MOVE THE RESOLUTION NINE, WHICH IS FROM THE OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF.
AND BE READY TO THE RECORD AT SILENCE.
THIS IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE 2015 BOARD ORDINANCE, UH, AWARD TO ATLANTIC TACTICAL OF NEW JERSEY PURCHASE OF PEPPER VOL BRAND NONLEGAL IMPACT CRAFT CONTROLLED EQUIPMENT NOT TO EXCEED $8,391 AND 80 SUCCESS.
COMMISSION, NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DO I HAVE A MOVE IN A SECOND? UM, I'LL SECOND.
MY COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT S ROLL.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT POMAR? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
LET'S MOVE TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 30, WHICH IS FROM THE OFFICE PROSECUTOR AND WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD ON THE NAV TIME.
THIS IS A STATE REQUIREMENT RESOLUTION.
THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, UH, EDWARD MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM.
AND THIS ADMINISTRATIVE BY THE OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL DEPARTMENT OF LAW PUBLIC SAFETY, ACCEPTING HIS SUB, UH, GRANT, J A G ONE S T SET, P F 20 FOR APPEAR JULY 1ST, 2021 TO JUNE 30TH, 2022.
WE'RE A LITTLE BEHIND SOMETHING.
I'M WORK FOR THE, IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT RAMP.
A REIMBURSEMENT STILL A LITTLE BEHIND TIME WISE.
IT'S REALLY ON THE STATE'S PART.
WHEN WE GET UNDERSTOOD, MR. MR. MC COMMISSIONERS QUESTION OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE.
DO I MOVE IN A SECOND? MR. MOVE BY VICE PRESIDENT FOR MORRIS.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GRANT ROLL.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT TAMARA? YES.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
SO LOOK, IF IT'S PARKS, JUMP HAND SOMETHING ELSE.
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PUT MOTION.READY TO THE RECORD AT A TIME? MR. JACKSON? MR. PRESIDENT? UH, COUNTY COUNCIL.
JOHN, MR. PRESIDENT JEROME? ST.
UH, THIS IS THE CONTRACT WITH THE FIRM OF AFIELD SCHWARTZ.
HAVE YOU ALREADY APPROVED THEM FOR ASSERTION IN OUR LIST OF APPROVED OUTSIDES? COUNSEL, UH, GOT THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
THIS IS A SPECIFIC CONTRACT TO ASSIST, UH, THE DIRECTOR CHARLES WITH, UH, ISSUES THAT THE CORRECTION.
QUESTIONS OF COMMENTS? HEARING HONOR, I WILL MOVE IN A SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MCCONNELL.
COMMISSIONER VICE PRESIDENT POMAR.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
SO LOU, THANK YOU MR. CLERK, MOVE THE RESOLUTIONS.
31 36 THROUGH 41 WITH YOUR ACCOMMODATION, MS. MORGAN PROCLAMATION RESOLUTIONS.
AND IF YOU READ INTO THE RECORD AT A LATER TIME, COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS OR COMMENT? MR. COMMISSIONER? CAN WE DO 36, 37, 43 AND 44 FOR ACCLIMATION? I THINK THOSE WAS A GREAT, UM, ACHIEVEMENT ORGANIZATIONS.
AND UM, 37 IS THE NEWARK TECH.
43 IS CALVA HIGH SCHOOL AND 43 IS EAST ORANGE CAMPUS.
DID YOU GET THAT? YOU GOOD? MM-HMM.
SO SECOND RULE, VICE PRESIDENT.
COMMISSIONER, VICE PRESIDENT PI.
COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT RICHARDSON.
SO WHO, THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.
DO WE HAVE ANY ADDED STARTERS? UM, MR. PRESIDENT, THERE, THERE WERE TWO, BUT THERE WERE DIRECT ADDRESSED FROM THE DEPARTMENT RESOLUTIONS.
COMMISSIONER, DO WE HAVE ANY REPORTS OR BOARD COMMITTEES? ANY LEGISLATIVE REPORTS? ANY WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS? ARE THERE ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS? ANY NEW BUSINESS? MR. COMMISSIONER COOPER? I'M THINKING BACK ABOUT A MEETING AGO.
WE, UH, TALKED ABOUT SCHEDULING A, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING.
CAN WE GET THAT ON THE CALENDAR? IS THAT SCHEDULED? MADAM CLERK? YES.
WE WILL GET THAT ON THE CALENDAR.
UM, UH, ANOTHER ITEM IS, UM, WE TALKED ABOUT ALSO HAVING ANOTHER TN TNR MEETING AND THE GROUP REACHED OUT TO ME.
MR. JACKSON, DID WE GO OUT TO BID FOR THAT TNR UM, BID? I DON'T REMEMBER.
UM, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK AT THE OTHER GROUPS.
WE, WE NEED TO GET SOMEBODY IN THERE.
BUT WE CAN, WE CAN LOOK AT DOING THAT.
UH, UNLESS ADVANCE WE CAN LOOK AGAIN.
CAUSE I WAS ASKED THAT QUESTION ABOUT IF IT, IF THEY HAD MISSED IT.
IF IT HAD GONE OUT AND I DIDN'T HAVE A RESPONSE WITH THEM.
UM, THAT'S IT RELATED TO COMMITTEES.
I THINK I WANT TO ADD ONE MORE OF THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION COMMITTEE.
YOU WANNA SCHEDULE THAT SCHEDULE MEETING AND COMMISSIONER PEOPLE
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WANTS TO SCHEDULE THAT TOO AT ALL.BUT THAT'S FIRST AFTER WE FIND OUT THE, THE THING.
CAUSE THAT'S GONNA BE A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION WHEN THE FOLKS COME.
MR. PRESIDENT, CAN I BE INCLUDED IN, UM, THAT INFORMATION ON THE TEAM ORGANIZATION? OH, ABSOLUTELY.
OKAY, MADAM CLERK, LET'S MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MOTIONING COMMENT ON ANY MATTER, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE.
STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD.
WE'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK NOW.
COURT LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE AT THIS TIME IS WISHING TO SPEAK.
COMMISSIONER, COMMENT SESSION.
UM, MR. JACKSON, PLEASE FORGIVE ME.
I MEANT TO THANK YOU AND MR. ELIJAH AND PUBLIC WORKS AND RECREATION FOR MOVING ALL THOSE TREES IN ORANGE PARK.
I JUST DON'T REMEMBER IF YOU GUYS SENT ME THAT TREE REPORT SO I CAN SHARE IT WITH THE GROUP I THOUGHT WE DID.
JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING RESPONSIVE TO THOSE DOWN THERE AS WELL AS THAT PARK.
I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT TO FOLLOW UP ON.
COMMISSIONER COOPER, UH, THANKING YOU FOR MOVING THESE TREES.
I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHAT PART YOU ACTUALLY PLAYED AND MOVE THEM.
ARE YOU ACTUALLY IN THE PARK? AND I DID IT PERSONALLY.
YOU PICKED UP SOME TREES TO MOVE.
I'M SOMEONE A CHAIN SOMETHING.
IF THERE IS NO MORE BUSINESS, MOTION TO ADJOURN.